To celebrate the season of giving, the Sustainable Development Student Alliance rounded up local artisans and businesses along with usable food collected on campus to encourage students to waste less and give more. Amelia Chedister, junior sustainable development major and social chair of SDSA, said the event serves as a win-win for businesses and students.
To kick off the “Say What: Examining Freedom of Speech at App State” series, civil rights leader, activist and keynote speaker Toussaint Romain discussed free speech, activism, public protest, law enforcement and students’ rights. Jonathon Hyde, associate vice chancellor and dean of students, was responsible for bringing Romain to campus as the organizer of the
Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order on Oct. 29 titled “North Carolina’s commitment to address climate change and transition to a clean energy economy,” which supports the 2015 Paris Agreement. By 2025, North Carolina will strive to lower statewide greenhouse emissions to 40 percent below the levels in 2005; bring up the number of
The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences salvaged a forgotten recreational vehicle and gave it new life—as a laboratory on wheels for elementary school children. Dubbed the Geobago, the finalized vehicle premiered at the App State homecoming parade. Since then, the Geobago has visited with students at Cove Creek School and 200 geoscience professionals
Two days after the 2018 midterm elections, the Watauga County Republican Party posted a now-deleted Facebook post, which said college voters were not informed. “We ran hard, but the uninformed college voters came out by the thousands,” the post said. “They have no idea how they have impacted the citizens of Watauga County.” The post
Time: 10 p.m. FINAL: Virginia Foxx wins with 54 percent of 5th District reporting *Virginia Foxx (R)—U.S. House, District 5 Votes: 108,654 (55.1 percent) DD Adams (D)—U.S. House, District 5 Votes: 88,371 (44.9 percent) 95 percent of Watauga County precincts reporting Virginia Foxx (R)—U.S. House, District 5 Votes: 10,580 (43.82 percent) DD Adams (D)—U.S. House, District 5 Votes: 13,566
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has released a project to reconstruct N.C. Highway 105 from Blowing Rock Road to the N.C. Highway 105 bypass, meant to slow traffic flow and limit left turns off and on the highway. To turn left, drivers will have to first turn right at a stoplight and make a
Virginia Foxx: Incumbent: U.S. House of Representatives District 5 Education: As a former teacher, administrator and college president, education is important to Foxx. She wants to make education more affordable, and introduced the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity through Education Reform, or PROSPER, bill last December to reform secondary education. Immigration: Foxx is a
Pam Williamson was passionate about voting even before creating the Pam’s Picks website, which has organized information on candidates and issues since 1990. “I am an activist for voting rights, and environmental and community issues and generally endorse the candidate who most reflects and espouses my progressive bent,” Williamson, 65, said. Williamson and her husband
UNC System President Margaret Spellings announced that she is resigning, Spellings said in a press conference on Oct. 26. “All leaders are for a time,” Spellings said. “Times change and those changes demand new leaders and new approaches.” Spellings was hired three years ago and had two years left in her contract. The Board of
