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Student hosts new podcast ‘Students For Liberty’

Lovey Cooper September 9, 2014

Senior appropriate technology major Zoe Little will provide the voice and driving personality behind SFL On Air, a new bi-monthly podcast run by international libertarian nonprofit Students For Liberty. The...

LOSE’ finds Cymbals Eat Guitars on the top of their game

LOSE’ finds Cymbals Eat Guitars on the top of their game

Colin Moore September 4, 2014

“LOSE” is Staten Island-based independent rock group Cymbals Eat Guitars’ third album, and features the same lineup and producer as their 2011 album “Lenses Alien,” save for the drummer. Yet,...

Senior studio art major Renee Cloud in her exhibit "No One Sits Next to the Black Girl on the Bus" on display in the Looking Glass Gallery in Plemmons Student Union this semester. Cloud pulled personal experiences from her childhood in a single-parent home to create the artwork in the exhibit. Photo by Morgan Cook  |  The Appalachian

ASU senior’s exhibit draws inspiration from childhood

Lovey Cooper September 4, 2014

Senior studio art major Renee Cloud’s exhibition “No One Sits Next to the Black Girl on the Bus” opened in the Looking Glass Gallery at the start of this semester. The mixed-media exhibition explores...

Students enjoy the displays at the Silent Auction at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts last Thursday. Photo by Rachel Krauza  |  The Appalachian

Turchin Center auction and celebration explores international out

Lovey Cooper September 3, 2014

To celebrate and honor the approximately 140 donors who organizers say are crucial in helping to make the arts accessible on and off campus, the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts hosted an evening of...

Senior fermentation science major Emily Williams prepares to fill a thirsty festival goers glass with a Stout Float a combination of stout beer and ice cream

Hoperation beer fest: Two people, one mission and a lot of beer

Meredith Warfield September 3, 2014

This is the story of two dedicated members of The Appalachian and our quest to find the ultimate collection of the best beers featured at the seventh annual High Country Beer Fest. The festival...

7th annual High Country Beer Festival celebrates Boone’s unique craft-brew atmosphere

7th annual High Country Beer Festival celebrates Boone’s unique craft-brew atmosphere

Lovey Cooper August 28, 2014

This Saturday, 49 breweries will take their craft to the High Country Fairgrounds to celebrate the 7th annual High Country Beer Fest, a fundraiser and benefit for the university’s fermentation sciences...

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Weekend events: Aug. 29-31

Gerrit Van Genderen August 28, 2014

Below is a quick list of things to do this weekend if you are staying on campus for Labor Day weekend. Indiegogo Contribution Appreciation Round 4 Thursday Aug. 28 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. Appalachian...

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APPS asks students to explain why they are diverse

Casey Suglia August 28, 2014

Appalachian State University students gathered in Plemmons Student Union on Wednesday between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to show their diversity through photographs. Appalachian Popular Programming Society...

Boone acts as hub for lo-fi art experience through cassettes

Boone acts as hub for lo-fi art experience through cassettes

Lovey Cooper August 27, 2014

Billed on the label’s Tumblr page as a “smorgasbord of sounds,” New Body Tapes released their first recording locally as part of 2013 Record Store Day. The band featured on the hand-lettered cassette...

The gypsy folk band Bootstrap Slick playing at Black Cat on Friday night. Band members include Hayes Cummings (left), Seth Jarrett (middle) and Jackie Barnes (right). Photo by Tim Hobert  |  The Appalachian

Local gypsy band Bootstrap Slick experiments with sound

Meredith Warfield August 27, 2014

Since forming in January, Boone-based band Bootstrap Slick has strived to make a name for themselves in the High Country with a unique alternative folk sound by playing at local venues including Galileo’s...

Students take a day of relaxation through yoga at Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Saturday. Photo by Rachel Krauza  |  The Appalachian

Turchin Center yoga gives students time to breathe

Casey Suglia August 27, 2014

Yoga mats were scattered across the floor in place of gallery spectators at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on Saturday as instructor Vicki Rodiguez-Peltz greeted the class attendees with “namaste,”...

Spoon’s ‘They Want My Soul’ ranks among their finest

Spoon’s ‘They Want My Soul’ ranks among their finest

Colin Moore August 27, 2014

From 1998’s brittle, punchy sophomore album “A Series of Sneaks” all the way to 2010’s loose, foggy “Transference,” Austin, Texas-based rock band Spoon’s output has been, not only consistent,...

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