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...

As South Carolina and Super Tuesday come and go, former Vice President Joe Biden has a major opponent in the race for the Democratic ticket: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders is the current front-runner...

  There is no debate: traffic in Boone is bad. If you live off campus, good luck trying to make it to class on time during rush hour. Other than being every off-campus student’s nightmare,...

Country music industry has lost its way. Or, what was classified as country has changed from when its previous generations' stars led the industry. I have been a country music fan my entire life. However,...

Michael Bloomberg made a messy splash during his first and second debates. He seemed redundant and unprepared for the onslaught he received from his political rivals. He bumbled through his responses to...

To the campus community, In response to Jay Edwards’ letter to the editor of February 15, we would like to express sympathy and support for his statement regarding the largely unintentional, yet real...

March 2nd, 2020 To the Appalachian Community, Over the course of the last two weeks, we have taken the time to meet with different parties within University Administration to express our concerns...

The world has long equated capitalism with liberty, relying on its trademark “economic freedom.” Despite this association, evidence shows that capitalism fosters economic servitude and widespread inequality.  According...

To say that the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire primaries have been surprising is an understatement. Many of the establishment frontrunners have been pushed aside in these first two tests.  Surprisingly,...