A&C Archives – Page 79 of 184

The Appalachian Theatre opens its doors after 8 years

Marlen Cardenas, Reporter • October 23, 2019

After eight years and with the help of 500 volunteers and $10 million of donations and fundraising, the Appalachian Theatre of the High Country opened its doors again on Oct. 14 with a performance by the...

Build Yosef Up

Meredith Nanney,, Ethan Murphy, Elaina Woodlief, and Laura Boaggio • October 23, 2019

App State organizations face off during Lip Sync finals Hard hats, flannel shirts and neon construction vests were in abundance on the Schaefer Center stage for the Homecoming Lip Sync final competition...

App State College Democrats Club hosts 2019 Boone Town Council forum

Nikki Parker, Reporter • October 15, 2019

This year, the Appalachian State College Democrats Club led the 2019 forum for Boone Town Council elections. Senior political science major Lee Franklin and junior economics major Dalton George serve as...

Honoring History Through Talent

Christine Dudley, A&C Reporter • October 10, 2019

In middle school, Kyndavee Bichara asked her friend why she wasn’t getting as much attention as the others. He replied, “Maybe if you went to a school with more people of your skin color, then...

Sustainable development students gain direction for the future from lunch and learn series

Cameron Stuart, Associate News Editor • October 10, 2019

Internships, field experience and credit hours cloud many students’ minds, but the Department of Sustainable Development’s lunch and learn series aims to provide direction for its students. The lunch...

Movie Review: In the Tall Grass

Ebony Foster, Columnist • October 10, 2019

Green is a color often used to evoke a sense of calm and reminds people of nature’s tranquility, unlike Vincenzo Natali’s “In the Tall Grass,” released on Netflix on Oct. 4. Endless shots of greenery...

Movie Review: Joker

Caleb Garbuio, Columnist • October 10, 2019

Unpredictable and chaotic, Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Phillips’ “Joker” revolutionizes graphic novel adaptations. In 1981, Gotham City’s streets are filled with garbage and the weak prey on the...

Children’s Playhouse mixes S.T.E.A.M. with playtime

Laura Boaggio, Reporter • October 9, 2019

The yelling and bustling of children is an unlikely sound for a college town, except for East King Street on occasional Wednesday mornings. The sounds come from the Children’s Playhouse at 400 Tracy...

A Creative Release: Turchin Center offers space for creative journaling

Georgia Privott, A&C Reporter • October 9, 2019

Every Tuesday, people flow into the Turchin Center classroom where wine corks, bubble wrap, dictionaries and magazines are spread on a table. With their heads full of ideas, students gather random materials...

Women’s Center and UNICEF club march for sexual and domestic violence awareness

Michael Lillywhite, Reporter • October 8, 2019

On Oct. 8, protesters met in the solarium with a vision to end the prolonged history of domestic and interpersonal violence. Prior to the march, crowds gathered in the Summit Trail Solarium to hear from...

Lecturer sheds light on algorithms of oppression built into search engines

Ansley Puckett, Reporter • October 8, 2019

Trusting the results of a Google search can feel like second nature, but these searches can sometimes yield biased results that may be unknown to its users Safiya Umoja Noble, author of “Algorithms...

From Boone to South Korea: campus club unites K-Pop fans

Camryn Collier, Reporter • October 5, 2019

Seven thousand miles separate Boone and Seoul, South Korea, the capital of Korean Pop. This distance disappears during the K-Pop Association’s weekly meetings. Members are greeted with a graphic...