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The Appalachian

Jan. 23, 2020

Clearing the air New legislation increases age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21

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College Night: “A victim of its own success” Page 2

After 3 1/2 years, “thankful to be done” Page 3

Mountain full of mystery Page 8

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Jan. 23, 2020

Chick-Fil-A disbands College Night, changes menu

The Chick-fil-A located at 2082 Blowing Rock Rd. discontinued its College Night promotion due to the building’s capactiy limits. The offer also resulted in excess traffic and parking overflow into the neighboring restaurants, Makoto’s and Applebee’s.

Brendan Hoekstra

Harley Nefe | Managing Editor On a typical Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Chick-Fil-A on Blowing Rock Road is a common place to find college students.

This is because of an event called College Night, the “most successful promotion ever,” according to the restaurant’s advertising.

Dec. 14 was the last evening of College Night, a promotional offer that, if a student showed their school ID and bought a large drink and large side, gave patrons a free entree of either a chicken sandwich or eight-count chicken nuggets.

College Night was around for about five years.

“College Night is definitely the busiest dinner rush,” Chick-Fil-A employee Grayson Miller said. “I have heard from other coworkers that it is basically as busy as if it were a game day. Obviously, less catering orders, but the lines are out

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the door.”

Chick-Fil-A employee Cameron Davis, who works in the kitchen, said College Night caused huge crowds in the restaurant, and the drive-thru line wrapped around the building all night.

To cover business on College Night, Chick-Fil-A was fully staffed with about 13 to 15 employees.

Whereas, in a usual dinner rush, there are around seven employees, former assistant shift manager Bethany Jobe said.

“Even with this many people working, it was hard to keep the line short for other customers,” said Jobe, a senior languages, literatures & cultures major. “College Night was usually simple orders, but the amount of orders that had to go out was exhausting.”

According to signage on the building, Chick-Fil-A is no longer

able to offer the special due to “capacity issues.”

“It honestly is a lot harder than I think a lot of people think because we’re so busy, and before rush, you still have a lot of customers, a steady stream,” said Miller, a junior advertising major.

Chick-Fil-A managers told employees College Night was discontinued due to a number of reasons. One being that the restaurant could not hold the capacity of business during the event, Miller said. “(College Night) had become a victim of its own success,” said Jason Ellington, shift manager for both front and back of house. “Our store literally couldn’t keep up with the demands of students, and it was dampening regular sales from customers, such as families.”

Apart from sales, the number

of customers visiting created traffic concerns.

“Our parking lot isn’t very big, so we had students parking in Makoto’s and Applebee’s, and we were getting complaints about students filling up their parking lots and then coming to Chick-Fil-A,” Miller said.

Applebee’s Assistant Manager Jennifer Eddiba said cars would back up onto the road that connects the two restaurants.

The kitchen staff feels the most stress during rushes, Miller said.

“It’s with nuggets especially; those go so quickly, and you have to have someone back there constantly filling them by hand,” Miller said.

“If you hit a snag, nuggets need a minute or boxes need a minute.

Kitchen may be waiting a minute to do something, but we’re still taking orders, so we get really backed up.”

Inventory issues are another reason College Night was discontinued, said Davis, a junior advertising major.

“While it was good to have that many customers, we were running

“With those changes (to the menu), we’ve definitely had more mad people than with College Night...” out of a large amount of stock, and the deliveries arrive on Fridays,” Davis said. “This caused issues where we would run out of some items after College Night and not have them for the next few days.”

The elimination of College Night is not the only change this year. Chick-Fil-A also adjusted its

menu on Jan. 13.

Chick-Fil-A no longer offers side salads, grilled chicken wraps, regular chicken strips, large milkshakes or decaf coffee. Coffee is also served in one size. Spicy chicken strips and grilled spicy sandwiches with lime cilantro sauce can now be found on the menu instead. Also, for kid’s meals, only five-count chicken nuggets are offered.

Besides the Boone location, restaurants in Charlotte and Hickory also modified their menus, Ellington said.

“The menu is a lot simpler now, and it’s easier to find something you like,” Davis said.

The restaurant promoted the changes on social media, and employees told customers and passed out fliers before the changes occurred. The Chick-Fil-A app has all of the updated items.

“With those changes (to the menu), we’ve definitely had more mad people than with College Night,” Miller said. “And with those two things together, it has not been good.”

Senior business management and hospitality & tourism management double major Whitson Sidey is a frequent customer at Chick-Fil-A. “I am personally mad about the College Night leaving because it was cheap, and I knew it was a quick meal when I was in a rush for time,” Sidey said.

Miller said because of the changes, some customers have taken their frustrations out on the employees.

“I’m just a student, just like you,” Miller said. “I feel it. I used the offers, too. It’s the way things go; good things are around for a little bit, and we take them away, and something else comes back.”

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Jan. 23 2020

‘I can’t let that be what defines me’ App State student beats cancer after three years

Moss Brennan | Editor-in-Chief When Connor Coker walked up to retrieve a quiz from a professor, she looked at him and asked if he was OK. He was coughing, pale and sweating profusely. His professor told him to go to health services, so he left the classroom to go there.

As soon as he walked out, he knew he wasn’t going to make it.

But, he said, it was lucky for him the police department was right next door, and an officer drove him.

That was roughly 3 1/2 years ago.

After withdrawing from App State after only a month into his freshman year and mere weeks after his 18th birthday, Coker started chemotherapy.

On Jan. 10, three days before Coker, a junior accounting major began his spring semester at App State, he rang the bell at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center to officially announce he was cancer free.

“Three years of putting in all that hard work to be able to finally ring that bell, it just felt like a weight was lifted off,” Coker said. “Just finally thankful to be done.”

After the doctor told him what he could potentially have his freshman year, his mom, Kim Coker, picked him up and took him to Cone Health in Greensboro on Sept. 12.

On Sept. 13, Coker was lying in a hospital bed when he got a call from his doctor. Surrounded by his parents and grandparents, he picked up the phone.

“I actually got my diagnosis over the phone,” Coker said. “My doctor did not walk in the room and look at me and say, ‘This is what you have.’”

The phone did not have a speaker, so Coker was the only one who heard what the doctor

was saying. He picked up his iPad and typed out what the doctor was telling him into his notes: acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

“It was just another shock to actually get the diagnosis and know that,” Kim Coker said. “For me, I thought our lives are forever changed, you know, from that.”

Though his mom knew their lives would change, Coker looked toward the future and what was next for him.

“It was just, ‘OK, well what’s the next step? How do we fix it?’

For me, it was never something that was going to bring me down,” Coker said. “It was just a part of my plan.

It’s just a part of why I’m here.”

After the diagnosis, Coker spent a year back in his hometown of Thomasville with the goal to return to school the next fall. In

“Three years of putting in all that hard work to be able to finally ring that bell, it just felt like a weight was lifted off...” between chemotherapy and doctors’ appointments, he said he laid around and watched TV most of the time.

He said he watched “The Office” in full twice.

“It was just kind of a waiting process. There were many treatments that were worse than others,” Coker said. “I had shots that I’d got in January and February. They made me so sick that I couldn’t eat.”

That first year, Coker had treatments off and on. His mom

said some days he would be in the hospital three to five days straight.

Others were longer. One stay lasted 23 days.

Coker’s parents were worried about him going back to school that fall of 2017. He was still sick, and he and his parents both said living in a dorm is not the cleanest environment.

He had a single room when he came back.

“For us, as parents, it was scary because we didn’t have him right here underneath us,” Kim Coker said. “Even though he was an adult, we still needed him to be here so that we could monitor what he was doing.”

When he first returned to App State, his parents said they continually checked up on him and reminded him to take his medicine.

Despite treatment, Coker’s parents said he always put his responsibilities and passions first.

“A lot of times we had to rearrange schedules so that he can continue doing what he loved because he did not want to stop life,” Kim Coker said.

Coker wanted to do more even though he was traveling to get treatment. His second semester back, in spring 2018, he became a manager on the football team.

His schedule for treatments was partly based around the football schedule.

“I’d drive home Monday night and stay at my house in Thomasville,” Coker said. “I’d wake up the next morning, get treatment, hope to be done by 11 o’clock so that I could stop and get lunch and then be back up here to be on time for football.”

Coker didn’t see cancer as something that got in the way of life.

Connor Coker (third from right) celebrates with his friends after ringing the bell to announce he is cancer free after three years. Coker was diagnosed in 2016 and had to leave App State for a year for treatment.

Courtesy of Connor Coker

“It’s there, but I can’t let that be what defines me,” Coker said. “I need to be myself.”

The Coker family has always supported App State football. His parents have had season tickets, and often traveled to Boone to watch football when Coker was young. He said he has attended all of the top 10 attended home games except for Miami, which was the week he got diagnosed. His family even attended a game during his first year of treatment.

During the last home game of 2016, his parents said the school made arrangements so they could go to the game, but stay inside because it was too cold for Coker to be outside.

Coker was also part of the Student Yosef Club when he first came to App State.

Chase Cross, who was the president of the Student Yosef Club during Coker’s freshman year, posted on Facebook asking if people were interested in joining. In response, Coker sent Cross a message to see how to join.

“He first walked up, and I was like, ‘I’m going to be friends with this dude,’” Cross said. “Like, ‘He’s crazy, but I’m going to be friends with him.’”

Coker and Cross grew up living 10 to 15 minutes apart from each other, but never met before college.

Now, Cross said their families are close.

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Jan. 23, 2020

Alpine coaster brings a new way to get outside in the High Country Rachel Greenland | Reporter

Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster, located in Avery County, is set to open around mid-February with an official opening date soon to come. This photograph was taken Jan. 7 and shows a majority of the coaster's ride.

Courtesy of Wilderness Run

High Country visitors and residents will soon have another way to cascade down the Blue Ridge Mountains, but the fun won’t stop when the snow melts.

Taking inspiration from years as a military family stationed in Europe, Tara and Eric Bechard are bringing one of their favorite year-round family adventures to the High Country with the Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster.

The 2,160-foot long coaster is different from a typical roller coaster. This “thrill adventure” with three 360 turners weaves through the natural mountain landscape and is “gravity-sped,” meaning it can reach up to 27 mph. But, the rider controls their own speed with a brake system.

The coaster includes both single and double rider cars.

Ashley Brown, the Bechards’ daughter and the marketing and online customer service director

for the WRAC, said the family wanted to encourage community in a new way in the High Country.

“They wanted to bring something to the area that promotes all the other businesses in the area, but also provides something (for families) to do on their downtime,” Brown said.

The Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster is expected to open near Sugar Mountain in mid-February and is the first of its kind in North Carolina.

The coaster is in the midst of several highly-trafficked tourist destinations, but Melynda Pepple, the executive director of the Avery County Chamber of Commerce, said they are excited about the new option for “family fun and adventure” for tourists visiting the Banner Elk and Sugar Mountain areas.

“The coaster will be a unique and added fun attraction for Av-

ery County because it is the first of its kind,” Pepple said.

The Bechards broke ground in March, but Brown said throughout construction, they aimed to keep as many trees and as much natural landscape intact as possible. She said they want to be as “eco-friendly” as possible and have designed an erosion plan.

“Our name is Wilderness Run. We want to give the experience to those who may not necessarily have the experience to go hiking on the trail or wandering in the woods an opportunity to experience it,” Brown said. “It really is very tranquil up there. You can see across the valley at the top, (and) you don’t really know that you’re near any buildings when you’re going down the first portion of the coaster.”

Brown said the coaster is designed for fun but also to “show

the beauty of the region,” and customers will be able to do so in nearly any weather except lightning and ice.

App State students have already planned trips for when the coaster officially opens.

“I think this is a great idea and will be a must-do while in Boone. Hopefully, they will offer some sort of student deal to appeal to college students,” said Dan Seekins, a graduate accounting student.

Wilderness Run will charge $16 for a single adult ride (13 years and up), $13 per ride for 7-12-year-olds and a bundle of three rides for $35. They aren’t planning to offer student discounts, but they will promote special offers on their social media and offer a military discount for fellow military families.

Applications, finances challenge first-generation students Quadajah Rivers | Reporter

For many students, college is an investment worth pursuing, but the experience often comes with hardships, especially for first-generation students.

First-generation students are the first person in their immediate family to attend college and earn a degree.

According to GreatSchools, a nonprofit aimed at providing information about schools to parents, out of 7.3 million undergraduate students nationwide, about 20% are first-generation students.

Madison Dent, a junior art education major, identifies as a first-generation student. She didn’t know how to apply for college and had to get additional help from the university to complete her application.

“My parents didn’t know how to help me through that process. Luckily, App has really good people in their office because I was constantly asking questions,” Dent said.

Although the application process

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was a challenge for Dent, she said learning college terminology was somewhat easy. Dent really appreciates the time she spent at a community college because she learned how to navigate the academic expectations for college and the importance of critical thinking.

“My school offered a governor’s school program, so I’ve been taking college classes since 10th grade,” Dent said.

Dent said she isn’t used to a bigger school population, however.

“Large scale is very different because it’s not one-on-one, they’re working with tons of people,” Dent said.

Not every student’s college experience is the same. Some first-generation students base their expectations for college on the media.

According to Shout Out UK, the media can manipulate, influence, persuade and pressurize society, controlling the world in both positive and negative ways; mentally, physically and emotionally.

Student Affairs administrator and professor of graduate studies Sonja Ardoin works with graduate students at App State to help reduce barriers that first-generation college students face.

Ardoin said she feels that the media’s interpretation of college is complicated.

“I don’t think there’s a full picture or understanding of what higher education is in the media,” Ardoin said.

According to a 2018 study done by the University of Kansas, first-generation college students based their assumptions about college on media.

With the first three months of college, students reported that their assumptions did not match their experience.

Ardoin, a first-generation college student herself, said the media doesn’t depict the social side of college and what’s actually being taught at institutions.

“I knew if I wanted to be successful, I had to push myself,” Ardoin said.

Her community offered a program allowing students to go to any university in the state of Louisiana for free if their grades were at good standing and they had impressive standardized test scores. Ardoin got into Louisiana State University.

Ardoin works with graduate students at App State and wants to help reduce barriers that first-generation college students face.

Coming from a small, rural community with a low poverty rate, Ardoin said growing up, she was a “big fish in a small pond.” The environment was bigger than expected, but she knew LSU was the university she wanted to go to.

“The support I got from my family was great, but they couldn’t help me financially,” Ardoin said.

Affording college can be a problem for many students. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 85% of students receive some form of financial aid to cover the majority

of college expenses. Sometimes, financial aid doesn’t provide enough funds to cover college expenses for the academic year.

Lidia Lopez, a junior interior design major, said she had to take out student loans to cover some of her costs for college. Sometimes, taking out loans is not enough to pay for living on or off-campus.

“I’m really scared about next year though because I’m not sure what’s going to happen with housing,” Lopez said. “I don’t know where to find good apartments or who to live with. I should start looking, but I don’t know how to pay for it.”

According to GreatSchools, 50% of all first-generation college students in the U.S. are from low-income families.

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Jan. 23 2020

Increase in legal age to purchase tobacco leaves many App State students in limbo

Many stores had to create their own signs like this one on the front of Mellow Vapes in the Shops at Shadowline shopping center.

Jesse Barber

Jackie Park | News Editor As the popularity for many “new” tobacco products, like electronic cigarettes, increased, so did the age to buy them.

President Donald Trump signed legislation that raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco in the United States from 18 to 21 on Dec. 20.

The change comes after a series of vaping-related illnesses among teenagers over several months.

Store Manager of Mellow Vapes, in the Shops at Shadowline shopping center, Kim Parrish said the change seemed to come “overnight.”

“It was kind of like, ‘Oh, OK. I know I just served you yesterday, but we definitely can’t now,’” Parrish said.

Parrish said her store was told to turn people away who weren’t 21 and switch signs that previously stated the legal age to purchase was 18 for those that state it is 21.

Jeffrey Case, a sophomore environmental science major, said he thinks the change might make App State’s campus healthier.

“I feel like a lot of people, you know, will definitely try to stay off the nicotine addiction and maybe become even healthier for themselves,” Case

said.

Case said he has friends who may have to quit using their nicotine and tobacco products because they are about to “run out” and aren’t of age to purchase more.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2019, more than one out of every four high schoolers, 27.5%, reported using an e-cigarette in the last 30 days.

Sophomore physics major, Nate Parillo said he has used tobacco products since high school.

“First, I thought I was gonna quit because I’m not 21,” Parillo said.

“Then I figured that being in school and having all of this crap I have to deal with, you kind of need something to take off the edge.”

Parillo said his habit began while doing schoolwork.

Ben Asma, substance abuse counselor and assistant director of Wellness and Prevention Services, said most students he sees with nicotine addictions begin using the products socially, and end up wondering, “‘How did I get here?’”

He said Wellness and Prevention prefers to have a holistic conversation

about the pros and cons of using nicotine products, like the financial and physical tolls it can bring, as opposed to offering advice.

“You know, a lot of people are essentially working to smoke or working to use because it does add up and costs so much over the course of time,” Asma said.

Parrish said she thinks those who were previously using tobacco products will now find 21-year-olds to purchase the products for them.

“They’re definitely just going to find themselves networks. They’re going to find themselves a 21-yearold kid who’s going to do it for them.

That’s 100% that’s what was happening already for kids who were under 18, and that’s what’s going to happen now,” Parrish said.

Parrish did, however, say she thinks the new law will have an impact on high school campuses.

“Now, the 17-year-olds have to know a 21-year-old. Or they have to know an 18-year-old who knows a 21-year-old, and those are networks that are a little too far out of a little high schooler’s reach,” she said.

Parillo said he thinks he and others who fell between the ages of 18 and 21 should have been grandfathered into the change, meaning the law wouldn’t impact those who were already 18 or older. Parrish disagrees.

“How are you going to know who was originally vaping? If there was a very easy clear way to do it, they probably would have, but they couldn’t think of anything and neither can I,” Parrish said.

Michael Deck, a retired veteran and patron of Mellow Vapes, said he thinks it’s silly 17-year-old kids can go through basic training and die for their country but can’t smoke.

Asma said the change is an “upstream” approach to the issue of tobacco.

“We want to create a better community and environment that reduces

the access and availability of nicotine, a very highly addictive chemical, from getting in the hands of individuals who may not be able to have the forethought of what this is going to mean in their lives,” Asma said.

Asma said the step is one he and other professionals in his field have

been paying close attention to.

“I’m very proud of our government for taking a big step and going against essentially like big tobacco or big corporations, and making a stand up of what’s best for our communities and in society at large,” Asma said.

Michael Deck, a retired veteran, turned to vaping to reduce his nicotine use. This practice is typical for frequent tobacco users who are looking to combat their nicotine addiction.

Jesse Barber

Wellness and Prevention Services has a trained smoking cessation facilitator and provides a smoking cessation program that meets once a week for four weeks. Wellness and prevention can also connect students with further resources after completing the program. For more information, visit Wellness and Prevention Services, located in the Miles Annas Student Services Building on Howard Street.

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Jan. 23, 2020

New Multicultural Center graduate assistant seeks to increase campus outreach

Imani Dillon, first-year graduate student, takes over the graduate assistant position at the Multicultural Center for the Spring 2020 semester. Located in the Plemmons Student Union, the center is a place that encourages diversity and inclusion.

Courtesy of Imani Dillion

Marlen Cardenas | Reporter The Multicultural Center has dozens of books written by authors of color, a bright orange beanbag, a photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr. making a peace sign on the wall — and now, a new graduate assistant.

Imani Dillon, a marriage and family therapy graduate student, said she is excited to host new events during her first semester as graduate assistant.

“I thought it would be a really cool and fun thing to do,” Dillon said. “I know that we can do some great things this year, especially in collaboration with some of the other multicultural groups on campus.”

Dillon, co-president of the Black Graduate Student Association, heard about the position through her involvement with the group. Before becoming a graduate assistant, Dillon said she did not use the center.

“I didn’t know what this center was,” Dillon said. “I didn’t know this was a place where students came to just hang out. I thought it was a more professional thing, not a leisure thing; I was like, ‘OK, if this is a student-based thing, then we can do some fun things in here.”

To reach more students through the center, Dillon said she wants to have the center provide more opportunities for students to come in.

Sophomore child development major Roxana Sanchez said she uses the center the most in between classes.

“I can do my homework, I can socialize (or) I can take a nap if I want to. It’s just a really convenient and welcoming stop,” Sanchez said.

Junior political science major Jocelyn Ricoy said she feels the most comfortable in the Multicultural Center.

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“I feel more at home there than I do on the rest of campus,” Ricoy said.

Making students feel at home is what Dillon said she wants to accomplish.

“I just want minority students to feel like they have somewhere to go and not feel like they are the outsider,” Dillon said. “When I pass by these classrooms, I don’t see anyone who looks like me, and I was very shocked to see that there are so many people of color that come into the MCC, and I was like, ‘This is more people of color than I’ve seen all semester.’ I know there are other students on campus we haven’t reached yet.”

Based on feedback she has heard from people visiting the center, Dillon said the MCC has not hosted many events.

“I’m trying to host events and let people know that (the) MCC is available for them. I want people to know the MCC is here,” Dillon said.

Ricoy said she wants to include students from all un-

“I just want minority students to feel like they have somewhere to go and not feel like they are the outsider...” derrepresented backgrounds.

“We’re all in our own little corner, and no one really talks to each other, but really, we should be together,” Ricoy said.

Dillon used to walk past the center without knowing what it was for, and she said that is a problem.

“Why don’t students know about it?” said Dillon. “If this is for students, then it should be known by all students.

The MCC should be one of the first things, especially minority students, know about when they come to apply for school. I wanted to be a part of BGSA because I didn’t feel like there was a community for me here, not knowing that (the MCC) was a place here.”

Dillon said she is open to suggestions on how to improve the center and wants to make the most out of her time in her position.

“I want to hear everything so I can do as much as I can the semester that I’m here,” Dillon said. “Anything that I can do to help, I will do. I want students of color to be able to come in here and feel like they have a home to go to.”

American Sign Language becomes more popular over the years, seen on campus Camryn Collier | Associate A&C Editor Growing up, Jimmy Autrey heard no voices at home. With both parents part of the deaf community, his family used sign language to communicate.

Autrey was 8 years old when he began losing his hearing. Shortly after, Autrey attended the North Carolina School for the Deaf, where he was able to “grow and learn” in his education, Autrey said. Autrey has remained a part of the Western North Carolina deaf community for over 20 years, where he continues to work as a job coach at NCSD. Language and knowledge about the deaf community has grown after a North Carolina law made American Sign Language a foreign language in academia.

The 2007 law is part of House Bill 915, establishing ASL as a foreign language that can complete requirements alongside languages like Spanish and French, according to the National Association of the Deaf.

“A lot more hearing people are becoming knowledgeable and taking ASL classes, which is a positive for the deaf community,” Autrey said. “We live in a hearing world, so it’s nice to socialize and have people understand the deaf community more, including their background and history.”

Jordan Dean is part of the growing community of hearing people who are interested in learning ASL as president of the American Sign Language Club on campus.

A senior communication science and disorders major, Dean became interested in ASL after taking classes in high school.

“I had become pretty fluent in ASL in high school, so when I came to App, I knew that was something that I was really interested in doing,” Dean said.

The ASL club organizes fundraisers, events and activities related to ASL, including Signing for Speech, an event where the club performs a song using ASL. “ASL is one of those languages where if you don’t use it, you lose it,” Dean said. “I always love using this skill that I have worked so hard to learn. This club really cultivates that excitement for the language.”

The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders offers four levels of ASL classes. Adjunct instructor Alicia Toomey is the adviser for the ASL Club and teaches some of the courses.

“This language is really good for visual learners,” Toomey said. “For them to be able to master a second language in a different way than just reading and writing really enhances communication skills in general. You’re forced to maintain a level of eye contact and visual pictures, so a lot of people really get it, and it really works for them.”

ASL has become increasingly popular on campus, and the classes always have waitlists, Toomey said.

“People are taking it in high school, and they come here and either want to continue on or use that credit,” Toomey said. “(The classes are) really hands-on with a lot of interactive activities, so there isn’t a lot of sitting with lecture, which seems to appeal to students.”

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Jan. 23 2020

Students weigh in on new Instagram test Ansley Puckett | Reporter In the eyes of freshman journalism major Ronnie Pugh, Instagram likes play a large role in some college students’ lives.

“I think a lot of people want that popular status, so they try to get more likes, or they’ll post a photo and then (think), ‘Oh, it didn’t get that many likes, so I’ll take it down and post another one,’” Pugh said.

After several tests were run in countries like Canada and Brazil, Instagram announced that it will test hiding likes on photos for certain users in the United States. According to the Pew Research Center, 89% of people aged 18-29 are on social media.

According to the social media giant, users will still see who has liked their posts, but their followers will not.

Not all users will immediately experience the change, but removing likes on the platform could be the future of the social network.

Sophomore elementary education major Susannah Doss said the change is positive and will shape the way people view the platform.

“I feel like, in the beginning, the people who go for validation, it will negatively affect them, but I feel like it’s one of those things

that it’s going to upset you for a little while.

But, in the end, it’s going to be more positive than negative,” Doss said.

According to a 2017 report by the Royal Society for Public Health, Instagram was found to have a harmful overall effect on young people’s mental health, stating that the network “negatively impacts body image and sleep, increases bullying and ‘FOMO’ (fear of missing out).”

It also stated that the social media network “leads to greater feelings of anxiety, depression and loneliness.”

Chris Hogan, director and chief psychologist of the Counseling Center, said one aspect that may contribute to an unhealthy relationship with social media is the amount of time students spend on it.

“One of the things that we might see in the counseling center are things getting out of balance for people, so they are spending more time on social media, and sometimes, they don’t even realize how many hours they might be spending on social media, and that it may be taking away from some other positive things in their life,” Hogan said.

Another concern surrounding the platform is the lack of authenticity and the use

Resources

• Counseling.appstate.edu: Free anonymous online screenings

• Counseling.appstate.edu: Self-help webpage with help on anxiety/

panic • The Counseling Center hosts initial consultations Monday through

Friday. Check-in times are from 8:30-11 a.m. and 1-4 p.m.

• The Counseling Center’s quick access groups include one called

Anxiety Toolbox. “This experiential and psychoeducational group will provide students who experience anxiety and stress-related issues with simple, effective coping skills they can incorporate into their lives to reduce distress and increase positive coping and self-care,” according to the Counseling Center.

• The Counseling Center’s group counseling, like Understanding Self and Others, which helps others feel like they are not alone.

Instagram tests eliminating public “likes” from the platform as a test to benefit users. The feature can potentially harm one’s self-worth “if they don’t get a certain amount of likes,” according to freshman Ronnie Pugh.

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of likes to validate it.

Senior marketing major Madi Rhodes said removing likes would allow users to spend less time worrying about validation from others.

“A lot of people edit their pictures, not just put a filter on it, but physically edit themselves and their peers in their pictures,” Rhodes said. “That’s totally unhealthy and not good because you should be able to show off exactly who you are, and you shouldn’t edit yourselves to please others.”

Hogan said the change may fix some problems with Instagram, but not all.

“I think it will change a facet of it, like the criticism that might come or the implied criticism that if nobody likes what I posted,” Hogan said. “So, that might help that component, but there still may be the component of viewing how happy other people seemed to be when I don’t feel that way. When in reality, everybody is more similar than people realize sometimes.”

For students who have an unhealthy relationship with Instagram and other social media, Hogan suggests engaging in other activities that are better for your mental health, like being outside, exercising and fostering rela-

tionships with people.

“There’s lots of good research around being outside, being involved in nature, which is, oftentimes, the opposite of what we might be doing if we’re sitting inside, and we’re scrolling on social media,” Hogan said. “Being engaged in nature is really healthy for us; engaging in some exercise, even if it’s 20 minutes a day for a brisk walk makes a difference for people’s mental health.”

Although Instagram is only in the test phases of this change, Pugh said he hopes this change comes to the United States.

“I think they should apply (the change) here because then people’s feelings wouldn’t get hurt if they don’t get a certain amount of likes, or they’re not judging themselves or judging anyone else based on how many likes they get,” Pugh said.

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Mystery on the mountain

Jan. 23, 2020

Recurring light phenomenon baffles scientists and witnesses Anna Muckenfuss | Video Editor For centuries, the Brown Mountain Lights have stumped scientists and tourists alike, becoming one of North Carolina’s most infamous legends.

Brown Mountain, located in the Pisgah National Forest, is the setting for recurring reports of “mysterious lights” dating back to the early 1900s, according to U.S. Department of Interior.

However, for one App State professor, the answer to the mystery is simple: unexplained scientific phenomena.

Daniel Caton, the director of observatories for App State, said that most reports of the lights are bogus because people don’t understand what they see in the night sky.

“They see some kind of lights, and they leave thinking they’ve seen the lights,” Caton said. “But most people are completely unfamiliar with the nightscape.”

Caton became interested in the lights after a student claimed to have caught them on video.

“We went out to Wiseman’s View during the day to kind of see the lay of the land,” Caton said. “So, we decided to pursue some remote cameras to image the ridge.”

Mike Fischesser said he has worked on the project with Caton for eight years. Fischesser has never personally seen the lights, but he has interviewed 40 people who have.

“Two gentlemen who are reliable witnesses from Morganton saw a bright light as bright as an ATV headlight coming down,” Fischesser said. “All of a sudden, it crossed the Linville river toward the Wiseman’s View overlook.”

Using decommissioned equipment from App State’s observatory, Caton records several hundred images throughout the night using 30 to 60-second exposures.

Fischesser said two cameras run each night, one recording the south end of the gorge, the other pointed north. Due to the cameras’ angles, they cannot see what happens in the northern half.

After the cameras record their data, Caton edits the collected images into a video and posts them on YouTube.

“Haven't seen much on that except a lot of human activity, (like) people camping occasionally down in the valley,” Caton said. “You know, nothing really unusual.”

Caton has appeared in several documentaries from “Discovery Kids” and a film called “Alien Abduction” due to his research on the lights, according to his biographical sketch. His office, packed with papers, magazines and folders on top of a desk with seven white computer monitors creating an “L” shape in the corner of the room, acts as a backdrop for most interviews.

There have been sightings of the lights in North Carolina for centuries. Frances Casstevens wrote in his book, “Ghosts of the North Carolina Piedmont,” that stories about

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The Brown Mountain Lights have been a community and scientific anomaly for years, bringing locals and tourists alike to view the phenomenon. This image organizes a view of the lights, which are infamously shrouded in scientific and spiritual uncertainty.

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the lights were told by the Cherokee as far back as A.D. 1200.

“The Cherokee have a legend about a great battle that was fought that year between the Cherokee and the Catawba Indians near Brown Mountain,” Casstevens wrote. “The Cherokee believed that the lights were the spirits of Indian maidens as they searched over the centuries for their dead husbands.”

Casstevens wrote that the lights are also attributed to “ghosts doomed to walk back and forth across the mountain for all eternity,” and the “spirit of a slave searching the woods for his master.”

The earliest account of the Brown Mountain Lights was published in The Charlotte Daily Observer on Sept. 23, 1913, according to George Mansfield, who investigated the

lights for the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1971. Mansfield wrote the lights were seen by members of the Morganton Fishing Club who were “laughed at and accused of seeing things at night.”

“Some have thought that these lights were of supernatural origin; others have dreamed that they might indicate enormous mineral deposits,” Mansfield wrote. “Many who have not had such visions have looked upon them as a natural wonder.”

In his report, Mansfield wrote that D.B. Sterrett, a member of the U.S. Geological Survey, was sent to observe the lights and determine their origin. Mansfield reported that Sterrett declared the lights were nothing but “locomotive headlights” seen over the mountain from “neighboring heights.”

Today, Caton attributes sightings of the lights to stars or light pollution, which alters natural light conditions.

“I don't think these people have any reason to lie,” Caton said. “They saw something they didn't understand.”

Caton said that he thinks that 95% of reports or more are bogus. However, Caton said he believes the sightings of the lights that can’t be explained as light pollution could have a scientific explanation.

“Those are probably ball lightning,” Caton said. “We don’t know how nature makes it, but it’s been documented for more than a century.”

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Sports

Jan. 23 2020

Battle-tested Stanley leads App State women’s basketball Zack Antrum | Senior Reporter

Year after year, head coach Angel Elderkin hits the court with a squad of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

When looking at the roster, one can find players from North Carolina to Australia, and each player has their own unique set of talents, too.

Junior guard Pre Stanley, a Rockledge, Florida native leads the team in scoring with 14.3 points per game. She is also third on the team in both rebounds with 4.2 per game and total assists with 25.

Her scoring and rebounding abilities have turned her into one of the most talented guards in the Sun Belt, and she has embraced the leadership responsibilities that have come her way.

“Off the court, she’s a great teammate,” Elderkin said. “She’s very unselfish, and she just truly emulates the DNA of an App State women’s basketball player.”

Stanley hit the ground running as a freshman and has since become a vital part of App State’s offense. She started all 31 games as a freshman, led the team in scoring with 11.4 points per game and also led the team in steals with 1.1 per game.

During her sophomore campaign, she continued to impress, averaging 11.3 points per game and saving her

Pre Stanley is the leading scorer on the women’s basketball team this season. The junior guard hails from Rockledge, Florida and is not just a leading scorer, but a “great teammate” as well, according to head coach Angel Elderkin.

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best basketball for when it mattered most. She averaged 17.1 points per game over the final seven games of the season to help the Mountaineers go 6-1. She was named to the Sun Belt all-tournament team after helping the team reach

the semifinals.

Her postseason run didn’t stop there, as she led App State to its second WBI Tournament championship, averaging 19.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists over the four-game stretch. She was named MVP of the tournament.

Stanley wasn’t satisfied, however, and used these accolades as a reason to work even harder.

“She decided to stay up for both first session and second (summer) session,” Elderkin said. “I thought she embraced all of that.”

Her hard work and dedication turned her into a goto player for the Mountaineers. She is only 33 points away from 1,000 career points, but that has not distracted her from the overall team goals.

“It’s a blessing. I never really thought about it, but it’s a great achievement,” Stanley said. “I never think about scoring or anything. Just the team.”

App State is currently 4-13 (1-5 in Sun Belt) but has struggled with injuries early in the season. But with Stanley continuing to perform on the court, the team has a chance to turn things around and make another postseason run.

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Women’s tennis looks to capitalize on last year’s regular season Sun Belt title Connor Davidson | Reporter

“Coming into the fall and the spring, the returning (players) were thinking about what it’s going to take for us to play better (at) the conference tournament,” Zacarias said. “All the matches are to be ready for that tournament, so it was really shocking, but it was also like we wanted to do something better this time.”

If the Mountaineers take care of business and win the Sun Belt tournament, they would get an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament and a shot at the best teams in the country.

“Last season, we started a little bit off, and we built from there, and we got there re-

ally good, but things happen,” Zacarias said.

“Right now, we know that we have to work really hard since day one if we want to get ready for the tournament.”

This team believes that if each player puts forth the effort, they will achieve their season goals.

“It’s really hard practicing at 6 a.m., so this is more for our team,” Sevo said. “For everyone to be disciplined and organized with the time and school and going to sleep early, just being ready to give your maximum every day because otherwise, we won’t be where we want to be.”

The App State women’s tennis season has started and the team looks to continue success after such a “good season” in 2019 ,according to junior Teodora Sevo. Their next home match is against Campbell on Saturday Feb. 1 at 2 p.m.

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The 2019 season for App State women’s tennis was filled with success. The Mountaineers finished with an overall record of 15-6 and a conference record of 9-1. This gave them their first regular season Sun Belt conference championship in school history and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

However, their run was cut short in the first round when No. 8 seed Georgia Southern upset them 4-3.

“Yeah, we had a good season,” junior Teodora Sevo said. “Everyone was kind of on the same page, and we went to the tournament with the same mentality, and then it just slipped out of our hands. We did our best for sure.”

After as much success as the team had, the tournament loss was a hard way for the season to come to an end.

“It was a tough match, (Georgia Southern) played great, and we didn’t have a good

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day,” junior Maria Zacarias said. “But, when you realize it’s done, and you’re not going to play a match until January next year it’s like, ‘woah.’ That was hard.”

This season, the Mountaineers have a new look with four players seeing action for the first time. Although there are new faces, Zacarias said the goal is still the same.

“We have a lot of new people, we have four new players on the team, so since the fall, everything’s a little bit different because they are new, and they are adapting to this,” Zacarias said. “It’s just one match at a time, work hard, but our goal … is to just get to April; that’s when the tournament is.”

Returners like Sevo and Zacarias will play an instrumental role in making 2020 successful. The veterans on the team remember last year’s success, and are determined to have a more positive outcome at this year’s Sun Belt tournament.

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Jan. 23 2020

Former Dale Jones tabbed as Mountaineers defensive Mountaineers play in NFLPA coordinator, three more defensive assistant coaches hired Collegiate “(Jones) loves App State Football Bowl Silas Albright | Sports Editor

Silas Albright | Sports Editor Two key contributors to App State’s success over the past several years began their journey to professional football by participating in the National Football League Players Association Collegiate Bowlon Jan. 18.

Former senior linebacker Jordan Fehr recorded two total tackles (one solo) for the American team, and former redshirt senior offensive tackle Victor Johnson provided protection and blocking for the victorious National team, who won 3020 from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Johnson was a five-time bowl champion in his time at App State, and both Johnson and Fehr were four-time Sun Belt champions. Johnson started at left tackle for each of the last four seasons, while Fehr was a starting linebacker for the last two.

In 2019, both players were captains on the 13-1 squad that finished ranked No. 19 in the final Associated Press Poll.

Fehr was coached by longtime NFL head coach Hue Jackson on the American team, while Johnson was coached on the National team by another longtime NFL head coach: Marvin Lewis.

Later this month, another former Mountaineer is set to play in a college all-star game. Linebacker and Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year Akeem-Davis Gaither is headed to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, which will be played on Jan. 25 at Ladd-Peebles stadium in Mobile, Alabama.

As App State football deals with a coaching change for the second straight season, head coach Shawn Clark has filled several assistant coaching positions.

Dale Jones, who was part of the Mountaineer staff for 23 years from 1996-2018, was named former defensive coordinator Ted Roof ’s replacement after Roof took the same job at Vanderbilt.

“I’m thrilled to be back at App State, where I’ve spent 23 of the last 24 years,” Jones said in a press release. “I love the culture of App State and love this community. I can’t wait to help build a great staff, hit the recruiting trail and continue to bring my aggressive style of play to the field.”

During his first stint with App State, Jones coached 11 all-Americans, 22 all-conference selections and 12 players that went on to play in the NFL. Across his 23 seasons with the Mountaineers, Jones spent time as a defensive line coach, special teams coordinator, linebackers coach and defensive coordinator.

“He loves App State Football and knows what it takes to win championships here,” Clark said in a press release. “Under his leadership, we will continue to develop a championship-level defense that has been one of the hallmarks of this program.”

In 2019, Jones was a member of former Mountaineer head coach Scott Satterfield’s staff at Louisville.

He served as the inside linebackers coach for the Cardinals. Satterfield was named the ACC Coach of the Year for helping lead the Cardinals to an 8-5 record and Music City

and knows what it takes to win championships here...”

The Mountainer football program recently underwent some coaching position changes, bringing Dale Jones (top left) back on staff as defensive coordinator, Cortney Braswel (top right) Mark DeBastiani (bottom left) t and James Rowe (bottom right) were hired as defensive backs assistant.

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Bowl win over Mississippi State. Louisville went 2-10 in 2018 before Satterfield and his staff arrived.

Jones played linebacker for the Tennessee Volunteers from 1983-1986,

where he was an all-American and two-time All-SEC selection.

Clark also named James Rowe as a defensive assistant coach. Rowe spent the last three seasons as a defensive backs assistant with the Washington Redskins.

“I’m excited to be joining the App Family,” Rowe said in a press release. “The success of the App State program has always stood out to me, and I can’t wait to do my part to help continue that success.”

Prior to his work with Washington, Rowe made stops at Valdosta State as defensive coordinator, Florida as a graduate assistant, Jacksonville University in several different roles and Bethel University in Tennessee as a graduate assistant.

Cortney Braswell was also tabbed as a defensive assistant coach for App State. In 2019, Braswell was a defensive quality control coach for Satterfield at Louisville. Before that, Braswell was a high school head coach in Georgia and Tennessee.

“I have so much respect for the championship culture at App State and fond memories of bringing my high school teams here for training camp and talking football with guys like Dale Jones, (and former App State coaches) Nate Woody and Bryan Brown,” Braswell said in a press release.

Clark also named former Mountaineer coach Mark DeBastiani as another defensive assistant coach. He coached defensive tackles at App State from 1995-1996, while Clark was a member of the offensive line.

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Opinion

Jan. 23, 2020

The US must fix its

primary system Stephen Leverton | Opinion Writer With the Iowa caucuses less than two weeks away, Democratic presidential candidates are making mad dashes across the state.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and businessman Tom Steyer led bus tours over the last few months and traveled across Iowa, holding rallies, town halls and other events. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT) also hosted town hall meetings and rallies across Iowa.

In mid-November, Politico reported that former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and former Democratic presidential candidate Julián Castro criticized the Iowa Caucus because the state’s population does not represent the national average. This means that electoral power remains mostly in the hands of white people.

Castro, who dropped out on Jan. 2, argued that a more diverse state should vote first, which is an idea that should be analyzed. Instead of having one state determine the candidate, all 50 states should vote on one day before the Democratic National Convention, like

how all 50 states vote on Election Day in November. This tests candidates seeking presidential nominations; seeing if they can withstand the pressure of running a national campaign.

Another issue with states voting on different dates is that it causes candidates to focus on key states rather than the whole nation.

The Super Tuesday primaries include multiple states on one day. Candidates focus their attention on states with higher electoral power, rather than the American’s as a whole.

Castro’s critics say that Iowa vets candidates and shrinks the size of the race from a few dozen candidates to a small group. Many see individual primaries and caucuses as a way for candidates to connect with Americans about their policies.

It’s unfair to have a handful of states determine the presidential candidate, especially those that are not representative of the whole nation. Everyone has a voice in America when they cast their votes; our primary system needs to reflect that.

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CONCEPTS Martin Luther King Jr: The Greatest American Philosopher Caleb Garbuio | Opinion Editor

Martin Luther King Jr. is the greatest American. He gave his life seeking justice for all Americans. While imprisoned in 1963, King highlighted the importance of justice and advocates for a unified society in his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” This letter addressed Alabama clergymen’s grievances with the civil rights movement being unwise and untimely. King’s response highlights the importance of civil rights to achieve justice.

But what is King’s justice? As a theologian, King had familiarity with Aristotle and Plato, whose work shaped King’s ideas about a just society. In Plato’s masterpiece “Republic,” Socrates defines justice as working at what one is best suited, to do one’s business and not be a busybody.

But who holds the state accountable if it itself is unjust? In Book V of “Nicomachean Ethics,” Aristotle directly addressed this issue. Aristotle broke political justice into two parts: human laws that vary by location, and natural law that is applicable to all. Therefore, should human and natural law conflict, the ethical course of action is to follow natural law.

In “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” King established his ethical framework for civil disobedience. He concluded that America is unjust because it is divided among two separate cities: one white and one black. Therefore, black Americans do not have an ethical obligation to follow state laws that unjustly favor one race.

This concept builds upon Plato and American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois concept of separate identities within a unified society. In “Republic,” Socrates remarks that within every city, there are two other cities: one rich and one poor, and a just society is unified. In his 1903 book “Souls of Black Folk,” Du Bois applies this concept to black Americans, calling it double consciousness.

Du Bois remarked that black Americans look at themselves from two lenses: how they see themselves and how society sees them. Therefore, King synthesized both Du Bois and Plato’s ideas and worked toward a unified country.

King’s greatness rests in his ability to apply principles from natural law to the Constitution — a place of liberty, justice for all and internal character determining value. His conviction toward shining the bright light of truth and justice into the darkness of American society cost him his life.

King gave his dream for a unified America. Let’s make it happen.

Opinion

Jan. 23 2020

The Greatest Song of the Century: Ethan Murphy | Reporter

Raspberry Beret

The 20th century produced some of the greatest music in living memory. From jazz’s chaotic improvisations to The Beatles’ psychedelic sounds, music became radically reimagined. Yet, in all of life’s facets, one can tell the best from the rest. In this regard, Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” has no competition.

The artist’s musical expression must be appreciated before considering the song itself. Born in Minneapolis on June 7, 1958, Prince became one of the most esteemed artists of his era. Prince composed music early in his life, which later became known as

the “Minneapolis sound.” Though known for his funky music, Prince didn’t stop there. He composed and produced the soundtrack for the greatest musical film of all time, “Purple Rain.”

The things that make “Raspberry Beret” the best include a beautifully catchy and funky sound, relatable lyrics only a bleeding heart can create and a timeless message.

A song’s music sets the stage for the story within. Prince’s upbeat and seductive sounds create a sexually retrospective atmosphere. By fusing the keyboard with finger cymbals and drums, the song establishes a groove from the outset. With a balance of repetition and alternation throughout, the song can play forever without losing its flavor.

Prince’s voice immediately takes center stage. In all his music, and within this song, he

manages to pierce through the underlying tones while effortlessly flowing lyrics throughout.

His unique sound adds layers of sensuality as he narrates his first sexual encounter. The song begins by reliving his adolescent years working a part-time job that doesn’t interest him. This changes when “she walked in through the out door.” Prince falls for her, and they soon lust after one another. The song ends after he awakes to the door shutting behind his lover, who left behind her raspberry beret and a note reading “this is for you.”

Simply retelling the song cannot capture its beauty. Despite the story being Prince’s, the underlying themes are universal. Feelings of love, passion, a desire for someone special, the revolving cycle of life and a life-changing experience.

Everyone experiences love at some point in their life, and it staying or going doesn’t matter. It’s the experience of baring the soul with another and not running. It’s more than accepting the little rebellions in someone, but appreciating them more for it. The song sets this bar and hits it. The irreplaceable twinge in the heart only the vulnerable can know and never go back from.

By beginning and ending with the opening and closing of a door, Prince establishes a poetic continuation that lives on, saying that life moves fluidly through the universe in constant motion before returning to its origin.

Through his music, Prince sought to awaken the artist in those any who listened, not just creativity and passion, but the freedom to choose their destiny and make it themselves.

“Try to create,” Prince said. “I want to tell people to create. Just start by creating your day.

Then create your life.”

This creative brilliance and inspiring message make “Raspberry Beret” the greatest song of the 20th century.

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