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All content by Nicole Caporaso
The Appalachian Online

Fraternity events draw mass attention

Nicole Caporaso
April 28, 2015
Gerrit Van Genderen | The Appalachian

Traveling Negro League baseball museum comes to campus

Nicole Caporaso
April 15, 2015
The Appalachian Online

University faculty respond to uproar over privilege bulletin boards

Nicole Caporaso
April 14, 2015
Senior middle infielder Michael Pierson makes a play in the hole against Wake Forest March 25. Pierson went 1-3 with an RBI against High Point last night in the 8-3 App State win.

Mountaineers snap losing skid behind balanced effort

Nicole Caporaso
April 1, 2015
(Left to right) Cele Rodriguez, Nathalia Ruiz, Ty White, Joshua Carr, Patrick Long and Maddie Majerus served as panel members during Phi Beta Sigma's "Think Like a Man, Think Like a Woman, and Everyone in Between" event on Thursday evening.

Panel allows students to reflect on gender expectations, stereotypes

Nicole Caporaso
March 28, 2015
The Appalachian Online

Title IX keeps the ball rolling for women’s collegiate sports

Nicole Caporaso
March 25, 2015
Reinvesting in Rich

Reinvesting in Rich

Nicole Caporaso
March 25, 2015
Dawson named App State field hockey coach

Dawson named App State field hockey coach

Nicole Caporaso
March 25, 2015
Student shares personal experience with homelessness at 3rd Place event

Student shares personal experience with homelessness at 3rd Place event

Nicole Caporaso
March 17, 2015
Incumbent student body president Carson Rich and his vice presidential candidatte Abby Hamrick will run against Sam Murray and his vice presidential candidate Wes Rawles. Regular campaigning will beghin March 16. Photo by Bailey La Stella

SGA candidates announced

Nicole Caporaso
March 3, 2015
The Appalachian Online

More students studying abroad

Nicole Caporaso
February 24, 2015
The Appalachian Online

Students declare candidacy for next year’s SGA president, VP positions

Nicole Caporaso
February 18, 2015
The class of geology professors Brian Zimmer and Scott Marshall in Iceland last year. The professors will be taking their students to Iceland again this year.

Faculty-led trip to Iceland offers students geology credits

Nicole Caporaso
February 12, 2015
Warrior Fund aids veterans, their children in attending ASU

Warrior Fund aids veterans, their children in attending ASU

Nicole Caporaso
February 12, 2015
Sports journalism inclusivity needs improvement

Sports journalism inclusivity needs improvement

Nicole Caporaso
February 11, 2015
Sam Murray, Chukwuebuka Ibeziako, Patrick Long, and Carson Rich answer questions posed by the Women's Center and audience members regarding sexual assault.

Fraternity, Women’s Center promote sexual assault awareness

Nicole Caporaso
February 6, 2015
The Appalachian Online

Sigma Alpha Omega to spread love through service work

Nicole Caporaso
February 5, 2015
The Appalachian Online

Minorities look to educate majority

Nicole Caporaso
February 5, 2015
The Appalachian Social Justice Educators hold their first meeting of the spring semester to plan future events and fundraisers.

Appalachian Social Justice Educators aim for changes on campus

Nicole Caporaso
January 29, 2015
The Reproductive Justice Club held its first meeeting on Thursday, January 22nd and was lead by Anna Lobastova (far left) and Maddie Majerus (far right). The club was created to educate and get people engaged on the issue of environmental, racial, sexual, gender, and economic justice that takes it beyond the talk of pro-choice and pro-life. Photo by Halle Keighton | The Appalachian

Reproductive rights become focus of new student club

Nicole Caporaso
January 27, 2015
The Appalachian Online

Master of Science in nursing to be ASU’s newest graduate program

Nicole Caporaso
January 27, 2015
The Appalachian Online

TransAction teaches students how to be a good transgender ally

Nicole Caporaso
January 23, 2015
The Appalachian Online

Students plan future of solidarity

Nicole Caporaso
January 15, 2015
Veggies, Fruits, and More owner Allen Curtis at his new location on King Street, a transition from his location on extension 105. Photo by Sarah Weiffenbach | The Appalachian

Farmers market moves to King Street

Nicole Caporaso
December 4, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Tunnel of Oppression pushes for awareness

Nicole Caporaso
November 25, 2014
Group of students playing board games at the international student coffee hour in the whitewater cafe. Photo by Charlie Montero | The Appalachian

Appalachian’s international students reflect on life in the United States

Nicole Caporaso
November 20, 2014
Manager of communication Michael Fields in the green screen room of Beasley Media Complex Monday afternoon. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

AppCable to air homegrown productions

Nicole Caporaso
November 20, 2014
Photo by Halle Keighton | The Appalachian

SGA works to provide rape kits

Nicole Caporaso
November 17, 2014
Cans that were donated for the Hunger Games Canned Food Drive inside the ACT office. The drive collected a total of 3,768 cans. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

Soup of the day: Charity

Nicole Caporaso
November 17, 2014
Senior special design major Brianne Schlott poses for a picture after winning the Miss Asheville Pageant. Courtesy of Kelly Morgan Photography

ASU student uses pageants to campaign for special education

Nicole Caporaso
November 17, 2014
Assistant men’s track coach David Ward and his wife Dawn Ward volunteer for Samaritan's Purse's Operation Christmas Child on Saturday afternoon. They held a free raffle of Appalachian gear to promote the cause. Photo by Dallas Linger | The Appalachian

Campus gathers gifts for Operation Christmas Child

Nicole Caporaso
November 13, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Voting issues surface in 2014 general election

Nicole Caporaso
November 13, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Cat-borne disease outbreak affects Watauga Humane Society

Nicole Caporaso
November 11, 2014
A box in the Women's Center in Plemmons Student Union being used to collect feminine hygiene products for the Feminine Hygiene Drive. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

LIPS, OASIS help survivors

Nicole Caporaso
November 11, 2014
(From left to right) Aakriti Agrawal, Julia Grainger, Brie Sciales and Rachel Clay pose with a mattress used for the mattress walk in Plemmons Student Union on Wednesday. The mattress walk was held to raise awareness for sexual and domestic violence in the college community. Photo by Carson Hager | The Appalachian

National media directs attention to Appalachian Students

Nicole Caporaso
November 4, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Western Carolina student charged with the rape of Appalachian student

Nicole Caporaso
November 3, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Appalachian feminists create club with purpose to educate

Nicole Caporaso
October 28, 2014

Partnership formed to diversify Appalachian

Nicole Caporaso
October 28, 2014
ASU students participating in early voting in Price Lake Ballroom Friday afternoon. Early voting began Oct. 23 and will continue until Nov. 1. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

More than 1,000 votes cast in student union

Nicole Caporaso
October 27, 2014
The State Board of Elections ruled Wednesday in a unanimous vote that the Price Lake Room of Plemmons Student Union would be an on-campus voting site for the 2014 elections. Early voting starts Thursday at 8 a.m. Photo by Malik Rahili | The Appalachian

Campus voting victory

Nicole Caporaso
October 22, 2014
An aerial view of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Wake Forest and Appalachian State have teamed up to provide a beneficial program for aspiring physician assistants. Photo courtesy of WFBH Photography

ASU, Wake Forest offer collaborated class concerning rural health care

Nicole Caporaso
October 14, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Ebola has been ruled out for Watauga Medical Center patient

Nicole Caporaso
October 9, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Student organizations sponsor African American alumni events

Nicole Caporaso
October 8, 2014
The Appalachian Online

BSA celebrates 40 years of leadership on campus

Nicole Caporaso
October 8, 2014
Former congresswoman Beverly Byron (left), SGA president Carson Rich (center) and former congressman Dan Miller answer questions from students at a panel for "Coffee with Congress" in Parkway Ballroom Monday night. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

Q&A with Congress: Byron and Miller discuss voting, involvement

Nicole Caporaso
October 8, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Visiting speaker discusses the power of human actions

Nicole Caporaso
October 2, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Everts addresses ‘Appalachian family’, diversity at SGA meeting

Nicole Caporaso
October 2, 2014
Photo by Malik Rahili | The Appalachian

Feminist Pride Day inclusive to all

Nicole Caporaso
October 1, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Sigma Kappa, Delta Sigma Phi raise close to $2,000 for Hunter’s Heroes

Nicole Caporaso
September 30, 2014
Photo by Sarah Weiffenbach | The Appalachian

F.A.R.M. Cafe initiates monthly community gatherings

Nicole Caporaso
September 29, 2014
Photo by Dallas Linger | The Appalachian

Gone but never forgotten

Nicole Caporaso
September 29, 2014
Sophomore biology major Tony Lieng in the Office of Student Research. The Office of Student Research is offering a grant to students with the initiative to do sustainability research. Photo by Carson Hager | The Appalachian

Research grant offered to students to create a sustainable society

Nicole Caporaso
September 24, 2014
Education school enrollment drops across the state

Education school enrollment drops across the state

Nicole Caporaso
September 22, 2014
Photo by Carson Hager | The Appalachian

ASU grad student sells mobile guidebook on phone app

Nicole Caporaso
September 22, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Office of Sustainability sponsors peace parade

Nicole Caporaso
September 18, 2014
Sophomore music therapy major Kate Rhudy at Espresso News + Wine Bar on Howard St. on Monday evening. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

Leveling the playing field

Nicole Caporaso
September 17, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Gay? Fine By Me aims to gain allies

Nicole Caporaso
September 17, 2014
Photo by Dallas Linger | The Appalachian

SGA asks for help with safety app

Nicole Caporaso
September 15, 2014
Photo by Dallas Linger | The Appalachian

Appalachian food services supports local farms

Nicole Caporaso
September 15, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Memories of a nightmare: My 9/11 experience

Nicole Caporaso
September 11, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Wallace discusses Smith, assaults at SGA meeting

Nicole Caporaso
September 10, 2014
The Appalachian Online

Students host second annual hackathon: AppHack

Nicole Caporaso
September 8, 2014
A new recording studio has been recently installed on the lower level floor of the Belk Library. Photo by Rachel Krauza | The Appalachian

Recording studio added to Belk Library

Nicole Caporaso
September 8, 2014
Photo by Rachel Krauza | The Appalachian

Student Yosef Club Draws First Blood

Nicole Caporaso
September 8, 2014
Rainforest Alliance coffee commits to sustainability

Rainforest Alliance coffee commits to sustainability

Nicole Caporaso
September 3, 2014
Biology Club plans for expansion, opportunities

Biology Club plans for expansion, opportunities

Nicole Caporaso
September 3, 2014
The Kid Brewer Stadium last Wednesday afternoon. The stadium is beginning a new zero waste initiative throughout the facility. Photo by Rachel Krauza | The Appalachian

The Rock goes green

Nicole Caporaso
September 3, 2014
Construction of Boone’s upcoming IHOP restaurant has begun at the former Blockbuster Video store on Highway 321. Photo by Cara Croom | The Appalachian

Tentative date is set for the opening of future Boone IHOP restaurant

Nicole Caporaso
August 27, 2014
Over 100 attend vigil

Over 100 attend vigil

Nicole Caporaso
August 27, 2014
Appalachian named one of the ‘Best in the Southeast’

Appalachian named one of the ‘Best in the Southeast’

Nicole Caporaso
August 25, 2014
How to get back home without a car

How to get back home without a car

Nicole Caporaso
August 20, 2014
How to deal with a bad roommate

How to deal with a bad roommate

Nicole Caporaso
August 20, 2014
Former vice chancellor of business affairs Ned Trivette passes away at age 81

Former vice chancellor of business affairs Ned Trivette passes away at age 81

Nicole Caporaso
August 20, 2014

What does the Counseling Center have to offer you?

Nicole Caporaso
August 20, 2014
Freshman performs with Great Caesar

Freshman performs with Great Caesar

Nicole Caporaso
April 23, 2014
Quiet Givers and Appalachian join efforts for Watauga children

Quiet Givers and Appalachian join efforts for Watauga children

Nicole Caporaso
April 23, 2014
The board outside of the Counseling and Psychological Services Center advertises for the center. The counseling center is sponsoring the Love Is Louder movement founded by the Jed Foundation and actress Brittany Snow in 2010. Photo by Morgan Cook | The Appalachian

Love is Louder seeks to break stigma surrounding mental illness

Nicole Caporaso
April 17, 2014
Nutrition week to focus on educating students on healthy living

Nutrition week to focus on educating students on healthy living

Nicole Caporaso
April 17, 2014
SGA, Hunger and Health Coalition partner to help children

SGA, Hunger and Health Coalition partner to help children

Nicole Caporaso
April 15, 2014
BSA and NPHC host joint fundraiser for step show

BSA and NPHC host joint fundraiser for step show

Nicole Caporaso
April 15, 2014
Appalachian student injured after rappelling accident

Appalachian student injured after rappelling accident

Nicole Caporaso
April 14, 2014
Timothy Huelsman was presented with the Award for Excellence in Teaching by the UNC system Board of Governors that included a $12,500 cash prize. Photo courtesy of Timothy Huelsman

Professor wins teaching award from Board of Governors

Nicole Caporaso
April 9, 2014
SGA’s Tie-Dye Dash to benefit student leadership scholarship

SGA’s Tie-Dye Dash to benefit student leadership scholarship

Nicole Caporaso
April 7, 2014
Annual Relay for Life will be held at Kidd Brewer Stadium for the first time

Annual Relay for Life will be held at Kidd Brewer Stadium for the first time

Nicole Caporaso
April 7, 2014
Sophomore geology major Cameron Batchelor was recently awarded a $2,000 grant by the Explorers Club to help fund her participation in a research project in Mongolia this summer. Photo courtesy of Cameron Batchelor

Explorers Club awards Appalachian student $2,000 grant for summer fieldwork in Mongolia

Nicole Caporaso
April 2, 2014
Student picked for competitive summer internship with the National Institute of Health in Maryland

Student picked for competitive summer internship with the National Institute of Health in Maryland

Nicole Caporaso
April 2, 2014
Photos courtesy Nikolai Hesterberg and Matt Childers

Two students chosen for research fellowships

Nicole Caporaso
March 27, 2014
ASG passes resolutions

ASG passes resolutions

Nicole Caporaso
March 27, 2014
SGA president Dylan Russell discusses a bill that will put students on Boone Town Council committees during Tuesday’s SGA meeting. The bill was approved with 46 out of 47 votes. Photo by Maggie Cozens | The Appalachian

Bill passes that will put students on Boone Town Council committees

Nicole Caporaso
March 27, 2014
Association of Student Governments issues SGA $7,000 in grants

Association of Student Governments issues SGA $7,000 in grants

Nicole Caporaso
March 24, 2014
Newly selected chancellor Sheri Noren Everts poses with students in Central Dining Hall on Thursday morning during a meet-and-greet. Everts was announced as Appalachian's new chancellor on Wednesday morning. Cara Croom | The Appalachian

Sheri Noren Everts makes first on-campus appearance as next chancellor

Nicole Caporaso
March 20, 2014
Junior psychology major Kaity Pechanek picks up dinner from the Chik-fil-A, located in Central Dining Hall. SGA is currently working with Food Services to create late-night dining on campus along with offering Chik-fil-A breakfast. Photo by Rachel Krauza | The Appalachian

Late-night Central hours, Chick-fil-A breakfast possible

Nicole Caporaso
March 20, 2014
SGA sponsors TED-inspired talks

SGA sponsors TED-inspired talks

Nicole Caporaso
March 19, 2014
First Equality in Action conference focuses on LGBT issues on campus

First Equality in Action conference focuses on LGBT issues on campus

Nicole Caporaso
March 19, 2014
Graphic by Ashley Spencer | The Appalachian

SGA tickets talk safety, town relations at debate

Nicole Caporaso
March 19, 2014
Appalachian alumna plans second Social Justice Week

Appalachian alumna plans second Social Justice Week

Nicole Caporaso
March 6, 2014
Library 24/5 returns

Library 24/5 returns

Nicole Caporaso
February 27, 2014
SGA receives ASG grants for safety apps, 5K

SGA receives ASG grants for safety apps, 5K

Nicole Caporaso
February 27, 2014
Assistant professor publishes book ‘Cyber Crime’

Assistant professor publishes book ‘Cyber Crime’

Nicole Caporaso
February 27, 2014
SGA president, vice president candidates announced

SGA president, vice president candidates announced

Nicole Caporaso
February 25, 2014
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