The air was not too hot and not too cold Thursday night. The crowd was in - some in groups, some in singles and some in couples. Vendors were outside setting up and selling merchandise. The bands were warming up, but most of all, the bugs were biting. Thursday's Homecoming concert featured Winter of '74, Ndividuals and Gretchen as opening acts and the headline act Everclear.
I picked up the Winter of '74 CD during Thursday's concert. After hearing lead singer Drew Montgomery pump out his vocals, Nelson Arblaster jam on the bass, Chris Mitchell rock on his guitar and Tim Smith pound out his drums, I was very excited to pick up the demo CD they were giving out free.
The notions of a "chick-rock band" are misrepresented. Most people tend to look down on them because of what they are. People think because they're "girls" they can't play well, or they just sing lovey-dovey songs. As sexist as that sounds, that is how some people think.
ETSU's obstetrics and gynecology department is sending the message that women's health is an issue not to be ignored. Department Chair Dr. Martin Olsen wants to raise awareness and educate women about abnormal pap smears, safe sex, unexpected pregnancies, eating disorders and sexual abuse.
When Joe Kuhlman moved from Seattle, Wash., to attend school at East Tennessee State University in the foothills of the Appalachians, his friends asked, "Why?" And they weren't asking out of polite curiosity. "They were concerned," said Kuhlman, a senior in criminology who plays bass in the university's gospel choir.