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The East Carolinian VOLUME 82, ISSUE 67 March 29, 2007
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perform tonight at
Pantana Bob's. The
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Recently transformed
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that may make you
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always destined to
be a quarterback
at the collegiate
level. Check out the
sports section for a
complete player profile
of the sophomore
gunslinger........ Page A7
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and the-collegiate
baseball season is
in full bloom. For a
full comparison of
collegiate and Major
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ECU alumnus and
former state senator,
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YOUR INDEPENDENT
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
THURSDAY MARCH 29, 2007
Guillaume Bagal, Phillip Kendall and
Keri Brockett pose for a photo after the SGA results were announced.
Executive election results announced
A majority of Ticket 2
takes the win
KIMBERLY BELLAMY
SENIOR WRITER
After two days of students
casting their votes on Onestop and
in Wright Plaza, the results for
the SGA executive elections were
announced yesterday at 6 p.m.
in Mendenhall Student Center Ts
Social Room.
Only one representative for
each candidate was allowed to be
present during the results while
the candidates waited outside.
All of the candidates on ticket
two won with the exception of ?
Joel Banjo Johnson, secretary
candidate, who lost by a small
margin.
Dena Mazie won the secretary
position and received 1,309 votes.
Johnson was a close second with
1,258 votes.
oI am disappointed that I won't
be working with the ticket that I
ran with, but I am still excited
about what I can offer SGA this
upcoming year, ? said Mazie.
Keri Brockett will make the
transition from SGA secretary to
SGA president at the end of the term
for the current administration.
Brockett won by 453 votes
while Jonathan Massachi received
the second highest amount of
votes for that position.
Phillip Kendall will be the new
vice president of SGA. Kendall
received 1,351 votes.
Timothy. Darden was the
runner up for the vice president
position.
Guillaume Bagal received the
largest amount of votes to win the
position of SGA treasurer.
The difference in the amount
of votes that Bagal and Michaelina
Antahades, treasurer candidate,
see ELECTIONS page A3
SGA election results
include staff votes
Originally intended
to be open to current
students only
ELIZABETH LAUTEN
ASST. NEWS EDITOR
Yesterday 2,868 votes were cast
in the SGA student body elections
on Onestop. The elections, which
were intended to be open to cur-
rently enrolled students only, were
available to staff
presidential candidate and current
speaker of congress. oWe feel that
it is an unfair advantage that other
tickets may have had. ?
oThe election rules require the
[elections] committee to maintain
a secure voting Web site. No other
election in the world would be
valid if people were voting who
were not constituents of that orga-
nization "not Greenville, not City
Council, not anywhere. A secure
election is a fundamental responsi-
bility of the job, ?
and incoming
said Matt Cohen,
students with oI set it up on Onestop former elections
Pirate IDs. chair and current
oI set it up so that only current congressman.
on.Onestop so
that only cur-
rent students
could vote. As
far as I Tm con-
cerned it Ts not an
elections com-
mittee issue, but
rather a univer-
students could vote. As far
as I'm concerned it Ts not
an elections committee
issue, but rather a
A current
Mendenhall staff
member said
he logged into
Onestop. today
and saw he had
the ability to vote
in the SGA elec-
tion, although he
sity issue, ? said university issue, ? refrained from
ee SGA ELECTIONS CHAIR SS ie ae
chair. member from
oI am upset the Admissions
because the
.ticket filing the complaint knew
that former students [who are now
staff] had the ability to vote. [I
don Tt know] why they didn Tt come
to me beforehand, instead of just
making it an issue when they lost, ?
Wagoner said.
oTicket four was unaware that
staff could vote until half an hour
before the. end of the elections. At
that point, we didn Tt feel like much
could be done, since it was the end
of the day and decided that we would
just appeal the election, ? said Jon .
Massachi, former spring 2007 SGA
Office who pre-
fers to remain anonymous said he
was aware the voting was open to
staff as well.
oI told people they could vote at
the end of the day because I found
out they could do it, ? he said. oAnd
I know many people from my build-
ing and other buildings did. ?
SGA members are currently in
the process of filing a complaint that
will be taken to the elections chair
to dispute this situation.
This writer can be contacted
at news@theeastcarolinian.com.
SGA president to face criminal charges
Court date set for May 8
SARAH BELL
EDITOR IN CHIEF
M. Cole Jones, ECU Student
Government Association president,
will appear in court in May to face
misdemeanor charges of breaking
or entering, as well as assault on
a female and assault with a lethal
weapon, in connection with an
incident that occurred the evening
of Valentine's Day.
Jones, in turn, has charged
his accusers, Dolly Mae Bryant
and Shekinah Bryant, with simple
assault, assault and battery, and
injury to personal property.
New Student
Media leaders
chosen, save one
All positions filled
except editor of the
East Carolinian
SARAH BELL
EDITOR IN CHIEF
The ECU Student Media
Board appointed almost all the
media heads for the 2007 "2008
academic year yesterday.
Although the Media Board
- announced leaders for WZMB,
Rebel, Expressions and the Buc-
caneer, the East Carolinian editor
position will be re-opened for
another application process.
oWe reopened the East Caro-
linian editor position because we
think there is a better election
pool out there. We feel there are
a lot more candidates who for
whatever reason haven't applied, ?
said White. oWe Tre going to
re-open the application process
and do interviews as soon as
possible. ?
White added that since the
editor position is so demanding,
the Media Board wants to be sure
they draw from the largest pos-
sible pool of candidates.
oOnly one person applied [for
editor of the East Carolinian]...
and [although a] good, well-quali-
fied candidate, we want to see who
else is out there, ? White said.
White said she was excited
about the new appointments,
however, oBoth WZMB candidates
see MEDIA page A2
The charges on both sides
stem from a custody dis-
pute involving Jones T -2-year-
old son, Zion, in Havelock:
Dolly Mae Bryant, the child Ts
grandmother, says she and her
daughter, who was babysitting
that night, have filed the charges
because she feels Jones T actions
were dangerous and ounacceptable. ?
Niah Whimper, the child Ts
mother, was out of town-on her
honeymoon the evening of the
incident and is not pressing charges.
According to Bryant, Whimper,
who is an ECU alumna, has peti-
tioned for full custody of Zion and
Jones T visitation rights have been
suspended since the incident.
Although Deputy Christopher
Muse of the Craven County Sheriff's
Department responded that evening,
no arrests were made. Muse was
unable to comment for this article.
In an interview March 23, Jones
referred to the charge of breaking
or entering as oa fluke thing. ?
o(The charge] is going through
the appropriate channels to be taken
care of, ? he said.
In a statement issued yester-
day, Jones maintained he has been
wrongly accused and apologized for
any embarrassment the allegations
may have caused his family or the
Pirate community.
oI have dedicated the last four
years of my life fighting for equality
to enhance the total student experi-
ence, T Jones wrote. oThis unfortunate
situation arose out of a private family
matter... | look forward to being able
to fully vindicate myself and refute
these baseless allegations in a court of
law at the earliest opportunity. ?
Although his term as ECU SGA
president expires April 13, Jones
plans to run for president of the
University of North Carolina Asso-
ciation of Student Governments.
If elected, Jones would repre-
sent all UNC system students as
an ex officio, non-voting student
member of the UNC system's Board
of Trustees.
Delegates from each of the
16 UNC system campuses elect
the UNCASG president, who
serves as the chief executive offi-
cer and as a representative of the
association in interactions with the
North Carolina General Assembly,
the governor's office and the UNC
system's general administration.
Nominations for the UNCASG
elections will take place March 31 at
Appalachian State University, and
candidates will be elected during
a business meeting at N.C. Central
University April 14.
Elizabeth Lauten contributed
to this article.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
ECU Black Student Union to protest Morals Week |
Organization considers
affirmative action event
slap in the face T
SARAH BELL
EDITOR IN CHIEF
This week, the ECU Chapter of
College Republicans has sponsored
Morals Week 2007 with events aimed
at highlighting conservative issues
on. campus, which culminates tomor-
row with Affirmative Action Day.
Members of ECU Ts Black Student
Union, who feel the event is oa
slap in the face to all the progress
of diversity that ECU has made, ?
according to a press release, will
protest tomorrow in Wright Plaza.
According to the press release
issued by the BSU, oThere has not
been such an incident as racially
motivated as this one in many
years at East Carolina University. ?
oThe Black Student Union is an
organization about making progress
and bringing unity.
We feel the College Repub-
licans are dividing the campus, ?
said Patrick Dixon, BSU president.
The BSU hopes to partner with the
ECU chapter of College Democrats
on Friday.
_ oTm hoping we can collaborate
to show students this isn Tt what
East Carolina is about. We're not
about taking steps backward...
we want to make things better
in the progression, ? Dixon said.
Dixon expects arpund 50 BSU
members will be present in Wright
Plaza on Friday to answer questions
about affirmative action and pass out
information about its relevance at
ECU and across the country.
The BSU is the largest student
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organization at ECU (with the
exception of the Student Union,
which includes every ECU student),
with almost 250 members. Dustin
Pittman, the administrative vice-
chairman of the North Carolina Fed-
eration of College Republicans, said
the event was organized to promote
understanding of affirmative action.
oWe feel that people gener-
ally don Tt understand affirmative
action policies and what they mean
.. what were going to attempt to
do is provide a real world example
of what affirmative action poli-
cies really mean, ? said Pittman.
Pittman added that the College
Republicans are not oout to spout
hate messages, ? and. that Morals
j is al.
Members of ECU Ts Black Student Union will protest Affirmative Action Day tomorrow in Wright Plaza.
Week is intended to get students
more involved with politics.
oWe're out to bring ECU into
the political spectrum, ? Pittman said.
Affirmative action stems from
the Civil Rights Movement three
decades ago, and calls for minorities
and women to be given special con-
sideration in employment, education
and contracting decisions.
The goal of institutions with
affirmative action policies is gener-
ally. to increase diversity through
use of recruitment and preference.
Ina special report from the Washing-
ton Post, Dan Froomkin writes, oIn
its modern form, affirmative action
can call for an admissions officer
faced with two similarly qualified
a
applicants to choose the minority
over the white, or for a manager to
recruit and hire a qualified woman
for a job instead of a man. Affirma-
tive action decisions are generally
not supposed to be based on quotas,
nor are they supposed to give any
preference to unqualified candi-
dates. ? :
The College Republican's A ffir-
mative Action Day event will take
place in Wright Plaza from 10 a.m.
" 3 p.m., and the Black Student
Union demonstration will begin at
11 am.
This writer can be contacted
at news@theeastcarolinian.com.
News
CORRECTIONS
In the News section, oMorals
Week highlights conservative
issues ? the article states
that B-GLAD collaborated
with the College Republicans
in hosting oConservative
Coming-Out T Day ? and B-
GLAD did not collaborate with
the College Republicans for
this event. The error resulted
from a miscommunication
and the East Carolinian
apologizes for any confusion it
may have caused.
The East Carolinian is
dedicated to accurate
reporting and will not correct
errors published in the paper.
To submit a correction,
send an e-mail to editor@
theeastcarolinian.com
ANNOUNCEMENTS
March 22 " March 29
Fall 2007 Registration
Banner is the new method
of class registration at ECU.
Visit thisisbanner.com to find
information about the new
Banner system.
8 a.m. "5 p.m.
Scholarships being
offered by NC National
Guard
The North Carolina National
Guard is currently offering
two, two and a half and three
year scholarships. Those in-
terested can see SFC Jimmy
Smith in Room 344-A Rawl
Building to pick up an ap-
plication packet. Information
can also be obtained by call-
ing (252) 916-9073
344-A Rawl Building
March 26 " April 23
Intro to Ballroom Dancing
Learn the basic steps of ball-
room dance with this weekly
hour-long class.
SRE 239
7-8 p.m.
March 27 " April 4
American Red Cross
Lifeguard Training
Earn American Red Cross
Lifeguard certification.
Topics include water rescue
skills, CPR/PR and First Aid.
All books and pocket masks
are provided. This certifica-
tion lasts for three years.
Minimum age is 15. $150
Members; $170 Non-mem-
bers. Registration deadline
is March 26 (Must attend all
classes).
SRC
6:30 " 9:30 p.m.
March 24 "- 31
Service North Carolina:
Supporting the Pirate
Nation
This event brings together
students from 16 North
Carolina colleges and
universities for a week of
giving back. Help prove how
much ECU cares about the
community; log on to ecu.
edu/volunteer for more
information.
Fat Metabolism Study
" Volunteers Needed
This study tries to determine
why individuals differ in the
ability to gain and lose weight
Human Performance Lab
& The Brody School of
Medicine
ECU Human Performance
Laboratory
Please call: 737-4681
e-mail: hplw@ecu.edu
or-visit: http://performance.
hpl.ecu.edu/research
Volunteer Opportunities
Friday, March 30
Book Sale Set-up "
Humane Society of Eastern
Carolina (morning - TBA,
Greenville)
Male or very strong female
volunteers needed to assist
in loading at the Humane
Society and unloading at the
Colonial Mall boxes of books.
Volunteers also needed
to assist with book sale.
Contact Vicki Luttrell at 252- :
353-8833.
Saturday, March 31
_ KidsFest " all day, Greenville
Convention Center
Volunteers needed to assist
with games, booths, rides
and clean-up. For more
information or to sign-up to
volunteer, contact: Melissa
Adamson at 756-1567.
mppfc.org.
Sat
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9 a.m. " 3:30 p.m.
*Youth Arts Festival
More than 100 visual
Action Agenda ? Center Room 244 and performing artists
Edwin W. Monroe 12 p.m. from both ECU and
AHEC Conference across the region will
Center, 2000 Venture . Share their creative
Tower Drive talents with children
2 p.m. and their families. Fam-
4-on-4 Flag Football
Team Registration
Meeting
Mendenhall Multi-Pur-
pose Room
5 p.m.
ECU hosts reading for
Roger Sharpe
Roger Sharpe, ECU
alumnus and former
state senator, will read
from his memoir, oCer-
emony of Innocence. ?
Bate 1032
7:30 p.m.
' Lessons from the Lab:
An African-American
Woman Ts Journey from
Manure to DNA
By Alison Williams,
Chemistry Dept.,
Princeton U., Sigma Xi
Distinguished Lecturer
Hendrix Theater
7:30 " 8:30 p.m.
ily-friendly activities
such as wheel-thrown
ceramics, watercolor
painting, weaving, felt-
ing, papermaking. ECU
listing.
campus mall (rain
site Jenkins Fine
Art Center)
10 a.m. " 4 p.m.
Softball
vs. Tulsa
ECU Softball Field
1 p.m., 3 p.m.
Men Ts Tennis
vs. Campbell
ECU Tennis Com-
plex
MEDIA continued from Al
were strong, as well as those of
Rebel and Expressions and Buc-
caneer, T White said.
Stuart Lannon, freshman
theatre education major, will take
the helm as general manager of
WZMB 91.3 FM, ECU Ts student
radio station. Lannon Ts responsi-
bilities as GM will include suc-
cessfully moving the station prior
to Mendenhall Ts renovation.
oWe currently have three
locations picked out, so the first
goal is to get moved in orderly
and organized fashion to the new
location, ? said Lannon.
His goals alsoincluded resuming
live broadcasting, and initiating
more live broadcast training for staff
members.
Guillaume Bagal will remain
the general manager of Expressions
magazine, ECU Ts minority
publication. Bagal is a junior
biology and French major with a
minor in chemistry, and wants to
promote the Expressions T Web site
and collaborate more with other |
organizations.
oIt Ts been a pleasure working
with Expressions, ? said Bagal. oI Tve
done it since I was a freshman... I
want to leave a good legacy. ?
oGuillaume has done a great
job and will continue to do so, ?
said White of Media Board Ts
decision to re-appoint Bagal as
general manager.
Lacey Siva will be the editor
of Rebel, ECU Ts literary arts
magazine. Siva, a Junior, graphic
design major with a minor in
English, said she has high hopes
for next year Ts Rebel.
oIt Ts the 50th anniversary so
I want it to be one of the best
issues... a new and improved
version of what it has been
before, ? said Siva. oI think [the
Rebel] should be a collaborative
effort of everyone [on staff]
that represents the student body
in its artwork, literature and
music. ?
Holly Garriss, junior criminal
justice major, will continue to
revive the yearbook as the new
editor of the Buccaneer, which will
be in its third year of publication
after a 16-year break.
Garriss said her goals include
oto work more cooperatively
[with the staff] and to have a
better selling yearbook. ?
Ken Robol, director of Student
Media, said he is supportive
of the Media Board Ts direction
for Student Media in 2007 "
2008.
oIT am looking forward to
advising this great group of
students and hope to assist the
Media Board in the continuing
search for an editor of the East
Carolinian. ?
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
No-OLF comes to ECU.
Students urged
to help.
JENELLE CONNER
NEWS EDITOR
North Carolinians Opposed to
the Outlying Landing Field met
yesterday at 7 p.m. in the Rivers
Building to discuss their stance on -
the U.S. Navy Ts proposal to build
an Outlying Landing Field near
the Pocosin Lakes National Wild-
life Refuge, located in Hyde, Tyr-
rell and Washington counties.
According to No-OLF support-
ers, the OLF will take up 32,000
acres of fertile farm area.
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In a documentary shown at
the program, citizens who could
be affected by the OLF expressed
their concerns.
oWhere they want to put
_ it [OLF] is the place of least
resistance, ? said Mayor of Roper,
Bunny Saunder, in the documen-
tary. oHow insulting to us, how
insulting to this community. ?
According to the No-OLF
Web site, over 100 groups and
organizations oppose the OLF site.
Sociology professor Rebecca
Powers brought one of her classes
from ECU to sit in on the pro-
gram.
see NO-OLF page A3
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Youth Arts Festival
More than 100 visual and performing artists
from both ECU and across the region will
share their creative talents with children and
their families. Family-friendly activities such
as wheel-thrown ceramics, watercolor
painting, weaving, felting and papermak-
ing. ECU campus mall
(rain site Jenkins Fine Art Center)
10 a.m. " 4 p.m.
oWed
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smoking cessation
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Men Ts Tennis
vs. Gardner-Webb
ECU Tennis Complex
2 p.m.
Japan Center East
presents oWork in Ja-
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Murphy Center, Sec-
ond Floor
5:30 p.m.
Men Ts Tennis
vs. Barton
ECU Tennis Complex
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Jenkins Fine Arts
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ELECTIONS continued from Al.
received was only 128 votes.
Bagal received 1,498 votes while
Antahades received 1,370 votes.
everything currently with SGA, ?
Brockett said.
Kendall seemed optimistic
about working with SGA in this
position for the upcoming term. .
oI Tm looking forward to the
' future and all the possibilities
and experience I will have while
serving as vice president, ? Ken-
dall said.
Bagal will also have to bobs
with handling his responsibilities
as general manager of E-xpresszons
magazine as well as being SGA
treasurer.
oFor the past two years, I Tve
had three jobs and still remained
able to handle my school work, ?
Bagal said.
oY Tm confident enough in my
time management skills to handle
° Traffic Offenses : Your headquarters for NCAA College Hoops Brockett expressed her excit- both the position at Expressionsand
Action & March Madness Action ment at having the chance tocon- SGA treasurer, ? Bagal continued.
° Drug Offenses Texas Hold Tem Tournament Every Thursday! tinue representing the university Congress candidates T poll
Uptown Greenville 114 E. 5th St. and SGA. results were also announced
£ DWI 758-9191 Call for carry out/delivery oThis is such as great oppor- yesterday evening.
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ig State & Federal Courts *75 wing special for $38.99! as well as to keep working on in votes were Sara L. Riggs, Sara
Spuller, Ashley Yopp, Ryan Wig-
gins and Craig Brown.
All congress members that
were on the ballot received a
spot in congress regardless of the
amount of votes they received.
All campaign material such
as banners that were hung in
the mall must be down by 5 p.m.
tomorrow according to Matthew
Wagoner, elections chair.
Additionally, Wagoner said
any complaints and campaign
violations must be reported
within 48 hours of the results.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
NO-OLF continued from A2
oI just learned about it today
and I was coming in wondering if
there was a compromise. It seems
like they [U.S. Navy] are getting
into something that would have
too many negative consequences, ?
said student Chris Swearingen.
Other ECU students were
amazed by the lack of previous
campus involvement.
oI Tm from eastern North
Carolina and I Tve seen the
signs and I was surprised
to never see anything on
campus, ? said history major, Justin
Edwards.
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with an informal ques-
tion and answer: session.
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news@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Shut it down
Guantanamo base still a sword in
the side of democracy
JUSTIN SUMMERS
OPINION WRITER
In the history of offences and injustices commit-
ted by the U.S. Government, none stands out greater
in my mind than the gleaming symbol of injustice
that is Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Detention
Center takes up roughly 45 square miles of the south
eastern region of Cuba. The U.S. has maintained
a naval base there since the late 1800s and until
recently, that base was used for just purposes.
In 2001 that changed. When the World Trade
Center collapsed, our credibility as a champion of
human rights and justice within the world commu- 5
nity collapsed too.
Since the attacks, we have used the Guantanamo
Base to imprison and interrogate oenemy combatants ?
without the restrictions of the Geneva Convention.
Over the last five years more than 500 people have
been detained in Guantanamo from over 30 countries
without charge and with no release in sight.
Few prisoners have ever actually been tried in
Guantanamo for their crimes and the credibility of
the courts at Guantanamo is non-existent. There
have been multiple suicides, reports of torture and
evidence of innocent people who were detained and -
tortured. In 2003, three people hanged themselves
with bed sheets and dozens have gone on hunger
strikes to express their opposition.
To this day, no detainee has been convicted of
a criminal charge and several hundred have been
released with no charge, no explanation and no com-
pensation for the time they spent incarcerated.
Guantanamo Bay is a clear violation of moral
and legal standards and it must be shut down. Colin
Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Amnesty International,
NATO and the European Union have all insisted the
base be shut down, but Bush will not listen.
The man sent in to clean up Rumsfeld Ts office,
Robert Gates; also urged the president to close the
base in his first weeks on the job. Mr. Gates said that
the trials held at Guantanamo would never be con-
sidered legitimate and that the inmates who should
stand trial should be taken to the U.S. and tried in
real military courts.
It seems like the whole world wants us to close
the base but with Bush in office the base will remain
open. Like the Iraq war, our base at Guantanamo is
a scar that won't disappear until we set a deadline
to get out. If the United States wants to ever regain
its image as a nation that respects human life, we
must make it known that we want the base to close,
before 2009.
Privacy laws
in trouble
Better enforcement of privacy laws
needed
KRYSTLE STRICKLIN
OPINION WRITER
Since the issuing of the Patriot Act in 2001, there
has been ongoing conflict as to how and where we
draw line on the issue of citizen Ts privacy. Those who
support the Patriot Act believe that when dealing
with national security, there are times when lines
may need crossing in order to maintain the safety
of our nation. I recognize the need for the FBI to
have the ability to obtain personal information from
people suspected of criminal activities, but as with
any form of power there will always be people who
abuse it.
At a recent congressional hearing, the FBI
received warnings to fix their problems with the
misuse of privacy laws or face losing the extensive
powers they gained after Sept. 11. During these pro-
ceedings, CNN quoted Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas
to saying, oThe problem is enforcement of the law,
not the law itself. ? His comment addresses the core
problem we have with the FBI and their undeniable
misuse of powers.
Naturally, when looking at an issue that you
support, you want it to be flawless and perfect, but
this is rarely the case for any of us, especially with
concern to political issues.
There is no abjuring the fact that the FBI has
greatly abused their power to collect personal infor-
mation such as e-mails or financial records from
individuals. However, I do not believe revoking these
powers is the solution to the problem.
The founders of our nation spent laborious hours
insuring that government agendas never come before
the rights of Americans, and we all know a key part of
this is our system of checks and balances. If we could
carry this idea over into all aspects of government,
it would create a greater range of integrity within ©
all departments.
In this case, to prevent the abuse of such exten-
sive law enforcement powers all government agents
who possess these powers must be carefully and
constantly monitored. They.must know their limits
and face swift and harsh punishment for violations
of their powers.
The point is not to hinder their investigations,
but to make sure they are working within the guide-
lines they are given and toward the goal of a safer
America.
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Sometimes | wish life was like a video
game and | could just start over from
a certain checkpoint.
Just for the record... B-GLAD did not
support, sponsor or endorse Morals
Week in any way. Considering the
fact that all the Republicans did was
bash people Ts right to free will, do you
really think the gay community would
support that?
The fact that people balk at me
when | compare John Mayor to Dave
Matthews infuriates me.
| think | have a class with the girl from
the Banner ad with the post-its all over
herself, but | don Tt want to ask if it Ts
her or not.
Just so you know, I'll wait for you no
matter how long it takes. That's how
much | love you!
Banner is here to stay, so stop resisting.
If you try it, you might actually like it.
| wish it was socially acceptable to walk
around with no pants on. | would wear,
you know, underwear, bra, shirt, shoes,
butjust no pants. These hot days would
just be so much more comfortable.
It Ts nice to know that you're interested
in me, but there Ts no way I'm going to
date you. It Ts just that you remind me of
the Hindenburg every time | see you.
Don't try to cheer me up.
If you have time to go to bed before
me, then you have time to wash your
dishes.
My adviser is hot!
| never loved you, | just loved driving
your Benz, spending your daddy Ts
money and sleeping with your best
friend!
Can vegetarians eat animal
crackers?
Is it just me or does her smile light up
every room she walks in?
Like, oh my gosh, this guy is totally
cute.
| got on the bus today and this girl
beside me was breathing so loud |
couldn't even hear the girl beside me
talking... | wanted to tell her to please
quit breathing.
To the people who said they do not
want to ride the drunk buses while
the police are on them, and want
to drive instead, are you stupid or
something? Do you know how many
people are at risk on the roads while
you're driving impaired? Wow you are
really unintelligent and shouldn't even.
go to college!
| asked my teacher a question about
our.exam, and he replied, oJust Google
the HELL out of it. ?
| could see the golden haze of pollen
in the air as | walked back from class
today. No wonder I Tm so sick!
Are all Republicans really that
unoriginal? Could they really think of
nothing catchy on their own and have
to result to using/bashing another
group just to make themselves feel
better? é :
Washington D.C. is nota state, moron,
it Ts a district just like it says in the
name. :
A good roommate is like a good pair
of jeans. 5
If nobody wants to see you together,
maybe you shouldn't be.
| don Tt understand how you can sleep
around with so many odecent ? girls and
not want to date me. | know | have more
to offer, so what's the problem?
Last night was kind of random
between the two of us... but hey, I Tm
not complaining. Let's do it again!
To the girl that thinks she might be a
lesbian "let me observe you making
_ out with a girl, and | will decide if you
are a lesbian or not.
I'll bet being you really sucks!
When you chew your gum, you look
like a cow chewing its cud.
To the bus driver that just about killed
us, how about asking your fellow driver
to sit down instead of distracting you!
Crying in front of the cops makes it
worse.
| always think of the best Rants while
driving. Sometimes | wish | had a tape
recorder in the car so | could remembér
them later on when | was in front of a
computer.
- Talking to the cops on the drunk bus
is one of my new favorite past-times.
They are so fun to talk to!
To the guy who prays on the bus to
class, you encourage me to do the
same. We need more students like
you.
I Tm allergic to the dorms. No, seriously,
I Tm allergic to the mold in them... ick.
Has anyone else besides me almost
been run down by one of the various
maintenance vans during their daily
off-roading through campus?
Porn: The only reason the internet is
of use to me.
I'm proud to be aconservative Christian,
right-wing Republican, straight, white,
American male.
If Hillary Clinton is elected, I Tm moving
to Canada!
I Tm so glad it Ts warm and now girls will
quit wearing those awful Uggs. Thank
goodness!:
Is it bad that | stopped going to Physics
long ago because it made me feel
dumb? Now | have to retake it next
semester. So, | guess that makes me
dumb. Hmmm.
Country music is the southern emo.
Peter Pan peanut butter was recalled
because of salmonella poisoning, so
you better get Jif.
Feeding the ECU squirrels curly fries
makes my day :)
Can there just be one club downtown
that | can go to with a dry floor, air
conditioning and no techno music!?
If you didn Tt want cops on the buses
you shouldn't have pissed on the bus.
Deal with it.
Who the heck turned the light off on
the bright side of life?
| understand that | did something
wrong and that makes me a bad
person but what kind of people are
those who went out of their way and
tried their hardest to make sure that |
got into trouble?
| like meeting people when I Tm drunk.
| hate never remembering their names
the next day.
You think | don Tt hear what you say
when you try to quietly talk about me,
but! hear everything, and thank you for
making me feel like total crap.
My boyfriend broke up with me two
weeks ago and | feel lost without him.
Come back to me, | love you!
To the guy who gives out random
hugs "you made my day! | forgot all
about the test | had flunked. To the
people who think it Ts freaky "maybe
niceness is hard to spread if we're
all cynical about random acts of
kindness.
To all passengers of ECU transit, if a
driver makes a special stop just to pick
you up or waits for you, the least you
can do is say a simple thank you.
From one lesbian to another, the
answer to your question is yes.
Who's up for a road trip?
The pollen has got to go! | know it's
important, butit Ts causing my allergies
to flare up... this sucks.
| enjoy screaming the new Pink song
at the top of my lungs in the car... it Ts
very therapeutic.
| hate it when guys are otoo ? nice. |
hate it when guys are jerks. Where is
the guy who is in between?
My roommate's boyfriend is ugly!
Who else but me can get injured while
exercising? Now | have a nice cut and
bruise on my leg. . :
In the bathroom today, a horrendous
smell engulfed the room. | noticed a
girl Ts feet on the other end, in a stall; |
had no idea that a girl could possibly
smell that bad.
Smoking out of a dorm room window
is not a good idea!
| really don Tt like you, and if you ask me
to help you with our English homework
one more time, | might scream!
| love my RA! | would probably be
kicked out of college already, if not
for her!
You lied to the cops so you wouldn't
get in trouble and | got the drinking
ticket. Do you want to pay my court
fees too?
March Madness actually makes me
mad.
Remember, I Tm generally the last
person you'll ever want to piss off.
| know you really liked me. That's why
| messed around with your best friend.
Get the picture?
It was just a water balloon, take a
joke.
Summer is just around the corner!
| can almost taste it. That Ts. what is
getting me through the end of this
crazy semester!
My life has been a lot less complicated
since we stopped being friends.
| miss our friendship. | apologized for
the stupid things | did, can't you at
least act civil?
Is it wrong that | want to be one of the
students they photograph for the ECU
Web site?
Maybe some people buy fake designer
sunglasses and purses because they
think they look nice and are not stupid
enough to spend an insane amount
of money on the real thing only to
accidentally loose the sunglasses the
next week. Ever thought about that,
genius?
Tell me why | got dressed to stand
in a long line at Rumours only to be
denied access only because | didn't
have a membership, or was it because
I Tm black?
Jif is no substitute for Peter Pan!
Real men wear pastels.
| can Tt stand it when my boyfriend
comes over and eats all my food and
has nothing for me to eat at his house.
Moocher!
To the girl that comes to class every
day wearing the same outfit, please
change!
| sleep with an instructor, too! On a
regular basis! And I Tm not even taking
any of her classes!
It feels so good to go to class and
actually know you learned something
from the teachers. :
To the people in my class that smack
their gum, you are causing me to pull
my hair out!
Your high school called... they want
their drama back!
| haven't bothered going to my advisor
because I Tm not even sure if I'll be
allowed back next year!
Even if | wasn Tt late for class | wouldn't
a a pancake with mustard just for a
-shirt.
| don Tt stalk friends on Facebook. |
collect them.
Formal complaints my butt...
Give us more info before you vote on
things none of the students know about
and then surprise us with the outcome.
Way to go SGA, doesn't look like its
going to get any better at ECU...
So is it sad that the most productive
thing | did all day Wednesday was
sprint barefoot from Rivers to the hill
and losing feeling in my toes because
of the hail?
| hate when people walk in the inside
lane of the track at the rec center.
Walkers move to the outside lane or get
off the track in general. Thanks.
What is up with so many people in
front of Wright place handing out
stupid things, | don Tt want them, please
leave. :
To. get active alongside Morals Week
we Democrats should have a Save
America week. Monday: Convince
Dick Cheney euthanasia is a good
idea (for himself). Tuesday: Support
the troops (you know... the ones that
are alive) by bringing them home and
not killing tens of thousands more Iraqi
people. Wednesday: Pay taxes, so
we do not fall into debt we can never
get out of and fall into depression.
Thursday: Discuss how to tolerate
other religions. Finally, Friday:
Recycle.
Is it just me, or does Sanjiah from
oAmerican Idol ? look like Mowgli from
The Jungle Book?
| wish that Greenville had an amazing
hardcore music scene.
OK my friends and | always argue
about this... is the game called Kings
or Circle of Death? Lets vote!
Just because | dance with you at the
club does not mean | want to sleep
with you! eS
MCT
. Jenelle Conner
Could it be
wedded bliss?
Why rush to the alter?
SARAH CAMPBELL
PULSE EDITOR
Every time I am out and about shopping for
whatever fashion craze has caught my eye in the latest
issue of Glamour, I almost always manage to run into
a former high school classmate. The temptation to
duck and hide is always great, but usually I manage
to saunter over and hone in on my best acting skills
in an attempt to avoid being an absolute bitch.
You may be wondering why running into
these former ofriends ? is so utterly painful and
why I feel the urge to pull my hair out while
engaging in a fairly meaningless conversation
that will inevitably only last about five minutes.
Well, to be quite honest, a simple answer
would be that I am tired of hearing yet another
story about how two high school sweet-
hearts have decided to enter into wedded bliss.
It makes me sick to my stomach, weak in the knees
and just plain irritated to have to endure story after
story about how they decided that after four years of
dating, that it just seemed like it was time to get married.
In my opinion, if you have been with some-
one for four years then the relationship should
continue along a smooth path whether or not
the idea of marriage is in the imminent future.
If two people are meant to be together, then the
concept of being engaged shouldn't have any affect at
all on the relationship. Yet, I always find that people
feel more secure in their relationship knowing that they
are on the road to marriage, rather than just dating,
when really little about the relationship has changed.
Right now I am only 20 years old, why would I
want to limit myself by adding marriage to the mix?
When people get married, the problems of one part-
ner suddenly become the problems of both parties.
Instead of fighting over, who gets to pick the
restaurant when the two of you go out for dinner,
there are much larger issues at stake, such as
how much each partner is contributing to the
household finances, or who takes on more chores.
I'm not saying that the institution of marriage isn Tt
something that everyone should enjoy sometime in life,
but I am questioning why students are racing to the alter.
College will likely be the last time in many of our
lives where many of us can spend a carefree night
hanging out a IHOP until 3 a.m. sipping coffee and
savoring meaningful conversation amongst friends.
I find it unlikely that such mundane events can occur
within the confounds of marriage since with mar-
riage comes obligation. ;
I Tm hoping that the next time I am shopping and
run into an old classmate that I won't be regaled by
their stories of wedding plans or proposals, but will
get to savor the fact that they have just landed the job
of their dreams or plan to spend the summer abroad
studying French in Paris.
I don Tt know about you, but I would much rather
rejoice in their success as a person than hear them
drone and on and on about how fantastic their sig-
nificant other is, but hey, maybe that Ts just me.
o?m sorry | fired all those missiles at traq,
gentlemen. | occasionally just, like, go ballistic. ?
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Horoscopes:
Aries
Your friends are in a hurry, but
should you follow their lead?
Listen to their suggestions
but don Tt veer away from your
assignment. Their plan will be
too expensive.
Taurus
You Tre not dead, you're only
resting. Your friends understand.
Get one of them to go out for
pizza, so you don Tt have to
cook.
Gemini
You're naturally a communicator,
So it Ts hard for you to stay quiet.
You'll gain a lot more information,
however, if you do.
Cancer
You could make a lot of money
now. You have what you need.
This is not a gamble. Your good
business sense makes the
difference.
Leo
The problem is not your
confidence now. That is
increasing every day. The
challenge is communications.
You're in delicate negotiations.
Virgo i
Silver looks like a good
investment, along with real
estate. Gold Ts not a bad idea
either, come to think of it.
Libra
The person you feel most
comfortable with is like a brother
or sister. Actually, that could be
the reality, too. Or a cousin. Make
the connection.
Scorpio :
Although there is some
controversy, it does not pertain
to you. Keep out of the way and
keep doing your job. You Tre
becoming indispensable.
Sagittarius
Take care, there Ts a test coming
up: The talent scouts will. be
watching, soon. Don't be scared,
but don Tt be a show-off, either. Be
a charming, loveable fuzzball.
Capricorn
Pull enough out of petty cash to
finance an excursion. Find out
what's outside your safety zone,
but be careful. It Ts a jungle out
there.
Aquarius
It Ts good to have a person
around that Ts good at scheduling.
Sometimes you get lost in thought
and forget what day it is. If you
get.a wake-up. call, just thank
them for their service.
Pisces
You don Tt have time to go back
and re-think your plan now. If
something doesn Tt work, try
something else immediately.
Creativity will occur, trust that.
You don Tt need to skip a beat.
Dessert Recipe:
Fried Apple Pies
2 tablespoons butter
2 pounds apples
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Pinch of nutmeg
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 1/2 cups water
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 tablespoon cornstarch
3 cups flour
2 teaspoons sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
6 tablespoons lard or solid
vegetable shortening
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
Powdered stigar in shaker
2 scoops vanilla ice cream
Preheat the fryer. In a sauce pan,
melt the butter. Add the apples .
and saute for two minutes. Stir in
the cinnamon, nutmeg, 1/4 cup
sugar, and brown sugar. Continue
sauteing for one minute, stirring
constantly to dissolve the sugar.
Add thé water and lemon juice.
Bring the liquid up to a boil.
Add cornstarch dissolved in
oone tablespoon water, Whisk the
vanilla and slurry into the liquid.
Reduce the heat to a simmer
and cook for 15 to 20 minutes,
or until the apples are soft.
Remove from the heat and cool
completely. In a mixing bowl, sift
the flour, sugar, salt and baking
powder, together. Cut in the lard
until it resembles coarse meal.
In small bowl, whisk the egg
and milk together. Gradually
add the egg mixture to the flour
mixture, working it to make a
thick dough. Break the dough
into 12 equal portions. On a
lightly floured surface, roll the
dough pieces into thin rounds,
about five inches in. diameter.
Put 1/4 cup of the mixture in
the center of each-round, fold
over and crimp the edges with a
fork. Fry the pies, two to three at
atime, in the hot oil, until golden
brown. Remove from the oil and
drain on a paper-lined plate.
Powder the pies with powdered
~ sugar. Lay the pies on a platter
and serve with vanilla bean ice
cream. Garnish with drizzle of
caramel sauce, powdered sugar
and fresh mint.
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Live music still
lives in Greenville
LIZ FULTON
SENIOR WRITER
As one of the last beacons of
pure musical talent to perform
in Greenville, Perpetual Groove
will take the stage at Pantana
Bob Ts tonight.
Perpetual Groove offers the audience a new kind of performance that is unparalleled to that of other bands.
P Groove is a jam band, but
unlike many of their contem-
poraries, words and meaning is
infused within their extensive
yet highly enjoyable jams. Fans
describe their music as otrance
arena rock ? due to their experi-
mentations in live 5.1-concert
surround sound, an intense retina
blinding light show and a will-
ingness to keep the connection
strong between band and fans.
{ Arts & Entertainment}
Perpetual Groove to p
THURSDAY MARCH 29, 2007
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Founded in Savannah, Ga.,
within the creative walls of the
Savannah. College of Art and
Design, bassist Adam Perry
and guitarist Brock Butler met
during their freshmen orienta-
tion. Throughout their tenure at
SCAD, the two.formed Perpetual
Groove with two other school-
mates who departed the band
shortly after graduation.
Since 2001 when drummer
erform
Albert Suttle and keys player
Matt McDonald joined the gang,
P Groove transitioned from a
local act enjoying the venues
Georgia has to offer into.a pow-
erhouse touring machine playing
at least 150 shows.a year.
Their third studio album,
LiveLoveDie was released three
weeks ago co-produced by the
band and Robert Hannon (Outkast
" Speakerborx/The Love Below).
LiveLoveDie is more grown
up than their past releases, with
members of the band bring-
ing something directly to its
conception. Many of the songs
were written while in the
studio resulting in a collective
contribution of four very tal-
ented and individual musicians.
In a recent interview pub-
lished on JamBands.com, Butler
expressed Perpetual Groove Ts
emotional ties to their music.
oA lot of our songs, especially
the ones with lyrics, start off as
more of a singer-songwriter
approach. Even the stuff that
doesn Tt have lyrics, we may use
electronic effects, but there is still
that human element. ? _
First-time visitors and hard-
core followers will not be dis-
appointed with their live show
this Thursday. Besides play-
ing a vast array of songs from
their music library, the band
has also begun to cover more
regularly the high-energy record-
ings of Wu-Tang Clan and Rage
Against the Machine.
A whole new definition of crazy
Disturbing memoir proves
to be a page-turner
JENNY AYERS
STAFF WRITER
Recently transformed into a
motion picture, Augusten Bur-
roughs T memoir, Running With
Scissors, certainly has the effect ofa
twisted, disturbing movie without
the comfort of censorship.
- Burroughs T writes of his unsta-
ble parents, adopted family and
extremely unhealthy relationship
with a man twice his age. All of
these elements combine to form
his childhood, which can best be
described as interesting with a
large dose of disturbing.
Burroughs T mother is a devoted ~
and deranged writer who spends
her time obsessing over her poetry,
eating toothpaste sandwiches
or bits of the ceiling, and creat-
ing makeshift shoulder pads out
of maxi pads.
Meanwhile, his father is an
alcoholic with a short temper who
loses all interest in Burroughs
when he finally divorces his mother.
The book largely revolves
around the relationship Burroughs
and his mother have with her psy-
chiatrist, Dr. Finch, whose own
mental health is quite question-
able. Diedre, his mother, goes from
seeing her doctor once or twice a
week to every day to practically
living at his house.
No ordinary family, the
Finches are a random assort-
ment of people including several _
Gaming Web
Web site of the week:
Addictinggames.com
BEN HARRIS
STAFF WRITER
Many Web sites offer free
games, however, miost of these sites
offer extremely few or dreadfully
boring games. Former Web site
of the week, yikers.com, offers
Just three new free games a day
for the user to enjoy. However,
addictinggames.com offers at
least a dozen new games a day
and the majority of them are fairly
elaborate and exciting with a few
minor exceptions.
Founded in 1999, the Web site
was specifically created for gaming
and does not cater to any other
interest. The site started out rela-
tively small since Internet gaming
was nowhere near the immense
level that it has since reached.
The site has grown steadily and
just recently went through a period
of near exponential growth. It §
.. offers the latest in Internet games, =
which means the user has a choice
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oadopted children ? and a hunch-
back mother who eats dog food
like popcorn. The Christmas
treé stays up year round, the
grandson Poo Bear runs around
naked, and roaches run rampant.
This is where the majority
of the events take place, as Bur-
roughs T mother decides to let the
doctor adopt her son. Burroughs
spends years with the Finches
and through his experiences there,
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the reader is forced to question
what the defining line is between
sane and insane.
Burroughs T one saving grace
amongst all the filth, his mother Ts
psychotic episodes and overall
confusion, is the-best friend that
he finds in one of the adopted
daughters, Natalie. The two have
a common bond in that they
haven Tt completely succumbed to
the insanity that surrounds them
site offers addicting way to spend free time
between the exciting and the dull, .
the simple and the complex and the
original and the cliché.
The Web site is updated on a
daily basis with everything the
administrators can find on the
Web. The daily game updates -
are shown at the top of the page
and are featured there as long
as there is space following other "
updates. These games are from
other sites or are those that the
administrators create themselves.
Users can also submit home-
made games, but of course, those
games are subject to approval by
the administrators. If the user
finds a game that they really enjoy
Now more than ever gamers can turn to the Internet as a source for new and exciting games to play.
playing they can link the game to
their facebook page, myspace page
or personal Web site. Users can
also sign up for weekly e-mails
that feature the latest updates
and even some games that were
not featured on the Web site.
The best thing about addicting-
oand they both desire to move on to
something greater.
While the memoir is very
interesting and hard to put down,
itis also quite graphic in parts and
isn Tt for the faint of heart. Bur-
roughs takes a no-holds-barred
way of writing and his story is all .
the more effective as.a result.
He goes into great detail about
the intense and twisted relation-
ship that he, a.14-year-old boy,
has with a 34-year-old man, Neil
Bookman. This proves to be one of
Burroughs T greater conflicts as he
tries to understand the dynamic of
their relationship and what makes
them so dependent on one another.
The characters in this book
are some of the most twisted and
complex to ever have made their
way on to a page and the truly
disturbing part is that they are
not fictional, assuming that Bur-
roughs has more reliability than
the infamous James Frey, who
wrote 4 Million Little Pieces.
The book progresses at a nice
pace until it jumps from Bur-
roughs T 16th year to his post col-
lege years and abruptly finishes.
There is resolution, though, and
that is more than many books
offer. There is even a oWhere
are they now? ? update after the
final chapter. Overall, this very
interesting yet disturbing read is
good to have under your belt, but
definitely not one to read to the
kiddies at bedtime.
This writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeastcarolinian.com.
games.com is the way the site is
organized. All of the games, once
they leave the new games area, |
are placed into one of about a
dozen categories. The categories
include: Sports, action, shooting,
see GAMERS page A6
tic tos
oThat is something for the kids, ?
said Butler. oIt Ts a way to let people
know everything isn Tt so serious. ?
All kidding aside, Perpetual
Groove is a band that honestly
believes in the power of music
and its ability to connect with
everyone and everything.
oThe first time I saw them
at Red Rooster, they just played
and played with no breaks in
between songs. It seemed like
they were having the best time, ?
said junior communication major
Sami Allen. oI have never felt such
energy between a band and the
crowd during a show. ?
With the release of
LiveLoveDie, Perpetual Groove
took many painstaking steps
to ensure that there was zero
negative impact on the envi-
ronment from its production
to its packaging. In associa-
tion with Tree Sound Studios,
Sustainable Waves and Green
Mountain Energy Company, the
album was the first ever to be
produced with zero net carbon
emissions. All of the packaging
was 100 percent recyclable and
renewable energy credits were
used throughout the recording.
The, show starts at 10 p.m.
with tickets $12 in advance and
$15 at the door. Come see why
High Times magazine called them
a highlight of the Langerado
Music Festival.
This writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeastcarolinian.com.
Month as
a monk
leads to life
changes
Starbucks no longer "
quenches my thirst "
ELIZABETH LAUTEN
_ ASST NEWS EDITOR
In case you haven't noticed,
my experience as a monk has
come to an end. In fact, it ended
the first Sunday of Spring
Break.
If you missed reading the
paper the month before the
break, all you need to know i§
that | had to live the life of a
monk for an entire month for
one of my classes. From medi-
tations to dietary changes, |
had to experience it all.
While | mever expected .
that month to change my life, |
it did in more ways than I can
count. While I Tve certainly
added back many foods that I
_had to avoid last month, | have
actually managed to stream-
line what | eat on a daily basis
to much healthier foods.
I don Tt actually want to
eat junk anymore. In fact, the
first time I did after the project
ended, | felt extremely sick for
two days. In addition, | wasn Tt
the only one who experienced
an upset in reverting to past
dietary choices " "many of my
classmates suffered the same |
fate. It was as though our |
bodies wanted to give us a
message that they were happy
without all that extra junk.
What may be even more
| shocking, is that Ive not
stepped into a Starbucks since
some time before Feb. 11. If you
knew me, you would under-
stand what a complete surprise
that is, as before the project, I
went at least once a day for tea
or coffee. Needless to say, | was
_an addict. Now, while | miss
going from to time, |m content
without the perpetual need for
_my daily caffeine jolt.
In a bizarre way, this pro-
cess provided me some sort
of therapy that I did not wish
to seek in a conventional way.
The entire project helped
me deal with many personal
issues that I Tve put on the
backburner for the past few
_years. Things that I've always
written off and claimed to be
too busy to address, finally
came into the forefront of my
life, as I had no way to ignore
_them in my daily meditations
and journaling.
Also, | was awakened spiri-
tually for the first time in
years. Dont get me wrong,
Im still confused as ever,
but I actually am looking for
answers again. 1m done with
being complacent and I want
the kind of faith that I used to
have, or at least a grown up,
evolved version of it.
Hands down, this project
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strategy, adventure, puzzle, classic
games,such as Pac-man and pong
derivatives, and a miscellaneous
-category for all of the games that
don Tt fit in any category.
The Web site Ts classic sec-
tion allows the children of the
1990s a chance to go back to
ahose wonderful Nintendo games
that they spent hours playing
during those hot summer days
and boring winter nights. The
user can procrastinate on that
Ki mapaper even longer by playing old
SMONK
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was the most difficult thing I Tve
experienced in my college career,
"but I will say with absolute con-
* fidence, that it.was also the most
o" rewarding. The adage oyou get out
whatever you put in ? surely rings
otrue with the Monastic Project. I
don Tt think if-I did. it half-heart-
oedly, it would have been as life
: ochanging for me.
This.writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeeastcarolinian.com.
GAMERS continued from A5
Mario levels, nearly every version
of Pac-man in existence, Sonic and
many more.
There are several user
submitted games that are par-
odies of these classic games
such as super mafia brothers,
pac-man war and koopa Ts revenge,
where the user takes on the role
of King Koopa and attempts to
wreak havoc in Mario Ts neigh-
borhood.
The site has just recently
added a special user-submitted
video clip category. The videos
are usually funny and the cat-
egory is similar to Youtube.
com, but without the size. or
the exposure. Addictinggames.
com is a great way to spend a
half hour of free time between
classes in the library or at the
dorm. The site can only grow and
new games will continue to be
added everyday.
This writer can be contacted at
pulse@theeastcarolinian.com.
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BY THE
NUMBERS
138
Passing yards for sophomore
Rob fee in last year Ts Pa-
pajohns.com Bowl]; Kass re-
lieved starter James Pinkney
in the fourth quarter when
Pinkney suffered an injury;
Kass completed 10-of-19
passes for a career high 138
yards in three total series;
Kass is the frontrunner to re-
place the departed Pinkney as
the quarterback of the 2007
ECU football team
Of the teams in the Final
Four of the Women Ts NCAA
Tournament is Rutgers,
which beat ECU 77-34 in the
first round of the tournament;
fourth-seeded Rutgers ripped
through the Greensboro
Regional as it won three of
its four games on the way to
the fee iu by double-dig-
its; Rutgers only game that
was highly contested came
against Duke, which was the
No. 1 seed in the regional and
had a 32-1 record prior to its
53-52 loss to Rutgers in the
Sweet 16; the Scarlet Knights
will play the LSU Tigers
Sunday at 7 p.m. for a spot in
the title game
Wins for the ECU baseball
team away from Clark-
LeClair Stadium this season;
the Pirates are 0-3 on the
road as they lost all three
games at UCLA in mid-Feb-
ruary, in their only road trip
of the season thus far; ECU "
will try to fix its road woes
as it travels to New Orleans, ©
La. this weekend for a three-
game series with C-USA
power Tulane; the Tulane -
series will be the first of four
away C-USA series T that the
Pirates will play this season;
ECU and Tulane sit one and
two respectively atop the C-
USA standings as they both
have 3-0 records in confer-
ence play
Consecutive top-five finishes
for the ECU women Ts golf
team; the Pirates finished
third at the UNCW Lady
Seahawk Invitational Tuesday
after posting a three-round
total of 908 strokes; UNCW
won the event as it shot a
team total of 884; the Pirates
were once again led by Soph-
omore Lene Krog, who shot
69, 75 and 76 to finish third
individually in the event; the
defending C-USA champions
will travel to Stockbridge,
Ga. to participate in the fokn
Kirk/Lady Panther Intercol-
legiate, which is a two-da
event scheduled for April 2-3
A
Players on the ECU baseball
team that have received na-
tional recognition so far this
season; outfielder Harrison
Eldridge became the fourth.
Pirate to do so earlier this
week when he was named to
the College Baseball Foun-
dation National Honor Roll
after helping the 19th-ranked
Pirates win all four of their
games last week; Eldridge,
who was also named C-
USA Hitter-of-the-Week on
Monday, hit .533 last week,
while tallying eight runs,
three RBIs and four doubles
in the Pirates four wins last
week; fellow juniors T.J. Hose
(3/13), Shane Mathews (3/20)
and Dale Mollenhauer (3/20)
were also named to the Col-
lege Baseball Foundation Na-
tional Honor Roll earlier this
season for their respective
performances
Career wins for former. Wil-
liamston High School football
coach and current ECU Di-
rector of High School Rela-
tions Harold Robinson; Rob-
inson was inducted into the
58-member North Carolina
Athletic Directors Associa-
tion Hall of Fame Tuesday
night; the ECU graduate led
Williamston to two state
championships, four state
runner-ups, seven conference
championships and 16 overall
playoff appearances in his il-
lustrious 24-year career as
head coach at Williamston;
Robinson is a valuable asset
for the ECU football program
as he has tremendous con-
nections with high school
football coaches and athletic
directors across the state
{ECU's Inside Source}
THURSDAY MARCH 29, 2007 PAGE AZ
Rob Kass era is scheduled to begin
Young quarterback is ready to
replace long-time starter
JARED JACKSON
STAFF WRITER
When ECU head football coach Skip Holtz took
over a program in free fall in 2005, he didn Tt have to
look far to snatch up his first commitment in a quar-
terback from Longwood, Fla. named Rob Kass.
Now three seasons later, the redshirt sophomore
is primed to take over as the starting quarter-
back for the Pirates after the James Pinkney era
ended with a disappointing loss to the Uni-
versity of South Florida, 24-7, in the 2006
PapaJohns.com Bowl.
Kass received limited playing time in
four games last season, most notably in the
loss to USF in the Papajohns.com bowl.
Against the Bulls, Kass went 10-of-19 for a
career high 138 yards.
Playing football can be traced to Kass T
family roots, as he is a third generation
quarterback. His grandfather was a signal
caller at Hofstra while his father started his
career at Wake Forest before transferring to
New Hampshire.
While growing up, Kass learned from his
father the tools of the trade and in return he
claims it helped him get the skills necessary
for collegiate football.
oIt Ts a great opportunity having a quarterback
lineage, ? said Kass. oIt really helped me get to that
next level. My dad is an extremely knowledgeable
quarterbacks coach and he coached me until I was
a high school freshman. Then he kind of let me _
go with the high school coaches and since with
the quarterbacks coach in college
coach. It was really a great opportunity I Had to
learn while I was young. ?
Kass enjoyed a spectacular senior campaign
at Lake Highland high school in which the
Floridian completed 55 of 100 passes for 1,300
yards and 10 touchdowns, but it can be seen as
fate that led him to wear the purple and gold.
Before his senior season at Lake Highland,
Kass hit the road traveling to 11 football
camps, including one at the University of
South Carolina where Holtz was serving
as an assistant for his dad, Lou.
ing a strong relationship with Holtz and former
Gamecock Ts quarterbacks coach Phil Petty, who is
now the tight ends coach for ECU, Kass was all set
on becoming a Gamecock.
But when Lou Holtz announced his retire-
_ ment, Kass T Gamecock dreams disappeared. Kass
Pirates rally for comeback victory over Seahawks
ECU extends its winning
streak to 14
RONNIE WOODWARD
ASST. SPORTS EDITOR
The ECU baseball team over-
came an 8-0 deficit and karma last
night as it extended the nation Ts
longest current winning streak to
J4 in an 11-10 comeback victory
over in-state rival UNC Wilm-
ington.
oOur players don Tt quit, ? said
ECU Head Coach Billy Godwin.
oI told them we can Tt hit a eight-
run homer right here T, we just
have to peck away and that Ts what
we did. ?
The Pirates took their first and
only lead of the game in the bottom
of the 10th when Dale Mollenhauer
stole third and UNCW catcher
Mark Carver threw the ball into
left field, allowing Mollenhauer
to cross home-plate and score the
game winning run.
oCoach gave the hit-and-run
sign and Ryan [Tousley] and I
were running and we just got a
break, ? said Mollenhauer.
In 2004, ECU had a school
record 19-game winning streak
and was ranked 5th in the nation
when in-state rival UNCW beat
ECU 15-5 in the last game at
ECU Ts Harrington Field.
It looked like history would
repeat itself as UNCW scored a
total of eight runs and 11 hits in the
first two innings. ECU Ts starting
pitcher Bailey Daniels recorded
only two outs as he gave up five
runs off six hits in 2/3 innings
of work.
The 19th-ranked Pirates bat-
tled back though, scoring the final
six runs of the game.
oIt Ts not how we wanted to start,
being down 8-0, but it Ts surely the
way we wanted to end, T Mollenhauer
said. oWe don't let any lead get us
down; we feel we're in any game no
matter what the score is. ?
The 114th meeting between the
two teams featured 21 runs, 30 hits
and 12 different pitchers.
ECU Sophomore Ryan Wood
tied the game at 10 with a solo
home run in the bottom of the sev-
enth inning. Wood Ts round-tripper
was his first home run in his last
115 at-bats.
ECU closer Shane Mathews was
the winning pitcher, as he pitched
2 2/3 nearly perfect innings.
Mathews allowed no hits and no
and the head
After establish-
Photo by Terrell Gordey
Sophomore
runs while striking out three.
oWhen he comes in, it gives
our team a boost of energy, ?
Godwin said of Mathews. oHe did
a great job again tonight. ?
Back-to-back home runs by
Stephen Batts and Ryan Tousley
gave the Pirates some life and cut
the lead to 10-9 in the bottom of
the sixth inning. Batts T finished the
game with five RBIs while Tousley
ended with three. Batts now has 16
RBIs in his last five games.
The Pirates have now wrapped
up their 21-game home stand and
will be playing on the road for the
first time since Feb. 18 when they
play at Tulane this weekend. The
Pirates didn Tt have much success
in their first road trip as they got
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had received scholarship offers from other strong
programs such as Cincinnati, Mississippi and Pitts-
burgh, but when ECU named Skip Holtz as head
coach, Kass T attention turned towards Greenville
and ultimately it was the opportunity that sealed
his commitment to the Pirates.
oIt was really the opportunity, ? said Kass
about choosing ECU. oWith coach Holtz
taking over here and coach Petty becoming
the quarterbacks coach, it was just a great
opportunity to come in here and build a
program from the very bottom. A couple
+ wins, then just build it right up and hope-
fully take it to a powerhouse. ?
And now since Todd Fitch, another
former Gamecock assistant that worked
with Holtz, has been named an offensive
coordinator as well as quarterbacks coach
of the Pirates, Kass couldn Tt be any hap-
pier.
oCoach Fitch is great, ? Kass said. oHe
actually recruited me out of high school so
we had a relationship prior to this. Coach
Fitch is a great coach and is extremely
knowledgeable, I really think he is going
to help me get to that next level as a quar-
terback. ?
Following in the footsteps of Pinkney is
going to be no easy task for Kass, but he knows
that accepting that will lead to him being a
better quarterback.
oT Tve learned so much from him [Pinkney]
the last two years, ? Kass said. oI think just
following in James T footsteps is going to
be a tough situation but it Ts something
that you have to build upon and it Ts
something you have to accept as the
next quarterback. ? Among other
things that make Kass a truly unique
talent is his size, as he is listed at 6-
foot-4, 250-pounds.
oI think being able to stand in the
pocket and take the bigger hit, ? Kass
said was one of his strengths. oJames
[Pinkney] was an extremely tough
quarterback; he was going to get up
no matter what and I really learned a lot
from that. I think that being a bigger quar-
Photo by Levinia Tyrrell
see KASS page A12
Opinion
Take me out
to the ballgame
Photo by Terrrell Gordy
: Pirates fans take in a heated battle between ECU and UNCW.
than the one described in Can-
seco Ts biography of the players
injecting steroids in the stalls of
JOSEPH MURPHY
STAFF WRITER
randon Henderson, OF, tries to break up a double play.
swept by UCLA.
oThis winning streak and this
win gives us a lot of confidence
heading into this weekend and I
don Tt think you can beat that right
now, ? said Mathews.
The Pirates will look to carry
this momentum into this weekend Ts
pivotal conference series. ECU and
Tulane currently sit atop the C-
USA standings as they both have
3-0 records in the conference.
oWe have a lot of momentum
right now but we approach this one
game at a time so all we're worried
about right now is Friday night at
Tulane, ? said Godwin.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
Spring has sprung and T-.
shirts and shorts are appropri-
ate class apparel as a thick coat-
ing of pollen covers cars. April
is right around the corner and
with it comes opening day of the
Major League Baseball season
this weekend.
Pardon me if I am not as
excited about opening day this
year as I was during the humid
summers of my childhood where
baseball meant everything and
nothing was more exciting than
ripping open a pack of Upper
Deck baseball cards to find a
Ken Griffey Jr., Cal Ripken or
David Justice (with the Braves
of course) card. Our generation
is lucky enough to remember
an era where baseball was still
the great American past time,
before the game was perma-
nently tainted by performance
enhancing drugs. Nothing will
ruin a fan Ts image of the famous
obash brothers, T Jose Canseco
and Mark McGwire when they
were teammates on the Oakland
Athletics in the early nineties,
bathrooms prior to games. _
In all likelihood, Barry
Bond's creaking joints and
bones will hold together long
enough for him to break Ham-
merin T Hank Aaron Ts all-time
home run record this season.
Unfortunately for fans, what
should have been a glorious
occasion will be tainted by the
fact that in the twilight of his
career, Bonds miraculously
swelled up to the size of a body
builder and began knocking
homers out of the park at liter-
ally a superhuman rate well
into his late thirties and early
forties. Bonds would have you
believe that his connections to
Balco and the unnatural growth
of his muscles and head size
are completely unrelated to his
remarkable statistics.
Where have you gone Joe
DiMaggio, Willie Mays, Ted
Williams and all the other mus-
cularly proportional and natural
heroes of baseball lore?
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THURSDAY MARCH 29, 2007
BASBALL continued from A7
Luckily here on the coastal
plains of eastern North Carolina,
the ECU Pirates baseball team is
reminding fans of everything that
is great about the great American
past time. The team is off to a
20-6 start, winners of 14 in arow
"the longest current winning
streak in the nation and second
longest in school history "and
are currently ranked 19th in the
nation by Baseball America and
20th by the ESPN/USA Today
Coaches Poll.
Beyond their recent success
on the diamond, the team Ts home
games provide an opportunity for
students, faculty, alumni and local
fans alike to gather and support
the Pirates.
This season, especially during
the teams recent 21 game home
stand, Pirate Nation has risen
up to support the team at Keith
LeClair Stadium. The festivities
begin hours before the opening
pitch, as students congregate in
parking lots to tailgate and pre-
pare to root on the team as only
Pirates know how. Many of these
students find their way to the
ojungle, ? the rabid student section
in the outfield known for its espe-
cially rowdy behavior. The pre
game tailgating and game time ©
atmosphere at LeClair Stadium
are comparable to fodtball games
at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, except
Photo by Terrell Gordy
ona smaller scale, and they occur
much more often then merely six
fall Saturdays.
But, Pirate home games are
not merely a chance for students
to cut loose and show their purple
and gold pride. The bleachers also
maintain the relaxed, congenial
atmosphere ofa small town minor
league game. Alumni and faculty
take their families and children
to the games where they can
experience the childhood thrills
of bringing their glove to the park
to snag a souvenir, eating peanuts
and cracker Jacks, learning how to
fill out a scorecard and rooting for
the home team.
We are lucky enough to have
a more genuine and authentic
version of the great American
past time played here at LeClair
The Pirates have given fans a chance to appreciate the old past time.
Stadium in Greenville by student-
athletes, than in any big-city cor-
porate sponsored mega-park by
overpaid human growth hormone
fueled freaks.
If in the next few months of
spring, you become tired of hear-
ing John Kruk and other ESPN
talking heads yammer incessantly
about A-Rod and the Yankees
or Dice-K and the Red Sox (and
especially if the Braves lose the
division again), and want to
remember why you loved baseball
in the first place, then come out to
LeClair Stadium and cheer on the
Pirates as they push for the Con-
ference USA crown and hopefully
the College World Series.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Students, Faculty, Staff, and Students are cordially invited to attend a
Symposium Honoring Recipients of the 2006-2007 Scholar-Teacher
Awards Thursday, April 5, 2007
Mendenhall Great Room 1 and 221
(Approximate times)
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College of Education, Patricia Andewen
School of Nursing, Mary Ann Rose
College of Business, Mike Harris
College of Human Ecology, Hunt McKinnon
College of Health and Human Performance, Scott Gordon
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2:10-2:25 p.m. Room 221
2:30-2:45 p.m. Room 221
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Harriot College eras and Sciences, Mike Brown
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, John Bishop
Harriot College of Arts and Sciences, Susan McCammon .
Brody School of Medicine, Robert Carroll
College of Fine Arts and Communication, Robert Alpers
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Room 221 (Programs will be available in the Mendenhall Gallery on the second
floor in front of the poster display.)
April 2 - April 5 - Exhibits illustrating the award recipients T integration of
research/creative activity in teaching will be displayed in the Second Floor
Gallery, Mendenhall.
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t-ball program for ages 3-8. Applicants
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patience to work with youth. Duties
include but are not limited to: score
keeping, umpiring, coaching, setting up
for practices and games and ensuring
proper care of program / facility. Hours
are from 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm, Monday
- Friday and Saturday mornings and
afternoons. Flexible hours according to
class schedules. This program will run from
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per hour. For more information, please
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daytime hours June-July to watch 6 & 10
year old. Non-smoker with car required.
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housework. Competitive pay. To apply
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and scorekeeping duties. Games are
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scorekeeper can expect three games per
night. Rate of pay is $7.00 per game.
Leagues will play from April 23 until the
end of July. Interested applicants can
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GREEK PERSONALS
Thank you to the wonderful girls of Alpha
Delta Pi for inviting us to your cookout
laSt week! The food was delicious, and
we had an amazing time with all of you!
Thanks again! -Delta Zeta
Congratulations to Jenna Beach and
Kerianne Gilmartin for being the Alpha
Xi Delta sisters of the week! Keep up the
good work girls! Love Your Alpha Xi Ts
The sisters of Alpha Xi Delta will hold
a carwash on Saturday March 31st
from 9:00-3:30 at the Campus Store
on the corner of 10th and Charles.
Proceeds to Little Willie Center.
The Sisters of Delta Zeta would like to
thank the entire community of Greenville
and the student body of ECU for coming
out and supporting our annual Jump-
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couldn Tt have done it without-you!
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ECU women Ts rugby advances to semifinals
Win over Georgia
puts Pirates in line
for repeat
DANIELLE DOBBS
ELISA FORD
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
As the defending 2006 Division
II South Conference Champions, the
ladies of the ECU women Ts rugby
club team have a reputation of suc-
cess to uphold.
In hope of returning to the DII
Women's Rugby Final Four to defend
their title, the rugby team traveled to
Athens, Ga. to take on the University
of Georgia on March 24th in the
South Rugby Union Quarterfinals.
The Pirates came out with a
dominating intensity level and every
intention to win. Although the
weather was stifling, the conditions
had little effect as the Pirates beat
UGA, 17-15.
The first try was scored by
rookie flanker Sabrina Nichols in
the opening minutes of the match.
KASS continued
from A7
terback you cannot only take the
hit, you can give the hit. ?
While a quarterback compe-
tition makes some signal callers
worry, Kass welcomes the added
pressure, as he believes it will
make him better.
oIt Ts great, T Kass said of the
current competition to replace
Pinkney. oNo matter where you
go in the country you're going
to find competition. Competition
always makes you better, so I
think that a quarterback compe-
tition anywhere is going to make
you a better quarterback and a
better person overall. ?
Holtz has stated numerous
times that the offensive unit is
behind the defense in spring
practice, in terms of growth.
Kass is not sweating it however,
as he thinks the offense has a real
opportunity to grow because of a
lot of young talent.
The first intra-squad scrim-
mage of spring practice took
place last Friday, and while the
scrimmage was simulated more
towards the running game, Kass
shined in his turn at quarterback.
He completed his first four passes
of the scrimmage and guided the
Pirates T top offense. to a total of
11 first downs, converting 6-of-10
on third down.
oI think I did pretty well, ?
Kass said of his performance.
oObviously there Ts always room
for improvement, you always want
to get more consistent and you
always want to improve, but the
biggest thing is to help to lead the
offense up and down the field. ?
As kickoff grows closer to the
2007 season, Kass has set goals
for the team and as long as the
team wins, he will be satisfied.
oTeam wise is to just win
games, ? Kass said of the team Ts
goals. oGo in there and upset the
bigger opponents, go. to a bowl
game and win a bowl game this
year. Personally, I just want to do
well and help lead this team to the
next level. Statistically it doesn Tt
matter; as long as this team wins,
we'll be fine. ?
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sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Temperatures rose to the mid 80s,
as the physical game pressed on in
the heat.
The second try was scored by
rookie wing Janeice Underwood ona
breakaway run down the touchline.
UGA played a kicking game the
entire time, giving ECU the oppor-
tunity to counter-attack.
In the second half, an ECU
player was sin-binned and taken out
of the game for 10 minutes, leaving
the Pirates to play a woman down.
On another breakaway, Jocelyn
McNair ran the ball and passed to
Elisa Ford who then scored another
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The ECU women Ts rugby team poses under the uprights on the University of Georgia Ts field.
try, giving ECU the lead. Jen Lar-
rimore extended the lead by making
a conversion kick at the end of 80
minutes.
Within the next 10 minutes,
another ECU player was sin-binned
for high tackling. Distressed that
UGA might exploit the weakness
of playing with two players out of
the game, the Pirates left on the
field stepped up their game to hold
off the UGA women from winning
the match.
After the match senior captain
Melissa Blakemore said, oIt was the
best game of rugby I Tve seen us play
in a long time. ?
This weekend, the ECU women Ts
rugby club will head to Greenville,
S.C. to play the College of Charleston
in the South Rugby Union Semi-
Finals.
The Pirates will look to beat
CofC and advance to the finals on
Sunday.
ECU is the defending South
Rugby Union champion, and is
gearing up for'a shot at a repeat this
weekend.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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