Allow me to introduce you to Rachel Gaffney. Rachel is a twenty year old student at East Carolina. She is currently a junior and is loving college. She is from Raleigh, NC, and still goes home to see her family there. At home in Raleigh, Rachel [...]
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This is Tateeva Langston who is 22 years old from Goldsboro, North Carolina. She is a senior here at East Carolina University majoring in Communication Broadcast and journalism. She graduated from Goldsboro high school in 2004 and when she could in roll into East Carolina University for her classes she did right after high school. [...]
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Tara Owen may be one of the most amazing people that you would never meet. A very relaxed, laid back Tara gave me a story that could make most Hollywood writers a career.
She began a modest and humble story that turned out to be nothing less than an amazing tale of overcoming [...]
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Manteo’s John Bilven could be the next big movie director.
Since the fall of 2004 John Bilven has been attending ECU. During this time he has developed a passion for film, video production, documentaries, writing and archaeology. He is very dedicated and passionate about his work. The young director’s friends say that he always in the [...]
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This ECU student has it all.
“Tenika should have her own show — The Tenika Show — because you never know what she will say or do,” Kim said. “She’s a trip.”
This sentiment was repeated as I spoke with each of her friends. They used words like ‘crazy,’ ‘caring,’ ‘friendly,’ ‘unique,’ ‘loyal,’ and ‘determined,’ each expressing [...]
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Jamie Crouthamel is not your ordinary 22-year-old adult with her own company, a job, school, a boyfriend, and a blooming photography career.
Jamie is currently majoring in Communication with a double minor in graphic design and religious studies. She plans to graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Print Journalism. With so much on her plate [...]
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At 5:24 A.M on January 9th, 1986 in Fort Worth, Texas, Karen Denise Bennett gave birth to a little baby girl named Katrissa Mikhail Bennett. This little ray of sunshine quickly grew into a fun-loving child who had a passion for life, playing dress up, eating colored crayons, and dancing.
Even at the young age of [...]
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Whether a relative or a friend, someone who has just met him or someone who has known him all his life, everyone I have talked to has only positive things to say about Zach Hanrahan.
Zach is a senior at East Carolina and has made a lot of close friends in his past years living in [...]
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If a person from Greenville were asked to name the best football player to come out of East Carolina University, players like Jeff Blake, David Garrard and Chris Johnson would most likely be talked about. Well, a few years from now the name Dwayne Harris will probably be added to that group of ECU [...]
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Kathryn Swinson is only nineteen, but she is already a junior by credits in college and owns several businesses. Kathryn is attending East Carolina University and is a junior because while she was in high school she took classes at the local community college earning her twenty-one credits.
While in high school Kathryn was a [...]
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I grew up in a neighborhood where the kids just played basketball all the time and I wanted to learn how to play, so that year, 1994 I believe, my mother put me on the team at the YMCA.”
Early on Jasmine Young discovered a passion for basketball which would carve the path for [...]
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Nick Bertram might seem like any other East Carolina University student. He has a part time job and attends classes as a production student full time, but what you might not know is that he is a rocker through and through. For Nick, drumming and jamming is his passion, so much so, that he teaches [...]
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Jared Jackson is a sophomore here at East Carolina this year. He is from Roxboro, North Carolina and graduated from Person High School in 2006. He has three stepbrother and one step-sister, and is the middle child. Jackson has found ECU a big transition from his small hometown but has some big dreams [...]
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Some call her artistic, some call her turtle, but most know her as Keely Gray.
Born in LaGrange, North Carolina on July 25, 1983 was Keely Irene Gray. The youngest of three children, Keely grew up in LaGrange with her older brother Ashley (30) and her sister Lindsey (26).
At a young age Keely found her love [...]
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I recently had the opportunity to meet a very polite, intelligent, and easy going Senior. His name is Will Elsen. Will grew up in a town just outside of Raleigh called Fuquay Varina, The Andy Griffith Show came to mind as he joked about walking to school everyday and fishing in the afternoons. But [...]
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I recently had the opportunity to meet Brad Christian, a sophomore here at East Carolina University and I also interviewed three of his friends to find out what sort of person he is. One thing that stands out in Brad is his involvement in many activities, student and career related.
He not only [...]
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Giving. Kind Hearted. Crazy. These are the words that those close to Melissa Barrington used to describe her. Other than being a great person to be around, there is so much more to know about this junior here at East Carolina University.
Melissa Barrington, also known as Missy, was born on December 24, Christmas Eve, which [...]
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Lakeisha Goodman is a 21 year old junior who is extremely excited to graduate in May.
After speaking with one of her closest friends I found out how responsible Lekeisha is. Sherrita Williams has known Lakeisha for 12 years. They attended middle school and high school together. They have maintained a close relationship even though they [...]
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Unlike Brent’s first interview experience as a child, I was not handed a sheet of paper with guns, knives and machetes scribbled all over it. Compared to the unseemly fiasco Brent’s parents went through in a dean’s office with their young ninja turtle fanatic (hence: knives, machetes) my interview experience was much more conventional. I [...]
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Machine: an electrical, electronic, or mechanical device for performing a task; in short they mean John Vaughn. He has sold the best of machines; Cadillac’s, drove the fastest of machines, a Mustang Saleen, and fought with the roughest machines, the army. Matter of fact John has done a lot of things and has [...]
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A dedicated student, loving daughter, and loyal girlfriend, Miriam Kennedy is what comes to mind when you think of the All-American girl. And to top it all off she goes to church every Sunday. I’m sure this description evokes a few eye rolls, and a lot of doubt, but Miriam Kennedy is the real thing. [...]
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Jared Thompson, 21, is a junior Communication major at East Carolina University with a concentration in Public Relations and a minor in Art Design. When I asked Jared what made him choose his major and minor, he replied smiling, “It had the least amount of math and I enjoy doing art.”
Jared lives in Greensboro, N.C., [...]
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Some call her artistic, some call her turtle, but most know her as Keely Gray.
Born in LaGrange, North Carolina on July 25, 1983 was Keely Irene Gray. The youngest of three children, Keely grew up in LaGrange with her older brother Ashley (30) and her sister Lindsey (26).
At a young age Keely found her love [...]
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Samantha Zaharis is a people person. She finds time to dedicate herself to her large Greek family, her best friends and even strangers she doesn’t know.
Zaharis, a junior at ECU transferred from Tompkins-Cortland Community College in upstate N.Y. This decision was based on a winter experience when she and her current roommate were snowed in [...]
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When it comes to the game of life, East Carolina junior Nick Mckeel has played it anything but straight forward.
The Wilmington, NC native was raised by his grandparents and it wasn’t until three short years ago that he finally met his father, Greg Dawson.
“It was a surprise,” Dawson said. “All of these years I thought [...]
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They all hung out at The Pavilion. It’s not there anymore. Steven’s dad owned it – just a little bar at the beach with a few guys and a few beers. They’d kick back after a day of building houses, knock back a few Bud’s and shoot a couple games of pool.
That [...]
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Although Alycia Wendt has lived in many places, it seems like she has made North Carolina her true home. Alycia grew up in Pennsylvania and then moved to New Jersey. Although her extended family still lives in Pennsylvania, Alycia tells me they do not make it up North very often anymore. Her family [...]
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Writing all day, writing all night, that’s how Tamarah Ware spends most of her time. With enthusiasm like that, it’s no wonder this 19-year-old is already a junior at East Carolina University and making her way to the top.
Originally from Fayetteville NC, Ware grew up an only child with writing on the brain. Her [...]
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It was my turn, and Dr. Bernard Timberg looked directly at me. “Why don’t you two work together,” he suggested, moving his two fingers back and forth as if he personally were manually connecting us together. “Ok,” was our simultaneous response. We turned and looked at one another and I thought, “Her name is Megan [...]
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What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the last name Savio? Italian, obviously, but there is so much more when we begin to explore the life of Casey Savio, a 22-year-old senior who has traveled the world, danced her way through school, and fallen in love with Public Relations [...]
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