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The East Carolinian Volume 83, Issue 20 November 13, 2007
Patrick Pinkney and the Pirates
were dealt a major blow to their
C-USA Championship bid by
Division | cellar-dweller Marshall
over the weekend. Check out
the sports section for coach
Holtz T view of the letdown and
what the loss means to ECU Ts
postseason outlook. ......Page A7
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team gained some early season
confidence by routing Division
ll opponent Limestone over the
weekend. Turn to the sports
section for new coach Mack
McCarthy Ts take on his first
win at the helm of the Pirates
and what the team must do
to defeat former CAA rival
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being offered to students and
Greenville residents as a way to
keep crime and accident rates
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Pi Kappa Alpha holds annual oWalk to Wilmington ?
Funds raised for Ronald
McDonald House
ADELINE TRENTO
SENIOR WRITER
In an effort to raise money
for the Ronald McDonald
House of Eastern North Caro-
lina, the brothers of Pi Kappa
Alpha held their annual oWalk
state, ? said Philip Herendeen,
to Wilmington, ? Friday, Nov.
9.
The oWalk to Wilmington, ?
. which was started in 1994, has
raised almost $70,000 for the
Ronald McDonald House in
the past four years.
oAll of the money is
raised strictly off of dona-
tions from people and busi-
nesses in the community or
president of Pi Kappa Alpha.
oEach brother sets a goal to
raise a certain amount and will
do anything possible to collect
the money. ?
This year, the brothers
of Pi Kappa Alpha began the
120-mile walk at Mercer
Glass on Evans Street.
Each member of the fra-
ternity walked 10 miles in
groups of five until the final
group reached the Wilmington
Town Hall.
At checkpoints along the
track, the brothers passed on
a football and signed a docu-
ment to signify the completion
of their leg of the walk.
oWe as a Brotherhood feel
that this is our opportunity
to give back to our commu-
nity and help people in need, ?
said Peter Lopez, junior busi-
ness management and pre-law
major.
oEvents like this help make
our community stronger and
build our fraternal bond. ?
The Greenville Ronald
McDonald House, to which the
proceeds from the walk were
donated, provides a ohome away
from home ? for families with sick
see WALK page A2
Impact of service learning discussed
during visit from White House off
Photos by Robyn McLawhorn
Official focused on
learning more about
WILLIAM HALL
STARE WRITER
David Eisner, CEO of the
Corporation for National and
Community Service, made his
first visit to ECU last weekend
to attend the Student Service
Learning Conterence, spon-
sored by Campus Compact.
The Corporation is a federal
agency that oversees America Ts
volunteering and service pro-
grams, including AmeriCorps
and VISTA (Volunteers in
Service to America).
Eisner was appointed as
chief executive officer in 2003 at
a time when Congress had lost
confidence in the organization
and immediately brought strong
corporation into partne
with other agencies to use
service learning as a support
platiorm for groups such as
disadvantaged youth, college
students and retiring baby
boomers.
The College of Education
hosted a series of functions
informing Eisner about ECU s
AmeriCorps initiative, Project
HEART (High Expectations
for At-Risk Teens).
Project HEART trams col-
lege students to become tutors
for at-risk elementary, middle
and high school students.
oThe work that is happen-
ing within Project HIEAR'T is
something that we in Washing-
ton, D.C. are terribly proud of, ?
Eisner said.
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Annual All Stars for the Homeless held on Thursday
Participants slept in a cardboard box overnight to mimic the living conditions of some
of the less fortunate.
Event to create
awareness about
poverty
YAZID FINN
STAFF WRITER
ECU students substituted
their heated rooms and cozy
beds for a cardboard box this
past Friday night.
The annual event called All
Stars for the Homeless, lasted
for twenty-four hours from 1
Nis
p.m. Friday afternoon until 1
p.m. Saturday.
The makeshift cardboard
box home could be seen on the
lawn outside the East Carolina
Police Department.
Umstead Hall began their
involvement in All States for
the Homeless years back, but it
has since become a tradition for
students to take part in.
Tamara Connell, Umstead
Residence Coordinator, hoped
students involved in the project
would gain better understand-
Photos by Lizz Wells
Radosevich.
ing of the homeless probiem in
Greenville.
oWe are trying to raise
awareness of the social problem
of homelessness, ? Connell said.
In addition to the ser-
Vice project, AlLwStars
for the Homeless collected
clothes and canned goods
from students around ECU.
Students involved during
the twenty-four project cited
positive reasons for spend-
ing their Friday evenings in
the cold.
oIt is a good cause and a
reminder of those less fortu-
nate around this time of year, ?
said Brian Holloman, freshmen
computer science major.
Whether students were col-
lecting service hours or partici-
pating through the Residence
Hall Association, they hoped
a clear message was on display
during the twenty-four hours of
All Stars for the Homeless.
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ACHIEVE: Preparing to Apply to
Graduate School
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7-8 p.m.
White Hall Lobby
Applying to graduate school can
be a complicated process. Finding
a school, taking the right tests,
writing a statement of purpose
are all unique to each school.
Come find out how you can start
preparing yourself not to find and
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Think-In 2007: A Teaching with
Technology Showcase
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007
10 a.m. - 2p.m
Mendenhall Student Center
This event will showcase faculty
and how they utilize technology
to educate students in the
classroom --in both face-to-face
and distance education courses.
Presentations will be made via
olaptop ? poster sessions and will
include course demonstrations.
Campus Wide Recycling Drive
Wednesday, Nov. 14
10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Wright Plaza
In celebration of American
Recycling Day, which is
on November 15, Student
Government Association is
sponsoring a Campus-Wide
Recycling Drive from Tuesday
November 14, 2006 thru
Thursday November 16, 2006
from 10:00am until 4:00pm
each day. For this event there will
be a table with recycling bins in
Wright Plaza where students can
drop off recyclable products. The
main focus on this event would
be ink cartridges and electronics.
There will also be bins to put
paper, plastics, and aluminum
cans. The table will have
information on campus recycling
bins, and where they are located.
This event will be a great start to
a healthier environment on the
ECU campus.
School of Art exhibit features
ceramicist
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
5:30 p.m. & 7 p.m
Speight Auditorium, Jenkins/
Mendenhall Student Center
James Klueg Ts exhibit will
run from Nov. 5- Nov. 30 at
Mendenhall. His work uses the
sgraffito technique with multiple
glazes to apply imagery and
lettering to his pots with results
that span ceramics, graphic
design, and concrete poetry.
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WALK continued from Al
children who are in the hospital.
Since 1987, the 18-bedroom
facility has given families a
private place away from the
hospital where they can eat,
sleep and relax.
oWe believe in what the
Ronald McDonald House of
Eastern North Carolina stands
for, T Herendeen said.
oWe want to give back to
the community that we are
currently living in during our
tenure at school here. ?
The Greenville Ronald
McDonald House, which is
located on Moye Blvd., receives
more than 80 percent of its
funding from donations by
individuals, businesses and
events like the oWalk to Wilm-
ington. ?
oThe effort that these boys
have put into this event allows
us to provide for more than 500
families while their sick child
is in the hospital, ? said Phyllis
Flye, executive director of the
Ronald McDonald House of
Eastern North Carolina.
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oIt Ts great to see college
students making a difference
in the community, especially a
community that they have just
started to live in. ?
Through this year Ts, oWalk
to Wilmington, ? the brothers of
Pi Kappa Alpha raised $11,789
for the charity.
oWe understand that eastern
North Carolina is a very rural
area and one of the major hos-
pitals is located in Greenville, ?
Herendeen said.-
oWe wanted to help make
sure that the families in this
area can come to Greenville and
stay with their child that is in
the hospital. We might not be
able to understand exactly what
the families are going through,
but we want to do our best to
help in any way we can. ?
The members of Pi Kappa
Alpha plan to continue their
annual oWalk to Wilmington ?
in the future.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
A film-discussion series that addresses the
stigmas and disabilities that can arise from
mental illness, social conflict, and forms of
entrenched racism that lead to violence.
Psychological topics range from depression,
social anxiety, agoraphobia, and obsessive-
compulsive disorders to a wide range of
personality disorders. The emphasis of the
series is on the pathways to recovery.
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Young students
Gear Up NC Day comes to ECU
ALYCIA WENDT
STAFF WRITER °#
The fifth annual GEAR UP NC Day (Gain-
ing Early Awareness and Readiness for Under-
graduate Programs North Carolina) occurred on
campus on Thursday, Nov. 8.
This event was intended for seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth grade students to have the oppor-
tunity to be ready to enter college education.
oOur mission is to increase the number:of
students in North Carolina that are successful
in high school, go on to college and are success-
ful in college, ? said Mellissa Andrews, associate
director for GEAR UP NC.
The program is federally funded by the US
Department of Education.
ECU Ts Professional Development and TStudent
Outreach Office, in the College of Education, has
been in partnership with the GEAR UP NC Day
for the past five years.
This year, 150 seventh and eighth graders
from Johnston, Hyde, Columbus, Martin and
Washington public school systems participated
in the event. There was a range of 20-30 students
from each school.
oMany of our GEAR UP students come from
families who have never had anyone attend col-
lege, ? Andrews said.
oSo, attending events like ECU Ts GEAR UP
Day can be a real eye-opening experience for
our students as they see the possibilities and
opportunities that are available to them after
high school. ? d
The student Ts day began with registration
at 9:30 a.m. at Mendenhall Student Center. The
welcome and greetings began at 10 a.m.
The featured speaker for the students, Lamar
Waller, is Johnston County Ts 2007 Wal-Mart
Teacher of the Year and an ECU graduate.
The students were fed lunch at West End
Dining Hall. After lunch there were two rotat-
ing workshops. :
One of these was for financial aid, admissions
explore college life
and scholarships. The second workshop focused
on careers, how to choose a career and different
types of degree areas that work for certain careers.
oThe GEAR UP program gives students the
opportunity to refocus their academics so they are
taking the right courses in high school to prepare
them for college, ? said Tarrick Cox, coordinator
of Student Outreach.
oGEAR UP Day is a wonderful way for ECU
to get their name out there to these students at
such an early age. ?
After students went through the workshops,
there was a resource fair, with different programs
and departments available. This lasted until 2 p.m.
oThis is, obviously, a great way for them to
see themselves on a college campus and realize
that college is an option for them, ? Andrews said.
The program is accessible for 20 districts in
North Carolina and each district has a coordina-
tor. The coordinator of each district lets students
know about the program and get those who are
interested to sign up.
Coordinators may sometimes target specific
students to sign up, if it is a certain career of
interest that will be highlighted on campus.
In addition, the coordinators may require the .
students to write an essay explaining why they
want to attend the event.
All schools have different methods of how the
students are selected.
GEAR UP Day receives a six-year cycle grant
statewide. North Carolina is in its third year of
its second grant.
Other North Carolina colleges will also host
the program on their campus, as well as summer
enrichment programs.
ECU hosted a summer enrichment program
this past summer for ninth and tenth graders.
Enrichment programs prepare students aca-
demically with leadership skills and give them
the opportunity to stay on campus for three or
more days.
This writer can be contacted at
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RANT OF THE DAY
One of my friends likes to yell the Pirate
Rants while the rest of us are trying to play
Guitar Hero.
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Pulling an
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A salute to those who can
J.D. LEWIS
OPINION WRITER
I Tm getting too old for this...stuff. Sunday
night, I did what I swore I Td never do again, and
that Ts pull an all-nighter. I had to write a 500 to
750-word book review. No big deal. I knocked
that out in about 45 minutes. The kicker was not
starting to read the 250-page book till 5 p.m. on
the evening before it was due.
Why did I wait till the last minute? I'll admit
I Tm a procrastinator, but there Ts:also that pesky
thing called life that keeps getting in the way. I
like to spend time with my wife. I like to play with
my dog, visit my parents, and watch oCurb Your
Enthusiasm ? with my best friend. I act in plays and
write columns for two different newspapers. And
then there are the everyday things that have to be
done while the wife is working to put me through
college such as cooking, cleaning, and going to
the market. Add to that commuting 50 miles and
spending half the day in class three days a week,
and then having to read volumes for each class. It
can wear a body down quickly.
I Tm thirteen years older than the majority of my
classmates. That might not sound like much, but
wait till you get there. It Ts an effort for me to stay
up past midnight anymore, no matter what time I
got up. After a while, something has to go on the
back burner, and for me it was my book review. I Tm
certainly not advocating neglecting one Ts studies,
but it was the choice I made.
When I attended ECU eleven years ago, I could
start writing a major paper the night before it was
due, knock offaround 4 a.m., get four hours of sleep,
and go to school the next day, and it wouldn't even
faze me. My eyelids wouldn't droop once, and I Td
at least get a B on the paper. :
Monday, I felt like I was in Neverland (Pete
Pan Ts version, not Michael Jackson Ts), and all my
professors probably thought I was coming off a
three-day drunk. I Tll probably be lucky to get a Q
on the book review, much less an F.
I think young college students get a bad rap.
People older than I think they're lazy, and that they
spend too much time partying and not enough time
studying. Hey, if you can have any kind of life and
then stay up all night reading a book and/or writ-
ing a paper, and still be able to function the next
day and make a passing grade, then my hat Ts off to
you because I just can Tt do it anymore.
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
Counsel me, please
ECU Ts Counseling Center
JESSICA DUNLOW
OPINION WRITER
It is common in the United States to hear about
the luxuries that upper class people get, like cars,
plastic surgery, house cleaners, and so on. Well,
I think that two of these perks are psychiatrists
and psychologists, which is odd, because most of
us grow up thinking that only ocrazy ? people go
to these professionals.
As ECU students, part of our tuition goes to the
counseling center and I think it is definitely in the
best interest of the campus community. Without
the counseling center, I doubt we would, as a whole,
function sanely. :
However, there are still those who are skepti-
cal of the entire counseling process. Why is this?
Are you afraid of sharing things with a complete
stranger? On the other hand, are you just afraid of
how it would make you look to your friends? There
is nothing wrong with needing to talk to someone
(especially when that someone is non-biased).
The average college student has to handle the
pressure of pleasing their professors, pleasing their
parents, and most of all, themselves. They have
to pay for rent, bills, food and parties, Tall on top
of trying to maintain some sort of social life; this
includes the ever-heavy subject of love. This in
itselfis enough to drive anyone up the wall. There
are people who go for more medical reasons.
However, what makes you, those who choose
to abstain from counseling, any different from
those who choose to? Counselors are not always
there for just those who have diagnosed disorders:
According to the National Center for Educational ©
Statistics, 40 percent of undergraduate students
attend regular counseling sessions.
The counseling center here on ECU Ts campus
offers sessions discussing study tips, coping with
grief, charting your career path, and so on. It does
not have to be just you and a counselor sitting on
the proverbial couch discussing how your mother
criticized you and your dad never hugged you.
They even offer group sessions that are open for
staff and students.
I guess I am trying to tell you that it is okay to go
and talk to someone. If your friends are too narrow-
minded sometimes and you need a ready ear...the
staff at the counseling center is ready to hear about
your break-up, your trust issues, and your fear of
falling down the dorm steps. ANY THING.
Do not think someone is going to judge you
for going to the counseling center, or that your
parents will be ashamed. It is just talking. It is
their job! If anything, it can only help the way you
are feeling and help you cope with the day-to-day
stresses that pummel us.
So do it. Step outside of yourself and give
counseling a try. Besides, instead of asking why we
should or should not attend counseling, we need
to ask ourselves, why is our college life stressing
us out so much more now than it did our parents
that we need the help more?
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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| still consider you my best friend even
though | act like | hate you after all that
just happened.
| cannot even begin to express how
pissed | get when | need to use a
computer in Joyner for SCHOOL
work and | can Tt get one because
everyone in Greenville Ts. children
have them all tied up!
Just a hint: | highly doubt that your
new roommate is going to be cool
with your a**hole boyfriend staying
the night, either.
I Tm going to fix your mozzarella sticks
and share them with everyone on
our hall.
Hoagies vs. Subs. What's the
difference?
| just want to fall in love...or at least
have somebody buy me flowers!
In the large portion of my life that |
have spent searching for a soul mate,
| have learned an important lesson:
when you are absolutely crazy about
someone you need to swallow your
fear, go for it, and ask them out. The
only problem being that since | finally
realized that, | haven't meta single girl
that I Tm crazy about. Figures.
Why is it that women can do
everything a man can do but when
it comes to talking to the opposite
sex, men always have to be the
aggressors?
One of my friends likes to yell the
Pirate Rants while the rest of us are
trying to play Guitar Hero. :
I'm sitting at my girlfriend Ts computer
and she wants me to come snuggle
with her but all she is doing is farting
on me...!| don Tt want to snuggle
with that...What do | do? Sincerely,
Concerned Boyfriend!!! Please
HELP!!!
I'm just going to go off on a limb and
guess that whoever wrote badly
about Uggs is probably the dumba**
wearing flip-flops when it snows.
For some reason, | always seem
to have a surplus of assignments
around the time of a new moon. Why
is that? Are my teachers reverse-
werewolves?
Facebook is the reason for my low
GPA.
Banner Self Service = If you can't
figure it out for yourSELF then you
won't get any service.
Well | basically failed math, and in
order to pass it, looks like I Tm gonna
have to sleep with the professor. Sad
thing is, it Ts a guy.
Where is Bin Laden? He isn Tt dead.
He Ts probably kicking it with our
government leaders in Florida.
To the girl that made out with the cop
to get out of a drinking ticket: You
might of got out of that one, but you
didn't let us know if he gave you one
for prostitution. :
My belly hurts...
This could very well be the end of the
world.....of Warcraft.
Does anyone else ever think that
a Rant is directed towards you, but
then it turns out that it isn Tt and you
feel like an idiot?
_[ have a girlfriend but I Tm always
thinking of you. | enjoy when we hang
out outside of class.
To the guy driving the Campus
Shuttle this morning...thank you for
being friendly and doing your job.
I Tm pretty sure | didn Tt sign up to live
with you so that you could eat my -
food and steal my clothes. Umm,
STOP!?
| wholeheartedly support the WGA
writers strike! Writers deserve to get
paid for the work that they create, no
matter the medium it is presented
on.
| love you so much, and | know how
great of a guy you aré, but you have
moved on with your life now. | wish
you the best of luck with your new
relationship, and | hope they can be
everything I'll never be.
| think the freshmen need to stop
camplaining about every little thing
that crosses their little minds! NO,
the world does not revolve around
you, so get over yourself and look at
the big picture!
| swear if | don Tt land a fat job after
,all these years of mind-numbing
assignments, quizzes, exams,
presentations, and projects I Tm
moving to Jamaica for life!!
Can we please lock O.J. up once
and for all?
My doctor says | drink too much. |
told that sissy boy to toughen up and
drink more!
| wish Stewie were real. Him and me
would get so mangled!!
I Tm so sick of going to court in
Greenville. The calendar is always
slammed pack with 500. people
waiting. And then the judge wants to
complain about overcrowding. Tell
your cops to quit writing such bogus
tickets then!!!
My girlfriend never wants to have sex.
So | slept with her roommate!
Does anyone notice that there is
a consistency in the race of those
that the police are always looking
for? Don't call me racist, just living
in reality!
To the hottie in my policy class,
thanks for the view of your nice thong!
What a day-maker that was.
| have a play-by-play game plan just
in case my towel ever gets stolen
during my hour shower.
Can someone please explain to me
why marijuana ts illegal?
.The Hills is probably one of the
worst shows ever, are you girls
SERIOUS!?
As members of ECU we need to
continue to rally around our coach
- Skip Holtz and vote for him for
Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year...
GO Pirates! 2
To the chick in my Sociology class,
please don't talk...anymore. Do you
notice the long pause after .every
crazy commment you make, thats
because people don Tt want to be rude
and laugh. But seriously, it Ts getting
annoying.
What happened to the GPA calculator
in OneStop? | hate Banner.
Can | decorate the big tree near
Brewster this year?
| feel like any sign of individuality
or free thought is barren from this
campus. How about some of you
ladies surprise us and choose a
middle ground between the bleached-
out mini-skirt army and the skinny
jeans page-boy cap militia. Actually,
scratch. that. It makes it easier to
avoid you guys if you adopt a dress
code for yourselves.
In football, ECU stands for ECU
Chokes Usually. By losing to Marshall,
a team that was 1-8, ECU has
blown a chance at the conference
championship. :
Why does ECU crumble against
teams who only have any wins late
in the season?
To the bonehead football players
in my class: You were completely
disrespectful to our professor
this week, and now you've been
demolished by Marshall, of all teams.
How does that karma taste?
To my friends: I Tm sorry | couldn't
go out,this weekend. With the way
| was lookin T | would have caused
car wrecks.
As a senior, the only thing of value |
am taking into the real world is a skull
and crossbones sticker on the back
of my car.
| was in class in the Rivers building
when | had to use the bathroom and
came to find two janitorial workers
asleep on two of the three desks in
the bathroom... Guess they aren't
far off from the students in the
classrooms.
| put a few East Carolinians in the
magazine pile at a coffee shop in
Washington, DC, and less that an
hour later the Georgetown students
couldn't get over how funny the
Rants were.
| heard a girl say if she wasn Tt pregnant
she would have dressed like a slut
for Halloween?! There Ts something
wrong with this picture.
When my family takes pictures on
graduation day, I Tm going to cut a
picture of a fountain and paste it
in Wright Circle so | can savor the
memories of ECU.
| lost my virginity on the football
field!!
| do interpretive dance to the Accross
the Nation Soundtrack in front of my
mirror and everyone wonders why |
have such firm thighs.
oArianne Swanek
Help revitalize
our downtown
Commentary from a hometown girl
KATE JENKINS
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
About a year ago, I came home from college
one weekend with a friend of mine, who would be
visiting Greenville for the first time. As we neared
my house, I asked him about his first impressions
of my hometown.
oIt just looks like a long series of strip-malls, ?
he told me. ;
Though I was mildly offended, I had to agree
with him.
Greenville has experienced unchecked growth
in the past decade, which has certainly made it a
more exciting place to live; but, on the other hand, it
has slowly converted Greenville into a monotonous
sea of pavement and chain stores.
This kind of unsustainable development is both
environmentally and socially harmful, and could have
enormous repercussions on our way of life. Sprawl
leads to wasted land space, which is becoming an ever
scarcer resource, more paved surfaces, which cause
greater run-off and water pollution, as well as alonger ©
commute, which of course means wasted gas.
The social isolation that is created by such
sprawling distance between our homes, our offices,
our schools and our stores could potentially wreak
havoc on our families and community as well. The
longer commute translates to less time spent with
family and friends, and the geographical compart-
mentalization of our lives into separate entities
means decreased opportunity for interaction.
That most of us are incapable of walking any-
where useful means that we spend more of each
day in our cars and lose the familiarity that comes
with walking to a neighborhood grocery store and
encountering friends along the way. Instead, we
live in large houses located twenty minutes from
anything, and hole up in our own rooms. We don Tt
know our neighbors and barely know our children.
As the sprawling suburbs and commercial areas
are eating up scarce land each year, we watch our
downtown slowly become more and more degraded.
What was once a busy small town center is nearly
abandoned; however, it is slowly recovering, due to
the efforts of some brave entrepreneurs.
Our community would benefit greatly from a
return to that kind of multi-use, compact, healthy
and accessible downtown area near the university.
If contractors concentrated on renovating already
existing downtown buildings instead of building
brand new ones farther out of town, they could
spare a lot of resources, as well as create a thriving
campus-side environment.
What would it be like to live near such a com-
munity center? Imagine being able to get up in
the morning and walk your child to school every
day, which would afford you, say, fifteen minutes
of undistracted quality time with him. Then you
might be able to walk to work, past your favorite
restaurants and clothing stores, as well as friends
who also live in the area.
As Greenville is not a big city, this kind of com-
munity is certainly attainable, though not everyone
can live within walking distance of the university.
However, builders could focus on creating such multi-
functional environments around the hospital, for
example, or in dense residential areas. Though some
new construction is necessary due to the growing
population, there are smart, environmentally-friendly
ways to build new subdivisions when it has to be done,
such as by building upward instead of outward.
This vision for more sustainable, united and
personal models for city planning should motivate
voters and local government officials to support
this type of development. Homeowners, builders
and businesspeople can also make simple market
choices in support of this design, by either reno-
vating or buying existing homes, offices or retail
spaces that are more centrally located.
Everyone is at least capable of choosing to
patronize the shops downtown that are working
towards rebuilding a cultural center. Remember
that this type of business could help to reclaim a
sense of community in your town. With a collec-
tive effort, Greenville can continue to grow while
conserving the positive small town vibe. :
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Horoscopes
Aries -
Just when. you think you know
everything, you get a really tough
question. Don Tt be afraid, you have this
answer, too. Think about it a minute.
It Ts basic.
Taurus
An amazing discovery leads to new
possibilities. You'll be able to actually
do something you've been thinking
about. Gather the courage and go.
Semini
To make a fortune, think of something
other people need..Then, find a way to
get itto them with a clear conscience.
It's simple. The conscience part keeps
you sane.
Cancer
A breakthrough at work gives you
more time for personal pleasures.
Re-conhect with somebody you had
to put off earlier, for a special treat.
Leo
Your next assignment is tough, but it Tll
be good for you. Don Ttwhine about the
poor wages. Do it for practice, not for
the money.
Virgo
Soon you'll be able to put your feet
up and pat yourself on the back. Give
yourself a juicy reward for being such
a good manager.
Libra
A brilliant performance leaves you
mentally exhausted. You need to rest
and regenerate your enthusiasm. Also,
review your plans in the light of recent
developments.
Scorpio
You're in the mood to practice new
skills, So you might as well get a
book or video from somebody you
admire. Learn to do it right, from the
beginning.
Sagittarius
You don Tt have to tell anyone how
much you spend. So don Tt. Let them
guess. They don Tt need to know you
got all that great stuff for pennies.
Capricorn
Let yourself be talked into what you
would have done anyway. Get the
other person to think it was his or. her
idea. Thank him or her for it.
Aquarius
Set your goals, make the commitment
and then get down to work. The
first item on the agenda is finishing
something else, to make space.
Pisces
Speak up in front of the group.
They'll be impressed by your insights:
You'll be amazed by your ability to
express what you meant to say. All.
ends well.
Did you know? -
Barbie Ts full name is Barbara
Millicent Roberts.
30% of Chinese adults live with
their parents.
People spend about two weeks of
their lives at traffic lights!
Left handed people live slightly
shorter lives than right handed
people.
The original name of Bank of
America was Bank of Italy.
In comic strips, the person on the
left always speaks first.
Fewer than half of the 16,200 major
league baseball players have ever
hit a home run.
Armadillos are able to contract
leprosy.
The ant, when intoxicated, will
always fall over to its right side.
If the entire population of earth was
reduced to exactly 100 people,50%
of the world Ts currency would be
~ held by 6 people.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Ninety percent of New York City
cabbies are recently arrived
immigrants.
Pearls melt in vinegar.
Americans ate eight million more
orders of french fries and almost
six million more hamburgers this
year compared to last.
Members of the armed forces
and the police cannot vote in the
Dominican Republic.
The ten most generous countries
are all in Europe.
Providi ing safe
transportation to
Greenville residents
DAVID PUCKETT
STAFF WRITER
In October 2006, Alex
McCollum started the Des-
ignated Driver Free Shuttle
Service to offer Greenville resi-
dents safe transportation around
town. The non-profit service is
available 24 hours a day, seven
days a week and has received
over 8,000 calls to date.
McCollum, 25, said he
wanted to provide a service that
would help reduce crime in the
downtown area.
oWomen were getting sexu-
"ally assaulted and things of that
Staff Photo
nature, so I decided to provide
a service to make sure females
get home safe, cut down fights
downtown and just keep intoxi-
cated drivers off the road, ? said
McCollum.
According to McCollum, the
service is available to anyone in
need of a ride.
oWe will come and get you
from your house, and take you
to the bar or anywhere you
want to go. Then we will pick
you up and take you home, ?
McCollum said.
oIf you drove downtown, one
of us will drive your car back to
your house or we will come back
in the morning, pick you up and
take you to your car.
The shuttle, a blue Chevy
Blazer, is driven by McCollum
or his mother, Anita McCol-
lum. The service is available
free of charge, but donations
are welcomed.
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TU ESDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2007
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oThere is absolutely no profit
to be made other than to keep
gas in the.car, ? Anita McCol-
lum said.
She also says that she never
wants anyone who uses the ser-
vice to feel guilty for not giving
a donation.
oIf you don Tt [give a dona-
tion] that Ts fine, I don Tt care. All
I care about is that you Tre home
safe and nobody got hurt, ? Anita
McCollum said.
Alex and Anita McCol-
lum said they have developed
many friendships'through their
service because the majority.
of their customers are oregu-
larsé
oWe have 719 customers T
numbers in our phones; we
know every single one of them, -
where they live and [we] even
know a lot of their parents, ?
Alex McCollum said.
oA few weeks ago someone Ts
parents from Arizona called me
up and thanked me for taking
care of their son, and that is
one the greatest feelings in the
world. ?
oT love the kids we pick
up, I really do, ? Anita McCol-
lum said.
oA lot of the kids tell me
you are my second mom T and |
love that. ?
Lindsey House, Pirate Ts
Pub bartender and ECU senior
management major, said that
the service is beneficial to
bartenders, because in the
event that she is bartending
and a customer is too intoxi-
cated to drive home, it is more
convenient for her to call
the free shuttle service than
call one of Greenville Ts taxi
services.
oInstead of having to wait
have their
Designated driver provides tree shuttle service |
an hour for a cab [to pick up
an intoxicated customer], I
[the McCollum Ts]
personal cell phone numbers,
and as soon as I call them,
they are here in 10 minutes.
They're Sreatec its 4 pt
service.
Anita McCollum said. some
nights she does not sleep
because she is always on call.
oHalloween night, I started at
8 p.m. and I didn Tt get home
until 11 a.m. I don Tt care what
time of day or night it is; if
something's wrong, call me. I
might not be able to pick you
up right away, but I will not
leave you, ? she said.
To contact the Designated
Driver Free Shuttle Service, call
252-375-0605 or 252-258-9072.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Recreation Center presents Flatlanders Fling
One climber scales
é Rec Center Sat.
and Madrock.
Adventure Center holds
11 annual climbing
competition
CHELSEA CAMPEN
STAFF WRITER
Flatlanders Fling was held
at ECU Ts Recreation Center on
Noy. 10 for local climbers to dem-
onstrate their skills in both top
roping and bouldering. The event
gave climbers the opportunity to
compete for prizes, such as ropes,
climbing shoes, chalk bags and
other climbing gear.
Sponsors for the event included
GOPC, Prana, La Sporta, Chocco
Food and music were provided
as well as a raffle. Admissions for
competing were $10 for students
and $15 for non-students.
major:
oThe climbing wall has been
closed for the last four days while
we've set up, ? said Aubree Schlutt,
' junior outdoor recreation studies
Routes for the competition
were set up by Andrew Watkins,
a senior English major, and Nick
Bringolf, a sophomore and outdoor |
recreations major, both climbers
who have extensive experience
in several climbing styles. Cat-
egories were split into two divi-
sions, women Ts and men Ts, and by
levels: beginner, intermediate and
advanced, all having first, second
and third places.
The winner for advanced top
roping was Shane Messer, and the
winner for advanced bouldering
was Ryan Maultsvy.
- This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Staff Photo
New restaurant offers
more than just food
Downtown Pirates Den
has a different kind of
atmosphere
CHELSEA CAMPEN
STAFF WRITER
Pirates Den on 5th St. is
fully staffed and opened for
business. The restaurant has
been open since Oct. 24 and
has replaced Café Carribe,;
which was suffering a waning
popularity with customers.
oPirates Den offers a
different atmosphere than
other businesses. downtown, ?
said Kevin Chessen, manager
of Pirates Den.
Chessen. said the
restaurant has only recently
begun to advertise because,
like any business, a trial
run was needed to catch any
problems that might arise.
oSo far, so good, ? said
Chessen,. who also said the
business has been running
smoothly since its opening.
Pirates Den features five
pool tables available at $3 an
hour per person, and $1.50 an .
hour per person. The prices
vary depending on the size of
the table.
There are also game
machines such as fooze
ball, pinball, bowling and a
Jukebox with a wide selection
of music. _,
Although Pirates Den
offers its customers a jukebox,
Chessen said that the hang-
out will soon feature live
music.
oWe're planning on having
live bands after the first of
the year, ? he said.
For sports fans, Pirates
Den has an NBA pass on five
high definition televisions °
where customers can enjoy
the games. There are also
five booths that contain
televisions with HDTV.
Chessen said that so far.
Pirates Den has attracted all
types of customers including
college students and
families. He said that when
creating advertisements, the T
restaurant does not target
any specific age group and
is a more classy facility than
others downtown.
oPirates Den is relaxed, ?
said kitchen manager Ben
: Hardy.
oOn Sunday people often
see NEW page A6
Pirates Den on 5th Street in downtown Greenville gives students and families alike to a place to hang out.
Rock climbers compete for the Flatlander title.
(
Britney See does not impress
a her audience
DREW GLADDEN
STAFF WRITER
_ For the past few years, you'd be hard pressed tg find a tabloid
isplay headlines such as oYou'll never guess what
y's done now! ? or oBritney needs help fast! ? This will
not be one of those articles exploiting Britney Spears T inevitable
personal life tribulations, but it Ts hard to not point fingers at
| these problems for fueling such a mediocre record. With that
being said, recent issues of The Enquirer could probably be
considered a better waste of time than listening to Blackou,
_ that didn't
has Britn
Spears T new album.
Since Spears was 16 years old, she has been a household name
and a frequently played artist on airwaves throughout the world.
- _ With hits like T oBaby One More Time, T oOops, I Did It
_ Again ? and oToxic, ? Britney has landed herself a spot on the
list of the most played artists ever. Unfortunately, finding a -
song 0 Blackout that could reach the magic of her past
hits i is very unlikely.
___Britney Ts first single,
short of saving is album.
oGimme More, ? however, has its
_ moments of pop glamour and has been tearing up the charts
_the since its release in late September. If the rest of her album _
| were as catchy as this track, Britney Spears would once oe
_be a pop force to be reckoned with.
| __Now, before you go and completely write it off as a pop atroc-
ity, there is actually some good in this album. Britney delivers
_ songs such as oPiece Of Me ? and oBreak The Ice. ? which are all
| safe songs to atld to your) next party play list.
_ There is no denying it, these tracks will ignite small infernos
in the club scene for quite some time. These three songs are
regrettably the only ones on this record that could even remotely
stand a chance tobea oe hit, although they still fall
~\
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GIMME from page A5
oFreakshow ? and oToy Sol-
ider ? show Spears trying her |
best to duplicate Fergie or Gwen
Stefani, and failing miserably.
"It Ts safe to say that a lot of
Spears T success could be con-
tributed to her sex appeal. Her
flirty nature has been a part of
her music since the beginning
of her career; however, songs
like oGet Naked (I Got A Plan) ?
appear to be dark, crude and a
bit overbearing.
Maybe Spears should stop
striving for the shock factor and
go back to creating something
genuine and true.
Blackout is nothing ,people
have not heard before. Every-
thing from the lyrics to the
background sound effects have
become entirely too predictable.
Find something original
- we're getting bored.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
NEW from page A5
come in to watch the games,
and they often bring their
kids. ?
. Pirates Den is family-
friendly and music that could
be offensive to children is
turned off during dinner
hours, from 4:30 p.m. to.10
p.m.
~~ Additionally, Pirates Den
has a reasonably priced menu
with burgers, sandwiches
and wings, the more
popular choice so far among
customers. ;
Pirates Den hours of
operation are 4:30 p.m. to
2 a.m. on Monday through
Friday and 11:30 a.m. to
2 a.m. on Saturday and
Sunday.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Staff Photo
The game machines at Pirates Den gives customers a little extra.
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oNow when we make a mis-
ake we are not scared. Last
year we made mistakes and
we would look over at the.
bench and know we were -
coming out. If we make "
a mistake here he [head ~
coach Mack Veer ainyl just
wants us to make it at full
Speed. He just wants us to
play hard and if you make a
mistake that Ts alright, just
do better next time. ?
fensively better than our
stats indicate. | think cies
ECU falls out of first
place
RONNIE WOODWARD
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
ECU lost more than just a
football game this past weekend:
The Pirates T (6-5, 5-2) stun-
ning 26-7 loss to Marshall (2-8, 2-
4) in Huntington, W. Va. knocked
ECU out of first place in C-USA Ts
East Division and erased the
Pirates T stranglehold on C-USA.
UCF (7-3, 5-1) now holds
the top spot in the East Divi-
sion with just two weeks left to
play in the regular season. The
Golden Knights, who lost to
ECU 52-38 in Greenville ear-
lier this year, play at SMU this
weekend and then host UTEP in
their regular season finale.
ECU holds the tiebreaker
over UCF, but the Golden
Knights will have to lose one
of its final two games and ECU
will have to beat Tulane Nov.
24 for the Pirates to advance
to the C-USA championship
game.
All of this wouldn Tt matter
if ECU had beat Marshall,
however.
The Thundering Herd, which
lost 47-13 to UCF the week before
playing the Pirates, snapped
ECU Ts five-game conference
winning streak in dominating
fashion. Marshall scored on its
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Marshall dethrones
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13, 2007
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Junior strong safety J.J. Millbrook has recently stepped up his game to help the weathered and oft-scrutinized secondary unit of the Pirates.
opening drive and never sur-
rendered the lead.
oWe were accountable for the
way we played tonight, ? ECU
coach Skip Holtz said after the
game, according to the Associ-
ated Press. oWe're going to hold
our head up high when we win,
and we're going to hold our head
up high and be accountable for
what we did tonight. ? :
Senior Marshall quarterback
Bernard Morris did most of the
_ damage against the Pirates T
defense. Morris accounted for all
11:28 minute mark.
three of the Herd Ts touchdowns,
including a 75-yard run on the
see RECAP page AS
ECU opens McCarthy era with a oW T
ECU cruises by
Limestone
KELLEN HOLTZMAN
STAFF WRITER
Given the regularity of upsets
in college basketball so far this
season, ECU head coach Mack
McCarthy was not about to let the
Pirates underestimate Division
II opponent Limestone Saturday
afternoon in Minges Coliseum. °
ECU was pushed in the early-
goings by a scrappy Saints team,
but the Pirates pulled away late
in the first half en route to a 78-
60 win in McCarthy's ECU head
coaching debut.
Senior point guard Darrell
Jenkins led the offensive attack
for the Pirates with 17 points
and seven assists. Coming off of
an impressive freshman season,
sophomore John Fields added
14 points, shooting 6- 8 ; from
the field.
mal thought our energy level ;
was good, ? McCarthy said of his
team Ts performance. oIf you play
with that much enthusiasm and
that much energy, things are
is}
going to be okay. We'll be able
to correct a lot of the things that s
we did poorly from an execution $
standpoint. ?
ECU jumped out to a 14-0
. lead to start the game, smother-
ing Limestone with full-court
pressure before McCarthy opted
aI
to the Pirates offensive play.
to sub-out. all five starters for
four freshmen and junior col-
lege transfer James Legan. The
Ons one of the top rebounders in C-USA, Gabe Blair serves as an asset
Saints exposed the Pirates T inex-
oT think I probably didn Tt do
as good of a job as I should have
oat keeping the combinations on
~ the floor that would allow us to
+ have success, ?
said McCarthy.
oBut on the other hand I wanted
to look at some people playing
| together. ?
ECU's starters pelinved the
young squad and pushed the
- momentum back in favor. of
| the Pirates. Jenkins and Fields:
combined for 14. of the Pirates T
next 20 points. Jenkins scored 13
of his 17 points in the first half
and was a perfect 2-for-2 from
behind-the-arc.
Jenkins hit a key jumper
with 3:29 remaining in the first
half to push the lead to 32-24,
and begin a 10-0 run capped off
by a three-pointer from fresh-
man Brock Young to make the
advantage 40-24. ECU took a
comfortable 44-26.lead into the
locker room.
The Pirates picked up right
where they left off in the first
half, forcing Limestone to play
catch-up for the remainder of
the game. Any threat of another
Limestone comeback was elimi-
nated late in the second half
when Young got loose on a fast
break and flipped the ball up to
a trailing Fields to complete a
thunderous alleyoop play as the
Pirates stretched the lead to 24
perience and stormed all the way _ points.
back to take a 16-15 lead at the
As the margin widened,
ECU Ts inexperienced bench
finally came to life. The Pirates T
reserves contributed nearly half
of the team Ts 78 points, led by
Young, who had 11 points in 15
minutes of play. Redshirt fresh-
man Chad Wynn scored eight
points down low in the post and
Tarboro native Jontae Sherrod
added six.
Solid minutes off the bench
could go a long way in determin-
ing just how good this ECU team
will be.
oI think the depth is good, ? said
Jenkins. oWhen we [starters] come
out, we really don Tt lose much and
they're [bench] Just going to keep
getting better with every game. ?
McCarthy's confidence in the
inexperienced players never wavered
despite the early struggles.
oYm confident in them, ?
McCarthy said of the new addi-
tions. oI don Tt know how confi-
dent they are. They're up and
down...I thought they were a
little too hyped up when they
went in there and tried to make
some plays that weren't there.
I thought the second time they
went in, all of them were a little
more relaxed. ?
One area of concern for ECU
heading into Tuesday night Ts
showdown with Richmond is
rebounding. The Saints don Tt
have a player over 6-foot-6 on
see BBALLpage A8
Multiple Pirates shine in season-opener
Lady Pirates blowout
Presbyterian College
SETH STRINGER
STAFF WRITER
The Lady Pirates ushered
in the 2007-08 season with five
players scoring in double digits,
showcasing their size, shut-down
defense and quick guard play in -
an impressive 97-52 victory over
Presbyterian College.
Allison Cochran and Alli-
son Spivey led the team with
14 points a-piece as the Lady
Pirates shot 54 percent from the
field and 50 percent from beyond
the arch. No ECU player was left
out of the action, as every player
scored at least five points in the
lopsided victory.
On the other end of the floor,
the Lady Pirates held the Blue
Hose in check, forcing them to
shoot 37.5 percent from the field
and 27.8 percent from three-
point land..
The night started off slow,
with both teams exchanging
baskets in the first eight min-
utes, but with the score tied at
14, sophomore guard Gabriela
Husarova sparked a 14-1 run -
with two straight baskets. After
a lay-up by Presbyterian Ts Sharie
Hopkins, a Shuanda Ashford
three pointer began an 11-0
run that would leave the Blue
Hose down by 22. The Blue
Hose capped off the half with a
6-2 run, making the score 41-24
heading into the locker rooms.
In the second half, the Lady
Pirates demonstrated why they
are the defending C-USA champi-
ons, opening the half with a 16-4
run and building a 31-point lead.
From then on, the offense
ran.through LaCoya Terry and
preseason all-conference junior
Jasmine Young, who combined ©
for 19 assists, and chipped in
eight and 10 points, respectively.
Cochran added eight of her
career high 14 points in the
second half to help the Lady
Pirates build an 83-45 lead with
Just 5:47 remaining.
Then it became the Allison 2
Spivey show as she lit up the
Blue Hose defense in her colle-
giate debut, going 3-for-3 from
beyond the arch and adding a
lay-up in the game Ts final five
minutes. Spivey would finish the
game 5-for-7 from the field with
a team-high four three-pointers.
_ Freshman Kim Gay finished -
off her first game as a Lady
Pirate with eight points, three.
rebounds and two steals, as she
hit back-to-back baskets in the
final minutes.
. A jumper by Presbyterian Ts
Chelsea Wright pulled the deficit
to. 45 points for the Blue Hose
and Jessica Honesty Ts last second
attempt to pull ECU over the .
Staff p
The Pirates are deep in-éxperience at the guard position with Confererice USA stand outs Jasmine
Young and LaCoya Terry. .
century mark bounced off the.
front of the rim, leaving the final
score at 97-52.
On the night, ECU forced
29 turnovers, converting them
came on the fast break: The
ECU bench outscored Pres-
byterian Ts, 49-17, with ECU Ts
odiaper: dandies ? providing
the bulk of the bench points.
Bridget Takach and Sharie
Hopkins led the Blue Hose in
scoring with 11 points, as they,
were the only two Presbyterian
players to reach double digits on
the night. It was Presbyterian Ts
first game since moving to Divi-
em sion T 1. basketball and for the
into 38 points, 17 of which.
Lady Pirates, the competition is
only going to get tougher as the
schedule moves on.
oWe are going to face a much
better team on Tuesday, ? said
ECU coach Sharon Baldwin-
Tener. oWe played well but I Tm
not pleased with the rebound-
ing effort we put up today and
Lauren (Cochran Ts) going to
have to be more physical on the
boards. With Cherie Mills gone,
she'll have to be more physical
down low and take some of the
pressure off the guards. ?
The win over Presbyterian
was ECU's first season-opening
victory in three seasons. The Lady
Pirates will host ODU Tuesday
at 6 p.m. at Minges Coliseum.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
PAGE A8
THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ SPORTS
RECAP continued from A/
Herd Ts first play from scrimmage
in the second half.
Morris threw for 238 yards
and two touchdowns, and added
126 yards on the ground.
oWe realize coming in that
we can Tt win the conference,
but we can mess it up for the
rest of the teams, ? Morris
told the Herald-Dispatch in
Huntington, W. Va. oWe just
came out and showed éveryone °
and ourselves how good we can
actually be. ?
ECU Ts lone touchdown, a
4-yard run from Chris John-
' son halfway through the third
quarter, cut the deficit to 16-7.
Marshall answered how-
ever, as Morris found Emmanuel
Spann early in the fourth quar-
ter for a 17-yard touchdown pass
that seemingly put the game out
of reach at 23-7.
oI thought that we played 8
hard, but we didn't tackle very
well, ? Holtz said. oDefensively, we
had a hard time getting off the
field. Offensively we couldn't get
anything moving; it was just a very
frustrating evening. ?
Johnson, who rushed for
301 yards and four touchdowns
against Memphis the week before,
managed only 72 yards on 12
carries against Marshall. The
ECU offense struggled as a whole;
o by Aileen Devlin
the Pirates only recorded 259
offensive yards in the loss.
Batriek: Bianikoney
quarterbacked the Pirates
for most of the game, even
though Rob Kass started.
Pinkney went 13-of-21 for
109 yards, while Kass went
3-of-7 for 42 yards.
Neither quarterback threw a
Senior linebacker Fred Wilson (51) one of a few ECU players that made an impact against Marshall.
touchdown pass, which is a first for
ECU in conference play this season
and the first since the Pirates T 48-7
loss to West Virginia Sept. 22.
Despite the disappointing
loss, Holtz knows that ECU
still has a shot at the C-USA
title and bowl aspirations.
oT don Tt think any of us
are real proud of what we did
tonight, but at the same time, I
am proud of this team, ? he said. oWe
still have some things to play for. ?
ECU will have a much-needed
bye week this Saturday and then cap
off the regular season when it hosts
Tulane Thanksgiving weekend.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
BBALL continued from A7
their roster and managed to
out-rebound the Pirates 41-38,
and convert 18 second chance
points to ECU Ts 11.
oThey've got a lot of people
back, ? McCarthy said of Rich-
mond, which beat the Pirates in
overtime last year. oThey've got
a big team: Their starting lineup
is 64, 6'7, 6'7, 69, and 6 T9. That's
going to cause us a lot of problems
and they played Memphis really
well. I think it was a three-point
game with six minutes to go.. If
you can do that at Memphis,
youre pretty darn good. ?
Last season, it appeared ECU
was on the verge of a big victory
against Richmond before the
Spiders forced overtime in the
final seconds. Last year Ts loss
isn Tt very far from the returning
player's minds.
oIm ready to play to Rich-
mond because they beat us last
year in overtime, ? said Fields.
oThat one hurts. I'm ready to get
some payback here on Tuesday
night. ?
The Pirates take on the Spi-
ders Tuesday night at 8 p.m. as
part of a doubleheader with the
ECU women Ts basketball team.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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Freshman Brock Young scored 11 points during 15 minutes of play in Saturdays match-up against
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