2008 Woodie Awards
The approximate number of freshmen expected to move to Greenville this weekend is 5,500. Upper classmen are used to move-in weekend: wide-eyed freshmen toting boxes up and down the stairs (or elevators) of various ECU dorms. However, this year, 280 first-year students will be toting those boxes to the North Campus Crossing and The Bellamy apartment complexes, both located about four miles from ECU.
It's no secret: ECU is growing, and with that growth comes change. As the university heads into its 101st year, officials are working on renovating, building and adding to the campus to accommodate the ever-expanding number of students. "The [freshmen] class does keep growing," said John Durham, executive director of university communication and assistant secretary to the Board of Trustees.
Incoming freshman this fall semester have two new requirements before they even step foot inside a classroom. For the first time, first semester freshman will be required to complete an online alcohol education program and participate in ECU Reads- ECU's inaugural summer reading program for freshman.
A necessity for any student with a car at ECU is an on-campus parking permit available through the Department of Parking and Transportation Services (DPTS). Any student, staff or faculty member, vendor or visitor that wishes to park on campus must register their vehicle with DPTS, pay a registration fee and display a valid parking permit in the lower portion of the windshield on the driver's side.
Cox Enterprises Inc. plans to sell its Austin, Texas, newspaper, as well as newspapers in North Carolina and Colorado, reducing the company's portfolio of advertising-supported media properties. Cox, a privately held company based in Atlanta, said Wednesday it will use proceeds from the sales to pay down debt.
An assailant stabbed to death the father-in-law of the head coach of the U.S. men's indoor volleyball team Saturday and wounded the mother-in-law and a tour guide before jumping to his own death, in a brutal act that darkened the mood in China just hours after the dazzling onset of the Summer Olympics.