ECU's Brody School of Medicine is working with First Lady Michelle Obama's Joining Forces initiative to better diagnose and treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) in military service members and veterans. As part of this collaborative effort, ECU will focus on treating traumatic brain injury through telemedicine and conferences to share clinical knowledge with military medical staff. North Carolina has many military bases and is working to provide accessible healthcare to address PTSD and TBI, which have affected many veterans. ECU and other North Carolina medical schools stepping up to address veterans' healthcare needs through research, teaching and treatment.

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ECU ‘Joining Forces’ with first lady to battle PTSD
The Daily Reflector ect will be treating trau- from those bases. ties have stepped up to the
“I’m inspired matic brain injury, accord- “As the most military- plate to solve these unique
The Brody School of ing to Dr. Daniel Moore, friendly state in the nation challenges and improve the
Medicine at East Carolina
to see our professor and chair of the and a state with countless lives of our veterans.”
University is one of more nation’s medical Department of Physical world-class research uni- The medical schools
than 100 medical schools Medicine and Rehabilita- versities, North Carolina at Wake Forest Univer-
nationwide working schools step up tion. is prepared to lead the ef- sity and the University of
with First Lady Michelle to address this “Our goal is to help share fort to combat PTSD and North Carolina at Chapel
Obama’s Joining Forces clinical knowledge with the TBI among our veterans,” Hill also are participating
project to help those in the pressing need...” military in the region via said Sen. Kay Hagan in a in the project.
armed forces. Announced Michelle Obama telemedicine conferences, newsrelease on Thursday. “I’m inspired to see our
Thursday, the collaborative visiting sites of clinical ser- “Our veterans sacrifice so nation’s medical schools
effort aims to better diag- First lady vice (military here and our much to protect our nation, step up to address this
nose and treat post trau- faculty visiting their sites) and it is our duty to pro- pressing need for our veter-
matic stress disorder and of Osteopathic Medicine as well as an annual con- vide them with accessible ans and military families,”
traumatic brain injury in will work together to better ference to gather the two and comprehensive health Obama said in a news re-
service members and vet- train physicians and medi- groups together,” Moore care. PTSD and TBI have lease. “By directing some
erans. cal students to diagnose said. plagued far too many of of our brightest minds, our
the aSSoCIated preSS Joining Forces, the Asso- and treat the medical needs North Carolina is the our brave men and women most cutting-edge research,
eCu has been chosen to ciation of American Medi- of veterans and their fami- home of six military bases in uniform, and I am proud and our finest teaching in-
work with Michelle obama’s cal Colleges and the Ameri- lies. and a Coast Guard installa- that these outstanding
“Joining Forces.” can Association of Colleges ECU’s focus in the proj- tion, and ECU sees patients North Carolina universi- See ecu, B
Weekly CRime map: Jan. 5-12 Items detailed below offer a
sampling of the week’s crimes. Suspect
aggRavaTeD charged
in sorority
assaulT
aRson
BuRglaRy break-in
homiCiDe The Daily Reflector
Greenville police have
laRCeny
an ECU student in cus-
tody and are searching
vehiCle for a second suspect in
ThefT connection to a break-in
RoBBeRy
at a sorority house near
campus early Wednesday
sexual
morning.
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Police spokesman
Sgt. Carlton Williams
confirmed that police
inTeRaCTive: arrested Michael Fer-
go to reflector. guson, 19, at 4:17 a.m.
on Wednesday for the
com for an interac- break-in at the Delta
tive map of crime Zeta sorority house at
reports from regional 801 East Fifth St.
analysis and Infor- Williams said that Fer-
mation data Sharing guson tried to break into
(raIdS) and the City the sorority house about
of greenville. 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday
by pushing in an unlocked
door.
He was confronted by a
LArCeny BurgLAry roBBery AssAuLT resident once he got inside
and ran from the scene.
Crime: Misdemeanor larceny Crime: Breaking/entering and Crime: Robbery with dangerous Crime: Assault with a deadly Nothing was stolen
Date: Jan. 9 Time: 6 p.m. larceny weapon weapon and no one in the house
Date: Jan. 5 Time: 7 a.m. Date: Jan. 7 Time: 8:40 p.m. Date: Jan. 10 Time: 4:04 p.m. was hurt, Williams
Location: Other residence said.
Address: 2900 block Sussex Location: Home of victim Location: Home of victim Location: Home of offender ECU Police sent out an
Street Address: 500 block Paladin Address: 1000 block Fletcher Address: 100 block New Hope alert after the break-in and
Agency: Greenville Police Drive Place Road instructed students to lock
Agency: Greenville Police Agency: Greenville Police Agency: Greenville Police
See ROBBeRY, B
Pillow most effective grooming tool for latest men’s hairstyle
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very night, I go to bed they are super ing to say. That’s what gives the and gets to bed at night, and in thick enough hair or a smooth
with the same bor- smart. In other impostors away. between he does what he wants enough scalp to pull off the
ing hairstyle I’ve had words, the Take singer Rod Stewart, for to do.” bed-head look — natural or
since 1981. But in the men paying to example. He began sporting the Rod Stewart: “I’ve never been otherwise.
morning mirror, I’m a regular have their hair bed-head look decades before it more in love with anyone nearly The main problem is a big
Hollywood highlight. messed up are finally caught on. But when we half my age than I am today. red mole that always peeks out
They’re calling it names like trying to look apply the interesting-things-to- I’d get married in a minute if I from the pillow-part on the left
the tousled look, messy hair or like they’re way say rule, we can conclude that weren’t still married to some- side of my skull after tossing
even bed hair. It’s true. Grown Mark too intelligent Stewart is most certainly paying body else.” and turning.
men are walking into salons rutledge to spend time a stylist in order to achieve the To be fair, Stewart certainly I’m no genius, but I have
and handing over wads of cash and attention look. qualifies as a success under sense enough to know that
to have their head’s made to on such a trivial endeavor as Consider a few statements Dylan’s above quote, even nothing I can come up with
look like they’ve just rolled out grooming. attributed to our bad-hair though his bed-head look is could possibly divert anyone’s
of bed. They want us to think they examples: clearly part of the act. attention away from that thing.
And yet the marketing genius are creative geniuses along the Albert Einstein: “Concern for At least he’s consistent. Most To paraphrase another hair-
behind this trend has done lines of Albert Einstein, Mark man and his fate must always of today’s trendy bed heads blind genius: It is far better to
absolutely nothing to change Twain or Bob Dylan, all of form the chief interest of all eventually will see old pictures use a comb and appear to be
attitudes about ear hair. Some whom displayed precious little technical endeavors.” and punch the nearest relative of limited intelligence than to
genius. evidence of ever employing a Mark Twain: “Life would be in the arm for having allowed mess up your hair and remove
That leads me to believe comb. infinitely happier if we could them to leave the house that all doubt.
there is no pop-culture Einstein If you’re going to leave the only be born at the age of 80 way.
behind the bed-head look, only house before you’ve seen your- and gradually approach 18.” If I am to be completely Contact Mark Rutledge at
men of average intelligence who self in a mirror, you’d better Bob Dylan: “A man is a suc- honest with this assessment, mrutledge@reflector.com or 252-
want the rest of us to believe have something pretty interest- cess if he gets up in the morning I must admit to not having 329-9575.