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4-13-06<lb/>
www.theeastcarolinian.com<lb/>
THE EAST CAROLINIAN<lb/>
Volume 81 Number 54<lb/>
TUESDAY<lb/>
April 18, 2006<lb/>
Fraternity and sorority members competed against one another in events like the water balloon toss, egg toss, tug of war and more.<lb/>
Players compete at Greek Olympics<lb/>
Event is part of Greek<lb/>
Week activities<lb/>
CLAYTON BAUMAN<lb/>
STAFF WRITER<lb/>
Greek fraternity and sorority<lb/>
members gathered at the bottom<lb/>
of College Hill to go head-to-<lb/>
head last week during the Greek<lb/>
Olympics.<lb/>
Consisting of teams of up<lb/>
to 10, fraternities and sororities<lb/>
allied with one another to face<lb/>
other Greeks in a variety of com-<lb/>
petitive events.<lb/>
Events tested a variety of<lb/>
skills such as teamwork, strength<lb/>
and speed. Players participated in<lb/>
events such as the three-legged<lb/>
race, the balloon toss, the egg<lb/>
toss and a couple heated rounds<lb/>
of tug-of-war.<lb/>
Despite low numbers of play-<lb/>
ers at first, those on hand man-<lb/>
aged to have a lot of fun with the<lb/>
games. Class conflicts may have<lb/>
been part of the problem, some-<lb/>
thing that should be taken into<lb/>
consideration next year.<lb/>
"I think that it is a good<lb/>
chance for everyone to get to<lb/>
know each other better, and get<lb/>
more involved in other Greek sys-<lb/>
tems said Taylor Uzzell, sopho-<lb/>
more communication major and<lb/>
member of Alpha Delta Pi.<lb/>
"It's a nice day out, it's a real<lb/>
good idea. I think they should<lb/>
keep doing it each year said Sha-<lb/>
mere Morrison, senior rehabilita-<lb/>
tion studies major and member of<lb/>
Alpha Kappa Alpha.<lb/>
"Hopefully the population<lb/>
will increase each year<lb/>
David Wagner, member of<lb/>
Phi Kappa Psi, freshman and<lb/>
computer science major said, "It's<lb/>
something to do. I kind of wish<lb/>
more people were out here, but<lb/>
there is still a couple people so,<lb/>
still have fun<lb/>
The director of Greek Life and<lb/>
the assistant director were on<lb/>
hand to enjoy watching a couple<lb/>
rounds of games.<lb/>
"I think it's going to be a good<lb/>
week said Ion Outterbridge,<lb/>
director of Greek Life.<lb/>
"We're just glad students are<lb/>
coming out and supporting it<lb/>
"I think Greek Week is a great<lb/>
way to get all the Greeks together<lb/>
to do some fun activities said<lb/>
Kay Christian.<lb/>
"I think the Greek Week<lb/>
committee, which was made up<lb/>
of all students, did an excellent<lb/>
job of making sure there was a<lb/>
Now offering ARTstor digital library<lb/>
A step toward the future<lb/>
JOSEPH THOMAS<lb/>
CONTRIBUTING WRITER<lb/>
Students, faculty and research-<lb/>
ers can now access approxi-<lb/>
mately 400,000 visual images<lb/>
and related catalog data online<lb/>
through ARTstor, a non-profit<lb/>
initiative with a mission to use<lb/>
digital technology to enhance<lb/>
scholarship, teaching and learn-<lb/>
ing in the arts and other fields.<lb/>
Joyner Library provides access<lb/>
through its database pages.<lb/>
ARTstor documents artistic<lb/>
and historical traditions across<lb/>
many time-periods and cultures<lb/>
and focuses on, but is not limited<lb/>
to, the arts. Students in many<lb/>
disciplines, including history,<lb/>
religion, literature and classical<lb/>
studies, will want to use ARTstor.<lb/>
ARTstor's software tools enable<lb/>
users to view and analyze images<lb/>
through features such as zoom-<lb/>
ing and panning, and to save<lb/>
groups of Images for personal or<lb/>
group uses, as well as for use in<lb/>
lectures and other presentations,<lb/>
either online or off-line.<lb/>
Kelly Adams, Director of the<lb/>
School of Art and Design Media<lb/>
Center, described the usefulness<lb/>
of this new subscription.<lb/>
"As an interdisciplinary<lb/>
resource, ArtStor, with features<lb/>
such as the Quick Time Virtual<lb/>
Reality (QTVR) or zoomingpan-<lb/>
ning, provides a more animated<lb/>
environment for teaching tradi-<lb/>
tional courses, distance educa-<lb/>
tion and scholarly presentations.<lb/>
ArtStor balances the complex<lb/>
interests of intellectual property<lb/>
owners while providing vast col-<lb/>
lections of digital images and<lb/>
related cataloging for pedagogical<lb/>
and scholarly purposes<lb/>
The Collection has been<lb/>
derived from several source<lb/>
collections that are the product<lb/>
of collaborations with librar-<lb/>
ies, museums, photographic<lb/>
archives, publishers, slide librar-<lb/>
ies and individual scholars.<lb/>
These source collections include<lb/>
images documenting art and<lb/>
architecture from the United<lb/>
States, Europe and Asian coun-<lb/>
tries.<lb/>
ARTstor is further enriched s<lb/>
by specialty collections of old j<lb/>
master European prints from the <lb/>
15th to the 19th Centuries, the <lb/>
MoMa Architecture and Design <lb/>
Collection, the Smithsonian o<lb/>
Institution's Native American Art<lb/>
and Culture Collection from the<lb/>
National Anthropology Archives<lb/>
and the Schlesinger History of<lb/>
Women in America Collection.<lb/>
For more information about<lb/>
ARTstor, please contact the<lb/>
p<lb/>
Joyner Library Reference Desk S<lb/>
at 328-6677, AIM: JoynerRef or <lb/>
e-mail askref@ecu.edu. <lb/>
S<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at S<lb/>
news@theeastcarolinian. com.<lb/>
These are examples of the<lb/>
abundance of images students<lb/>
can access on ARTstor.<lb/>
Competition intense at some elite<lb/>
universities for top minority students<lb/>
Minority students are being 'fought over' by many prestigious schools.<lb/>
(KRT)  High school student<lb/>
Emily Harris remembers coming<lb/>
home one day to find 27 college<lb/>
letters and brochures waiting for<lb/>
her near her family's front door<lb/>
in Hyde Park, 111. She recalls that<lb/>
day, she says, because her two<lb/>
younger sisters took some pride<lb/>
in counting her college recruit-<lb/>
ment letters every day, one by<lb/>
one.<lb/>
"We would just laugh about<lb/>
it she said with a smile.<lb/>
"They thought it was hilari-<lb/>
ous that I would receive so much<lb/>
mail in one day<lb/>
A high-achieving black<lb/>
senior, Harris has been fought<lb/>
over by a range of elite universi-<lb/>
ties that might make some of her<lb/>
classmates jealous, and now she<lb/>
has to make up her mind: Will it<lb/>
be Yale, Stanford, Columbia? Oh<lb/>
yeah, the University of Illinois<lb/>
at Urbana-Champaign accepted<lb/>
her, too.<lb/>
"They offered me a full-<lb/>
tuition scholarship at the U. of<lb/>
I Harris said.<lb/>
"I'm not going to go there, but<lb/>
I haven't told them yet. It's just<lb/>
not one of my top choices<lb/>
Harris, a student at Chicago's<lb/>
Walter Payton College Prepa-<lb/>
ratory High School, basically<lb/>
has had limitless options since<lb/>
last spring when she racked up<lb/>
impressive scores on the ACT and<lb/>
SAT, the two widely used college<lb/>
entrance exams.<lb/>
She got a composite score<lb/>
of 34 out of a possible 36 on<lb/>
the ACT, a test now required of<lb/>
all Illinois public high school<lb/>
juniors, and she earned a com-<lb/>
bined score (verbal and math) of<lb/>
1480 on the SAT (out of a possible<lb/>
1600).<lb/>
In the high-stakes competi-<lb/>
tion to attract a diverse student<lb/>
body at the nation's elite univer-<lb/>
sities, scores like that, combined<lb/>
with an A average and extracur-<lb/>
ricular activities, make Harris<lb/>
the scholastic equivalent of a<lb/>
rock star.<lb/>
While college entrance exams<lb/>
are only part of the picture when<lb/>
it comes to student recruitment,<lb/>
the following statistics provide a<lb/>
vision of what some university<lb/>
officials say they are up against.<lb/>
The numbers are still being<lb/>
compiled for Emily's class of<lb/>
2006, but for high school seniors<lb/>
across the country in 2005, there<lb/>
were 864 blacks and 2,033 Lati-<lb/>
nos who earned a composite score<lb/>
of 29 or above on the ACT, while<lb/>
66,708 white seniors did.<lb/>
In the SAT testing program,<lb/>
there were 696 blacks and 1,458<lb/>
Latino seniors in the class of 2005<lb/>
who earned combined scores<lb/>
of 1400 or higher, while 36,471<lb/>
white seniors did.<lb/>
Clearly, the nation's very best<lb/>
minority students, particularly<lb/>
blacks, American Indian and<lb/>
Latino, make up a small pool,<lb/>
and they are generally the most<lb/>
underrepresented student groups<lb/>
at elite universities.<lb/>
Court challenges have resulted<lb/>
in universities pulling back from<lb/>
see MINORITY page A3<lb/>
The Swash<lb/>
Improv group<lb/>
will be on fire<lb/>
wide variety of events<lb/>
Lindsey Sherer, a graduate<lb/>
assistant at the office of Greek Life<lb/>
said, "I think this is great. I think<lb/>
it's something to unify all three<lb/>
of the umbrella organizations,<lb/>
which our campus really needs<lb/>
Phil Kendall, IFC Public Rela-<lb/>
tions Chair and member of Kappa<lb/>
Sigma, was in charge of the Greek<lb/>
Olympics this year.<lb/>
"For the first time trying to<lb/>
do something like this in a while,<lb/>
I think it was pretty good said<lb/>
Kendall.<lb/>
"We could have a little bit<lb/>
better of a turnout with people<lb/>
showing up, but everybody who<lb/>
came in gave 110 percent and we<lb/>
had a good time<lb/>
This writer can be reached at<lb/>
news@theeastcarolinian.com.<lb/>
'Blazin' Wing Challenge'<lb/>
in Wright Plaza today<lb/>
KATLYN WYLUE<lb/>
CONTRIBUTING WRITER<lb/>
The Swash Improv Group is<lb/>
going to take the "Blazin' Wing<lb/>
Challenge" in Wright Plaza on<lb/>
Tuesday April 18 from 12 - 2<lb/>
p.m. to promote their Plaque<lb/>
Attaque Tour finale show on<lb/>
April 20 at 8 p.m. at Mudslinger's<lb/>
Coffee Shop. Instead of hand-<lb/>
ing out flyers in Wright Plaza,<lb/>
the Swash players will entertain<lb/>
and promote by eating a total of<lb/>
100 notoriously "blazin wings.<lb/>
Their blood, sweat and tears<lb/>
will let the campus know just<lb/>
how serious The Swash is about<lb/>
entertaining. The Axis of Stevil,<lb/>
a local Web site designer, axisof-<lb/>
stevil.com, will be sponsoring<lb/>
the event.<lb/>
The Swash Improv Group's<lb/>
final show to their Plaque Attaque<lb/>
Tour is on Thursday April 20 and<lb/>
starts at 8 p.m. Mudslinger's<lb/>
Coffee Shop is located next to<lb/>
Aqua nightclub, on Evans Street.<lb/>
As always, the show is free.<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at<lb/>
news@theeastcarolinian. com.<lb/>
Acts of kindness<lb/>
(KRT)  First, giant signs<lb/>
appeared on Washington Uni-<lb/>
versity's campus, each with a<lb/>
cryptic message or question, such<lb/>
as "Wake up" or "What will you<lb/>
change?" or "Can you feel it?"<lb/>
The next week, boxes filled<lb/>
with toy, beach balls, soccer balls,<lb/>
Frisbees, materialized in various<lb/>
locations. Some of the signs were<lb/>
changed to read: "Play nicely"<lb/>
and "Pass it on<lb/>
Then last week, two horse-<lb/>
drawn carriages showed up unan-<lb/>
nounced outside residence halls<lb/>
to give students free rides to class.<lb/>
There was no explanation, just<lb/>
signs on each carriage that read,<lb/>
"It's your turn<lb/>
Among the signs that week:<lb/>
"Where are you going?" and<lb/>
"Get back on your horse" and<lb/>
"Cowboy up<lb/>
Some apathetic college stu-<lb/>
dents haven't noticed all of these<lb/>
strange signs and happenings<lb/>
around campus, and don't really<lb/>
care. But many Washington U.<lb/>
students have been murmuring<lb/>
to each other, wondering about<lb/>
the identity of the anonymous<lb/>
benefactors behind the "Your<lb/>
Turn" campaign who are trying<lb/>
to jump-start a chain reaction<lb/>
of kindness.<lb/>
"I think it's a really cool idea<lb/>
said Lauren Jaffe, a freshman<lb/>
from Columbus, Ohio, as she sat<lb/>
outside the library on a warm,<lb/>
breezy day.<lb/>
"It reminds me of that movie<lb/>
. .  said Lisa Podlecki of Long-<lb/>
mont, Colo as she looked to Jaffe<lb/>
for help. Her eyes lit up, and she<lb/>
blurted out, "Pay It Forward<lb/>
At first, Jaffe said she thought<lb/>
students must be behind it. But<lb/>
she wasn't so sure when the car-<lb/>
riages arrived, figuring instead<lb/>
that it must be somebody with<lb/>
lots of money.<lb/>
But Podlecki pointed out<lb/>
that the whole enterprise seems<lb/>
very "college-y" with its idealistic<lb/>
aspirations.<lb/>
"I think it's cool they aren't<lb/>
taking any recognition for it<lb/>
Jaffe said.<lb/>
"Yeah, if you do it for recogni-<lb/>
tion, it's not random and kind<lb/>
Podlecki said.<lb/>
"It just makes it more . . .<lb/>
nice Jaffe agreed.<lb/>
Another part of the "Your<lb/>
Turn" campaign is to get stu-<lb/>
dents, faculty and staff to write<lb/>
anonymous notes to the people<lb/>
who have made a difference in<lb/>
their lives. When people send<lb/>
those notes to a certain e-mail<lb/>
address, the secret do-gooders<lb/>
will send those notes along to the<lb/>
recipients through campus mail.<lb/>
The letters encourage the recipi-<lb/>
ents to spread the love by writing<lb/>
similar notes to others.<lb/>
It should be noted that it's<lb/>
rare for students to receive letters<lb/>
in their campus mailboxes. So<lb/>
the "Your Turn" folks use e-mail<lb/>
to remind e-mail-addicted stu-<lb/>
dents to check their mailboxes.<lb/>
Jill Carnaghi, assistant vice<lb/>
chancellor of students, said she<lb/>
received the "nicest anonymous<lb/>
see KIND page A3<lb/>
Crime beat<lb/>
CLAIRE MURPHY<lb/>
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR<lb/>
Sexual Assault in Greene<lb/>
Hall was reported April 3. It is<lb/>
under further investigation.<lb/>
 Larceny in Todd Dining<lb/>
Hall was reported April 3 and is<lb/>
under further investigation.<lb/>
A report of damage to prop-<lb/>
erty in Scott Hall is under fur-<lb/>
ther investigation.<lb/>
A vehicle hit a pedestrian<lb/>
April 5 on 10th street. A cita-<lb/>
tion has been issued.<lb/>
Driving while license was<lb/>
revoked on College Hill Drive<lb/>
was reported April 8. It hat<lb/>
been closed and cleared by<lb/>
arrest.<lb/>
An armed robbery in Slay<lb/>
Hall April 8 is under further<lb/>
investigation.<lb/>
Damage to property in<lb/>
Tyler Hall occurred April 8 and<lb/>
has been closed and cleared by<lb/>
arrest. A citation has also been<lb/>
issued.<lb/>
lU-lk Hall had a case of<lb/>
drunk and disruptive assault<lb/>
on a female April 8. It has been<lb/>
closed and cleared by arrest.<lb/>
At the Brody construction<lb/>
site, Larceny of a cell phone<lb/>
April 7 was reported and is<lb/>
under further investigation.<lb/>
Larceny of License Plate<lb/>
in Fletcher Hall was reported<lb/>
April 9 tnd is. upder-blither<lb/>
investigation.<lb/>
Joyner Library had a ce of<lb/>
larceflfof money April 9 and is<lb/>
under further investigation.<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at<lb/>
news@theeastcarolinian.com. <lb/>
INSIDE I News: A2 I Classifieds: A7 I Opinion: A4 I Student Life: Bl I Sports: B4<lb/>
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RACHEL KING News Editor CLAIRE MURPHY Assistant News Editor<lb/>
TUESDAY April 18, 2006<lb/>
Announcements:<lb/>
Last chance for<lb/>
Buccaneer Photos '06<lb/>
Wednesday. April 26 from 9 am until 5<lb/>
pm in Mendenhall Great Room One<lb/>
Cap and gown may be taken<lb/>
separately and packages are<lb/>
available for purchase.<lb/>
Contact 328-9236 to reserve a<lb/>
time. Walk ins are also welcome.<lb/>
Interactive seminar<lb/>
for non-profit board<lb/>
members<lb/>
April 27 from 8 am. until 10 am. in the<lb/>
Willis Building on East First Street.<lb/>
ECU and the United Way of<lb/>
Pitt County have partnered to<lb/>
host a free Legal and Financial<lb/>
Accountability Seminar for board<lb/>
members and staff of eastern North<lb/>
Carolina non-profit organizations.<lb/>
Must registerby April 21 at 737-1345<lb/>
'Guys and Dolls'<lb/>
Tuesday, June 27 through<lb/>
Saturday, July 1<lb/>
8 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday and 2<lb/>
p.m. Saturday in McGinnis Theater<lb/>
Set in Damon Runyon's mythical<lb/>
New York City, this oddball romantic<lb/>
comedy introduces us to a cast of<lb/>
vivid characters who have become<lb/>
legends in the canon, Sarah Brown,<lb/>
the upright "mission doll out to<lb/>
reform evildoers; Sky Masterson,<lb/>
the high-rolling gambler who woos<lb/>
her on a bet and ends up falling<lb/>
in love; Adelaide, the chronically III<lb/>
nightclub performer whose been<lb/>
engaged to the same man for<lb/>
14 years; and Nathan Detroit, her<lb/>
devoted fiance, desperate to find a<lb/>
spot for his infamous floating crap<lb/>
game. Everything works out in the<lb/>
end, thanks to the machinations<lb/>
of Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling's<lb/>
hilarious, fast-paced book and<lb/>
Frank Loesser's bright, brassy,<lb/>
immortal score, which takes us<lb/>
from the heart of Times Square<lb/>
to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and<lb/>
into the sewers of New York City.<lb/>
Tickets are required and are$20-$30<lb/>
Contact 328-6829 or 1-800-ECU-<lb/>
ARTS for additional information.<lb/>
The Fantastlcks'<lb/>
Tuesday, July 11 through Saturday,<lb/>
July 15 at 8 p.m. Tuesday - Saturday<lb/>
and 2 p.m. Saturday<lb/>
In Mcginnis Theater.<lb/>
Try to remember a time when<lb/>
this romantic charmer wasn't<lb/>
enchanting audiences. The<lb/>
Fantasticks is the longest-running<lb/>
musical in the world, and with<lb/>
good reason: at the heart of<lb/>
its breathtaking poetry and<lb/>
subtle theatrical sophistication<lb/>
is a purity and simplicity that<lb/>
transcends cultural barriers. With<lb/>
its minimal costumes, small band<lb/>
and virtually non-existent set, The<lb/>
Fantasticks is an intimate show<lb/>
which engages the audience's<lb/>
imagination and showcases a<lb/>
strong ensemble cast. It's moving<lb/>
tale of young lovers who become<lb/>
disillusioned, only to discover a<lb/>
more mature, meaningful love is<lb/>
punctuated by a bountiful series of<lb/>
catchy, memorable songs, many<lb/>
of which have become standards.<lb/>
Ticketsare required and are$20-$30<lb/>
Contact 328-6829 or 1-800-ECU-<lb/>
ARTS for additional information.<lb/>
Summer Drama Camp<lb/>
Monday, July 24 through Saturday,<lb/>
July 29<lb/>
1 pjn. until 4 p.m at Studio Theatre.<lb/>
Messick Theatre Arts Center.<lb/>
This is a fun-filled program<lb/>
emphasizing growth and<lb/>
discovery through theatre arts.<lb/>
Classes include: Beginmng Acting<lb/>
Technique for student aged 14-<lb/>
18; Character Development for<lb/>
students aged 11-13; Creative<lb/>
Dramatics for students aged 7-10.<lb/>
$100 per child<lb/>
Contact Patch Clark at 328-1196 Of<lb/>
e-mail her at clarkp@mail.ecu.edu.<lb/>
Wake County Public<lb/>
School System Spring<lb/>
Teacher Job Fair<lb/>
Saturday May 20 2006 from 830 am<lb/>
jnB 230 pm at Forestvie Elementary<lb/>
School and Knightiate High School<lb/>
if you are fully licensed, have<lb/>
completed your student teaching,<lb/>
or are eligible for a valid teaching<lb/>
license, join hundreds of other<lb/>
candidates at the Spring Teacher<lb/>
Job Fair School acninistrators will<lb/>
be on-ste to conduct interviews and<lb/>
to offer contracts to select applicants.<lb/>
Al candidates must pre-register and<lb/>
receive confirmation to attend the<lb/>
k fair Pre-register online from May<lb/>
1-17, at wcpss.netsignupjob-fair.<lb/>
For more information contact:<lb/>
E-mail: hrrecruitmentewcpss.net<lb/>
Phone: (800) 346-3813 or (919)<lb/>
854-1690<lb/>
BSNA Officer Elections<lb/>
The Black Student Nurses<lb/>
Association will be electing new<lb/>
officers and serving food in the<lb/>
nursing building (Rivers West)<lb/>
room 102 on Thursday, April 20<lb/>
at 5 p.m. Contact Erika Green<lb/>
at ecg0111Oecu.edu for more<lb/>
information<lb/>
State:<lb/>
Chicken house regulations up for<lb/>
debate<lb/>
COLUMBIA, S.C (AP)-State lawmakers<lb/>
are considering a bill that would limit<lb/>
local governments' ability to regulate<lb/>
large poultry operations.<lb/>
The bill, which has already passed<lb/>
the Senate, would block an ordinance<lb/>
being considered by Oconee<lb/>
County officials to protect residential<lb/>
neighborhoods from having major<lb/>
chicken houses move in next door.<lb/>
Steve Collier, an executive with Fieldale<lb/>
Farms, has poultry processing plants<lb/>
just across the state line in Georgia.<lb/>
"Some local regulations are so<lb/>
restrictive that their basic intent was to<lb/>
preclude all agricultural operations<lb/>
Collier said.<lb/>
"I really believe that has been the<lb/>
mind-set in some counties. When that<lb/>
happens, that is wrong<lb/>
But attorney Bob Guild said the major<lb/>
chicken operations in Georgia which<lb/>
produces more broiler chickens that any<lb/>
other state, are running out of places to<lb/>
expand there and want to move into the<lb/>
northwest comer of South Carolina.<lb/>
"They are coming Into Oconee<lb/>
County because they've burned up<lb/>
all the available sites' in Georgia,<lb/>
said Guild, a Sierra Club member<lb/>
from Columbia.<lb/>
There's a big move afoot<lb/>
Large poultry operations house<lb/>
thousands of birds in bams. If not<lb/>
properly, managed, the farms can<lb/>
create strong odors and send polluted<lb/>
runoff into creeks.<lb/>
Frances Medlin lives in Oconee<lb/>
County and worries her community<lb/>
will be ruined by the industry's<lb/>
expansion. From her porch, she can<lb/>
see the Appalachians and a vacant<lb/>
field where a large chicken farm is<lb/>
planned. It has state approval and<lb/>
would house more than 100,000<lb/>
chickens at a time.<lb/>
Guild is representing Medlin and her<lb/>
community in fighting the farm.<lb/>
"We are not going to have fresh air if<lb/>
that farm goes in she said.<lb/>
In the past five years, the South<lb/>
Carolina Department of Health<lb/>
and Environmental Control has<lb/>
received more than 400 poultry<lb/>
farm complaints, mostly about<lb/>
odor and manure, said Sen. Phil<lb/>
Leventis, D-Sumter.<lb/>
Conspiracies, a police stop add<lb/>
Intrigue to House OOP primaries<lb/>
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP)-As House<lb/>
Democrats meet this week to .<lb/>
discuss whether to keep embattled<lb/>
Speaker Jim Black as their leader,<lb/>
their Republican counterparts are<lb/>
generating intriguing story lines of<lb/>
Speaker Pro Tempore Richard Morgan,<lb/>
R-Moore, has formally accused a<lb/>
group once financed by his chief rival<lb/>
of political conspiracy and says it has<lb/>
targeted him and four of his allies for<lb/>
defeat in the May 2 primary. The state<lb/>
Republican Party has also made the<lb/>
unusual move of sending money and<lb/>
volunteers to Morgan's home turf to<lb/>
work for the defeat of the man party<lb/>
leaders considers a traitor.<lb/>
"You judge a tree by its fruit, and the<lb/>
fruit coming off this tree is Democrat<lb/>
said Bill Peaslee, chief of staff for<lb/>
the state GOP.<lb/>
"I can see why Richard wants us<lb/>
to stay out of it, because he's the<lb/>
enemy<lb/>
Add stories of a police officer and<lb/>
private investigator shadowing<lb/>
candidates and struggles to control<lb/>
the party in the narrowly divided<lb/>
House and the drama mounts.<lb/>
"It's going to be interesting in the<lb/>
next few weeks said Billy Creech,<lb/>
a former House member. "It's a two-<lb/>
party state and you've got factions<lb/>
in every party Everybody wants to<lb/>
be the boss<lb/>
As it did during the GOP primary<lb/>
two years ago, the committee is<lb/>
participating in what it calls "issues<lb/>
advocacy highlighting the voting<lb/>
records of five incumbent Republican<lb/>
House members its leaders want to<lb/>
see defeated.<lb/>
The group has sent out mailings in the<lb/>
districts of each of those incumbents,<lb/>
accentuating their support for a<lb/>
leadership coalition between Morgan<lb/>
and Black in 2003 and 2005, for budgets<lb/>
that they say raised taxes by $1 billion<lb/>
and for a legislative redistricting map<lb/>
favorable to Democrats<lb/>
Boylan, a small business owner from<lb/>
Pinehurst, alleged in one case that<lb/>
a Morgan supporter reported him<lb/>
to police while he was sitting in his<lb/>
vehicle on the side of a neighborhood<lb/>
road during a campaign break.<lb/>
"These people are attacking me<lb/>
personally said Boylan, who<lb/>
estimates he's knocked on 3,000<lb/>
doors in the district, even getting bit<lb/>
once by a dog. He didn't know if the<lb/>
owner supported him or Morgan.<lb/>
"It was sore for about three or four<lb/>
days he said.<lb/>
National:<lb/>
An oddly compelling Landscape<lb/>
of the Body' makes for strong<lb/>
theater<lb/>
NEW YORK (AP)-Ready for a little<lb/>
theatrical identity crisis?<lb/>
John Guare's "Landscape of the<lb/>
Body" is a weird amalgam of murder<lb/>
mystery, musical theater, otherworid<lb/>
fantasy and sordid family drama.<lb/>
to categorize, but in the Signature<lb/>
Theater Company's strong revival,<lb/>
which opened Sunday, it becomes<lb/>
an oddly compelling, if occasionally<lb/>
puzzling, evening of theater.<lb/>
Director Michael Greif has put together<lb/>
a fine cast of actors, several of them<lb/>
gathered from a production he did at<lb/>
Massachusetts' Williamstown Theatre<lb/>
Festival in 2003.<lb/>
"Landscape of the Body" plays with<lb/>
time and space, not to mention the<lb/>
afterlife. Its narrator is dead, a striking<lb/>
blonde named Rosalie (portrayed by<lb/>
the evocative Sherie Rene Scott) who<lb/>
has been mowed down by a bicycle<lb/>
in New York's Greenwich Village.<lb/>
But that doesn't stop her from telling<lb/>
the story, in flashback, about how her<lb/>
sister (Lili Taylor) and teenage nephew<lb/>
(Stephen Scott Scarpulla) came to<lb/>
Manhattan to talk her into returning<lb/>
home to Bangor, Maine. Instead,<lb/>
the two ended up staying after her<lb/>
death, with the sister assuming her<lb/>
dead sibling's job as a part-time<lb/>
pom actress and working in a sleazy<lb/>
travel agency run by a cross-dressing<lb/>
manager (Bernard White).<lb/>
The opportunistic nephew gets his<lb/>
kicks hustling older men on the<lb/>
Christopher Street piers. When the<lb/>
young man is found decapitated,<lb/>
his mother, Betty, is questioned by<lb/>
the police, including a persistent<lb/>
detective (Paul Sparks) who thinks<lb/>
she has committed the murder.<lb/>
But then she also sings chirpy musical-<lb/>
comedy songs that feature lyrics such as<lb/>
"It's amazing how a little tomorrow can<lb/>
make up for a whole lot of yesterday<lb/>
Suspect In girl's killing described<lb/>
as quiet, humorless<lb/>
PURCELL, Okla. (AP)-The man<lb/>
accused of killing a 10-year-old<lb/>
neighbor girl for an elaborate plan<lb/>
to eat human flesh joked about<lb/>
cannibalism on his online diary,<lb/>
discussed the effects of not taking<lb/>
his anti-depression medication<lb/>
and mentioned "dangerously<lb/>
weird" fantasies.<lb/>
All he wanted in life, Kevin Ray<lb/>
Underwood wrote in his blog, was "to<lb/>
be able to live like a normal person<lb/>
People who knew Underwood<lb/>
described him Sunday as a quiet,<lb/>
"boring" and seemingly trustworthy<lb/>
young man. His mother who<lb/>
lived across town called him a<lb/>
"wonderful boy<lb/>
"This is something that I don't<lb/>
know where it came from Connie<lb/>
Underwood said of her son through<lb/>
tears in a brief telephone interview<lb/>
with The Associated Press.<lb/>
"I would like to be able to tell her<lb/>
family how sorry we are. I just feel<lb/>
so terrible<lb/>
Kevin Underwood, a 26-year-old<lb/>
their own with more infighting. Those ingredients make the play hard grocery store stocker in this small<lb/>
The Canadian dream<lb/>
proves an alluring call<lb/>
Reyes Suaste is from Guanajuato, Mexico, and is now in Canada, participa<lb/>
agr<lb/>
(KRT)  He'll miss Dallas, a<lb/>
place he once worked, but not<lb/>
enough to return anytime soon.<lb/>
Migrant worker Reyes Suaste has<lb/>
discovered Canada.<lb/>
This year he'll head way north<lb/>
to pick chili and cucumbers.<lb/>
Dallas is much closer to his home<lb/>
in the central Mexican state of<lb/>
Guanajuato, but there are other<lb/>
aspects of the U.S. immigrant<lb/>
experience he is happy to do with-<lb/>
out: "1 won't miss being treated<lb/>
like a criminal and not knowing<lb/>
when I can return home he said.<lb/>
Suaste, 27, his brothers, Alejan-<lb/>
dro, 30, and Eusebio, 25, and more<lb/>
than a dozen other men from Gua-<lb/>
najuato are heading to Quebec, not<lb/>
with the help of ruthless, pricey<lb/>
smugglers known as coyotes, but<lb/>
on airplanes with assigned seating<lb/>
and iced drinks. The men will join<lb/>
more than 13,000 other Mexicans<lb/>
in Canada as part of a guest worker<lb/>
program for agricultural workers.<lb/>
Proposals for a guest worker<lb/>
program have drawn fierce opposi-<lb/>
tion in the U.S but proponents say<lb/>
the Canada program offers some<lb/>
big advantages: workers are treated<lb/>
better, and they return home at the<lb/>
end of their assigned stay.<lb/>
Mexican authorities say their<lb/>
32-year-old pact with Canada<lb/>
could serve as a model for a similar<lb/>
program with the United States.<lb/>
"This program is about meet-<lb/>
ing supply and demand said<lb/>
Miguel Gutierrez Tinoco of Mexi-<lb/>
co's Foreign Ministry, which helps<lb/>
oversee the program with Canada.<lb/>
In 32 years, Tinoco said, "1 know of<lb/>
no one who has violated the agree-<lb/>
ment and stayed behind We can<lb/>
do the same thing at a larger scale<lb/>
with the United States<lb/>
Others disagree, saying it is<lb/>
unrealistic to view the Canadian-<lb/>
Mexico agricultural program as a<lb/>
possible model because of vastly dif-<lb/>
ferent situations. While the Cana-<lb/>
dian agricultural worker program<lb/>
takes in a few thousand workers a<lb/>
year, the U.S. has as many as 6 mil-<lb/>
lion Mexican illegal immigrants.<lb/>
Bruce Goldstein, executive<lb/>
director of the Washington-<lb/>
based Farmworkerjustice Fund, a<lb/>
farmworker advocacy group, said<lb/>
that any agreement between the<lb/>
United States and Mexico must<lb/>
"include an overall comprehen-<lb/>
sive component referring to<lb/>
proposed legislation that would<lb/>
offer workers a path toward<lb/>
legal status. "We're a nation of<lb/>
immigrants, not a nation of guest<lb/>
workers he said.<lb/>
In Ottawa, Mario Rondeau,<lb/>
Canada's acting director of the<lb/>
foreign worker program, called<lb/>
It "a considerable success<lb/>
"It's hard in the summertime,<lb/>
it's difficult to find Canadians to<lb/>
do these jobs Rondeau said. "The<lb/>
program has been a success<lb/>
He declined to specu-<lb/>
late on whether such a pro-<lb/>
gram would work between<lb/>
the United States and Mexico.<lb/>
Meanwhile, on a bright spring<lb/>
day in San Marcos, Elias Martinez,<lb/>
33, was telling the Suaste broth-<lb/>
ers about Canadian hospitalitv.<lb/>
"You'll find that Canadians<lb/>
will actually make you feel wel-<lb/>
comed, like you belong there and<lb/>
you have a purpose he said. "1<lb/>
once had car problems, and a<lb/>
Canadian couple stopped and<lb/>
offered help and even took me<lb/>
out for a sandwich<lb/>
Martinez has worked in Quebec<lb/>
see CANADIAN page A3<lb/>
community 40 miles south of<lb/>
Oklahoma City, was arrested Friday.<lb/>
Investigators searched his apartment<lb/>
after he aroused their suspicions at a<lb/>
checkpoint, and found a large plastic<lb/>
tub in a bedroom closet. According to<lb/>
a police affidavit, he confessed that<lb/>
he killed Jamie Rose Bolin, telling FBI<lb/>
agents: "Go ahead and arrest me. She<lb/>
is in there. I chopped her up<lb/>
Jamie's unclothed body was inside<lb/>
the tub, along with a towel used to<lb/>
soak up blood, officials said. Police<lb/>
said that, while there were deep saw<lb/>
marks on the girl's neck, she had not<lb/>
been dismembered.<lb/>
His most recent job was as a stocker<lb/>
at a Griders Discount Foods grocery<lb/>
store in Oklahoma City, where he<lb/>
arrived early for his shift Friday, said<lb/>
a manager at the store, Jerry Castro.<lb/>
"He was the same as always Castro said.<lb/>
"He was quiet and kept to himself He didnt<lb/>
interact with people. It just didnt dawn on<lb/>
you that this was something he'd do<lb/>
International;<lb/>
Canada confirms new case of<lb/>
mad cow disease<lb/>
TORONTO (AP)-Canada confirmed a<lb/>
case of mad cow disease on Sunday<lb/>
at a farm in British Columbia, the<lb/>
country's fifth case since May 2003,<lb/>
when the United States closed its<lb/>
border to Canadian beef.<lb/>
The Canadian Food Inspection<lb/>
Agency announced Thursday it had a<lb/>
suspected case of bovine spongiform<lb/>
encephalopathy, or BSE.<lb/>
In humans, meat products<lb/>
contaminated with BSE has been<lb/>
linked to more than 150 deaths, mostly<lb/>
in Britain, from variant Creutzfeldt-<lb/>
Jakob Disease, a rare and fatal nerve<lb/>
disease.<lb/>
In a written statement, the inspection<lb/>
agency said the case would have no<lb/>
bearing on the safety of Canadian<lb/>
beef, because no part of the animal<lb/>
entered the human food or animal<lb/>
feed systems.<lb/>
Inspectors have tested roughly<lb/>
100,000 animals since Canada's first<lb/>
case was detected in Alberta and<lb/>
have said they expect to find isolated<lb/>
cases of the disease.<lb/>
It is second animal bom after a 1997<lb/>
ban on cattle feed to test positive for<lb/>
mad cow.<lb/>
A cow from an Alberta farm tested<lb/>
positive for the disease in January.<lb/>
The cow's age raises questions about<lb/>
the effectiveness of the ban, because<lb/>
the disease is believed to spread<lb/>
only when cattle eat feed containing<lb/>
certain tissues from infected cattle.<lb/>
Cattle protein was commonly added<lb/>
to cattle feed to speed growth until<lb/>
Canada, and the United States,<lb/>
banned the practice in 1997.<lb/>
It could indicate a lack of compliance<lb/>
with the ban by Canadian feed plants<lb/>
or farmers.<lb/>
"It is important to note that Canada's<lb/>
monitoring system identified this<lb/>
animal as one that should be removed<lb/>
from the food and feed supply chain,<lb/>
ensuring food safety continues to<lb/>
be protected Johanns said in a<lb/>
statement.<lb/>
The Canadian Cattlemen's<lb/>
Association, which represents some<lb/>
90,000 beef producers, estimated<lb/>
they lost more than $5.7 billion during<lb/>
the two-year ban.<lb/>
Anglican cleric finds Iraqis<lb/>
turning to religion as respite from<lb/>
harsh life<lb/>
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP)-Attendance is<lb/>
booming at the Rev. Andrew White's<lb/>
church as more Iraqi Christians seek<lb/>
solace in religion to cope with a life<lb/>
of car bombings, kidnappings and<lb/>
deprivation.<lb/>
Every month, "Canon White as he<lb/>
is known here, travels to Baghdad<lb/>
to minister to the faithful, including<lb/>
Western Protestants and Iraqi Assyrian<lb/>
Christians, who must be bused into<lb/>
the U.Sprotected Green Zone to hear<lb/>
him preach after al-Qaida put a price<lb/>
on his head.<lb/>
Over the past three years, the number<lb/>
of Iraqis attending his services has<lb/>
grown to about 900, said the 41 -year-<lb/>
old British Anglican priest.<lb/>
"People turn to religion when they are<lb/>
desperate White said in an interview<lb/>
in a Green Zone coffee shop after<lb/>
conducting three Easter services.<lb/>
"Because if you've got nothing else,<lb/>
you turn to God<lb/>
"You could see it in their faces<lb/>
White said.<lb/>
But with the lid off, sectarian divisions<lb/>
began to surface, and eventually<lb/>
boiled over. Churches and mosques<lb/>
have been bombed. Four of White's<lb/>
top lay leaders disappeared on their<lb/>
way home from a conference in<lb/>
Jordan last September.<lb/>
They really think they're doing the<lb/>
work of God, and that's why we've<lb/>
got big problems he said of the<lb/>
religious extremists.<lb/>
"Religion when it goes wrong, it goes<lb/>
very wrong. It puts people in danger.<lb/>
And when somebody thinks that<lb/>
God is telling them to do something,<lb/>
how do you change them?"<lb/>
What the country needs, he says,<lb/>
are religious leaders of all faiths<lb/>
willing to discuss their differences<lb/>
and politicians with the will to<lb/>
govern in a spirit of unity.<lb/>
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A soccer and guitar player,<lb/>
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interested schools.<lb/>
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to events she said about her<lb/>
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acceptance letter in December.<lb/>
She considers the school her top<lb/>
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ity students with scholarships,<lb/>
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rage of outreach efforts, includ-<lb/>
ing using current students and<lb/>
alumni to extol the virtues of<lb/>
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as areas, as well as some small<lb/>
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also make a special effort to<lb/>
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tively courted means the Uni-<lb/>
versity of Illinois at Urbana-<lb/>
Champaign sweetened its admis-<lb/>
sions offer with a scholarship,<lb/>
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other students, hoping to estab-<lb/>
lish a personal connection.<lb/>
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month for a special program set<lb/>
up to solidify the bond between<lb/>
prospective freshman and the<lb/>
university. She also thought it was<lb/>
a nice touch when Yale sent her a<lb/>
T-shirt and a car bumper sticker.<lb/>
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Harris, whose dark, curly hair<lb/>
and bright smile make her look<lb/>
younger than 18. She visited<lb/>
Harvard along with other top<lb/>
East Coast schools last fall.<lb/>
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work hard but they also know how<lb/>
to have a good time she said.<lb/>
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fit<lb/>
University officials at elite<lb/>
schools across the country,<lb/>
including those at the University<lb/>
of Chicago, have long argued that<lb/>
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with a diverse mix of students is<lb/>
complicated by the fact that the<lb/>
top schools are often competing<lb/>
for the same people.<lb/>
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said Michael Behnke, vice presi-<lb/>
dent for university relations and<lb/>
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University of Chicago. U. of C.<lb/>
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versity of Chicago has had trou-<lb/>
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expenses to visit campus added<lb/>
Behnke.<lb/>
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for five years, picking cucumbers<lb/>
and melons for G1FAR Co an<lb/>
agribusiness. He routinely works<lb/>
the planting and harvesting<lb/>
seasons, allowing him to go<lb/>
home to his family five or six<lb/>
months a year with his pockets<lb/>
stuffed with cash.<lb/>
Before he started working in<lb/>
Canada, he used to pack a small plas-<lb/>
tic bag with a few clothes, a water<lb/>
jug, his wife's burritos, a baseball<lb/>
cap and comfortable running shoes<lb/>
and head for the yards and roofs<lb/>
of Dallas. He made good money,<lb/>
he said, but he hated the journey,<lb/>
abusive smugglers, and days of<lb/>
walking along the banks of the Rio<lb/>
Grande or in the desert, not know-<lb/>
ing where he was or when he'd see<lb/>
his wife and three children again.<lb/>
"As an illegal immigrant,<lb/>
you're also always vulnerable he<lb/>
said. "And in Dallas I was always<lb/>
looking over my shoulder to see<lb/>
if the migra (Border Patrol) was<lb/>
behind me. And then all the per-<lb/>
sonal attacks against us<lb/>
The Suaste brothers nodded<lb/>
their heads in agreement. These<lb/>
men, at least, said they have no<lb/>
intention of ever abandoning<lb/>
their homeland. The three live on<lb/>
the same plot of family land with<lb/>
their parents, wives and chil-<lb/>
dren. Their three homes, built<lb/>
with money earned in Dallas and<lb/>
beyond, are clustered together.<lb/>
"We don't want to be any-<lb/>
body's burden said Alejandro.<lb/>
"We just want to work, help feed<lb/>
our families back home, and<lb/>
return again without the dangers<lb/>
of crossing the border<lb/>
President Bush has said<lb/>
matching foreigners with U.S.<lb/>
jobs that Americans won't do<lb/>
will help "bring people out of the<lb/>
shadows of American society so<lb/>
they don't have to fear the life<lb/>
they live<lb/>
The Seasonal Agricultural<lb/>
Workers Program allows Cana-<lb/>
dian farms to recruit foreign<lb/>
workers if they can't find Cana-<lb/>
dians to harvest their crops. It<lb/>
began in 1974 with only a hand-<lb/>
ful of foreign workers. These<lb/>
days, there were so many Mexi-<lb/>
can workers in Ontario alone,<lb/>
7,200 that last year the Mexican<lb/>
government set up a new consul-<lb/>
ate office to meet their needs.<lb/>
In Canada, workers are pro-<lb/>
vided with housing and trans-<lb/>
portation. Employers pay for<lb/>
the plane ticket and then deduct<lb/>
some of those costs from the<lb/>
employee's paycheck. The work-<lb/>
ers return home at the end of the <lb/>
harvest season with a letter from<lb/>
their employer either inviting<lb/>
them to return next season or<lb/>
not. Officials say 75-80 percent<lb/>
of all employees do return.<lb/>
Mexican President Vicente<lb/>
Fox is calling on Canada to<lb/>
expand the program.<lb/>
"We should move out from<lb/>
agriculture to other services and<lb/>
other kinds of jobs, and we are<lb/>
working on this with the Canadian<lb/>
government Fox told the Toronto-<lb/>
based Globe and Mail newspaper.<lb/>
In Toronto, David Rosenblatt,<lb/>
managing director of Rosenblatt fir.<lb/>
Associates, a recruiting agency, said<lb/>
Canada's birth rate of 1.5 children<lb/>
per female, an aging population,<lb/>
plus a brain drain of people leaving<lb/>
for the United States means that the<lb/>
country faces pressing challenges.<lb/>
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letter" thanking her for her<lb/>
work.<lb/>
"I've carried it around for<lb/>
days she said, adding that she<lb/>
has written down a list of people<lb/>
she plans to write notes to in<lb/>
return.<lb/>
Carnaghi also disclosed that<lb/>
she knows the identity of some of<lb/>
the people involved in the "Your<lb/>
Turn" campaign but has prom-<lb/>
ised to keep their anonymity.<lb/>
"I think they really are sin-<lb/>
cere about just focusing on the<lb/>
content and not who are the<lb/>
individuals involved in it, or<lb/>
what are their affiliations, and<lb/>
is there an ulterior motive she<lb/>
said.<lb/>
Alina del Castillo, a junior<lb/>
from Rockville, Md who took<lb/>
one of the carriage rides last<lb/>
week, said she hoped students<lb/>
would find out by the end of<lb/>
the year who was behind the<lb/>
kindness, so they could repay<lb/>
the favor.<lb/>
"It does make me want to be<lb/>
nicer to people around me she<lb/>
said, as she paused while doing a<lb/>
Sudoku puzzle on the quad.<lb/>
Andrew Walzer, a senior<lb/>
from Memphis, Tenn said he<lb/>
has noticed that something dif-<lb/>
ferent has been going on around<lb/>
campus.<lb/>
But he wasn't ready to attri-<lb/>
bute it to pure kindness.<lb/>
Was this some way the school<lb/>
is trying to get money from stu-<lb/>
dents, he wondered?<lb/>
"But if it's all in the spirit of<lb/>
kindness he trailed off, then<lb/>
that would be cool, he said,<lb/>
grinning.<lb/>
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OPINION<lb/>
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edltor@theeastcarolinlan.com 252.328.9238<lb/>
JENNIFER L HOBBS Editor in Chief<lb/>
TUESDAY April 18, 2006<lb/>
4-18-01<lb/>
Our View<lb/>
Why is it only wrong when<lb/>
Brittany Spears does it?<lb/>
Oh how we all love hearing about what the pop<lb/>
princess Brittany Spears does on a daily basis.<lb/>
Everything from her childcare woes to her switching<lb/>
toothpaste seems to be newsworthy information.<lb/>
But what about the real people out there, the typical<lb/>
American parents who are making the same child-<lb/>
care mistakes as Spears, who aren't receiving public<lb/>
attention and are never reprimanded?<lb/>
Over the past few months, Brittany Spears, her<lb/>
husband Kevin Federtine and their 6-month-old son<lb/>
Sean Preston have been in the news just about daily.<lb/>
Spears and Federiine's quick engagement and mar-<lb/>
riage, their divorce rumors and all of the "problems"<lb/>
with her pregnancy have brought their faces on to<lb/>
the newsstands for months. Now with all of the public<lb/>
concerns over their inadequate parenting, they are<lb/>
even more popular. Is any press still good press?<lb/>
According to the Associated Press, the two most<lb/>
recent incidences of stupidity, dropping Sean<lb/>
Preston and driving around with him in her lap,<lb/>
were not a result of anything being "improper<lb/>
within the home The real problem in this situa-<lb/>
tion, however, is that when celebrities do some-<lb/>
thing wrong, it is a huge problem but if the<lb/>
American public does it we ignore it and hope it<lb/>
will go away rather than let the country look bad.<lb/>
There are parents and caregivers all over this<lb/>
country that drop babies, don't make children sit<lb/>
in their car seats and abuse children each and<lb/>
everyday. What about all of those parents? Why<lb/>
isn't the Department of Children and Family Ser-<lb/>
vices visiting their homes with a police escort?<lb/>
OK, it is great to bring all of this to light, but<lb/>
what can we do about it as college students?<lb/>
Whether you are a teacher, a health care provider,<lb/>
a construction manager or some kind of industrial<lb/>
technology major, public education is part of your<lb/>
job. We, the seekers of higher education, have an<lb/>
obligation to this country and its children to stop<lb/>
abuse, neglect and all around irresponsible parent-<lb/>
ing. Some students here already have children, some<lb/>
would like children and others want nothing to do<lb/>
with them; which ever is the case, as a generation,<lb/>
we have the power to influence future generations.<lb/>
Take some time, if you already are a parent, to look at<lb/>
the way you are taking care of your children and see<lb/>
if there are any changes that you could make that<lb/>
would not only benefit your children but also yourself.<lb/>
If you are planning on having children in the future,<lb/>
think about the things that will be important to you<lb/>
as a parent when that time comes and learn from<lb/>
the mistakes of others. If you are not going to have<lb/>
children, think about joining some kind of mentoring<lb/>
program or volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club over<lb/>
the summer if you have some time.<lb/>
Whatever you do, think about what it was like to be a<lb/>
child and try to be a good role model for those younger<lb/>
than yourself. And no matter what, do not follow the<lb/>
example that Brittany Spears has set for childcare.<lb/>
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HUBStMJE SEASON<lb/>
2006<lb/>
Rant<lb/>
Opinion Columnist<lb/>
What I've learned<lb/>
at ECU<lb/>
Important tidbits to never<lb/>
forget<lb/>
KRISTIN MURNANE<lb/>
ASSISTANT FEATURES EDITOR<lb/>
Four years have quickly come<lb/>
and passed, and as 1 sit here to write<lb/>
my final contribution to this fine<lb/>
newspaper, I figured that I'd give<lb/>
you something more valuable than<lb/>
a simple farewell. I'm going to leave<lb/>
you, our loyal and faithful read-<lb/>
ers, with just a few handy tidbits<lb/>
of information that I've gathered<lb/>
during my time here at ECU.<lb/>
1.) Mom and Dad are always<lb/>
right.<lb/>
Now some of you might be<lb/>
thinking "oh my gosh my par-<lb/>
ents are so uncool and I hate<lb/>
them Well, ladies and gents let<lb/>
me tell you a short story. I never<lb/>
listened to my parents grow-<lb/>
ing up, and when they dropped<lb/>
me off in front of Greene Hall<lb/>
four years ago and my Dad told<lb/>
me to remember the rule "beer<lb/>
before liquor, never been sicker"<lb/>
I thought he was just being trying<lb/>
to be funny. On that following<lb/>
Halloween, I proceeded to disobey<lb/>
this drinking law and, needless<lb/>
to say, I'd truly never been sicker.<lb/>
I'm sure that many of you<lb/>
can also agree with me when I<lb/>
say that whenever I need to know<lb/>
how long I should cook a piece of<lb/>
chicken, or how to do my laun-<lb/>
dry correctly or even if I need to<lb/>
know if wearing white after Labor<lb/>
Day is really that bad, Mom is the<lb/>
first person I call.<lb/>
Granted, I'll openly admit<lb/>
that I'm thrilled about moving<lb/>
back in with my parents (be lucky<lb/>
you're still in Greenville because<lb/>
the price of rent in any major met-<lb/>
ropolitan area is about five times<lb/>
as high as it is here), but if I ever<lb/>
needed advice I knew who to call.<lb/>
2.) People will always whine<lb/>
and complain about TEC, but still<lb/>
continue to read it every day.<lb/>
Case and point being when<lb/>
our staff discovered a Myspace<lb/>
page belonging to someone who<lb/>
used to work with us. This page<lb/>
was smothered with rants and<lb/>
attacks on everything from story<lb/>
subject matter to biased opinions<lb/>
and even personal attacks (the<lb/>
thought of someone calling me<lb/>
a "mole" still makes me chuckle<lb/>
for a few minutes). This person<lb/>
would not have anything to<lb/>
rant about if they didn't have a<lb/>
newspaper to criticize. We get a<lb/>
plethora of pirate rants bashing<lb/>
our paper too, hut you'll still pick<lb/>
it up and read it. We thank you<lb/>
for your continued loyalty.<lb/>
3.) I will never understand<lb/>
drivers in Greenville.<lb/>
I can honestly say that I have<lb/>
never in my 21 years of existence<lb/>
seen more poor drivers than in<lb/>
this small town. I cannot possibly<lb/>
tally up the number of people that<lb/>
I've seen either make a left turn<lb/>
from the left lane when there is<lb/>
a middle turn lane available or<lb/>
the number of people that I've<lb/>
seen stop at a yellow light. Now<lb/>
I'm from an area just outside of<lb/>
Washington, D.C and I'm used<lb/>
to crazy drivers, but Greenville<lb/>
drivers will always baffle my<lb/>
mind. Why do people drive under<lb/>
the speed limit on highways but<lb/>
they'll blow through parking<lb/>
lots like it's a NASCAR track?<lb/>
You think I'm just making<lb/>
this up? Let me tell you another<lb/>
story. About a year ago, I was<lb/>
driving down Evans Street when<lb/>
a train was passing by. Naturally,<lb/>
I stopped at the railroad cross-<lb/>
ing, as did the cars next to me.<lb/>
1 then look back into my rear<lb/>
view mirror and see a car flying<lb/>
towards me at what had to be<lb/>
60 mph with no intention of<lb/>
stopping. I honestly thought I<lb/>
was going to die right then and<lb/>
there. Suddenly the driver slams<lb/>
on their brakes and the tires<lb/>
screech to a stop inches behind<lb/>
my bumper. When the smoke<lb/>
clears from the burned rubber, I<lb/>
look behind me to see the driver<lb/>
(a young woman) reading a<lb/>
book. She had the book spread<lb/>
out across the wheel. Now if that<lb/>
isn't a good way to put ottyer<lb/>
people's lives in danger, I don't<lb/>
know what is.<lb/>
4.) People will never know<lb/>
what WZMB is.<lb/>
It's a shame that people don't<lb/>
know about or listen to our own<lb/>
campus radio station. They play<lb/>
an eclectic mix of stuff that's<lb/>
much better than what you'll<lb/>
hear on BOB or anything else in<lb/>
town. You should tune in and<lb/>
give your school some love. I<lb/>
know that those kids work their<lb/>
butts off, so at least give them a<lb/>
chance. On another note, what-<lb/>
ever happened to all of the Live<lb/>
Remotes they used to do?<lb/>
5.) You don't have to have<lb/>
a good football team to have a<lb/>
good time at the games.<lb/>
While our Pirate football team<lb/>
might not be anything to brag<lb/>
about, there is never a more fun<lb/>
time than going to Dowdy-Ficklen<lb/>
on game day. We love our Pirates<lb/>
and we love to have fun. It doesn't<lb/>
matter if we have the best record<lb/>
or the worst record, students,<lb/>
alumni and faculty will show up<lb/>
hours in advance to tailgate and<lb/>
parade their purple and gold.<lb/>
6.) Halloween is a national<lb/>
holiday.<lb/>
Do I even need to explain<lb/>
this? All I have to say is that If<lb/>
there are any incoming freshman<lb/>
that might read this while tour-<lb/>
ing campus, you really have no<lb/>
idea what kind of party this town<lb/>
can throw come Halloween. I<lb/>
also believe that class should be<lb/>
cancelled the day after Hallow-<lb/>
een, if during the week, but that's<lb/>
just my own opinion.<lb/>
7.) Outsiders will never<lb/>
respect ECU.<lb/>
Now don't get me wrong,<lb/>
I love ECU just as much as the<lb/>
next person, but our school<lb/>
will never get the respect that it<lb/>
deserves. People will continue to<lb/>
refer to it as "EasyU" no matter<lb/>
how hard the higher ups here<lb/>
try and change things. Granted<lb/>
ECU is no Harvard, but I feel<lb/>
like I've learned just as much, if<lb/>
not more, than I would at any<lb/>
other school and I'm proud to<lb/>
be receiving a diploma with East<lb/>
Carolina University written on it.<lb/>
For those of you sending in the<lb/>
pirate rants about how you dis-<lb/>
like this school, feel free to leave.<lb/>
Nobody's making you stay and<lb/>
I'm sure you'll be just as happy<lb/>
whining about another school.<lb/>
8.) No matter how much we<lb/>
complain about Greenville or<lb/>
ECU or even going to class, we'll<lb/>
miss it when we're gone.<lb/>
As our last few weeks fly by<lb/>
and our time at ECU comes to an<lb/>
end, we seniors will never forget<lb/>
our alma mater. As I watch the<lb/>
dozens of potential students walk<lb/>
across campus on various tours, I<lb/>
can't help but think that these are<lb/>
the people who will literally he<lb/>
taking my place. I wish them the<lb/>
best of luck, and I hope that they<lb/>
have as much fun here as I did.<lb/>
Regardless of the amount of work<lb/>
I have ahead of me before gradua-<lb/>
tion, and the countless hours I've<lb/>
spent doing work, studying and<lb/>
writing papers over the last few<lb/>
years, ECU will always have a place<lb/>
in my heart. But as they say, all<lb/>
good things must come to an end.<lb/>
You've been good to me ECU, and<lb/>
I'll miss you as I venture off into <lb/>
the real world. It's been fun.<lb/>
in My Opinion<lb/>
(KRT)In a span of days, pros-<lb/>
pects for economic reform stepped<lb/>
backward in France and sideways<lb/>
in Italy. Neither bodes well for<lb/>
Europe and the world economy.<lb/>
French President Jacques<lb/>
Chirac bowed to student protests<lb/>
and rescinded a law that would<lb/>
have made it easier for employers<lb/>
to replace dead-weight workers.<lb/>
Days later in Italy, former Euro-<lb/>
pean Union President Romano<lb/>
Prodi apparently edged Prime<lb/>
Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a<lb/>
narrow, disputed election.<lb/>
France's unemployment rates,<lb/>
especially among the youth, and<lb/>
the lack of a mandate for change<lb/>
in Italy are disheartening.<lb/>
For all his capitalist trappings<lb/>
and conservative muttertngs,<lb/>
Berlusconi was hardly a poster<lb/>
child for a more competitive<lb/>
Italian economy. His reign has<lb/>
been an abject disappointment. A<lb/>
media mogul and one of the rich-<lb/>
est men in the world, Berlusconi's<lb/>
ostentatious displays of personal<lb/>
wealth and power did nothing<lb/>
to reverse years of economic<lb/>
decline and, in the end, led the<lb/>
Italian public to reject him and<lb/>
his conservative message of low<lb/>
taxes and free markets.<lb/>
But for Prodi, breaking with<lb/>
the past also will be hard medi-<lb/>
cine to deliver. His narrow vic-<lb/>
tory and patchwork coalition<lb/>
are prescriptions for gridlock.<lb/>
As prime minister a decade<lb/>
ago, Prodi moved Italy closer<lb/>
to economic reform than most<lb/>
observers had thought possible<lb/>
before his government collapsed<lb/>
in disarray. But given the frac-<lb/>
tured coalition that backed him<lb/>
this year - or, more accurately,<lb/>
opposed Berlusconi - Prodi Is<lb/>
unlikely to be able to retain any<lb/>
broad support for needed restruc-<lb/>
turing of the Italian economy.<lb/>
Similarly, Chirac's reversal on<lb/>
the youth labor law runs counter<lb/>
to what must be France's future.<lb/>
Rigid labor laws will continue to<lb/>
stifle innovation and initiative<lb/>
and will pile crushing pension<lb/>
obligations on future generations.<lb/>
Not only did Chirac do a dreadful<lb/>
job of promoting the labor plan to<lb/>
a resistant public, he also squan-<lb/>
dered a chance to break a legacy<lb/>
of perpetual entitlements.<lb/>
These trends portend further<lb/>
stagnation in Europe as charac-<lb/>
terized by budget deficits, high<lb/>
unemployment and economic<lb/>
despair. If Italy and France want<lb/>
to become part of New Europe,<lb/>
then Its Old Europe economic<lb/>
and social attitudes must change<lb/>
- and change quickly.<lb/>
Dear Roommate - I've kept quiet all year long but<lb/>
you need to hear this. I'm begging you, less cologne<lb/>
and more showers. Three showers per week is not<lb/>
enough, and it is too hot for you not to shower on<lb/>
a daily basis!<lb/>
To the girl in dance class who says that class is "too<lb/>
easy then why are you in it? If it is so easy then why<lb/>
aren't you at a more'prestige school? Stop being rude<lb/>
to the teacher and your fellow peers. We are all in<lb/>
that class for a reason. So show some respect to the<lb/>
department or take it to another school.<lb/>
The NSO lies.<lb/>
Who are those guys with the awesome white preludes<lb/>
going like 120 mph on the way to school on Sunday.<lb/>
Beware Girls - there is a man with a cowboy hat<lb/>
and sunglasses that sits near girls at Town Common<lb/>
and stares at them. He is creepy  just look out for<lb/>
him!<lb/>
I hate when passengers see the bus about to pull<lb/>
away frcm the stop, but they still walk slow talk-<lb/>
ing on their cell phone. That is why 1 leave them<lb/>
standing there.<lb/>
Hey ECU students. In case you might have missed this<lb/>
information in the numerous TEC articles throughout<lb/>
this year, the ECU Board of Trustees proposed a tuition<lb/>
increase of $250, which was approved by the N.C.<lb/>
Board Of Governors, who approved increases among<lb/>
all of the 16 UNC system schools. Student fees also<lb/>
increased just a little bit Oh my God, I think I just<lb/>
educated ECU students more about this than TEC has<lb/>
all year. I should get some sort of metal or something.<lb/>
I'm in love with a librarian. She stares at me so much<lb/>
that I can't help but look back at her. I can't help<lb/>
using the media she is near.<lb/>
I probably shouldn't even like you. I'm not even<lb/>
sure if I really know who you are at all. But I think<lb/>
in some weird way, I'm completely in love with you.<lb/>
And, I think I'm losing my mind because of it.<lb/>
I love the Jewish people.<lb/>
To all you drivers that don't pay attention to the<lb/>
crosswalks, my boyfriend already got hit once. I<lb/>
want some money too.<lb/>
To all you frat boys, the 1970s called, they want<lb/>
their snorts back!<lb/>
Can I just say that I am so excited that they are<lb/>
starting to pave Charles Street?<lb/>
Look around! What you're looking for might be<lb/>
right in front of you. Way too many of us are set-<lb/>
tling when there s something new and better right<lb/>
in front us. It might be a better job, major or the<lb/>
boyfriendgirlfriend that really would be better.<lb/>
Talce a risk, because sitting still and stuck in habits<lb/>
is not living life, it's wasting time.<lb/>
Did anybody else find it odd that on Good Friday,<lb/>
the Rec Center was open, but the Library was closed.<lb/>
It seems that ECU would rather its students be "not<lb/>
fat" instead of being "not stupid<lb/>
Dear girl walking to class in the "Kiss Me I'm Irish"<lb/>
shirt. I'm a simple guy, I see green -1 go. Sign says stop<lb/>
- I stop. My shirt says to machine wash warm with<lb/>
like colors - I machine-wash it on warm with like<lb/>
colors. You know? So don't get all bent out of shape<lb/>
when I follow the directions on your shirt. Maybe<lb/>
that'll teach you a little lesson. Don't wear the shirt<lb/>
if you don't really mean it. And, what are you doing<lb/>
wearing that shirt in the middle of April anyway?<lb/>
I love that our neighbors have a party every night<lb/>
but Tuesday.<lb/>
I hate it when my girlfriend uses that 'voice you<lb/>
know the one. It makes me totally melt and I have<lb/>
to do whatever she says, it sucks.<lb/>
To the anorexic chick at the gym stop running!<lb/>
Go eat a cheese burger or something!<lb/>
To the dude who's collar I unpopped last Friday at<lb/>
a party  You're Welcome!<lb/>
To the person who's in love with the idiot who won't<lb/>
get rid of their girlfriend. I'm in the exact same<lb/>
position! Some guys just can't realize what's best for<lb/>
them, even if it's right in front of their face.<lb/>
To my roommate who makes smart comments all<lb/>
the time. You are no better than me or anyone else.<lb/>
Get over yourself and realize that one day your ass is<lb/>
going to get slapped. See you for dinner tonight.<lb/>
Why do professors assign group work to be done over<lb/>
our "three day non-religious" Easter holiday?! Every-<lb/>
body and their dog is going home and can't get together!<lb/>
To the person who commented on Sharpies ruling<lb/>
the universe  Damn straight they do, I've got<lb/>
over 100 and I can't help but just draw on things<lb/>
Usually me, and they will definitely come in handy<lb/>
more than one might think!<lb/>
I agree with you, ranter on speaking. Trust me<lb/>
people it has never killed anyone.<lb/>
To the people who continue to complain about out of<lb/>
state tuition - Be glad, you pay only the cost of running<lb/>
the school and should be paying more. You are ripping<lb/>
off everyone who has lived in N.C. for generations<lb/>
and paid taxes to make the university what it is today.<lb/>
Yes lady, I understand you hate your job. But seri-<lb/>
ously! flow difficult is it to make a ham and cheese<lb/>
omelet without reprimanding the person who<lb/>
ordered it? And tell me, how do you hear the word<lb/>
"bacon" when I explicitly say "ham"?<lb/>
I'm addicted to "Lost" and Ebay!<lb/>
Yes you do have the same rights as cars, but obey all<lb/>
the traffic rules to then. Meaning you can just go<lb/>
straight through a red light if no cars are coming. Oh<lb/>
yeah and also you will look real cute doing your arm<lb/>
signals as well if you expect us drivers to respect you.<lb/>
Why is there a clunk of junk next to the art building<lb/>
messing up our beautiful campus?<lb/>
Thank God it's warm, small shirts and skirts are<lb/>
here to stay!<lb/>
Joyner needs to make floors or areas where cell<lb/>
phones and MP3 Players are not allowed! I'm so<lb/>
sick of hearing people abuse them.<lb/>
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Page A7 The East Carolinian, Self Help Building<lb/>
Phone (252) 328-9238 Fax (252) 328-9143<lb/>
TUESDAY April 18, 2006<lb/>
FOR RENT<lb/>
Bradford Creek Apartment available.<lb/>
Close to ECU. Free Rent and Pet Fee<lb/>
for June. 3bd, 2.5 ba. $795 a month.<lb/>
Short or Long Term Lease. Early<lb/>
May move also negotiable without<lb/>
added rent for a grand total of 1.5<lb/>
mos pet fee free to move in by<lb/>
May 15th. Interested? Please call<lb/>
Yolanda at 252-328-2259 or email:<lb/>
hollingsworthy@ecu.edu<lb/>
One two Brs. on-site management<lb/>
maintenance Central heat air 6,9,12<lb/>
month leases Water Cable included<lb/>
ECU bus Wireless Internet pets<lb/>
dishwasher disposals pool laundry<lb/>
(252) 758-4015<lb/>
Duplex 2 BDRM 2 BATH Central<lb/>
Heat AC ECU Bus Route Partial<lb/>
Furnished 218 Wyndham Circle 252-<lb/>
714-1057 252-756-2778 Available<lb/>
July 1st.<lb/>
Sublease for )une and July.<lb/>
Willoughby Park Condo 2Bd2Bth.<lb/>
Pool and Tennis Courts. Cable<lb/>
WaterSewer incl. $625mth. For<lb/>
more info call 252-327-2060<lb/>
House for Rent near campus on<lb/>
Charles Blvd. 34 bedroom house,<lb/>
front living area, central heatair<lb/>
(completely closed in front &amp; rear<lb/>
porch), 2 full baths w washer &amp;<lb/>
dryer in main bath. Refrigerator,<lb/>
range, rolling barcounter in<lb/>
kitchen. Rear deck, large backyard.<lb/>
Clean Pilley Properties 830-9502<lb/>
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Townhomes avail nowl Over<lb/>
1500 SQ ft. Enjoy your own<lb/>
private floor! Rates starting at<lb/>
only $340.00. Lease today &amp; get<lb/>
One Month Free! Call University<lb/>
Suites  252-551-3800<lb/>
Walk to ECU, Pre leasing For<lb/>
May, June, July, August, All<lb/>
size homes, view details at<lb/>
collegeunlversityrentals.com<lb/>
or call 321-4712<lb/>
Wyndham Circle Duplex: 2<lb/>
bedroom 2 bath, washerdryer<lb/>
hookups, huge yard &amp; deck<lb/>
'Desirable Student Location! $625<lb/>
month. Available summer or fall.<lb/>
2 BR Duplex Apt. Available June 1st<lb/>
Convenient to ECU Central ACHeat<lb/>
Pets OK w Deposit Call 714-9099<lb/>
or 355-3248<lb/>
Walk to campus 3 BR 1.5 BA Recently<lb/>
Renovated Meade St. Hardwood<lb/>
Floors, ceiling Fans, WD, All Kitchen<lb/>
Appliances Large FrontBack yard fit<lb/>
storage shed. $675month Auq. 1st<lb/>
341-4608<lb/>
For Rent: Very nice 4 br, 2.5 bath<lb/>
house with 2 zone, central heatair;<lb/>
off street parking; close proximity to<lb/>
ECU campus. Completely renovated.<lb/>
25 rent discount for prompt pay.<lb/>
Call 752-1000, ask for Murreli.<lb/>
Now accepting applications for<lb/>
summer and fall at Captains<lb/>
Quarters, University Terrace,<lb/>
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Hearthside Rentals 355-2112 or<lb/>
355-5923. Visit our website at www.<lb/>
hearthsidemanagement.com<lb/>
Beautiful house for rentsublease<lb/>
over summer. Up to five bedrooms<lb/>
available. House is huge and in<lb/>
amazing shape. Located at 4th and<lb/>
Eastern. Only $1000month. Call<lb/>
Jen (252)883-9481<lb/>
2 Bedroom 1 Bath Brick Duplex,<lb/>
Central Air Stancil Drive Walking<lb/>
Distance to ECU $540month Pets<lb/>
OK wfee Call 353-2717 or 355-5439<lb/>
Brand new 2 St 3 bedroom<lb/>
townhouses for rent. 1.5 to 2.5<lb/>
baths. Dudley's Grant off Firetower<lb/>
Rd. All appliances. WasherDryer<lb/>
hook-ups $695-795 per month. Call<lb/>
341-0223 for more information.<lb/>
Two, three and five bedroom houses.<lb/>
Starting at $550 - 2 bedroom, 3<lb/>
bedrooms $600-$850. Most fenced,<lb/>
with central HVAC, Security systems,<lb/>
WD or hookups, all Pets OK! Call<lb/>
Tilley Properties 830-9502<lb/>
FOR SALE<lb/>
The Buccaneer is back! The ECU<lb/>
yearbook has returned so make sure<lb/>
to reserve your copy. Order online at<lb/>
www.yearbookupdatesecu or call<lb/>
1-888-298-3323 Hurry! Deadline<lb/>
to order is 5pm 4-24-06<lb/>
SERVICES<lb/>
Area high school seeking field hockey<lb/>
coach for fall 2006. Afternoon<lb/>
availability 3-5 pm If interested, call<lb/>
Lydia Rotondo at (252)329-8080<lb/>
Interested in coaching boys lacrosse?<lb/>
If you've had past experience as a<lb/>
player or coach please contact Lydia<lb/>
Rotondo at (252)329-8080 for more<lb/>
information.<lb/>
HELP WANTED<lb/>
Nanny Needed Greenville Family<lb/>
is in Need of a Full time Nanny.<lb/>
Good Pay with benefits. We will<lb/>
provide a vehicle and Possible<lb/>
Living Arrangement. You must<lb/>
be energetic, responsible, and be<lb/>
able to spend time summers at the<lb/>
beach. This is a great opportunity<lb/>
For the right person. Please call 714-<lb/>
8824 to set up your Interview.<lb/>
Babysitter: Mature, responsible<lb/>
babysitter needed for infant and<lb/>
toddler three daysweek beginning<lb/>
in May. Must have good driving<lb/>
record, excellent references and<lb/>
reliable transportation. Contact<lb/>
kaswank@earthlink.net, 353-0187.<lb/>
Bartenders wanted! Up to $250<lb/>
day. No experience necessary.<lb/>
Training provided. Call (800) 965-<lb/>
6520. ext. 202<lb/>
Lifeguards and swim instructors<lb/>
needed for outdoor pool June 1-<lb/>
August 20. Candidates must be<lb/>
certified in Lifeguarding, AED, First Aid<lb/>
and CPRPR. $7.50 per hour. Apply at<lb/>
www.greenvillenc.gov or call Jessica<lb/>
at 329-4043 for more information.<lb/>
Mgrs. and Lifegrds at Pools and<lb/>
Beaches in Greenville, Atlantic Beach,<lb/>
Ground<lb/>
Is looking Tor PACKAGE HANDLERS In load vans<lb/>
and unload trailer for the AM thin hours 3 AM to<lb/>
8 AM. SH.OGThour.niltion assistance available after<lb/>
30 days. Future career opportunities in management<lb/>
possible. Applications can be filled out at 24II) United<lb/>
Drive (near the aquatics center) Greenville.<lb/>
HIRING NOW.<lb/>
I Looking for a great<lb/>
I summer Job? McLawrtom<lb/>
I Crop Services needs<lb/>
I reliable, honest, energetic<lb/>
I people work outdoors,<lb/>
I monitoring crops from<lb/>
I May through August Work<lb/>
near Kinston, Greenville,<lb/>
New Bern, lit us train<lb/>
you. HURRY! HIRING NOW<lb/>
I Must be 19 or have one<lb/>
I year ol college and need<lb/>
reliable vehicle. Full time<lb/>
I hours. We train! Excellent<lb/>
pay mileage.<lb/>
I Mall or fax resume to:<lb/>
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 em City. NC. 21521<lb/>
Fan 252-637 2125<lb/>
and Wilson. Call Bob 714-0576<lb/>
Live this summer at the Beach and<lb/>
work with Telescope PicturesSunrays<lb/>
Studio in Ocean City, MDVirginia<lb/>
Beach. VA. Earn up to $10,000.<lb/>
Housing is Available. For more<lb/>
information visit our website and<lb/>
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com or call 1.724.322.1858. E.O.E<lb/>
Active Handicapped Male Needs<lb/>
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VA Beach based Comm GC in<lb/>
business for 22 years is seeking<lb/>
a construction estimator. Ideal<lb/>
candidate should have the ability<lb/>
to prepare and review bid packages,<lb/>
perform material takeoffs and cost<lb/>
comparisons. Sign on bonus and<lb/>
relocation expenses paid for right<lb/>
candidate. Forward resume to:<lb/>
melissa@brownbuild.com or fax:<lb/>
757-456-5395. EOE<lb/>
Need Extra $$  Variety of positions<lb/>
open @ a new downtown restaurant.<lb/>
Call Anne @ 252-757-1716 or 252-<lb/>
327-6375<lb/>
Wanted: Student to assjst kids<lb/>
ages 14, 13, and 9 with homwork<lb/>
. Must be math major with GPA of<lb/>
3.4 or betjer. Strong in science a<lb/>
plus. Must be non-smoker, flexible<lb/>
hours, transportation, available<lb/>
to work afternoons, nights, and<lb/>
someweekends. Call 252-917-6787<lb/>
or 252-752-1572 for interview.<lb/>
Mobile waitstaff wanted for<lb/>
Restaurant gunners. Part-time<lb/>
positions 100-150week. Perfect<lb/>
tor college student Some Lunch<lb/>
Time (1Ta-2p) M-F and weekend<lb/>
availability required. 2-way radios<lb/>
allow you to be anywhere in<lb/>
Greenville when not on a delivery.<lb/>
Reliable transportation a must.<lb/>
Call 551-3279 between 2-5 only.<lb/>
Sorry Greenville residents and year<lb/>
around dorm residents only. Leave<lb/>
message if necessary.<lb/>
OTHER<lb/>
Get In State Tuition Rates! Join the<lb/>
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benefits. For more information contact<lb/>
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We Have What You're Looking For!<lb/>
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ANNOUNCEMENTS<lb/>
Last chance for yearbookphotos! All<lb/>
Spring and Summer 2006 graduates<lb/>
should come to Mendennall Great<lb/>
Room 1 on April 26th from 9am-<lb/>
5pm. Call 328-9236 to schedule<lb/>
a time.<lb/>
A,tCCJV1<lb/>
 at thevowdy Student Stores<lb/>
Same day as Barefoot on the Mall, stop by<lb/>
Thursday, April 20<lb/>
7 10 a.m. - 3 p.m Student Plaza<lb/>
Student Stores<lb/>
Where Your Dollars Support Scholars<lb/>
Wright Building  328-6731<lb/>
www.studentstores.ecu.edu<lb/>
Apparel, tradebooks, in addition to all you<lb/>
can carry textbooks for 5 (old edition)<lb/>
Nn other discounts apply. Prior purchases excluded.<lb/>
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THE EAST CAROUNIAN  NEWS<lb/>
4-18-06<lb/>
i There's hidden gold in those textbooks.<lb/>
A treasure just waiting for you when you sell your<lb/>
books at U.B.E. You'll move quickly through any line and<lb/>
get top dollar from the book buying experts at U.B.E.<lb/>
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semester festivities and summer fun. So dig in, matey.<lb/>
Sell your books for cash during the U.B.E. Buyback.<lb/>
U.B.E. Uptown Greenville  516 SouthCotanche St.<lb/>
at D 0 XMonday - Wednesday, April 24-269:00a.m. to 6:00<lb/>
Thursday &amp; Friday, April 27&amp;289:00a.m. to 7:00pm<lb/>
Saturday, April 299:00a.m. to 6:00p.m.<lb/>
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Saturday, May 6<lb/>
9:00am to 6:00pm<lb/>
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Monday - Friday, April 24-28<lb/>
9:00a.m to 5:00pm<lb/>
Saturday &amp; Sunday, April 29 &amp; 30<lb/>
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9:00am to 5:00pm<lb/>
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Page B1 features@theeastCdrollnian.com 252.328.6366 CAROLYN SCANDURA Features Editor KRISTIN MURNANE Assistant Features Editor<lb/>
TUESDAY April 18, 2006<lb/>
Names in the News:<lb/>
01 love and family<lb/>
Soft-spoken Shattered Glass and<lb/>
Kinsey star Peter Sarsgaard, 35,<lb/>
and girlfriend of four years Maggie<lb/>
Gyllenhaal, who are expecting their<lb/>
baby, are engaged. Gyllenhaal, 28,<lb/>
appeared in Mona Lisa Smile and<lb/>
Donnie Darko.<lb/>
Not that much love<lb/>
Jennifer Lopez is suing her first<lb/>
husband, Ojani Noa, claiming he's<lb/>
trying to shake her down for $5<lb/>
million. Filed in Los Angeles Superior<lb/>
Court, the suit claims Noa demanded<lb/>
J.Lo pay up if she wanted to stop him<lb/>
from publishing a tell-all book about<lb/>
the couple's relationship. It also<lb/>
alleges Noa violated a confidentiality<lb/>
agreement by promoting the book<lb/>
on TV. That agreement was struck<lb/>
in an October settlement when Noa<lb/>
dropped his suit claiming the love of<lb/>
his life sacked him as manager of<lb/>
her Pasadena eatery without cause.<lb/>
Noa's attorney has yet to comment.<lb/>
Keeping the faith<lb/>
Ticketmaster says husband-and-<lb/>
wife musical team Tim McGraw and<lb/>
Faith Hill's Soul II concert tour (72<lb/>
concerts in 32 markets) Is the most-<lb/>
requested event in the first quarter<lb/>
of 2006. Billy Joel's tour is No. two,<lb/>
and Jimmy Buffett is at No. three.<lb/>
Finding Synergy<lb/>
The Walt Disney film Finding Nemo<lb/>
has been adapted as a stage musical<lb/>
featuring puppets, dancers and<lb/>
acrobats with the perplexing title<lb/>
Finding Nemo - The Musical, to<lb/>
premier later this year at Disney's<lb/>
Animal Kingdom Theater in the Wild<lb/>
in Orlando, Fla.<lb/>
Country Kudos<lb/>
Country Music Television's<lb/>
awards show featured big wins<lb/>
for Keith Urban (video of the<lb/>
year) and sweetheart Idol Carrie<lb/>
Underwood who won two awards,<lb/>
breakthrough video and female video<lb/>
for her inspirational hit, "Jesus, Take<lb/>
the Wheel<lb/>
Preserving the Greats<lb/>
In other recording and music honors,<lb/>
the Library of Congress has chosen<lb/>
the 50 recordings it deems worthy of<lb/>
preservation this year. They include<lb/>
a 1940 jam session featuring tenor<lb/>
saxophonist Lester Young, 25 songs<lb/>
by master blues man Robert Johnson,<lb/>
President Calvin Coolidge's 1925<lb/>
inaugural address, and rock, pop<lb/>
and blues by B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix,<lb/>
Stevie Wonder and Sonic Youth.<lb/>
The charmed life<lb/>
Us Weekly says "Charmed" star Holly<lb/>
Marie Combs and hubby David W.<lb/>
Donoho, who already have a boy,<lb/>
Finley, are expecting their second<lb/>
child. Don't panic, production on<lb/>
"Charmed" wraps up this week, so<lb/>
her condition won't cramp Holly's<lb/>
career style.<lb/>
A Pink statement<lb/>
Pop sensation Pink has launched a<lb/>
global pro-PETA petition drive on her<lb/>
Web site (PinksPage.com) for "Kick<lb/>
the Bucket which asks KFC to stop<lb/>
its "cruel breeding practices" and<lb/>
cruel killing methods in producing<lb/>
its chicken product. Celebs such<lb/>
as Pamela Anderson, the Dalai<lb/>
Lama, the Black Eyed Peas and<lb/>
the Rev. Al Sharpton have lodged<lb/>
similar complaints against KFC.<lb/>
The beholder's eye<lb/>
In its "first-ever Global Beauty Survey"<lb/>
of 10,000 readers, CosmoGIRL! has<lb/>
named Jessica Simpson "The Most<lb/>
Beautiful Girl in the World<lb/>
Williams update<lb/>
"She's on the road to recovery a<lb/>
rep for Hank Williams Jr. said about<lb/>
daughter Hilary Williams, who along<lb/>
with sister Holly was injured in a<lb/>
March 15 car accident in Mississippi.<lb/>
The women were taken to a Memphis,<lb/>
Tenn hospital, which released Holly<lb/>
two days later. This week Hilary was<lb/>
moved to a Nashville hospital for<lb/>
further treatment for a leg injury.<lb/>
Cruising some more<lb/>
"I've always found the if it makes me<lb/>
feel better, It's OK' rationale a little<lb/>
suspect" said Tom Cruise. Speaking in<lb/>
GO's June issue, Tom has resurrected<lb/>
his critique of psychiatry based on<lb/>
his religious beliefs, saying psych<lb/>
drugs are harmful. The impossible<lb/>
missionary also expounded on drug<lb/>
addiction. "I think it's appalling that<lb/>
people have to live a life of drug<lb/>
addiction when I have personally<lb/>
helped people get off drugs<lb/>
It's time to kick off your shoes<lb/>
Head to Barefoot on the<lb/>
Mall'Thursday, April 20<lb/>
SARAH CAMPBELL<lb/>
SENIOR WRITER<lb/>
Final exams are looming<lb/>
in the near future, last minute<lb/>
assignments are being handed<lb/>
out and the stress is starting to<lb/>
get to everyone.<lb/>
Before you hit the point<lb/>
of no return, take some<lb/>
time to unwind at this<lb/>
year's 27th annual Barefoot<lb/>
on the Mall, organized by the<lb/>
Student Union.<lb/>
This Thursday, April 20<lb/>
from 12 - 6 p.m put away your<lb/>
books, grab your shades, slide on<lb/>
your flip-flops and head to the<lb/>
mall in front of Joyner Library<lb/>
to enjoy an afternoon of fun<lb/>
and entertainment.<lb/>
Barefoot offers students just<lb/>
the distraction they crave to put<lb/>
aside their worries for a little while.<lb/>
At Barefoot students can spend<lb/>
the entire afternoon playing<lb/>
games and enjoying live music.<lb/>
Halo laser tag, an inflatable<lb/>
obstacle course and a jousting<lb/>
contest are just a few of the activi-<lb/>
ties that will be featured this year<lb/>
at Barefoot. Prizes will include<lb/>
free T-shirts, cups, bottle opener<lb/>
key chains and beads.<lb/>
Each year the Student Union<lb/>
has a selection committee of 12<lb/>
people who, throughout the year,<lb/>
listen to different music and<lb/>
vote on who they would like to<lb/>
perform at Barefoot. This year<lb/>
the committee picked a variety<lb/>
of music that is sure to please any<lb/>
music lover's taste.<lb/>
The Greenville-based Battle<lb/>
of the Bands winner Sth Gen-<lb/>
eration will be kicking off the<lb/>
musical festivities with their<lb/>
reggaerockskafunk blend of<lb/>
music around 12 p.m.<lb/>
32 Below, a country-rock<lb/>
band based out of Nashville, will<lb/>
follow shortly after. Wilmington-<lb/>
based Jah Creation will play their<lb/>
blend of unique reggae music<lb/>
which should bring you to your<lb/>
feet for a bit of dancing.<lb/>
The headlining band of the<lb/>
day, The Spin Doctors, will of<lb/>
course play last. The Spin Doctors<lb/>
formed in 1988 and have been<lb/>
playing fun, energetic music ever<lb/>
since. The group is most famous<lb/>
for songs such as "Little Miss<lb/>
Can't be Wrong "Two Princes<lb/>
"Biscuits" and "Have You Ever<lb/>
Seen the Rain?" Their perfor-<lb/>
mance will provide students<lb/>
with their last carefree moments<lb/>
of fun before reality sets in and<lb/>
Barefoot ends until next year.<lb/>
While enjoying the music stu-<lb/>
dents can visit booths that will<lb/>
be set up throughout the mall by<lb/>
various student organizations in<lb/>
an effort to do a bit of fund rais-<lb/>
ing and raise campus awareness<lb/>
see BAREFOOT page B2<lb/>
Master's program talents on display<lb/>
MFA thesis exhibition at Wellington B.<lb/>
Gray Art Gallery<lb/>
SARAH CAMPBELL<lb/>
STAFF WRITER<lb/>
Dressing well and being confident are a must when interviewing.<lb/>
Job seeking skills<lb/>
After hours of hard work and dedication,<lb/>
graduating students from the Master of Fine Arts<lb/>
program are finally showcasing their talent in the<lb/>
Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery.<lb/>
Beginning Thursday, April 13 through May 22,<lb/>
the MFA Thesis Exhibition is being displayed in the<lb/>
Gray Gallery for public viewing.<lb/>
The exhibition features various metals, sculp-<lb/>
ture, ceramic and photography works from the<lb/>
following artists: Jesse Bert, Brie Castell, Daniel<lb/>
Collett, Corey S. Fong, Kenneth Lindsey Jervis III,<lb/>
Sharon Michelle Massey, Benjamin Steven Jensen<lb/>
and Melissa S. Manley.<lb/>
The opening reception was held April 13 from<lb/>
5 - 7 p.m. to honor the contributing artists.<lb/>
Jesse Bert, Corey Fong, Sharon Massey and<lb/>
Melissa Manley are MFA in metal design students.<lb/>
Brie Castell and Ben Jenson are the only students<lb/>
from the MFA in photography and ceramics pro-<lb/>
grams, respectively, to exhibit their work in the show.<lb/>
Daniel Collett and Kenneth Jarvis are both<lb/>
students of the MFA in sculpture program.<lb/>
see MFA page B2<lb/>
Wellington B. Gray Art Gallery<lb/>
Moil - Fri 10-4<lb/>
Sat 10-2<lb/>
banding the perfect job<lb/>
SARAH CAMPBELL<lb/>
SENIOR WRITER<lb/>
Local Concerts:<lb/>
On Saturday, April 22 Widespread<lb/>
Panic will be performing in Raleigh at<lb/>
the Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek.<lb/>
Trapt and Shinedown will be<lb/>
performing at the Disco Rodeo in<lb/>
Raleigh on Tuesday, April 25.<lb/>
Nine Inch Nails and Bauhaus will be<lb/>
at Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek in<lb/>
Raleigh on Friday, June 9.<lb/>
<lb/>
The semester is winding<lb/>
down and with its end brings<lb/>
the beginning of the great job<lb/>
hunt. That's right, almost every-<lb/>
one has begun the search for the<lb/>
perfect summer job or for spring<lb/>
graduates, something more per-<lb/>
manent. Whichever category<lb/>
you fall under there are some<lb/>
essential things for everyone<lb/>
to remember.<lb/>
First, the<lb/>
number one tip<lb/>
I have to offer<lb/>
is to apply at<lb/>
places that are<lb/>
actually hiring.<lb/>
Working at<lb/>
The Gap may<lb/>
sound like the<lb/>
perfect job for<lb/>
you, but if they<lb/>
aren't hiring<lb/>
the chances of<lb/>
you getting a<lb/>
job there are<lb/>
very slim.<lb/>
When you're out with your<lb/>
friends make sure that you pay<lb/>
attention to places that have<lb/>
"Now Hiring" signs up. Also,<lb/>
grabbing a newspaper on Sunday<lb/>
afternoon and browsing through<lb/>
the Help Wanted section never<lb/>
hurts. Finding a place that is<lb/>
actively looking for employees<lb/>
puts you that much closer to<lb/>
Need some<lb/>
help?<lb/>
landing an interview and, if all<lb/>
goes well, a job.<lb/>
Once you have found places<lb/>
to apply, filled out the paperwork<lb/>
and secured your references,<lb/>
you may be on your way to an<lb/>
interview. Going in for a job<lb/>
interview can be both exciting<lb/>
and unnerving, but remember-<lb/>
ing a few things will make things<lb/>
run smoothly.<lb/>
The number one rule is to<lb/>
dress to impress. Your clothing<lb/>
will be the first thing to make<lb/>
an impression on a potential<lb/>
employer. You don't want to be<lb/>
remembered<lb/>
for your poor<lb/>
choice of attire.<lb/>
i suggest<lb/>
wearing some-<lb/>
thing profes-<lb/>
sional with a<lb/>
twist of yourself.<lb/>
You want your<lb/>
clothes to show<lb/>
your inner self,<lb/>
so be sure to<lb/>
add an acces-<lb/>
sory that mir-<lb/>
rors your person-<lb/>
ality. A bright tie, belt or necklace<lb/>
is always a good way to spice it up.<lb/>
During the interview make<lb/>
sure to take your time when<lb/>
answering questions. Rushing<lb/>
through questions won't provide<lb/>
your most.intelligent or thought-<lb/>
ful answers. Don't worry if you<lb/>
don't know what to say right<lb/>
see JOB SKILLS page B2<lb/>
Watermelon Queen sails through ECU<lb/>
Monster.com<lb/>
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Visit these Web sites to post your<lb/>
resume, search for jobs In your area,<lb/>
and for more Job seeking skills!<lb/>
Amanda Wilson<lb/>
Juggling student life, work<lb/>
and watermelons?<lb/>
SHANNON DAVIS<lb/>
STAFF WRITER<lb/>
ECU'S campus is full of<lb/>
hidden treasures within the<lb/>
student body. Students attend<lb/>
from places near and far, from<lb/>
varying backgrounds and life-<lb/>
styles. Everyone is unique and<lb/>
has a different life story. One<lb/>
particular story is that of North<lb/>
Carolina's Watermelon Queen,<lb/>
Amanda Wilson.<lb/>
TEC: Where are you from?<lb/>
Wilson: I'm from a very small<lb/>
town outside of High Point, N.C<lb/>
called Hillsville.<lb/>
TEC: What is your major?<lb/>
Wilson: I'm a sophomore here at<lb/>
ECU and I am a creative writing<lb/>
major and a psychology minor.<lb/>
TEC: What defines you as an<lb/>
ECU student?<lb/>
Wilson: Skip the small talk lets<lb/>
get right down to the hardest<lb/>
question  what defines me<lb/>
as an ECU student? Probably<lb/>
my hook hand, eye patch and<lb/>
incessant need to steal, sail and<lb/>
yellARGHHHH.<lb/>
TEC: Describe your experience<lb/>
asanR.A. of White Hall.<lb/>
Wilson: Being an R.A. in White<lb/>
has been a really enriching<lb/>
experience for me. Yes, it's1 been<lb/>
difficult at times, but I've made<lb/>
some amazing friends and found<lb/>
out a lot about people  espe-<lb/>
cially myself.<lb/>
TEC: So, runiOr has it you are a<lb/>
Watermelon Queen  how did<lb/>
you earn that title?<lb/>
Wilson: 1 grabbed the crown<lb/>
and sailed away with the booty.<lb/>
Okay, so not really. My friend<lb/>
that lived across the hall from me<lb/>
convinced me to do it. She was<lb/>
the 2005 Mar-Del Watermelon<lb/>
Queen (and first runner up at<lb/>
Nationals.) I'd done pageants in<lb/>
the past, but 1 lost because I'm<lb/>
just not a pageant kind of girl<lb/>
But she insisted, and I fig-<lb/>
ured, if nothing else, I get a<lb/>
free weekend in Raleigh in a<lb/>
nice hotel. At The North Caro-<lb/>
lina Watermelon Association<lb/>
Convention I competed against<lb/>
five other girls in the areas of<lb/>
speech (public speaking), inter-<lb/>
view, sportswear, evening wear<lb/>
and an on stage question. 1 was<lb/>
the lucky winner, so TA DA!<lb/>
"Watermelon Queendom<lb/>
TEC: What are the respon-<lb/>
sibilities that go along with<lb/>
the title?<lb/>
Wilson: The North Carolina<lb/>
Watermelon Queen is a paid<lb/>
public relations job with the<lb/>
branch of the North Carolina<lb/>
Department of Agriculture called<lb/>
the North Carolina Watermelon<lb/>
Association. I was responsible<lb/>
for attending "appearances"<lb/>
where I gave out watermelon<lb/>
slices, stickers, recipe cards, bro-<lb/>
chures and educated people on<lb/>
the nutritional value of water-<lb/>
melon. In addition to its eco-<lb/>
nomic importance to our state.<lb/>
Mostly, I did grocery store<lb/>
openings, farmer's markets, festi-<lb/>
see QUEEN page B2<lb/>
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THE EAST CAROLINIAN  FEATURES<lb/>
4-18-06<lb/>
QUeen from page B1<lb/>
vals and welcome centers. I also<lb/>
went to Washington, D.C for<lb/>
"Watermelons on Capitol Hill"<lb/>
where I lobbied for more money<lb/>
for research in watermelon dis-<lb/>
eases.<lb/>
TEC: What do you plan on doing<lb/>
after college?<lb/>
Wilson: Well 1 have two very<lb/>
different answers to that ques-<lb/>
tion. My dream is to become a<lb/>
published fiction author, live in<lb/>
a big house in the South with a<lb/>
huge front porch and drink iced<lb/>
tea every day for the rest of my<lb/>
life. But there's also a big part<lb/>
of me that wants to do research<lb/>
on how physical traumas in the<lb/>
brain affect behavioral patterns<lb/>
and if there are ways to prevent<lb/>
the negative outcomes in surgical<lb/>
and head trauma patients.<lb/>
Writing has always been a<lb/>
passion of mine. 1 love it, and<lb/>
the prospect of being paid to<lb/>
do something I love is a dream<lb/>
come true. But I have a very<lb/>
real and emotional connection<lb/>
to the brain trauma research as<lb/>
well. I have a sister who suffers<lb/>
from the consistent re-growth<lb/>
of tumors on the meninges of<lb/>
the brain called cluster menin-<lb/>
giomas. Despite surgeries that<lb/>
seem to follow an every two-<lb/>
year pattern, my sister has done<lb/>
remarkably well. She functions<lb/>
on a normal level cognitively and<lb/>
socially with only minor physical<lb/>
difficulties. She is blind in her<lb/>
left eye and experiences some<lb/>
numbness and paralysis on the<lb/>
left side of her body at times, but<lb/>
the psychological differences are<lb/>
noticeable.<lb/>
As expected, she suffers from<lb/>
post traumatic stress disorder<lb/>
because of the surgery and some-<lb/>
times has trouble with paranoia<lb/>
and sudden mood swings. I want<lb/>
hospitals to start treating surgi-<lb/>
cal patients more like trauma<lb/>
patients, and help them with<lb/>
these behavioral side effects. The<lb/>
brain can't tell if a scalpel is cut-<lb/>
ting it, or an ax, all it registers is<lb/>
the trauma. I think it's important<lb/>
that be addressed.<lb/>
TEC: You are surprisingly com-<lb/>
fortable when it comes to talking<lb/>
about your sister's tumor. How<lb/>
is that?<lb/>
Wilson: 1 don't mind talk-<lb/>
ing about my sister at all; she's<lb/>
an amazing person and a very<lb/>
important part of my life. My<lb/>
family is the most important<lb/>
aspect of my life. I have three<lb/>
brothers and one sister. My sister<lb/>
is seven years older than I am and<lb/>
she has a daughter who is four.<lb/>
Since my sister's surgeries, Mercy,<lb/>
that's her daughter, and I have<lb/>
become very close. During my<lb/>
sister's recovery time, my mom<lb/>
and I take care of Mercy.<lb/>
Mercy is an amazing little girl<lb/>
and she means the world to me. I<lb/>
can't imagine life without her.<lb/>
Amanda Wilson is an inspi-<lb/>
rational queen who is able to<lb/>
successfully manage all of life's<lb/>
curve balls.<lb/>
She is among the many who<lb/>
juggle academics, work and per-<lb/>
sonal endeavors. This, pirate is<lb/>
sure to go a long way.<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at<lb/>
features@theeastcarolinian.com.<lb/>
BarefOOt from page er<lb/>
about their particular group.<lb/>
While student organizations<lb/>
will take up most of the mall<lb/>
with booths, this year's Bare-<lb/>
foot sponsor, Bank of America,<lb/>
will have banners and booths<lb/>
prominently featured through-<lb/>
out the mall.<lb/>
Thanks to their $5,000<lb/>
donation the Student Union<lb/>
will be able to bring us this<lb/>
afternoon of enjoyment.<lb/>
Whether you are looking for-<lb/>
ward to enjoying some live music,<lb/>
catching up with friends, work-<lb/>
ing on your tan or just taking<lb/>
off your shoes to feel the grass<lb/>
between your toes, Barefoot is a<lb/>
definite way to ensure a hassle<lb/>
free afternoon.<lb/>
Kick off your shoes and relax,<lb/>
as the purple haze of Barefoot on<lb/>
the Mall takes over you'll begin<lb/>
to wonder why you were ever<lb/>
stressed to begin with. Who knew<lb/>
that the escape from our hectic<lb/>
lives is only footsteps away?<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at<lb/>
features@theeastcarolinian.com.<lb/>
IflFA from page B1<lb/>
These students have traveled<lb/>
from around the world to pursue<lb/>
their passion for art and gain<lb/>
the knowledge that they need<lb/>
in order to be successful and<lb/>
confident.<lb/>
After spending years of their<lb/>
valuable time and money purs-<lb/>
ing higher education in order<lb/>
to hone in own their natural<lb/>
born talents, they will finally be<lb/>
achieving the ultimate success of<lb/>
graduating next month.<lb/>
The Gray Art Gallery is<lb/>
located inside the Jenkins Fine<lb/>
Arts Center on Fifth Street. The<lb/>
Gallery is open Monday through<lb/>
Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and<lb/>
Saturday from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.<lb/>
Beginning on May 12 and extend-<lb/>
ing throughout the summer, the<lb/>
Gallery will be closed on Friday,<lb/>
Saturday and Sunday. Support<lb/>
these students.<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at<lb/>
features@theeastcarolinian.com.<lb/>
JOb SkillS from page B1<lb/>
away, take a deep breath and give<lb/>
yourself a moment to think.<lb/>
Eye contact and body lan-<lb/>
guage are other ways to make a<lb/>
good impression on a potential<lb/>
employer. Make sure when shak-<lb/>
ing hands or answering questions<lb/>
you hold eye contact with the<lb/>
Interviewer. You want to make<lb/>
sure that you are having a conver-<lb/>
sation, not talking to the floor.<lb/>
Last, but definitely not least,<lb/>
remember to be yourself. Don't<lb/>
try to be someone that you aren't<lb/>
in the pursuit of acceptance. If<lb/>
the employer doesn't appreciate<lb/>
you for who you are, you more<lb/>
than likely don't want to work<lb/>
there anyway.<lb/>
When pursuing the perfect<lb/>
job remember to go in with your<lb/>
head held high and keep on smil-<lb/>
ing, even if your stumble a bit.<lb/>
Happy hunting.<lb/>
This writer can be contacted at<lb/>
features@theeastcarolinian.com.<lb/>
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It's PAY DAY.<lb/>
You bought 'em. You read 'em. Now it's PAY DAY.<lb/>
Sell your books to Dowdy Student Store and<lb/>
you'll get top dollar for them.<lb/>
Dowdy Student Store Wright Place Buyback Hours:<lb/>
Monday, April 24th: 8am - 7pm<lb/>
Tuesday, April 25th - Wednesday, April 26th: 8am - 5pm<lb/>
Thursday, April 27th: 8am - 7pm<lb/>
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cash. But, ECU-Dowdy Student Stores has been recognized as one of the best<lb/>
buyback programs IN THE ENTIRE NATION because we treat students fairly and<lb/>
with respect. We also work with one of the largest book wholesalers in the<lb/>
country, and buy back books not just for East Carolina, but for all<lb/>
of the schools they represent.<lb/>
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Page B4 spofts@theeastcarolinian.com 252.328.6366 TONY ZOPPO Sports Editor BRANDON HUGHES Assistant Sports Editor<lb/>
4-18-06<lb/>
TUESDAY April 18, 2006<lb/>
Pirates sweep Albany; win streak at six<lb/>
Diamond Bucs move to<lb/>
25-13 on the season<lb/>
BRENT WYNNE<lb/>
SENIOR WHITER<lb/>
Adam Witter continued his hot hitting with a grand slam in the third game against Albany this past weekend. He had 10 total RBI for the<lb/>
series.<lb/>
ECU scored 40 runs and<lb/>
banged out 52 hits in three games<lb/>
as the Pirates swept the first ever<lb/>
series with Albany 16-5, 11-3<lb/>
and 13-9. Albany led in every<lb/>
contest, but the relentless offen-<lb/>
sive barrage from the Diamond<lb/>
Bucs proved to be too much for<lb/>
Great Dane pitching, as they fell<lb/>
to 8-20 on the season while ECU<lb/>
improved to 25-13 and have now<lb/>
won six games in a row.<lb/>
Adam Witter was an absolute<lb/>
monster at the plate all weekend,<lb/>
going 7-for-12 with a grand slam,<lb/>
10 RBI and six runs scored. The<lb/>
grand slam occurred in game<lb/>
three in which Witter was 3-for-5<lb/>
with six RBI.<lb/>
"He's a true Pirate said<lb/>
Godwin.<lb/>
"It's great to see good things<lb/>
happen to good people<lb/>
 With the Pirates trailing 9-6 in<lb/>
the final game, Witter took it upon<lb/>
himself to get the Pirates back in<lb/>
the game. After Harrison Eldridge<lb/>
and Jamie Ray recorded back to<lb/>
back singles and Dale Mollenhauer<lb/>
loaded the bases on a fielder's<lb/>
choice, Witter delivered the final<lb/>
back-breaking blow to Albany and<lb/>
their hopes of winning a game,<lb/>
sending Chris Ott's offering deep<lb/>
over the right field wall, giving<lb/>
 the Diamond Bucs a 10-9 lead.<lb/>
o "There's nobody on this team<lb/>
 that I pull harder for than Adam<lb/>
 Witter Godwin said.<lb/>
"He works hard and good<lb/>
 things deserve to come to him.<lb/>
I just felt like he was going to do<lb/>
something good there<lb/>
Witter singled with the bases<lb/>
loaded again in the seventh, push-<lb/>
ing two more Pirate runs across.<lb/>
In all, ECU scored seven times over<lb/>
the sixth and seventh innings,<lb/>
seizing control of the game 13-9.<lb/>
The Diamond Bucs stroked<lb/>
17 hits and six Pirate batters had<lb/>
multi-hit days. Witter, Eldridge<lb/>
and Batts each collected three hits,<lb/>
while Mollenhauer, Jay Mattox<lb/>
and Ryan Wood each had two.<lb/>
With an infield hit in his first<lb/>
at-bat of game three, Ryan Wood<lb/>
extended his hit streak to a team<lb/>
high 12 games, surpassing Jamie<lb/>
Ray for the longest hit streak by<lb/>
a Pirate in 2006. Ray's streak was<lb/>
11 games.<lb/>
ECU starter Shane Matthews<lb/>
had a bad outing, going just 4.2<lb/>
innings, while giving up seven<lb/>
runs on eights hits. He struck<lb/>
out five.<lb/>
Scott Andrews, who was also<lb/>
shaky, found his stride and got the<lb/>
win for ECU in relief. The senior<lb/>
southpaw went 3.1 innings,<lb/>
allowing two runs on four hits<lb/>
and a walk with a strikeout.<lb/>
Jason Neitz slammed the<lb/>
door with a perfect ninth. Neitz's<lb/>
season ERA is a ridiculous 0.42 in<lb/>
21.2 innings.<lb/>
In game two, Josh Dowdy was<lb/>
brilliant on the mound, while<lb/>
Mattox drove in a career high five<lb/>
runs as ECU cruisefi to an 11-3<lb/>
victory over the Great Danes.<lb/>
Dowdy, who came on in<lb/>
relief of starter Michael Hill,<lb/>
tossed 6.1 scoreless innings of<lb/>
awesome relief, striking out<lb/>
nine while earning his first<lb/>
win. He gave up just four<lb/>
see BASEBALL page B5<lb/>
Pirates give back with youth baseball clinic<lb/>
CONTRIBUTED BY NICK ZULOVICH<lb/>
THE DAILY REFLECTOR<lb/>
Uniforms and caps that ranged in every<lb/>
color from a box of crayons dotted the turf at<lb/>
Clark-LeClair Stadium on Saturday morning.<lb/>
There were the purple and gold uniforms of East<lb/>
Carolina's baseball players and coaches along<lb/>
with more than 150 youth baseball players who<lb/>
turned out for a 90-minute free session that was<lb/>
just as much about instruction as it was about<lb/>
enjoyment.<lb/>
"This was about the love of the game ECU<lb/>
head coach Billy Godwin said. "It was just a great<lb/>
morning. I love this<lb/>
ECU's players and coaches worked with the<lb/>
youngsters on all of the basics of the game, rang-<lb/>
ing from how a pitcher should throw a baseball,<lb/>
how a fielder should position his feet to gather<lb/>
in a ball, how a baserunner should touch the bag<lb/>
and be ready to advance and how a hitter needs to<lb/>
hold the bat correctly in a bunt situation. It was<lb/>
difficult to determine whose smile was wider, the<lb/>
youth players, the adults who loaded up SUVs and<lb/>
minivans to bring them, or the members of ECU's<lb/>
baseball program.<lb/>
"To me, as people who have been fortunate<lb/>
In this game, we owe a lot of people Godwin<lb/>
said. "This would not have been successful if<lb/>
nobody showed up. I've been very blessed in<lb/>
this game that I feel like 1 have to give back <lb/>
something to keep the fire burning in guys who I<lb/>
want to play baseball. I was as excited as the <lb/>
kids were <lb/>
Ashley Padgett of Washington came with her <lb/>
husband Chris, who filled the family camera with <lb/>
pictures of their children, Reed, 10, and Josh, 7. <lb/>
Ashley Padgett said she told her sons of the event I<lb/>
on Thursday night and the wait for them seemed &amp;<lb/>
to be unbearable. She added how ECU outfielder i<lb/>
see YOUTH BASEBALL page B5 The Pirates held a baseball clinic for the youth of Greenville over this past weekend<lb/>
Men and women's track<lb/>
excel over weekend<lb/>
Hodge thankful he's alive after<lb/>
shooting, unsure when he'll play<lb/>
(SID)  Three ECU men's track and field<lb/>
athlete and the Pirates' 4x100 relay squad bested<lb/>
NCAA Regional qualification minimums during<lb/>
competition at the Sea Ray Relays held at the Tom<lb/>
Black Track inside Lal'orte Stadium on the Univer-<lb/>
sity of Tennessee campus, while Junior Chelsea<lb/>
Salisbury captured a javelin title and earned runner-<lb/>
up standing in the hammer throw event to high-<lb/>
light the women's track program's participation at<lb/>
the Carolina Fast Times meet at Irwin Belk Track<lb/>
and Fetzer Field over the weekend.<lb/>
Freshman sprinters Kev"in Thompson (10.41)<lb/>
and Jerek Hewett (10.42) both earned qualifica-<lb/>
tion In the 100-meter dash with personal-record<lb/>
efforts that resulted in fifth and sixth-place finishes,<lb/>
respectively. Junior Terrance Myers also established<lb/>
u career-best effort in the hammer throw at 58.54<lb/>
to pick up a second-place standing and exceed the<lb/>
post-season qualification mark for the fourth time<lb/>
this season.<lb/>
In addition, the Pirates' 4x100 relay squad sur-<lb/>
passed the NCAA minimum for the second time in<lb/>
2006, finishing third with a time of 40.22, just .02<lb/>
shy of the program's season-best.<lb/>
Salisbury recorded a javelin toss of 39.19 meters<lb/>
to edge out teammate Danielle Eiler's career-best<lb/>
mark of 38.15 before setting a personal record of<lb/>
her own with a 52.11-meter effort in the hammer<lb/>
throw.<lb/>
In all, the Lady Pirates registered 12 top 10 fin-<lb/>
ishes and established six new personal standards<lb/>
during the competition. Seven of ECU's top 10<lb/>
standings came in the throw events as Eiler added<lb/>
a fourth-place finish in the shot put (PR of 13.13<lb/>
meters) and stood sixth in the discus (42.48) while<lb/>
juniors Jessica Georgio (44.27) and Emily Thomp-<lb/>
son (44.19) were sixth and seventh in the hammer<lb/>
throw, respectively.<lb/>
Other individual men's top 10 finishes of note<lb/>
include freshman Brandon Small (400 meters<lb/>
8th47.29) and junior Eric Frasure, who recorded a<lb/>
discus throw of 50.50 meters to stand eight.<lb/>
A pair of relay teams experienced action for the<lb/>
first time this year as ECU's 4x200 and distance<lb/>
medley squads picked up a pair of third-place results<lb/>
after producing times of 1:24.06 and 10:00.40.<lb/>
Both teams will return to action next weekend<lb/>
when it competes at the NeelyAlumni Relays on<lb/>
the"campus of North Carolina A&amp;T University in<lb/>
Greensboro.<lb/>
(AP)  Julius Hodge sat at a<lb/>
table by midcourt, his left leg in a<lb/>
walking cast, his flesh and bones<lb/>
still mending from the three<lb/>
bullets that pierced his body in<lb/>
a drive-by shooting.<lb/>
An ever-so-slight smile<lb/>
crossed his face.<lb/>
"I can still shoot he said,<lb/>
flipping a basketball into the air.<lb/>
"I'm a passer though<lb/>
Right now, he's a bystander.<lb/>
The 22-year-old Denver Nug-<lb/>
gets rookie returned to the Pepsi<lb/>
Center on Monday for the first<lb/>
time since the shooting nine<lb/>
days ago. He was thankful to be<lb/>
alive, but wasn't sure when he'll<lb/>
play again.<lb/>
"I want to take this opportu-<lb/>
nity to let everyone know that<lb/>
I'm feeling good and on the<lb/>
road to recovery Hodge said<lb/>
at the team's shoot-around, his<lb/>
first public comments since the<lb/>
shooting.<lb/>
Hodge didn't show any signs<lb/>
of bitterness.<lb/>
"I just try to smile as much<lb/>
as possible every day he said.<lb/>
"It's definitely a real tough time<lb/>
on my family and friends. I just<lb/>
try to pick everybody's spirits up<lb/>
and just try to use my laughter<lb/>
as a defense mechanism, try to<lb/>
smile and not frown a lot, or<lb/>
be down on myself because it's<lb/>
definitely a blessing I'm still<lb/>
here<lb/>
His arrival at the Nuggets'<lb/>
training facilities also brought<lb/>
smiles to his teammates' faces.<lb/>
"It's great to see him Marcus<lb/>
Camby said. "It's great to see him<lb/>
alive<lb/>
Hodge was shot in the left leg<lb/>
early on April 8 while driving on<lb/>
a Denver freeway after he left a<lb/>
nightclub. Investigators said the<lb/>
shots were fired from a car that<lb/>
pulled alongside Hodge's.<lb/>
"Being from New York City<lb/>
was definitely tough going, and<lb/>
coming out here to Colorado,<lb/>
I was definitely thinking that<lb/>
was real ironic Hodge said.<lb/>
"It's an unfortunate happen-<lb/>
ing but it's definitely a blessing<lb/>
in disguise why I'm still here<lb/>
today, be able to talk to you<lb/>
guys, continue to see my mom's<lb/>
laughter.<lb/>
"I'm very happy and I'm going<lb/>
to take advantage of each day that<lb/>
I'm here on this Earth<lb/>
Hodge refused to discuss<lb/>
details of the shooting because<lb/>
it's still under investigation.<lb/>
Adams County sheriff's depu-<lb/>
ties have said they have no sus-<lb/>
pects and have not determined<lb/>
a motive.<lb/>
Hodge said he's eager to meet<lb/>
with the couple who stopped and<lb/>
took him to a hospital.<lb/>
"The police haven't given<lb/>
see HODGE page 85<lb/>
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hits in his longest outing of his career.<lb/>
Mattox led the Pirates at the dish, going three-for-<lb/>
five with five RBI. Mollenhauer, Ray, Witter, and Wood<lb/>
each added two hits for ECU, who had 15 as a squad.<lb/>
After a sluggish start from Pirate pitching and<lb/>
hitting in game one, which saw the Pirates trailing<lb/>
Albany 3-2 heading to the bottom of the fourth,<lb/>
ECU responded with 14 runs in their last five at-<lb/>
bats to triumph over the Great Danes 16-5.<lb/>
Starter Dustin Sasser got knocked around a bit,<lb/>
giving up five runs off of seven hits and a walk in<lb/>
just 4.2 innings. Senior reliever Kevin Rhodes came<lb/>
on in relief of the southpaw and got the win after<lb/>
the Pirates exploded in the fourth. Rhodes clearly<lb/>
didn't even need half of that output from the<lb/>
Buc bats, as he stifled Dane hitters for the last 4.1<lb/>
innings of the game. He gave up just one hit and<lb/>
one walk to improve to 2-0 on the season.<lb/>
The senior righty is quietly having a phenom-<lb/>
enal season, posting a 2.45 ERA in 22.0 innings.<lb/>
Smith and Witter led the Pirates at the plate<lb/>
with three RBI apiece, while Mattox and Ray led<lb/>
the team in hits with three each.<lb/>
The Diamond Bucs return to action tonight in<lb/>
the season's rubber match with in-state rival N.C.<lb/>
State. After State erased a 4-0 deficit to win in the<lb/>
bottom of the ninth in game one in Raleigh, the<lb/>
Pirates responded with a 2-1, 13-inning triumph<lb/>
at home to even up the season series. Game three<lb/>
will be played at Doak Field in Raleigh on Tuesday.<lb/>
First pitch is scheduled for 7 p.m.<lb/>
This writer may be contacted at<lb/>
sports@theeastcarolinian. com.<lb/>
Youth Baseball<lb/>
from page B4<lb/>
Brandon Henderson immediately helped her older<lb/>
son with his skills.<lb/>
"They've already fixed something with my<lb/>
son, so I'm just tickled Padgett said. "It took an<lb/>
ECU player to get him straight<lb/>
Patrick Searcy of Bethel, along with being<lb/>
the father of a ballplayer, also coaches young-<lb/>
sters with the Southern Pitt All-Stars. Searcy said<lb/>
he and his son, Davis, 8, regularly attend ECU<lb/>
games and the opportunity to learn and speak<lb/>
with players first hand was a chance not to be<lb/>
missed.<lb/>
"It validates what we say Searcy said. "The<lb/>
coaches and the players are all doing it<lb/>
Though ECU junior pitcher Mike Flye said<lb/>
otherwise, it wasn't a terribly long time ago that<lb/>
he was a youth player in Greenville Little Leages.<lb/>
Flye said there wasn't events like this when he was<lb/>
a player for the Lion's Club. However, he smiled<lb/>
looking over the field that was covered with players<lb/>
of various ages and ethnicities.<lb/>
"There's a lot of tradition here Flye said. "It's<lb/>
good to see these young kids coming out and keep-<lb/>
ing it going<lb/>
That tradition is being kept up not only in sheer<lb/>
volume but in quality of play, as well. Godwin<lb/>
threw several sessions of batting practice for some<lb/>
of the players.<lb/>
Rashawn Lockamy, 10, was just one of the<lb/>
numerous players to draw praise from not only<lb/>
Godwin but other ECU athletes. Lockamy laced sev-<lb/>
eral of Godwin's offerings for long drives that could<lb/>
have gone for home runs on a Little League field.<lb/>
"I was a little nervous Lockamy said. "When<lb/>
I started hitting them into the outfield I wasn't<lb/>
nervous anymore<lb/>
The event concluded with Godwin giving some<lb/>
brief points of advice to the youngsters, including<lb/>
to thank the people who brought them to Clark-<lb/>
LeClair, also to concentrate on school work, too, as<lb/>
well as a method to use to make good decisions.<lb/>
"Ask yourself if the person who loves you most<lb/>
would approve of you doing that Godwin told the<lb/>
group. "It's something I tell my players all the time<lb/>
because it always works<lb/>
ECU's athletic department is hoping this type<lb/>
of event becomes a regular part of the Pirates'<lb/>
season. Along with Saturday morning's clinic,<lb/>
youth ballplayers in uniform had the opportunity .<lb/>
to run out of the field with their favorite ECU<lb/>
player prior to Saturday evening's game against<lb/>
the University of Albany.<lb/>
"It's great to give back because when we were<lb/>
kids, guys came back to help us, too Flye said.<lb/>
HOdge from page B4<lb/>
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me the information yet but as soon as I get<lb/>
it, I would like to thank them personally<lb/>
he said.<lb/>
Hodge, who played at North Carolina State,<lb/>
was Denver's first-round draft choice in 2005,<lb/>
the 20th selection overall. He got off to a rocky<lb/>
start in Denver when a 37-year-old woman<lb/>
accused him of trying to sexually assault her<lb/>
in October, but prosecutors declined to file<lb/>
charges.<lb/>
Hodge spent most of his rookie season in the<lb/>
NBAs developmental league and appeared in 14<lb/>
games for the Nuggets this season, averaging 0.9<lb/>
points and 2.4 minutes.<lb/>
Originally, the Nuggets were optimistic that<lb/>
Hodge would recover by the start of the playoffs, at<lb/>
least to give them another body at practice. Those<lb/>
plans have changed.<lb/>
Coach George Karl said Monday that the<lb/>
team will be much more cautious and that Hodge<lb/>
wouldn't be on the practice court anytime soon.<lb/>
"Julius has had a tough rookie season but he's<lb/>
still an NBA player, and now we've just got to<lb/>
rehab him and get him strong enough to play in<lb/>
the summer Karl said.<lb/>
Hodge said he's trying to find a way to turn his<lb/>
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what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger,<lb/>
and I'm just trying to become better physically and<lb/>
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