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NATALIE JURGEN
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
TtTs like crack, but juicier... Always
anonymous, Always juicy...? reads the
slogan of the public student gossip site,
Juicy Campus.
For anyone that has ever visited the
site, it is easy to understand how it got its
name: the juicier the post, the better.
-The Web site, which was founded
in August of 2007 by Duke University
graduate Matt Ivester, claims to have the
simple mission of enabling online anony-
mous free speech on college campuses,?
according to an article on CNN.com.
However, the issue of where the line
of free speech is drawn has been popping
up on campuses nationwide.
ECU is listed on the site as one of the
500 Juicy Campuses.? With thousands of
posts with thread titles ranging from stu-
dentsT;full names to Teachers That You
Will Love To Get With,? STD Spreading
Gay Boys!?!? and College Hill Whores,?
Juicy Campus is definitely making waves
within the student community.
While some posts are made in good
fun, a large number of the posts target
specific people, campus organizations,
athletic team members and Greek life
in a malicious manner, which is raising
concern amongst students and adminis-
tration alike.
We have been reviewing the issue,?
ASHLEY YARBER |
said university attorney Donna Payne.
Each situation depends on the particular
set of circumstances involved.?
Payne went on to explain that gossip
' sites are very careful of staying within
the legal parameters and it is extremely
_ difficult to stop such sites.
Thanks to the Communications
Decency Act of 1996, the site is protected
under the statement that, the Internet
people complain about the site, the Attor-
ney General may step in and assist.
Posters believe they are hiding behind
their anonymity, but in reality nothing
is anonymous and if subpoenaed, Juicy
Campus can be forced to provide IP
addresses that trace back to the posters.
Freedom of speech is a qualified
right,? Romary said. You canTt engage
in conduct that is libelous or speech that is
is a unique medium
entitled to the high-
est protection under
the free speech pro-
tections of the First
Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution,?
according to the
Center for Democracy and TechnologyT 5
Web site.
However, students targeted on Juicy
Campus need to be aware that they can
in fact take action against their anony-
mous posters? ~if statements are false or
defamatory.
According to the iecior of Student
Legal Services at ECU, Peter Romary,
the first step in removing a libelous or
defamatory post is to get in touch with
~the site and say that what was posted is
defamatory and ask that it be removed.
Under some circumstances some
posts may be violating criminal law in
North Carolina depending on the intent
of the writer and who the post is directed
? said Romary.
In such cases, a decision may be made
by law enforcement and the Attorney
General can become involved. If enough
ItTs like crack, but juicier...?
JUICY CAMPUS
STUDENT GOSSIP SITE
provoke a violent
response.? :
Students are upset
about the Web site as
well.
Overall itTs a
pretty hostile site,?
said freshmen communication major
Derek Schrader. ItTs nasty what some
people write. I wouldnTt know what to do
if something was posted about me, but I
would try to do something.?
The Attorney General in both Con-
necticut and New Jersey has gotten
involved with issues regarding the site as
well. New Jersey Attorney General, Anne
Milgram, subpoenaed the siteTs records
after contact from concerned parents and
students and Connecticut Attorney Gen-
eral, Richard Blumenthal, has launched
an investigation of the site.
Posters are reminded that their words
have consequences and they need to be
cautious of what they post for thousands
to view.
This writer. may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
criminal or that could
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Obama plans U.S. terror trials
to replace Guantanamo
(AP)
President-elect ObamaTs
advisers. are crafting plans to
close the Guantanamo Bay prison
and prosecute terrorism suspects
in the U.S., a plan that the Bush
administration said Monday was
easier said than done.
Under the plan being crafted
inside ObamaTs camp, some
detainees would be released
and others would be charged in
U.S. courts, where they would
receive constitutional rights and
open trials. But, underscoring
the difficult decisions Obama
~must make to fulfill his pledge of
shutting down Guantanamo, the
plan could require the creation of
a new legal system to handle the
classified information inherent
in some of the most sensitive
cases.
Many of the about 250 Guan-
tanamo detainees are cleared for
release, but the Bush administra-
tion has not able been to find a
country willing to take them.
Advisers participating
directly in the planning spoke on
condition of anonymity because
the plans arenTt final.
The plan being developed by
ObamaTs team has been cham-
pioned by legal scholars from
both political parties. But as
details surfaced Monday, it drew
criticism from Democrats who
oppose creating a new legal
system and from Republicans
who oppose bringing terrorism
suspects to the U.S. mainland.
The move would mark a
sharp change from the Bush
administration, which estab-
lished military tribunals to pros-
ecute detainees at the Navy base
in Cuba and strongly opposes
bringing prisoners to the United
States. At the White House,
spokeswoman Dana Perino said
Monday that President Bush has
faced many challenges in trying
to close the prison.
We've tried very hard to
explain to people how compli-
cated it is. When you pick up
people off the battlefield that
have a terrorist background,
itTs not just so easy to let them
go,? Perino said. These issues
are complicated, and we have
put forward a process that we
think would work in order to put
them on trial through military
tribunals.?
But Obama has been criti-
cal of that process and his legal
advisers said finding an alter-
native will be a top priority.
One of those advisers, Harvard
law professor Laurence Tribe,
acknowledges that bringing
detainees to the U.S. would be
controversial but said it could be
accomplished.
MCT
T think the answer is going
to be, they can be'as securely
guarded on U.S. soil as anywhere
else,? Tribe said. We canTt put
people in a dungeon forever
without processing whether they
deserve to be there.?
The tougher challenge will
be allaying fears by Democrats
who believe the Bush adminis-
trationTs military commissions
were a farce and dislike the idea
of giving detainees anything less
than the full constitutional rights
normally enjoyed by everyone
on U.S. soil.
T think that creating a new
alternative court system in
response to the abject failure
of Guantanamo would be a pro-
found mistake,? Jonathan Hafetz,
an American Civil Liberties
Union attorney who represents
detainees, said Monday. We do
not need anew court system. The
last eight years are a testament to
the problems of trying to create
new systems.?
Senate Judiciary Committee
member John Cornyn, R-Texas,
said it would be a colossal mis-
take to treat terrorism as a mere
crime.?
Tt would be a stunning dis-
appointment if the one of the new
administrationTs first priorities
is to give foreign terror suspects
captured on the battlefield the
same legal rights and protections
as American citizens accused of
crimes,? Cornyn said Monday,
noting that the Senate over-
whelmingly passed a nonbinding
Senate bill last year opposing
bringing detainees to the U.S.
Obama did not vote on that
measure. He has said the civil-
ian and military court-martial
systems provide a framework
for dealing with the terrorists,?
and Tribe said the administra-
tion would look to those venues
before creating a new legal
system. But discussions of what
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Career Center gives students a boost
FATEN HUSNI ODEH
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
he ECU Career Center is
available to help students find
jobs, create resumes and prepare
them for entering the work force
after graduation.
Basically what we do is
transitioning students from a
student to a young professional.
We want students to get jobs
that they want,? says Lindsey .
Bradsher, assistant director for
marketing and job development
at the Career Center.
Bradsher stresses the impor-
tance of students being proactive
before graduation.
It is so important that
[students] come in and get our
services. We want [them] to
be competitive and have an
understanding of what it is to be
proactive.?
The Career Center offers an
online database for students to
view and be able to contact them if
there is a career opportunity avail-
able. Employers also post opportu-
nities for ECU students.
Students need to register
because not only can they look
for jobs, but employers can
search for them. I would at least
register by posting a resume,
because itTs free advertising,?
She said the prime time to
look for jobs on campus is from
the end of one semester to the
beginning of the next.
The best time to look for an
on-campus job is now through
December because some students
graduate,? she said.
Lucas Berrini, senior his-
tory major, took advantage of
Basically its free money. Well, itTs financial aid, but
you donTt have to pay it back,?
LUCAS BERRINI
SENIOR HISTORY MAJOR
said Kristen Etheridge, employer
relationsT specialist at the Career
Center.
When asked about on-campus
jobs and the stress of finding
openings, Etheridge said students
could find one on the Career Con-
nections online database.
an on-campus job opportunity
by working as a lab assistant in
the foreign language lab. Berrini
said that earning money that he
does not have to pay back is one
of the benefits of working on
campus.
Well, itTs financial aid, but you
donTt have to pay it back,? he
said.
By making use of the Federal
Work Study Program, Berrini
does not have to pay off student
loans after college.
[ItTs] one less stress you
have to worry about because itTs
not like a loan you have to pay
back,? he said.
There are many opportunities
made available to assist students
in finding jobs on campus and
preparing students for what
comes after graduation. The
Career Center also provides
assistance on creating resumes,
interview etiquette and where to
look when searching for career
opportunities.
The Career Center is located
in a house at the corner of Jarvis
and Fifth streets. To make an
appointment, call 328-6050.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
post their resumes for employers to Basically its freé money.
The Career Center located on the corner of Fifth and Jarvis Streets.
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a new system would look like
have already started.
An Obama administration
will want to avoid the criti-
cisms that have marked the Bush
administrationTs military com-
missions. Human rights groups
and defense attorneys have con-
demned the commissions for
lax evidence rules and intense
secrecy. Some military prosecu-
tors have even quit in protest.
It would have to be some
sort of hybrid that involves mili-
tary commissions that actually
administer justice rather than just
serve as kangaroo courts,? Tribe
~said. It will have to both be and
appear to be fundamentally fair
in light of the circumstances. I
think people are going to give an
Obama administration the benefit
of the doubt in that regard.?
Some werenTt so sure.
There would be concern
about establishing a completely
new system,? said Rep. Adam
Schiff, D-Calif., a member of the
House Judiciary Committee and
former federal prosecutor who is
aware of the discussions in the
Obama camp. And in the sense
that establishing a regimen of
detention that includes American
citizens and foreign nationals
that takes place on U.S. soil and
departs from the criminal justice
system " trying to establish that
would be very difficult.?
~ Though a hybrid court may
be unpopular, other advisers
and Democrats involved in the
Guantanamo Bay discussions say
Obama has few options.
Prosecuting all detainees
in federal courts raises many
problems. Evidence gathered
through military interrogation
or from intelligence sources
might be thrown out. Defendants
would have the right to confront
witnesses, meaning undercover
CIA officers or terrorist turncoats
might have to take the stand, jeop-
Guantanamo Bay prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
ardizing their cover and reveal-
ing classified intelligence tactics.
That means something dif-
ferent would need to be done if
detainees couldnTt be released or
prosecuted in traditional courts.
Exactly what remains unclear.
1 donTt think we need to
completely reinvent the wheel,
but we need a better tribunal
process that is more transparent,?
Schiff said.
According to three advis-
ers participating in the process,
Obama is expected to propose
a new court system and may:
appoint a committee to decide
how such a court would operate. ,
Some detainees likely would be
~returned to the countries where
they were first captured for fur-
ther detention or rehabilitation.
The rest could probably be pros-
ecuted in U.S. criminal courts,
one adviser said. All spoke on
condition of anonymity to dis-
cuss the ongoing talks, which
have been private.
One challenge will be figur-
ing out what to do with the 90.
or so Yemeni detainees " the
largest group in the prison. The
Bush administration has sought
to negotiate the release of some
of those detainees as part of
a rehabilitation plan with the
Yemeni government. But talks
have so far been fruitless.
Waleed Alshahari, who has
been following Guantanamo
issues for the Yemeni Embassy
in Washington, said the plan
MCT
being discussed by the Obama
team was an improvement
over the current system. But he
said he expects most detainees
to be released rather than stand
trial.
Tf the U.S. ~government has
any evidence against them, they
would try them and put them in
jail,? Alshahari said. But it has-
been obvious they have nothing
against them. That is why they
have not faced trial.?
Whatever Obama decides,
he should move quickly, Tribe
said.
In reality and symbolically,
the idea that we have people in
legal black holes is an extremely
serious black mark,? Tribe said.
Tt has to be dealt with.?
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Cash for grades,
or academic
bribery?
LARA OLIVER
Tue East CAROLINIAN
Personal pan pizzas for finishing books? So
passe. Scholastic Book Fair credits towards books
and prizes? Girl, please. Chuck-E-Cheese tokens?
Get with the times.
These days, itTs cold hard cash the kids want
and schools are getting desperate enough to give
it to them.
ItTs nothing new that AmericaTs public education
system has seen better days. From the No Child Left
Behind Act to lowering graduation requirements in
high school: the schools have been looking high and
low to find a way to energize students and improve
test scores. And schools across the country have
been turning toward cash for grades programs.
Schools in Atlanta, Baltimore and New York
City have all turned toward cash incentives and
some schools in Washington, D.C. even offer credits
that can be turned in for as much as $1,000 at the
end of the school year.
While it may seem like a great way to increase
declining grades in the short term and get your
- school in the news for its ingenuity, is it really teach-
ing kids the importance of delayed gratification?
Growing up, I always felt jealous of the kids that
got paid for their grades. While I was working my
butt off to barely make straight BTs? and getting a,
ThatTs great, try harder and you might get an ~A!??
response at home, a handful of my classmates were
getting up to $50 for each A? they received and
$20 for getting a.C.? :
That is, until I started noticing what happened
to those kids through the years. The $20 for CTs?
Bry»
in elementary school turned into $50 for CTs? in
middle school and. then, once high school came ,;
Why canTt we call our bus line
around, nothing. Know how much the kids started
caring once they stopped being paid for their
grades? Well, I canTt really tell you because every
single kid I knew who got paid for their grades
either got expelled from high school or dropped
out. Turns out, you canTt always fix a problem by
throwing cash at it.
Supporters of these new programs argue that it
teaches kids the monetary value of hard work, but
what about the dangers of instant gratification?
When you teach someone that putting minimal
effort results in immediate results, and that their
schools and government support the system, where
will they learn the value of hard work? Or even
that sometimes you have to wait for the rewards
of your labor? |
And where are we going to get all this money,
anyway? Last time I checked, we were in a bit of
a recession and, if schools have the piles of money
to be handing out cash incentives for grades, why
donTt they improve the facilities and programs to
make school a place kids want to be instead of a
place theyTre paid to go to?
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
JASON M. WALLACE
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
ITm tired of watching pixilated clips of Sat-
urday Night Live? in my free time. I wish that
there was some way that I could keep myself from
missing every new episode of South Park? with-
out watching the reruns later. I have longed to see
some of the Nickelodeon shows from my childhood
again as well.
~It seems that there is a simple solution to the
problem: Put TV shows on the Internet. I donTt see
why the networks keep their programs restricted to
just television. Streaming TV on the Web would be
the sensible idea to draw in more viewers.
I would gladly pay a more expensive Internet
access bill every month ifI could watch my favorite
program anytime I wanted instead of having to pay
a cable bill when.I rarely have a chance to watch -
TV, or the schedule compatibility to catch new
episodes or having to choose between two programs
scheduled at the same time.
Television is a medium of entertainment and
information that will be around forever, but it needs
to be as flexible as the Internet. All the networks
need to put their programs, new and old, on a digital
format and upload them to their own Web sites or
to YouTube channels.
There have been so many times that I hear about
an interesting program, but then learn that ITve
missed the first six episodes. When this happens
I either have to keep my interest level in constant
check until the network runs a recap marathon of
the whole season before the finale or wait until the
season is released on DVD.
Well, when the marathon rolls around I'll be
busy that day as well, and when the seasonTs DVD
is released IT1l probably be saving my money to pay
next monthTs rent and bills, including the worthless
cable bill.
I can listen to any music that has been recorded
since the dawn of audio recording on the Web. »
Netflix allows me to rent movies--new and old--on
-DVD format. I can find articles that are decades
old on different newspaper Web sites. However, I
will never again see segments from 60 Minutes,? -
the seventh Tree House of Horrors? from The
Simpsons? or a one and time only special tribute
to The Who on VH1. ITve essentially paid for all
of these programs with my cable bill, but did not.
have the chance to use them.
The music industry learned that compact discs
werenTt the only medium to sell their product and
they have richly benefited from online music sales.
You would think that the television networks would
have done the same by now.
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Sometimes when ITm walking
to class, I rate people on their
general level of attractiveness
on a.scale of one to five.
Attention to all skateboarders:
You guys are sexy! Keep it up!
To the girl whoTs always getting
it on every night on the eighth
floor of White: Please go to
his house and do it so I can get
some sleep!
Pirate Ships? instead of ECU
Transit?
To the dude who hit that girl at
PBTs on Tuesday night: YOU
ARE A SCUM BAG! ~
And who cares about tomorrow?
Girl, what more is tomorrow
than another day?
Are there any other male veg-
etarians? Or am I alone?
If my plant dies because the
room is at 64 degrees all the
time, ITm going to throw some
of my roommates textbooks in
the dumpster.
Your obsession with Disney
is the reason you donTt have a
boyfriend.
I wear my roommateTs clothes
when he is out of town, just to
cut down on the laundry.
Next time an idea comes to
mind, keep it to yourself.
I love it when someone responds
I donTt know if I should be happy
or sad. I got pulled over by a
cop because I did not look old
enough to drive!
I donTt know how to tell my
roommate that ITd rather gouge
my eyes out with spoons than
live with her again next year.
Thanks for taking my wet clothes
out of the dryer and putting your
own in to dry ... cause you know
I love to wear wet clothes in
the -cold weather. Wow, pretty
ridiculous if you ask me.
I think the reason we are not
allowed to have hamsters in the
dorms is because they like to run
and hide. You canTt find them,
they die and you still canTt find
them ...
Dear neighbor: You DONTT live
here, so if youTre going to be pes-
simistic and an overall downer,
donTt bother coming over. OK,
thanks.
I almost got hit by a car today
while walking through the park-
ing lot because I was reading
my boyfriendTs Pirate Rant that
made the paper!
To my roommate: You are
ALWAYS in the room. Get a
life outside of our dorm room
and give me some space once
in awhile! And stop hogging
our TY!
To the person whose jeans I took
from the Belk dryer: Good luck
getting them back, I already sold
them on eBay!
to a Pirate Rant that probably °
wasn't about them in the first -.
place! Gotta love that guilty
conscience. Ha!
To the girl that said she was
going to have my lovechild: LetTs
get started!
To whoever pooted the stink
bomb in line at the polls: I
WAS there, and apology NOT
accepted. I threw up in my
mouth. Twice. ne
Why does fate give us lemons?
Why canTt she just give us five
bucks?
Where are all the Latinas? I need
some spice in my life!
I hope the student body starts to
drop like the flies on those bug
lamps. I need classes and people
are in my place!
I love the ridiculous state laws.
In one state, itTs against the law
for aman and woman to ride an
ugly horse.
Smile! You're a Pirate!
Do you read the Pirate Rants?
Obviously not! You are still tell-
"ing every professor we have, that
they are sooooo profound. STOP,
itTs so annoying!
Maybe? = Yes. I'll see? = No.
Come to the dark side ... We have
cookies!
Do work!
To the guy who lives above me
at North Campus Crossing: Stop
_. stomping like an elephant and
try to pee a little quieter! ItTs .
- disturbing.
To the 300 people I skipped in
line to get a ticket: It was so
worth it and ITll probably do
it again.
- Why doesnTt rack ~em Willie live
in Greenville? My life would be
complete if I could personally see
him sing Poison Ivy? to me.
My roommate is too incompe-
tent to remember to shut the
front door to our apartment
whenever she leaves. Next time
I walk downstairs and the door
is wide open, ITm going to break
~ her,nose., -
Every time I get to the last page
of Rants I feel like someone
kicked my dog.
To the girl in the computer lab: I
will be there next Tuesday, and I
will ask for your number!
To the artificially tan and blonde
girl in my psychology class: I
just wanted to.let you know ....
you talk too much. The next
time you donTt get the subtle
hints and continue to talk, | am
going to embarrass you in front
of the entire class. I promise.
To the girl at the Lupe concert _
who ITm pretty sure was wearing
flip-flops: ITm the short guy with
spiky hair that stepped on your
feet ... SORRY!
ITm so sick of cleaning up after
my roommates that I peed on
there toothbrushes.
Since Pirate Rants are so anony-
mous: Haha! I did it! I did! I
GOT KETCHUP ON YOUR
CHANEL PURSE and you will
~NEVER KNOW MY NAME!
WZMB 91.3FM Radio is having
a can food drive and a teddy bear
drive from now until December!
Come by the station in Menden-
hallTs basement during business
hours and make someone else
happy this holiday season: with
your generous donation!
_ The two ladies that work in the
hall at the RegistrarTs Office
need to get raises. Those women
are magical!
North Carolina may be blue but
Greenville will always be purple
and gold!
Attention all teachers: Your class
is not my only class and my life
does not revolve around your
class--so please donTt think that
it does.
Burger King has a crown. Taco
Bell needs a sombrero.
- To the girl who doesnTt want to
shave her armpits: Please donTt!
ITm into that sort of thing!
If you donTt stop being such a
~backstabber, I am going to tell
your dad about the abortion you
just got.
Actually, leggings are sexy! Well
... on some girls.
To the girls in the gym that I
always see there around din-
nertime and never in the dining
hall: No wonder why your work
out plan works so well -YOU
NEVER EAT!
To the boy who saw me trip
down the stairs leading up to ©
College Hill: Thank you for
trying to not laugh right in
my face.
To all the ginger boys out there:
_ I think I am in LOVE with you! "
Please tell us the new Pee Dee
was just a big joke. Please ..:
Bush has higher approval rat-
ings than the new Pee Dee in the
Pirate Nation.
Dear Boyfriend, I. know you
read Pirate Rants all the time,
so I just want to let you know:
You told me you loved me. I told
you I was pregnant. Now you're
ignoring my calls. Well, NEWS
FLASH: Get ready to pay child
support for the next 18 years of
your life! "
Fight cancer: JOIN RELAY
FOR LIFE!
I want to go around and take pic-
tures with all the statue pirates
around Greenville. Who wants
to go with?
I have to lock my bedroom door
every time I leave my apartment
because I have this strange feel-
ing my psycho roommate plans
to. go in my room and do some-
thing to my stuff.
Since I have been living in my
apartment--without a job--I
have lost almost 10 pounds
due to the fact that I canTt buy
groceries. we
Whadayaknow! Even Pee Dee
tans!
Do not put my hotdog and fries
in the same tray! Gosh.
LetTs respect
the division
Get rid of religion in Washington
ANDREA ROBERTSON
THE East CAROLINIAN
Religion and politics are two ideas that should:
never intersect; however, we constantly see religion
surfacing in the political arena.
Through the First Amendment of the United
StatesT constitution, we have our religious privi-
leges protected from the government. We have been
given the guarantee that under no circumstances
will the U.S. government take away our right to
practice the faith that we believe to be correct.
If the government can give us this promise, then
the church should stop imposing itself upon the
government!
President-elect Barack Obama received much
opposition from many individuals due to their reli-
gious beliefs. Catholics were instructed that they
shouldnTt vote for him because he is pro-choice.
That view has nothing to do with whether or not
Obama would be an adequate leader;. that view
has everything to do with taking away a womanTs
right to choose.
Citizens were also opposing Obama because of
his Muslim background. In the political arena, we _
never see discrimination against those who lead a
Christian lifestyle, which Obama hds been doing
since the 1980s. So, why is it OK to discriminate .
against someone with a Muslim background? We
are supposed to have a separation of church and
_ state; therefore, religious beliefs shouldnTt even be
brought into the equation.
Take a look at Elizabeth Dole, who tried to :
bring religion into her campaign ads. Her Godless
America? ad against Kay Hagen seriously outraged
me! Regardless of whether Hagen believes in God,
she should not be thought to be an inadequate leader
simply because of this. That is her choice; it is not
the choice of other people to say that she, or anyone
else, should believe a certain thing.
Religion also sticks its nose where it doesnTt
belong with the issue of homosexual commitment
ceremonies. It isnTt right for a religious group to say
that it is wrong for two people to pledge their lives
to each other, especially when the commitment of
two people involves more than religious beliefs
" there is a lot of legal issues involved as well. If
you spend 20 years of your life with someone and
the relationship doesnTt work out, you deserve to
have some kind of legal protection that will allow
you to split things evenly, similar to what takes
place during a divorce.
People should be able to make their own
choices, regardless of what anyone else believes.
God gave us free-will, so the church needs to
acknowledge that, instead of trying to control the
population through control of the government. A
good principle for those who have a problem with
the supposed lack of God in our government is to
teach your children what you believe is right. Stop
trying to dominate the world and concentrate on
your own.
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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{ Campus Scene }
Did you know?
Aries
You may believe that you are willing
to go deeper than usual as you share
your feelings with someone special,
but it may be hard to be anything other
than positive today. This sounds like
a wonderful situation -- and it may
be -- yet there's a downside to it also.
Taurus
An intense person could play a
significant role in your day, and although
you might try to evade him or her at
first, thereTs no need to run. Sure, you
tend to enjoy a simpler approach to
relationships, yet you now have the
chance to form a friendship that can.
open your mind and teach you much
about yourself.
Gemini
The same normal routine of work that
is often boring or even stifling seems to
be just fine with you now. You may even
enjoy yourself while meeting obligations
that you sometimes try to avoid. Make
- up your mind to remember exactly how
you feel today so you can recreate this
positive attitude sometime in the future
when you aren't feeling as cheerful
about things.
Cancer
Your creative energy is running rampant
today, yet itTs up to you to figure out what
to do with it. Whatever you choose to
start, donTt be overly conservative in
your approach. Taking a risk could pay
off beyond your dreams now, so be bold
and daring in the expression of what's in
your heart. DonTt let fear get in the way
of what matters most.
Leo
Others may think they know you, but
today even your close friends and family
might not fully understand how you're
feeling. It's not that you are purposefully
hiding anything, nor are you in a bad
mood. ItTs just that your emotions are
running deeper than anyone realizes
and you don't feel obliged to disclose
something that would make you feel
more vulnerable now.
Virgo
You can score some extra points with
a loved one today, but it wonTt happen
by plotting and calculating your actions.
Unrestrained spontaneity is your key
to being appreciated, so itTs crucial to
simply stay as present as youcaneach_ : : :
~: students, and eventually anyone with an e-mail address.
moment throughout the day.
Libra
You can see what's happening today
from a new and refreshing point of view.
Your original ideas may surprise others
at work because you have temporarily
broken out of the box and seem to be
operating from a unique perspective. If
you have an opinion, don't hold back
for fear of being negatively judged. Do
yourself a favor now and let everyone
know what you are thinking.
Scorpio
You may be determined to add
something new to your daily routine
today, but you could get so obsessed
with this idea that you get stuck in your
own thinking. Accepting guidance from
peers might not be easy for you, yet itTs
a smart strategy at this time. Not only
can they act as catalysts, but they will
also appreciate your willingness to take
their advice into account.
Sagittarius
Even if today means that you must go
back to work, your inner world needn't
shut down. In fact, you can embark on
a spiritual journey now while taking care
of your daily chores or engaging in your
professional activities without anyone
else even realizing it. Be practical and
keep up outward appearances, even
while traveling to distant galaxies in
your mind.
Capricorn
Others marvel at your ability to hold on
to your dreams now, even if your job is
less than ideal. ItTs almost as if only you
can see a Clear and direct path that will
reliably transform you from Cinderella
into the princess of the ball. DonTt let
anyone elseTs negativity get in your way,
for even your most unrealistic bee may
be within reach.
Aquarius
You may need to go head-to-head
with someone at work now in order to
clarify your responsibilities while also
maintaining some of your freedom.
Don't be afraid to be very clear about
what you can do and what is beyond
your ability. Even if you are negotiating
with your boss, rather than a co-worker,
you have a good chance to get what you
need. Just make sure you know when to
back down, if necessary. Nothing will be
gained by pushing too hard.
Pisces
Your self-esteem is high now and you
can be quite eager to take the next
step in whatever work you are doing.
However, someone may rain on your
parade with harsh words or resist your
actions in some way. Fortunately, you
are in a strong enough frame of mind
today that you are able to take criticism
constructively and put it to good use.
The ups and downs
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2008 5
your Facebook
3 Student Derek Schrader browses his Facebook account.
LAKEISHA GOODMAN
Tue East CAROLINIAN
When Shenida Adams first came to ECU, social networking sites were the new it
: thing? to do. To keep up with the latest craze, she immediately took a part in this new
: cyber world.
Tt seems cool to have a Web page that can reflect on my own unique individuality,?
: said Adams.
Among the many social networking sites, Black Planet, MySpace, and others, Face-
: book became the most popular to many students on ECUTs campus. The main appeal was
: that Facebook was exclusively for college students. .
It was a great way to keep in touch with friends who went to different schools,?
Adams said.
However, as Facebook became even more popular, it became open to high school
Lorna Poe, a junior at ECU, initially joined one of the social networking communities
: to keep up with old friends.
While she likes how the sites keep track of all of her friendsT birthdays, Poe is a little
: wary of how open things are.
The mini-feeds [on Facebook] tell way too much,? she said, referring to the list of
individual changes that friends have made on their profiles. These informational updates
: can range from pictures added, relationship status changes and a new blog post.
Potential employers and others who hold authoritative positions are aware of these
: sites, and are doing checks on potential employees or subordinates. Investigative reports
: conducted by CBS News found that about 20 percent of employers typically scan online
: profiles, including pictures on social networking sites. By simply typing in oneTs name on
: Google or other search engines, has made it easier for employers to find these profiles.
Adams has mixed feelings about companies checking the profiles of potential employees.
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NICHOLAS THIGPEN | THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Student couple John Allen Hinds and Shelly Carson share a date.
AKELA YARN
THE East CAROLINIAN
Dating. It can be exciting, awkward and so much more. The rules of dating are so com-
: plex that not even Merriam-Webster could come up with a concrete definition.
But, while various definitions to describe relationships and dating, change between
: generations and individuals, it is still a ritual practiced by almost everyone today.
While each person has their own specific preferences on what to look for in dating
someone, some characteristics of a date-worthy person can involve physical appearance
: and personality.
However, ECU student Antwan Staley looks for a little more in his potential dates.
How a person treats others is a big thing for me; you can always tell this when going
: to a restaurant when you think, ~How does she treat the server?T? said Staley. Of course,
: intelligence is huge too, because you donTt want to be with someone that canTt carry on a
: conversation or someone who does not know what is going on in the world.?
Traditional roles are even favored when asking for dates.
I was raised in the South, and [was] always taught that a gentleman does the asking,
but when asking [he] does it with proper manners,? said student Trey Kriger.
However, the asking part doesnTt always have to start with the guy. While the roles can
: be reversed, fear of being turned down is a reason that both male and female students do
: not ask out the opposite sex.
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STAFF PHOTO | THE EAST CAROLINIAN
People should have their privacy rights, but then again a company shouldnTt want
an employee who reflects the company to have explicit or inappropriate things on their
profile pages,? Adams said.
While many may feel that what is on their profile should not be a problem, under
the USA PATRIOT Act, certain companies have the legal right to search the profiles of
potential employees.
The USA PATRIOT Act, which President George W. Bush signed in 2001 to go into
effect, is aimed to allow law enforcement to go through e-mail, telephone ale and
the like to cut down on the attempts at terrorism.
CNN lists a few DoTs and DonTts to keep in mind the next time you log onto a social
networking site.
e DonTt talk negatively Asie current and/or previous employers. ItTs not a good
thing to do at an actual job interview and itTs definitely not good to post blogs about how
you hate your boss.
» DonTt forget that others can see your friends. Be aware of the posts that your
friends may put on your page. If someoneTs profile name contains explicit language, they
should not be listed as a top friend for potential employees to-see.
e Do clean~ up your profile. DonTt wait until youTve left a job interview to clean
your profile page. Review your pictures and quotes now to see if anything needs to be _
updated or taken off.
e Do join groups. Joining groups are a great way to network. However be careful
of what groups you join. Employers would rather have someone whoTs a part of a group
that reflects hard work and dedication than one that tells how you can hold all of your
liquor.
° In this new day and age, someoneTs profile i isa reflection of who they are, so
be sure to keep it up with care.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
of the dating world
~ NICHOLAS THIGPEN | THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Student couple Molly Long and Derrick Davis have a date at a local bowling alley.
You can never tell if they are interested in you or not, so being asked is easier,? said
student Megan Reavis. ,
But while traditional methods can be used for asking, the actual scene of the date has
changed, according to some students. Opting out of the often traditional dinner and a
movie? night, many prefer to casually interact with one another to get a feel for someoneTs
personality. For some, hanging out? is the informal process of getting to know another
person, while dating can be deemed more intimate and personal.
Hanging out comes just before dating,? said student Chelsea Reich. You go out in
groups, text or talk on the phone. For me, dating is one-on-one with the intentions of hope-
fully becoming serious.T
Aside from the pre-date characteristics and the casual exploration of getting to know
someone, what are the good, bad and ugly scenarios of dating?
Some ECU students describe their experiences, baring the details of good and bad dates
they have been on.
For Staley, the worst kinds of dates are those set up by friends or relatives.
After being set up by his friendTs girlfriend, Staley decided to take his date to a restaurant,
where he found out they would be eating for two, plus one.
My date was pregnant,? Staley said, horrified that his friendTs girlfriend ald. set him
up with a girl expecting a baby. My friend and me just looked at each other like, Why
would she set me up with a pregnant [female]?T?
Even the most obscure or non-traditional dates can be successful. This was true for
ECU student Shemeh Shirbabadi.
DATING page 6
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Class reaches out to global community
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
~Mortenson has built 55 schools in remote areas. like Pakistan.
YAZID AL-FAYYAD
THE EAst CAROLINIAN
An ECU sociology of edu-
cation course has been given
the opportunity to raise aware-
ness and lend a hand to a chari-
table foundation overseas.
The Central Asia Institute foun-
dation was launched by Greg
Mortenson, who set out to climb
PakistanTs K2 Mountain in 1993.
By chance, Mortenson arrived in
the village of Korphe alongside
the mountain and was amazed at
the lack of schooling and educa-
tional institutions for the children
in the region. Mortenson promised
to return and establish schools,
focusing especially on the females
in the provinces. Since then, he
has built 55 schools in remote
areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
TThree Cups of Tea? refers to
the book that Mortenson wrote
in his mission to promote
peace, one school at a time.?
The special topics in the sociol-
ogy of education course, taught
by Caroline Schacht, chose the
Central Asia Institute founda-
tion as a philanthropy for their
DATI NG continued
T went to the airport with the
guy and watched planes take off,?
said Shirbabadi, who also divulges
that while the physical date can.
be successful"there is one deal
breaker. ;
Any comment about sex
between us on the first few dates [is
a deal breaker],? she admits.
But even traditional dates are
still classic for some. Students like
from 5
Kristin Zaharis opt for the standard
dinner date.
TA recent date and I] went to
FinelliTs for dinner and dessert at .
Cold Stone,? said Zaharis. It was
a perfect date, and while I canTt say
thatTs why we continued dating, it
was our first official date.?
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolininan.com.
class to focus on and decided
amongst themselves a method
of raising funds for the Institute.
One of the goals of the sociology
of education course is to increase
awareness of the state of education
in countries around the world,?
said Schacht. It is my hope that .
the story is powerful enough to
motivate [the class] to want to
contribute the efforts of Greg
Mortenson and the Central Asia
Institute to achieve universal liter-
acy and education for all children.?
Students of the class have begun
holding fundraising events in
hopes of garnering attention to
their cause and monetary funds
for the charity as a whole, along
with reaching out to organiza-
tions on campus and around the
community to collect support.
I am humbled at his [Morten-
sonTs] perseverance and dedi-
cation to provide the powerful
gift of education to those less
fortunate,? said Twana Bradley,
a student in the SOCI 4000 class.
Upon the completion of the
course, students will evaluate their
efforts and the efforts of their class-
mates in the project. While their
endeavor will end in December, the
Central Asia Institute will continue
to collect donations indefinitely.
T feel that education really
gives the children choices,?
said Abey Dessie, who is also
enrolled in the class. In some
of the regions where they grow
up, they may have only the Tal-
iban or farming. Through build-
ing schools and offering them
an education, their options increase.?
For information regarding the
class project, students have set up
a Web site describing their efforts
in full at threecupsofteaproject.
org.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Pirates take control of East Division
Most Valuable
Pirate
The Turning Point
Marshall shouldn't have pushed
ECU to overtime Saturday, but
when it did, the Herd couldn't
capitalize. The Pirates forced
Marshall to go three-and-out on
its overtime series and when the
Herd tried for a field goal, kicker
Tyler Warner missed his 42-yard
attempt wide right. ECU then
pat the ball, and just like the
llowing week against UCF, ran
the ball three straight downs to
gel optimal field position for a
en Hartman field goal attempt.
Hartman didnTt disappoint as his
27-yard attempt sailed through
the uprights to give the Pirates
their second straight overtime
win--and most importantly--
breathing room in the Conference
USA East Division race.
- What it Means
With a dramatic overtime victory
over Marshall, ECU finds itself ©
~ in the driver's seat of the East
Division of Conference USA. The
Pirates, who have been so close
_ the last two seasons in clinching
~ the East division, are practically
assured the division title with
technically a two-game lead
over Marshall (since they own
the tiebreaker), with three C-USA
games left. All ECU needs in
order to clinch the East Division
title this upcoming weekend is
a win over Southern Miss and a
Marshall loss to UCF.
ECU wins second
consecutive OT game
-. JARED JACKSON
THE East CAROLINIAN
Ben Hartman did it again.
ECUTs junior kicker boomed
a 27-yard field goal on the
PiratesT first possession of over-
time to defeat Conference USA
East division rival. Marshall,
19-16, in front of ahomecoming
crowd of 43,515--the seventh
largest ever in Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium history.
Hartman also made field
goals from 31, 51 and 21 yards
in the game, but failed to win the
game for the Pirates in regula-
tion when he missed a 42-yarder
wide left,as time expired.
Tt should have been over at
the end of four quarters,? Hart-
man said. Luckily the defense
makes a stand and they missed
a field goal in overtime, and we
win the game,? Hartman said.
Hartman isnTt a stranger to
this situation. His game-winner
came on the heels of making a
39-yarder to beat UCF last week-
end in overtime. The deciding
field goal against the Thundering ~
Herd was also the kickerTs fourth
career game-winner.
Anybody that competes
[knows] you always want the
ball at end of the game to be the
deciding factor,? Hartman said.
Prior to kickoff, ECU intro-
duced a new look for their
mascot, Pee Dee. But once the .
Pirates hit the gridiron, they
resorted back to their effective
game plan that proved to, at
times, overbear the Thundering
Herd.
(This was] a great win for
the program,? ECU coach Skip
Holtz said. This was a big game
as far as what we are trying to do
in the big picture of things and I
was just really proud of the way
the players hung in there; it was
a great team win.?
With the win, ECU has lifted
a huge monkey off its back. The
Pirates now sit in the driverTs
seat of the East Division. The
position is not unfamiliar ter-
ritory for the Pirates, who in
the last two years have blown
a chance at competing in the C-
USA title game with late season
losses to Rice (2006) and Mar-
shall last year.
But with the victory against
the Thundering Herd, the Pirates
have what can technically be
described as a two-game lead.
ECU now owns one more C-USA
victory than Marshall, as well as
the tiebreaker between the two.
Defense was the story of the
day for ECU, as the Pirates were
able to hold the Thundering Herd
to 286 yards of total offense.
On each of MarshallTs first two
drives, ECU freshman corner-
back Emanuel Davis picked off
the HerdTs freshman quarterback
Mark Cann.
Our mindset this week was
to just go out there and play one
play at atime and just get the job
done,? said Davis. Those two
big plays at the beginning of the
game just gave us momentum
and just carried us throughout.?.
Did it ever.
Holtz said SaturdayTs game
was the defenseTs best perfor-
mance of the season. The Pirates
held Cann to 13-of-29 passing
for 137 and two touchdowns,
along with his early intercep-
tions. Marshall ran for 167
yards on the ground behind 36.
carries.
For a while, it seated like
the Thundering Herd would be
denied a touchdown, but they
opened up the second half with
a 10-play scoring drive that
concluded with a Cann 7-yard |
strike to junior tight end Cody
Slate, cutting the ECU lead to
13-9. The HerdTs point after -
attempt failed.
Cann and Slate hooked up
again on a 34-yard touchdown
with 1:21 left in regulation: to
tie the game at 16, which would
be the score at the end of regu-
lation. The Thundering HerdTs
score came after an ECU punt
of 15 yards. .
The ECU offense was effi-
{ ECU's Inside Source }
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2008 7
cient and got the job done once
again, this time with senior quar-
terback Patrick Pinkney leading
the Pirates the whole game.
Pinkney threw for 287 yards
and one touchdown on 26-of-37
passing. PinkneyTs lone touch-
down came with 12 seconds
remaining in the first half, a
5-yard fade pass to senior tight
end Davon Drew that gave ECU
a 13-3 lead at halftime.
It was all about execution,?
~said Pinkney. When you trust in
a receiver, and the receiver trusts
_ in your quarterback, itTs all about
making plays for each other. We
did that [on that play] and it was
a big score for us.?
While Holtz was pleased
-with PinkneyTs performance, he
is still looking for some consis-
tency among the offense.
T thought Patrick played
a great football game,? Holtz
said. He threw some great
passes hanging in there, but I
would like to have an offensive
performance where we put a run-
ning game and a passing game
together to where we can do
some things and turn and score
some points.?
Sophomore Norman Whitley
was the leading rusher for the
Pirates, with 72 yards on the.
ground on 23 attempts.
ECU now must prove it can
handle sitting at the top of the
East Division as it travels to
Hattiesburg, Miss. next week
to take on bitter C-USA rival
Southern Miss.
No team is going to take
us lightly,? Pinkney said. We
just have to take it one week at
a time.?
The bullTs- -eye is placed once
again on ECU, not for, being
the one-time giant killer as it
was to start the season, but for
sitting on top of C-USATs East
Division and creeping toward a
-conference title game berth. The
Pirates surely have a difficult
task on their hands--but history
has never been so close.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
ROBYN CATES | THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Davon Drew (3) catches a touchdown right before halftime.
Opinion: C-USA West is aes
RONNIE WOODWARD
THE East CAROLINIAN
Field goals and defense donTt
win Conference USA champion-
ships. The teams in C-USATs
West Division have figured that
out. The teams in the East are a
little behind the curve, which
was evident at Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium Saturday. T
- In a game that featured the
EastTs two best teams, an aggres-
sive defense and conservative
offense carried ECU to a 19-16
overtime victory.
Ben Hartman kicked four
field goals--including the game-
* winner in the extra period--and
ECUTs defense limited Marshall
to 137 passing yards. It was the
second-straight week that ECU
won with defense and a clutch
field goal, which is rare of most
C-USA games.
The conferenceTs East Divi-
sion is starting to resemble a
conference like the Big Ten,
- something ECU coach Skip
Holtz has adjusted to.
WeTve been going at this the
Big Ten way the last couple of
weeks. You run it, punt it away ©
and count on your defense,?
Holtz said of his teamTs recent
play. WeTve been ready to
win football games 13-10 with
great special teams and great
field position. With some of the
injuries weTve had [on offense], ..
I donTt feel like some of these
younger players have been ready .. .
to be thrown at the wolves and
go at it.?
SaturdayTs game was a battle
for East Division supremacy,
as the two teams entered tied
for first place in the division.
Supremacy for the entire confer-
ence might already be decided,
however. That title currently
belongs to Tulsa, and it will be
very tough for a C-USA East.
team to take that away.
Tulsa, which boasts the "
nationTs top offense, has scored
45 points or more in four of
its five conference games this
season. ECUTs highest point
We've been going at this
the Big Ten way the last
couple of weeks. You run
it, punt it away and count
_ on your defense,?
? ap notes
ECU FOOTBALL HEAD COACH
total of the season has been
30. The PiratesT low-scoring
style has worked against teams
like Marshall and UCF, but itTs
hard to win that way against
~teams from the West--which was :
evident in ECUTs 41-24 loss to
Houston earlier this season.
Despite the contrasting
styles within C-USA, ECUTs
players believe they can win the
conference with defense. |
Defense wins champion-
ships,? said ECU safety Van
Eskridge. I donTt think itTs
any different in Conference
USA. If the defense continues
to play the way weTve been
playing, we should be fine
because we know we have guys
on the other side of the ball
who are going to make plays
~ eventually.?
If ECU is going to be
crowned as C-USATs cham-
pion, it will have to find ways
to score more points. Whatever
team represents the West will be
led by its offense and should be |
able-to control the pace of the
championship game, which will
be played Dec. 6.
The difference in style is
glaring when you break down
the statistics of C-USATs teams.
The top four scoring offenses
in C-USA are all made up of
teams from the West Division,
with Tulsa leading the way at
52 points per game. In scoring
defense, the East claims four of
the first five spots, with ECU in
first at 21.2 points per game.
The problem for the East
~teams is that the teams from the
West haveT found more success
with their style of play.
Defense does win cham-
pionships, but C-USA is the
exception to that rule. The
records of C-USATs teams indi-
cate that teamsT offenses usually
win games. In the West Divi-
sion, four teams currently have
- conference records above .500.
On the other side, only ECU and
Marshall have winning confer-
ence records.
For some reason, the confer-
enceTs best offenses reside in the
West and the conferenceTs best
defenses reside in the East.
In a conference that has been
defined by offense, ITll take the
West.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
KELLEN HOLTZMAN
Tue East CAROLINIAN
The ECU Ice Hockey team
bounced back from a thrashing
from the sticks of ACHA Divi-
sion II powerhouse Kennesaw
State by dismantling Duke on
_ Friday night.
The Pirates (6-4, 3-0). con-
trolled the puck from the. start
-and withstood a brief third "
period rally to win 5-1 and earn "
a season sweep over the Blue »~
well,? said Lipke. Obviously,
penalties are a problem. We
Devils.
ECU coach Mike Markham.
said his teamTs performance
against the Blue Devils. was
one of the best of the young .
season.
We went after them for the
entire game,? he said. Tt was
the first game where we have
played three solid periods. They
kept their mission statement,
which is to play aggressive
hockey.?
The Pirates dominated the
first two periods of play before
Duke finally found the net early
in the third to make it 3-1.
ECU answered when winger
Sean Burns skated around the
net to find Brandon Lipke cut-
ting across the ice to lineup for
a shot. LipkeTs score gave the
Pirates a 4-1 advantage with.
13:04 left to play.
Lipke added another goal
six minutes later, completing an
impressive night for the fresh-
man defenseman.
Qverall, we played really
canTt take as many penalties as
_ we are because we canTt play
-shorthanded so much. We had
ma good effort. We came out to
win.T
é Lipke, a foch ee captain
of his Watchung Hills High
School team in Warren, N.J., is
providing a physical presence
for a defense that continues to
HOCKEY page 8
Hockey rebounds with win over Duke
ECU got back on track with a win in Greenville Friday night.
JESSI BRAXTON |
THE EAST CAROLINIANT
8
ECU. SED
The ECU womenTs soccer
team tasted defeat for the
first time in 13 matches on
Sunday as the Memphis Tigers
won their second consecutive
Conference USA Tournament
Championship with a 4-1 win.
The Pirates fall to 14-4-4 on
the season while Memphis
improves to 15-4-2 overall,
clinching the leagueTs automatic
bid to the NCAA Tournament 1 in
the process.
Senior Madison Keller
scored the PiratesT only goal.
Keller, sophomore Bailey
Wilcox and freshman Jes-
sica Woodward were named
to the All-Tournament Team
for their efforts during the
2008 C-USA WomenTs
Soccer Championship.
To advance to the C-USA
title game, the top-seeded
Pirates defeated Colorado Col-
lege, 2-1, in the first overtime.
That was just a phenome-
nal soccer match,? Head Coach
Rob Donnenwirth said. We
played so well in the first half
but we knew Colorado College
would come out on fire in the
second half. There was.a lot
of end-to-end soccer out there
today and we came out on top. I
am so proud of our ladies.?
ECU possessed the ball
much of the first half, but it
was Colorado College who
broke onto the scoreboard first.
| thought our ladies did a
great job today,?
ROB DONNENWIRTH
ECU SOCCER HEAD COACH
The Tigers won a free kick that
Molly Uyenishi put into the
box. Pirate keeper and senior
Amber Campbell snagged the
rebound initially, but lost it
at. the last second and Lauren
Talbot was there to slot the
ball into the empty net-for a 1-0
Colorado College lead.
However, ECU responded |
right back, winning a corner just
under two minutes later. Junior
Alexis Foltz took the kick and
found Jessica Swanson, who
deflected the ball to Woodward.
HOCKEY continued ae i
recover from the loss of four
seniors last season.
The Pirate defense managed
to kill off every Duke power
. play except one, which was
scored on a 5-on-3 advantage.
For a freshman, Brandon
is really smart,? Markham said.
He has a good sense of the
ice. HeTs got good upper body
strength and when he puts it
all together, he is a dominating
. force.?
A highlight reel goal from
Sam Duehring put ECU up
by three, midway through the
second period. The sophomore
negated DukeTs advantage when
he gained possession at mid-ice
and dangled his way through a
host of Blue Devil defenders
before calmly finishing the
shorthanded goal.
JT didnTt know we were
shorthanded at the time,?T Dueh-
ring said of the play. But then
coach said hold onto it and get
around as many guys as you
- can. I just got lucky. The goalie
cheated to his left side and I put
it by his glove.?
Burns got the puck roll-
ing in the first period for the
Pirates, when he finished off a
backhanded assist from Zach
Moore to make it 1-0.
Freshman forward Chris
Brennan added a goal in the
latter stages of the period off
assists from Dave Orlando and
Donovan Dean.
Markham was pleased to
get a better result after a disap- '
pointing effort in ECUTs 4-2
victory over the Blue Devils
in October.
The win pushes the Pirates
~record against DII opponents to
3-2 on the season, with the two
losses coming against KSU last
weekend. _ :
ECU ran into a buzz saw
when it faced the No. 7 ranked
Owls, who took the first game,
5-1, and followed with an 11-0
victory.
He has a good sense of
the ice. HeTs got good
upper body strength
and when he puts it all
together, he is a domi-
nating force.?
MIKE MARKHAM
ECU HOCKEY HEAD COACH
The Pirates held their own
in the first match and leveled
in the first period on a Burns
score. KSU responded with two
more first period goals and two
more in the second to end any
hopes of a comeback.
We had a rough weekend,?
said Burns. TheyTre a very
strong program and pretty much
exactly where we want to be,
come the end of the season.
We learned a lot from last
weekend.?
-Markham is hoping the les-
sons learned against the Owls
will pay dividends against a
similar caliber DI opponent in
No. 11 ranked Virginia Tech,
which ECU plays on Friday:
The Hokies have not lost since
their opening game agairist Lib-
erty and are currently 9-1.
You have to play the
higher level games,? Markham
said. You have to learn from
your mistakes. The Kennesaw
State game helped this team
immensely.?
The Pirates will host Vir- -
ginia Tech this Friday at 9:30
p.m. before facing Colonial
Division rival Richmond on
Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
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Woodward then powered the
ball into the open left side of the
net to tie the game. The contest
would sit 1-1 at the half.
Colorado College came
out determined in the second
half, just missing on multiple
attempts at the goal. The Pirates
also had their chances, but no
one could convert as the game
went into the extra periods.
ECU opened up its C-USA |
tournament campaign with a 1-0
win over SMU. The win marked
the second ever C-USA tourna-
ment victory for the Pirates.
The Pirates earned a corner
kick with 17 minutes left in
the second half that proved to
pay huge dividends. Foltz took
the kick and found the feet of
_ Wilcox, who poked the ball into
the right corner of the net for the
game-winner and her second
tally of the season.
I thought our ladies did a
great job today,? Donnenwirth
said. Nicole MooreTs early
injury really threw us off in the
back but Amanda Broz did a
fantastic job stepping in for her.
We are pleased with this win
and the opportunity to advance
in the tournament.?
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008
Soccer reaches tournament final, falls short
TRAVIS BARTLETT | THE EAST CAROLINIAN
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