Week six of “The Bachelor” brought romance home as Grant Ellis visited the hometowns of the final four contestants. With emotions running high and families eager to meet him, the stakes rose for each relationship. As the women introduced him to their worlds, it was clear connections would be tested, and only three would move forward, leaving one contestant behind.   Date No. 1: Juliana...

The United States is at a tipping point. In recent months, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have diminished in the wake of his second term, indicating an increase in uncertainty. Class consciousness is finally on the rise, but it is far too late. Class consciousness, according to the American Psychological Association, is the “awareness of belonging to a particular economic or social...

Even though the first quarter of 2025 has just arrived, it has not been lacking in events. Right off the bat, this year had its fair share of issues, most of which don’t seem like they’re leaving anytime soon. During such a tumultuous time in the country and the world, it can often be second nature to get caught up in the news, which can easily lead to a sense of overwhelm and dread. As difficult...

Hidden in a tiny closet inside room 217 in the Plemmons Student Union, nine decades of history is recorded on weathered pages and hundreds of newspapers.  Since 1934, The Appalachian Student-Run Newspaper has documented the history of App State, Boone and the greater High Country, and this small closet — filled floor to ceiling with newspapers, yearbooks, rolls of film and more — holds it all. The...

In 1976, a group of six women faculty members at App State formed the academic program then called “Women’s Studies.” They came from anthropology, art, sociology, English, history and interdisciplinary studies, and were co-chaired by Maggie McFadden and Helen Lewis.  Less than a decade beforehand, women students at App State were forbidden from wearing pants in classrooms, the library or...

Sometimes I feel like I fell into the perfect role for my personality and passions. However, my career wasn’t one of chance; it was shaped by the support and guidance of many remarkable people who saw something in me that I sometimes didn’t see in myself. My path began when two faculty members noticed my enthusiasm for math and nurtured my interests. With their encouragement, I declared a math...

Open letter to my students and anyone else, I have struggled to find the right words to talk to my students about these chaotic times. This is my attempt to do that. It represents my personal beliefs and not those of my department or others. As a professor of sustainable development here at App State, this has been a whirlwind of a semester. In the first month, we have seen the federal government...

As a proud alumnus of Wake County Public Schools, among the nation’s premier public school systems, I cannot understate how much a quality public education has shaped me. My public education taught me many important things that will stick with me for life. Great teachers can change students’ lives for the better. During our formative years, we interact with teachers every day so long as school...