By now, students have heard of the impending changes to the Watauga County voting process. Earlier this month, the county’s Board of Elections appointed Republican Luke Eggers to the third seat on the...

Appalachian State University has instituted a new smoking policy that only allows smoking in designated areas. The policy mentions health concerns as a major reason for its implementation, along with...

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Joseph Pulitzer said that the purpose of good journalism is to put information before the reader briefly, clearly, picturesquely and accurately. No matter what the story or format is, visual or text,...

Clouds of dust weren't the only things clogging the air at The Cottages of Boone last Friday afternoon. A fair amount of stress and tension also seemed to permeate the surroundings.Obviously there was...

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As a freshman intern lifestyles reporter for The Appalachian, I was delighted when my second story ever ran page one above the fold.But there was one person who took my pride down a notch with some constructive...

Well, it’s finally here.Four years ago, I thought this day was unreachable. The day that has motivated me through the all-nighters, midterms and final papers. The day in which I can finally stand up...

During my junior year, my average routine of making good grades and socializing got old. But when I got word that there was actually a student-run newspaper on campus in need of someone to do video, I...

Earth Day was held April 22, a day that was founded on radical principles of the 1960s.Earth Day was created in the Vietnam War era by the same people who had teach-ins. But in the 90s, Earth Day went...