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The Appalachian

Letter to the Editor: AppCards need to be valid voter identification

Letter to the Editor: AppCards need to be valid voter identification

Op-Ed February 22, 2019

For many of those who voted last November, they might remember one of the six constitutional amendments that was on the ballot: “Require Photo ID to Vote.” Fifty-three percent of Watauga County...

OPINION: National Emergency

OPINION: National Emergency

Q Russell, Opinion Editor February 21, 2019

On Feb. 15, President Donald Trump revealed in a speech that he would declare a national emergency to combat the “invasion of drugs and criminals coming into our country” from the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump’s...

Mass layoff of journalists will hurt quality of news in future

Mass layoff of journalists will hurt quality of news in future

Tommy Mozier, Senior Reporter February 15, 2019

In January, BuzzFeed News announced it would lay off 15 percent of its journalists, essentially killing off the national news desk and removing all but one from the LGBT desk. The layoffs included the...

Q's Corner: Pre-existing conditions

Q’s Corner: Pre-existing conditions

Q Russell, Opinion Editor February 15, 2019

In President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 State of the Union address, Trump said his plan for healthcare in the U.S. was to lower drug prices and protect people with pre-existing conditions. However, in...

App State's relationship with Google raises concerns over data privacy

App State’s relationship with Google raises concerns over data privacy

Mack Foley, A&C Reporter February 14, 2019

In late January, Google briefly saw its license to internally distribute apps on iOS revoked after Apple discovered it was sharing them with non-employee personnel. The app, called Screenwise Meter, was...

OPINION: Record labels should  drop abusive performers

OPINION: Record labels should drop abusive performers

Tommy Mozier, Senior Reporter February 8, 2019

It is not hard to see what triggered Spotify to release a new feature that allows users to mute certain artists they deem undesirable: Robert “R.” Kelly. In July 2017, Buzzfeed News released a bombshell...

Q's Corner: Pabst Blue Ribbon sales

Q’s Corner: Pabst Blue Ribbon sales

Q Russell, Opinion Editor February 8, 2019

The Pabst Brewing Company reported that Boone Saloon had the fifth-highest sales for Pabst Blue Ribbon in the world, which some social media users considered a cause for celebration. For the most part,...

OPINION: Food inspection in the US is not as effective as previously thought

OPINION: Food inspection in the US is not as effective as previously thought

Q Russell, Opinion Editor February 7, 2019

In the wake of the government shutdown’s temporary abatement, and with reports coming out that negotiations for long-term funding aren’t going smoothly, the operative ability of the Food and Drug Administration...

Q's Corner: Reopening the government

Q’s Corner: Reopening the government

Q Russell, Opinion Editor February 1, 2019

President Donald Trump agreed to end his tantrum and sign a bill reopening the government Friday. This came after he and the Republicans in Congress played chicken with the lives of 800,000 federal workers...

OPINION: Covington Catholic High School’s history proves racism in capitol standoff

OPINION: Covington Catholic High School’s history proves racism in capitol standoff

Q Russell, Opinion Editor January 31, 2019

If a large group of students from Covington Catholic High School surrounding an elderly Native American man and taunting and jeering at him seems racist, it’s probably racist. A video taken on Jan....

Q's Corner: Separation of Church and State

Q’s Corner: Separation of Church and State

Q, Opinion Editor January 25, 2019

In 2018, the North Carolina legislature got away with violating the Constitution. Senate Bill 99, or SL 2018-5, was a budget proposed in May and passed by the legislature in June after Gov. Roy Cooper...

OPINION: Purdue Pharma and the Opioid Epidemic

OPINION: Purdue Pharma and the Opioid Epidemic

Tommy Mozier, Senior Reporter January 24, 2019

In today’s pop culture, there is no shortage of shows and movies about drug cartels in foreign countries, addicting the U.S. to their drugs and becoming filthy rich in the process. However, the 1990s...

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