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Student guide to App State’s New York Loft

Student guide to App State’s New York Loft

Samantha Salvador, Reporter April 24, 2024

A block from Madison Square Park, the App State New York Loft is located among residential buildings on 24th Street. The Loft serves as a place for students, faculty and alumni to stay during their time...

Neva J. Specht appointed as acting provost

Neva J. Specht appointed as acting provost

Thomas Turner April 22, 2024

Interim Chancellor Heather Hulburt Norris announced in an email Monday that Neva J. Specht has been appointed as acting provost, filling the role Norris left upon being appointed as interim chancellor...

A skater looks at another skateboarder riding in the Boone Greenway Skatepark, March 2023.

Skatepark advocates rally support at public input session

Mia Seligman, Enterprise Editor April 22, 2024

A public input session for phase two of the Boone Greenway skatepark project was hosted April 18 at the Watauga County Public Library. During the session, public attendees were able to speak and ask questions...

Heather Norris was announced as the interim chancellor for App State April 19.  Photo courtesy of the University of North Carolina System.

BREAKING: App State appoints interim chancellor

Jenna Guzman, Editor-in-Chief April 19, 2024

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Heather Norris has been appointed interim chancellor, effective immediately. The announcement was made in an email sent out to the university Friday and comes after...

Newly appointed and elected members of the SGA pose in the Plemmons Student Union on April 16. Courtney Castellow (left), Brittany Byrum, Kathryn Long, Amarah Din, Jackson Adams, Kaylee Greene and Hampton Smith (pictured on Greene's phone) will all serve in leadership positions in the 58th session. (Courtesy of Kathryn Long)

58th session of SGA leadership officers nominated, confirmed

Siri Patterson, Managing Editor April 18, 2024

The final general assembly meeting of the 57th session of the Student Government Association saw the appointment of the eight positions for the 58th session’s leadership team Tuesday.  Courtney Castellow...

UNC committee set to vote on DEI policies

UNC committee set to vote on DEI policies

Mia Seligman, Enterprise Editor April 18, 2024

The Committee on University Governance voted to repeal and replace a policy related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Wednesday. The committee voted in less than four minutes to move forward. The...

Quality Enhancement Plan initiative focuses on climate literacy

Quality Enhancement Plan initiative focuses on climate literacy

Samantha Salvador, Reporter April 17, 2024

Every decade, universities have to go through a reaccreditation process to ensure students receive quality education, according to the Higher Learning Commission. The Quality Enhancement Plan is a resource...

BREAKING: Sheri Everts steps down as App State Chancellor

BREAKING: Sheri Everts steps down as App State Chancellor

Siri Patterson, Managing Editor April 15, 2024

Chancellor Sheri Everts announced she will step down from the Office of the Chancellor effective Friday. In the email sent April 15, she writes her resignation is due to “significant health challenges.” Everts...

Guest speaker brings solutions to the contaminated water problem in Gaza to App State

Guest speaker brings solutions to the contaminated water problem in Gaza to App State

Zoey Sigmon, Reporter April 11, 2024

App State and the Department of Anthropology welcomed Salah El Sadi to speak April 5 about his work and efforts toward solving the contaminated water problem in Gaza.  Plemmons Student Union hosted...

BREAKING: Stabbing occurs at Peacock Hall

BREAKING: Stabbing occurs at Peacock Hall

Jenna Guzman, Editor-in-Chief April 11, 2024

This is a developing story. A student was injured in a stabbing that occurred Thursday at Peacock Hall, according to an email sent out by App State. App State student Emmet Cardwell was arrested and...

Dating safety awareness in a digital age with RAINN

Dating safety awareness in a digital age with RAINN

Samantha Salvador, Reporter April 9, 2024

Editors note: This article contains language regarding sexual assault.  During their time in college, 13% of undergraduate and graduate students experience sexual assault on campus, according to the...

County tax system results in Boone losing millions of dollars annually

County tax system results in Boone losing millions of dollars annually

Abigail Eggers, Reporter April 8, 2024

In September 2007, Watauga County began construction on a new high school, a project that ultimately led to a change in the distribution of sales tax in Watauga County in 2013. The change has cost Boone...

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