Every country has certain foods they can call uniquely theirs, and the United States is no exception. Most meals in the U.S. are centered around what piece of meat is being served but not without costing...

Election season this year has been nothing short of eventful, with unexpected twists and turns all along the way. Whether it was Joe Biden dropping out, Donald Trump being found guilty on all 34 felony...

I graduated high school in spring of 2022 at the age of 18. I said goodbye to the people I’d seen every day for more than a decade, and drove my car to a hiking trail about 30 miles away. Halfway through...

Peace and love. Instead of the usual story about how young and terrified I was stepping into the newsroom, I’ll just say this: I walked in that day wondering, “Do I belong here?” I’ve often felt...

Fall of 2020 was a weird time to start college. The initial shock of the pandemic had passed, but we were still in the thick of it — and I was left to open a new chapter of my life. My days were spent...

I have been a part of The Appalachian since the first semester of my freshman year. I started off as a nervous, quiet marketing representative desperate to make a good impression. Then, when the Director...

In August of 2021, a shy freshman with an interest in politics fell out of a coconut tree and into The Appalachian’s newsroom. He wrote with oxford commas, didn’t know how to attribute a quote and...

With each passing year, scientific reports on the state of the planet’s ecological processes become increasingly harrowing. Climate change has proven to fulfill and exceed decades worth of terrifying...

Editor’s Note: This article contains mention of rape, sexual assault and hateful language toward women. On Nov. 6, 2024, the devastating news came that Donald Trump would be the next president. When...

Have you ever noticed a horror movie taking a tad too long to get to anything scary? Or a jumpscare seemingly out of nowhere? A trend in horror movies is to have an hour to an hour and 15 minutes of...

One of the most common archetypes in horror movies is the portrayal of a villain or killer as “crazy,” eliciting a consistent representation of mental illness that is both inaccurate and frankly harmful...

Each school year comes with its own unique set of challenges, but recently there have been obstacles that many students today have had to face. The year 2020 is historically significant for many reasons,...