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The Appalachian

Review: With self-titled debut, Field Report forges an identity

Meghan Frick September 10, 2012

Editor's Note: The following reflects the opinions of the author. After working with Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon in the band DeYarmond Edison, Chris Porterfield started Field Report and created a surprisingly...

‘Farm City’ author talks farming, tech and more

Meghan Frick September 9, 2012

Farm City author Novella Carpenter was a guest at three university events Thursday. Carpenter, who authored this year's summer reading novel, spoke at convocation and a question and answer panel, and kicked...

Freshmen reflect on start of Appalachian experience

Meghan Frick September 9, 2012

It's been almost a month since the class of 2016 came to campus -- more than 3,000 of them, moving into dorms en masse. Here, two freshmen, French major Taylor Haisley and undecided major Kenyon Hall,...

Appalachian State Theatre & Dance announces fall lineup

Meghan Frick September 8, 2012

Appalachian State University's Theatre & Dance department just announced its fall schedule, which will deliver a variety of student showcases. The season will kick off with the annual First Year Showcase,...

Technical photography professor Chip Williams recently had five photographs of the Chicago Auditorium Theatre published in the Grateful Dead's "Dave's Picks Volume 3." PHOTO COURTESY Chip Williams

Professor’s Chicago photos used by Grateful Dead

Anne Buie September 7, 2012

After shooting photos for Esquire, Fortune and more, an Appalachian State University assistant professor has a new accomplishment to add to his resume: his work was picked up by the Grateful Dead.Stock...

Navy sailor Phil Myers proposes to his girlfriend, senior health care management major Kasie Goforth, on Sanford Mall Aug. 29.

Navy sailor proposes on Sanford Mall

Anne Buie September 7, 2012

Last Wednesday, senior Kasie Goforth thought her boyfriend, Navy sailor Phil Myers, wasn't returning to North Carolina until Friday. Myers had her under the impression that his base in Gulfport, Miss....

River Whyless teams up with Student Yosef Club for Welcome Back Concert

Michael Bragg September 6, 2012

River Whyless, the Baroque folk group that formed at the university in 2008 - then as Do it to Julia - has released a full length album, performed at music festivals and at venues across Boone.But on Friday,...

Appalachian professor’s art displayed at DNC

September 6, 2012

Hundreds of articles have been published daily about the Democratic and Republican National Convention. But a university professor has generated a method to compile these articles into one statement in...

Naked Gods vocalist Seth Sullivan performs at Railroad Earth's Music on the Mountaintop Saturday, Aug. 25. They will perform at Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh Saturday. Olivia Wilkes | The Appalachian

Naked Gods set to perform at Hopscotch

Michael Bragg September 6, 2012

The Naked Gods will trade their typical mountain laced view in Boone for skyscraper scenery Friday, as they take part in The Independent Weekly‘s Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh.“If you live in...

Review: ‘Candor’ is the ideal college-based album

Michael Bragg September 6, 2012

Editor’s Note: The following reflects the opinions of the author. Folk-pop trio The New River Boys set a course for music notoriety when they dropped “Sail Away” on iTunes and have kept the ship...

Artist Curt Brill to speak at Fall Exhibition Celebration

Anne Buie September 6, 2012

Widely collected artist Curt Brill will be available for a meet and greet this Friday, Sept. 7 during the Boone First Friday Art Crawl at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts as a part of the Fall Exhibition...

Appalachian is home to new N.C. poet laureate

Anne Buie September 6, 2012

It was a Friday in July when he got the call.Joseph Bathanti, an Appalachian State University English professor, was in Georgia with his wife when she called their home answering machine. Waiting there...

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