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Jon Gilbert shares updates on ECU sports programs Staff Report
East Carolina University Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert released a statement this past Monday with several updates on some university athletics programs. Gilbert wrote he is pleased with how the 2024 football schedule is coming along with many nonJon Gilbert conference and in-state games being confirmed. The updated football schedules can be viewed on the department website. “I was asked recently what my philosophy is when it comes to putting together the non-conference football schedule,” Gilbert wrote. “Ideally, we would play four non-conference games that include an opponent from a power five conference, a home and away game against a group of five program and one FCS home game. You want to allow your program to have success and build momentum heading into conference play. It does not always work out in this manner, but that is the goal.” The Pirates baseball and softball seasons begin in less than one month, Gilbert wrote. The softball team will open with six games in Charleston, S.C., and the baseball team will kick off their season with a threegame home series against Rider University. Clark-LeClair Stadium will also be receiving some updates, Gilbert wrote, including new LED lights. The new lights will be added to the Max R. Joyner Family Stadium and Johnson Stadium in the future, Gilbert wrote. “Another new addition for baseball season will be one TV-visible LED on the backstop,” Gilbert said. “Our multi-media rights partner, PlayFly, purchased the board for the TV broadcast to generate new revenues for ECU Athletics.” ECU Athletics is hoping for more Pirate Club members this year, Gilbert wrote. Profits made from Pirate Club contribute to the IMPACT FUND, which provides scholarships and other financial assistance to student athletes. Brittany Dipper started her first season as the new head coach of the lacrosse program this semester, Gilbert wrote. She has been building her new staff since July, Gilbert wrote. “Brittany was a standout student-athlete, playing four seasons at Maryland where she helped Terrapins to four straight Final Four appearances and the 2010 NCAA Championship,” Gilbert wrote. “She has spent time as an assistant coach at Virginia, Boston University, Elon and Stetson.” As for some acknowledgements, Gilbert wrote the Pirates track and field and women’s swimming teams have both begun their seasons with a great start, with women’s swimming beginning with a 9-0 record and Pirates track and field securing three victories thanks to senior Royal Burris, senior Melicia Mouzzon and senior Syndi McMillan. Gilbert wrote senior guard Danae McNeal of the women’s basketball team put on an incredible performance against Southern Methodist University on Saturday. McNeal set a new personal record of 35 points, Gilbert wrote. “As always, we're continuing to work hard to provide the best experience possible for our studentathletes, fans, and supporters,” Gilbert wrote. “You make a difference!”
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Ideally, we would play four nonconference games that include an opponent from a power five conference, a home and away game against a group of five program and one FCS home game. You want to allow your program to have success and build momentum heading into conference play. It does not always work out in this manner, but that is the goal.
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ECU baseball finished 13th nationally in average attendance (4,402) as well as 14th in total attendance (149,652) in 2023.
All the talk from ECU baseball’s media day
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The East Carolina University baseball team will throw their first pitch of the season on Feb. 16 against Rider University in a three-game home series at Clark-LeClair Stadium. As the team prepares to compete for its sixth American Athletic Conference (AAC) regular season title, certain coaches and players spoke to the media on Jan. 22 before the season opener. Head Coach Cliff Godwin’s squad last year put up lofty numbers on their way to their 47 win total, the second most in ECU baseball history. The Pirates set multiple single season AAC records with hits (688), runs scored (486), runners batted in (445) and batters struck out (663) in 2023, but
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returning players as well as freshman potential to consider for who will be starting on the mound come game one. “I think there are about 7 guys that want it,” Godwin said. “I think Shenkman of course Hunter, Norby and Winter, I still might be leaving someone out” ECU has five consecutive 40win seasons and Pirates Recruiting Coordinator Jeff Palumbo says he has three major characteristics for recruiting athletes to become Pirates: 1. Ability 2. Academic commitment 3. Good person. Nick Bailey is a sophomore majoring in Communications. To contact her, email sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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Freshman public health major Mary Kathryn Trevathan speaking with ECU Career Services Office Manager Karen Franklin.
Career Services to hold Resumania event Eli Baine
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Next Wednesday, East Carolina University Career Services will be offering a free resume check event called Resumania in Main Campus Student Center Room 125 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Career Counselor and event host Suzanne Vinson said the day is for ECU students to easily get their resume reviewed, whether it be for a job, internship, scholarship or other application. Six counselors will be working with students at the event, Vinson said. Appointments are not required to take part in Resumania, Vinson said, and even students just seeking advice before beginning on their resume are free to attend and learn some helpful tips. “If (a student has) a resume already
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Godwin believes his roster this year could be more special. “This group has a chance to be the best leadership group in the 10 years I’ve been here,” Godwin said. “Trust, that's the number one thing. You have FULL STORY to trust them and they have to trust me. The players have to trust one another” Those 663 strikeouts were recorded by a bunch of Pirates players who all had their moments this season, with four of them earning AAC pitcher of the week honors. After losing two experienced right-handed pitchers, Carter Spivey and Josh Grosz, to Major League Baseball, Godwin still has several
created and want to bring it, great,” Vinson said. “If they’re just starting from scratch, they don’t really have anything and just need resources on how to get started, that’s great too. So we’ll have something for everyone at this event.” Vinson said resumes are something all adults need for various reasons, so they should FULL STORY always represent who you are in a professional setting. With multiple Career Services job fairs coming up, Vinson said she encourages students seeking employment to get their resume checked by Career Services and to attend the future job fairs. There are five job fairs scheduled for the semester, the first being the Pirate Nurse Job Fair on Monday at the College of Nursing building. There are a
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few common things, Vinson said, career counselors look for when reviewing students’ resumes. Vinson said students should aim to keep their resume to one page, avoid using templates, keep it simple and tailor every resume to each individual application. “Templates are definitely a big issue,” Vinson said. “We get why people use templates, but really we encourage students not to use templates. One, because it’s very restricting. As you’re gonna be progressing through college and your career, you’re gonna be continuously be adding things to your resume. It can get really frustrating because sometimes it won’t let you add certain things based on the format of the template.” Eli Baine is a sophomore majoring in Political Science. To contact him, email news@theeastcarolinian.com.
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BRIEFS UNCP professor to speak at Joyner Library Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke Jane Haladay will be hosted by the ECU English Department and speak for the Eutsler Lecture in Children’s Literature. Haladay uses Lumbee authors’ children’s literature in service-learning courses at UNCP and applies it to her research. Her essay she will be speaking about was featured in the 2023 North Carolina Literacy Review.
HR Development to offer customer service workshop As part of their Pirate Readiness Enhancement Program, ECU HR Development will host a customer service training in the HR Building 283 Training Room on Friday at 10:30 a.m. The training session will cover the basics of communication, various customer scenarios and email and phone etiquette. Registration is required.
Joyner Library to hold Lego Challenges Throughout the semester, students can visit Joyner Library certain days to participate in Lego building challenges. Each event will have its own theme. At no cost, students who attend can show off their skills and have their Lego creations displayed in the library. Anyone can vote on their favorite Lego build, and the builder with the most votes by the end of the semester will receive a prize.
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A glacier in Antarctica. 2024-2025 Harriot College Research Award winner Regina DeWitt is studying the climate of the continent in her new project.
Regina DeWitt wins THCAS Research Award Trisha Rangaraju T E C S TA F F
The Harriot College Research Award program announced that Regina DeWitt, associate professor in the Department of Physics, will receive the 2024-2025 Harriot College Research Award. Her project titled “How are luminescence properties of Antarctic quartz correlated with geographic location?” is using a method called Optically Stimulated Luminescence, DeWitt said, or OSL, to identify when sediments were deposited. To explain how OSL is used, DeWitt used an example of a sand dune that slowly starts to pile up over time. DeWitt said OSL could tell you when the first sand grains arrived or how long it took for the sand to pile up. DeWitt said this method could estimate when a drought occurred in the past and how the climate has shifted. DeWitt has used OSL to date sediments all over the world, and more than 200 of the samples were extracted from a variety of places on the Antarctic continent. Out of her 200 samples, DeWitt said, some samples were identified to work well for dating while some were not. “I have worked with several researchers who study past climate change and its effect on the Antarctic ice sheet,” DeWitt said. “I have the largest collection of Antarctic OSL samples in the United States and, thus, a unique opportunity to make future research
more efficient and easier. It will also allow me to contribute to Antarctic research without the need for expensive field work.” According to DeWitt, when looking at a sediment sample (specifically in this case, the quartz within the sample), researchers cannot identify whether they work well for dating or not without investigating it in the laboratory. DeWitt said she hopes to eliminate this inefficiency by making a database of all her samples that is publicly available to all. This will aid in the researchers' understanding of which sediments and rocks work well which they can use to determine where they’d like to collect samples, saving both their money and time. DeWitt said the Antarctic ice sheet holds approximately 61 percent of all freshwater on Earth and if the ice sheet melted, sea level would rise by about 58 meters. Scientists who try to predict what will happen in the future, first try to understand what happened in similar situations in the past by studying various locations on Earth. “Doing research in Antarctica is not easy,” DeWitt said. “Antarctica is protected by the Antarctic Treaty; it's one of the last places that has not been changed by people, and we want to keep it that way. So if you want to go there, you have to write a research proposal describing exactly what you want to do and where exactly you want to do it. Plus, it is a very remote part of the world and traveling there and doing research there is very expensive. It is, therefore, very important that you have a
plan ahead of time and that you can be sure your plan works, otherwise, you waste a lot of taxpayer money and an opportunity that not many people have.” To connect this information from different places, DeWitt said, they need to ensure they are looking at the same time period. OSL helps researchers validate time periods; in this case, OSL is applied to find out information in Antarctica such as how climate change in the past affected the ice on the continent, and how much the sea level changed because of all the water that was added to the oceans. DeWitt said the OSL database will most likely be used by a small group of researchers, and it will make it much more efficient to do OSL dating on samples from Antarctica. This, DeWitt said, will help them understand how past climate change affected the ice sheet and what we can expect for the near future regarding climate change. “If we understand how fast the ice will melt and by how much sea level will rise, we can prepare coastal communities for flooding and other changes,” DeWitt said. “We can make decisions where to build and where not to build. We can take protective measures.”
Trisha Rangaraju is a sophomore majoring in public health. To contact her, email news@theeastcarolinian.com.
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 occurred on or within proximity of main campus.
Jan. 21, 2024 At the University Book Exchange parking lot, a charge of Intoxicated & Disruptive was found at 2:04 a.m. and was cleared by citation. At Garrett Hall, six instances of Underage Consumption of Alcohol were found at 2:17 a.m. and referrals were issued.
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper speaking at a Biden-Harris campaign event and promoting abortion access in preparation for the 2024 election.
N.C. Democrats focus on abortion rights for 2024 Mary Ramsey
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At 11:05 a.m., Injury to Real Property was found at the 14th Street paved lot, and the case is an open investigation. Larceny was found at the Main Campus Student Center at 11:46 a.m. and remains an open investigation. An investigation began into a charge of Larceny in Greene Hall at 6:48 p.m. Two charges of Possession of Marijuana >½ oz. and three charges of Possession of Marijuana Paraphernalia were cleared by citation in Garrett Hall at 10:18 p.m. At Dail House, Possession of Fraudulent Identification was found at 9:21 p.m. and was cleared after a prosecution was denied.
Governor Roy Cooper and other North Carolina Democrats want to position abortion access as a key 2024 election issue. Cooper spoke this past Monday at a news conference with other Democrats to mark the 51st anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade. The governor said abortion access is on the ballot in North Carolina and nationwide in 2024. The event was part of a nationwide push from the Biden-Harris team meant to put the battle over abortion rights in focus ahead of November’s presidential election. Abortion rights have proved to be a fruitful issue for Democrats since the Supreme Court overturned Roe in 2022 and opened the door to new state-level bans of the procedure, the Associated Press reported, leading the Biden campaign to “betting big on abortion rights as a major driver for Democrats in the election.” “North Carolina is a battleground state in the governor’s race, for our state legislative races and for Congress,” Cooper said. “And it is no coincidence that North Carolina is also a battleground state in the fight for women’s reproductive freedom.” Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University, said the focus
on abortion “seems to have worked well” for Democrats in recent elections, and the same could be seen in North Carolina. Reproductive health ‘on the ballot’ The governor said former President Donald Trump “proudly brags” that Roe, which established constitutional protections for abortion, was overturned while he was in office and after he put multiple appointees on the Supreme Court. “If Republicans take over the United States FULL STORY Senate and the United States House of Representatives and send President Trump a national abortion ban, he would sign it in a New York minute. We cannot let him have the chance to do that,” he said. At the state level, the governor said Republican gubernatorial candidate and Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson “has promised to outlaw abortion in North Carolina” if elected governor. Robinson’s at-times conflicting statements on abortion access over his time in politics have made national headlines. The governor cited the 12-week abortion ban passed by the Republican supermajority in Raleigh, North Carolina, over his veto last year as a sign of what could come in the state if the GOP gains more ground in 2024.
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“That’s why breaking the Republican supermajority in our state legislature and electing a Democratic governor this year is so important,” he said. State House Democratic Leader Robert Reives went a step further, adding that he believes if elected, Republicans will also target other forms of reproductive health care, including birth control. The Charlotte Observer contacted representatives for the North Carolina GOP, Republican state House Speaker Tim Moore and Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger for comments on abortion as an issue in the 2024 election. Major players such as President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and their spouses will be on the road this week in other swing states such as Wisconsin and Virginia for campaign stops focused on abortion, according to the AP. “We know that if we talk about this issue as a fundamental freedom, we are able to resonate across demographics — older voters, younger voters, people of color, folks in rural areas,” Mini Timmaraju, head of Reproductive Freedom for All, told the AP. ©2024 The Charlotte Observer. Visit at charlotteobserver.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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Pirates should show pride We, the editorial staff of The East Carolinian, believe that all Pirates should show their support to the East Carolina University community in as many ways as possible. Students can show their support to the university in several ways, such as attending sporting events, becoming involved in events and clubs held around campus and donating to charitable organizations when possible. One of the best ways you can show your Pirate pride is by wearing ECU apparel and decking out in all Purple and Gold. This can be the perfect opportunity to show others your support to the university. There are many shops around campus like U.B.E. and the Dowdy Student Store that has a plethora of Pirate gear available for purchase. For students who have already graduated, the ECU Alumni Association can be a great way to remain connected with the university and also provide great career networking opportunities for alumni. Closer to Homecoming week, there are a week of events for alumni to attend. The editorial staff believe it’s important for students to stay updated and connected with ECU and continue showing support to the university beyond graduation. It’s also a great idea to spread the word and share your Pirate pride with family, friends and other loved ones. The community thrives when others become involved and it is especially important for this category of individuals to also be connected with the university.
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For busy college students, it can become difficult to effectively manage time However, there are many strategies one can use to help alleviate stress.
The key to achieve time management
College can be a stressful period of time for many students. Over time, it can become increasingly difficult and overwhelming to balance school, work, family and social life. Kristin Outland As a full-time T E C C OL U MN IST graduate student with two jobs, I understand how difficult this must be. However, there are many tactics one can follow to help alleviate the stress and heavy workloads one may be experiencing. In my personal experiences of undergraduate, and now graduate school, I have found that it’s very helpful to write down important tasks to complete each week. It can be helpful to purchase a planner or even log tasks on your smartphone. It can sometimes be easy to forget or almost miss an important event or meeting if one has a busy schedule. A student can avoid this hassle by logging these dates and setting reminders.
Often times, I have found myself setting reminders on my phone for every meeting, assignment, etc. that I have coming up. This allows me to remain organized and ensure that I do not miss out on anything important. Although this may be a given for some, it’s also really important to set aside free time to do things that you enjoy which do not involve school or work related activities. It can be very easy to get caught up in work or school and, as a result, not prioritze time to oneself. It can also be helpful to find a relaxing activity to enjoy that will take your mind off of daily life stressors. In my free time, I’ve found that listening to music, reading and writing allows me to relax and take a mental break. If I find myself being really stressed out or anxious, I will talk with my family and friends about stressors I am experiencing. It’s really important to have a support network to turn to when things may become difficult. Another important thing to remember is to not be afraid to speak up when you need help. Your consultation could be with
someone you trust - such as a family member, friend or co-worker. If one has a good support system, this can also ease one’s mind about a difficult situation or upcoming task they may have. There are many resources available to students on East Carolina University’s campus, including counseling services and mental health support. The Center for Counseling and Student Development can be an excellent resource for students to receive support from professionals in the field. Overall, it’s important for each individual to find the balance that works for them. Time management can be a key factor in finding an effective balance in one’s busy schedule. With the right amount of support and management, it is possible to manage your time in an effective manner. Kristin Outland is a graduate student majoring in Strategic Communication and a TEC columnist. To contact her email opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.
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A Boeing 737 MAX-9, built for Alaska Airlines, undergoes testing as it flies past the Boeing factory in Everett Washington on March 23, 2020.
I still don’t think anyone realizes the light colored part of the sidewalk is for motorized vehicles, bikes etc., ONLY. It gets really annoying trying to weave in and out of people because they’re not on the right part of the sidewalk. It seems like ECU Dining just hires anyone with a heartbeat at this point. I know that Polar Plunge is an annual ECU tradition.. but I could never participate. I can barely stand the cold walking to and from class. The limited availability of parking on or around campus is awful. All students and staff should have parking availability and within close walking distance to where they need to be. Greenville has a huge pest issue. I have literally been walking through campus and seen roaches just crawling around. It’s disgusting. Sup Dogs is pretty overrated, but some of their food and drinks are actually really good. I am really appreciative to professors and faculty who let afternoon or evening classes out early so that students can beat the heavy rush hour traffic. Most of the apartment complexes in Greenville have mixed reviews, but I think there are only a particular few that do well with maintenance and other issues residents may face.
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Air travel faces pressure following COVID-19 Bloomberg Opinion T NS
For the air traveler, these have been worrying weeks. On Jan. 2, a Japan Airlines flight collided with a coast guard aircraft on the runway at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, killing five aboard the latter plane. Three days later, a fuselage panel blew off an Alaska Airlines flight from Oregon, causing a sudden cabin decompression and leading to a temporary grounding of some of Boeing Co.’s 737 Max 9 aircraft. The precise cause of that neardisaster is still to be determined. But following a spate of near-misses at United States airports last year, both incidents underscore a sobering reality: The commercial aviation system is under growing stress. One reason for the concern is that air traffic has soared in the aftermath of the pandemic. In the U.S., passenger volume likely exceeded all-time highs in 2023. An airline trade group expects 4.7
billion passengers worldwide next year, up from 4.5 billion pre-pandemic. Although air travel remains extremely safe, the added congestion has caused rising alarm among regulators. An independent review commissioned by the Federal Aviation Administration warned in November of an “erosion of safety margins that must be urgently addressed.” Two worries stand out. One is staffing. Thanks partly to the pandemic — which prompted layoffs and retirements, disrupted on-the-job training, and delayed certifications — a shortage of air-traffic controllers has plagued airports globally. In the U.S., the problem is acute: The FAA faces a shortage of about 3,000 controllers, while staffers report extended mandatory overtime, six-day workweeks, and widespread stress and fatigue. An inspector general’s report in June found that 77 percent of the agency’s critical facilities were understaffed. “FAA continues to face staffing challenges without a plan
to address them,” the report said, “which in turn poses a risk to the continuity of air traffic operations. A lack of technology poses another challenge. Midair, planes have highly effective collisionavoidance systems. On the ground is a FULL STORY different story. Some airports have instituted surface surveillance equipment to detect runway incursions and prevent accidents. But these systems are expensive, hard to maintain and far from universal. An analysis last month from the Flight Safety Foundation, a research group, found that “more than one-third of highrisk runway incursions could have been averted through better situational awareness technologies.”
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Joseph Cook, who organizes the vintage markets. Following the vintage market on Saturday, the next one will be on Feb. 24 at Dirty Dans from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Popular vintage markets to make a comeback
in 2019, then he met Joseph and started going to sells revolves around this and the old 90s style that his winter markets and the environment was so has made a comeback. Greenville based vintage market, @ welcoming that he wanted to be a part of it. “I think this works to help bring people vintagemarketgvegas on Instagram, has worked for Old vintage T-shirts, Lyon said, are really together,” Lyon said. “These events have a good the past year and a half to bring vintage clothing, atmosphere and at the same time when you’re shoes and accessories to the local Greenville area shopping, you’re shopping sustainably and these and East Carolina University campus and will host markets help make good connections. It’s always thier next one on Saturday. something I look forward to.” Joseph Cook, who runs the vintage markets, Nylah Alexander, senior communications said he and his friends have been curating and major, said she went to one of the first vintage collecting vintage items for a long time and he markets held last year. She said her favorite vendor wanted to create a local market to get second is Cooks Closet and every time she goes she likes hand clothing back into the closets of people over to make sure to buy something from his store. putting them into a landfill, particularly with Alexander said Cook, the owner of Cooks vintage ECU clothing. Closet, likes to always build relationships and Cook said when people come to the vintage connections with his clients or people that buy market they can expect clothes from the 60s to the from him and in return clients like to promote his early 2000s and they can find different kinds of clothes and the clothes of the market on instagram clothing, accessories, shoes, hats from six or seven and other social media platforms. different vendors. “The markets have gotten a lot of recognition “I’m getting to meet a lot of the new ECU over time,” Alexander said. “I think especially students,” Cook said. “I’m a recent ECU graduate when they came on campus they got a lot of so seeing how all the younger crowd keep recognition from students and they do really good vintage clothing growing and caring more about things for the community.” CONTRIBUTED BY JOSEPH COOK sustainability in the world and there’s a big trend of People sifting through racks at a vintage market. people that were pushing for something like this.” Aida Khalifa is a sophomore majoring in Austin Lyon, a regular vendor at the vintage popular and people now like the tags on the clothes Psychology and Neuroscience. markets, said he had been reselling vintage pieces and screen print designs. He said the clothing he To contact her, email arts@theeastcarolinian.com. Aida Khalifa T E C S TA F F
A new Chuck E. Cheese game show is in the making Ebony Williams
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Children get a close up view of the animatronic band at the Chuck E. Cheese.
Chuck E. Cheese’s is a place where “a kid can be a kid,” and soon, it’ll be a place where adults can relive their childhoods in a new competition game show. Magical Elves, the production company behind “Top Chef,’ “Brain Games” and “Nailed IT!” is developing a nostalgic game show for adults to live out their youth and win prizes. “With a legacy spanning over four decades, Chuck E. Cheese has been an integral part of the family experience for both kids and adults across the world,” Melissa McLeanas, VP of Global Licensing, Media, and Branded Entertainment Development of Chuck E. Cheese, said in a press release. Teams of two will compete in games such as pinball, air hockey, alley roller and the human claw.
The duos will win tickets and have a chance to exchange the tickets for prizes off the iconic Chuck E. Cheese prize wall. Chuck E. Cheese is THE place where a kid can be a kid — but as grown adults, we still have dreams of ruling the arcade, taking on the iconic games we love,” Magical Elves co-CEOs Jo Sharon and Casey Kriley said. “We’re excited to celebrate these legendary arcade games plus the best of today, all with a super-sized twist.” Details on when and where the show will air have yet to be announced.
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Maddie Jimmo (left) and Olivia Hewitt (right) beside the 2baddies1beep car they use. The pair founded the beeping service in their freshman year as a safer, cheaper alternative to other rideshares.
2baddies1beep introduces a new way of safe riding at ECU
everyone, with there never being a dull moment. She said the dies have no label,” Hewitt said. “Being a baddie is for anyone no service is $2 per person and there are lights, music is always matter what you’re doing. We definitely try to implement that in East Carolina University students, Maddie Jimmo and Olivia blasting and a huge LED sign on the top of their car. The party everything. Our merch is empowering and we try to empower Hewitt bring fun and safe transportation to students with their every rider with a compliment or hype them up. If you feel bad beeping service, 2baddies1beep. about yourself, get in our car.” Jimmo, junior nursing major, said she and Hewitt met in high Avery Gall, sophomore graphic design major, said she was school and started getting closer during their freshman year at the first ever beep for 2baddies1beep. Gall said she first heard ECU, where they lived in the same dorm building. Jimmo said about them from the flyers and stickers that were posted all over the two started beeping as a joke during their sophomore year. campus and she wanted to try out their services, so she asked Beeping is sometimes a cheaper alternative to Uber or Lyft. them to take her and friends to Sonic and back. Usually, Beep riders are charged a flat rate of $2 to $3 for a single Gall said the whole experience was really fun and energetic. person or for a group it might be $5 per person. She said they pulled up with a toy megaphone and announced Beeping started off as something fun to do during their they had arrived to pick up Gall and everything was decorated free time, Jimmo said, but quickly grew in popularity. She said with pink cowboy hats and pink boas going across the seats of when she would ride along with her friend who was beeping at the car with music playing in the car. the time, hearing the bad experiences some people had made “I think their service will improve ECU because people will Jimmo and Hewitt want to create their own experience with be more inclined to order a ride home from them instead of drivtaking people home safely. ing themselves,” Gall said. “If not for the safety aspect than the “We’ve known a lot of people affected by drunk driving,” fun aspect. I think they create a very appealing option for college Jimmo said. “Since it is a college town that is kind of an issue so students who just want to have fun but also worry about safety.” we decided with the platform we were somehow gifted to create Jimmo said she and Hewitt want to do good for the coma safe rideshare that’s fun and cheap.” munity while they have the opportunity to make a difference CONTRIBUTED BY MADDIE JIMMO Hewitt, junior nursing major, said the name of their beeping and they hope to keep the awareness for safe driving growing For the beeping service, it’s $2 per person for any distance. service has made them stand out compared to other beepers. She with their recent partnerships with several local bars to stop said they put a lot of time and effort into their brand, including is always going, Hewitt said, from the time people get in the car drunk driving. selling merchandise and creating videos and content. to the time they leave. Aida Khalifa is a sophomore majoring in Psychology and Neuroscience. The pair strive to make the driving experience fun for “When you think of baddies you think of women, but badAida Khalifa T EC STAF F
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ECU VS. Temple Score Prediction? 74-70 ECU Why? Both sides don’t have a clear advantage over the other. Temple holds the slight rebounds per game stat, but that shouldn’t be enough for me to believe they’ll win. Game is close throughout, ECU should win in a close one.
Diego Lerma TEC Staff
ECU VS. Temple Score Prediction? 76-69 ECU Why? ECU starts the game slow as usual, but picks up momentum as the game goes on. The Pirates lead going into the second half. Temple fails to keep up in the second, leading to the Pirates victory.
Junior guard Kimora Jenkins sits down in her defensive stance agaisnt FAU.
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Graduate student guard Danae McNeal shoots over a FAU defender.
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East Carolina University’s women’s basketball team (10-7, 3-3 American Athletic Conference) takes on Florida Atlantic University (FAU) (5-12, 0-6 AAC) in Boca Raton, Florida, on Jan. 25 at 5 p.m. ECU comes into this game off a 68-61 win against Southern Methodist University (SMU) (8-10, 2-5 AAC). The Pirates were statistically solid on the perimeter, locking up SMU’s three point offense. SMU only made one three point shot out of 15 attempts from deep, which is good for 6 percent. The Pirates also turned turnovers into offense, scoring 29 points off of the 25 SMU turnovers. The Pirates will want to replicate that success against FAU. The Owls average over 17 turnovers per game, and the Pirates average 12 steals per game against their opponents. When opposing teams face off against ECU, they average over 25 turnovers per game. FAU is led in points by their sophomore guard Aniya Hubbard. Hubbard averages 17 points per game (ppg) off 49.5 percent Field goal percentage since her return in January.
Away from the basket, Hubbard shoots around 22 percent from the three-point line, a potential area the Pirates could statistically account for. The Owls as a team score around 59 points per game and give up 65 ppg to opposing teams. This leaves them with a -6.3 scoring margin. ECU only gives 59 points to opponents defensively, matching well with FAU’s total points on the season. Both teams are jockeying for positioning in this conference matchup. A win for the Pirates could see them move up to No. 7 in the AAC, above the University of South Florida (11-9, 3-4 AAC). Meanwhile, FAU is still looking for their first win in the conference. They lost their most recent attempt, falling to the University of Memphis (6-12, 2-5 AAC) 56-76. ECU and FAU have only met twice in their program’s histories and the Pirates took both matchups. The Pirates haven’t seen FAU since their 61-58 win back on Jan. 8, 2014. FAU moved to the AAC in July 2023. ECU graduate student guard Danae Mcneal leads the Pirates in scoring, averaging over 18 ppg. Her 35 points against SMU were
a season high, topping her 34 she dropped back on Dec. 4, 2023. The Pirates are 5-0 when Mcneal scores 20 points or more in a game. The Pirates are averaging as a team over 65 points per game as a unit. Along with Mcneal’s 18 points, ECU sophomore forward Amiya Joyner is averaging 11 points per game to go along with a team-leading 8.6 rebounds per game. Joyner also leads the Pirates in blocks per game, averaging 2.4. On the road, the Pirates have averaged 59 points per game. The Pirates will be looking to score above this average, going 2-0 on the road when they have gotten 60 points or more. Their last road win was against Memphis, winning 64-63. Following the game against FAU, the Pirates continue their road trip in FL, traveling to Tampa to take on the USF on Sunday at noon. This game will be broadcasted on ESPNU.
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ECU VS. Temple Score Prediction? 67-60 ECU Why? Both of the teams top scorers average 16 points per game and their team statistics are fairly similar across the board, until you see ECU’s potential advantage which is their three point shooting. Temple has not gotten off to a great start in AAC play with a 1-5 record and that should continue to go down as I see the Pirates defeating the Owls at home in Minges Coliseum.
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ECU VS. Temple Score Prediction? 74-70 ECU Why? ECU averages only 1.8 more points than their opponents. However Temple also averages around 70 points. It’ll be a battle of offenses and it’ll be a close one. I’m hopeful the Pirates can snap their losing streak.
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ECU VS. Temple Score Prediction? 72-70 Temple Why? I think ECU is going to lose. We have lost a few games recently and the outcome doesn’t look great.
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Armando Bacot of the University of North Carolina fights Efton Reid III of Wake Forest Unviersity for a rebound during a game at Dean E. Smith Center.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — There is absolutely zero doubt at this point that North Carolina is the team to beat in the ACC, not in the least because no one has yet managed to do so. Wake Forest actually led at halftime Monday night, and still lost by 21. It’s UNC and everyone else. Period. End of story. The Tar Heels have become the team they were supposed to be last season. As for everyone else, it’s hard to look past the Demon Deacons, who gave North Carolina everything it could handle in the first half Monday before wilting in the second, a persistent road issue for Wake Forest, but that had as much to do with how good North Carolina is as anything else. The closest anyone’s come at the Smith Center is eight points, and the Tar Heels slapped a 20-2 run on Florida State in that game. Wake Forest was making a run at that number Monday before RJ Davis took over on his way to a career-high 36 points as the Tar Heels pulled away for an 85-64 win. Wake Forest has yet to figure out how to win tough ACC road games — losing to Florida State, N.C. State and now North Carolina — but if the Deacons can solve that riddle, especially on offense, they’ll open doors that have so far been closed to them by their subpar NET rating (42nd going into Monday) and lack of Quadrant 1 wins. Because of Efton Reid’s delayed debut awaiting a transfer waiver — Wake Forest can thank attorney general Josh Stein’s lawsuit for
the fact he’s on the floor at all; better late than never — and Damari Monsanto’s long recovery from the torn patellar tendon he suffered late last season at N.C. State, both perception and the analytics are lagging behind Wake Forest’s true strength. The great complaint about the NET and its role in seeding, selection and the hated quadrants is that team and conference strength is set in nonconference play and doesn’t move much once conference play starts. Which, most of the time, is actually pretty accurate. Want more respect? Beat better teams when you have the chance. The ACC had the lowest winning percentage of any power conference in KenPom “A” games, games against top-50 opponents adjusted for road and neutral sites, and with the most opportunities. In Wake’s case, that included losses to Georgia and Utah, long before Reid and Monsanto joined the lineup. In the end, no one cares about that. Everyone deals with injuries and, for a few months this year, waiver issues. You are what your record says you are. The counterargument is that teams like Wake Forest that rely heavily on transfers take a while to reach their true potential. There’s certainly some truth to that. But it’s college basketball in 2024. Almost everyone relies heavily on transfers. North Carolina didn’t need much time to integrate Harrison Ingram and Cormac Ryan into the group. Still, there is a bit of a gray area around teams that make great strides after the calendar turns, and in this case it’s kind of an old gold
and black area around Wake Forest, which is clearly a better and more dangerous team than it was in November, in part due to circumstances entirely beyond its control. So the Deacons still have a lot of work to do to get into the NCAA tournament conversation, but it’s work they’re doing. Staying in the fight Monday, let alone finishing the job, would have been a big step forward, especially after last week’s gong-show loss at N.C. State. More opportunities lie ahead, and while there may be ACC teams in better positions as things stand — Duke, obviously, and Clemson as well — there may not be a more dangerous team in the ACC right now, other than the one that beat Wake Forest on Monday. That the Tar Heels made it look so easy in the second half is a testament to just how good North Carolina is, and how much Davis is lapping the ACC player-of-the-year field at the moment, and how elite the Tar Heels are at both ends of the court. It’s a shame the ACC tournament isn’t in North Carolina this year, because it’s almost certain three of the Big Four will have byes to the quarterfinals. It’s just a question whether N.C. State can put enough wins together to complete the set, because even after Monday’s thumping, it’s hard to imagine Wake Forest won’t join UNC and Duke among the late arrivals in Washington. ©2024 The News & Observer. Visit at newsobserver.com. Distributed at Tribune Content Agency, LLC.