Spring Break
Two new victim advocacy events highlighted Sexual Assault Awareness Week at ECU: "How to Help a Sexual Assault Survivor: What Men Can Do," and "A Girl Interrupted: The Debbie Smith Story." Hosted by the Office of Victim Services, the sexual assault awareness events are aimed at increasing violence awareness among men and women, against women.
The first Code of Conduct Awareness Week, sponsored by the judicial board of SGA, is being held this week to inform students about what rights they have at the university. The Dean of Students Office and the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities are also supporting the event.
ECU Student Union and the Muslim Student Association are looking to unify diverse groups through fasting together. The Fast-a-thon 2007, being held Sept. 26, is an event in which students to abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. The event is donating over $1,000 to Islamic Relief, a charity recognized by the United Nations and American Red Cross.
For the first time in nearly a year, WZMB hit airwaves live from their Mendenhall locale beginning 8 a.m. Monday. After a rocky year filled with abrupt shifts in leadership and FCC violations, the station has managed to persevere. The station can be heard on frequency 91.
There are 183 pledges involved this semester with the fraternities in Greek Life, a large increase from last year. "We had about a 25 percent increase… we had a good rush," said Keith Tingley, assistant director of greek life. ECU's Interfraternity Council (IFC) is using new Interactive Collegiate Solutions (ICS) technology to register members this year.
Music Alive is a new foreign exchange program at ECU involving two universities in Brazil and West Virginia University (WVU). These four schools are working together to have students study abroad while working on their music degrees. This program was originated with the help of music professor George Broussard and Paul Scea and Janet Robbins, representatives from WVU, who initiated the idea to Broussard.