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The Appalachian

OPINION: Modern music sucks

OPINION: Modern music sucks

Allison Lehan, Associate Opinion Editor April 29, 2024

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...

OPINION: Moving after graduation is not such a bad thing

OPINION: Moving after graduation is not such a bad thing

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer April 29, 2024

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...

OPINIÓN: Deja de preocuparte por el futuro

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor April 28, 2024

Traducido por: Kooper Poorbaugh La graduación es un tiempo para celebrar logros y conocer el mundo real por primera vez. Sin embargo, desde la perspectiva de un graduado, el mundo real es un pensamiento...

OPINIÓN: Mudarse después de graduarse no es algo tan malo

OPINIÓN: Mudarse después de graduarse no es algo tan malo

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer April 28, 2024

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...

Difference of Opinion: "The Tortured Poets Department" review

Difference of Opinion: “The Tortured Poets Department” review

Meg Frantz and Leah Boone April 24, 2024

“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...

OPINION: Traditional weddings are overrated

OPINION: Traditional weddings are overrated

Kaylie Morales, Opinion Writer April 22, 2024

Weddings are a time of celebration and unity for the couple and their families. There are formal rules that must be followed in Western weddings, including the division of genders in the wedding party,...

OPINION: The importance of green schools in K-12

OPINION: The importance of green schools in K-12

Kaylie Morales, Opinion Writer April 17, 2024

At App State, Sanford Mall is where many students bask in the sun, do school work or just hang out and enjoy the wonderful weather and surrounding mountains at any time. In the K-12 school system, students...

Letter to the Editor: The fight for the future is not over

Letter to the Editor: The fight for the future is not over

Andrew Myers April 15, 2024

Sheri Everts is resigning after a contentious, unresponsive and uncommunicative career as chancellor. We are not done with this fight, however. This is not the time for apathy. Now more than ever, students...

Leah's Lens: Conspiracy theory? No, just a Tuesday.

Leah’s Lens: Conspiracy theory? No, just a Tuesday.

Leah Boone, Opinion Editor April 15, 2024

Area 51 and the Illuminati. Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne. Princess Diana and Princess Catherine. While seemingly unrelated, each of these topics have one thing in common: the forefront of some of the...

Letter to the Editor: A resolution calling for campus leadership

Letter to the Editor: A resolution calling for campus leadership

The Faculty Senate April 10, 2024

Editor's Note: The Faculty Senate passed this resolution on Monday with a unanimous vote. The resolution was submitted to The Appalachian for publication as a Letter to the Editor. WHEREAS the Student...

OPINION: Congress members do not belong in the stock market

OPINION: Congress members do not belong in the stock market

Allison Lehan, Associate Opinion Editor April 10, 2024

The U.S. government has proven itself time and time again to be a contradictory, self-serving institution uninterested in the “by the people, for the people” ideology upon which its foundations were...

Leah's Lens: Pride cannot and will not be erased

Leah’s Lens: Pride cannot and will not be erased

Leah Boone, Opinion Editor April 8, 2024

For years, App State has been a university in which students who identify as LGBTQ+ feel safe and can freely express themselves. It has been an inclusive environment for all, providing a nonjudgmental...

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