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Alexa Rose performing on stage during Ecopolis. The event was created by Jeff Biggers as an interactive talk about sustainability.

Ecopolis: An interactive talk on sustainability

Myles Toe February 22, 2017

Writer and performer Jeff Biggers joined Lee Ball, Appalachian State’s director of sustainability, to talk about his roots and what drives him to fight for a more self sufficient future last Friday. “Self-sufficiency...

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Boone police make arrest linked to January armed robbery

Staff Reports February 17, 2017

Boone police arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with an alleged armed robbery and drug charge that occurred in January after stopping him for a traffic violation on Feb. 10. According to the police...

Protestors with signs from the march on Saturday. Signs voiced grievances over reproductive rights, police brutality, healthcare, representation in the state and federal government and other issues.

Appalachian students participate in Moral March

Sammy Hanf February 14, 2017

Thousands marched on downtown Raleigh for the North Carolina NAACP’s 11th annual Moral March. Among them were Appalachian students and Watauga residents bussed down by the Watauga NAACP Chapter. Todd...

Appalachian alumni wins best dissertation award from the London School of Economics

Halie Hamilton February 14, 2017

Caroline Federal, a 2012 Appalachian State anthropology alumna, was awarded Best Dissertation in the Masters of Science in Comparative Politics program at the London School of Economics. Federal won the...

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App State to Increase Textbook Rental Fee

Ben Sessoms February 14, 2017

The textbook rental fee will see its first increase since 2013, jumping from $140 per semester to $148 by May 2018, according to bookstore director Lorraine Childers. The textbook rental program allows...

Junior creative writing major Ahmad Al Homsi. Al Homsi could not return to the U.S. during the travel ban.

International student returns to Appalachian State after travel ban stayed

Sammy Hanf February 14, 2017

President Donald Trump’s January travel ban sparked protests across the country before it was stayed by a federal appeals court. The order suspended visas for anyone with a travel document from seven...

Map that shows the Municipal Service District boundary.

Town of Boone accepting proposals for public Wi-Fi

Angela McLinton February 9, 2017

Earlier this month, the Boone Town Council submitted a request for proposal for a “Downtown Public Wi-Fi Network,” which would mean free wireless internet service for all in the Municipal Service District,...

Laurel Ashton, WNC Field Director for the North Carolina NAACP, reading a statement about the Moral March on Raleigh on behalf of the NC NAACP president, Rev. William Barber. The March will take place on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Watauga NAACP to bus Appalachian students to Moral March

Sammy Hanf February 9, 2017

The Watauga County NAACP held a press conference to announce their participation in the Feb. 11 Moral March on Raleigh last Friday. Todd Carter, president of the Watauga County NAACP, said there will...

Mark Powell at the Booksellers Expo in Minneapolis where he represented his publisher Tyrus/Simon and Schuster.

The Mark Powell story

Shelby Friday February 7, 2017

Mark Powell is an English professor only in his second semester at Appalachian State University, and his students already feel as though they have grown as individuals and writers by taking his classes. Since...

John Foster West and Marian Coe Scholarship winners announced

John Foster West and Marian Coe Scholarship winners announced

Ashley Goodman February 7, 2017

The 2016-17 winners of the John Foster West and Marian Coe creative writing scholarships were announced by Appalachian State’s English department on Jan 18. The John Foster West Scholarship was named...

Grant Jeffrey and Brandon Hendricks handing out chalk at the Young Americans for Liberty Chalking for Free Speech event. YAL members handed out chalk and encouraged students to write whatever they wanted to protest the universitys chalking policy.

Free speech protest held against university’s chalking policy

Sammy Hanf February 3, 2017

Young Americans for Liberty invited passersby to chalk on Sanford Mall as a means of protest against changes made to the university’s policy last semester. The new policy, enacted last September after...

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New academic building planned at Broyhill as part of Millennial Campus

Ben Sessoms January 31, 2017

App State is planning to replace the recently demolished Broyhill Inn with an academic focused facility, according to Acting Chief of Staff Hank Foreman. While it has not been determined what will be...

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