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Erskine Bowles visited ECU Monday.
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Erskine Bowles, president of
the University of North Carolina
system, welcomed 18 international
visitors and educators to East Caro-
lina University May 19 during the
opening of a four-day conference on
global education.
Bowles offered opening remarks
to the first-ever Global Partners
in Education conference, May 19
through May 22, setting the tone
for discussions about the impor-
tance of international education and
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strategies leaders can take to foster
- more opportunities.
CThis type of collaborative
program], I believe, is absolutely
_ critical to the future, not just of
this university, but also our entire
state,? Bowles said.
Bowles added that he has talked
with business leaders across the
state who say they need their
employees to have critical think-
ing, analytical thinking and com-
munication skills. But the most
important is the ability to work
in team with people with different
backgrounds and beliefs.?
IT came to ECU and saw this
as an example of how we could do
that,? Bowles said. And as the col-
President.of the University of North Carolina system visits ECU
Erskine Bowles
opens up ECU global
education conference
laboration between ECU and its
international partners continues, it
will produce young people ready to
work in the global economy.?
The conference, part of ECUTs
Global Academic initiatives pro-
gram " which has fostered connec-
tions to dozens of nations with its
Global Understanding programs
since 2003, is being led by Rosina.
~Chia, assistant vice chancellor for
global academic. initiatives, and
Elmer Poe, associate vice chancel-
lor for academic outreach.
The formation of the Global
Partners in Education represents
the coming together of professors
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
[legal immigrants touch
every part of North Carolina
Ses
State leaders differ
on how to deal
ELISE PHILLIPS
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Almost half a million strong
and still growing, the number
of illegal immigrants in North
Carolina make the state the eighth
largest in the country with the most
illegal aliens.
The economic and social impact
that they have on North Carolina is
even more remarkable.
North Carolina has only 3
percent of the countryTs total ille-
gal immigrants, but they touch
every part of the state"school
systems, health care systems, job
growth"and leaders in the eastern
part of the state have taken polar
S opposite stances about how these
" " mn immigrants affect legal citizensT
An immigrant to the U.S. holds a falsified social security card in one hand and a resident alien card in the other. daily lives.
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The Pew Hispanic Center in
Washington, D.C. estimated in a
2006 report that the healthy job
market in the U.S. drives large
numbers of Hispanics to the coun-
try. The job area that benefits
most is the construction industry,
employing about 40 percent of new
immigrants in the country. Accord-
ing to a 2006 article by RaleighTs
News & Observer, businesses are
the biggest beneficiaries of illegal
immigrants and are the reason
unauthorized foreigners are here in
the first place.? "
Several construction companies
in the eastern part of the state had
no comment for this story. UNC-
Chapel Hill researchers told the News
Observer in the same article that
Hispanics in the state have led to the
creation of approximately 90,000 jobs
and $9 million in revenue. Businesses
eagerly hire these illegal immigrants
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for a number of reasons. The most
obvious one? Cheap labor.
Jeff Popke,- associate professor
in the Department of Geography at
East Carolina University, says that
most immigrants here illegally end
up working in low-paying Jobs.
_ Many immigrants do end up
in relatively low-wage sectors of
the economy, such as agriculture,
construction, agro-processing and
the service sector,? he said. At the
same time, maquiladora factories
have proliferated, so that Ameri-
can companies [and our standard
of living] can benefit from cheap
Mexican labor.?
Maquiladora factories are those
(mostly along the U.S.-Mexican
border) that are U.S.-owned, but
employ Mexicans cheaply to resell
goods (like clothing) in the U.S. The
construction and hospitality indus-
tries also help illegal immigrants to
assimilate themselves into American
life more easily because little com-
munication is required for the jobs,
which is a plus for those immigrants
who don't speak English.
In these two areas, there
is little barrier of communica-
tion because simple words or
phrases help them get the job,?
said David Rivera, assistant pro-
fessor for ECUTs Department of
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Popke says that there are a
variety of explanations why North |
Carolina has become a haven for
illegal immigrants.
They are coming to North
Carolina and many other South-
ern states for a number of reasons.
There is a long history of migrant
labor in certain industries [such
as tobacco]. We have a relatively
strong economy, there are jobs
available [and] compared to tra-
ditional destination states in the
Southwest, North Carolina has a
lower cost of living and less of an
~anti-immigrantT climate,? he said.
At the same time, with the
growing numbers of mostly His-
panic illegal immigrants in the
state some feel that these immi-
grants do not boost the economy.
Sue Myrick, a representative of
North CarolinaTs ninth-district, said
in a 2006 report that the U.S. govern-
ment should send illegal immigrants
back to their home country.
Call me old-fashioned, but ....
I believe in our laws. I believe we
should seal off our borders and
enforce our immigration laws. Our
economy would not be damaged
by sending illegal aliens home,?
she said. Illegal aliens are here
illegally, and we must recommit
~ourselves to enforcing our laws and
securing our borders.?
Laws in North Carolina are
clear, but many businesses hiring
illegal aliens bend the rules? or
choose to ignore the laws alto-
gether. Section 274A of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act forbids
businesses from knowingly hiring
illegal immigrants, but-according
to a 2006 article by the News &
Observer, not a single business in
NC has been fined since 1999 for
hiring illegal immigrants. The
current fine for businesses that
knowingly hire illegal aliens is
$250 per immigrant.
Wanda Yuhas, executive direc-
tor for the Job Development Com-
mission in Pitt County, says that
all companies in North Carolina
are supposed to verify I-9 (to verify
citizenship status) forms for each of
their employees, but that doesnTt
always happen.
AS we approach our growing,
and in turn, harvest seasons, more
migrant labor will surely be in
evidence,? she said.
Besides businesses, illegal
immigrants shape North Carolina
school systems. According to
figures by the Kenan Institute of
Private Enterprise in a 2006 by the
News & Observer, the state spends
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approximately $210 million yearly
to support programs in the school
system that benefit children who
are here illegally or children of
parents who are illegal immigrants.
Pitt CountyTs Yuhas says that is
where things get tricky.
I have heard in some of the
meetings that I attend that one-
third of our [Pitt CountyTs] kin-
dergarten population is Hispanic
or Latino. What percentage of
that enrollment is legal or illegal??
she asked. As a parent, Id risk
a lot in order to get my children
into U.S. schools and health sys-
tems and out of the poverty of the
Mexican countryside.?
According to the same News &
Observer article, Hispanics accounted
for 57 percent of the enrollment
growth in North CarolinaTs public
schools from 2000 to 2005.
In Pitt County alone, Hispanics
rank No. 3 in enrollment among
public school students, next only to
black and white students, according
to the Pitt County public school
system's Web site.
Our responsibility is to serve
all students as best we can with ESL
(English as a Second Language)
services. When students come from
another country, it takes some time
for them to get adjusted in school
and feel comfortable with their peers
because the language limits the
conversation,T said Sylvia Mizzelle,
director of federal programs for Pitt
County schools. We probably do
have undocumented students, but by
law we cannot ask for that informa-
tion.? Schools and businesses are not
the only sectors that are affected by
illegal immigrants. Health care sys-
tems also bear the brunt of the influx
of illegal immigrants in North Caro-
lina, although it is hard to estimate
the costs of their care. The main
reason: hospitals are not required
to ask about citizenship status when
patients come in for care.
Hospitals are not the place to
figure out citizenship issues. We
are required as health care profes-
sionals to give the highest quality
of care to our patients, not figure
out whether they are legal citizens
or not,? said Tamara Williams,
director of diversity and language
services for Pitt CountyTs Uni-
versity Health Systems. I think
the responsibility of hospitals and
health care systems is to give qual- ~
ity care to patients, regardless of
their citizenship status.?
However, according to a 2004
report by the Kenan Institute of
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PRESIDENT continued from page 1
and administrators from around
the world to enhance the interna-
tional experience of their students
through direct collaboration,? Poe
said. The partners will move
these experiences to the next level
of excellence.?
The purpose of the confer-
ence is formally to establish the
Global Partners in Education. The
conference will result in goals for
improvement and growth of. the
programs in the coming years.
Groups will begin working on
those goals this week, said Chia.
One of the conference par-
ticipants is Alla Nazarenko, repre-
senting Moscow State University
in Russia. During her introduc-
tion, Nazarenko said, [This
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program] connects us beyond
borders and gives us the chance
to understand other cultures and
people. And ITm sure it will serve
for a better world.?
To date, more than 600 ECU
students have met? their academic
counterparts in countries that
include The Gambia, Turkey, Ven-
ezuela and China.
In the past five years, the Inter- "
net-based course has expanded
to 21 partners in 18 countries,
using Web technology to provide
a relatively inexpensive way for
students " and faculty members " to
go global through shared courses,
lectures, and research projects. The
Global Understanding program
complements ECUTs student study
abroad programs.
The leaders and administrators
of these partner programs " from
Malaysia, Peru, Algeria and India,
to name a few " will spend four days
discussing strategies to improve
and expand international courses to
students, both in the United States
and around the world.
Our partner universities are
committed to the program are excited
to visit ECU for this first meeting,?
Chia said. Planning has begun for
the 2009 meeting in Beying and the
2010 meeting in Lima.?
In March, ECUTs Global Aca-
demic Initiatives project received
honorable mention in the 2008 ITE
Andrew Heiskell Awards for Inno-
vation in International Education.
ated its first class of 22 students
with concentrations in biomedical
engineering, bioprocess engineer-
ing, engineering management and
systems engineering.
In addition to the bestowal of
degrees, five graduates, Vladim
Bobrovnikov of Raleigh; Jonathan
J. Edwards of Raleigh; Julie D.
| GRADUATION continued from page 1
Goldfarb of Chagrin Falls, Ohio;
Sarah Elizabeth Parker Womack
of Washington and Christopher
K. Vo of Fayetteville received the
Robert H. Wright Alumni Leader-
ship Award.
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
Private Enterprise at UNC-Chapel
Hill, the estimated cost for Hispanic
patients (illegal or legal) is approxi-
mately $299 million per year in the
state. According to a 2006 article
by the News & Observer, illegal
immigrants likely make up one-
third of the 1.3 million uninsured
North Carolinians. Federal law
states that illegal immigrants can
receive Medicaid, the national medi-
cal fund for low-income Americans,
if their condition is severe enough,
accounting for $52.8 million spent
in 2005. However, this figure makes
up less than 1 percent of the fundTs
annual budget. For illegal immi-
grants who give birth in hospitals
in North Carolina, Medicaid pays
approximately $7,000 for normal
births and $18,000 for complicated
caesarean section births for each
patient, one insurer told the News
& Observer in 2006.
Half the babies born here
at Duplin General Hospital are
Latino,? said Laura Maready, direc-
tor of marketing at the Kenansville,
N.C.-based hospital.
According to Maready, from
October 2006 to September 2007,
394 of the 776 total births were
Hispanic children.
As you can see, thatTs a pretty
IMMIGRATION continued from page 3
large number,? Maready said.
While illegal immigrants
abound in North Carolina, the
fact is that several of the stateTs
systems are affected by their pres-
ence. Some North Carolinians
donTt mind the growing numbers of
illegal immigrants, but some want
them out of the state.
_ I believe that some parts of
North Carolina are understanding
the Latino culture and by doing
that, it gives Latinos more of an
opportunity, Rivera, assistant
professor for ECUTs Department of
Hospitality Management, said.
However, Rep. Myrick has said
that while there is no way to push
illegal aliens out now, it should be
a priority of the U.S. government
in the future. =
I know there is no practical
means to send 12 million illegal
aliens home,? she said in 2006.
We donTt have the tools,
resources or manpower. That is
why at some point in the future we
will have to discuss...giving illegal
immigrants incentives to go back
to their country and apply to come
here legally.? |
This writer can be contacted at
editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Sometimes it is about you
ANDREA ROBERTSON
STAFF WRITER
Most of us have been told at least once that life is short and we need
to learn to enjoy it. With that being the case, why do so many of us find
ourselves living our lives to make others happy?
It seems to me that too many of us spend the majority of our lives trying
to please others. From day one, we search for praise and approval in the eyes
of others. We begin school with our parentsT hopes of us doing well, which
we then adopt as our own hopes. As we grow older, our parents may try to
get us into sports or create some incredible dream of becoming doctors, and
eventually we think that those dreams have always been our own.
Not only do we suffer from the expectations of our parents, but upon enter-
ing school and other social circles, we are forced to enter the realm of what
our friends expect from us. Our friends tell us how to dress, how to act and
who to date. Many of us are fearful of losing our friends if we date a loser?
or if we want to be friends with someone who does not fit in with our clique.
As we do with our parentsT expectations, we adopt those expectations, and
we use them to make sure our other friends stay in line. ,
It takes years before we figure out that the expectations we thought
were our own probably spawned from the expectations of others. Usu-
ally one finds him or herself wrapped in a world of dissatisfaction in the
middle of their adult life, wondering where they went wrong. Why is this
career so unfulfilling? Why am I so concerned with making other people
happy? Where is my happiness? i
Unfortunately, at this stage in our lives, many of us have yet to realize
that we are being too concerned with the happiness and expectations of
others. We are completely forgetting about what we want for ourselves.
Ask yourself, If I continue to live my life this way, where do I see myself
in ten years?? More importantly, Do I like the person I am seeing??
We need to stop trying to live up to what others expect of us and take
our lives into our own hands. If someone is going to reject you for want-
ing to be happy, doesnTt that mean that they s weren't-too concerned about
you from the beginning?
A parentTs love should be unconditional. They should love you no
matter what you do and only hope that you will find happiness. A true
friend will love you unconditionally also.
Our lives are way too short to wake up ten years from now and realize
that we have done nothing for ourselves. In order to find true happiness,
we must consider our own feelings; we must live our own lives. No one can
control you, unless you allow it, just as you cannot control anyone else. Find
happiness in yourself; donTt search for happiness in the approval of others
'... especially if their approval is won by abiding in their expectations.
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WEDNESDAY way 21.2008 PAGE 5.
RANT OF THE DAY
My little sister just got a Blackberry and I'm still
rocking the ee Zach had on Saved by the Bell.
A new year, a fresh start
| ELISE PHILLIPS
EDITOR IN CHIEF
After attending this yearTs graduation ceremony, I
realized how many truly innovative leaders that ECU
produces. From our first graduating engineering
classes to a whole new flock of nurses entering the
medical field, Pirate leaders are one of a kind.
A professor once told me that no remarkable people
leave ECU and enter the work force. I dare to disagree
with that person. ECU prides itself on leaders taking
their place on campus, in the community, in the nation
and in the world.
For example, two new graduates from one of ECUTs
medical programs are leaving for Honduras at the
end of this month to pursue health care in one of the
worldTs poorest countries. Several ECU students are
taking their studies elsewhere this summer to travel
the world and study abroad. ECU students have taken
the lead this election year by volunteering their time.
and money to spread the word about their passion for
political change. ECU students are receiving awards
and landing jobs everyday because of the preparation
and encouragement that is bestowed upon them from .
the university that has been called by some as the
leadership institute of the world.?
This week, many new leaders will take their place
in various organizations across campus, including
student media. This paper marks the first issue of
the summer with me as its leader. I take this position
seriously, and I hope that others will find their niche
as a leader at ECU.
I've heard my whole life that there are three kinds
of people in the world: those that lead, those that
follow and those that criticize. Leaders bring change,
followers facilitate change and those who criticize sit
on the sidelines and watch while others do the work
that they disdain.
I think ECU is full of all three types of people, but
more lead than follow, and more lead than criticize.
With the coming months, I challenge more ECU
students to take part in campus organizations. Become
another leader in a ship full of Pirates standing up for
change on our campus and in the community.
This writer can be contacted at
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| want to know why people continue
to go near Jarvis street after so many
armed robberies, and why that area is
not swarmed with police 24/7.
Where are all the original, beautiful
and intelligent girls? All of these cookie
cutter chicks are getting old (i.e. huge
sun glasses, fake blonde hair, unnatural
tans, superficial attitude, ditzy, etc.)
To the girl who named her cat Penny
Lane, but misspelled Beatles, may
you smoke a turd in purgatory for
blaspheming the Fab Four.
The position you rank on someone's
speed-dial means everything.
Please say there are new editions of
The East Carolinian over the summer!
Do you know what it feels like loving
someone who's in a rush to crow you
away?
To the girl who was in my chemistry
final: ITm sorry about whatever type of
accident-you were involved in. It looked
like it hurt.
ITm a white girl with blonde hair. And
yes, | have a weave.
So, | will admit | like it when you wear
the shirt you wore when we first met.
Ex-girlfriends are ex-girlfriends for a
reason.
Sometimes | think boys train their dogs.
to get girls.
| get shushed every time | go to the
library.
| don't care how important you think you
are ... DONTT walk the wrong direction
around the track. Just don't do it.
I'm addicted to garden salsa sun chips!
| have the hiccups, and they suck.
_ Someone scare me!
Dear girl sitting at the computer across
from me in the library right now: | donTt
like-your music!
Pancakes. PANNCAAAKES! \
Don't sweat the petty things, and don't
pet the sweaty things.
One of my best friends is kind of a
know-it-all idiot.
Maybe itTs not that youTve changed,
maybe | just feel left behind.
| think that I'll have to become a stripper
because my job as a student worker is
not paying the rent.
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Features
Did you know?
A piece of French toast that was
partially eaten by Justin Timberlake ©
sold on eBay.
Many years ago, a fish was caught that
was 33 inches long and seemed to
be heavier than it should. When they -
cut the fish, fishermen found a full of
bottle of ale inside it.
38% of Americans eat breakfast
everyday.
850 peanuts are needed to make an
18 oz. jar of peanut butter.
95% of the entire lemon crop
produced in the U.S. is from California
and Arizona.
A common custom in Spain is to eat
one grape for each of the last 12
seconds of every year for good luck.
Acommon drink for Tibetans is Butter
Tea which is made out of butter, salt
and brick tea.
A one-kilogram packet of sugar will
have about five million grains of
Sugar.
A one-ounce milk chocolate bar has
six milligrams of caffeine.
According to Scandinavian traditions, if
a boy and girl eat from the same loaf of
bread, they are bound to fall in love.
According to legend, tea originated in
China when tea leaves accidentally
blew into a pot of boiling water.
After chocolate and vanilla, orange
is considered the worldTs most
favorite flavor.
Alcoholic beverages have all 13
minerals necessary for human life.
All the Krispy Kreme donut stores
collectively could make a doughnut
Stack as high as the Empire State
Building in only two minutes.
Although white wine can be
produced from both red and white
grapes, red wine can only be created
from red grapes.
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Congressional High
School exhibit shown
this week
ELISE PHILLIPS
EDITOR IN CHIEF
Emerge Gallery, located on
Evans St. in downtown Greenville,
will host its annual Congressional
High School exhibit this week
sponsored by NC Congressman
Walter B. Jones. The exhibit
opened on May 16 and will include
work from high school students
from JonesT district, which includes
17 counties along the NC coast, for
show at the gallery in one of two
yearly exhibitions sponsored each
year by Congressman.
Congressman G.K. Butterfield
sponsored an exhibition at ECUTs
School of Art and Design this
year as well.
Emerge Gallery has been host-
ing the JonesT exhibit for five years,
but Holly Garriott, executive direc-
tor of the gallery says that this
yearTs show is extraordinary.
This exhibit is one of the best
ones we've had,? she said. WeTve
had high school exhibits before, but
this one is redlly great.?
~ Ons May 23 Congressman
a will visit Emerge at 7 p.m.
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Congressman visits local gallery
Photo by Jessi Braxton
WEDNESDAY MAY 21, 2008
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Samples of work done by high school students in Walter B: JonesT district will be displayed in Emerge this week.
to pass out awards to all of the
participants. of the Congressional
High School exhibit in a reception
held at the gallery.
The most amazing thing about
this exhibition is that every student
will receive a monetary award for
participating, as well as the prize
winners receiving a cash award,?
Garriott said.
The gallery offers classes to
ECU students and the community,
but Garriott especially encourages
students from ECU to come check
out what the gallery has to offer.
Emerge Gallery is a non-profit
art center that makes the arts
~accessible to the entire community,?
said Garriott. Our daily staff
[working at the front desk] is all
ECU students who take an intern-
ship course through ECU.?
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Gavin DeGraw releases third self-titled album
And T m not so sure that ITm
in love with? it
VERONICA CARRINGTON
FEATURES EDITOR
Gavin DeGraw hit it big with 2003Ts I DonTt
Want to Be,? an anti-fronting hymn with the lengthy
chorus I donTt want to be anything other than what
ITve been trying to be lately.?
This single from his first album, Chariot, helped
thunder him to fame when it was used as the WBTs
opening to One Tree Hill,? however; five years later
DeGraw is still long-winded.
His newest self-titled album is fraught with super-
ficial crystallized pop and confusing analogies.
DeGraw packs strange metaphors into the jazz
inspired song, Cop Stop.? The questionable lines I won't
tell you lies or treat you like a rental car like other guys?
make me wonder where the old Gavin has gone.
Granted, he leaves out handling his stick shift,
see DEGRAW page 9
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008 -_ THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ FEATURES , PAGE 7
Summertime sizzles with hot new releases
New summer films hope to stir
enthusiasm of theatergoers
May 30 brings the four lovely ladies of New York
back into the hearts and minds of every woman, and
some men, with the release of the long awaited Sex and
the City movie. This romantic comedy will follow Carrie,
Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha through their lives
after the conclusion of the popular television series.
The film will also follow Carrie to the altar as she sets
out on her heartTs dream to wed the infamous Mr. Big.?
Sure to be dubbed a chick flick in the future, look for
it in a city? near you.
_No summer is complete without a superhero mega-
adventure flick and The Incredible Hulk is just that.
On June 13, the silver screen will be painted green as
the giant returns to theaters played by Edward Norton
(Fight Club, American History X). ,
Will Smith is due to jump in the superhero game this
summer as well with the July 2 release of Hancock. The
story unfolds around SmithTs character that has fallen out
of the good graces of the public and his quest to redeem
himself. If the film includes scenes as intense as I am
Legend, then it is an automatic thumbs up.
Batman, for the sixth time, is returning with a batty
vengeance this summer as well. The Dark Knight, set to
be released July 18 will follow the caped crusader once
again as he fights the evils of Gotham City and his arch
nemesis the Joker.
Being one of Heath LedgerTs final roles before his tragic
death, this film truly deserves consideration for your summer
viewing pleasure. |
Here is to hoping your cinematic adventure is a
happy one.
VERONICA CARRINGTON
FEATURES EDITOR
Though summer can be a relaxing and carefree time,
many students are faced with the boredom of returning home
with nothing to entice their minds. It can be daunting to lie
in the sun, go to the beach and hang out with friends, but
the hottest summer releases for 2008 will give a break to
the monotony of any lethargic summer daze.
Returning for the fourth installment of the Indiana
Jones series comes Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull, hitting the big screen on May 22.
Harrison Ford returns to the silver screen once more
along with Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf and Ray Win-
stone for this is action-packed film that is sure to please
any Indiana Jones lover.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
New gadgets may ruin age-old tradition
Cell phone use during
concerts irritates artists
(MCT)
What if you gave a concert and
the crowd refused to watch?
ItTs not as far-fetched as it
seems: As more and more concert-
goers fiddle with cell phone cam-
eras and fidget with BlackBerries,
some people say mobile technology
is ruining the concert experience.
ItTs extraordinarily irritat-
ing,? said Roger Waters of Pink
- Floyd. All these people holding
up these horrid little squares of
bright, light.?
ItTs like theyTre not even there,?
said jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. ItTs
like, Why donTt you put that away
and listen to the music??
It drives me crazy,? said singer
Steve Earle. They have their use, but
thereTs definitely a price to pay.?
ItTs not just a case of cranky baby ©
boomers griping about the young
and the restless. Plenty of younger
artists and fans are also getting fed
up with the tech intrusion.
As a performer, itTs frustrat-
ing to look out and see a sea of cell
- of faces,?
~people are so
phones instead
said
Sleater-Kinney
guitarist Carrie
Brownstein.
ThereTs
definitely a
problem when
busy document-
ing the moment
that they forget
to just live in
the moment.?
Of course,
pop concerts
were awash inp)
distractions $@
long before the [its
cell phone. In
the early ~60s,
_Shrieking girls made it impossible
to hear the Beatles perform. In
the ~90s, mosh pits made going to
concerts a contact sport.
You never expect 100 percent
of peopleTs attention,? said rapper Ice
Cube. You learn to take 80 percent.?
But the levels seem to be rapidly
shrinking thanks to microbore-
dom,? a term invented by--who
else--a cell phone company to con-
A young man follows the new trend of using his phone during a concert.
vince people they need to escape
reality with their mobile gadgets.
At concerts, microboredom usu--
ally means fans snapping dozens of
photos of the band, the crowd and the
stage lights. The ultimate disconnect
comes when they take pictures of the
pictures on the video screen.
Everyone has this strange
archiving addiction now. ItTs like
they're trying to pin a butterfly to
a Corkpoarad, .
said Canadian
singer Feist.
Lo ie, a
gig isnTt sup-
posed to be
for posterity,?
sie saidT Its
supposed to
people tossed
together in a
room, making a
mood and then
its. over. You
Cau tisee the
world through
a viewfinder.?
Ray Davies
of the Kinks
sang about the
, problem 40 years ago in People
Take Pictures of Each Other,? asong
about obsessive photo-takers trying
to prove they really existed.?
But the existential crisis isnTt
confined to photography. To some
fans, a concert isnTt a concert until
they've text-messaged their bud-
dies about it.
ItTs a really interesting trend-
-instead of clapping, they're blog-
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fun at the tech-addicted crowd at
R.E.M.Ts recent show at MarchTs
South by Southwest festival in
Austin, Texas.
But not all musicians regard
mobile technology as a buzz-kill.
When cell phone use exploded in
the late ~90s, bands had fans wave
them in the air to create a million-
points-of-light effect. Suddenly,
flicking your Bic was passe.
Later, as text-messaging flour-
ished, groups asked concertgoers
to post messages on video screens.
Today, some artists embrace the tech
boom as a potential career boost.
My bottom line is communi-
cation,? said English rocker Billy
Bragg. If they want to capture a
photo of me and send it to a friend
who can't be at the gig, I donTt have
a problem with that.?
Concert videos are the latest
rage as fans flood YouTube with
clips they shot using their cell
phones and digital cameras. The
videos are often so fuzzy and
muffled they're unwatchable. Still,
some bands embrace them as free
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EMERGE continued from page 6
Work from the Congressional High School exhibit hang at Emerge Gallery.
Classes offered at Emerge
include pottery, metal smith, pho-
tography, filmmaking, painting
and culinary arts.
May 31 will mark the grand
opening of the galleryTs first pot-
tery studio, where members of the
community can paint handmade
pottery in groups or individually.
Emerge also reaches out to
community by ensuring that for
every five paid programs offered
at the gallery, one is free and
open to underprivileged children
in the area.
We sponsor after-school
classes at area schools, free com-
munity activities such as helping
[to] coordinate festivals [like]
PirateFest, scholarships to our
classes and our Youth Public Arts
Project where kids come once a
week, eat dinner and work on public
arts projects,? Garriott said.
Photos ~by Jessi Braxton
Each participant receives a prize.
The Congressional High
School exhibition will run until
May 23. Emerge Gallery is open
Tuesday-Friday from 11 a.m.-9
p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4p.m.
and Sundays from 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
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but the cheesy one-liners do
not do much to render a young
woman flattered.
Medicate the Kids? is a pow-
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and DeGraw issues free advice
like an ineffective Dr. Phil, sans
constant blinking.
However, as usual, DeGrawTs
catchy and relatable melodies
save him.
DeGraw tries to relate to
everyone on Next to Me,? a bubbly
plea to an aloof love interest to
which we all can share a part in.
A redeeming song on the
album has to be the piano and
guitar fueled In Love With a
Girl.? Though the song may seem
like a frat boy bearing his soul for
the tenth time on a drunken Friday
night, the song is catchy and cap-
tures the essence of young love.
The entire album is a guilty
pleasure right up there with
Hanson, Spice Girls and LFO;
Admit it, we all know the words to
Wannabe? and MMMBop.?
This album is perfect mood
music for teen girls, sensitive guys
who defend their man-bags and
those of us who will play it when
we are alone on a long drive.
This writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
CONCERT continued from page 8
instant promotion.
Bowling for Soup recently
made up a song onstage and that
thing was on YouTube before
I even got back home from the
show,? saod singer Jaret Reddick.
ThatTs just the way it-is now.?
In an age of multitasking, some
wonder if electronic gadgets are
really that much of a distraction,
or if the anti-cell phone brigade is
just being crotchety.
Do you want people to be
strapped to their seats, with their eyes
pinned open and a jolt of electricity if
their mind should stray?? said Police
drummer Stewart Copeland.
Cell phones donTt bother me,? he
said. An audience thatTs so excited
itTs shooting the band with its cell
phones is an audience thatTs throb-
bing with the pulse of the band.?
But is it really about a com-
munal pulse? Or is it more about
stroking your own ego?T
I see people calling their _
friends and saying, ~Hey! Guess
where I am? ITm at the Roger
Waters show, just so somebody
somewhere can be impressed by
them,? said Waters. ItTs about
them showing off.?
One solution would be to forbid
_ fans from using phones during the
show--a protocol already used at
classical concerts, plays and movies.
Then again, rock prides itself
on personal freedom. Banning
cell phones might seem totally
un-rock ~nT roll.
ItTs a personal choice. We
shouldnTt say ~you canTt have a
cell phone,? said Brownstein of
Sleater-Kinney.
But itTs frustrating,? she said.
ThereTs a generational gap where
people no longer know how to expe-
rience life without technology.?
Music lovers can only hope
they'll learn. It may take decades,
but some future generation is
bound to hit the off? button and
rediscover the Joy of focusing on
the concert.
All these new toys, people
have to play with them for a
while,? said musician-producer
T Bone Burnett. But ultimately,
they'll figure out how dehuman-
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PAGE 10
C-USA announces baseball All-Conference awards
Staff Photo
~Seven ECU players
make the cut
(ECU SID)
East Carolina headlined the leagueTs top
individual awards, winning three of the five
major awards as announced on ~Tuesday in ©
New Orleans, the site of the 2008 Entergy
Conference USA Baseball Championship.
Senior Corey Kemp was named Player of
the Year, right-handed pitcher Seth Maness
grabbed Freshman of the Year honors and
junior right-hander Justin Bristow earned
Newcomer of the Year recognition.
Tulane right-hander Shooter Hunt was
named Pitcher of the Year and Rice skipper
Wayne Graham took home his third consecu-
tive Keith LeClair Conference USA Coach of
the Year award.
Voting was done by a panel consisting
of each head coach, each teamTs sports infor-
mation director and a media representative
from each city.
Kemp has been one of the most produc-
tive hitters in Conference USA all season
long, leading the league in home runs (15)
and RBI (66), while batting .358 with a .637
slugging percentage. |
A finalist for the Johnny Bench Award,
Kemp was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser
Trophy and became the second Pirate catcher
in three years to earn first team All-C-USA
honors. He becomes the second Pirate to take
home Player of the Year honors following
Ryan Jones (2004)..
Maness became just the: second
freshman in ECU history to win nine
games, tying for the C-USA lead in vic-
tories. Maness is 9-1 on the season with
a 2.79 ERA, third-lowest in the league.
Maness is the second Pirate to be named
C-USA Freshman of the Year following
Darryl LawhornTs selection in 2002. Lawhorn
was also named Co-National Freshman of the
Year by Collegiate Baseball.
Bristow, a transfer from Auburn, has had a
highly. successful first season in a Pirate uni-
form, posting an 8-2 record with a 3.05 ERA
and 73 strikeouts with 22 walks.
Joining first-teamers Kemp and Maness
as an All C-USA performer was senior
outfielder Harrison Eldridge, while junior "
Stephen Batts was named second-team all-
conference alongside Bristow.
Freshman shortstop Dustin Harrington
was named to the All-Freshman team with
Maness, who became the second Pirate to be
see C-USA page 11
ECU prepares for C-USA tournament
Where would you like to
see ECU play in the 2008
NCAA Baseball Regionals?
A. North Carolina
B. Miami FL
C. Florida State
D. Georgia
E. N.C. State
Pirates end regular
season with win over
UNC-W
HART HOLLOMAN
STAFF WRITER
The ECU baseball team won
three out of four games last week,
closing out the regular season
with a 39-17 record overall and a
13-11 mark in conference play. The
Pirates edged out a tough UNC-W
team Tuesday night, then traveled
to Memphis for their last series of
the season and took two games out
of three from the Tigers.
ECU completed the sweep of
their season series against UNC-W
with a 3-2 win at home last Tues-
day. The pitching duel was capped
by a flurry of activity in the final
two frames and the Pirates came
out on top.
Six pitchers in the first seven
innings for ECU combined to
hold the Seahawks to one run
on three hits, while UNC-W
pitcher Larry Salefsky allowed
one run and scattered six hits in
six innings of work.
The Pirates finally broke the
deadlock in the eighth when Seahawk
relievers walked the bases loaded
and Brandon Henderson doubled
down the line to score two. UNC-W
tried to answer in the ninth but came
up just short as Seth Simmons closed
out the inning for the win.
After the game coach Billy
_ Godwin was glad to get the result.
Photo by Robyn McLawhorn
Stee nme ae
We had to grind that one
because they're a good club,? said
Godwin. To get this win before
we go on the road and after a tough
weekend is just huge for our guys.
Now we have to get ready and pre-
pare for a good Memphis team.?
After a traveling day, the Pirates
opened their series with Memphis
on Thursday.
Seth Maness came within one
ECU will face Houston in the first round of the C-USA baseball tournament today in an away game in Louisiana.
out of a complete game shutout
while fanning eight in 8.2 innings
~ of work on the bump for the Pirates
as they cruised to an 8-1 victory in
the series opener. =
Harrison Eldridge led the team
with three hits while Jamie Ray and
Dustin Harrington each added two.
Seven different Pirates scored
with Ray being the only one two
double his tally.
The Pirates brought their bats ©
to the second game as well. They
scored 17 runs in a romp of the C=
USA cellar dwellers. Henderson,
Harrington and Ryan Wood all had
four hits for the Pirates who put
up 19 as a team: Harrington and
Henderson both knocked in five
batters apiece to lead the team. The
see ECU page 13
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
SOFTBALL continued from page 10
Photo by Robyn McLawhorn
assume a 3-0 advantage.
Cristen Iona would give her
team a two-out double in the top
of the second, but Angel Barrella
struck out looking to end the half-
inning. The Tigers added to their
lead in the bottom of the second
when with two outs, Duhon laced a
shot just past Suzanne Riggs in the
circle that scored Ashley Applegate,
making the score 4-0.
With Dee Dee Henderson on
third and Duhon on first, Killian
Roessner ripped a double off the
wall in left center to score both
runners, pushing the LSU advan-
TASC 10 O=0:
ECU pulled a run back in the
top of the third. Erin St. Ledger
lofted the PiratesT second double of
the contest to right center.
She then moved to third on a
sacrifice bunt by Tiffany Shaw.
Christina Merrida stepped up
Senior Stacey Andrews, a Greenville native, led the team in hitting this season. cae
next and continued her solid day
at the plate with a RBI single off
the glove of pitcher Dani Hofer
that scored St. Ledger, cutting the
deficit to 6-1.
The Tigers added two runs on
two hits and a Pirate error in the
bottom of the third, extending their
lead to 8-1. A two-out solo home
run by Jessica Mouse in the bottom
of the fourth closed the scoring as
the eight-run rule ended the game.
Photo by Robyn McLawhorn
C-USA continued from page 10
Kemp was named player of the year.
named first-team All C-USA and
All-Freshman in the same season,
following Lawhorn (2002).
Hunt became the fourth Tulane
hurler in as many years to post 100
strikeouts in a single season and
now has 110 Ks in 2008. Hunt is 9-2
on the year with a 2:10 ERA, while
holding opposing batters to a .148
average. Since joining the Green
Wave prior to the 2007 season,
Hunt is acombined 15-8 with a 2.39
ERA and a .197 opponent batting
average.
Graham led the OwlsT to their
third consecutive C-USA regu-
lar season championship and the
number five ranking in the nation
heading into this weekTs conference
championship. Rice has won 21 of
its last 22 games to post a 42-11
overall record.
In his 17th season at the helm
of the Rice program, Graham is
no stranger to receiving coaching
honors. In addition to winning the
previous two Keith LeClair Coach
of the Year honors, he was named
the Western Athletic Conference
Coach of the Year in 1998, 1999,
2002 and the co-coach of the year
inT 2003.
The Keith LeClair Coach of
the Year award is named after
the former ECU head coach who
courageously battled ALS, or as
it is more commonly known, Lou -
GehrigTs Disease. Diagnosed with
the disease in 2001, LeClair contin-
ued to attend Pirate home games
and support ECU baseball until
passing away in July 2006.
Regular season champion Rice
had the most total All-Conference
selections with seven and ECU
had five, while Southérn Miss and
Tulane each produced four. Seven
of the leagueTs nine teams had at
least one representative on the first
team, with ECU and Southern.Miss
each placing three players on the
first team. Four different schools
tied with four selections to the All-
Freshman team.
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Manchester United faces Chelsea in
UEFA Champions League final
KELLEN HOLTZMAN
SPORTS EDITOR
Many Americans believe the NFLs Super Bowl
to be the premier sporting event in the world when it
comes to professional clubs or teams.
A brief glance at todayTs UEFA Champions
League Final should prove otherwise. This yearTs
final matches two of the worldTs most powerful clubs
together: Manchester United and Chelsea (London).
This will be the first-ever meeting of two English
teams in the European final, making this Moscow,
Russia-hosted event a unique one. |
On May 28th, The United States MenTs National
Team will square off against England at storied Wem-
bley Stadium in London. To England, it is just another
friendly game but this is one of the most important
games of the year to fans that follow U.S. Soccer.
As for the Champions League final, Manchester
United will be aiming for its third European title
and its first since 1999 when David Beckham starred
for the Red Devils. Stateside, United is often con-
sidered the New York Yankees? of English football,
having secured 17 English Premier League (EPL)
titles since 1908.
If United are the New York Yankees, then
consider 23 year-old Cristiano Ronaldo to be
Alex Rodriguez. . ?
Ronaldo, a native of Portugal, is now widely
considered the best soccer player in the world. The
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All soccer eyes on England for month of May
wingerTs 31 goals this season easily topped the EPL.
_ Forward Wayne Rooney, only 22, joins Ronaldo
in the United attack and has already proved himself
as an accomplished goal-scorer in the English game.
Argentine sensation Carlos Tevez completes the
three-headed monster that is the Red Devil attack.
The three combined for 57 goals in the EPL this
season and have tallied 15 goals so far in the Cham-
pions League. 7
The youth up front is balanced by an experienced
midfield featuring two United living legends: Ryan
Giggs and Paul Scholes. Scholes scored the game-
winner in the semi-finals against Barcelona to lift
United to victory.
Chelsea has three English titles to its name and
claimed two in back-to-back seasons in 2004-2005
and 2005-2006. 3
Chelsea does not quite possess the same mystique
as United, but have earned a reputation as a more than
formidable opponent in recent years.
The Blues have stars of their own, led by midfield-
ers Frank Lampard and Michael Ballack. Lampard
led Chelsea in goals during the regular season but
Ivorian forward Didier Drogba has six Champions
League goals thus far. Drogba, however, is listed as
questionable for the match due to injury.
Chelsea knocked off fellow Londoners, Arsenal in
its semi-final matchup.
The two teamsT recent history is making the
grand stage even more compelling. Chelsea had a
chance to complete a remarkable comeback and win
the league on the final day after trailing United in the
see SOCCER page 13
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
THE EAST CAROLINIAN « SPORTS
PAGE 13°
ECU continued from page 10
Photo by Ashley Yarber
Sophomore Kyle Roller awaits a pitch against Tulane.
pitching was solid as starter Justin Bristow went six
strong innings and gave up only two runs.
ECU pitchers faced only 34 batters compared to
Memphis pitchers who saw 58.
ECU dropped the final game of the series 7-5 as
starter T.J. Hose had another short outing giving up three
runs in only three innings of work while walking four.
Ray led the team with three hits and Kyle Roller
added two and two RBITs, but Pirate batters struck out
nine times and left six runners on base in the loss. _
I feel good about this team and what weTve done,?
Godwin said. I mean sure we'd like to go out and
score ten runs every game and give up none, but that
just doesnTt happen. 3
Were putting together our postseason resume and
like I told the guys all these games are important.?
The Pirates will begin the C-USA tournament this
weekend in New Orleans as the No. 5 seed and will
take on the Houston Cougars Wednesday at 10 a.m.
The Cougars won the regular season series with the
Pirates taking two of three in Greenville. .
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standings for most of the season.
Instead, Chelsea failed to defeat
a lowly Bolton side while United
triumphed against Wigan to
finish with a narrow two-point
edge on the Blues. |
Unfortunately, owners play
a much bigger role in European
football than they should. The New
York Yankees comparison fits even
better in this regard than on the.
playing field.
Like the Yankees, Manchester
United and Chelsea spend their
way to championships. In American
~sports, it isnTt uncommon for low-
payroll teams to win champion-
ships (a la the Florida Marlins circa
1997, 2003).
No such parody exists in
English football; the most pres-
tigious teams will win nearly
every season. :
Americans may be familiar
with the ownership on Manchester
UnitedTs side. American Malcolm
Glazer, owner of the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers, took over controlling
interest in 2005. GlazerTs team has
been successful on the pitch, but
financial woes have supporters
calling for a takeover.
Russian billionaire, Roman
Abramovich, guides Chelsea.
When Abramovich sees a player
he wants, he gets him. Money
is no. object in west London. It
is no coincidence than in 2005,
Abramovich brought Chelsea its
first domestic title since 1955.
After dueling it out on the field
in Moscow, a number of United
and Chelsea players will set their.
differences aside and suit up for
England in a friendly against the
United States. The U.S. MNT is
entering a brutal stretch of games
to prepare for World Cup qualify-
ing this summer. The other two
dates include matches with Spain
and the worldTs number one ranked
team, Argentina.
The Americans have yet to
prove themselves on this level,
so the games should serve as
a measuring stick for just how
much progress has. been made
since a disappointing finish in
the 2006 World Cup.
The U.S. MNT has not defeated
England since 1993 while the only
other victory came in 1950. The
Yanks have never beaten the Brits
on English soil.
Next WednesdayTs ESPN
Classic broadcast will hype up
the David Beckham factor:?
American pundits are likely to
build this match as David Beck-
ham and his old country? versus
his new country.?
Watching Beckham and his
L.A. Galaxy teammate Landon
Donovan battle it out in the mid-
field should be fascinating.
Given EnglandTs failure to
qualify for this summerTs Euro-
pean championship, a loss to
the U.S. would be downright
embarrassing.
Wembley will not be quite as
festive as the Luzhniki Stadium in
Moscow, but the two games are
must see? for any sports fans.
The atmosphere and passion
surrounding these matches, espe-
cially the UCL final, transcend
anything the NBA, NHL, or MLB
have to offer.
* How could you not tune in?
The match between Manches-
ter United and Chelsea airs today
at 3 P.M. on ESPN 2.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com
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concludes NCAA play
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
Sophomore Abby Bools finished with a tournament score of 229.
ECU finishes 12" at
East Regional
(ECU SID)
No. 37 ECU closed out the 2008
NCAA WomenTs East Regional
Championships with a 54-hole
score of 919 (314-297-308) at the
University of Georgia Golf Course
and finished 12th out of 21 teams,
marking the Pirates highest ever
finish in NCAA postseason play.
The Pirates carded a final
round 308, highlighted by Abby
Bools and Ana Maria PucheTs
rounds of 75.
Bools ended up with a tour-
nament score of 229 (76-78-75)
finishing in a tie for 43rd, while
Puche carded a 235 (82-78-75) for
a share of 68th.
Freshman Amber Littman led
the Pirates with a 228 (80-71-77)
claiming a share of 36th place.
Emelie Lind (76-74-81=231) was
tied for 55th and Collen Estes (85-
74-81) tied for 86th.
University of Florida ear
the regional with an 883 score,
one shot over three-time NCAA
defending champion Duke (884).
Host school Georgia was third
(889) followed by Auburn (894),
Virginia (898), South Carolina (899),
Wake Forest (899) and Furman
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(900) all advancing to the NCAA .
Championships in New Mexico.
Individually, Benedicte
Toumpsin (South Carolina) took
first place with a score of 214 (68-
70-76) while Amanda Blumenhest
of Duke (68-73-74=215) and
Sara-Maude Juneau of Louisville
(67-74-85=215) finished in a tie
for second.
Juneau, along with Alexan-
dra Phelps of New Mexico (217)
and Carmen Perez of UNC-
Wilmington (219) also advanced
to the NCAA Championships as
individuals.
The Pirates finished the 2008
season with a record of 126-34-1.
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