2008 Woodie Awards
Step aside McCain and Obama. There's a new politician in town. Fresh off the scandal that rocked the White House, presidential candidate John P. Wintergreen promises love for the American people. Where can you catch his platform and see him in action? At the McGinnis Theatre at ECU, of course.
TV on the Radio - Dear Science, 5 out of 5 With the swirling ambient synths, 1980s drumbeats, and falsetto funk grooves worthy of the almighty Prince, TV on the Radio's Dear Science is a magnificent album. It works on a track-by-track basis, reeling in an eclectic mix of influences yet never faltering to sound uniquely like the band.
"I want to be a producer, with a hit show on Broadway!" sings Leo Bloom, in the Mel Brooks musical comedy, The Producers. Did Leo Bloom know what he was getting himself into? Does he really know what it means to be a producer? Did he know how much work it would take to put on a show? Luckily for Bloom, and anyone who desires to be the driving force in a production, being a producer doesn't mean that you are alone in the process.
Have you ever wondered how residence halls keep students (sometimes more than 500), from going completely crazy? The answer is simple: Resident Advisors. Though the answer may be simple, the job of an RA is quite the contraire. There are more than 100 RAs on ECU's campus, and each RA must go through a lengthy application process that consists of several different interviews.
Billy Atwell is an ECU student and a cancer survivor. As a part of cancer awareness events on campus this week, Atwell wrote this piece outlining his struggle with cancer and how he got through it all. On July 17, 2002, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer.