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Wednesday, 04.13.22

LGBTQ clinic
to expand ENC,
ECU healthcare
Ashley Wolfe

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Jamerus Payton, the first place winner of the Pirate Entrepreneurship Challenge, presents his family business Carolina Chicken & Waffles.

PEC winner announced
Carolina Chicken & Waffles earns grand prize

Mary Lofland
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Kristin Outland

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Jamerus Payton took first place and
the grand prize of $15,000 for his family
business, Carolina Chicken & Waffles, in
the fifth annual Pirate Entrepreneurship
Challenge (PEC).
East Carolina University’s Miller
School of Entrepreneurship (MSOE)
announced Payton’s victory at the final
round of the PEC on April 7.
The idea behind Carolina Chicken &
Waffles came about in 2018 when Payton’s
family decided to turn his mom’s “famous
family fried chicken”
into the staple of
their brand, Payton
said. He said having
a company with drivable food trucks is
an opportunity to be
different in the food
Jamerus Payton
industry and market
towards the growing economic interest
of food trucks.

As a first year student seeking his Carolina, led to his success.
master’s degree in business administraThe 2021-2022 PEC offered $150,000
tion, Payton said it was surreal to win in total cash and prizes to students, Mayo
the competition and he is grateful for the said. More than 50 majors were repreresources and mentorship provided along sented throughout the competition.
the way. He said the PEC is a resource for
“One of the things you always have
any innovator at ECU to grow
to have is an excellent product
as a business professional.
that fills a need in the commu“With every business or FULL STORY
nity and I heard from almost
opportunity that you take,
every judge that that was the
you learn something new and you become best waffle that they had ever eaten,”
a different person and you’re able to uti- Mayo said.
lize all of those skills and the knowledge
Carlyle Rogers, adjunct faculty
and abilities that come with it, you’ll be member in the MSOE, said MSOE plays
able to use it full circle somewhere else,” a large role in setting up, promoting
and contributing toward the process of
Payton said.
Director of the PEC David Mayo said the PEC. He said the faculty and staff
the program is a three-round competition involved in the team were great people
in which students are able to pitch their to work with.
“Overall it just shows the breadth and
business ideas and be advised by successful mentors to turn their plan into an wide spectrum of innovation that comes
from ECU,” Rogers said. “In fact, you’ve
established business.
This year was the first time an existing got someone running a food truck then
startup family business won the compe- you got someone doing adult coloring
tition, Mayo said. He said the passion books to someone who’s doing karate.”
Payton had about his business, as well as
This writer can be contacted at
its benefit to the region of eastern North
news@theeastcarolinian.com.

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East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine
(BSoM) has started to see patients for the newly developed ECU LGBTQ+ Health Clinic to promote access
to LGBTQ healthcare in eastern North Carolina (ENC).
Housed within the ECU BSoM Department of
Pediatrics, the clinic aims to become fully developed for
LGBTQ health care services in June of 2022.
Dr. Colby Dendy, BSoM clinical assistant professor
of internal medicine and pediatrics, said the long term
goal is to have a clinic that would be a true home for
the LGBTQ community.
Dendy said though the clinic
is housed in the Department of
Pediatrics, it will provide services
to LGBTQ people of all ages.
“We noticed that there was a
big healthcare desert here in eastern North Carolina for LGBTQ+
Coldy Dendy
patients,” Dendy said.
Ellen Goldberg, associate director of Clinical Operations at ECU’s Student Health Services (SHS), said she
plans to work alongside the clinic in an effort to provide
LGBTQ services to ENC.
The clinic will open the door to LGBTQ healthcare
for families all around ENC, Goldberg said.
“They pulled me in just to kind of find out what's
available on campus, how we've been doing it, just to
kind of compare notes as they
start their clinic,” Goldberg said.
Senior childlife and psychol- FULL STORY
ogy major Haiden Hice identifies
as a non-binary lesbian and said when coming to terms
with their identity, it was helpful to be informed about
what services are available to them.
Finding a healthcare specialist for Hice’s transition
has been difficult, they said, and it's important to have
a clinic where patients can be referred to by their preferred pronouns.
“They (clinics) should not assume gender based on
what the client looks like,” Hice said.

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Pirate baseball to joust with Golden Knights

Chris Long
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East Carolina University baseball (1815, 4-2 American Athletic Conference) will
face off against the University of Central
Florida (20-12, 5-1 AAC) for a three-day
road trip series from tomorrow to Saturday
in Orlando, Florida.
The weekend series will be available for
streaming on ESPN+ and will be available to
listen to at 94.3 FM The Game. Live statistics
will also be available online at ECUPirates.
The Pirates entered the three-game series
following a 2-1 series win against the Wichita
State University (13-18, 2-4 AAC) Shockers
and the midweek game against Elon University (15-16, 3-6 Colonial Athletic Association) yesterday in Elon, North Carolina.
In the three-game home series against
Wichita State, ECU won the first two games
by scores of 6-5 and 10-3 before losing the
final game 0-5. The series was the seventh of
the season. In those seven series, the Pirates
have been unsuccessful in sweeping any
three-game stretch.
ECU has dropped one of three games
four times, two of three games twice and all
three games only once. That one three-game
series was against Bryant University (1117, 3-6 Northeast Conference) during the
season opener in Greenville, North Carolina.
In the last game of the series against the
Shockers, the Pirates’ offensive struggles led
to a scoreless game. Wichita State was able

to put 5 on the board to take the win, preventing the first series sweep of the season
for ECU.
UCF enters the series with home field
advantage atop the conference standings
within the AAC. Both the Golden Knights
and Tulane University (22-10-1, 5-1 AAC) sit
at 5-1 in conference, with the Pirates in third
place at 4-1. The last three games for UCF
were a three-game series against Memphis
University (13-15, 1-5 AAC).
The Golden Knights lost the first game
to the Tigers by a score of 6-1 before taking
back-to-back wins by scores of 13-3 and 15-6
in Memphis, Tennessee. Before facing ECU,
UCF took on Jacksonville University (16-13,
4-8 ASUN Conference) yesterday at 7 p.m.
in Jacksonville, Florida.
Both of UCF’s in-conference opponents
sit at the bottom of the AAC’s baseball standings for the season. The Golden Knights
swept their three-game series against the
University of South Florida (19-13, 1-5
AAC) by a total of 17 runs to four. UCF held
the Bulls scoreless in the first two games.
ECU’s previous opponent Wichita State is
also near the bottom of the AAC standings,
sitting in sixth place.
Offense has not been an issue for the
Golden Knights so far, scoring no less than
one run in every game of the season. The
lowest scoring games were against the then
No. 2 ranked Ole Miss University (19-12, 4-8
Southeastern Conference). In two of those

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Sophomore infielder/right hand pitcher Zach Agnos follows through with his swing against Bryant.

games, UCF scored only one run.
ECU, alternatively, has gone scoreless in
three of the 33 season games played. Offense
has been a struggle for the Pirates, who will
need as much of it as they can get to defeat
UCF and take the first three-game series of
the year.
Following the road trip, the Pirates will
return to Greenville, North Carolina, to

meet up against the University of North
Carolina Wilmington (18-12, 3-3 CAA) on
April 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The game will be available to listen to
at 94.3 FM The Game.

This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.

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BRIEFS
Career Services to host
All-Majors Virtual Job Fair
Today, East Carolina University’s Career Services will hold the
2022 All-Majors Virtual Job Fair
through Handshake from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Companies will be recruiting Pirates for full-time, internships and co-op positions. Students are asked to prepare for this
business professional event. All
majors are encouraged to attend.

ECU to showcase
student leadership
Today, East Carolina University’s
Chancellor’s Student Leadership
Academy (CSLA) will showcase
student achievement through its
Spring 2022 Leadership Showcase
from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Trustees
Suite in Room 318 of the Main
Campus Student Center. The event
will feature leadership vision boards
presented by the spring CSLA
Scholars followed by a reception.

CLCE to continue
Dinner and Discourse
To d a y, t h e E a s t C a r o l i n a
University Center for Leadership
and Civic Engagement (CLCE) will
continue its Dinner and Discourse
series from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in
Room 249 of the Main Campus
Student Center. Students, faculty
and staff are invited to enjoy a free
dinner from Red Robin Burger Bar
while attendees discuss current
events such as the United Nations
climate change Assessment Report,
upcoming local elections and recent
events at the Academy Awards.

Pirates to celebrate
campus Earth Week
M o n d a y, E a s t C a r o l i n a
University will begin Earth Week
celebrations with a honey extraction
demonstration from 12:30 to 2:30
p.m. at the Health Sciences Campus
(HSC) Utility Plant. Students are
encouraged to attend to learn
about honey extraction from HSC
beehives, as well as take home
locally-produced honey. More events
will follow throughout the week and
information can be found on the
Engage website.

CORRECTIONS &
CLARIFICATIONS
If you feel there are any factual
errors in this newspaper,
please contact Jennifer Sieg at
editor@theeastcarolinian.com.

CRIME LOGS
Editor’s Note: The East Carolinian
Crime Logs are derived from
East Carolina University Police
Department’s (ECU PD) public
crime logs accessible to all
individuals. Crime Logs are not
done within the partnership of
ECU PD and The East Carolinian,
as this publication is meant to
act as an additional resource for
Pirate Nation. Below are listings
of criminal activity that has
occured on or within proximity
of main campus.

April 8, 2022
An open investigation is being
conducted for Injury to Real
Property at Umstead Hall at
12:10 p.m.

April 9, 2022
A Possession of Mairjuana < ½
oz. was cleared by citation at
Ballard East at 10 p.m.

April 11, 2022
An open investigation is being
conducted for Larceny of
Catalytic Converter, Second
Degree Trespassing and Injury to
Real Property at North Campus
Recreation Facilities Complex
off Whichard Road at 2:13 a.m.

Wednesday, 04.13.22

Mayoral election approaches

Greenville candidates discuss platforms, future plans
Rachana Charla

F OR T HE E A S T CAR O LIN IAN

As municipal elections for the state of
North Carolina approach on May 17, mayoral
candidates Elizabeth Liles and incumbent P.J.
Connelly both prepare for the polls and discuss
their platforms.

Elizabeth Liles platform
Liles is running for mayor on the platforms
of economic development, equity, inclusion
and unity. Liles said economic development
means providing resources and opportunities
by collaborating with existing small businesses
and improving the economy, especially after
the pandemic. Equity and inclusion focuses on
affordable and transitional housing to promote
her third platform of unity and building what
Liles said she calls, “One Greenville.”
Founder of the nonprofit organization,
Daughters of Worth, Liles has served the
Greenville community for over seven years
through her work. Liles said she believes the
decisions that were being made about the city
and its people were not representative of the
community, which led her to use her voice and
pursue the leadership opportunity.
“I believe that a mayor has a larger responsibility and a larger role. That person should be
the leader of the community who is providing
a sort of voice for the community that is representing both economic development but is also
leading the way in the values of the community
as a whole,” Liles said.

“ I believe that a

mayor has a larger
responsibility and a
„
larger role.
-Elizabeth Liles

An independent thinker who uses their
voice for their constituents is what makes a
good mayor, Liles said. She said her biggest
challenge might be that she is not a politician,
but she plans to take a wholehearted approach
to the mayoral position focusing on the city’s
economy and the people.
With plans to increase the City Council’s
transparency, Liles said she believes the city has
had an inability to properly address disparities
that occurred from the pandemic, including
homelessness, healthcare and housing. Liles
said she believes the council’s current usage of
the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds
were not directed toward the actual needs of the
city and affected constituents unevenly.
“I think it is important when we are holding
information sessions, that we are going to the
people and we're making certain that we are
providing the opportunity for people to express
their thoughts and opinions and to be heard in
a way that is relevant to them. Transparency is
absolutely critical,” Liles said.
As the federal government discusses potential funds for new infrastructure, Liles said she
plans to use those funds to target three issues
within Greenville: city streets, stormwater
flooding and technology.
Liles said the streets are not conducive
to the city’s traffic. She also said infrastructure is needed to address
stormwater and flooding,
which disproportionately
affects marginalized community members. Lastly,
she said there is a need for
more internet options as
technology has become a
Elizabeth Liles
necessity for education and
in the workforce.
“Our roads need some help. There are some
improvements that need to take place,” Liles
said. “We need to make certain that with our
history of being prone to flooding in areas that
are being developed in fragile ecological areas
and that we are being responsible and vigilant
in those areas.”
The housing crisis, another nationwide
trend, was increased by the pandemic and has
impacted Greenville, Liles said. She said she
plans to work with property managers to provide more flexible and comprehensive housing
services by networking with existing programs
to provide assistance. Liles focused on transitional housing, and said community crossroads
support the needs of the city, but cannot meet
the capacity.
In addition to transitional housing, Liles
said she also believes in providing more affordable housing outside of student living spaces.
She said understanding the importance of
affordable housing in the community starts with
addressing why there is a need for affordable
housing. She hopes to start providing coaching
on renting compared to home ownership. Liles
said financial knowledge can help community
members make more informed choices.
“In December of 2021, the North Carolina
Human Relation Council put out a new report
that stated that for Pitt County to be meeting

HALIE MILLER I THE EAST CAROLINIAN

Greenville City Hall, where the office of the mayor is located, sits on West Fifth Street in Uptown.

the capacity of our safe and affordable housing needs for this community, we need a 75%
increase for safe and affordable housing,” Liles
said. “We have young professionals and we have
hardworking families who are not able to find
safe and affordable housing to live and thrive
in our area.”
As a current college student obtaining
her master's in social work at East Carolina
University, Liles said her experience in college
has shown her how to be passionate and make
sustainable social change.
College students are an important part of
the community in Greenville and she wants to
help students stay in Greenville, have access to
opportunities, and continue their lives in the
city, Liles said.
“We need your (college students) voice to
advocate for every single person. We need you
to rise up for all people that are in this community,” Liles said. “I think that is something
that college students are doing well, that every
person is represented, that diversity, equity and
inclusion is such a strong component for ECU
and for the diversity in Greenville.”

P.J. Connelly platform
Connelly is running for re-election as mayor
and has been mayor since 2017. He said he
experienced a “tumultuous” term during the
pandemic but that his experience as mayor has
been gratifying as he has seen a tremendous
growth of Greenville and the community
throughout his terms.
Connelly said his platforms include safety
and resources, infrastructure, economic development and Greenville’s Uptown entertainment. He said he plans to focus resources on
public safety including fire and police stations,
fund roads through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant
and recruit new companies to further private
and public economic development. Connelly
also discussed beautifying Uptown with murals
and revamping the aesthetic.
His experience as a City Council representative throughout 2015 and 2016 eased
him into his role as mayor, Connelly said. He
graduated from ECU as a finance major, which
has enhanced his knowledge about city budgets.
“We have seen a lot of tremendous growth
that has taken place throughout the city. We
have really focused on making sure we are
improving all the lives of the individuals in our
community. We have invested heavily into our
infrastructure,” Connelly said.

“ We have really focused
on making sure we are
improving all the lives
of the individuals in
„
our community.
-P.J. Connelly
The most challenging thing about being
mayor is having to deal with endless requests
alongside limited resources and having to
make hard decisions, Connelly said. He said
engaging with the public by responding to every
email he receives allows constituents to voice
their opinion and get involved with the public
engagement sessions.
The Greenville City Council meetings
are open to the public, Connelly said, so that
citizens know what is happening in the community. He said the public comment session
is 30 minutes long and can always be extended
to accommodate the number of community

members in attendance.
“I think it’s important that the people of the
City of Greenville that ultimately are paying for
these features in our community have a voice in
it. We do a lot of public engagement processes,
where you can come in and voice your opinion,”
Connelly said.
Infrastructure is hard to manage, Connelly
said, as many of the main streets in Greenville
are funded and maintained by the NC Department of Transportation. In terms of expansion
and infrastructure, Connelly said he wants to
focus on the transition to electric vehicles, connecting Greenville to Winterville through Evans
Street and Old Tar Road, and the Dickinson
Avenue Project that will be repairing asphalt
damage starting this summer.
As Greenville grows and the city’s needs
increase, Connelly said as mayor, he has a
responsibility to work with state and federal
lawmakers to address the city's needs.
“The number one complaint I get from
the City of Greenville is
that they say that our road
system is inadequate. I
would agree with them. I
think that years and years
went by with underfunding of our road system,”
Connelly said. “The City
P.J. Connelly
Council was putting a few
million dollars less than what the bond committee had come up with. Ever since I have been
on the council, we have increased that number.
This year we are going to be at about $3 million
for road construction.”
In terms of homelessness, Connelly said he
is focusing resources on rehabilitation and adequate affordable housing. He said the council
has helped Community Crossroads, Greenville’s
homeless shelter and the council wants an
expansion of the shelter, but exact plans about
expansion or rebuilding have not been decided.
The council also assisted in providing resources
to pay for additional hotel capacity for sheltering
homeless people during the pandemic.
“I think we have done a pretty good job with
addressing homelessness in our community. We
continue to put resources in,” Connelly said.
“Just recently, the Community Crossroads,
which is our homeless shelter in our community, they are undertaking an expansion to
create another building.”
The council has worked with Habitat for
Humanity to address housing needs and has
allocated $1.4 million dollars to rehabilitating
existing homes, Connelly said. He said the
council has worked with local contractors to
build more housing in the city limits funded
by taxpayer dollars.
Greenville’s diverse community is something Connelly said he embraces. He has
attended several cultural events in Greenville
to branch out and learn about community
members. Connelly said he has had various
opportunities to meet many Greenville civilians,
something he never would have experienced
without his position as mayor.
Greenville has a population of over 100,000
people and one-third of those are college students, Connelly said. He said he works with the
university and the city to campaign and involve
college students with city government.
“It is extremely important to us to make sure
we are constantly in contact with the students
of ECU and at Pitt Community College as well.
ECU is an incredible asset to our community,”
Connelly said. “I think it is important that the
leadership at the city and the university are
closely embedded with one another because
our success at the city brings success to the
university and vice versa.”
This writer can be contacted at
news@theeastcarolinian.com.

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OUR VIEW

Small college
ceremonies
remain valued

As East Carolina University’s
Spring 2022 Commencement
Ceremony nears at 9 a.m. on May
6 in Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium,
the return of in-person college
recognition ceremonies on May 6
and May 7 allows students to be
personally acknowledged for the
first time since December 2019.
University commencements
have either been virtual or limited
due to COVID-19 and this has
caused students to lose the ability
to be individually recognized
alongside their college peers.
We, the editorial staff of
The East Carolinian, believe
individual college recognition
ceremonies are an important
way to personally acknowledge
students alongside their peers and
professors, and appreciate that the
college recognition ceremonies
have returned.
In anticipation of obtaining
their degree and starting their
career, college students work
hard during their four years in
college. While they are recognized
in university commencements,
college students don’t have an
opportunity to be individually
recognized outside of separate
college ceremonies.
The individual ceremonies will
take place in Minges Coliseum,
the Main Campus Student Center
(MCSC), Wright Auditorium and
Hendrix Theatre.
As guest tickets will be
required for each ceremony,
students can show their 1Card
of ID at the Central Ticket
Office in the MCSC until April
27. Ticketing information,
the graduate RSVP link and
additional resources are available
on the ECU Commencement
website.

PIRATE RANTS
The East Carolinian does not
endorse the statements made in
Pirate Rants.
When is Greenville going to get a hot
pot restaurant, Crumbl, Trader Joe’s
or Whole Foods? The list is long of
things this town needs. Super glad
there is a McDonalds or Food Lion on
every corner *sarcasm*
Arby’s line is always dry until the
ONE time I decide to eat there. Then,
everyone in Greenville wants Arby’s all
of the sudden and I’m in line for 20
minutes because not even Arby’s was
prepared to feed all of these people.
Time to go to class, ask for help, and
STUDY for those Finals! You got this
Pirates!
I haven’t seen almond milk in the
dining halls since the first week of
school. ECU do better
How do y’all not know who K Camp is
Trader Joes is outside Greenville’s
median income. As wonderful it would
be to have one, we don’t need it
Genuinely mad at all of my senior
friends for graduating and leaving me
Back again to say we need a Trader
Joes in Greenville ASAP

Questions regarding Pirate Rants can
be directed to Giana Williams at
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
Submit your Pirate
Rants on our website
under the opinion tab
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ECU, TEC offer great memories

Giana Williams
T E C C OLU MN IST

If you had told 9-year-old me that
I would be the first one in my nuclear
family to graduate college, I would be
amazed. However, if you had told me I
would attend a college in the South, just
30 minutes away from my high school, I
would have been disgusted. Nevertheless,
I very much enjoyed my time at East
Carolina University and it’s very hard to
believe that in less than a month I will no
longer identify as a student.
I applied to ECU as a nursing major
because I didn’t know what other career
there was for me here in North Carolina.
I took multiple health science courses
throughout high school to lead up to
this “dream” career of mine of becoming
a neonatal nurse. I soon realized days
before high school graduation that I did
not want to be a nurse anymore and that I
belonged in a more creative field.
I switched majors to communication
with a journalism concentration on a
COURTESY OF ANNA ALLEN
whim during freshman orientation. I had
Copy
&
Opinion
Editor
Giana
Williams
poses
with
the
pirate
statue
located
on
ECU’s
main campus.
no journalism experience, and honestly,
my writing skills were not the best. But
I was dedicated to trying something
new and making a career out of it. Soon
later, I added anthropology to become a
double major because of my interest in
researching and studying humans and
their culture.
Joining The East Carolinian (TEC)
my freshman year was a pivotal moment
during my time at ECU. Not only did it
teach me about the newspaper industry
willingness to take on new tasks but those my Kaiwa (Japanese Conversation)
and where I developed my love for
experiences definitely did help me grow as Club family who made my last year at
journalism, but it also was the place
a journalist.
ECU amazing. Allowing me to serve as
where I learned all my strengths and
I made being a student journalist
co-president this school year and help
weaknesses and also where I met most of a literal personality trait of mine
rebuild the club after having it been put
my closest friends.
throughout the four years and even had
on pause for a year due to COVID-19 has
Over the four years, I watched TEC
dreams of being a foreign correspondent.
been a huge honor and I cannot wait to
grow to what it is now and it’s bittersweet
But I’m about to leave ECU unsure if I
see the individual who will step up and
that I will have to leave such an amazing
want to continue in the field. It’s not that
take my place.
organization. I joined the editorial
I lost interest in journalism, but I find
But even though I will leave university,
staff when TEC was located in Uptown
myself questioning if I see myself doing
I will venture off to the adult world
Greenville at the Self Help Building, and
it for the rest of my life because there’s so
still willing to learn and take on new
used to publish twice a week on Tuesdays
much left I need to learn about myself and challenges of life that I’m not ready to
and Thursdays. I witnessed our big move
the world.
think about like bills, student loans,
to Mendenhall, dealt with having to create
Being indecisive and not having a
insurance, etc. For now, I’m ready
the paper all remotely due to COVID-19,
clear career path as some of my classmates to close this chapter of my life as an
the switch to print once a week, the first
sucks, but it’s normal for someone as
undergraduate student, a journalist, and
ever TEC Talk, and so much more.
young as me. I grew up being interested
a North Carolinian. I’m not sure where
Being part of TEC showed me that I
in so many things that I never found that
life will take me after May 6 but I’m very
was capable of doing almost everything.
one interest that I could call my own.
excited to see what the universe has in
Maybe a little too much of everything
Despite my career indecisiveness, I
store for me and all the accomplishments
because after four years, I’ve held so
will never forget everyone who made my
I will make in the future.
many editorial positions and even went
time here in Greenville, North Carolina,
Williams is a senior communication
out of my comfort zone and covered
amazing. Not only my TEC family and
and anthropology major and
the 2021 Greenville baseball regionals. I
the friends I made while living in the
a TEC columnist. To contact her, email
opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
am still shocked about my abilities and
residence halls at College Hill, but also

“ Being indecisive and not having a clear

career path as some of my classmates sucks,
„
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EVENTS

TODAY
Pork Has a Problem
Exhibition
Joyner Library
1000 E. 5th St.
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(252) 328-0287

Book Binding Workshop
Joyner Library
1000 E. 5th St.
2 to 5 p.m.
(252) 328-0382

Open Mic Night

Pitt Street Brewing Company
630 S. Pitt St.
8 to 10 p.m.
(252) 227-4151

ECU Brass Ensemble

A.J. Fletcher Recital Hall
6 to 7:30 p.m.
(252) 328-6851

TOMORROW
Therapeutic Thursdays Different Ways to
Use a Stress Ball
MCSC Well-Being Hub
128 E. 7th St.
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
(252) 328-5770

Candle Workshop

Pitt Street Brewing Company
630 S. Pitt St.
4 to 6 p.m.
(252) 227-4151

ECU Voyages of Discovery
SeriesDr. Robin Wall Kimmerer
ECU MCSC
501 E. 10th St.
7 to 8:15 p.m.
(252) 328-6249

FRIDAY
Felting Workshop

Emerge Gallery and Art Center
404 Evans St.
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
(252) 551-6947

Kidd G “The Real
Me Tour”

The State Theatre
110 W. 5th St.
7:30 to 11:30 p.m.
(919) 828-4444

SATURDAY
Joshua Eadie & The
Common Wealth
Christy’s EuroPub
301 S. Jarvis St.
8 to 11 p.m.
(252) 758-2774

Look Again: Discovering
Historical Photographs
Janice Hardison Faulkner
Gallery, Joyner Library
1000 E. 5th St.
9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
(252) 328-0287

SUNDAY
Open Mic Night
Dirty Dan’s
110 E. 4th St.
9 to 11:30 p.m.

ECU MFA & BFA
Printmaking Exhibit

Greenville Museum of Art
802 S. Evans St.
10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(252) 758-1946

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Percussion Director Jonathan Wacker rehearses with the Percussion Ensemble days before his last concert with East Carolina University tomorrow.

SoM to host Percussion Ensemble

Noelle Edwards
T E C S TA F F

East Carolina University’s School of
Music (SoM) will host its last Percussion
Ensemble concert of the semester from 7:30
to 9 p.m. tomorrow in the Fletcher Music
Center, Room B110.
ECU professor and Percussion Director
Jonathan Wacker said it will be his last concert at ECU as he will retire at the end of the
spring semester. Wacker
said he has been at ECU
for 23 years.
“ The Percussion
Ensemble is an interesting group, normally if
you look at your concert
band, orchestra or whatever, you’ll have all kinds Jonathan Wacker
of instruments, brass, winds, string, etc,”
Wacker said. “The Percussion Ensemble is
an ensemble where all the instruments are
percussion instruments.”
Wacker said in past years, he has taught
music appreciation classes and jazz history
but his primary focus has been the percussion. He said his replacement has not been
released yet but it should be announced
around or after the final exam weeks.
For the performance on tomorrow,
Wacker said there are a lot of different pieces
planned. The Percussion Ensemble will be
accompanied by guest artist Arthur Lipner,
professional percussionist and The Pirate
Steele, a steel pan ensemble at ECU.
“We’ve got a really wild and exciting
bunch of pieces,” Wacker said. “I always like
to program pieces in a wide range of styles.”
Wacker said the ensemble will play

“Scherzo” from Beethoven’s ninth symphony,
which adds a classical element. There will
also be a salsa piece called “Ran Kan Kan”
by Tito Puente and a piece played on the
xylophone by a group of freshmen.
Wacker said Limpner was one of the first
artists he ever invited to ECU and therefore
he felt it was only appropriate to have him
here for his last concert. Wacker said they
had known each other for years and have
continued to be friends throughout that
time. Wacker said a part of Limpner’s career
is to visit college campuses in order to perform and teach.
Limpner said he has performed in almost
30 countries and appeared on almost 50
albums. He said he specializes in vibes,
marimba and steel pans. Limpner said he
tours regularly as a performer and educator,
and he has been a musician since he was six
years old. Limpner said it had always been
his dream to travel the world.
“I wanted to establish myself in the jazz
field as a recording artist and touring artist,”
Limpner said. “My first trip to Europe was in
1986 and I’ve been there
39 times since.”
Limpner said he is
excited to get back to
ECU since it has been a
while. He also said he is
glad he gets the chance
to be part of Wacker’s last
performance. Limpner Arthur Lipner
said this will be the third time he has been
to ECU.
Limpner said he believes the ECU percussion will be at a high skill level based off
of Wacker’s skillset.

“I always look to share music with
people,” Limpner said. “When I go to a university or high school because my stature
in the field is always exciting for them and
I want to share what I know and help them
along with their playing.”
Freshman music education major Jamie
Pierce said she has been a percussionist since
she was in sixth grade and will perform in the
concert. Pierce said she plays other instruments outside of the percussion family, but
not by choice. She said her major requires
her to know how to play other instruments
in order to be able to teach them.
Pierce said she is sad to see Wacker leave
since he has been so helpful in her education
in such a short amount of time. She said she
hopes the percussion side of her major does
not lose the growth opportunities it had as
a new professor is hired.
“I would not be half as good as a musician as I am today if I didn’t start with him
(Wacker) from the beginning,” Pierce said.
“He is a really great teacher and an amazing
percussionist.”
She said the biggest piece in the performance on Thursday will be the Beethoven
piece. Pierce said this piece is difficult for
her specifically because there are a lot of
moments where she is required to read sheet
music and not look at her instrument.
Pierce said the environment in the SoM
as a percussionist has been very open and
welcoming for her. She said her experience
has also been difficult but it has been a good
experience overall. She said it is a healthy
and helpful environment to be in.
This writer can be contacted at
arts@theeastcarolinian.com.

Outer Limitz bowling alley remains closed
Noelle Edwards
T E C S TA F F

Construction on Mendenhall, the previous
home of East Carolina University’s student
center, is set to be completed by July and
will not bring with it the reopening of the
bowling alley.
When Mendenhall originally opened up
Feb. 9, 1974, the building included the Hendrix
Theatre, a crafts center, a game lounge, a coffee
house and the the eight lane bowling alley on
the ground floor. The second floor was originally used for meetings and is where student
artwork was displayed.
L.L. Everett, project manager with Facilities Engineering and Architectural Services at
ECU, said the design work for Mendenhall was
started a year prior to construction.
Everett said construction began in Mendenhall due to the Pirate Media 1 and Academic
Outreach and Distance Education offices being
located off campus in the Self Help building in
Uptown Greenville, North Carolina.
“After the new student center went online,
we had a lot of vacant space in Mendenhall so
it provided a good opportunity to get those
two groups back on campus
and in a central location,’’
Everett said.
He said the renovation
is approximately 15,000
s quare fe et and Pirate
Media 1 will obtain around
half of the reserved space
on the ground floor. He L.L. Everett
said he is not sure what other groups, other
than Pirate Media 1 and Academic Outreach
and Distance Education, will be able to use
the space but there will be more office space
after renovations.
Everett said the budget for Phase 1 was
approximately $6.7 million for design and
construction purposes.
When it comes to the rumors on campus
about the Outer Limitz bowling alley being

HALIE MILLER | THE EAST CAROLINIAN

The permanently closed Outer Limitz bowling alley can be found on the ground floor of Mendenhall.

reopened, Everett said it was closed once the
Main Campus Student Center was opened.
He said the space is scheduled to be used for
office space in the future.
“The bowling alley was taken offline
permanently so it will not be coming back,”
Everett said.
Junior public health major Prathiska
Raghavan said she thinks an arcade or another
form of a game room should be added to
Mendenhall in order to still have some student
activity. Raghavan is an orientation assistant on
campus and has been since the summer of 2020.
Raghavan said on her tours around campus,
she tells the visitors Mendenhall is the original student center and now holds the Office
of Veterans Affairs and the Office of Student
Transitions. She said she thinks the current student center offers a lot of different options for
students but she will miss the old bowling alley.
“I do think the Main Center Student Center
hosts a lot of events for students, but I would
like to see Hendrix Theater in Mendehall put
into more use,” Raghavan said.
Raghavan said the construction hasn’t
affected her on-campus lifestyle too much since
she lives off campus.

“We (ECU) have a lot of opportunities for
activities and engagement on campus if you
know where to look, like the Engage website,’’
Ragvahven said. “So even with the loss of the
bowling alley in Mendenhall, we still have a
lot going on.”
Sophomore neuroscience major Ysabella
Villacorte said although she is not super active
on campus, she believes the current student
center has a lot of activities to offer. Villacorte
said she was not disappointed to hear that
the campus will no longer offer bowling as a
student activity since she is not a big fan of
the sport.
Villacorte said the construction of Mendenhall hasn’t been disruptive to her since she
lives off campus and is not near the building
very often. She said she thinks campus offers
enough inclusive activities for students.
“I think the student center does a good job
of hosting different activities like self defense
workshops and events for minorities,” Villacorte said.

This writer can be contacted at
arts@theeastcarolinian.com.

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Sports experts predict
this week’s events

Max Lukas

News and Sports Reporter with WZMB

Baseball vs UCF April
14 through
April 16
Score Prediction?
2-1 ECU
Why? Based on how
the season has been so far for
the Pirates, I expect UCF to come
out on top of this series. We have
yet to see the team step up in a
big way to help fill the gap left
behind by last year’s stars.

Anthony Bove
Host of Inside the Lines with WZMB

Baseball vs UCF
April 14 through
April 16
Score Prediction?
2-1 ECU
Why? It will be
a tough matchup going on the
road to play UCF this weekend.
ECU needs to focus on winning
game one, and going from there,
I think they have a chance to win
two if they play clear baseball all
around.

Brendan Cavazos
Sports Editor
@bcvaz_xi

Baseball vs UCF
April 14 through
April 16
Score Prediction?
2-1 ECU
Why? After a
series win against Wichita, the
Pirates have shown they can
compete well enough in the
AAC to continue winning against
conference opponents.

COURTESY OF ECUPIRATES

East Carolina University softball sophomore left hand pitcher Addy Bullis winds up for her pitch from the mound at Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.

Softball prepares for UCF
ECU will travel to Orlando tomorrow
Kiarra Crayton

F OR TH E EAST CARO LIN IAN

The East Carolina University softball
team (19-27, 2-7 American Athletic
Conference) will be on the road to face the
University of Central Florida (34-10, 6-0
AAC) in a three-game conference series
tomorrow through Saturday.
The first game is scheduled to start at 6
p.m. tomorrow in Orlando, Florida, at the
UCF Softball Complex. The second game will
be at 6 p.m. on Friday with the final game of
the series taking place at 2 p.m. on Saturday
to wrap up the three-game series.
The Pirates are headed into this series
after an 8-point home loss against the
University of Houston (23-16-1, 7-1-1 AAC)
on Sunday. The Pirates fell with an end score
of 0-8 in Greenville, North Carolina, at the
Max R. Joyner Family Stadium.
Houston came to visit the Pirates over
a three-game weekend series from Friday
to Sunday. In the first game on Friday, the
Cougars shut out ECU 0-5 to start off the
series. ECU was not able to get its offense
going as it only had three hits the whole game.
The second game was on Saturday when
the Cougars added another win to their
record. ECU was the first to get on the board
and put up three runs in the first inning. The
Pirates didn’t have another inning like the
first and the next six innings were scoreless
for them. The Cougars were able to get seven
hits and racked up six runs. ECU’s bats were
able to get going as they had 12 hits more than

Houston but couldn’t make the most of the
opportunity to score.
In the third game, the Cougars started
off strong with five runs in the first inning.
Houston ended the game with eight runs
while the Pirates couldn’t make it on the
board. The Pirates were able to get five hits
during the game but nothing big enough to
score.
The Knights head into the upcoming
series with a three-game win streak against
the University of Memphis (15-26, 1-8 AAC).
UCF was able to have a clean sweep over
Memphis in the three-game series from from
Friday to Sunday in Orlando, Florida, at UCF
Softball Complex.
The last time the two teams met was
May 13, 2021, and the Pirates fell 3-4 to the
Knights in the quarterfinals of the 2021 AAC
Softball Championship where the Pirates
were ranked No. 6 while the Knights were
ranked No. 3. The contest took place in Tulsa,
Oklahoma, at the Collins Family Softball
Complex.
Three Pirates hit home runs during the
game and accounted for the three runs the
team had. ECU only had the lead when two of
the home runs happened back to back in the
second inning. The Pirates put a stop to UCF
when they shut down a potential rally when
runners were in scoring position during the
second and third inning.
UCF came back in the fourth inning to
put up three more runs and it pushed the
lead over to the Knights. In the sixth inning,

a Pirate batter hit a home run but it wasn’t
enough to take the Pirates back into the lead.
ECU faced UCF four other times last
year before the AAC Championships from
April 9 through April 11. The Knights took
a clean sweep over ECU with a weekend
score of 8-25. In the first game of the series,
ECU almost took the win from UCF but
once again fell just short with a score of 3-4.
During the second game, the Pirates started
off hot by putting up five runs in the first two
innings and then had five scoreless frames.
In the last two games of the series, ECU
was unable to get on the board. UCF had four
runs in the third game, a home plate steal
in the third inning and one homerun, two
RBIs accounted for the runs in the seventh
inning. In the fourth game the Knights took
advantage of the Pirates’ pitcher and had
eight runs come from 10 hits.
In the last 10 matchups, ECU has a 0-10
record against UCF. The Pirates have an
11-game losing streak against the Knights
over a span of four years. This is the longest
losing streak ECU has had against UCF
which started May 4, 2018.
The Pirates will next head to the Dail
Softball Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina,
to compete against NC State (28-15, 5-10
Atlantic Coast Conference) on April 20 at 5
p.m. Tickets for the game can be found on
NC State’s Softball website and range from
$3 to $7.
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.

Track & field heads
to South Carolina

Reyna Crooms

Invitational in Greenville, North Carolina,
earlier this month.
East Carolina University track & field
“The kids are performing really well,
continues to advance through its season as the great attitudes and are super excited. Great
Pirates are set to compete in the Gamecock performances both on the men’s sides and the
Invitational on Saturday in Columbia, South women’s sides. After two meets we have to keep
Carolina, at the Sheila and Morris Gregger this momentum going. We have to take this
Track.
momentum from one weekend into the next
The team recently competed in the Duke weekend,” Kraft said.
Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Duke
Kraft said in order for
University in Durham, North Carolina. East
the men’s and women’s
Carolina ran against Atlantic Coast Conference
sides to keep up the
and Southeastern Conference schools while at
momentum the team will
Duke and sophomore distance runner Chase
have to practice well and
Osborne set a new school record.
stay healthy. He said the
Osborne ran in the 5,000-meter and
team has to make sure
finished with a time of 14:24. Osborne
they get into the training
previously ran a 14:57 at the Carolina Challenge Curt Kraft
room and do the “small
in January. The Pirates also took the top spots things” that contribute to success.
in the high jump, 1,500-meter run, heptathlon
The small things can include the likes of
and distance.
weight room work, speed work, conditioning
“Anytime you get to see power five and any type of event-specific practice. Kraft
competition, I think it brings the
said the athletes are focused on
best out of your own athletes. So
the skills needed to best suit their
they get excited when they get a
individual events. “You obviously
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chance to compete against schools
want to do your best at your
like South Carolina, Duke, State and Carolina. conference championships because those are
I think it’s going to bring the best out of them,” the teams that you’re going to measure yourself
men’s and women’s track & field and cross against but, I think if everybody does what
country Director Curt Kraft said.
they’re doing right now and they continue to
The Pirates have set records two weekends get better and better each weekend I think we’ll
in a row with Osborne’s new time at the Duke be in a good position when we get to that meet
Invitational and the women’s team taking the in mid May,” Kraft said.
top spot at the Bill Carson Invitational on April
1 and April 2. The women’s team took the
This writer can be contacted at
sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
top spot in 14 events while at the Bill Carson

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