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David Kaczynski shares story of turning in the Unabomber?
Crowd listens to
emotional story of the
Kaczynski family
NATALIE JURGEN
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
David Kaczynski, brother
of Theodore Kaczynski who is
more commonly known as the
Unabomber,? told his emotional
story to an audience at Hendrix
Theater in Mendenhall Student
Center last night.
Sponsored by the Student
Activities Board, Kaczynski felt
he was invited to ECU to provide
a lecture about an important and
personal issue: mental illnesses
link with capital punishment.
Purdue makes p
ELISE PHILLIPS
_ THE East CAROLINIAN
Lt. Gov. Bev Purdues down-
to-the-wire sweep of North
Carolina continued yesterday
morning when she visited local
landmark, The Tipsy Teapot, in
Greenville.
The New Bern native was
greeted by a smattering of local
government and organiza-
tions, including members of
the Greenville City Council,
the local school board, State
Employees for North Carolina,
the Pitt County Commission-
ers office and the ECU College
Democrats.
This is our last Eastern
swing before the election,? said
Tim Crowley, Purdues press
secretary. Its important for
Bev to come back to where she
knows best.?
Purdue, who is campaigning
for governor of North Caro-
fina, spoke to a small audience
crowded .in.the, restaurant/café.
about her goals if elected, and
also about her opponent, Char-
lotte mayor Pat McCrory.
Tts great for me to be back
in Eastern North Carolina,?
Purdue said. Were traveling
all over North Carolina in these
last two weeks, doing what I like
best: seeing folks like you and
remembering everyday close up
and personal how important it
is for North Carolina to have a
strong leader during these chal-
lenging economic times.?
During her speech, Purdue
focused on education, the econ-
omy, job creation and the envi-
ronment as priorities for the
state of North Carolina; she also
brought up the importance of
both rural and urban areas of the
state, a point that Purdue says
her opponent is using to divide
North Carolina.
From Murphy to Manteo,
all [one] hundred counties "I
will never pick the east or the
west. I will never pit urban
North Carolina against rural
North Carolina. I will stand up
for Charlotte like I?ll stand up
for the rest of the state,? Purdue
said in response to what she
says McCrory advocates: giving
more money to urbanized areas
of North Carolina, to the point of
opposing paved roads? issued in
rural parts of the state.
Purdue stressed the impor-
tance of bolstering economies
all over the state, from rural to
urban areas, by creating jobs and
improving education.
Everyday, I get up. under-
standing fundamentally that
the stakes in this election are so
high,? she said. The economy is
in a mess, we have a continually
escalating unemployment rate
and you and I both know that of
all times, these times demand that
North Carolina have a strong, .
serious governor. [This elec-
tion] is about your kids and your
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In 1995, David Kaczynski
and his wife, Linda, found them-
selves considering the possibility
that Davids brother, Ted, could
be responsible for 17 years worth
of placing and sending through
mail 16 bombs that injured
dozens and killed three.
The couples nightmare began
when Linda approached David
with the question of whether or
not he thought his brother could
be the Unabomber.?
T was taken aback and asked
her, ~how could you ever think
something like that?? David
said.
However, after Linda
explained the reasons for her
suspicions, the possibility began
to run through Davids mind as
well. Linda had found articles
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that believed the Unabomber
was born in Chicago and had a
connection with the University
of California at Berkeley because
bombs had been sent to each. Ted
also was born in Chicago and had
been a professor of mathematics
at UC Berkeley.
After that, evidence con-
tinued to solidify David and
Lindas suspicions. After reading
the Unabombers? Manifesto,
which was a critique of modern
technology and had been pub-
lished in The Washington Post,
David said that some parts did
sound like his brother who lived
alone in a cabin in Montana
with no electricity, but he still
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JESSI BRAXTON |
Bev Purdue addresses members of the Greenville community.
grandkids; it is about the fact that
America and North Carolina, in
my mind, are in the most serious
and perplexing dilemma in my
entire lifetime.?
This is one governor that
will lead North Carolina through
these challenging times, and
well come out the way we
always come out: as winners.?
Purdue also emphasized her
plan to make North Carolina a
leader in the area of the environment.
Im reading a book right
now,? she said. And [the author]
says that, ~the state or the country
that gets green right will own the
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world in the next 50 years. I
intend for North Carolina to be
that state.?
After her speech, Purdue
spoke briefly with members
of the crowd, pausing to take
pictures and answer questions
before heading off to Goldsboro,
N.C. for more campaigning.
ECU student and junior class
president, Tremayne Smith,
attended the gathering at The
Tipsy Teapot, and said that stu-
dents should be involved in this
important? election.
The youth is a lot of times
underrepresented,? said Smith.
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A lot of times were not given
a lot of credit [but] were
the future and, like Lt. Gov.
Purdue said, we have a stake
in the American dream.?
With only 12 days left
before Election Day, Purdue
will be traveling all over the
state this week and next cam-
paigning.
For more information
about Purdue or her policies
for North Carolina, visit bev-
purdue.com.
This writer can be contacted at
editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Professor gives students lesson
about celebrities, stardom
LAUREN COLLINS
Tue East CAROLINIAN
The ECU English Depart-
ment hosted Professor Moya
Lucketts presentation of Celeb-
rity, Self Awareness and the Con-
sciousness of Self? on Monday.
Luckett, a visiting professor
from CUNY-Queens College,
presented her expertise in early
American cinema. She is also
a co-editor of Swinging Single:
Representing Sexuality in the
1960s (Minneapolis: University
of Minnesota Press, 1999).
Amanda Klein, who cur-
rently teaches an American and
International Film History course
at ECU, felt that Lucketts lecture
would benefit students inter-
ested in more than just film
studies. Klein feels that because
limited time in the classroom -
only allows a brief overview,
the lecture would benefit her
students.as well. :
Dr. Luckett has done so
much fascinating research that
ot requires months of pouring
through microfiche and dusty
archives. She really filled in the
gaps,? said Klein.
Lucketts presentation pro-
vided insight for students and
faculty on celebrity and stardom
in the early 20" century. She
discussed the films How Molly
Made Good (1915) and A Girls
Folly (1917). Luckett said that
these movies reflected the celeb-
rity culture of the early 1900s
and the publics obsession with
famous stars.
Although there are televi-
sion shows focused on stars, and
newspapers and magazine§s fill
the racks of stores worldwide,
the publics interest in the life
and culture of celebrities has
not drastically changed over
time, according to Luckett, a
fascination that she says has
been embedded since its con-
ception.?
Luckett discussed that by
1916, the movie system was out
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This weekend ECU students
will have the opportunity to com-
pete against universities around
the world in the 33rd annual
ACM International Collegiate
Programming Contest.
The competition is comprised
of three sections--local contests
in which universities choose one
or more teams to represent them
in the next step of the competi-
tion, regional contests in which
selected teams compete to select
the 100 teams that will compete
Sports
Running Back Jonathan
Williams is facing legal
charges and is not cur-
rently with the ECU foot-
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of control and stars were consid-
ered necessary and a liability. As
celebrities accomplished more
outside of the cinema, they
became more marketable, forc-
ing production teams to pay these
celebrities more, she said.
According to Luckett, even
before big stars, Albert Einstein
and Thomas Edison were consid-
ered celebrities for their ability
to make themselves known in a
variety of settings. Lillian Rus-
sell, a star of the early 1900s,
increased her marketability by
being a combination of actress,
singer and news columnist,
Luckett explained.
Celebrities like Paris Hilto
are icons of stardom that seek
celebrity status: without the work,
Luckett told the class. These
unique individuals are known
for their self-promotion, money
or scandalous lifestyle, she said.
Media coverage of Lohans poten-
tial drug abuse or Britney Spears
shaving her head often leave
people feeling that the industry
has changed, but things were the
same in the early 1900s, Luckett
said, pulling more modern celeb-
rities into the conversation.
Klein says that the ECU
faculty has been collaborating to
build an interdisciplinary minor
in film studies, particularly with
the School of Communication.
As of spring 2009, there will
be 13 courses available at the
graduate and undergraduate level
in film studies. The courses will
come from the departments of
English, communication and
Russian and German languages.
Klein also hopes to continue
having more speaking events in
_the future.
Anytime a scholar from
outside of the ECU community
is brought to campus to sharé
his/her knowledge and research,
it benefits everyone on campus,?
Klein said. :
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in the world finals and world
finals where the teams competé
for awards prizes and a years
worth of bragging rights.
This weekends section of the
competition is the regional round
consisting of problem-solving
activities and will include univer-
sities such as UNC, Duke, ECU
and UNCC.
A team consisting of three
students will solve complex
problems related to real world
issues within a five-hour time
limit. The team that completes
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ACORN under review
by the FBI ;
Yesterday, House Republican
leader, John Boehner, urged Pres-
ident Bush to block all federal
funds to a grass-roots community
group that has been accused of
voter registration fraud.
-ACORN, a group that has led
liberal causes since it was formed
_ in $970, this year was responsible
for signing up voters in minority
and poor neighborhoods in 21
states. Some of the 1.3 million
registration cards submitted to
local election officials bore the
names of cartoon characters or
pro football players and were
obviously phony and spurred
GOP charges of widespread ~
misconduct.
ACORN has said their own
quality-control workers first
noticed the problem and have
submitted all of the cards to local
election officials. Se
'- Local law enforcement agen-
cies in about a dozen states are
investigating fake registrations
submitted by ACORN workers
and the FBI is reviewing, those
cases.
Presidential race
tightening as election
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The presidential race tight-
ened after the final debate, with
John McCain gaining among
whites and people earning less
than $50,000, according to an
Associated Press-GfK poll that
shows McCain and Obama
essentially running even in the
election homestretch.
_ The poll, which found Obama
at 44 percent and McCain at 43
percent, supports that the race
narrowed after the third debate.
Three weeks ago, an AP-GfK
survey found that Obama had
rocketed to a seven-point lead
over McCain, lifted by voters
who thought the Democrat was
better suited to lead the nation
through its sudden economic
crisis.
Obama and McCain were
essentially tied among likely
voters in the latest George Wash-
ington University Battleground
Poll.
In other surveys focusing
on likely voters, a Washington
Post-ABC News poll and a Wall
Street Journal-NBC News survey
have Obama up by 11 points, and
a-poll by the-nonpartisan Pew ~
Research Center has him lead-
ing by 14.
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IBM continued from AL.
Students engage in computer programming problems similar to those in Battle of the Brains.
the most problems in the least
amount of time will go on to the
national competition this April in
the library of KTH in Stockholm,
Sweden.
This year ECU will be send-
- ing two teams into the competi-
tion: dubbed The Pirates? and
More Pirates.? Although the
competition is stiff; the main
purpose is to have fun and to
learn.
The programming contest
provides a context for learning
new things in a fun yet competi-
tive environment [but] the com-
petition never takes precedence
over school work,? said Dr.
Robert Hochberg, ECU igen
and the teams coach.
In this leg of the competition
students will have eight problems
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to solve, which involve design-
ing test beds, building software
systems, ranking the problems
on a scale of difficulty and
assigning requirements to each
problem. The judging process
is strict and teams are judged on
speed, accuracy and number of
attempts made.
ACM is a primary source for
the technology field, providing
recourses such as journals, maga-
zines and interest groups dedi-
cated to technological advance-
ment and education.
The competition got its start
in 1970 at Texas A&M, and was
hosted by the Alpha Chapter
of the UPE Computer Science
Honor Society.
- The competition gained great
popularity and eventually was
picked up by a global network -
of universities.
IBM became the sponsor in
1997, and in turn, the contest grew
exponentially, and now involves
1,821 universities from 83 coun-
tries on six continents, and is the
oldest, largest and most distin-
guished programming contest.
The contest is also supported
by Upsilon Pi Epsilon Interna-
tional Computer Science Honor
Society and Baylor University.
The contest is a test of each
teams creative skills, innovative
technique and teamwork strate-
gies. Last years first place team
was AGH University of poe
and Technology.
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only believed it was a one in one
thousand chance.
David continued to weigh the
possibilities, but said the turning
point came to him in a dream.
I woke up the next morn-
Ing with the deepest depression
I have ever felt,? David said.
TI was considering that my
only brother is a serial mur-
derer, the most wanted person in
America.? .
David and Linda then real-
ized that they had a responsibil-
ity, however, any decision they
made could result in someones
death and quite possibly, the
death of his only brother.
I questioned myself, what
would it be like to go through my
life with my brothers blood on
my hands?? David said.
David and Linda went to the
police with their suspicions, and
over time the FBI placed Ted at
the top of their subject list. Even-
tually David realized he needed
to tell his mother and that the FBI
needed to question her.
A week later, Ted was
arrested. Diaries, plans, pieces
of bombs and a live bomb were
all found in Teds cabin in Mon-
tana and were used as evidence
against him at his trial in Sacra-
mento, CA.
A total of $8 million was
spent on Teds trial, and in.
_ Davids eyes, that is the reason
Ted is still alive.
After a two-year mission of
trying to save Teds life, which
was successful, Ted is now serv-
ing a life sentence, David and
Linda found themselves strug-
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gling with how they could go on
with their own lives. David and
his mother met with family mem-
bers of a victim of Teds who told
them that, all they ever wanted
was for the violence to stop.?
David believes that Ted is
now living in two prisons; the
one he will spend the rest of
his life in and the other, mental
illness.
David and his mother, who
is now 91 and in increasingly
poor health, have no idea of
their brother or sons condition.
Ted refuses to sign a release that
allows the prison to disclose
information of his condition to
his family.
He hasnt reached out at
all, David said. I feel his illness
is why he doesnt communicate.
Ifhe hadnt gotten sick I believe
he would be a professor some-
where.? David stated that Ted
had attended Harvard and once
tested at a 165 I.Q. level.
As far as justice in the court-
room for defendants with mental
illness is concerned, David feels
the courts have a long way to go,
stating that experts arent finding
a consensus but rather people at
both extremes are arguing with
each other to an uninformed
jury.
David is in strong opposition
of capital punishment and hopes
that one-day justice will truly be
applied evenly.
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On Oct. 15, ECU introduced a
cutting edge Web site dedicated to
informing the public about hurri-
canes, storm surges and their effect
on the North Carolina coast.
ECUs Institute for Coastal
Science-and Policy and the depart- |
ments of Geological Sciences
and Geography provide the Web
site, NC COHAZ, with the latest
research in a way that is under-
standable to the general public.
The site also features links to
research from scientists across
North Carolina.
Previously it had been diffi-
cult to gather information regard-
ing costal hazards; therefore the
site is a means of connecting
and presenting the information
in-a sort of one stop shop for
viewers.
Many are unaware of the poten-
tial dangers that can occur in cities
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is at risk to a diversity of hazards,
and these hazards can have major
consequences for people who
live, work and recreate in areas
along the coast,? said J.P Walsh,
ECU geology professor. .
The site was developed with
the help of Walsh and geology
colleague Reide Corbett, along
with ECU geographers Tom
Allen, Tom Crawford and Stephan
Sanchagrin.
Support for the site is provided
by RENCI, and NC grants.
The site will be vital in provid-
ing insight into the development on
storms and minimizing the impact
of coastal hazards on the inhabit-
ants of the coastal region.
The web site provides useful
information for students too
because it shows geology in real
life instead of just textbooks and
graphs,? said Liz Gurkin, fresh-
man Geology student.
The use of satellite images
that show areas such as the Outer
Banks which are at risk for flood-
ing and erosion and other map-
ping tools, are just a few of the
prevention methods employed
by the site.
We believe it is beneficial to
have this info out and accessible
where it can be considered and
explored,? Walsh said.
Other features of the sight
include a Hazards Glossary,
Mitigation plans and information
on how to prepare for a weather
emergency.
The navigation tools make
the site easy to maneuver, and the
video clips and visuals make the
information interesting,? said Rose
Bobbitt, freshman Geology major.
We hope this site will
improve communication and
information exchange around the
state,? Walsh said.
The site is also looking to
expand in the near future to
include the latest analysis and
research relevant to the safety of
citizens on the coast.
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About 150,000 people cast
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A little more
plot, a little
less action
Stop relying on flashing
lights and explosions
MARY DIXON
THe East CAROLINIAN
Special effects take an ordinary movie and
make it spectacular. There is nothing better
than going to see a summer blockbuster and
having your mind blown by the cinematic
journey. Details in movies help the audience
understand what theyre seeing, and often make
the movie itself more aesthetically pleasing.
However, Hollywood is starting to rely more
and more on special effects, thereby sacrificing
the plot, the most important element of a film.
Without a strong plot, viewers not only lose inter-
est in the story, but in the whole experience in
general. When executed properly, the marriage
between plot and special effects can ignite a high
grossing movie. Take 2008s smash hit The Dark
Knight. Not only were the special effects intense,
but the movie had an amazing plot as well. Noth-
ing was short-changed in that production, and
thats why it not only raked in the most cash this
year, it was the second highest grossing film ever.
In recent months, special effects have taken the
place of a good story. Max Payne was released last
Friday, and it has already faced harsh criticism. The
film production of the movie was reminiscent of
2005s Sin City. Every frame was beautifully shot,
and the movie spared no expense with its special
effects. Mark Wahlberg was appropriately cast as
the tortured police officer seeking revenge for his
murdered wife and son. His performance lacked no
effort at all. However, the story was hard to follow
"without giving any plot points away, the ending
of the movie did not give any kind of resolution to
the situation of the villain. We are taken through
an abyss of demons and gangsters dont have any-
thing to do with each other. If Max Payne creators
had spent as much time on its plot as they did on
the special effects, that movie would possibly
have given The Dark Knight a run for its money.
Action films are not the only movie genre that
relies on the effects to pull it through. Case in
point: 2008s Pineapple Express. James Franco
and Seth Rogan are truly a comedic duo that
never had to stretch.for laughs. However, the
last 30 minutes of the movie seemed to have
been their excuse to blow up or shoot anything
left in the film. If they had taken out even a
few minutes of the unnecessarily long fight
scene, the film would have been OK. Its almost
like they were TRYING to kill the audiences
remaining high... that they got from the movie.
.Our generation has been spoiled when it comes to
technology. Even 20 years ago, movies had to have
a good plot or else the film bombed. The original
Indiana Jones films are three of the most adored
films in movie history. George Lucas and Stephen
Spielberg had limited technology to provide daz-
zling effects to the audience, so they made up
what they lacked with amazing plot. However,
this summers release of Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull left Indy fans feeling
used and sad. As talented of an actor as Harrison
Ford is, Indy was far too old to reprise his role,
and the movie was completely farfetched and
100 percent unlike any previous /ndiana Jones
films. They should have left a good thing alone.
When going to see a movie, people expect a
certain level of effort to have been put into the
plot-- and special effects cant take the place of
it. Replacing plot with effects is almost the same
as wrapping a post-it in a large sparkly box. It
looks pretty from the outside, but when you open
it up...well, you know.
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
LAUREN COLLINS
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Among the many psychological ailments
of society today, it seems as though everyone
is suffering from some type of attention deficit
disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity dis-
order. Instead of maintaining healthy lifestyles, .
learning to cope with stress and better time
management, people assume they have a disor-
der that interferes with their ability to focus and
complete simple tasks.
Parents immediately assume their children
have an attention deficit because they squirm
around in the classroom and have difficulty
focusing on assignments. Even college students
and adults feel that they have problems staying
focused on academic tasks and work.
What is ADHD? ADHD is a biological plat-
ter of poor attention and distractibility with a
side of hyperactive and impulsive behaviors. If
not treated, ADHD can lead to poor school and
work performance, poor social relationships
and a general feeling of low self-esteem. The
causes of this disorder are linked to genetic and
biological components; therefore, you cant just
suddenly develop an attention deficit, like many
people seem to believe.
Treating ADHD should start from childhood.
Its estimated that only one student in a class of
25-30 students will actually have ADHD, and
males are more likely to develop the disorder.
Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, Strattera and various
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2008
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ing Rants can be directed to Elise Phillips, Editor in Chief, at opinion@theeastcarolinian.
Girls always want to know
where the good guys at ECU are.
Maybe if you look in places other
then the bars you will find one.
I cant pass my classes because I
used all my brain in the begin-
ning of the semester talking with
financial aid.
I have an identical twin sister.
Could we please tell the people at
West End that so that I can get
food? I am not the same panne
coming up twice!
To the guy who sat beside.me at
the game and then glared at me
because I stood up and cheered:
Sorry if I have school pride.
If you pee on my floor one more
time, Im going to pee in your
bed.
~ Who wants a maverick for presi-
dent? How about a PIRATE?
I want to know why my professor
yells words like the? and per-
haps.? Unless those are answers
for questions on the test, you
dont have to yell them.
The Bible says that the meek
shall inherit the earth. Were
waiting!
A new lime for my Corona? Yes,
please!
I find it ironic that my environ-
mentalist professor uses more
paper on his slides than any
other professor Ive ever had.
The Pumpkin Javalanche is
boo-tastic!
My nose hairs wilt when I open
my friends dorm room.
When you laugh with your head
bobbing up and down, you look
like a horse eating hay.
My roommate is a pathological
liar. If you know who you are, |
know you lie ALL the time!
Sometimes I think the editor
of the Pirate Rants is more
of a romantic than anything
else. Why else would my rants
against couples and PDA not
get in?
I know we're just friends, but I
like imagining sleeping with you
while I stare at the back of your
head in class.
Lil Wayne for president.
EMELIO!-
Why do cast members of VH1s
love shows keep getting their
own love shows?
Im glad it decided to get
cold right when I got my new
Speedo.
To the Pirate guy with the
parrot: I love you and want to
have your babies!
To the people that would rather
use that 99.9 percent germ kill-
ing sanitizer: You really wanna
walk around with sanitized doo
doo on your hands?
I think that the zero tolerance
policy should include stupidity.
Is it bad that I think Tina Fey
plays a better Sarah Palin than
Sarah herself?
To whoever tore down the Bob
Barr signs and replaced them
with Obama signs: Congratu-
lations. You showed just how
open-minded? you pawns really
are. As if Obama really needs
more exposure. Everyone knows
com. Log onto theeastcarolinian.com to submit a Rant of your own.
who he is!
I always see candy corn in bags,
but never fresh on the candy
cob.
How was my weekend? I woke
up wearing a ski hat and holding
a glow stick.
My roommate is on so many -
drugs I think she has officially
fried her brain.
Halloween: The only time of
year where you can dress like a
whore, get drunk, make mistakes
and not THAT many people will
give you grief for it.
A guy named Steve keeps call-
ing me at 7 a.m. looking for a
girl named Laura. Steve, Laura
probably gave you the wrong
number on purpose. Stop waking
me up.
My cat shakes his butt when he
poops.
To the guy in the suite next to
mine: Quit singing. PLEASE?
I wish someone would have told
me how much work college was
going to be "I would have taken
10 years off after high school.
Dont get caught with your
pants down.
I HATE ECU SQUIRRELS!
Apparently, they dont know
the unspoken rule about always
needing to have five feet between
people and squirrels!
Did you know that ECU has a 33
percent STD rate? Something
to think about when randomly
sleeping with Sore with a
pulse
My roommate is pissing me off.
Adderall not a cure for complacency
antidepressants and mood stabilizers are often
provided to those suffering from the overwhelm-
ing symptoms of ADHD.
Perhaps there isnt actually a problem with
the nations brains, but a problem with the rapid
pace of American society. Before public schools
shifted to a stricter curriculum, students were
able to participate in hands-on activities that kept
them more engaged in classroom material. Now
teachers are forced to rush and cram lectures
with information in order for students to pass
standardized tests.
With the wider ec cilability of and easy
access to the Internet, the United States has
become dependent on immediate access to infor-
mation.. Why attend hours of boring lectures,
when with the click of a button you can have
instant gratification "hundreds of Web sites pro-
viding the same information? Because this vast
array of information is readily available, people
become antsy when they have to do things the
old-fashioned? way.
The prevalence of ADHD and those claiming
to have it send doctors into overdrive writing
prescriptions and treating patients. If you dont
actually have trouble paying attention and are
not generally distracted easily, the side effects
of the medications can cause sleeplessness,
decreased appetite and nervousness.
College students have used these medica-
tions to stay awake studying, but the additional
side effects should be considered "aside from the
ethics of prescription drug abuse. Side effects
like nausea, ticks, increased blood pressure,
heart palpitations, mood swings, skin rash and
dizziness could easily avoided by relying on a
prioritized schedule, instead of a pill.
Because our lives are loaded with educa-
tional and work-related tasks and maintaining
social and family relationships, we often find
little time to relax and release stress. If we feel
unsettled or anxious and are unable to find the
time for physical activity, then of course its
ADHD!
People have it set in their minds that when
they feel they cant handle things on their own,
the root must be some psychological issue. And
of course, it seems there is a pill for everything,
so lets all just pick up a prescription to make
everything better.
Give me a break! Were a drug hungry nation.
It just seems that, right now, we are in the throes
of an ADHD frenzy.
The ridiculous amount of people pointing
their fingers at a possible disorder should proba-
bly point a finger at themselves instead. Im sure
stress and Internet pop-ups have a lot to do with
the ADHD hype. Just because it can take hours to
write a simple paper doesnt mean I have some
kind of disorder, it just means that I dont limit
my distractions. Facebook, MySpace, email,
text messaging and cleaning are just a few on
the list that could easily be taken care of with a
little self-control. Its a lot harder to focus when
those items are within reach.
This writer can be contacted at -
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
Where did all
the love go?
ANDREA ROBERTSON
THE East CaROrINIAN _
Every year it never ceases to amaze me that
evangelists come to our campus and proceed
to yell about how immoral we are and how our
immortal souls will be damned. I cannot express to
you how disgusted I become by the fact that these
individuals, who are supposedly trying to save us, ,
do nothing more than turn more people away from
Christianity by preaching the torture of which you
will be subjected if you do not change. Have they |
forgotten the old saying, you catch more flies with
honey than vinegar??
Do not think for a second that I am trying to
insinuate that evangelists should not be able to
come to college campuses or other public places
and teach others about Christianity. I just feel that
it is blatantly obvious that these individuals would
be much more successful at meeting their goals if
they would use a better approach.
Theology is a very interesting topic that many
people are willing to discuss, if they feel that the
person with whom they are speaking is actually.
listening to them. When speaking to an evange-
list artd that person begins to yell over you about
how youre doomed, what I do is become angry
and begin to argue or tune them out. As a result,
everything that the evangelist 1 is saying falls upon
deaf ears.
We learn through communicating with others
that most people tend to stop listening when they. ?
feel like someone is attacking them. Therefore, if
youre walking on campus and someone yells that
youre going to burn in Hell because youre a for-
nicator, more than likely you will think yes I am
and proud of it,? and continue walking.
Im also not saying that evangelists should not
tell people that immorality is considered to be a
one-way ticket to hell. I feel that there is a more
tactful manner to do so without evoking fear or
potentially turning people away from the religion...
Instead of directly saying, you deserve hell? (and
yes, I actually saw a little girl holding a sign which
read that), calmly explain that you could go to hell
if you dont lead the Christian lifestyle. *
I have been to many Christian events where we.
~ were spoken to about the love that God has for us,
and I never left one of those places feeling angry -
or turned off by the thought of religion. Because of
the good messages that I was receiving, I wanted to
go to more of these events. However, every time I
hear evangelists screaming about hells fire and the
spot that is reserved for me there, I feel compelled
to tell them to go to the same place!
Why not teach the love of God? I feel that more
people would be more inclined to actually listen
to what these people have to say, if they delivered
their messages in more amiable ways.
No one likes to be called a horrible person,
especially if that statement is followed up by a
12-point lesson explaining that your sins will find
you in cahoots with Satan.
Perhaps if the fire-and-brimstone evangelists
would explain the love and forgiveness that God
has for his children, then people would care about
what was being said, instead of forming a negative
opinion towards the evangelist himself, as well as
Christianity in general.
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Women are stepping up across the world to assume leadership roles.
{ Campus Scene }
Women
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2008
A6
in
leadership
ERIN EDWARDS
THE EAsT CAROLINIAN
Leaders during and before our
time have shaped the lives around,
them. From politics to human
rights, people have stepped up to
the challenge of leadership in order
to make a change.
Men and women both assume
the responsibilities of leaders.
However, women can often be
overlooked and underappreciated
when it comes to the business and
professional world.
The Center for Student Lead-
ership and Civic Engagement is
giving the opportunity for women
to gain vital leadership skills
through a Women in Leadership
Conference (WILD). Held on the
campus of Duke University, the
conference aims to bring together
women leaders from colleges
across North Carolina on Nov. 1.
With a specific gearing toward
women, the conference is set. to
explore not only the challenges
that leadership may present, but.
will assist in training women to
discover and use their leadership
traits to the best of their ability.
Possessing the perfect com-
bination of leadership training,
skill sets and experiences can
lead you to accomplish anything,?
said Krista Wilhelm, the assistant
director for the Center of Student
Leadership and Civic Engage-
ment. In effort to provide diverse
leadership opportunities to women
student leaders on our campus, we
are very excited to be attending to
the WILD Conference.?
?It is my hope that those
attending will gain and enhance
their leadership skills, be able to
address challenge that are faced
by women within leadership roles
and recognize the unique common
bond that we share as women.?
According to the Center for
Womens Business Research,
around 10.6 million firms are at
least 50% owned by a woman or
a team of women, along with 48%
of all privately held firms.
Even around the world, women
are finding their place in leadership
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ERIN EDWARDS
Tue East CAROLINIAN
During summer months, sun-
screen is a must for days spent out-
side in the sun. While sunscreen
can be effective in protecting
against the dreaded sunburn, the
blocking of harmful rays can be
beneficial in the long run, defend-
ing from more than just sunburns.
But dont be fooled by the shining
sun and blistering heat, because
skin care during the winter is just
as important as during the summer.
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
skin cancer is the most common
form of cancer in the United
States. Because of this, skin care
methods are crucial year-round.
During winter months, around
85 percent of the suns rays
penetrate clouds, and 85 per-
cent of UV rays reflect through
snow (even though we dont see
much of that here in Greenville).
Dr. Elizabeth Hale of the Cop-
pertone Solar Research Center
offers five tips to help keep
your skin safe this winter:
Protect your Face. While arms
and legs are generally covered
during cool seasons, your face is
one of the only parts of the body
that receives year-round sun
exposure. Choose a broad-spec-
trum sunscreen and apply it to the
face, neck and chest before going
outside to run or do other activi-
ties. Coppertones Oil Free Faces
SPF 30 and Sport Faces SPF 50
products provide protection from
both UVB and UVA rays.
Dont forget the hands. If
you arent wearing gloves, the
skin on your hands is just as
~susceptible to sun damage as
the skin on your face. Smooth-
ing on a sunscreen lotion daily
can help protect the skin from
unintentional damage, helping
to prevent premature aging such
as sun spots and wrinkles and
may help moisturize dry skin.
WINTER page A7
Although summer is over, winter care for skin is just as important.
PHOTOS.COM
ECU to iRock the vote
No matter the genre, music addiction can eu tgk to ae
Face it "youre addicted
RJ WEBB
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
Music has been in existence
since the first caveman carved
a hole in a mammoth bone and
realized its sound was pleasant.
From Mozart to emo rock, music
is the one thing that everyone
in the world seems to have
in common. No one can deny
the overall power music has
on humans.
Some music lovers cant get
enough of it.
But can it be deemed an
addiction? Is too much of a good
thing bad?
Sophomore Leigh Murphy
doesnt seem to think so. _
There is only too much of
the same kind; we need variety.
I am currently listening to Daft
Punk and theres only so much |
of that I can take, because all
their songs sound the same some-
times,? said Murphy. .
With the pressures of school
and work, some turn to music
to relieve stress, if only for
four minutes at a time. With the
advancement of music technol-
ogy, it has become easier to fit
days worth of music into one
small device. The current iPod
Classic.is capable of 120 GB of
storage "roughly 30,000 songs.
This type of technology makes
it easier to escape the world.
around you for extended amounts -
of time. With the storage on
iPods soaring every few months,
eventually you will never have to
leave Narnia.
_ I decided to survey students
on ECUs campus about their
musical tastes.
The average person on
campus listens to one to two
hours of music a day, while those
who consider themselves addicts
listen to four to six hours a day.
Going to concerts is a way
to satisfy the hunger for music;
perhaps, though, it only allows
the addiction to swell.
Going to concerts allows
me to feel a bond with the: band
and the music,? said self-pro-
claimed music addict Morgan
Waltston. It is a form of reju-
venation for me, and going to
a show just makes whatever is
going on in my life disappear for
just a couple hours.?
Music addicts like to feel at
one with the music, making a cer-
tain song or album a description "
_ of their summer or school year.
A song can take them back years
with just the sound of an intro.
Those who' consider
themselves addicts seem to
know and understand thats
it is a life choice and not an :
unbearable disease.
Are you wondering :
if you are a music addict? :
Just.ask-"yourself.-the :
following questions:
Do you feel more at home :
at concert venues than you do :
in your own home?
If your iPod dies, does a
little piece of you die also? |
Have you ever skipped :
class, or considered skipping, :
because you have not made :
the perfect walking playlist
for the day?
Have you ever forgotten to :
eat because the new Coheed :
and Cambria CD goes on sale in :
15 hours?
Is your iTunes bill more
than your electric bill? : }
Answering yes to any of these :
questions can make it safe to :
assume that you are in fact,
addicted to music.
It is important to remem- :
and not even Dr. Drew can
help you.
So enjoy your lifes driving
~ber that there is no cure:
were rcees
force. Create, share and make :
some noise.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
YAZID AL-FAYYAD
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
v
Election day is approaching.
For many students, this
: coming election will be the first
: of which they have actively
: participated in, casting their
first vote towards either of the
: prospective candidates.
The Student Government Asso-
: ciation, in conjunction with the
: College Democrats, College Repub-
; licens and the Resident Hall Associa-
tion is looking to make this voting
experience a smooth one, shedding
light on voting in Greenville.
The initiative is being called
the iRock the Vote,? and will be
held this coming Tuesday, Oct. 28
between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in Todd
Dining hall.
We are looking to encourage.
and show all college-age students,
no matter [their] affiliation, the
importance of voting and having a
voice in every election,? said Brad
Teasley, the SGA Chief of Staff.
Students at iRock the Vote?
will have the opportunity to speak
with politically affiliated clubs
and organizations about state and
local government.
The event will provide stu-
dents with the opportunity to learn
briefly about the stance of prospec-
tive candidates with only a few
days left before the election.
We wanted students to havea
chance to meet and greet with their
Student Government Association
representatives as well as repre-
sentatives from the Residence Hall
Association,? said Wintre Clark,
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iRock the Vote is free for all students to attend.
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
A7
WOMEN continued from A6
roles that can shape decisions made
around them. According to the
Worldwide Guide to Women in
Leadership, 17% of members in
national parliaments worldwide
are women, with Russia possessing
the highest proportion of women
parliamentarians in the world with
a National Assembly comprised of
48.8% women.
Interestingly enough, develop-
ing countries, including Mozam-
bique, Vietnam and Namibia,
have just under 40% of seats in the
lower house of Parliament held by
women. In developed countries,
including the US, women assume
less than 20% of seats. "
I think it is important that
women develop valuable leader-
ship skills necessary to succeed
in todays world,?
tant for the center.
other colleges in North Carolina.?
said Broke: :
Barton, a student leadership assis- :
In todays :
competitive market, women need :
have strong leadership skills and : |
we hope this conference will help :
to develop their skills and allow :
them the opportunity to meet other :
women leaders from ECU and :
THE EAST CAROLINIAN * FEATURES
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2008
~ Universities take action over roommates
For more information on the : |
WILD conference or general infor- :
mation about leadership oppori- :
tunities for all students, contact : _
the Center of Student Leadership : __
and Civic Engagement at (252) : _
737-2091.
This writer can be contacted
at. features@theeastcarolinian.
com
WINTER continued from A6
Youre never above? sun
protection. Whether you are
hiking up mountainous terrain
or speeding down the slopes,
the suns rays become stronger
as altitude increases. According
to the Skin Cancer Foundation,
UV exposure increases 8-10
percent for every. 1,000 feet of
elevation; therefore, choose a
broad-spectrum sunscreen with
a high SPF.
Break a sweat, but make sure
to wear a sunscreen that is sweat
and waterproof. For outdoor
activities that get your adrenaline
and heart pumping, make sure to
wear a sunscreen that can with-
stand your sweat. Coppertone
Sport Faces is formulated to stay
put when you get wet, so your
skin stays protected and lotion
doesnt get in your eyes.
See a dermatologist once a
year for a skin check"no matter
what your age. If detected early,
melanoma can be treatable (sur-
vival rates for patients with early
detection are about 99 percent,
but decrease depending on how
far the melanoma has spread).
However, the sun isnt the only
factor that can affect the skin.
Cold air can always take a toll :
on the skin, leaving it chapped : -
natural oily texture of the skin.
To avoid this, make sure to drink
plenty of fluids to keep the skin
hydrated, along with regularly
moisturizing skin with lotion.
The same is even true with lips,
which can become easily chapped
from the harsh cold. Applying lip
lips cracking or peeling, which
is a common problem for many.
So before bundling up and head-
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When youre going to col-
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While Gaynor said most
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You have to look at those
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the perfect match for each one,?
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Carolyn Bigler, the assistant
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shell frame certain questions in
an indirect way. For example, she
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students nap.
The purpose isnt to tell me
whose napping, but to tell me how
much time they II be in the room,?
she said. One big complaint is
~my roommate is always in the
room, I never have any privacy.
What Im asking is not always
what Im really interested in. I
dont care if you nap.?
- Like at the University of
Richmond, Toni Greenslade-
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hand. But while Richmond gets
less than 3,000 applications each
year, Ohio State gets around 9,200
applications.
Less than one percent
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room change as a result of their
roommate match,? she said.
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Borrowed, 2.5 out of 5
Apart from the interesting
synthesizer progression in the
opening number, Everything is
Borrowed finds The Streets "an
alternative hip-hop artist named
Mike Skinner from Britain "
saying things that have been said
better. Its obvious he doesnt
care too much for right-wing
politics or religion, but even his
bigger statements (The Way of
the Dodo?) only create cringes.
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Taking a break from her main
group, Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis
has decided to take a more rural
route with Acid Tongue, an album
full of folk, southern rock and
even alternative country. Its a
strange transition for sure, but
Lewiss second studio album
may be better than anything
shes done with Rilo Kiley.
After the epic nine-minute New
Messiah,? a series of amazing
moments happen. The rollick-
ing See Fernando? and Jack
Killed Mom,? the piano ballad
Godspeed? topped with upper-
register vocals and the albums
title track, a simple acoustic song
that someone like Neil Young
will have wished he wrote. Acid
Tongue is an amazing statement
by one of rocks more underrated.
female stars.
Keane " Perfect Symmetry,
3 out of 5
Groups like the Killers
brought the new wave back,?
and groups like OK Go made
dorkiness cool. Keane is some-
where in between. They have
fully adopted the cheesy sounds
of the 1980s and are trying
to embrace being quirky, but
still take themselves a little too
seriously. It was passable with
songs like Somewhere Only We
Know,? but when you create an
album driven by synths, trying
to appear noteworthy is difficult.
The energy that Keane has works
for a short while, as Spiralling?
and The Lovers are Losing?
start things off in style. But that
level of energy is hard to obtain
and hard to keep going without
seeming drab, and Keane cant
quite pull it off. If they arent
onto anything altogether ground-
breaking, theyre entertaining...
for a few moments, at least.
Anberlin" New Surrender,
2 out of 5
Emo is a fad. I wish I could
have written was,? but I cant.
Even bands like Fall Out Boy
have begun to back into more pop
and punk influences (as heard
on Infinity On High). Anberlin,
however, stand strong "in the
sense that they havent changed
their sound. If they could get
any louder, they did. If they
could get any faster, they did. If
they could get more annoying...
well, they did that, too. New Sur-
render is a by-the-numbers emo
album chockfull of three-to-four
minute tunes that never amount
to anything more than theyve
already done. Experimentation
into the unknown isnt necessary
to progress as a band; it can be
done in subtle ways. Cranking
the amps to 11? certainly isnt
one of them.
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the director of Student Affairs
for SGA.
In addition to learning how
and where to vote in the city of
Greenville, the first 100 com-
muter students will have their
lunch paid for by the SGA.
According to the U.S. Census
Bureau, approximately 126 million
registered voters took part in the
2004 election, about 89 percent of
registered voters at the time.
Early voting kicked off in
North Carolina on Oct. 16, with
voters having an opportunity to
skip lines on Election Day. For
those not already registered, North
Carolina law allows everyone to
register and vote at the same time
during early voting sites across
the state.
There are six different sites
in Pitt County, including the first
ever site on ECUs campus, at
the Newman Catholic Center on
Tenth Street. Voting at this loca-
tion begins on Friday. All inter-
ested voters must present a form
of identification and proof of
residence in the county in which
they reside.
dRock the Vote? is one pro-
gram in a list of events that will
be occurring over the course of
the year as part of the SGAs
Talk-it-Tuesday initiative. The
program allows members of the
SGA to promote topics and con-
cerns on campus as to better assist
students while giving back to the
student body through giveaways
and prizes.
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271-pound defensive end has
aspirations of one day making
it to the NFL and having the
family of his dreams. We asked
the athlete of the month a few
questions:
Favorite food:
Lasagna
Major:
Communication
In his spare time:
Plays piano
Favorite song on the iPod:
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Playing football since:
He was nine years old
Favorite game this year so
far:
West Virginia
After the game:
Hangs out with the fam
Goals for this season:
To.double what he
accomplished last season
This writer can be contacted at
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ECUADDS
APPALACHIAN
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SCHEDULE
ECU SID
ECU announced Tuesday
that the Pirates have added Appa-
lachian State University to their
2009 football schedule. .
The game, which will be
played Sept. 5 at Dowdy-Fick-
len Stadium in Greenville, will
renew an in-state football rivalry
that covers 77 years. It will
also mark ECUs first match-up
against a Football Championship
Subdivision (FCS), formerly
known as Division I-AA, oppo-
nent since 2001. .
The Mountaineers own a 19-
10 lead in a series that dates back
to 1932, but the two programs
havent met since the Pirates
posted a 38-21 victory over ASU
in Boone on Nov. 3, 1979.
Although this is a single-
game contract with Appalachian
State for the 2009 season only, it
is my hope that this game will be
a springboard for a great in-state
rivalry in the future,? said ECU
director of athletics Terry Hol-
land. The Mountaineers have
proven their ability to compete
against the very best programs in
the area and in the nation.?
Appalachian State, winner of
three consecutive FCS national
championships under coach
Jerry Moore, has also posted
the second-highest combined
win total in the last seven-plus
years among the classifications
-scholarship programs.
In addition, the contest
against the Pirates will continue
a 31-year streak of consecu-
tive Football Bowl Subdivision
STAFF REPORT
THE EAstT CAROLINIAN
ECU running back Jonathan
Williams has been suspended
indefinitely after being arrested
for the second time in the month
of the October and third time in
the past year.
Williams, ECUs leading
rusher, was charged with two
misdemeanor accounts of assault
with a deadly weapon on Tues-
day after turning himself in at
the Pitt County Detention Center,
police said at a press conference
on Wednesday.
A release sent out by the
athletic department on Tuesday
said that any football player
could not return to the team until
cleared by university and athletic
department officials.
Williams, who leads the
Pirates with 380 rushing yards
and five touchdowns, was not
at practice Tuesday or Wednes-
day.
Any player charged with a.
crime will not represent ECU in
any manner until cleared to do
so by the university and athletic
department administrators,?
Holtz said in the release. Our
basic expectation for every
member of our program has
always been that they must earn
the right to represent ECU on
the football field every week and
that they will be held account-
able for their actions on and off
the field.?
{ ECUs Inside Source }
THURSDAY OCTOBER 23, 2008
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ECU SID
Jonathan Williams has been arrested twice in October.
Holtz has declined to elabo-
rate on the situation since Tues-
days release was sent out.
J made a release yester-
day and when it changes from
that release, I will turn and
inform everybody,? he said
after Wednesdays practice. At
this point, its not a day-to-day
manner.?
- Holtz also said that he hasnt
addressed the situation with his
team.
T dont want it to be an ongo-
ing saga, a day-to-day [thing],?
Holtz said on Wednesday. Its
just like if you were to be injured,
you close thé ranks and youve
got to move on. I hate to say that,
but thats kind of where were are
right now.?
ECU will turn to sophomore
Norman Whitley and senior
Brandon Simmons ~for the time
~being. Whitley was the starter in
ECUs last game, rushing for 60
yards on 15 carries in the Pirates
win over Memphis. "
Whitley said that he recently
text messaged Williams for sup-
port. .
I texted Jon and told him
that if he needed anything to give
me a call,? Whitley said. Hes
been my brother since day one,
just like all these guys out. here,
and when something happens
they bond together and get closer
together. Thats what weve been
doing.?
According to the police
report, Williams, 20, was released
ona pe bond and has a court
date scheduled for Nov.,19.
He was also arrested-on Oct.
5 for resisting a public officer
and last April for driving while
intoxicated and underage con- -
sumption of alcohol.
Williams latest arrest stems
from an incident that happened
outside of a North Campus
Crossing apartment building
early Sunday morning.
Police said Douglas Edwards,
a 20-year-old male, and Bailey
Hattem, a 19-year-old female,
were both struck by Williams
with a beer bottle during a con-
frontation outside of a party
around 1:14 a.m. on Sunday.
Hattem was struck on the arm and
Edwards was struck on the neck.
One of the victims identified Wil-
liams as the person who struck
them and both were transported
to the hospital and released for
minor injuries, police said.
Just before the assault on
Edwards and Hattem, a third
victim, Tyler Kelly, 20, was
approached by four men out-
side of the party. Kelly told the
police that he was grabbed by
the four men and when he tried
to defend himself, he was struck
several times in the head with a
beer bottle.
Kelly received thirty stitches
in the head, and police are still
investigating who it was that
struck him, as Kelly could do
not identify the suspect. Police
said the other three suspects are
ARRESTED page B4
McCarthy hopes Pirates continue improvement
KELLEN HOLTZMAN
THE East CAROLINIAN
In his first season at the helm
of ECU mens basketball, coach
Mack McCarthy helped reener-
gize a lifeless program.
Now entering his second
season and first without an
interim? tag, McCarthy is
aiming to take the team a step
closer to its first winning season
since 1996-1997.
Last season the Pirates fin- ©
ished 11-19, but gave fans a
glimpse of the potential the
~ program has with wins over.
N.C. State, Houston and George
Mason.
Were really excited about
the second year of our program
going forward,? said McCarthy |
on Monday. ...Weve got a long
ways to go, but we feel like were
on the right track.. We finished
strong with three wins in our
last four regular season games.
We didnt finish the [Conference
USA] tournament like we wanted
to but we feel like we did make
some positive steps. Now we'll
try to grow on that.
One of the challenges for
McCarthy will be replacing six
outgoing players with five fresh-
men and a transfer walk-on.
Arash of off-season attrition
overshadowed the news that
McCarthy would be retained as
(FBS) opponents on ASUs. ew
schedule that recently has fea- -
tured meetings against N.C. State
(2006), Michigan (2007) and
LSU (2008).
The Pirates have recorded an
all-time 40-2 record against FCS
programs since the classification
was established in 1978, but have
only faced five since 1990--UCF
(1991, 1993), East Tennessee
State (1996), Chattanooga (1998)
and William & Mary (2001).
Head Coach for the next five sea-
sons.. ECU expected to replace
seniors Darrell Jenkins; Cory
Farmer and Taylor Gagnon, but
replacing six players came as a
surprise.
Forward Gabe Blair, one of
the top rebounders in C-USA,
decided to transfer to Wichita
State. John Fields, another low
post presence and talented shot
blocker, will be suiting up for
rival UNC-Wilmington next
We're really excited
about the second year
_ of our program going
forward.?
MACK MCCARTHY
ECU MENS
BASKETBALL COACH
season. Guard Brandon Evans
left the Pirates for the Spartans
of UNC-Greensboro.
Sam Hinnant will be one of.
two seniors, along with James
Legan, expected to pick up the
slack and provide on and off the
court leadership.
Were all on the same page,?
said Hinnant. Last year, we had
some teammates who only cared
about themselves but this year
everybody is worried about the
team and not about their own
individual stats. We just want to
come out and play hard for East
Carolina and not for ourselves.?
|Hinnant emerged as ECUs
most reliable scoring threat last
season averaging 11.0 points per
game and netting 30 points twice,
against N.C. State and Houston.
Hinnant will be the center-
piece of a backcourt that features
his classmate James Legan. Hin-
nant and Legan are the biggest
reason why the Pirates had the
top three-point field goal per-
centage in C-USA last season.
The two combined for nearly
130 total made three-point shots
in 2007-2008.
Im really pleased with
those two guys,? said McCarthy.
Thats going to be critical. If
were going to be good this year,
they dont necessarily have to
have great years statistically, but
theyve got to have great years as
leaders of this basketball team.?
Hinnant and Legan will be
backed up on the wing by sopho-
more Jontae Sherrod and fresh-
men Chris Turner and Chris
Kupets.
Kupets is a combo guard
with a knack for scoring who will
also compete with sophomore
Brock Young at the point guard
position. Turner is a versatile
player who possesses the skill to
become an instant fan-favorite.
Hes a little different from
our other guys who can score in
that he can [score] in a variety of
ways,? McCarthy said of Turner.
He can beat you down the floor, :
HART HOLLOMAN
THE East CAROLINIAN
The ECU baseball team
concluded its fall practice last
week with the Purple-Black
World Series.
This wrapped up the month
long process of getting back into
shape and integrating the new
faces into the squad. The Black
team took the series two games
to one.
The intra-squad, three-game
series: pitted the split-squad
teams against each other for a
doubleheader Thursday and.a
night game on Friday. The scrim-
mages were used to evaluate the
progress of new and returning
players, as well as give the team
an opportunity to play ina game-
like atmosphere.
Weve been playing scrim-
mages like these in practice for a
while, but not at this magnitude,?
Said ECU coach Billy Godwin.
"ASHLEY YARBER ie
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
ECU coach Billy Godwin talks with ECU pitcher Seth Maness.
When they put on the uniform
and come out and the scoreboard
is on, it has a different feel to it,
and it is important to see how
these guys react to that.?
Game one saw a tight finish
when senior Stephen Batts drove
in the winning run with a walk-
ASHLEY YARBER |
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Mack McCarthy addressed the media on Monday.
take you off the dribble, finish
at the rim as well as shoot the
basketball...youre going to see
flashes of brilliance, but the more
we can get him to be consistent,
the more hell contribute right.
off single in the bottom of the
seventh inning. Batts was the
star of the game collecting three
hits, two RBIs and scoring a run
himself to lead the Black team
When they put on the
uniform and come out
and the scoreboard is on,
it has a different feel to
it, and it is important to
see how these guys react
to that.?
- BILLY GODWIN
ECU BASEBALL COACH
to victory in the first game of the
doubleheader 4-3.
In the second game, the
Purple team struck back and took
the second game 7-4 behind a .
Trent Whitehead homer as he
drove in four runs on the day
on two hits. Freshman Corey
Thompson also had a good game
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Replacing three post players
from a team that ranked dead last
in C-USA in rebounding margin
will be no easy task. But the cup-
MCCARTHY page B2
for the Purple team, going two .
for three at the plate with two
RBIs. For the Black team, Ryan
Wood, Trent Ashcraft and Batts
all had solid games, each compil-
ing two hits and combining for
three runs and three RBIs in the
loosing effort.
The final game Friday night
saw the Black team emerge
victorious in the series as they
pummeled the Purple team 9-2
in a rain-shortened game.
Ashcraft drove in five runs
on two hits to single-handedly
lead the Black team to the win.
Sophomore Sthil Sowers
had a good game on the mound
for the Black team, going four
and one-third innings and only
allowing four hits and two runs
to get the win.
After the game, Coach
Godwin spoke about the team
and their progress.
T see a lot of talent, which is
what we knew,? he said. I saw
a lot of good things, even out of
our young guys. Guys swung the
bat well, Trent [Ashcraft] had a
really big hit tonight, which is
good to see and there were just a
lot of positive things to take away
from this.?
BASEBALL page B4
B2: ) iio THE EAST CAROLINIAN ° SPORTS
Week eight: Ranking the Carolinas
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
Record: 5-3
Last Week: Lost vs. LSU, 24-17
Ranking the Carolinas takes a page from the BCS book, and puts
South Carolina at the top despite losing to Georgia last Saturday.
USC has lost to LSU, Georgia and Vanderbilt"all ranked teams,
and all-by a touchdown. Realistically, a 5-3 USC team that has
survived brutal schedule is more attractive than a 5-2 UNC team
with its best win coming against Notre Dame. This ranking is
more about the future than the past. The Gamecocks are headed
in the right direction and finding players on offense; in contrast,
the Heels have lost two of their best players on offense and are .
headed in the opposite direction.
Record: 5-2 hs
Last Week: Lost at Virginia, 16-13
The ghost of Scott Stadium haunted UNC once again last
Saturday, as Virginia extended its home winning streak over the
Heels to 14 with a 16-13 victory. Brandon Tate was the best player
in the ACC. UNC just isnt the same team without him. The good
news is UNC returns home this week to face Boston College, who
just beat Virginia Tech. Logic should tell you that UNC will play
with revenge on its mind, and BC will be playing on a letdown.
Record: 4-2
Last Week: Lost at Maryland, 26-0
Wake Forest losing to Maryland last Saturday wasnt a huge
- shocker, but getting stomped 26-0 was. The Deacons, who were
ranked 21st in the nation, were shutout for the first time in 124
games. They only ran for 73 yards, while allowing 470 yards of
offense to Maryland. Wake quarterback Riley Skinner told the
Associated Press, | dont really know what happened out there. ...
we just did not play good.? Skinner is in the same boat as everyone -
else who follows college football, in reference to understanding
what happened to Wake in this game.
Record: 3-3 |
Last Week: Lost vs. Miami, 49-31
Duke edges out ECU for the fourth spot"suddenly the Blue
Devils 31-3 thrashing of Virginia a couple weeks ago looks better
and better. At the same time, ECUs wins over Virginia Tech and
West Virginia are starting to lose their luster"which keeps Duke
ahead of the Pirates. Against Miami, Duke Jed by 10 points early in
the second half, but the Hurricanes freshman quarterback Jacory
Harris accounted for five touchdowns in the comeback victory.
This game was probably more of a Miami moment than a Duke
letdown, but you have to wonder about the Blue Devils"who have
lost two-straight after starting the season 3-1.
Record: 4-3
Last Week: Won vs. Memphis, 30-10
You have to take the Pirates win over Memphis with a grain
of salt. Yes, ECU needed the win, but saying that Memphis was
playing shorthanded would be quite an understatement. The
Tigers lost their starting quarterback on their first offensive play
of the game, and the backup quarterback shortly after that"and
still led 7-0 and 10-7 at the half. In the second half, ECU took
advantage of a Memphis offense "which was playing with a
walk-on at quarterback"cruising to the 30-10 win. The Pirates
needed this win, but they will also need another one to move up
in these rankings.
MCCARTHY continued aoe BI
Darrius Morrow, a physical 6-
foot-8 freshman, is expected to
fill the void and should see big
minutes this season. Morrow
originally committed to play
for Dave Odom at South Caro-
lina but had a change of heart
following Odoms departure.
ESPN.com ranked the Atlanta
native as the 30?"? best power
forward prospect in the nation.
McCarthy expects the teams
only true center, sophomore
Chad Wynn, to be a much more
formidable force in the post
thanks to along summer spent _
focusing on strength
and conditioning.
Wynn will be joined on the low
blocks by 6-foot-7 sophomore
Daquan Joyner. Joyner should
see his playing time increase
significantly after being used
sparingly last season.
Sophomore Jamar Abrams is
the teams most dynamic re-
turning player and is looking to
capitalize on a promising fresh-
man campaign. Abrams, a natu-
ral small forward, was forced
into the power forward position
last season and is likely to see -
the same duties this year.
Young and Kupets will be
assigned the task of replacing
Darrell Jenkins, C-USAs leader
in assists a Season ago.
Young served as Jenkins
primary backup last year and
gained invaluable experience
in his first season as a Pirate.
McCarthy is counting on Young
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James Legan will be one of two seniors on the roster this season.
to help lead the fast-paced style
he prefers.
They brought me here to
make plays and thats what I
do,? Young said. The way that
were running and the way that
Sam [Hinnant] and James [Le-
gan] are shooting and the way
the big guys are running the
floor, there will be a lot of op-
portunities to play up-tempo.?
ECU will be relying on return-
ing players like Young to help
new players acclimate to the
potentially brutal schedule
awaiting the Pirates.
ECUs home schedule will
be highlighted by visits from
George Mason, VCU, Wake
Forest and Memphis. The Pi-
rates away schedule is equally
as daunting, with visits to
Winthrop, UNCW, N.C. State
and Clemson.
The schedule is really, re-
ally difficult,? said McCarthy.
*,.. Needless to say, weve got
a big challenge ahead of us.
Conference USA as a whole is
a lot better. Weve got to grow
up and grow up quickly.?
Last season, ECU proved it
could compete. This season, the
challenge will be competing on
a consistent basis and turning
that competition into wins.
The Pirates will open the sea-
son at home against Coker on
Nov. 14.
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Godwin also noted the overall
importance of these types of
scrimmages.
T saw some guys step and do
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close to simulating a game as
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