North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is refusing to call legislators back into special session to complete tasks recently left undone. Sounds like things are moving in the right direction. McCrory would...

This year’s congressional elections will have a large impact on the remainder of the Obama presidency, and what does, or more likely, does not happen in that time. Nationally, the fate of the...

The discussion of gender-based discrimination usually pertains to women being under-compensated compared to men. But in the case of coed intramural soccer here at Appalachian State University, the opposite...

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Once again the United States is taking military action in Iraq, and once again Americans are afraid of a violent, extremist terrorist organization. It is easy to see why Americans would be fearful:...

North Carolina has finally made it onto a top-5 list! Gone are the days of being at the bottom of the food chain. Actually – ironically – North Carolina has the fifth-highest rate of hunger among adults...

This past weekend, we did the unthinkable. With the news that GameStop was running a limited-time sale on the Nintendo 2DS for $100, the idea of becoming owners of the unit became more realistic by...

Like most 20-year-olds who lived in North Carolina at the time of 9/11, I too do not remember much. I barely remember being in my T.C. Henderson Elementary School second grade classroom. If it were...

Appalachian State University is in the process of implementing a broad-based safety initiative that includes an emphasis on sexual assault, according to an article in the Aug. 27 edition of The Appalachian. Sexual...

The City Council in Berkeley, California passed a new ordinance that mandates all medical marijuana dispensaries allocate 2 percent of their stock to be distributed to the city’s poor, according to FOX...

Sept. 11, 2001 was a Tuesday. People typically don’t remember a Tuesday 13 years ago, but there are special exceptions all the time: Weddings, birthdays, the first day of school, the day you met your...