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Brody named in Top Ten
The Brody School of Medicine has received a Top Ten Award by the American Academy of Family Physicians for con-tributing to the pipeline of family physicians. With 20.9 percent of graduates choosing fam-ily residences, the Brody School of Medicine earned the top spot among 12 schools. This is the third year in a row that Brody received the Top Ten dis-tinction. The American Acad-emy of Family Physicians hopes to reward medical schools that produce the largest number of family physicians as they are the source of care for approxi-mately sixty percent of all patients with anxiety, de-pression, diabetes, cancer and heart disease.
Shooting and homicide on griffin Street
On Thursday, May 23 at about 9:15 p.m., police responded to reports of gunfire on Griffin Street. Willie Travon Smith was pronounced dead at Vidant Medical Center later that night. Deontra Deshawn Wilkes was hospitalized with gunshot wounds to the lower body and legs. Greenville police detectives from the Major Crimes Unit, Gang Unit and Forensics Unit were on scene. No leads have been found but two 1 gram clear plastic bags with green leafy material inside were picked up at the scene.
Alumni-only career held
East Carolina alumni are invited to attend an ex-clusive Recruit NC Career Expo at NC State Univer-sity. The event, exclusive to 18 universities, held on June 6 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. is meant to recruit successful North Carolin-ian alumni to jobs in the NC area. The McKimmon Con-ference Center in Raleigh will feature jobs and net-working opportunities from over 75 employers with hundreds of jobs to fill. Of all attendees, 57 percent land a job or interview.
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The National Transportation Safety Board recommended a change to the legal blood alcohol content for drivers from .08 to .05 percent on May 14.
The change is being heavily considered nationally but the NTSB has no authority to change the law, it must be done at the state level.
“We’re a state that loves their alcohol. It’s not going to pass. Not for a long time, anyway. We might be conservative and in the Bible belt, but after a sermon we all like to kick back with a Bud Light,” said Senior psychology major Brent Majors. “Having a
drink with dinner and driving home shouldn’t be a crime.”
The last time North Carolina dropped the BAC legal limit from .10 to .08 percent was October 1, 1993, according to the Highway Safety Research Center. This change took two decades after the NTSB recommended the change.
“Initially, there will be a spike [in DWIs] because people will not be used to it,” said Lt. Chris Sutton of ECU Police. “I think this would cause significant changes for the entire campus community and city of Green-ville.”
The report published by the NTSB claims the change could save between 500 and 800
lives every year. The study also reported that drivers showed impairment at levels as low as .02 percent.
More than 100 countries have dropped their legal BAC limit to .05 percent with significant changes according to the NTSB. In Australia, the change led to provinces reporting a 5-18 per-cent drop in traffic fatalities.
“You can barely drink any-thing and drive now. And there’s not a big difference between .08 and .05, ”said Chris Glienke, the manager of local Peasant’s Pub.
The American Beverage Insti-tute has strongly opposed the
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The home of Purple and gold turns fifty this year and the university is celebrating with several events including themed games, online competitions and more.
legal limit debatedThe NTSB has suggested lowering blood alcohol content level for drivers nationwide
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Jamitress bowdenSTAFF WRITER
Just before the big conference move, ECU will celebrate a big milestone for Dowdy-Ficklen stadium.
“It’s a wonderful way to honor the legacy and the people that built this programs. It speaks to our history and progress,” said Jeff Compher, athletic director.
This upcoming season will be the 50th anniversary for the university’s stadium. The athlet-ics department has planned to commemorate this occasion by engaging the fans. The depart-ment wants to highlight the good times that the university and the football team have experienced over the years.
“I like that we can develop a history, a logo and reflect on the progress made from bleach-ers to 50,000 people filling the stadiums,” said Scott Wetherbee, assistant director of athletics marketing and ticket operations.
The football stadium began as James Skinner Ficklen Memo-rial Stadium. Dr. Leo Jenkins
announced the original plans Oct. 7, 1961. By the next year, $283,387 was raised to build the stadium. Later, Ron and Mary Dowdy gave $1 million in April 1994 and the stadium was renamed Dowdy-Ficklen stadium. Al and Debby Bagwell were recognized in 1997
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staff reports
The North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources has named Pitt County number one in the state in recy-cling.
DENR tracks data statewide about recycling and disposal rates and then publicizes its findings, along with two different rankings of community recycling programs each spring.
Scott Mouw, the state’s recycling coordinator, said in a press release, “In general, the momentum in local recycling programs is helping sup-press the state’s dependence on solid waste landfills.”
Pitt County has received the number one rankings for several fiscal years: 2002–2003, 2008–2009, 2009–2010 and 2011–2012.
Partnerships with the public and East Carolina Vocational Center helped the county reach number one. ECVC receives, processes and markets all the comingled recyclables.
“It takes a little bit more time, but in the end it’s worth it,” said Brittany Adams, a senior business major. Adams recycles in her apart-ment due to the readily available recycling bins.
“At my parent’s house I don’t recycle because it’s a lot harder to do so when there’s not a recycling bin right outside,” said Adams. “In a student-friendly atmosphere, it’s much easier. On campus there’s recycling bins everywhere; people are going to recycle more when it’s easy to do so.”
But despite the high ranking, not all students see the positioning as a good thing.
“I don’t know anyone that recy-cles and if we’re number one in the state then that’s kind of sad,” said senior education major Jessica
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Two years ago ecU’s Freedom wall and Memorial walk was dedicated to fallen soldiers. Three east carolina University students who died serving their country were among the first memorialized during the Memorial walk and Freedom wall dedication.
They were capt. James r. Tant, U.S. Air Force, class of ‘65; 1st lt. Frank l. rice, U.S. Army, class of ‘67; and Sgt. david J. Smith, U.S. Marine corps, class of ‘10. The Brick Paver campaign has added engraved six-by-nine inch bricks to the memorial walk since its dedication. This site honors ecU students, staff and em-
ployees in the armed forces. in honor of this Memorial day the university and The east carolinian would like to give our most sincere thanks to all the people in service, including those whose names line the memo-rial for their dedication and service to our country.
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change to the legal limit. In a press release, they argue that the NTSB is trying to criminalize non-criminal activity.
With an average male at 195 pounds drinking three 12 oz. beers over a one hour time period his BAC would be .05. An average female at 150 pounds would only have to consume two 12 oz. beers in the same time period for the same result.
“It would be a good change because it reduces the amount one should consume,” said Sutton.
However, Sutton said the effects of the BAC level change rests on the driver and the decisions they make when consuming alcohol.
In the past year, there
were 68, 246 DUIs issued in North Carolina. With 365 deaths from drunk driving in the state, 30 percent of all traffic deaths were alcohol-related.
At .05 BAC, the risk of having an accident increases by 39 percent. At .08, the risk increases by more than 100 percent according to the Highway Safety Research Center. They also report that at the current legal limit, an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash kills some-one every 31 minutes and injure someone every two minutes.
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alcohol related fatalitiesin North carolina
Fatal accidents in Nc where one driver had a bac of .08 or above
396 people
People killed in Nc in accidents where at least one driver had a bac of .08
423 people
People killed in Nc where at least one driver had at bac between .01 and .07
77 people
for their donation, which brought Bagwell Field.
“It’s been a great 50 years of hoisting the colors high,” said Cross Duidema, junior pre-health major.
Throughout the season, different decades will be celebrated. The season tickets, parking passes and game programs will be themed to match the chosen decade for each game. All materials will feature pictures from the respective decade. Wetherbee said the materials will almost become collectors items.
The game scheduled against Old Dominion University on Aug. 31 will be 1960’s themed. The game against Florida Atlantic will be 1970’s, the game against Virginia Tech will be 1980’s, the game against Southern Miss will be 1990’s, the game against Tulsa will be millennium themed and the game against UAB will recognize the 2010–2013 seasons.
“I’m excited we can celebrate the traditions, student athletes, memo-
ries, success and fans that have been apart of Dowdy for the past 50 years,” said Lee Workman, associate athletics director for administration.
During the games, the results from online voting will be revealed. This summer, fans from all over can vote on their favorite moments in Dowdy-Ficklen stadium and their all-time favorite team. Pirate Nation will vote on the team by casting their vote for the best player in each position, including the head coach. Workman said he thinks this will be an oppor-tunity for the fans to celebrate and be involved with Pirate football.
Wetherbee said he is looking for-ward to seeing which game moment will be voted number one. “I loved the N.C. State interception, but the older guys talk about the Pitt game.”
Compher said he is looking for-ward to the moment when the team takes the field for the first time and the first coin toss of the season. “We’ll get the people that need to be honored
out there,” said Compher. The Pirate Club will be giving away
commemorative paintings and col-lector items. Other things that Pirate fans can look forward to during the football games are texting competi-tions and themed music played by the ECU Marching Pirates.
“It’s going to be amazing to cel-ebrate 50 years of football tradition here at ECU in Dowdy-Ficklen sta-dium,” said Jorge Almonte-Florimon, junior pre-health major.
The top two crowds at Dowdy-Ficklen stadium were: Oct. 1, 2011 against UNC–Chapel Hill with 50,610 people and Oct. 16, 2010 against N.C. State with 50, 410 in people.
“I’ve never been to a football game here. I’ve seen videos, but I’m jacked up for it,” said Compher.
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Watson. “When I was living in Scotland there was more of a focus on recycling. I think it’s more of a priority in other places.”
However, ECU is trying to change that. The university contributes to the recycling program by reusing cooking
oil from the dining halls in school buses for Pitt County Schools.
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The sheer inevitabil-ity of death should be a good enough reason to appreciate the lives we live, yet many people take this great gift for granted. The woes of life are a mere learning lesson in order for us to prosper. If we all took the time to appreciate the wondrous world around us, life may be an easier pill to swallow. If lives were lived to the
fullest with no regrets, then our fear of death may dissipate faster. As an atheist, I have no seemingly definite answer as to what happens to us after we die, but my gratefulness for life has recently boomed.
A few weeks ago, my best friend’s aunt passed away by an unknown cause of death. The shock hit their family like a nuclear attack and devastation and sadness filled the air like a mushroom cloud. After attending the memorial service to commemorate the life of this wonderful woman, a few family mem-bers sulked their way back to their vehicle to venture back to their home in Florida. The brother of the deceased was driving the vehicle with three other people in the car, one being a newborn baby. A little while after
their journey began, the driver lost control on the road due to poor weather conditions and was ejected from the vehicle, dying instantly. Besides a severed finger, everyone else in the vehicle was miraculously alive. However, the realization of two deaths in one week was mind-boggling.
Now, as mentioned before, I am an athe-ist. But upon hearing this story, I genuinely believed there had to be a reason for inci-dences such as this. The deceased sister must have needed her brother wherever she ended up after death. If death is truly accidental, this devastating loss would be excruciatingly pointless. In this moment, I knew there had to be a reason for everything, and an afterlife may be more plausible than I ever realized.
They say there are only two guarantees in life: you will pay taxes and you will die. The truth in this semi-humorous statement solidifies our circle of life. For me, having no desire to experience anything further than the life I am currently living allows me to live day-to-day. With the optimism that life is so grand, I believe I do not need anything after this. Although many people do not view this approach to life like I do, maybe we all should.
As a science-minded person, it per-plexes some people to find out I believe that something happens after we die, but not in the sense of Heaven or Hell. Life is far too complex for this to be the only stop on our
existence in our infinite universe, but if it is, I will be completely satisfied.
People that dedicate their entire lives to religion––only to remain six feet under the ground with their soul still intact––may feel as though the life they lived, dedicated to God, was worth the risk of avoiding burning eternally in Hell. If they go to Heaven, it was all worth it. But from a scientific point of view, if nothing happens after death you may be regretful of the missed opportunities. On the other hand, if an atheist lives a wholesome, respectable life and burns eternally, is that fair? Is it rational that God created all humans and allowed them to have the mental capabil-ity to choose not to believe in him, yet are punished for living a life they chose to live? I do not believe this is possible or acceptable.
Socrates once said, “To fear death is nothing other than to think oneself wise when one is not. For it is to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not even turn out to be the greatest bless-ings of human beings. And yet people fear it as if they knew for certain it is the greatest evil.” To me, this elaborates the fact that we should all live in the moment and focus on the here and now rather than what is inevitably coming our way. Death surrounds us daily, but we do not have to let it rule our lives.
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We have always enjoyed not having class on the last Monday of May, but the reason for Memorial Day is often forgotten while loading up our cars for fun-filled trips to the beach during this extended weekend.
When John A. Logan dedicated this day almost 150 years ago to remember Civil War soldiers—officially becoming a national holiday by Richard Nixon in 1971— he probably didn’t foresee the drunken partying and lackadaisical connotations sometimes associated with this annual day.
Regardless of your view of the mili-tary, or our seemingly deviant govern-
ment, your views should be excluded when honoring the brave men and women that have defended our freedom in every branch of the military.
Memorial Day was created in order to remember the hard work put in by our fellow Americans. Whether your grandfather fought in Vietnam, or your friend or cousin is in Iraq, a simple day of thanks for all of their hard work is well deserved and needs to be more prominently recognized.
Honoring the people who serve and have served in our country’s military does not have to be full-blown or out-landish, but the last Monday in May
should not simply be seen or treated as another day to recover from the week-end, a day to catch up on missed shows or dawn your red, white and blue attire with no meaning behind it.
From a single thought of thanks to the traditional lowering of the Ameri-can Flag to half-staff, we as a university and a working community —whose main mission is to educate and serve others— need to embrace even the smallest things to honor, not just the soldiers themselves, but also the families they serve.
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Memorial DayA day for remembrance
the cops on Segways make me want to create havoc just so I can see them try to catch me.
It’s bad when the thirst is as real as the struggle…
the fact that my phone autocorrects “YoLo” to “tool” makes my day. please stop saying YoLo.
If I had a quarter for every time I hit a pothole in this town, I wouldn’t need this d**n degree.
If you don’t know where the gas pedal is, get off the road.
there is a special place in hell for people that go out to eat at a restaurant and do not tip.
Guys need to remember to work out their quads before wearing their short shorts.
Do not get used to Greenville alcohol prices; you will be in shock the next time you order a Vodka Red bull outside of downtown.
when will these girls realize that if a guy cheats with you, he will cheat on you. Karma is a b***h.
why do my summer school teachers not understand that I am trying to juggle their homework and my alcohol binges?
I would stop and smell the roses, but your dog s**t is everywhere.
to the guy skateboarding in front of Joyner on tuesday, marry me.
Guys overlook potentially great girlfriends for Greenville gutter rats. Get it together, gentlemen.
how am I supposed to have Sunday Funday when the liquor stores are closed?
the next time you almost hit me with your bike, I am shoving a stick in your spokes.
I don’t trust any girl who looks perfect for an 8 a.m. class.
there needs to be a Facebook designated for all of my pregnant friends. I am tired of seeing your ugly babies on my timeline.
519 is the only bar downtown where I don’t constantly feel like I am about to get shot.
that awkward moment when you roll over in bed in the morning and think “who the hell is in my bed?”
to the people that get offended by me smoking cigarettes on campus, get over it. School is stressful.
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For those eagerly anticipating the hilar-ity that always ensues when the wolf pack gets together, the final film in The Hangover trilogy was a disappointment.
On its own and without any predeces-sors, this movie might have been a thrilling viewing experience. It deviated from the previous films’ hilarious escapades and comedic genre and veered towards a dark action adventure film.
From the very beginning, it was clear that the final movie would be completely different from the other two. Instead of opening the movie with preparations for the upcoming wedding of one of the mem-bers of the wolf pack, a jailbreak and death occurred in quick succession.
The film’s main focus was on Alan,
Grade: C
the Hangover Part iii brings a headache
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The Hangover Part III, produced and directed by Todd Phillips, generated $51 million in revenue for its opening weekend on May 24th.
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Behind the dark, ominous exterior of Aether Realm lies a collection of accom-plished musicians looking
to embark on their third tour in two years.
“I’m very excited to play these shows,” said bassist and lead singer Jake Jones. “Now, we have a full length album out and our fan base has grown considerably.”
The album, “One Chosen by the Gods,” incorporates a compre-hensive European sound that only a few metal groups in the U.S. dare to try. The local Greenville metal band continues to gain notoriety from coast to coast utilizing this unique
Local metal band sets sail for its third tour
folk metal style.“People like to divide out their
own little niche in this larger scene. When you get into subgenres, there are a lot of crossovers between things,” said Jones. “We’re all very into this style of music.”
Upon the album’s release in Jan-uary, the band played a few shows in a smaller tour. Now, Aether Realm is packing their bags and setting their course for the Northeast. The tour will include shows in Trenton, St. Louis, Cleveland, Chicago and even one in Greenville on June 9.
Two weeks of traveling hours upon hours each day and expelling the massive amounts of energy that goes into a live metal performance is undoubtedly taxing. Aether Realm is hardly naïve in their preparation.
“We practice a lot,” said drum-mer Tyler Gresham. “I’ve been training pretty much every day for the last few weeks, just running through the songs. It helps out as part of endurance.”
Practice was the very founda-tion Aether Realm was built upon. They first entered the music scene in 2011 as a couple of students looking to make a splash in the Greenville music scene. A couple years later and that splash turned into a ripple that continues to travel through the headphones of heavy metal enthusiasts.
Their performance at Spazz Fest IV in March was called “the biggest metal show Greenville has seen in a while,” by The Dadada. Utilizing Lightshow, a brand new program purchased by the band prior to the show, Aether Realm delivered a local performance that nearly had Peasant’s Pub registering on the Richter scale.
“It was great,” said Jones. “The crowd was very into it with mosh pits and stage dives and all that cool stuff.”
Gresham said the concert has been a good time consistently over the last couple of years.
“It was fun. We always have fun playing in Greenville just because it’s our hometown and I always love playing Spazzfest,” said Gresham. “There were a lot of people there.”
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aether realm members Tyler gresham (drummer), Jack rodriguez-Dougherty (guitarist), Heinrich arnold (guitarist) and Jake Jones (vocalist/ bassist).
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portrayed by Zach Galifianakis, and his spiral into madness. Whereas the previous two movies had Alan, Doug, Stu, and Phil participating in wild bachelor party antics, in this film they gathered together to convince Alan to go to rehab.
The insanity in previous films was caused by a string of events that the men couldn’t remember. In the final film, the chaos was caused by their “friend” Leslie Chow, an escaped convict. On their way to the rehab facility, a gangster––who was previously robbed by Chow–– intercepts the men. The gangster, played by John Goodman, takes Doug and tells the other three that they must get Chow for him.
There were startling parallels between this movie and the first. In the first movie, Doug’s stepfather tells him that what hap-pens in Vegas stays in Vegas. This proves not to be the case for the wolf pack. A line of dialogue from “Black Doug,” the drug dealer is explained and we get to see two important characters from the first film.
When you push aside the adventures and crazy mishaps, the film delves into Alan’s character and how he can become a member of society. Previously, Alan lived at home and acted like a child, even though he is over 40. In this movie, he begins to grow up and sees what life would be like as an adult in a steady relationship with a family of his own.
There are several heartwarming scenes that provide Alan’s character development justice but they seem out of place in a movie entitled “The Hangover.” However, they help wrap up the storyline of the trilogy nicely.
The last part of the movie alludes to the first film. The men visited Caesars Palace and had a rendezvous at dawn in the desert out-side of Las Vegas. However, these moments weren’t quite as funny as they were the first time around and only served to remind the audience of past hilarious antics.
Bradley Cooper, as Phil Wenneck, and Ed Helms, as Dr. Stu Price, fell a little flat in this film and seemed only to serve as Galifi-anakis’ helpers.
One of the high points of the film was an appearance by actress Melissa McCarthy as a pawnshop owner. The scenes with her comprised most of the comedy contained in the film.
Galifianakis and Ken Jeong, who played Chow, provided most of the laughs in the film, but many of them felt forced. While Jeong’s jokes and personality were hilarious in the first two movies, they border on madness in the third film.
John Goodman’s character said that Chow was completely mad and you couldn’t deal with something like that but “if you’re lucky, you trap it and kill it.” This phrase sums up this movie: something crazy that was okay at first, but got completely out of control.
Those who truly love “The Hangover” franchise will enjoy this movie and appreciate the closure that it provides the trilogy. How-ever, for those who want a movie to make them laugh until they cry, The Hangover Part III doesn’t fit the bill.
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Aether Realm performed alongside Thunderlip, Grohg and The Kickass, Gresh-am’s best friend’s band. Through the haze and the grotesquely sinister sound, Aether Realm played into the night.
“All of us are good for playing with this band specifically because we’re all relatively experienced players,” said Jones. “The music that we play is pretty difficult. It’s fast and pretty technical.”
The four skilled artists that make up Aether Realm aren’t just a random assort-ment of musicals strangers. In fact, three
of the members, Heinrich Arnold, Jack Rodriguez-Dougherty and Gresham met each other at ECU and remained friends through the years.
“We’ve known each other for a pretty long time,” said Jones. “If I’m going to be on tour hanging out in a smelly van all week, I definitely want them to be guys that I like a lot and have fun hanging out with.”
Aether Realm began their tour yesterday at J.R.’s Bar in Philadelphia.
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University faculty expresses their creativity outside the classroom.
A group of English profes-sors have joined together in literary alliance to share their work with the community. They call themselves the Pirate Prof Pack. “The Pirate Prof Pack is a group of faculty that are inter-ested in creative writing and have done their own creative writing over the years,” said English Professor Joe Horst. “It’s a pretty broad selection as far as interest and what we teach.”
The Pack currently consists of faculty from the English department, but Horst said they’re open to any faculty member interested in differ-ent styles of creative writing. A big part of being a writer is having the chance for your work to meet the public eye. Horst said the group came together to find a way to give their work a voice. “Gabriele Freeman had this idea for those of us that were doing creative writing but didn’t have the outlet for people to give us feedback or to just see what the reaction from our audience would be,” said Horst. Pirate Prof Pack plans to preform readings of poetry,
prose and short fiction along with other creative pieces at local venues like the Tipsy Teapot.
“One of the things that we try to stress to the community is that we are supporting a local business,” said Horst.
The Pirate Prof Pack will have their first reading on 6:30 p.m. Friday at Tipsy Teapot.
“I think there will be a really wide variety of things being read,” said Horst. “Hopefully there will be a little bit of something for everybody.”
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The ECU bas eba l l season came to an end after a 1-2 record in the Con-ference USA tournament. The third-seeded Pirates’ win over Southern Miss on Saturday was preceded by losses against Houston and Tulane.
The Pirates won their Saturday night game 8-7 over the second-seeded Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
ECU scored first in the top of the fourth. Chris Gosik was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score the first run. Then Jack Rein-heimer singled to right field, giving the Pirates a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom half of the inning.
Pirates starting pitcher Ryan Williams was cruis-ing through five scoreless innings before the Golden Eagles broke it open in the bottom of the sixth, scor-ing five off of Williams and one off of the reliever, Jake Harris.
D o w n 6 - 2 , E C U promptly scored three in the top of the seventh, starting the inning with three straight hits by Rein-heimer, Jay Cannon and Philip Clark. Clark picked up an RBI on the single to right. Sam King drove in the second run on a sacrifice fly and Clark eventually scored on a wild pitch.
The Pirates got three more runs back in the eighth. Bryan Bass hit an RBI single to tie the game at six. Drew Reynolds then singled through the left side, plating Clark for the go-ahead run. Zach Houchins drove in an insurance run for the Pirates on a sacrifice fly.
The Golden Eagles, down by two in the ninth, made things interesting. Southern Miss doubled twice in the inning, but Reynolds struck out the final batter to earn the save
and give ECU an 8-7 win in its final game of the season.
The Pirates were already eliminated from the tourna-ment championship before Saturday night’s encounter against Southern Miss. USM had already clinched a spot in the championship game.
The matchup, played for pride exclusively, pro-vided Coach Billy Godwin with the opportunity to give his seniors playing time in their final game in an ECU uniform.
“Nobody wanted to go out on a loss at the end of the season,” said Cannon. “So we knew we had something to play for. We came out, swung the bat great and had a good game.”
The Pirates were elimi-nated from contending for the C-USA championship after they lost to seventh-seeded Tulane 6-5 on Friday afternoon. The Green Wave received a big effort from starting pitcher, Alex Byo, who went eight and a one third innings.
ECU battled back after being down 5-2 after six innings, scoring two in the seventh and one in the ninth, but the Green Wave never surrendered the lead.
The Pirates entered the ninth frame down by two runs. After a Gosik groundout, Bass singled to left. Tulane then turned to bullpen reliever Ian Gib-baut. Reynolds, who had three RBIs on the day, then grounded out, advancing Bass to second.
With two outs, Houchins delivered an RBI single to left, scoring Bass. Chase McDonald followed the knock with a single of his own, advancing the tying run to third. But Gibbaut forced Ben Fultz to pop up to second base to record the final out.
“We don’t ever quit. That’s the toughness of our kids and I’m really proud of that,” said Godwin.
The sixth seeded Hous-
ton Cougars defeated ECU 9-4 in the opener on Thurs-day behind a complete game performance from start-ing pitcher Austin Pruitt. Cougars’ first baseman, Justin Montemayor, batted 4-4 with two RBIs to lead Houston. Montemayor also scored a run and was walked on the evening.
ECU s core d t hre e runs in the bottom of the first frame, but Houston responded with a four-run
third inning off of ECU starter Jeff Hoffman.
The Pirate bats could only plate one run off of Pruitt the rest of the way, while the Cougars added two each in the sixth and seventh innings and one more in the ninth.
Houchins and Reynolds both added three hits to their stat line in the loss.
“I thought Houston played extremely well. We didn’t kick it around or any-
thing. They created some big hits at some big times,” said Godwin.
Southern Miss and Rice each won their pool, while the Pirates wrapped up their season with a final record of 31-26. The 31 wins is the lowest total in the eight-year tenure at ECU for head coach Billy Godwin.
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Josh GrahamSeNior Writer
New York Jets quarterback David Garrard announced his retirement from the NFL earlier this month. Unfortunately for the former ECU signal caller, he wasn’t able to leave on his own terms.
In 2012, Garrard signed with the Miami Dolphins and was the front runner for the starting job, but was released just before the season-opener following arthroscopic knee surgery. Despite his expectations of being ready for this upcoming season, he experienced swelling in his knee which led him to his deci-sion to leave the game.
Regardless of what direction his professional career took, Garrard will always be remembered as one of the most decorated Pirates to don the Purple and Gold.
He owns the bulk of the school’s offensive records, including pass-ing yards (9,029) and total offense (10,238), while playing a huge role in ECU’s “giant-killer” reputation.
His finest hour was arguably against No. 13 Miami (Fla.) on the national stage. Due to the destruc-tion left by Hurricane Floyd, the game was relocated from Green-ville to Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, the home of in-state rival N.C. State.
Trailing by a score in the final minutes, a long touchdown-drive was required to complete the come-from-behind upset. Before the series, head coach Steve Logan remembered his conversation with Garrard on the sidelines.
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ecu men’s tennis doubles team of Junior Joran Vliegen and Freshman colin roller concluded their season thursday with a 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 1-6 loss to Georgia tech’s Juan Spir and Vikram hundal in the opening round of the Ncaa championships.
Vliegen and roller, ranked 62nd by the ita, became the first duo in ecu history to compete in the national championships and wound up with a 17-1 record this spring.
Vliegen and roller took the opening set, 6-4, before Spir and hundal, ranked 10th by the ita, outlasted the ecu tandem in the second set and then easily won the third stanza to advance at the khan tennis complex at the uni-versity of illinois. Spir and hundal improved to 19-5 on the season.
Track and Field athletes headed to Nationals
lauren lubarski will accom-pany freshman cameron hudson and sophomore kayla padgett to the Ncaa Division i outdoor track and Field championships in eugene, ore., beginning Wednes-day, June 5, after qualifying for Nationals in the women’s javelin throw on the final day of the Ncaa east regional.
lubarski secured her spot at Nationals after recording a qualifying mark of 47.01m (154-03.00) for a 12th-place finish in the women’s javelin throw. the top 12 finishers in the event advance to the Ncaa champion-ships. lubarski will join team-mates hudson (men’s long jump) and padgett (women’s hammer throw) for the trio’s first-ever appearance at Nationals.
padgett tallied a career-best mark of 58.29m (191-03.00) in the event to earn an 11th place finish. her toss is also good for fourth place in the ecu outdoor record book. the hammer throw consists of three flights and the top 12 advance to the Ncaa National championships.
hudson recorded a mark of 7.35m (24-01.50) in the pre-liminary round of the men’s long jump for a 12th place finish in the event. of the four seeded flights, the top 16 finishers advance to the semifinals of the Ncaa east regional, while the top 12 placers earn a trip to the Ncaa outdoor championships.
Marquez Grayson picks ECU
Grayson did not commit on National Signing Day, but he had finally made his decision and believes ecu is the right place for him. “i chose ecu because they have a great environment. i love the fan base, i love the coaching staff and ty holmes [former lex-ington Yellow Jacket] goes there. i’ve visited and hung out with him at ecu. i took my official visit and it was one the best experiences i’ve had at a school.” Grayson chose ecu over clemson, Duke, Minnesota, uNc chapel hill, N.c. State, South carolina, tennessee, Virginia, Virginia tech and Wake Forest. this is a big pickup for ecu; Grayson is a big-time back who should contribute his first year for the pirates.
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Craig Barnes Jr.assistant sports editor
Julie Torbett played a vital role as a student-athlete for national powerhouse Penn State. In her 20 year coaching career, Torbett became the winningest coach in Big South history and UNC Asheville history leading the Bulldogs to 304 victories in 17 seasons. In 2002, Torbett was responsible for one of the best turnarounds in NCAA history when the Bulldogs finished 26-8 after a 7-21 campaign the previous year. Torbett has won three Big South Championships and was also named Big South Conference Coach-of-the-Year on two occasions (2002 and 2009).
Craig Barnes Jr: How did the experiences of playing for Penn State and Russ Rose contribute to your success as a head volleyball coach?
Julie Torbett: Well Penn State is one of the best volleyball programs in the country and just having him as a mentor all these years through being a coach the last 20 years has really helped guide me and help
formulate my decision-making and my philosophy as a coach. I don’t know what better history you can have in having played for one of the best programs in the country.
CB: Given the recent history of volleyball here at ECU, how do you plan to change the culture or implement some techniques used at Penn State?
JT: I will bring in my philoso-phy from Penn State utilizing the drills and the training that we did there. That’s going to have an immediate impact. I was trained very fundamentally so not doing any new wave, new age type of teaching philosophies…A lot of people have faith in the methods that I’m teaching, including my players, so I think we will see some immediate change in the talent level and skill level of our current players.
CB: What is the toughest obstacle you believe this year’s team will face?
JT: Not reverting back and not having a losing mentality when you have only six wins going into your senior year… To not immediately be like, “here we go again” or have that losing mentality, I’ve got to teach them to have a winning men-tality even when the scoreboard may not reflect it immediately.
CB: What are the biggest dif-ferences in the level of competi-tion between the Big South and Conference-USA?
JT: I think there is a bit of disparity right now at the current time. I think sports and confer-ences go through cycles as they have talent and put resources in different sports. I’ve played some of the teams in Conference-USA and have been successful against them… What I would say about
the Conference-USA is not that it’s much better but a lot more balanced.
CB: With early success at your stops in UNC-Asheville and Win-throp do you see this year’s team garnering the same success?
JT: We have realistic expecta-tions of where the team can reach this season given the personnel and now that I have had a spring with them… I do not like any team that limits themselves...We have to somewhere balance in between being happy with what we are able to achieve and setting our goals high enough so we don’t limit ourselves.
CB: What are some of your short-term goals and long-term goals for the program?
JT: Well short-term goals are we want to get people on board now, I can tell you that this pro-gram is going to be successful in the future… Not wait and see and we will jump on the bandwagon later, we need the help now while we are struggling… that’s a goal that I have to get community sup-port, campus support and student support for the program now. We are also going for double digit wins. That is something we will be striv-ing for to achieve this season.
CB: What are some things Pirate Nation can expect out of Cindy Miller?
JT: Well I’ve known her for six year and she played for me at Asheville and then became my assistant coach at Winthrop. She is close to the girls in age so I think she will buffer generation gap…Just understanding what the girls are going through and be able to explain that to fans and support staff here as the girls go through this transition with me.
CB: What about Brandon Crisp did you find interesting when deciding to add him to your staff?
JT: Well his skill sets in video analysis breakdown, scouting those kinds of things were what appealed to me… He was at USC and coached in a Final Four. When you can bring a coach of that caliber, with my Penn State East Coast volleyball and his West Coast California, I think that’s going to be a good mix a good blend.
CB: Besides being athletes what are some expectations you have for players on the team?
JT: I want them to be very per-sonable, outgoing young women that are approachable by students that are integrated fully in the campus…community service, being good students and good ambassadors to the school.
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Garrard’s eyes and saying, “David, you have proven to everyone here tonight that you can play with the best in the nation. What we are getting ready to find out is can you beat the best in the nation?”
He certainly did. Gar-rard threw the game-win-ning touchdown to erase a 20-point deficit and seal a 27-23 ECU win. Subse-quently, Garrard put ECU on the map nationally and proved he was legitimate professional prospect. In the fourth round of the 2002 NFL draft, he was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
For the first couple of
years, he served as the back-up to Byron Leftwich, who was taken with the seventh overall pick in the 2003 draft. Ironically, it was Leftwich who led Marshall past ECU, 64-61, in the infamous 2001 GMAC Bowl. The double-overtime thriller was Gar-rard’s last collegiate game.
But following back-to-back injury riddled seasons for Leftwich, Jaguars head coach Jack Del Rio made the surprising decision to name Garrard his starter in 2006.
The move paid off in 2007 when the Jaguars rolled to an 11-5 record and a road playoff-win at Pitts-burgh. Garrard tossed 18
touchdowns and tied an NFL record with just three interceptions. He was named to his first Pro Bowl in 2010 before leaving for Miami two years later.
Growing up and play-ing his high school football in south Durham, Garrard received attention not for his throwing arm, but rather for his size.
According to Logan, the first time he met his future quarterback was at his summer football camp, where Garrard weighed in at about 250 pounds as a rising-junior in high school.
“When a football comes off of a high school quarter-
back’s hand that has college potential, it has a certain look and spin that experi-enced quarterback coaches can identify,” said Logan. “The very first throw that David threw for me that day, it wasn’t college potential that I saw, it was pro poten-tial. No doubt about it.”
The rest, as they say, is history. During his tenure at ECU from 1998-2001, Gar-rard was an All-Conference USA selection three times, leading the Pirates to 29 wins and three bowl-game appearances.
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