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poet neuroscience symposium will educate attendees on the brain brain.
Open invitation to anyone
interested
YAZID FINN
STAFF WRITER
A. Neuroscience Symposium
is being held today at the Willis
Building on East First Street.
The event is an annual program
hosted by the East Carolina Chap-
ter of the Society for Neuroscience.
This year Ts event hopes to focus on
means for opromoting neuronal regenera-
tion in a variety of neurological disorders, ?
including Alzheimers and schizophrenia.
Keynote speakers from around the
United States including Johns Hopkins
University, will be addressing and answer-
ing questions through the event.
oWe have five invited speakers with
international and national reputation, ? said
Dr. Alexander Murashov, president of the
Eastern Carolina Neuroscience Chapter.
interested, not merely those attracted to a
degree in neuroscience.
oTo know how the brain works, is
important not only for clinician but for
every educated person, ? Murashov said.
oPeople need to know more
about the brain and how to keep
it ofit ? and healthy for the lifetime. ?
While ECU has only recently estab-
lished their own program in regards to
the field of neuroscience, the numbers have
grown.
oIt (neuroscience program) is multi-
disciplinary and includes disciplines such
as psychology, physiology, biochemistry,
biology, chemistry and psychiatry, ? said
Dr. Tuan Tran, neuroscience program
director.
Tran noted the importance a degree
such as neuroscience can hold for any medi-
cine-bound student.
oBecause of its multidisciplinary nature,
study in neuroscience almost ensures that
see SCIENCE page A2
The event is open to anyone who is
Children suffering from autism
experience a day of surfing:
SURFERS HEALING
Program provides a
sense of normalcy
SARAH CAMPBELL
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Difficulties with social inter-
action, verbal and nonverbal
communication boundaries and
sensory integration problems are
just a few of the defining charac-
teristics of autism, a developmen-
tal disorder that affects as many
as 1.5 million Americans in the
United States, according to The
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention.
The beginning stages of
autism can be found in children
as young as 3 years of age. This
disorder plagues the lives of
many, leaving them unable to
participate in many typical child-
hood activities.
A sense of normalcy can be
regained to individuals living
with the disorder, thanks to the
Surfer Ts Healing Program. It was
founded by Israel and Danielle
Paskowitz after their son, Isaiah,
was diagnosed with autism. The
program offers children achance _
to experience surfing.
Senior communication major,
Amy Gray, has been fundraising
for the Wrightsville Beach chap-
ter of Surfer Ts Healing since her
brother, Andrew, participated
in one of the events about three
years ago.
Gray understands the toll
that autism can have on a child.
Since: the cost for the day is
completely free to the family
of the child, it is important to
raise funds to keep the program
going.
oAutism presents many
struggles and hard days for
families; Surfers Healing helps
give everyone that one good
day. Seeing my brother stand
see AUTISM page A3
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Task Force set to
reevaluate ASG
ASG looking to change
image
NIA RICHARDSON
STAFF WRITER
The University of North
Carolina Association of Stu-
dent Governments (ASG)
announced the implementa-
tion of UNCASG Review Task
Force on Monday, Noy. 12.
The task force will act as
a review mechanism to deter-
mine what changes need to be
made within the organization
to allow ASG to serve the UNC
system more effectively. :
In October, plans began
to implement a task force as a
solution to reconcile concerns
about the effectiveness of the
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association.
After a review by the ASG
Board of Directors and the
General Assembly, ASG Presi-
dent Cody Grasty took the lead
and established the task force
as a committee as granted to
him by the ASG constitution.
The present objective of
the task force is to assess the
state of ASG.
oWe wanted to take a holis-
tic view of the organization
so.we could make it more
stable, better prepared for the
future and an environment
where SGA Ts felt comfortable
bringing issues to the table
and having faith they would
be resolved in some fashion, ?
Grasty said. :
Other objectives include
reevaluating the structure of
ASG in comparison with other
statewide associations.
The task force includes in
its mission statement, oThe
objective to develop an appro-
priate model that preserves
the best of the Association Ts
current format and structure
and makes changes based on
a comparison of UNCASG
with peer institutions. ?
The task force will also
assess the services that it
offers to the UNC system
community and analyze
how it utilizes its finances.
The composition of the task
force, as put together by Presi-
dent Grasty, will include three
see UNCASG page A2
Small restaurants struggle
to meet regulations
Perks and problems
business owners face
GREG KATSKI
SPORTS EDITOR
Mary Fedash and husband,
owners of Café Europa, a quaint
sandwich shop, enjoy their work
but struggle to meet the chal-
lenging criteria set for restau-
rants to stay open.
The N.C. Department of
Environment and Natural
Resources-Division of Environ-
mental Health makes living a
little more difficult for Fedash and
other business owners like her.
oIt Ts rough; I Tm in the same
position [as other small indi-
vidually owned restaurants].
I mean I really love it and you
know, you can Tt do everything
they tell you to do, and you get
no lead way, ? Fedash said.
Fedash understands that
the Division of Environmental
Health sanitarian examiners
are simply following the strict
guidelines of the oInspection
of Food Establishment ? form,
but believes that too much of an
emphasis is being put on minor
violations that severely cripple
small restaurants.
Fedash explains, oI mean
there Ts no possible way that
I could go spend $5,000 or
$10,000 to buy everything that
they tell me I have to have, not in
this place [Cafe Europa]. ?
While the cafe did receive
a respectable average score of
97.25 spanning from 2006-07,
the sanitation score displayed
above the cash register in Cafe
Europa only skims the surface
of the dilemma.
Some of the impor-
tant cooking equipment that
Fedash uses is not commer-
cially regulated, and therefore
unacceptable for a restaurant.
oT was told I could not have
a ceramic crock pot. I had to
buy a stainless steel crock-pot.
I was told where to go buy it. I
went and I bought two of them.
The next time I got inspected
she [the inspector] decided I
couldn Tt have them, ? Fedash said.
oShe told me I need to go
through an equipment company
and have to pay five times as
much as I would if I had gone
someplace else. ?
Fedash explained that
repeated violations for the same
see RESTAURANT page A6
News
PIRATE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
oSometimes | Cry ?
Thursday, November 29
7 p.m.
Wright Auditorium
A complex and thought-
provoking show, oSometimes |
Cry, ? was inspired by the real
life stories of women who are
infected and affected by HIV
and AIDS. The show creatively
examines the female struggle
when coping with HIV and
AIDS and offers an engaging
window into the unique
difficulties women face.
Sheryl Lee Ralph becomes
each character through word
and song, with every move
and simple gesture, breathing
life into them and their T
stories. Tickets went on sale
Nov. 1 at the ECU Central
Ticket Office, Mendenhall
Student Center. Ticket prices
are $15 general public and
$12 staff/faculty. The first
250 students receive free
tickets, after which student
tickets sell for $5 each. A
portion of the proceeds from
ticket sells will be donated to
the Pitt County Aids Service
Organization (PiCASO). For
more information on tickets
contact the ECU ticket office
at (252) 328-4788, 1-800-
ECU-ARTS V/TTY (252) 328-
473
SOAD welcomes Buddhist lecturer
Thursday, November 29
7 to 9 p.m.
Speight Auditorium, Jenkins Fine
Arts Building
Peter Mugan Schellin, an
ordained Buddhist monk,
will speak on peace from
the Buddhist perspective
in a presentation, oThis is
It ? in conjunction with the
School of Art and Design Ts
Countdown to Peace Art
Exhibit.
ECU Ts Great Books, MRST, women Ts
studies host lecture
Friday, November 30
4 p.m.
Bate 1026
Christine de Pizan Ts oBook
of the City of Ladies ? (1405)
argues for women Ts potential
as thinkers, leaders, warriors
and visionaries. Recent
scholarship has explored the
author's feminism in depth,
with one notable exception:
its possible motivations.
Christine Ts defense of women
does not extend to actual
social reform, so why did she
bother to write it? To find an
~ answer, we will take a closer
look at Christine Ts work as
well as some of her major
influences, Augustine and
Boethius. Dr. Holderness is
trained at Yale, the University
of Geneva, the Ecole Normale
Superieure (Paris), and Johns
Hopkins. She teaches at
Michigan State University,
and is currently a Visiting
Scholar at Harvard. This
talk is sponsored by: ECU Ts
programs in Great Books,
Medieval and Renaissance
Studies, and Women Ts
Studies, as well as the
departments of English,
history and philosophy.
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oSometimes | Cry ? Uptown Greenville ArtWalk Country Doctor Museum's 3rd "_ Reindeer Dash for Cash Blood Drive ECU Guitar Ensemble
7 p.m. 6-9 p.m. annual Holiday Open House 5k and 10 mile run 10.a.m.-6 p.m. 8-10 p.m.
Wright Auditorium 30 downtown merchants 10a.m.-4p.m. 2 p.m. Wright Plaza - A.J. Fletcher Recital
Country Doctor Town Common on Hall
SOAD welcomes Buddhist. ECU's Great Books, MRST, Museum, off U.S. 1st St.
lecturer women Ts studies host lecture 264, Bailey, N.C. ;
7-9 p.m. 4 p.m. Holiday Concert
Speight Auditorium, Bate 1026 Greenville Jaycees Christmas ECU School of Music Ts
Jenkins Fine Arts Parade Friends Wind Ensemble
Building Tree Lighting 10 a.m. Christmas Concert
6 p.m. Begins on W.10th 3 p.m.
Sheppard Memorial: Street Wright Auditorium
Library
Women Ts Basketball
Celebrating Native American yeu de
ics Naik So Featured Event
6:30-9 p.m. Minges Coliseum Greenville Jaycees Christmas Parade
MSC 221 10 a.m.
SCIENCE continued from Al
the student will be well-
rounded in many, facets of
science, as it is trying to
understand the brain-behav-
ior relationship that makes
the task challenging but very
exciting!, ? Tran said.
The symposium is being
held in part to additionally cover
oresearch activities being con-
ducted within ECU ? and increase
collaborative efforts with olead-
ing scientists in the US. ?
oAn event like this is a
great means to educate stu-
dents to a field they might
over look in the medicine
field, ? said Sami Alam, fresh-
men exercise physiology major.
The event beings with their
first speaker at 8:30 a.m. and will
continue throughout the day.
Students and faculty
interested in reading or find-
ing out more information in
regards to the event should
send their emails to neuro-
science@ecu.edu. http://
www.ecu.edu/neurochapter.
This writer may be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.
UNCASG continued from Al
student body presidents to be
appointed into position by the
chair of the president Ts council,
the General Assembly, two stu-
dents at-large, one ASG alumni
and one member of the UNC
general administration.
All members, besides the
three student body presidents,
have a choice in whether or not
to serve on the task force.
The results on who will fill
Cs ie 0 6 0 6 Oe Sere
the positions will be turned in
to the General Assembly during
the March meeting of ASG.
oOnce the objectives of the
task force are completed, then
we will have a better picture of
how to get better and we will
have some idea of how to build
up our association, ? said Grasty.
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up and surf a wave on his own
and having an entire beach
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him, that gives him the chance
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Gray said.
Gray has been work-
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Wrightsville Beach chapter
of Surfer Ts Healing by sell-
ing puzzle pieces in Wright
wreath in Joyner Library.
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ECU concludes childhood
obesity study
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Many participants see
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WILLIAM HALL
STAFF WRITER
Researchers from ECU Ts
Brody School of Medicine
recently concluded a three-year
statewide evaluation of child-
hood obesity projects funded
by the NC Health and Wellness
Trust Fund.
Participants came from
the local health departments,
after-school programs, school
systems and community-based
organizations that were con-
ducting the projects.
The 1,346 participating chil-
dren ranged from ages 4 through
18, and researchers followed
them to see what choices they
made concerning food and drink.
Before the projects began,
the participants had to fill out a
survey docu- y ment-
ing their average fruit and
vegetable servings, snack choices
and sweet beverage consumption.
44 percent of the participants
were overweight when the proj-
ects began, but by the end of it,
90 percent of the children either
stayed in their weight class or
improved.
The percentage of children
who preferred fruits rather than
sweet or salty snacks went from
13.3 percent in the beginning to
17.5 percent in the end.
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Among the overweight and
obese participants, 51 percent
improved in their weight class.
The 19 projects focused on
teaching the participants to
lessen their intake of sweets
and increase their fruit and
vegetable consumption.
Some of the projects focused
on nutrition education, includ-
ing cooking classes and physical
activities in their studies.
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Laupus Library host
the displays
WHITNEY JENKINS
STAFF WRITER
The Laupus Library at ECU
Sis hosting two exhibits featur-
a ing African-American academic
Ssurgeons and eastern North
o Carolina physicians.
oDespite each project being
so different, teaching children
about food and physical activ-
ity proved beneficial across the
board, ? said Lauren Whetstone,
clinical associate professor of
family medicine.
oWerth these opr o7-
ects we can help keep obe-
sity rates from increasing. ?
The study also focused
on children that were already
active opposed to kids that
didn Tt get enough physical
activity and ate unhealthily.
oThis study was about chil-
dren who had gym and recess
every day, and was an attempt
to put healthy foods back in the
cafeteria, ? said Kathryn Kolasa,
professor of family medicine
and pediatrics.
Kolasa has also been a nutri-
tionist for the last 30 years and
has seen a significant increase
in researchers actually doing
Unhealthy food choices such as pizza are contributing to obesity in children.
something about childhood
obesity instead of just being
concerned about it.
oThere Ts never been this
level of interest in obesity
before, ? Kolasa said.
oWith this study, the goal
was to make a difference, and
it did. ?
Some schools (including
those in Pitt County) hope to
continue learning from the suc-
cesses of the projects by adding
more healthy foods to its lunch
menu and allowing students
to have an active recess in the
middle of the day.
The NC Health and Well-
ness Trust Fund and The
Obesity Task Force have
been presented with the
data; however, no publish-
ing date has been announced.
_This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com
oOpening Doors: Con-
temporary African Ameri-
can Academic Surgeons ? is
a preliminary exhibit that
celebrates the contributions
of black academic surgeons to
medicine and medical educa-
tion through the stories of
four surgeons and educators.
These surgeons and edu-
cators exemplify excellence
in their fields and believe in
continuing the journey of
excellence through the educa-
tion and mentoring of young
physicians and surgeons who
are pursuing medical careers.
Currently on exhibit are
Alexa L. Canady, the first
African-American woman
pediatric neurosurgeon and
LaSalle D. Leffall, cancer sur-
geon and first African-Ameri-
can president of the American
College of Surgeons.
Contemporary pioneers,
Claude H. Organ, general sur-
geon and first African-Ameri-
can to chair a department of
surgery at a predominantly
white medical school and
Rosalyn P. Scott, the first
African-American woman
cardiothoracic surgeon, are
also featured at the oOpening
Doors ? exhibit.
The big-poster exhibit was
developed and produced by the
National Library of Medicine
and the Reginald F. Lewis
Museum of Maryland African
American History and Culture.
The exhibit has been on
display since Nov. 15 and will
be on display until Jan. 28, 2008.
As a companion to oOpen-
ng Doors, ? a second exhibit,
oPioneering African-American
Physicians in Eastern North
Carolina, ? will be on display
through February 2008.
Dr. Andrew A. Best of
Greenville and Dr. Milton Quig-
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Prominent African American academic
surgeons honored in two exhibits
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African Americans have more opportunities to become surgeons and other medical profession due to contributions by ancestors.
less of Tarboro will be featured.
oDr. Andrew Best was a well-
loved physician in Greenville, ?
said Dr..Ruth Moskop, Laupus
Library assistant director for
history programs.
oHe taught hygiene classes ©
to students and their teachers
and he founded the Greenville
Housing Authority. ?
Other pioneers to be fea-
tured at the second exhibit are
Dr. Joseph Weaver, who prac-
ticed medicine in Ahoskie and
Dr. John Hannibal, who studied
medicine in Kinston.
These four leaders provided
exceptional service to the com-
munity and oparticularly to the
African-American community, ?
according to Moskop.
These two exhibits act as
a example for younger gen-
erations who are interested in
practicing medicine.
oTam happy that we can host
this exhibit. It is important that
we show.students, particularly
African-American students,
some important role models
from their ethnic group who
have become outstanding lead-
ers in healthcare, ? Moskop said.
These exhibits also repre-
sent the boundaries that Afri-
can-Americans had to overcome
to practice medicine.
oMedical education for
those seeking careers as phy-
sicians and surgeons was lim-
ited to a few black medical
colleges including Howard
University College of Medi-
cine in Washington, D.C. and
Meharry Medical College, in
Nashville, Tennessee, both
established by whites in 1868
and 1876 respectively, and
primarily under the control of
white physicians and admin-
istrators, ? according to thé -
National Library of Medicine
Web site. :
oFor those achieving a med-
ical degree, specialized studies
and hospital privileges were |
almost unattainable as few hos-
pitals allowed black physicians
access for training or to treat
patients. ?
The exhibits are located
on the library Ts fourth floor
in the Evelyn F. Laupus
Exhibit Gallery and are
open during normal hours,
which are Sunday noon-10
p-m., Monday-Thursday 7:30
a.m.-midnight, Friday 7:30
a.m.-8 p.m., and Saturday 11
a.m.-8 p.m.
' For more information
about holiday hours and
closings, go to www.ecu.
edu/cs-dhs/laupuslibrary/
hours.cfm.
An expanded ver-
sion of oOpening Doors ?
will return May 1-July 28,
2009, in which freestand-
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featuring various physicians.
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RESTAURANT ee Ss from Al
offense would result in a dock-
ing of 10 points off of a sanita-
tion grade, therefore enforcing
that all cooking equipment is
commercially regulated.
Ann Clark, an Environmen- .
tal Health Specialist and current
Chairman of the Board for the
North Carolina State Board of
Sanitarian Examiners explained
that restaurants are grouped
into categories based on the
hazardous risks of the menu.
Based on Clark Ts explana-
tion, Cafe Europa and other
cafes and coffee shops are con-
sidered to be category one, or
low-risk restaurants. Category
two is compiled of fast food res-
taurants, while cafeterias and
meat markets make up category
three, and extremely high-risk
restaurants, including sushi
houses and buffets are placed
in category four.
Category one restaurants
tend to have.the highest average
scores over the span of 2004-
07, with many small businesses
receiving sanitation scores
over 97. se
Admiral Ts Cup Coffeehouse
(100.3 average), Debu Cafe and
Catering (98.3) and Tea Cozy
(100:2) are just three of over a
dozen category one restaurants
in Pitt County that received a
sanitation grade of 97 or higher.
Even still, small restaurants
and businesses with a more than
respectable sanitation grades
come and go in Pitt County.
Evidence shows that this is
due to the limited resources that
small restaurant owners have
compared to the likes of McDon-
ald Ts and other corporations.
Rachel Anderson is a
banquet server and caterer
at the Brook Valley Coun-
try Club. As a caterer, she
works in what is considered
a category four restaurant.
According to Clark, the
most common area where points
are docked is the handling
of food, in particular meat.
Food poisoning is a serious
concern, and cross contam-
ination with chemicals and
food is huge when inspecting.
Rachel Anderson can attest
that at every banquet she Ts
catered, there have never been
any signs of food poisoning.
oAll the banquets that I Tve
[catered], I Tve had no com-
plaints. It can be difficult
because some banquets can
have up to 150 people, ? Ander-
son said.
Her rationale is simple; if
the food is taken care of prop-
erly and there are no signs of
neglect, everything goes off
without a hitch.
oAll the meat is stored, it Ts
wrapped, sealed and dated. All
the meats are put in a certain
part of the store, away from other
food products, ? Anderson said.
Prominent Greenville busi-
nesses such as the Brook Valley
Country Club have the right
equipment and enough employs
to maintain a profit margin. For
smaller businesses such as Cafe
Europa, a recall of equipment
can prove costly.
oI had gotten a small refrig-
erator to store, because you can Tt
keep your vegetables and things
out and you need to refrigerate
them right after you use them, ?
Fedash said.
oSo I just got myself a little
refrigerator so I could have it
right there with me, because I
do not have a lot of space in the
back. They told me I was not
allowed to have that so they took
it out and I lost a point; a full
point for that because I bought
this little refrigerator and it
wasn Tt all stainless steel. ?
Fedash added, oSo I spent
$200 [on the mini fridge], and
now have to spend $1,000 to
get a stainless steel fridge for
the back. ?
Scott Jordan, a former
cashier/stocker for Nick Ts
Liquors in Belvidere, N.J.
explained how health inspections
done in New Jersey are not based
on a Tsanitation grade system.
oIt was a piece of paper
[health certificate]; it didn Tt
have a rating like North Caro-
lina fast food [restaurants] do in
the windows, ? Jordan said.
oIt was just a certificate
saying that we passed and were in
compliance with all the rules and
regulations; and it was signed
personally by two members of
the state health association. ?
Jordan stated that even
though the family owned business
he worked at has been in busi-
ness for over 17 years, there have
never been any problems related
to failing a health inspection
because of improper equipment.
oWe always had perfect
health inspections and we
always hung that [certificate]
right above the cash register, ?
Jordan said.
Fedesh hopes that the N.C.
Department of Environment
and Natural Resources-Divi-
sion of Environmental Health
will consider a more balanced
approach to sanitation grades,
considering small businesses as
well as corporations.
oThey treat a small business
no different than a corporate
place; which we're not. ?
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He Ts won this writer Ts heart
JUSTIN SUMMERS
OPINION WRITER
Over the past few semesters writing for TEC,
aave gone on many tirades about people and
eir issues. I have bashed Bush, denigrated the
emocrats, affronted 50, renounced O TReilly
d well, I Tm not going to try to rhyme Giuliani,
cause any more rhyming would be gayer than
3 cross-dressing.
My point with all of the Dr. Seuss nonsense is
. Say, though I have issued my fair share of cri-
tue, now I have finally found someone deserving
some praise. Ron Paul; maybe you have heard
him? He is a man that, for many reasons, I have
ken a predilection to; and millions around the
tion apparently have too.
If you do not follow politics, only watch the
ws for celebrity rehab updates and read the paper
ictly for Sudoku, you may not know of Ron Paul.
your sake I will give you a brief introduction.
Ron Paul is the 2008 Libertarian nominee for
esident of the United States, though he is run-
ag as a Republican. From what I can tell, he runs
the platform of strict adherence to the constitu-
mand fiscal frugality. Now I would not normally
dorse any candidate that-so much uttered the
ord Republican or Conservative, but in the past
wv months I Tve begun to change.
The main reason I, and. you, have to like Ron
ul is his method of fundraising for his campaign.
s most of you know, campaign fundraising is one
the sketchiest aspects of any election and always
ays a major role in presidential decision-making.
ke our founding fathers intended though, Paul has
ind a way to avoid the corporate big business butt
ssing, by raising nearly all of his money through
dividual contribution. While most candidates rely
: money donated by industry and self-financing
omney), Paul earns 99 percent of his campaign
iances through individuals (opensecrets.org). This
eans that if he were to get into office there would
no policy change issued to return the favor to
isinesses and industries, Just citizens.
Another thing I like about Ron Paul is that he
the only candidate that did not endorse the Iraq
ar. Like any Libertarian, Paul is against policing
e world with aggressive foreign policy and would
»t endorse any other wars abroad unless they are
solutely vital to our national security.
Paul.also has an approach unlike any other
terms of spending. Currently we are a trillion
lars in debt as our politicians continue to set
nitless heights in their spending. To reduce
is debt Paul has vowed to take us back to 2000
vel spending and abolish income taxes in the
eantime.
After writing almost three positive things about
is guy, my fingers have stopped working. They
il] not let me issue another word of praise. It is now
ne to state the glaring incompatibilities I have
ith this Conservative Libertarian from Texas.
First off, he is anti-immigration. This means
ass deportation, repeal of amnesty and a giant
nce along our border. Secondly, he is pro- gun.
e has endorsed nearly every bill pushing for less
mtrol of guns, and to me this is bad news. Lastly,
: was a practicing obstetrician for decades which
eans he is an adamant Pro-choicer. Did I mention
& was from Texas?
Ah, now I feel better. I finished an article
ithout completely kissing butt, or demonizing
meone. Isn Tt ambiguity great?
If you find something you like or dislike about
on Paul I suggest you check him out. He Ts blowing
» on Myspace and is all over YouTube. So if you
t some time in-between Soulja Boy instructional
deos, figure out for yourself ifhe Ts worthy of your
aise or is Just as evil as the rest of them.
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Stop pretending to be sick so you get
more attention from her.
Can you please stop leaving your
stuff in my room? You don Tt live here,
and neither should your junk.
Is it bad that | have a boyfriend and
| dressed up for class today so that
the hot guy a few desks over would
notice me?
When you are single, all you wantis a
boyfriend, when you have a boyfriend
all you wantis to be single again. Why
am | never happy?
| don Tt believe in monogamy...! think
it Ts ridiculous to be with one person
until you die! Most other creatures in
the world aren't monogamous; it Ts our
animal instincts that make us want
someone different. Oh, did | mention
that | am a female?
Now | know what the East Carolinian
is good for... wrapping paper!
Roommate wanted: if you Tre not
psycho, you're in.
I'm so ready for this bullhonkeydoodoo
to be done with.
To the girl who loves World of
Warcraft, dump you're boyfriend for
me baby, I Tm a level 70 NE Rogue
on Magtheridon, we can rock Alterac
Valley all night long.
If you actually expect me to participate
in odorm activities, ? how bout inform
me of them sooner than the day of the
oevent. ? Sorry but | have a life.
To the guy who thought he could fit
through those two work trucks on his
skateboard...WOW!!! Not your best
| would join scuba just to see the
really hot dive master in the blue
swimsuit
Dear Quiz Bubble Sheet Ranter: |
too was annoyed! | had forgotten
my bubble sheet at home, but nearly
killed myself to run by the bookstore
before class so | would have one. And
then, 10 minutes of my life is wasted
sitting there waiting for bubble sheets
to be handed out to the lazy bums in
the class. UGH!
C Tmon... We'll conspire as we sit by
the fire.
It usually snows some place until |
show up. It never snows some place
until | leave. | must be that hot.
Everyone poops.
| totally believe that there are leaf
fairies that collect huge bags of
leaves and then drop them from the
sky in the most random and illogical
places.
My macro-econ teacher is so hot that
| can Tt wait until we are not bound by
the oteacher-student ? relationship
anymore!
| like you, do you like me?
Clint Eastwood is not the man.
_ Who really thinks that panchos are
fashionable? They kinda just look like
huge tents on people. Also, if anyone
should NOT wear them, it should be
anyone of the male gender.
Have you ever heard of taking a
shower? It will do wonders.
Yes, we are cooking dinner. Yes,
it smells good. NO, you cant have
any.
| think 2 of my friends are lesbians,
how do | know for sure?
That osecret ? you think you have...
EVERYONE knows about it.
Slop hitting on me when you're
drunk.
Your OCDis really intense and | can Tt
handle it.
The number one rule to dyeing hair is
that you also dye your eyebrows, and
if you're a boy, your beard.
Excuse me, does anyone have a
pipe cleaner?
| like pancakes!
I've always dreamed of pushing you
down College Hill just to see how far
you would roll...
Where are all of the hot football
players?
I Tm scared to go to the gym, because
of your staph.
Does cellulitis mean inflammation
of cellulite? If so, you should get that
checked out ASAP.
Every time you walk by me, my
nostrils burn and my eyes water,
because of your rancid B.O. Please
invest in some prescription-strength
deodorant...for all of our sakes.
By the time I Tm your age, | hope
to have graduated college, have a
steady job and possibly be married.
Why are-you still here?
Would you still do that if | told you |
used to be into Wicca?
You played Mr. Innocent. You like me
but didn Tt want to get in the way of him
and me cause we're talking, hmm?
That must be why you manipulated
us and told me he said he just wants
to be friends. And then, the next day.
you ask me on a date? Did you think
my suspicions wouldn't cause me to
ask him about it? Looks like you're
revealed for who you really are, Mr.
Untrustworthy. :
So | met you at the game, | see you
on the bus, and you stopped to talk to
me outside of Howell. | like you, but |
don Tt know how to say it.
P'm coming off of a 4-year relationship
and | feel like | wouldn't even know
where to begin to talk to another
girl. Could one of you make the first
move?
Didn't it feel great laying in each
other Ts arms Sunday. Wouldn't it be
nice to do that again? | just want to
cuddle with you again.
Who needs a therapist when you have
anonymous releases of typewritten
emotions?
Hey, at least if UCF wins the
conference championship then we
will be the only C-USA team to beat
them all year.
My ex-girlfriend hasn Tt shaved her
legs since we broke up. At least |
know she isn Tt getting down with
anyone.
| promise if you agree to work things
out, I'll make sure to treat you like
the princess that you are, because
queens are old and nasty but
princesses are hot and seductive.
Please respond to my away
messages. You know they Tre about
you.
Who cares what your parents think?
They live in a tree house!?!
| wish you weren Tt so handsomely
gorgeous... then | would do my work
instead of stare at you every time
you walk by.
As | was standing outside my
apartment at 11:30 last night, looking
at the new ECU recreational fields
brightly illuminated by all of the field
lights, | heard a small voice whisper,
oIf you build it, they will come. ? And
then | heard another small voice
whisper, oOooh, look how brightly
your student fees burn! ?
The dangers of processed food
What is really healthy for you?
LISA ENSMINGER
OPINION WRITER
The general diet and food consump-
tion of today Ts society is all garbage. The
majority of the items you buy at the super-
market are processed to the point that
they really aren Tt even that real product.
We all know that junk food is bad for you, such
as potato chips with some chip dip or any other
type of snack, candy bar or treat you can find
in the long aisle at the grocery store. But what
about all of the oconvenient foods ? you buy,
such as macaroni & cheese, frozen dinners, or
Luncheables, that seem to be healthy?
It is quite difficult living the life as a col-
lege student and eating a healthy diet because
frankly, we don Tt have an hour or two out of
the day to prepare a well-rounded meal (not
to mention the lack of money due to all of our
expenditures). We are always on the go and
that is exactly what our grocery store rep-
resents with the oquick and easy fix ? meals
and long-lasting products to save us from
multiple trips to the grocery store. What you
don Tt know is that these foods are completely
unhealthy and causing obesity in today Ts soci-
_ety due to all of the unnatural substances in
the product.
Have you ever noticed the ogood foods ? such
as fruits veggies or even the organic sections
are to the back or sides of the stores? Every-
thing that is tasty and convenient is located
right in the middle or front of the store right
where you can find it. Our society is consumed
with so many processed foods in the grocery
store and with fast food, it leaves us used to
the fact that processed foods are the norm and
a natural diet is actually strange.
A diet consisting of fruits, vegetables and
protein is ideal in order to achieve a healthy
diet. Our body needs so many nutrients that pop
tarts, chips, and a Big Mac from McDonald Ts is
not going to do the trick. People wonder why
America is the most obese country in the world
and continue to ask how to prevent people
from growing even larger...well, look around
Greenville and count the number of Wendy Ts
McDonald Ts, Bojangles T, and other fast food
restaurants; this is the answer to why people
continue to put on the pounds day by day.
It makes me sick to see people treating
their bodies so poorly by not paying attention
to what they are putting in their bodies. Most
of the food people consume has no nutritional
value whatsoever and simply are leading causes
to many other health problems today. The
chemicals in the food are damaging to our
health because there is nothing natural about
them. Our bodies were not made to digest pre-
servatives, food additives, trans fat or refined
sugars found in a lot of food products. People
need to start realizing how bad most of the food
is at the grocery store and about what is put in
their grocery cart the next time they shop.
Sources from this column include www.
newstarget.com. :
This writer can be contacted at
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Here comes
the underage
bride
Don Tt rush to the alter
CHRISTINE HARDWICK
ASST. COPY EDITOR
As some of you may have noticed, there seems
to be something of a marriage epidemic amongst
college-age students. If you're between the ages of
19 and 24, chances are, you know of a fair amount
of friends and acquaintances who have tied the knot
or are planning to in the near future. While I am
all for committing oneself to another person, for
better or for worse, for richer or poorer, til death
do you part, my question is..:what Ts the rush?
During a person Ts late teens and early twenties,
people make the transition from adolescence to
adulthood. This transition involves a huge amount
of personal development that can include asserting
one Ts independence from their parents, establish-
ing career goals and attempting to decide what
one wants out of life. Getting married before even
hitting age 20 can turn out to be a huge mistake; a
person Ts ideals and goals are still developing during
this transitional stage.
My concern is that many of my peers who are
opting for the marriage certificate before the college
diploma are doing it for the wrong reasons. There
seems to be this timeline of life-milestones that
people are in a rush to follow: your first kiss, getting
your driver Ts license, graduating from high school,
coming to college. For some, getting married seems
the next logical choice, that final step toward becom-
ing an official adult. At the ripe old age of [insert
age here] they feel they are ready for that next obig
thing ? in life. Unfortunately, this particular big thing
is intended to be a life-long decision that requires
an amount of maturity and forethought that many
young people do not possess.
Most young newlyweds-to-be have no prob-
lems planning their wedding parties T outfits or the
perfect romantic honeymoon, but when it comes to
life after the actual wedding, suddenly planning
isn Tt so important anymore. They don Tt necessarily
consider that, 10 years down the road, what they
both respectively want out of life may not be in syne
anymore, or the financial position they enjoyed as
individuals in their late-teens/early twenties may
have changed drastically.
Getting married should not be a decision that
is made due to the romanticism of the wedding day,
or because you want to wear othe dress, ? or because
all of your friends are getting hitched and you want
your day in the limelight. A wedding lasts for a day;
a marriage is meant to last for a lifetime.
In our culture obsessed with lavish white
gowns, five-tiered cakes and honeymoons in the
Pokonos, it can be easy to be convinced that the
person youre with sophomore year is othe one. ?
That very well might be the case for some people.
However, if you Tre so sure you want to spend the
rest of your life with someone, how could a few
more years of dating hurt? Does the lack of a ring
on your left hand make you any less of a couple, or
make you love each other any less? Do you really
want to subject your friends and family to a dry
wedding reception because you can Tt even legally
drink yet?
_ Ifyou think you've found the person you want
to spend the rest of your life with, that Ts wonderful,
but delay holy matrimony long enough to make
sure that your sprint down the aisle will not end
as a case study for your friends who are training
to become divorce lawyers.
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at theeastcarolinian.com.
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Horoscopes
~~ Aries
- You Tre in a glorious mood, but
be careful what you say. Creative
_-impulses are high, communication
could be a disaster. Build something,
don't talk about it.
Taurus
Give yourself time to think about the
long-term goals you've set. Do you still
~~ -wantall that stuff? If not, scratch some
items off your list.
Gemini
Don't get stuck in fantasyland. Make
yourself be pragmatic. If you don Tt
want to do the work, don't go into that
kind of business.
Cancer
You're doing the work so it Ts no
surprise that the money's coming in.
Don'ttake risks with it, though. There Ts
not enough to do that, yet.
Leo
You're coming close to discovering the
truth, but you still need to be cautious.
Don't believe everything you hear.
Discretion is still advised.
Virgo
Want to have people over? Better
get busy. Your place is looking pretty
good, but there are minor adjustments
you want to make before going public.
Get on em.
Libra
Postpone financial discussions.
Encourage the others to talk. You're
. better off knowing their secrets than
having them know any of yours. Keep
your business to yourself.
Scorpio
You're about to get serious about
increasing your income. You're
more confident now. Assume more
responsibility and achieve great
wealth.
Sagittarius
Anticipate delays and have alternative
routes in mind. Nobody said it was
going to be easy, .but getting there is
possible, wherever you want to go.
Capricorn
Your fertile imagination is about to
come up with lots of ways to increase
~---your fortunes. The next four weeks are
___ going to be fun. Rest up.
Aquarius
Let friends take over the major duties
now. It Ts good for you to learn how to
delegate. If you already know how,
~. practice. This makes them stronger.
Pisces
Follow instructions and a leader who's
been there before. Make comments
when appropriate, your judgment is
~ ofequired. They can't do it without you.
Did you know?
_Inthe Ukraine, if you find a spider web
in the house on Christmas morning,
It is believed to be a harbinger of
good luck!
In ancient Scandinavia, mistletoe was
associated with peace and friendship.
That may account for the custom of
okissing beneath the mistletoe. ? .
The poinsettia is a traditional Christmas
flower. In Mexico (its original birthplace),
the poinsettia is known as the oFlower
of the Holy Night. ?
Christmas cards only became
commonplace in the 1870s, although
the first one was produced in London
in. 1846.
The familiar image of Santa Claus,
complete with sled, reindeers and
sack of toys, is an American invention,
first appearing in a drawing by Thomas
Nast in Harper's Magazine in 1868.
Puritans banned Christmas in
England in 1652, a move followed
in Massachusetts seven years later.
Christmas returned to England in
~~ 1660.
* It's Donder, not Donner.
"~ "On- Christmas Eve in 2001; the
Bethlehem Hotel had 208 of its 210
-.~ fOoms free.
: A traditional Christmas dinner in
___ early England was the head of a pig
prepared with mustard.
56 percent of Americans sing holiday
carols to their pets.
There are currently 78 people named
_... -S. Claus living in the U.S. -- arid one
Kris Kringle.
i Average wage of a mall Santa: $11 an
hour. With real beard: $20.
~~ December is the most popular month
for nose jobs.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Page A8
Share the Christmas spirit
through commun
:
Holiday opportunities
to volunteer
KIMBERLY BELLAMY
NEWS EDITOR
Volunteering is a good
alternative during the holidays
instead of Just watching, oHow
the Grinch Stole Christmas, ? and
eating turkey with stuffing.
Multiple opportunities are
out there for you to give a helping
hand to help to ensure everyone
has a happy holiday.
Although most students head
home for the break, the amount of
students that volunteer actually
increases, according to Shawn
Moore, volunteer and community
partner coordinator.
If students are heading home
for the break, they can still
engage in community service
events in the area.
oOur recommendation is to
go to their local Salvation Army
or United Way, ? Moore said.
Whether students are stay-
ing in Greenville or traveling to
some other destination, volun-
teering is an option before, after
and during the holiday break.
taff Photo
The Humane Society and ?
the Creative Living Center have
multiple dates scheduled, during
which volunteers are welcome to
help with wrapping gifts.
Gift wrappers are also needed
-to contribute their efforts to ben-
efit the Marley Fund.
Both the Creative Living
Center and the Marley Fund gift-
wrapping opportunities will take
place at Barnes and Noble, while
the Humane Society gift wrapping
will be located at Colonial Mall.
Volunteering for charities like Toys for Tots during the holidays can be a fulfilling way for students to give back to the community.
If gift wrapping isn Tt your
thing, you can sign up for a shift
to help the Humane Society take
digital photos of children with
Santa from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Bec. 2!
Keeping people fed during
the holidays is a task that many
organizations try to get people
involved in.
The Food Education and Dis-
tribution Center in Greenville,
as well as the Salvation Army
in Washingtion, NC, are in need
of volunteers to assist with bag-
ging or boxing up food.
oWe need people to pack up
boxes of food. We have to make
about 600 boxes, ? said Marian
Tabak, director of social work
for the Salvation Army in Wash-
ington, NC.
The date you can help box up
food is Dec. 7.
. Volunteer opportunities
involving toys have become a
common way for students to get
involved.
The Salvation Army also has
activities that involve this type
of volunteering.
oWe pack bags of toys for each
individual family, ? Tabak said.
ity service
The bags go toward each
family that has applied for this
type of assistance, according
to Tabak.
The opportunity to help with
toy bags will be on Dec. 10, 11
and 12.
A common name known for
helping the effort in making sure
see VOLUNTEER page All
Surviving you
A how-to guide on
getting through the
holidays
ELISE PHILLIPS
FEATURES EDITOR
The holidays are approach-
ing fast and students at ECU are
gearing up to head home for time
with their families. Whether they
are traveling across the state or
across the country, students need
to be prepared to deal with their
family.
For some first-year students,
this will be their first visit home
since starting college in August,
and going home to rules and cur-
fews might be a oculture shock, ?
causing conflict that could be
prevented.
ECU sophomore Tiara Street
was once one of these students.
oT. found it difficult to come
_ home after being an independent
MCT.
college student here at ECU, but
I dealt with it by working most
of the time, ? said Street.
oTo my parents, I will always
be their little girl. ?
Although visiting your home-
town can be difficult for both
parents and students, following
some simple steps can make the
holidays go by much smoother for
both parties involved.
om
. Renita Moore, mental health
outreach specialist and outreach
coordinator for the ECU Center
for Counseling and Develop-
ment, said that the key to being
prepared for a holiday visit to a
student Ts hometown is commu-
nication before the trip.
oAs for preparation, the key
here is talking to your parents
ea
r family, again
before returning home. Open up
the conversation so that you can
voice your expectations for the
visit and they in turn can voice
their expectations, ? said Moore.
Although a student may have
spent 18 or 19 years of their
life in their hometown, living
for several weeks or months
without parental restrictions
Being at home with family during the holidays can be a stressful time for both parents and students alike. -
changes a student Ts outlook.
oPrepare to feel a little like a
fish out of water, because your
ECU environment may be very
different from your home envi-
ronment, but try to find some
middle ground where you can
comfortably function in both
see FAMILY page All
Air Force ROTC provides ample training
ROTC cadets must do daily workouts while in the program.
Students receive
valuable learning
opportunities
DAVID PUCKETT
STAFF WRITER
The ECU Air Force ROTC
program offers military training
in order to create future officers
for the U.S. Air Force.
AFROTC Special Projects
Officer Aaron Peterson said the
ROTC program simulates the
military lifestyle.
oTm in that military environ-
ment; the actual Air Force detach-
ment is on the 3" floor of Wright
Auditorium, and that is our
military base. I wear a uniform
three or four days a week, keep
my hair cut within regulations
and my face shaved, and we have
PT [physical training] three
times a week, ? said Peterson.
Cadets who enter the ROTC
program as freshmen have two
academic years to decide if they
want to continue the militaoy
lifestyle. tae
oDuring your freshmen and
sophomore year in ROTC, it Ts
basically an extra class. There
is no commitment your first
year there; it is just participate
and if you like it, stay, and if
you don Tt, then you can quit, ?
Peterson said.
The cadets that choose to
stay in the program are required
to complete official U.S. Air
Force military training usually
between their sophomore and
Junior years. After basic training,
cadets must choose to sign a con-
tract saying that they will serve
in the U.S. Air Force for four
years after they graduate college.
During AFROTC cadets T
see ROTC page All
November marks
Native American
Heritage Month
Native American
Organization
promotes awareness
CHELSEA CAMPEN
STAFF WRITER
A Night of Cultural Aware-
ness will be held in Menden-
hall Ts Room 221 on Friday,
Nov. 30 from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m:
to celebrate Native American
Heritage Month, which com-
memorates the cultures of both
Native American peoples and
Alaskan Native Americans.
The event is sponsored by
the East Carolina Native Amer-
ican Organization, the Office
of Institutional Diversity,
the Ledonia Wright Cultural
Center and the Student Union.
oWe don Tt usually do
anything this big for Native
American Heritage Month,
but we are making a change,
There are too many students
at ECU who don Tt know
anything about American
Indians, so hopefully they
can get a insight into our cul-
ture by attending this event, ?
said Christie Hagan, senior
Biology major and presi-
dent of the organization.;
Featured at the event
will be Charly Lowry,
from the Lumbee tribe, a
recent graduate of UNC=+
Chapel Hill and former
American Idol Contestant;
Nationally recognized
pottery-maker Senora Lynch
from the Haliwa-Saponi
tribe will also be attending
the event. Flute maker Jim
Cooper from the Metis tribe
and wood craftsman David
Lynch from the Haliwa-
Saponi tribe will make their
appearance at Mendenhall
on Friday.
Pembroke, NC native
Charly Lowry will be speak-
ing and singing while Senora
Lynch, a Hollister, NC native
will be showing students how
to make traditional pieces of
pottery. ;
Hagan said that every
member of the ECNAO was
involved in planning this event;
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biscuits on Christmas!
HENRIQUE VIANA
SENIOR
COMMUNICATION MAJOR
We eat more than ever. We all pray and
hold hands before we eat, and my grandpa
starts the prayer first because he is the
oldest [family member]. This is all done
on the 24th, and we can only open gifts
after midnight!
Holiday Traditions
TRAVIS KORNEGAY
SOPHOMORE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR
I like going home to be with my family.
It Ts like Thanksgiving all over again...we
eat a big dinner.
PHIL ADAMS
DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIC WRITING
CENTER
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My favorite Thanksgiving tradition is our
family Ts game of Trivial Pursuit of men
versus women. The men usually win!
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White House Christmas
_ T Ashe County couple chosen to
grow this year Ts tree -
MCT--It took Joe Freeman 15 minutes and
=t*wo chainsaws to fell the big Fraser fir that grew.
#on his Ashe County, N.C., farm for nearly two
decades.
? . He planted the fir 19 years ago, before he even
owned the land on which it grew. Freeman, 45,
owill admit that wielding his saw Friday felt a bit
sentimental. :
But then came Monday, when Freeman basked
for hours in the glory of having the Fraser wel-
*éomed to the White House on Monday morning
oby first lady Laura Bush.
o* oWe had a big time, ? said Freeman later in
the day.
Back in August, Freeman cut down a white
*pine on Mistletoe Meadows Christmas Tree Farm
in Laurel Springs, N.C., and saw it selected as the
Grand Champion Christmas tree by the National
oChristmas Tree Association.
Two months later, White House staffers came
to his farm to choose the official Christmas tree,
one of the honors of winning the grand champion-
ship back in the summer.
The official welcome Monday was brief. At
The Ashe County, N.C. couple who grew the White House Christmas tree met first lady Bush Monday.
tree grown in NC
10:17 a.m., a pair of horses clip-clopped 50 yards
up the White House Ts northern driveway, tugging
a wooden cart with the 20-foot Christmas tree
lying on its side. A Marine band played a few bars
of oO Christmas Tree. ?
The first lady strode out into a spattering of
rain, smiled at the three dozen members of the
press corralled behind a rope and praised the tree
bundled behind her.
She thanked Freeman and his wife, Linda Jones,
and a representative from the tree association.
Then she and the couple walked back in the
White House. There, away from the press glare,
they sipped hot cider and ate cookies and talked
about the Christmas tree business.
After a lunch and private tour with the first
lady, Freeman stuck around to watch his tree
raised.
Workers wrestled it off the cart, through two.
sets of doors and into the White House Blue Room
where it didn Tt fit.
Workers cut two feet off the bottom, so that |
the tree Ts top just brushed the ceiling.
oIt Ts a perfect fit, ? Freeman said.
oI knew it was a big tree, but just like all
Christmas trees when you bring em inside the
house, it looks larger. ?
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2007
MCT
The East Carolina University Police
Department would like to make you
aware of the following services that are
offered free of charge to victims of crime:
°The Office of Victim Services (737-1466) will assist all
students who are victims of crime on or off campus free of
charge and maintains complete confidentiality. A victim advo-
cate is available to assist with crisis intervention and emergency
assistance, emergency walk-in services, victim compensation for
financial reimbursement of medical bills and will accompany
you throughout the criminal proceedings (assistance with police
reports) and follow-up on the status of the case. Even, if you do
not wish to report the crime to law enforcement they are avail-
able to assist you in any services you may need.
*The Center for Counseling and Student Development
(328-6661) provides free counseling services to all enrolled
students and also provides consultation services for faculty/staff,
parents and students.
¢The ECU Police Department also provides assistance to
victims and/or witnesses who have been threatened, fear intimi-
dation or further victimization.
Other available resources include:
eStudent Health Services 328-6841
*Residence Life Office 328-4663
Pitt County Memorial Hospital 847-4100
*Greenville Police Department 830-3937
Pitt County Real Crisis Center 758-4357
1-877-739-3895
1-800-656-HOPE
¢National Sexual Violence Resource
*Rape, Abuse National Network
If you or someone you know becomes a victim of crime please don Tt hesitate
to contact one of these available resources. We at the East Carolina Univer-
sity Police Department are available 24 hours a day 7 days a week to assist
you and/or refer you to whatever available resource best fits your needs. We
can be reached by telephone at 328-6787 or feel free to stop by our police
department located at 609 E. 10th Street.
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Alicia Keys strikes gold
Singer/songwriter
remains true to
herself in As | am
DREW GLADDEN
STAFF WRITER
There is no arguing the fact
that at the age of 26, Alicia Keys
has done more in her career
than a large majority of art-
ists in the entire world. In her
newest album, 4s I am, Alicia
steps outside of the piano-
driven sounds of her two previ-
ous studio records, Songs in A
Minor and The Diary of Alicia
Keys, and explores a different
side that we have yet to see.
From the introduction track,
it Ts clear that this is not going
to be a usual piano pop-oriented
album. The first song on the
album, oGo ahead, ? showcases a
synthesized bass-soul beat that
ranks up there with the likes of
John Legend.
This is absolutely a major
change for Alicia Keys. Sure,
her roots date back to the greats
of Motown, however, this is
Amazon.com
not the typical sound we have
grown to expect from Keys.
Nevertheless, her past success
has assuredly granted her per-
mission to experiment outside
of her usual realm, and it looks
as though it has paid off.
The first single from As I
Am, oNo One, ? premiered at
number 65 on the Billboard
Hot R&B Songs after only one
full day of radio play. Needless
THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ FEATURES
to say, it
went on to
spend sev-
eral weeks
atthe
number-
one spot
on the Bill-
board 100.
aE ht se
second
Sin ole.
oLike You'll
Never See
Me Again, ?
diisden: .t
impress
listeners as
much as the
first, how-
ever, it is currently in the number
45 spot after debuting at 93.
Whatever the secret is to having
two top-50 songs at the same
time, Alicia Keys could probably,
write a how-to book on it.
A few standout tracks on
this album include oSuper-
woman, ? oSure Looks Good To
Me T and oTeenage Love Affair. ?
John Mayer lends his songwrit-
ing, guitar and vocal talents
to oLesson Learned, ? which
probably has the best chance
of being the next hit single off
this album.
Another big change for Alicia
Keys has been the addition of big
Motown horn samples within
her songs, which faintly resemble
the enormously huge soul power
sounds of the 1960s.
Although this album
appears perfect, a few tracks
seem to lack the luster that the
majority of the album produces.
These songs are oPrelude To
A Kiss ? and oI Need You. ? oI
Need You ? has a reggae tone
that seems unnecessary for a
Keys album.
As I Am presents a laid-back
style without putting the listener
to sleep. The smooth and smoky
sounds of Alicia Keys T voice
transcend emotions higher and
stronger than ever before. The
50" Annual Grammy Awards
will take place on Feb. 10, 2008;
Alicia, get your acceptance
speeches ready.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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VOLUNTEERING continued from A8
children receive toys for the
holidays is Toys for Tots.
According to Moore, Toys
for Tots normally operates
through the Salvation Army.
oThey haven Tt contacted
me yet, but that doesn Tt mean
it isn Tt happening, ? Moore
said.
One-on-one volunteering
with individuals is an option
if you would like to connect
with. people on a more per-
sonal level.
The Family Support Net-
work is having an event called
Story Time with Santa, in
which volunteers will have
multiple chances for interac-
tion with people.
The event involves passing
out books to kids, participat-
ing in the welcoming, helping
the photographer take photos
and clean-up, according. to
Tammy Nesbitt of Family Sup-
port Network.
This event (Story Time
with Santa) is a part of the
Family Support Network Ts
ongoing community ser-
vice project called Festival
of Trees, in which volun-
teers can help put up, deco-
rate and break down Christ-
mas trees at different points -
during the holiday season.
One of the main ways to
interact with people while vol-
unteering is to adopt-a -family or
an individual for the holidays.
oSouth Greenville Church
of Christ or any other local
church has adopt-a-family, ?
Moore said.
' This normally involves
you providing food or clothes
for that family, according to
Moore.
If you would rather donate
your time on a singular level,
you can adopt an individual.
oSome of the retirement
communities allow you to adopt
their elderly for Christmas, ?
Moore said.
These are Just some of the
opportunities that are out there
for the holidays, but you can
find others by visiting the Vol-
unteer and Service Learning
Web site to view their calendar
of events.
This information can be
accessed at ecu.edu/cs-stu-
dentlife/volunteer/calendar.
This writer may be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
FAMILY continued from A&
environments, ? Moore said.
Moore also said that spend-
ing time with family and not
rushing off with friends all the
time can make the transition
easier and more respectful to
family members.
oTry not to make home just
a place to sleep and eat during
the holidays. Take the time to
enjoy being around your family
as well as friends, old and new, ?
said Moore.
oSometimes parents and
loved ones forget that they are
not the only ones who may enjoy
your company. You may want to
catch up with some old friends
from high school or meet up
with some new friends that
you've made since being here
at ECU. Keep in mind that your
families are not mind readers;
voice your expectations about
your holiday visit in a way that Ts
respectful and considerate to
your family Ts feelings. ?
According to Moore, fol-
lowing these steps can help stu-
dents and their families during
the holiday season:
*Let your loved ones know
where you are going
*Engage your family in
conversation
*Remember that home is
not a residence hall
Although going: home
-during the holidays can be chal-
lenging, especially for those
students who have become
more independent and used to
living on their own, remember-
ing certain tips can make that
transition from college to home
much easier far both students
and their family.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
ROTC continued from A8 " ; :
Junior and senior years, their
responsibility is to prepare the
freshmen and sophomore cadets
for basic training. There-
fore, AFROTC cadets meet at
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium every
Wednesday evening for Leader-
ship Lab.
oIn Leadership Lab, all the
instructions are done by juniors
and seniors. We show the
freshmen and sophomores how
to march, we talk to them about
self aid and buddy care...we
teach them every thing they
need to know before they go to
field training, ? Peterson said.
People serving in the United
States military get there by
enlisting or completing the
ROTC program. However, join-
ing the ROTC program is the
most efficient way for someone
to become an officer in the
military.
oMost people in the military
are enlisted; probably about 80
percent are enlisted and the
other 20 percent are officers.
A lot of people will enlist at
the age of 18 and stay in the
military for twenty years. [But]
when I graduate, I will be a 2?"?
lieutenant. I Tll be an officer, and
even though I Tm fresh out of
college, I still out rank that guy
who has been in the Air Force
for 20 years, ? Peterson said.
AFROTC cadets are
required to attend two or three
physical training sessions a
week, either at 6 a.m. Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, or 5
p.m. Tuesday.
Peterson said it was diffi-
Members of ROTC use software like this for training purposes.
cult attending the early physi-
cal training sessions when
he initially enrolled into the
AFROTC program, but he
quickly adapted to the life-
style.
oIn the beginning, when I
was a sophomore, one of the
hardest things was get up for
PTs. That was always difficult,
but at this point, it is just one
of those things you do and
you become accustomed to it, ?
Peterson said.
Joel Banjo-Johnson, Delta
Flight Commander for the
AFROTC program, said attend-
ing the early physical training ses-
sions are not a problem for her.
oTactually enjoy getting up
early to work out in the morn-
ing, because it gives me more
energy in the day, ? said Banjo-
Johnson.
oThe most difficult thing
about being a part of ROTC is
time management, but I think
that time management is a dif-
ficult for everyone. ?
Although the ROTC pro-
gram Ts main goal is to effec-
tively train cadets to become
successful military officers, the
program offers more to some.
oThere is a lot more to
~ROTC than being trained to
be an officer. ROTC is like a
fraternity...it Ts a family and we
take care of each other, T Peter-
son said.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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NATIVE continued from A8&
o oOur sponsors were ready
to lend a helping hand; we
definitely couldn Tt have done it
without their help, ? Hagan said.
Hagan said she feels that
the student body will learn
about the heritage, history, art
and traditions of the American
Indian and Alaska Native people
through the event.
oThe event is ECNAO Ts way
of celebrating Native American
Heritage Month and getting
others involved on campus while ~
also learning about our culture
and our traditions. Addition-
ally, while having a good time, ?
Hagan said.
Senior community health
major Brandi Lynch said that
the organization expects to
have a good turnout and that
they have received support from
the faculty at ECU and Native
American Students on Campus.
oHopefully the students
that come out will see part of
the Native American popula-
tion here at ECU and gain an .
appreciation for the crafts-
manship of the art and a
better understanding of Native
American people in general
and realize that we may all
look different and not general-
ize us, ? said Lynch.
Free food will also be
offered at the event.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Members of the East Carolina Native American Organization celebrated their heritage all November long.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2007
Unique Christmas movie |
opened in theaters last week
oThis Christmas ? starts actor-dancer Columbus Short
MCT--Columbus Short is an actor-dancer and
choreographer. He choreographed for Britney ©
Spears, back when she toured., And danced. He
has parlayed a jump-start from the sleeper hit
oStomp the Yard, ? about step competitions at pre-
dominantly black colleges, into a string of coming
movies, including the graphic-novel adaptation
oWhiteout, ? oArmored ? with Matt Dillon, and one
he is about.to shoot titled oQuarantined. ?
In oThis Christmas, ? he plays a Marine who
will do anything to get to his family Ts Christmas
celebration, and anything to avoid telling them his
obig secret. ? :
oAmerica is all about the holidays and all about
family. And while there are some differences in
the ways African-Americans celebrate Christmas,
we're a lot more alike than you might think. Some
of the traditions are going to be different. The
music for instance. Maybe we Tre dancing like oSoul
Train. ? But we're listening to oChestnuts roasting on
an open fire, ? oRudolph ? [and] oSanta Ts Coming to
Town, ? said Short.
o| wanted to be in this because it was going to
have a great cast, a great look, because it wasn Tt
going to look like a oscaled down T cut-rate oblack ?
movie. You have so many good black actors in this
it feels like oThe Family Stone. ? It Ts oThe Family
Stone ? with some more color in it, ? Short said.
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Conference
USA Awards
Special Teams
Player-of-the-Year
Chris Johnson,
Jo
ECU
Co-Offensive
Players-of-the-Year
Paul Smith, QB,
Tulsa
Kevin Smith, RB,
UCF
Defensive
Player-of-the-Year
Gerald McRath, LB,
Southern Miss
Freshman-of-the-
Year
Case Keenum, QB,
Houston
Newcomer-of-the-
Year
Brennan Marion, WR,
Tulsa
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all-conference : vee eee
selections
Chris Johnson
Ist-team kick return
Matt Butler
2nd-team offensive line
Zack Slate
2nd-team defensive line
D.J. Scott
All-Freshman team
Amanda Broz Blair Heffner
Linval Joseph _ : .
All-Freshman team eu : oo Soccer
Travis Simmons Stellar Broz had a huge impact on Junior forward B a Heffner
All-Freshman team | eaking the ECU women Ts soccer team Ts emerged as the leading offen:
Ge cc . force on the ECU wor
Jonathan Williams $ record The Texas native had one-third -
All-Freshman team yO ICUs peng season oi
Dwayne Harris
All-Freshman team
Poll question
results:
Who do you think is the
Most Valuable Pirate out
of all the student-athletes
participating in fall Division
| sports at ECU?
72%
72%- Chris Johnson,
running back, football
9%- Kelley Wernert, outside
hitter, women Ts volleyball
6%- Amber Campbell,
goalie, women Ts soccer
13%- Patrick Pinkney,
quarterback, football
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29, 2007
THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ SPORTS
PAGE B2
Opportunities on the horizon
ECU is going bowling
once again
JARED JACKSON
STAFF WRITER
ECU (7-5, 6-2) is taking
a wait-and-see approach, and
perhaps just not about a bowl
game invitation either.
After.an emotional and
downright exhausting season
that concluded with a 35-12
win over conference-foe Tulane,
the Pirates.are headed to their
second straight bow] appearance.
Multiple sources have indi-
cated that the Pirates could end
up playing in the GMAC bowl
in Mobile, Ala. depending on the
outcome of the C-USA champi-
onship game Saturday.
If UCF (9-3, 7-1) beats
Tulsa (9-3, 6-2) on Saturday
then the Pirates chances of
playing in the GMAC bowl
are boosted significantly as
the Golden Hurricanes T fans
are not known to travel well.
If Tulsa wins Saturday how-
ever, the Pirates would most
likely be shipped to the Dec.
23 Hawaii Bowl in: Honolulu.
UCF is favored to win Sat-
urday, meaning a C-USA season
that has already been wild enough
could become even wackier.
The Liberty Bow] will select
the winner of the championship
game on Saturday, and normally
the GMAC bowl selects the
runner-up. But as the each day
goes by without ECU accept-
ing any sort of Bowl invite, the
chances of the GMAC breaking
normal protocol grows.
The Pirates however, will be
pleased just to play in a bowl after
starting the season 1-3 before
winning six of their last eight.
ECU opened the season by
playing Virginia Tech down
to the wire before succumbing
to a 17-7 defeat. The following
week marked the biggest win of
the season, according to many
pirate fans, in a 34-31 nail-
biting win over in-state rival
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The game proved to be
quarterback Patrick Pinkney Ts
coming out party as the junior
passed for 406 yards and three
touchdowns in a heroic effort.
Following the first emo-
tional two weeks was a
huge letdown game against
Southern Miss in which the
Pirates lost 28-21 after lead-
ing by a touchdown going
into the fourth quarter.
Next up for the Pirates
were the Mountaineers of West
Virginia. ECU laid a giant
egg in Morgantown, as WVU
rolled to a 48-7 victory.
The season, only four
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be a lost cause for ECU. But
never count out a Skip Holtz
squad when they are 1-3,
as the Pirates were able to
rebound from that same exact
start in 2006 to go bowling.
The critical stretch that
followed the WVU game was
nothing short of miraculous.
First up, the Pirates defeated
UCF 52-38 in a shootout at
Dowdy-Ficklen. Next, ECU
defeated Houston, 37-35, as
the Cougars T field goal kicker
missed two short kicks in the
final two minutes.
The Pirates were riding
high as they entered the UTEP
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Back Chris Johnson jumps into the endzone against Tulane, a sign of what to expect when ECU appears in the GMAC Bowl or Hawai'i Bowl.
game the following week, hut
appeared to be headed to a
certain loss until ECU quar-
terback Rob Kass threw a 34-
yard touchdown pass to Juwon
Crowell as time expired to tie
the game. The Pirates held
the Miners to a field. goal in
overtime and in their first pos-
session of the extra period, Kass
added the winning score on a
QB sneak for a 45-42 victory.
Following the miracle in
E] Paso, ECU dropped a home
contest to the hated N.C. State
Wolfpack, 34-20, before reel-
ing off two straight conference
wins against UAB (41-6) and
Memphis (56-40).
Against the Tigers, senior
running back Chris Johnson
had a career day, rushing for
301 yards and four touchdowns
on only 20 carries.
With destiny in its control,
ECU needed to win the last games
on its schedule against lowly
Marshall and Tulane to host
the C-USA championship game.
No problem right?
Someone forgot to tell the
Herd that they were just sup-
posed to lie down against the
Pirates as Marshall ran rampant
all over the ECU defense, crush-
ing the Pirates T dream of a con-
ference championship, 26-7.
And that brings us to last
week with the 35-12 win over
the Tulane Green Wave.
The season can no doubt
be viewed as a success, but it
could have been so much more.
ECU had lots of high points,
such as the wins against UNC,
UTEP and Houston, but many
low points like the losses to
Marshall, Southern Miss and
N.C. State.
Chris Johnson and Pat-
rick Pinkney proved to be
the leaders and paved the
way to the Pirates success,
while freshmen as Dwayne
Harris provided the Pirate
Nation a glimpse of the future.
One thing is for sure how-
ever, and that is, despite all
the injuries and the emotional
roller coaster that ECU has
endured, the Pirates are guar-
anteed a second straight win-
ning season.
This is college football, T
and with winning seasons
come job opportunities, espe-
cially for coaches who are not
at the helm of a school in the
BCS.
Skip Holtz could be one of
those coaches to take the step
to a big time program this
off "season, as he has been
rumored to be in the mix (and
possibly interviewed) for such
academic institutions as Geor-
gia Tech and Arkansas.
Add to the mix that Holtz
hasn Tt publicly addressed or
denied the rumors, which
means that the Pirate Nation
will be in full crisis mode in
the coming days and weeks.
Other job openings include
Duke, Baylor, Michigan,
Nebraska, Southern Miss,
SMU and Washington State
(so far).
Ah, the college football
postseason. A time when
heroes are made, but more
often than not, when heroes
are lost.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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STAFF WRITER
ECU ice hockey coach
Wayne Cox has insisted
throughout the semester that
the only team capable of beat-
ing the Pirates were the Pirates
themselves. Cox Ts words rang
true two weekends ago, as the
Pirates lost an important game
to Richmond. :
The Pirates fell to Rich-
mond, 5-2, before bouncing
back and drubbing Virginia
Commonwealth, 8-2, to close
out the fall semester.
The showdown with the
Spiders had huge implications,
as Richmond came in ranked
No. 4 in the South Region
(ACHA), one spot ahead of the
fifth-ranked Pirates.
ECU was on par in terms
of talent, but the Spiders took
advantage of some favorable
calls and some early Pirate
mistakes.
oWe took some penalties
early on and just couldn Tt come
back on them, ? said Cox. oWhen
you get hit with penalties, it just
disrupts your whole flow and
that Ts what happened against
Richmond. ?
Richmond snatched the
momentum almost immedi-
ately, going up 1-0 in the first
four minutes of play. The Spi-
ders added an insurance goal at
the 12:18 mark to up their lead
. to two goals.
ECU cut the lead in half on
a Sean Burns goal with 7:14
remaining in the first period.
Richmond dominated the
second period, holding the tal-
ented Pirate offense scoreless
and pushing its lead to 4-1.
oWe got a lot of penalties, ?
said freshman goaltender Matt
. Dalgetty. oOnce we started get-
ting penalties, it just got worse
and worse. ?
Freshman Nick Dinardo
scored with 8:10 left in the third
period to bring the Pirates
within two goals again. But
Richmond Ts stifling defense
wouldn Tt allow ECU to draw
any closer as the Spiders put the
game away with another goal in
the final five minutes.
The Pirates rebounded the
following day with an impres-
sive victory over VCU.
oWe lit VCU up pretty
good, ? said Cox. oWe outplayed
them significantly... (Sean)
Burns, Langer (Jeremy Lang)
and Joe (Colatuno) played great
all weekend. ?
The win was especially
important for maintaining
momentum heading into the
spring.
oBeating VCU was great
just because it was ending the
see HOCKEY page B5
ment would like to share with you som:
with the campus community. In Janu
bers. This individual serves as a liaison between
and the ECU Police Department and regularly attends d
Several members of the department p parti in the
community and handing c out we come ba
ing with various university officials and accessing See and safety issues on campus. We nee in icone oe Out and
East Carolina University Police Department Community Involvement Reflections of 2007
As we ae into the holiday season and the end of year 2007 approaches, we here at the East Carolina University Police Depart-
e of the highligh ts of our involvement with the campus community from the past year. As
the year 2007 began, we set out to accomplish several objectives that involved increasing and i improving our positive involvement
of 2007 we added the position of Off Campus Community Liaison Sgt. to work directly
with our off campus community to help establish closer relationships between our off campus students and local community mem-
the off mpus students, local neighborhood residents, Greenville Police Department
Bfocal neigh hood pie meetings to cress, residential concerns.
handed out literature and spoke to community members about the services that we provide. One of our greatest objectives was to
increase the safety awareness of students, staff and faculty on campus. We hoped to do this by continuing to increase our safety pro-
gramming in the residence halls and in and around campus by our RHLOP program and our SAFE program. In addition, we hoped
to increase the number of RAD (women Ts self defense classes) that we were able to offer. Another objective was to continue to build
upon our collaboration with Greenville Police Department to combat crimes affecting our campus community. One objective we
are really excited about is the development and implementation of a Citizen Ts Police Academy. This Citizens Academy will allow the
community to have a better understanding of the inner workings of a police department and will foster police-citizen relations.
The biggest problem : our campus community faced this year involved safety issues. There was an increase in robberies and as-
saults in the areas adjacent to mpus. Several University departments and local government agencies came. together to strategize to
reduce the crimes occurring both on and adjacent to campus. ? Also, larcenies from buildings, including residence halls, was the num-
ber one crime.on campus. Crime prevention strategies were implemented to reduce the number of larcenies occurring on campus.
Some highlights and successes from the year include the capturing of two murder suspects that was initiated by an anonymous
student who just felt that ° something was not right ?. This type of police/ community collaboration i is the key to making our cam-
pus community a safer place to be. We increased the frequency of ° RAD oe to one every Lg eae to p the overwhelming
demand from the community and it has b en :
increasing the number of these
Halloween this yeat was a'gieay
Janice Harris, Greenville Police Chief sia a el other campus and local oaks. A large number of the local
and campus community turned out and the event was a huge success.
As the year 2007 comes to a close, we here the East Carolina University Police Department wish to extend best wishes for a
safe and happy holiday season and we promise to. ontinue to serve the campus and local community to the best of our ability. If we
all continue to work together and maintain our strong c laborations \ we wll a be doing our part to ensure the safety of ourselves
and our campus community.
PAGE B4
Graduation success of student
Coaches and
administrators share
responsibilities
GREG KATSKI
SPORTS EDITOR
The success of student-
athletes at the collegiate level
depends on the cooperation of
many people, including athletic
administrators, coaches and, of
course, students. :
At the UNC-Wilmington,
which has a graduation success
rate of 88 percent for student
athletes during the 2007 aca-
demic year, academics always
come before athletics.
oWe emphasize academics
first, ? said Sandy Morrison,
assistant athleticdirector for aca-
demics at UNCW. oOur admin-
istration, coaches, and staff
believe this,and this is instilled
into our student athletes. ?
Western Carolina (88 per-
cent) and the UNC-Chapel
Hill(83 percent) join UNCW as
Division I universities in North
Carolina with the highestgradu-
ation success rates for student
athletes.
Morrison explained that
graduation success rates are often
used over federal graduation rates
because they are a more precise
way to gauge the competence of a
school Ts athletic program.
oThe GSR is, fairly new
compared to federal gradua-=
tion rates. The GSR allows an
institution to include transfers
and subtract student-athletes
who leave the institution as
long as they would have been
eligible had they stayed, ? said
Morrison.
North Carolina A&T (60
percent) has the lowest gradua-
tion success rate for student ath-
letes among Division I schools
in 2007, while N.C. State (70
percent) and the UNC-Asheville
(73 percent) have low success
rates as well.
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The graduation success rate for baseball players at ECU is currently 61 percent, while other sports vary.
Morrison believes that a low
graduation success rate not only
reflects poorly on the university,
but affects recruiting as well
and vice versa.
oI believe that having great
academics really helps our
recruiting efforts [at UNCW ].
We recruit top academic stu-
dent-athletes, and being able to
boast about our accolades to the
parents and the student-athlete
really helps us sell UNCW. ?
ECU Athletic Director
Terry Holland believes that at
ECU, which boasts a gradua-
tion success rate of 78 percent
for student athletes, coaches
should be given lead-way with
their players.
oCoach has some lead-way
to declare as far as absences and
excuses, ? said Holland. oWe are
not really trying to punish kids
as much as we are to say, oYou
know this is an important aspect
of what we do, we're paying
your way to go to classes and
the other thing is your parents
are paying for you to go to
classes. ?
NCAA Division I coaches
deal with the pressure of suc-
cess for their teams on and off
the field, including the respon-
sibility of making sure their
student-athletes attend class
and study hall.
oIt Ts trying to say to our
coaches that our expectations
have to be at minimum the same
for attending class as the same ~
for attending practice. That Ts
not to say that you can Tt excuse
an athlete for missing practice
and/or missing a class, but
those should be exceptions, ?
Holland said.
The Division I men Ts sports
with the lowest graduation
success rates among universi-
ties in North Carolina include
football, baseball and wrestling.
The baseball programs at N.C.
A&T (36 percent) and N.C. State
(39 percent), two universities
with the lowest overall gradu-
THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ SPORTS
athletes depends on many factors
ation success rates among NC
schools, are alarmingly low.
The graduation success rate
for baseball players at ECU is
61 percent, a figure that is on
the rise under third-year Head
Coach Billy Godwin.
In general, women student
athletes competing in Division
I sports have a higher gradua-
tion success rate than men. At
ECU, the women Ts basketball
team had a graduation success
rate of 100 percent, while the
women Ts soccer team posted
94 percent.
Women Ts soccer had one
of the highest graduation suc-
cess rates among all the Divi-
sion I public universities, while
student athletes competing in
women Ts tennis and field hockey
had high success rates as well.
Tayleigh Davis, a senior
communication major and
member of ECU Ts cross-coun-
try team, is not surprised by the
disparities between the gradu-
ation success rate for the ECU
men Ts and women Ts cross-coun-
try members. While the men Ts
cross-country members have
a graduation success rate of 74
percent, the women Ts members
post a rate of 84 percent.
oIt doesn Tt surprise me much
because the four years I Tve been
here, the girls have always been
concerned with their grades.
It Ts a consistent thing. It Ts very
important for them to excel in
the classroom, which spills over
in cross-country too. It Ts impor-
tant that we have success in both
aspects, ? Davis said.
Holland believes that
achieving academic success is.
as simple as going to class and
working hard.
oWoody Allen said it best,
A big part of my life is just
showing up. And that Ts true,
but again we're just trying to
emphasize that. ?
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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PAGE B5
HOCKEY continued from B3
Senior defender Jon Huck (23) of the ECU hockey team tries to stop a shot from an N.C. State player.
semester on a high note, ? said
senior defenseman Mark Linzer.
oIt was definitely nice to redeem
ourselves after the Richmond
game. ?
The Richmond loss denied
ECU entrance into the coveted
top-4 of the South Region. The
Spiders, however, dropped out
of the top-4 as well after losing
to Christopher Newport, which
jumped to No. 3. ECU remains
ranked in the top-10 at No. 9.
Central Florida overtook Geor-
gia for the No.1 spot in the final
rankings of the semester.
oIt hurt us significantly, ?
said Cox. oIf we had beat Rich-
mond, that would have stacked
us up in the top three or four.
We got hit and right now we're
ranked ninth. ?
After losing to George
Washington in the season
opener in Charlotte, ECU
reeled off seven straight wins
before the Richmond loss. The
& Pirates now sit at 8-2 overall,
8 heading into the spring.
= ECU has been strengthened
by an influx of new talent to
Samantha Johnson
the roster this fall. Sophomore
transfer Burns has been the
standout of the newcomers.
Burns not only earned a start-
ing job but now leads the team
oin goals scored. Freshman Sam
Duehring has been a steady
contributor as a defenseman
all season and fellow freshman
Dalgetty has been a pleasant
surprise at goaltender.
The fall semester saw ECU
avenge past heartbreaks to
Appalachian State and Loyola
(Md:), but the highlight came
on a Friday night in October
against archrival N.C. State.
The Pirates outlasted the Wolf-
pack 6-4 in front of an electric
Bladez on Ice crowd.
ECU now has the dirty
work behind it and the Pirates
expect to win every game from
here on out.
oI mean 8-2 sounds pretty
darn good but I still think we're
only firing on a few cylinders, ?
said Cox. oWe haven Tt hit our
full stride yet.
oThe biggest concern we
have. right now is that the two
big games in the second semester
come up right after our break.
We need to get the kids back
early and get them in shape. ?
The two big games Cox
alluded to are against No. 2
ranked Georgia and a solid
Georgia Tech team. The Pirates
defeated the Yellow jackets ear-
lier this season in Charlotte, 4-
0, and knocked off the Bulldogs,
6-4, last season.
ECU then returns home to
face Liberty and South Carolina
before making its run at nation-
als. Cox is counting on the
South Regionals in February to
play a key role in that run.
oTf- we can knock off Geor-
gia Tech and Georgia, I think
we can play ourselves into the
top four or five, ? said Cox. oBut
I still think it Ts going to come
down to regionals with respect
to nationals. ? :
The Pirates take on Georgia
Tech in Atlanta on Jan. 11 before
facing UGA the following day.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeasicarolinian.com
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