Students in Pakistan and India recently celebrated both of their Independence Days together, presenting a display of peace so impressive that they left those of the world who were listening silent, and...

Sunday, Aug. 16 marked the Fall 2015 Club Expo, where first year students can explore and sign up for the many organizations ASU has to offer and then drop them after the introductory meeting with free...

Another year, another ill-advised education reform proposal from a North Carolina lawmaker. The Charlotte Observer reported on Aug. 8 that Rep. Rob Bryan has been working behind the scenes on a bill which...

In the last year, the issue of free college has become a more prominent part of public discourse than at any other time I can remember. President Obama got things rolling with his proposal in January...

Those in the Appalachian community appalled by the conspicuous lack of video game equipment at the library need worry no more. Your university has heard you and created a new game room in Belk Library...

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell, the Affordable Care Act has been further cemented as a key feature of United States health policy. Since it appears that the Affordable Care...

Who says politicians are unreasonable? South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley announced her belief that the Confederate battle flag which flies near the legislature should come down. South Carolina Rep. Doug...

Unbelievably and yet unsurprisingly, the reaction to the mass shooting at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston embodies so many of the outrageous evasions that characterize America’s discussions of race. The...

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...