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Amani Children’s Foundation chapter starts in Boone

Anne Buie September 5, 2012

Eight years ago, the Amani Children's Foundation was created by co-founders Chad and Jane Stephens.Now, the university is getting its own chapter, started by Margret Johnson, junior social work major.The...

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Summit Hall features warehouse look, newer aesthetic design

Anne Buie August 30, 2012

There's more to Summit Residence Hall than just its exceeded project budget and unofficial Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.It's different than every other residence hall on...

High Country Praise Festival returns to Holmes Center

Meghan Frick August 29, 2012

Son's Light Ministries will host its 11th annual High Country Praise Festival Sunday, Sept. 2 at the Holmes Convocation Center. A variety of Christian artists will perform -- some outdoors, weather permitting....

Here’s what you missed: summer music roundup 2012

Meghan Frick August 27, 2012

The summer season has always been immortalized as the season of great musical releases, the type that make you want to drive downtown with your windows down, showing the public that you're better than...

Socrates Café seeks honest answers, community involvement

Meghan Frick August 27, 2012

In classrooms, there's sometimes a limit on how passionate a discussion can be. Not so at Socrates Café.  For the past four years, the Department of Communication has fostered discussion through...

Music on the Mountaintop celebrates five years with Railroad Earth

Anne Buie August 27, 2012

Students and Boone locals camped out at Grandfather Campgrounds over the weekend to attend the 2012 Music on the Mountaintop.This year's lineup consisted of familiar faces, like Bush and Boone natives...

Appalachian professor and students perform in New York City

Anne Buie August 27, 2012

In mid-April, a university theatre and dance professor Derek Davidson was notified his latest script, "Bumbershoot," had been selected for the August's New York City Fringe Festival. The festival...

Review: ‘The Midsummer Station’ is Owl City’s worst album

August 26, 2012

Editor's Note: The following reflects the opinions of the author.If there was ever an album that should be denied the right to ever be played out loud, it would be Owl City's "The Midsummer Station."From...

Annual music festival brings in new, returning bands

August 24, 2012

For half a decade, the High Country has been graced with the presence of a music festival that features national and local artists, all put on by an Appalachian State University alumnus.Yellow Dog Entertainment...

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Espresso News to host local rock bands “Nice To Meet You, James” and “Titan”

August 23, 2012

Alternative and progressive rock will fill Espresso News Saturday night. Nice to Meet You, James, a local alternative rock band, will begin the night of rock, Titan will close the coffee shop down...

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Appalachian Solar Club brings energy to Music on the Mountaintop

August 22, 2012

This weekend, the university's Solar Club will be featured as a vendor at Railroad Earth's Music on the Mountaintop as one of this year's vendors.The club's president Grant Warner and vice-president...

Sophomore public relations major Davis Coster and junior technical photography major Rebecca Murray view the recently opened photo exhibition in the Looking Glass Gallery. Murray was a contributing photographer to the gallery, which is a photo display of street life in Havana, Cuba. Maggie Cozens | The Appalachian

Looking Glass begins year with Cuba exhibit

August 22, 2012

Walking down the international hallway of the Plemmons Student Union takes on a new element of culture as the Looking Glass Gallery opens the school year with a trip into the streets of Cuba. In December...

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