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YOUR SOURCE FOR CAMPUS
NEWS SINCE 1925
VOLUME 83, ISSUE 28
TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 2008
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SGA works to improve student
to community relations
P mae
Sunday's womenTs
basketball game between
Marshall and ECU came
down to the last seconds.
Turn to the sports section to
see which team came out
with a win......PAGE A7
Staff photo
Council menibers listen to andbse Griffin, SGA vice president, discuss new Safe Ride procedures.
City council and
SGA members work
together
students should know about.
While the council mem-
bers didnTt discuss all the
ordinances, some of them were
brought to the attention of
SGA representatives because
of past violations.
We've had issues in the
past where students want to
have parties and the noise
exceeds the limit, according
to Flood.
Other ordinances repre-
sented in the booklet include
animal control issues, trash
collection, parking, litter,
weeded lots and housing con-
and SGA representatives were
able to address a number of
issues.
One ol the first topics
addressed were common city
ordinances that affect stu-
dents, such as the number of
occupants allowed in one hous-
ing unit and noise violations.
In the City of Greenville,
since 1982, it has been ille-
gal to have more than three
occupants that are unrelated,?
said Merrill Flood, director
of community development.
A booklet was passed out
to attendees called, Take
KIMBERLY BELLAMY
NEWS EDITOR
Members of the Greenville
City Council and: SGA
met on Thursday to dis-
cuss issues relating to stu-
dents and the community.
The meeting was held in
room 337 of City Hall at 5
p.m., and dialogue between
the groups lasted until around
The ECU hockey team battled
for two physical victories over
Liberty this past weekend.
The sports section has a
full recap of the heated
contests PAGE A7
On Feb. 5, North Carolina
based band, Boxbomb will
release a new album that
offers a variety of musical
influences and genres, read a
review....PAGE A5
NEWS co cteeees es Page A2
FEATURES......... Page A5
SPORTS Page A7
OPINION Page A4
CLASSIFIEDS Page A10
6 p.m.
During the span of an
hour, city council members
Heed, Your guide to living in
a pirate community,T that out-
lines all the ordinances that
see COUNCIL page A2
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TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 2008 PAGE A2
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Distinguished Professor
Allen Blustine
Tuesday, Jan. 29
8-10 p.m.
A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
Mr. Blustine is one of
AmericaTs mostdistinguished
clarinetists, with an impressive
career of performing and
recording around the world.
He is a member of the
Speculum Musicae, New York
Chamber Soloists, and the
Festival Winds. -
Poetry professor offers
reading
Tuesday, Jan. 29
7:30 p.m.
Bate 1032 .
In celebration of the
publication of his second
book, Anticipate the Coming
Reservoir (Carnegie Mellon
University Press, 2008),
John Hoppenthaler will give
a reading. Hoppenthaler, a
poet and professor of English
at ECU, is author of Lives
of Water. His work has also
appeared in publications
that include Ploughshares,
Virginia Quarterly Review,
McSweeneyTs and the
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Spring Service Fair
Wednesday, Jan. 30
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This is a great opportunity for
students to learn more about
_ local agencies and speak
to ageficy staff regarding
volunteer and service-learning
opportunities. |
Statewide Campus Safety
Symposium
Thursday, Jan. 31
Friday, Feb. 1
9 a.m.-5 p.m./ 9 a.m.-noon
Greenville Hilton
ECUTs Student Legal -
Services is hosting
its second Safety
Symposium Campus
Crisis Communication and
Intervention? to school
and university staff and
administrators across North
Carolina. Roy Cooper,
'NC attorney general, will
deliver the key. Other
speakers include: Dave
Rainer, associate vice
chancellor Environmental
Health and Public Safety,
NCSU; Kevin Foust, FBI;
Dr. Eugene Zdziarski,
assistant vice president
& dean of students at the
University of Florida; David
Robey, Secret Service
Threat Assessment Team.
Registration: $100.
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Minges Aquatic Center piano Emanuel Gruber,
3-5 p.m. cello
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Recital Hall
8-10 p.m.
COUNCIL continued from Al
Members of SGA met with the Greenville City Council in order to put together a plan to improve community
relations. |
ditions.
We have put together
this information over the years
to inform students of popular
ordinances...? Flood said.
Another issue discussed
at the meeting concerned
Friends of Sheppard Memorial Library
Friday, Feb. 1, 9 am-8 pm
_ Saturday, Feb. 2, 9 am-6 pm
Sunday, Feb. 3, 1-3:30 pm*
* Bag Day"$5 per paper grocery bag of books
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Greenville Convention Center, 303 SE Greenville Blvd.
safety forum that was held last
changes proposed by admin-
istrators have been done.
Changes relating to ECU Stu-
dent Transit Authority's Safe Ride
were also mentioned by Andrew
Griffin, SGA vice president.
Efforts to make students
safety advancements being
made by the city and the
university.
Ashley Yopp, speaker of
the congress, addressed the
April and said that most of the
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feel safer while waiting for
Safe Ride have been made
by decreasing the radius in
-which the drivers can pick
up students to four or five
miles away from campus,
according to Griffin.
Decreasing the radius has
~resulted in a shorter wait time
for riders of Safe Ride.
Desires for a better rela-
tionship between students
and ECU police officers were
expressed during the meeting.
1 think-it has been. a
more positive feedback from
students, opposed to when I
was a freshman three and half
years ago, said Keri Brock-
ett, SGA president.
Brockett noted that the
officers seem more acces-
~sible and more approachable
because of their new choice
of uniforms. ,
Both council members
and SGA representatives are
concerned with increasing
the amount of volunteering
being conducted by students.
- Yopp talked about the
efforts being made by the.
Volunteer and Service
Learning Center in the
area of mentoring with
the Boys and Girls Club
and Service NC, a state-
wide competition among
UNC campuses to complete
the most volunteer hours.
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At some point during
their ECU tenure, students
must complete at least a
few hours of volunteer-
ing for one of the intro-
.ductory health classes.
ItTs not stated that every
student. has to have those
hours, but it is a require-
ment that they have to have
that class,? said Brittany
Adams, SGA secretary.
One of the last heavy
issues that council members
hit on was the presence of
drugs near campus.
Council member Rose
Glover noted that drugs
are readily available in
Greenville, and that is not
safe for students.
SGA representatives felt
that students must take the
initiative themselves to not
be influenced by drugs.
It's something that
people need to internalize in
themselves and say, ~Hey, this
is not something that I need
to be putting into my body,?
said Abey Dessie, attorney gen-
eral of the SGA judicial branch.
The meeting ended with
commentary from council
members and SGA members
planning for future dialogues
- with one another.
This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2008
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ATTENTION
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS!
~Join us for the 4th Annual
ECU GRADUATE HEALTH
PROGRAMS CONFERENCE
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
Health Sciences Campus
Thinking about your future?
This conference will offer sessions fo answer
your questions about the various graduate
health programs available, requirements
for admission, and more.
Come for one session or stay for all!
Resource tables will also be available.
Participants must pre-register by contacting the
Academic Enrichment Center
252.328.2645 or edwardse@ecu.edu
RENOVATIONS continued fom A
ever, concerning MSC being
~temporarily-out-of-service,
such as free games of bowl-
ing at AMF Bowling Lanes,
on select ECU student nights
throughout the semester. |
Also, the Student Union
Programming Board will
continue to offer free movies
for students. Movie coupons
will be available for pick-up
on select nights of the week
in which movies are show-
a0
Arrangements have
been made with Greenville
Grande [on Memorial Blvd.
in Greenville], Wooedrult
said. ee
Students will be given
ince tickets cand the ECU
transit will provide trans-
portation.?
Students are strongly
encouraged to visit www.ecu.
edu/newmsc for additional
information. concerning the
renovation of MSC.
Special orders included
multiple resolutions and leg-
islations that were passed.
Other issues discussed at
the SGA meeting were voter
registration and various
leadership initiatives.
This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
PLUNGE continued from Al
said Adam Burk, sophomore
nursing major, as he dried
himself off.
students, could have
their picture'taken with
- their friends after the fact,
a token of remembrance for
their test of endurance on
their way back to the court.
Some students seem to
regret diving into those icy
waters again after doing so
in previous plunges.
I must have been crazy
for wanting to do this again,?
said Rob Breiner, sophomore
broadcast journalism major,
(SO Many I resuimem Gere
donTt know what they're get-
tie 1110?
This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
PULSE...whatTs alive after five!
On Stands
_ February 20th! ©
TUESDAY JANUARY 29,2008 paGE A4
RANT OF THE DAY
Am | wrong for wanting to marry someone
rich and pop out about 4 kids???
{ Let the Good Times Roll! }
All about
accents
Why the fascination?
LISA ENSMINGER
OPINION WRITER
Accents ... such an interesting concept
within the regions of the United States. Some
people admire different accents. Some people are
plainly irritated with accents. Anywhere you go
in America, an accent and dialogue can change
dramatically. The teasing and conversing (that
has also directly affected me) I hear from people
about different dialects has simply inspired me
to write about my experience with sucha widely |
talked about, but seldom thought about topic.
I am going to use myself as an example
on how my dialect has affected my daily life. I
come from the Midwest where the accents are
supposedly neutral? (according to the news
broadcasters), but coming down to the South, I
do not sound so neutral to a lot of people. I am
made fun of for my use of OTs? because I am from
Ohio, but I never actually noticed the way I spoke
until I moved down here. I do not think I can go.
one week without someone commenting or jokingT
about my different accent (and I know I am guilty
for teasing my roommate for her accent too). Even
when I travel up north to New York City, I have
been told I have a Southern accent, and accord-.
ing to the Southerners I have a Northern accent.
Sometimes it just gets confusing!
When I first came to east Carolina, it took
a while to get used to the significant difference
in pronunciation. When my roommate said, I
am. going to boil some water,? for the first time,
I had no idea what she was saying because of her
Southern accent. I heard, I am going to bowl some
water,? and quite frankly, I was.a little confused.
I go home and notice my own accent Juxta-
posed with my friendsT and get blamed for a slight
Southern twang, then I come back to school and
the Southern dialect has become second nature
to me. This, my friends, is the confusion I think
about from moving to the South. It amazes me
to listen to the different types of accents, dialect
and word choices, all because of where we come
from. Even with the Southern accent, it com-
pletely depends on which town one grew up in.
The smaller towns have a thicker drawl, while
the bigger cities such as Raleigh have a slightly
lighter accent. It just fascinates me how location
has such a significant impact on everyone's speech
and daily life. 1 am sure I am not the only one
who is affected by these ridicules more than once -
a week for the way I speak. So, talk the way you
talk, and do not feel ashamed if someone bashes
Ma for your silly accent! |
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
Obama!
Oh, Mama!
Or going from red to blue
J.D. LEWIS
OPINION EDITOR
ItTs hard to believe ITm actually getting
excited about a Democrat. I mean, I voted for
Bob Dole in 1996, and I voted for W. twice, but
thereTs just something about Barack Obama that
energizes me.
At first my interest in him was purely because
heTs not Hillary Clinton or Rapunzel Edwards of
the $400 haircut, but I began to take a closer look
at him once HillaryTs attack dog, Bill, came out
verbally abusing Obama and any reporter who
dared to question it. Any candidate, Republican or
Democrat, who can elicit that much fear from the
self-anointed Messiah of the Democratic Party,
certainly. deserves our attention.
Frankly, I wish that the next time Bill Clinton
berates a reporter for asking him a legitimate
question about something he or his wife have
said or done on the campaign trail, the reporter
would look him squarely in the eye and tell him
what he can kiss ... but, I digress.
Obama is the type of candidate who, like
John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan, can restore
pride in the nation. Just listening to him talk,
even if you donTt necessarily agree with him on
every single issue (and none of us are going to
agree with anybody on everything), makes you
feel good, like we can be and do so much more
as individuals and as a nation.
Barack Obama hasnTt played the race card
once in this campaign, unlike Bill Clinton, whose
remarks comparing ObamaTs recent win in the
South Carolina primary to Jesse JacksonTs win
- there in the 1980s seemed to suggest that Obama
only won because of his race. Even if Hillary "
Clinton had received all of John EdwardsT votes,
Obama would still have beaten her by 10 percent
" still a comfortable margin " and the differ-
ence between Barack Obama and Jesse Jackson
is like chicken salad and chicken ... well, you
know. That Bill Clinton feels the need to make
such baseless accusations Just goes to show that
the Hillary campaign had grossly underestimated
the senator from Illinois.
Barack Obama represents change. Hillary has
said she represents change while fighting for the
same things sheTs fought for the past 25 years.
If you have nothing to show after 25 years, itTs
time to move on and give someone else a chance.
This country desperately needs a president who
will stand up for all Americans and restore
- AmericaTs place on the world stage. I'm starting
to believe that Barack Obama is Just the right
man for the job.
This writer can be reached at
"opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
LADIES AND
BF evry, n tonicurs |
STATE OF THE UNION, I
THOUGHT I'D TALK ABOUT
MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AS PRESIDENT,
NOR Ss
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DonTt we pay enough tuition and fees
for this school to afford something
besides that one-ply John Wayne
toilet paper in the bathrooms? ~
What the hell are UGGS?
Putting together a spring break is
driving me crazy! Someone help!
Thank you to whoever is concerned
about my chewing tobacco. ItTs
obvious that you have a crush on
this Southern Gentleman.? ITm sorry
| passed my spit bottle in front of
you. Once again, thank you for your
concern about me and my health.
If you only knew how much | wanted
you. | love. seeing you after you leave
the rec center. Everyone knows that
| want to be with you, but you are
the only one who does not. When*
you drive your white truck, my heart
races with love faster than your
white truck could go. Good luck in
making the football team; I'll root
for you either way. Why canTt we be
together?
| know I'm falling for you; ITm just
wondering when you're going to be
willing to catch me.
Girls like you give Greenville a
bad rap.
If youTre going to have guys over, at
least be considerate enough to BE
QUIET about it! Thanks! '
Why can't! go a day without thinking
about you? I can only hope that you
can't go a day without thinking about
~ me too. | hope you're not just using
me for the things? | give you.
| have no life because] work so much
and my friends are not considerate
enough to wait for me to get off work
so | can go outwith them. Thanks! Is
10:30 p.m. really that late?
Is itbad that my roommate and | are
addicted to Mondos?
Curly haired guy in chemistry, what
is your name?
| would like to say thank you.to the
sweet guy who gave me the yellow
flower last week. You made me
smile. BTW, | didnTt throw it on the
ground after you left.
| met all my best friends smoking pot!
Hooray for the article on The Avett .
Brothers! They are the best!
Dear Linksys guy calling OTHER
people idiots: First off, there are
a lot of people who have Linksys
wireless routers, so itTs probably
not your Internet being stolen.
Secondly, if you were smart enough
to password-protect your wireless,
you wouldnTt have other people
stealing your Internet. ITm pretty
sure the wireless stealer isn't the
idiot here...
Our menTs basketball team may
have beaten NC State earlier in the
season, but our menTs basketball
team still sucks!
Bruce Bruce is not funny funny.
The movies that Channel 31 shows
are horrible!
They call me Tater Salad.
There is nothing wrong with
Mendenhall Student Center, so
why are they reconstructing it? If it
ain't broke, don't fix it.
What happened to the guy in the
hallway of the Whichard Building?
He used to help me and | miss
him!
My name is not Jeff!
The football team still has more wins
than the menTs basketball team.
| like a good corn dog.
~Please spell my name right.
Before you criticize someone, you
should walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them,
you're a mile away and you have
their shoes.
Why the interest in setting off
fireworks in.the middle of the night??
No wonder people get shot and no
one notices it.
R.I.P., Heath.
| guess the ECU maintenance
people have the same winter break
that we do because they are still
painting the stairwells!! And you
wonder why ITm late to class...
Could you not smoke with your body
pressed up against the building? |
have to breathe that air too.
Your ex-boyfriend is a douche. Wake
up! You deserve a lot better than
him, and getting back together with
him is only gonna hurt you worse
than he already has.
Hee hee, !|Tm following suit and
wondering who else is posting a
Pirate Rant in the library!
ll call you Sugar Muffin? if you
want me to. :)
Global warming does NOT happen
overnight...
To the TRUE gentleman who offered
his seat up to every female who
stepped onto that FULL bus Friday: .
You are lovely! ECU needs more
REAL men like you rather than the
dirty pigs that make up the majority.
You made my day.
Will you be my brown-eyed girl?
ITm in love with a stripper!
| think | might love you, but I've been |
hurt in ways you couldn't imagine.
Please don'task me out on ValentineT Ss
Day. |
Is titunfair to all heterosexual couples
that the on-campus visitation policy
says that members of the opposite
sex canTt be visiting after 2 a.m.?
Homosexuals can stay the night.
| donTt want to tell you to your face,
but one of your friends is crushing on
your Boo.? | think you should check
the situation out.
Am | wrong for wanting to marry
someone rich and pop out about 4
kids???
To the guys at IHOP Saturday night:
It took all of me to stop my friend from
going over to your table and cussing
you out because you kept saying
fat b---h.? How many times do you
need to say it until you get your point "
across?
The guy at Spencer's told my friends
and | we couldn't take pictures
anymore ... so we turned off the flash
and continued.
Hey, change that tone of voice,
mister.
When did OE asin become cool
again?
Sorry, professor, | couldn't study
last night. | was too busy setting up
passwords, log-ins, taking online
quizzes and doing online HWTs. It
didn't leave me much time to read
the text.
| was under the impression that
we canTt have Limewire here on
campus, yet every time ! get on my
iTunes, all | see are other peopleTs
Limewire accounts.
Who are those kids that sit in the
back of Todd every day?
So who else is in Philosophy and
can't stay awake? ©
Square cake tastes funny. That's
~ ~ why | stick to circle cake.
How to become
Student Body
President
In these easy steps
YAZID FINN
OPINION WRITER
Maybe it is just me, but why are so many
people on this campus talking about something
that is ten months down the line? Half the people
you like will not be in the election, so with this in
mind, table the thought of voting until it comes,
and for now look toward your own campus.
You know, where things actually have a higher
probability of affecting you. By this I refer to
the spring student body elections at our very
own school.
With a prestigious title, a handful of benefits
and a personal assistant if you are lucky enough, I
could not imagine anyone who would not want to
campaign the spot. Where to begin?? some may
wonder, and the answer is more straightforward
than you'd probably expect.
When you first decide you want to run, make
sure to tell everyone that you know. Think about
it: the more people that know, the more votes
you will get! Why hide your ambitions as if they
were a state secret? Put your hat into the ring
and have some real fun.
' Now that everyone knows your intentions,
continue to spread the word. As soon as you
have the green light from the elections commit-
tee, spread it like wildfire. I am not talking one
or two kids out in front of Dowdy " I mean an
entire fleet of your closest friends. Rain, sleet or
hail really tests their friendship. If they are not
passing out fliers with your name on it, they are
wasting your time.
If you learned anything from high school
elections, it should have been that everyone
loves candy ... that and attractive-looking people.
Heaven forbid the two should ever be combined,
because then no one else could fathom a chance
in the election. Hot people and delicious eats and
treats? I could not resist giving them my vote!
If all else fails, stick to the age-old truths of
politics. If you have no reputation to stand on,
you lose nothing by slinging as much mud as
you find possible. Everyone enjoys a good smear
campaign as much as the next guy, so why not
be the player to start one? It is never any fun to
play by the rules, so set the bar high as you start
~ to break them.
I can guarantee this coming spring elec-
tion will be a lot of fun and everyone reading
this can get in on the action. Who cares if you
have a snowballTs chance in hell? DonTt know
about you, but I like those odds. Will I see you
on the trail?
This writer can be reached at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
Sarah Campbell
Editor in Chief
Must love dogs
Everything else is negotiable
LARA OLIVER
OPINION WRITER
So, whatTs your deal breaker?
You know- that one thing that pinpoints a
person's personality for you? That trait that you
Just can't ignore in a person, whether itTs good
or bad? For some people itTs their religion, for
others itTs musical tastes, and for many, sports.
For me, itTs your feelings about dogs. 7
It may seem a bit shallow, but I just canTt
stand a person who dislikes dogs. Now, donTt
get me wrong, I love other types of animals. ITve
owned a hamster, three parakeets, two finches, a
rabbit, and, for a very brief period, a turtle. But
throughout all that time ITve always had a dog I
could turn to, that little ball of fluffy joy that was
always happy to see me no matter how long I was
gone, that never woke me up in the middle of the
night by knocking itTs cage onto the ground, and,
best of all, couldnTt give me salmonella.
Now I know that a lot of people are what
you call cat people.? People who maintain that
dogs are dumber than cats, less refined and more
icky.? ITd venture to say that these so-called cat
people? are just lazy dog people.? Sure a dog may
require a lot of energy, get messy at times and
eat more than cats, but I think thatTs part of the
fun. The fact that you have another creature so
dependent on you and so devoted to you is really
sweet to me. ItTs like having a kid without that
annoying teenager part. If you think about it, a
cat isnTt any smarter than a dog. If they were, they
wouldn't be happy with keeping their excrement
in a box so close to their food.
But, you know, I donTt dislike cats. In fact, |
wanted one most of my life. Unfortunately, my
mom had a really bad allergy, so I could never
really hope for a kitty of my own. And really, I
-am more wary of people who dislike dogs and
cats than just dogs.
ThereTs just something that I canTt seem to
trust about a person who dislikes dogs. Maybe
itTs the prissy way they back away from a drool-
ing dogTs smile or the disdain in their voice over
being in charge of another creature other than
~themselves. Or maybe itTs the fact that studies
have shown that owning a dog can make you
live longer, and these people are just bitter that
we dog lovers are going to live longer than they. -
Whatever reason it is, it just rubs me the wrong
way. Gives me the heebie-jeebies,? if you will.
So you may call me crazy, but bring on your "
Satan-worshiping, Ricky Martin-loving, New
England Patriots fan-crazies. If they like dogs
.. well, theyTre fine by me.
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Horoscopes
Aries
Pay the bills and figure out how much
money is left before you accept a
ritzy invitation. This one could be too
expensive. Find a less costly way to have
fun. Knowing you, that won't be hard.
Taurus
Stay out of a controversy between
- others, if you possibly can. TheyTre
not paying attention to you, anyway. If
you give them a lot of room, you can
g0 about your business.
Gemini
Ajob turns out to be more difficultthan
you expected. Reschedule errands
and everything else until Friday at
best. Between now and then, scurry
to keep up.
Cancer
You can express your love lots of ways
that donTt require words.
Leo : ,
Settle down and contemplate what
you've recently learned. You're running
into contradictions and possibly some
errors: Give yourself time and a quiet
space to sort all this stuff out. |
Virgo
You're good at keeping up with all the
latest trends. Do that again, in the
next day or two. Review and revise,
especially workplace procedures.
Create more time for play.
Libra
How will you find the money to do
what you want to do? Through lots
of trial and error. DonTt buy a lottery
ticket. Under these conditions, that
won't work.
Scorpio
Definitely watch your words.
Misunderstandings. can happen in
seconds, and take years to correct.
Be the strong, silent type.
Sagittarius
Take care not to gossip now, not
even with close friends. If somebody
doesnTt want to talk about something,
donTt push. Wait for a better time.
Capricorn
DonTt go bragging to your friends, or
anybody else. Talking about work in
progress would be counter-productive.
Wait and show them the results.
Aquarius
For the next several weeks, review
old material. Sort and file your
paperwork, receipts and whatever
else. You'll be in the mood to tidy up
communications.
Pisces |
You'd like to run away from your
dull routine, and avoid a particularly
difficult task. ThatTs not a good idea.
Everybody would notice. a
Did you know?
According to the American Solar
Energy Society, enough sunlight
falls on the earth's surface each
minute to meet world energy
demand for an entire year.
Spider monkeys like banana
daiquiris.
There are four cars and elev-
en light posts on the back of a
ten-dollar bill.
In 1963, baseball pitcher Gay-
lord Perry remarked, They'll
put a man on the moon be-
fore | hita home run.? On July
20, 1969, a few hours after
Neil Armstrong set foot on the
moon, Gaylord Perry hit his
first of six home runs.
Australian Rules Football was
originally designed to give
cricketers something to play
during the off season.
The Pentagon, in Arlington,
Virginia, has twice as many
bathrooms as is necessary.
When it was built in the
1940s, the state of Virginia
still had segregation laws re-
quiring separate toilet facilities
for blacks and whites.
Although bourbon is KentuckyTs
leading export and its produc-
tion directly employs thousands
of people, it Is illegal to buy the
product in the very counties in
which it is produced.
A newborn kangaroo is be-
tween the size of a grain of
rice to the size of a honeybee!
A rat can last longer without
water than a camel can.
Obstreperous means resisting
control or restraint in a dif-
ficult manner.
TUESDAY JANUARY 29,2008 Page A5
Cloverfield offers moviegoers a unique experience
Cloverfield hit theaters on Jan. 18.
MovieTs new perspective
makes a cliche-like story
more novel
BRIAN MAZUROWSKI
STAFF WRITER
The new monster movie epic, Clover-
field, recently hit theaters and has been
met with mixed reviews and fan adulation.
Cloverfield takes a page out of The Blair
Witch ProjectTs playbook by employing a
chilling sense of reality with an increas-
ingly bleak plot. The concept for the film is
simple but with a new and fresh approach,
resulting in Cloverfield offering moviego-
ers a somewhat new experience.
The movie tells an all too common
story with a new and creative spin. It is
shot from the perspective of the main
characterTs handheld camcorder. It starts
with an unassuming going-away party but
quickly turns chaotic when the partygo-
ers witness unexplained explosions and
destruction throughout the city. Early
on, chaos ensues and an overwhelming
sense of confusion envelops the movie. As
onlookers observe the subsequent destruc-
tion of New York City, the movie begins
to slowly but surely develop the storylines
of the main characters.
However, the movie has a simple but
effective storyline. Essentially, the city is
attacked by a monster, and while the city
is evacuated the main character decides to
stay behind to save the woman he has an
unprofessed loved for. Although at times
the story seems quite cliché, the perspec-
tive from which the story is told manages
to keep you glued to your chair.
Still though, the cheesy aspect of Clo-
verfieldis what gives it its charm. As unbe-
lievable and ridiculous as the story may
be, the characters develop convincingly.
The glimmer of humanity throughout
the eminent disaster keeps your attention
held throughout the surprisingly short
movie.
Although Cloverfield seems to lack any
real depth, it still manages to be a simply
- fun monster movie to watch.
This is a movie to Just effortlessly
observe and take in as a visually and
stimulating sort of experience. DonTt think
too hard about the marketing scheme or
anything else, just take this movie at face
value and enjoy it for what it is.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Amazon.com
Examining Scar Tissue?
Anthony KiedisT
Autobiography
JESSICA DUNLOW
STAFF WRITER
1ONY KIEDIS
In the light of James Frey's
masterfully false 4 Million Little
Pieces comes the autobiography
of front-man and lead singer
of the Red Hot Chili. Peppers
Anthony KiedisT remarkable
story of drug addiction and the
perils of rising fame.
Scar TissueTs first chapter
opens up with Kiedis snorting
cocaine with his drug dealer in
- Arizona, and quickly shows the
downward spiral to tripping on
LSD with PeppersT bassist and
KiedisT best friend, Flea. After
dragging out his parentsT biolog-
ical drive to reproduce, Kiedis
finally gets to the good stuff and
explains how his first experience
with drugs was at the age of four,
when his own father helped him
get stoned with marijuana.
The first chapter, Me, -
ITm from Michigan,? which
chronicles his surprisingly dull
childhood of growing up on
welfare and tales of his reckless
father, though boring,
is an important
buildup for
the tur-
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life.
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The same Ky
addiction-
driven and
immature
actions taken
by his father are taken in every
way by Kiedis.
It seems that the autobiog-
raphy is typical of every rock
musician, because the general
population expects huge rock
stars to be addicted to every
drug possible, to perform com-
pletely plastered and overdose
at least twice. Typically all of
this includes having sex with a
string of beautifully strange
women, which in KiedisT
case, follows along with J
the stereotype.
Kiedis even
illustrates his life
with pic-
that of Keith Richards of the
Rolling Stones and somehow
miraculously he
is still alive, the
story becomes
monoto-
nous.
For
Red Hot
Chili Pep-
pers ~fanat-
ics the story 1s
intriguing, espe-
cially when Kiedis
explains the
numerous
changes in lead
guitarists after
the death of
tures of
these sexual con-
quests and photos
of the late guitar-
ist Hillel, and many of
these photos were taken
during his innumerable drug
binges. Toward the middle of
the book, every single drug fest
becomes extremely repet-
itive. Also, regardless
of the fact that his
drug intake rivals.
Hillel. How-
ever, it is an auto-
biography of Kiedis, so Just
when the information about the
band begins to become interest-
ing, he jets back to talking about
another drug binge or another |
crazy night of sex and violence.
_ For those without a specific
connection to the band, the book
is somewhat lackluster, and
even falls short of the false 4
Million Little Pieces, which is a
shame, because without all the
,.and then I ODTd? and then
this happened,? it would be a
timeless tale. Needless to say,
Kiedis is definitely not someone
to idolize.
Even with all of Scar TissueTs
faults, it is interesting to appre-
ciate the lives of the outsiders
involved in KiedisT and the Pep-
persT lives. Kiedis (with the help
of Larry Sloman) writes bluntly
about his experiences, the fights
between himself and the rest
of the band and the meanings
behind most of his lyrics.
If the book had been
written as a biog-
raphy of the entire
band, it would
have been more
effective.
For its pur-
poses, Scar Tissue
accomplishes its goal
and chronicles
the life of a
screw-up
, that got
lucky enough
to be ina highly suc-
Cece. a4 band.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Popular entertainment brings
live music to Mendenhall
Staff photo
Student Union offers
students a chance to
| get involved
BRIAN MAZUROWSKI
STAFF WRITER
The Student UnionTs Popu-
lar Entertainment Committee
will bring live entertainment to
the MendenhallTs Pirate Under-
ground tomorrow night. he
committee, which plays a vital
role in developing, planning
and executing entertainment
on campus, will play host to
Charlotte-based band The New
Familiars.
A mixture of traditional
bluegrass and rock and roll has
given The New Familiars noto-
riety and attention throughout
the state.
Mendenhall Student Center plays hos
The band has created a
unique style of music, with influ-
ences ranging from the folk rock
epics of Bob Dylan to the dark
metal of Tool.
I think a lot of it might stem
from our openness as a group
and how we all work so well
together... and then, of course,
we all have so much fun play-
ing music, and we're passionate
about the songs we write,? said
vocalist Eric-Scott Guthrie.
The Popular Entertainment
Committee meets once a week
to discuss the past weekTs events
and to plan and discuss possible
future events. At these meet-
ings students express what they
would like to see on campus and
what they would find entertain-
ing. It is then up to the members
of the committee to promote the
upcoming event and to garner an
oe tte ee
oanumber of activities and performances spon
interest among the student body.
Anyone is free to join and
they are given a voice in pick-
ing the types of entertainment,
scheduling and locations of the
entertainment that the student
body gets to enjoy,? said Adesola
Ogunleye, popular entertain-
ment chair. "
The New Familiars was
discovered by one of the current
committee members at a confer-
ence the committee attended.
For more information about
The New Familiars log on to
myspace.com/thenewfamiliars.
Information regarding Stu-
dent Union can be found on
their Web site at ecu.edu ~stu-
dent_union.
This writer can be contac
features@theeastcaroliniaT
ae
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Boxbomb releases new album
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The Charlotte-based band will release their album on Feb. 5.
~ North Carolina band gency of their peers, Boxbomb integrity.
offers music that is mature and The growth between the
alms to 50 big with unique. The band draws obvious. Golden release and the new
new album influences from 90s grunge and album is evident.
grunge |
combines a conglomeration of We've grown a decent
BRIAN MAZUROWSKI _ sounds from across the board. __ bit ITd say; the first CD was
STAFF WRITER Everything from Bob recorded in my parents house
Dylan to Nine Inch Nails, noth- and this was recorded in a full
Listening to the homegrown ing directly influenced one.in " studio called Warrior Sound
sounds of the Durham, NC band, particular song but a little bit Recording Studio in Chapel
Boxbomb, is an eclectic yet of everything sort of all over " Hill;? said vocalist and guitarist
accessible music experience.On the album,? said guitarist Rob Ryan Gustafson.
BoxbombTs new CD, which will McFarlane. BoxbombTs unique style of
be released Feb. 5, the band dis- BoxbombTs new album My well-manicured rock songs with
plays a wide range of influences Obsesszon is reminiscent of a a rough edge on My Obsession
to produce catchy songs that are . coming-of-age album such as makes the whole CD perplex-
both rich and sleek. U2Ts Joshua Tree. | ing but beautiful from start
Boxbomb formed in the Some songs on the album to finish. With plans to tour
spring of 2003 in the midst ofa offer something easy to listen in the near future, Boxbomb
music scene that was saturated to while not eroding the offers the North Carolina music
by emo and hardcore bands. In authenticity of the music, " scene a brave and fresh album
2005, Boxbomb released their withasound like that ofbands to stand on.
first CD called Golden, which the Smashing Pumpkins and
offeréa listeners their first Bush. , _ This writer can be contacted at
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Sports
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TUESDAY JANUARY 29.2008 PAGE AZ
Lady Pirates squeeze by Marshall
Photo by Natassia Negron
ECU point guard Jasmine Young came off a ball screen and nailed the game-winning shot Sunday afternoon against Marshall.
ECU wins second
straight conference
game
KATHERINE HARRY
STAFF WRITER
Junior standout Jasmine
YoungTs layup with only 1.5 sec-
onds remaining in the game gave
the Lady Pirates a 59-57 win over
conference foe Marshall Sunday
afternoon at Minges Coliseum.
With the win, the Pirates
improved to 2-4 in Conference
USA and 8-11 overall. The
Thundering Herd fell to 3-3 in
the conference and 11-9 overall.
This win was really big,? said
ECU guard LaCoya Terry, who
had a game-high 18 points. It
will give us a start knowing that
we can do things in conference
now and knowing that we can
win, which gives us confidence
to go into the next game.?
Both teams were troubled
by turnovers in the first half
and also struggled to make field
goals throughout the game. ECU
trailed most of the contest, its
largest lead being a 5-point lead
with 12 minutes left to play in
the first half. The Pirates trailed.
30-28 after the first half of play
but came out much stronger
defensively in the second half.
ECU also did not connect on any
of its 3-point attempts, marking
see LADY PIRATES page A9
Pirates extinguish Liberty's flame
Pirates prepared for
crucial weekend |
KELLEN HOLTZMAN
STAFF WRITER
Rodney Dangerfield once
said, I went to a fight the other
night, and a hockey game broke
out.
The late comedian must
have been referring to bouts like
those in the ECU-Liberty series
over the weekend. |
_ LibertyTs two-game
combined total of 38 penalties
and six disqualifications made
life much easier for ECU as the
Pirates skated to a 7-3 victory
~Friday before holding off the
Flames, 6-4, Saturday.
I think we stepped it
up,? said freshman Sam Dueh-
ring, who registered two goals
~on Saturday. Last week against
Georgia was frustrating but
we've got our head on our shoul-
_ders. We're playing the right
guys.
ItTs going to take games like
these the rest of the year...the
biggest problem we have right
now is our third period.?
The Pirates squandered away
large leads in both contests,
allowing Liberty to come dan-
/
gerously close to completing
comebacks, nes
The Flames spent most of
Saturday trying to kill power
plays, but finally returned to full
strength with 12:02 remaining
in the third period and trailing
6-1. The ACHA Div. Il members
showed what they are capable
with all five men on the ice,
scoring three goals in less than
three minutes.
A slashing penalty on a
Liberty player, called at the
2:38 mark, abruptly ended the
FlamesT hope of a comeback. "
_ We've got to maintain the
intensity for 60 minutes,? said
coach Wayne Cox. We can't
back off the gas and thatTs what
happened tonight. The boys
backed off a bit and got a.little
complacent.? |
ECU broke the game open
in the second period courtesy
of a goal from freshman Nick
Dinardo. Dinardo initially shot
wide of the goaltender but fol-
lowed the puck around the boards
and slapped in his own rebound
with a backhand shot.
Liberty players interrupted
the PiratesT celebration, setting
off a brawl that would lead to two
see HOCKEY page AS.
Negr
assia
Photo by Nat.
The PiratesT hockey team got physical with Liberty this past weekend en route to two victories.
TulaneTs tandem overpowers Pirates
The Pirates were out-rebounded, 39-26, in Saturday nightTs loss.
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SETH STRINGER
STAFF WRITER
TulaneTs tandem of David
Gomez and Robinson Louisme
were too much for the Pirates Sat-
urday night at Minges Coliseum,
as the two combined for 29 points
on 13-of-20 shooting and grabbed
12 boards over ECUTs undersized
and overmatched big men.
ECU's lone bright-spot on the
night was guard Darrel Jenkins,
the only Pirate to score in double
digits, going 5-8 from the field |
and collecting eight assists and
five rebounds.
The night began well for
the Pirates, as Chad Wynn hit
a baseline jumper to give ECU
the early lead. The Green Wave
answered back with a jumper
by Gomez, who would go on to
score TulaneTs first three baskets.
Knotted at 6 a-piece, just four
minutes into the game, Kevin
Sims capped off a 5-0 run with
a three-pointer from the top of
the key. Sam Hinnant answered
back with a three pointer of his
own and after an offensive put
back by TulaneTs Donnavan Stith
stretched the lead to four, Jen-
kins drained two straight treys
anda James Legan three pointer "
capped off a Pirate 9-0 run that
put ECU ahead by five. With
eight minutes to play in the half,
Tulane mounted another 5-0 run
to draw the game even at 20 just
before the-media timeout. The
next couple of trips, both teams
exchanged baskets until the
Green Wave assumed control on
a 6-O run to take the lead into the
locker room, 30-23.
ECU had trouble containing
TulaneTs big men in the first half,
as the Pirates were outscored in
the paint, 18-8. Turnovers were
also a big difference as TulaneTs
pressure defense forced 11 ECU
turnovers, compared to TulaneTs
three. ECUTs offense was stifled
once again early in the contest,
failing to get any inside penetra-
tion and consistent outside play
from its starters.
ECU shot 33 percent from
the field in the first half and
4-10 from behind the arch, only
making it to the charity stripe
five times. Tulane didn't fare
much better, shooting 40 percent |
from the field and scoring the
majority of its points in the post,
connecting on only two of nine
three pointers.
In the second half, ECU fell
down by nine but found its stride
after Cory Farmer drained a
three-pointer from the right
wing, beginning a 7-0 PiratesT
run that would draw the lead to
within four.. ,
The momentum would not
last long though, as the Green
Wave stormed back with a 12-3
run that included three straight
dunks from a possessed Gomez,
and capped off by a rim-shaking
alley-oop dunk by Stith that all
but took the wind out of the sales
for a tired Pirate defense. Legan
answered with a three pointer
that drew the lead within ten but
ECU would fail to get any closer
for the night.
Tulane continued to wear
down ECUTs undersized lineup
.and stretched the lead to 18
points with just six minutes to
play. Two late field goals from
Jenkins were not enough to
bring the Pirates within striking
distance and the Pirates fell to
the visiting Green Wave, 72-56.
In a lopsided second half,
Tulane outperformed ECU in
every offensive category. The
see POWER page A8
TUESDAY JANUARY 29, 2008
THE EAST CAROLINIAN ° SPORTS
PAGE A8
POWER continued from A/
ECU has now lost three straight games in Conference USA play.
Green Wave outrebounded the
Pirates by 13, scoring 22 points
in the paint and recording 11
second chance points off of 13
offensive rebounds.
They were physically and
mentally tougher than we were,?
said ECU coach McCarthy. They
challenged us in a lot of different
areas and we hung in there and
responded for awhile, but once
we went down, we didn't
have the maturity we needed to
have to answer.?
Tulane had four players score
double figures, as Gomez lead
the team with 18 points on 8-13
shooting, spurring on many of
the Green Wave timely runs.
Fields and Jenkins kept the
game close for the Pirates, but Blair
and Wynn were little match for
Louisme and Gomez, who played
like all-conference forwards.
ECU falls to 7-11 on the year
with a 1-4 record in Conference
USA while the Green Wave move
to 14-6 and 4-2 in the conference.
ECU looks to end its three-game
losing streak in conference play
when it faces off against Southern
Miss Saturday afternoon at 3
p.m. in Reed Green Coliseum.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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HOCKEY continued from A/
Flames being ejected.
I think the Dinardo goal
broke their back a little bit,?
said Cox. Things started to
turn on them and that just
starts the cascade effect.?
Corey Fleitz and Jeremy
Lang scored less than one minute
apart in the final two minutes of
the period to put ECU up 4-1.
Duehring opened ECUTs .
scoring account midway
through the first period when
the defenseman settled the
puck and guided a wrist shot
into the top shelf past Liberty
goaltender Paul Gray.
Chris Cesario led the way
for the Pirates on Friday with
a hat trick- and then some. The
Charlotte native put ECU in
front just 1:19 into the game.
I just got hit and kind of
threw it [the puck] at the net
and it ended up hitting the
crossbar and bouncing in,T
Cesario said of the early goal.
Cesario frequently posi-
tioned himself in front of the
net to finish off his line matesT
shots. The sophomore punched
in another goal three minutes
later to give the Pirates a 2-0
lead that would last the rest of
the period.
Cesario added two more
goals in the second period to
bring his tally to four.
Initially, when this year
started we had Cesario playing
defense,? said Cox. We moved
him up to forward- he can just
put the puck in the net.?
~Lang and Dinardo finished off
the period with two goals of their
own, giving ECU a 6-0 lead.
The Flames fought back
with three unanswered goals
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in the third period, but Zach
Johnston and Ryan Konchal-
ski put the game away for the
- Pirates. Konchalski sent the
puck in from just inside the blue
line and Johnston deflected it in
past the goalie.
ECU played Friday nightTs
game without the services
of leading point-scorer, Sean
Burns, who was serving a sus-
pension that stemmed from a
penalty in the Georgia game.
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and played significant minutes
on the left wing.
RudolphTs fellow freshman,
Matt Dalgetty, continued his
stellar play in net, working both
games for the Pirates.
Despite losing to Georgia
two weeks ago, ECU held on
to its No. 9 ranking when the
newest ACHA South polls were
released last week.
ECU faces two huge road
games this weekend against NC
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Needless to say, both teams will
be looking to enact some revenge
on the Pirates. ECU upset the
Wolfpack in October and defeated
the Mountaineers handily at the
start of the fall semester.
With the final rankings
scheduled to be released next
week, the Pirates can ill afford a
slip-up this late in the season.
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the first time all season that the
team had no 3-pointers made.
The ECU defense forced
ten Marshall turnovers in the
second half of the game, which
sparked ECUTs comeback.
An 8-2 ECU run in the final
three and a half minutes of the
game led to its defeat of the Herd.
I was really pleased with
the defensive effort,? said
PiratesT coach Sharon Baldwin-
Tener. When we miss shots
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Our aefen: teps
that our d
game todayT.
The run was sparked by a
Young jumper to tie the game
at 55. ECU then forced a turn-
over and Terry was fouled on
a layup and connected on both
free throws to give ECU its first
lead since the first half.
Marshall fought back as
Meg Withrow hit Casey Baker
for a layup to tie the game on
the very next possession, but
Marshall ran out of time as
Jasmine YoungTs game-winning
layup followed and sealed the
victory for the Pirates.
My main focus was to play
relaxed, go in there and try to
score and I did so ITm glad we
came out with the win,? said
Young. It was great. I was
just telling myself to keep my
composure and stay focused. A
lot of times we get tight toward
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the end of the game and we
don't play relaxed.?
Baldwin-Tener was very proud
of the way ECU played at the end
of the game, especially considering
two of the Pirates last three losses
have come in overtime.
I thought we did a good job
down the stretch,? said Bald-
win-Tener. [The win] gives
us a lot of confidence; we have
been a little concerned. We have
been competing a little bit more
in the last couple of weeks but
to be able to come out with a
win, especially in a close game,
is huge for this team.?
The win gives the Pirates
two conference wins in a row.
We arent at the bottom of the
conference right now so itTs definitely
good for us to move up,? said Young:
ECU was defeated by Mar-
shall just three weeks ago at
Marshall, by a score of 81-55.
Baldwin-Tener pointed out
that SundayTs contest was a dif-
ferent story, due to ECUTs more
aggressive approach.
The difference is that up
there they were the aggres-
sor"they were very aggressive
offensively and defensively,? she
said, referring to the first con-
test. That was one of our goals
today, to be the aggressor. ..and
I thought we did that.?
Guards Jasmine Young and
LaCoya Terry concurred that
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Sunday's game against Mar-
shall was very different than the
contest a few weeks ago.
We competed today,? said
Young. We had to play with
a little bit of pride. We ~were
embarrassed when we played at
Marshall. We had to show them
we were a different team com-
pared to three weeks ago.?
Today we were a little bit
more aggressive, last time we
played them we were a little too
passive,? added Terry.
The Pirates also set other
goals for SundayTs game.
We had to limit our turn-
overs, said Balwin-Tener. We
had eight at halftime and ended
with 14 and that is a lot better
that what we have been doing?.
LaCoya Terry led all scor-
ers with 18 points as well as
seven rebounds, four assists and
four steals. Young finished with
11 points and Allison Spivey
had 11 rebounds.
ECU also shot a much-
improved 76.5 percent from the
charity stripe, its best in league
play this season.
The Lady Pirates will be
on the road again, traveling
to Southern Miss on Jan. 31
and then to Central Florida on
Saturday, Feb. 2.
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