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www.theeastcarolinian.com THE EAST CAROLINIAN Volume 81 Number 59 TUESDAY March 28, 2C06 Campus Living offers free music Service pilot now taking place CLAYTON BAUMAN STAFF WRITERr ECU is offering students and faculty alike an oppor- tunity to download approxi- mately 1.5 million songs free of charge for the remainder of the spring semester. The service, Ruckus, is a downloading tool that allows users to look up available artists and download their music in a legitimate manner. "We wanted to offer this as an alternative to illegal down- loading said Aaron Lucier, Director of Operations and Associate Director of Campus Living. Lucier cited problems such as viruses that are implanted in downloaded files. Also con- sidered a problem is the well- known copyright infringement that many artists have cried out about in recent years. With direct licensing between artists and Ruckus, students are given an easy-to-use opportunity to download music in a legal manner. Featured artists include James Blunt, Fall Out Boy and Nelly, among many others. Currently in its pilot phase, ECU is offering the service to students for free. "If we move beyond the pilot phase, there will be some cost to the university Lucier said. "But we feel it's a cost that is worthwhile to our students, particularly our on-campus students Campus Living will be issu- ing a survey starting in April in an attempt to find out whether or not this service has been worthwhile to students. "If the feedback is positive, ECU Campus Living is com- mitted to adding this service for our students permanently said Lucier. The pilot will be taking place all the way up to the end of the spring semester on May 6. Students living on campus can take part in the pilot for free. Off-campus students can enjoy a free day-long trial sub- scription, but a minimal usage fee will eventually take place. Nevertheless, the service is becoming a popu- lar alternative to the world of downloadable music. For more information and the opportunity to start taking part in the downloading, log on to ruckus.com. This writer can be reached at news@theeastcarolinian. com. delays Microsoft Vista launch for legitimate reasons iBook launch gives Vista more competition BY LEE SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER Microsoft has delayed its much-anticipated launch of its new operating system Vista. The delay has been attributed to glitches and may cost millions in retail sales around Christmas 2006. Vista, which was named Longhorn during its develop- ment, represents a makeover for Windows, especially in regard to sound, networking capabilities and enhanced security features. Analysts know that missing a holiday's annual spending splurge is not good. Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox says, "It's not the optimal situation to be launching the next-generation version of Win- dows right after the big holiday sales season Ithasbeennearlyfiveyearssince Microsoft launched its last major I operating system, Windows XP. Generally Microsoft's own stock doesn't always show a dra- matic increase in price when a new operating system is launched; however, a new operating system is usually a bonanza for PC manu- facturers such as Dell. So the ques- tion is: how will PC manufactur- ers like Dell be hurt by the delay? While the demand for a new operating system is undeniable, some consumers are speculating that this might just be a market- ing ploy to get people who buy a new PC with Windows XP to sell them the upgrade in January 2007 just after the holiday season. Con- sumer James Keynes says, "Could it be that delaying the launch of Vista until after Christmas is just a sassy marketing ploy? It couldn't possibly be that Microsoft wants to sell PCs with the obsolete Windows XP before Christmas and then force users to upgrade to Windows Vista in the New Year? Could it?" Another consumer, David Scherer, says, "I feel that if it where not for the dominance of Microsoft in the industry many manufacturers would have moved away from their software long ago. Many computer makers and retailers rely on the release of new operating systems to enhance their sales potential, as many con- sumers would rather purchase a new computer than upgrade their operating system. This is going to mean a bad sales quarter for computer manufacturers Considering that the original release time for Vista was August 2006, which is not in the holiday season, it seems as though if Microsoft were trying to pull a marketing ploy, it would not make sense. Analysts at the investment bank UBS believe that, "Apple Computer would have greater opportunities to gain market share on account of the delay, since its new line of Intel Macs and its new operation system, Leopard, are expected to be avail- able by 4Q06 So with market share hanging in the balance, why would Microsoft intentionally delay Vista's release? Microsoft would do well to respect the spirited challenge that they face from Apple in the market- place as Microsoft is not invulner- able. Apple's iPods have done very well. Additionally, Apple plans to launch its new iBook laptop in January, thereby giving Vista even more competition in its launch. Apple iBooks will cost more than their Windows- based counterparts, but Apple's strategy is to use its innovation to get a higher price from con- sumers, thereby delicately creating a split in the market between high-end buyers and low-end buyers. However, one analyst believes that Apple will do even better than thatFor Apple, they need a nicely configured $699 notebook to be competitive at the entry level NPD Intelect analyst Stephen Baker said. "They can play up the value of the bundled software and Mac OS X and really have a strong case for consumers to buy their product This writer can be contacted at news@theeastcarolinian.com. SGA Candidates 2006-2007 Ticket 1 Ticket 2 President Ryan Wiggins Class: Junior Major: History Education Affiliated Organizations: Student Government Association - Social Committee Secretary 2004, Social Committee Chair 2004-2005, Screen- ings and Appointments Vice Chair 2004-2005, SGA Select Oversight Secretary 2004-2005, Screenings and Appointments Chair 2005-2006, Constitution Steering Committee 2006; ECU Media Board Chair 2005- 2006; College Republicans; Pi Kappa Alpha - Banner Chair 2004, Campus Organization Chair 2005, Alumni Chair 2004; Ronald McDonald House Volunteers (3 years); Student Pirate Club; Inter Fraternity Council Schol- arshipPhilanthropy Chair 2005. Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: My personal goal if elected as SGA President is to better inform students about Higher One and to get students more involved on the campus of ECU. M. Cole Jones Class: Senior Major: Marketing with a concentration in Health Care Administration Affiliated Organizations: President, Student Government Association; Ex-officio, Board of Trustees; Immediate Past President, Student Athletic Advisory Council; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Alpha Kappa Psi Business Fraternity; Omicron Delta Kappa; Pre-Physical Therapy Club; Co-Founder Legacy Foundation. Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: As the incumbent Student Body President, I look to continue enhancing the total student experience through promoting opportunity, protecting the student wel- fare, and fostering a positive student image. Vice- President Sara R. Spuller Class: Junior Major: CommunicationApparel Merchandising Affiliated Organizations: SGA; Junior Class President; Diversity Week Committee 2005-2006. Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: 1 want to continue work- ing to get students more involved and better prepared for their future. Dana White Class: Junior Major: CommunicationBroadcast Journalism Affiliated Organizations: National Panhellenic Conference - President, Ex-officio Vice President, Ex-officio Delegate; Alpha Delta Pi (2003-2006); Ronald McDonald House Volunteer. Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: Establishing unity throughout the university community by leadership while providing an active voice by embracing equal opportunity through the views of the entire student body. Treasurer Charles Ryan Owens Class: Junior Major: Political Science Affiliated Organizations: Student Government Association - Senate Appropriations Committee Co-chair, Senate Oversight Committee, Con- stitution Steering Committee, Charter member of Shipmates Program; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Sigma Alpha; Elite Pirate Finalist; March of Dimes Volunteer; American Heart Association Heart Walk Volunteer; College Democrats; Greenville Junior Cotillion Marshall. Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: I wish to work with the student organizations on the funding process, making it more stream- lined, using my in-depth knowledge and first hand experience with the funding process as it stands now, gained from serving as the of Co-Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Chris A. Welch Class: Junior Major: Accounting Affiliated Organizations: Sigma Alpha Epsilon - President, Ex-offi- cio Executive Treasurer, Ex-officio Alumni Relations Chairman, North Carolina - Province Omicron Constitution Revision Committee, Col- lege Republicans, Children's Miracle Network and Adopt-a-Highway Volunteer Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: To continue the prog- ress Student Government has made through involving the entire student body and embracing the financial needs of all organizations while adhering to strict fiscal responsibility, principally by being available and taking proactive measures. Secretary Sarah L Riggs Class: Sophomore Major: Child Development and Family Relations Affiliated Organizations: Delta Zeta Sorority - Vice President, Secre- tary, & Fund Raising Chair; College Republicans, Public Relations Director - SGA; Spring Break Hurricane Relief Trip; Operation Smile Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: Work to improve the safety of students on and around ECU's campus, as well as actively motivate more students to become involved and harness their leader- ship abilities. Kerl Brockett Class: Sophomore Major: Child Life Affiliated Organizations: Student Government Association - Sopho- more Class President; National Society of Collegiate Scholars; East Carolina University's Women's choir; Intramural sports; University Ath- letics Committee; Hospital Volunteer; Girl Scout Adult Mentor; Ronald McDonald House Volunteer Main thing you want to accomplish if elected: Through my experi- ence as Sophomore Class President, if elected, I will continue to promote overall student experience by being visible and accessible. In addition, 1 will maintain a great deal of professionalism in the recording of vital Student Government documents. i INSIDE I News: A2 I Classifieds: A101 Opinion: A4 I Student Life: A5 I Sports: A8 Page A2 news@theeastcarolinian.com 252,328.6366 NEWS RACHEL KING News Editor CLAIRE MURPHY Assistant News Editor TUESDAY March 28, 2006 Announcements: Cultural Outreach season Thursday. Sept. 1, 2005 until Saturday, April 1,2006 The Cultural Outreach Office provides professional performing arts programs with two series: The S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series and Family Fare. Subscriptions for the 2005-2006 seasons of both series are currently on sale. The S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series, ECU'S flagship performing arts series, annually presents a season of nine of the world's top orchestras, ballet companies, jazz artists, soloists, modem dance ensembles, Broadway shows, opera companies, chamber ensembles and pop artists. The Family Fare Series features kid-centered cultural excursions for the entire family. This series features four curriculum-based performances by the nation's finest young-audience touring companies. For more information, contact 328-4788 or 1-800-ECU-ARTS or ecu.eduecuarts.com. ECU English Department Graduate Reading Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. Willis Building, First and Reade Streets, ECU Graduates of ECU'S Creative Writing program will hold a free reading. Contact Alex Albright at 328-4876 for more information. Lecture: Thomas Harriot Voyages of Discovery Thursday. March 30 at 7:30 p.m. at Hendrix Auditorium, Mendenhall Student Center Robert Fox, a history of science professor at Oxford University, will inaugurate ECU'S new Thomas Harriot Voyages of Discovery" Lecture Series. Dr. Fox's lecture will discuss the life of Sir Thomas Harriot, for whom the Harriot College is named The lecture is free and open to the public and is part of ECU'S Founders Week activities. Contact Denise Miller, Harriot College, at 328-6249 or email millerde@ecu.edu for more information ECU Youth Arts Festival 2006 Saturday, April 1 on ECU campus mall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ECU'S Youth Arts Festival will feature more than 100 visual and performing artists who will share their creative talents with area children. Children will have the opportunity to create art and visit with artists who will demonstrate activities such as wheel thrown ceramics, traditional watercolor painting, weaving, felting, paper-making, printmaking, portraiture and other visual art media. Featured visual artists will come from surrounding states, North Carolina and from ECU'S School of Art and Design. Contact Dindy Reich at reichd ecu. edu or 328-5749 or Richard Tichich at tichichr@ecu.edu or 328-5481. Night of the Rising Stars Saturday, April 1 at 6:30 p.m. in Greenville Convention Center A fundraising event featuring cocktails, dinner and performances benefiting the School of Theatre and Dance Scholarship Fund. Tickets are $60 per person with a Cash Bar. Tickets may be purchased by calling the School of Theatre and Dance BcaCffiat327-6829oronline at ECUARTS.com. Ticket Required Japan League Meets on Thursdays from 5 - 9 p.m. in Bate 1010. The ECU Japan League offers historical andor artistic Japanese films, television programs and anime. It also plans yearly study tours to Kyoto in conjunction with the History Department. For more information please visit their Web site at jl.patternblue.net. Simple pleasures for troops From March 27-31, the ECU Ambassadors and Give2theTroops will be collecting items to send to troops overseas Collection boxes will be placed outside of West End, Wright Place, Mendenhall and Todd Dining Halls. Students can bring non- perishable items to these locations. Food items accepted for donation include Slim Jims, Fruit-Roll Ups, Ramen Noodles and drink mixes like Kool-Aid, among many others. The troops also need hand sanitizer, eye drops, travel-sized toiletries, lip balm and more. Students can use OneCards to purchase items to donate. Contact ECU Ambassadors for more information at 328-5557 No hotel samples, please. State Jewish population growing In Southeastern N.C. WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) - When Marv and Esther Eisenstein moved to St. James Plantation in Brunswick County four years ago, the Jewish couple felt a void in their lives, a loneliness. "We needed haymisha. That's Yiddish for 'to feel at home, a friendliness at home Marv Eisenstein said. So he started looking for fellow Jews in the area, and through word of mouth he developed a group of about 100 members. They meet for informal parties three or four times a year for Passover Seder, for a Hanukkah celebration and for other occasions. "There are certain times when you want to be with brethren he added, "like when you are sick or when someone dies to help relatives say the Aramaic mourner's prayer or Kaddish following a funeral. Rabbi Robert Waxman, spiritual leader at B'Nai Israel Synagogue in Wilmington, said he believes he's seeing an increase in synagogue participation as well as more Jews moving to an area already in the midst of a population boom. To draw more retirees who don't want to drive after dark for Temple of Israel's Friday night services, Rabbi Romer recently added a Saturday morning service. "There probably would be enough Jews in this area to start a synagogue. The question is would they want to. Synagogues have started with fewer members than this he said. "But no one wants to start a second career as a rabbi. One day, somebody's going to see that they've got a huge influx of Jews here and start an outreach. But it's not going to be us Four-legged fire Investigator has a nose for arson NANTAHALA, N.C. (AP) - Sgt. Don Willis strapped a bag full of dog food to his waist and called his partner out of the back of the Macon County Sheriff's Office crime scene truck. Chriotine, a black Labrador retriever trained to detect fuels used in arsons, hopped out and immediately went to work. "Seek Willis said with a gentle tone of voice. The pair made a sweep of a small building that had burned the night before off Wayah Road but found nothing. Had there been fuel in the smoldering rubble, Christine would have indicated the spot by sitting. In an arson investigation, her nose would save Willis hours of work and could mean the difference between finding fuel residue and missing it altogether. The dog, worth about $10,000 including training costs, is a luxury for Macon County and Western North Carolina. When Willis left the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms training school last year with Christine, there were only 71 similar ATF teams nationwide. Christine is the only arson dog in the western part of the state. From firefighter to investigator, Willis got his start as a firefighter and as the Macon County fire marshal. The training is called imprinting. The dogs are fed after smelling petroleum odor. They are then taught to sit after smelling the odor for a food reward. They are taught to ignore other scents by using distracters, or materials commonly found in fires. She won't leave the job completely. Christine will still have a place in the back of the crime scene truck. "She'll still ride with me he said. National Immigration debate heating up In Senate WASHINGTON (AP) - Founded by immigrants and praised as a haven for the oppressed, the United States now is struggling to decide the fate of as many as 12 million people living in the country illegally. The Senate takes up the emotional debate on the heels of weekend rallies that drew hundreds of thousands of people protesting attempts to toughen laws against Immigrants. On Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee takes up the issue and Bush headlines a naturalization ceremony for 30 new citizens at Constitution Hall. Demonstrations are planned near the Capitol, including a prayer service with immigration advocates and clergy who plan to wear handcuffs to demonstrate the criminalization of immigration violations. "If they're prepared to work to become American citizens in the long line traditionally of immigrants who have helped make this country, we can have both a nation of laws and a welcoming nation of workers who do some very, very important jobs for our economy Specter said Sunday on ABC's "This Week Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn has said that whether or not a bill gets out of the Judiciary Committee, he is opening two weeks of debate on the issue Tuesday. He has offered a plan that would tighten borders, add Border Patrol agents and punish employers who hire illegal immigrants because he says the most important concern is improving national security in an age of terrorism. His bill sidesteps the question of temporary work permits, but he has said he's open to the idea. If the Senate can agree on the bill, the work won't be over to get legislation to Bush's desk to become a law. The House passed a bill last year that increases penalties for illegal immigration activities, requires employers to verify the legal status of their employees and provides $2.2 billion for a seven-mile wall across the border. But it did not address the guest worker issue. Washington Opera's "Das Rhelngold" moves Wagnerian myth to America WASHINGTON (AP) - Those giants, gods, dwarves and Rhinemaldens who populate Wagner's Das Hiieingold have taken up residence in the nation's capital - an appropriate venue for an opera whose subject is the lust for power. What's more, in the production by the Washington National Opera that premiered Saturday night at the Kennedy Center, the characters look a lot more like figures from American history than creatures out of Germanic myth. It's the opening installment in a four- year project by director Francesca Zambello and her production team to stage an American Ring, a kind of homegrown version of Wagner's epic Der Ring des Nibelungen. Alberich the dwarf is first seen as a '49er panning for gold along the Colorado River, and the Rhinemaidens who torment him are ladies of easy virtue cavorting on a wooden sluice. (The gold he steals from them is here in the shape of a patchwork quilt.) Fast forward to Scene II, and Wotan, the king of the gods, has become a Gatsby-like gentleman from the 1920s decked out in white suit with fedora, waiting to move his family into their new mansion (Walhalla). Scene III takes us to the underground realm where Alberich, newly empowered by the ring he has fashioned from the gold, whips his minions like a Simon Legree overseer. Finally, in Scene IV, the earth goddess Erda is dressed in Native American costume as she arrives to warn Wotan to relinquish the ring, which he has by now in turn stolen from Alberich. Plans call for the three remaining operas to be introduced over the next three years, with performances of the entire Ring cycle In the fall of 2009. The production will then be shared with the San Francisco Opera, which is co-producing the project. Next up is Die Walkuere, which is to include in its cast the WNO's general director, Placido Domingo, in the tenor role of Siegmund. International Iraqi police say 30 bodies, most beheaded, found north of Baghdad BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraqi forces found 30 bodies, most beheaded, near a village north of Baghdad on Sunday, in one of the bloodiest episodes in a cycle of apparent sectarian killings. Police said the bodies were found after police and soldiers were dispatched to respond to a report of killings in Mullah Eld, a village near the town of Buhriz, a former stronghold of ex-President Saddam Hussein's Baath Party about 35 miles north of Baghdad. Authorities gave no immediate information on the identities of the victims or on who may have been responsible. The dead were being transferred to a morgue in Baghdad, police 1st Lt. Thaer Mahmoud said. Brig. Saman Talabani, an Iraqi army commander, said earlier that villagers had reported the corpses and he sent a battalion of soldiers to join a team from Diyala hospital to investigate. A military officer, who asked not to be identified because he was not authorized to speak, said later that soldiers turned back from the scene, fearing an ambush. The search team apparently did continue later, however, and discovered the bodies. Iraq has seen an explosion of sectarian violence between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, including such secretive killings, since the Feb. 22 bombing of a Shiite shrine in Samarra, a predominantly Sunni city, 60 miles north of Baghdad. The Sunnis who dominate the area north of Baghdad were fervent supporters of Saddam, whose Sunni- led regime ruled Iraq for decades and brutally oppressed majority Shiite Muslims and minority Kurds. Parties in Merkel's 'grand coalition' on course to win German state elections BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives and their Social Democrat coalition partners were on course to win three state elections Sunday in the first electoral test since they took office in November. Merkel's Christian Democrats were set for victory in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Saxony-Anhalt states, while the Social Democrats were ahead in Rhineland-Palatinate, exit polls for ARD and ZDF television showed. According to ARD, the Christian Democrats won about 45 percent of the vote in prosperous Baden- Wuerttemberg, the largest of the three states and home to major industrial firms such as DaimlerChrysler AG and Porsche AG. That might be enough to secure an absolute majority and let the party drop their Free Democrat partners. In eastern Saxony-Anhalt, the Christian Democrats had about 37 percent, but their Free Democrat partners had only 7 percent, leaving the Social Democrats poised to replace them in a "grand coalition" mirroring Merkel's federal government in Berlin. Joined in a "grand coalition" at the federal level, Merkel's Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats have avoided their traditional all-out rivalry. The parties have shelved their biggest policy differences until after the ballot and engaged instead in low-intensity sniping over issues such as education, Immigration and the recovering economy. Merkel's pragmatic, consensual approach and a flurry of well- received foreign trips have sent her approval ratings soaring since she took office. SGA legislation, programs, events discussed at meeting ANTIEAU Highlights include second reading of the Code of Conduct KIMBERLY BELLAMY STAFF WRITER The SGA addressed objections mentioned at the first reading of the Code of Conduct at the second reading of the legisla- tion. Mary Louise Antieau, associ- ate vice chancellor, spoke to the SGA members about the reasons for revising the document and encouraged them to make rec- ommendations to the chancellor about in additional things they would like to see changed about Professor gathering (KRT) For a man who had spent a lifetime researching sharks, what Samuel Gruber saw diving four years ago off the Jupiter Inlet was noth- ing short of a religious experience. About 100 adult lemon sharks hovered over the ocean floor in about 90 feet of water. Throughout his 40-plus-year career, Gruber had seen maybe 15 or 20 adult lemon sharks, distin- guished by their yellowish brown tint and dual dorsal fins. "In one day, I saw more adults by a power of five than 1 have in my whole career said Gruber, 67, who has visited the site between Decem- ber and March every year since. Nowhere else in the world does such a phenomenon exist, Gruber said. And Gruber, among the world's leading authorities on sharks, has been trying to answer a simple question: What brings them here? Gruber's initial theory is that female sharks are emitting chemi- cal signals called pheromones that attract male sharks. But why they've chosen this particular spot to con- the document. The reasons for revising the document include the confusion about some of the sections of the document such as the review process. Other reasons mentioned nclude adding clearer defini- tions of the words In the docu- ment, modifications concerning case law and modifying the lan- guage of the document. Students are encouraged to attend the input session that will be held on Wednesday afternoon to give their opinion on the docu- ment. The third reading of the legislation will be next Monday. Junior class representatives spoke about the programs that they have successfully organized and events that are coming up in the future. One of the main programs that these representatives have accomplished organizing are junior seminars, which empha- size networking, resume-building and other career building factors. A seminar will be held on Tuesday, March 28, at 3:30 p.m. in Bate 1030. The seminar is entitled, "Now I Have a Job, So What?" Brandon Brake of Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society addressed his fellow senators about an organization called Give to the Troops. The organization is the only branch in North Carolina. This organization collects various toiletries and other neces- sities to send to soldiers in Iraq. Brake spoke about the group to encourage others to volunteer their time to help put together the care packages to send the troops. Brake wanted to remind everyone that this has nothing to do with political affiliation and to discourage people from thinking that this matter doesn't concern them. Another volunteer oppor- tunity mentioned was Service North Carolina. Volunteers are needed to sit in Wright Circle to watch the recycling bins that will be in that area to encourage students to recycle. Ben Wyche, speaker of the senate, proposed a graduate student committee. This would allow better representation of this demographic in SGA. The topics of including non- traditional students in the com- mittee and the issue of time came up when discussing the details the committee. Ken Robol and Ryan Snyder spoke about the publication of the school yearbook, The Buccaneer. The informed everyone about the recently reduced prices of advertisements in the book and to encourage organizations to take group pictures. This writer may be contacted at newstheeastcarolinian. com. nU'W'HHH" RR"iHi"WHiw 3 Your headquarters for NCAA College Hoops I Action & March Madness Action S Texas Hold'erh Tournament Every Thursday! 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They congregate in nurseries in bays or lagoons. They prefer the safety and plentiful food supplies at mangroves and in warm shallow waters, such as those at the Bimlni Biological Field Sta- tion, about 50 miles east of Miami, which Gruber owns and runs. Thomas Harriot: Renaissance Scientist presented by Robert Fox Professor of the History of Science, University of Oxford and Fellow ofLinacre College Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:30 PM Hendrix Theatre at Mendenhall Student Center East Carolina University PjHung li il. ctnil i, jnibblr , , Allial Hallh Lm a, iIr Chaflci Blvd. .nd Greenville Nvd. Shuulc tnoci mil m Iwvmn ilir (wrium !l and M. mk-nlull tmni thJO . 10:30 PM. : Fax OPINIO Page A3 editor@theeastcarolinian.com 252.328.9238 JENNIFER L HOBBS Editor in Chief TUESDAY March 28,2006 Our View It's time to vote, so do it It's Student Government election time again, and with that I'd like to say a few words on "going with the flow Sometimes, it can be easier to make the choice that is more con- venient, the choice that a friend makes, or the choice that's shoved at your face in the form of a flyer. However, do not make that mistake. Every student on this campus has the right to vote. I encourage each of you to do so and do it for the right reasons. N.C. State University's SGA elections were indefinitely postponed Sunday night due to con- flicts between the university administration and a problem they have with the actual voting ballot. The ballot contained the names of part-time students running for office after Vice Chancellor Tom Stafford sent a memo prohibiting part-time students to run for SGA offices. This conflict is going to keep N.C. State from electing SGA officers until, well, no one knows. Some members of the Wolfpack say that the administration has overstepped its bounds; the Vice Chancellor, who shut down the voting site, said that he acted in accordance with the Student Body Constitution. Although initially it may not seem as though this is a "big deal we all have to realize that we're truly very lucky simply to be able to exer- cise our rights as voters. Each SGA ticket this spring has a platform that students care about and people running for office that, I hope and trust, have given a great deal of thought to their offices and responsibilities and how to best serve the students. On the front page of TEC today, there is a short biography and photo of each candidate. Take a minute to take a look. See who's involved; decide what you want for ECU, but most of all, vote. Our Staff Jennifer L Hobbs Editor in Chief Rachel King Claire Murphy News Editor Asst. News Editor Carolyn Scandura Kristin Murnane Features Editor Asst. Features Editor Brandon Hughes Asst Sports Editor April Barnes Asst. Copy Editor Rachael Lotter Asst Photo Editor Tony Zoppo Sports Editor Sarah Bell Head Copy Editor Herb Sneed Photo Editor Alexander Marciniak Dustin Jones Web Editor Asst Web Editor Edward McKim Production Manager Newsroom 252.328.9238 Fax 252.328.9143 HlLCA VOW5 To f3Ucc piuu (VMNJAU-HNfr Wue&AlJ fMvM&ftANT5j Pirate Rant Opinion Columnist Guest writer from NO State speaks about alcohol NCSU is alcohol ANDREW PAYNE TECHNICIAN NCSU COPYRIGHT 2006 Printed: 21306 The road to Witherspoon continues. Many readers have asked, "Are you really running for student body president?" My response, "Of course, if it is printed in the newspaper it must be true Last time 1 touched on the issue of alcohol equity. Alcohol equity is the notion that students should be treated equal in the application of University policies and regulations. Even though current rules on the prohibition of alcohol consumption at Wolf- pack athletic events is applicable to all people, the University ignores the privileged few who own luxury suites and boxes. Even the rule makers - the N.C. State University Board of Trustees and the RBC Center's Centennial Authority - are guilty of violating alcohol policies. Students and the other lowly fans must use covert tactics to drink alcohol during games while the ruling class sips on their gin and tonics while mock- ing the rules. Alcohol is NCSU. Now no one else will admit that, especially administrators, but it is true. Can you think of a major campift event that doesn't involve alcohol? Sporting events? Well, we already know the answer to that one. Think of all the major campus social events the University shut down because of alcohol: The annual Brent Road block party; Delta Sig's annual charitable event Lawn Party; and, of course, Campout. Last week Technician reporter Kasey Butler wrote a story titled "Campout draws small crowd chronicling the downfall of the popular campus tradition. "More than 5,000 students inhabited hundreds of tents pitched from the intersection of Dunn Avenue and Pullen Road to the Tri-Towers and beyond. Alcohol was abun- dant and the night was going smoothly. Then word started spreading that the amount of stu- dents present had far exceeded the availability of tickets Couches were burned. Beer cans were thrown. A police officer was injured. That was the scene six years ago when the tradition of Campout was forever changed by one night of debauchery What was missing from the report? The Department of Ath- letics lied about the number of tickets available to the student body. That athletics director is no longer at this university. Public Safety, now known as Campus Police, failed to provide an adequate number of officers to handle the large crowd. The University's actions, or inac- tions, were the trigger events that ultimately lead to the end of the Campout tradition. Yet the University took no responsibility for what happened that night and blamed the entire incident on drunken students. I go back to what I said ear- lier - NCSU is alcohol. Can you remember a major news event involving NCSU that didn't have alcohol involved? Remember the Facebook scandal and the tailgate shootings. In response to the shootings, Chancellor James Oblinger has formed a taskforce to explore changing tailgate regulations. Will they ban alco- hol from the tailgating areas? Whatever changes do occur, they are likely to focus primarily on students and provide exemptions for influential alumni and luxury box owners. One of the problems with the University's alcohol policy is it sends mixed messages. Certain groups of students are "better" than others. Did you know drink- ing is permitted at the College of Design's annual Halloween Party on East Campus? Yet the University denies other student organizations the ability to have alcohol at their events. What makes a design student any better than anyone else? I don't want it to come across that I am advocating alcohol use on campus. Quite the contrary. 1 just want consistent application of alcohol policies to all mem- bers and classes of the campus community. I also want to the University to take some respon- sibility when it screws up and stops using student alcohol use as a scapegoat. Now for the political message - elect me as your next student body president and 1 will put an end to the University's racist, anti-student alcohol policies. Contact Andrew Payne at viewpoint@technicianonline.com. Advertising 252.328.9245 Serving ECU since 1925, TEC prints 9,000 copies every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday during the regular academic year and 5,000 on Wednesdays during the summer "Our View" is the opinion of the editorial board and is written by editorial board members. TEC welcomes letters to the editor which are limited to 250 words (which may be edited for decency or brevity). We reserve the right to edit or reject letters and all letters must be signed and include a telephone number Letters may be sent via e-mail to edtor@theeastcarolinian.com or to The East Carolinian, SetfHelp Building, Greenville, NC 27858- 4353. Call 252-328-9238 for more information. One copy of TEC is free, each additional copy is $1. In My Opinion (KRT) If there's anything scarier than a black box warn- ing slapped on the side of your prescription drug package, it's a black box warning slapped on the side of your 12-year-old's prescription drug package. Parents were understand- ably alarmed last month when a U.S. Food and Drug Admin- istration advisory committee recommended such a warning on Ritalin and other stimulants used to treat attention deficit hyperac- tivity disorder in children. The black box - named for the ominous black border that surrounds the text of the warn- ing - is the strongest label the FDA requires, reserved for drugs whose potential side effects are serious enough to warrant second thoughts about risks vs. benefits. So a sigh of relief is in order after a second FDA committee decided this week that Ritalin and Its cousins, Adderall and Strattera, didn't need such a seri- ous warning after all. What they need is an accurate but measured warning, in plain English. The FDA says it will likely adopt the second recommendation. The drugs, prescribed last year to more than 3 million young- sters in the U.S can cause cardio- vascular problems in adults and children. There have also been reports of hallucinations, usually involving snakes, insects and other creepy crawlies, but so far no true link has been established. Those rare side-effects are cause for concern, but not alarm. The FDA's pediatric advisory panel decided the drugs didn't need a tougher warning - just a clearer one. That means explain- ing the possible side-effects in understandable terms, counsel- ing parents to watch for them and encouraging them to talk to their doctors about halting treat- ment, if necessary. In October 2004, the FDA ordered black box warnings on antidepressants, warning that they might increase the risk of suicidal behavior in children and teenagers. Since then, many of the parents of such troubled youngsters have been paralyzed by competing dangers: Should they leave their kids on the drugs and risk the side-effects? Or give up the drugs and risk the con- sequences of untreated mental illness? For those parents, there are no easy answers. In the case of stimulants, though, mental-health experts argued that leaving ADHD untreated could cause more harm than the potential for side-effects. Millions of families who despaired of a normal life or education for their child have been rescued by Ritalin. That doesn't mean the red flags can be ignored. Children taking the drugs should be monitored closely, and the FDA should con- tinue to study the risks. For now, though, the FDA's non-alarmist tone seems to hit the right note. (KRT) The jobless rate in France hovers around 10 per- cent. It's more than double that among the young, and in some poor neighborhoods it soars to 40 percent. One reason: Worker protec- tions are so strong in France that once someone is hired, it is close to impossible to fire him, no matter how incompetent he may be. That makes employers reluc- tant to fill jobs with people who have a limited work history. They don't want to take the chance. In an attempt to introduce a little flexibility into that calcified system, the government recently passed what's called the First Job Contract law. It will give employ- ers more leeway to hire and fire workers who are under the age of 26. Its goal is to reduce unem- ployment among the young. The thinking is that employers will be more willing to hire young work- ers with little or no experience if it isn't so difficult to dismiss the ones who aren't productive. This is not intended to punish young people. It's intended to entice employers to take a chance on them. But the law has sparked hundreds of thousands of young people to protest, shutting down some universities. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin has been vil- ified by the protesters and France's powerful public-sector unions. Union employees don't face a great risk - the union bosses do. If this law reduces joblessness among the young, the govern- ment might try to introduce more flexibility into the labor market for older workers. The unions' stranglehold on French labor policy might be broken. France has long disdained America's burly brand of capi- talism. American workers do have less job security than the French - but more have jobs. The churning American economy has produced more robust growth and a much lower jobless rate than France's. After a disturb- ing period of job loss, America's economy has created 4.3 million jobs in the last two years. In the last year, an average of 4.5 million workers left their jobs each month, but 4.8 million workers were hired. That's a net gain of about 300,000 new hires each month. The jobless rate for young people in the United States is less than half that of France. In the United States, it's 10.7 percent for those who are ages 16 to 24. It is 8.5 percent for those who are 20 to 24. There is uncertainty in eco- nomic churn - and it's terribly acute when it's your job that goes away. But lifetime job security doesn't mean much when you can find no job in the first place. The young may take to the streets in France, but the First Job Con- tract could give them something more gainful to do. To the person who ranted about how great the Hurri- canes are and how they should bring the Stanley Cup home. I don't remember a time when Carolina had their name written on the Stanley Cup. And in perfect Hurricanes fashion, they're on a losing skid right now. Ever read TEC online? Why do some people feel obligated to post completely moronic comments after the news and opinion articles? Is it the article or the reader? Or both? If you and your friend find it necessary to shower at midnight, now about keeping your loud conversa- tion to a minimum because some people are actually trying to sleep. My roommate graduated and only can get a job downtown. Anyone looking for a place to live next year, make sure to keep Keystone Property Management off your list. I have a court date now since they paid my neighbor's rent with my check. I should have known that when I held the door open for a girl with an "ECU Cheerleader" sweatshirt, I wasn't going to get a thank you. Be courteous to your roommate. Wash your sheets at least once a month so the room doesn't start to smell, don't let your clothes pile up literally waist high, and keep your conversations, loud laughter, and typing to a reasonable volume when the other is sleeping. Why do some people find it necessary to let their underwear be part of their outfit, hence the name underwear. To the girl in my CDFR class: If you are going to be rude and yell at others for talking during class, which 1 might say caused a greater disturbance, then don't do it yourself! We are all well aware of classroom cour- tesy, so why don't take your own advice and shh! As I was driving into the parking lot in between Scott and Aycock residence halls, I was parking at Scott where 1 live and some ignorant "cop" thought he could write me a ticket for taking my seatbelt off as I was trying to get a premier spot. According to the law, you cannot get a ticket while in a parking lot. Good job ECU Police, you just busted me, although you might have thought you were doing something good saving my life from "crazy drivers Don't you just love how people fight through their away messages on instant messenger? It's like watching my own little soap opera every time I sign online. I still haven't figured out how to avoid getting my butt burned in the tanning bed. Please ECU, no more peoplefromMarylandorNewJersey. I think it's high time that Wright Place and other , places on campus started selling Lipton green tea : with citrus. That stuff is awsome! OK, so what the heck is this membership card? I've been here at ECU for four years and never heard of such a thing. Is it a discount card? It's not like I'll use i it to access Mendenhall. There's nothing in there I can't get into with my OneCard. With all of the squirrels on campus and all of the I girls dressing like hookers, I'm having a very difficult time deciding whether we are in a Clusters cereal commercial or a rap video. Who else hates their roommates who come bursting in at three in the morning, yelling into their cell phones and screaming out the windows? I love how in Wednesday's TEC there was a rant about how the campus needs to "address diversity issues" and taking up one whole half of the very next page was a huge ad for Diversity Week 2006. Just because ECU makes the effort to emphasize diversity, it doesn't mean the ignorant minds of our community will suddenly open wide with acceptance. How come I get in trouble for talking "loudly" in the halls at 10 p.m but the RA is allowed to talk "loudly" at 11:30 p.m.? When did the rules change for them and their friends? It was 80 degrees in February and now 50 degrees in March. Anyone else see something wrong here? I hate showering without my contacts in! My vision I is so bad, it's a wonder I don't shampoo my body or put face wash in my hair. What do you tell someone who has two black eyes? Nothing because he has been told twice before? Is it just me or has M. Cole Jones been more visible around : campus since the beginning of elections season? Sorry, I just because I see you more now doesn't mean you're getting my vote. Where were you earlier this year when we students needed you to help with HigherOne? Hey! ECU! Teach your students how to count. I finally turned 21 and my first night out in Greenville, I got marked under! Cut me a break. To the person who called marriage "legalized prostitu- tion when you get married, I nope your prostitute of a wife cheats on you and leaves you, because if you think the only motivation for women to get married is money, you deserve it. Last week was awesome! 1 went to zero classes, missed a quiz, and had a lot of fun. It was like another Spring Break. Too bad now I have to go to the next 23 days of class. OK, so is it legal for tow trucks to drive downtown looking for random cars to tow at night without being called? Do they enjoy getting a kick out of leaving kids stranded?! That has to be contributing to the crime rate; they have to be creating victims when they go off and tow someone's car, leaving them to wander downtown unprotected just to make a quick buck. No, I did not park in a marked space, but 1) the curb was not yellow, 2) it was not near a fire hydrant or driveway, and 3) the two hour parking limit ends at 5 p.m My guy does not ignore me or treat me like a guy when he is hanging with his friends. Some guys ignore and treat their lady like a guy when they annoy them constantly ana are all up on them all the time. Some parents are not in a financial situation which allows them to create a college fund for their child. That does not mean that they are stupid. To the person who had a problem with the future teachers talking about drinking and partying: I hope you plan to home-school your children. There is such a thing as college students partying, and drinking responsibly. And there's not a thing wrong with that. Elinor's Notr: The Pirate Rant is an anonymous way far students and staff in the ECU community to wice their opinions. Submissions can be submtttcil anonymously online at www.1heeasharolinian.com. or e-mailed to editonwtheeastcarolinian com. The editor reserves the right to edit opinions for content and brevity PAGE A4 THE EAST CAROUNIAN NEWS Let Your Voice Be Heard Vote! Tuesday March 28th Wednesday March 29th I .ist Carolina University Student (.lovcrnmcm Associati Vote For SGA Executive Officers 9am to 5pm each day! You can vote ANYWHERE just log on to Onestop OR Cast your vote in Wright Plaza Pag Nar Ifs a Nick 98 D his w baby mear charr new- atthe Baltir snoo; Not Thref witne thisr on V most since repoi It witl creal abou Rock Kid I for Ic papa LAPC durir rap-r body! old pi says came drove Spec' The i PhilS killing Roge Quee postp set fi three be p prose lawyi trials Willis Diplo has c Colo star i Coloi is as invad irked Uribe "Ignore Bruce News some K.Fed In yet rumoi Brltne Feder Vegas enjoye a Nev purse halter back a Cos New) the sir wasd and r Moor Thee Juliai Broad Vertici Hare, helme a form who i vacati Nov. 3 Estefi Cubar 48, wl after b in 199 a trac given trial f to Cu the la huma Estefa implai Bettlr N& "Celeb Big E thesp by Pi- All wi benef Loci R.Kelh Audltc March Ben I Memc Thurs Martir Cente Kid Re Raleic Ghosl Prez Cradle y h Student Life Page A5 features@theeastcarolinian.com 252.328.6366 CAROIYN SCANDURA Features Editor KRISTIN MURNANE Assistant Features Editor TUESDAY March 28, 2006 Names in the News: It's a girl Nick Lachey's less visible III' bro and 98 Degrees boy-bander, Drew, and his wife, Lea, both 29, welcomed a baby girl last Thursday in LA, which means the "Dancing With the Stars" champ will be giving off that sexy new-dad scent around the hotties at the Miss USA pageant April 21 In Baltimore. NBC says he'll cohost the snoozefest with Nancy O'Dell. Not with a whimper Three and a half million citizens witnessed Chef gently shuffle off this mortal coil into that good night on Wednesday's "South Park Its most-watched season premiere since 2002. Chef voice Isaac Hayes reportedly quit last week, charging It with religious insensitivity. Show creators say they're insensitive about everything. Rockln' photos Kid Rock is being investigated for laying the smackdown on a paparazzo. To be accurate: The LAPD is investigating an incident during which the Motor City rap-rocker allegedly slcced his bodyguards on an unnamed 26-year- old photographer. The photographer says the star then grabbed his camera, threw it in his car and drove away. Specter's delay The murder trial of music legend Phil Spector, 66, who is accused of killing actress Lana Clarkson (star of Roger Corman's cult film Barbarian Queen) in Feb. 2003, has been postponed to Sept. 11. Originally set for April 24, the anticipated three-ring media circus had to be pushed back because two prosecutors and one of Spector's lawyers have to wrap up other trials on their respective plates. Willis' clarification Diplomat-in-training Bruce Willis has defused a potential war with Colombia. The Armageddon star recently argued that since Colombia's cocaine trafficking is as evil as terrorism, we should invade the country. A surprisingly Irked Colombian President Alvaro Uribe called Willis "arrogant" and "Ignorant" "I spoke to the Colombians Bruce now tells the New York Daily News. "It's fine. I get passionate sometimes K.Fed'sday In yet another public strike against rumors of a marriage gone wrong, Britney Spears threw hubby Kevin Federline a birthday bash Tuesday in Vegas. In the words of People, K.Fed enjoyed his 28th in a "wife-beater and a New York Yankees cap while his purse strings lived It up in "a black halter dress with a lethally low-cut back Jack and Cokes for Kev and a Cosmo for Brit (which means, the New York Daily News has theorized, the singer Is not pregnant?). And there was dancing, with the lovers "kissing and hugging, having a great time Moore's theatrical return The extraordinary, luminous actress Jullanne Moore is returning to Broadway in a world premiere of The Vertical Hour by Brit playwright David Hare. Directed by American Beauty helmer Sam Mendes, the play is about a former American war correspondent who meets an older man while on vacation In Wales. It's set to open Nov. 30 at a theater to be announced. Estefan gives back Cuban American singer Gloria Estefan, 48, who was temporarily paralyzed after breaking her back In an accident in 1990 when her tour bus was hit by a tractor-trailer In the Poconos, has given $1 million to create a clinical trial program at the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, which will use the latest research on paralysis for human trials. "I don't beep at airports Estefan joked about the titanium rods implanted in her body 16 years ago. Betting on the Big Easy NBC-owned cabler Bravo TV is taking "Celebrity Poker Showdown" to the Big Easy. Premiering sometime in the spring, the show will be cohosted by Phil Hellmuth and Dave Foley. All winnings will go to charities benefiting hurricane victims. Local Concerts: R.Kelly will be performing at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh on Tuesday, March 28. Ben Folds will be performing at Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh on Thursday, March 30. Martina McBride will be at the RBC Center in Raleigh on Sunday, April 2. Kid Rock will be at the RBC Center in Raleigh on Friday, April 7. Ghostface Killah and M1 of Dead Prez will be performing at Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on Friday, April 7. Road trip a must for Backwater Jack's Cruise down to Washington for a taste of the islands UZ FULTON STAFF WRITER Down the road, roughly 20 miles east of Greenville, is a virtually undiscovered magical haven known affectionately as "Little Washington Resting comfortably on the banks of the Pamlico River, Washington is a perfect place to find solace in the water and appreciate the beauty of eastern North Carolina. Comprised of many his- toric houses and a downtown straight out of the 1950s, it is a tourist's dream come true if you are looking for small town, Southern life. Beyond downtown and further down Main Street lies a slice of island paradise, the res- taurantbar Backwater Jack's. Having just opened in Octo- ber of last year, this laid-back Tiki bar offers a summertime environment all year round. I first stumbled onto Back- water Jack's after a couple of friends regaled me with stories of their adventures at the tucked-away restaurant next to the water. My interest piqued, a group of us ventured down Highway 33 to celebrate a friend's birthday. Keep your eyes peeled for the boat with flags on tt marking the entrance to Backwater Jack's. There, a large screened in deck that is accessible by enter- ing through canvas curtains is adjacent to an inviting bar. Picnic tables fill most of the deck with heaters strategically placed around them. In the back is the famous ring toss game and the area where hula hoops and drum circles take place. Above the bar is an upstairs with more picnic tables to eat at and an entrance to the roof- top deck. Co-owner Cathy Bell describes it as place to view "killer sunsets" and offers a "great view of the river Even before taking your first sip of drink or seeing the menu, everything about Backwater Jack's channels the bars of Key West. Various beach artifacts cover the walls including hand-painted signs by the owners' friends or frog knickknacks that were pur- chased by members of the wait staff. Above the bar is the first barracuda co-owner Laura Scoble ever caught. Both natives of Florida, Bell and Scoble are true sailors of the sea who travel everywhere. These two landed in Washington after visiting a friend In Chocowlnlty. The pair originally set up a coffee place before opening Backwater Jack's. "We wanted to create a very casual place that you could just come off the river and have a bite or a drink said Scoble. "We don't even care If you wear shoes The laid-back atmosphere is Just by looking at the building, you can tell Backwater Jack's will be a great dining experience. a lot of what makes Backwater Jack's such an enjoyable place. Bell and Scoble do not and never will take reservations. It is simply a come-as-you are place where friendships are created and strengthened. "It's like going to a deck party at someone's house said Bell. "Everybody visits together as if it's your own private party More often than not, locals fill the restaurant each night. "We've had one group of people that have come every Friday for the past 11 weeks Scoble said. "And on New Year's, we catapulted fruit cakes off the deck aiming for a trash can. Whoever was near- est the trash can won a prize With warm weather steadily approaching, a road trip to Back- water Jack's is a definite must. Not only can you enjoy one of their half-pound burgers or fried oysters with slaw, but you'll also find a place full of warm wel- comes and good conversation. What else can you expect from a place with Texas Pete on the tables and music from the great Jimmy Buffett drifting through the air? This writer can be contacted at features@theeas tcarolinian. com. Who runs West End Dining? Q . v1ik f ;e Wall, Assistant Location Manager at West End. Making the dining experience feel like a home cooked meal SHANNON DAVIS STAFF WRITER ECU is a campus of students, professors and staff members. These staff members aid in the founda- tion of the ECU spirit and contribute to a better environment for students. The dining halls not only serve food, but a warm setting where the employees welcome you with a smile. Among the friendly staff members is Mike Wall, an ECU alumnus. TEC: How did you end up at ECU? Wall: ECU has a very good hospitality manage- ment program. 1 enjoy hospitality management, so I figured I would make a career out of doing something that I enjoy. TEC: What is your job title here at West End Dining? Wall: Assistant Location Manager. TEC: What does your job entail? Wall: I am responsible for closing, employee pay- roll, help create the menus, inventory, scheduling and day-to-day operations. TEC: How did you come to get this job? Wall: I was a student manager for two semesters at the Galley. When I graduated, I was offered a salary position. TEC: What do you enjoy most about your job? Wall: The people that I work with, we usually have a lot of fun together. TEC: How do you feel about working at the univer- sity that you graduated from? Wall: It is nice being familiar with the campus and occasionally seeing familiar faces. TEC: Is it difficult to run a large dining hall? Wall: It was at first because I was used to running a smaller location. TEC: Where do you see yourself in five years? Wall: I would like to see myself have my own location back home in the Raleigh area. 1 am defi- nitely enjoying what I do now, but I would like to be closer to home. TEC: What do you do in your spare time? Wall: I am recently engaged so I hang out with my fiance as much as I can. She is a senior here at ECU and is graduating in May. I also love to watch basketball and go to ECU football games. ECU students have a strong sense of pride to this university particularly because of the positive surroundings the campus has to offer. The West End Dining facilities have an outstanding staff who go above and beyond to make every student feel at home. This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com. Lovehead and the Real: The Definition of Love' Nice effort with unfortunately poor results SARAH CAMPBELL STAFF WRITER I recently had the opportu- nity to listen to the debut album, The Definition of Love, of the Raleigh-based band Lovehead and the Real. Released in January, the album consists of six songs which were a mix between instrumen- tally appealing and generic. The album lacks originality by offer- ing the same rock quality that I've heard dozens of other times. While I found the lyrics to be pretty profound, the music was lacking in distinction. The whole album sounded like a mix between System of a Down and Nickel- ECU Founders Week with theme: 'A Legacy of Leadership' CAROLYN SCANDURA FEATURES EDITOR The Founders Week celebra- tion is a time for students and staff to celebrate the history of our school together. Though Founders Day was March 8, the celebration will be held March 27 through April 1. Use this infor- mation to get involved in these events and see what being part of ECU is all about. There are various members of the community Involved in the events, and all events are open to the public unless noted. Any meal events require tickets, so please call ahead for reservations. For more information or to buy tickets, contact the Office of Spe- cial Events at specialeevents@ecu. edu or call 328-6447. Monday, March 27 Community Day -Community Leaders Breakfast: 7:30 a.m Jarvis Memorial United Methodist Church -Chancellor's Community Advi- sory Council Issues Forum: 7 p.m Eppes Recreation Center, 400 Nash Street, Greenville Tuesday, March 28 Students Day (Current Past) -Announcement of winner of the "Memories of ECU" 99th birthday card, online at PirateAlumni.com -Victory Bell Service: 10 a.m Victory Bell adjacent to Christen- bury Memorial Gymnasium -Reception for Opening of Part 1, "The Founding of an Institution" of University Archives Centen- nial Exhibit: "A Century of Educational Impact: A History of ECU 7-8 p.m Special Collec- tions Rooms, Joyner Library Wednesday, March 29 Student Day (Current) -Groundbreaking for North Recre- ational Complex: 1 p.m near the intersection of US 264 EastUS 264 Alternate -Student Leadership: The Elite Pirate Program: 3 p.m Hendrix Theatre -ECU 99th Birthday Party for Students: 4 p.m the Mall Thursday, March 30 University Day -Chancellor's Forum on Leader- ship: 10 a.m Hendrix Theatre -Luncheon on the Mall, noon see FOUNDERS page A6 ? Who: back. Both of those artists, however, pres- ent their music in a unique manner rather than just sell- ing out and creating a com- pletely unorig- inal carbon copy album. However, I do have to give the band major props for putting themselves out there. After form- ing in the summer of 2005, the band has come a long way in a short period of time. They have soared to success by signing a record contract with the Raleigh-based independent label, Elbbub Music and launch- ing their first album all within a year. I'm hoping the next time the band produces an album that they let their personalities shine through their music and go out on a limb to do something different. This band definitely has talent; they just need to find an element More Info that sets them apart from all of the other rock bands out there. The message behind their music is one of tolerance and love. The band certainly wants their audience to take something more from their music; they want people to be affected by the meaning behind the music. "Music is like life; sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's beautiful and other times, you don't quite know what to think about it. We are all brothers and sisters regard- less of our differences said lead singer Chris Wells. "People should focus on the beauty of our similarities and not the ugliness of our differences Overall, I found the band's music to be good. It wasn't any- thing that I'm dying to add to my iPod, but it was a good effort for the band's first album. However, I urge you to give this band a try; their music may be fresh to you even though it's a bit stale to me. Lovehead and the Real will be playing with VHl's Band on the Run winner Flickerstick at the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh on April 27. The doors for the show will open at 8 p.m. and the performance will start at 9 p.m. Tickets are available in advance for $8 at lincolntheatre.com and can be purchased the night of the show at the door for $10. For more information and to sample some of their music, log on to their Web site at myspace. comloveheadandthereal. Album Grade: C- This writer can be contacted at features@theeastcarolinian.com. Lovehead and the Real Chris Wells: Lead Vocalist Jon McClalD: Drummer Mike Davis: Guitar and Bass Genre: RockSoulAlternativePop Label: Elbbub Music PAGE A6 THE EAST CAROLINIAN FEATURES 3-28-06 FOUnderS from page A5 (ticket required) -A Dialogue among 99 Leaders: 2 p.m Mendenhall Student Center -College of Education Scholarship Ceremony: 3 p.m Willis Building Thomas Harriott Voyages of Discovery" Lecture: 7:30 p.m Hendrix Theatre Friday, March 31 Alumni Patrons Day -Founders Award Luncheon: noon, Murphy Center - Ticket required -Ground-breaking for East Caro- lina Heart Institute: 3 p.m Lot G, Emergency Drive at PCMH Saturday, April 1 Activities Day -Youth Arts Festival, Mall of ECU 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. A variety of artists, both performing and visual, will be present for demonstrations and activities. Groups of school chil- dren from the eastern part of the state are welcome. Contact Rich- ard Tichich, Director of School of Art and Design, at 328-6665. 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Send us your Piwfe Rants! Casey's 2nd Annual 'Race for Kids" 5k runwaik 3-28-06 3-28-06 -- THE EAST CAROUNIAN FEATURES PAGE A7 X ss. n du ED gal d ral les ?ants! Get Started. Get Ahead. Live. Summer School 2006 www.ecu.edu cs-acad summer SPORTS Page A8 sports@theeastcarolinlan.com 252.328.6366 TDNY ZOPPO Sports Editor BRANDON HUGHES Assistant Sports Editor TUESDAY March 28, 2006 Pirates take one from No. 2 Owls ECU wins game one over nationally ranked Rice BRENT WYNNE SENIOR WRITER After rallying in the ninth to secure one of the biggest road wins in school history Friday night, the ECU baseball team dropped their final two games against number two Rice this past weekend at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas, in both teams' Conference USA opening series. The Diamond Bucs won game one 4-3, before losing games two and three 8-5 and 5-0 respec- tively. Trailing 3-2 heading into their last at bat of the first game, Godwin decided to pinch-hit Jamie Ray for Ryan Tousley. Ray responded in his first plate appearance of the game with a double to begin the Diamond Bucs' last bid at the victory. After Brandon Henderson was hit by a pitch and Ryan Wood walked, Ray and pinch runner Stephen Batts scored the go ahead runs with one out when Jay Mattox hit into a fielder's choice. The ball looked like a game ending double play, but Wood's hard slide into second base forced Owl shortstop Brian Friday into a wild throw, thus allowing the second run to score for a 4-3 Pirate lead. The Owls went down quietly in the ninth. Southpaw Jason Neitz was the beneficiary of the ninth inning rally, as he picked up his first win of the season. Neitz went a season high 2.1 innings with three strikeouts. For the season, the junior's numbers are astound- ing. In 13 innings pitched, Neitz has surrendered only five hits and two walks while striking out 10. Neitz, who has emerged as the team's best reliever, has yet to give up a run and the opponent's batting average against him is a staggering .122. While starter T.J. Hose did not factor in the decision, he was solid for 6.2 innings, giving up just two earned runs and three walks while striking out five. Hose (3-1) now has his ERA down to 2.51. Wood led the Pirate offense with two hits and an RBI, and Mattox added a hit and two RBI on the day. The Owls made sure the Pirates success wouldn't last, as they bounced back with an 8-5 win Saturday to even the series at one. Rice was led at the plate by a two-run homer from Jordan Dodson and a solo shot from Aaron Luna. In all, the Owls had six players to record two hits in the game. Dustin Sasser was saddled with the loss for the Pirates on the mound, despite pitching well. The redshirt sophomore gave up three runs on six hits while strik- ing out and walking three. Sasser drops to 4-3 on the season, but continues to have an outstanding ERA of 2.38. Owl starter Craig Crow moved to 3-1 on the season after tossing six scoreless innings, scattering five hits to go along with eight n strikeouts. The trio of Dale Mollenhauer, see RICE page A12 The Pirates took the opener from Rice 4-3, but lost the weekend series after falling 8-5 Saturday and 5-0 Sunday. ECU men's basketball facing wholesale changes, expected to lose seven players BROCK LETCHWORTH THE DAILY REFLECTOR The ECU men's basketball team will be undergoing a major face-lift during this offseason. The Pirates are expected to lose as many as seven players, continuing a trend of transfer- ring which has haunted ECU over the last few years. Japhet McNeil, Tom Ham- monds IV and Jonathan Hart have confirmed their intentions to transfer from the university, while Josh King, Quinton Goods, Nick Mattone and Jeff Robinson are also not expected back. The decisions come after individual meetings with the coaches, in which the players discussed their future with the team. ECU coach Ricky Stokes declined an interview, but issued a statement about the team's status. "We are in the process of having individual meetings with our entire team Stokes' state- ment said. "We will be discussing the f utur of each team member and that of ECU basketball. Several 2 players have expressed an interest in exploring other options. i jS "This is an ongoing process Head Coach Ricky Stokes and the basketball team will be facing major changes for next season and we wil1 continue to counsel WCU to retire LeClair's jersey each individual player in making the best possible decision for his academic and athletic future Expected to return to the Pirates, who finished 8-20 last season, are rising seniors Court- ney Captain and Tyronne Beale, rising juniors Jeremy Ingram and Taylor Gagnon and rising sophomore Sam Hinnant. Justin Ramsey, a non-qualifier from last season, is also expected to be on board for his freshman season. McNeil, Hammonds and Hart said they have each notified the coaches of their intentions to leave the program, and the staff has said they will help them find other opportunities. "I just think I wanted to explore new chances somewhere else and have a new start McNeil said. "I just want to win and try to be a part of something special McNeil, who currently holds the school's single-season assists record and who was on pace to break the career assists mark, added that he never considered his current standing in the Pirate record books when making his decision. "All that stuff is fine, but if you're not winning or you're not happy, all that stuff is meaning- less said McNeil, who finished third in Conference USA with 5.62 assists per game last season. "I am thankful for everything that the new coaching staff has done for me, but I think it's time for a change Hammonds, who was a member of the C-USA all-fresh- man team during the 2004-05 campaign, was hindered by multiple injuries that affected his play at times last season. During the course of the season, the Crestview, Fla product injured both ankles, sprained a muscle in his back, broke a finger and battled some sicknesses. "They told me that no matter what they just wanted me to be happy said Hammonds, who averaged 3.6 points and 14.9 min- utes last season. "And I just think thivdidn't fit for me. Coming into the year I had high hopes for this season, but then with the injuries and me not really playing the best ball I can, 1 kind of got frustrated 1 think. "But the coaches have been more than helpful and they've said they're more than willing to help me contact other schools Hart was on the verge of transferring during former coach Bill Herrion's last year with the Pirates, but said he elected to see PIRATES page A12 Former head coach honored by Catamounts (SID) The Western Caro- lina University Department of Athletics has announced it will retire the 23 jersey of baseball legend Keith LeClair in a special ceremony April 11, 2006. The ceremony will take place before the Catamounts' 7 p.m. game against the nationally ranked Clemson Tigers. "Keith had a great career at Western both as a player and coach, and later as head coach at ECU said WCU Head Coach Todd Raleigh, who both played with LeClair at Western and coached under him at Western Carolina and ECU. "He is very deserving of this honor. Also, it is appropriate to retire his jersey when Clemson comes to town so (former WCU head coach who recruited and coach LeClair and current Clem- son head coach) Jack Leggett can participate in the ceremony LeClair, who was inducted into the WCU Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002, came to Western in 1985 and helped lead the Cata- mounts to four consecutive South- ern Conference Championships. He ranks among the top 10 in six different WCU hitting cat- egories. Most notably, he batted .423 in 1988, which ranks sev- enth on the WCU single-season list, while his career .375 batting average ranks fourth on the WCU all-time list. In 1988, he was named MVP of the Southern Conference Tourna- ment, as well as being a first team All-SoCon selection. Also during the 1988 season, he established a school record with 101 hits, which ranked fourth in the NCAA that season, and 179 total bases. In 1989, after spending spring training with the San Francisco Giants organization, he returned to Cullowhee as an assistant coach on Leggett's Catamount staff, a position he held for three seasons. In 1992, when Leggett left to become assistant head coach at Clemson, LeClair became the Catamounts' head coach at the age of 25, making him one of, if not the, youngest head coaches in the nation. During that 1992 season, he led the Catamounts to the Southern Conference regular season and tournament champi- onships. The team advanced to the NCAA tournament, reaching the championship game at the South II Regional and getting to within one out of advancing to the College World Series. The 1992 team tallied 44 wins and a final national ranking on 17th. His 1994 team posted a school-record 45 wins and earned the school's first ever, at-large bid to the NCAA postseason. In his six seasons at Western Carolina he posted a record of 229-135-2, led WCU to four NCAA Tournament berths and was SoCon Coach of the Year in 1992, '94 and '97. Following his reign at WCU, LeClair continued his coaching career at ECU. Joining the Pirates in 1997, he spent five seasons as the head coach and tallied an impressive record of 219-96-1. He was twice named the Colonial Athletic Association Coach of the Year and ABCA East Region Coach of the Year (1999 and 2001). LeClair led the team to four NCAA Regional appearances and one NCAA Super Regional. In 2002, LeClair relinquished his coaching duties due to health concerns related to his Amyo- trophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease). After his retirement, which he complied a career record of 448-231-3 at Western Carolina and ECU, the Walpole, N.H native was honored as the first recipient of the C-USA Student- Athletic Advisory Committee's (SAAC) Coaches Choice Award. In addition, the C-USA Base- ball Coach of the Year Award was named in honor of him. SW1 3-28-06 THE EAST CAROLINIAN SPORTS PAGE A9 Report news students need to know, for Accepting applications for S1AFF WRITERS Learn Investigative reporting skills Must have at least a 2.0 GPA WEVt MOVgQH Apply m our NEW qo. loorted uptown fwSr HButdhg-1QOF E 3rd St ft Get Outside Make a Difference Come to one of our Info Sessions lo find out more about the Student Conservation Association's Expense-Paid Internships Tuesday, March 28th - 5:30pm The Career Center Computer headaches? Need parts? Intrex has your g Hundreds of Parts in Stock Networking Supplies I Cables & Accessories m Customized PCs & Servers I Customized Laptops l Repairs & Upgrades It l Local Service & Great Rates I 9 North Carolina Locations I 17 Years in Business Also open m Raleigh Gary. Chapel a h IM litJL 3160-D Evans. 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The win over Coastal Caro- lina not only snapped ECU's five game losing streak, but it also gave the team a little momentum as they faced the highest ranked team to ever visit Greenville for ECU softball, No. 6 California. The Lady Pirates proved to be a formidable opponent early on in the game when they jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second. Cal responded with two runs in the top of the next frame, but ECU was resilient as they scored three more in the bottom of that inning to make the score 4-2. With just five outs left until one of the biggest wins in ECU softball history, Cal's Katie Vick- ers hit a bases-loaded double in the top of the final inning to put her team up 5-4. ECU was not able to respond this time, as they fell in their second game of the day. The following day was no easier for the Lady Pirates as they started play against Penn State. The Lady Nittany Lions were on a 15-game winning streak and had an overall record of 17-3. Penn State's only scores in the game came off of two solo homeruns in the third and seventh innings. Unfortunately, the home runs happened to be enough, as ECU was not able to get going offensively and fell 2-1. ECU sophomore pitcher Brently Bridgeforth was credited with the loss. After a rebound win over Buf- falo in the second game of the day 4-0, the Lady Pirates were poised for the final day in the Invitational, in which they had to once again face No. 6 Cal. Though feeling the momentum of their previous win, the ECU softball team could not anticipate that it would carry them as much as it did throughout the following day. ECU looked like a different team than the day before as their sticks lit up in their second game against Cal, scoring eight runs, all off of homers. Cal could only respond with three runs of their own, as ECU stunned No. 6 Cal 8-3. ECU senior pitcher Stepha- nie Hayes was credited with the win, surrendering only two hits in four innings. The win marked the first victory against a Pac- 10 opponent and the first ever win for ECU over an opponent ranked 10th or higher. The second game of the day against Kent State turned out to be a pitching duel between Brittany Robinson and ECU's Harrell. The game remained scoreless going into extra innings until senior Krista Jessup delivered a game winning RBI in the bottom of the ninth to bring home freshman Vanessa Moreno from third. Jessup's RBI not only won the game for the Lady Pirates, but it also cemented Harrell's second no-hitter of her career. Even more spectacular is that the no- hitter came after nine innings of play, instead of the usual seven. Both the win against No. 6 Cal and the no-hitter against Kent State in the same day not only sets the Lady Pirates' cur- rent record at 23-15, it makes it safe to say it was the best day in ECU softball history. Next weekend, the Lady Pirates will be riding high on momentum as they return to conference play against Marshall. Play begins at home Saturday at 1 p.m. with a doubleheader and continues Sunday at noon. This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com. inr; i.n i-u me iiimi'm i.niM-ti euuugii, as siu was not aoie to against Nent state turned out to De sponsmneeastcaroiinian.com. Time to drop Cinderella tag tied to George Mason No. 11 seeded Patriots reach Final Four (KRT) Don't be fooled. Don't look at George Mason University in the Final Four and get duped into seeing Cinderella. Don't look at the roster of no-name kids who couldn't get scholarships to any major pro- gram and see 14 pairs of glass slippers. George Mason is not Cin- derella. Cinderella would not, make that could not, have done what the Patriots just did. Cinderella might always show up in the NCAA Tourna- ment, but she does not go to the Final Four. That exclusive arena is reserved for truly elite teams. "So what you're saying now is we're no longer a Cinderella now, we're an elite team?" George Mason coach Jim Larranaga joy- fully said after his llth-seeded Patriots stunned top-seeded Connecticut in overtime, 86-84, to win the Washington Regional on Sunday at the Verizon Center. Of course, George Mason looks like Cinderella. The Patri- ots join Louisiana State (1986) as only the second double-digit seed to reach the Final Four. How could an llth-seeded team from the Colonial Athletic Association going to the Final Four not look like a poor girl turned into a princess at the whim of a fairy godmother? Considering who and when, this is arguably the most shock- ing upset in NCAA Tournament history. Princeton, seeded 13th, see MASON page A12 I Visits must be used within 7 consecutive days. Pint Time Customers Only. ID required. Level 1 Beds Only. Greenville Blvd. (Across From Pizza Inn) 931.1147 Evans Street 353.5400 www.tannbed.com F,Vs"si0N$MG Attention ECU Students Want to be a part of the $1.6 Billion energy drink industry? Promote and Sell EnergyFizz! 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SEE HOii H THE BLOTTER Two Dudes 1W0UL7NT POWELL THKPiamr by Aaron Warner 3-28-06 THE EAST CAROLINIAN SPORTS PAGE A11 ed 30 minutes gh, Internship eded May 28- online (www. rg) or contact 9) 542-1033 or ciety-nc.org. iummer guards I community Will Pay for n. Please call 8059 or email aron Warner 3200-F Moseley Or. or 1 www. eastern Professionally Managed PAGE A12 THE EAST CAROUNIAN SPORTS 3-28-06 Folarin Campbell celebrates after the victory over Connecticut. MdSOn from page A12 stunned reigning national cham- pion UCLA in 1996, but that was in the opening round. However, the fact that George Mason's achievement appears to be some kind of miracle is the best explanation for why it is not. Miracles are one-time events. In the last two weeks, George Mason, a program that had been 0-3 in the NCAA Tourna- ment, has taken out a No. 6 seed (Michigan State), a No. 3 (North Carolina) and now a No. 1 in UConn. Those programs have com- bined for eight NCAA champi- onships. Clearly, George Mason didn't know its role unless, of course, it always was better than the one for which everyone pegged it. Perhaps that's why the Patri- ots (27-7), who lost in the semi- final round of the CAA Tourna- ment, never cared about the furor that was created when they received an at-large bid. "We never saw ourselves as a No. 1 seed or an 11 seed or 16th seed said Larranaga, who just wanted his team to have a chance to prove itself. "That number was truly Irrelevant to us. Once you get on the court, nobody cares about where you are seeded. It's about performance and execution "Here's what we believe and what we talk to our players about constantly: It's not about whom we play. It's not about where we play. It's about how we play. How do we execute our game plan? Do we execute with great effort and intensity?" "When we decide what we want to do, everybody has got to be on the same page If you can do that, there Is nobody in the country that we can't compete with Telling no-name players on a no-name team from a no- name conference that they can play with storied programs like Michigan State, North Carolina and Connecticut is one thing. Defeating them is an entirely dif- ferent story. You might beat one; if you're really lucky, maybe two, but there's not enough magic in a wand to account for beating all three plus a good Wichita State squad on the way to the Final Four. A fluke team on a magical run couldn't have gotten up from the early knockdown punch Con- necticut threw by racing to a 16-8 start. The history of these situ- ations says the little guy cracks and the big boy runs away after a start like that. And really, if this was only about glass slippers, how could they not have shattered when Patriots senior guard Tony Skinn, an 81.1 percent free-throw shooter, missed the front end of a potential Final Four clinching one-and-one with 5.5 second left in regulation, allowing Connecti- cut to tie the game at the buzzer on a miracle reverse scoop layup by Denham Brown? That was a devastating turn of events, similar to the one No. 5 Washington could not recover from in losing Friday's regional semifinal in overtime to UConn. But George Mason shook it off, took an 85-80 lead in over- time and then held off a furious charge by UConn in the closing 30 seconds. That's not a result of magic. That's a result of the things that only championship-caliber teams show - guts, talent, poise and determination. "I think it's been working for us, calling us Cinderella said Skinn. "We were not supposed to get into the tournament. We got into it "We were not supposed to beat Michigan State, and we beat them. We weren't supposed to beat Carolina. We weren't sup- posed to beat Wichita State. We definitely weren't supposed to beat UConn "I think we'll stick to the script going into whoever we play (in the Final Four). We don't mind being Cinderella Only I'm not buying. Cinderella doesn't reach the Final Four, only great teams do. Rice from page A8 Harrison Eldridge and Ryan Wood, who each collected two hits on the day, led ECU offen- sively. After getting suspect pitch- ing in the first two games, Owl pitcher Joe Savery returned the staff to form, pitching eight shut- out innings as Rice cruised to a 5-0 victory and a 2-1 series win. Savery was almost unhittable for eight innings, giving up (ust six hits and two walks to go with his five strikeouts. Redshirt senior Brody Taylor went toe-to-toe with Savery for 6.1 innings, but couldn't get the help he needed from the Pirate offense and was the hardluck loser. The Southpaw gave up just one earned run on five hits and three walks while striking out three. Taylor is now 3-1 with a 2.28 ERA. The Diamond Bucs drop to 17-9 and 1-2 in C-USA play. They will return to action Wednesday when they travel to Raleigh to face bitter rival N.C. State. The first pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m. This writer con be contacted at sports&theeastcarolinian. com. PfrdtBS from page A8 stay and give the new coaching staff a chance. Hart averaged 3.8 points in 16.4 minutes per game last season. He has now decided to pursue other avenues with two years of eligibility remaining. "This past year just didn't go the way I thought it was going to go Hart said. "It's nothing against the coaches. They're cool people. I just felt like I needed to go now According to a source close to the team, King and Goods have each had their scholarships revoked, but each was offered a chance to walk on. That source also said Mattone and Robinson would not be back. Each of the players planning to transfer are still awaiting their release papers before exploring other schools. The transfers would bring the total number of players leaving ECU to 13overthepastthreeyears. During the early signing period in November, the Pirates inked four players who should help fill the void. Gabe Blair (6- foot-8, 190 pounds), John Fields (6-9, 205), Chad Wynn (6-11, 255) and Hillary Haley (6-6,195) have each signed letters of intent. ECU will play next season one scholarship short of the allotted 13 after being penalized by the NCAA for falling to meet the two- year Division I academic progress rate (APR) required score, which is based on the eligibility, gradu- ation and retention status of student-athletes for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons. It is unknown how the upcoming transfers will affect the Pirates when a new APR report based on a four-year roll- ing rate is released after next season. 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