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The East Carolinian VOLUME 82, ISSUE 77 May 23, 2007EastCarolinianECU's InternationalHouse offers studentsa variety of foreignexchange opportunitiesto quench anyone Tsthirst to get out oftown.......Page 6The ECU baseball teamopens up the C-USABaseball Tournament infront of the rowdy Piratefaithful tonight at Keith-LeClair Stadium. Turnto the sports section foran in-depth preview ofwhat the Pirates needto do to take home achampionship....Page 9SPORTSOPINIONCLASSIFIEDS{ www.theeastcarolinian.com }SUMMEREDITIONWEDNESDAY MAY 23, 2007Brody School of Medicinestudents awarded fellowships©ODEiS&xo}g=ES)s=S1S)- f & cSLef to right standing to sitting: Holly Moye, Wyllie Carhartt, Rita Sridaran, Bari Eberhardt, Catherine Knight, Courney Weems and Natalie Desouza.Seven selected asSchweitzer FellowsZACK HILLSENIOR WRITERSeven ECU medical studentswere awarded Albert Schweitzerfellowships. The fellowship is a one-year interdisciplinary program thatfocuses on community service andleadership development.Requirements for the fellowshipinclude 200 hours ofa health-relatedservice project, reports and evalua-tions, organizing a health sympo-sium and recruiting future fellows.Wylie Carhartt and HollyMoye will be providing nutritioneducation to Latino families at theGreene County Family ResidencyProgram called Project FUN thatwill begin June 19. oPeople across the countryknow about the great things Sch-weitzer Fellows do for the underserved and this will help provideefficacy to many of my future ser-vice projects as I settle into othercommunities throughout my life, ?said Carhartt.Natalie Desouza and Rita Sri-daran are Working on creating,Autism Star, a social trainingsummer program for autistic chil-dren and their siblings. The campis already in the planning stagesand will run from July 2 throughmid August. oI have always enjoyed -help-ing others and even regarding theresponses we have gotten from oursummer camp, I believe we are goingto fulfill a great need, ? said Sridaran.see BRODY page 2Women in health care travelingexhibit and panel discussionLaupus Library tohost the eventNIA RICHARDSONSTAFF WRITERThe William E. Laupus libraryis hosting a national travelinghibit honoring American women10 have made a profound impactical field.hibit titled, oChangiin ttn tneThe Face of Medicine: CelebratingAmerica Ts Women Physicians, ? ismade up of a series of 10-foot-highpanels that display the biographiesand accomplishments of greatwomen in medicine. oThe exhibit brings out thewomen Ts personalities. They foughtagainst the odds whether they werefinancial or institutional, ? saidGina Firnhaber, Laupus Libraryresearch associate.The women displayed in theit come from many differentbackgrounds and cultures.Some of the women included inthe exhibit are Elizabeth Blackwell,first woman to receive a medicaldegree, and Antonia Novello, thefirst female and Hispanic surgeongeneral of the United States.The exhibit includes two inter-active workstations that allow visi-tors to look deeper into the lives andachievements of female physiciansfrom across the country. In additionsee WOMEN page 2Faculty membersrepresentuniversity atconferencesCollege of Technologyand Computer Sciencefaculty present workKIMBERLY BELLAMYNEWS EDITOR. Faculty members in the Col-lege of lechnology and ComputerScience were selected to presenttheir work at conferences in Nash-ville, 1 N and Minneapolis, MN._ Dr. Merwan Mehta, asso-ciate professor of technologysystems, was the only professorthat attended both conferences inNashville and Minneapolis.Mehta was a keynotespeaker at the InternationalConference on Software Pro-cess _1CSP] in Minneapolis,which was held on May 19-20.From Minneapolis, Mehtaflew to Nashville to join fiveother ECU faculty members at theAnnual Conference of the Insti-tute of Industrial Engineers. TheNashville conference took placefrom May 19 to May 23.Participants in the Nashvilleconference were Dr. Paul Kauff-man, chair of the departmentof engineering, Dr Erol Ozan,professor of technology systems,Dr. B.J. Kim, assistant professorof engineering; Dr. Andrew Jack-son, chair of the department oftechnology, Dr Sandra Furterer,professor of technology systemsand Dr. Evelyn Brown, associateprofessor of engineering._ Mehta and Jackson presenteda co-authored paper entitled, oTheory of Constraints and Lean:A Natural Fit for Manufacturing. ?_ Furterer presented a papertitled, oA Framework and CaseStudy for Implementing Lean SixSigma in Small Companies, ?Furterer got the inspirationto choose this topic from workcompleted by one of the studentsin her class. oMy student, Blake Smelcer,applied Lean and Six Sigma toolssee CONFERENCE page 2

PAGE 2THE EAST CAROLINIAN * NEWSWEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007Mendenhall Art Gallery exhibit WOMEN connie tom poe 1displayed throughout MayAn example of one of the many works of art on display the Mendenhall Art Gallery exhibition is shown above.Art work contributedby graduate andundergraduatesJOSHUA NELMSSTAFF WRITERThe Mendenhall Art Galleryis hosting an art exhibition titled oSpace and Boundary, ? throughoutthe month of May.Coordinated by The Visual Artscommittee, oSpace and Boundary ?is an exhibit that hopes to bridgethe gap between different mediumsof artistic diversity and reflect aes-thetic value in both tangible spaceand internal mental capacity.Theartmediums involved includetextiles, sculpture and photography.Ben Lustig, photographer, wasan-inspiration for the name of theexhibition. Lustig Ts photographyincorporates many different partsof nature and captures the elementsof landscapes.Lustig Ts fascination with naturehas a great deal to do with himgrowing up in a rural area. oMy-images seek to re-visit thesame close connection to the land Iexperienced as a child, ? said Lustig.Maria Modlin designed a tex-tiles portion of the exhibition.Modlin created different typesof clothing using Photoshop tomanipulate images of disease cellson to fabric. oThe imagery of thesediseases is actually beautiful andmimics other forms of organic life, ?said Modlin.Adam Adcock, sculptor, alsohas work displayed in the exhibit.Adcock creates abstract, mixed-media sculptures as a physical rep-resentation of intangible ideas. oThe motivation to create comesfrom my desire to comprehend thecomplex, mysterious world thatsurrounds me, ? said Adcock.Other artists involved in theexhibit include sculptor Chris Lee,along with textiles students EllieMcGlaufin and Jenn Brantley. oSpace and Boundary ? is oneof the many monthly exhibitionsthat the Visual Arts Committeehas hosted.The exhibit will be displayed inthe Mendenhall Art Gallery untilThursday, May 31.The Visual Arts Committeeis responsible for managing theMendenhall Art Gallery through-out the academic year.This writer may be contacted atnews@theeastcarolinian.com.Photos.comto displaying the breakthroughsthat women have made in medicine,the workstations provide informa-tion to educate visitors on healthissues that affect the community.Laupus Library is one of the61 libraries in the country thatwas awarded the grant to host theexhibit, which is sponsored by theNational Library of Medicine.» A panel discussion was held2 in conjunction with the travel-Ning exhibit, which involved localwomen that hold various leader-3 ship positions who spoke on health2 issues that affect the community.Afterwards, attendees got aIn recent years women have made many advances in the health care field.chance to present questions to thespeakers. oThe panel will serve to edu-cate the community and share thethings that they've gone through torepresent who they are, ? said KellyRogers, information and communi-cation specialist of Laupus Library.The panel discussion was heldyesterday at 7 p.m. in the Edwin W.Monroe AHEC Conference Center.The exhibit was placed in thelibrary on Saturday, April 28, whereit will remain until Monday, May 28.This writer may be contacted atnews@theeastcarolinian.com.BRODY continued from page 1_ Bari Eberhardt and Mary Cath-erine Knight will be working tocreate a bone health educationprogram focusing on nutrition,lifestyle and physical activity formiddle school students in PittCounty Schools.Most of their project will becarried out during the 2007-2008school year in Pitt County. oIt is a huge honor to be amongthe North Carolina Schweitzer fel-lows and I look forward to workingon this project during the upcomingyear, ? said Knight.Promoting Education and Pro-tection [PEP], is the project Court-ney Weems will be involved in.It is designed to promote skincancer education and awareness tocommunity workers in the tourismindustry. oBecoming a Schweitzer forlife has been one of my proudestmoments to date. I know my par-ticipation in this fellowship willaffect all of my future plans and itwill allow an outlet for my desire toserve, ? said Weems.The fellowships have beenoffered since. 1991 and have beenimplemented in Baltimore, Boston,Chicago, Pittsburgh, New York,New Hampshire and Vermont.They were first offered in NorthCarolina in 1994.This writer can be contacted atnews@theeastcarolinian.com

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OpinionRacial profilinginfects societyStereotypes run deepELISE PHILLIPSPULSE EDITORThe other day as I was riding the bus, I noticed something thatI have heard a lot about in classes and in the news, but had neverexperienced directly.Sitting right across from me was a beautiful Middle Eastern woman,wearing traditional clothing with her head wrapped tightly. I had seen.women like this before, mostly on television, but also in America. However,I noticed something different this time.As I looked into the woman Ts brown eyes, I saw something disturbing;I saw an almost shameful fear in her eyes.I looked around and saw all of the other passengers on the bus tryingto steal a glance of the woman, but she continued to stare intently at thefloor, with that look in her eyes.I started to wonder if maybe she was feeling out of place, or maybe shewas feeling that the other passengers were thinking that she was a terror-ist. Maybe that Ts why her eyes portrayed the feeling that they did.Why in America do people judge others based on their race?It Ts probably an age-old question, but it seems that there are manystereotypes for different races in the United States, despite how open-minded some people consider themselves to be.African-Americans are viewed as criminals, Caucasians as wealthyand privileged, some Asians are portrayed as intelligent, while others areconsidered only goo oenough to work in a nail salon. American Indiansare portrayed as drug addicts or alcoholics, Hispanics as non-English-speaking construction workers and Middle Easterners as terrorists.At ECU, I have noticed that even college students, a new generationof Americans, are still engaging in these racial stereotypes.For the most part students still tend to socialize primarily with peopleof the same race. id :Why does this type of thinking still govern in today Ts society?Maybe the media perpetuates these ideas, or perhaps these ideas areso deeply ingrained in our mindsets that they can Tt be removed.Maybe humans like to find people who are different from them tofind fault with.The US is not the only country to have problems between races. Justlook at the struggle in Iran between the Kurds and Iranians as yet anotherexample of how racial profiling plagues today Ts society.Although the aforementioned racial struggles resulted in war, thestereotypes that we assign races in the US can be just as deadly.For a country that prides itself on freedom. and independence, weare oppressing certain ethnicities with our closed-minded molds of theirexpected behavior.Maybe my writing on this subject is not even worth the time. Willour country ever change?Maybe not, but I know that keeping quiet about these injustices willonly further them.This writer can be contacted at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com{ www.theeastcarolinian.com }WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 2007RANT OF THE DAYI Tm not even in school this summerand | still read the pirate rants!!!PAGE 5GENILYoeMERRIDY HOY MERRIE MERRILY, NeaDREAM...The East Carolinian does not endorse statements made in PirateRants. Questions regarding Rants can be directed to Sarah.Campbell, Editor in Chief, at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.Log onto theeastcarolinian.com to submit a Rant of your own.:Dear Guitar Hero, Can | have myboyfriend back now? Thanks.| have a new idea when your sun burntand have no aloe- use cold carrots!It Ts very soothing.I Tm not even in school this summerand | still read-the pirate rants!!!Does anyone know how to train a dogto play frisbee? | keep throwing one atmy dog but it just hits her in the head| look forward to getting out of classon Fridays at 11:00 and going homefor the weekend until | get on theMinges bus and see the driver. Justlooking at him makes me-want to stayon the bus. He is super hotIf Quidditch were a real sport, | wouldso playJust because you believe insomething doesn Tt mean you shouldshove it down other people Ts throats.That goes for both sides of any andevery debateBeing the oother woman T is nothing tobrag aboutYou know you spend too much time inthe library when you walk by the deskafter hours and the guard doesn Tteven check your ID because herecognizes you.| wish life had background music.| know the editor Ts boyfriend.My mother thinks | am an alcoholic,and | don Tt go out half as much aseveryone else | know.I like my job, but hate the people |work with.| woke up this morning and myhoroscope told me to blow off life forthe day, so | did.My-best friend is leaving ECU foranother school next year and | think |am going to die without her!!| hate it when your dating someoneand they are all lovie dovie when youare alone but then they act like totaljerks in front of their friends!Sarah CampbellEditor in ChiefKimberly BellamyNews EditorElise PhillipsFeatures EditorGreg Katski Lizz WellsSports Editor Photo EditorStephanie SmithProduction ManagerNewsroom 252.328.9238Fax 252.328.9143Advertising 252.328.9245Serving ECU since 1925, the East Caro-linian prints 9,000 copies every Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday during theregular academic year and 5,000 onWednesdays during the summer. oOurView ? is the opinion of the editorial boardand is written by editorial board members.The East Carolinian welcomes lettersto the editor which are limited to 250words (which may be edited for decencyor brevity). 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FeaturesHoroscopes:AriesDecide what you want to accomplish.Get the picture in your mind. Next, ofcourse, the work part will begin. Beconvinced this is worthwhile.TaurusYou can write limericks or ad jingles,and send them off in the mail. Yourodds of winning such intellectual.contests from home are now higherthan ever.GeminiHold yourself to high standards.Back up your theory with facts. Nofair deciding what Ts going on untilall the evidence is in. Leave yourselfroom to learn.CancerDon't invest in a new gadget until you'resure you need it. You can wait, andwhile you do, think of something better.LeoAmazingly, the money comes in fromsomewhere. It doesn Tt seem to bework-related, but not gaming-relatedeither. It Ts more like a gift or a legacy.Or it could be from under couchcushions. Check it out.VirgoBe careful, you're getting stronger.You're more likely to offer what youreally think instead of what othersexpect. Be prepared for ihe verbalassault that could result.LibraThe very thing that annoys you aboutanother person could be similarto something you don Tt like aboutyourself. Think and be nice.ScorpioThe pressure is easing, and soon youlbe able to relax with your friends.Don't tell them everything you've beendoing. Get them to talking instead.SagittariusMake your decision early; confusionincreases later. If you've already set yourperimeters, they'll be easier to maintain.CapricornCount up your winnings and youshould find more than you thoughtyou had. Stash it away in a safe place,and continue to plan your escape.AquariusAsk a person who Ts good with moneyto help you devise a sound budget.Don Tt ask the person who keeps tryingto get you to go into debt. Cut that oneout of the loop.PiscesBy focusing on your work, you'remaking a.good impression. Do thatintently now. You can relax later.Photo by LizzForeign Exchangeprograms offers diversityLAURA HUHNSTAFF WRITERAre you tired of only travelingto the library to study? Do youwant to be able to travel, but knowthat as soon as the real world calls,there won't be any time? Would youlike to be able to put your foreignlanguage knowledge to good use?Then ECU Ts Foreign ExchangeProgram is perfect for you.The Foreign. Exchange Pro-gram, which is offered throughthe Office of International Affairs,is focused on bringing once-in-a-lifetime international study expe-riences to ECU students of allconcentrations. The-exchangeprograms include either semesteror year long stays. The cost is typi-cally the same as ECU Ts tuition, andthe room and board is usually paidto the host institution. "In the foreign exchange pro-gram, the goal is to bring as manyinternational students over to ECUas they send overseas. oFor every student we sendoverseas, we get another one back.It Ts a great way to internation-{ www.theeastcarolinian «°° }Students:orn$McLaPhoto by RobynWEDNESDAY MAY 23, 2007PAGE 6need a change of scenery?alize our campus, ? said BrandiDudley, Assistant Director forStudy Abroad.When students participate inan exchange, their lives are oftenchanged in a big way. oWhen students come back,they'll have a glitter in their eye, ?International House offers students a number of chances to study abroad.Dudley said. oThey are typicallybetter students, and will often go onto grad school and job ventures theywould have never before considered. ?There are three differentoptions within the exchange pro-gram. First is the ECU Bi-LateralExchange, in which students areexchanged with an institution indirect relationship with ECU. Thenext program is UNC-EP, which isa statewide program that focuseson statewide relations within theexchange. Finally is ISEP, a globalexchange program that is the larg-- est of its type in the world.Some of the many destinationsincluded in the Foreign ExchangeProgram are Germany, Costa Rica,Finland, Australia, Japan, Poland,Russia, Uruguay, Ghana, Chile andLithuania. The United Kingdomand France are among the mostpopular destination choices.Not only does this programinclude a seemingly endlessamount of different experiences,but its aim is also to providethe students with the most eco-nomical opportunities possible. oT Tm always looking for themost cost-effective way to get stu-dents abroad, ? Dudley said.There.are even ways of get-ting financial aid. There are twoscholarships offered through theOffice of International Affairs--The Rivers Scholarship and theBenjamin A. Gilman Scholarship.There are often other scholarshipsoffered through organizations andacademic departments, which theOffice of International Affairssee TRAVEL page 8Finding a place to call home during collegeStudent apartments .offer varietyELISE PHILLIPSPULSE EDITORCollege life can be crazy enoughwithout worrying about whereto live.Most students at ECU live atleast one year in the dorms, whereeverything is included and whereclasses, food, the gym and otherfacilities are only a walk away.While dorms can be convenient forstudents, sometimes living with aroommate, combined with a lack ofprivacy can prove to be too muchfor some. oWhen I lived in the dorms, Icouldn't believe how little privacy Iactually got. That little room witha person I didn Tt really even knowwas really stressful. I needed myown space before I went crazy, ? saidTiara Street, sophomore psychol-ogy majorSo what do most students dowhen dorm life is simply not for them?Many students do what sopho-more Adrian Williams did: theymove to a student apartment. oAfter living in a dorm whereeverything was all-inclusive, Iwanted to find something thatwould only require one bill for rent,electricity, cable, and internet. Iwanted my privacy, but I also wantedthe convenience of payment that thesee APARTMENTS page 8

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007WE HAVE AUniversity Mano3535 East 10thTHE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ FEATURESUNIVERSITY MANORPAGE 7Movie of the Week:Shrek the Third ©Third Shrek Proves tobe Best of the SeriesBEN HARRISSTAFF WRITEREven though the summer movieseason Just began, three huge filmsare already battling it out to becomethis year Ts leading moneymaker.Spiderman 3, Shrek the Thirdand Pirates of the Caribbean 3, allassumed pinnacles of three enor-mously popular series, are sure tobe the biggest blockbusters of thesummer. Shrek 3, which openedlast weekend, is anticipated tobe the grand winner of them all.While financial competition willdefinitely not be a problem forthe film, the movie also gives itscinematic competitors more thanample competition with a beauti-ful arsenal of a well-written andhilarious screenplay, great vocalacting and hypnotic animation.The movie continues the storyline left open by the previous film,Shrek 2. A reluctant Shrek and his' wife Fiona try to cope with the rig-orous demands of blossoming roy-alty, all the while aided by their loyalfriends Puss in Boot and Donkey.Shrek 3 is marvelously wellwritten. Most animated moviesexist purely for the Saturday after-noon entertainment of children andoffer little thought, just mindlessfiller intertwined with a few jokesand a dash of pretty colors.Shrek, on the other hand, shineswith intelligently conceived jokesthat appeal to all ages and a flow-ing storyline that transitionswonderfully from the previoustwo films. The jokes are without adoubt what make the film what it is.The main reason people see thefilm is because of the hilarious andintelligent jokes that seem to neverrun out of comedic steam. The filmmanages to turn even the most seri-ous and dark of childhood fairy tale "characters into laughable messes.Of course, the characters aresee SHREK page 8Location convenientto ECU and the hospital!KEYSTONEPROPERTY MANAGEMENTENJOY THE STAYMaking your home our priority!252.355.8884www.KeystonePropertyMgt.com308 SE Greenville Blvd. Suite 2-B P.O. Box 2039Greenville; NC 27836Property Rentalse Homese Apartments* Condose Duplex¢ Townhomes

A[¢C¢1yCCt6FON AN a) OAR Se CA ee ae Ay heea lomeeseen eNO ROL SSG Sop eal RSet ae)PAGE 8THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ FEATURESTRAVEL continued from page 6would be able to help students find.Vladim Bobrovnikov, a seniorneuroscience major, and CourtneyElliott, a junior political sciencemajor, both participated in the For-eign Exchange Program last year.Bobrovnikov spent a year at Man-chester Metropolitan University inManchester, England, where ElliottJoined him for the spring semester. oI thought it would broaden myperspective. I also saw that it could beimportant for my academic and pro-fessional goals, and could give meanedge academically, T said Bobrovnikov. -Elliott had her own reasons,as well. oI wanted a change of scenery,and I recognized that it was just agreat opportunity, ? she said.The students also found thatthere was a lot to learn and bringback from the exchange experience. oAs a whole, it makes you moremature, in the way you both per-ceive and understand things. It alsomakes you appreciate what you haveeven more. In América, we have alot of everything, and you can Tt helpbut make comparisons when you goabroad. You might as well go whenyou're young, ? Bobrovnikov said.For more information on theForeign Exchange. Program, youcan visit the website at ecu.edu/intlaffairs or send an email to.studyabroad@ecu.edu.This writer can be contacted atfeatures@theeastcarolinian.comAPARTMENTS Sie from page 6 )dorm provided, ? said Williams, wholives in North Campus Crossing.One convenient aspect of dormlife that is hard to dispute is thatone bill covers all of the necessities.In apartment complexes, there aresometimes many bills involved "one for rent, electricity, cable andinternet service. However, manystudent apartments in Greenvilleoffer a combined bill.So which is better, the dorms orstudent apartments?Some students genuinely enjoyliving in a dorm. oLiving on campus is great.I Tve met so many great friends, andeverything is so close. Campusfacilities include two gyms, twodining halls, a swimming pool andI can basically roll out of bed andgo to class. I think that living witha roommate is the least stressfulthing about living in a dorm, ? saidsophomore Danica Wanko.However, with the influx of stu-dent apartments in Greenville, suchas Pirate Ts Cove, North CampusCrossing, Pirate Ts Place, UniversityManor, The Exchange and CampusPointe Apartments, it seems thatmany students like the idea of livingoff-campus in a student apartment. oWhen it comes down to it,dorms are probably the more eco-nomical choice, and the parking isdefinitely simpler, but I would paymore and be a little more inconve-nienced if it meant having the pri-vacy I want and need, ? said Street,who lives in The Exchange. oI feel like I Tm establishing asense of adulthood by living on my. own, even if my complex is gearedtoward students. I Tm learning howto pay my rent on time, how to cleanup my very own living space andhow to keep myself focused whileliving in my own apartment.. |would much rather live here than .in a dorm, ? Street said.While most agree that living ina dorm can prove to be cheaper andmore convenient, many studentswould trade these things for a placethat they can call their own.This writer can be contacted at.features@theeastcarolinian.comSH REK continued fromvoiced by the very same people thatbrought the previous two films tolife. Mike Myers does an incred-ible characterization of Shrek. Hisvoice is almost a carbon copy of hisfamous character Austin Powers.Cameron Diaz provides thevoice for Shrek Ts wife, Fiona. Brit-ish actor Rupert Everett does aterrific job with voicing PrinceCharming, and animation new-comer Justin Timberlake voices theyoung teenage King Arthur.The film is expected toattract huge numbers for thepage 7first few weekends. Those plan-ning to see the movie shouldplan to buy tickets as early aspossible. In the already crowdedfield for this year Ts summer movieseason, Shrek the Third definitelystands out as one of the bestfilms to come out of the far faraway land known as Hollywood.Overall Grade: A+This writer can be contacted atfeatures@theeastcarolinian.comWEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007DON TTISS IT!EVERY MONDAY2 PRICEPitchers of DraftMexican Restaurant )BESIDE PITTACROSS FROM U.B.E. 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SportsMost Valuable Piratassatl ECU Baseball AwardJosh DowdyDowdy helped ECU clinch the secondseed in this nate Pr C-USA Tournament oOur pitching staff has been a keycomponent this year and one thereasons for our success..and JoshDowdy gave us another solid start onSaturday. ?- ECU baseball Head Coach Billy_ Godwin. |Online poll question:Do you think that the ECU baseballteam will ever fulfill former coach KeithLeClair Ts dream of playing inthe College ,World Series in Omaha and someday ®winning the championship?-Yes, the team is making stridesunder ECU baseball Head Coach BillyGodwin-No, the team has been digressingever since LeClair retired because ofcomplications with ALS.-Maybe, it Ts too early to tell if the teamcan get back to the competitive level itwas at under LeClair.To vote on this weeks poll question go totheeastcarolinian.com and submit yourvote. Current results can be found byclicking on the View Results button underthe poll question. The final results will beposted in next Wednesday's edition ofThe East Carolinian.{ www.theeastcarolinian.com }WEDNESDAY MAY 23, 2007PAGE 9ECU rounds third, comes home to hostPirates will lean onweekend warriors and10% manRONNIE WOODWARDSENIOR WRITER.Postseason college baseball isessentially a test of a team Ts pitch-ing depth and durability, which iswhy ECU cannot afford a loss toTulane in the first round of the C-USA Tournament tonight.The Pirates have found threesolid starting pitchers in T.J. Hose,Dustin Sasser and Josh Dowdy, buthave been stuggling all season tofind a fourth. A loss to seventh-seeded Tulane tonight would meanthat ECU would have to win fiveconsecutive games in the next fourdays to capture the C-USA Cham-Photo by Terrell GordyJunior starting pitcher T.J. Hose will take the mound after an exceptional season going against opponents aces.pionship, which is very tough forany team to do. oIf you stay in the winner Tsbracket, you only have to play fourgames in five days, ? said ECU HeadCoach Billy Godwin after practiceon Monday. oThe tough part iswhen you fall in the loser Ts bracketand are forced to play two games inone day or six games in five days,that Ts when it becomes taxing. ?The Pirates T haven Tt won agame with someone other thansee KEY page 10A hole is left on the defensive lineDonnie ThompsonDonnie Thompson was aprolific recruiterGREG KATSKISPORTS EDITORWhen ECU issued a pressrelease stating that assistant headfootball coach and defensive linecoach Donnie Thompson wasarrested by campus police and sub-sequently resigned from his posi-tion many in the community wereleft wondering why, but perhapsan even bigger question should beposed by the Pirate faithful.Where does the team turn nowthat Thompson has severed all tieswith the program?With 32 years of coachingexperience at the collegiate level,Thompson was the most experi-enced assistant on ECU footballHead Coach Skip Holtz Ts staff.More importantly, Thompson wasa seasoned recruiter with strongties to the eastern North Carolinacommunity.While serving as the defensiveline coach and a special teamsassistant at UNC from 1989-1997Thompson was credited with therecruitment and development ofPirates end regular s?,?aSOn On aECU finishes second inC-USARONNIE WOODWARDSENIOR WRITERThe ECU baseball team fin-ished second in C-USA in theregular season, but that feat didn Ttcome easy as it needed a win on thelast day of the season to secure itssecond-place finish.After losing the first two gamesof their last conference series, the- Pirates had a half-game lead over astreaking Southern Miss club andwere in danger of losing the secondseed in this week Ts C-USA Tourna-ment. But sixteen hits and a strongperformance by pitcher Josh Dowdyled the Pirates to a 10-2 victory,securing the second seed. oThe difference in our seasonwere the two weekends whenwe lost the first two games, butresponded on the last day and won, ?said ECU baseball Head CoachBilly Godwin earlier this week. oWe were picked to finish fifth orsixth in C-USA in some polls, butwe finished second and to win 36games with the schedule we had ispositive, we just have to get hot atthe right time and play well. ?~ Dowdy (4-1) allowed two runsand struck out four in six innings -on Saturday. oI think I pitch better underpressure, ? Dowdy said. oWe lostthose two games, which we prob-ably shouldn't have lost, but that Tsbaseball and it happens. We cameout on Saturday and hopefully that[win] will get us on a roll. ?Dowdy said that he has thrivedunder pressure since his days atRaleigh Ts Wakefield, High School.The outspoken pitcher posted a1.06 ERA and struck/out 85 batters,which both still stand as schoolfuture NFL stars, including ProBowl defensive end Julius Peppers.Under his tutelage during the1997 season the Tar Heels posteda program record 42 sacks andranked second nationally in rush-ing defense.Like so many other greats of thegame, including George O TLearyand Lou Holtz, Thompson Ts legacyhas now been forever tainted. Asstated by an ECU press release,a warrant was filed by the ECUpolice claiming Thompson createdand submitted fictitious receipts tosee DONNIE page 10high noterecords, in his senior season atWakefield: He was also the CatfishHunter Award recipient as WakeCounty Ts High School Player-of-the-Year in 2005. oT like it when our backs upagainst the wall, and everythingis left up to me, ? said Dowdy. oI Tvebeen that way since high schooland I think that Ts carried into col-lege, I Tve kind of showed some ofthe guys that even though I Tm ayounger guy, I can still step ontothe mound and be ready to go."Saturday's win gave ECU asee RECAP page 12

A[CC1\C¢t6i tmti ame Se lene asRees St agains! Son Ketan st lean fh eee pen parePAGE 10THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ SPORTSWEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2007KEY continued from page 9Hose, Sasser or Dowdy as thestarting pitcher since April 20,when freshman Mike Andersonstarted in ECU Ts 14-1 victory overSavannah State. The struggle tofind a fourth starter was no moreevident than in ECU Ts midweek lossto Elon last week. The Pirates usedseven pitchers in the game, four inthe first two innings, ultimatelyresutling in a 4-2 loss.Junior T.J. Hose will start forthe Pirates tonight. Hose has beenthe Pirates T No 1. starter all season,and has showed the ability to pitchwell in big games throughout hiscareer, especially at Clark-LeClairStadium. oIt Ts a huge game, ? Hose saidof the first round matchup withTulane. oIt Ts a clean slate and a wayfor us to get momentum back onour side. I hope to go out there, dothe little things, command the zonewith all three of my pitches and goout and get a win. ?ECU and Tulane have somehistory in the C-USA Tournament.Tonight Ts match up will mark thethird year in a row that the twoclubs have faced each other in theconference tournament.In the 2006 tournament, ECUbeat Tulane in the first round, onlyto be eliminated by the Green Wavetwo days later. Tulane has won nineof the last 12 games between thetwo, including three of the last fourin the C-USA Tournament. . oTulane has one of the best.baseball programs in the country,and when you have a good program,you have a chance anytime you playbecause the expectations are high, ?said Godwin. oIt Ts going to be a dogfight, but I think our guys are upto that. ?Tulane will start sophomoreright-hander Shooter Hunt. Huntfinished the regular season with a2:44 ERA and a 6-5 record in 14starts. The University of Virginiatransfer shut down the Pirate20% Offall dressesSALE &offense earlier this season, allow-ing one earned run and strikingout nine In seven innings In an 8-2Tulane win. oThey're throwing ShooterHunt against us and we're expect-ing a big outing out of T.J. Hose, ?said Pirate leadoff hitter Har-rison Eldridge. oIt Ts going to beinteresting to how this conferencetournament pans out, but we Treready to go. ?Hose pitched well against "Tulane earlier this season despitesuffering the prior loss. He allowedonly two runs in six innings in apitching duel won by Tulane, 2-1.Hose said he expects another pitch-ing duel tonight. oWe saw Hunt in probably hisbest game of his year and he Ts goingto throw in the low 90s, with a goodbreaking ball, ? Hose said of Hunt.Hose is penciled in as tonight Tsstarting pitcher, but the rest isstill up in the air, according toGodwin. oWe're going to start Hose,and after that it will be to be deter-mined, ? he said. oWe'll match it upwith the pitcher who gives us thebest chance to win after that. ?One thing Hose and the rest ofthe Pirates will have on their sidethis week is home-field advantage.Clark-LeClair Stadium has been agreat atmosphere since it openedin 2005, and should be the samethis week. oT know I'll have the 10° man outthere, the fans behind us and it shouldbe a great crowd, ? Hose said.ECU has three very strongstarting pitchers in Hose, Sasserand Dowdy, and the conference Tsbest closer in junior Shane Mathews.If the Pirates can win tonight andpreserve its pitching staff the restof the way, arun at the C-USA titleis a realistic possibility.This writer can be contacted atsports@theeastcarolinian.comSIDDONNIE continued from page 9be reimbursed for money said to bespent while recruiting student ath-letes. The receipts came to a totalof $11,373.70.Thompson was,arrested bycampus police Tuesday, May. 8and released under an unsecured$10,000 bond, according to anECU press release.On Friday, May 11 Thompson. pleaded guilty to a misdemeanorforgery charge in the Pitt Countycourthouse and subsequentlyresigned from his position on thestaff Tuesday, May 15.In the wake of Thompson Tsdeparture, ECU Athletic Direc-tor Terry Holland and Holtz saidthey would immediately look for areplacement. While a replacementwill fill the needs of the team inthe short run, not even the bestcoach can establish the relation-ship that Thompson had with hisline. Thompson had close tieswith many of his young defensivelinemen, and even recruited someof them.As a defensive lineman andthree-year letter winner at the Uni-versity of Connecticut, Thompsonknew how to relate to his big menin the trenches; he Ts been thereHurry Dh... BO OOREGULARPRICE210 E. 5th St.v Thatalog _yatateesteyel7a Dywatsteskeya OF) » 9 OFWF War4e)758-8612 Mon-Sat 10-6as BeesDonnie Thompson riles up his defensive line before a game against Duke.his entire life. Before playing atUConn, Thompson was a four-year letter winner as a defensivelineman at Bogalusa High Schoolin Bogalusa, La. Immediately aftergraduating from UConn, Thomp-son joined the Huskies coachingstaff as a linebackers and defensiveends coach.One defensive lineman thattruly thrived under Thompson-was 6 feet 5, 277 pound, defensiveend Marcus Hands. Going into hisjunior season, Hands, once ratedas the 40th best defensive endnationally by Phil Steele Maga--zine, must now become the leaderof an inexperienced and embattledline without his mentor.Of all the defensive linemenlisted on the ECU football springroster, nine are underclassmen. Ofthe five seniors on the roster only 6feet 3, 286 pound, Mark Robinsonhas seen significant playing timegoing into the 2007 season. Heis projected as the starting noseguard, while fellow senior Wen-dell Chavis is listed as his primarybackup..Similar to Hands, junior stand-out defensive end Zach Slate hasbeen mentored by Thompsonduring his career at ECU. Thesuccess of the line is in the handsof these emerging players, as wellas UNC transfer and playmakerKhalif Mitchell. .The Pirates rush defensehas improved. with thematuration of Slate and Hands,but also the arrival of Thompson.When Thompson joined the pro-gram with Holtz in 2005, ECU Tsrush defense was one of the worstin the nation. In the wake of theJohn Thompson disaster, Holtzknew that the team could not winuntil it improved on both sides ofthe line.Success was slow to come,as the 4005 Pirates were last inC-USA in rushing defense, sur-rendering an astounding 217.6yards per game on the ground.ECU was only slightly better inthe red zone, where strength on thedefensive line is really tested. ThePirates surrendered points to theiropponents 84.4 percent of the timethe team was in the red zone.In 2006 ECU jumped from 12thto 6th in the conference in rushingdefense, allowing only 145.2 yardsper game on the ground. Evenmore astounding was the Piratesred zone defense. ECU moved upfrom 10th in the league to 2nd,giving up a score only 76.7 percentof the time their opponent was inthe red zone.Time will tell if the Pirates willbe significantly affected by the lossof the most respected and experi-enced assistant on Holtz Ts staff. Tofind any short term indication ofhis loss just look ahead to the endof next season and note where thetéam stands in rushing defense. Inthe long run though, the programwill truly be able to tell if this wasmerely a minor setback or a giantleap back.This writer can be contacted atsports@theeastcarolinian.comMark A. WardATTORNEYBoard Certified Specialist in State Criminal Law* Traffic Offenses e Drug Offenses«DWI¢ State & Federal CourtsAT LAWMasterCardVISAaaa252.752.7529 © Visit our website at www.mark-ward.com

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