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The State Farm AppalCART route will run a new route starting Monday, Oct. 29. The route is being changed to address overcrowding on the Blue Route and provide service to the App State Child Development Center, according to AppalCART. The route will stop at the Peacock Traffic Light and continue to Poplar Grove Road, turning
App State University Police released an update on the investigation into an attempted robbery reported on Sept. 26. The investigation revealed that the crime did not occur, according to an email sent out through App State Alert. The first email, sent on Sept. 27, described an attempted robbery committed by two men at the intersection
Fifty years ago Rev. Jesse Jackson stood by Martin Luther King Jr. and fought for justice. Now, Jackson stands by students, advocating for civil rights for all in today’s society. On Thursday, Oct. 18, The University Forum Lecture Series brought Jackson’s presentation “With Justice for All: Human Rights and Civil Rights at Home and Abroad”
At first mention of App State’s connection with the Hunger and Health Coalition, program coordinator Terri Niederhammer’s voice raised an octave and overflowed with excitement. “In 2017, we received 43,916 meals in donations. Without our collaboration with ASU, that would be almost 13,000 meals a year we were without,” Niederhammer said. App State has a
About one in eight U.S. women will develop breast cancer in her lifetime, according to U.S. Breast Cancer Statistics. Eight of eight App State’s Women’s Center volunteers do their best to spread awareness of breast cancer dangers across campus. The Women’s Center hosts “Knit Knockers” during October, an event during which volunteers knit breast inserts
Story by Moss Brennan, News Editor Feature Photo by Jules Blaylock, Chief Copy Editor Timeline by Nora Smith, Editor-in-Chief Video by Logan Berg, Video Editor Section 1: Bringing Migos to App Section 2: Show Time Section 3: Aftermath Section 4: Contractual Dilemma When Jake Ostrow, the former adviser to APPS, heard what was happening at
Each year, 10 incoming first-year students are awarded the Chancellor’s Scholarship, which offers full institutional costs for four years, and other academic and co-curricular benefits, including special housing and travel opportunities. One of these travel opportunities is the annual fall break trip to Dublin, Ireland, which begins Oct. 9. Jefford Vahlbusch, dean of The Honors
Koru Mindfulness, a program that was created and developed in the counseling center of Duke University over the course of a decade, is in its second year of sessions at App State. Elisabeth Cavallaro, coordinator for Student Mental Wellness, described mindfulness as “the practice of paying attention to whatever is happening around you in the
The Appalachian State Politics Club hosted a debate for the candidates of the 93rd district of the North Carolina House of Representatives Tuesday. Incumbent Jonathan Jordan (R) faced Ray Russell (D) of raysweather.com in “a very competitive election with two quality candidates,” William Hicks, assistant professor of political science and moderator of the debate, said.
A report from the USC Race and Equity Center released on Sept. 26, graded the status of education of black students at every four-year, non-specialized, public postsecondary institution in the nation. This report rated schools based on representation equality, gender equality, completion equality and the ratio of black students to black faculty. It then averaged each
