Don’t make my same mistakes
Senior year is finally here for many of us at ETSU, and it feels … unsettling with a tinge of fear and lots of excitement. …
Posts in category Editorial
The media is not ‘the enemy of the people’
Last week hundreds of media outlets across the country published articles in their editorials section debunking the allegations from Donald Trump claiming the media as …
Pros, cons and the reality of free college tuition as Sen. Sanders proposes
We all want our higher education to be less expensive and with good reason too. A college education is incredibly expensive and drives most students …
New transition added to campus dining
Popularizing within the last decade, food trucks are rising in numbers all around the country. Food trucks have experienced extreme growth in the United States …
If graduation is bittersweet, it’s a testimony to the ETSU experience
The air is electrified with excitement. Hundreds of people mill about talking about graduation. Some are dressed in regalia getting their photograph taken. Some are …
Blue Wave 2018: Ideological shift or disgust at GOP?
On Dec. 12, 2017, Democratic candidate Doug Jones won the Alabama senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Jones is the first Democratic senator serving Alabama since …
Letter from the Editor: The truth about journalism
As my time as executive editor of the East Tennessean comes to a close, I’d like to enlighten the public on a few facts about …
Letter from the Editor: An intro to the new exec, Raina Wiseman
Hello, East Tennessean readers! As this semester comes to a close, Jessica Dunker is passing on her position as executive editor to me for the …
Healthcare is a right, not a subjective privilege
It is important that in this current self-centered, individualistic America we learn to put ourselves into the shoes of others. There are too many people …
Sending troops to the border–xenophobic rhetoric or presidential precedent?
President Trump’s action of deploying the United States Military to the southern border is ingrained in xenophobia perpetuated by his prejudiced comments in the 2016 …