I hope this letter finds you and your family well during this time of crisis. Over the past few weeks, we have seen local, state and federal officials enacting precautionary measures to limit the spread...

Amidst this time of uncertainty, our president has begun calling himself a “wartime” president. During a press conference March 18, Trump said “I view it as, in a sense, a wartime president” while...

Students have vacated campus to complete the rest of the semester online, as only 160 App students who met the qualifications remain in on-campus housing for the remainder of the semester. This change...

Colleagues: My top priority as Faculty Senate Chair has been to work with Senate to get you the raise you deserve. For most of the year, I believed a raise would happen. This no longer seems likely. At...

Dear Chancellor Everts, I think back from time to time to my own two college commencement ceremonies, as I am sure you have done as well. I remember that exciting feeling of donning my cap and gown;...

The coronavirus pandemic is impacting one demographic in particular: student renters.  With classes moving online after a weeklong extension of spring break, and university officials urging students...

When I came to college, I had no intention of joining a fraternity. In my mind, fraternities represented a hostile environment of competitive people who displayed a sense of superiority over the student...

If you’re a pathogen, your kryptonite is people washing their hands. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that handwashing reduces the transmission of respiratory diseases from the...

On Tuesday, Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order closing restaurants and bars for dine-in customers to halt the spread of COVID-19. There is no debate that Cooper made the right decision. However,...

The high rates of voter ignorance evident during election cycles have been deemed troublesome when it comes to preserving democracy; however, the high rates of corruption from those we elect to represent...

Teaching Hazardous Language by Leonardo Flores, chair of the Department of English  How can English Department faculty teach texts that contemporary students may consider offensive, while at the...

March 2, 2020 To Whom It May Concern: I am writing this letter in response to Jay Edwards' “Letter to the Editor,” that was published on February 15, 2020 for The Appalachian Online.  As...