Campus News
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TCC NIGHTLIFE: “Dream Comes True”
By Pam Leser A dream of 26 years has finally come true for Ruth Hesser of Atlanta. She is going to college. Hesser attends an English course taught in Atlanta by Ruth Trumble. The “college freshman” is 44 years old and has four children: one in seminary in Atlanta, Georgia, one a pre-med student in…
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RECORD REVIEW: KANSAS – “Two for the Show”
By Mark McKay KMLA Radio Disc Jockey If you were in Shreveport on the night of August ninth this past summer at Hirsch Coliseum chances are that you might recognize your own screams on the live two-record album released this week from KANSAS. All fourteen cuts on that evening recording were recorded at 1977 &…
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Causes of Multiple Births In Humans
John and Mary Smith are a typical American couple. Mary is in her first pregnancy. She goes to the hospital for delivery. She comes home with twins. The Smiths are members of the one percent group of American parents who have twins. Multiple births are more common among mammals, but are unusual for humans. To…
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Thanksgiving
By Mike Walker Thanksgiving, one of the most celebrated holidays in America, dates back to 1621. In that year, William Bradford, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in what is now Plymouth, Mass., declared a three day festival of feasting and prayer in thanks for the bountiful harvest of the season. The early settlers had…
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Gauldin’s Garage
By Alan Gauldin I guess maybe I’m just a child at heart, like everybody else, because we are now approaching my favorite time of the year, Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don’t get up to watch the parade anymore, and I no longer believe in Santa Clause, but this time of the year is more special…
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Blue Jackets Have Bake Sale
The TCC Blue Jackets made approximately $50 profit on the Bake Sale held in the Student Center on Nov. 7, according to club sponsor Pat Strosky. The organization will have another bake sale this Wednesday. Items in this sale will be provided only by specified order. Cakes will be made individually and the sale conducted…
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People Helping People Has Thanksgiving Dance
The local People Helping People organization will have a Thanksgiving Disco Dance at the Arkansas National Guard Armory beginning at 9 p.m. on Nov. 25. According to Duane Nelson, PHP public relations and and disc jockey for the dance, “The dance will be a BYOB, and everybody knows what that is. Set ups for drinks…
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Board of Trustees to Vote on Face-Lift Plans
Three different plans have been submitted to the TCC Building Committee by the architect firm of Myrick, Newman, and Dahlberg concerning the landscaping of the TCC campus. According to Dr. Nelson, the firms surveyed selected people to ascertain what they thought the needs, goals and objectives of the campus were. The Board of Trustees will…
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Short Takes
…Music Dept. The TCC music department will present a concert in the TCC auditorium tonight at 7:30 p.m. “The Concert,” said music instructor Sandy Simmons, “will be very colorful. The band will be hot and going strong.” Admission to the concert is 50 cents for TCC and ETSU-T students with college I.D.’s, 50 cents for…
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Bioethics Discussed At Recent Lecture
Dr. Bruce Hilton, Director of the National Center for Bioethics and author of “Ethical Issues in Human Genetics,” spoke Tuesday, Nov. 14 on the growing control over birth, life and death. “Many dilemmas have arisen due to the development and advancement of modern medicine.” According to Dr. Hilton, society has not kept up with the…