The 28th annual Walk for Awareness was consolidated to the Schaefer Center on Tuesday due to rain, but the scheduled speakers and performances went on just as they have been since 1990. The walk is a community gathering to remember and support both victims and survivors of interpersonal violence that started after an Appalachian
With the passage of the free speech law that is stated to result in disciplinary actions against those that substantially interfere in the free speech of others on campus, professors are uncertain of the law’s effect but find the legislation as a whole unnecessary and potentially restrictive. “I think it’s a solution in search of
After giving a speech calling for the removal of confederate monuments at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, Robert Wright Lee IV has resigned as Pastor of Bethany Church of Christ in Winston Salem. Lee is an Adjunct Instructor in the Communication Department at Appalachian State. He was thrust into the national spotlight when he
Appalachian State saw over 300 more incoming freshmen this year than in years past, with around 3,300 new students, according to Heather Langdon, Director of Institutional Research, Assessment and Planning. Alicia D. Vest, Associate Director for Student and Administrative Services, said the overflow of freshmen will be housed with resident assistants instead of living in
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, gas prices across the country have been rising. In Boone, gas prices exceeded $2.60 at some stations on Friday. Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency and issued executive orders to stabilize gas supplies to North Carolina. Executive Order No. 19, signed by Cooper on Thursday, declared a
Twice a year students are invited to App State’s biology greenhouse plant sale, where they can peruse and purchase their selection of plants to help support the greenhouse and the biology department. This year the sale took place from Aug. 24-26 and had lines at the door when they opened for business on the first
Over the summer, The North Carolina General Assembly passed a campus free-speech bill, turning it into law and calling into question the legality of protests of speech on campus. The bill was modeled after a bill from the Goldwater Institute, an Arizona-based conservative think tank. House Bill 527 passed the North Carolina House by a
A female student reported that she was sexually assaulted in Cone Hall on Saturday, Aug. 19, according to a safety report. According to the report the suspect allegedly gained access to the hall on the pretext of charging his cell phone. The suspect is not affiliated with Appalachian State University. According to the report University
There are no plans to change Appalachian’s admission standards, which factors in race/ethnicity along with other criteria according to Megan Hayes, director of University Communications. The New York Times reported on Aug. 1 that the Trump Department of Justice was redirecting civil rights division resources to investigating claims of “intentional race based discrimination.” Critics took
A banner for the white nationalist group Identity Evropa was posted on the pedestrian bridge above Rivers Street Monday at approximately 8 p.m., according to a message from Chancellor Sheri Everts. So far, University Police have found no connections between the banner and recognized student organizations on campus. Identity Evropa is a white nationalist group
