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ECVFM holds ghost walk event for community

Ray Waddell FOR THE EAST CAROLINIAN

Eastern Carolina Village and Farm Museum (ECVFM) will host a historical ghost walk Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. to commemorate eastern North Carolina's (ENC) unique history with spiritualism and witchcraft.

Former Professor of anthropology and President of ECVFM, Holly Hoag, said the ghost walk will feature skits, storytelling and re-enactments of true haunted tales from ENC.

Safety discussed for Halloweekend

Kristin Outland TEC STAFF

East Carolina University officials provide safety tips and strategies stu dents can utilize in preparation of the upcoming Halloweekend.

Philip Rogers, chancellor of the university, said Halloweekend is an “exciting” event in which people of any age can look forward to, but it’s very important to be aware of actions and safety precautions during this time.

“We want our university com munity to enjoy this time, but we want them to do so in a very safe and thoughtful manner,” Rogers said.

It is hopeful that students will prac tice potential safety strategies, Rogers said, like walking together in a group at late hours and remaining aware of their environment and surroundings.

There will be extra safety precau tions implemented, Rogers said, but individuals are also responsible for taking their own precautions to ensure their safety. Rogers said the university has partnered with local police to fur

ther safety precautions.

“We’ll be working with the ECU Police Department, with the Greenville Police, to ensure that we have appropri ate coverage in Uptown and all around campus to protect and hopefully ensure the safety of everyone in our university community that engages in those activ ities,” Rogers said.

Chris Sutton, field operations cap tain of the ECU Police Department (ECUPD), said he encourages students who plan to go to certain events during Halloweekend to control their own outcomes as much as possible.

This event typically results in students partaking in binge drinking, Sutton said, and since Halloween falls on a Monday this year, it may cause students to extend their celebration times from regular weekends.

“There’s a good chance that some people will try to enjoy Halloween fes tivities from Thursday night all the way through Monday night,” Sutton said.

Sutton said students who are able to control their own actions and remain

aware of their surroundings are less likely to become a victim.

ECUPD and the Greenville Police Department on patrol beginning Thursday and extending until Monday, Sutton said. Since the celebratory event will cover four days, Sutton said staff will rotate shifts throughout the week.

ages students to down load the LiveSafe app, in which students can directly con tact the dis patch office and allow others to keep track of their location.

the app also allows students to directly send photos and videos to each other and the officers.

Hoag said guided small groups will leave every 20 minutes to go to 11 different locations on the property. The last group will depart at 8:20 p.m. and spaces are limited, Hoag said. Prices for attendance are $10 for adults and $7 for children ages 10-16 which will be collected at the gate, she said.

Greenville Recreation and Parks invites guests to the first ever 'Festival of Fright'

Justyn Lane FOR THE EAST CAROLINIAN

The Greenville Recreation and Parks Department is hosting its first Festival of Fright on Friday and Saturday at Wildwood Park to attract more Greenville residents to the park.

Graham Wilson, special events intern at Greenville Recreation and Parks said there will be five food trucks attending the event: Last Call Pizza, Uncle Fred’s food truck, Lickety Splitz, Oh My Gyro and Pops and Pucker as well as beer on tap on both days.

Wilson said there will be a costume contest from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday. He said participants will be separated into three age groups: newborn to six, seven to 13 and 14 and up. The audience will vote on their favorite costume in each age group, he said, and each group will have a prize for the winner, regardless of how many people enter.

“We got some gift bags, a donation from University Book Exchange, some shirts, hats, cotton candy, water bottles, Halloween stickers, Halloween candy and little fun things that kids are gonna like,” Wilson said.

Megan Howard, special event supervisor for Greenville Recre ation and Parks said the event will feature a wide array of activities and live music will be provided by local band Afreyed Knot on Sat urday. Howard said that paid activities include access to the bounce

houses, which is priced at $10 for a wristband and face painting pro vided by Faces By Daj, with prices ranging from $5 to $12.

Howard said the event will also feature a “haunted forest” from 7 to 11 p.m. on Saturday, which is priced at $10 per person. She said although the forest is safe for all ages, parents should use their own judgment when allowing their children to participate.

“I had a parent of young children call me about it. I’ve got young children who do not enjoy it, and therefore they won’t be going on it. I know they don’t like to be scared like that. Our goal is for it to be very scary,” Howard said. “For example, we have chainsaws. I don’t want to give out too many details, but I’m really, really excited.”

Director of Recreation and Parks Don Octigan said Wildwood Park opened in October 2021 with hopes of planning events for the Greenville community to enjoy. He said he formed an “event staff” at the park to brainstorm ideas for events, and the “Festival of Fright” was one of the ideas to bloom from their meetings.

Octigan said that the event is not limited to just individuals or just families. He said that one of their goals for the festival was to target everyone in the community, and there will be activities for children and families, like a movie screening, and activities for adults, such as the beer garden.

“The Festival of Fright ties right into our goals for the park. It provides a unique event that in the past we haven’t held as a recreation and parks department. It’s to give people an opportunity to enjoy the fall weather and to enjoy the park,” Octigan said.

According to the Wildwood Park website, the event will begin at 5:30 p.m on Friday with beer and food trucks and a showing of “Twi light Zone: The Movie'' at 7 p.m. The event will open again at 10 a.m on Saturday and the park will run its “haunted forest” starting at 7 p.m. Saturday with other events running until 11 p.m.

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East Carolina University encourages campus safety during Halloween with events like its Halloween Safety Fair.

Study Abroad to hold Information session today

Today, at 4 p.m. the ECU study abroad will host an information session for students interested in studying abroad. The event will take place in the International House and will last an hour.

SGA to hold student assembly

Today, East Carolina University’s Student Government Association will hold its weekly student assembly in the Main Campus Student Center. The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in Ballroom C. All student assembly meetings are open to the public.

Life training to be hosted

Pedestrian safety addressed on campus

October is National Pedestrian Safety Month, which is an entire month dedicated to the aware ness of how pedestrians in America can stay safe.

East Carolina University Chief of Police Jon Barnwell said a key component to staying safe as a pedestrian is to maintain a heightened level of awareness and to minimize distractions. Distrac tions and not using the appropriate crosswalks are both common causes for pedestrian accidents, he said.

“Either the pedestrian may not be utilizing the appropriate crosswalk and utilizing it in a proper manner, or they’re distracted,” Barnwell said. “You know, they may be looking at their phone, having their earbuds in, and not really paying attention to the motoring public that could cause issues.”

Improvements have been made, in the last couple of years, for pedestrian safety across the entire city of Greenville, she said.

In particular, the GPD has developed a Greenville traffic safety task force in the past several years that has also been implemented, Hunter said. She said the task force is composed of a variety of entities dedicated to the mission of increasing pedestrian safety in Greenville.

“So, that’s actually what kicked off, what you’ve probably noticed in the past several years, there’s been an addition of crosswalks, quite a few actually right around the university area,” Hunter said.

Greenville City Council Member Marion Blackburn said Greenville has some work to do as a city to improve its current state of pedestri an-friendly transportation.

Greenville certainly has more crosswalks than it used to, however there are not nearly enough, and the ones that do exist need repair because they have unfortunately suffered from neglect, Blackburn said.

“We got sidewalks that go nowhere,” Black burn said. “You are on a sidewalk, and all of a sudden you don’t have anywhere to go, and you probably have some unmowed shoulder to try to sort of claw your way through.”

CRIME LOGS

Editor’s Note: The East Carolinian

Crime Logs are derived from East Carolina University Police Department’s (ECU PD) public crime logs accessible to all individuals. Crime Logs are done within the partnership of ECU PD and The East Carolinian, as this publication is meant to act as an additional resource for Pirate Nation. Below are listings of criminal activity that has occured on or within proximity of main campus.

Oct. 21, 2022

Intoxicated & Disruptive charges were found at 5th Street and Trustees Way and was cleared by arrest at 3:59 a.m.

At Cotten Residence Hall there was a Warrant Service for Other Agency cleared by arrest at 4:40 p.m.

Oct. 22, 2022

There is an open investigation at Ballard West Residence Hall following Injury to Real Property Charges from 8:18 p.m.

Simple Assault charges were found at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium at 7:45 p.m. and was cleared as the victim refused to cooperate.

Oct. 23, 2022

Jones Residence Hall experience Larceny and Injury to Real Property charges sometime between 3 a.m. and 10:46 p.m., there is still an open investigation following it.

At the Bus Stop Area of the Main Campus Student Center, there was a simple assault incidient at 10:30 p.m. that still has an open investigation.

A Hit & Run-Failure to Stop charge still has an open investigation. The incident took place at the PVA North Side of Jenkins Art Building at 1:30 a.m.

The Campus Living Office posted on their Instagram account on Saturday, that “due to public feedback, starting next week ECU Police will fine students, staff and faculty that cross roads when not signaled to.” According to this post, this fine could cost between 200 and 300 dollars. The East Carolinian will follow with additional information on this story as it progresses.

Greenville Police Department’s (GPD) Public Information Officer Kristen Hunter said there’s no particular area in Greenville that has an increase in pedestrian-related accidents.

The taskforce is made up of the GPD, ECU PD, city of Greenville engineering department, members from the North Carolina Department of Transportation and injury prevention special ists from the ECU Health Hospital, Hunter said.

Now, pedestrians will see more flashing lights and beacons for them to utilize, as well as two vent delineators across town, Hunter said. She said these delineators are spikes in the center median of the road designed to prevent cars from making a left turn across traffic to prevent crashes.

“So I would say that there’s been quite a few pedestrian improvements that have occurred over the last several years,” Hunter said. “To include the addition of crosswalks, crosswalk enhancements, and increased lighting across the city as well.”

Blackburn said these issues are unacceptable, and they are not a criticism of Greenville, but of the broader American transportation culture. She said America has traditionally not placed money and infrastructure into non-motorized transport and for people-centered transport. People-cen tered transport could include bikes, wheelchairs and strollers, she said.

The eleventh annual BikeWalk Transpor tation Summit will be held this month, at the East Carolina Heart Institute in Greenville, NC, from Thursday to Saturday, according to the NC BikeWalk Summit official website.

Cybersecurity month acknowledged

Eli Baine FOR THE EAST CAROLINIAN

East Carolina University programs and orga nizations are keeping students informed about cybercrime and information security this October through Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Associate Professor and Director of Security Studies Dr. Armin Krishnan said some cyber crimes are committed by people seeking financial gain, while others are state-sponsored attacks to disrupt or destroy networks of other nations.

“Cybercrime usually has a financial incen tive,” Krishnan said. “Cybercriminals will try to steal information of people in order to steal their identity and ultimately steal their money.”

Krishnan said everyone has been affected by information theft in one way or another. Major data breaches of large companies and websites happen each year, Krishnan said.

Using strong passwords, using licensed soft ware, downloading security updates and using anti-virus software can significantly help keep online information safe, Krishnan said. She said people should know how cybercriminals will try to trick them into giving up personal information.

Chief Information Security Officer for ECU Dr. Mark D. Webster said the Cybersecurity

Operations Center of Information Technology and Computing Services deals with “mafia-like” attempted cybercrimes each day.

There are three “keys to success” everyone should follow to protect their information, Web ster said. These practices are strong passwords, multi-factor authentication and never reusing passwords, he said.

“I think if all of us were doing that, we would be in much better shape,” Webster said.

Much of cybercrime happens using ransom ware, a type of malware which demands a ransom, usually threatening to leak private information or block access to it, Webster said.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Technology Systems Dr. Karla Thompson Varnell said she often gets phishing emails and forwards them to phish.ecu.edu to be investigated. Other resources offered to students that may help information security are Microsoft 365 programs and Microsoft Intune, Varnell said.

“The other thing is backing up your data,” Varnell said. “If there is a compromise, you can access your information. You can back it up to the cloud, or you can back it up to a removable device.”

Pirates for Change to promote social justice

Julia Lawson FOR THE EAST CAROLINIAN

Pirates for Change is a new club on East Carolina University’s campus designed to promote social change and educate students about different social issues that are occuring in Greenville, North Carolina, on campus and around the world.

Caroline Sartain, sophomore psychology major, is the co-founder and co-president of Pirates for Change and said she met her co-founder and co-president, senior public health major Kacie McGee, after the recent Theta Chi incident.

“Kacie and I met after the most recent Theta Chi incident,” Sartain said. “We were just brainstorming and talking about (how) there needs to be a club on campus where we talk about these social issues and do something in the community.”

Sartain said the club is new to campus as of last Friday, but the club already has 20 members.

Ideally, Sartain said, the club will hold discussion events with a panel of hosts with extensive knowledge on subjects that pertain to social activism.

“We would have preferably a panel come in and just talk about issues, talk about things, see what we can do as college students to make the situations better to try to better ourselves,” Sartain said.

In order to join Pirates for Change, anyone who is interested can email ecupiratesforchange@ gmail.com, Sartain said.

Avery Gall, sophomore art major, said she learned about Pirates for change following the recent sexual assault allegations and claims on campus, and she wanted to make a change through activism.

“Our main goal is to take more of an active role on campus. There are a lot of clubs currently that do address a lot of the issues on our campus, which is great, but they take an edu cational approach,” Gall said.

Gall said being a member of Pirates for Change is a way to amplify your voice and encourage others on campus to do the same.

“I know a lot of people have like frustrations about things they see going on on campus, but they don’t always like know what to do with that frustration, and so hopefully this will give people a place to do something about that,” Gall said.

One of the new members of Pirates for Change is Christian Cothren, a senior double major in communication and German.

Cothren said he was introduced to Pirates for Change through a group chat discussing the recent Theta Chi incident, which led to the creation of the Pirates for Change group chat.

“There was a group chat about the Theta Chi incident called protecting our pirates, and a couple of us, a girl named Caroline and Kacie specifically, pitched an idea about creating an activism group,” Cothren said.

Avery Gall

It is important, Gall said, that many dif ferent people with different backgrounds and perspectives on social issues join so the club can have a multitude of experiences to have the greatest impact.

The group was tired, Cothren said, of how students, faculty and staff on campus would talk about the problems the community was facing but never take action to fix the problems.

This writer can be contacted at news@theeastcarolinian.com.

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Throughout East Carolina University's campus and Uptown Greenville, there are many crosswalks around to keep pedestrians safe throughout the city.

OUR VIEW

Theta Chi’s charge sets scary pattern

For the third consecutive year, the Theta Chi fraternity is facing another set of allegations regard ing aggravated and sexual assault charges within the walls of its house.

In a mass email received by stu dents of East Carolina University on Sept. 13 at 6:47 p.m., the university addressed the knowledge of the alle gations and Theta Chi’s history of sexual assault and drink tampering.

“Sex offenses are treated with seriousness on our campus,” the ECU Alert stated. “There are free confidential and private resources available to provide supportive mea sures through both the university disciplinary and criminal processes to all parties.”

This was not the first time the fraternity has been under the lens of public scrutiny. During the 2020 and 2021 academic years, similar allega tions were brought upon the frater nity along with an unrelated scandal involving the app Yik-Yak in 2021. This year was no different.

We, the editorial staff of the East Carolinian, believe that it is time for the university to establish a prece dent of taking allegations of aggra vated and sexual assault seriously. Suspension is not a sufficient price to pay for the victims’ peace. A one month “cease-and-desist” order does not measure up to the harm done to those that were preyed upon.

A slap on the wrist will not suffice. It is time for the university to make sexual offense as serisously as it claims that it does. Nothing short of the maximum applicable punish ment is sufficient.

It is our hope and goal that the administration of ECU, if finding these allegations accurate and true, will do due diligence in finding proper punishment for Theta Chi.

PIRATE RANTS

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It’s not a fair opportunity to try out for sports at ECU as a transfer student. I feel the majority of the students not on sports teams are better than the ones on the teams and they won’t give us a chance if we aren’t recruited.

Why is ECU so bad at regulating the temperature in the building on campus? It is cold in the morning and warm in the evenings, but the buildings just always run hot.

An ECU Professor goes on a woke and vitriolic tirade on free speech concerning those she disagrees with, never realizing her words were the real “hate speech”.

What a lame and LATE statement from the university about Theta Chi. The pattern has been laid out, what more is there to discuss? What more intervention could you possibly provide for this group? KICK THETA CHI TO THE CURB, ECU.

How does ECU keep protecting sexual assault on campus? Where is the justice for the survivors?

I wish ECU actually cared about its student body, all students, not just those who are the majority.

REMEMBER TO VOTE. USE YOUR VOICE. SAVE OUR RIGHTS.

How many accusations is it gonna take for the frat to face real consequences? Saying no more parties is not good enough. Time for the people in charge to walk a mile in her shoes.

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Questions regarding Pirate Rants can be directed to Rachana Charla at opinion@theeastcarolinian.com.

Submit your Pirate Rants on our website under the opinion tab or scan the QR code.

Shut down racism, not parties

A Black party, white fraternity party differs

As an African American student that has a social life around campus, I have noticed every time the Black community at East Carolina University has a party the police department shut it down but when white frater nities have their weekly parties the police are nowhere to be found.

Over the year I’ve been at ECU, par ticularly last semester around finals time, I noticed the police seem to shut down every Black party there was. I remember one night they followed us from venue to venue. After they shut down one party we would regroup and find another location. They would follow us to the next location and shut it down.

I find this very weird knowing there are no outside drinks, drugs or weapons allowed at Black parties. There is always security at the entrance of the event to prevent this. I

attended a handful of white fraternity parties last year ranging from Halloween parties to the weekly Wine Wednesdays last semester and the police never came around.

When I attended the fraternity parties there was what seemed to be an unlimited amount of alcohol provided and members of the fraternity would simply hand out the drinks to whoever asked.

It’s infuriating to me how the police turn a blind eye to fraternity members obtaining and distributing alcohol to mostly minors but are quick to interfere with every attempt by the Black community to have fun especially when open alcohol isn’t an issue at Black events.

To me, it seems like the police jump at the opportunity to shut down an event hosted by Black people because of the ste reotypical thought that Black people equals violence. It’s unfair that fraternities host par ties close to campus and the events are well known by students but continue to happen.

I’m not saying a full investigation is

needed but as a community we’d like to be treated equally. I would just like to be able to go out and enjoy myself without my time being wasted because of the police showing up within the first hour of the event start ing. It’s frustrating not being able to have any events without them being university approved like the Divine 9 Step Show.

We’ve tried house parties, shut down. We’ve tried hosting parties at venues closer to campus, shut down. During Homecom ing week we held a party at a venue on the outskirts of Greenville, shut down. This never happened at any of the white fraternity events I’ve attended.

What is it? If there is no alcohol being served what is the issue? Is it because of the mass of Black people? We just want to dance and have fun as a community, similar to that of the white fraternities.

Letters to the editor ECU Alum urges students to vote

Dear Editor,

I love Eastern North Carolina. That is why this election season it is critical we vote for leaders and ballot measures that support decisive action on climate change. The latest IPCC report calls for a strength ened response to climate change to reduce the impacts it is already having on our coastal communities, as well as those of us farther inland. I am particularly concerned about the frequency of larger and stronger hurricanes as our oceans get warmer and how these hurricanes could impact my family’s health and welfare, our communi ty’s security, and our country’s stability.

The future of our climate is always on the ballot, including in the midterms. Midterm elections often include Con gressional races and city and state ballot measures that have the potential to shift the trajectory of climate action locally, regionally, and nationally.

These 2022 midterms can make or break our future to live in a safe and

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These 2022 midterms can make or break our future to live in a safe and healthy world.

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healthy world. Whether you are a con cerned citizen or an organizational leader, you can help others exercise their right to vote. Every vote counts, including and most importantly, your own. So much energy is dedicated to getting out the vote for general elections; however, midterm elections are just as important! Please vote this midterm and help others do the same.

We can use our voice and our vote this election season to protect our climate. Join me by going to the North Carolina State Board of Elections at ncsbe.gov to confirm your voter registration and print your sample ballot to see who and what will be on your ballot, so you can educate yourself on the candidates and the issues and make an informed vote.

Shatiece Starks Arts Chief Brendan Cavazos Sports Editor Chris Long Sports Chief Rachana Charla Opinion Editor Reagan Blackburn Multimedia Editor

Early voting begins on October 20th and goes through November 5th. You can find your early voting location at ncsbe. gov/voting/vote-early-person. You can also request an absentee ballot (no later than November 1st) if you’re unable to vote in person, or find your regular polling location if you are able to vote in person on November 8th at ncsbe.gov.

Sincerely,

LaDonna May-Barnes, MPH Climate for Health Ambassador ecoAmerica (ecoamerica.org) Ahoskie, North Carolina

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Community Crossroads

Halloween Fun Run to be held uptown

On Saturday, Pitt Street Brewing Company and its run club will host its Halloween Fun Run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m to celebrate Halloween.

Runners of all ages and abilities are welcome to participate at their own pace in Pitt Street’s Fun Run, Taproom Manager at Pitt Street Brewing Company Mary Ann Ricks said .

The Pitt Street Brewing Run Club will be run ning in the 5k while wearing costumes, though it isn’t required to participate, Ricks said.

“If you’ve never seen our fun run before, you can definitely expect to see some silliness and a lot of fun costumes,” Ricks said. “They get pretty creative, especially creating a costume you can run in. There’s always a lot of pun-related costume ideas.”

Ricks said the most memorable costume for her this far was when one girl dressed up as a “Taco Belle,” where the runner dressed as the Disney princess, but with tacos ruining her costume. Having watched the fun run last year, Ricks said she also remembered seeing a few inflatable T-Rexes and how difficult it was for them to run.

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a beer or two after the fun run, Ricks said Pitt Street will be hosting a costume contest at 7 p.m., as well as a silent disco event from 8 to 11 p.m. featuring a clash between two DJs.

“The two DJs will be Tymellord and Chief Dubz. They’ll be playing different styles of music, different songs at the same time, but you’ll only be able to hear them with headphones on,” Ricks said.

Tyler Veltkamp, lead bartender at the brewery, said he will be working behind the bar on the day of the fun run. Tyler said the fun run and each subsequent event requires all hands on deck, but he expects the events will go smoothly despite how busy the night will get.

Veltkamp said he and his fellow employees plan on coordinating WWE-themed costumes while working the bar. Once the fun run is over, Tyler said the highlight of the day will be the costume contest.

“The costume contest will be the majority of my entertainment. It’ll be our managers doing the judging, and there will be prizes as well, like merchandise or gift cards, so there will be enough incentives for people,” Veltkampl said.

Robin Ashley, one of the main hosts of Pitt Street’s Run Club, said

of 5.6 acres on County Home Road between the Leroy James Farmer’s Market and Wintergreen School in Greenville during 2009, Hoag said.

“The name of the County Home Road comes from the fact that the original property was the site of the Pitt County home for the aged and infirm, which people locally knew as the poor farm, and this ran from about 1850 to 1960,” Hoag said. “It was a place where The poor people who couldn’t support them selves, sick people, anybody who had a mental problem, were sent to live at this home and they had to work on the farm.”

Many improve ments and building renovations have occurred at its present site, including the addition of restrooms and Americans with Disabilities Act compliant sidewalks, Hoag said. The ECVFM community consists of a church, a school, a country store, a blacksmith/ tool shop, a tobacco curing barn and four large log buildings which house an extensive collection of agricultural and trade artifacts, Hoag said.

Vice President, Sharon Arnold,

the Halloween Fun Run started during the begin ning of the pandemic in 2020. She said Pitt Street Brewing Run Club worked with Ricks at the brewery to create a costume-themed 5k race to replace all the missed opportunities during the pandemic.

“At that time, several races had been canceled or turned into virtual races, so we wanted people to still get together and run and have fun with it,” Ashley said. “It’s a lot more relaxed and gives you a little more time with the com munity of people you enjoy.”

Ashley said the fun run is an activity people can enjoy without it being too early in the morning. She said the run is free of any stakes or requirements, and costumes are optional.

While on the topic of costumes, Ashley said it was more fun to watch people run with costumes on. She said the costumes break the routine of going on a weekly, same-route run by making it more fun, engaging and entertaining, as opposed to only doing the run for the fastest time. Ashley said there’s a benefit to seeing other runners in costumes.

said the ECVFM is trying to make the location “come alive” by telling stories of the property’s earlier residents. The property’s fascinating tales need to be researched and told to future genera tions, Arnold said.

To carry out this the ECVFM will have a group led by a tour guide travel to 11 different locations on the property, she said. At each location a dif ferent story relating to the site will be told and reenacted, she said.

“North Carolina actually had two witch trials before Salem ever did,” Arnold said. “We’re going to have a reenactment of a witch trial where a woman was accused by a young girl of bewitching a lady and then the judge at the end calls them all ignoramuses and says there’s no such thing”.

The reenactments will be done by high school students from the JH Rose Theatre Department, Arnold said. A seance will be had in the Savage Building to further engage the attendees, she said.

Ronald Hope, retired English profes sor at ECU, said he will be attending to speak about southern spiritualism.

“It (southern spiritualism) was embraced by the most pious and religious women, all dressed in black around a table,” Arnold said. “And they (religious southerners) would sing hymns and hold hands and hope to hear from their departed loved ones who had been killed, most likely in the Civil War”.

A visitor from Rocky Mount attend ing the event, Braveon Cooper, said he’s excited about the event because it’s a chance to learn more about the history of his home state.

Cooper said that he believes history will repeat itself if the newer genera tions do not learn from past mistakes.

“I learned about the event from the museum’s Facebook page and I thought it would be a fun time for my nephew and niece,” Cooper said.

According to ECVFM’s facebook, to reserve a space, call 252-531-2771 or email ecvafm@gmail.com with con tact information and preferred date and time.

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Pitt Street Brewing Company will host its Halloween Fun Run that includes a costume 5k for people of all ages through the streets of Greenville, North Carolina.

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GHOST

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The ghost walk will be at at the village & farm.

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The East Carolinian Sports experts predict this week’s events

Brendan Cavazos Sports Editor

ECU vs BYU on Saturday Score Prediction?

38-14 ECU

Why? The Pirates are actively in control of their season with consecutive impressive performances. Two made field goals turns ECU football to a 7-1 team. Now, the Pirates feel they should prove that fact for the rest of the season. This momentum will carry them high over BYU and onto the next opponent.

Chris Long Sports Chief

ECU vs BYU on Saturday Score Prediction?

44-28 ECU

Why? One thing I learned about this team after watching UCF is to never count the Pirates out. They’re getting hot at the right time, and with a BYU team deflated by a blowout loss to Liberty, I think the Pirates will continue to prove who they

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continue with a blowout this weekend. If the ECU offense

Pirates to haunt the road to BYU

Chris Long TEC STAFF

East Carolina University football (5-3, 3-2 American Athletic Conference) is set to take on Brigham Young University (BYU) (4-4, 0-0 Independent) on Friday for a night time game in Provo, Utah, and the 8 p.m. kickoff will be televised on ESPN 2.

The Pirates are coming off a statement win against the University of Central Florida (5-2, 2-1 AAC) from a game that saw ECU dominate all three phases of play.

Offensively, fifth year senior quarterback Holton Ahlers completed 30/36 passing attempts for 311 yards and a touch down. Along with the passing score, Ahlers was also able to rush for a score. During the game, his pass to junior wide receiver C.J. Johnson broke the school’s record for all-time touch down, passing former quarterback Shane Carden with 87 touchdowns.

ECU’s three receivers, Johnson, graduate student Isaiah Winstead and graduate student tight end Ryan Jones combined for 22/22 catching and 269 yards.

Defensively, ECU doubled UCF’s senior quarterback John Rhys Plumee’s interception

total, scooping up three picks to keep the tides pushing in the Pirates’ favor. Junior safety Jireh Wilson, junior cornerback Malik Fleming and senior safety Gerard Stringer each grabbed an interception. Along with the interceptions, ECU was able to create a fumble on a crucial red zone drive for the Golden Knights.

For BYU, the home game comes following a 41-14 loss against Liberty University (7-1, 0-0 Independent) in Lynchburg, Virginia. In the contest, BYU’s junior quarterback Jaren Hall completed 16/34 passing for 187 yards and two touchdowns.

On the ground, BYU fielded seven rushers who combined for 16 carries and a total of 71 yards on the day. To put that number into perspective, sophomore running back Keaton Mitchell ran for 109 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns against the Golden Knights.

The Achilles heel for BYU against the Flames was run defense. Liberty’s sophomore running back Dae Dae Hunter burst onto the scene for 213 yards on 23 carries. As a unit, Liberty achieved 300 yards rushing on 48 attempts and three touchdowns, running the ball down the Cougars’ throats.

The highlight of the Cougars’ season has been Hall, who has completed 171 passes on 263 attempts for 2,101 yards. Along with the yardage, Hall has created 19 touchdowns to only three interceptions to complete a quar

terback rating of 153.7 on the season.

With over 2,000 yards on the season, BYU has six players with 175 or more yards receiv ing. Rushing, the team has combined for over 1,110 yards. The dominant offense could be seen as a sign of greatness, but it also speaks to a weakness on defense.

BYU’s lowest scoring game of the season was in week two where the Cougars held a No. 9 Baylor University (4-3, 2-2 Big 12 Con ference) to 26 points in a double overtime loss. BYU has only held no one to less than 20 points, only three opponents to less than 30, two opponents to less than 40 and allowed three opponents to score 41 points or more.

Historically, the Pirates have only played BYU twice. In 2015, ECU lost the only away game that the two teams have faced by a score of 45-38. The Pirates got their revenge in 2017, however, when the team took a 33-17 victory against BYU in Greenville, North Carolina, which means this game will be played for the series lead.

Following the road trip to Utah, ECU will have a bye week before traveling to Cincinnati, Ohio, on Nov. 11 to face the No. 20 University of Cincinnati (6-1, 3-0 AAC). The Cincinnati game will be televised on ESPN 2 for an 8 p.m. kickoff.

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Soccer hosts Bearcats for senior night

Kiarra Crayton TEC STAFF

East Carolina University soccer (7-7-2, 2-3-1 American Athletic Conference) will host the University of Cincinnati (6-2-6, 2-13 AAC) in Johnson Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina, on Thursday at 7 p.m. for the Pirates’ senior day to wrap up the season.

The teams met in the previous season on Sept. 30, 2021, in Cincinnati, Ohio, at Gettler Stadium.

The game resulted in 1-1 after two overtimes.

ECU was first on the board in the first 12 minutes of the game. The Bearcats responded with a shot too far right of the net to score. The Pirates went back-to-back in shots over the next three

minutes. All of the shots ECU took in that time frame were off right.

The second save for junior goalkeeper Maeve English came 22 minutes into the game. The potential goal came from a corner kick possession from Cincinnati. English had her third and final save in the first half 31 minutes into the game. The Pirates had their first shot on goal of the night five min utes before the half ended.

East Carolina outshot the Bearcats 6-5 in the first half and outshot the team again in the first overtime period. The teams both committed three fouls during the first. ECU would go on to lead the game in fouls with 12 during the game.

In the second half, the Bearcats were first to try and score with back-to-back shots just seconds apart. The Cincinnati offense continued to push for a goal when another shot was attempted six minutes into the second half, but the shot was too far left. The Bearcats tied the score 1-1 eight minutes into the half.

The Pirates had their first shot of the sec ond half 22 minutes in, but the ball soared out right. Cincinnati attempted two more shots before ECU could get another chance. With 19 minutes left in the regular game, the Pirates had their first shot on goal in the second half but the shot was saved by the Cincinnati goalkeeper.

The Bearcats outshot ECU 10-4 in the second half and had one shot on goal that was saved by English. The game went into its first overtime period in which neither team scored in the 10 minutes.

Sophomore forward Samantha Moxie had the only shot during the first overtime. The Pirates did manage to rack up four yellow cards within a span of two minutes. Three of the yellow cards were given to individual players but the fourth was given to the entire ECU team.

During the second overtime, there was still not a winner. The Pirates attempted a shot a minute into the second overtime but it was kicked too high and went over the net. Cincinnati had two shots that were saved by English. The game remained without a winner at 1-1.

East Carolina’s most recent game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at Temple Sports Complex against Temple University (1-10-4,

0-7-0 AAC) was a 2-1 victory for the Pirates. The Owls had the first shots of the game with three back-to-back which were saved by English in the first eight minutes.

The ECU offense dominated the rest of the half and only allowed Temple to get two more shots. The Pirates outshot the Owls 9-5 in the first half. ECU was first to get a point on the board with a goal from graduate defender Carsen Parker.

During the game, Parker shot for five gals and three on goal which is her highest of the season. She also scored two goals in the game that matched her season high from the teams game against George Mason University (1-10-7, 0-5-5 Atlantic 10 Conference).

Temple tied the game three minutes into the second half. After a foul on an ECU player, the Owls shot the ball out right of the net with the possession. The Pirates had back-to-back shots over a three minute span. All three shots during the time frame were from ECU junior forward Annabelle Abbott.

This was Abbott’s first time this season playing the entire game. She achieved her season high of five shots and all five shots were on goal. Her previous high was three shots against High Point University (5-9-3, 4-3-1 Big South Conference) and one shot on goal against South Carolina (10-3-4, 5-31 Southeastern Conference).

ECU earned a corner kick and with the possession was able to get two more shots that were saved by the Owl goalkeeper. English had her first save of the night 16 minutes into the second half.

With 29 minutes into the second, Parker scored from a penalty shot. Neither of the teams were able to get a shot until 11 min utes after Parker scored. ECU was issued two yellow cards a minute apart in the last four minutes of the game.

The game against Cincinnati will be streamed on ESPN+ and will have free entry to Johnson Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Holton Ahlers

Maeve English

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Senior quarterback Holton Ahlers winds up to throw the ball deep downfield to his open receiver agaisnt the University of Centr al Florida.

ECU vs BYU on Score Prediction?

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