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Southern Comfort by Robbie Barber. Photo by Carl Blankenship.

30 years of sculptures

Carrie Hall April 7, 2016

If you enjoy the sculptures around campus, make sure to spend some time admiring them in the next few weeks. Each April some of the sculptures you walked by on the way to class, admired from afar or analyzed...

Steely Pan Band performs on Solarium stage in Plemmons Student Union on Tuesday evening during the Diversity Celebration. Photo by Dallas Linger.

ASU holds 15th annual diversity celebration

Halie Hamilton April 7, 2016

The 15th annual Diversity Celebration took place on Tuesday. At this celebration, there were live performances, international food tasting, dancing and a unity celebration. Traci Royster, interim director...

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Soccer tournament helps celebrate diversity

Tommy Culkin April 7, 2016

Appalachian State will hold the 10th annual People of the Planet soccer tournament on April 9 as part of its Diversity Celebration. The tournament’s mission statement is to bring together students...

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Appalachian to hold second annual suicide prevention walk

Tommy Culkin April 6, 2016

Appalachian State will hold its second annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Walk on April 16. The walk is a fundraiser to support local mental health organizations, and a way for participants...

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Possible Playground for Appalachian State

Celia Calhoun April 6, 2016

Two Appalachian State students, junior international business major Iridian Garcia and freshman physics major Kavona Evans, are working on getting a playground in Appalachian State’s major plan as a...

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App students bringing e-biking to Boone

Sammy Hanf April 6, 2016

Ryan Gillespie, a senior appropriate technology major, is spearheading an effort to get Boone’s citizens behind the handlebars of electric bicycles. Ryan said his interest in e-bikes was first piqued...

Winners of the SGA presidential and vice presidential election, Jayln Howard and Kendrick Dawson. Howard is a junior health care management major and Dawson is a junior risk management and insurance major. The Howard/Dawson ticket won with 1,421 (54.1%) of the total votes for the 2016 election. Photo by Brandon Peterson.

Howard aims to reform SGA, inspire change

Tommy Culkin April 5, 2016

Jalyn Howard and Kendrick Dawson were voted in as the next Student Government Association president and vice president on March 23. Howard, who had previously served as the SGA director of cultural affairs,...

Mae Jemison, who became the first African-American woman to travel in space, speaks at Appalachian State University in Schaefer Center on March 30. Photo by Monique Rivera.

First African American female astronaut speaks at Appalachian

Tommy Culkin April 5, 2016

Mae Jemison, America's first African American female astronaut, spoke at Appalachian State on March 30. Jemison was a NASA astronaut for six years, in which time she flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavor...

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Team from College of Business wins regional competition

Tommy Culkin April 5, 2016

For the fifth year in a row, a team of students from Appalachian State University’s Walker College of Business have won the regional Charter Financial Analyst Institute Research Challenge. The team...

A pine tree infected with cryptomeria. Photo courtesy of Jill Sidebottom.

Local christmas trees plagued by pests

Sammy Hanf April 1, 2016

Christmas tree farmers' crops across the High Country have come under recent attack from pests that originate overseas. Cryptomeria and elongate hemlock scale, Asian emigres that cause big problems for...

Anti-abortion display sparks controversy among students

Anti-abortion display sparks controversy among students

Leah Wingenroth March 31, 2016

On Wednesday, March 30, Sanford Mall was the site for an anti-abortion protest held by the organization AbortionNO, which displayed large images depicting abortion procedures, comparing abortion to...

Appalachian State University students hold up letters that form the statement “build kindness not walls,” in front of Trump Tower in New York City. Photo courtesy of Rachel Bowles.

App State students join protest outside Trump Tower

Sammy Hanf March 31, 2016

A group of protestors outside of Trump Tower on March 15 prompted a story in The New York Times, but the story did not mention the origin of one subset of the protestors. A group of Appalachian State...

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