Monday, September 29th, 2014

MONDAY // 09.29.2014 www.EastTennessean.comSERVING EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1923 FOOTBALL’S BACK D1Team takes field for first time in 11 years Pantry will hold coat drive Food pantry serves students A3 Native heritage celebrated Native American... More

MONDAY // 09.29.2014 www.EastTennessean.comSERVING EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1923 FOOTBALL’S BACK D1Team takes field for first time in 11 years Pantry will hold coat drive Food pantry serves students A3 Native heritage celebrated Native American Festival C2 ETSU obligated to protect free speech Scholarships funded by students, revenue Visiting speakers are guaranteed certain rights when they visit campus. While the university can prevent speakers from making direct threats to students, ETSU must go out of its way to provide a conducive speaking zone for visitors. Photograph by REBECCA INGRAM While other scholarships receive funding through the university’s scholarship office, ETSU’s athletic scholarship funding is partially self-contained—raisedthroughticketsalesand other revenue gathering methods. Part of the ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics’s budget also comes from student fees. “Our budget comes from some student fees andsomerevenue,liketicketsales,”saidRicha Less