Former Footsloggers worker Jason Berry always wanted to create a successful film festival. He has now done so for the third year in a row. Along with friends Bill Ireland and Russ Hyatt, Berry created the concept for a film festival in 2016, which has since raised over $6,000 for local non-profits, such as The
Wellness and Prevention Services will host the y(OUR) Story collaborative production on March 27. The event, previously known as Mental Health Monologues, will give students a chance to anonymously submit their personal stories about struggles with mental health. Roy Dale Cox, senior double major in theatre performance and political science, said the main topic of
“Spirits float from dorm to dorm, while Boone readies for snowstorms. Salt and slush will coat our streets. Off to Sugar, App, and Beech,” sang the audience of App State’s 11th Halloween Monster Concert. The pumpkin carol, “Goblins We Have Heard on High” was sung to the tune of “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
Bright orange Nerf bullets whistled through the air, ricocheting off walls and obstacles, as the human team dispersed into the eerily vacant library. Small numbers of survivors clumped together to gain some sense of comfort in the narrow passages of Belk Library. With the exception of the fourth floor and other small areas, Belk Library
The 2018-19 season of “The Schaefer Center Presents” kicked off on Oct. 5 with Shovels & Rope, a husband and wife folk duo from South Carolina. Junior middle education major Dorothy Williams said she was thrilled that Shovels & Rope came to campus. “It was a great concert. If you like folksy or bluesy music,
The Parkway Ballroom stood still with only a dimly lit runway and a few silent chairs to keep it company. Minutes later the rustling of fabric and the chiming of elaborate handmade jewelry echoed through the hall as models shuffled in to hide their looks from the imminent crowd that would soon arrive. The models
The North Carolina Symphony, alongside the Cherokee Chamber singers, combined and showcased songs in Cherokee and English, influenced by a variety of genres and styles of music on Oct. 19 at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. “Three years ago, the artistic leadership at the North Carolina Symphony had the vision to develop a
The Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies hosted a panel discussion on Oct. 17 with three former members of the Black Panther Party. The panel was a supplement to the traveling exhibit constructed by Suzun Lucia Lamaina, photographer and college professor. Lamaina spent five years documenting the lives of former Black Panther Party members
Matthew Thomas-Reid gave a lecture in Belk Library and Information Commons about queering educational institutions and the importance of speaking to marginalized groups in the classroom on Oct. 4 as part of the Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Lecture Series. Thomas-Reid’s talk, “Sassy Gay Pedagogical Gifts: Applying Queer Epistemologies to Classroom Praxis,” was the first
A woman in a cloak and a bonnet makes her way down King Street, an antique lantern in her hand lighting the sidewalk. Her clothing and air of mystery contrast sharply with the boisterous atmosphere as laughing and shouting college students spill into the street from bars and a nearby art crawl. Some of them stop
