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Freshman accounting major Matthew Desantis participating in laser tag on Duck Pond Field Thursday evening. Photo by Kelly Walker  |  The Appalachian

Tactical laser tag turns Duck Pond into battlefield

Meredith Warfield September 29, 2014

Dozens of Appalachian State University students gathered on Duck Pond field Thursday from 6-11 p.m. for a night of fun and simulated violence in the form of tactical laser tag. Hosted by Appalachian...

Runners beginning their race for the finish line at the Music Moves My Sole 5k held by Split Rail Records at Duck Pond Saturday morning. The event was held to show support and raise awareness for local musicians. Photo by Morgan Cook  |  The Appalachian

Music Moves My Sole 5K places emphasis on local musicians

Meredith Warfield September 29, 2014

Music Moves My Sole, the first 5K of its kind at Appalachian State University, kicked off Saturday morning at Duck Pond field in effort to rally support for local musicians. While 5K fundraisers are...

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Traveling theater show performs music, skits on Sanford Mall

Casey Suglia September 29, 2014

The Rural Academy Theater set up on Sanford Mall in their old-fashioned covered wagon Thursday for their third annual performance at Appalachian State University. Playcrafters and honors theater fraternity...

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Looking Glass Gallery hosts ‘Extinct Art’ exhibit

Kelsey Hamm September 25, 2014

The Looking Glass Gallery in Plemmons Student Union will feature “Extinct Life” Sept. 23 through Oct. 10,  an art exhibition and ongoing project collaboration between multidisciplinary undergraduate...

The band Cherub representing their tour "Champagne Showers." Cherub will be returning to Legends to perform Friday, doors opening at 8 p.m. Photo courtesy of Cherub

‘Champagne Showers’ tour brings Cherub back to Boone

Meredith Warfield September 24, 2014

Nashville-based Cherub will return to Appalachian State University on Friday for a sold-out show as part of their “Champagne Showers” tour. This will be Cherub’s third performance at Legends...

Photo courtesy of Appalachian Nerd Network

Nerd Network hosts fifth annual cake buffet

Kelsey Hamm September 24, 2014

The Appalachian Nerd Network held their fifth annual cake buffet Monday in the Blue Ridge Ballroom of the Plemmons Student Union. More than 25 cakes were entered in the competition and served...

Freshmen dance majors who are members of the Appalachian Department of Dance and Theatre and are to be included in the First Year Student Showcase beginning on Thursday in the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre. Courtesy of Appalachian Department of Dance and Theatre

First Year Student Showcase invites comedy and new talent

Meredith Warfield September 24, 2014

The 2014 First Year Student Showcase, presented by Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance, will take place in the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre from Sept. 25 to 27 at 7:30 p.m. and on Sept. 28 at...

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The top five books you should read in honor of Banned Books Week

Laney Ruckstuhl September 23, 2014

National Banned Books Week is held annually on the last week of September to celebrate banned or challenged books, falling between Sept. 21 and 27 this year. According to the American Library Association’s...

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A capella competition raises $4,000 for local family

Casey Suglia September 23, 2014

A capella teams from across North Carolina came together at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts to perform and raise money for Cora Bryk, a local girl diagnosed with Leukemia. The competition...

Appalachian alumna Darcy Wade paints on stage during band Nomadic's performance during last year's Harvest Boone. Photo by Olivia Wilkes  |  The Appalachian

Harvest Boone Festival celebrates local artistic diversity

Kelsey Hamm September 22, 2014

The fourth annual Harvest Boone Community Outreach Festival returns to the High Country Fairgrounds Sept. 25 to 27 as a sister celebration to the Boone in Blossom Festival. The nonprofit event is a...

Adjunct Instructor Greg Howser held a workshop to teach about encaustic painting Saturday afternoon in Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Photo by Lauren Joyner  |  The Appalachian

Turchin encaustics workshop attracts artists from all over

Lovey Cooper September 22, 2014

Instructor Greg Howser hosted the second in a series of workshops at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Saturday, focused on the practice of encaustics, one of the oldest forms of painting done...

Arts education class presents collaborative public art project

Arts education class presents collaborative public art project

Lovey Cooper September 19, 2014

Dancers, musicians, hula-hoopers and preschoolers gathered throughout the day Thursday on Sanford Mall as part of a community arts project put on by education and dance classes.   Children drew...

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