http://www.wgow.com/fm/mornprss.htm

The above web page is where I got the information from. Scroll down to the Fridays morning news. This whole debate began over comments that Fowler made, which I still feel where inappropriate. The part that I find interesting is that she got upset enough about it to say that she was going to resign her position but then she makes a comment that can be taken a number of different ways. I do not believe UTC is just for poor people nor do I believe that Harvard gets all of the best students. I have met a lot of students here and their reasons for attending UTC vary, just as someone pointed out earlier, our honors program or our PT program etc. There are people who attend Harvard because they have Harvard money or the family power, etc. There are people who attend UTC who can afford Harvard, but they chose something different. This is my opinion. I posted this message so that employees who wanted to respond could. If you don't agree with the context that the statement is being portrayed then thats fine. Fowler is stating that he was misunderstood; maybe she is being misunderstood as well.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dorothy Williams <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:31:54 -0400
Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Did you know that UTC is for poor students only?

I wonder where is the source of Heather's information.  I do not believe
for one minute that Dr. Brown made such a statement.  First because she
taught at UTC for over 25 yeard.  She developed the Social work Program at
UTC.  Secondly because Dr. Brown is a states person, she would never make
such a statement.  In the future, Heather should make sure that her
information is accurate before broadcasting it to everyone.  As the sender
of the message she is responsible for it accuracy and as an adult, she
ought to know better; remeber to believe half of what you and very little
of what you read in the paper.  I have been misquoted too many times by
reporters to believe any of what I read.

Dorothy Williams

At 02:32 PM 4/25/03 -0400, Bridgeman, Heather wrote:
>According to State Representative Tommie Brown, UTC students are poor and
>dumb. I encourage everyone to please email or call the numbers below to
>help educate Mrs. Brown on what UTC is about. I wonder where her degree
>came from?
>
>
>Heather Bridgeman
>Assistant Manager
>Student Labs-Information Technology
>
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>Friday on The Morning Press
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>Words of Wisdom Friday on the Morning Press.
>
>"They talk of my drinking, but never my thirst." --
>
>Irish proverb.
>
>"If there were no women, all the money in the world wouldn't mean
>anything." -- Aristotle Onasis.
>
>"Poor children -- that's who goes to UTC. When you start talking about the
>best and the brightest, they're at Harvard, they're at Yale, they're at
>Princeton, they're at Columbia University." -- State Representative Tommie
>Brown, (D-Chattanooga).
>
>Ouch. And she thought State Senator David Fowler had made an "insensitive
>remark?"
>
>For UTC students who'd like to get in touch with Representative Brown, they
>can call her 756-6062, (615) 741-4374 or e-mail at
>[log in to unmask]
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>She's probably not expecting too much from it since UTC students are too
>poor to have computers or make a long-distance call and not bright enough
>to figure out which of the above is the local phone number.
>
>You can be bright and not GO to college. Private First Class Jessica Lynch
>was smart enough -- and tough enough -- to stay alive in the Iraqi desert,
>fighting off all those Iraqis who were trying to kill her, then surviving
>her captivity until she was rescued in that hospital amongst the bodies of
>her dead comrades.
>
>Tough... bright -- yes. But she'd better not be trying to get into Lake
>Winnie without an adult to supervise her. After all, she's only 20.
>
>"If at first you don't succeed, you're about average." -- Anonymous.
>
>Words of Wisdom Friday.
>
>Monday: The 35-minute commute from 7th and Cherry to the Highway 27
>entrance ramp. ARRRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!
>
>Friday's Website du Jour - www.jailbabes.com
>
>Thursday on The Morning Press