Month: September 2025

TRY THE PIRATE ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER: Located on the second floor (2300 suite) of the Old Cafeteria Complex, the Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students. Book online at ecu.accudemia.net, call 252-737-3009, or email tutoring@ecu.edu to contact PASC staff or make an appointment.

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TRY THE PIRATE ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER: Located on the second floor (2300 suite) of the Old Cafeteria Complex, the Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students. Book online at ecu.accudemia.net, call 252-737-3009, or email tutoring@ecu.edu to contact PASC staff or make an appointment.

Go to: https://pasc.ecu.edu/

Played by Harrison Ford, one of the White House’s most popular fictional residents is President James Marshall, who attempts to retake the title plane from terrorists in what 1997 film?
(Answer: “Air Force One”)

Rated by the Wall Street Journal as #2 on the list of best fictional Presidents, Josiah “Jed” Bartlet was the POTUS played by Martin Sheen on what long-running series?
(Answer: “The West Wing”)

From: https://tinyurl.com/32a3erh7

The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement.

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The Judiciary Act of 1789 is passed by Congress and signed by President George Washington, establishing the Supreme Court of the United States as a tribunal made up of six justices who were to serve on the court until death or retirement.

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2rbhs6ay

Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion. On September 19, 1957, the United States detonates a 1.7-kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375-square-mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas.

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Officially designated by Congress in 1952, it requires educational institutions to provide programming about the Constitution.

Last Friday, the Dept. of Political Science, with the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement, hosted the 5th Annual ECU Constitution Bee. Students from 3 local high schools competed in the event, which is held to commemorate Constitution Day, Sept. 17.

https://tinyurl.com/mr4cvh52

Located on the second floor (2300 suite) of the Old Cafeteria Complex, the Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students. Book online at ecu.accudemia.net, call 252-737-3009, or email tutoring@ecu.edu to contact PASC staff or make an appointment.

Go to: https://pasc.ecu.edu/

“In a controversial executive action, President Gerald Ford pardons his disgraced predecessor Richard M. Nixon for any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office. Ford later defended this action before the House Judiciary Committee, explaining that he wanted to end the national divisions created by the Watergate scandal.”

See more: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-8/ford-pardons-nixon