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Fellow Pirates, meet your Chancellor Freshman
welcomes
' ELISE PHILLIPS
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Chancellor Steve Ballard
is the man who looks after us
Pirates. His duties are numerous
and varied, so we thought that.
giving ECU students a look into
his life would be both helpful and
informative. The East Carolin-
ian caught up with Chancellor
Ballard this week to grill (um,
question) him about stuff relevant
to students.
Q: This is the largest fresh-"
mén class in the history of
- ECU. What measures is the
university taking to accommo-
date the growing class size?
A: We are the fastest grow-
ing and university ~in the east..
This yearTs freshmen class had ~
1,700 more students than last
year. WeTre becoming more and -
more popular-every year, so we
are learning how to deal with
the growing numbers by look- °.
ing at our admissions process,
constructing new: buildings and
facilities for our students and
utilizing a campus-wide task
force for enrollment.
Q: Are admissions critéria
going to get stricter?
A: We have to be careful
with admissions, because we are
not trying to. create an elite atmo-
sphere like UNC-Chapel Hill.
What I like best [about ECU] is
that weTre not trying to be like.
anyone else. We try to maximize
our strengths to become a better
TodayTs
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News
Opinion
Features
Sports
Classifieds
Chancellor Steve Ballard.
university. We want to. be more
accessible. But donTt want to
let everyone in, either. I think
within five years weT ll have very
different admission standards.
Q: With all of the tragedies
happening across the nation
(Virginia Tech shootings, the
~ Eve Carson murder, the shoot-
ing at Northern Illinois), what
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: 6,000 students, at the new student convocation
is ECU doing to prevent these
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ECU works to
improve the safety
of its students
NATALIE JURGEN
Tue East CAROLINIAN
OnAug. 27 at about 1:50 a.m.,
_a male non-student assaulted a
female ECU student in the lobby
of Fletcher Hall.
Three students in the hall
heard the disturbance and came to
the aid of the victim. The students
were able to physically subdue
the suspect and he was arrested
on-site and transported to the Pitt
County Detention Center.
The victim was later treated for
injuries.received during the attack.
ECU officials have drawn a
common conclusion that the attacker
entered the dorm via ~tailgatine?
or surfing.? Tailgating is when a
student holds the door open for the
person behind them to enter.
J received a phone call from
both an RA and the police about
the'attack,? said Mandy Plucker,
Fletcher Hall coordinator. When
I arrived on the scene the police
were there and the perpetrator
was in handcuffs.?
According to Plucker, the stu-
dent returned to the dorms Monday
- after being tréated for injuries.
She is a very strong young
woman,? Plucker said.
The attacker was later identi-
fied as a 2004 ECU graduate. The
attacker had recently been living
in Tennessee and it is believed
by police that he has not lived in
Greenville for seven months.
This was a very unusual
incident,? said ECU Police Chief
Scott Shelton, It was not pre-
dictable whatsoever and could
not have been prevented.?
@eeShelton said that the attack was
completely random and the attacker
would have chosen someone else if
not the victim he chose.
An important question that
the attack raises is what will be
done to improve the safety of
students in the dorms.
Todd Johnson, associate vice
chancellor for housing and dining,
believes that education is the best
way to prevent such attacks.
~ Training and changing behav-
iors of students and encouraging
personal responsibility for safety
is the best method for preventing
such attacks,? said Johnson.
Johnson suggested a variety
of communication mediums for
educating students such as hall
meetings and message boards.
The ECU Police Department
is also currently enforcing a crime
prevention unit and officers are con-
ducting programs.on.dorm safety.
The Crime Prevention Unit
consists of student patrol officers
that receive in-house training on
safety and security. These officers
patrol the residence halls in groups
of two. Students are encouraged
to utilize these officers if they see .
any suspicious behavior.
If students see something
unusual, they should feel comfortable
calling the police,? Shelton said.
These officers also escort
students Thursday through Sat-
urday from 9 p.m.- 3 a.m., and
Sunday through Wednesday from
9 p.m.- | a.m.
There are 16 residence halls
with over 200 cameras through-
. out the dorms,? said Kemal
Atkins, vice provost of student
affairs. Each dorm has a live-in
coordinator that is a professional
staff person in addition. to resi-
dent advisors on each floor.? "
This writer may be contacted at
. hews@theeastcarolinian.com.
convocation
ECUTs biggest class
Dr. Richard Williams addresses a group of incoming Pirates.
NATALIE JURGEN
THE East CAROLINIAN
On August 19 the ECU community welcomed
ceremony held at Minges Coliseum.
ECU faculty and staff stressed the message of
: tradition, spirit and involvement to the room full
~ A: Every university is taking :
a different approach, [and] every :
case is different. WeTve learned :
the best single thing you can.do : group and touched on the fact that graduation was
is have police ready to respond :
in case of an emergency and a :
of new students.
_- Dr. Richard Williams, associate professor of
Recreational and Leisure studies, welcomed the
1,365 days away and that each of those days*will
fly by.
After Dr. Williams.welcomed the new Pirates,.
their attention was shifted to a video entitled The
Features
~ ASHLEY YARBER |. THE EAST CAROLINIAN
Vision.
Dr. Steve Ballard, chancellor of ECU, ie
next.
This is the largest freshman class ever,? Bal-
lard said. That says a lot about the education you
~ have to expect here.?
Chancellor Ballard spoke about the commit-
ment that ECU has made over the past'101 years
to be successful.
Your success 18 our success,? Ballard said.
Ballard also offered students four tips for suc-
cess--go to class and work hard, come back next
year, get a degree and learn how to be a leader.
The video, Jt All Started Here at ECU, with
ECU Alumnus and President and CEO of Up With
CONVOCATION page AG-
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Comedian. Greg Giraldo : Turn tothe sports section
was not welcomed dur- : to see analysis of ECU's
ing the WeeksT of Wel- : big. win over - Virginia
: come by many students.: Tech, along with a pre-
and staff.
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: game with West Virginia.
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marked this yearTs
freshman convo-
cation. Incom-
ing Pirates filled
Minges Coliseum
to hear speeches.
from Chancellor
Ballard and SGA
President Andrew
Griffin. ECUTs
marching band led
the group in~sing-
ing the ECU Fight
Song along with
help from the SGA
President Andrew
Griffin. These
incoming Pirates
will be ready
for this seasonTs
upcoming football
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Bivest deposit mandatory for all ECU employees
ECU employees make the change to direct deposit.
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ELISE PHILLIPS
THE East CAROLINIAN
Starting Aug. 1, student and faculty employees no longer had
the choice of receiving paper checks. By Aug. 15, approximately
60 students out of the roughly 3,000 ECU student employees had
deposit, according to Larry Donley, director of the
Student Employment Office. By Sept. 3, the number of
students and faculty employees not enrolled in the direct
deposit program was about the same, said Marjorie
Sutton, payroll director.
_ Student employees include federal work-study, self-
help, and graduate and undergraduate assistant employees.
How long have students known about the switch?
Since about April 1, Donley said.
We?ve given students ample warningT and notice,?
until the Oct. 31 pay check, but we obviously want them
to get it done as soon as possible.?
Sutton says that more students have signed up for
direct deposit than at the beginning of the summer, when
227 employees failed to make the switch. -
WeTve tried to educate departments that this is manda-
tory and that you need to include this [direct deposit forms]
as a part of your hiring packet,? Sutton said. This is the
way that all companies are going these days.?
Until Oct. 31, students who have failed to sign up for
direct deposit will only be able to retrieve their checks at
certain times and at certain places. When students go to
pick up their. checks, they will be reminded to fill out a
direct deposit form. If checks are not picked up within the designated
time and place, they will be mailed to the address on the paycheck.
Legally, we have to pay every employee that puts in the time,?
Donley said. But we are trying to get every student in compliance
[with this system].?
Donley stated. We are giving [employees] a grace period
not made the switch to direct deposit"employees havenTt gotten word
of the change, which Donley finds hard to believe? or that changes
in different student employment organizations have hindered the
process, like a change in leadership or location.
The idea to change from paper checks to direct deposit was not the
officials at ECU. The entire UNC system, headed by President Erskin
Bowles, made the switch for all 16 universities within the system.
This change will save ECU money, be good for he commu-
nity and good for the state of North Carolina,? Donley said. The
bottom line 1 is that students bed get their money much quicker and
much easier.?
Sutton agrees.
Tn the past, checks were tislivered to departments,? she said. We
had to deal with students not finding their check on pay day [but] if
they are on direct deposit, the student knows that in the morning [of
payday] their money will more than likely be in their account.?
The next pay period will more accurately show how many stu-
dents and faculty employees have made the leap to direct deposit,
according to Sutton.
The next pay period will give a true picture of how well this
process is working,T she said. WeTve worked really hard to put this
process in place.?
Students can use any financial institution they want as long as |
that institution accepts direct deposit. Students also have the option
of using their Higher One card as means for their direct deposit.
For more information about the mandatory direct deposit program,
visit.ecu.edu/hireapirate.
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Oil prices declined nearly $6 a barrel on "
Tuesday on the news that the Gulf Coast regionTs
_ energy infrastructure escaped serious damage from
Hurricane Gustav, and analysts expected the trend
of falling oil and gasoline prices to continue.
_ Oil prices for October delivery fell to as low as
$105.46 in early trading _ the lowest theyTve been
since April _ before settling down $5.75 Tuesday
to $109.71 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Having now crossed the psychological threshold
of $110, prices seem headed toward $100 a barrel.
Oil prices are almost 30 percent off their brief high
of $147 a barrel in July.
- The last time oil prices were under $100 a
barrel, the week of March 14-20, the nationwide
average price for a gallon of unleaded gasoline
stood at $3.27. AAA said Tuesday that the nation-
wide average stood at $3.68, up 90 cents a gallon
from a year ago.
For now, all signs point to loiiec prices.
We see continued weak demand,? said James
Crandell, an oil analyst with Lehman Brothers, a
Wall Street investment bank that has taken a con- .
~soemeitarian.stance in-forecasting declining-oil prices,
- Lehman: expects oil prices to average about "
$105 a barrel from October to December, then
$100 a barrel or less at the start of 2009: The
reason: Weakened demand in the U.S. now is
being followed by. weaker demand for oil i in Asia
and Europe.
The European area has deteriorated and
- central bankers have changed their tone there,?
said Crandell, noting that inflation is no longer as
problematic as slow growth in Europe, reducing
demand for oil. In terms of oil demand, we see
continued weakness in the United States, which has
not gotten better as prices went down.?
Another factor, albeit one thatTs harder to
stockpiles ...
quantify, is weakening demand for oil and its
refined products. in:China. Chinese consumption
statistics have long been viewed as being insuffi-
ciently transparent. Oil analysts also believe China
was building gasoline and diesel-fuel inventories
ahead of the Beijing Summer Olympics last month,
reportedly to ensuré backup supplies in the event
of any major failures along its. power grid.
ItTs pretty. clear that they were building up
not only will they not be building
stockpiles but they will be de-stocking,? Crandell
said, meaning the Chinese will be drawing down
from their existing oil inventories rather than suck-
ing oil off a tight global market.
Other oil analysts believe falling oil prices
reflect a correction in what was a speculative
bubble, and suggest even lower prices are ahead. .
Despite the recent correction, we believe that -
crude oil prices are still inflated and do not reflect
industry fundamentals,? wrote Fadel Gheit and
Daniel Katzenberg, oil analysts for Oppenheimer &
Co., a New York investment-management firm.
In a research note Tuesday, the two suggested
that recent hostilities in the oil-rich Caspian region
should have: reversed ~slumpineprices-if global
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The Russian invasion of Georgia and Hur-
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inflated,? Gheit and Katzenberg said,. adding that
barring a major supply disruption, we think oil
prices have already peaked.?
The 11-member Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries is unlikely to watch prices
sink too much further, however. OPEC members
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John McCain takes unexpected step
John McCain has taken a big ste
by selecting Alaskan governor, Sarah
Palin, as his running mate. Palin, a
mother of five, is seen as a family
oriented conservative with heart.
Democrats, on the other hand, hope
voters see an inexperienced candidate
with a short resume. Palin, who has
been missing from the debate for four
days, will make her case on Wednesday.
McCainTs campaign refused to say
Tuesday whether Palin would bring
up the biggest story of the week, her
pregnant teenage daughter, Bristol
Palin. TI think itTs a unique opportunity
thatTs a chance for her to get out and
tell her story and let people see beyond
the media froth thatTs existed for the,
~ past 48 hours,? McCain adviser Rick
Davis said.
Protestors take to the streets in St.
Paul
A rowdy group of demonstrators
took to the streets of St. Paul for the.
second day on Tuesday to voice their
opinions about the Republican National
Convention. On Tuesday the number of -
protesters and arrests were down from
the 10,000 who marched and nearly 300
who were arrested on Monday. More
than 500 people marched through the .
streets of downtown chanting Who -
streets? Our streets.? At least 10 people
were. arrested Tuesday, including a
showdown with police officers on
horseback. The marchers later made
their way to the Capitol, and the crowd
grew to over 2,000. Rumors surfaced
that the rap-metal group Rage Against
the Machine? was going to play on the
Capitol lawn but they had-no permit
and the power was turned off, This
marked the third straight day of protest
rallies ae marches through downtown
St. Paul GOP delegates began arriving
Sunday.? There is a war on the poor and
we need to better equip ourselves and
prepare the masses for whatTs going
to take place,? said Willie Fleming,
who came up from ChicagoTs Cabrini
Green public housing complex to Jon ~
the protest.
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Damage left in the aftermath a
Hurricane Gustav.
Second time around, New Orleans
gets it right
Officials were able to successfully
evacuate the city prior to the landfall of
the category 2 Hurricane Gustav. The
newly fortified levees protected the
city against the storm, unlike when the
levees failed-:during Hurricane Katrina.
However, many of the 300,000 evacu-
ees are distressed about being hundreds
of miles from home after a storm that
turned out to be a bit of a false alarm.
Mayor Ray Nagin says that residents
will not be able to return to their homes
until Thursday due to widespread utility
outages, downed power lines and top-
pled trees. Not allowing us to return
to our homes is not only outrageous, it
is an action that deliberately rewards
those who disobeyed the mandatory
evacuation order by allowing them to
return,? wrote one city resident on the
~New Orleans Times-Picayune Web site
message board. This decision ... will
jeopardize lives in the future because
. people will be reluctant to evacuate if
they know they will be discriminated
against after the storm sige ie for fol-
l6wing the rules.T
Students may have trouble seeking
financial aid this fall ~
The ongoing credit crunch may
make it difficult for families seeking
financial aid this fall: Some lenders
have stopped offering student loans and
are raising. lending standards, forcing
many students and their families to
find alternative sources of financing.
New financial options include feder-
ally guaranteed student loans, special
programs offered at schools and peer-
-peer lending on the Internet. ItTs
efinitely gotten a bit worse,? said
college inancing expert Mark Kan-
trowitz, who runs FinAid.org. The
timing couldnTt be worse from a student
posers ? Private student loans help
ridge the gap between the actual cost
of saucatien and the limited amount the
government allows students to borrow.
These loans are offered by lenders such
as banks and arenTt guaranteed by the
federal government.
Obama attacked at RepublicanT
National Convention
Joseph Lieberman, the DemocratsT
2000 vice-presidential nominee, and
former Sen. Fred Thompson tore apart.
Democratic nominee Barack Obama _
Tuesday night at the Republican
National Convention with speeches.
that attacked Democrats as eager to
give up in Iraq.
Thompson, a former Tennessee
senator, an Lieberman, an independent
Democrat from Connecticut, were the "
featured speakers at the Republican
conventionTs first prime-time session.
. Thompson began with a lengthy speech.
about McCainTs heroism as a Vietnam
prisoner of war. Thompson said: ItTs
pretty clear there aré two questions
we will never have to ask ourselves:
Who is this man?T and Can we trust
this man with the presidency?? Lieber-
man said he had another mission: to
explain how McCain. brought people _
together. Then he proceeded to tear
apart Obama. When others wanted to
retreat in defeat from the field of battle,
when Barack Obama was voting to cut
off funding for our troops on the battle- "
field,? Lieberman said, John McCain
had the courage to stand against the tide
of public opinion and ar Gk the surge
(in Iraq), and because of that, today our
troops are at last beginning to come
home, not in failure but in honor.?
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CHANCELLOR continued from Al
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fact, as the university continues
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Q: How would you describe
ECU in one word?
A: Authentic or honest.
ECU does what is says itTs going
to do.
Q: What is the typical
day in the life of Chancellor
Ballard?
A: There is no typical day.
Everyday my assistant and I sit
down and look at the priorities for
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turns out that way. The trick of
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ECU decided to create a photo
exhibit of the country titled
Russia " Ancient and Modern,?
at Joyner Library.
Yelena Francis, a Russian
language instructor, and Mark
Sanders, head of reference at
Joyner, wanted to share the cul-
ture of Russia with others.
Our goal is to remind others
of its [RussiaTs] cultural values,?
said Francis.
The, exhibit.is located on the
first floor of the library by the
reference desk. It includes 15
photos depicting different ancient
and modern regions and cities in
Russia. Francis, originally from
St. Petersburg, Russia, gathered
photos from her friends and rela-
tives back home, including one of
her own in the exhibit. She took
the picture one year ago in St.
Petersburg near the Neva River.
The different photos range from
Russian monasteries to famous
monuments and sculptures; one
of which was a gift to Russia
from the U.S. Even photos of
popular Russian food make up
the exhibit.
T wanted to show the Mosaic
of Russian cultural attractions,?
Francis said.
A display of books and
albums were added to the exhibit
by Sanders.
I thought it was a great
chance to partner with the for-
eign languages department to
highlight a unique collection of
materials,? said Sanders, who
also serves as a liaison between
the library and department of
foreign languages.
Sanders selected items from
a variety of media to target
certain audiences. There are
CDs, DVDs, childrenTs books
and reference titles that are all
regional content-
The library displays several
art exhibits throughout the year
including a recent exhibit by
ECU Art Professor and Sculp-
tor Hanna Jubran. However, the
Russian photo exhibit is the first
of its kind.
Francis and Sanders are plan-
ning to create two more Rus-
sian photo exhibits in the near
future,
Tt is a wonderful soso
nity for collaboration between
academic departments and the
library,? Sanders said. Also,
the theme of Russia in transition
is a very timely topic, especially
given the recent events in Geor-
gia.?
For those wanting a deeper
look into Russian culture, ECUTs
Department of Foreign Lan-
guages hosts a Russian movie
night every first and third
Wednesday of the month in
Bate 1025. ;
The exhibit is open to the
public during library hours.
Students as well as faculty are
encouraged to come and experi-
ence Russia.?
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features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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CONVOCATION continued from At
People, Tommy Spaulding, was
shown next.
SpauldingTs message was one
of involvement.
T got involved, and because
I got involved the university got
involved in my heart,? Spauld-
ing said.
Dr. Marilyn Sheerer, interim
provost, followed.Spaulding
and spoke about the ECU creed
and the importance of abiding
by certain rules. Broken down,
SheererTs messages stressed
honesty, respect, thinking before
speaking and how to be a role
model.
Chair of the English faculty,
Dr. Jan Tovey, then addressed the
students on the value of academic
integrity. Tovey defined integrity
as the steadfast adherence to a
strict ethical code.?
Following Dr. ToveyTs words
was Andrew Griffin, president of
SGA. Griffin urged students to
become involved/in campus and
attend events with the upcoming
Weeks of Welcome.
Dr. Richard Williams then
taught the room full of new
pirates the most important
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Student Brian Pollock then
sang the Alma Mater.
Vice Provost of Student .
Affairs, Kemal Atkins, later
told students to take advantage
of the opportunity youTve been
afforded.?
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ANDREA ROBERTSON
THE East CAROLINIAN
Shortly after Republican presidential can-
didate John McCain named Sarah Palin as his
running mate, Palin publicly announced that her
17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant.
PalinTs reputation is also suffering due to a
DUI issued to-her husband aa lies ian: 20
years ago.
Should Palin be judged bated on the actions.
of others? It is impossible for any parent to be
with their children every hour of every day, thus
prompting children to find mischief. It is also
ridiculous to hold Palin accountable for a bad
decision made by her husband.
Instead of voters becoming interested with
aspects of PalinTs personal life, especially the
aspects that she cannot change or control, voters
should be look at her political credentials.
When voters become caught up in rumors .
and gossip regarding a candidate or a political
leaderTs personal life, they lose ae of the true
issues at hand.
The American people weren't affected by
whether or not former President Bill Clinton had
sexual relations? with Monica Lewinski; how-
ever, they were affected by the decisions he. made
regarding government spending or legislations.
Therefore, the question that everyone needs
to be asking is: What is Sarah Palin going to do
for our country?
Those not in favor of a candidate-who is anti-
abortion, should not consider Palin.
Palin also supports offshore drilling. During
her work in Alaska, she helped to pass taxes on oil
companies and proposed granting Alaskan citi-
zens a $1,200 payment from the windfall surplus
the state is receiving due to high oil prices.
She has been the governor of Alaska since
December 2006, the chairperson of the Alaska
Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in 2003-
* 2004, the mayor of Wasilla for two terms and a
city council member for two years.
Although it is too soon in the race to have an
educated opinion about which candidate to vote
for, voters should at least give Palin a-chance,
instead of prematurely judging her based on
things that she has no control over.
This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
Student safety
issue arises
on campus
NATALIE JURGEN
Tue East CAROLINIAN
My
ITm sure everyone has heard about the attack .
that occurred last week in Fletcher Hall. For
the few. of you that have not, a male non-student
assaulted a female student in the lobby of her
dormitory. How did this non-student gain access
into the dorm? By an action that any of us who
have ever lived in a residence hall are guilty of:
tailgating.
No one can be specifically pinpointed or held
responsible for allowing this man to enter the
dorm behind them.
Were all guilty of being polite and hold-
ing the door for the person behind us. Who can
blame us?
. ECU officials say the best prevention. for
these random acts of violence is education. They
believe that informing students of the importance
of not allowing people to tailgate will in fact stop
these crimes.
The reality of the situation is that this will
~never happen. Students will never close the
door in the face of the person walking in behind
them.
This incident is evidence that more serious
safety measures need to be taken. What can be
done to improve safety you might ask? I think we
can learn by other schoolTs examples.
Many universities in the UNC system, and all
over the country for that matter, do not use the
traditional lock and key method of dorm entry.
To enter the dorms at these schools students
need to scan their school ID to unlock the door.
Students are much less likely to give someone.
their school ID to get inside their dorm than ey
are with a set of keys.
How does this stop the tailgating Bible?
It doesnTt. However, there is a solauon to this
as well.
After scanning school IDs to get inside the
door, students must check in with a university
staff member sitting in the hall lobby.
Have a guest with you? Then they need to
hand over their ID and pick it ~up when you sign
them back out to leave.
If any person entering the hall had to first
check in, the assault in Fletcher Hall would have
never occurred. The attacker would have been
identified as an unescorted non- student on asked
to leave immediately.
ECU is in serious need of a naley update in.
all of the dorms. I understand that doing away
with the traditional entry method may be costly,
but what price can be put on student safety? The
negatives of a high cost. seriously carwerge the
positive of protecting students.
I think thatTboth students and parents alike
would sleep better at night knowing that their
dormitory is being strictly monitored.
This writer can. be contacted at
~news@theeastcarolinian.com.
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There were too many
freshmen downtown last
weekend.
It's funny how students who
insult freshmen, seem to
forget that they were once
freshmen themselves too,
and not too long ago.
Not eating has been so
~much easier than | thought
it would be.
With this new opinion editor,
all thereTs going to be are
feminist rants and man-
bashing.
| think that any man that gets
hammered and decides to
brawl with a girl should be
castrated.
if you're wondering wherevall
the decent guys are, theyTre
waiting for you to raise your
standards. -Either that or |
just found the last one. Sorry
yvall.
| think itTs really sad_ that.
everyone excuses your
behavior. with the same
reason, SheTs just a &*@$#.?
What a great sais ie, sa
have.
ItTs just so funny to.me that
you donTt realize just how
hated you are.
| wonder if | am the hot
blonde? woman that works at
Parking & Transportation.
At the end of last year |
promised myself that I'd
stop sleeping around with
the girls in my dorm. Five
minutes after moving in, |
realized that there is no way
~in heck that ITm going to be
keeping that promise. "
People who go to the OP:
Spilling your alcohol means -
you've obviously had too
many... GQ HOME! :
~There are alot of anti-Obama
and .pro-McCain rants that
make it. | mean, McCain
is 72:and he has admitted
he canTt work a computer! |
mean, come on people! Do
we really want someone like
that as our president in the
21st century?
_ G-Vegas? Simple, we're SO
- awesome yet so egotistical
and whatever happens in
_ G-Vegas lands on the front
page of the newspaper.
Hey girl, whatTs yo
faaaaaaaaaaaa-
aaaaaaaacebook?
Is itwrong to. plot the demise
of the F inancial Aid Office?
- Pmvery disappointed thatECU
allowed trash like Greg Giraldo -
to do a show here" humiliating
students and degrading those
-- with disabilities. ThatTs not
the kind of welcome that
~W.O.W. is about.
Come on ECU! Greg Giraldo
is a pretty big professional
_ comedian. Good job bringing
him in. Too. bad Minges is
the worst possible venue
to have a comedy show in.
Show fell flat because of the
bad venue choice.
Driving through Greenville
is like driving through an
endless maze of potholes,
manhojes and other things
that will maul your vehicle.
| can drive my car with no.
steering wheel. No steering
wheel.
To the Alpha Phi girl whom
ITve known since elementary
school: Sweetie, itTs OK to:
say hello? to me when youT
see me on campus, even if
ITm not an Alpha Phi.
Why canTt there be more
sorority girls like my BFF,
who is an Alpha Phi. SheTs
so sweet to like everybody! ~~
| wish the engineering
department were more
organized. You jerks made
me. miss several meetings
because no one could agree
on the same time to meet!
And you thought engineers
were gov with numbers,
ha!
DonTt assume that the girl
taking your order at Burger
World is a high school drop
out, a teen mom with no
baby daddy or that she cant
afford college. SheTs in med
school and sheTs going to be
your OB-GYN one day.
Philosophical rants are
stupid... please go look
~up rant? and alter your
submissions appropriately.
Thank God for PIRATE
RANTSI!! |
The world is a whole lot less
funny without Bernie Mac.
If everything. | touched
turned into skittles | wouldnTt
have to worry about getting
condoms.
| feel like ITm missing out on
~something by not living on
campus. Am |?
I love the Olympics:
Guess what ladies: tattoos
are not pretty. You look like
a tramp.
ITm just curious but is it
normal for ECU buses to
kick handicapped people
off the bus while non-
handicapped students take
up the handicapped seats
and the bus driver ignores
this? It was a little creepy to
watch this happen.
| love getting onthe bus at NGC.
in the moming, only to realize
that all the freshman have
taken the seats and | have to
_fisk my life standing up.
lf everything | idiched
turned into skittles | wouldnTt
have to worry about getting
condoms.
It makes me sick ae
hear about students who give
away their pets because they
can no longer take care of ©
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them.? DonTt get them in the
first place! Or, learn to make
your animal a priority--itTs a
living creature! DonTt move
- to,an apartment that doesnTt -
allow pets, for example! If
your boyfriend is allergic, get
some Claritin! People need.
to grow up, have a heart
and be responsible for their
animals, period.
| am going to strategically
wet the bed so my annoying
roommate will move out!
How come my drawings of
us together under your door
donTt seem to.impress you?
JUST LOVE ME! :
Because one stupid girl
who couldn't swim, went
swimming when she knew
she couldn't; every-ECU
student has to pass a stupid -
swim test!? You can go
through life very successfully
without knowing how to swim!
Just donTt be stupid and get .
~in the water anyway! |
Why will | ever need to know
about clam growth? | want to
work in fashion!
It is now 3:13 p.m. as | write
this. | got my number at
roughly 9 a.m. Financial Aid
has longer waiting than..
well... something else that
has a long wait!
| definitely got:a drunk dial
from my father yesterday...
how weird is that?
Dear summer, | know. you
gonT miss me... because |
am going to miss you. "
Take yourself and your little
un-house trained puppy
AND LEAVE! Just because
you date my roommate does
- not mean you live here too!
~How does my dog fart louder
than | do?
Tm gonna put some furl in
your curl, Earl.
My chemistry professor is
so buff, he has to be on
steroids or something, right?
Science geeks are never this
muscular!
If you zoom in on Wright
Circle on Google Maps, you,
. can still see the fountain!
definitely saw a ninja
walking down First Street
tonight...
| met the North Campus
Crossing ninja last night...
and | am sworn to secrecy,
but he does exist!
It looks like all the jerks t hive
made their annual move
to the newest apartment |
complex.? The Bellamy gets
to deal with them now. ITm.
sure The Exchange and
North Campus Crossing will
be somewhat relieved to be
rid of them.
I'd like to thank Financial Aid
for supporting my drug habit.
~How would | survive without
my refund?! "
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Identity vs.
anonymity
JASON M. WALLACE
Tue East CAROLINIAN
Since my Junior year of high school, I have gone
through six different jobs at six different locations.
. Being an opinion writer is currently the sixth.
Although I have the great satisfaction of doing
something I have always wanted to do, my pes
job is being a clerk.
A clerk must adhere to a designated dress code,
--asubordinate attitude and the wearing of a nametag.
A company giving me a-name tag always reminds
me of the scenes in prison movies when the fresh fish
inmates are stripped of their individuality and given
a long number to memorize as their new name.
My nametag still reads the name that every-
one calls me by, but combined with the same blue
button up shirt and look of entrapment as everyone
else in the restaurant kitchen. The world around
me suddenly shrinks. I am not against doing my
job under nametags. I am only puzzled by why my
nametag only serves as keeping a list of slip-ups
with customers and co-workers. I do not feel alone
in saying that clerks and job titles of that sort
attract customers who are born to destroy. |
Anyone with a clerk history has enjoyed the
experience of dealing with very annoying people
but at the same time resisting the urge to snap. Any
break in the subordinate attitude results in penalties
that feel like they parallel with receiving 12 points
on a driver's license. It is like a sick joke to attempt
to deal with a problem or a person (usually one in
the same) that is way beyond oneTs control without
showing some sign of frustration.
Because he or she is wearing the nametag, all
the flack comes back to. them. A company title fol-
lowed by your name must make it your fault. Most
of the companies I have worked for have trained
me fairly well for the daily procedures, but one
or two did not. So, when a customer addresses a.
mistake I made, how fair is it that I catch all of the
heat? Either the nametag should include training
~information or there should not be a nametag at
all. If there is anything to report to a manager, a
good manager should already know.
After all of the name calling and accusations,
is a clerkTs name praised for doing a decent job?
No, the company as a whole receives the glory. "
--I cannot remember the last time I walked into
a place of business and saw an employee of the
month plaque with the employeeTs picture on it. I
think that kind of recognition has faded out.
Customers should wear nametags. Why not?
Unless they are paying by cash, they are creat-
_Ing_a paper trail of where they have gone that
day. Besides, I was trained that they like being
addressed when they approach the checkout line.
Customer name tags would also help the poor
clerk as well. I know some people have a knack for
remembering names, but for a person like myself,
unless I have shared more than three-minute con-
versation. with you, I will most likely forget your
name. Official customer nametags will also help
the managers catch the kids who keep stealing
the 20-ounce sodas. , 7
How about this?
Every person who shops is given a nametag. ~
However, ifa shopper pledges allegiance to one type
of store amongst a sea of similar competitors, he or
she only has to wear the nametag for six months. By
that time, the customerTs face should be familiar with
all seasoned employees and their loyalty to the store
should gain them some sort of discount. The nam--
etag will remain void unless the allegiance is broken -
to acompetitor business. Let us put the importance?
back into Harris TeetersT VIC cards.
Imagine the new wave of competition schemes
that Wal-Mart, Target, Food Lion and BP would
dream up just so that customers could earn their
discounts and anonymity. However, this is yet
another discussion.
. This writer can be contacted at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Greg Giraldo made a bad decision and the ECU community is
not happy about it.
The comedian, who has appeared on Tough Crowd with Colin
Quinn, Last Call with Carson Daly, Late Show with David Letter-
Until the nineteenth ae solid; man and Late Night with Conan OTBrien ventured to ECU for the
blocks of tea were used as money in : Comedy Central Indecision 2008 tour on Aug. 18. The show served
+ as akick off to the ECU Weeks of Welcome, and was free to students
: and friends at Minges Coliseum.
During. your lifetime, you'll eat about
fee ee Ag a a Giraldo based his. routine on making fun of the hearing impaired,
weight of about 6 elephants.
100 m.p.h.
Each year, there are more than 40,000 = act to make fun of those who required interpreters, using them as
toilet related injuries in the United backup material through the entire show.
States.
_ see through people's clothes.
However, some students and staff deemed the show, most notably
Giraldo himself, offensive and vulgar. According to student accounts,
: along with asking the audience which animal he or she would like
: to have sex with. t
Asneeze travels out your mouth at over. :
: stve,?
Greg Giraldo, in my opinion, was incredibly vulgar and offen-
said Joy Fitzpatrick, who attended the show.
Fitzpatrick addéd that Giraldo intentionally allowed his comedy
T anticipate my opposing argument to say that college students
: : are adult enough to think for themselves, and although they are, I
In 1998, Sony accidently sold 700,000 :
people are bitten by other humans
every year.
am more concerned that this particular event was endorsed by such
Kay Christian, the interim director of Student Abivies and
. | : Involvement, says that the administration understands the concerns
In New York City, approximately 1,600 :
of offended students and apologizes for the incident.
Every year our department brings a comedy act for students
to enjoy. during the Weeks of Welcome and anytime you have that,
the newsprint for the average Sunday :
edition of The New York Times.
: : you canTt necessarily control the comedianTs material or what they
It takes about 63,000 trees to make :
say and do,? said Christian. We strive, to provide a wide variety
of entertainment to students, but sometimes there will be moments
: when some enjoy the show and others are offended.?
There are 365 steps on the front of the :
U.S. Capitol Building - ris tic dard
: audience.?
: However, while some attendants of the events found the routine
too vulgar, others Pucied the show, including student Jason Wal-
of the ear
There is a giant mushroom in Oregon
that is over 2,400 years old, covers: ::
3.4 square miles of land, and is. still : °
growing!
chewing gum.
A goldfish has a memory span of about
3 seconds,
In the future, we will work hard to be sure we set our expecta-
tions with our entertainment acts beforehand. Without stifling free '
speech, we need to make sure they have appropriate material for the
lace.
" think that Mr. Giraldo did what a professional comic should
: do,? said Wallace. Any comedian can tell a series of jokes, but he
has the skill and confidence to. break the fourth wall and interact
Every year, kids in North America :
spend close to. half a.billion dollars on :
The tune for the A-B-C? song is the :
same as Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.?
Since 1896, the beginning of the
modern Olympics, only Greece and
Australia have participated in every
Games.
The worldTs oldest piece of chewing
gum is over 9000 years old.
Itis impossible for it to hail when ground
temperature is below freezing.
The game Simon Says was originally
_ Called Do This, Do That.
Winston Churchill smoked an estimated
300,000 cigars during his lifetime.
_ Sweet NT Low was the one- millionth
trademark issued by the U.S. Patent
Office. -
Lemon Pledge has more lemons than
Country Time Lemonade.
Johnny Carson, Michael Douglas, and
Clint Eastwood were all once gas station
attendants.
Monaco and Vatican City are: both
smaller than New York's Central Park.
It was noted in King George III of
EnglandTs diary on July. 4, 1776 that
Nothing of importance happened
today.?
The most popular reason for not voting
in elections, according to the U.S.
Census, was Too busy.?
A typical supermarket displays more
than 25,000 items.
Dogs and cats consume over $11 billion
worth of pet food a year!
The largest toy distributor: in the world
is McDonald's.
The first product to have a bar code was
WrigleyTs gum.
The averageT person will spend two
weeks over their lifetime waiting for the
traffic light to.change. .
. Orangutans warn people to stay out of
thet territory by belching.
A tortoise can We uP to 140 years old.
In 2005, each person in n the world
consumed, on average, 77 beverages
made by The Coca-Cola Company.
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with the audience.?
Wallace adds that although Giraldo might ae offended Meise
: who attended, anyone who felt uncomfortable with the material of a
: show can always leave.
If one chooses to stay, then one chooses to bea part of the enter-
: tainment, even when the entertainment might be them,? he said.
; This writer can be contacted at features @theeastcarolinian.com.
VON LEWIS
Tue East CAROLINIAN
At first glance, you might
be wondering what S. P. E. B.
S. Q. S. A. means? The acronym
stands for the Society for the
Preservation and Encouragement
of Barber Shop Quartet Singing
in America. The society, estab-
lished in 1938, now:has more
than 25,000 memibers i in the. U.S.
and Canada; all belonging to
their respective. chapters of the
largest menTs a cappella singing
organization in the world.
_ With the U.S. and Canada,
and affiliates in the United King-
dom, Australia, New Zealand,
Sweden, Germany, The Neth-
erlands, Finland, Ireland, South
Africa and the emerging Japanese ~
entity, barbershop harmony is
Artists
ASHLEY ABERNATHY
Tue East CAROLINIAN
Tired of doing the same
thing every weekend?
Looking for something dif-
ferent to do on a Friday night?
If so, look no further than
Emerge Gallery and Art Center
in downtown Greenville.
Emerge, a non-profit art center
run by artists and students,
offers a variety of shows and
exhibits throughout the year.
From Aug. 29 to Sept. 27, the
center will be hosting its eighth
annual Schwa Show.?
The show is a juried exhibi-
tion that will display around
60 various pieces of art media.
The competition has allowed
artists from across the nation to
showcase their artwork.
Each participant could
submit up to five entries that
had to be done within the past
three years and never previ-
ously exhibited at. Emerge.
~ The show was judged by Lynn
Jones Ennis, the. curator of the
collection for the Gregg Museum
of Art and Design at North Caro-
tion for some,?
The reception is open to the ,
truly a worldwide brotherhood,?
said Bartow Houston, a skilled
member of the society.
Greenville, indeed, has its
own barbershop chapter that
meets every Monday evening at
7:30 p.m. at Shepherd Library
East Branch, and they are looking
for more members.
The Greenville Barber-
~shop Chapter is currently trying
to ~rejuvenateT itself,? said
Houston. I first sang. with the
chorus in 1962, and over the
years its fortunes have waxed
and waned. I am hopeful that
the Brotherhood: of HarmonyT,
is once again moving in the right
direction.?
With a dynamic direc-
tor and a number of ~veter-.
ns,T the only missing aspect:
is adding some enthusias-
tic new singers, especially
younger men,? Houston said.
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Houston has been enthralled
with barbershop singing for a
long time and hopes to pass
on the tradition to the younger
generations as it was passed on
to him.
He recalls, In 1949, when I
was ten years old, a young man
moved to my Little Washing-
ton hometown to start a choral
music program in the local high
school. He took a room with a
family across the street from
where I lived. He let me listen to
records (1978) of college menTs
glee clubs and some barbershop
~quartets. Although I became
hooked? on the unique sound,
especially those. chords, I really
could not have explained it then.
~In 1954, as a high school sopho-
more, I was selected to sing in»
a barbershop quartet. That was
when my life-long love affair
with that genre of music began:
Incidentally, the man who intro-
duced me to choral music, and
especially barbershop, retired
many years later as Dean of the
School of Music at ECU, Charlie
Stevens.?
Another connection ECU has
with the barbershop community
is Don Wigent, piano technician
and president of the Greenville
Chapter, Brotherhood of Har-
mony.?
The comradery amongst
the people making music and
meeting a lot of nice people is
fun... the chords are terrific,?
said Wigent, the 30-year veteran
of barbershop singing. It gives
you goose bumps up your back.
I have never.met a grouchy no-
good barber-shopper. I donTt-
think they make those things.?
Wigent encourages prospec-
tive members to come, meet
the people, listen and learn the
music, and you will have so
much fun you wonTt ever want
to quit.?
One of WigentTs many favor-
ite moments barber shopping
was singing with The Gashouse ~
Gang,? a well-known barbershop
quartet. Wigent was given the
chance to sing with the quartet
while attending a Harmony Bri-
gade. Jim Henry, The Gashouse
GangTs? bass, also coached
WigentTs quartet.
For more information about
the Greenville chapter, or bar-
bershop in general, feel free to
contact Don Wigent at his office,
270 Fletcher building, or give
him a call at 252-328-6069: You
can also check out the Web site
at www.babershop.org.
This. writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
~EmergeT in Friday night show
lina State University. Winners
will be announced at a reception:
on Sept. 5 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This] just gives people an
opportunity to share their artwork
with other people,? said Vicky
Fanberg, exhibit and events
coordinator of Emerge Gallery.
More than 300 pieces of
artwork were entered into the
show, with approximately a
third of the pieces done by
students at ECU and others by
members in the community.
Artists as far away as Califor-
nia entered the show as well.
Cash prizes will be awarded
to four winners, including best in
show, first, second and third place.
However, according to Fanberg,
just being selected to be in the
show is considered an honor.
To be accepted into a jury
show is a moment of recogni-
Fanberg said.
public and most of the artwork
is for sale. Artwork includes any
type of media from ceramics
and textiles to prints and photos.
Justin Flythe, a senior
majoring in photography and_.
an intern at Emerge, submitted
one of his abutbinaphie pieces
in the Schwa Show. This is his
first year participating.
T entered my work into the
show just for the exposure,?
said Flythe. Emerge is the best
place to show contemporary
~art.T
Emerge will be hosting
another juried exhibition,
entitled Vote-11-08 as soon as
the Schwa Show ends.
Fanberg said the show will
allow artists to express their
opinions on society. -
Tt will be a broad range
of any feelings you may have
about any issues,? F SOD SRE,
said.
Those interested: in enter-
ing their work into the show
can pick up an application at
Emerge Gallery and Art Center
or online at emergegallery.
com. A
This: writer can be contacted at
features@theeastcarolinian.com.
PHOTO BY RJ
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The Schaw SHOW features this piece by Austin Sheppard.
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LAKEISHA GOODMAN ~
THE East CAROLINIAN
The halt of the Mendenhall
renovations may have affected
organizations and offices but the
-Ledonia Wright Cultural Center
took it all in stride and kept on
moving.
Rod Bradley, director of the
center, believes it is a blessing
in disguise.
We can now look forward
to our own building in the nearT
future,? said Bradley.
LWCC is hamed.after Ledo-
nia Wright, a former ECU profes-
sor who helped organize ECUTs
first African-American Student
Organization.
LWCC offers many services,
such as computer lab access with
complimentary printing and
. programs that assist in furthering
cultural exploration. The build-
ing in which LWCC is housed,
currently located next to Greene
Hall, serves as meeting space for
different organizations and has
acozy room where students can
read and study. Demetria Smith,
a senior majoring in English Edu-
cation, appreciates the existence
of a cultural center on campus.
~
_ The timeless B.B. King hits the marks again with his new album, One Kind Favor.
STEPHEN MASON
THE EAST CAROLINIAN
The Stills - Octans Will
Rise (Arts & Crafts) ****
There are three things that
~ make Oceans Will Rise work,
and none are by accident. First,
the Stills know how tobe radjo-
friendly while layering their
message into the hooks of their
indie-rock driven style (Being
Here,? for example). Second,
they have mastered the dynam-
ics. There are no points where
~Oceans Will Rise is too loud for
too long like'a Muse album, nor
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It offers students of all
~backgrounds an opportunity to
learn more about themselves and
~ others in a family-style environ-
ment,? said Smith. |
LWCC has many programs
planned for this year, including
Hate Out week, which will take
place Sept. 15-19. Hate Out Week
is a weeklong series of events
designed to help raise aware-
ness and unity of all differences
that a student may encounter on
' campus. The week will end with
a guest speaker, Judy Shephard, -
a gay rights advocate, in Hendrix
on Thursday night and a-Cul-
tural Cabaret on Friday night in
Fletcher Music Hall. Admission
to these events is free.
On Oct. 4, LWCC will hostT
a Multicultural Student .Leader-
ship Conference in Mendenhall
Student Center from 10 a.m. to3
p.m. The conference will consist
of several sessions dealing with
leadership. Keynote speaker,
Rasheed Cornwell, ~will be pre-
siding. Registration for this event
is only $5 ~and the deadline for
registration is Sept. 30.
On Oct. 29, Ailey II? will
be performing in Wright Audi-
Spa at 7 p.m. Ailey II? is
does it whisper until you fall
_ asleep. Third, the message they
convey-- while obvious--is not
as boisterous aS someone like
Marilyn Manson. Overall, it is
~thoroughly enjoyable, and letTs
face it; they make global warm-
_ ing sound fun.
_ The Verve " Forth (RED)
KeK
Unfortunately for Ashcroft
and company, the Verve is 10
years too late to reunite and
answer the age-old question of
- What would the Verve have
done next had they not broken
an exceptionally talented dance
group, based in New York, that
tours around the country. Tickets
to this event will cost $5 for stu-.
dents and can be purchased in the
central ticket office. °
LWCC is also hosting a trip
to Washington D.C. on Oct. 11-
12, the weekend of fall break.
The cost is $25 for the overnight
trip. Certain landmarks will. be
visited, including the Smithson-
ian, the Holocaust Museum and
the state capitol. Spots are on a
first come, first serve basis and
the last day to tee te will Pe
Sept. 20.
For any information on Bod
to attend any of these events, or
to help out, stop by the center or
call 328-6495.
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This writer can be contacted at
~. features@theeastcarolinian.com.
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up?? Certainly Forth,is only
partly an answer; the~band is
older--though not necessarily
wiser--and has used any great
material elsewhere. ThereTs no
Bittersweet Symphony? here,
only imitators; Valium Skies?
is the only track that features
reminiscent string arrangements
and truly impassioned vocalsT
by Ashcroft. While other nota-
ble tracks like Love is Noise?
(which features a sample of a.
truly strange barking sound)
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remaining fans or the dedicated
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forgettable. All of the tracks are
listenable, but not engaging.
B.B. King " One Kind
Favor (Geffen) ***
The hailed King of .
Blues? is back again with an
array of blues covers, ranging
from the legendary Big Bill
Broonzy to the.equally great
John Lee Hooker. There are
_ no big production values that
water down One Kind Favor.
It is still as basic as blues gets
(King goes so far as to have.»
an upright bass in the record-
ing sessions). It is lop-sided as
well; Blues Before Sunrise?
is the mark where King gets
into it. After that, every track
is golden, especially his cover
of ChatmonTs Sitting On Top of
the World. He may be old, but
' he sounds just as fresh as he did
in 1957.
The Jonas Brothers " A
Little Bit Longer (Disney) **
Teen pop has always been
the prostitute of the music
industry; it is easy and it makes "
a lot of money. You cannot
blame the Jonas Brothers for
that because truth be told, their
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Although the music is overproduced pop, the Jonas Brothers bring happiness to their fans.
intentions are better. They. .
know their target market and.
_ are responsible enough to keep
a distance from drug and sex
references (something Katy
Perry cannot). For that, they are
tolerable. As far as the music is
" concerned, it is full of overly
produced, slick, trite non-
sense with strained vocals and
excessive hooks about relation-
ships they pretend to have had
and understood: I will admit,
though, the kids can play guitar.
This writer can be contacted at
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| URBAN LEGENDS
For the first installment of ECU
Urban Legends,? we will discuss two
mysteries that fellow students have
written in about.
Did Sandra Bullock really graduate
ECU in the 1980s?
This question has been tossed
around between students, staff and
faculty for almost two decades. Could
it be that actress Sandra Bullock, who
has appeared in such movies as Speed,
Miss Congeniality and Crash, truly is
a beloved ECU Pirate?
True, at least according to Joyner
Library archives. While the debate
has covered all sides of the spectrum,
with arguments claiming Bullock left
with only three credits to finish, or
that she was awarded an honorary de-
gree from ECU or that she came back
later to finish, students are still puz-
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zled as to whether or not the famous
actress 1s a fellow Pirate.
In an article published by the ECU
Report in 1990, Sandra Bullock is
credited as a 1986 graduate of ECUTs
drama department. It also details
BullockTs active theater life, 1n which
she appeared in ECU Playhouse pro-
ductions of Peter Pan, Stage Door and
The Three Sisters. Edgar Loessin,
who was the chairman of the theater
arts department during that time, re-
called his memories of Bullock, re-
membering her stage presence.
I heard that the reason why the
shower heads are so low in the halls
is because someone tied a rope to an
older, higher shower head and com-
eablanarel suicide.
Could this be true? Did a student
MCT CAMPUS
end his or her life this way, prompt-
ing ECU officials to lower the
showerheads in all residence hall
bathroom stalls?
Not true, according to Aaron Luci-
er, director of ECU Campus Living.
The shower heads were installed
over 50 years ago, but as the average U.S.
height has increased over two inches
since the 1960s, these already low heads
appear even lower,T said Lucier.
So, there you have it. Two mysteries
of ECU have been settled, which have
hopefully eased your brain a little.
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your thoughts to features@theeast-
carolinian.com. Check back every
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Opinion: VT win solidifies quest for respect
RONNIE WOODWARD
Tue East CAROLINIAN
Virginia Tech coach Frank
Beamer started his postgame
press conference last Saturday by
saying, Give ECU a lot of credit.
They are a good football team.?
At that moment, ECUTs
national image changed and the
residue from the John Thomp-
son days was Officially gone.
Coming in, I knew. ECU
was going to be good,? said
Beamer. They are a solid foot-
ball team and that quarterback
puts them at another level.?
Gaining respect from?
coaches like Beamer and from
college footballTs national fig-
ures isnTt easy for teams like
the Pirates, who donTt play.in
a BCS conference. Recently,
teams like Boise State, Hawaii
and Southern Miss have earned
respect from college footballTs
big boys,? but ECU now head-
lines that list.
The win over Virginia Tech
coupled with last yearTs bowl
win over Boise State vaulted
the Pirates into Conference
USATs record books and landed
them right outside the Associ- "
ated PressT top 25. ECU became
the first team in C-USATs 13-
year history to record back-to-
back victories over nationally -
ranked teams. :
ECU now has consecutive
wins over two of the nationTs
top-five winningest programs in
the past ten years. Boise State has
the best wining percentage of any
team in the country in that 10-
year span, .and the Hokies check
in at number five.
It was a great win from an
image standpoint, when you
look at it on the national stage,?
ECU coach Skip Holtz said on
Monday. I think we got a lot
of peopleTs attention around
the country and theyTre saying,
Wow, maybe what theyTre
doing in Greenville is for real
and maybe we ought to look at »
what ECU is doing.T?
After the [Virginia Tech]
game last year, I pulled the
team onto the field and I talked
to them about remembering:
- what that atmosphere and
national stage was like. I told
them that you belong on this
stage, but nobody is going to
give it you. The only way that |
we are going to earn respect
Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer (above) had many praises for ECU's Skip Holtz during his postgame press conference in Charlotte.
from people around the country
and. from a lot of the big-time
programs around the country
is to go out and win one of
these games.?
That task started as soon as
Holtz stepped foot in Greenville.
In the 1990s, under Head |
Coach Steve Logan, ECU was
well respected around the coun-
try and was consistently in the
top 25 and playing bowl games
at seasonTs end. However,
Logan only won four games in
2002, and was fired at ay end
of the season.
Then things got even worse.
The Pirates hired John
Thompson, a defensive coordi-
nator from Florida. Thompson
won a total of three games over
the next two seasons and ECUTs
national image hit rock bottom.
ECUTs football program had
suddenly turned into a laughing
stock and was severely frowned
upon by its ACC neighbors.
ThompsonTs last game at
ECU was an embarrassing
52-14 loss to a mediocre N.C.
State team in Charlotte, which
concluded the 2004 season.
Holtz took over that off-
season and his mission of gaining
respect from the local teams in
bigger conferences. started with
Duke. As a three-point underdog,
the Pirates beat the Blue Devils
24-21, kicking off the Holtz era
with a win over an ACC team,
albeit a bad one. The next season,
ECU beat Virginia and. N.C.
State. Last year, ECU beat North
Carolina in the first home game
of the year and had a 4-1 record
against ACC opponents under
Holtz at the time.
Last December, the Pirates
traveled to Hawaii to play Boise
State in what was supposed to
be one of the most lopsided
games of the bowl season. Once
again, Holtz garnered respect
for his program, defeating the
nationally-ranked Broncos,
41-38, and finishing: the 2007
season with an 8-5 record.
That brings us back to Char-
~lotte and back to the stadium
where ECU was pummeled in:
ThompsonTs finale by its bitter
rival, N.C. State.
ECU stood toe-to-toe with
Virginia Tech in Charlotte,
proving it belongs on the
national scene.
Holtz started his tenure
with a. win over Duke back in
2005 and now has a win over
the ACCTs best team, gaining
respect along the way.
Tt was a great feeling,
especially beating a team of
their caliber,? said senior line-
backer Pierre Bell of the Vir-
ginia Tech win. ItTs been a
long time coming.?
The hard part now is main-
taining the national respect that
ECU has recently earned.
Holtz has stressed the
~importance of that this week,
noting that ECU didnTt do a
-good job of that last season. In
2007, the Pirates followed their
win over UNC with a home
loss to Southern Miss and an
extremely humbling 48-7 loss
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at West Virginia.
The win/loss outcome of
SaturdayTs much-anticipated
game with West Virginia might
not be as important as how ECU
is viewed by the Mountaineers
after the game is over. The
Pirates will have to prove that
the wins over Boise State and
Virginia Tech were not flukes,
and they can only do that by
showing that they belong on
the same field as a team like
West Virginia.
Proving his team belongs
is something Holtz is getting
used to"heTs been doing it ever
since he took the program over
nearly four years ago.
This writer can -be contacted at
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aha being embarrassed: on national TV last Saturday night. Ala- more questions: than answers. The Gamecocks didnTt look overl McNeese State in week one. UNC wide receiver Brandon Tate pretty
bama physically and mentally dominated Clemson, cruising to an impressive, and the game got out of hand simply because N.C. Stat much won the game by himself, accounting for a school-record 397
impressive 34-10 victory and mocking ClemsonTs preseason hype. might be that bad. The defense, which was expected to be very all-purpose yards. The game was a quirky one however, as it was
Clemson coach Tommy Bowden was even calling other coaches " good, didnTt disappoint but the offense definitely had its problems delayed for nearly two hours because of : a bad storm in the triangle
around the nation, including his father and Alabama coach Nick at times. USC quarterback Tommy Beecher struggled 1 in his first area. The Heels were up 14-0 when the game was delayed se maybe
Saban, searching for answers this week. But as bad as things might ~ career start and was eventually replaced by back Chris Smelley, . they werenTt really i interested in playing; fter sitting for nearly two
look for the oft-underacheiving Tigers, they still remain uber talented who led the Gamecocks to three fourth-quarter touchdown drives. hours during the delay. Whatever it was, UNC has a bye week this *
d will more than likely go to win the ACC and bea top-ISteam. A quarterback controversy now exists and the verdict is still outon ~ week and: some time to recover and figure things out before playme
ClemsonTs national reputation took a hit this past week, but itcan . how good this team is. USC will play at Vanderbilt onight, which. - a crucial game at Rutgers one week from today.
easily gain some of it back ; as the season progr sure nee should help answer some of the aeons that weren 1 answered
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reported to the IRS as required by law. Account must be active and in good standing to receive incentive. Offer and terms subject to change or to be withdrawn at anyTtime without notice. Limit one incentive per client. BB&T Student
Free Checking is offered to students up to age 24. Upon clientTs 24th birthday, the BB&T Student Free account will convert to BB&T*Free. Clients under age 18 must have an adult co-signer. The name and marks of East Carolina
University are trademarks of the university that require prior approval to be used in commercial promotion or advertisement. All accounts subject to bank approval. Only deposit products are FDIC insured. Deposit-products offered
though Branch Banking and Trust Company, a Member FDIC. © 2008 BB&T.