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The East Carolinian VOLUME 82, ISSUE 60 March 1, 2007




John Bosco has
chosen various
different years of
music to review, but
heTs left the entire
decade of the 80s out.
Now, check out what
he has to say about
1982, the year when
the compact disc was
introduced......Page B1

Greenville is a
growing city with
many different
businesses springing
up throughout the
year, read about
new businesses

that are on their way

Skip Holtz and the
Pirates held their

first spring practice
yesterday. Find

out who is poised

to a breakout
SCASON.... sec: Page B4

The ECU softball
team hosted otobacco
road? rivals UNC last
night. See if oMost
Valuable Pirate? of
the week Keli Harrell
and the Pirates could
hold home field
advantage.......Page B4

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PULSE. ane! Page B1

SPORTS eas Page B4
OPINION.......... Page A4

CLASSIFIEDS.......Page A7



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ing in preliminary stages of bid process

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Service agreement
expires in August of
this year

ZACK HILL
SENIOR WRITER

AramarkTs current contract
with the university runs out in
August of this year.

The company, which has been
the campus services dining pro-
vider since 1990, is in the early
stages of preparing a bid to have
their contract renewed.

oWe believe that a fair com-
petitive bid process is in the best
interest. of the-students,?..said
Todd Johnson, associate vice
chancellor for campus living and
dining services. So that there is
a seamless transition of services,
the bid process will start before
the current agreement expires.

Aramark has served ECU
since 1990, and its services were
renewed in 1995, 2000 and there
was a two-year extension in 2005
that is nearing its end.

Johnson said that a 2006.

survey rated ECU students
higher than the national aver-
age in regards to campus dining,
with 98 percent of students being
satisfied.

He also said that a priority of
Campus Dining is to make osure
that students recognize all the
avenues they have to give feed-
back on their dining experience.
We do give students numerous
different avenues.?

oA strong campus dining pro-

gram has mechanisms in place for
students to express their overall
satisfaction with services,? said
Mike Lysaught, resident district
manager for Aramark. oWe have
several ways in which students
can provide feedback on campus
dining issues. They include com-
ment cards, our Web site, our
dining liaisons throughout the
campus community and our stu-
dent advisory board.?

Lysaught said that surveys
are also regularly used to get
feedback from students.

oIn addition to that, this year
we've started a new program
called the Dining Services Liai-
son,.Program, in. which we, have
liaisons in each residence hall
who are responsible for meeting
with students to discuss dining
service issues,? Johnson said.

Even though they may not win
the bid, Lysaught said that Ara-
mark is looking to the future.

oWe have a strategic master
plan for the next 10 years. To keep
up with increased enrollment and
dynamic changes in student needs
and preferences, ECU Campus
Dining continues to improve
existing restaurants and add
additional services throughout
the campus,? Lysaught said.

Johnson said that the bid pro-
cess follows North Carolina state
best procurement practices.

oThe process for award- -

ing this type. of competitive
bid is very inclusive, involving

see DINING page A6

Report: N.C. graduation

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP).
Slightly more than two-thirds
of North Carolina ninth-grad-
ers earn a high-school diploma
within four years, according to
new graduation rate data released
Wednesday.

State education officials didnTt
defend the 68 percent graduation
rate, but also cautioned against
assuming that the remaining 32
percent of students dropped out,
saying that students who took
longer than four years to gradu-
ate werenTt accounted for in the
measure.

oThe high school graduation
rate has been a long-standing
problem in North Carolina and
the United States. Our rate is not
where we want it to be,? state board
chairman Howard Lee said.

ItTs the first time North Caro-

A little over two-thirds of ninth-graders receive a diploma in four years.

rate is at 68 percent

lina officials have released the
cohort graduation rate, a measure
recommended by the National
GovernorTs Association that shows
what percentage of first-time ninth
graders graduated four years later.
Several other states also have
agreed to use the rate and change
the way they report graduation
information.

oIt sets the foundation on which
we are to build to make sure that
all of our students graduate from
high school,? said June Atkinson,
North CarolinaTs Superintendent
of Public Instruction.

Earlier this week, Atkinson
said improving the graduation rate
will require several changes that
could include raising the compul-
sory attendance age from 16 to 18
and targeting attendance rates in
middle schools.

Photo by Zach Sirkin

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YOUR INDEPENDENT
STUDENT NEWSPAPER

THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2007

Students enjoy a meal at West End dining hall. To avoid.a lapse in services, Campus Dining is in the preliminary stages of the bid process.

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etal:

oWhat do you think about dining on campus??

oThere are healthy
choices in the dining halls
on campus but many times

they are overlooked?

TARA BARBER
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR
NUTRITION SERVICES

oThe dining halls need
healthier foods and more
variety?

SCOTTY KENT
FRESHMAN
MIDDLEGRADES EDUCATION
MAJOR

oe

BARBER

oMs. Bernice
from West End is great!?

JENNIFER NNAMANI
SENIOR

The Ledonia Wright Cultural Center will host a day-long event for students today.

ECU researcher
shows use of foot
reflexology helps
cancer patients

(ECU News Services)"In a
two-year study, an ECU. School
of Nursing researcher saw signifi-
cant decreases in pain and anxiety
in cancer patients whose partners
used reflexology or manual pres-
sure applied to specific points on
their feet.

The findings of Dr. Nancy
L.N. Stephenson, associate pro-
fessor in the school of nursing
and principle investigator, were
published in the January issue
of Oncology Nursing. Forum.
Co-investigators include her col-
leagues in the nursing school, Dr.
Melvin Swanson and Dr. Martha
Engelke, as well as Dr. JoAnn
Dalton at Emory University and
Dr. Frances J. Keefe at Duke Uni-
versity. The study was funded for
$279,000 by the National Cancer
Institute of the National Institutes
of Health.

Stephenson, a certified reflex-
ologist, has applied for additional
federal funding to continue her
research into the effects of part-
ner-delivered foot reflexology.

86 patients with different
types of metastatic cancer and
their partners were recruited from
Pitt County Memorial Hospital,
Carteret General Hospital, Lenoir
Memorial Hospital and Craven
Regional Medical Center to par-
ticipate in the study which began,
in July 2003. The largest group, 23
percent, had lung cancer followed
by breast, colorectal, head and
neck and lymphoma. The mean
age of patients was 58.3 years
and 51 percent were female. The
majority, 66 percent, had a high-
school education or less. Of those,
58 percent were white, 40 percent
were black and one percent was
Filipino.

Patients were randomly placed
in an experimental or control
group. Partners in the experimen-
tal group were taught by Stephen-
son how to apply foot reflexology
to the patient while in the hospital.
A reflexology documentation form
and protocol and a list of signs and
symptoms of deep vein thrombo-
sis were provided. Control group
participants received usual care
and a 30-minute reading session
from their partner.

An immediate decrease in pain
intensity and anxiety was seen in
patients receiving reflexology.
Relief was strongest for patients
with moderate to severe levels of
pain. Minimal changes were seen
in the control group.

oWe had positive responses
particularly from spouses who
felt like they were able to do
something for the patient,? said
Stephenson.

This is the fourth pilot study
that Stephenson has conducted that

see REFLEXOLOGY page A3

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Ledonia Wright Cultural
Center celebrates, welcomes all

Events for the entire
ECU community

ALYCIA WENDT
STAFF WRITER

Events will be going on all
day in the Ledonia Wright Cul-
tural Center to celebrate the cul-
ture center and ECUTs upcoming
centennial.

The LWCC is a center where
the ECU community can come

to learn about different cul-
tures. There are computer labs,
a library with books written by
people from different cultures, an
art gallery, meeting rooms, and
printing services.

LWCC Day started in 2004.
The celebration reoccurred in
2005 and was skipped in 2006.
The Career Center chose the
month of March this year to host
these events to go along with the
centennial events and celebrate
the whole university.

oWe are most excited that
this yearTs LWCC Day is focused
solely on students from begin-
ning to end, and encourage as
many that can stop by to please do
so,? said Interim Director for the
LWCC Khadine McNeill.

The events are open to every-
one today, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
when the LWCC staff will be
handing out doughnuts in front

see LWCC DAY page A3

THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2007 PAGE A2

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The Ledonia Wright Cultural vs. Delaware Seminars vs. Western Carolina session and Fall se- Blood Drive Fair
To submit a correction, Center will celebrate its ECU Softball Field The fee (textbook included) is Clark-LeClair Stadium mester 2007 begins. Christenbury Gym For a complete list-
send an e-mail to editor@ namesake, the students and A p.m. $49 for all eight sessions for 3 p.m. 8a.m.-2 p.m. ing of employers
theeastcarolinian.com. the community during this World Affair Council members . SGA Elections attending visit Web
day long tribute to the ef- Baseball and $59 for the general public, MenTs Tennis Filing for Congress Baseball site:
forts of the LWCC. vs. Pepperdine if registered by Jan. 12 and $69 vs. Charleston South- and Executive office vs. NC A&T ecu.edu/e3careers
ANNOUNCEME NTS Clark-LeClair Sta- thereafter, Full-time students and ern begins. Clark-LeClair Stadium -Minges Coliseum
Chat with the Chancellor dium teachers can attend for free and ECU Tennis Complex __All interested in fil- 3 p.m. second floor con-
Feb. 26 " March 2 An Evening with Chancellor 5 p.m. purchase the program book for 12 p.m. ing for office must course
Vaarhook Portraits Ballard presented by the $20 ($15 if WAC members). The file between these Softball 10 a.m. " 2 p.m.
SGA, ODK and Student Softball cost for individual sessions is $10. times. If you have any __vs. Virginia
Wright Auditorium Union. This is an occasion vs. Vermont . Rivers West Building auditorium ; questions regarding ECU Softball Field Business & General
9am."8pm for students to ask Chan- ECU Softball Field 10am.-12p.m.° } filing, please contact 4 p.m. Career Fair
Bais an fie 2007 cellor Ballard questions. A 12 p.m. : : the elections chair Minges Coliseum
yearbook the Buccaneer will reception will follow at 6:30 WomenTs Tennis at electionschair@ Softball first floor concourse
begin on Noa day, Feb 26 in MSC Room 244. vs. Wofford - ecu.edu or go by the vs. Virginia 10 a.m. " 2 p.m.
through Friday March 2 if Hendrix Theater ECU Tennis Complex / SGA office located in ECU Softball Field
Wright Au Aiton: Vonrean 5-7 p.m. 10 a.m. bai aes Student 6 p.m. ae a
: enter. ick-o
ee ECU Hispanic Film Series: Baseball SGA suite in The students will
aa ole haat we ; The Basque Ball vs. NC State % Mendenhall Student begin the Centenni-
453. The Basque Ball: Skin Clark-LeClair Stadiu 4 Center al Celebration with
vii aan also call 1-800- against Stone. " 3 p.m. 9 a.m."5 p.m. a cookout, cake,
OUR-YEAR (687-9327) Free. Spanish with English ice cream and live
: subtitles. Softball music, as well as

during normal business
hours, to scheduie an
appointment. When you
schedule your appointment,
you will receive complete
information on how to
prepare for your portrait
sitting and other pertinent
information.

Feb. 27 & 28

Spring Graduates

March 1 & 2 under
classmen, faculty and staff
Walk-ins are welcome.

Bring you cap and gown if
you would like to purchase a
cap and gown picture.

All yearbook photos should
be in business casual attire.

Cap and gown pickup

Seniors who were unable to
attend the Graduation Expo
last week can pick up their
caps and gowns this week at
Dowdy Student Store.

Summer Study Abroad In India

Austin 235

Applications are currently
being accepted for the 2007
Summer Study Abroad
program in India. The
25-day program will visit

a broad array of religious
sites, including the Taj
Mahal, the Ganges River, and
Dharamsala, the home of the
Dalai Lama. Participants will
go on a trek in the Himalayan
Mountains. The program
provides six credits that
satisfy Gen. Ed.: Humanities
requirements.

For more information about
the program, including a
photo gallery, blog and
media coverage of the 2006
trip, please see: ecu.edu/
religionprogram/india/

To apply, contact Dr. Maher,
maherd@ecu.edu

Laptops available for
checkout

Joyner Library

Joyner Library has 10
laptops*available for
checkout and use anywhere
in the building. All laptops
have wireless access and
Microsoft software. Simply
ask for one in the Digital
Learning Center, which is
the computer lab in the back
of the building. Perfect for
working on papers and other
assignments in a quiet, cozy
corner of the Library.

VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES

The Little Willie Center
needs volunteers to help
mentor/tutor children and
teens. Volunteers are needed
Monday-Friday from 2:30

" 6:30 p.m. Contact Melissa
Alston if you are interested.
(919) 495-3732.

5:30 " 8:30 p.m.

vs. Binghamton
ECU Softball Field
12 p.m.

Softball

vs. James Madison
ECU Softball Field
4 p.m.

ured Event:

LWCC Day

The Ledonia Wright Cultural Center will cel-
ebrate its namesake, the students and the
community during this day long tribute to the

efforts of the LWCC, beginning with doughnuts

for those who stop by during breakfast.

the unveiling of the
ECU Centennial
commemorative
Pepsi can.

ECU campus mall
A p.m.

BRIEFS

Officials call for voluntary
evacuation at dump fire

CLAYTON(AP)"A voluntary
evacuation was recommended for
residents within five miles of a
stump and debris fire at a private
Johnston County dump.

Fire officials said they were
monitoring the fire at the private
dump near Clayton and set up a
shelter at Clayton High School for
anyone who wanted to escape the
smoke. No one was in the shelter
Wednesday morning.

oItTs still on fire, and we're doing
everything that can be done,? said
firefighter Jason Stephenson. oWe
are checking the air quality and
going around the neighborhood and
making sure everything is as safe
as it can be.?

Johnson County spokesman Pat °
LaCatter said the fire first was
noticed Monday. The fire burned
deep in the landfill and firefighters
struggled to get water on it.
LaCarter said investigators believed
the fire started from heat produced
as the wood decayed.

Survey ranks Wilmington living "
costliest in N.C.

WILMINGTON (AP)"Wilmington
is the most expensive North
Carolina city in which to live,
according to a survey released

this week by the cityTs Chamber of
Commerce.

Results of a survey by the
American Chamber of Commerce
Research Association showed
Wilmington at the top of 13
localities, including Raleigh and
Charlotte, based on the price of
everything from food and rent to
gasoline. The cost also was higher
than Charleston, S.C., and Atlanta
and lower than Richmond, Va.
The most expensive part of living
in Wilmington is housing, the
survey said. Housing costs about
10 percent more than the national
average, while housing in Raleigh
is 7.1 percent below the national
average, the survey showed.
oYou've got to pay a little bit more
to live at the beach,? said Scott
Czechlewski, spokesman for the
Greater Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce. oWe're lucky to live at
a place that a lot of people only get
to visit once or twice a year. o

Robber charged again at same
bank, then gets robbed

FAYETTEVILLE (AP)"A man
charged with robbing a bank,

for the second time since 2005,
tried to show police the loot, but
discovered he hadT been robbed,
Fayetteville police said.

Joseph Thomas Mulkerin, 46, was
arrested at a Bragg Boulevard

motel Tuesday and charged with
common law robbery of $2,179
from the Wachovia branch

on Green Street, said police
spokeswoman Jamie Smith.

He had been released from prison
Jan. 11 after serving a sentence
for the 2005 robbery of the same
bank, in which he pleaded guilty to
taking $1,098.

Mulkerin went to his motel room
to show officers the money, but
discovered some missing. Police
later charged motel maintenance
man David Mims, 49, with
breaking into the room and taking
some of the cash, Smith said.

Democratic leaders developing anti-
war plan that wouldnTt cut funds for
U.S. troops in Iraq

WASHINGTON (AP)"House

Democratic leaders are developing

an anti-war proposal that wouldnTt
cut off money for U.S. troops in 1
Iraq while requiring President Bush
to acknowledge problems with an
overburdened military. f
The plan could draw broad
bipartisan support but was

expected to be a tough sell to

members who said they donTt

think it goes far enough to assuage
voters angered by the four-year war.
Bush ohasn't to date done anything
we've asked him to do, so why we
would think he would do anything

Feds net $45 million in drugs during

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzalez speaks during a press conference Wednesday in San Diego.

in the future is beyond me,? said
Rep. Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., one
of a group of liberal Democrats
pushing for an immediate end to
the war.

Democratic protests to the war
grew louder in January after the
party took control of Congress and
Bush announced that he planned
to send 21,500 more troops to
lraq.

Earlier this month, House
Democrats pushed through a
nonbinding resolution opposing the
troop buildup.

Since then, Democrats have been
trying to decide what to do next.
Some worried that a plan by Rep.
John Murtha to restrict funding for
the war would go too far. Murtha,
D-Pa., is extending his support to
the revised proposal.

San Diego diocese files bankruptcy
protection to put off going to trial in
abuse cases

SAN DIEGO (AP)"The Roman
Catholic Diocese of San Diego
filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
protection hours before it was
scheduled to go to trial in the
first of more than 140 lawsuits
accusing priests of sexual abuse.
The filing automatically halted
court proceedings scheduled for
Wednesday.

In a letter posted on the dioceseTs

Web site, Bishop Robert H.
Brom said the diocese made its
decision because any damage
awards in the earlier trials could
deplete odiocesan and insurance
resources? and leave nothing for
other victims.

The diocese claimed in the filing
late Tuesday $95.7 million in
property holdings and $60.4
million in liquid assets, including
stocks, bonds and operating
accounts.

San Diego is the fifth diocese in
the nation to file for bankruptcy
protection.

Liz late for her 75th birthday

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP)"
Elizabeth Taylor, decked out

in diamonds and fur, arrived -
fashionably late to her 75th
birthday party.

The Hollywood icon was in a
wheelchair when she came
down the red carpet Tuesday at
a Las Vegas-area resort. She was
escorted by her 52-year-old son,
Christopher Wilding, who shares
the same birthday.

Taylor smiled and batted

her trademark violet eyes as
photographers sang oHappy
Birthday.?

When asked about the secret

to her longevity, she quipped:
oHanginT in.?

sting on Mexican cartel

WASHINGTON (AP)"
Dozens of people accused of
working for one of MexicoTs larg-
est drug cartels were arrested
Wednesday in a multistate bust
that netted more than $45 mil-
lion worth of cocaine, heroin,
marijuana and methamphet-
amine, federal officials said.

At least some of the drugs
were carried over the U.S.-
Mexico border on a bridge made
from sandbags partially sub-
merged in the Colorado River
outside of Yuma, Ariz., authori-
ties said. All of the narcotics
were sneaked into the country
on the porous Southwest border
exploited by cartel kingpin Victor
Emilio Cazares-Gastellum.

In all, the 20-month sting,
code-named oOperation Imperial
Emperor,? so far has swept up
402 of the cartelTs alleged lieu-
tenants and foot soldiers, includ-
ing 66 on Wednesday who were
arrested in California, Arizona
and Illinois.

Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales was to announce the
arrests at a news conference in
San Diego. The investigation
began in nearby El Centro, Calif.

Cazares-Gastellum, also
known as Victor Emilio Cazares-
Salazar, was indicted in the sting
but not arrested, officials said.
Authorities said his workers

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can nationals, who distributed the
drugs in 23 states. They will face
either federal or state charges.

Among the cache so far col-
lected by the Drug Enforcement
Administration:

"27,229 pounds of mari-
Juana.

"9,512 pounds of cocaine.

"705 pounds of methamphet-
amine.

"227 pounds of pure meth-
amphetamine, or oice.?

"11 pounds of heroin.

"$6.1 million in property
and assets.

"An estimated 100 weapons
and 94 vehicles.

Authorities said the cartel
shipped or drove metric tons of
the drugs from Colombia and
Venezuela to Mexico. From
there, they were taken over the
southwest border and broken
down in Los Angeles, San Diego
and other cities before being
distributed nationwide.

The drugs were distributed
in: Nevada, Arizona, New York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Colorado,
Georgia, Alabama, Arkansas,
Kentucky, Connecticut, Mas-
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Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois,
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REFLEXOLOGY continued from Al

A study by Dr. Nancy L.N. Sear, found cancer Yeoh who had
reflexology treatment reported less pain and anxiety.

demonstrated positive results.
More research is needed to deter-
mine the duration of pain relief
and whether repeated reflexology
treatment would provide addi-
tional benefits, she said.

Reflexology is a complemen-
tary and alternative medicine
therapy in which manual pres-
sure is applied to specific points
on the hand or feet thought to
correspond with specific organs
or parts of the body. It is one of
several complementary and alter-
native medicine therapies seeing
increased use in recent years. An
exact number is unknown, but an
estimated 90 percent of cancer
patients use some form of alterna-
tive therapy such as massage or
music therapy, biofeedback, yoga
or acupuncture, which advocates
say addresses the mind, body and
spirit without side effects found
with some medications or proce-
dures. More than one million new
cancer cases will be diagnosed
this year, according to the Ameri-
can Cancer Society.

Graduate research assistants
Lucinda McMillan, Carrie Young
and Bobbie Perkins, who have
since received their masterTs
degrees, worked with Stephenson
on the project. Young and Perkins
worked throughout the entire
study, which ended in June 2005.
oIt was good to have that continu-
ity,? Stephenson said.

LWCC DAY continued from Al

A focus group made up of students, faculty and staff will discuss their opinions of the LWCC today.

of the Center.

At 10 a.m. until 10:50 there
will be a focus group where
students, faculty and staff can
discuss their personal opinions
about the Center.

Discussions will include if
the Center is obtaining its goals
for the community, and what can
be improved upon.

There will also be another
focus group from 2 until 2:50 p.m.

At 3 p.m. until 3:50 there is
an open discussion about race
relations at ECU.

This discussion will focus on
race relations in the past, the prog-
ress that has been made and what
there is to strive for in the future.

Following the discussion, at
4 p.m. the awarding of the Ledo-
nia Wright Memorial Scholar-
ship will be given. The Ledonia
Wright Memorial Scholarship
is given out to one student in
the amount of $1,000 for next
semester. The applicants had
to submit an essay and their
grades. The decision: regarding

who receives the scholarship is_

based on the essay, grades and
the studentTs leadership roles on
and off campus.

The final event of the day
is Brother to Sister. During all
the other discussions, men and
women will be separated for the
most part. In this final part of

the LWCC day, both males and
females will be face to face dis-
cussing their personal opinions
about gender issues. '

According to McNeill, the
LWCC is hoping that students
will take advantage of all the
opportunities available at the
LWCC Day.

oI think it is going to be an
exciting day. We definitely tried ~
to center it toward the students.
It is all about the students and
hopefully they will enjoy it,? said
Shannon Mulvaney, a graduate '
assistant at the Career Center.

This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.

ee

Opinion

ramark
keeps it
classy

Nothing says delicious like mass
food poisonings

BRIDGET TODD
OPINION WRITER

At a recent SGA meeting, I was quite pleased
to find free food. As someone who is both cheap
and greedy, I was delighted. After munching on a
few free cookies, however, I learned the food was
compliments of Aramark.

If I werenTt so darn hungry, I would have §
thrown away my plate and left. A few free sand- =

wiches and some ruffled chips werenTt about to
make me forget all of the awful things Aramark
has contributed to.

Now Aramark isnTt inherently an evil corpo-
ration, but they do have some questionable prac-
tices, from both business and ethical standpoints.
Because we support Aramark everyday by eating
on campus, we should be informed about what the
corporation does in the world other than serve
quesadillas to ECU students.

' For instance, in October 1999, Aramark was
found liable in an incident that took place at Giants
Stadium. Aramark employees continued to serve
beer to an obviously intoxicated patron who later
went on to cause a car accident that left an 18-
month old girl a quadriplegic.

Fans are only allowed to buy two beers at a time
but the patron was able to sidestep this pesky rule
by classily slipping the cashier $10. The show Inside
Edition did an investigative story on AramarkTs
alcohol serving practices and found that stadium
vendors routinely broke rules involving limits of
beers per transaction.

In addition to serving stadiums and colleges,
Aramark also provides food to prisons. The food
Aramark provides to prisoners is so bad; prison
officials worry about it causing riots.

After all, a hungry inmate is often a
problematic inmate. Journalist for the St. Petersburg
Times Thomas Tobin, reflects on the state of food
services Aramark provides to Florida prisons,
writing, oIn Marion County, inmate kitchen |
workers, on orders from an Aramark supervisor,
soaked spoiled chicken in vinegar and water to
take away the smell before cooking. Corrections
officers found out and ordered 500 pieces of chicken
thrown out.? ee

In Putnam County, corrections officers discov-
ered pans of refrigerated food with altered dates, a
serious infraction that sparked a major investiga-
tion. Officials suspected Aramark was subverting
the prison systemTs strict rules on using leftovers
" rules intended to prevent mass inmate sickness.
In Brevard County, inspections in March and
May found maggots on serving trays and kitchen
floors. Inspection reports in other institutions
described Aramark kitchens as filthyT and in one
case, horrendous.T That sounds pretty cruel and
unusual to me.

Now I know what you're thinking: Prisons are
one thing, but Aramark would never serve food
that bad to college kids right? Wrong! In 1999,
120 students at Pomona College became ill with
a salmonella related outbreak after eating at Ara-
mark run dining halls.

If you think Aramark is known for treating
their employees well, a quick Google search will
quickly dispel that notion. William Norman, who
was an Aramark manager at High Point Univer-
sity, claims the company threatened him after he
refused to fire mentally and physically challenged
employees in 2000.

In addition, after 10 black Aramark employees

filed a discrimination suit against the company
with the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, employee Michelle Catagnus claims
that she was asked to lie about one of the black
employees by Aramark managers.
, Catagnus claims she witnessed manager
Chris Hornbaker yelling at a black employee and
later Hornbaker asked her to sign a document
stating that the employee started the altercation.
After she refused and complained to supervi-
sors, she alleged that she became the victim of
oretaliation treatment? which included
unwarranted write-ups and being assigned more
work than possible to complete in a shift. After
complaining to the Aramark corporate offices,
Catagnus maintains they took ono corrective action
of any kind.?

There have been a score of incidents involving
AramarkTs unfair treatment of workers at UNC
over the last few years. Dining hall employee Lezlie
Sumpter was fired after speaking out publicly
against the sexual harassment perpetrated by male
supervisors who weren't chastised.

In January 2005, Aramark employees at UNC
dining halls began organizing with the Service
Employees International Union. Students helped
out by distributing leaflets and translating meet-
ings for Spanish-speaking employees. Aramark
responded by removing the student activists. and
sending threatening anti-union letters to their
employees.

In 2005, Aramark had police investigate Vel
Dowdy, a vocal union supporter. Aramark dis-
covered she had given a handful of free meals to
students and had Dowdy removed in handcuffs
and charged with felony embezzlement. Students
protested, claiming that Aramark only wanted to
get rid of an enthusiastic union supporter.

If this makes You a little uneasy out about
dining with Aramark, think twice when purchasing
Aramark-prepared foods. After all, this is a public
institution and that is our right. Oh, but wait, if
you live on campus you are required to purchase a
meal plan. Score another win for Aramark!

{ Your personal study break }

THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2007
RANT OF THE DAY "

If you think nobody cares if you're alive,
try missing a couple of car payments.

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| love the way | smell after the tanning
bed!

Will you marry me? Like, today? Right
now?

I'm a shy boy...

| spend all day thinking about good
Pirate Rants to do, but when | sit down
at the computer, like now, | canTt think
of anything.

Intramurals are so complicated. You

~ canTt get on a team unless you start

one yourself. Doing that is even
more complicated, |Tll stick to pick-up
sports. :

Six years of college is the new five.

This warm weather makes me miss
recess!

| swear when | find out the girl(s) who °

pee on the seat in the bathrooms, |
am going to take them and give them
a swirly!!

If you donTt start paying more attention
to me, then ITm going to start seeing
other people whether you love me
or not.

Can anyone else spend all day
watching TBS?

| think itTs funny how last year everyone
thought that | was the witch and had
problems, but this year they've realized
it was you being the witch the entire

- time! ITm glad they all know how fake

you really are!

Gosh, some people are so annoying. |
wish | could just get rid of them.

To whoever was complaining about
having ajob where they do nothing and
still get paid 12 dollars an hour...Stop
trying to put it in the faces of the people
who need ajob and would die for yours.
If you hate your boring job that much, |

will be glad to take it.

| hate how most of the time | get drunk,
| blackout. ItTs like | go on autopilot
without GPS.

Beware: Psycho Creepmasters will
sneak in through your keyholes when
you are sleeping!

T Ahhh, U.S. Marines. How do | love

thee? Oh, let me count the ways...

This past weekend | went invisible
fishing and caught a Holy Mackerel!

Myspace and Facebook aside, theT

Internet is good for nothing but porn.

The only thing worse than never getting
full is being too poor to buy food.

Hey, Iike your green pants.
Who the crap is Jack Bauer?

| love my English teacher! He makes
my day because heTs so hot!

| am a nice girl who would really
appreciate a nice guy, but itTs been
statistically proven | will break your
heart.

To the older lady who couldnTt stop
staring and giving me mean looks the
other day... It was Ash Wednesday.
Just to let you know /Tm Catholic and
ITm sorry that you're ignorant and rude.
ITm praying for you.

How did you get down four flights of
stairs faster than me when | took an
elevator, are you the Flash?

| think the construction at Wright
Fountain is a-cover up for Pee DeeTs
buried treasure

If you don't. like the swim test, then
transfer, but when you drown in a
kiddy pool...

Wow. Are you serious? You would
send someone to war to fight for your
freedom, and yet deny them those
freedoms? ThatTs exactly what is
wrong with our society.

| like our late night truth or dare
games.

Mythbusters keeps me up at night.
Does anybody else think the club
basketball team should be playing for
ECU as the actual team? Maybe then
we would win.

ITm happy!

Imean,why are my cap and gown purple?
| find myself in Bate, in one of the

computer labs when ITm bored. Are
you there too?

| think you're in love with her, not me.

Why do you have over 200 friends on
Facebook just at ECU? Do you really
know that many people? | think not!

..siht daer ot gniyrt fo daetsni won
thgir rosseforp ruoy ot noitnetta gniyap
eb ylbaborp dluohs.uoY (Translated)
**You should probably be paying
attention to your professor right now
instead of trying to read this...**

Can we push Spring Break back a
couple weeks? ITm not in shape, yet.

| know this sounds kinda mean but
| really wish Red Cross would stop
calling me all the time! | thought
donating blood was a voluntary act.

ITm giving up smoking for lent, all
kinds!

HereTs something you donTt read in the
Pirate Rants very often: | am actually
very happy and have nothing negative
to say!

Why is there nothing to do at ECU ~

unless you are drinking?

| love saying, oYour mom? in response
to everything. :

| hate... Oh, hold on, dinnerTs ready.

Is anyone else pissed that the breakup ~

at the pit at UNC was fake?

When | go to the bathroom in my dorm,
and someone is in the bathroom or
shower stalls, | look through the cracks
at them!

| need to stop getting so attached to
every girl | hook up with, it's obvious
by now ECU girls aren't looking to be
tied down.

| would LOVE to be able to make $12
an hour for just sitting around; letTs
trade!

Maybe that changed your life because
you sold out your so-called obest
friends,? just maybe.

| wonder how many people walk
around after reading Rants thinking
that one they read was about them.

| wish there was a well on campus and
that a little boy named Timmy would
fall in it and need to be rescued. That
would make a great front page TEC
story!

Yesterday my boss called me a purple
people eater. HeTs like, 70 years old. |
couldn't help but smile.

Is it too late to change my major?

I've forgotten what life was like before
you, and not in a good way.

| am falling in love with an acid
queen.

Older women seem to know what |
want! :

The only things | eat at the dining hall
are three bowls of cereal, and that is
the way | like it.

Girls with booties like mine do not talk
to boys with faces like yours.

To all the white students who have
been whining about not having a
oWhite History Month,? | found out that
May is indeed, oEuropean-American
History month? and April is oHispanic
History Month?. So, please, enough of
the whining!

| saw you undressing me with your eyes
in class. Did you like what you saw?

It's incredibly redundant to say oThe
TEC,? since the first letter in that
particular acronym happens to stand
for oThe? already, so stop referring to
it that way.

| know you've been sending in Rants
about me behind my back lately you
spineless excuse of a man. | hope
karma hits you like a ton of bricks. No,
make that cinderblocks.

Why does the, fresh potting soil on
campus smells like hot, spoiled
garbage?

Yesterday, a first grader tried to teach
me how to do a cartwheel. | think |
pulled a muscle.

"| hate when my best friend has to go

when we are in the middle of a deep
conversation.

When I'm sick | still snuggle with my
favorite stuffed animal.

Anyone else wishing this virus/flu crap
would go away?

| just saw a blind guy leading two
more blind people across the street...
seriously.

Professors who won't take doctorsT
notes are crazy.

Krispy Kreme is making a reduced fat
donut... YAY! | think.

. Lhold your seat in class so that | can

smell your cologne.

My roomate is going to send
her boyfriend some cupcakes .to
Georgia through the mail. Is that love
or what?

If you smoke cigarettes, donTt tell me
that pork is bad for me!

| love... Me!
Let's ostudy? at my house next time.

No! You canTt borrow my calculator; ITm
taking the same test that you are.

Don't speak to me alone if you canTt
speak to me with your girlfriend.

Stop driving your car in the bus.onlyT |

section of Speight. YouTre holding
us up.

DonTt be the bunny.

You may have a expensive car, but you
still live ina crappy apartment.

Okay, who put a.stop payment on my
reality check?

My hockey mom can beat up your
soccer mom.

Learn from your parentsT mistakes: Use
birth control.

| get enough exercise just pushing
my luck.

If ignorance is bliss, you must be
orgasmic.

| took an IQ test and the results were
negative.

ITm as confused as a baby in a topless
bar.

| didnTt say it was your fault. | said | was
going to blame you.

Give aman a fish and he willeatfora "

day. Teach him how to fish, and he will
sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

A bartender is just a pharmacist with a
limited inventory.

All generalizations are false, including
this one.

{ should not have to wait 30 minutes for
two chicken biscuits! That is all kinds
of wrong!

Parents, | need more money. | spent
all of mine on cigarettes, booze and
entry fees.

My phone's broken! What am | going.

to do with my life?!

Stop spelling your words. out, Fergie.
You're insulting our intelligence!

Someday we'll know why | wasnTt
meant for you.

Sometimes | lie to my friends about the
Rants that someone else sent in and
tell them theyTre mine. :

Dear God, I'll never drink again. Please
don't give me any more community
frigginT service.

I'm so tired of just being your ofriends
with benefits? girl. Break up with your
girlfriend! Do it. ,
Our ethics are down the drain. Hardly
anybody knows right from wrohg
anymore. :

Why is the ECU e-mail so hard to use?

They made everything so bloody difficult. .

Will someone please marry me so
that people will stop making fun of my
last name? 7

| havenTtcried in two weeks, and! am so
proud of myselfthat| could cry. Wait... no.

Why is it that my stomach only makes
crazy sounds when | am watching a
movie with the guy | like?

When | agreed with you that we
shouldn't date, what really meant was

- that it broke my heart a little.

Who knows what bands are playing
this year at Barefoot on the Mall and
Reggae on the Lake?

I know you're

wonderin C.

ItTs my turn to rant

RACHEL KING
OPINION EDITOR

Sometimes, I think I want to give up, but the
thought of this page not coming out and you all not
having your Pirate Rants keeps me going. Some of
you are my good friends. Some of you like me, and
some of you hate me (this could be because I donTt
publish your Rants), and some of you just met me
when I was having a bad day, which is unfortunate
because I consider myself to be a relatively pleasant
person. Most of you donTt know me personally, but
if you're reading this now, you've probably already
read the Rants, and so I would venture to say that in
your own way, you do: I am the one who decides what
goes into the Opinion page, and what doesnTt, and
I'd like to take a moment to respond to some of the
things that ITve read and experienced this semester.

When I first started here, it was scary. I was
a staff writer in News and very new to journalism
in general. My first stories consisted of finding
out why the manholes (they were really just steam
vents) all over campus smelled terrible and spend-
ing hours talking to wily professors that wanted
only five percent of what they said to actually
make it into the paper (oThis is off the record,
right, Miss??)... Some of them even wanted the
prepublication copy so they could approve it first.

Then one day, I was bumped to News Editor.
This happened literally overnight. I did my best to
pick up the pieces. I learned quickly out of necessity
and kept plugging away and making mistakes until
I was doing the best job that I knew I could. I spent
about a year in that position, and this semester I
switched over to the Opinion page. Let me tell you:
Nothing I ever dealt with in News compares to the
way people treat each otherTs opinions. ItTs been a
heck of a ride for a whole new number of reasons.

ITve learned that having an opinion makes
you an easy target because the vast majority of
the population will not share theirs for fear of
retribution. This is where the Pirate Rants come
in. Anonymous as a thief in the night and as cruel
as any dictator has ever been, a person can type
out all the hate in his or her heart and send it
right to me. Sometimes itTs funny and sometimes
itTs hurtful. Sometimes you all say things to each
other that I canTt hardly fathom, much less print.
Why? No one can connect it to you, of course.

Other times, though, this is the best job ITve
ever had because you send me the funniest things,
which I have the honor of sharing with the rest
of you. Others rant just to say things like, oITm
Ranting right now because you wonTt print my
Rants!? Lovely. Thanks for that. Also, owho is Jack
Bauer?? ItTs been driving me crazy. The student
body sends about 300 Rants per day, so please...
DonTt send me hate mail because I-didnTt print
your stuff. Be wittier, more sincere, wackier or
funnier next time. Finally, as many of you point
out, yes it is bad if you have to ask whether or not
itTs bad. The same goes for weirdT and wrong,T too.

Also, sometimes I see Rants that make really
good arguments for a real cause, or are simply a
valid message. For instance, perhaps ECU will
spend a few dollars to make sure Whichard gets
some signs soon... or the community may take
notice when students voice their opinion on the
MLK /fifth street issue or something else that mat-
ters. Honestly, though, if you have that strong of
an opinion that you have to send me the same Rant
five times in a row, why donTt you write a letter to
the editor? That is the best way to end up with sig-
nificant space on the opinion page. Since I had some
space to work with and itTs my turn to have an opin-
ion, I thought ITd answer the questions I keep seeing
and share with you all, (who also love the Rants,

from what I can see) what I love about this page as

well. However, this is my opinion; ITm fully aware
that I have a job to do here, and I donTt strive to run
some Rants and not others due to anything other.
than the standards by which this entire newspaper
operates. Also, the disclaimer that you see when
you rant is necessary. I canTt help if you donTt like it
and ranting about how you donTt like it is not going
to get it taken off of the page. Ah, that feels better.

So rant.on, or come fill out an application. Just
be prepared for criticism. The Rants are ruthless.

Sarah Bell

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News Editor » _ Asst. Photo editor
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Pulse Editor

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DINING continued from Al

students, faculty and staff who
review submissions. based on
very comprehensive [Request
for Proposal] specifications,?
Johnson said.

A committee reviews the bids
and makes recommendations. In
the past, student bid committee
members have included the SGA
president or someone he or she
designates, an off campus student
representative and a representa-
tive from the Residence Hall

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oThe service and the food
are both satisfying.?

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CUNNINGHAM
FRESHMAN
GRAPHIC DESIGN MAJOR

oThe goal is to get a good

cross-section of student repre-
sentation on the committee... so
the entire campus will be repre-

sented,? Johnson said. oMateri- .

als Management will chair the
committee, and weTll also have
Campus Dining officials on the
committee.?

Johnson noted that Aramark
has been an asset to the uni-
versity.

oOver the 17 years Aramark
has honored and exceeded the
terms of the agreement and has
been a strong business partner
and supporter of the university,?
Johnson said.

Lysaught said that Ara-
mark is ocommitted to serving
the highest quality food in the
safest environment. We have
comprehensive safety programs
in place. Employees complete
regular training in food safety
and sanitation.?

This writer can be contacted at
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WASHINGTON (AP)"
; NASA will delay the first manned
flight of the new spacecraft
designed to take humans back
to the moon because of budget
constraints, the agencyTs boss said
Wednesday.

The craft, called the Orion,
won't fly until early 2015, four

to six months later than planned, «

NASA administrator Michael
Griffin told lawmakers.

oWe simply do not have the
money available? to fly in 2014 as
originally planned, he said.

The delay is the result of a-

$545 million difference between

oPresident BushTs request for the ~~

agency this year and the money
Congress included in a spending
bill Bush signed this month. Law-
makers gave the space agency the
same amount of money it received
in 2006.

oThe net result of the decrease
will be a four- to six-month delay
of the Orion crew vehicle,? Griffin
told the Senate Commerce Com-
mitteeTs space subcommittee.

ThatTs more time the US.

CUNNINGHAM

oThe food has gotten
better, | can now eat the
vegetables.?

RACHELLE WOOTEN
FRESHMAN
MATH EDUCATION MAJOR

oThe bad fruit has caused
me to not eat on campus
in over four years?

ERIK DUBROFF
SENIOR
GEOGRAHY MAJOR

will go without any manned
spaceflight capability " the Space
Shuttle is slated for retirement in
2010. It will fly 13 or 14 more mis-
sions to finish the International
Space Station and maintain the
Hubble space telescope.

Griffin said the gap between
the shuttleTs retirement and Ori-
onTs debut raises practical and
strategic concerns.

oWhen you donTt fly for four
or more years, people become
stale... facilities degrade. ItTs not a
good thing,? he said. oOur human
spaceflight expertise will be
depleted to a certain extent.?
~~ Griffin also pointed out that
other countries would continue to
fly humans and cargo into space
while Americans were grounded.
oFor the United States not to be
among them is tragic,? he said.
oThe U.S. will be in a position of
purchasing crew and cargo ser-
vices from other countries.?

The Orion is the ship designed
to carry astronauts to the moon
and later to Mars. Bush announced
the new manned space program in

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2004, the year after the shuttle
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seven astronauts. Bush called for a
return to the moon by 2020.

Griffin said he wasnTt looking
to that deadline just yet. oITm not
worried about the moon right
now. ITm worried about replacing
the shuttle,? he said.

Five of the crew members who

flew aboard space shuttle Dis- | |

covery last December were rec-
ognized by senators at the hear-
ing. Missing was pilot William
Oefelein, who was hasn't made a
public appearance since the arrest
of astronaut Lisa Nowak earlier
this month on charges she tried
to kidnap and kill a woman she:

- regarded as her rival for OefeleinTs

affections.

oClearly, she is in major trou-
ble and clearly we failed as an
institution to recognize that she
was very troubled,? Griffin said
when asked about Nowak. oI donTt
think one incident should ever be
allowed to paint a picture for an
entire group of people ... and cer-
tainly not for our astronauts.?

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Horoscopes:

Aries
You're very attractive aot
you donTt feel very much like
working. This is not necessarily
bad, if youTve already finished
your chores.
Taurus
The fun part of this project is
you're gaining as you spend.
Invest in a place you can live
now, and turn it into money
later.
Gemini
You'll have more time to study
now; so donTt waste it running
around. Have the pizza delivered
and get back to work.
Cancer
You can go shopping, but only
get things that make your future
more secure. In other words, buy
things that will ultimately reduce
your expenses.
Leo
DonTt spend a lot, but do show
everybody your appreciation. It
means more to them than you
know, but you'll learn as you go
along. Besides, itTs fun.
Virgo
Keep thinking about the reward
you'll give yourself, when this
projectTs done. DonTt wait around
for somebody elseTs praise.
Libra
A remarkable discovery disrupts
your work routine. Make a change
in priorities. Set aside what you
were doing, for now.
Scorpio
Provide the necessary services
with a smile and a friendly
manner. Others want to pay even
more than you're asking for.
Sagittarius
You're getting closer to solving
the mystery. Keep it to yourself.
Others want to know what you
know, but they arenTt all on your
team.
Capricorn
DonTt talk about your wins or
losses yet, you're not finished.
You're in a position to spend
more than you have.
Aquarius
Training a helper at first seems
to cost you more than itTs worth.

Don't give up, this turns out to be ©

a good long-term investment.
Pisces

ThereTs more work coming in,
and this time you're ready for
it. You have a routine in place
that.will make the load.easier to
process, and more profitable.

Dessert Recipes:

Three Chocolate Cookies;

1 cup (2 sticks) butter,
softened

1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3/4 cup sugar

1 3/4 cups firmly packed
brown sugar

3 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 (12-ounce) package
semisweet chocolate morsels

1 cup milk chocolate morsels

3 (1-ounce) squares
bittersweet chocolate, chopped
1 cup almond brickle chips
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
Lightly grease baking sheets.
With an electric mixer, beat
butter and shortening at medium
speed until creamy; gradually
add sugars, beating until fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla, beating
well.

In a small bowl, combine flour,
baking soda and salt; gradually
add to butter mixture, beating
until blended. Stir in chocolate
morsels and almond brickle
chips. Drop cookies by 1/4
cupfuls about 3-inches apart
onto prepared baking sheets.
Bake for 11 to 12 minutes, or
until lightly browned.

Pecan Dreams

1 1/2 cups confectionersT sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour

1 8-ounce package cream
cheese, at room temperature
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, at
room temperature

1 cup chopped pecans"
Topping:

1 cup heavy cream

2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1 cup Heath Bits 0T Brickle
Toffee Bits

Preheat oven:to 350 degrees F.
Lightly greasea 9-inch square pan.
Stir together confectionersT sugar
and flour ina bowl. Using a pastry
cutter or fork, cut cream cheese
and butter into flour mixture
until crumbly. Press mixture
into prepared pan, distributing
evenly. Pour nuts over mixture
and press into dough. Bake for
30 minutes. Remove from oven
and cool completely:

For topping, whip. cream and
granulated sugar together with
a hand-held electric mixer until
stiff; fold in almond toffee bits.
Spread over cake. Cut into
squares. Store in refrigerator.

Fresh findings pop up in Greenville

A preview of whatTs to
come in the next couple
of years

JENNY AYERS
STAFF WRITER

From one academic year to the
next, one never knows what kind
of changes will be taking place
around Greenville. The downtown
area has already seen an influx of
new businesses in the past couple
of years with its inauguration of
various new restaurants, boutiques
and other establishments. Over the
next couple of years the rest of the
city will be catching up with new
businesses popping up around
every corner.

Perhaps the most appealing
on this list of new businesses is
the number of restaurants that
are moving in. It is no secret that
Tripps Restaurant and another
MoeTs can be added to the phone
bookTs orestaurant? listing.

Tripps, which specializes in
fine steaks, seafood and pasta
dishes, has already opened its
doors to the public and is located
off Greenville Boulevard on Red
Banks Road. A second location of
MoeTs opened last Thursday on
Arlington Boulevard near Star-
bucks and Coldstone Creamery.

There are a few other restau-
rants and businesses that have
yet to begin construction but are
definitely in the works, according
to Wayne Harrison, of the Com-
munity Development Depart-
mentTs Planning Division. While
Mr. Harrison was able to provide
the names of upcoming busi-
nesses, details such as what kind
of food is featured are unavailable
at this time.

Two new restaurants have been
confirmed. Rucker JohnTs will be
located on Memorial Dr. in front
of AudiTs grocery store. University
Chopps, according to Harrison,
will be a o..nice restaurant with
an area for outdoor dining,? and
is going to go in the newly built

Photos by Zach Sirkin

will open another location on
10th street along with another
unconfirmed retailer. Also making
a second appearance in Greenville
on 10th Street is the popular con-
venience and gas station, Sheetz.
In addition, an ArbyTs is being built
on Firetower Road and Arlington
Boulevard near BojangleTs.
Some new buildings are going
up to give these businesses a
home and some businesses are
simply moving in to previously
unoccupied areas. The Shops at
Greenville Greene by the Car-
mike Theater are going to be
home to two new and uncon-
firmed restaurants. As for the old
Carolina East Mall, plans are in
motion to demolish it to make way
for new retailers.
. In place of the old Carolina

The newly-opened Sheetz is located across from the Krispy Kreme at the intersection 10th and Cotanche Streets by ECUTs campus.

building by Best Buy and Lower:
foods.

East mall, the shopping center

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WhatTs great about the music of the 80s?

A look at 1982, the year of the
compact disc

JOHN BOSCO
SENIOR WRITER

While ITve already exposed years from nearly
every other decade " as far back as the 1960s, and
as recent as the 1990s, thereTs been one decade thatT s
been overlooked: The 1980s.

Late in 1982, the invention that would change the
music industry forever (for better or for worse), the
compact disc, was born.

Fittingly, 1982 saw the release of a lot of memo-
rable music, and while not as acclaimed as some other
eras, the 1980s saw an interesting blend of emerging
punk acts pitted against pop mega-stars.

Well before he changed his name to a symbol
and then changed it back again, Prince released 1999
in 1982. His fifth studio album, and the album that
propelled him to a new level of fame, 1999 deals with
such content as Armageddon and, of course, sex. The
album is probably best remembered for the smash hits
o1999? and oLittle Red Corvette.?

Not unfamiliar to name changes himself, John
Cougar (also known as John Mellencamp), released
American Fool. Who can forget the insanely catchy hit

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single oJack and Diane? and the sweet video that went
along with it? The Recording Industry Association
of America even named the song on their oSongs of
the Century? list released in 2001.

In the hardcore scene, Bad Brains released their
self-titled debut album in 1982. The album is largely
considered one of the most important albums in punk
rock history. oFearless Vampire Killers? has to have
one of the best guitar intros in a punk song ever.

Also noteworthy for punk music, the Clash
released Combat Rock, which is noteworthy i in that
it was the last Clash album to feature their original
lineup. Guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones would later
be ofired? from the band, while drummer Topper
Headon would be kicked out for his heroin abuse.

Maybe the best punk album to come from Ameri-
can soil, the DescendentTs Milo Goes to College was
released in 1982 and perfected the art of concise
songwriting, having only one song longer than the
two minute mark.

Bad Religion, the hugely influential southern
California native punk rockers, release their first full-
length album How Could Hell Be Any Worse, rounding
out a solid catalog for the yearTs punk music.

R.E.M. showed their first signs of promise,
releasing the Chronic Town EP. The acclaim the

see 1982 page B2

Try being
silent for a day

The life of a monk isnTt
easy

ELIZABETH LAUTEN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Recap: ITm now into the third
week of project that ITm taking part
in to fulfill my graduation require-
ments and ITm living a lifestyle
similar to that of a monk.

I went to work at LoganTs
Thursday morning, for the first
time since this project began. Let
me tell you, the temptations of a
restaurant on such a restricted diet
were almost unbearable. It wasnTt
so much that I wanted to eat what I
saw in front of me, but rather it was
the little things that were the most
difficult to deal with " I longed
for sweet tea, fountain drinks, and
crackers of all things.

Before going home for the
day, my co-workers asked me

to go out with them for drinks

sometime during the weekend. I
had to say no because ITm not
allowed to consume alcohol during
this process.

That of course made me realize
Just how difficult keeping up this
lifestyle would be. ItTs one thing
to oplay monk? for a month, but
actually committing to abstain-
ing from all of these changes for
a lifetime, after having experi-
enced and enjoyed them, seems
unachievable. Perhaps ITm just too
weak of a person to be devoted to
something so intense if it weren't
for a grade.

Regardless of whether or not
thatTs the case, ITm very much jnto
this project. It drives me crazy on
so many levels, but certain aspects
of it are undoubtedly eye-opening
and life changing.

I spent five hours after work
Thursday evening at my profes-
sorTs house with my classmates and
other participants in the Monastic
Project. LetTs just say, during
those hours I experienced a night
unlike any other.

We spend the first 45 minutes
chanting as a group. I obviously
had no idea what to expect with
that, but it was intense. And as
crazy as this may sound, when
the chanting ended and the room
filled with silence, you could feel
something intangible lingering
in the room. It was as though you
could reach out and touch the
energy around you.

I thought it was just me, but

see MONK page B2

PAGE B2

Disney

Ashley Tisdale releases
Headstrong

ELISE PHILLIPS
ASSISTANT PULSE EDITOR

If you think that the world
is being taken over by pop prin-
cesses like Hillary Duff and Lind-
say Lohan, you haven't heard the
new stylings of Ashley Tisdale.
' Some of you may know Tisdale
from Disney's hit show, The Suite
Life of Zach and Cody or a character
in DisneyTs High School Musical.

Now, 21-year-old Tisdale is
trying to make her mark in the
music industry.

I think that otrying? is the cor-

rect word to describe TisdaleTs CD,
Headstrong, released Feb. 6.
, Every song, from her attempt
to achieve club-hopping music to
her poor attempt at sultry ballad
songs, Headstrong is not something
I would even want my 15-year-old
sister to listen to.

The CD starts off with an
upbeat oSo Much For You,? which
almost sounds like Brittney SpearsT
oOops I Did It Again.? (Which
doesnTt surprise me since Spears is
one of the collaborators of Head-
strong). Tisdale belts out her prom-
ise to do anything for her boyfriend.

An attempt to be sexy follows
with the next song, oHe Said, She
Said,? which also sounds like an
early Justin Timberlake song. Of
course this song proclaims that a
boy will do anything to get Tisdale's
love, and Tisdale will do anything
for his love. Although cheesy, itTs
sure to get pre-teens everywhere
up and dancing.

After a ballad, which testi-

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fies TisdaleTs hurts from a prior
boyfriend, Headstrong comes to a
climax with the hit oNot Like That.?

I say ohit? carefully, because

oanyone over the age of 12 would

think that this song is tacky. Tisdale
croons about how all the girls in
the club ogot their eyes on me? and
that they oput her down. because of
jealousy? but she is not the kind of
girl who cares.

Another attempt at a hit, oDonTt
Touch,? warns male fans and pro-
spective love interests of Tisdale to
odonTt touch? unless they want to
get hurt. Maybe Tisdale is trying to
sound tough in this one, but comes off
more as an inexperienced teenager.

The song used to name the CD,
oHeadstrong? proclaims Tisdale's
independenceandloveofthespotlight.

With her child-like beats and

immature voice, it is hard to take
this song seriously.

Songs like oUnlove You? and
oPositivity? sound like something
from the Radio Disney scene.

In other words, middle school
kids everywhere will probably love
TisdaleTs Headstrong.

So, maybe I shouldn't be so hard
on her. I mean, with collaborators
like Brittney Spears, Hillary Duff
and Ashlee Simpson, who can blame
her for her immature sound?

For all of you who thrive on
the Disney, pre-teen, pop-princess
music, Tisdale's Headstrongis for you.

For everyone else who craves
something a little deeper, donTt buy
this album.

This writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeastcarolinian.com.

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o11 Galleria? will be constructed.
Sears will remain and the only
other confirmed retailer at this
time is KohlTs department store.

oMost major retailers donTt
announce their arrival until they're
ready to move in,? Harrison said.

The shopping center will be
'a combination of boutiques and
department stores, along with two
other restaurants that have not
'yet been determined. The centerTs
estimated completion date is two
years from now. -

As for improving and multi-
plying what is already present,
a few businesses are opening up
mew locations or expanding their
current ones. A new Harris Teeter
is complete on Firetower Road.
This store is significantly larger
and will have a presumably wider
selection than its counterpart.
'This store, whose doors open on

March 7 to the public, will have
a Starbucks Coffee located inside
as well as a pharmacy.

LoweTs Home Improvement is
doubling their capacity with the
scheduled construction of a new
store on 10th Street past Univer-
sity Manor apartments. The Sun-
shine Factory tanning salon will
open another location also on 10th
Street near Miami Subs. Lastly,
Target is going to expand its
current store by adding on to the
front of the building, allowing for
more products and easier access
to its customers.

In addition to retailers and
restaurants, there are also plans
for new student housing units on
10th Street. Two projects have
been confirmed in the way of
new apartment complexes geared
toward ECU and Pitt Community
College students. Details aren't

clear just yet, but the plans are
indeed definite.

oI think itTs great that
Greenville is expanding and
adding new businesses. ItTs always
good to have a new place to dine
or shop, so that you donTt end up
doing the same things all the
time,? said Alan Wood, sopho-
more communication major.

Business is booming in
Greenville and students might
have to scramble to keep up. With
the rapid introduction of new busi-
nesses, retailers and restaurants,
the city is literally growing by the
minute, and with all the traffic
these places are going to bring,
the city might just have to break
down and ease the access with
some road construction.

This writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeastcarolinian.com.

1982
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EP received made it possible for
\their following yearTs epic debut
'release, Murmur.

Moving to a much different
genre, Boy GeorgeTs Culture
;Club released their debut album
Kissing to Be Clever. The album is
best known for itTs mega-success-
ful hit, oDo You Really Want to
Hurt Me??

Possibly the best album of

:1982 was Bruce SpringsteenTs
release of Nebraska. Recorded
as demos by Springsteen on his
own four-track recorder, the
;albumTs lo-fi sound was a shock
to the general public, expecting
something more like his previous
ralbum, The River.
, Other notable albums from
1982 include Brian EnoTs On
Land, The CureTs Pornography,
Elvis Costello and the Attrac-
,tionsT Imperial Bedroom and Roxy
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Avalon.

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MONK

continued from B1

other classmates said the same-
thing. It was one of those things
that you need to experience first-
hand in order to understand, but
it truly was something else.

Monday, as outlined in
the project guidelines, I spent
the day in modified silence.
That is to say, I was only to
speak when absolutely necessary
and as little as possible. If you
know me, a day without talking
sounds hopeless.

As expected, I struggled all

day. long to keep quiet. There were -

so many moments where I wanted
to speak more than anything else
in the world. Yet, as the hours
passed, I started to adjust to the
deafening silence.

That didnTt stop my thoughts
though, and there were moments
where being more aware of them:
became overwhelming. I donTt think
ITve ever stopped to be that aware of
what was going on inside my head
outside of meditating for the project.

It was then that I came to the
realization that I find comfort

in speech. It makes noise, and in
that noise, I find solace. Gener-
ally, we think of speaking as
communicating and way to feel
more connected with the world,
but for me I realized that I use
talking as a barrier in many
ways. Perhaps not consciously,
but keeping up constant chatter
I can control my environment
and what people are able to learn
about me. Moreover, in listening
to others talk, I can focus on them
instead of myself.

All this said, I have no idea
how the final week and a half will
play out. However, I can confi-
dently say, that while it may be
a mountain of a task to complete,
it comes with perfect timing. ITm
about to graduate and take on the
world, this is the kind of soul-
searching, self-awareness people
pay big bucks to sort through,
and ITm very glad I stumbled into
this project.

This writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeastcarolinlan.com.

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The siteTs design is fairly
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od

Quarterback on the ECU
%007 spring football roster
that has attempted a pass in

a ECU varsity football game;

Sophomore Rob Kass went _
14-30 for 184 yards last sea-
son as a backup to departed
starter James Pinkney; the
other four quarterbacks on
the spring roster have never
attempted a collegiate pass;
Sophomore Brett Clay also
saw limited game action last
season but never attempted
aTpass; Kass, Clay and junior

Patrick Pinkney (no relation to
James) figure to battle for the
starting quarterback vacancy
this spring; redshirt freshman

Dwayne Harris could also play
some quarterback this spring
as he quarterbacked the scout
team last season, but Harris is
listed as a wide receiver on the

official spring roster

(ma
Goals scored by the ECU club.
hockey team in a 5-2 loss to
Appalachian State in the Blue
Ridge Hockey Conference
semifinals last weekend; The
Pirates lost to the Mountain-
eers despite going 14-1 in the
BRHC regular season and
earning the No. 1 seed in the
postseason tournament; both
ECU goals were scored by
freshman defenseman Dan
Duda; ECU lost to Richmond
in last yearTs BRHC champi-
onship game, 6-4; Richmond
also won this years conference
championship as it defeated
Appalachian State 9-1 in the
title game

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Atlantic Coast Conference
teams that are on the 2007
ECU football schedule; this
is'the most ACC teams on an
ECU football schedule since
the 1981 season, when ECU
played at N.C. State, at North
Carolina and at Duke; ECU
will host in-state rivals N.C.
State (Oct. 20) and UNC (Sep.
8)inside Dowdy-Ficklen Sta-
dium in the same season for
the first time in school history;
ECU will also start the 2007
season at Virginia Tech on
Sep. 1; The Pirates hold an

23-56-1 overall record against -

AGC opponents, but Skip Holtz
is3-1 against the ACC since
becoming head coach of the

cs Pirates

Combined earned runs given
up by the starting pitchers
that the ECU baseball team
is likely to face this weekend
in the Keith LeClair Classic;
Barry Enright of Pepperdine,
who ECU will face tomorrow,
has allowed only two earned
runs in 30.2 innings pitched

this season and N.C. State .
pitcher Andrew Brackman,
who will pitch against ECU

on Saturday, has only allowed
one earned run in 17.1 innings
pitched this season; Western

CarolinaTs starting pitcher

on Sunday could be Drew
Saberhagen, son of two-time

Cy Young award winner Bret
Saberhagen; Saberhagen has
only allowed one earned run in
13.2 innings pitched this year;
All three starting pitchers that
the Pirates could potentially
face this weekend have a ERA
of below one; Baseball America
ranks Pepperdine 17th in the
nation and N.C. State 21st

THEY SAID IT:

oOur 2007 schedule, arguably,
is about as challenging as they
come. We certainly won't have
thé luxury of easing into it in
September but it does
represent a great opportunity
forour program.? ECU
eaten Head Coach Skip Holtz

oOne of the things that I really
wanted to do was take myself
more out of the offense. So I
felt like if I could bring
somebody that I was very
comfortable with on the
offensive side of the ball, then
it would enable me to step
back and be more of a head
coach instead of an offensive
coordinator.?- ECU football
Héad Coach Skip Holtz
referring to new quarterbacks
coach Todd Fitch

Sports

Holtz and the Pirates are ready

{ECU's Inside Source}

THURSDAY MARCH 1, 2007

PAGE B4.

to get a jump on the season

ECU holds first
spring practice

JARED JACKSON
STAFF WRITER

The weather is getting warm in
Greenville and that can only mean
one thing for football fans; spring
football practice is upon us.

Wednesday held the first of
what Head Coach Skip Holtz coins
oPhase II? or as most people know
it, spring practice. Before the first
practice was held yesterday after-
noon, Holtz addressed the media
at a luncheon.

Holtz started off by addressing
four main areas on each side of
the ball that he would like to see
improved upon. On the defensive
side, Holtz would like to improve
the front seven, productivity of
the blitz, put more pressure on the
imposing quarterback and break
on the ball better.

As for the offensive side, coach
would like to see a reduction in loss
of yards plays, a solid mid-section
of the offensive line, the ability to
get short yardage in crucial situ-
ations and get the ball down field
in both the Passing and running
game.

During the econ Holtz
asked himself ohow can we make
the staff stronger? after special

teams coach Don Yanowsky left

the Pirates for Boston College.
HoltzTs main goal of making the
staff stronger was to get himself
out of the offensive coordinator role
and into being a head coach more.

oOne of the things that I really
wanted to do was take myself more
out of the offense. So I felt like
if I could bring somebody that I
was very comfortable with on the
offensive side of the ball then it
would enable me to step back and
be more of a head coach instead of
an offensive coordinator and hence
Todd FitchTs name came up,? said
the third year coach.

Todd Fitch returns to work-
ing with Holtz after working for
three seasons as Iowa StateTs quar-

terbacks coach. Holtz and Fitch
previously worked together for 10
seasons, five each at Connecticut
and South Carolina beginning in
1994. Fitch will handle most of the
play calling, according to Holtz.

oT hired him as an offen-
sive coordinator and as a quar-
terback coach,? said Holtz.
I think coach Shank [offensive
coordinator Steve Shankweiler]
has done a great job the last two
years but has had more on his plate
than he can say grace over with the
five offensive linemen that he is
trying to put on the field.?

What spring practice does
for the coaching staff is allow for
depth chart changes as well as
allowing position changes. The
week old depth chart that was
handed out to members of the press

_at the luncheon was already out

of date due to fierce competition
according to Holtz. :

The depth chart has also been
turned upside down due to inju-
ries. Linebackers Pierre Bell and
Quentin Cotton will both miss
spring practice after having
shoulder surgery. Ronald Wright,
a defensive back for the Pirates,
will also miss practices after being
injured participating on the ECU
track team; Stacy Walls also will
be missing in action.

Tight ends Martin Tanski
and Jay Sonnhalter will also miss
spring practice after being injured
most of the last half of the 2006
season as well. Offensive lineman _
Willie Barton will be out as well
to deal with some undisclosed
personal issues. :

A far more serious injury was
sustained by offensive lineman
Terrence Campbell. Holtz made
it public at the press conference
that Campbell suffered a situation
involving his heart earlier in the
week. Little is known about how
serious this injury is at the moment
but Campbell is currently resting
in the hospital.

On a positive note, Holtz men-
tioned UNC defensive line trans-
fer Khalif Mitchell, whom he
thinks fans will come to know well

Tar Heels sink Pirates

ECU looks ahead

to second home

tournament this
weekend

ROBERT MATTHEW PARKS
STAFF WRITER

The ECU softball team lost a
hard-fought game to the Univer-
sity of North Carolina Tar Heels
38-1 last night.

The Pirates sent out ace Keli
Harrell, who had pitched a no-
hitter against St. JohnTs over the
weekend, to face the Tar Heels.

Harrell gave her usual solid
performance holding UNC to just
one run over the first five innings.
The Pirate offense was able to
muster one run off of the Tar Heels
and found the game tied 1-1 in the
top of the sixth inning when ECU
Head Coach Tracey Kee decided
to pull Harrell from the game and
insert freshman Toni Paisley.

Kee made a similar move over
the weekend in the Baymont Inn
& Suite Pirate Classic champion-
ship game against Appalachian
State and found success. Harrell
had pitched the first five innings,
and Paisley came on to put the
Mountaineers away.

The Tar Heels would not be
subject to the same fate.

With two outs and one on base
in the top of the sixth the Tar
Heels offense came alive. UNC
first baseman Jennifer Jacobs hit
a two-run homerun off of Paisley,
giving the Heels the lead, 3-1.
She rounded third on her way to
home to the chorus of cheering

fans donned in sky-blue that made -

up slightly under a quarter of the
stands behind home plate.

It was JacobsTs second home
run of the game and it made all
the difference. Harrell returned
to finish the inning and go the last
two innings, holding UNC for the
rest of the game.

The Pirates couldn't get any
offense firing in the sixth and

seventh innings despite HarrellTs?

performance.

UNC improved to 9-8 on the
season while the Pirates fall. to
9-6. ;

oToni Paisley has an unbeliev-
able curveball and she had shut

[Jacobs] down twice in the fall
with curveballs,? said Kee regard-
ing her choice to bring Paisley in
for Harrell. ;

oI went to ToniTs best pitch
and she drove it out of the pale e
said Kee.

The Pirates, offensively, anit
managed four hits scattered

see SOFTBALL page B5

WEEKLY SOFTBALL AWARD

KEL] HARRELL, SR
20s

Harrell

In.an impressive 9-0 stomping
of St. John's this past weekend
senior ace Keli Harrell was one
wild pitch away from throwing the
first perfect game of her collegiate _
career. Harrell settled for her third
complete game no hitter. This sent T
ECU on its way to the Baymont
Inn and Suites Pirate Classic
championship. Harrell was not quite
as dominating in her performance
against UNC, but still struck out
eight in seven innings. Harrell has
70 strikeouts on the year and is
fanning 42.7 percent of the batters
sheTs faced. Harrell boasts a 0.85
ERA and is holding the opposition
to a .128 batting average.

oKeli has really stepped up as a
senior. She has had a great career
here but the growth in maturity ITve
seen from her junior year to now has
been priceless. Any time you can
throw a no-hitter at this level it says
a lot about your pitcher. She is a
dominating force on this level.?- ECU
softball Head Coach Tracey Kee

Photo by Zach Sirkin

HOLTZ

this fall.

oHe plays with a passion, an
excitement, an enthusiasm, and
emotion. He plays the game the
way itTs supposed to be played,?
said Holtz. oHe plays it and heTs all
heart: ITm really excited; I think he
is one of the guys that has a chance
to make a real splash this year.?

For the 2007 season, ECU
will be returning 73 percent of its
lettermen and nearly 60 percent ofits
starters. 30 members of the spring
roster are also upperclassmen.
_ The upperclassman will be
key for a team that is facing one
of the hardest schedules in the
history of the program. The
Pirates open at Virginia Tech
then play North Carolina and
Southern Mississippi at home
before going to West Virginia and
Houston.

oI think coach Holland, with
the schedule he has put in place,
has given us the opportunity to
play a lot of the better teams on
the East Coast, and thatTs where
we want to build this program,?
said Holtz.

This writer-can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.

2007-2008 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE
Date Gppdnent Location
09/1/07 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va.
09/8/07 . North Carolina Greenville, N.C.
09/15/07 Southern Miss Greenville, N.C.

09/22/07 West Virginia Morgantown,W.Va.
09/27/07 Houston Houston, Texas
10/6/07 UCEF Greenville, N.C.
10/13/07. UTEP El Paso, Texas
10/20/07 __NC State "Greenville, N.C.
10/27/07 UAB Greenville, N.C.
11/3/07 Memphis Memphis, Tenn.
11/10/07 ~" Marshall Huntington, W.Va.
11/24/07 Tulane Greenville, N.C.

ECU announces 2007
football schedule

Home games
against ACC rivals
highlight season

(SID) "Home contests against
regional ACC members North
Carolina, N.C. State and a pair of
road games at nationally-ranked
bowl qualifiers Virginia Tech
and West Virginia highlight East
CarolinaTs 2007 complete football
schedule released by C-USA.

After the Pirates open the
campaign Sept. 1 by renewing
a 12-game series with Virginia
Tech which began in 1956, the
Tar Heels will make their second-
straight visit to Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium Sept. 8. ECU will face
off against West Virginia for the
sixth consecutive season Sept. 22
before the Wolfpack travel east
nearly a month later on Oct. 20.

The meeting against the
Hokies, who wrapped up the
2006 season with a No. 18 national
rank and an appearance in the
Chick-fil-A Bowl, will be the first
since a 45-28 Virginia Tech win at
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium Sept. 7,

2000. ECU and UNC will clash
for the 11th time in history a week
later in the PiratesT home opener.
ECUTs match up at West Vir-
ginia» which stood No. 10 in both
final polls and owned a 38-35
victory over Georgia Tech in the ~
Toyota Gator Bowl, will continue
an 18-game series that started in
1970. The trip to Greenville will
be N.C. StateTs first since 1999 and
will extend a series with ECU that
dates back to 1970. Although the
Wolfpack lead the all-time ledger
14-10, the Pirates have captured
five of the last seven meetings
since 1987, including a 21-16 tri-
umph last November in Raleigh.
In addition to playing 11 con-
secutive weekends before an open
date Nov. 17, the Pirates will face
all four of last seasonTs bowl quali-
fiers on their schedule in the first
month of the season. Meetings
against Virginia Tech, Southern
Miss (GMAC), West Virginia and
Houston (Autozone Liberty) will
complete ECUTs September slate.

| see FOOTBALL page B5

Pirates fall to
Mountaineers in
semifinals

JARED JACKSON
STAFF WRITER

The ECU hockey team went
into this past weekendTs Blue
Ridge Hockey Conference Tour-
nament as the No. 1 seed, as it
finished the regular season with
_ a 14-1 BRHC record. Despite
beating Appalachian State twice
in the regular season and clearly
outplaying the Mountaineers
Saturday night, the Pirates
season came to an abrupt end
with a 5-2 loss. Appalachian
State beat Clemson Friday night
to move on to play the Pirates
on Saturday.

oTo be honest I think itTs [the
bye] not necessary,? said junior
forward Corey Fleitz after the
Clemson series two weeks ago. oI
would rather have two games in
front of us than just one, but it can
either hurt us or be good for us.?

FleitzTs thoughts on having
a bye after the Clemson series
certainly appeared to ring true.
According to starting goalie
Brent Falcon, the Pirates went
into the game against ASU
overconfident.

The Pirates two goals came
_ by sensational freshman defense-

man Dan Duda. One goal was
assisted by Seth Percy, while the
other was unassisted. ECU out
shot ASU 34-25 but the Moun-
taineers were efficient, scoring
five goals on less chances.



would,? said Falcon. oI think that
it was a good wake up call for
us; I think we kind of went into
the weekend thinking that the
trophy was polished and ready
for us and all we had to do was
show up. Last year we were the
underdogs and really didnTt have

were the ones with the target on
our backs.?
Connor Brearley, the backup
goalie for the Pirates, agreed
with Falcons assessment.

oThe game was dominated
by us, they just got a few more
quality scoring chances than we

Photo by Terrell Gordy

oObviously this weekend |
didn't go as we had hoped it .

anything to lose, this year we .

Ice hockey season comes to an end







ECU faced off against Appalachian State Saturday and lost, 5-2.

did,? said Brearley, who complied
a 6-3 record in place of injured

starter Brent Falcon. oAnd the "

team was back to our old style of

_ playing down to our opponent.?

_ Brearley however added that
he has never felt more proud to
wear the purple and gold.

oI think everyone was
extremely upset with the way
_our season ended, I feel very bad
for the seniors who donTt have
the opportunity to get back at
them next year,? said Brearley.

oCertainly no one wants to end.

on a loss, so hopefully we will

take something from this week-

end and regroup in the off season

and put a championship team on
the ice next year. ItTs not like
the whole season was a disaster,
I was very proud to be a part of

such a great hockey team this

year and we had a lot of success
in the regular season, in fact, I
have never been more proud to?

' wear any other jersey than I am

when I pull the ECU jersey over
my head.?

The Pirates have now played
in the BRHC tournament two

years in a row in only two years ~
ofthe programTs existence. Last

season ECU lost 6-4 in the con-
ference championship to a power-
ful Richmond team. This season
the Spiders held on to their title
by crushing ASU, 9-1.
ECU started the year 9-1,

but stumbled down the stretch.
The Pirates went 7-6-1 in the
second half of the season. While
ECU played some of the toughest
teams in the region, the Pirates
were good enough to finish
with a 14-1 mark in the BRHC

regular season.

oYm very happy with where
we are as a second year pro-

gram,? said Falcon. oWe're one

of the top teams in the South
region and have gained respect
from some of the best [ Division
III] programs in the nation.
This program can really only
get better and we're continuing
to see increased support from the
community, volunteers and the
media. ItTs going to be exciting
to see where this team goes from
here. I certainly.donTt think that
you can let one loss define this
team and this program, we ll






see HOCKEY page B4

THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2007

THE EAST CAROLINIAN «

SPORTS

HOCKEY continued from a

move on and next year we'll be
better.?

ECU is now focused on next
season. While the Pirates lose
four players, they are bringing
in some exceptional Mlene for the
2007-08 season.

oNext year we oicady have
some great talented freshmen and
transfers coming in,? Falcon said.
oWe're only losing four players
and will have a solid core to build
around. I think that next yearTs
team will be improved in all areas
offensively and defensively. Look
for a tougher schedule that we

hope will give us the opportunity
to advance to Nationals. We're
also going to do whatever we can
to get more home games so our
fans can enjoy more great hockey
in Greenville.?

Falcon added, oHowever, we're
looking to add a new manager and
we always need volunteers to help on
game days as well as in other areas.?

Fans interested in helping
with the team can find contact
information on

_This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.

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throughout their lineup.

Junior infielder Paige Baggett
reflected on the PirateTs offensive
performance after the game,
noting that it seemed to get better
as the game went on.

oIn the beginning we really
were not hitting the ball well and
we were not swinging the bats
hard at all. We had lazy bats,? said
Baggett. oWe did not get a shot
until about the fourth inning. We
were hitting shots at the end but
we were just hitting them right
to people.?

After the game Harrell was
determined to look forward to
the teamTs upcoming games this
weekend as part of the Holiday
Inn Express Pirate Clash.

oWe have got to refocus,? said
Harrell. oWe have got a lot of
work to do in the bullpen and we
have got to work on cutting down

the long-ball.?

Perhaps one of the biggest
issues for Kee right now.is teach-

ing her young team how to assert.

home-field advantage.

oRight now we have to figure
out how to win at home,? said Kee.
oT have been very disappointed in
our last week here at home when
we have been seeing opponents
that we should be beating.?

The team will have several
chances to do that this week-
end as they welcome Vermont,
Delaware, Binghamton and James
Madison to Greenville. The

Pirates begin play tomorrow at

noon against the Vermont Cata-
mounts. Then the team will take
on the Delaware FightinT Blue
Hens at 4 pm:

The Catamounts are cur-
rently 0-5 on the season and look-
ing to break their losing streak.
They were swept in their season
opening tournament, losing all
five games.

Delaware has yet to begin
their season. Their scheduled
opener against. St. JosephTs was
postponed due to snow.

This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.

Photo by Zach Sirkin

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The ECU softball team struggled to string hits together against,the Tar Heels.

FOOTBALL continued from B4

oOur 2007 schedule, arguably,
is about as challenging as they
come,? ECU Head Coach Skip
Holtz said. oWe certainly won't
have the luxury of easing into it
in September but it does. repre-
sent a great opportunity for our
program. Obviously, I think
everyone associated with
the Pirate Nation is excited to
open at Virginia Tech, play North
Carolina and N.C. State at Dowdy-
Ficklen Stadium and make the trip
to West Virginia but when you add

that our first two Conference USA
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teams that played in the league
title game a year ago, it will
be tough task, no doubt. We
won't have a lot of time to get
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