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The Appalachian
Kaitlyn Close

Kaitlyn Close, Visual Managing Editor

Kaitlyn Close (she/her) is a senior Graphic Design major and Digital Marketing minor. This is her second year with The Appalachian.

All content by Kaitlyn Close
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[Photo] OPINION: The U.S. voting system needs reform, but votes still matter

Allison Lehan, Associate Opinion Editor
October 17, 2024
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[Photo] Board of Elections shares operations updates after Hurricane Helene

Andrew Rice, Political Editor
October 3, 2024
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[Photo] Hispanic Heritage Month Columns

Edgar Jaimes-Ramos and Benito del Pliego
September 10, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Not researching your political candidate is irresponsible

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer
September 10, 2024
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[Photo] Letter to the Editor: Implementation of required first year seminar course

Bailey Anne Brodd
April 29, 2024
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[Photo] Vampire flick ‘Abigail’ is a bloody pirou-letdown

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
April 29, 2024
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[Photo] Student guide to App State’s New York Loft

Samantha Salvador, Reporter
April 24, 2024
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Frolicking in a field

Ann Korwan, Reporter
April 22, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Traditional weddings are overrated

Kaylie Morales, Opinion Writer
April 22, 2024
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[Photo] Girl in Red bares all in ‘I’m Doing It Again, Baby!’

Nance Onsrud, Reporter
April 17, 2024
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[Photo] Dev Patel’s ‘Monkey Man’ comes to baboone

April 10, 2024
Publix, winner of Best Grocery category for the third consecutive year, offers customers products and services such as dessert platters, subs and weekly ad deals.

[Photo] Best of Boone 2024: Best of Food

Chloe Jenkins, Ann Korwan, Meg Frantz, Katelin Potter, Riley Proserpi, Thomas Turner, Vivian Shillingsburg, El Shedrick, Briley Turpin, Cameron Miller, Abby Buckner, Rebekah Mann, Pruett Norris, Lauren Lyerly, Ella Adams, Jenna Guzman, and Makayla Muñoz
April 8, 2024
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[Photo] County tax system results in Boone losing millions of dollars annually

Abigail Eggers, Reporter
April 8, 2024
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[Photo] Cowboy Carter breaks all barriers for what a Beyoncé album can be

Nance Onsrud, Reporter
April 5, 2024
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Long distance love songs

Rebekah Mann, Reporter
April 3, 2024
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[Photo] Album Review: Olivia Rodrigo spills more ‘GUTS’

Rebekah Mann, Reporter
April 1, 2024
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[Photo] App at a glance: March 27- April 2

Katelin Potter, Reporter
March 26, 2024
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[Photo] BANFF film festival brings adventure to Boone

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
March 26, 2024
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[Photo] App at a glance: March 20-26

Katelin Potter, Reporter
March 21, 2024
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[Photo] Pruett’s 2024 Oscars Predictions, printable ballot

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
March 9, 2024
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[Photo] App at a glance: March 6-12

Katelin Potter, Reporter
March 6, 2024
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[Photo] A drive through AppalCART’s history

Thomas Turner, Associate Multimedia Editor
March 4, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Everything wrong with this year’s FAFSA

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer
February 26, 2024
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[Photo] Thomas Talks Games: ‘Lies of P’

Thomas Turner, Associate Multimedia Editor
February 26, 2024
Letter from the Editors: Reflecting on Student Press Freedom Day

Letter from the Editors: Reflecting on Student Press Freedom Day

Jenna Guzman, Ella Adams, Vivian Parks, Siri Patterson, Leah Boone, and Kaitlyn Close
February 22, 2024
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[Photo] App at a glance: Feb. 21-27

Katelin Potter, Reporter
February 21, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Snow days should have never disappeared

Courtney Quinton, Opinion Writer
February 16, 2024
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[Photo] Letter from the Editor: To be understood

K. Slade, Visual Managing Editor
February 13, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Apparently, kindness is a crime

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor
February 14, 2024
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[Photo] Letter to the Editor: The impact of Black History Month

Nii Okine and Folarin Oguntoyinbo
February 13, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Valentine’s Day is too commercialized

Madison Nance, Opinion Writer
February 12, 2024

[Photo] App at a glance: Feb. 7-13

Katelin Potter, Reporter
February 7, 2024
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[Photo] Boone Town Council recognizes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

Sam Deibler, Associate News Editor
January 30, 2024
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[Photo] Space thriller ‘I.S.S.’ rockets into nowhere

February 2, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: App State needs nap pods

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor
January 29, 2024
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[Photo] Mountaineer Media Swap Episode 3: ACADEMIA

Pruett Norris and Briley Turpin
January 22, 2024
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[Photo] App at a glance: Jan. 24 – 31

Katelin Potter, Reporter
January 22, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: App State needs to improve

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor
January 17, 2024
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[Photo] OPINION: Snow driving etiquette 101

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor
January 21, 2024
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[Photo] Books and bops: Top books and music of 2023

Meg Frantz, Associate A&C Editor
January 18, 2024
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[Photo] Sandworms, civil war and sci-fi spectacle: 2024 spring movie preview

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
January 18, 2024
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[Photo] COLUMN: Pruett’s 10 favorite movies of 2023

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
January 16, 2024
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[Photo] The magnificent melodrama of ‘May December’

December 18, 2023
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[Photo] Board of Trustees discusses economic impact study, university accomplishments

Samantha Salvador, Reporter
December 11, 2023
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[Photo] Predictions for the 2023 Game Awards

Thomas Turner, Associate Multimedia Editor
December 5, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: The consequences of flat earthers

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer
December 1, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: Art students deserve better

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer
November 27, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Thanksgiving folk

Ann Korwan, Reporter
November 22, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: Thanksgiving etiquette 101

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor
November 20, 2023
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[Photo] Difference of Opinion: Are gen-ed classes necessary?

Bella Lantz and Aidan Kane
November 17, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Sad girl dance party

Anna Cox
November 14, 2023
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[Photo] Appalachian art: Functional crafting

Kayla Masterman, Associate Visual Managing Editor
November 14, 2023
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[Photo] App at a glance: Nov. 16-22

Katelin Potter, Reporter
November 13, 2023
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[Photo] DiCaprio, Gladstone score with Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
November 8, 2023
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[Photo] Mountaineer Media Swap Episode 1: MONSTERS

Pruett Norris and Briley Turpin
October 30, 2023
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[Photo] App at a glance: Nov. 1-8

Katelin Potter, Reporter
November 1, 2023
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[Photo] COLUMN: The beauty of Día de los Muertos

Emily Escobedo Ramirez, Director of Engagement
November 1, 2023
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[Photo] Pru’s boo reviews: ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ fails to frighten

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
October 30, 2023
Two Stars

[Photo] Pru’s boo reviews: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
October 29, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: Halloween costume predictions

Bella Lantz, Associate Opinion Editor
October 25, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Rocktober

Madelyn Crawford
October 19, 2023
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[Photo] A look into the present and future of App State

Baron Joseph, Reporter
October 8, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: Myth of the Boone brothel law

Sophie Hughes
September 27, 2023
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[Photo] Pru’s boo reviews: ‘A Haunting in Venice’

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
September 20, 2023
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[Photo] Just Breathe, Episode 1: Anxiety (Part One)

Hannah Byars, Multimedia Reporter
September 19, 2023
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[Photo] Back to the danger zone: Reviewing “Top Gun: Maverick”

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
August 29, 2022
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[Photo] Don’t bother, darling: “Don’t Worry Darling” review

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
October 25, 2022
Two and a Half Stars

[Photo] QuantuMESS: Reviewing ‘Ant-Man 3’

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
March 2, 2023
Four Stars

[Photo] Paddington meets powder: Reviewing ‘Cocaine Bear’

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
March 22, 2023
Five Stars

[Photo] 30 years later, “Jurassic Park” still bites

Pruett Norris, Multimedia Editor
August 30, 2023
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[Photo] Letter from the Editor: Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month

Jenna Guzman, Editor-in-Chief
September 13, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: An escape from studying

Ann Korwan and Ashley Kleiman
September 5, 2023
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[Photo] App at a glance: Sept. 6-13

Briley Turpin, A&C Editor
September 4, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Dorm disco

Cameron Miller
August 30, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: It takes time to find your path

Emily Escobedo Ramirez, Director of Engagement
August 23, 2023
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[Photo] Letter from the Editor: It’s that time of year again

Jenna Guzman, Editor-in-Chief
August 16, 2023
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[Photo] OPINION: A guide to dorm living

El Shedrick, Opinion Writer
August 14, 2023
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[Photo] 10 historic moments in App State sports history

Sarah Kruger, Reporter
August 14, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Dancing in the kitchen

Abby Buckner, A&C Editor
April 24, 2023
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[Photo] App at a glance: April 20-26

Asher Davidson, Reporter
April 19, 2023
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[Photo] App at a glance: April 13-19

Amena Matcheswala, Reporter
April 12, 2023
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[Photo] Leah’s Lens: It is too late for just ‘reform’

Leah Boone, Opinion Editor
April 5, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Love in the mountains

Denise Casalez, Reporter
February 13, 2023
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[Photo] Difference of Opinion: Are weed-out classes necessary?

August Endress and Leah Boone
February 17, 2023
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[Photo] Playlist of the week: Hallo-win Homecoming

October 25, 2022
Chancellor Sheri Everts and others break ground on the the Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research March 25, 2022. The Conservatory will be the first building of the university's Innovation District.

[Photo] Groundbreaking event marks beginning of Innovation District construction

Andrew Rice, Political Editor
March 25, 2022
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