Spring Break
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month, and it is a time to remind all women about what they need to do to stay healthy. The purpose of this month is to educate women about early breast cancer detection, diagnosis and treatment. Regardless of whether you are 18 or 45, knowing what the signs of breast cancer are and how to check for them is necessary for saving your life, or someone else's.
Since 1998, the Black Student Union has been an active student organization on ECU's campus concerned with community service and empowering and educating ECU's black community. Its members have become successful leaders on the campus and elsewhere, becoming active not only in the school community but in and around Greenville as well.
ECU offers students a wide variety of programs in order to meet their personal and academic goals. One of these programs is the athletic training program. Students involved in the program are introduced to learning techniques, which include class work, shadowing and hands-on participation with the ECU athletes.
Saturday, Oct. 7, the ECU community received a rare treat when Dr. Jan Bardsley visited the campus to present a lecture about women in Japanese culture. The all-day workshop began at 9 a.m., with the viewing of the documentary Women in Japan, and concluded around 4 p.
The Cultural Awareness Committee of the Student Union hosted a poetry jam Oct. 5 at 9 p.m. in the Pirate Underground. Any form of spoken word to share thoughts about one's own culture or others were welcomed. The emcee of this event was Michael Caple, Jr.