Chancellor Steve Ballard (center) held a question-and-answer session with ECU students March 1 in Hendrix Theatre. Approximately 250 students turned out to ask the chancellor about tuition increases, parking, a proposed change in the university’s grading system and other topics. Taking questions with Ballard were Provost Jim Smith (left) and Marilyn Sheerer, vice chancellor for student life. (Photo by Marc J. Kawanishi)