Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama is the president-elect of the United States. He won on Tuesday Nov. 4 with 52 percent of the popular vote and 349 votes from the electoral college. Obama will be America's first African-American president.
ETSU fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon will be disciplined by the Office of Greek Life and university administration for hosting an unauthorized, improperly managed Halloween party on Oct. 25. An incident that occurred at that party has incurred attention from the fraternity's national chapter, and will result in diversity and sensitivity training for the fraternity, and possibly for the rest of the campus Greeks.
IDBucs, ETSU's ID card system which allows usage of ID cards as debit cards with no balance or expiration, may soon be accepted at some local restaurants. CBORD, the parent company for IDBucs who designed the system software the service runs off of on campus, is in the process of signing contracts with local vendors.