Articles – The Campus News – 12/3/1976

A spring course at ETSU-T called “Critical Books and Issues in America,” will give students an opportunity to read and discuss current best sellers. The course, History 497/597, will meet Thursday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. with Dr. Joedd Price as instructor. Individual enrollment in the class will not be limited to undergraduates…

Today is the day to return library books or get ready to pay a fine. Students who do not pay fines for overdue books will not receive their grades nor be able to register for next semester. If students have any questions, they should talk to the librarian.

The activity fee has been changed. It is now called a student services fee and will be assessed to all students on a proportionate scale. Action was taken on the matter at the November meeting of the Committee of 12. It has been decided that all students enrolled in semester hour programs will be charged…

Interchapter visitation was the main topic of discussion at the Nov. 18 meeting of PTK, with Ricky Moore presiding. The group has plans to invite members from the Paris chapter to visit TCC the weekend after finals. A pool party is also planned. The group will also be painting curbs with glo-paint as soon as…

The President signed a new G.I. Bill on Oct. 15, which terminates the existing education benefits for individuals recruited into the military service after Dec. 31, 1976. Individuals who are interested in volunteering now for one of the Navy’s officer or enlisted programs and want to take advantage of the current education benefits are encouraged…

TCC has a nice campus; however, it could use some things to make it more enjoyable. What? Of course, everyone will say parking spaces, but that overcrowding problem is something we have to live with for a while. We could use some other things now. Like a bicycle rack or two located by the Classroom…

Over the past decade our secondary educational system has suffered under what has become known as “social promotions.” “Social Promotion” is the product of many events that have occurred over the past several years. High dropout rates, integration, and radical movements within the teaching field have all contributed their share to this movement. Since the…

by Carolyn Creighton Can a person find happiness by back-packing through Europe for eight weeks and then enrolling in a course at TCC and completing it in only three weeks? You bet! And Scott Becker did just that! He and a buddy named Pete returned home for Thanksgiving after eight weeks and thirteen countries of…