ETSU Alum makes unnecessary fuss over Lohan's shirt

Celebrities like Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and Britney Spears live for publicity stunts. Driving on the wrong side of the road, hosting a show in which you select your "best friend" from a dozen hopeless wannabes, shaving your head and showing your business to every paparazzi by "accident" are only a few of the ways Hollywood's finest steal the limelight.

Although his wasn't quite as extreme, Larry Goddard's attempt to put together a group of angry people demanding Lohan return an East Texas shirt she was photographed wearing is exactly the same: a publicity stunt. We believe he is clearly looking to just make news.

We are also not so convinced by his argument, which says people who see Lohan wearing the shirt will be turned off of the university. Since it's not even called East Texas State University anymore, and the only people who would really care about that are those who have attended the university and not the ones who are looking to attend, maybe he is really just venting some personal feelings he has toward Lohan and her past.

Think about it: does he REALLY expect Lindsay Lohan to return some old t-shirt you could probably find dozens of in some warehouse? Giving in to the demands of a few upset alumni or students of a fairly small university in the middle of Northeast Texas has to be the last thing on her mind right now.

If Goddard is really concerned about the reputation of the university, we believe he should be concentrating his efforts on getting alumni more involved in issues closer to A&M-Commerce itself. For example, convincing more of them to attend football games or to just be more active in how the university is run; not worrying about what celebrities thousands of miles away are dressing themselves in these days.