2008 Woodie Awards
Peace. Love. Pirates. Cure. That's what Campus Wellness, the ECU Department of Women's Studies, Healthy Pirates and other organizations participated in yesterday at the Bate Building on campus. The event, a cancer awareness fair, drew hundreds of students, faculty and members of the community to honor loved ones who had passed away from cancer, celebrate cancer survivors, get information about the disease and rack up on free goodies.
Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) is one of three U.S. congressmen who worked to help the Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE), a student voting rights group, author a federal resolution that will strengthen civic education. Jones joined in a bipartisan effort with U.
Five years have passed since the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, and public opinion varies concerning the war. The ECU Student Activities Board Films Committee showed the documentary "Voices of Iraq," a film that consisted of footage from various Iraqi civilians, in Hendrix Theater on Sept.
Yesterday at 6 p.m, The Ledonia Wright Cultural Center hosted the first Cultural Café. The event was organized in an attempt to facilitate interest in the liberal arts and highlighted poets and musicians on the ECU's campus. "It is an outlet for students to come together," said Ashley Glover, junior communications major, who assisted associate director LaQuesha Foster in organizing and hosting the Café.