One of the first things that comes to mind when thinking of college towns is the underground music scene, and Boone is no different. With bars and venues such as Black Cat, Boone Saloon, The Local and...

During the last week of December, former Vine star and current YouTuber Logan Paul uploaded a series of video blogs, known as vlogs, showcasing Paul and his video production team’s visit to Japan. The...

On Jan. 9, a federal court in North Carolina ruled that the congressional districts drawn by the Republican legislature were illegally gerrymandered due to excessive amounts partisanship in favor of the...

The first time I joined The Appalachian, I was a shy freshman, unsure of myself and what I wanted to do with my life. I wandered into the newspaper’s interest meeting just a few weeks after I arrived...

Net neutrality is the principle that everyone has the right to equal access to the internet. This means that no matter where one goes on the internet, the experience should remain unimpeded by influence...

On Nov. 24, President Donald Trump tweeted that he was turning down TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year honor. “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named ‘Man (Person) of...

Though well-intentioned, the “consent is sexy” phrase and movement recently sparked in modern society misses the mark by quite a bit; “sexy” has never been synonymous with “necessary.” Why...

Shoplifting has become a huge problem for the merchants who own shops on King Street. Shoplifting has always been an issue, but recently it has gotten much worse and has started greatly affecting these...

According to the Office of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State earned a 77.5 out of 85 in the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System. Then in 2015, the university won the Climate...

Tattoos are drawings, pictures, words or numbers permanently inked on skin. With 45 million people in the United States having at least one tattoo according to Skinfo, it is safe to assume that tattoos...

Why the Oxford Comma matters Used before the conjunction in a list of three or more items, the Oxford comma is largely considered necessary to preserve clarity in writing. Without it, the meaning of...

The political world was rocked earlier this week by an investigative report from the Washington Post. The bombshell story gave a voice to four women who accused Roy Moore, Alabama’s Republican candidate...