North Carolina may be able to avoid the full blunt of national scorn and ridicule that states like Indiana received when they passed blatantly discriminatory laws against gay people. The North Carolina...

With the impending date of graduation ahead, I can’t help but get nostalgic over the past three years that I’ve decided to make Appalachian State University my home and write for the paper. Now is...

As I leave the position of sports editor, I can’t help but feel compelled to use a sports analogy. That’s only appropriate, right? Like the two-minute warning or the bottom of the ninth, the...

I was introduced to The Appalachian by Matt Abele. He was filming some friends running around the SRC track in business suits for a class project when I introduced myself. It was entirely unrelated to...

I don’t really like to think about what I would be like today if I never joined The Appalachian, but now that I’m writing this goodbye, I’m thinking about it. So here’s a laundry list of bad character...

I spent almost three years working for The Appalachian as a reporter and editor. The experience I gained in that newsroom was, without doubt, worth the price of tuition. I’ve had the opportunity to...

College is a great time. After your freshman year, it’s going to fly by a little quicker than you might think so you want to make the best of it. Surround yourself with like-minded people. You will...

When I was approached by my editor-in-chief, Joshua Farmer, about stepping into the managing editor position for the 2014-15 academic year, to say I was surprised would be an understatement. With roughly...

I’m not going to sugarcoat this (journalistic integrity says not to) – my years at The Appalachian have been exhausting. And for that, I am grateful. I love my job, and all that has come with...

The Republican sweep of North Carolina government came at a lucky time for the party. Republicans were assigned the duty of establishing voting districts after the census because of the power the party...

With fracking and mountaintop removal posing enormous threats to our backyard, many environmental activists have been speaking up, but few have brought sympathy as well as Affrilachian poet Crystal Good,...