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A motion blurred vehicle travels northwest on Tynecastle Highway, passing Sugar Mountain Resort on Feb. 15, 2023.

Rental rush creates High Country housing troubles

Will Hofmann and William Becker March 6, 2023

A teacher arrives in Boone with a job lined up, ready to purchase a house and settle down. It seems like it should be a piece of cake; after all, they already have their sights set on a house and can meet...

A biker enjoys the relaxed terrain of the Greenway, one of the few flatter areas to bike around Boone, making it a popular spot for bikers, skaters, roller bladers, runners and more, Oct. 23, 2022.

Town of Boone awarded grant to conduct feasibility study

Madalyn Edwards, News Editor March 5, 2023

The Town of Boone was recently awarded a grant to conduct a multimodal feasibility study to identify possible routes that will increase ease of transportation and benefit the community in numerous ways. The...

The inside of Roess Dining Hall.

Mice found in App State dining hall

Jenna Guzman, Former Editor-in-Chief March 2, 2023

Editor’s note: This story contains the inclusion of anonymous sources who were granted anonymity in compliance with SPJ Code of Ethics. This semester, there have been sightings of mice in Roess Dining...

Kathleen Wiant speaks to the audience about hazing and what hazing looks like.

Love, Mom and Dad program calls for anti-hazing movement

Madalyn Edwards, News Editor March 1, 2023

App State hosted a program Tuesday night called Love, Mom and Dad that encouraged anti-hazing actions and touched on the lasting impacts of hazing for App State students in fraternities and sororities. The...

Members of the Lumbee Tribe standing with members of App State faculty, underneath the Lumbee Tribe flag.

App State unveils Lumbee Tribe flag

Kaitlyn Potochnik, Reporter February 27, 2023

A Lumbee Tribe flag was unveiled in the International Hallway, right next to where the flag of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation hangs Monday. The App State chapter of the Student American Indian...

Sprint race participants line up on the grass patch and prepare to take off running in their heels.

Mile walk in heels brings awareness, funding to OASIS

Madison Lipe February 27, 2023

Ready, set, go. Sunday afternoon Sigma Kappa sorority hosted Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, an event to raise money and awareness for the nonprofit organization OASIS. Fifty men showed up, high heels...

Pictured (from left to right): Larisa Eichler (Co-president of Active Minds), Abby Clark (Vice President of Active Minds), Erin Whitaker, Karae Shuler, Natalie Henn and Erika Hernandez. Not Pictured: Zoe Rudd (Coordinator for Body Positive at App State).

Smashing scales and stigmas: Clubs bring awareness to disordered eating

Thomas Turner February 22, 2023

As the wind rushed across Sanford Mall Tuesday afternoon, with a crowd of around a dozen people, the only thing standing between Zoe Rudd and the scale on the ground before her was the contempt in her...

App State named a top producer of Fulbright students, scholars

App State named a top producer of Fulbright students, scholars

Siri Patterson, Former Managing Editor February 20, 2023

App State was recognized as one of the top producers of Fulbright U.S. students and scholars Feb. 10, according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education.  This is the third time the university...

University seminar discusses rise in antisemitism

University seminar discusses rise in antisemitism

Thomas Turner and Mia Seligman February 17, 2023

Amid the growing amount of hateful discourse across America in recent years, App State hosted a seminar Wednesday regarding antisemitism and how it appears today. The seminar, titled “Antisemitism...

Nazi flag raised outside Temple of the High Country, campus and community respond

Nazi flag raised outside Temple of the High Country, campus and community respond

Andrew Rice and Will Hofmann February 16, 2023

Boone Police responded at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday to a call of an individual waving a Nazi flag outside of the Temple of the High Country, according to a press release from Boone Police Department.  By...

Courtesy of Will Sheppard. From left to right, Devon Singleton, Jaila Hatcher, Brandy Bryson, William Sheppard, David Itson, Kadrian Smith, Adrian Everett.

‘Don’t survive; let’s thrive’ App State’s Black Male Excellence Initiative

K. Slade, Visual Managing Editor February 15, 2023

“D on’t survive; let’s thrive,” Will Sheppard tells his cohort of young Black men, a group of university freshmen and sophomores. He urges them to share their trouble in detail instead of suppressing...

Roberta Jackson poses for a portrait at at the 105-year-old Boone Mennonite Brethren Church on January 30th, 2023. Jackson acts as representative for the Junaluska Historical Association.

Historically Black community looks to preserve, educate community

Andrew Rice, Former Political Editor February 14, 2023

J unaluska, Watauga County’s single standing African American community, is ensuring they are remembered in the history books.   The Junaluska Heritage Association, founded in 2011, is a “community-based...

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