Cartoon: BRIDGET MUNDY, Editorial cartoonist

  Cartoon: ANDREW COX, Editorial caroonist

Things are about to get a lot tougher for students in North Carolina public schools. The North Carolina Board of Education voted unanimously Oct. 3 to approve scoring standards, which, if they had been...

When Gov. Pat McCrory signed House Bill 74 on Aug. 23, he passed legislation allowing students and student organizations to use attorney or non-attorney advocates in some parts of student conduct. The...

We are a week into the first federal government shutdown in 17 years – the point in time when many analysts say the true effects of this action will be felt. Many are certainly feeling the effects...

  Cartoon: ANDREW COX, Editorial cartoonist

  Cartoon: BRIDGET MUNDY, Editorial cartoonist

Addressing Appalachian State University trustees in June, UNC system President Tom Ross said the university would have to make tough choices. The university will be forced to analyze the effectiveness...

In the wake of the recent voting changes in Watauga County that moved on-campus voting to Legends, the Student Government Association here at Appalachian State University is working to cancel midday classes...

The state of North Carolina has been subject to extensive discussion over the past month or so with regard to potential changes to the voting system. However, it seems that the voting ID changes could...

Appalachian State University is a campus based on equality and acceptance. We have LGBT support, religious tolerance and a mutual understanding that everyone is different in his or her own ideas. But...