2008 Woodie Awards
Urban Legends: Part 1
The East Carolinian
Issue date: 9/4/08 Section: Features
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Did Sandra Bullock really graduate ECU in the 1980s?
This question has been tossed around between students, staff and faculty for almost two decades. Could it be that actress Sandra Bullock, who has appeared in such movies as Speed, Miss Congeniality and Crash, truly be a beloved ECU Pirate?
True, at least according to Joyner Library archives. While the debate has covered all sides of the spectrum, with arguments claiming Bullock left with only three credits to finish, or that she was awarded an honorary degree from ECU or that she came back later to finish, students are still puzzled as to whether or not the famous actress is a fellow Pirate.
In an article published by the ECU Report in 1990, Sandra Bullock is credited as a 1986 graduate of ECU's drama department. It also details Bullock's active theater life, in which she appeared in ECU Playhouse productions of Peter Pan, Stage Door and The Three Sisters. Edgar Loessin, who was the chairman of the theater arts department during that time, recalled his memories of Bullock, remembering her stage presence.
I heard that the reason why the showerheads are so low in the halls is because someone tied a rope to an older, higher shower head and committed suicide.
Could this be true? Did a student end his or her life this way, prompting ECU officials to lower the showerheads in all residence hall bathroom stalls?
Not true, according to Aaron Lucier, director of ECU Campus Living.
"The shower heads were installed over 50 years ago, but as the average U.S. height has increased over two inches since the 1960s, these already low heads appear even lower," said Lucier.
So, there you have it. Two mysteries of ECU have been settled, which have hopefully eased your brain a little.
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