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The East Carolinian Volume 82, Issue 78 May 30, 2007
The diversity that is
housed at ECU offers
students from a variety
of backgrounds comfort _
and support.......Page 6
The ECU baseball
team heads into the
NCAA Regionals with
some much needed
momentum. Turn to the
sports section to find out
what familiar foes the
Pirates will be playing
and what their chances
look like. ....Page 9
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SPORTS
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SUMMER
EDITION
WEDNESDAY MAY 30, 2007
Myspace releases criminal information
Sex offender information
made available
NIA RICHARDSON
STAFF WRITER
After being subpoenaed by
eight states including North Caro-
lina, MySpace has agreed to release
data on registered sex offenders
that are users of its site.
In early May, seven thousand
MySpace users were identified by
the Web site as being on a state sex
offender registry.
MySpace removed the offend-
ing members and developed a
database program called, oSentinel
Safe, ? which provides information
on sex offenders that attempt to use
the Web site.
Attorney generals from seven
states in the U.S., along with North
Carolina Ts attorney general, Roy
Cooper, composed a letter request-
ing that MySpace share the com-
piled information with the states.
MySpace refused to release the
information until the states abided
by the Federal Electronic Commu-
nications Privacy Act and issued
legal requests for the information
to be shared.
Within hours of MySpace
receiving the order, eight states
issued subpoenas that demanded
the information -
oSex offenders have no business
being on this site, and we believe
MySpace has a responsibility to get
them off the site, T Cooper said.
The information that MySpace
will provide regarding sex offend-
ers includes names, birthdates and
their current living locations.
oWe agree with the attorney
general, that keeping bad people
out of good places on the Internet
is a challenge and a priority, ? said
Hemanshu Nigam, chief security
officer of MySpace.
The information provided could
aid in the investigation of offend-
ers and locate those who violate
parole, ? Copper said.
oSex offenders know that if they
go on MySpace that their informa-
tion will be passed on to their home
state and any criminal activity or
activity that violates parole will
be punished, ? said Peter Romary,
director of student legal services
at ECU.
There are over 14,000 regis-
tered MySpace users at ECU alone.
The safety of students while online
is a definite issue the university has
taken interest in.
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Construction management students
save the day for local Greenville woman
Wheel chair ramp is
built at her home "
JAMI DAVIA
STAFF WRITER
Thanks to several members of
the ECU construction management
program, the Jarvis Methodist
Church oShepherd Ts Helpers ? and
the Pitt County Kiwanis Club, Jane
Minton now has a wheelchair ramp
at her home.
The ramp was built on May 18 so
that Minton could freely travel to and
from her home on Sunnyside Road.
Minton has suffered from a
~ stroke, two heart attacks and is cur-
rently battling Alzheimer Ts disease,
-which has involuntarily made her
wheelchair bound, and forced to
spend most of her time inside.
Roy, her son, act as her primary
caregiver, providing full-time assis-
tance to his mother.
Before the ramp was built he
had to carry her in and out of the
house if they traveled, therefore
remaining inside had ultimately
prevailed because movement was
so difficult.
Minton is now able to travel the
distance on her own due to the volun-
tary work done by the three groups.
The workers constructed a new
porch and a system of ramps off
the back of her home which makes
traveling a whole new experience
in itself.
Two large ramps were built
with a platform in-between so that
Minton would have an alterna-
tive, other than the porch, to rest
outside.
The Pitt County Kiwanis Club .
funded most of the materials for
this project and Shepard Ts Help-
ers contributed the equipment and
tools.
oA large part of what our con-
struction management program
teaches in not only management
skills, but a sense of service and of
giving back to the community,
oAs a business person, I want
my students to understand that
while they will be contractors and
? see CONSTRUCTION page 2
Summer congress
meetings begin
_ Agenda discussed
KIMBERLY BELLAMY
NEWS 2
The first summer - Congress
meeting addressed issues that
SGA plans to tackle within, the
upcoming weeks.
Five committees were pre
sented i in the meeting that Con-
gress members can choose to
_ Serve on.
Committees for the summer
include finance, constitutional
review and reconstruction, plus/
minus grading scale, graduate
student advisory and tuition/
see CONGRESS page 3
PAGE 2
THE EAST CAROLINIAN * NEWS
Student Recreation Center offers
activities throughout the summer
Student participates in one of the many activities offered by the Student Recreation Center during the summer.
Several ways to stay
fit and active
ZACK HILL
SENIOR WRITER
Though many students have
gone home for the summer, the
Student Recreation Center [SRC]
continues to offer programs and
sports teams for those in Greenville
wishing to remain active over the
summer sessions.
oDiscover it, play it, live it. That
is what we encourage all students,
faculty and staff to do year round, ?
said Nancy Mize, assistant vice
chancellor of campus recreation
and wellness.
Intramurals for the first
summer session included dodge
ball, softball and 3 on 3 basketball.
Intramurals for the second session
will expand slightly to 5 on 5 bas-
ketball, racquetball and kickball.
Nick Russell, senior industrial
technology major, and Josh Taylor,
senior geography major, are think-
ing about putting together a team
for the 5 on 5 basketball league in
the second summer session.
oWe've played some before
during the regular semesters, but
not during the summer, ? said Russell
oWe think we can do a little
better now since there are less
people and less competition, ?
Taylor added.
Kathryn Hunt, associate direc-
tor of marketing for campus recre-
ation and wellness, noted that the
response to the intramurals has
been good so far.
oHowever, due to the decrease
in students during the summer
months, we do offer fewer pro-
grams, ? said Hunt.
In addition SRC will also be
offering five adventure trips this
summer; whitewater canoeing and
kayaking, rock climbing, surfing,
sea kayaking and caving.
This is the first time that the
SRC has been able to offer many
trips during the summer, accord-
ing to Mize.
A slew of fitness and lifestyle
enhancement programs are being
offered as well that cover a broad
range from group fitness classes
and yoga sessions to Pilates and
swing dance classes.
oYou can even hire a personal
trainer to get you in shape during
these summer months, ? Mize said.
There will also be seminars
offered in cholesterol and diabetes
and alcohol and tobacco use, said
Hunt.
oThis summer, we also
offered aqua fitness and tidal
strength and free body fat analysis, ?
Hunt said.
These programs are free to stu-
dents enrolled in summer classes,
while the students that opted not
to-attend summer school must pay
a fee to participate.
If a student is not enrolled,
they can purchase a summer
session membership. Students must
also pay a fee for the adventure
trips.
For more information about
summer programs, visit the Campus
Recreation and Wellness Web site at
ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/crw/ or stop
by the Student Recreation Center.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com
Contriubuted image
Photo by Liz Wells
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007.
CONSTRUCTION continued from page 1
Construction management students help build local woman a wheel chair. ramp.
will ultimately hold managerial
positions they also must give back
to the community, ? said Ronald
Sessoms, construction manage-
ment instructor.
The construction management
students and faculty provided the
labor and sparked an appreciatory
response from the ECU adminis-
tration.
oWe always encourage our stu-
dents and faculty to make an impact
on the community and I am tremen-
dously proud of all that the depart-
ment of construction management,
it Ts faculty and it Ts staff do to make
us a success, ? said Ralph Rogers,
dean of the College of Technology
and Computer Science.
Asa Doolittle, construction
management student, was on-site
with this project from the very
beginning.
oThe experience was amazing
and the most rewarding part was
the look on Ms. Minton Ts face when
she was brought out and shown
what we had created for her.
oHer son was wonderful as well,
it was nice to see how appreciative
and down to earth someone can
truly be, ? said Doolittle.
This project proved benefi-
cial for both the Minton Ts as well
to those who participated in the
undertaking.
oOverall it was a great expe-
rience and it also had a happy
ending, ? Doolittle said.
This writer may be contacted at
news@theastcarolinian.com.
MYS PACE continued from Al
to be safe.
oMySpace is helping in
this regard by giving valuable
information to states that they can
then use to keep citizens safer, ?
Romary said.
Those seeking to inves-
tigate possible registered sex
offenders may visit the NC Sex
Offender Register Web site at
nefindoffender.com.
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fees.
oMost of these [committees]
come from a need on campus, ? said
Speaker of the Congress, Ashley
Yopp
A committee that is likely
to get a large amount of par-
ticipation from members is
the tuition/fees committee.
oOne of the most important
goals this year is to make sure
students are informed about the
student fee process, ? said Keri
Brockett, SGA president.
Another initiative that summer
_ Congress will be working on will
include working with the Associa-
tion of Student Government [ASG].
oWe have already started some
events with ASG, ? Brockett said.
Members of ECU Ts SGA and
students from the other 15 UNC
campuses went to Raleigh on May
21 to lobby for there to be a student
voice on the UNC Board of Gover-:
nors in the form of a vote.
If the idea is accepted, ASG
President M. Cole Jones will have
the power to vote with the UNC
Board of Governors.
Recruiting new leadership on
the executive board is a topic that the
Congress discussed in the meeting.
Dena Mazie, former SGA sec-
retary, recently resigned from her
position and an election for a new
secretary will be held on June 11.
oI will present two. names to
the congress and based on those
candidates, a new secretary will
be chosen, ? Brockett said.
Yopp acted as the speaker of the - .
congress for the first time at this
meeting, after being elected to the
position on April 23.
Two candidates, Charles Owens
and: Michaelina Antahades, ran
against her for the position.
Yopp won the election by a sub-
stantially larger amount of votes
than the opposing candidates.
Yopp received 41 votes;
Antahades received 10 votes and
Owens received 5 votes.
To find out more about SGA
visit the Web site at ecu.edu/sga or
call the office at 328-4742.
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It's summertime, and
the living is easy
Get creative in finding ways to shake the monotony
GREG KATSKI
SPORTS EDITOR
For those of you like me who are taking classes for the first summer
session, life can get downright boring in Greenville during the dog days
of summer. The good news is that there are options around the area for
enthusiasts of all kinds.
If you're a beach bum like me, Atlantic Beach is an easy hour and a
half drive from Greenville. Some friends and | made the short trip to
Atlantic Beach this past weekend, but if you work on a tight schedule on
the weekends, a day trip is also reasonable. One thing that does hamper
a road trip like this are the egregious gas prices, so make sure you bring
as many friends as you can squeeze in to the ride to chip in on the fuel
expenses. Anyways, I Tve always believed in the ideal, the more friends the
better. If you don Tt share this belief make sure you take a small car, and
not a gas guzzling truck or SUV.
For anyone who is strapped for cash and doesn Tt mind roughing it in
the wilderness, there are an abundance of campgrounds around eastern
North Carolina. On our road trip to Atlantic Beach, my friends and I
stopped in New Bern for the night to camp out on the Neuse River. We
stayed at a free campsite in the Croatan National Park in New Bern. The
campground was ideal for any enthusiasts and featured designated camp-
grounds for different parties. Each site featured two bonfire pits with an
attached grill, and two picnic benches. There was even a walkway leading
down to a beach area on the Neuse River that people were camping on. I
don Tt recommend pitching a tent on the beach of the Neuse River as high
tide to damper your tent and your morning.
Another hidden gem of New Bern that can be reached in less than an
hour from Greenville is the infamous oGreen Springs ?. I Tm sure many of
you have heard of the place, or maybe even paid a visit, but if not oGreen
Springs ? is best described as a five-story playground for the kid dwell-
ing in everyone. Although not the safest structure in the world, oGreen
Springs ? is a lost gem in the structured, politically correct society we live
in where everyone else is accountable. Admission to oGreen Springs ? is
free of charge and everyone who visits the giant playground in the water
is accountable for their own actions. Although careless kids have indeed
been injured at the playground, amazingly no one has sued the owner of
the property or at least tried to. This is a good thing, as a few bad apples
don Tt ruin the experience for everyone else. While there I jumped off a
four-story platform into the Neuse River and took a zip line from the
third story and plummeted into the water. Other braver than me jumped
off of the fifth story, and one wild soul even did a double front flip off of
the top story, landing it perfectly.
Atlantic Beach is not the only nearby beach where a good time can
be had. If you are willing to add an extra hour on to your drive, you can
find a bevy of things to do in the Outer Banks. I Tm a sucker for climbing
Jockey Ts Ridge and rolling down it in a ball of sand. If eating sand is not
something you had in mind, you can go shopping in Corolla, check out
the pier in Kill Devil Hills, or even go camping right on the beach.
For some fun had close to Greenville, you can drive out to olittle ?
Washington and go fishing on the river. If you have a wakeboard or water
skis you can hit the wakes all day. And if you have no way of getting out
of Greenville you can fish or take a boat out on the Tar River. Although
I am not one willing to jump in the river, many people go wakeboarding
on it.
This brings me back to the point that next time you are sitting at
home after you get out of class don Tt say, oGreenville is so boring, what
am I going to do the rest of the day? ? Instead, get off the couch and do
something about it because there are plenty of ways to have fun right
outside the city limits.
This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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RANT OF THE DAY
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grow together in a straight line that looks like Bert
from Sesame Street.
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Log onto theeastcarolinian.com to submit a Rant of your own.
People that dress up for class
bother me.
I Tm so not paying the overages for
the apartment that we accumulated
when your boyfriend was basically
living here.
| think that ECU really stands for
Endless Construction University.
Hooking up with my ex was supposed
to give me closure, but instead it
reminded me of what we gave up, and
now it Ts all | can think about.
Why are there no signs in the
Whichard Building yet?
New rants only once a week? How will
| survive? | am having rant withdrawal.
Somebody help me.
| can Tt wait for Pirate Football!
Aarrrggghhh!
My cell phone fell in the toilet; please
give me your number.
| always fall for the wrong guys.
If your day seems to be going
completely wrong, try a strawberry
zinger smoothie. At the very least,
you'll give yourself a delicious treat!
My roommate Ts boyfriend should pay
rent because he never leaves.
| feel like Charlie Brown. I Tm in love
with a cute little red-headed girl.
Well, maybe more of like a beautiful
redhead;-)
| don Tt know which is worse, people
that get in front of you and walk
really slow, or people on bikes that
always seem like if you were a .
centimeter to the right of where you
were, you'd get hit. Oh wait never
mind. People that have Vera Bradley
purses, they are the worst.
| hate allegies!!!
| heard Cinderella goes to school here,
if so please tell her | found her slipper.
To the girl in class that always
has a bad attitude. Get over yourself.
You make an enjoyable class
miserable. Go away or cheer up.
Life can Tt be that bad.
Is it Friday yet?
You forgot my birthday.
My. professor needs to wax his
eyebrows. They grow together in a
straight line that looks like Bert from
Sesame Street.
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Editor in Chief
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Features
Horoscopes:
Aries
Ifyou spend more time on a household
project, you can spend less money. If
you have less money, this is required.
If you have plenty, its just smart.
Taurus
As you well know, cookies are a good
way to help other people relax. You
won't have to resort to torture to get
the answers you seek.
Gemini
The task you're facing is challenging,
but you can figure it out. Provide what
a rather eccentric person wants, and
be well rewarded.
Cancer
You're finding it easier to express the
thoughts you've been pondering.
You've worked out a lot of the answers
now, and that helps.
Leo
You've thought everything out carefully,
well in advance. So everything goes
smoothly when the moment finally
comes. Good work.
Virgo
You and your team are developing a
very effective bond. You're joined in
the goal of producing results. You're
becoming a powerful force.
Libra
You're in a very creative phase, and
you will be for a while. Use these skills
to increase your wealth. Take it past
oart for art Ts sake. ?
Scorpio
During the upcoming phase, you'll
deal with jointly held money. This
includes your credit cards and all your
stocks and bonds. You're really good
at this stuff, once you get into it.
Sagittarius
One of the reasons you live fife so. ie
close to the edge is because you-can.=.. |.
One of the reasons you bélieve in
miracles is because they happen.
Capricorn
Friends can understand a lot of what
you've been going through. Talking
with a wise older person helps you
put it into perspective.
Aquarius
Inquiring minds want to know, but you
don't have to tell them. Wait until the
project's complete, and you have your
big unveiling.
Pisces
The money vanishes quickly, but
it Ts not the most important thing.
You're gaining confidence and you're
providing security. That matters a
lot more.
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Students live outside of the closet
Life asa homosexual
BRITTANI MCNEILL
STAFF WRITER
Few issues produce more dis-
cussion and elicit more opinions
than homosexuality. In today Ts
society, it is still an emotional
and sensitive topic. There is a
never-ending battle on the cause,
morality and even the reality of
homosexuality.
Some see the growing number
of homosexuals and the rise in
awareness and acceptance of the
issue as a victory for civil rights,
while others attribute it to the
declining moral state in America.
From the political scene to
individual households, homosexu-
ality is present in many aspects of
American life.
Many homosexuals have stepped
out, no longer hiding behind a veil
of shame, taking roles in many
venues from churches to college
campuses, including here at ECU.
Does the ever-increasing pres-
ence of homosexuals in our commu-
nities mean an increasing amount
of acceptance and tolerance?
Sophomore T.J. McNair said
that his personal experience with
coming out was not a bad one.
oI came out when I was a junior
in high school in a very conserva-
tive community, and it was accepted
because I was well known in my
school and involved; and even those
who might not have accepted what
I was doing didn Tt showcase their
opposition, ? said McNair.
Organizations such as GLAAD
(Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against
Defamation) are credited with work-
ing hard to promote awareness about
homosexuality and end it Ts negative
portrayal in the media. Their mis-
sion is to eliminate homophobia
and discrimination based on gender
identity and sexual orientation.
Many similar organizations
have emerged on local levels
throughout the country. ECU Ts
B-GLAD (Bisexuals, Gays, Les-
bians, and Allies for Diversity)
was founded in 1994 to promote
diversity awareness, and provide
outreach and support for homo-
sexuals and bisexuals.
oWhen I first came here I
meshed with B-GLAD and some
other organizations that were very
open and very diverse, ? McNair said.
McNair stressed that organiza-
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Group assignments help college students
Groups are beneficial for
students T future
ELISE PHILLIPS
FEATURES EDITDE. -
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o entire country has had to do it at
one time or another. While some
love the idea, others simply hate it.
Group projects are a source of
much concern for some students,
while for others the idea of a group
project offers a sense of relief.
oT feel that group work is bene-
ficial for students only if each group
member does their part and work
together. If they don Tt have the
right components to work harmo-
niously and equally, then I feel like
group work is more of a hindrance
than a benefit, ? said Arturo Cum-
mings, senior music major.
Whether you're feeling stuck in
a group, or privileged to be in one,
one question stands out: are group
projects beneficial for students?
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According to Dr. Charles Grant,
Communication professor at ECU,
group projects are important for
college students.
oI think groups are probably the
most likely way to get work done,
no matter what your job is. A group
of people can do a lot more that one
Working in groups proves to be difficult, but helpful to students in college.
person can do, ? Grant said.
Grant feels that learning how
to work in groups will prepare
students for what the workforce is
really like.
oBusiness people see it as an
important skill to learn and have, ?
Grant said.
Despite the fact that working in
groups can help students after col-
lege, there are still some students
who feel like they are always stuck
with the bulk of the work.
To these students, Grant says,
othat Ts what T communication is all
about. ?
oThere are always two dimen-
sions to group work: the task-
related dimension, which is about ,
the job to be done, and the rela-
tionship-related dimension, which
develops relationships with other
people in the group. [This way]
no body has to do more than their
share, ? said Grant.
Thus, although many students
hate the idea of working in groups,
they will likely have to get used to it.
oIdeas are important to
the success of the project, not
personalities. A group Ts strength
lies in its ability to develop ideas
individuals bring. Conflict can
be an extension of creativity; the
see GROUPS page 7
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measure of
Lawyers T long hours
help the public
BEN HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
Like many careers that require
advanced degrees, the path to
becoming a lawyer is not an easy
one. The good news, however, is
that law schools do not require .
students to choose one particular
type of major to be admitted into
law school.
are no specific majors to take
when considering law school,
and sometimes it depends on
the schools that a student is
interested in, ? said Ashlee Bell,
Hardee, says |
that public
law schools, :
such as UNC,
tend to look
at grades,
LSAT score
and extra-
curricular
activities. He |
also says that
private law
schools, such
__as his alma
oFor the most part, there _ _
bell, look at"
the student at
a more per-
sonal level , |
president of the ECU Pre-Law i
Society.
Bell advises that it is alway
a good idea to get in conta
with some schools to see what
they require as far as majors are
concerned.
While many law school
take into account choice of major,
all pay close attention to oe
acquired
reasonin
skills that
law schools
look at as
one of sev-
eral factors
in assessing
applicants.
Hardee
advises that _
a big part
of doing
well on this
counseling clients, negotiating
with major companies and other T
__ lawyers and sometimes in front of
judges and juries, ? said Hardee.
Thus, the ability to com-
municate eloquently and
effectively is a fundamen-
tal skill lawyers must possess.
Hardee explains that lawyers
must be dedicated and have a
strong work ethic. Lawyers tend
to work extremely long hours and
it can take up to months, even T
years to close a case.
According to Bell, it is
also important that lawyers
can handle themselves well in
any situation, whether it is in
the classroom, a the work-
ae society discusses
the different testing methods
group should be aware of this
eventuality. Resolution of conflict
balances the end goals with mutual
respect. In other words, a group
project is a cooperative, rather than
a competitive, learning experience
in the classroom and in life, o said
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Stu-
dent Life at ECU Ts Career Center,
Sue Martin.
Professors and employers alike
will use this technique to get work
done.
oInteraction within the group
is based upon mutual respect and
encouragement; for some it is dif-
ficult to trust the others work. All
of these factors can stay with you
as you transition to your chosen
career field, ? Martin said.
For those students who shud-
der at the thought of group work,
Dr. Grant gives this advice.
oGroup management is inter-
nal. You can Tt just say I Tm not going
to-do this job because this other
person is not doing their work. ?
Now, students are learning how
to work in groups in college. Later,
they will be getting paid for it.
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tions like B-GLAD have to be care-
ful to promote the right messages,
so that members and potential
members don Tt become statistics or
fall into negative stereotypes.
oT believe that young gays
that come here can get in with the
wrong crowd and get mixed with
the club life and drug life. I think
that if they don Tt pick the right
crowd that tells them that it Ts ok
to be who they are and that they
don Tt have to fit the stereotypes,
then they can find themselves in
stereotypes, and oftentimes that
can be using drugs or maintaining
STDs. ?
Jamal Campbell, a recent
ECU graduate and President of
Breakthrough Campus Ministries,
doesn Tt support homosexuality, but
feels there is still an obligation to
show love regardless of a person Ts
sexual orientation.
He spoke out against groups
that use Christianity as a basis
for hate.
oT don Tt believe Christians
should be like those people who
come on campus every year and
speak with such malice, they do
more damage than if they'd never
come on campus to begin with, ?
Campbell said.
The ideas that both McNair
and Campbell promote are love
and respect.
oI think that Christians need to
learn to have agape love, and accep-
tance of each other, ? said McNair.
oWe should have an unapologetic
sincerity for the welfare of every-
body Ts life regardless of what their
preference is. ?
Campbell and McNair are proof
that with a rational mindset those
on both sides of the issue can coex-
ist peacefully.
However, it is likely that with
the ongoing political and social
debates surrounding homosexual-
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PAGE 9
Results from last
week Ts question:
Do you think that the ECU baseball team
will ever fulfill former coach Keith LeClair Ts
dream of playing in the College World
Series in Omaha and someday winning
the championship?
60% -Yes, the team is making strides
under ECU baseball Head Coach Billy
Godwin
9% -No, the team has been digressing
ever since LeClair retired because =
complications with ALS.
31% -Maybe, it Ts too early to tell if the
team can get back to the competitive level
it was at under LeClair.
Online poll question:
Do you think that the ECU baseball
team received a fair seed in the NCAA
Regionals as the No. 2 seed at the Chapel
Hill, N.C. site?
Yes, the team had some big wins during
the season-but not enough to earn a No:
1 seed or match up.in a NCAA Regional
against a lower ranked No. 1 seed than
UNC.
No, the team proved in the C-USA
Tournament that they deserved a No. 1
seed or at least the chance to play a lower
seeded No. 1 team than the third best
overall club in the nation, UNC.
Maybe, UNC is considered the third
best club in the nation but ECU has
an advantage matching -up with the Tar
Heels because they are familiar with the
team and know what they need to do to
beat them.
To vote on this weeks poll question go to
theeastcarolinian.com and submit your
vote. Current results can be found by
clicking on the View Results button under
the poll question. The final results will be
posted in next Wednesday's edition of The
East Carolinian.
Photo by Robyn McLawhorn
ECU seeks payback on Heels |
The Pirates will be the
No. 2 seed in Chapel* Hill
RONNIE WOODWARD
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
The ECU baseball team will
not have the luxury of Clark-
LeClair Stadium this weekend, but
will have some familiarity with
the stadium and teams that it will
encounter in the NCAA Chapel Hill
Regional.
ECU will be the No. 2 seed in
the regional, along with top-seeded
host North:Carolina, third-seeded
Western Carolina and fourth-
seeded Jacksonville.
oWe're excited about making
the NCAA Tournament field, ?
said ECU Head Coach Billy
Godwin after the 64-team field
was announced on Monday. oOur
goal when we started early in the
year was to play in a regional, and
have an opportunity to win in a
regional and advance. ?
However, ECU hasn Tt had much
success in Chapel Hill this season.
In a midweek game just over a
month ago the Pirates were shutout
Photo by Robyn McLawhorn
Pinch runner Broc Sutton slides in for the tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning against Southern Miss.
by the Tar Heels, 10-0.
oIt helps that we're familiar with
them, but when those games start,
the score is 0-0, ? said-Godwin.
oThe fact that we Tve played North
Carolina and know a lot about their
personnel is a good thing. ?
UNC made a trip to Greenville
two weeks after the 10-0 drubbing,
and again beat ECU, 5-1.
oIt Ts hard to beat one team three
or four times in this game, ? Godwin
said. oI don Tt think we've played our
best baseball against North Caro-
lina, and all I really want to focus
on is us going over there and play-
ing our best baseball of the year,
and this is the time to do it. ?
ECU will have to beat Western
Carolina in the first round before
Pirates comes through 1 in the clutch at tourney
= Hose was eS SOS re
ECU reaches the
C-USA Tournament
championship game
RONNIE WOODWARD
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
ECU Ts Harrison Eldridge has a
flair for the dramatic.
The 5Lfoot-7 energetic center-
fielder hit a game-winning home
1
run and stole home in back-to-back
nights, leading the Pirates to two
crucial victories and eventually the
C-USA Tournament championship
game last week.
oHero is not the right word, I
have to thank my team for this, ?
said Eldridge after the Pirates T 10-
inning, 2-1 victory over Southern
Miss in the C-USA Tournament. oI
can Tt take all the credit for this, this
is a team game and everybody put
forth their effort tonight, it was a
long haul but we got through it and
came out with the win. ?
The second round game
between second-seeded ECU and
third-seeded Southern Miss game
was a long haul. ECU failed to score
arun until the bottom of the ninth,
when pinch-runner Broc Sutton
tied the game. at one and sent the
emotional game to extra innings on
a Jamie Ray sacrifice fly.
_One inning later, ECU Head
Coach Billy Godwin reached into
his bags of tricks, calling a suicide
squeeze with the bases loaded and
one out in the bottom of the tenth. As
Eldridge was racing home, the ball
squeaked by Southern Miss catcher
Keith Winstead, allowing Eldridge
to safely steal home and give ECU
the victory, with his arms raised in
the air as he crossed home plate.
oCoach Godwin came up to me
at third base and said, second pitch
squeeze, no sign, ? said Eldridge.
oHe threw the ball to the plate and
I just took off, luckily the ball got
past the catcher and we got the win,
it was a great feeling. ?
One night earlier, Eldridge pulled
similar heroics. The junior from
Knoxville, Tenn. hit a game-winning
three-run home run in the bottom of
the seventh, giving ECU a 4-2 first-
round victory over Tulane.
oTalk about big time players
coming up in big time situations, ?
said Godwin. oWhat a great effort:
by Harrison Eldridge, T.J. Hose
and this pitching staff, we had a
solid effort all around and got some
big hits when it counted. ?
However, things didn Tt start
well for Eldridge. He flied out,
grounded out and struck out to start
the -C-USA Tournament, but his
next at-bat made up for it, as he sent a
Shooter Hunt fastball over the right
field fence for a three-run homer.
see PIRATES page 12
it can get a chance for redemption
against the Heels. The Pirates
beat Western Carolina 3-2 in
Clark-LeClair Stadium earlier this
season.
oWe have Western Carolina in
the first game and we beat them
earlier in the year, but they have a
see NCAA page 10
Young stars shine
as teams struggle
James steps up game
MATT SIMON
STAFF WRITER
LeBron James and Deron Wil-
liams are two young stars of the
NBA beginning to shine brighter
than ever. James, a fourth-year
player who came into the league
with as much hype as anyone can
remember, is trying his best to get
his team into the NBA finals. Wil-
liams, the physical, gutsy, point
guard of the Utah Jazz, is battling
through the tough and hotly con-
tested Western Conference.
The Cleveland Cavaliers started
the Eastern Conference finals drop-
ping their first two games to the
Detroit Pistons, which had much
to do with James struggling to
find his rhythm early in the series.
Drawing Detroit Ts best defender,
Teshawn Prince, James scored
only 10 points.in Game 1 and a
hard-earned 19 in Game 2. Real-
see NBA page 12
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007
NCAA continued from page 9
1998. 30-29 Overall (10-11)
The Pirates finish the season
with only one more win than
the year before under new head
coach LeClair, with no sign of
the success the team will have
the following year.
2000: 46-18 Overall (14-7)
The Pirates win the CAA
Tournament Championship as
the No. 1 seed, defeating VCU
7-6. ECU wins two games in the
Lafayette, La T NCAA Regional.
2002. 43-20-1 Overall (16-13-
1) The Pirates make a successful
jump from the CAA to C-USA.
ECU takes the championship
in its first season in the league,
shutting out Houston, 4-0.
Lo
2004. 51-13 Overall (25-5)
In only his second season at the
helm, Mazey coaches the Pirates
toaschool-record 51 wins, anda
No. 8 National Rank by Baseball
America, their highest rank ever.
2006: 33-26 overall (10-14)
ECU Head Coach Billy Godwin
takes over, and with little time to
settle in Godwin and the Pirates
fail to make a NCAA regional for
the first time in seven years.
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mee
ae:
1999.46-16 Overall (14-6)
ECU earns a No. 1 seed at
the Baton Rouge, La. NCAA
Regional, the first CAA team to do
So, finishing the season ranked
23rd by Baseball America.
2001: 47-13 overall (19-2
ECU goes 19-2 in CAA play,
the highest win total ever in the
conference for the Pirates. ECU
moves on to their first ever NCAA
Super Regional appearance.
said ECU Ts first-
oh
ee
2003: 34-27-1 Overall (17-13
C-USA) The Pirates digress afte
the loss of their skipper, LeClair,
due to problems with ALS
Mazey steps in as head coach
starting a new, tumultuous era
2005: 35-26 Overall (18-12)
As turmoil increases between!
Mazey and his superiors, the
Pirates come up well short of
their record setting win total of
the previous year.
great ballclub, ?
team All-Conference outfielder
Harrison Eldridge. oIt Ts also good
to know that we're going some-
where close to home to play, and
we don Tt have to travel all the way
across the country. ?
Junior T.J. Hose will be ECU Ts
starting pitcher when ECU and
Western Carolina get the regional
started Friday at 2 p.m. Hose did
not pitch in the game against the
Catamounts this season, but did get
to observe their hitters.
oYou get a good observation of
knowing their hitters, and how to
pitch them, so it Ts an advantage, ?
Hose said of his familiarity with the
Western Carolina hitters.
ECU will carry a lot of confi-
dence into this weekend Ts games, as
it had a strong showing the C-USA
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This will be the eighth regional
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The College World Series
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oEverybody in the country is 0-
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Hunt had completely shut
down the Pirates T offense prior to
Eldridge Ts at-bat, allowing only two
hits in 6 2/3 innings.
oWe were struggling offensively
all night; it was rough only having
one hit going into the seventh
inning, ? said Eldridge. oA couple of
guys got on base, and it was great
to come up to the plate in a situation
like that and come through.
oT had failed the other three
times and I finally got a pitch that
I could do something with, not to
take anything away from Shooter
Hunt though, he Ts one of the better
pitchers in this conference. ?
After two emotional wins, it
seemed as if ECU was destined for
aconference title. The Pirates won a
Saturday rematch with Tulane 9-4,
eliminating the Green Wave and set-
ting up a championship showdown
-with top-seeded Rice.
The Pirates T good fortune ran dry
in the championship game however,
as Rice handed ECU it Ts first loss of
the tournament in a 16-8 slugfest.
oIt Ts certainly disappointing to be
on the short end of the stick, but we
lost toa very good club, ? said Godwin.
Rice, which is ranked second in
the nation, put ECU behind early,
scoring eight runs in the second
inning and building a 9-4 lead that
it would never surrender.
The Pirates didn Tt go down
without a fight, as ECU would cut
the lead to 9-8 in the fifth inning.
The Owls were too much to handle
though, as they scored the final six
runs of the game after ECU showed
signs of a comeback.
oI was very proud of the way
our guys battled back, ? Godwin
said. oI thought we could Tve cashed
in after giving up eight runs in the
second and down 9-4...I couldn't
be any more proud of our group to
battle back and pull it to 9-8, it just
wasn Tt in the cards and that was a
very good club that was across the
dugout from us. ?
Rice has now won every pos-
sible championship since joining
the league prior to last season. The
national powerhouse won last year Ts
regular season and postseason
C-USA championships, and accom-
plished the same feat this season.
Despite the loss in the champi-
onship game, ECU will be return-
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seed in this weekend Ts Chapel Hill
Regional.
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izing that the team needed more
offensive production from their
star player, James took-over in
Game 3, scoring 32 points to go
along with nine rebounds and nine
assists.
With the game tied at 7:22 in
the fourth quarter LeBron sparked
his team Ts confidence by driving
past two defenders to dunk over
pesky shot-blocker Rasheed Wal-
lace. Wallace got oposterized, ?
abruptly shifting momentum to
the Cavaliers. James made several
other big shots down the stretch in
Game 3, netting the biggest clutch
shot in his young career; a mid-
range jump shot to give his team
a four-point lead with 20 seconds
left in the game.
This was the type of per-
formance that people have been
expecting from James, who has
been compared to the legendary
Michael Jordan, since he entered
the league. Like James, Jordan also
had to battle some tough Piston
teams early in his career before
making it to the NBA Champion-
ship.
Deron Williams has been one
of the biggest surprises in the
playoffs. Williams is averaging 30
points and 8.5 assists per game in
the Western Conference Finals.
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Picked third in the 2005 NBA
Draft by the Utah Jazz, he has been
expected to be the heir-apparent
to John Stockton. Not known as
a natural scorer like James, Wil-
liams averaged 16 points and nine
assists during the regular season
and was known around the league
as a true point guard whose first
priority was to get his teammates
involved.
Williams had another strong
performance in Game 4 of the
Western Conference Finals, scor-
ing 31 points with nine assists
despite reports before the game
that he was experiencing flu-like
symptoms. At some points in the
game Williams was virtually
unstoppable while drawing San
Antonio Ts best defender and NBA
All-Defensive first team member,
Bruce Bowen. Williams blew by
Bowen on several occasions to
finish at the rim, pulled-up for
jump shots when given space and
caused havoc for the rest of the
San Antonio defense with his and
Carlos Boozer Ts unstoppable pick-
and-rolls.
It Ts going to be tough for the
rising star Ts respective teams
to go on the road during these
Conference Finals, where home
teams have a record of 6-1. And
it Ts tough to watch the two play-
ers lay it all on the line only to be
out-gunned by the deeper, more
experienced teams they are facing.
Each of these players is only
22 years of age, which makes
it unreasonable to expect James
to carry his team past the veteran
Pistons and for Williams to lead
his young, inexperienced team
past the loaded roster of the Spurs.
But it has been evident in their
play that both of these players
are doing everything in their
power to help their teams advance.
Whether it Ts James penetrating the
defense and slamming it home for
one of his patented oSportscen-
ter ? highlight dunks or Williams
hitting near impossible pull-up
jumpers:
Even if both the Jazz and
Cavaliers and eliminated from
playoff contention we should
all take a moment to tip our hat
and show a little respect for how
these two young stars are playing.
Even though things aren Tt look-
ing good in 07, it Ts not a stretch
predicting the two could meet in
the NBA Finals a few years down
the road.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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