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new medicine and geriatrics center to open
Staff Reports
Chancellor Steve Ballard, Dr. Kenneth Steinweg, the chair of family medicine, and others will be attending the ribbon cutting of a new family medicine center.
The ribbon cutting will take place at the ECU Family Medi-cine Center and Monk Geriatric Center on Sept. 23.
The Medicine and Geriatric Center is 117,000 square-feet and replaces the 32,000 square-foot facility that was built in the 1970s.
The new center has space for sports medicine, physical therapy and geriatrics.
The ribbon cutting will take place at 3:30 p.m.
PCMH to choose different name due to copyright
Staff Reports
Last month, Pitt County Memorial Hospital announced that it would change its name by Oct. 1.
WITN reported that the original name chosen by the hospital was UHS Medical Center, however, another hos-pital uses the UHS initials.
Within the next 90 days, the hospital hopes to have a unique name with a simpler brand that’s easier to recognize.
The University Health Sys-tems name will continue to be used, but not the initials.
Greenville PD arrest robbery suspect
Staff Reports
Greenville Police were able to chase down and recover items stolen by a man who broke into a home on Saturday.
According to WITN, Jamie Walker, 22, of Hertford, has been charged with breaking and entering an apartment on Brownlea Drive.
Police recovered a flat-screen television wrapped in a blanket left behind the apart-ment.
Walker’s bond is set at $62,500.
temporary cleanup jobs coming to Eastern nC
Staff Reports
On Tuesday, the first install-ment of a $2 million National Emergency Grant was given to the state.
According to WNCT, the first $750,000 will go to hire 200 temporary debris removal workers.
Individuals participating in the grant will be allowed to work for up to six months and/or earn up to $12,000.
Those interested can apply at North Carolina Employment Security Commission or Joblink Career Centers across the state.
red Cross lacks blood
Staff Reports
Hurricane Irene has left the Red Cross short on blood since the storm disrupted many events planned by the organiza-tion.
WNCT reported that the storm forced many events to be cancelled and it has been dif-ficult to reschedule them.
The Red Cross is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and is always accepting new donors.
cameron GuptonassIsTanT news edITor
According to the most recent college and university rankings pub-lished by U.S. News & World Report magazine, East Carolina University is a top tier school.
Schools within the top tier category “offer a full range of under-graduate majors, master’s, and doctoral degrees and are commit-ted to producing ground breaking research,” states the magazine’s website.
The university tied for the 194th spot on the list. It tied with several other schools for the spot including UNC-Charlotte, Louisiana Tech and University of Montana.
The top three schools on the list were Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities.
Freshman nursing major Meghan Garrett said she feels the university’s ability to offer special programs helped it to reach the top tier.
“I think it has so much more to offer, like programs that other schools can’t offer,” said Garrett. “These programs are offered for less than a top-school price.”
UNC-Charlotte, Duke Univer-sity, Wake Forest University, UNC-Chapel Hill, N.C. State University and UNC-Greensboro also made the list as top tier schools.
Duke placed at number 10, Wake Forest at 25, UNC – Chapel Hill at 29, N.C. State at 101 and UNC-Greensboro at 190.
This year, the magazine decided to reduce the once four tier list into a two tier list. Therefore, schools once included in tiers two and three became part of the top tier.
There were 1,600 schools total
University ranks in tier one
placed on this year’s list. Those schools on the second tier were not placed by rank.
There are several criteria that are considered for the listing includ-ing peer assessment, retention and graduation of students, faculty resources, student selectivity, finan-cial resources, alumni giving and “graduation rate performance.”
Input from high school counsel-ors and university presidents are also considered when deciding rankings
as well as surveys conducted by the magazine.
“ECU continues to rely on the Voluntary System of Accountability to measure our quality,” said Chan-cellor Steve Ballard in a university news article.
Ballard is referring to a program that began in 2007 by four-year uni-versities to collect information on undergraduate student experiences and post it online.
“The VSA actually addresses the
learning behaviors of our students, and what difference a college educa-tion makes,” said Ballard.
Undecided major Molly McNe-aly said things such as the univer-sity’s STEPP program are what make it a top tier school.
“No other school has a program that helps kids with disabilities and with time management,” said McNe-
caitlin HunnicuttsTaff wrITer
Changes with the university and Campus Living are requiring all incoming freshmen to live in the residence halls, beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year.
The decision is one that has been in the works for several years. The plan is to have all incoming fresh-men, with few exceptions, being housed on campus, while still provid-ing housing for the upperclassman that wish to stay on campus.
Students who will be exempt from the new requirement are ones who are married, single parents or are going to live with their family from a commuting distance from the campus.
“The driving force behind this is the statistics that students who live on campus do better academically than students who live off campus,” said Associate Vice Chancellor of Campus Living and Dining Bill McCartney.
The new requirement is one that is in sync with other universities in the state, as well as the new retention requirements put in place by the university. Students who lived on campus their freshmen year returned for their sophomore year by almost a full five percent higher than students who lived off campus their freshmen year for the 2009-2010 year, accord-ing to McCartney.
“I think that it’s a good thing for freshmen to live on campus because that way they actually get to be on campus, explore opportunities and meet people,” said freshman biology major, Veronica Arredondo.
The decision is one that is expected to have mixed reviews amongst students, but is being done
Freshmen to live on campus
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cameron GuptonassIsTanT news edITor
This year has marked one of the worst years for higher educations in regards to budgeting.
The university saw a harsh 16.1 percent budget cut within higher education and universities across the state had to cut back in order to save as much as possible.
The cut represented about $49 million, which was a far higher number than the original $36 mil-lion estimate.
“What we thought would be a $35 to $37 million cut ended up being over $49 million, and that, frankly, was a shock. And it cer-tainly was a shock to the colleges which absorbed around half of the 16 percent cut on average,” said Chancellor Ballard at the annual Faculty convocation in August.
Over the last four years, the university has collected a total cut of about $129 million and has lost a lot of its spending power.
According to Ballard, one of the major impacts of the cuts was the loss of 196 positions and the ability to “retain and reward” the
university’s faculty. Deans have lost their “flexibil-
ity” across an array of functions, especially in the area of distance education, which is crucial to the growth of the university.
The cuts have led to increased class sizes and a limited ability to offer more sections of classes that may be imperative for some to take before graduating, stated Ballard.
Candice Vaughan, a sopho-more elementary education major, said she can tell where the cuts have taken place.
“I have class with a lot more people,” said Vaughan. “My profes-sors have had to change the way class is run.”
However, one part of campus has remained untouched. The dental school launched without being hit with cuts. According to officials, it was made a priority by the legislature.
The North Recreation Com-plex also opened without being affected by any major cuts.
For those who have just entered their first year of college, the life before the cuts is unfamiliar and the impacts are less noticeable.
“I know that some classes such as math classes were once smaller and that there really isn’t much of an option when it comes to classes,” said Gillian Kellum, a freshman biology major. “I wasn’t here before so I really don’t know how it’s affected the school.”
Though the cuts have limited the university, Chancellor Ballard said students can find some relief.
“We can be thankful, I guess, that we’re not in New Hampshire that had a 48 percent cut to state appropriations for higher educa-tion. Twenty-four percent cuts in Arizona. Twenty-three percent cuts in California. So our 16 percent cut, while no fun, we could say I guess, that it could be worse. Not sure it could be much worse; other states are experiencing the exact same kind of things we are,” Ballard said.
Nevertheless, Ballard said the aim of the university is still to pro-vide quality education, even on a tight budget.
This writer can be contacted at [email protected].
The effects of budget cuts felt on campus
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U.S. News has never revealed its official proce-dures for selecting which schools are placed on the list.
According to Len Rhodes, the director of institutional research at the university’s Inst itut ional Planning, Assessment and Research, a portion of the process involves the university to
submit its data to U.S. News per its guidelines and defini-tions. U.S. News then seeks out other public sources to add to the data.
The listing was made available on newsstands yes-terday and is also online at www.usnews.com.
This writer can be contacted at [email protected].
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in the best interest of the stu-dent as well as providing more opportunities and an attempt to increase the likelihood of students graduating.
“I feel that it’s a terrible idea. It takes away your free-dom and some people hate living with another person 24/7, it could possibly change their minds about coming here,” said sophomore crimi-nal justice major Jon Aguilar.
Campus Living expects the incoming freshmen class to be close to the same size as years prior. They anticipate to be housing 3,700 fresh-men students. If the normal amount of returning upper-classmen stays consistent at about 1,600 students, there should be no problem pro-viding adequate on-campus housing.
“In the past, we’ve been able to accommodate return-ers that come to us in the middle of the summer, next year it might not be true,” said Director of Housing Opera-tions at Campus Living Aaron Lucier. “Those who sign up early for their housing should have no problems.”
To accommodate the needs of the students living on campus, Campus Living is making adjustments to sev-eral of their dorms, while still providing residence halls that are only available to upper-
classmen, such as College Hill Suites and White Hall.
“As we look at future housing, and our growth, it’s really about expending dol-lars and improving campus living,” said McCartney.
There are areas of growth and development happen-ing in the neighborhoods of Campus Living in the coming years. Tyler Hall is in the process of undergoing a renovation that will change the overall appearance of the outside of the building, as well as completely renovating the bathrooms.
Plans to tear Belk Hall completely down, rather t han renovat ing , have already begun. The building is expected to be torn down in the summer of 2014. The building’s design and age are two factors that make a renovation more expen-sive than a complete rebuild. In the future, there will be two buildings on the sight, according to McCartney.
Presently, there are ways to use all of the room available in Campus Living to make room for over 100 students by doubling rooms that are currently used as singles, if it is needed.
This writer can be contacted at [email protected].
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staff Reports
Meatless Mondays are being offered this semester in dining halls to encour-age healthy-eating habits for students. The purpose of the promotion is to educate stu-dents on the health benefits, as well as the environmental benefits, of going meatless one day each week.
According to Resident District Director for Campus Dining Mike Lysaght, “Less consumption of meat during meals can lower health risks.”
On average, Americans consume eight ounces of meat per day, which is 45 percent more than the USDA recommends. With a 15 per-cent reduction in meat, or lessening meat consumption one day each week, students can lower their risk of heart disease, obesity and cancer. Students can also reduce their carbon footprint and fossil fuel use.
There are four dinners offered by campus dining in which students will receive a five-question scavenger hunt that they are required to fill out. Students can utilize the large educational signs, which will be displayed at each of the stations. These four din-ners will occur throughout the semester and students may attend one for a passport credit.
“This ongoing promo-tion will continue to chal-
lenge students to make meat-less choices specifically on Monday, while educating students on the benefits of doing so,” said Lysaght. The program will not be removing the meat weekly, so students can still choose from meals that include meat.
Last week, the dining halls did not have Meatless Monday, but instead pro-moted the program while providing additional meatless options at Todd and West End Dining Halls.
Meat less Monday is scheduled to cont inue throughout the entire semes-ter. Although the option of no meats will be presented, there will not be another full “meat-less” meal in the dining halls.
“We are asking the stu-dents to examine their eating habits and ask the students to think about reducing their meat consumption,” said Ara-mark Nutrition Director for Campus Living Janis Steele. “Meatless Mondays are about choice. We hope students look at Meatless Mondays as another example of how Campus Dining supports education and wellness within our programs.”
Changes to Meatless Monday depend on feedback from students. Campus Din-ing’s brand portfolio, current meal plans, services, hours of operation and even pric-ing were all built based on collaboration and feedback
Meatless Monday beginsfrom students. Any feedback or opinions should be sent to [email protected].
This writer can be contacted at [email protected]
Due to an editing error, a story in the september 20 edition of The East Carolinian misspelled Miss Marina elia's name. The East Carolinian regrets the error and is happy to set the record straight.
Abby BrockmeyerOpiniOn COlumnist
Senior communication major
I’ll admit it: being a professor is difficult. Never in
million years would I want to go into a classroom every day and teach rude, arrogant college kids who roll their eyes at the drop of a pin and leave little to the imagination when it comes to appropriate dress attire.
I would confidently say that an institution could not pay me enough money. We all know teachers get paid crap anyways to show up on time to teach young adults that would quite obviously want to be anywhere in the world other than in a classroom.
However, something might be hindering students when it comes to our scholarly efforts in our classrooms these days. Perhaps part of the reason we roll our eyes, sigh heavily and maybe nod off if the air vents are particularly toasty that day is because of the fact that we cannot understand what our professor is saying.
Native English-speaking teachers seem to be dwindling down at a fast and alarming rate as new professors are coming in, with their grand doctorates and thousands of case studies under their belt, eager to teach their 100-plus student class with confidence and ease. This, unfortunately, sounds great, but is not how it’s turning out.
Instead, students are sitting in an hour-and-a-half class twice a week trying desperately to understand the mispronunciations coming out of their professor’s mouth. Until finally, we give up. We choose to not frustrate ourselves further by repeatedly asking questions of, “Can you repeat that?” and desperate pleas of, “Excuse me, can you speak louder and a little slower?” Because, it just doesn’t work when the language is utterly incomprehensible.
Instead of focusing on our 3000 and 4000 level classes and the material we try to force into our heads, we are instead left confused after most lectures, sometimes unaware of even what chapter we covered.
The pronunciation of words can be tricky, and learning German myself was a fruitless effort even after six years of classes, so I understand it is difficult to learn a second language. It just isn’t the students’ responsibility to have to teach themselves most of their lessons because they are getting nothing from a communication course that sounds instead like a foreign language course.
When a student connects with a teacher, automatically the class gets easier because we form a level of respect where we naturally listen more. When thinking back to my favorite classes, a huge part of why they were my favorite classes is because of the professor who taught them. I loved their teaching style and I understood everything they said when they were lecturing a class.
A huge part about being a professor is not just about your degrees but also about your public speaking to an audience, while teaching a lesson concisely. In a public speaking class for instance, if a student got up to do a presentation and no one understood what he or she said then I would guess they wouldn’t get an A on the presentation,
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Should the Pirates change conferences?
i still have blisters on my feet from take Back the night, but it was so worth it to raise awareness of sexual violence!
Anyone that wears Carolina blue next week should be tarred, feathered and hung by their toes from the top of dowdy. Go pirates!
let’s help Coach ruff win coach of the year! Vote at www.coachoftheyear.com.
my roommate is trying to get with a girl who went to clown college. FAil!
you must like the movie ice Age because your new lady looks just like sid the sloth.
maybe tEC posts so many negative Greek rants because there are not many positive things to say about the topic.
i remember my first purple and Gold tailgate edition beer.
you may take away my fall break, but you can’t have my reading day. sincerely, a senior who needs it.
Who rollerblades to class? 1970 called, they want their hobby back.
Facebook was nice the past few days since sorority girls had to block their profiles.
to the girl i may have offended: When i asked if you were a hooker i wasn’t implying that you were one, just that if you wanted to be you’d be really good at it.
Frat guys/wannabe frat guys: if there is nO sun out at all, why do you have sunglasses And a sun visor on?
new suggested question for enrollment to ECu: Can you use your turn signal?
Cut-off shirts with nothing underneath are not acceptable to wear to class. you’re not going downtown and i don’t want to see your stomach.
the pronunciation “aks” was actually around before “ask.” And even if it wasn’t, we each speak our own unique dialect — and yours is no more or less correct than anyone else’s.
if ECu is trying to conserve water, i suggest you start with the bathrooms in Austin. if i even look at the toilet the wrong way, it flushes. Fix it!
poser (n): One who wears a Guy Harvey shirt, but never has been on a deep sea fishing expedition.
if you’re in college and your haircut looks like Justin Bieber’s, that’s not ok.
to all you nursing majors who think you’re better than the rest of us: yOu picked that major, we picked ours. so get off your high horse because our majors are hard too.
to the girl on the bus who thinks it’s cute to talk about how many guys you had sex with this week: it’s really not attractive.
Why do students stand on the bleachers during football games? Just stand on the concrete floor and it would be much comfortable!
English, please!
Chelsey mcClaughertyOpiniOn COlumnist
Senior communication major
I assume the majority of us have had at least one evening class or a three hour night lab and will know what I’m talking about: campus at night is just plain eerie. Hardly anyone is on campus, except a few silhouettes in the distance. But, there are no visible faces.
Now, I want you to imagine campus during the day: bright, tons of people, faces and excitement. The difference is obvious. I have begun to wonder if it has to be this way.
Not too long ago, a professor of mine mentioned to me that the main thing that surprised him about campus was how quickly it died out once the sun went down. He explained that the campus he came from was full of people and lights at night, making it so that you never felt alone. Asking around and doing some research, I discovered that other campuses are following in these footsteps.
N.C. State University opened Bragaw C-Store in the beginning of August as the first 24-hour, seven days a week food store.
“We look forward to operating on a trial basis and expect that the location will be a popular late-night destination for on-campus residents,” said Jennifer Gilmore, director of marketing for Campus Enterprises in a
NCSU Dining article. “If the demand is met, University Dining may consider opening other 24-hour locations.”
As a college student, I would imagine nothing but positive feedback from this addition to NCSU’s campus. The food store is not the only change that is happening either.
“More and more late classes are being offered and campus is getting busier at night; you’re not as alone anymore on campus,” said Jeff Davidson, a senior business major at NCSU. Other campuses can be seen staying open later, such as UNC-Greensboro and UNC-Wilmington. College kids do seem to be nocturnal night owls anyway, so why not take advantage of that?
More nightlife on campus could have many positive effects. Students who need jobs to pay for school and/or living have the option to work during the day and then go to school at night, instead of selecting one of the few offered online classes.
Also, it would create more job openings for more professors and other campus staff, such as dining and reception. Our university could offer more courses, creating less crowded classes and more variety for time slots. Above all, if there is enough demand, which I believe there could be, our university could even gain more tuition revenue.
Also, as another positive, there might be a chance that this would diminish party participation at our university during the week. If students had to go to class at night, they are less likely to get dragged downtown by
friends. Night classes encourage students to be productive during their day hours, for example: “I can’t drink at the pool today because I have class tonight.”
I still remember one of the main things COAD class tried to teach me was how to manage my free-time well. Students come from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. school days in high school to college, where there is so much free-time they sometimes don’t know what to do with it.
Students’ classes are normally very spread out. Then everything shuts down at night and there is nothing left to do but study or party. If we had more night classes, students could get jobs and internships during the daytime and then have classes in the late afternoon or night.
It’s always been said that there aren’t enough hours in a day, so let’s give our students the option to schedule and manage their time more freely.
this writer can be contacted at [email protected].
regardless of their work or research. So why then are these teachers not being required to improve their English skills when they are teaching an English speaking class?
Some people disagree entirely. An opinion piece by Palmer Bennet from the May 17 issue of USA Today advises that, “if you can’t understand the verbal lesson, read the visual one,” meaning to read the book assigned to the class.
Bennet also states, “If you email the professor — wait for it — his response will not have an accent! Voila! You can email your notes, ask him for corrections where you were lost in translation and there you have it! Ain’t
technology grand?”Well, yes technology is, in fact, very
grand. But, there is a little issue some people have spending thousands of dollars on their education, and then having to teach themselves their lessons when there is a person called a professor that is supposed to be guiding you along the way. English is what we speak, so English is what we would like to hear.
this writer can be contacted at [email protected].
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Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19)You need to get yourself organized — which, of course, is your specialty! It’s one of those days when you don’t feel right unless you’re checking things off of a list or putting everything in its place.
Taurus (Apr 20-May 20)A lunch meeting or a dinner date should go better than expected for you — even if you aren’t sure exactly what to expect in the first place! Your social energy needs to be grounded in food.
Gemini (May 21-June 20)You are having a harder time communicating with your people in part because you don’t really know what you’re thinking yourself. You might need some time alone with your thoughts.
cancer (June 21-July 22)Focus on your own issues today — you need the attention more than your people do. See if someone close can cover for you while you take a long walk, go shopping or drop back into meditation.
Leo (July 23-Aug 22)You are feeling much more measured and controlled than usual today, and you may find that your energy is just right for a difficult conversation or even a confrontation with a bully.
Virgo (Aug 23-sept 22)You need to get yourself organized — which, of course, is your specialty! It’s one of those days when you don’t feel right unless you’re checking things off of a list or putting everything in its place.
Libra (sept 23-oct 22)Though the big picture may not be to your liking, you can still have a good time appreciating life’s small pleasures. Eat a good meal, take a walk somewhere pretty and try to watch the sun go down.
scorpio (oct 23-Nov 21)Let go of your baggage. Some of it is likely to fall out of your world entirely, and the rest is both easier to carry and (hopefully) easier to deal with in the future. Your energy is just right for it!
sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21)You and your partner (romantic or otherwise) are feeling quite different today — it’s definitely not a good time to make big joint decisions! Try to put that stuff off at least until tomorrow.
capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19)A scathing comment comes your way — but it’s not intended to be so mean-spirited. You have the choice of whether or not to take it personally, and you should certainly try to take it in stride.
Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18)You need to take action today, even if you don’t have a plan. Spontaneous activity is actually best for you now, as mental interference just leads to paralysis or something much worse.
pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20)Your emotional side is a powerful force today, and you should find that you can cope with feelings that may have been too much to bear (good or bad) just a week or two ago. Embrace life!
All horoscopes are from www.astrology.com.
Mike DavisASSISTAnT LIFESTYLES EdITor
Thousands of miles away from their homes, two Pirates shared their thrilling, intimidating and life-changing experiences as they studied in each other’s home countries, each taking valuable life lessons away from it.
For Cary, N.C. resident Cassidy Cloninger, senior communication major and Spanish minor, her studies in Grenada, Spain this past June and early July were much different than the two other touristy trips she had taken in high school.
Cloninger and around 25 other Pirates linked up with the Study Abroad service and embarked to southern Spain to embrace the laid back, sim-pler culture of the Spaniards. The program, IOCI, was sponsored by professor Rosa Lopez-Cañete, whose hometown of Seville isn’t too far away from where they studied.
All of the students were paired and placed with a native host family, immersing themselves with the Spanish language 24/7. Five days a week, the students would walk miles through the city to the University of Grenada and attend class with students from universities across the states, along with international students from other countries.
One major cultural difference, which Clon-inger went into detail about, was the four hour nap period, known as a siesta, from 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Classes were held from 12 p.m.- 2:15 p.m., followed by a large lunch, which they came home for, accompanied by relaxation and then class again from 4 p.m.-6p.m.
“My host mom would make a giant lunch,” said Cloninger. “She would say, ‘I can’t believe you have to go back to class.’ Somehow she didn’t have to go to work after siesta. I don’t know how she worked that out.”
Unlike the U.S., Spain has a lot of specialized stores, rather than chain stores like Wal-Mart or Target. On one street corner, there would be a fresh fruit stand, the next a bread shop, a pastry
shop next to that and a butchery beside that.
“My host mom wouldn’t buy food for the whole week,” said Clon-inger. “She would go every day and get fresh stuff.
“I don’t like meat that much, but it is considered rude to not eat whatever they put on the plate,” said Cloninger as she recalls meat and bread being the prominent foods she ate.
Like Cloninger, graduate stu-dent Juan Calvo Cubero, studying in Greenville to earn his PhD in Biology, has had a challenging, but rewarding experience so far.
Originally from Barcelona, Spain, Calvo Cubero landed in the U.S. for the first time this past August, preparing for his studies, along with the arrival of his wife, Marta, and three-month-old son, Liam.
After receiving his bachelor’s degree in maritime sciences from the University of Cadiz in southern Spain, Calvo Cubero eventually began working at a research center that was collaborat-ing with professor Dr. Enrique Reyes. After a year of work, Calvo Cubero came back to Greenville with Reyes, and will continue his program for the next two years here in Pirate Nation.
“Here, it is more difficult than in Spain to get a Ph.D. because the classes are better, more intense, demand more from you,” said Calvo Cubero. “It is very different because the classes, the professors want you to speak and discuss, and in Spain it is more listen and nothing else.”
And speaking, as Calvo Cubero mentions, is the most challenging part about being in the U.S.
“The main thing is the language, because if everything were Spanish it would be easy,” said Calvo Cubero, “because it is easy to joke and do a
little sentence, but when you say ‘Hello,’ it is hard to say what’s next.”
Though the experience so far has been chal-lenging and intimidating at times, Calvo Cubero was all smiles when he talked about how this was a great challenge, even though he misses Spanish culture.
“The kind of life in the city here, it’s very important to have a car and go every place by car,” said Calvo Cubero. “In Spain, it is more common to walk, all the restaurants are near.”
Even though both Cloninger and Calvo Cubero studied in different countries, they both agreed that it is an amazing experience everyone should take advantage of if they have the opportu-nity. In order to get a good grip on the world and its cultures, it’s best to learn first hand.
This writer can be contacted at [email protected].
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Even though the university has recently had to deal with the sudden resignation of Dr. James Hupp, former dean of the School of Dental Medicine, the school’s approach and goals for their students haven’t changed, even though a new man is now calling the shots.
For the past six years, Gregory Chadwick, associate dean for plan-ning and extramural affairs, and newly appointed interim dean for the School of Dental Medicine, has seen the state of North Carolina’s second dental school come from dream to reality, even with all the bumps in the road.
“Well think about the first three weeks of the program,” said Chad-wick, in awe of how well the students and staff have responded to the unplanned events. “You are here for orientation, the second day you had the resignation of the dean, and then three weeks later you had an interim dean, but within those three weeks you had an earthquake, a hurricane.”
Chadwick grew up in Charlotte, N.C., graduating from East Meck-lenburg High before attending UNC at Chapel Hill, where he got his undergraduate degree in business.
After receiving his undergradu-ate degree, Chadwick went into the Navy, where he worked in the Supply Core before completing his pre-requisites for dental school and attending UNC Chapel Hill’s dental school. Here, he specialized in endodontic.
For the next 30 years, Chad-wick practiced in his hometown of Charlotte. At that time, he was in Carolina’s Medical Center residency program where he worked for a number of years. Also, early in his career, Chadwick was a part time faculty member at his alma mater.
Along with his participation in the creation of the dental school, Chadwick has recently spent time working with dental organizations “looking at some of the challenges nationally and internationally that dental education is facing,” said Chadwick.
Along with his involvement with those organizations, Chadwick also served as the speaker of their gen-eral assembly for the past six years, despite closing that chapter in his life last Friday “to devote 100 percent of my effort to the new dental school,” he said.
As the associate dean for plan-ning and extramural affairs, he has helped find funding, locations and contacts for the dental school’s even-tual 10 community centers, located in some of N.C.’s rural counties.
Though Chadwick has been busy with his dental organizations and fulfilling his responsibilities
as the associate dean for planning and extramural affairs the past few years, he and his wife, Knox, have had the privilege to see their son and daughter graduate from UNC Chapel Hill’s dental program. Aside from all things dentistry related, Chadwick likes to divert himself from his work with a little sailing here and there.
“That is one of the nice things about being in Greenville,” said Chadwick. “We are closer to big water.”
With all the choppy water and unexpected events the dental school has taken, the morale still rings strong throughout the faculty’s cor-ridors. Even though the resignation of Hupp came as a sudden shock to most, the plan and vision for the School of Dental Medicine still remains the same.
“Things haven’t changed that much because everyone is here,
our focus is the same,” said Dr. Frank Serio, interim vice dean and associate dean for clinical affairs, as he speaks about the appointment of Chadwick as the interim dean. “It is unfortunate what happened, but if things had to change, this is by far the best way to change. Without Dr. Chadwick, the school wouldn’t be here in the first place.
“We have a great team of admin-istrators, a super faculty. Everything we are doing now has been planned a good while ago,” said Chadwick, as he gave praise to the folks who work day-in and day-out to make the program run smoothly. “When you hit a bump in the road, you take that into consideration and you continue to move down the road, and we’ve defined where that road is.”
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Dr. Gregory Chadwick stepped up as interim dean for the School of Dental Medicine in place of Dr. James Hupp. conTrIbuTEd bY MIkE dAvIS
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The Pirates return to the grid-iron for the first time in two weeks, looking for their first win of the season as they welcome the UAB Blazers to Greenville on Saturday afternoon.
Both teams will be coming into this match-up 0-2 looking for thier first wins of the season.
Last Time Out:For the Pirates, they dropped a
17-10 decision to the visiting No. 13 Virginia Tech Hokies. While the score was close, the score did not reflect the play on the field. The usually high scoring ECU offense was shut down, managing only 112 yards of total offense.
For the Blazers, after opening the season on the road against Florida, they returned home look-
ing to gain their win in 2011 against conference foe Tulane. Tulane dominated the game from the beginning,coming away with a convincing 49-10 victory.
Series History:ECU leads the all time series
against the Blazers 6-4. In the last meeting held on Nov. 11, 2010 in Birmingham, Ala., the Pirates and Blazers engaged in a high scoring affair that saw a total of 96 points scored. ECU was able to escape with the 54-42 win.
In total, the Pirates have won four straight in the series, with the Blazers last winning on Sept. 9, 2006 in Birmingham, by a score of 17-12.
ECU Offense:The Pirates’ normally fast-paced
offense was slowed to a crawl against the Hokies two weeks ago. Quar-terback Dominique Davis was flus-tered and forced into numerous bad
decisions. The running game wasn’t much help as the Pirates totaled negative 15 yards on the day.
The offensive struggles against Virginia Tech are reflected in the Pirates’ national ranks in pretty much every offensive category. Last season, the Pirates ranked in the top ten in scoring offense averaging 37 points a game. However, through two games, the ECU offense has been a shell of itself averaging just 23 points a game, good for 83rd nationally.
Through the air, the Pirates average just 193 yards a game, which ranks 85th best in Division I. On the ground, the Pirates average just 35 yards a game, which puts the Pirates only a few spots ahead of dead last at 119th in the country.
“We have four guys who have never started before and only Grant Harner who has,” Head Coach
Ruffin McNeill said during his weekly press conference. “Let’s allow those guys to develop and keep working. They’ve been tested by two really good defenses.”
ECU Defense:In a shocking turn of events,
the Pirates defense, which was the weakness of this team one year ago, has been the strength through two games. On the year, the Pirates rank 52nd in total defense allowing just 341 yards a game.
As impressive as they have been as a whole, the real strength of this defense has been against the pass. Through two games, the Pirates have allowed opposing quarterbacks to throw for a combined 222 yards which puts ECU fourth nationally in passing defense.
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Athletic department officials confirmed to The East Carolinian that the university has applied for membership into the Big East con-ference.
This news comes only four days after the Big East lost Syracuse and Pittsburgh to the ACC and two days after the remaining football-playing. Big East schools all pledged their support for stabilizing the confer-ence.
If the Pirates are accepted into the Big East, they will join Louisville, South Florida, Cincinnati, Rutgers, Connecticut and West Virginia on the football side of the conference.
In the event that the Pirates are accepted into the Big East, they would compete in a BCS-eligible conference gaining an opportunity to automatically qualify for a BCS bowl.
“Yes, we did apply yesterday, through correspondence to the Big East Office, with copies to each uni-versity in the Big East,” said Chan-cellor Steve Ballard. “We wanted to be open about our aspirations and let everyone know that we believe we would be a great addition to the Big East.”
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Did you feel that?
T h a t rumble you just felt was probably the seismic shift that is hap-pening in the world of col-
legiate athletics.Conference alignment was
seemingly in a balanced order just a couple of short years ago. But now, the Pac-10 has become the Pac-12, the Big Ten has 12 schools and the Big 12 is down to 10 schools with
another, Texas A&M, on the way out (let this be a lesson to any confer-ences that follows to never associate the name of the conference with the number of members).
Just this past weekend, the announcement came down that Syracuse and Pittsburgh are bolting the Big East to join the ACC. On top of that, speculation is that Big East powerhouse and defending NCAA men’s basketball champion Connecticut is interested in joining the ACC as well.
All of the commotion has left plenty of Pirate fans wondering if ECU will be the next team to make the jump. ECU’s situation is a tough nut to crack when it comes to the Pirates escaping Conference USA.
Athletic Director Terry Hol-
land and Chancellor Steve Bal-lard released a joint statement on Monday about the speculation regarding the future of ECU, which has been a member of C-USA since 2002. In the statement, Holland and Ballard promised to “continue to work diligently to influence any realignment possibilities as oppor-tunities present themselves.” Then, on Wednesday, ECU made it official by applying for membership to the Big East.
The application is proof that ECU knows that the time is now for the Pirates to take the next step. But where that step will take the Pirates is the million-dollar question.
Some say that the Big East is dead with the defections of Pitt and Syracuse. But if the conference can
hold itself together, then even some diminished shell of the Big East would definitely mark an upgrade from Conference USA, and ECU should jump at the chance should they come calling the Pirates to help fill the gap. With Pitt gone, West Virginia becomes the Big East powerhouses. Even competing and/or thriving in that watered-down conference would be more of a resume-booster than competing against Southern Miss and Tulane every year.
The one thing people tend to forget that should not be overlooked is that this would, in all probability, not be just a football move. A jump
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strandberg named Golfer-of-the-Week
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senior golfer Julia strand-berg was named Conference UsA Co-Golfer-of-the-Week the league announced Wednesday afternoon.
strandberg continued her stellar play during her senior season, winning her first col-legiate event at the Wild Eggs Cardinal Cup invitational. in her fourth career start for the pirates (23-1), strandberg posted a 1-over par 145 (75-50) and helped ECU record a second place finish — their second-straight top-2 finish of the season.
the Greensboro, n.C. native carded a tournament-best 2-under par 70 (36-34) on the final day and avoided a possible playoff when she birdied two of her final three holes to claim medalist honors. she started her final round with a bogey at the par-4 first hole. she then played the course at 3-under par regis-tering 14 pars and three bird-ies. in all, strandberg fired six birdies (three each round) with 23 pars and became the eighth pirate in school history to win an individual title. the win marked her second-straight top-3 finish.
strandberg and the pirates will be back in action in action on oct. 10-11 when they host the lady pirate intercollegiate at the Greenville Country Club.
pirates, tar Heels tickets sold out
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ECU’s home football game against Atlantic Coast Confer-ence member north Carolina, scheduled for oct. 1, is offi-cially sold out according to an announcement from the ECU Athletic ticket office. All avail-able general public tickets for the tar Heels’ visit to dowdy-Ficklen stadium were purchased as of tuesday afternoon.
the game will kickoff at 8:00 p.m. and will broadcast nation-ally on the CBs sports network.
the sellout marks the fifth for ECU since a 7,000-seat expansion project was com-pleted in 2010 to push dowdy-Ficklen stadium’s capacity to 50,000. Currently, the pirates lead Conference UsA and all non-automatic qualifying BCs conference members in aver-age attendance (49,404). this follows school record-setting figures in total (297,987) and average attendance (49,665) during ruffin Mcneill’s first campaign as ECU’s head coach last fall.
less than 1,000 tickets remain for saturday’s Confer-ence UsA opener against UAB. tickets, which are priced at $40 for adults and $25 for youth age 3-12, are still available for tulane (oct. 29/Homecoming), southern Miss (nov. 5/Military Appreciation Weekend) and UCF (nov. 19/senior day).
tickets can be purchased at the ECU ticket office or online at www.ECUpirates.com.
online exclusiveCheck out Justin Ackley’s column on how former pirates performed this week in the nFl. Ackley provides stats and analysis to keep you up to date on all the pirates in the pros.
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Last time out, the ability to run the ball allowed the Hokies to pull away from the Pirates. On the year, the Pirates are allowing 230 yards a game on the ground which ranks 113th in the nation.
UAB Offense:If the Pirates offense is
struggling, then the Blazers offense is dead. In two games, the Blazers have scored a total of ten points which ranks 119th in the nation.
UAB has so far been unable to establish any type of running game or passing game ranking 115th and 109th respectively.
“Offensively, UAB is going to spread the football,” McNeill said. “They will get in some two-back sets, but they’re a spread team. They’ll get in a four or five-wide look and spread the ball around. Their quarterback, Bryan Ellis, does a good job running their offense.”
UAB Defense:The UAB defense has a
lot of similarities to the ECU defense of last season in many ways. The Blazers so far have had a tough time stopping any offense in their first two games of the season.
On the year, the Blazers
rank 118th in total defense, giving an average of 562 yards a game. Against the run, UAB are allowing 263 yards a game, while against the pass they are giving up on average 245 yards a game.
While the Blazers’ num-bers don’t show a success-ful defense, Coach McNeill remains concerned.
“We feel they have one of the top lineman back in the league in Elliott Henigan, who did not play in the first game of the year,” McNeill said. “He moves around well. We have to make sure we contend with him.”
“They return 10 starters on defense with their strong suit at cornerback,” McNeill said of the UAB secondary. “Three of the four in the secondary return with Terrell Springs and Marquis Cole-man as the top corners.”
The Pirates and the Blaz-ers will meet inside Dowdy Ficklen stadium Saturday at 3:30 p.m.
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to the Big East or elsewhere would probably not be. Jeff Lebo and Pirate basketball took a huge step forward last year, but are they really ready to be elevated to play-
ing powerhouses Notre Dame, Georgetown, West Virginia, and possibly UConn on a regular basis? My gut feeling is not quite yet, but that’s what they would be
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looking at.That’s just one
example of how this issue is so layered that a kneejerk reaction could be a disaster. You can bet that Holland and his group of decision-makers took that into account and did not jump at this chance without considering the implications for all ECU sports.
There are simply too many unknowns at this point, financial and otherwise, to try to nail down what ECU’s next move should or will be. But Holland and the athletic department appear to be examin-ing every possibility to elevate ECU athletics to a position of maximum exposure, and that’s a good thing.
Now is the time to make a splash in this realignment, because this could be ECU’s last chance for a while. There are plenty of pos-sibilities, but the abso-lute worst thing they can do is nothing.
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