Spring Break
Eddison Williams went from a 0.8 GPA to ETSU's highest grade ever on the national chemistry final - a metamorphosis he attributes to a foundation in Tae Kwon Do and the willingness to ask for help. "I think my strength is not my intelligence," said Williams, a 27-year-old ETSU student.
School is out - it is the weekend before exam week and there is nothing new to occupy your time and distract you from finals, right? Wrong! On Friday May 1, hot Johnson City nightspot Chrome is hosting an 18-and-up fashion show debuting spring and summer fashions and sleek new hair styles.
They say the first step toward recovery is to admit you have a problem. My name is G. Michael Thomas and I am Graduation Gownaphobic. After seven years in school (spread out over 29 years) I think that I have become institutionalized. I have enjoyed my time at ETSU very much.
Dear Editor, In the April 23 ET, Michael Donihe expresses concern about government spending, regulations and taxes. I'm sure he felt the same concern during the previous administration, which had a deficit of more than a hundred billion dollars a year every year for eight years.
As former ETSU baseball player John Weddle read and watched news accounts about the attempted capture of the Maersk Alabama and the subsequent standoff between pirates and the U.S. armed forces, he was proud to see that the U.S. Navy SEALs were the military unit that ultimately brought an end to the situation.
