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Students wait in line to be tested for COVID-19 in College Street Parking Deck September 2020.

App State offers free walk-up testing to students after announcement of wrestling team cluster

Jake Markland, Reporter September 4, 2020

Students in masks waited in line in the College Street Parking Deck Wednesday and took advantage of App State’s free walk-up COVID-19 testing.  App State announced that 10 members of the wrestling...

Camerun Peoples speaking during the Wake the Chancellor event on Sanford Mall Aug. 31, 2020.

“Sheri, wake up”

Jackie Park and Emily Broyles September 4, 2020

Nearly 250 students from all walks of campus life, faculty and police gathered Monday to share stories and march alongside the Black at App State Collective from Sanford Mall to Chancellor Sheri Everts’...

Gov. Roy Cooper introduces "Phase 2.5," effective Friday

Gov. Roy Cooper introduces “Phase 2.5,” effective Friday

Gianna Holiday, Reporter September 1, 2020

Additional businesses can reopen at limited capacity on Friday under Gov. Roy Cooper’s Phase 2.5, the next stage of North Carolina's coronavirus pandemic recovery effort. This new phase comes with strict...

Congresswoman Virginia Foxx speaks to the crowd at the Watauga County GOP event Sunday evening about the importance of the 2020 election.

Republican candidates pitch their ideals at Watauga County GOP event

Moss Brennan, Reporter September 1, 2020

Nearly 100 people gathered Sunday to hear Republican candidates speak and ask for support at a Watauga County GOP event. The main issue for many of the candidates was simple: get out and vote.  “We...

Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning for the start of Super Tuesday. One person was ready to vote right when the polls opened in the Plemmons Student Union voting site.

State Board of Elections votes to keep early voting site in union despite opposition from App State administration

Moss Brennan, Reporter August 31, 2020

The North Carolina State Board of Elections voted 3-2 party line vote to keep the Blue Ridge Ballroom as the on-campus one-stop early voting site this election year.  The state board had to decide...

Fall 2021 marks the largest freshman class in school history.

App State enrollment reaches 20,023 students, meets UNC System Benchmarks

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter August 31, 2020

App State reached a total enrollment of 20,023 students this fall semester, Chancellor Sheri Everts announced in an email Aug. 28. Fall 2020 census and Office of Admissions data showed this record-breaking...

The line for provisional ballot voting stretches past the door. Gary Moorman estimates at least a 30 minute wait for provisional ballot voting.

Board of Elections to implement safety measures at voting sites

Moss Brennan, Reporter August 29, 2020

Thousands of people voted at polling sites across Watauga County during the March primaries. Sometimes, the lines would be hundreds more than 50 people long, crowding hallways and precincts.  The coronavirus...

Students wait in line behind the Plemmons Student Union on Wednesday, August 26, 2020.

University Bookstore implements new textbook distribution, students navigate system and school

Jake Markland, Reporter August 26, 2020

As students finish their second week of classes,  some are struggling to navigate the University Bookstore’s COVID-19 based system meant to promote social distancing, possibly facing issues with schoolwork...

What we know: UNC System schools' COVID-19 plans

What we know: UNC System schools’ COVID-19 plans

Xanayra Marin-Lopez, Reporter August 25, 2020

The 17-school UNC System is slowly closing each of its institutions as university dashboards report more COVID-19 cases and clusters. Students are learning of changes through school emails while keeping...

AppalCart announced changes to several routes this week in light of staffing shortages.

AppalCart maintains routes, services amid COVID-19

Cole Elledge, Reporter August 22, 2020

Papers line alternating seats to promote social distancing and open ventilation circulates air through the buses. App State students, now in masks, are riding AppalCart buses again. Quint David, the...

Town hall adopts 'Mountaineer Committee' resolution, exposes students to local government

Town hall adopts ‘Mountaineer Committee’ resolution, exposes students to local government

Gianna Holiday, Reporter August 22, 2020

The Town Council supported SGA’s Mountaineer Committee, a new student committee designed to increase student involvement in local politics, when the resolution was unanimously adopted on Aug. 18. In...

College democrats and republicans plan for upcoming election during pandemic

College democrats and republicans plan for upcoming election during pandemic

Abi Pepin, Reporter August 21, 2020

Even though COVID-19 has affected many people, events and everyday routines throughout the country, Election Day is still fast approaching. The App State College Democrats and Republicans are working hard...

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