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The Appalachian

My Last Word: 8/29/19

My Last Word: 8/29/19

Brooks Maynard, Reporter August 29, 2019

This season season marks 150 years of college football and 91 years of App State football. The Mountaineers have seen much transition since their inaugural 1928 season, changing conferences four times...

OPINION: CEOs need to put actions before empty words

OPINION: CEOs need to put actions before empty words

Tommy Mozier, Senior Reporter August 28, 2019

On Aug. 19, a group of some of the richest, most powerful people in the world came together to release a revolutionary, logical statement. The Business Roundtable, a lobbying group that includes 192...

Letter to the Editor: How We Define Well

Letter to the Editor: How We Define Well

Op-Ed August 26, 2019

Happy first week of classes. You did it. Take a pause. Breathe. You’ve completed your first week of college, or maybe your last first week. This week came with hurdles, stress, good times, laughs, late...

Letter to the Editor: Raise our Glass and Drinkwitz to Eliah

Letter to the Editor: Raise our Glass and Drinkwitz to Eliah

Op-Ed August 23, 2019

Scott Satterfield leaving App State wasn’t surprising to many App Nation fans, but it still stung. Fans basked in the glory of three straight Sun Belt titles and an impressive 4-0 bowl record, not to...

The Tea: Jay Inslee is with it. Other candidates need to carry on his message

The Tea: Jay Inslee is with it. Other candidates need to carry on his message

Tommy Mozier, Senior Reporter August 23, 2019

He dropped out of the presidential race on Wednesday, but Washington Gov. Jay Inslee’s campaign platform deserves all of our attention. Inslee dedicated an entire presidential campaign to defeating climate...

My Last Word: 8/23/19

My Last Word: 8/23/19

Brooks Maynard, Reporter August 23, 2019

With football season less than two weeks away, App State fans are buzzing at the possibilities with good reason. The team is fresh off its third straight Sun Belt conference title and returns most of the...

OPINION: Interest rate cuts suggest Trump's economy is not sustainable

OPINION: Interest rate cuts suggest Trump’s economy is not sustainable

Caleb Garbuio, Columnist August 22, 2019

Sluggish economic growth, a trade war and the Federal Reserve slashing interest rates suggest President Trump’s economy is on the ropes. On July 31, the Fed cut the interest rate a quarter of a percentage...

Senior Goodbye: Q Russell

Senior Goodbye: Q Russell

Q Russell, Opinion Editor April 18, 2019

I joined The Appalachian on a whim. My freshman year, someone on my floor mentioned something about the school paper, so I tagged along because it was a Thursday night, and I didn’t have anything better...

Senior Goodbye: Brooks Maynard

Senior Goodbye: Brooks Maynard

Brooks Maynard, Reporter April 18, 2019

When I came to App State five years ago, I knew I wanted to be a part of the campus newspaper. I’m a journalism major and gaining the experience a student newspaper offers made sense. I attended my first...

OPINION: William Barr is distracting us, just as Trump wanted him to

OPINION: William Barr is distracting us, just as Trump wanted him to

Tommy Mozier, Senior Reporter April 17, 2019

The first round of the NBA playoffs has begun, but Attorney General William Barr had the best head fake you will see when he appeared in front of the Senate Appropriations Committee on April 10. “I...

Senior Goodbye: Sydney Spann

Senior Goodbye: Sydney Spann

Sydney Spann, Visual Managing Editor April 17, 2019

I’ve been at The Appalachian for a long damn time. I’ve seen us go through three print redesigns, two website redesigns, office remodeling, three adviser changes, Pacemakers, Pinnacles, numerous North...

Senior Goodbye: Nora Smith

Senior Goodbye: Nora Smith

Nora Smith, Reporter April 17, 2019

I always swore to myself that I wouldn’t start my senior goodbye like everyone else does, but I’m finally at the end, and there’s really not much left to say. I can’t believe it’s over. I loved...

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