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Purple Alert issues first call
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Purple Alert partisans will confront their first
tangible test today. The initiative to facilitate advocacy by East Carolina
University constituents on behalf of the school's highest-priority projects
sent word out Monday that important matters are at hand in the N.C. General
Assembly.
A message was dispatched from Interim Chancellor
William Shelton to Purple Alert members informing them of a 2 p.m. vote
today in the Senate Finance Committee on Senate Bill 1098. The bill would
provide funding for a proposed Cardiovascular Diseases Institute at ECU and
a major Cancer Center at UNC-Chapel Hill.
Those who received the message were invited by
Shelton to join the ECU delegation in Raleigh for the committee meeting or
in the Senate gallery to watch the deliberations.
Shelton's communication noted that the Senate
Finance Committee meets in Room 544 of the Legislative Office Building, a
six-story structure at the corner of Salisbury and Lane Streets.
The message also included telephone and e-mail
contact information of N.C. senators to enable Purple Alert members to
express their sentiments about the committee vote to their legislators.
Purple Alert
has grown to 1,200 members since it was
formally launched less than three
weeks ago.
For more information, visit
www.purplealert.ecu.edu or call Purple
Alert organizer Allen Thomas at 252-328-9499.
View other Bonesville.net stories about Purple Alert.
New UC
baseball stadium set for debut
CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati will play
its first game in its new state-of-the-art on-campus baseball stadium when
the Bearcats take on Conference USA foe UAB on Thursday. First pitch is set
for 7:30 p.m. The gates open at 5:30 p.m. and admission is free. Parking on
the UC campus will be $3.
UC will conclude the regular season-ending
three-game series against the Blazers with games in the new facility on
Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday at 1:00 p.m.
An official dedication for the stadium will be
scheduled early in the 2005 season and will be announced at a later date.
The UC Baseball Stadium, with a seating capacity of 3,085, is touted by the
school as one of the best on-campus baseball facilities in the nation. The
stadium is one of only two new collegiate baseball venues (Washington State)
in Division I to have FieldTurf.
It is the first finished construction project of the
massive Richard Lindner Varsity Village project on the UC campus, which is
slated to be completed during the 2005-06 academic year.
| UC Baseball Stadium Features:
• Seating capacity of 3,085
• Indoor batting cages and pitcher’s mounds
• A fully equipped pressbox with private
viewing areas
• A player’s clubhouse and lounge
• Dressing rooms for coaches
• Full laundry and equipment facilities
• State-of-the-art training room
• FieldTurf playing surface
• A fully lighted playing field
• Dimensions of 325 down the lines, 365
to the power alleys and 400 to centerfield
• Wall is 28 feet tall in centerfield and 14
feet high around the rest of the wall |
College Baseball Polls
Following are the top 25 teams in the
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball polls, with records through May 16 and previous rankings.
The Baseball America poll is voted on by the publication's staff. The
Collegiate Baseball poll, which includes each team's point total, is voted
on by coaches, sports writers and sports information directors:
[Conference USA teams — present and
future — and Carolinas teams in
bold.]
BASEBALL
AMERICA POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Last Week
1. Stanford 39-9 2
2. Texas 46-10 1
3. Rice 38-9 4
4. Louisiana State 38-14 5
5. South Carolina 39-13 7
6. Miami (FL) 37-11 3
7. East Carolina 45-8 6
8. Long Beach State 36-13 8
9. Mississippi 38-15 11
10. Notre Dame 42-9 10
11. Tulane 37-15 13
12. Arkansas 35-18 12
13. Florida 37-16 9
14. Washington 32-16 15
15. Texas A&M 38-15 14
16. Oral Roberts 42-8 16
17. Southern Miss 39-13 17
18. Oklahoma 34-18 18
19. Arizona State 35-15 19
20. Virginia 40-10 20
21. Georgia Tech 34-17 25
22. Cal State Fullerton 33-20 NR
23. Georgia 35-17 24
24. Central Florida 39-12 23
25. North Carolina 36-15 NR
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COLLEGIATE
BASEBALL POLL
Rank/Team/Record/Points/Last Week
1. Stanford 39-9 493 2
2. Texas 46-10 492 1
3. Rice 38-9 490 4
4. East Carolina 45-8 485 5
5. Miami (FL) 37-11 483 3
6. Notre Dame 42-9 479 8
7. Virginia 40-11 476 10
8. Georgia 35-17 472 12
9. Louisiana State 38-14 471 7
10. Georgia Tech 34-17 469 15
11. Long Beach State 36-13 466 9
12. Mississippi 38-15 464 18
13. Washington 32-16-1 462 13
14. Oral Roberts 42-8 460 14
15. Arkansas 35-18 459 11
16. South Carolina 39-13 455 21
17. Arizona State 35-13 454 17
18. Florida 37-16 452 6
19. North Carolina 36-15 450 16
20. Central Florida 39-12 448 19
21. Oklahoma 34-18 446 23
22. Florida State 34-19 444 NR
23. Cal State Fullerton 33-20 440 NR
24. Tulane 37-15 439 25
25. Wichita State 38-13 437 2 |
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schools, and from Associated Press and
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