In August 2021, I found myself heading toward my first club meeting tucked away in the back of the Plemmons Student Union in a hallway I had no idea existed. At that point in time, I didn’t know what...

Four years ago, I started college…then I blinked.  At 18, I was suffocated by the small town life I was accustomed to and couldn’t wait to leave and make my mark on the world. I’d pictured my...

When people ask me why I chose to be the Visual Managing Editor of The Appalachian, my knee-jerk reaction is to say “I like being in charge.” Everyone who knows me can attest to how much of a control...

In 2008, I found myself at a crossroads — I needed to leave my job as a newspaper journalist, but what would be next? I had spent three years of my undergraduate degree working in student media — as...

When walking to class, it begins to rain. You forgot your rain jacket at home, but think nothing of it. Instead, you continue on your way — then it starts downpouring. Within minutes, you are jumping...

As a proud alumnus of Wake County Public Schools, among the nation’s premier public school systems, I cannot understate how much a quality public education has shaped me. My public education taught me...

As time continues to slip by, students of App State are losing sight of the history that is rooted so deeply into the place that they call home. Preserving the traditions and celebrating the culture of...

The idea that music released between the 1960s-1980s is superior to anything produced within the past two decades is nothing new. Despite the creative outlet’s vast genre diversity, generations of people...

For students graduating in May, the prospect of finding a job after graduation can be daunting. Whether graduates are staying in Boone to work, or moving to a new city to find a job there, this process...

Traducido por: Diana Gordon Para los estudiantes que se gradúan en mayo, la perspectiva de encontrar un trabajo después de graduarse puede resultar desalentadora. Ya sea que los graduados se queden...

“The Tortured Poets Department” leaves listeners waiting for more Meg Frantz As the self-proclaimed chairman of the Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift dives into past relationships with a quill...