To Whom It May Concern: The common practice of transporting intoxicated students to and from different locations for a fee is termed “beeping.” Many students have taken advantage of this community-wide...

We can expect to see some changes coming relatively soon to education with N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory’s announcement Monday. Unfortunately, this new teacher pay plan does little to actually address...

The North Carolina Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People kicked off the “Moral March” festivities Saturday with a rally in protest of the N.C. General Assembly’s...

Cartoon by Andrew Cox, Editorial Cartoonist

      Cartoon by Bridget Mundy , Editorial Cartoonist

Just four days after a Federal District Court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to rule coal ash as either hazardous or nonhazardous, a ruptured pipe at a Duke Energy power plant flushed 82,000...

From the move to the Sun Belt Conference to the chancellor search, Appalachian State University has been undergoing a period of transition, and I hope one that administrators will expand to include academics. Since...

Cartoon by Bridget Mundy, Intern Editorial Cartoonist

Cartoon by Andrew Cox, Editorial Cartoonist

To the Editor: I would like to post my disagreement with Kevin Griffin’s op-ed regarding the Nobel Peace Prize nominations, titled “Snowden’s efforts don’t quite warrant Nobel Prize.” Edward...

After a lackluster, one-sided and incredibly disappointing Super Bowl between Seattle and Denver, at least we had something else happen Sunday night to talk about. Coca-Cola launched an advertisement...

Gov. Pat McCrory signed a bill in March 2013 declining the Medicaid expansion associated with the Affordable Care Act, according to the Charlotte Observer. This move taken by the governor nearly...