Winter 2007 index

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The ECU Report

ECU has a reputation for giving good kids a break in life, a quality that Maria Guillermo-Salinas (right) has come to appreciate. Other students also can testify about the benefits of being a Pirate, including a class just back from touring India and several successful graduates of the hospitality management program. Read about them and other stories that are making news around campus in the ECU Report.

The New
Country Doctors

By Steve Row
The doctors, nurses and allied health care professionals whom ECU sends into eastern North Carolina are improving lives and providing the "boots on the ground" that experts say are the critical front lines of health care. Full story

The Miscast Martyr for Student Rights

By Steve Tuttle
Robert Thonen, the libertarian editor of the student newspaper who got himself kicked out of college over a four-letter word, was an unlikely figure to be at center stage during the protests that shook ECU 35 years ago. Full story

Food for Thought

By Bethany Bradsher
Remember the free spaghetti dinners at the Baptist Student Union? They're still going on, and students still are turning to campus ministries to find a safe haven from the wild side of campus life. Full story

Building
the Triangle

By Steve Tuttle
Charles Hayes, a member of the small but powerful group that has propelled North Carolina's economy into the 21st century, doesn't run an employment agency, but he helped 40,000 people find jobs in the past year. Full story

Bananas
Over Basketball

By Bethany Bradsher
They were born the night ECU upset No. 9 Marquette in basketball, and four years later the Minges Maniacs are still giving the Pirates a home-court advantage. Full story