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astCarolinian.Xo AR SOURCE FOR CAMPUS NEWS SIN ¢E{ www.theeastcarolinian.com }12 5TuesNovember 11, 2008Wonca 84, inca 20Cag ae NC| SUNNYjHiGH 63 / LowGossip site stirring studentcontroversyNATALIE JURGENTHE EAst CAROLINIANTtTs like crack, but juicier... Alwaysanonymous, Always juicy...? reads theslogan of the public student gossip site,Juicy Campus.For anyone that has ever visited thesite, it is easy to understand how it got itsname: the juicier the post, the better.-The Web site, which was foundedin August of 2007 by Duke Universitygraduate Matt Ivester, claims to have thesimple mission of enabling online anony-mous free speech on college campuses,?according to an article on CNN.com.However, the issue of where the lineof free speech is drawn has been poppingup on campuses nationwide.ECU is listed on the site as one of the500 Juicy Campuses.? With thousands ofposts with thread titles ranging from stu-dentsT;full names to Teachers That YouWill Love To Get With,? STD SpreadingGay Boys!?!? and College Hill Whores,?Juicy Campus is definitely making waveswithin the student community.While some posts are made in goodfun, a large number of the posts targetspecific people, campus organizations,athletic team members and Greek lifein a malicious manner, which is raisingconcern amongst students and adminis-tration alike.We have been reviewing the issue,?ASHLEY YARBER |said university attorney Donna Payne.Each situation depends on the particularset of circumstances involved.?Payne went on to explain that gossip' sites are very careful of staying withinthe legal parameters and it is extremely_ difficult to stop such sites.Thanks to the CommunicationsDecency Act of 1996, the site is protectedunder the statement that, the Internetpeople complain about the site, the Attor-ney General may step in and assist.Posters believe they are hiding behindtheir anonymity, but in reality nothingis anonymous and if subpoenaed, JuicyCampus can be forced to provide IPaddresses that trace back to the posters.Freedom of speech is a qualifiedright,? Romary said. You canTt engagein conduct that is libelous or speech that isis a unique mediumentitled to the high-est protection underthe free speech pro-tections of the FirstAmendment to theU.S. Constitution,?according to theCenter for Democracy and TechnologyT 5Web site.However, students targeted on JuicyCampus need to be aware that they canin fact take action against their anony-mous posters? ~if statements are false ordefamatory.According to the iecior of StudentLegal Services at ECU, Peter Romary,the first step in removing a libelous ordefamatory post is to get in touch with~the site and say that what was posted isdefamatory and ask that it be removed.Under some circumstances someposts may be violating criminal law inNorth Carolina depending on the intentof the writer and who the post is directed? said Romary.In such cases, a decision may be madeby law enforcement and the AttorneyGeneral can become involved. If enoughItTs like crack, but juicier...?JUICY CAMPUSSTUDENT GOSSIP SITEprovoke a violentresponse.? :Students are upsetabout the Web site aswell.Overall itTs apretty hostile site,?said freshmen communication majorDerek Schrader. ItTs nasty what somepeople write. I wouldnTt know what to doif something was posted about me, but Iwould try to do something.?The Attorney General in both Con-necticut and New Jersey has gotteninvolved with issues regarding the site aswell. New Jersey Attorney General, AnneMilgram, subpoenaed the siteTs recordsafter contact from concerned parents andstudents and Connecticut Attorney Gen-eral, Richard Blumenthal, has launchedan investigation of the site.Posters are reminded that their wordshave consequences and they need to becautious of what they post for thousandsto view.This writer. may be contacted atnews@theeastcarolinian.com.criminal or that couldTHE EAST CAROLINIANObama plans U.S. terror trialsto replace Guantanamo(AP)President-elect ObamaTsadvisers. are crafting plans toclose the Guantanamo Bay prisonand prosecute terrorism suspectsin the U.S., a plan that the Bushadministration said Monday waseasier said than done.Under the plan being craftedinside ObamaTs camp, somedetainees would be releasedand others would be charged inU.S. courts, where they wouldreceive constitutional rights andopen trials. But, underscoringthe difficult decisions Obama~must make to fulfill his pledge ofshutting down Guantanamo, theplan could require the creation ofa new legal system to handle theclassified information inherentin some of the most sensitivecases.Many of the about 250 Guan-tanamo detainees are cleared forrelease, but the Bush administra-tion has not able been to find acountry willing to take them.Advisers participatingdirectly in the planning spoke oncondition of anonymity becausethe plans arenTt final.The plan being developed byObamaTs team has been cham-pioned by legal scholars fromboth political parties. But asdetails surfaced Monday, it drewcriticism from Democrats whooppose creating a new legalsystem and from Republicanswho oppose bringing terrorismsuspects to the U.S. mainland.The move would mark asharp change from the Bushadministration, which estab-lished military tribunals to pros-ecute detainees at the Navy basein Cuba and strongly opposesbringing prisoners to the UnitedStates. At the White House,spokeswoman Dana Perino saidMonday that President Bush hasfaced many challenges in tryingto close the prison.We've tried very hard toexplain to people how compli-cated it is. When you pick uppeople off the battlefield thathave a terrorist background,itTs not just so easy to let themgo,? Perino said. These issuesare complicated, and we haveput forward a process that wethink would work in order to putthem on trial through militarytribunals.?But Obama has been criti-cal of that process and his legaladvisers said finding an alter-native will be a top priority.One of those advisers, Harvardlaw professor Laurence Tribe,acknowledges that bringingdetainees to the U.S. would becontroversial but said it could beaccomplished.MCTT think the answer is goingto be, they can be'as securelyguarded on U.S. soil as anywhereelse,? Tribe said. We canTt putpeople in a dungeon foreverwithout processing whether theydeserve to be there.?The tougher challenge willbe allaying fears by Democratswho believe the Bush adminis-trationTs military commissionswere a farce and dislike the ideaof giving detainees anything lessthan the full constitutional rightsnormally enjoyed by everyoneon U.S. soil.T think that creating a newalternative court system inresponse to the abject failureof Guantanamo would be a pro-found mistake,? Jonathan Hafetz,an American Civil LibertiesUnion attorney who representsdetainees, said Monday. We donot need anew court system. Thelast eight years are a testament tothe problems of trying to createnew systems.?Senate Judiciary Committeemember John Cornyn, R-Texas,said it would be a colossal mis-take to treat terrorism as a merecrime.?Tt would be a stunning dis-appointment if the one of the newadministrationTs first prioritiesis to give foreign terror suspectscaptured on the battlefield thesame legal rights and protectionsas American citizens accused ofcrimes,? Cornyn said Monday,noting that the Senate over-whelmingly passed a nonbindingSenate bill last year opposingbringing detainees to the U.S.Obama did not vote on thatmeasure. He has said the civil-ian and military court-martialsystems provide a frameworkfor dealing with the terrorists,?and Tribe said the administra-tion would look to those venuesbefore creating a new legalsystem. But discussions of what GUANTANAMO page 3Career Center gives students a boostFATEN HUSNI ODEHTHE EAst CAROLINIANhe ECU Career Center isavailable to help students findjobs, create resumes and preparethem for entering the work forceafter graduation.Basically what we do istransitioning students from astudent to a young professional.We want students to get jobsthat they want,? says Lindsey .Bradsher, assistant director formarketing and job developmentat the Career Center.Bradsher stresses the impor-tance of students being proactivebefore graduation.It is so important that[students] come in and get ourservices. We want [them] tobe competitive and have anunderstanding of what it is to beproactive.?The Career Center offers anonline database for students toview and be able to contact them ifthere is a career opportunity avail-able. Employers also post opportu-nities for ECU students.Students need to registerbecause not only can they lookfor jobs, but employers cansearch for them. I would at leastregister by posting a resume,because itTs free advertising,?She said the prime time tolook for jobs on campus is fromthe end of one semester to thebeginning of the next.The best time to look for anon-campus job is now throughDecember because some studentsgraduate,? she said.Lucas Berrini, senior his-tory major, took advantage ofBasically its free money. Well, itTs financial aid, butyou donTt have to pay it back,?LUCAS BERRINISENIOR HISTORY MAJORsaid Kristen Etheridge, employerrelationsT specialist at the CareerCenter.When asked about on-campusjobs and the stress of findingopenings, Etheridge said studentscould find one on the Career Con-nections online database.an on-campus job opportunityby working as a lab assistant inthe foreign language lab. Berrinisaid that earning money that hedoes not have to pay back is oneof the benefits of working oncampus.Well, itTs financial aid, but youdonTt have to pay it back,? hesaid.By making use of the FederalWork Study Program, Berrinidoes not have to pay off studentloans after college.[ItTs] one less stress youhave to worry about because itTsnot like a loan you have to payback,? he said.There are many opportunitiesmade available to assist studentsin finding jobs on campus andpreparing students for whatcomes after graduation. TheCareer Center also providesassistance on creating resumes,interview etiquette and where tolook when searching for careeropportunities.The Career Center is locatedin a house at the corner of Jarvisand Fifth streets. To make anappointment, call 328-6050.This writer can be contacted atnews@theeastcarolinian.com.post their resumes for employers to Basically its freé money.The Career Center located on the corner of Fifth and Jarvis Streets.TodayTs Pirate Rant.Paainias of the Day |News_ OpinionFeaturesSportsClassifiedsNews Features SportsThe Pirates are now infull control of C-USATsEast Division. Turn to the. |sports section to see howthey did it.Hear more about ECU stu- - 3dentsT dating experiencesin the features section.2 Bush has higher approval : : Check inside for a calen- ,4: ratings than the new Pee : dar of URS aS events.5 : Dee in the Pirate Nation. :i10page 7

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ViTUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008a new system would look likehave already started.An Obama administrationwill want to avoid the criti-cisms that have marked the BushadministrationTs military com-missions. Human rights groupsand defense attorneys have con-demned the commissions forlax evidence rules and intensesecrecy. Some military prosecu-tors have even quit in protest.It would have to be somesort of hybrid that involves mili-tary commissions that actuallyadminister justice rather than justserve as kangaroo courts,? Tribe~said. It will have to both be andappear to be fundamentally fairin light of the circumstances. Ithink people are going to give anObama administration the benefitof the doubt in that regard.?Some werenTt so sure.There would be concernabout establishing a completelynew system,? said Rep. AdamSchiff, D-Calif., a member of theHouse Judiciary Committee andformer federal prosecutor who isaware of the discussions in theObama camp. And in the sensethat establishing a regimen ofdetention that includes Americancitizens and foreign nationalsthat takes place on U.S. soil anddeparts from the criminal justicesystem " trying to establish thatwould be very difficult.?~ Though a hybrid court maybe unpopular, other advisersand Democrats involved in theGuantanamo Bay discussions sayObama has few options.Prosecuting all detaineesin federal courts raises manyproblems. Evidence gatheredthrough military interrogationor from intelligence sourcesmight be thrown out. Defendantswould have the right to confrontwitnesses, meaning undercoverCIA officers or terrorist turncoatsmight have to take the stand, jeop-Guantanamo Bay prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.ardizing their cover and reveal-ing classified intelligence tactics.That means something dif-ferent would need to be done ifdetainees couldnTt be released orprosecuted in traditional courts.Exactly what remains unclear.1 donTt think we need tocompletely reinvent the wheel,but we need a better tribunalprocess that is more transparent,?Schiff said.According to three advis-ers participating in the process,Obama is expected to proposea new court system and may:appoint a committee to decidehow such a court would operate. ,Some detainees likely would be~returned to the countries wherethey were first captured for fur-ther detention or rehabilitation.The rest could probably be pros-ecuted in U.S. criminal courts,one adviser said. All spoke oncondition of anonymity to dis-cuss the ongoing talks, whichhave been private.One challenge will be figur-ing out what to do with the 90.or so Yemeni detainees " thelargest group in the prison. TheBush administration has soughtto negotiate the release of someof those detainees as part ofa rehabilitation plan with theYemeni government. But talkshave so far been fruitless.Waleed Alshahari, who hasbeen following Guantanamoissues for the Yemeni Embassyin Washington, said the planMCTbeing discussed by the Obamateam was an improvementover the current system. But hesaid he expects most detaineesto be released rather than standtrial.Tf the U.S. ~government hasany evidence against them, theywould try them and put them injail,? Alshahari said. But it has-been obvious they have nothingagainst them. That is why theyhave not faced trial.?Whatever Obama decides,he should move quickly, Tribesaid.In reality and symbolically,the idea that we have people inlegal black holes is an extremelyserious black mark,? Tribe said.Tt has to be dealt with.?Orientation Assistant (awr-ee-uh n-tey-shuh n tdi tals nt)noun 1. An introduction, as to guide one in adjusting to new surroundings, employment,activity, or the like. 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lO) |OpinCash for grades,or academicbribery?LARA OLIVERTue East CAROLINIANPersonal pan pizzas for finishing books? Sopasse. Scholastic Book Fair credits towards booksand prizes? Girl, please. Chuck-E-Cheese tokens?Get with the times.These days, itTs cold hard cash the kids wantand schools are getting desperate enough to giveit to them.ItTs nothing new that AmericaTs public educationsystem has seen better days. From the No Child LeftBehind Act to lowering graduation requirements inhigh school: the schools have been looking high andlow to find a way to energize students and improvetest scores. And schools across the country havebeen turning toward cash for grades programs.Schools in Atlanta, Baltimore and New YorkCity have all turned toward cash incentives andsome schools in Washington, D.C. even offer creditsthat can be turned in for as much as $1,000 at theend of the school year.While it may seem like a great way to increasedeclining grades in the short term and get your- school in the news for its ingenuity, is it really teach-ing kids the importance of delayed gratification?Growing up, I always felt jealous of the kids thatgot paid for their grades. While I was working mybutt off to barely make straight BTs? and getting a,ThatTs great, try harder and you might get an ~A!??response at home, a handful of my classmates weregetting up to $50 for each A? they received and$20 for getting a.C.? :That is, until I started noticing what happenedto those kids through the years. The $20 for CTs? Bry»in elementary school turned into $50 for CTs? inmiddle school and. then, once high school came ,;Why canTt we call our bus linearound, nothing. Know how much the kids startedcaring once they stopped being paid for theirgrades? Well, I canTt really tell you because everysingle kid I knew who got paid for their gradeseither got expelled from high school or droppedout. Turns out, you canTt always fix a problem bythrowing cash at it.Supporters of these new programs argue that itteaches kids the monetary value of hard work, butwhat about the dangers of instant gratification?When you teach someone that putting minimaleffort results in immediate results, and that theirschools and government support the system, wherewill they learn the value of hard work? Or eventhat sometimes you have to wait for the rewardsof your labor? |And where are we going to get all this money,anyway? Last time I checked, we were in a bit ofa recession and, if schools have the piles of moneyto be handing out cash incentives for grades, whydonTt they improve the facilities and programs tomake school a place kids want to be instead of aplace theyTre paid to go to?This writer can be contacted atopinion@theeastcarolinian.com.JASON M. WALLACETHE EAst CAROLINIANITm tired of watching pixilated clips of Sat-urday Night Live? in my free time. I wish thatthere was some way that I could keep myself frommissing every new episode of South Park? with-out watching the reruns later. I have longed to seesome of the Nickelodeon shows from my childhoodagain as well.~It seems that there is a simple solution to theproblem: Put TV shows on the Internet. I donTt seewhy the networks keep their programs restricted tojust television. Streaming TV on the Web would bethe sensible idea to draw in more viewers.I would gladly pay a more expensive Internetaccess bill every month ifI could watch my favoriteprogram anytime I wanted instead of having to paya cable bill when.I rarely have a chance to watch -TV, or the schedule compatibility to catch newepisodes or having to choose between two programsscheduled at the same time.Television is a medium of entertainment andinformation that will be around forever, but it needsto be as flexible as the Internet. All the networksneed to put their programs, new and old, on a digitalformat and upload them to their own Web sites orto YouTube channels.There have been so many times that I hear aboutan interesting program, but then learn that ITvemissed the first six episodes. When this happensI either have to keep my interest level in constantcheck until the network runs a recap marathon ofthe whole season before the finale or wait until theseason is released on DVD.Well, when the marathon rolls around I'll bebusy that day as well, and when the seasonTs DVDis released IT1l probably be saving my money to paynext monthTs rent and bills, including the worthlesscable bill.I can listen to any music that has been recordedsince the dawn of audio recording on the Web. »Netflix allows me to rent movies--new and old--on-DVD format. I can find articles that are decadesold on different newspaper Web sites. However, Iwill never again see segments from 60 Minutes,? -the seventh Tree House of Horrors? from TheSimpsons? or a one and time only special tributeto The Who on VH1. ITve essentially paid for allof these programs with my cable bill, but did not.have the chance to use them.The music industry learned that compact discswerenTt the only medium to sell their product andthey have richly benefited from online music sales.You would think that the television networks wouldhave done the same by now.This writer can be contacted atopinion@theeastcarolinian.com.WHATTS THAT?THE MARKET ?{ Your Procrastination Destination }OR SUST THEGENERAL SIATEOF THINGS 7 "TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2008 4The East Carolinian does not endorse statements made in Pirate Rants. Questions regard-ing Rants can be directed to Elise Phillips, Editor in Chief, at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com. Log onto theeastcarolinian.com to submit a Rant of your own.Sometimes when ITm walkingto class, I rate people on theirgeneral level of attractivenesson a.scale of one to five.Attention to all skateboarders:You guys are sexy! Keep it up!To the girl whoTs always gettingit on every night on the eighthfloor of White: Please go tohis house and do it so I can getsome sleep!Pirate Ships? instead of ECUTransit?To the dude who hit that girl atPBTs on Tuesday night: YOUARE A SCUM BAG! ~And who cares about tomorrow?Girl, what more is tomorrowthan another day?Are there any other male veg-etarians? Or am I alone?If my plant dies because theroom is at 64 degrees all thetime, ITm going to throw someof my roommates textbooks inthe dumpster.Your obsession with Disneyis the reason you donTt have aboyfriend.I wear my roommateTs clotheswhen he is out of town, just tocut down on the laundry.Next time an idea comes tomind, keep it to yourself.I love it when someone respondsI donTt know if I should be happyor sad. I got pulled over by acop because I did not look oldenough to drive!I donTt know how to tell myroommate that ITd rather gougemy eyes out with spoons thanlive with her again next year.Thanks for taking my wet clothesout of the dryer and putting yourown in to dry ... cause you knowI love to wear wet clothes inthe -cold weather. Wow, prettyridiculous if you ask me.I think the reason we are notallowed to have hamsters in thedorms is because they like to runand hide. You canTt find them,they die and you still canTt findthem ...Dear neighbor: You DONTT livehere, so if youTre going to be pes-simistic and an overall downer,donTt bother coming over. OK,thanks.I almost got hit by a car todaywhile walking through the park-ing lot because I was readingmy boyfriendTs Pirate Rant thatmade the paper!To my roommate: You areALWAYS in the room. Get alife outside of our dorm roomand give me some space oncein awhile! And stop hoggingour TY!To the person whose jeans I tookfrom the Belk dryer: Good luckgetting them back, I already soldthem on eBay!to a Pirate Rant that probably °wasn't about them in the first -.place! Gotta love that guiltyconscience. Ha!To the girl that said she wasgoing to have my lovechild: LetTsget started!To whoever pooted the stinkbomb in line at the polls: IWAS there, and apology NOTaccepted. I threw up in mymouth. Twice. neWhy does fate give us lemons?Why canTt she just give us fivebucks?Where are all the Latinas? I needsome spice in my life!I hope the student body starts todrop like the flies on those buglamps. I need classes and peopleare in my place!I love the ridiculous state laws.In one state, itTs against the lawfor aman and woman to ride anugly horse.Smile! You're a Pirate!Do you read the Pirate Rants?Obviously not! You are still tell-"ing every professor we have, thatthey are sooooo profound. STOP,itTs so annoying!Maybe? = Yes. I'll see? = No.Come to the dark side ... We havecookies!Do work!To the guy who lives above meat North Campus Crossing: Stop_. stomping like an elephant andtry to pee a little quieter! ItTs .- disturbing.To the 300 people I skipped inline to get a ticket: It was soworth it and ITll probably doit again.- Why doesnTt rack ~em Willie livein Greenville? My life would becomplete if I could personally seehim sing Poison Ivy? to me.My roommate is too incompe-tent to remember to shut thefront door to our apartmentwhenever she leaves. Next timeI walk downstairs and the dooris wide open, ITm going to break~ her,nose., -Every time I get to the last pageof Rants I feel like someonekicked my dog.To the girl in the computer lab: Iwill be there next Tuesday, and Iwill ask for your number!To the artificially tan and blondegirl in my psychology class: Ijust wanted to.let you know ....you talk too much. The nexttime you donTt get the subtlehints and continue to talk, | amgoing to embarrass you in frontof the entire class. I promise.To the girl at the Lupe concert _who ITm pretty sure was wearingflip-flops: ITm the short guy withspiky hair that stepped on yourfeet ... SORRY!ITm so sick of cleaning up aftermy roommates that I peed onthere toothbrushes.Since Pirate Rants are so anony-mous: Haha! I did it! I did! IGOT KETCHUP ON YOURCHANEL PURSE and you will~NEVER KNOW MY NAME!WZMB 91.3FM Radio is havinga can food drive and a teddy beardrive from now until December!Come by the station in Menden-hallTs basement during businesshours and make someone elsehappy this holiday season: withyour generous donation!_ The two ladies that work in thehall at the RegistrarTs Officeneed to get raises. Those womenare magical!North Carolina may be blue butGreenville will always be purpleand gold!Attention all teachers: Your classis not my only class and my lifedoes not revolve around yourclass--so please donTt think thatit does.Burger King has a crown. TacoBell needs a sombrero.- To the girl who doesnTt want toshave her armpits: Please donTt!ITm into that sort of thing!If you donTt stop being such a~backstabber, I am going to tellyour dad about the abortion youjust got.Actually, leggings are sexy! Well... on some girls.To the girls in the gym that Ialways see there around din-nertime and never in the dininghall: No wonder why your workout plan works so well -YOUNEVER EAT!To the boy who saw me tripdown the stairs leading up to ©College Hill: Thank you fortrying to not laugh right inmy face.To all the ginger boys out there:_ I think I am in LOVE with you! "Please tell us the new Pee Deewas just a big joke. Please ..:Bush has higher approval rat-ings than the new Pee Dee in thePirate Nation.Dear Boyfriend, I. know youread Pirate Rants all the time,so I just want to let you know:You told me you loved me. I toldyou I was pregnant. Now you'reignoring my calls. Well, NEWSFLASH: Get ready to pay childsupport for the next 18 years ofyour life! "Fight cancer: JOIN RELAYFOR LIFE!I want to go around and take pic-tures with all the statue piratesaround Greenville. Who wantsto go with?I have to lock my bedroom doorevery time I leave my apartmentbecause I have this strange feel-ing my psycho roommate plansto. go in my room and do some-thing to my stuff.Since I have been living in myapartment--without a job--Ihave lost almost 10 poundsdue to the fact that I canTt buygroceries. weWhadayaknow! Even Pee Deetans!Do not put my hotdog and friesin the same tray! Gosh.LetTs respectthe divisionGet rid of religion in WashingtonANDREA ROBERTSONTHE East CAROLINIANReligion and politics are two ideas that should:never intersect; however, we constantly see religionsurfacing in the political arena.Through the First Amendment of the UnitedStatesT constitution, we have our religious privi-leges protected from the government. We have beengiven the guarantee that under no circumstanceswill the U.S. government take away our right topractice the faith that we believe to be correct.If the government can give us this promise, thenthe church should stop imposing itself upon thegovernment!President-elect Barack Obama received muchopposition from many individuals due to their reli-gious beliefs. Catholics were instructed that theyshouldnTt vote for him because he is pro-choice.That view has nothing to do with whether or notObama would be an adequate leader;. that viewhas everything to do with taking away a womanTsright to choose.Citizens were also opposing Obama because ofhis Muslim background. In the political arena, we _never see discrimination against those who lead aChristian lifestyle, which Obama hds been doingsince the 1980s. So, why is it OK to discriminate .against someone with a Muslim background? Weare supposed to have a separation of church and_ state; therefore, religious beliefs shouldnTt even bebrought into the equation.Take a look at Elizabeth Dole, who tried to :bring religion into her campaign ads. Her GodlessAmerica? ad against Kay Hagen seriously outragedme! Regardless of whether Hagen believes in God,she should not be thought to be an inadequate leadersimply because of this. That is her choice; it is notthe choice of other people to say that she, or anyoneelse, should believe a certain thing.Religion also sticks its nose where it doesnTtbelong with the issue of homosexual commitmentceremonies. It isnTt right for a religious group to saythat it is wrong for two people to pledge their livesto each other, especially when the commitment oftwo people involves more than religious beliefs" there is a lot of legal issues involved as well. Ifyou spend 20 years of your life with someone andthe relationship doesnTt work out, you deserve tohave some kind of legal protection that will allowyou to split things evenly, similar to what takesplace during a divorce.People should be able to make their ownchoices, regardless of what anyone else believes.God gave us free-will, so the church needs toacknowledge that, instead of trying to control thepopulation through control of the government. Agood principle for those who have a problem withthe supposed lack of God in our government is toteach your children what you believe is right. Stoptrying to dominate the world and concentrate onyour own.This writer can be contacted atopinion@theeastcarolinian.com.READ,RANT,SHARE.THE EASTCAROLINIANElise PhillipsEditor in ChiefNatalie Jurgen Andrea RobertsonNews Editor Opinion EditorRonnie Woodward Jared JacksonSports. Editor Asst. Sports EditorCat PotterHead Copy EditorErin EdwardsFeatures EditorRobyn CatesAsst. Photo EditorJessi BraxtonPhoto EditorSarah Russell Matthew ParkerAsst. Production Manager Multimedia Web EditorJames PorterProduction ManagerNewsroom 252.328.9238Fax 252.328.9143Advertising | 252.328.9245Serving ECU since 1925, the East Carolinian prints9,000 copies every Tuesday and Thursday during theregular academic year and 5,000 on Wednesdaysduring the summer. Our View? is the opinion ofthe editorial board and is written by editorial board~ members. 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Features |{ Campus Scene }Did you know?AriesYou may believe that you are willingto go deeper than usual as you shareyour feelings with someone special,but it may be hard to be anything otherthan positive today. This sounds likea wonderful situation -- and it maybe -- yet there's a downside to it also.TaurusAn intense person could play asignificant role in your day, and althoughyou might try to evade him or her atfirst, thereTs no need to run. Sure, youtend to enjoy a simpler approach torelationships, yet you now have thechance to form a friendship that can.open your mind and teach you muchabout yourself.GeminiThe same normal routine of work thatis often boring or even stifling seems tobe just fine with you now. You may evenenjoy yourself while meeting obligationsthat you sometimes try to avoid. Make- up your mind to remember exactly howyou feel today so you can recreate thispositive attitude sometime in the futurewhen you aren't feeling as cheerfulabout things.CancerYour creative energy is running rampanttoday, yet itTs up to you to figure out whatto do with it. Whatever you choose tostart, donTt be overly conservative inyour approach. Taking a risk could payoff beyond your dreams now, so be boldand daring in the expression of what's inyour heart. DonTt let fear get in the wayof what matters most.LeoOthers may think they know you, buttoday even your close friends and familymight not fully understand how you'refeeling. It's not that you are purposefullyhiding anything, nor are you in a badmood. ItTs just that your emotions arerunning deeper than anyone realizesand you don't feel obliged to disclosesomething that would make you feelmore vulnerable now.VirgoYou can score some extra points witha loved one today, but it wonTt happenby plotting and calculating your actions.Unrestrained spontaneity is your keyto being appreciated, so itTs crucial tosimply stay as present as youcaneach_ : : :~: students, and eventually anyone with an e-mail address.moment throughout the day.LibraYou can see what's happening todayfrom a new and refreshing point of view.Your original ideas may surprise othersat work because you have temporarilybroken out of the box and seem to beoperating from a unique perspective. Ifyou have an opinion, don't hold backfor fear of being negatively judged. Doyourself a favor now and let everyoneknow what you are thinking.ScorpioYou may be determined to addsomething new to your daily routinetoday, but you could get so obsessedwith this idea that you get stuck in yourown thinking. Accepting guidance frompeers might not be easy for you, yet itTsa smart strategy at this time. Not onlycan they act as catalysts, but they willalso appreciate your willingness to taketheir advice into account.SagittariusEven if today means that you must goback to work, your inner world needn'tshut down. In fact, you can embark ona spiritual journey now while taking careof your daily chores or engaging in yourprofessional activities without anyoneelse even realizing it. Be practical andkeep up outward appearances, evenwhile traveling to distant galaxies inyour mind.CapricornOthers marvel at your ability to hold onto your dreams now, even if your job isless than ideal. ItTs almost as if only youcan see a Clear and direct path that willreliably transform you from Cinderellainto the princess of the ball. DonTt letanyone elseTs negativity get in your way,for even your most unrealistic bee maybe within reach.AquariusYou may need to go head-to-headwith someone at work now in order toclarify your responsibilities while alsomaintaining some of your freedom.Don't be afraid to be very clear aboutwhat you can do and what is beyondyour ability. Even if you are negotiatingwith your boss, rather than a co-worker,you have a good chance to get what youneed. Just make sure you know when toback down, if necessary. Nothing will begained by pushing too hard.PiscesYour self-esteem is high now and youcan be quite eager to take the nextstep in whatever work you are doing.However, someone may rain on yourparade with harsh words or resist youractions in some way. Fortunately, youare in a strong enough frame of mindtoday that you are able to take criticismconstructively and put it to good use.The ups and downsTUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2008 5your Facebook3 Student Derek Schrader browses his Facebook account.LAKEISHA GOODMANTue East CAROLINIANWhen Shenida Adams first came to ECU, social networking sites were the new it: thing? to do. To keep up with the latest craze, she immediately took a part in this new: cyber world.Tt seems cool to have a Web page that can reflect on my own unique individuality,?: said Adams.Among the many social networking sites, Black Planet, MySpace, and others, Face-: book became the most popular to many students on ECUTs campus. The main appeal was: that Facebook was exclusively for college students. .It was a great way to keep in touch with friends who went to different schools,?Adams said.However, as Facebook became even more popular, it became open to high schoolLorna Poe, a junior at ECU, initially joined one of the social networking communities: to keep up with old friends.While she likes how the sites keep track of all of her friendsT birthdays, Poe is a little: wary of how open things are.The mini-feeds [on Facebook] tell way too much,? she said, referring to the list ofindividual changes that friends have made on their profiles. These informational updates: can range from pictures added, relationship status changes and a new blog post.Potential employers and others who hold authoritative positions are aware of these: sites, and are doing checks on potential employees or subordinates. Investigative reports: conducted by CBS News found that about 20 percent of employers typically scan online: profiles, including pictures on social networking sites. By simply typing in oneTs name on: Google or other search engines, has made it easier for employers to find these profiles.Adams has mixed feelings about companies checking the profiles of potential employees.{NICHOLAS THIGPEN | THE EAST CAROLINIANStudent couple John Allen Hinds and Shelly Carson share a date.AKELA YARNTHE East CAROLINIANDating. It can be exciting, awkward and so much more. The rules of dating are so com-: plex that not even Merriam-Webster could come up with a concrete definition.But, while various definitions to describe relationships and dating, change between: generations and individuals, it is still a ritual practiced by almost everyone today.While each person has their own specific preferences on what to look for in dating someone, some characteristics of a date-worthy person can involve physical appearance: and personality.However, ECU student Antwan Staley looks for a little more in his potential dates.How a person treats others is a big thing for me; you can always tell this when going: to a restaurant when you think, ~How does she treat the server?T? said Staley. Of course,: intelligence is huge too, because you donTt want to be with someone that canTt carry on a: conversation or someone who does not know what is going on in the world.?Traditional roles are even favored when asking for dates.I was raised in the South, and [was] always taught that a gentleman does the asking,but when asking [he] does it with proper manners,? said student Trey Kriger.However, the asking part doesnTt always have to start with the guy. While the roles can: be reversed, fear of being turned down is a reason that both male and female students do: not ask out the opposite sex.es Es BeSTAFF PHOTO | THE EAST CAROLINIANPeople should have their privacy rights, but then again a company shouldnTt wantan employee who reflects the company to have explicit or inappropriate things on theirprofile pages,? Adams said.While many may feel that what is on their profile should not be a problem, underthe USA PATRIOT Act, certain companies have the legal right to search the profiles ofpotential employees.The USA PATRIOT Act, which President George W. Bush signed in 2001 to go intoeffect, is aimed to allow law enforcement to go through e-mail, telephone ale andthe like to cut down on the attempts at terrorism.CNN lists a few DoTs and DonTts to keep in mind the next time you log onto a socialnetworking site.e DonTt talk negatively Asie current and/or previous employers. ItTs not a goodthing to do at an actual job interview and itTs definitely not good to post blogs about howyou hate your boss.» DonTt forget that others can see your friends. Be aware of the posts that yourfriends may put on your page. If someoneTs profile name contains explicit language, theyshould not be listed as a top friend for potential employees to-see.e Do clean~ up your profile. DonTt wait until youTve left a job interview to cleanyour profile page. Review your pictures and quotes now to see if anything needs to be _updated or taken off.e Do join groups. Joining groups are a great way to network. However be carefulof what groups you join. Employers would rather have someone whoTs a part of a groupthat reflects hard work and dedication than one that tells how you can hold all of yourliquor.° In this new day and age, someoneTs profile i isa reflection of who they are, sobe sure to keep it up with care.This writer can be contacted atfeatures@theeastcarolinian.com.of the dating world~ NICHOLAS THIGPEN | THE EAST CAROLINIANStudent couple Molly Long and Derrick Davis have a date at a local bowling alley.You can never tell if they are interested in you or not, so being asked is easier,? saidstudent Megan Reavis. ,But while traditional methods can be used for asking, the actual scene of the date haschanged, according to some students. Opting out of the often traditional dinner and amovie? night, many prefer to casually interact with one another to get a feel for someoneTspersonality. For some, hanging out? is the informal process of getting to know anotherperson, while dating can be deemed more intimate and personal.Hanging out comes just before dating,? said student Chelsea Reich. You go out ingroups, text or talk on the phone. For me, dating is one-on-one with the intentions of hope-fully becoming serious.TAside from the pre-date characteristics and the casual exploration of getting to knowsomeone, what are the good, bad and ugly scenarios of dating?Some ECU students describe their experiences, baring the details of good and bad datesthey have been on.For Staley, the worst kinds of dates are those set up by friends or relatives.After being set up by his friendTs girlfriend, Staley decided to take his date to a restaurant,where he found out they would be eating for two, plus one.My date was pregnant,? Staley said, horrified that his friendTs girlfriend ald. set himup with a girl expecting a baby. My friend and me just looked at each other like, Whywould she set me up with a pregnant [female]?T?Even the most obscure or non-traditional dates can be successful. This was true forECU student Shemeh Shirbabadi. DATING page 6

6THE EAST CAROLINIAN ¢ FEATURESClass reaches out to global communityCONTRIBUTED PHOTO~Mortenson has built 55 schools in remote areas. like Pakistan.YAZID AL-FAYYADTHE EAst CAROLINIANAn ECU sociology of edu-cation course has been giventhe opportunity to raise aware-ness and lend a hand to a chari-table foundation overseas.The Central Asia Institute foun-dation was launched by GregMortenson, who set out to climbPakistanTs K2 Mountain in 1993.By chance, Mortenson arrived inthe village of Korphe alongsidethe mountain and was amazed atthe lack of schooling and educa-tional institutions for the childrenin the region. Mortenson promisedto return and establish schools,focusing especially on the femalesin the provinces. Since then, hehas built 55 schools in remoteareas of Pakistan and Afghanistan.TThree Cups of Tea? refers tothe book that Mortenson wrotein his mission to promotepeace, one school at a time.?The special topics in the sociol-ogy of education course, taughtby Caroline Schacht, chose theCentral Asia Institute founda-tion as a philanthropy for theirDATI NG continuedT went to the airport with theguy and watched planes take off,?said Shirbabadi, who also divulgesthat while the physical date can.be successful"there is one dealbreaker. ;Any comment about sexbetween us on the first few dates [isa deal breaker],? she admits.But even traditional dates arestill classic for some. Students likefrom 5Kristin Zaharis opt for the standarddinner date.TA recent date and I] went toFinelliTs for dinner and dessert at .Cold Stone,? said Zaharis. It wasa perfect date, and while I canTt saythatTs why we continued dating, itwas our first official date.?This writer can be contacted atfeatures@theeastcarolininan.com.class to focus on and decidedamongst themselves a methodof raising funds for the Institute.One of the goals of the sociologyof education course is to increaseawareness of the state of educationin countries around the world,?said Schacht. It is my hope that .the story is powerful enough tomotivate [the class] to want tocontribute the efforts of GregMortenson and the Central AsiaInstitute to achieve universal liter-acy and education for all children.?Students of the class have begunholding fundraising events inhopes of garnering attention totheir cause and monetary fundsfor the charity as a whole, alongwith reaching out to organiza-tions on campus and around thecommunity to collect support.I am humbled at his [Morten-sonTs] perseverance and dedi-cation to provide the powerfulgift of education to those lessfortunate,? said Twana Bradley,a student in the SOCI 4000 class.Upon the completion of thecourse, students will evaluate theirefforts and the efforts of their class-mates in the project. While theirendeavor will end in December, theCentral Asia Institute will continueto collect donations indefinitely.T feel that education reallygives the children choices,?said Abey Dessie, who is alsoenrolled in the class. In someof the regions where they growup, they may have only the Tal-iban or farming. Through build-ing schools and offering theman education, their options increase.?For information regarding theclass project, students have set upa Web site describing their effortsin full at threecupsofteaproject.org.This writer can be contacted atfeatures@theeastcarolinian.com.CHECK YOUR PULSECOMING JAN. 15|TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008East Carolina University_ Wednesday, November 126:00 PMBate - Room 1028Thursday, November 134:00 PMMendenhall Student Center - Social RoomAre you a college student who is looking for:- A paid internship opportunity that will stand out ona résumé? |- Achance to build your résumé and gain real-worldexperience with a world-renowned company?- A custom-designed learning curriculum that couldearn you college credit?- An opportunity to meet people from around the world,make lifelong friends and have fun?Apply online and bring your application to the presentation.ee weighis(controlled access parkingfor your cifor your peace of mindshuttle service to campusvideo controlled accessmenitered alarm system .for your enjoymentzero-entry.salt watef | ?fitness center with cardio andF poolcourtyard}aplanned social eventsstand-up tanning bedsbilliard tablesall-inclusive suitesHD flat sereen tv in eachliving reemECU on right). Left7 then turn right onfees =LEARY *& PARTMENT HOME S 'STUDENTsreenville_Be

SportsPirates take control of East DivisionMost ValuablePirateThe Turning PointMarshall shouldn't have pushedECU to overtime Saturday, butwhen it did, the Herd couldn'tcapitalize. The Pirates forcedMarshall to go three-and-out onits overtime series and when theHerd tried for a field goal, kickerTyler Warner missed his 42-yardattempt wide right. ECU thenpat the ball, and just like thellowing week against UCF, ranthe ball three straight downs togel optimal field position for aen Hartman field goal attempt.Hartman didnTt disappoint as his27-yard attempt sailed throughthe uprights to give the Piratestheir second straight overtimewin--and most importantly--breathing room in the ConferenceUSA East Division race.- What it MeansWith a dramatic overtime victoryover Marshall, ECU finds itself ©~ in the driver's seat of the EastDivision of Conference USA. ThePirates, who have been so close_ the last two seasons in clinching~ the East division, are practicallyassured the division title withtechnically a two-game leadover Marshall (since they ownthe tiebreaker), with three C-USAgames left. All ECU needs inorder to clinch the East Divisiontitle this upcoming weekend isa win over Southern Miss and aMarshall loss to UCF.ECU wins secondconsecutive OT game-. JARED JACKSONTHE East CAROLINIANBen Hartman did it again.ECUTs junior kicker boomeda 27-yard field goal on thePiratesT first possession of over-time to defeat Conference USAEast division rival. Marshall,19-16, in front of ahomecomingcrowd of 43,515--the seventhlargest ever in Dowdy-FicklenStadium history.Hartman also made fieldgoals from 31, 51 and 21 yardsin the game, but failed to win thegame for the Pirates in regula-tion when he missed a 42-yarderwide left,as time expired.Tt should have been over atthe end of four quarters,? Hart-man said. Luckily the defensemakes a stand and they misseda field goal in overtime, and wewin the game,? Hartman said.Hartman isnTt a stranger tothis situation. His game-winnercame on the heels of making a39-yarder to beat UCF last week-end in overtime. The decidingfield goal against the Thundering ~Herd was also the kickerTs fourthcareer game-winner.Anybody that competes[knows] you always want theball at end of the game to be thedeciding factor,? Hartman said.Prior to kickoff, ECU intro-duced a new look for theirmascot, Pee Dee. But once the .Pirates hit the gridiron, theyresorted back to their effectivegame plan that proved to, attimes, overbear the ThunderingHerd.(This was] a great win forthe program,? ECU coach SkipHoltz said. This was a big gameas far as what we are trying to doin the big picture of things and Iwas just really proud of the waythe players hung in there; it wasa great team win.?With the win, ECU has lifteda huge monkey off its back. ThePirates now sit in the driverTsseat of the East Division. Theposition is not unfamiliar ter-ritory for the Pirates, who inthe last two years have blowna chance at competing in the C-USA title game with late seasonlosses to Rice (2006) and Mar-shall last year.But with the victory againstthe Thundering Herd, the Pirateshave what can technically bedescribed as a two-game lead.ECU now owns one more C-USAvictory than Marshall, as well asthe tiebreaker between the two.Defense was the story of theday for ECU, as the Pirates wereable to hold the Thundering Herdto 286 yards of total offense.On each of MarshallTs first twodrives, ECU freshman corner-back Emanuel Davis picked offthe HerdTs freshman quarterbackMark Cann.Our mindset this week wasto just go out there and play oneplay at atime and just get the jobdone,? said Davis. Those twobig plays at the beginning of thegame just gave us momentumand just carried us throughout.?.Did it ever.Holtz said SaturdayTs gamewas the defenseTs best perfor-mance of the season. The Piratesheld Cann to 13-of-29 passingfor 137 and two touchdowns,along with his early intercep-tions. Marshall ran for 167yards on the ground behind 36.carries.For a while, it seated likethe Thundering Herd would bedenied a touchdown, but theyopened up the second half witha 10-play scoring drive thatconcluded with a Cann 7-yard |strike to junior tight end CodySlate, cutting the ECU lead to13-9. The HerdTs point after -attempt failed.Cann and Slate hooked upagain on a 34-yard touchdownwith 1:21 left in regulation: totie the game at 16, which wouldbe the score at the end of regu-lation. The Thundering HerdTsscore came after an ECU puntof 15 yards. .The ECU offense was effi-{ ECU's Inside Source }TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11, 2008 7cient and got the job done onceagain, this time with senior quar-terback Patrick Pinkney leadingthe Pirates the whole game.Pinkney threw for 287 yardsand one touchdown on 26-of-37passing. PinkneyTs lone touch-down came with 12 secondsremaining in the first half, a5-yard fade pass to senior tightend Davon Drew that gave ECUa 13-3 lead at halftime.It was all about execution,?~said Pinkney. When you trust ina receiver, and the receiver trusts_ in your quarterback, itTs all aboutmaking plays for each other. Wedid that [on that play] and it wasa big score for us.?While Holtz was pleased-with PinkneyTs performance, heis still looking for some consis-tency among the offense.T thought Patrick playeda great football game,? Holtzsaid. He threw some greatpasses hanging in there, but Iwould like to have an offensiveperformance where we put a run-ning game and a passing gametogether to where we can dosome things and turn and scoresome points.?Sophomore Norman Whitleywas the leading rusher for thePirates, with 72 yards on the.ground on 23 attempts.ECU now must prove it canhandle sitting at the top of theEast Division as it travels toHattiesburg, Miss. next weekto take on bitter C-USA rivalSouthern Miss.No team is going to takeus lightly,? Pinkney said. Wejust have to take it one week ata time.?The bullTs- -eye is placed onceagain on ECU, not for, beingthe one-time giant killer as itwas to start the season, but forsitting on top of C-USATs EastDivision and creeping toward a-conference title game berth. ThePirates surely have a difficulttask on their hands--but historyhas never been so close.This writer can be contacted atsports@theeastcarolinian.com.ROBYN CATES | THE EAST CAROLINIANDavon Drew (3) catches a touchdown right before halftime.Opinion: C-USA West is aesRONNIE WOODWARDTHE East CAROLINIANField goals and defense donTtwin Conference USA champion-ships. The teams in C-USATsWest Division have figured thatout. The teams in the East are alittle behind the curve, whichwas evident at Dowdy-FicklenStadium Saturday. T- In a game that featured theEastTs two best teams, an aggres-sive defense and conservativeoffense carried ECU to a 19-16overtime victory.Ben Hartman kicked fourfield goals--including the game-* winner in the extra period--andECUTs defense limited Marshallto 137 passing yards. It was thesecond-straight week that ECUwon with defense and a clutchfield goal, which is rare of mostC-USA games.The conferenceTs East Divi-sion is starting to resemble aconference like the Big Ten,- something ECU coach SkipHoltz has adjusted to.WeTve been going at this theBig Ten way the last couple ofweeks. You run it, punt it away ©and count on your defense,?Holtz said of his teamTs recentplay. WeTve been ready towin football games 13-10 withgreat special teams and greatfield position. With some of theinjuries weTve had [on offense], ..I donTt feel like some of theseyounger players have been ready .. .to be thrown at the wolves andgo at it.?SaturdayTs game was a battlefor East Division supremacy,as the two teams entered tiedfor first place in the division.Supremacy for the entire confer-ence might already be decided,however. That title currentlybelongs to Tulsa, and it will bevery tough for a C-USA East.team to take that away.Tulsa, which boasts the "nationTs top offense, has scored45 points or more in four ofits five conference games thisseason. ECUTs highest pointWe've been going at thisthe Big Ten way the lastcouple of weeks. You runit, punt it away and count_ on your defense,?? ap notesECU FOOTBALL HEAD COACHtotal of the season has been30. The PiratesT low-scoringstyle has worked against teamslike Marshall and UCF, but itTshard to win that way against~teams from the West--which was :evident in ECUTs 41-24 loss toHouston earlier this season.Despite the contrastingstyles within C-USA, ECUTsplayers believe they can win theconference with defense. |Defense wins champion-ships,? said ECU safety VanEskridge. I donTt think itTsany different in ConferenceUSA. If the defense continuesto play the way weTve beenplaying, we should be finebecause we know we have guyson the other side of the ballwho are going to make plays~ eventually.?If ECU is going to becrowned as C-USATs cham-pion, it will have to find waysto score more points. Whateverteam represents the West will beled by its offense and should be |able-to control the pace of thechampionship game, which willbe played Dec. 6.The difference in style isglaring when you break downthe statistics of C-USATs teams.The top four scoring offensesin C-USA are all made up ofteams from the West Division,with Tulsa leading the way at52 points per game. In scoringdefense, the East claims four ofthe first five spots, with ECU infirst at 21.2 points per game.The problem for the East~teams is that the teams from theWest haveT found more successwith their style of play.Defense does win cham-pionships, but C-USA is theexception to that rule. Therecords of C-USATs teams indi-cate that teamsT offenses usuallywin games. In the West Divi-sion, four teams currently have- conference records above .500.On the other side, only ECU andMarshall have winning confer-ence records.For some reason, the confer-enceTs best offenses reside in theWest and the conferenceTs bestdefenses reside in the East.In a conference that has beendefined by offense, ITll take theWest.This writer can be contacted atsports@theeastcarolinian.com.KELLEN HOLTZMANTue East CAROLINIANThe ECU Ice Hockey teambounced back from a thrashingfrom the sticks of ACHA Divi-sion II powerhouse KennesawState by dismantling Duke on_ Friday night.The Pirates (6-4, 3-0). con-trolled the puck from the. start-and withstood a brief third "period rally to win 5-1 and earn "a season sweep over the Blue »~well,? said Lipke. Obviously,penalties are a problem. WeDevils.ECU coach Mike Markham.said his teamTs performanceagainst the Blue Devils. wasone of the best of the young .season.We went after them for theentire game,? he said. Tt wasthe first game where we haveplayed three solid periods. Theykept their mission statement,which is to play aggressivehockey.?The Pirates dominated thefirst two periods of play beforeDuke finally found the net earlyin the third to make it 3-1.ECU answered when wingerSean Burns skated around thenet to find Brandon Lipke cut-ting across the ice to lineup fora shot. LipkeTs score gave thePirates a 4-1 advantage with.13:04 left to play.Lipke added another goalsix minutes later, completing animpressive night for the fresh-man defenseman.Qverall, we played reallycanTt take as many penalties as_ we are because we canTt play-shorthanded so much. We hadma good effort. We came out towin.Té Lipke, a foch ee captainof his Watchung Hills HighSchool team in Warren, N.J., isproviding a physical presencefor a defense that continues to HOCKEY page 8Hockey rebounds with win over DukeECU got back on track with a win in Greenville Friday night.JESSI BRAXTON |THE EAST CAROLINIANT

8ECU. SEDThe ECU womenTs soccerteam tasted defeat for thefirst time in 13 matches onSunday as the Memphis Tigerswon their second consecutiveConference USA TournamentChampionship with a 4-1 win.The Pirates fall to 14-4-4 onthe season while Memphisimproves to 15-4-2 overall,clinching the leagueTs automaticbid to the NCAA Tournament 1 inthe process.Senior Madison Kellerscored the PiratesT only goal.Keller, sophomore BaileyWilcox and freshman Jes-sica Woodward were namedto the All-Tournament Teamfor their efforts during the2008 C-USA WomenTsSoccer Championship.To advance to the C-USAtitle game, the top-seededPirates defeated Colorado Col-lege, 2-1, in the first overtime.That was just a phenome-nal soccer match,? Head CoachRob Donnenwirth said. Weplayed so well in the first halfbut we knew Colorado Collegewould come out on fire in thesecond half. There was.a lotof end-to-end soccer out theretoday and we came out on top. Iam so proud of our ladies.?ECU possessed the ballmuch of the first half, but itwas Colorado College whobroke onto the scoreboard first.| thought our ladies did agreat job today,?ROB DONNENWIRTHECU SOCCER HEAD COACHThe Tigers won a free kick thatMolly Uyenishi put into thebox. Pirate keeper and seniorAmber Campbell snagged therebound initially, but lost itat. the last second and LaurenTalbot was there to slot theball into the empty net-for a 1-0Colorado College lead.However, ECU responded |right back, winning a corner justunder two minutes later. JuniorAlexis Foltz took the kick andfound Jessica Swanson, whodeflected the ball to Woodward.HOCKEY continued ae irecover from the loss of fourseniors last season.The Pirate defense managedto kill off every Duke power. play except one, which wasscored on a 5-on-3 advantage.For a freshman, Brandonis really smart,? Markham said.He has a good sense of theice. HeTs got good upper bodystrength and when he puts itall together, he is a dominating. force.?A highlight reel goal fromSam Duehring put ECU upby three, midway through thesecond period. The sophomorenegated DukeTs advantage whenhe gained possession at mid-iceand dangled his way through ahost of Blue Devil defendersbefore calmly finishing theshorthanded goal.JT didnTt know we wereshorthanded at the time,?T Dueh-ring said of the play. But thencoach said hold onto it and getaround as many guys as you- can. I just got lucky. The goaliecheated to his left side and I putit by his glove.?Burns got the puck roll-ing in the first period for thePirates, when he finished off abackhanded assist from ZachMoore to make it 1-0.Freshman forward ChrisBrennan added a goal in thelatter stages of the period offassists from Dave Orlando andDonovan Dean.Markham was pleased toget a better result after a disap- 'pointing effort in ECUTs 4-2victory over the Blue Devilsin October.The win pushes the Pirates~record against DII opponents to3-2 on the season, with the twolosses coming against KSU lastweekend. _ :ECU ran into a buzz sawwhen it faced the No. 7 rankedOwls, who took the first game,5-1, and followed with an 11-0victory.He has a good sense ofthe ice. HeTs got goodupper body strengthand when he puts it alltogether, he is a domi-nating force.?MIKE MARKHAMECU HOCKEY HEAD COACHThe Pirates held their ownin the first match and leveledin the first period on a Burnsscore. KSU responded with twomore first period goals and twomore in the second to end anyhopes of a comeback.We had a rough weekend,?said Burns. TheyTre a verystrong program and pretty muchexactly where we want to be,come the end of the season.We learned a lot from lastweekend.?-Markham is hoping the les-sons learned against the Owlswill pay dividends against asimilar caliber DI opponent inNo. 11 ranked Virginia Tech,which ECU plays on Friday:The Hokies have not lost sincetheir opening game agairist Lib-erty and are currently 9-1.You have to play thehigher level games,? Markhamsaid. You have to learn fromyour mistakes. The KennesawState game helped this teamimmensely.?The Pirates will host Vir- -ginia Tech this Friday at 9:30p.m. before facing ColonialDivision rival Richmond onSaturday at 3:30 p.m.This writer can be contacted atsports@theeastcarolinian.com.POUCollege Night SkatingThursday Nights$5. 00 with fois ID: iH : |104 Red Banks RoadGreenville353-88889:00FREE Week Level 1-5 UV TanningGreenville Bivd., (Across from Pizza Inn)931-1147Enjoy unlimited tanningfor one week,consecutive days.First Time customers only.ID Required.Levels 1-5 beds only.Code: AWFALTEC Expires: 11/18/08Evans Street(Beside Overton's)303-0400::::Must be used within? =fii:iiwww.tannbed.comTHE EAST CAROLINIAN * SPORTSWoodward then powered theball into the open left side of thenet to tie the game. The contestwould sit 1-1 at the half.Colorado College cameout determined in the secondhalf, just missing on multipleattempts at the goal. The Piratesalso had their chances, but noone could convert as the gamewent into the extra periods.ECU opened up its C-USA |tournament campaign with a 1-0win over SMU. The win markedthe second ever C-USA tourna-ment victory for the Pirates.The Pirates earned a cornerkick with 17 minutes left inthe second half that proved topay huge dividends. Foltz tookthe kick and found the feet of_ Wilcox, who poked the ball intothe right corner of the net for thegame-winner and her secondtally of the season.I thought our ladies did agreat job today,? Donnenwirthsaid. Nicole MooreTs earlyinjury really threw us off in theback but Amanda Broz did afantastic job stepping in for her.We are pleased with this winand the opportunity to advancein the tournament.?TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2008Soccer reaches tournament final, falls shortTRAVIS BARTLETT | THE EAST CAROLINIANJessica Woodward (11) was one of three Pirates named to the All-Tournament team.. 24-hour busir ess center24-hour fit ess centerSparkling pool with largeFull size » washer &Spacious living roomOversized kitchencn*; ~Baske |sand volleyball courdent Events220 NE Greenville BivdGreenville, NC 27858Phone: (252) 758-8002 Fax: (252) 758-8003www. Sunchase- Ett. com~START READY FOR THE FUTURE.There's strong. Then thereTs Army Strong. Enroll in the Army ROTCLeaderTs Training Course at ECU and you will be ready for life aftercollege. Because when you attend this 4-week leadership develop-ment course, you will take on new challenges and adventures. 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Students canobtain information about allSummer Study Abroad oppor-tunities in 2009 and speakwith the Faculty Directors-leading the programs.DaleTs Indian Cuisine is theonly authentic Indian restaurantin Greenville. We are located on419 Evans Street. Lunch buffetM-F. Dinner buffet M & T. AllECU students, faculty, and staffreceive 10% off with ID. 252-551-3253.Auditions for The VaginaMonologues? will be heldNovember 10th and 11th at- 7:00 p.m. in Bate 1019. Youdo not have to prepare a read-ing unless you want to, ~andmonologues will be provided atthe door for those who donTt.You are only required to cometo one evening to audition.lf you- have any questions,please contact Leia Cain atLKCO307@ecu.edu.Join the fight againstcancer. Come to the RelayFor Life kickoff on November18th from 4-6 p.m. on theMendenhall Brickyard. Freefood and prizes. Come partici-pate and get registered.Are you a gay, lesbian,bisexual, or transgender ECUemployee or student? 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