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Numbers swell at plasma clinics

Jonathan Deberry — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:31:00 EST

By Jonathan DeBerry

Recently unemployed residents of the Johnson City area are turning to plasma clinics for financial aid.

Lack of financial aid leads to rent problems

Elizabeth Trexler — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:53:00 EST

Due to problems with loans, many students did not get their money on time this year. Many of those students relied on loan money to pay their living expenses.

Job search difficult for graduates

Meredith Mitchell — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:31:00 EST

Every college student wants to know: Will I be able to get a job when I graduate?

Wanting internship, needing job

April Young — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:39:00 EST

Students know that an internship can make a difference in getting the job they want after college. Yet, students working their way through college cannot afford to cut back their work hours or class hours to do an internship for credit that is unpaid.

Jobs hard to come by this holiday season

Emily Elliott — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:21:00 EST

College students looking for extra or seasonal jobs are going to have some stiff competition this holiday season.

Restaurant servers on front lines of weak economy

Brianna Murphy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:17:00 EST

Consumers are cutting back to deal with the weak economy, but this is directly affecting students working as restaurant servers in Johnson City.

ETSU saving green and driving green too

Holly Blair — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:15:00 EST

Mimi Almeida, a graduate student at ETSU, has been riding her scooter to campus since the end of September when gas prices were skyrocketing.

One degree not enough

Jaime Stanford — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:12:00 EST

Melanie Barker has given up on the idea of re-entering the job market even though she will soon have earned two degrees.

�I feel the economy is not much better off right now,� said Barker. �And, it won�t be any better this May than it was last May.�

President Stanton: �If you cut down a tree, it will stop growing�

Corrina Jackson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:12:00 EST

As colleges across the nation are doing some budget belt-tightening, many students worry that the cuts will drastically change the college experience.