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Caleb's Concepts: A critique of statistical reasoning

Caleb’s Concepts: A critique of statistical reasoning

Caleb Garbuio, Columnist October 30, 2020

Here’s a joke: what is two plus two? To a mathematician the answer is clearly four. However, to a statistician the answer is between 3.99 and 4.01, while the accountant makes it whatever you want it...

Opinion: Defunding Reproductive Healthcare Isn’t the Answer to Stopping Abortion

Opinion: Defunding Reproductive Healthcare Isn’t the Answer to Stopping Abortion

Ella Adams, Former Community Editor October 29, 2020

Reproductive health care is an issue Americans feel strongly about, especially with the upcoming election. Conservative politicians have a history of fighting to defund providers of reproductive health...

Opinion: Vote. No matter what

Opinion: Vote. No matter what

Stephen C. Leverton II, Opinion Writer October 24, 2020

  Nov. 3, Election Day, is coming up fast. As of Oct. 17, over one million North Carolinians have cast their ballot for president, governor, U.S. Senate and countless other state and local races.  For...

Caleb’s Concepts: The difference between data and information

Caleb’s Concepts: The difference between data and information

Caleb Garbuio, Columnist October 23, 2020

  If you tune into any news channel, experts will often educate listeners on what the data is telling them, be it COVID-19 cases, inequality, police violence or something else. Yet, what these...

Opinion: Trump's retreat

Opinion: Trump’s retreat

Ricky Barker, Columnist October 21, 2020

On Oct. 2, the President of the United States and the First Lady were diagnosed with COVID-19, the same virus that he has belittled and refused to take seriously. However the president’s reactions to...

Opinion: Nationalism is Dangerous

Opinion: Nationalism is Dangerous

Ella Adams, Former Community Editor October 16, 2020

Standing up to say the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in grade school is normal to Americans. We’ve repeated it so many times, the pledge has become a force of habit and we don’t give much thought....

Caleb’s Concepts: Sports data shows people value safety.

Caleb’s Concepts: Sports data shows people value safety.

Caleb Garbuio, Columnist October 16, 2020

On Oct. 7, Yahoo Sports reported the Miami Dolphins obtained clearance to operate its stadium at full capacity. This is fantastic for the Dolphins organization and the Miami faithful, who now find themselves...

Opinion: Fast Fashion isn't worth your money

Opinion: Fast Fashion isn’t worth your money

Ella Adams, Former Community Editor October 11, 2020

Fast fashion is cheap, accessible and trendy clothing. The name “fast fashion” comes from brands’ abilities to get new designs from runways to consumers in a short time. On the surface, fast fashion...

Opinion: A life well lived, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Opinion: A life well lived, Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Ricky Barker, Columnist October 10, 2020

Mourners carried candles and rang bells at a recent political figure’s vigil in Boone. It was a memorial to one of the most prominent and influential justices of the Supreme Court: Ruth Bader Ginsburg....

Caleb's Concepts: Cats are better than dogs... for college students

Caleb’s Concepts: Cats are better than dogs… for college students

Caleb Garbuio, Columnist October 9, 2020

Are you struggling to balance friends, schoolwork, work and extracurricular activities while missing your pet back home? Fortunately, there’s a pet suited to your college needs. Sorry, dog lovers,...

Opinion: Dear Sheri Everts, send us home

Opinion: Dear Sheri Everts, send us home

Stephen C. Leverton II, Opinion Writer October 9, 2020

COVID-19 cases at App State have increased in the last few weeks: the current student case count 191 and one student death. Chad Dorrill’s death should’ve been a wake-up call for Chancellor Sheri Everts...

EDITORIAL: Students, administrators, we’re calling on you to stop COVID-19 in Boone – it’s a matter of life and death

EDITORIAL: Students, administrators, we’re calling on you to stop COVID-19 in Boone – it’s a matter of life and death

The Editorial Board October 9, 2020

On Sept. 28, App State sophomore Chad Dorrill died because of complications caused by COVID-19. The next day, Chancellor Sheri Everts sent an email sharing details of Chad’s death and offering condolences...

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