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VOLUME 83, ISSUE 44
The ECU baseball team
played another important
series away from home this
past weekend. See how the
Pirates did at C-USA rival
southern Miss
Weather altered
softball series between ECU
and Marshall, played "
Greenville. Thetwoteams were
forced to play a doubleheader
on Sunday after the weekend
rain was cleared
The ECU Gospel Choir
presented the first anniversary
concert to include alumni from
past choirs on Sunday night.
The event attracted a large
turnout and was a lively night
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TUESDAY APRIL 8 2008
Students learn about sexually transmitted infections
Month full of activities
offered
NADIAH SARSOUR
STAFF WRITER
Student Health Services and
Campus Recreation and Well-
ness are bringing home aware-
ness about sexually transmitted
infections (STIs) by making
them the focal topic of April.
Its one of the most talked
about topics,? said Shawnte
McMillan, health educator at the
student health center.
Campus organizations and
professors frequently ask to be
educated about STIs, according
to McMillan. :
Campus Recreation and
Wellness is prepared to carry
out educational activities and
presentations on separate dates
during the month of April.
It-will be interactive. We're
trying to avoid lecturing stu-
dents,? McMillan said.
Instead, students will have
the opportunity to engage in
discussions, hands-on activities
and games.
Adib El-Amin, health
and nutrition education
intern, is hosting at least
two of the presentations.
The first presentation will
feature, Girl Positive, the Life-
time movie that will be shown
on Monday, April 16 at Hendrix
Theatre at 7 p.m.
They will show a movie and
a discussion afterwards about
HIV awareness,? El-Amin said.
Another presentation, Talk-
ing Dirty after Dark,? will take
place April 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the
Student Health Service multi-
purpose room. Both programs
are Passport-approved events.
Two national speakers will be
on campus on April 22. Shawn
Decker and Gwenn are scheduled
to talk to
students
during the Bugs
in the Bed- r0.0.m ~
presentation. :
On April 24, Student Health
Services is giving students the
opportunity to get STI screen-
ings for free. That will mark the
day for Barefoot on the Mall.
According to McMillan, stu-
health will
pass out condoms,
provide free blood pressure,
glucose and cholesterol screen-
ings.
McMillan stressed the
dent
impor-
tance sor
regular testing
for STIs, emphasizing
see STI page A3
the
Photo by Jessi Braxton
Sue Coe, famous artist, author and
activist, speaks at Another Voice
rae.
Another Voice art exhibit showcases work that expresses political messages and speakers have also offered commentary on political issues relating to the exhibit.
Discusses passion for animal rights
ROB BREINER
STAFF WRITER
Famous artist, Sue Coe, spoke in Speight Auditorium
at the Jenkins Fine Arts Building on Friday, April 4.
The event was part of the Another Voice exhibition,
_a program curated by artist Patrick Flynn that focuses
on conveying political messages through artwork.
After a brief introduction by Kate LaMere, associate
professor of graphic design, Coe presented her works in
a PowerPoint presentation.
Most of her drawings discussed controversial issues
lived next. to a slaughterhouse when she was a young
girl and how she once saw a pig escape. She explained
how she wanted the pig to live and how the event has
shaped her beliefs on animal rights since. |
Tve always felt that I should save that pig. Its been
my mission,? Coe said.
Her drawings showed a variety of animals"chick-
ens, cows, sheep, dogs"being mistreated and her
explanations of her art showed how passionate she was
about the issue. ,
Coe also revealed information about a new book shes
working on which she intends to title The Elephant We
~ Will Never Forget.?
The book will catalog mistreatment of elephants
over the years within circuses and more specifically, a
was don't participate.? She advocates the vegan lifestyle
and has immersed herself in research about animals of
all kinds.
Among the many issues showcased through her art,
Coe has also researched women in the prison system
and growing HIV rates in the world. Coe believes many
Americans ignore problems such as these.
Denial is not healthy, but seeing it and witnessing
it is traumatizing too,? Coe said. ,
This discussion was only a small part of the entire
exhibition. On Thursday night, a panel discussion took
place in Hendrix Theater in Mendenhall with Coe and
Flynn as well as another visiting artist, David McLimans.
The panel discussed the strong relationship between
politics and art.
such as war, fundamentalism and her largest concern,
ethical treatment of animals.
Coe related a story to the audience about how she
heavily mistreated elephant named Topsy.
Coes overall message on the animal treatment issue
see SUE COE page A4
Todd Dining Hall undergoes renovations
Alternative options
presented for students
YAZID FINN
STAFF WRITER
Todd Dining Hall will close
its doors to students following
its regularly scheduled dinner on
April 13 for renovations.
The project's timetable causes
the dining hall to close two weeks
before the end of classes, but at
the same time allows it to reopen
for the upcoming fall semester.
Todd Johnson, associate
vice chancellor for housing and
dining, spoke of some of the
sacrifices involved in planning a
project such as this and weigh-
ing the options for both students
and staff.
There is a sacrifice in the
two-week inconvenience. Most
schools cannot renovate a dining
hall in three months, as most
must take them offline for the
entire year, Johnson said.
The marketing and aware-
ness campaign to better inform
students of changes in operat-
ing hours and what to expect
began almost three weeks ago.
Campus dining wanted to begin
a month before the project came
underway.
We've been using display
windows, e-mail blasts, and
were going to be putting up
banners and posters as well as
updating the Web site,? said Alli-
son Metcalf, district marketing
manager for Aramark.
Even if students miss all
of this, we are still engaging
and speaking with them as they
come into Todd Dining Ait
Johnson said.
Johnson also described a
table and video that will be play-
ing until April 13, manned by
both students and staff.
Among the additions and
changes to Todd Dining Hall will
be the Fresh Food Company, a
style of serving that breaks away
from the military dining halls
and is directed towards more
of a European Marketplace.?
As such, the seating in Todd
will not be touched; however,
the service area will be adapted
for their booths to fit this new
style, and an additional takeout
section will be added for students
on the go...
The Fresh Food Company
hopes to emphasize an element
of interaction with the service
attendants and the students to
Dining Hall wil undergo renovations that wi
all under the direction of the Fresh Food Company.
better provide for their tastes or
dietary needs.
Fresh Food does food
in a way that we cannot
currently do at Todd,? said
Michael Lysaght, resident dis-
trict manager for Aramark.
Their style is sort of a kitch-
enless kitchen.?
The style works to pre-
pare food fresh in front
of students, tailored differ-
ently for each individual.
Johnson also spoke of a meet-
ing held on March 31, which
invited students of different
revamp the menu into choices that will aim to please
religious, cultural and dietary
backgrounds to present their
opinions and ideas for better
serving non-traditional? stu-
dents that attend ECU.
We understand that the
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Its better to know now
than later. If you dont find out
now, it can cause some serious
issues, especially for women.
It can make it harder for them
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pregnant at all because of not.
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of guarding against STIs by
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We have brochures and
models, we have books, videos
and CDs to.check out, or you
can make an appointment with.
me for consultation, McMil-
lan said.
Inquiries can be sent to
gotquestions @ecu.edu.
We aim to answer, your
questions, without diagnosing
students, during normal busi-
nesses hours and its anticipated
to take 48-72 hours before
giving out responses, McMil-
lan said.
Students should not fear that
the discussion of such situations
would be exposed to others
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SUE COE continued from Al.
The reason I wanted to
bring [Another Voice] here was
because theres a perception that
students are disengaged from
politics,? said Lisa Beth Robin-
son, coordinator for the event.
One way to engage people is
through art.?
Robinson sees the event as
an opportunity to show students
that they can make a difference
in the world by getting them to
think, ask questions, and allow
them to hear voices that arent
normally heard in the main-
stream media.
Posters for the event had
an illustration by artist Henrik
Drescher as well as a quote that
said, There will come a time
when one silence will be more
peaceful [sic] than the voices
you strangle today.?
I want people to know that
art has the power to bring posi-
tive change, Robinson said.
And I think that quote on the
poster sums up the entire event.?
One hundred and fifty works
of art conveying various politi-
cal visions in different media
will be on display in the gallery
at Mendenhall Student Center
until April 25.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com
DINING continued from Al
dining on campus is not a one-
size shoe fits all,? Johnson said.
SO we are going to continue to?
offer options, including extended
hours and additional locations.?
Hours in the Galley on
College Hill will be modi-
fied to fit an all-you-care-
to-eat? until 8 p.m. and the
food served will be altered to
resemble that of the dining hall.
West End Dining Hall will
also have their hours modified,
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If you want something
served differently, just ask.?
Johnson pointed out that
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when renovations begin on
Todd Dining Hall, as campus
dining will continue to change
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LARA OLIVER
OPINION WRITER
It's 2008, and that means we're gearing up for
another presidential election. On TV, we're bom-
barded with images of candidates at their worst and
pundits trying to manipulate our opinions. In the
real world, you can't walk twenty feet without seeing
Obama, McCain or Clinton stickers on the backs of a
Prius, a Suburban or a Mini Cooper, respectively.
This election season is being lauded as one of the
most important elections to be held in our nation since
Nixon, and with good reason. Young people are reg-
istering to vote in record numbers, and the primaries
alone are showing just how important these elections
are to the general populace.
People who felt left out, by previous all-white
male candidates, are finding themselves the focus
of campaigning interest in the first election in
which both a woman and a black man each have an
extremely good chance of being our next president
... not to mention this is the election that will decide
our future in Iraq.
Yet, there's one group of people completely unin-
terested in the importance of the election or, well,
pretty much anything. The young, jaded-beyond-
their-years nihilists are out in full force this year, and
they don't want you to forget just how much they don't
care what's going on in the world.
Take, for example, infamous musician DMX.
When asked about Barack Obama and Hillary
Clinton in a recent XXL interview, DMX said he
had absolutely no interest in following the election
because No one person is directly affected by which
president, you know, so what does it matter?? He also
went on to make fun of Obamas name, asking if he
was African and if that was the name his mother gave
him ... apparently never having heard it before.
But, it isnt just the rich.and famous who want
you to know how much they dont care about the
world; we're lucky enough to have our own groups of
enlightened young people on campus. While you may
think its important to vote in the election, recycle,
protect gun rights, go to church, keep church and
state separate or protect human rights, these fine
folks love to remind you how much it really doesnt
matter.? Were all going to hell in a hand basket
anyway! Why bother?
What seems to be really messed up about this
whole nihilism-chic is that the people who want you
to know how completely uninterested they are in
the world (to quote The Big Lebowski, Vee believe
in nuzzing.) go to such great lengths to remind
everyone of their apathy.
From frequently piping up in class about how
nothing matters because we're all going to die
anyway, to reminding random people at parties
about how stupid it is to get involved in politics
because everyone works for the Man.? These kids
have seen it all, it seems, and they've never even left |
North Carolina.
Its not that I have anything against people who
dont want to get involved. If you don't want your vote
counted, thats your prerogative, but is it really neces-
sary to be such a snob about it? I can understand the
guys who stand outside Joyner trying to get people to
think like them. I mean, they seem to honestly think
if we dont follow their beliefs, we'll go to hell.
So, by their logic, they're trying to save us.
What does a nihilist gain by making another person
apathetic? Is there a nihilism heaven where you can
sit around smoking cloves and making fun of people
_ in other heavens for being nerds? Does your apathy
karma increase so you might get reborn as a rock star
in the next life and you can make even more people
apathetic through your coolness?
Sure, we may seem insignificant in the grand
scheme of things and the world can be scary some-
times, but I dont think we're so far gone that things
cant improve. Nihilism is Just another form of giving
up, and I cant imagine what our world would be like
if everyone assumed that nothing can ever change
and theres no goodness left.
Sure, if we assume the world is rotten it won't
hurt so much when bad things happen, and that can
_ make life easier to stomach, but isnt it the outrage
that pushes us to make things better?
Or maybe thats just like, my opinion, man.
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com
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Freddy. Good thing youre wearing shades.?
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TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2008
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RANT OF THE DAY
| think if you.can go to war at 18, you
can legally drink at 18. Its only fair.
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Whats the deal with all these
people hating on skateboarders
all of a sudden? It's faster than
walking.
How disrespectful can students
be? If you are attending Relay
for Life, you should at least have
the decency to shut up during
the moments of silence or when
someone is speaking. You were
obviously there for the wrong
reasons so why don't you just
stay home next year?
The names of political partiés
should be capitalized. Its
Republican and Democrat, not
republican and democrat.
| think if you can go to war at 18,
you can legally drink at 18. It's
_ only fair.
Philosophy should not be a major
or profession.
| Know we need the rain, but why
does it only downpour when |
have to walk out in it?
So, how many students are going
home on the 12th to avoid the
Open House? crowd?
To the person that loves Harry
Potter: Have you even read the
last book???
Thank you for being so drunk that
you couldn't even flush your own
vomit. | mean, COME ON!!!
| hate the "new" Safe Ride. ©
| hate the rain.
Go, Pirates! | love you!.
Why are the Jarvis RA's so two-
faced? Im a freshman and Im
more mature than you are. Grow
up.
Nice way to choke, Tarheels.
| get lost in the Joyner stacks
regularly.
Are there any good comedy clubs
in Greenville?
Does anyone else think Ace -
Ventura is the best cinema
character ever created?
Our three major presidential
candidates for 2008: the Devil,
the Beast and the False Prophet.
Ah, democracy! I'm voting for
Optimus Prime.
| think that the only reason we
die is because we accept it as
inevitability. HAH!
If | could be a girl for just one
day, | think the first thing I'd do is
complain about my hair.
My mind is like an 8-track player
" old school.
| spilled a soda on my computer
and took it to tech support. Sadly,
there was nothing that could be
done. RIP, Dell Inspiron.
Crayons don't taste as good as
they used to.
I'm a girl, and | am proud to say
that | love HANNAH MONTANA!!
| just spent two hours with two
Duke freshmen, and let me tell
you ...WEIRD!
Can someone please tell me
where all the good, single
Christian men are around here?
The guy who runs the fire and
rice station at West End at lunch
is not a pleasant individual. Is it
really such an inconvenience to
give someone food without Berg
totally rude?
| am totally straight, but | have to
admit that there are some very
attractive lesbians around here. .
| Know I'm an official Pirate now;
this is my first Pirate Rant, and |
promise it won't be the last!
I'm against protesting, but | don't
know how to show it.
May 6 is around the corner,
and it could be the final show
on the road for the Democratic
primary. ECU needs Obama on
this campus. Im not saying he'll
be the next president, but he is a
better choice to be leader of our
country than Hillary.
Seeing all the ants alongside the
window inside Wright Place today |
really grossed me out.
. April showers bring May flowers!
The thing Im not looking forward "
to after graduation is my Pirate
Mail disappearing.
To the decent men: Ya'll could
look a little harder for us too!
Jesus could be the Democratic
candidate, and Texas would
STILL be a red state.
Mom, Dad, I'm gay.? See, it's so
easy! Why can't | do it in real life?
Why are you jealous of the kids in
Umstead?
My roommate and | broke out ina
rendition of The Bear Went over
_ the Mountain the other day for no
good reason.
My roommate's phone
conversations with her boyfriend
make me want to vomit.
Either quit complaining aheut
being here or leave.
Pirate Rants are cheaper than
therapy.
Submit this one.
And this one.
Okay, last one, | swear.
| should be writing a ridiculous
paper about a fictional.movie
right now.
| spy an anthropology professor
who is beyond crazy.
I'm thinking about drivingto
another town and stripping for
money ... seriously.
Were you potty trained?
Honestly?
lf you want to have a gastric
explosion, drink the low-cal
smoothies at the Rec.
| feel like I'm going to die every
time | get on an ECU bus.
God didn't make you fat, Little
Debbie did.
lt sucks that there are five of us
using one car, especially when
it practically falls apart all in one
week. |
| pay almost $3,000 a year to
eat at Todd Dining Hall. Please
do not tell me where | can and
cannot sit.
There's no reason to be a jerk.
That's it.
It's been two years since I've had
_ a boyfriend. I'm so ready.
To all the school of music
students: Don't worry, we're
almost done.
Dear Todd Dining Hall: The chairs
won't keep me out.
Six out of five people don't
understand fractions.
Facebook: life saver or ruiner?.
The craze that has taken over our
Or, you can just procrastinate even more and
look at pictures from your best friend from home,
Kimberly Bellamy
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Sports. Editor
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LISA ENSMINGER
OPINION WRITER
It is midnight on a Sunday and I am sup-
posed to be writing an English paper that is due
tomorrow ... but Im not exactly doing that when
it should be at the top of my lst. Instead, I am
searching on Facebook, wasting my time away
because I simply do not feel like writing my paper.
Lets face it, everybody. takes a break from
their work, but its how we take a break that might
be different. Yeah, most of us go chat with our
roommates, get a bite to eat and then sit down
and get back to work, but almost half of us prob-
ably check Facebook just one more time before we
get back to studying. We need to see if that one
person wrote us back a comment on our wall or
to check if we were invited to any more events for
the weekend. Facebook, basically, has just become
an ultimate procrastination tool that has taken
over most of our lives.
Its so easy just to log in and get wrapped up
in whats going on in your own little world. You
may find yourself looking at profiles of people you
havent.spoken to since high school, but yet you
still know their life story. News feed informs you
that the most popular high school sweethearts just
ended their relationship. Oh, my! And that girl
who sat next to you in math class? Yes, she is preg-
nant, along with 10 more girls who have become
mothers in the past years and have posted dozens
_ of pictures of their new, exciting additions.
and see what events took place during her crazy
_ weekend. Better yet, you need to see if there are
any awful, newly-tagged pictures of you that need
to be untagged immediately before any other
- Facebook stalkers catch your embarrassments
in action.
Then, of course, you can waste time by chang-
ing your profile, searching the new bumper stick-
ers, or looking at any other annoying application
provided for you on Facebook. And, quite frankly,
I find these new Facebook applications rather
annoying, but I do know that people are browsing
through these, because I get a new notification
almost every week telling me that I have now
become more popular by being a top friend on
someone's profile. Weird!
So, bottom line, Facebook is a created mini-
world inside your own world that provides you
with information and trivia about the most
random people on your friend list. Most of you
out there are guilty of Facebook-stalking these
people when you are bored or are avoiding the
next assignment that you just dont want to begin.
I also know that most of you are Facebook fiends
because I walk through the computer lab and see
half of the computer users browsing their profiles
instead of doing their school work. But this is okay
because its part of being a college student. We
need to procrastinate for just five more minutes,
and then we will begin that assignment we should
have started that one week before!
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Of mice and men
Confessions of a musophobe
J.D. LEWIS
OPINION EDITOR
I am a musophobe. Ive Just recently discovered
this. It turns out Ive been one my entire life; I just
wasn't aware there was a label for it. Everyone else
has a label; why shouldn't IP
Musophobia, I have discovered, is the clinical term
for the fear of mice. Yes, Ill admit it. Im five-eleven,
weigh 2-something-7 pounds, and I am terrified of
something a couple of inches long that weighs a couple
of ounces.at most.
Apparently I inherited my musophobia from my
mama. She is more terrified of rodents than I am ...
if thats possible. But, of all the wonderful character-
istics she could have and did pass on to me, why did
I have to be the one offspring cursed with a fear that
is So stereotypically feminine? I have a sister, but she
isn't afraid of them. Neither is my wife. My nephew
laughs at me.
I had a mouse in the house this weekend. I dont
know why they decide to pick on me, but it is the goal
of at least one per year. We're clean. We don't leave food
lying about the house. I know its gotten colder outside
the past few days, but we ran the air conditioner this
weekend. It wasnt that much warmer inside. -
So much for those Black & Decker ultrasonic
_ pest-control devices I have plugged into every room.
Anyone else would have grounds for a lawsuit ... And
I hope that cat thats been hanging around my yard for
days runs out in front of a dump truck. Rest in peace.
Thanks for nothing,
I was going down the hall when I saw the
intruder scurry across the floor. My heart lodged
in my throat. After not seeing it again for an hour, |
climbed down off the piano to find a trap.
The trap set, it was just a matter of waiting for
that fateful SNAP! But I cant stand the sight of mice,
even in traps, so that preyed on my mind. I tried to
assure myself the mouse couldn't hurt me, alive or
dead, but when it managed to steal the cheese twice
without setting off the trap, I began looking up the
number to Dial-A-Prayer.
| My best friend called me, and I told him about
my unwanted visitor. Why dont you grow up?? he
snapped at me, making me feel the size of the mouse.
Youre a grown man, so act like one. It cant hurt
you. Youre 500 times bigger than a mouse, so just
step on it! Its more scared of you than you are of it!?
And then he asked me to come over and kill a spider
in his bathtub. ,
My buddy did have a point. I'm aman, not a mouse. I
almost died when my car was swept off the road by Hur-
ricane Floyd's floodwaters, but I survived. Ive always
thought that if I could beat that, I can beat anything. I
have a yellow belt in karate and even won a trophy in a
martial arts tournament. My opponent was only seven
years old, but he was a green belt. I have a Bible on my
nightstand, and a .44: Magnum in the drawer beneath
it that would make Clint Eastwood drool. Im ready to
take on anything human or inhuman that might come
my way ... but mice aren't religious, to the best of my
knowledge, and, despite the drunk down the street
Saturday night, theres an ordinance against discharg-
ing a firearm in the city limits.
So, why am I a musophobe? I guess theres that
_ whole startle response? factor. They move so fast,
and | always see them for the first time out the corner
of my eye. Startle responses include changes to blood
pressure, respiration and breathing. In other words, a |
panic attack. I dont like feeling helpless, especially. at
the paws of such an insignificant creature.
I also don like the fact that they're Just plain nasty.
I'll never understand what the point of pooping every
two steps is, and God only knows what other germs -
are clinging to them as they move over and around
my stuff.
The mouse is dead now, and there have been no
signs of any playmates. I just thank God that Im
married a woman who isnt a musophobe.
No doubt some smart aleck is laughing his or her
rear end off right about now at the big man afraid of
a little mouse. Have your laugh; I dont care. I'm a
musophobe, and: Im not ashamed of it. There are a
lot worse things I could be.
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Features
Horoscopes
Aries
You may have to just say no to an
appealing but expensive offer. You can't
~ afford to waste either time or money at
this point in the game.
Taurus
Hold out for what you want, even in the
face of resistance. You dont have to
come up with a lot of reasons. Just do it
-because its right.
Gemini
Don't get stuck on the specifics of your
vision for the future. A couple of details
will need to be changed to get from
here to here. Heed an older person's
~-warning.
Cancer
Figure out what your group needs to
achieve its objective. It may seem like a
horrendous amount, at first. If it really is,
~ suggest changing goals.
Leo
A person who advises you to relax is
steering you wrong. You don't have time
to relax right now, but you can be cool.
Don't let them see you sweat.
: Virgo
The more ambiguity you can get rid
of, the more secure you'll feel. That's
not possible in everything, but do your
best. Wherever you can, make your
foundation solid.
Libra 7
Harshsreality doesnt have to obliterate
your dreams. Don't give up; do look
for another alternative. Creativity is
recommended. |
_ Scorpio
You may not have really wanted a critic on
your team. Make the best of it. Somebody
elses experience can save you grief, even
if he or she Is a jerk.
} Sagittarius
The money keeps coming in, and that's
a wonderful thing. Dont get distracted by
what might have been. Do the best you
can with what Is.
- Capricorn
Your plans are somewhat inhibited by an
unfortunate lack of cash. You have lots
~of confidence, though, and a talent for
sales. You'll get by.
Aquarius |
~ All the reasons why your scheme won't
work are foremost in your thoughts. This
~ is good. It'll help you figure out which
_ option is viable.
~Pisces
Your curiosity has been aroused.
Find the answers to questions that have
puzzled you for years. They're not all what
you expected.
Did you know?
City with the most Rolls Royces per
Capita: Hong Kong.
Average number of days a West German
goes without washing his underwear: /
Percentage of American men who say
they would marry the same woman if
they had it to do all over again: 80%
Percentage of American women who say
they'd marry the same man if they had it
to do all over again: 50%
Cost of raising a medium-size dog to the
age of eleven: $6,400
Percentage of Americans who have
visited Disneyland/Disney World: 70%
State with the highest percentage of
people who walk to work: Alaska
Intelligent people have more zinc and
copper in their hair.
The worlds youngest parents were 8 and
9 and lived in China in 1910.
The youngest pope was 11 years old.
Iceland consumes more Coca-Cola per
capita than any other nation.
First novel ever written on a typewriter:
Tom Sawyer.
In thé 1940s, the FCC assigned
television's Channel 1 to mobile services
== " (two-way radios intaxicabs, for instance)
"-butdid-not re-number the other channel
assignments. That is why your TV set has
channels 2 and up, but no channel 1.
The San Francisco.Cable cars are the
only mobile National Monuments.
There are coffee flavored PEZ.
The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth lI,
moves only six inches for each gallon of
diesel that it burns.
-No NFL team which played its home
games in a domed stadium ever won a
Superbowl.
{Campus Scene}
TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2008
Page A6é
Gospel choir marks 30 years of song
Concert draws crowds
from all over the
country
ELISE PHILLIPS .
FEATURES EDITOR
After grueling practices and a
long semester of learning songs,
the ECU Gospel Choir strutted
their stuff and sang their hearts
out to.an almost-packed Wright
Auditorium Sunday night. ~The
Gospel Choir presents an anni-
versary? concert annually, but
this year was different. They
included choir members from
past choirs into a night of col-
laboration of alumni and current
. students that celebrated the 30
years that the gospel choir has
been on ECU's campus.
The night began when the
members of the current choir
marched? into the auditorium
and down the aisles to their
opening song of All The Glory?
by gospel great Richard Small-
wood.
Once they hit the stage, the
choir pumped up the crowd with
cheers and dancing that was con-
Photo by Jessi Braxton
tagious throughout Wright. The
first half of the concert included
songs by gospel artists Mary
Murray, Youthful Praise, T.D.
Jakes & The Potters House Mass
Choir and Kurt Carr & The Kurt
Carr Singers.
Director Arturo Cummings
said he chose the songs for the
concert in an attempt to coincide
Contributed Photo
with the theme of the event, Cel-
ebrating 30 Years of Gospel.?
I tried to bring a collabora-
tion of old and new back from 30
years up until the present ~day,
said Cummings.
We did our best to cover
the 30-year span of the ECU
Gospel Choirs existence, and
with the series of songs that
we presented, I believe that we
exemplified the current and past
members that were there.?
Instead of a half time? pre-
sentation like the choir usually
does during their anniversary
concert, this year alumni from
the past 30 years made up an
alumni choir? who sang 2 songs
Director and student Arturo Cummings led the ECU Gospel Choir in livel
for the audience. Past presidents
and directors of the Gospel
Choir came and supported the
event, including long-time direc-
tor Greg Horton. }
Current ECU Gospel Choir
president Braxton Mercer asked
everyone in the auditorium to
take a moment of silence to
remember members of past
choirs who had gone on before
[them]? before the alumni choir
belted out their selections of
God Is In Control? and The
Light.?
ECU student and current
choir member Natasha Spencer
says that having the alumni
at the concert added a special
y renditions of gospel songs on Sunday night in Wright Auditorium.
dynamic to the night.
I must say that our 30th
year anniversary would not
have been.the same without the
falumni |,? she said.
They added that ~vintage
feel to the concert. It was like
~wow, standing before us is 30
years of gospel. It was a great
success.?
- Cummings says he felt hon-
ored to be the first director to
present a night like the one on
Sunday.
I counted it as a privilege
to be the first of hopefully many
events that incorporate bring-
ing the generations together.
This concert was an extreme
landmark in the gospel choir,?
he said.
For the second half of the
concert, the Gospel: Choir
ditched their purple and gold
choir robes for coordinating
purple and black outfits and
presented songs by Bishop Paul
S. Morton, Kirk Franklin and
Hezekiah Walker.
The end of the event was
marked when the alumni and
current choir came together
to form a mass choir, singing
Anthem of Praise? by Richard
Smallwood.
see GOSPEL page A7
Alumni Association to host two runs
The East Carolina University Alumni Association is located in the Taylor-Slaughter building on oth on:
Funds will go to
aid scholarships for
students
WAYNE SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER
The East Carolina Alumni
Association is booming with
activities to keep the Pirate
community involved. The center
is set to host the first Pirate
Alumni Road Race and Fun Run
on April 12, starting at Chico's
Mexican Restaurant and loop-
ing back around to U.B.E.
The 5K road race begins at
9 a.m., and the mile-long fun
run? begins immediately after
the start of the road race. This
is a USATF-certified race-
course, sponsored by Blue Cross
and Blue Shield, Buffalo Wild
Wings and Chicos Mexican
Restaurant. The entry fee for
the 5K road race or 1-mile fun
run is $25.
The idea for this race came
from the staff of the alumni
association, because they noticed
how popular outdoor activities
are to the Greenville community.
On any given day you see
15 or more individuals jogging
by the alumni house,? said Paul
Clifford, associate vice chancel-
lor for alumni relations at the
Taylor-Slaughter Alumni Center.
This is also a new idea
to engage the alumni and
raise money for scholar-
ships and stay active while
giving for a good cause.?
The road race and fun
run is open to everyone that.
would like to come out and take
part in the event. The alumni
association expects at least
200 runners to participate,
and the center wants to raise
$4,000, which will help to fund
scholarships for ECU students.
The academic scholarship
awards undergraduate stu-_
dents with $1,000 to be used |
the following school year. To
date, the alumni association
has awarded 58 scholarships.
The purpose of the Alumni
Association. is to ~ inform.
involve and serve members of
the ECU family throughout
their life-long relationship with
the university,? according to its
Web site.
The two runs are included |
in the many events that will
kickoff Piratefest Weekend.
Piratefest is a large outdoor
event that will offer food, fun
and activities for all. Activities
include a carnival located next
to the ECU baseball stadium
and the 25" annual Pirates Pig-
skin Pigout located at Dowdy-
Ficklen Stadium. For more
information on Piratefest, visit
piratefestnc.com.
For more information about
the alumni association, visit their
Web site at piratealumni.com.
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features@theeastcarolinian.com.
Cancer walks the plank
during Relay for Lite
Hundreds of people
gathered to walk and
remember
FATEN HUSNI ODEH
STAFF WRITER
Cancer claims the lives of
over half a million Americans
each year, and many students
are, or know someone who is
affected by this ravaging disease.
Fortunately, there is an
event that occurs every year in
many places all over the U.S. to
raise money for cancer research:
Relay for Life. All funds go to
the American Cancer Society.
to further the fight against the
disease.
In Greenville this year,
Relay for Life took place at
Relay for Life came to ECU on Friday, raising awareness for cancer.
ECUs Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium
on April 4. It was ECUs first
time hosting the event, which
drew hundreds of people from
all over the community.
~ Today is ECUs first Relay
for Life [and] we set our goal
for $40,000. We made over
that before we started, so we
set a new goal of $60,000,?
said Alexis Terrell, psychology
major at ECU.
Though the weather did not
cooperate with the event, there
were stampedes of people who
came out to show their sup-
port for the cause. Hundreds of
people walked around on teams
to upbeat music surrounded by
a joyous crowd raising money
and spirits.
see RELAY page AQ
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3 GOSPEL con inued from
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The concert was truly a
blessing, Spencer said.
There were a few bumps
in the road, but the purpose of
ministering through music was
, 9 still fulfilled.?
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oy ~ . vr 2 Tr | : _.- : CS | =# choir is to expose interested
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office by May 1, 2008. Oe _ _ : choir ~Aare it is the ea
| | : 7 | ence of a lifetime.?
Membership in the ECU
Gospel Choir is open to all
students, regardless of age,
es me race, creed, sex, disability or
ee 3 | @ religious affiliation.
: aS - For more information about
the ECU Gospel Choir, visit
ecugospelchoir.com.
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features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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21 fails to live~up to expectations
Proves to be just
another box office ©
- bomb
CAT POTTER
STAFF WRITER
The year 2007 saw its fair
share of impressive movie
releases, with some of the best
being released in the latter part
of the year.
With such notable and
praise-worthy films kicking
off the new year, it would be
a fair assumption that 2008
would also have a few must
see? cinematic films.
Granted the year is not
over by any means, but I per-
sonally have yet to find a movie
that I wanted to spend nearly ©
$10 to see in theaters.
Unfortunately, Columbia
Pictures March 28 release of»
21 did not impress me the way
that I hoped that it would and
did not help this years reputa-
_tion for excellent films.
21 features the acting tal- |
ents of Kevin Spacey (American
Beauty), Jim Sturgess (Across
the Universe) and Kate Bos-
worth (Blue Crush), and was
inspired by the experiences
of a real MIT student and his
gambling habits.
The student, Ben Campbell
(Sturgess), is a young math-
ematical whiz who is encour-
aged to partake in a card-
counting scheme in Las Vegas
by professor Micky Rosa.
~Tempted by the need for
financial support, he eventu-
ally accepts and the story
begins. es ae
21 introduces Ben as a
brainy character and eventu-
ally makes him evolve into
this other personality, which is
highly affected by the glam of
casino life and big winnings.
A part of this glamorous
lifestyle is where costar Kate
Bosworth comes in as the
movie's sexy teammate, Jill
Taylor.
Piereais a cCiiemisery
between Jill and Ben that is
alluring, however, parts of
the movie (possibly including
this certain connection) seem
somewhat predictable.
- Predictability can be used
to describe the conflict in the
movie as well. Certainly, char-
acters participating in a gam-
see 21? page AQ
The Rolling Stones
Third concert album offers an upbeat twist
MICHAEL MCANDREW
STAFF WRITER
The Rolling Stones, well into their third decade of popularity,
have continued to remain relevant, while producing a new sound
that listeners still feel has the same timbre as the bands initial
songs from their self-titled 1965 debut.
Following the success of their 2005 tour for 4 Bigger Bang
(one of the highest grossing CDs in U.S. history), the Stones
have decided to capitalize on that success by releasing a third
double concert album which has coincided with a third docu-
mentary, this time by veteran American filmmaker Martin
Scorsese, called Shine .a.Light. The title of the album (of course)
comes from the song off the bands 1972 album Exile on Mazin St.
RELAY continued
from A6
Besides the walk around
Dowdy, a few of the activities
that took place at Relay for Life
were bake sales, face painting,
a kissing booth and a cactus
toss.
I relay for those who dont
get a chance to relay. No one
close to me has ever died of
cancer, [but] I do it because
its a positive thing and it gives
me a chance to walk and help
others celebrate, remember and
fight back,? Terrell said, who
participated in the event. Even
ECU Alumni came to partici- |
pate in Relay for Life. Wearing
an elaborate sash that stated
caregiver, Stephanie Parker-"
Helmkamp, 2006 graduate of
ECU, came to walk on Friday
afternoon. |
I think its a really good
thing that ECU has started their
own Relay for Life, and I think
_theyve done a really great job of
~putting it together. I hope they
continue it on for the future,?
said Parker-Helmkamp.
Relay for Life was an over-
night event that raised money
for the American Cancer Society
and-awareness among the com-
munity. It brought students,
teens, kids, parents and survi-
vors together for a great cause.
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The Stones have already
produced two double albums
featuring concert performances,
1977's tumultuous Love You Live
and 2004's retrospective album
Live Licks, based on the adjunct
Forty Licks. Scorsese has made
no secret of his admiration for
the band, featuring their music
in his films such as Raging Bull,
Goodfellas, Casino and the most
recent work, The Departed.
Shine a Light features the
Stones collaborating with a
number of both contemporary
and less-known artists on a
variety of tracks. Loving Cup,?
(also from Exile)is a newer take
on one of their older songs with
Jack White of The White Stripes
doing secendary vocals over
Keith Richards part, though it
is not as evident from the album
that there is a unique collabora-
tion occurring. .
White and Richards sound
very much like the Mick Jagger
duet on Live With Me? from
1969's Let tt Bleed with pop
artist Christina Aguilera, a
number the listener can clearly
hear the crowd expressing their
appreciation of.
Given the fact that the Roll-
ing Stones were originally "
a cover band for American
rock ~n roll songs in the early
1960s, it is both edifying and
_ Surprising to see the Stones
cover Muddy Waters blues
staple, Champagne and Reefer?.
with famed, Grammy-win-
Fast Carolina Univers
Tomorrow starts here.
to ~Shine
ning American rock guitar-
ist, singer and consummate
blues showman, Buddy Guy.
Guy is cited as an inspira-
tion to Jimmy Hendrix, Eric
Clapton and Jeff Beck; of course
Jagger includes himself as a fan.
It is evident from the film that
Jagger and his band mates are
genuinely enjoying this collabo- .
ration on a far more personal
level as artists, and not neces-
sarily as performers as on their
other collaborations.
Shine a Light, the album,
is a nice mix of The Rolling
Stones standards and enjoy- -
. able rarities such as the cover
of Champagne? and excellent
renditions of Shattered? and
Start Me Up,? if viewed as yet
another career retrospective
(there have been at least three
such retrospectives since 1994).
As a film, Shine treads no new
territory, but this is unsurpris-
ing. The Stones are all in their
60's, and most of the songs in
the concert and album are older
than the average reader by a
decade. Still, if the album makes
no significant strides, it is enjoy-
able as a live album featuring
celebrity collaborations, with a
film of the concerts by one of the
great American directors of the
last 50 years.
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bling? scheme will not get
away with big winnings for
long ... and certainly all won't
be well for them in the end ...
or will it?
This film includes many of
the elements of a good movie.
It has an intriguing story, big-
named actors and enough action
to keep any viewer interested.
It just seemed to have the poten-
tial to be much more than it was.
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21 continued from A&
Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey and Jim Sturgess star in the recent
film21? about the lives of gamblers.
Perhaps one of the smartest
decisions in the making of the
film was the casting of actors and
the way they executed their alter
egos on Set.
As for actors Jim Sturgess
and Kevin Spacey, their past films
largely overshadow a movie like 27.
Oscar winner Kevin Spaceys
1999 performance in American
Beauty has personally made me
want to see every performance
of his since.
As for Jim Sturgess, he made
his way onto the big screen in
his breakout performance in
Across the Universe in October
2007. Though the movie received
mixed reviews from some, it did
significantly well for a modern-
day musical.
Sturgess has a unique talent
that shines through in the char-
acters he has chosen and in the
films he has starred in.
As for Bosworth, 2/ is a step |
up from films such as Blue Crush,
though I am sure that would be
debatable by a select few.
As a whole, 2] is a movie
that I would most likely not see
again, but did not mind seeing
the first time. |
Even so, at the moment it
appears to be one of the only
current movie releases somewhat
worth seeing, so if you find your-
self stuck inside on a rainy day,
head out to the Greenville Grande
or Carmike and give it a chance.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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TUESDAY ApRIL8, 2008 PAGE B1
{ECU's Inside Source}
irates win crucial C-USA series
ECU moves up in standings
ECU SID"ECU baseball continued its winning ways on the
road this past weekend by winning the series with C-USA rival
Southern Miss in Hattiesburg, Miss.
The Pirates and Golden Eagles each came into the weekend
nationally ranked, with ECU at No. 24 and Southern Miss at No. 20.
After the weekend, Southern Miss fell behind ECU in the rankings
at No. 29 with ECU checking in at No. 28.
After the two teams split Saturday's doubleheader, the Pirates
came out strong in Sundays rubber match, led by junior pitcher
Justin Bristow.
Bristow worked eight innings, allowing three runs with seven
strikeouts, while freshman Trent Whitehead drove in four runs as
ECU took the rubber match against Southern Miss, 11-3, at Pete
Taylor Park Sunday afternoon.
Bristow improved to 5-1 on the season for the Pirates (21-9, 5-4)
where he allowed 11 hits on the day. Seti: Summons worked the ninth
allowing one hit with one strikeout to seal the win for ECU.
Southern Miss (20-10, 5-4) starter David Clark allowed eight
runs (seven earned) on 10 hits in four innings of work before being
relieved by Jonathan Johnston in the fourth frame. Johnston worked
1.2 innings allowing three runs on two hits with one walk and one
strikeout. Houston Brown closed out the game going 3.1 innings
allowing just two hits with three strikeouts.
Offensively the Pirates pounded out 14 hits with five players col-
lecting multiple hits on the afternoon with Harrison Eldridge and
Kyle Roller each recording three base knocks, while Stephen Batts,
Corey Kemp and Whitehead each had two hits. _
ECU jumped all over Clark in the first inning and took an early
5-0 lead on five hits. Harrison Eldridge led off the game with a single
to center which was followed by a Ryan Wood single to left and a
Stephen Batts single to center field to load the bases for Corey Kemup,
who drove in the first run when he reached on a fielders choice. yie
Roller roped a 2 RBI single through the right side and with one out
Trent Whitehead blooped a single to left plating Kemp and Roller
to cap the scoring.
After Southern Miss pushed a pair of runs across in the second
to cut into the Pirates lead to 5-2, Whitehead delivered once again
for the Pirates. |
The true freshman from Washington, NC pushed the Pirates lead
back to five, 7-2, with his third home run of the season, a two-run
shot to right field. With one out in the third, Roller singled to right
~field and after stealing his third base of the season, trotted home
on Whiteheads homer.
_ The scoring slowed down after the two teams exploded offen-
sively during the first couple of innings. ECU added one run in the
fifth and three more in the sixth, while the Golden Eagles plated
their final run of the game in the bottom of the sixth.
The series started Saturday afternoon in unusual fashion, as
Southern Miss beat ECU, 6-5, but needed ~13 innings to do so.
A bases loaded wild pitch in the bottom of the 13" scored Keith
Winstead to give the Golden Eagles the victory.
With the game tied at five in the bottom of the 13th, Southern
Miss Winstead reached on a throwing error advancing to scoring
position with Carson at the plate. Carson laid down a perfect bunt
between the pitchers mound and third base for a single and moving
Winstead over to third. Adam Doleac received a free pass to load the
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HART HOLLOMAN
STAFF WRITER
The ECU softball team
dropped both games of a double-
header this past Sunday against
conference foe Marshall.
After the weather rained out
their doubleheader Saturday,
one game was canceled and the
other rescheduled for Sunday.
Game one started out as
a pitchers duel with Pirates
starter Brooke Swann keeping
a clean score sheet into the fifth
inning. But ECU had its own
troubles at the plate and failed
to produce any run support
for Swann. Marshall finally
broke the deadlock in the top
of the sixth when it put three
runs across with two outs. The
Pirates failed to answer in the
bottom half of the frame, and
after the Herd put three more
runs on the board in the top of
the seventh, ECU went to bat
for last time, trailing 6-0.
ECU finally got on the
scoreboard in the final inning,
but it was not enough.
The Pirates scored three
runs before the rally fizzled out
and Marshall took the opening
game by a 6-3 margin.
Brooke Swann did not pitch
badly, going all seven innings
and striking out eight with only
a pair of walks. Angel Barrella
led the way at the plate, going
3-for-4 with an RBI, but the
Pirates left 13 runners on base
and failed to take advantage of
their numerous scoring oppor-
tunities.
After a half hour lay-off, the
two teams took the field again
to wrap up the day. Freshman
Suzanne Riggs took the mound
for the Pirates as they came out
hoping to get a win and split the
weekend.
Marshall jumped out to early
lead and put three across in the
top of the first inning on three
- hits and an error by the Pirates
Photo by Jessi Braxton
see SOFTBALL page BS) Senior Erin St. Ledger prepares to field a groundba
TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2008 THE EAST CAROLINIAN * SPORTS | PAGE B2
Calipari remembers his Kansas connections
Memphis coach faced
former team
AP"When he sees that
Jayhawk logo or hears the
rock-chalk chant, John Calipari
thinks back to his good ol days
at Kansas.
Watering Larry Brown's
flowers. Walking his dog. Pick-
ing up the laundry. Stuffing
envelopes.
~You know what?? the
Memphis coach said Sunday.
~It was the greatest time of
my life.?
Calipari has done well since,
leading the Tigers into a date
with Kansas on Monday night
in the NCAA championship
game.
Yet he fondly recalled start-
ing out his college coaching
career in 1982, working for
free as a volunteer assistant at
Kansas.
One of his main jobs was
handling a big spoon at the
athletic training table.
I would serve peas or corn.
~What would you like? Pll be
there early for practice if you
want to do some extra shoot-
ing. What would you like, peas
or corn? Thats what I did,?
he said. :
Along with a free meal,
those long hours provided food
for thought.
It was tough fora 25~year-
old because your're not going to
hang around the students. You
didnt have any money to go to
the country club,? he said. But
what it made me do, I just got
into basketball.?
He also gained a great
appreciation for the schools
hardwood heritage. Pretty
rich tradition, too, from Wilt
Chamberlain back to James
Naismith"the Jayhawks first
coach was the man who invented
the game.
~I remember the first time
in Allen Fieldhouse, the old
locker room. I went in, and it
was old. Im thinking, Phog
Allen showered in this shower. I
mean, it was old,? he said. The
storied history of Kansas.
Calipari worked under
coach Ted Owens, helping run
his summer basketball camp.
Brown took over when Owens
was fired, and the new coach
asked Calipari to stick around.
Calipari stayed at Kansas
for two more years and met his
future wife, Ellen, who worked
in the schools business office.
Later, Caliparis path took him
to Pitt as an assistant, the NBA
and now the NCAA title game
with Memphis, which has domi-
see CALIPARI page B4
ECU tennis loses two tou
oubles point costs
the Pirates
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Mens Tennis team lost two
matches over the weekend,
each by one point.
Sunday afternoon, David-
son and ECU split six singles
matches, but the Wildcats
swept doubles play by captur-
ing all three pro-sets to hand
the Pirates a 4-3 non-con-
ference setback at the ECU
Tennis Complex.
ECU, which also dropped a
4-3 decision to South Carolina
State Friday, falls to 13-9 on
the year while the Wildcats
improved their dual match
record to 14-5.
Davidson set the tone early
as Phillip Compeau and Eric
Noble teamed up for an 8-3
triumph over Aleksey Rochetov
and Henrik Skalmerud at the
No. 2 position. The Wildcats
see TENNIS page B5
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TUESDAY APRIL 8, 2008
bases,for Josh Fields, who struck
out swinging, but Winstead was
able;to come home on a Brett
Butts wild pitch for the game-
winning run. :
ECU took a 5-2 lead into the
bottem of the 12th frame and
was two outs away from taking
a 1-0 lead in the series before
Southern Miss scored three
unaimswered runs in the 12th.
Drew Carson reached on a
throwing error, one of six on
the afternoon for the Pirates,
and advanced to second starting
the pally. Adam Doleac singled
to left-center pushing Carson
to third. After Anthony Doss
reached on a fielders choice, Bo
Davis drew a one-out walk to
load:the bases for James Ewing,
who roped a single to right-
center plating Carson and Doss
and ~pulling the Golden Eagles
BASEBALL continued from Bl
within one, 5-4.
Brian Dozier, who stepped
up to bat with one-out and
runners on first and third, hit
a grounder to Broc Sutton who
flipped it over to Ryan Wood
at short for what should have
been a routine double play. But,
Wood was unable to success-
fully transfer the ball from his
glove to his throwing hand and
was charged with his fifth error
of the game, scoring the game-
tying run in Davis.
JR Ballinger (2-0) picked
up the win after working two
innings, where he gave up two
runs (unearned) on three hits "
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Brett Butts suffered the loss
for the Pirates and fell to 1-1 on
the year. He worked one inning
giving up one run (unearned) on
one hit with one walk and two
strikeouts.
ECU starterT.J. Hose fanned
a season-high seven batters in
5.1 innings allowing one run
(earned) on four hits with three
walks before giving way to Josh
Ruhlman in the sixth.
ene Pirates quickly
rebounded in the nightcap of the
doubleheader however, winning
_ 4-2 to even the series.
Freshman Seth Maness
worked. a career-high 8.1
innings, allowed two runs and
fanned seven batters with no
walks in the victory.
Maness (6-0) became the
second ECU freshman to start
a season 6-0 after holding
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the Southern Miss to just two
runs (both earned) on 11 hits
and lowered his ERA to 2.91.
Maness retired 10 of the first
11 batters and 14 of the first 18
he faced with four punch outs.
Josh Ruhiman made his 16th
appearance of the season work-
ing the final two-thirds of the
ninth inning and recorded the
Pirates first save of the season
and the first of his career. Ruhl-
man allowed one hit and fanned
two.
Southern Miss starter Barry
Bowden dropped to 5-2 on the
year and lasted just two innings -
before leaving the game with
an apparent shoulder injury. He -
gave three runs (two earned) on
six hits with one -walk and three
strikeouts. Brian Leach replaced
Bowden in the third and had the
best outing of his career, throw-
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ing 6.1 innings scattering three .
this and allowing only one run.
Jonathan Johnston worked the
final two-thirds of the game
with one punch out.
ECU wasted little time in
getting on the board as it took
an early 3-0 lead in the first
inning. Harrison Eldridge, who
collected four hits on the day,
doubled to left-center on the
games first pitch and moved
to third on:a wild pitch. Ryan
Wood drove home Eldridge
with an infield single. Stephen
Batts followed with a double
down the left field line put-
ting runners at second and
third with no outs. After Corey
Kemp struck out, Brandon
Henderson reached on a field-
ing error which plated Wood.
Dustin Harrington capped. the
scoring in the first frame with
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a sac bunt.
The Golden Eagles drew
within one, 3-2, in the eighth
on Keith Winsteads sac fly to
right field that scored Dozier,
who lead off the frame with a
single to right. Corey Stevens
advanced Dozier to third on his
single setting up the lone run of
the inning.
The series win puts the
Pirates above .500 in conference
play, surpassing Southern Miss,
among others.
The Pirates will be back in
action on Tuesday, April 8 when
they play host to ODU at Lewis
Field inside Clark-LeClair Sta-
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a blue blazer, three shirts and
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Jayhawks coach Bill Self
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SOFTBALL continued from Bl
defense. ECU tried to answer
in the bottom half of the frame,
junior Jessica Johnson put
one run across with a single
through the hole to left, but
they couldnt quite keep the
rally going and they had to
settle for a two-run deficit.
After struggling a little
through the first, Riggs set-
tled into the game and shut
out the potent Marshall lineup
for the next three innings.
The Pirates managed to
tie the score in the bottom of
the third when Johnson again
knocked in arun and another
scored after a pick off attempt
by the catcher down to third
went into left field. The next
two batters were put out to
end the inning, but the Pirates
had tied the score at 3.
In the top of the fifth
Marshall again took the lead
through a two run homer to
center off Riggs. ECU failed
to answer in its final three
trips to the plate and the
game ended 5-3 in favor of
the Herd.
Johnson led the team at
the plate with two hits and
two RBIs. Christina Merrida
and Christen Aona each had
two hits as well. Riggs went
five innings and gave up five
runs on six hits while strik-
ing out two and giving three
free passes. Swann entered
the game in the sixth and
faced the final seven batters,
allowing no runs or hits while
striking out one and walk-
ing one. ;
The Pirates will be back
in action Wednesday at home
against UNC Wilmington.
Game time is scheduled for
4 p.m.
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TENNIS:
continued from B2
followed ~by adding 8-6 and
8-7 (4) wins by Ethan Jaffee/
Flaviu Simihaian and Sam
Burns/ Walker Lyons over
Jaroslav Horvath/Henrique
Viana and Bryan Oakley/Ste-
phen Whitwell at No. 1 and
No. 3, respectively, to take a
1-0 lead.
In singles play, ECU
picked up victories at the No.
2, No. 3 and No. 6 slots.
Viana rolled past Noble
(6-3, 6-1), Whitwell disposed
of Jaffee (6-0, 6-1) and Oakley
rallied past Scott Myers (4-6,
6-3, 7-5).
The Wildcats used a 1-6,
6-4, 7-6 (3) win by Simihaian
over Horvath at No. 1 to
clinch the match after Lyons
defeated Kochetov (7-5, 1-6,
6-2) at No. 4 and Burns dis-
patched Skalmerud in straight
sets (6-3, 6-3) at the No. 5
position.
Fridays match was much
of the same, as ECU lost by
one point to South Carolina
State.
South Carolina State ral-
lied back after dropping the
doubles point to win four of
six singles matches and post
-a-4-$ non-conference victory
over ECU Friday afternoon at
the ECU Tennis Complex.
The Pirates used 8-4 and
8-1 wins by duos Aleksey
~Kochetov and Henrik Skal-
merud at No. 2 and Bryan
Oakley and Stephen Whitwell
at No. 3, respectively, to jump
out to an early 1-0 lead.
Henrique Viana and Whit-
well turned in ECUs only sin-
gles wins by defeating Dimi-
try Lomakin (6-0, retired)
at the No. 2 slot and Gabriel
Meana (6-2, 4-0, retired) at
the No. 4 position but the
Bulldogs (12-2) quickly took
control of the match by rolling
off four straight victories.
After South Carolina
States Radek Pivonka and _
Tomas Dobrotka scored
straight-set wins in the No.
3 and 6 singles matchups, the
Bulldogs Ivan Milivojevich
overcame a first-set loss to
Jaroslav Horvath to hand the
ECU freshman a 4-6, 6-3, 6-
O setback at No. 1 to tie the
match.
David Grund followed by
outlasting Skalmerud 6-3, 3-
6, 7-6 in a No. 5 matchup to
clinch the victory for SCSU.
Earlier, Pivonka knocked
off Kochetov (7-5, 7-6) and
Dobrotka cruised past Oakley
(6-3, 6-1).
The Pirates will return to?
action Wednesday when they
travel to Elon to face a nation-
ally-ranked Phoenix squad
in a non-conference meeting
beginning at 3 p.m.
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