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The Appalachian

The Student News Site of Appalachian State University

The Appalachian

Second Amendment panel discusses gun rights, safety

Second Amendment panel discusses gun rights, safety

Gianna Holiday, Reporter September 24, 2019

Discussion on campus regarding the Second Amendment provided students, faculty and staff with an opportunity to analyze the amendment in terms of how it relates to gun safety, gun laws as well as the history...

Children’s Advocacy Club teams up with organizations for children’s rights

Camryn Collier, Reporter September 24, 2019

An App State club is devoted to advocating for and educating the public on children’s rights in the High Country through service projects, ranging from diaper drives to Homecoming festivities.  Children...

Theatre consulting group leads on-stage consent training for students and faculty

Erin O’Neill, Reporter September 24, 2019

Theatrical Intimacy Education, a consulting group, came to App State for the first time to teach students and faculty about an up-and-coming practice in the theatrical community known as intimacy training,...

Navigating campus IRL: App State Women’s Center helps new students acclimate

Navigating campus IRL: App State Women’s Center helps new students acclimate

Michael Lillywhite, Reporter September 19, 2019

Orientation slams freshmen and transfer students with a great deal of information that can easily get lost in the first frantic weeks of school. To provide students information above and beyond orientation,...

University Forum Committee celebrates women’s suffrage through film and speaker series

University Forum Committee celebrates women’s suffrage through film and speaker series

Gianna Holiday, Reporter September 19, 2019

Throughout the 2019-20 academic year, the University Forum Committee is hosting a series of lectures and films to enlighten community members on women’s issues, honoring the 100th anniversary of women’s...

Passing on a legacy: Harmonia Baroque concert showcases historical pieces

Sydney Iannelli September 19, 2019

The warm, low light of Rosen Concert Hall brought tranquility and quietness on Sept. 12 in the audience. At 8 p.m. there were around 30 people in the audience who came to listen to the Harmonia Baroque...

Felix Noel: Street Cosplay Fashion

Felix Noel: Street Cosplay Fashion

Georgia Privott, A&C Reporter September 18, 2019

Felix Noel, a senior East Asian language and culture major, challenges gender presentation in their fashion as an inspiration for queer community and cosplay fans.  Noel said they refused to wear pink...

Curt Bridgers, a sophomore computer science major, scales across a popular slacklining spot on Sanford Mall.

Sanford Mall provides a community space for sunny days

Camryn Collier and Elaina Woodlief September 18, 2019

One of the biggest green spaces at App State is a hub of action. Hundreds of students, faculty and visitors pass by Sanford Mall, located in the center of campus, everyday, which serves as an open space...

RaQuon D. Haynes is the new Graduate assistant for the LGBT+ Center. Haynes is a first year graduate student majoring in marriage and family therapy.

New LGBT Center graduate assistant seeks to create inclusive environment

Laura Boaggio, Reporter September 18, 2019

The Henderson Springs LGBT Center is identifiable in Plemmons Student Union by the rainbow painted on its doorway wall, leading students into the center. At the end of this rainbow, ready to welcome students...

Bryan Stevenson, “Just Mercy” author, lawyer and activist speaks at App State

Bryan Stevenson, “Just Mercy” author, lawyer and activist speaks at App State

Emily Broyles, Reporter September 17, 2019

The common reading program at App State picks a different book every year for incoming students to read and connect with on personal and discussion-based levels.  This year’s program brings a well-known...

During the Inclusive Leadership Retreat, students, faculty, and staff gain skills in active listening and inclusive language over a period of three days.

Faculty and students alike learn how to facilitate tough conversations through Inclusive Leadership Retreat

Hadasa Rivera Marin, Reporter September 17, 2019

Oftentimes the line between dialogue and debate gets blurred, but the Inclusive Leadership Retreat is set on making the difference very clear.  “The Sustained Dialogue retreat taught me to be more...

A cluster of prayers left by passerby's. There are many connected in groups around multiple limbs of the tree.

Blowing Rock Prayer Tree provides community encouragement

Noelle Charles, Reporter September 17, 2019

Encouraging messages and prayers dangle from the branches of a tree in Blowing Rock, representing a seedling of hope in the High Country. A small white cart sits next to the tree with a pen and a bowl...

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