By Stacy Daill and Martha Bass
Resolutions to close portions of south Washington St. were adopted by members of the City Council on August 6th. While many citizens were opposed to the idea of closing the street, the end result yielded a 4-2 vote.
The movement to close part of Washington St. was first proposed by […]
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Many East Carolina University students are struggling to receive their financial aid for the 2007 school year.
The financial aid department has had a line of students needing to receive their financial aid nearly two months after school has begun.
This is a major issue concerning a vast number of individuals. Students and their families […]
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East Carolina University hosted a Humor Festival in Greenville, N.C. which provided a rare opportunity for professional speakers to interact with students in a variety of humorous ways.
Andrei Codrescu was among one of the renowned speakers at the festival. Codrescu is popular for his poetry, novels, essays, screen writes, and commentaries on […]
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As the weather continues to drop and the leaves litter the streets of Greenville, one might consider this season just another gloomy autumn. However, the sound of gusting wind, and leaves scraping the sidewalks, could not drown out the cries of laughter on East Carolina’s campus in early November.
East Carolina University’s […]
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When Kinky Friedman isn’t busy performing with his band “The Texas Jew Boys”, working on his Utopia Rescue Ranch (a shelter for dogs), or campaigning for Governor of Texas for the 2010 election, he goes around the country spreading his word, a word that some might call offensive, but others humorous, but no matter what […]
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Last week, Mendenhall Student center hosted the first annual ECU Humor Fest. From November 1-3, over 40 panelists from 5 countries spoke about the various guises found in all forms of humor. One panel in particular was The Old Mirth State: Humor in North Carolina Literature.
The event was sponsored by the NC Literary […]
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Ethnicity is a big deal in America. People with the same ethnicity seem to come together in the world when it comes to making fun of other ethnicities. George Gaetano of Hamline University may agree.
Last week East Carolina University held the Humor fest conference in Mendenhall from November 1-3. The Humor fest consisted of 14 […]
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