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Volume 82, Issue 72
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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YOUR INDEPENDENT
STUDENT NEWSPAPER
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2007
ECU police department nationally recognized
New policies and
Standards apply
YAZID FINN
STAFF WRITER
This past month, ECU Police
department received national
accreditation status. By receiv-
ing this award, ECU has joined
the ranks of which only 39 other
university police departments
nationwide may also attest.
Accreditation allows. police
agencies to willingly exhibit their
"commitment to excellence" in
the field of law enforcement.
By achieving this status, police
departments not only work to fur-
ther strengthen community ties,
but also hold all aspects of the law
more accountable.
"It is a change in documenta-
tion. Everything is becoming more
detailed, more specific. It helps to
keep lasting records," said Captain
Perry, division commander for
ECU Police.
"I remember a case where
a DUI did not go to court for
almost two and a half years. If I
had not taken good notes then,
the guy could have easily natu-
rally changed appearances and
you wouldn't know it was the guy
until the judge called his name.
Accreditation helps to change
this," Perry said.
The program begins when an
agency believes they meet certain
prerequisites. By voluntarily sub-
mitting an application to the Com-
mission on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies, police depart-
ments express their interest towards
working for accreditation status.
An on-site assessment of ECU's
police department followed, allow-
ing CALEA to see procedures and
guidelines that may or may not be
taking place.
Photo by Zach Siirkin
"It's an evolving process," said
Lt. Curtis Hayes, accreditation
manager of ECU's police depart-
ment. "CALEA is constantly
improving, revising [their] stan-
dards and allowing agencies to
change with the times. Everyone
knows what their job is now, because
it's spelled out in the policy."
CALEA's Web site states that
it does not tell agencies how to
do their work, but specifies what
Greek organizations pick up trash between the Alpha Phi house and Sheetz.
Laptops accessible
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ECU students can checkout laptops for use in Joyner or Music libraries.
Joyner offers 13, Music
Library offers five
laptops for checkout
ALYCIA WENDT
STAFF WRITER
Joyner Library has a selection
of 13 in-library laptop checkouts
for ECU students. The Music
Library in the Fletcher Build-
ing also has five laptops. These
laptops are loaned and used for
students' personal uses around
the libraries.
These laptops have the same
programs as the lab computers
in the libraries and include a
wireless card for internet access.
Headphones are also available for
in-library checkout.
"We began this service with
only four laptops back in January
2000, in an effort to assist students
who may have lost their computers
in the flood caused by Hurricane
Floyd. Since then, we have grown
the inventory to 13," said Interim
Head of the Systems Department,
Ann Stocks. :
Currently enrolled ECU stu-
dents may loan a laptop once daily
for a period of 12 hours or until 15
minutes before the library closes.
The 12-hour check out period
for laptops has been in effect since
Aug. 15, 2006.
"We started out with a check
out period of three hours, but
extended to 12. Since we extended
the check out period, use has really
see LAPTOPS page A2
each department should be doing.
By covering all aspects from
procedure to administration, the
accreditation status has been seen
throughout ECU.
"Campus Safety has seen
the effects of the accreditation
recently,' said Seth Adcox student
parole unit supervisor, "we have to
keep records for everything that
we do, such as keep evaluations for
everyone we employ. In the end, it
Public service events
scheduled
CARMIN BLACK
STAFF WRITER
The fraternal brothers and sis-
ters of both the National Panhelenic
Council and the National Pan-Hel-
lenic Council, Greek organizations
joined forces last Monday at 4 p.m.,
hosting a step show, canned food
drive and opening speech in an effort
to kick of their annual Greek Week.
The purpose of this week is to
allow all members of sororities and
fraternities on ECU's campus to join
helps to maintain accountability."
ECU police department will
be reevaluated in three years. At
that time, another on-site will
occur, assuring that ECU is still
in compliance with all required
standards and 80 percent of any
applicable standards. CALEA 'is
currently on their fifth edition
of standards and policies. ECU
began their efforts towards gain-
ing accreditation status using the
U students celebrate Greek Week
together in a unified effort to give -
back to the Greenville Community.
"Greek Week happens every
spring semester at ECU. It involves
friendly competition in the name of
service. The focus of Greek Week
this year is to promote unity with
the three branches of the Gteek
Community: Panhellenic, Inter-
Fraternity Council and NPHC
with every event," said Panhellenic
Director of Programming Stepha-
nie Lee.
Greek Week will run from April
9 - 15 with different events sched-
uled throughout the week.
Yesterday, a street clean up was
held along 10th street which begin
at 4:30 p.m. in front of the Alpha Phi
sorority house and finish at the Sheetz
convenience store located on the
corner of 10th and Cotanche streets.
Today, the "Greek Life Blood
Drive" will be held in Mendenhall
from 12 - 6 p.m. Everyone on
campus is invited to come and donate
regardless of if they are involved in
a fraternal organization or not.
fourth edition.
"Every officer has been very
supportive, Lt. Hayes said. "It was
a struggle at first, but as time went
on, members of the department
saw how their work was becom-
ing more detailed, more precise.
It really takes the guesswork out
of their jobs."
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
The next event will occur on
April 14; taking a short break from
public service, ECU's Greek Life is
hosting a tailgate to celebrate ECU's
Purple and Gold Spring Football
Game. The tailgate begins at 12
p.m. and the football game begins
at 3 p.m.
Greek Week festivities wrap up
on April 15 with the third annual
"Casey's Race". This race is primar-
ily sponsored by the Sigma Alpha
Epsilon fraternity to honor the
late Casey Rogers, a former SAE
member who died in a car wreck
in 2003.
Money raised at the event will
benefit The Boys & Girls Clubs of
Pitt County.
"Our biggest and most success-
see GREEK page A2
Student designs recognized
Annual Design and
Drafting Contest
ADELINE TRENTO
STAFF WRITER
Last month, threeECU students
received national recognition for
their architectural work at the 40th
Annual Design/Drafting Contest.
The competition, which was
sponsored by the American Design
Drafting Association, allowed stu-
dents to demonstrate their skills in
the architecture and design field.
According to the ADDA Web
site, "The purpose of this contest
is to encourage excellence in effort
and discipline, and to give recogni-
tion to outstanding students and
design/drafting programs." ,
The participants were able
to submit their work in several
different categories including resi-
dential architecture, commercial
architecture, technical illustration
and architectural rendering.
"The students were given a
chance to display their knowledge
by solving a problem according
to certain criteria that was estab-
lished for the specific divisions,"
said Robert Chin from the ECU
Department of Technology Sys-
tems. "The students designed and
documented a structure by follow-
ing the practices that are used in
the industry today."
The blueprints were judged
on appearance, accuracy, line
work, organization, reproduc-
ibility, creativity and many other
Contributed photos
TRIVETTE
categories.
Tim Baier, senior design major
with an architectural concentra-
tion, took home the top prize at
the event.
Baier received the Board of
Governors Award for his residen-
tial design in the AC1 division.
"This is what I like to do so it
was great to get recognized at the
competition," said Baier. "The con-
test gives you a lot of experience
in making blue prints and creating
designs which will be really help-
ful in the future."
Two other ECU seniors took
home awards at the event as well.
Michael Trivette received the
second place award in the AC1
division and Daniel Stiling won
the Board of Governors award
for the commercial architecture
Vv
BAIER
division.
"The fact that three ECU stu-
dents won top prizes at a national
competition shows that we have
a great program,' Baier said. "It
shows that not only can the stu-
dents excel academically and in
this field, but the faculty, such as
Chin, are doing a great job as well."
Chin said that his students
have been participating in this
contest for the last five years and
he plans to encourage them to
enter their work in the future.
"It is very beneficial for the
students to enter because it gives
them an opportunity to get judged
by someone other than myself,"
Chin said. "It helps to validate
what we teach them here because
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
'April 12 - 15
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Prospero lives on a desolate
isle with his virginal daugh-
ter, Miranda. He's in exile,
banished from his duchy by
his usurping brother and the
King of Naples. Providence
brings these enemies near;
aided by his vassal the spirit
Ariel, Prospero conjures a
tempest to wreck the Italian
ship. The king's son, think-
ing all others lost, becomes
'Prospero's prisoner, falling
in love with Miranda and she
with him. Prospero's brother
and the king wander the
'island, as do a drunken cook
and sailor, who conspire with
Caliban, Prospero's beastly
Slave, to murder Prospero.
Prospero wants reason to
triumph, Ariel wants his free-
dom, Miranda a husband; the
sailors want to dance.
For more information, visit
ECUARTS.com
McGinnis Auditorium
8 p.m., except Sunday at 2
'p.m.
Contra Dance and
Potiuck Dinner
April 14
6 p.m. potluck dinner, 7:30
'p.m. lesson and 8 - 10:30
p.m. dance
Live old-time and Celtic mu-
sic by a string band.
A smoke and alcohol-free
event.
Sponsors: ECU Folk and
Country Dancers
Now - April 17
Choose the Centennial
Buccaneer Yearbook
Cover
The department of Student
_Media is inviting all students,
faculty and staff to help us
choose the yearbook cover
for the centennial edition of
the Buccaneer, ECU's official
yearbook! -
You can view all three covers �
and place your vote using
OneStop. All yearbook covers
were designed by ECU stu-
dents and staff.
Scholarships being
offered by NC National
Guard
The North Carolina National
Guard is currently offering
two, two and one-half, and
three-year scholarships.
Those interested can see
SFC Jimmy Smith in Room
344-A Rawl Building to pick
up an application packet. In-
formation can also be ob-
tained by calling 916-9073.
344-A Rawl Building
Color Copies Now
Available at Joyner
Library Copy Center, Joyner
Basement, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
The Library Copy Center is
in the basement of Joyner
Library and is open Monday
through Friday. It.is a full-ser-
vice copy center, with faxing
also available. Cash or check
only. Call 328-2326 for more
information. :
American Red Cross
Blood Drive �
Mendenhall Student
Center .
12-6 p.m.
ECU hosts UN judge
Bankole Thompson
Justice Bankole Thomp-
son will present "The
Role of International
Law in Social Justice"
presented by the Annual
Carolyn Freeze Baynes
Lecture on Social Jus-
tice presented by the
College of Human Ecol-
ogy. Justice Thompson
serves as an appointee
to the United Nations
Special Court (War
Crimes Tribunal) for Si-
Video Conference Lec-
ture "International Proj-
ects, Our Experience"
Hosted by ECU Dept.
of Engineering and Dr.
Gene Dixon. Video Con-
ference between ECU
and Czech Technical
University in Prague.
ECU's 100th Anniver-
sary and Czech. Univ.'s
300th Anniversary.
Lecture involves faculty
_and students from both
campuses interacting
in an information ex-
-{ Campus & Community i
WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2007
pace A2
Sat
ECNAO's Spring Pow-
wow
The East Carolina Na-
tive American Organiza-
tion holds its annual
powwow displaying tra-
ditional Native American
dancing, songs, and
crafts.
Bottom of College Hill
ECU hosts Spring Open
House |
Activities seduce an
academic fair, a student
life and organization
Softball
vs. Memphis
ECU Softball Field -
Fp:
Casey's Race "Run for
the Kids"
Presented by The Greek
Community at ECU. For
more information, visit
caseysrace.com/index..
html
Nutrition and Fitness
Expo
Student Recreation
Center Concourse
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The Dating Doctor: Da-
vid Coleman
Presented by ECU Stu-
dent Union
Hendrix Theater
pan.
erra Leone, Africa.
A.J. Fletcher Recital
Hall :
2 p.m.
change.
BIZ
8 a.m.
Flanagan Building Room
fair, walking and bus
tours of campus, and
tours of the residence
halls. There will also be
sessions from Financial
Aid, ahd the University
Honors Program.
Wright Auditorium:
9 a.m.
Featured Event
TECU hosts Spring Open House
Tue
ECU's International
Film Series: "Fearless"
Bate 1031
6:30 p.m.
"Real Talk" with Jona-
than Perry
Hendrix Theatre
7 - 8:30 p.m.
Activities include an academic fair, a student life and organization
fair, walking and bus tours of campus, and tours of the residence
halls. There will also be sessions from Financial Aid, and the Univer-
sity Honors Program.
Wright Auditorium
9am.
BRIEFS
Tainted pet food linked to
sharp increase in kidney cases
in cats, study shows
WASHINGTON (AP)-Cases of
kidney failure among cats rose
by 30 percent during the three
months that pet food contami-
nated with an industrial chemical
was sold, one of the nation's larg-
est chains of veterinary hospitals
reported Monday.
Banfield, The Pet Hospital, said
an analysis of its database, com-
piled from records collected by
its more than 615 veterinary hos-
pitals, suggests that three out of
every 10,000 cats and dogs seen
in its clinics developed kidney fail-
ure during the time the melamine-
contaminated pet food was on the
market. There are an estimated
- 60 million dogs and 70 million
cats in the United States, accord-
ing to the American ronal
Medical Association.
The veterinary hospital chain saw
1 million dogs and cats during ~
the three months when the more
than 100 brands of now-recalled
contaminated pet food were sold.
It saw 284 extra cases of kidney
failure among cats during that
period, or a roughly 30 percent in-
crease when compared with back-
ground rates. It's not clear if those
animals ate the contaminated
food, though it seems likely.
"It has meaning, when you see a
peak like that. We see so many
pets here, and it coincided with
the recall period," said veterinar-
ian Hugh Lewis, who oversees the
mining of Banfield's database to
do clinical studies. The chain con-
tinues to share its data with the
Food and Drug Administration.
In the three weeks since the first �
pet food was recalled, Banfield
vets have examined 1,605 cats
and dogs reported to have eaten
the recalled food. That is less than
1 percent of pets examined. Just
six of those animals five cats and
one dog have died.
Rutgers women's basketball
team to weigh in on storm |
circling Don Imus over racial
comment |
NEW YORK (AP)-The Rutgers
female basketball players called
"nappy-headed hos". by Don Imus
are ready to voice their opinions
on the remarks that led CBS Ra-
_ dio and MSNBC to.suspend his. .
"morning talk show for two' weeks." ~
Word of the suspension, which will
begin Monday, came several hours
after Imus sought forgiveness -
for statements that have caused
widespread condemnation.
Members of the Rutgers women's
basketball team and coach C. Viv-
ian Stringer planned to offer their
feelings Tuesday on the gathering
storm.
MSNBC, which icc is He fac
dio show, said Imus' expressions
of regret and embarrassment,
� coupled with his stated dedication
to changing the show's discourse,
made it believe suspension was
the appropriate response.
"Our future relationship with Imus
is contingent on his ability to live
up to his word," the network said
late Monday.
U.S. official tells North Korea.
that time is running out to
~ honor nuclear disarmament
deal
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP)
-A Bush administration official -
warned Tuesday that time was
running out for North Korea to
take initial steps toward disman-
tling its nuclear program, while a
U.S. nuclear negotiator expressed
hope that Saturday's deadline
could still be met.
In an encouraging sign, the U. S:
Treasury Department said authori-
_ ties in the Chinese-administered
~ North Korea says are the reason it
region of Macau are prepared
to unblock the frozen funds that
has refused to move forward on a
disarmament agreement.
The communist country struck a _
deal with the U.S. and four other
LAPTOPS continued from a1
picked up,' said Interim Associate
Director Jan Lewis.
According to Lewis, the main
advantages to students checking
out laptops is that they can work
in the group study rooms or quiet
study spaces and bring the laptop
into those areas.
-A laptop loan includes the
laptop, power cord, mouse, mouse
pad and external floppy drive in a
carrying case.
The laptops are Windows
~ operated systems and have Micro-
soft Office, which includes Inter-
net Explorer. Users may. not add �
or remove any software.
If a laptop user needs to use a
printer, they can send their work
to a networked printer within the
building and pay the current rate.
- If auser's laptop is damaged,
they will be senta bill for the fas
This fee is then placed on the
user's student university record.
There are also overdue fines
and replacement fees for the lap-
tops. For every hour the laptop
-is overdue, there is a $5 fine.
These fines can add up to a
maximum total of $120. If laptop
is not returned, there is a $1,500
replacement fee.
Ifa borrower receives an over-
due fine, they will also receive a
tag by noon of the next day. -
The 10 laptops were pur-
chased with money from the
library's equipment budget.
"All 10 laptops are sometimes
checked out at the same time, but
not very often. The highest use is
during the time right before and
during exams," Lewis said.
Students just need to keep check-
ing back to see if one has been
returned or when it is due.
"Since not everyone owns. a'
laptop, I'm glad we're able to make
them available," said Access Ser-. .
vices evening supervisor David
Hisle.
From July 2005 until January
2006 the laptops had circulated
588 times. Within the same time
frame this year, the laptops have
circulated 4,431 times. This is a
750 percent increase this year.
Borrowers are expected to
read and follow ECU's "University
Student and Employee Computer -
Use Policy." This can be viewed at �
_ ecu.edu/cs-itcs/policies/staffstu-
- dentpolicy.cfm.
If all the laptops are checked �
out at once, there is no wait list.
This writer can be contacted at
_ news@theeastcarolinian.com. -
hers isan outside panel of 'ids
that looks at their work. If they
do win, it shows that the students
know what they are supposed to
know and are doing what they are -
supposed to do."
On April 19, this year's
winners will attend the ADDA
GREEK
continued from Al.
ful philanthropy is Casey's Race...
it is a 5K race where the Greek -
community, ECU community and
Greenville community are encour-
aged to participate," said Lee. " We
are hoping for a successful week
where'everyone can see what good
the Greek Community presents at
ECU and in Greenville."
Registration for the run begins
at 12 p.m., with the race beginning
at 1:30 p.m. Visit caseysrace.com for
more details.
This writer can be contacted at
_ news@theeastcarolinian.com.
: DESIGN -. continued from Al:
Annual Conference in Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. |
Along with receiving framed
awards and a cash prize, the students
will beable to participate in workshops
and listen to speakers at the event.
"The conference will be a -
really good opportunity for people
to network and share ideas," Chin
said. "They will get. to talk with
other. people in the field, learn -
from. one another and share ideas
'that will benefit the discipline."
This writer can be contacted at-
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
nations in February to shut down
its main nuclear reactor by Satur-
'day in exchange for economic aid �
and political concessions.
lf North Korea follows through
with its promises, they would be
the first moves the communist
state has made to scale back
its nuclear development since it
kicked out international inspectors
and in 2003 restarted its sole op-
erating nuclear reactor.
But the hard-won agreement,
reached four months after Pyong-
yang rattled the world by testing
a nuclear device, has been-held
up by a dispute over North Korean
funds frozen in a Macau bank.
Climate change to cause
increased droughts, sea-level
rise in Australia, New Zealand
~ BANGKOK, Thailand (AP)-
Warming temperatures will cause
increased drought and sea-level
rises in Australia and New Zealand
by 2030 and threaten ecologically:
rich sites such as the Great Barrier :
Reef, according to excerpts from
a new scientific report released
Tuesday.
The South Pacific Islands, mean-
while, will be swamped by sea
level rises as well as increased
- frequency of cyclones, according
to the latest report from the In-
tergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change. :
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cutest pets
How long until Gucci makes a purse
to carry Asian girls?
BRIDGET TODD
OPINION WRITER
Like many girls who came of age in the late a
nineties, I once harbored a creeping fascination
with all things Gwen Stefani. I envied her amazing
abs. I yearned for the courage and lack of parental
supervision necessary to dye my hair pink. While |
Britney and Christina Aguilera were glossy gyrating
pictures of what I could never be, Gwen was there
with her kick-butt attitude and low-key style. And
I loved her for it.
. Gwen and I lost touch over the years, but I |
assumed she was still spin-kicking through the
MTV airwaves in her platform sneakers inspiring
another generation of girls to not trade in their Keds.
for stilettos just yet.
She is not. She is, however, parading around with
four cute Asian girls in tow. They are her Harajuku
girls: Love, Angel, Music and Baby (I wonder if there _
was a Roots-esque scene wherein Gwen forces her
Harajuku harem to accept their cutesy new names).
Now I didn't know it was possible to actually
collect human beings, but if you were going to, you
could do a lot worse than four pretty Asians girls.
The Harajuku girls are cute, they giggle a lot _
_ Things would be so much better
and wear knee socks. And I guess racial stereotypes
can be pretty fashionable. Besides, what's more chic
than a tall blonde being followed around by a pack
of silent Asian caricatures?
_. Of course, Gwen isn't the first musician to
"borrow" the style of a minority group and call it
her own. Just mention the name Elvis around one
of my blues-playin' uncles and you'll get an entire
dissertation on the subject of whitewashing in music.
(Are you listening Justin Timberlake?) However,
in Stefani's case, the whole thing is made more
troubling by her altering of the Harajuku facet of
Japanese culture to reflect a racist stereotype.
It would be one thing if she just thought Hara-
juku was a cool look and used it in her videos. Why
does she even need to incorporate the meek Asian
schoolgirl aspect at all? Does something have to
be offensive and completely distorted before it's
' marketable?
MiHi Ahn, essayist and cultural critic for salon.
com maintains, "Stefani fawns over Harajuku style
in her lyrics, but her appropriation of this subcul-
ture makes about as much sense as the Gap selling
Anarchy T-shirts; she's swallowed a subversive
youth culture in Japan and barfed up another image
of submissive giggling Asian women."
On her blog Margaretcho.com, comedian
extraordinaire Margaret Cho compares Stefani's
particular form of Asian fetishism to the minstrel
shows of yesteryear. I can see the similarity-white
person is captivated by a particular subculture of a
minority group, cranks it up about a million notches,
thereby claiming it as her own. .
As an even sadder note on Asian invisibility in
the media, Cho maintains that while Stefani's use of
Asian girls as props makes her cringe, it's better than
nothing. She writes, "At least it is a measure of vis-
ibility, which is much better than invisibility. 1am so -
sick of not existing, that I would settle for following
any white person around with an umbrella just so I
could say I was there." Now that sh*t is bananas.
Ms. Pelosi
goes to Syria
Waves from all sides follow
YAZID FINN
STAFF WRITER
All right Ms. Pelosi, you have done it! You are
the first woman to become Speaker of the House,
the third highest ranked political official in the
United States! 3
Now let me ask you, which one of your bright
aides decided that among your first actions in this
position would be to visit Syria? Don't you know
that Egypt is always a safe bet?
Let us take this trip step by step. To begin, you
choose a state that you know for a fact the current
President does not approve of. You know the United
State's government has the Sunni majority country
listed as a sponsor of terror for the Shi'a organization
Hezbullah (if that is not inter-religious cooperation,
I do not know what is). .
Now, granted, you were not the only political :
official to visit Syria in the past month. Your Repub-
lican colleagues have you beat there. But, Ms. Pelosi,
you must remember that you are always going to be
a prime target for the media, your every action will
be watched and publicized.
If you are planning on going on another fact-
finding mission, maybe take it somewhere the cur-
rent administration approves of. Like the Virgin
Islands... or Hawaii...
This leads to the second most talked-about
aspect of your trip. The topic of interest is your hijab
dawned while entering al-Umayyad mosque.
While some media outlets have described this
scene as "subservient," how quickly they forget the
First Lady's trip to al-Aqsa mosque in 2005. How
about Condoleezza Rice? Was this really an issue
of "bowing" down to the Middle East, or saying a
_ symbolic thanks to your hosts?
Now I for one think it is great to practice the old
adage "while in Rome..." Why, I could swear even
Pervez Musharraf was sporting some Sperry Top-
Siders while visiting "The Daily Show" last fall. So
what it comes down to is respect, and Ms. Pelosi,
you showed it. As the leading representative of the
United States, maybe your fellow congressmen will
follow your lead in something they rarely partake |
-in-doing the right thing.
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RANT OF THE DAY
_ My boyfriend broke up with me via
Facebook.
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"Never have | ever...
if we could just get.back together.
To the person who thinks there aren't
any ECU guys who aren't always
drinking, smoking and addicted to
sex... there are. | guess we're few
"and far between but we do exist.
I'm sorry you haven't met one of us
yet, but you will someday soon...
To the guy who blind sided me with
a beer bottle and then ran away
because you think you're gangster.
Thanks for the cool scar over my eye.
Ladies love scars.
Can someone flirt with me please?
- | absolutely love it when a girl makes
the first move.
- Why does my gut always have
- to be right?
Yes, I'm a Math major... and | love it!
| find it hilarious that | know
everything I'm not supposed to...
guess some people don't keep
_ secrets!
"What's the point of having a
-Chik-Fil-A on campus if there
isn't even Chik-Fil-A sweet tea!?
~ Seriously, get a cough drop before
the test!
Here is one thing the government
wants you to forget. You have a
voice. How are you going to use it?
_ I'm ready to graduate!
~ What would the reaction be if someone
wrote "White Power" on a fence?
My friend and | had fun hanging out
and talking to the cops downtown
Gre�nville this past weekend...
: thanks for the ride back to our dorm.
Can't we all just. get along?
Goats really suck.
| love the person 'that hanging
out with you has made me.
~My sister is pregnant and
.it just may rutn everything. -
Today | accidentally left my car in
a two-hour parking spot all day.
When | got off work, my car was still
there and there were no tickets. It was
a.miracle!
Why would Dining Services close
the one place on campus that sells
tampons for an entire weekend?
"| really hope that you're my
'Chandler and not.my Richard.
'My roommate just started
giggling at a commercial
- because it said "penetrating."
You know what really grinds my
gears about the Bate computer
fab? The Google advertisement
that pops up whenever | want to
check my e-mail. Is there any way
to disable that thing? | mean, c'mon.
| am in a constant state of drunk!
- Why is agalion of water more expensive
than a gallon of gasoline? Sad but true!
Is it OK to give a cat liquor?
Is it sad that | have been here at ECU
for two years and have never been
downtown?
Chinese buffets are so much
better than Mexican Buffets!
| think my professor pulls our
test questions out of the sky. I've
never heard any of this before.
| still believe in first come first serve
parking!
To the girls who gave out hugs on
the mall: Thank you, you brightened
up my day!!
My RA's girlfriend is hideous. Is
there anyway to make the
walls thicker or sound proof?
Student government: Where
politics, not people, matter.
First of all, you can't drive at the speed
of light, it's a physical impossibility so
'don't try it at home. But, if you were to
drive at such a speed, the car will only
be seen for an instant as a flicker of
light, the light from your lights will be
-. moving twice as fast (faster than the
speed of light), so it won't be seen atall.
- Youarewrong, WillSmithis notthe black
_Chuck Norris. Mr. T is, and Mr. T can
eat a Rubix cube and crap it out solved.
The first six months of a relationship
are always gravy... Why can't the
rest of it be?
To all the girls that are taking naked
pictures, sleeping with you roommate's
boyfriend, or any thing else... stop
it... It's definitely not classy and
last time | checked it's not cool to
actually admit to doing those things.
'Why is it so hard for an attractive
single black woman without
children to find a decent man that
has something going for himself?
Dress and act like you respect
yourself, and guess what-
others will respect you too.
I'm glad you enjoyed the shows...
I'm getting darker blinds.
_ Yes, you are trouble, but | think
that | like it.
-|'m totally crushing on a baseball
player in my class. He's so hot...
but he has no idea. Too bad
| have a boyfriend of two years!
To the nice guy who put his Rant
in Wednesday's paper, I'm just
wondering where: you are? You'd
think you'd be pretty easy to find
here, saying most men here are
pigs. | really wish | could find you.
What is up with so many. people in
front of Wright place handing out stupid �
things? | don't want them, please leave.
The hot dog stand downtown
is the highlight of my- night.
Actually, Ruckus does work on iPods
you just have to be smart and know
how to transfer them over to iTunes.
Having the love of your life break
up with you and say we can still be
friends is like your dog dying and
your mom Saying you can still keep it.
No, you cannot copy my notes.
because you are too lazy to go to
class and get your own stupid notes!
Too much racial stuff is going on
right now.
To all the Barbie Wannabees: Please
stop with the brain dead accent,
OK? If | hear one more fluff head
babbling "Oh my God..." on her cell,
it'll be one time too many. Here's
a hint-it doesn't make you sound
cool... itjust makes you sound dumb.
I'm determined to prove that ECU
squirrels were once a part of a Bio-
Chemistry experiment in the 1970s!
To the girl that slept with her
best friends boyfriend.. you are a
disgrace to women.
Making fun of people | don't like
in my classes is the best thing
about going to class in the first
place... other than you, of course.
To the Republicans in Wright Place:
You say you want students to voice
their opinions. | did. You got pissed.
You know what really grinds my
gears? When |'m waiting in line at
the computer lab while you sit there
and waste your time changing your
relationship status on Facebook
from "single" to "in a relationship."
lm thoroughly displeased with the
outcome of the SGA elections. :
My boyfriend's nose is runny
and he won't let me kiss him. �
| am in love with a nerd.
| do date a dancer. She is also a
cheerleader. And | am proud of her.
To those people writing about
how they are cheating on their
boyfriend or girlfriend with their
roommate, get a freakin' life!
To the girl wearing the white stilettos: _
Those only look good on Barbie.
Why waiting for I do is 4 good idea
_ True love and a successful marriage
take time and maturity -
JESSICA DUNLOW
OPINION WRITER
College is supposed to be a time when you find
yourself, when you find your destination in life, and
when you find your true love, right? Wrong. Not
' these days.
It is easy to believe that the same thing that hap- -
pened in the days of our grandparents will happen
_ to us. We go away to a university, we meet some
strapping young man who vies for our love against
the will of our parents, he sweeps us off our feet,
and we live happily ever after. We reach the 50th
anniversary and everything.
I am just completely sick of hearing these love
riage and children anytime I go ona date! Especially
when, according to Divorce Magazine (yes, there is a
'magazine for this lovely aberration), people getting
- married at our age have a 40 percent divorce rate.
Why is this happening?
A large amount of us are just not ready for the
_big ball and chain, and we would much rather focus
"on careers and finding ourselves before we can
really find someone else to complete us. The aver-
age marriage age is rising, and you know what? It
is a good thing. The longer we wait to make this
decision and to make sure we have found the right -
one, the better.
Two young marriages in my extended family
10 at 12 13 14 15 16
stories and having friends and family hint about mar- |
have already begun to fall apart, with all ofthe part-
ners being in their mid-twenties. Counseling and
separation have plagued the one-year and five-year
marriage. These couples were together beginning
in their first years of college and married at the age
that most couples did back when our parents were
getting together. Look at them now!
However, there are exceptions. One out of all my
friends' parents has been together since eighth grade.
They live happily together in a nice suburb, and they -
have a wonderful daughter and two dogs. I am not
going: to lie; I have always wanted that perfect love
story like theirs. Don't we all?
The average marriage age now is around 26, and
rightfully so. The age of 22 just is not what it used
to be. With college years lasting longer than the
prescribed four, and with graduate school, traveling
careers and the tendency of our society to focus on
the individual, I say the older the better.
Some people may argue that the later we get
married, the less time we will spend together in
life. Well, not really. The average human lifespan
has increased to around 100! That is more than
enough time to find yourself, to find your love, to
have children, to find a perfect career and to find
that perfect house.
Marriage is supposed to be the big move, and it
is just being proven repeatedly that a vast majority
of adults our age cannot hold a marriage together
yet. So, in the spirit of that, rejoice in the years we
have until after college. It is possible to find happi-
ness and love somewhere else. Marrying our college
sweetheart may be our dream, but should it be our
reality?
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Big business
vs. sclence
The perils of politicized science
JUSTIN SUMMERS
OPINION WRITER
Not too long ago I was engaged in a senseless
geopolitical debate that is not uncommon in my daily
life. Different from my usual arguments, I was not
Bush hating or "spouting liberal diarrhea" as one
person so colorfully put it, rather I was ranting about
something I felt anyone would agree was a problem:
Global warming. This particular person (we'll call
him Jake for now) did not seem to care about global
3 warming and actually was determined to "debunk"
its existence.
Jake stated that global warming is a theory
invented by climatologists to scare us and fill their
pockets in the process. He supported this idea by
quoting a petition signed by thousands of "scientists"
that discredits the validity of global warming.
Now, I did not believe Jake because he is not
_a scientist and made no effort to include scientific
evidence in his diatribe, but I was still stunned to
hear someone try to disprove a theory that I thought
had been validated by almost every scientific body
in the world.
What I came to find out was that Jake was not
wrong, there was in fact a signed petition that aimed
to debunk global warming. Where he was misin-
formed, though, was thinking the people who signed
the document were credible scientists. Actually, these
people were just scholars, bankrolled by corporations
to misinform everyday people like Jake.
The people who misinformed Jake were a group
of pseudo-scientists whose aim was to increase cor-
porate profits or political popularity by decreasing
the public's awareness on global warming or simply
misinforming them about it.
By convincing people that global warming doesn't
exist, companies like Exxon prolong actions taken
to reduce emissions and thereby ensure profits into
the foreseeable future.
Most of the organizations that aim to disprove
global warming are backed by companies that depend
on the abundance and consumption of fossil fuels.
The automotive industry and manufacturing
companies make up a large percentage of contribu-
tors, but no group likes to misinform more than the
oil industry.
In 2004 alone, Exxon funded 29 climate-change
denial groups with almost $20 million. These groups
seem like environmental organizations but are really
just the opposite.
Denial groups bear names such as the Informa-
tion Council on the Environment, or the Science
and Environmental Policy Project and use this
environmentalist fagade to fake citizens and politi-
cians alike.
Thanks to the effectiveness of these organiza-
tions there have been many setbacks in policy aimed
to limit carbon dioxide emissions. President Bush
rejected the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty
that sets goals to reduce emissions because climate
change was "not universally accepted" among other
things. ;
We are one of the only nations in the developed
world yet to accept the treaty and make proactive
decisions to help stop global warming.
More recently, Bush rejected a bill to set a cap
on CO2 emissions. Until the media pundits and false
scientists are rejected, we will never be able to con-
vince the public that global warming is an important
"issue, and if we do not do anything about it, there
will be consequences.
The fact of the matter is there is still a lot to be
learned about global warming and there is a ton we
don't know about our affect on the world's climate,
_ but these groups who aim to misinform us are merely
exacerbating the problem.
My aim with this article is not to convince you
_that everyone is lying to us about global warming, but
'rather to inform you that some people are. Before you
accept something as the truth, you should do some
research on your own and find out who's doing the
research and who's profiting from it.
Sarah Bell
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Jenelle Conner Elizabeth Lauten
News Editor Asst. News Editor
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Horoscopes:
Aries
It's getting easier to let the others
know exactly what you want.
Even better, it's getting easier to
inspire them to do it, quickly.
Taurus
Make your trip more exciting by
going into the past. Not only will
you have more fun, you'll also
discover more treasures.
Gemini
Finish up your obligations first
thing in the morning. As the day
progresses, you'll feel less and
less like working.
Cancer
A person of great stature will
soon be giving you detailed
instructions. Take notes, so you
don't forget anything. This could
be very important.
Leo
Conversations will be noisier for
the next several weeks. Everybody
feels the need to strongly defend
their positions. There'll never be
a dull moment.
Virgo
You're anxious to get down to
work. By now you should have
a rough plan of what you want
to accomplish and how. If not,
start with that.
'Libra
Passions are aroused, but cooler
heads can prevail. Actually, it's
~ your job to help them all do that.
No problemo, right?
Scorpio
Try out a new skill you've been
learning, carefully, at first. This
is going to turn out well for you,
eventually.
Sagittarius
You're getting smarter about
a philosophical subject. That
which is unexplainable seems
very reasonable to you. Don't
even try to exploit it, yet.
Capricorn
You're getting into another "less
talk, more action" phase. This
one pays well, so don't resist.
Give it all you've got.
Aquarius
Some of the stuff you're finding
has great value, and some of it -
doesn't. Your assignment, if you
choose to take it, is to determine
which is which. Take care; big
_ money is involved.
Pisces :
You're getting into the planning
phase. More quiet thinking and
drawing and making up lists will
be required. Hide out in a quiet
place.
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Caipirinha Cocktail
Brazilian drink that's all the
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cold, tart and sweet at the
same time. -Plain delicious.
2 tablespoons turbinado sugar
1 lime, cut into wedges
Ice cubes
2 shots Cacacha or white rum
Club soda
Crush sugar and lime wedges in
bottom of glass. Add ice cubes
then top off with Cachaca and a -
dash of club soda.
Lava Flows
These can be made as mocktails
for the kids or cocktails for big
kids. The recipe calls for defrosted
frozen sliced strawberries. When
you bring them home from the
market, place them on a dish
in the refrigerator so they will
be soft and ready to process.
The dish will catch any leaks. or
moisture from defrosting.
2 cups frozen sliced
strawberries in juice, defrosted
2 cans coconut milk drink mix
(recommended: Coco Lopez)
2 cups pineapple juice
6 shots coconut rum or light rum
* For mocktails, omit liquor and
use a few extra ice cubes
1 tray of ice
Blend strawberries in a blender
on high until smooth. Place
1/2 cup strawberry puree in
the bottom of four hurricane or
double rocks cocktail glasses.
Rinse blender and return to
motor base. Place remaining
ingredients in blender and blend
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Please drink responsibly.
Friendship after romance proves tough
gies:
Age-old break-up
question answered
LEIGH CARTER
STAFF WRITER
Many college-aged students
spend their years in the academic
institution of their choice getting
to know many different kinds of
people and finding out what kind
of person best fits them based on
a variety of factors. While couples
that choose to end their relation-
ship may base their decisions
on differences in personalities,
life goals or even background,
it has been found that the average
person will suffer at least three
break-ups in their life with at least
one that ends badly. ,
While those who are yet to
experience this kind of situation
may not understand what the big
deal is, they will soon know the
huge amounts of effort and time
that one spends mending the
effects of such a loss, especially
one that ends painfully.
With the intention of making
things easier on both parties,
many couples choose to remain
friends after their romantic rela-
tionship ends. While some believe
that beingsfriends with an ex is
impossible, many have tried and
found the experience to be well
worth the effort. . i
"Several factors determine
whether or not couples can be
friends after they. break up,"
said Keeley Simmen, senior
communication major. "Both
the state of the relationship
before it ended and how long
the individuals were together
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 11, 2007
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affects the outcome immensely."
Statistics published in the
February 2002 census show that �
_ 80 percent of divorced men and
75 percent of women remarry
after divorce, and most do so
within three years. This shows
that remaining close after ending
a relationship leaves room for
reconciliation and even closure
for both members. .
"T have had a little bit of expe-
rience with each kind of break up,"
Simmen said. "I am still friends
with many of my exes and they are
like big brothers to me now, while
After the romantic relationship ends many couples find the concept of friendship alluring, but the act of doing so is oftentimes easier said than done.
I had one that ended really badly
and we no longer speak."
The census goes further to
reveal that married couples have
become a minority in American
households as women living with-
out a spouse were at 51 percent in
2005, up from 35 percent in 1950.
Career Center offers valuable tools
Tips to land the dream
job
JESSICA DUNLOW
STAFF WRITER
Astronaut, veterinarian,
teacher, designer, writer, labora-
tory assistant, nurse, no matter
what your dream job is, there are
required skills and steps to get
there. It is possible! Anyone can
land their dream job, just by fol-
lowing these simple steps.
Step 1: The Resume. A common
belief about resumes is that they
always make or break an individ-
ual. Well, this is partially true. The
Career Center's associate director,
Bruce E. Maxwell, describes the
resume as an advertisement.
"Take it as you are a product,
and you are trying to sell it to
a company, said Maxwell. This
means that there is no such thing
as a universal or perfect resume.
Every job is different, therefore,
every employer is looking for
something different, and every
resume needs to be tailored to the
needs of the company.
The Career Center offers an
online Virtual Handout Cart
that contains a PowerPoint pre-
sentation, which provides all the
guidelines needed to create the
four different types of resumes:
reverse chronological, functional,
achievement and curriculum vita.
In addition, it provides examples
of each of these.
Photo by Erica Chan
It is important to realize which
one to use since different employ-
ers are seeking a variety of dis-
_ tinctive qualities and skills. For
instance, Paul Clifford, associate
vice chancellor for alumni rela-
tions, said that the first thing
he looks at is "where an appli-
cant went to school," except if
they are older, in which case he
values the "amount of experi-
ence over their college degree."
Step 2: The Cover Letter. The
Career Center also offers a packet
Students can perfect their resume and hone their interviewing skills before facing the employer of their dreams.
titled The Art of Job Research
Correspondence which details
the four different types of cover
letters that grab employers' eyes
and gives example introductions,
middle paragraphs and conclu-
sions along with numerous com-
pleted letters to reference. This
is the first thing an employer will
see. Therefore, it is imperative for
this letter to advertise one's best
attributes well within these three
short paragraphs.
Although, in the middle of this
process, it is important to discover
whom within a company makes the
decision to hire someone new. This
can be found through:a database
that Joyner Library offers called
-ResearchUSA. In this database,
all occupations are numbered, and
within minutes of typing in the
number of the chosen field; the
city and state where an individual
would like to work and the average
income of the company, it provides
see DREAM JOB page A5
The Onion makes the news funny for all
After hours of studying take a break to catch some laughs from TheOnion.com, a modern day twist on satire.
Just don't get it
confused with the truth
LAURA HUHN
STAFF WRITER
Do you ever get tired of read-
ing a newspaper or an online news
_ Magazine, needing to determine
for yourself the truthfulness of
a story, and realizing along the
way just how unhappy the news
10 alls
can make you? Then TheOnion.
com is for you. When reading the
stories found on TheOnion.com,
/ you won't have to wade through
story after monotonous story just
to find a tiny anecdote that will
both bring a smile. to your face
and make you feel a little bit better
about the world.
As long as you know these
stories from The Onion to be com-
pletely and utterly false (this is very
important to understand), they can
eh
take you away to a place where it is.
OK to laugh about the absurdities
in life. They make you think "if
these were true, then maybe my life
would seem relatively normal."
Take politics for instance.
In reality, the 2008 presidential
election is looming ever closer,
prompting the newspapers to
include story after story involving
the candidates' growing popular-:
ity and the issues they want to
address. In the world of The Onion,
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however, these candidates seem to
be growing desperate for atten-
tion, and are using tactics such
as performance 'comment cards
'and bumper stickers featuring a
"How's Our Governing?" number,
all featured under the headline
"Democrats Demand Inquiry into
How They're Doing So Far." _
Now be honest, which story is
more appealing to you?
If entertainment "news" is
more appealing to you, than you
can read recent stories about how
Dane Cook has an hour-long
HBO special devoted entirely to
the Texas Double Whopper, and
how Justin Timberlake was offi-
cially deemed the King of Pop by
record executives because they just
couldn't think of anyone else.
Sports fan can read about how
Robby Gordon is planning to race
-a 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass from
now on, how the University of
Florida once again advanced to
the NCAA Tournament's presti-
gious Round of One or how Phil
Mickelson predicted that Tiger
Woods was probably going to win
the Masters again this year.
Obviously these stories are not
actually true, but the appeal for .
readers of TheOnion.com is that
see ONION page A5
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While many factors may influence
this statistic, the high emotions
that reside within relationships as
well as the need for some to avoid
such negative energy may be one
of the causes.
see FRIENDS? page A5
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FRIENDS? continued from A4
"Just because you break up
with someone does not mean
that there should be evil between
you,' said Thad Barnes, ECU
grounds keeper. "It is a good idea
to remain friends and get along
to avoid this from happening."
Some individuals may share
more than emotional ties as they
decide to split living quarters,
bills and otter expenses leading
to more issues.
"I know people who have
been together for a long time and
chose to move in together to help
each other out financially," said
senior media studies major Ari-
anne Swanek. "This seems like a
good idea. until the relationship
begins to fall apart and they must
choose whether to try and make
the relationship work or let it go
and take the hit financially."
As students finish their aca-
demic careers and begin to find
themselves through various
relationships, they discover
what works for them and what
steps they need, to take to make
their relationships last. Whether
individuals decide to remain
friends or part ways, each takes
with them a lesson that can be
used the next time they become
acquainted with a different |
person of interest.
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Conference USA softball
teams that currently have
seven wins and are battling
for second place.in the confer-
ence; the Pirates currently
hold the second position as
they have a C-USA record
-of 7-5, while Tulsa and UAB
sit in a tie for third with 7-7
records respectively; ECU's 3-
2 win at UAB this past Satur-
day secured the Pirates posi-
tion in the C-USA standings
for the moment; the Pirates
have four C-USA series' left in
the regular season, and three
of the four C-USA teams that
they have left to play have
losing records in the confer-
ence; ECU will host Memphis
this weekend for a three-game
series, and Memphis is cur-
rently last in the C-USA
standings with a 3-8 record;
the only C-USA team that
ECU has left to play that cur-
rently has a winning C-USA
record is Houston, who is in
first place and is dominating
the league with a 13-2 record
Wins for the ECU wom-
en's tennis team, which is
one short of tying the school .
_ record; Last season, the
Pirates won a school record
19 games; with two regular
season games and the C-
USA Conference Champion-
ships left to play, this year's
Pirates sit at 18-8 and have .
a very good chance to break
the record; ECU is looking
to break the school record
for the third straight year as
the 2005 team finished with
a then school record of 17-9,
which was the school record
until last season when it
went 19-9; Head Coach Tom
Morris, who is ECU's all-time
winningest women's tennis
coach, is in his ninth season
with the Pirates and has only
had one losing season at ECU;
He now has an overall record
of 131-83 at ECU with games
still left to play this season
Run-deficit that the ECU
baseball team overcame to
beat in-state and former CAA
rival UNCW at Clark-LeClair
Stadium two weeks ago;
UNCW had a 8-0 lead after
the top of the second inning,
but the Pirates made a furious
comeback as they scored 11 of
the final 13 runs in the game
to win the 10-inning thriller,
11-10; the Pirates will try to
bounce back after losing their
last four games tonight, when
they play at UNCW at 7 p.m.;
ECU has played UNCW more
than any other opponent, and
has the overall edge in the'
series, 62-52
Winning percentage for
the ECU softball team at
home this season; the Pirates
have a 19-4 record in the
friendly confines of the ECU
softball field; the Pirates have
six home games left in the
regular season, as they host
Memphis, who is last in C-
USA, this weekend and Hous-
ton, who is first in C-USA,
the weekend of April 28
ECU programs that will
host their first ever C-USA
Tournament Championships; |
C-USA recently announced
that ECU's Clark-LeClair
Stadium will be the site for
the 2007 C-USA Baseball
Tournament; ECU was origi-
nally scheduled to host the
2008 event, but ECU switched
years with Tulane because ~
Tulane's stadium is still going
through renovations from
Hurrican Katrina; also, the
ECU women's basketball team
will host the 2008 C-USA
Women's Baseball Tourna-
ment for its amazing success
in the 2007 season; Minges
Coliseum will be the host site
since the ECU women's team
won. the 2007 tournament, as
it won its final 10 games of
the C-USA season to earn the
conference's automatic bid to
the NCAA Tournament
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WEDNESDAY april 11,2007 PAGE AG
Pirate softball down but not out
Softball falls twice in
UAB Series but holds
second place in C-USA
JOSEPH MURPHY
STAFF WRITER
The ECU softball team lost
both ends of a doubleheader with
the University of Alabama at
Birmingham Blazers last Friday
in Birmingham, but the team
bounced back with a victory Sat-
urday to hold onto second place in
Conference USA. Currently the
Pirates are 29-14 overall and 7-5
in conference play behind only the
13-2 Houston Cougars. UAB is
- tied with Tulsa for third at 7-7 in
conference.
The Blazers defeated the
Pirates 2-0 in game one last Friday
at George Ward Park and 5-2 in
the second game. A loss Saturday
would have dropped the Pirates
into fourth and would have allowed
the Blazers to leap frog them into
second place. "We knew where we
stood in the conference," said Head
Coach Tracey Kee, "we had already
figured it out that if we won on
Saturday that we could maintain
second place."
With the game's significance
in mind, the Pirates literally and
figuratively stepped up to the plate
and delivered. Freshman Charina
Sumner blasted a two run homer in
the fifth inning and junior Vanessa
Moreno knocked in a RBI single
to account for the scoring in the
Pirates 3-2 win.
Freshman Toni Paisley earned
her 12th win of the season com-
pared to only four losses, and
Senior Kelli Harrell pitched two
and 2/3 innings in relief to earn
her second save of the season.
"After losing two games it
really pushed us to work even
harder on Saturday and just come
together and get our timely hits so
we could score," said Sumner.
"The kids really stepped up to
it," said Kee. "A lot of times when
you drop the first two its easy to
just roll over but they show a lot of
Photo by Terrell Gordy
persistence and intensity in those
third games."
Kee also spoke highly of
Sumner and Moreno's hitting.
"That's just [Sumner] coming
-up big in her case, it's not the first
time that she's done that. I thought
Vanessa Moreno probably swung
the bat better than anybody the
entire weekend. She came into her
element, she was seeing the ball
really well."
Moreno went 5-10 from the
plate for the series in addition to
her RBI single in game three.
The Pirates were scheduled
to face non-conference foe UNC
Wilmington today but the games
were postponed until next Tuesday
due to the possibility of inclement
weather. The unexpected break
comes at a good time for the road .
weary Pirates.
"It's good," said Kee of the
postponement. "We need a break.
We also needed a little bit more
practice time. We have some
things to fix offensively and some
things we need to fine tune defen-
sively."
~ Sumner added, "We've been
traveling a lot and I think that
this will be a good time to get
everything together."
The Pirates held up defensively, but struggled to hit against UAB. ECU scored a total of two runs in the DH.
The softball team has reached
a crucial juncture in the season;
they are at the midway point of
the conference season with four
key series' ahead, including a
series beginning April 28 here
in Greenville against first place
Houston.
"We know the entire first half
we have struggled offensively
and to.be able to struggle and
maintain second place says a lot
about our pitching as well as our
defense," said Kee. "We haven't had
a timely two out hit [since] I don't
see SOFTBALL page A7
coming year crucial for ECU athletics
Pirates to host two
Conference USA.
Championships
GREG KATSKI
SPORTS EDITOR
In the year of ECU's. Centennial,
the Pirates' athletic programs have
celebrated a rebirth of their own,
ushering in a new era under Athletic
Director Terry Holland.
Throughout the past two semes-
ters, ECU sports programs have
achieved overwhelming success as
well as utter failure.
The ECU football team brought
back memories from the glory days
of David Garrard and Jeff Blake with
another scrappy, athletic quarterback
leading the way. Under the tutelage
of ECU Head Coach Skip-Holtz,
James Pinkney guided the Pirates
to their first winning season since
2000, when ECU went 8-4.
Although the Pirates were over-
matched against an underrated South
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Bowl, losing 24-7, the season was
still a resounding success,
The ECU women's :basketball
team, picked to finish seventh in the
preseason Conference USA poll, sur-
prised the league by winning seven in
arow to close out the regular season,
carrying the momentum to the C-
USA championship. Similar to the
ECU football team, the Pirates were
seemingly out of their league when
pitted against Big East powerhouse
Rutgers in the NCAA Women's
Basketball Championship. In one of
the most unfavorable matches in the
tournament, the 13th seeded Pirates
got the privilege of going up against
the hottest team in the country, a
Scarlet Knights squad more deserv-
ing of a one or two seed.
ECU was upended by Rutgers,
who would eventually go on to play
in the National Championship game,
beating the likes of Duke and LSU
along the way. ge
Lost in the demoralizing 77-34
defeat at the quick hands of Rutgers
007. The ECU football team looks to get back to a bowl.
Photo by Zach Sirkin
was the fact that the ECU women's
basketball team had its most success-
ful campaign in 25 years.
The ECU baseball team has been
streaky so far this season, at one
time holding the longest winning
streak among Division I schools in
the country but also having its share
of road woes. Hopes remain high for
a Pirates squad that swept former
College World Series Champion Cal
State Fullerton.
The ECU baseball team might
not have to worry about its struggles
on the road with the recent news that
the 2007 C-USA Baseball Champi-
onship has been moved from Tulane
to the friendly confines of Greenville.
With a chance to host the C-
USA Baseball Championship for
the first time in school history, the
Pirates should and very well could
put on a strong showing.
With the new state-of-the-art
stadium in place, the university
now has the facility capabilities to
showcase to the country. It is time
for the Pirate nation to be heard and
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The Pirates hope to have more walk off wins.
appreciated. ;
Not only will this benefit the
program, it will generate money for
the university. Surely these funds
will be appropriated to all aspects of
the university, including the athletic
facilities.
Its no mystery that the most
successful sports program at ECU is
football. With the coming of the fall
semester, the fresh smell of pigskin
will be in the air.
~The Holtz erais finally hitting its
stride, as the third-year head coach
will be looking to repeat the new-
found success of last year. 'The oppor-
tunity to compete in a bowl game
last season has many placing high
expectations on this year's squad.
Not only did Holtz bring the
Pirates back to glory, but his squad
also brought a wealth of money to
the university for their participation.
Holtz deservingly received a healthy
contract extension, but more impor-
tantly the school received additional
see ATHLETICS page A7
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SUMNER
Charina Sumner, a freshman
from Kailua, Hawaii, launched a
critical two run homer against
UAB that led the Pirates to
a 3-2 victory. On the season
Sumner is hitting .282, she leads
the team with 32 runs and in
triples with six. She is second
on the team in hits with 40 and
is tied for second in home runs
with six.
"I was really happy that we
were able to keep the lead and
we just came together as a team
and pulled it off so I was happy,"
said Sumner.
"Charina's home run obvi-
ously it was a huge spark that
we needed," said Coach Kee
regarding home run. "We actu-
ally were trying to [get] her
[to] bunt the first two pitches
and she didn't get it down to
move the runner to second so-
we took the bunt sign off. One
way to get out of the dog house
real quick is to take the next
pitch over the right field fence,
and thank God she did because
I was not happy when she wasn't
able to move the runner up, but
she answered it."
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C-USA Standings
know when, and were having our
opportunities. We're stranding
runners on in every inning, so
were hoping that with a little bit
more practice time and a little bit
more focus on our offense that
we'll be able to get that in gear."
Sumner believes the team has
room for improvement.
"I think we just have to take |
one game at a time and just do
what we're capable of doing, play
together and get it done," she said.
The softball team will be in
action this Saturday and Sunday
at home against the Memphis'
Tigers. The teams will play a
doubleheader Saturday, with the
opening pitch of game one sched-.
uled for 1 p.m. and game two set
to begin at 3 p.m. The Pirates
will close their series against the
Tigers, who are currently dead
last in C-USA at 3-8, with a game
Sunday at 1 p.m.
Photo by Terrell Gordy
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
The ECU softball team will have the whole week to work of its hitting after today's matchup with UNCW was
rescheduled for later this month. The Pirates will need the practice as they struggled to get two-out hits.
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sweeping doubles play and cap-
turing the opening point. Matt
Peeler and Brian Walters defeated
Nikola Andjelic and Robert Jenner
8-2 at the No. 2 flight before
Aleksey Kochetov and Stephen
Whitwell handed Brent Ching
and Dan Mascall an 8-5 loss at
No. 1 to clinch the tally.
The Pirates continued their
strong play in the singles com-
petition, winning four of the six
matches. Kochetov rallied past
Ching (4-6, 6-1, 6-0) at No. 1
and Whitwell handled Andjelic
(6-4, 6-1) at No. 3 before Bryan
Oakley and Walters added 6-1,
7-5 and 6-3, 6-4 victories over
Chris Martel and Mascall at No.
4 and 5, respectively.
The Bulldogs' pair of tri-
umphs came at the No. 2 and No.
6 positions as Jenner dismissed
Peeler 6-4, 6-2 and Matthew -
Jackman outlasted Sam McSpad-
den 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
The Pirates will play at Elon
College today at 1 p,m. before
returning home to host Mount
Olive, North Carolina Central
and Old Dominion this weekend
to close out the regular season.
'The ECU Student Media Board
invites applications for the
2007-2008 academic year.
EDITOR
The East Carolinian
Applications are available in the Media Board Office
(Self oe Building, 301 Evans St. Suite 205A, Greenville, NC)
'The deadline for submitting an application is
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2007, AT 5 PM
For information call the Media Board office at 328-9236
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money from the bow] berth.
The upcoming season could be
a struggle for the young Pirates, or
a chance to breakout for a program
longing for the national spotlight
once again. People around the
nation are sure to take notice of
the ECU football team if it's suc-
cessful, as next season will feature
prominent games against regional
foes and schools deep-rooted | in
football tradition.
ECU home games against N.C.
State and UNC will surely draw
near sell-out crowds and national
attention to the team. Last year the
Pirates set a single season-atten-
dance record for Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium through six games with
223,006 total tickets sold, and
this year ECU is poised to set the
record again.
When the Wolfpack josie their
first and only visit to Greenville
on Nov. 20, 1999, a single game
attendance record was set with
50,092 fans donning purple and
gold as well as red and white. As
many might already know, the
purple and gold prevailed, with a
resounding 23-6 win. After the
game the student section filtered
out onto the field, and celebrated
with the players.
With N.C. State and the Tar-
heels coming to Dowdy-Ficklen
the goalposts might be coming
down again.
Wins over these in-state rivals
and strong showings on the road at
Virginia Tech and West Virginia
could vault the Pirates .to. another
- bowl berth. Ifthis is the case, Holtz
will have the chance to do what
Steve Logan, the last great ECU
head coach, did.
In Logan's third year as hend
coach the Pirates posted a 7-4
regular season record, before being
shutout by [linois in the St. Jude
Liberty Bowl, 30-0.
In Holtz's second year at the
helm the Pirates went 7-5 in the reg-
ular season before being pummeled
by the South Florida Bulls, 24-7.
The 1995 season ended much
more to Logan's liking, as his
' Pirates. went back to the St. Jude
Liberty Bowl, beating Stanford.
19-13. Holtz's squad has a similar
chance for redemption next season.
This brings us to the ECU
men's and women's basketball pro-
- grams. This season the squads were
polar opposites. While the ECU
men's basketball team struggled for
a conference win, the women's team
achieved the type of success missing
from the program for a long time.
As defending C-USA champi-
ons, the Pirates will host the 2007
-2008 C-USA Women's Basketball
Championship. ECU has a strong
chance to defend its title as the
young nucleus of the team, sopho-
more point guards Jasmine Young
and LaCoya Terry, are returning.
With 'so much exposure
Greenville is sure to be once again
recognized as a Great American
Sports Town by Sports Illustrated.
The fun and excitement of Pirate
Pride has returned to ECU.
So at the end of this school
year let us toast to another one
hundred years of storied history
and tradition.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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For more information about the importance of arts education, please contact
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AMERICANS
PAARTS
All size homes for rent near campus.
Excellent homes with outstanding
maintenance service included. Allamenities/
dishwashers. "Stroll to Class with Class"
(252) 814-9894; rentahouse@yahoo.com
We have a variety of floor-plans that
blow the competition away! Come
see what we have to offer. Eastern
Property Management 252-321-ECUI |
Duplex for rent. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath,
washer/dryer. Close to campus! $500 per...
month. Contact Heather (757) 869-6764
WALK TO CLASS! HOUSES AVAILABLE:
How about your own house with a yard
(some dogs OK), a large bedroom and be
able to walk to campus, downtown, the.
rec center, etc (1 or 2 blocks!). Central.
heat/air, basic cable, high speed internet, *-
washer/dryer, monitored alarm system all
included. 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2 bedroom units
available either immediately, June 1st
or August Ist. Call Mike at 439-0285.
ROOMMATE
WANTED
Celebrity Home for Rent! One
bedroom, w/ large private yard, deck,
$250/month! Call (919) 601-0637.
Available month to month lease.
Roommate Needed! To share large
coed house near ECU. Monthly
rent is $267. Utilities are split three.
ways. Can move in immediately. Call
(252) 412-0393 for an interview.
FOR SALE
WALKING DISTANCE
TOECU
Available Fall Semester
Above BW3's: 3BR, 2BA,
1500 SF. $990/mo.
3BR, 2BA House: $750/mo. �
2BR, 1BA House: $650/mo.
2BR, 1BA Duplex: $425/mo.
1BR, 1BA Apt: All inclusive
$425/mo
3BR, 1BA Apt:All inclusive
$800/mo : :
1BR, 1BA Apt: Lg. deck/hot
tub. All inclusive - $500/mo.
For Info Call 252-531-5701
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THE EAST CAROLINIAN, SELF HELP BUILDING
PHONE (252) 328-9238 FAX (252) 328-9143
Wood Framed Futon InGreatCondition! $50
For more information Call 252-531-0414.
edu for more information. Applications
available at www.eastern4hcenter.org
HELP WANTED
Work Hard, Play Hard, Change Lives!.
Girl's Resident Camp looking for summer
camp staff. Summer Camp positions
available as Counselors, Unit Leaders,
lifeguards, crafts and adventure programs.
�� May 30-August 12. $200-$350/week.
Camp located south of Greensboro.
Free Housing! Contact: Keyauwee@ ~
northstate.net or 336-861-1198. www.
keyauwee.com for online application.
Swim Instructors needed at Raynez Swim
School. Looking for people with teaching
experience, competitive swimming,
lifeguarding or WSI teaching infants to
adults. Call 756-4900 for interview.
Tiara Too Jewelry - Colonial Mall Part-Time
Retail Sales Associate. Day and night hours.
In Greenville year round. Apply in person.
$$ DEVELOP A SECOND INCOME AND
TAKE IT WITH YOU $$ Complete online
training available. Hear how this college
student went from broke to bucks! http://
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Do you need a good job? The ECU Telefund
is hiring students to contact alumni and
parents for the ECU Annual Fund. $6.25/
hour plus cash bonuses. Make your own
schedule. If interested, visit our website at
+ www.ecu.edu/telefund and click on JOBS.
Food delivery drivers wanted for.
Restaurant Runners. Part-time positions
$100-300/week. Perfect for college
students!!! Some lunchtime (1lam-2pm)
Mon-Fri advantageous and weekend
availability required. 2-way radios allow
you to be anywhere in Greenville when
not on a delivery. Reliable transportation
~a must. Call 252-551-3279 between 2-
5pm only. Leave message if necessary.
Sorry Greenville residents only.
IBARTENDING! $250 a Day Potential.
No Experience Necessary. Training
Available.. 1-800-965-6520 XT 202
Summer Jobs for graduating students
(Must commit from May 15 thru
Sept. 30) Watersports experience
a plus not a must. Waterfront
housing provided! 252-202-2095
PHONE SALES Gaurantee $1,200/month
Full-time, $600/month. Part-time plus
bonuses. Call 252-215-0440, Ask for Glen.
Summer Camp needs counselors,
instructors, lifeguards, and nurse Contact
Chase Luker, Eastern 4-H Center at 252
797 4800 or email chase_luker@ncsu.
Chiropractic Office needs PT Office
Assistant, Mon-Thurs 2-7, some
mornings. Must be computer literate
with knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Only warm, caring, people-oriented
undividual need apply. Call 756-6111
Overton's, Inc. the world's largest water
sports dealer has Full and Part time retail
clerk positions in our Red Banks Road
Showroom. Previous retail experience
required. Knowledge of water sports and
marine activities preferred. Diploma or
GED Required. Clean criminal record
needed and drug testing performed.
~ Weekend work required. Pay D.O.E Apply
in person at our Corporate Offices, 111
Red Banks Road from 8 am until 5
pm, Mon.-Fri. No phone calls please.
Needed Music Education Majors
looking for a summer opportunity with
Kindermusik by Miss Rita. For more
information Please call 252-355-4433.
CERTIFIED LIFEGUARDS needed! Gold's
Gym Greenville Waterpark. Please fill
our application at 140 Oakmont Drive
Greenville. For more info call 252-756-
9175. Looking for dependable friendly
people, We offer competitive wages.
Primrose School - Raleigh N.C. is looking
to hire qualified Child Development
graduates. Excellent benefits and
compensation pkg. available with
possible signing bonus. Fax resumes
to North Raleigh at 919-329-2930 or
email to PSNR@bellsouth.net. EOE
Christian Nursery Workers needed
Sunday mornings 9:15-12:15 Additional
hours available Call 752-3101 or go
by Jarvis Memorial United Methodist
Church 510 S. Washington St.
OTHER
RETREATMYRTLEBEACH.COM
Spring Break/ Grad Week 1-800-645-
3618 We have what you're looking
for! $100 and up for the week.
The National Guard is offering college
scholarships. 2, 2 1/2, & 3 year
scholarships available. Application
packets can be picked up from SFC
Smith in room 344-A Rawl Building or call
(252) 916-9073 for more information.
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CAMPUS
RECREATION
& WELLNESS
(252) 328 - 6387
www.ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/crw
orts Update
Start Monday, April 9 at Blount Fields.
Dynasty of the OK goes for their 4th
_ straight Men's Gold title.
Championship games for all leagues will be
held on Wednesday, April 18 (Weather permitting).
Register and play on-site Thursday, April 12 -
between 3:00-6:00pm
_West Meadowbrook Park
For more information and directions to the course,
please visit the Intramural Sports website at
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-studentlife/crw/programs/intramurals.