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Vol. 87, No. 31

LGBT couples more comfortable showing love on campus

by STEPHANIE SANSOUCY Senior News Reporter

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Junior exercise science major Leah Matthews and Senior art education major Emily Beerbower celebrated their six-month anniversary this past weekend. Beerbower said there are times when showing affection has drawn attention from others.

here is a drastic difference for some LGBT couples between celebrating Valentine’s Day on and off campus, sophomore undecided major Leah Matthews said.

“Valentines Day is meant for all kinds of love,” senior exercise science major Erin Johnston said. “It’s not just meant for heterosexual love.”

Johnston and her girlfriend, senior recreation management major Mollie Strawn, said they feel comfortable as a couple on campus.

Johnston said the couple holds hands on campus, but off campus it becomes questionable.

“Sometimes we will get looked at or stared at, but I don’t think it really limits us,” Johnston said. “There are definitely some times we will be holding hands and then some times we will have to stop.”

On campus, Johnston knows people aren’t judging her for her sexual orientation, but off campus she faces a different environment, she said.

Johnston survived a physical assault off campus last year after being verbally assaulted for her sexual orientation, according to an article published by The Appalachian Feb. 13, 2012.

“The assault hasn’t affected what I’m going to do for Valentine’s Day,” Johnston said. “The assault hasn’t affected that kind of stuff, it hasn’t made me love her any less. If anything it has made me love her more because she hasn’t left my side.”

“I think that the people here do a pretty good job of recognizing that we are an open community,” Strawn said. “Maybe there are people who don’t agree with it but no one is going to glare at us.”

Senior art education major Emily Beerbower said there are moments when her and her girlfriend, Matthews, have been out to dinner where holding hands has attracted attention.

“Our love isn’t any different at all,” Beerbower said. “You love a person for the person. I would just want people to respect that and consider it equal.”

Beerbower said she thinks it catches people off guard.

“We were in a really nice restaurant in Blowing Rock and it was us and one other table in the section and we were holding hands on the table and I could tell this woman just kept looking at us,” she said.

Beerbower said she doesn’t feel uncomfortable, but that she does not want to make other people feel uncomfortable either.

Beerbower said she is sometimes

more aware of how she shows affection “just for safety reasons more than anything.”

Matthews and her friend were followed home and assaulted last year, and the experience has resonated with her.

Matthews said the difference between on campus and off is drastic.

“Campus is so liberal,” Matthews said. “Students are for it and then you get five miles out of town and its like you shouldn’t tell anyone.”

On campus is a safe place to begin exposing a relationship because of the accepting group of people, Matthews said.

Junior political science major Tommy Wrenn said he feels comfortable celebrating Valentines Day around campus.

Wrenn said he personally is not one for personal displays of affection. Therefore, he could not see himself holding his boyfriend’s hand because he personally would not feel comfortable doing so.

Wrenn said he believes gay people are less likely to act on public displays of affection because it can attract unwanted attention.

“You don’t want to bring extra attention to yourself, or at least I don’t want to bring extra attention to myself,” Wrenn said. “You don’t really want to open up the doors for someone to have some snide comment.”

ASU Energy Center helps landfill turn methane gas into electricity

by JOSHUA FARMER News Editor

Appalachian State University’s Energy Center helped in the implementation of a project that turns methane gas from Watauga County’s landfill into electricity.

Program Manager for Appalachian’s Energy Center Stan Steury said the university encouraged the county to set the project in motion, and helped assemble the team that had the resources and equipment to start the process.

The university also helped the county learn how to work the mechanism, Steury said.

Steury said the engines began running in January 2012 in a landfill located off

Highway 421 right on the edge of Boone that has been capped since the mid-1990s.

The landfill was previously used by Watauga County Solid Waste and Recycling for the county’s waste needs, but now the county ships waste to a landfill outside the county.

Steury said there are around 25 pipes drilled into the landfill, which feed to a larger pipe, which blows the methane gas into two V8 engines.

The engines were modified by a West Virginia company to run on the lower grade of natural gas coming from the landfill, Steury said. The gas that comes from the landfill is about 50 percent methane while regular natural gas is about 99 percent methane.

The engines then spin a

generator, producing 140 kilowatts-per-hour at maximum capacity, though the energy output varies, Steury said.

Steury said Blue Ridge Resource Conservation and Development advocated the project in the early 1990s, but the county wasn’t interested at the time.

Research analyst Jason Hoyle helped negotiate a contract between Watauga County and Duke Energy.

The contract allows the county to sell the excess energy that is not used on-site to Duke Energy at about 5.5 cents per kilowatt-hour, Hoyle said.

Hoyle said that previously the landfill had paid about $38,000 per year to Bowen Jones | The Appalachian Blue Ridge Electric for Appalachian State University’s Energy Center has implemented the use of methane energy needs.

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reclaimed from pipes drilled into the landfill. The project will save $38,000 per year.

One Billion Rising flash mob dance to be held Thursday

by MICHELLE PIERCE

“One Billion Rising isn’t only a women’s movement,” Reck said. “Violence against women affects everybody; this is The Boone division of One Billion a human movement.”

Rising will hold a flash mob dance in Award-winning choreographer and front of Plemmons Student Union at 4 member of the President’s Committee on p.m. Thursday. the Arts and HumaniThe One Billion Risties Debbie Allen creating organization has ed a dance for the One “The reason for the flash Billion Rising event asked people all around the world to dance to the song “Break the dance is to be a form of as part of an activChain,” produced by resistance against the ist movement to stop violence, such as rape, sex Eve Ensler, founder of violence against women One Billion Rising. trafficking and domestic and girls.

Holly Roark, an inviolence against women.”

Chancellor Kenneth structor in the DepartPeacock and Mayor of ment of Theatre and Professor of anthropology Gregory Boone Loretta ClawDance, and Ellen RusReck son have signed procsell, a zumba instruclamations in support of tor, have volunteered to the movement and the local activities of teach the dance.

One Billion Rising, which will be read “The reason for the flash dance is to be after the flash dance. a form of resistance against the violence, “I think it’s definitely important to get such as rape, sex trafficking and domestic the progressive town of Boone involved violence against women,” Reck said. in this good movement, and I hope to be “We all need to dance to join in tothere to show my support,” Clawson said. gether in solidarity to support women in Professor of anthropology Gregory being fully safe to dance without judgReck is a lead organizer of the local ment or persecution because one billion chapter along with seven others, in- women are silenced,” said Elizabeth Decluding Susan Reed, a doctoral student Santo, graduate assistant for the Womat Appalachian studying educational en’s Center and adviser for production of leadership.

“The Vagina Monologues.”

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Senior accounting major Michelle He performs a contemporary chinese dance.

by EMMA SPECKMAN Senior A&E Reporter

The Chinese Culture Club hosted a celebration for Chinese New Year Tuesday in the Blue Ridge Ballroom of Plemmons Student Union.

Various speakers and performers took

the stage while vendors and demonstrators lined the far walls selling goods and explaining Chinese customs to curious guests for the Year of the Snake.

Among the performers were visiting

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ASU Information Technology Service warns email users of ‘phishy’ emails

by JOSHUA FARMER News Editor

Appalachian State University Technology Support sent an email out Tuesday warning users of a phishing attempt on university email accounts.

Oscar Knight, a networking specialist for the university’s Information Technology Service, said he is aware of 10 separate phishing messages sent out since Feb. 7 and said there are probably more.

A phishing message typically contains some sort of threat that “compels you to act immediately” and a link to click, Knight said.

“ASU has been phished relentlessly the past few days,” he said.

Knight said that email information can be forged and anyone in the world can send anyone an email.

“The sample we have of the phishing message was from an account for a person at a university in the UK,” Knight said.

“This account was most likely phished and then used to send more phishing messages.”

The link sent the user to a German site, Knight said.

Not always, but often phishing emails arrive after 4 p.m., in the early morning or over weekends and holidays, Knight said. These are times during which the response time of ITS is longer, so accounts could possibly be

used for a longer period of time to phish or send spam.

Instead of clicking on the link in the email, Knight said everyone should go to the services website to find out if there really is a problem.

“No legitimate service will ever send you an email message saying ‘We need your password,’” Knight said.

Often, someone will phish for accounts and then phish other accounts through the ones they’ve successfully infiltrated, Knight said. They will also spam through those accounts to earn money.

Knight said that institutions are targeted because phishers can “leverage the trust” people have for the institution, and that any account of value, like Facebook, banks and PayPal, can be targeted.

If spammers are successful enough in sending unwanted email from compromised Appalachian accounts, then the university’s ability to deliver email to some sites may be impacted for a period of time, Knight said.

Knight said it is important to increase personal data security. This starts with good password practices like choosing different passwords for each service, only using a password to access that service and giving it to no one and if possible using long passwords – the longer the better.

A list of phishing emails can be found at security.appstate.edu/phishing.

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fan she made at a workshop in Taiwan.

Bouley is also the social chair of the Continued from pg 1 Chinese Culture Club. She spoke of the club’s plans to travel to New York City next year. professor Yongui Wang, who sang a “We’re holding a bake sale Feb. 20 to song from a popular Chinese television raise money for the trip,” Bouley said. show, as well as a stu“There will be all kinds dent who performed of foods.” a contemporary hipVendors’ profits and “The Chinese community hop dance. donations also went toreally comes together to “My favorite part ward the club’s planned put this on.” was definitely the trip. The Chinese Culperformances,” said ture Club chose New Lisa Myers, presi- Ally Lasley, junior international business York as their destinamajor and member of Chinese Culture dent of the Chinese tion because it holds Club Culture Club. “It’s the nation’s secondnice to see people’s largest Chinatown. talents.”

New China Buffet Myers said that the performers were catered the event and student volunmostly students, but there were faculty teers served the guests. One of the servmembers and members of the commu- ers, sophomore Rachel Long, came to nity as well. the celebration with her Chinese 1050 There were some technical difficul- class. ties during the celebration. During a “It’s not really mandatory, but most 10-minute period when the sound and people go,” she said. “It’s definitely a video system were not working proper- tradition.” ly, one of the members of the club conLong said that members of her class vinced a friend of his to come onstage are encouraged to attend and help out to talk to the audience about his experi- at the Moon festival as well, which ocence studying abroad in China. curs in the fall.

The Chinese Friendship Associa“The Chinese community really tion and two organizations under the comes together to put this on,” said juOffice of International Education nior international business Ally Lasley, and Development funded the event. a member of the Chinese Culture Club, Student volunteers contributed to the who volunteered as a greeter. items that were sold and showcased.

Chinese New Year is also referred to Sophomore global studies major Har- as the Spring Festival, or Lunar New mony Bouley displayed a calligraphed Year, and its official date was Sunday.

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Student models art after personal history

by LOVEY COOPER Senior A&E Reporter

Editor’s Note: The following is the first part of a three-part series on students in Art Expo 2013.

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rom looking at her, it is be hard to tell that Audrey Boyle, a featured artist in the 2013 Art Expo, is an art student. She is most often asked if she on a varsity sports team.

“When I’m not in the studio, I’m playing soccer, or hiking or finding some way to work out,” said Boyle, a sopohmore studio art major. “I’m not saying other artists aren’t like that, but when walking into Wey Hall everyday, I don’t fit into the mold of the stereotypical art kid.”

Her work “Beauty of Destruction,” a six foot tall three-dimensional mixed media piece, was selected by a jury to be featured in the 2013 Art Expo, an annual exhibition of the work of chosen student artists.

When Boyle first found out about the Art Expo, it was shortly after the devastation that Hurricane Sandy left behind.

“I had some family that lived on the Jersey Shore and had to be evacuated, so the issue hit pretty close to home,” Boyle said. “I decided to let my piece be a reflection of what people endure because of a natural disaster. The piece is a relief installation made from wood, acrylic and found objects.”

This piece, like much of her personal work, deals in recycled materials, such as scraps of wood and cardboard, and relates back to her

Audrey Boyle | Courtesy Photo

Sophomore studio art major Audrey Boyle stands by her piece ‘Beauty of Destruction,’ inspired by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy. Boyle is a featured artist in the Art Expo 2013.

personal emotions.

“I lost my dad to lung cancer a little over two years ago, so family ties are a topic that inspires the majority of my work,” Boyle said.

It was her father who encouraged Boyle throughout her life to follow her dream to become an artist, she said.

“I recently found a journal I used to write in throughout elementary school, and I found a page from

when I was eight where I had decided that I wanted to be a graphic designer,” Boyle said. “From the time my parents first gave me a crayon, I’ve loved creating. They were always extremely supportive and bought me endless amounts of art supplies.”

After being rejected by the art department twice – the max a student was allowed to be rejected by the program – in her first year at Appa-

lachian, Boyle questioned whether she was making the right decision by continuing with her passion.

“I called everyone that had been supporting me and just sobbed to them over the phone,” Boyle said.

“My mom finally calmed me down and said ‘Audrey, I don’t believe that this is the end for you. I think you should sit down with someone in the art department and talk to them about this.’”

So she sat down with Gary Nemcosky, a professor in the art department, and discussed her future.

“I poured my heart out to him about how this had been my dream since I was a little kid, and that I was incredibly lost now,” Boyle said.

“Gary went back through my portfolio entry and couldn’t see why I didn’t get in.”

Nemcosky found the arbitrary limit on the number of applications to the program per student ridiculous, and after speaking with Boyle and discussing it with his fellow faculty members, the rule was abolished altogether.

Boyle was finally accepted her sophomore year and has been working in the art department since. Her work has since been featured as a part of the Artistic Rebuttal Project, but Art Expo 2013 is her first juried showing.

“All that matters to me is continuing to do what I love,” Boyle said. “If that means working two jobs on the side as well, so be it, but I know that creating art is what I want to do for the rest of my life.”

The exhibit is on view until March 16 in the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts.

Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band returns to Legends

by KATE DURHAM

Intern A&E Reporter

This week, The Appalachian caught up with bass player and vocalist Al Al Ingram from Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band, who answered a few questions in anticipation of the band’s appearance this coming Thursday. Ingram has, in his words, been serving “booty duty” with the band since its inception more than 10 years ago.

The Appalachian: Have you ever played to Appalachian State University students before?

How are college students different to play to than non-students?

Al Al Ingram: “Yes, we have many times. College students are different ‘cause for most of them it’s their first time out of the house on their own, so they will have more fun than most while testing their limits. Many lessons are learned from these times, the main one being ‘pace yourself so you can party right, all night.’

Things get cray [sic] when college students party down.”

speaker that pushes only clean bass. Mesa Boogie or Trace Elliot would be good, though, too.”

TA: Does Boone, N.C. have any significance for you guys?

Ingram: “Why, yes.

Boone, N.C. has a big place in our hearts. Boone is where the band started, so that has some great significance. Also, a couple band members went to college at ASU, including myself, Mary Frances (keyboardist/singer), Lee Allen (drummer) and JP Miller (guitar player).”

TA: As a teenager, did you ever think you’d be touring all over the U.S. playing music in such a successful band?

What would you have done if the whole “music thing” hadn’t worked out for you? Did you have a “backup” plan?

Ingram: “Not at all. I was just doing it for fun.

I was in school to be a teacher. I ultimately had plans to be a college professor. The world and time had other plans for me, though.”

TA: How does your new material differ from your older stuff?

Ingram: “It’s more mature, and, with Mary Frances, we have keyboards in our band now. That instrument has not been in our band for most of the Booty Band timeline. I love having it. I love even more having a confident player behind them.”

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Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band will bring their unique style of funk to Legends Thursday Doors open at 9 p.m.

TA: What can you tell me about your instrument(s)? Are you brand loyal? Do you have a dream rig?

Ingram: “I love playing bass. Love it, love it, love it. I am brand loyal when it comes to my bass guitar it-

self. I’ve been playing for 22 years and eight years ago I got an Ernie Ball Bongo Bass. I don’t want to play any other bass on stage. I would like to have an Ampeg bass rig though, with six 10-inch speakers, running effects and a 15-inch

TA: What do you hope your fans get from the show at Legends on Thursday?

Ingram: “Great fun, great music that they will love and great memories that they can tell their grandkids about – or take to the grave.”

Yo Mama’s Big Fat Booty Band performs at Legends Thursday. Tickets are $8 at the door or $6 in advance for students.

Doors open at 9 p.m. for the APPS event and is BYOB with proper ID.

‘The Glass Menagerie’ to show in Valborg Theatre

by LOVEY COOPER Senior A&E Reporter

The Appalachian State Department of Theatre and Dance will present the re-imagined version of the Tennessee Williams classic “The Glass Menagerie” this week, featuring an all-student cast and technical designers.

The play is a semi-autobiographical work of Williams’ life, and while this fact is traditionally shown through hyperrealism in set design and production, this particular rendition is taking a different turn.

“My idea was that instead of just presenting it as a memory play, the concept was that the audience should be able to see Tom in the process of writing it and also get to see it as if they were reading it,” said Derek Gagnier, an associate professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance and director of the production. “When you remember things you know certain details but the rest is sort of fuzzy.”

These concepts come into play in nearly every aspect of the show through the narrator writing down key events and the projection of key phrases as if they are being handwritten in a journal on the wall above the actors as they are mentioned in the play.

Most visibly, however, these concepts are furthered through the set as well as the costumes and light

production of student designers.

The costumes are period-appropriate to the 1930s and incorporate elements of journal pages and prints with writing, all designed by Billie Pierce, a senior theatre arts major and costume designer for the show.

“The costume designer is responsible for the character from the skin out,” Pierce said.

This is the second show she has designed costumes for.

“I had a lot more time with this one,” Pierce said. “It was more ‘what do you think’ and ‘how can you help with the production’ more than being so rushed.”

Each student designer works alongside a faculty member to assist their personal visions for the production.

“I never have had the authority to sit down with a director and talk as equals, which is something that’s really great about being here in general,” said Bruce Moore, a junior theatre arts major and lighting designer for the show. “Most other places you just do student stuff, small productions and you help out on large ones, but here you’re fully immersed in the process, you are a member of the team – your design ideas are taken in, they’re thought about and they’re appreciated.”

Moore’s adviser for “The Glass Menagerie” is John Marty, an assistant professor in the theatre department and lighting designer for

Natalie Carpenter | Courtesy Photo

Junior theater arts majors Luke Schaffer and Laura Strausbaugh rehearse their parts for Tennessee Williams’ ‘The Glass Menagerie.’ The play will run in Valborg Theatre Feb. 13-17.

the show.

“They’re not just facilitating our work or following our instructions, but they’re going out with their own artistic ideas and trying to see where their specific ideas impact the production,” Marty said. “It gives them unique opportunities to fail at a higher level, with a bit more at stake.”

Gagnier said of all the productions he has done, this one is the closest to his idea of what he thought it could be.

“Everyone is on the same page, conceptually,” Gagnier said.

Recent weather issues have

forced the cast and crew to sacrifice valuable production time, leaving the volunteers to work overtime during the final week of rehearsals.

“We have some things to fix,” Gagnier said. “I want people to stand at the end of it. If we don’t get a standing ovation at the end of it with all those actors crying then we haven’t done our job.”

“The Glass Menagerie” shows in the Valborg Theatre Feb. 1316 at 7:30 p.m. nightly, as well as at 2 p.m. for a matinee on Feb. 17.

Tickets are $8 for students, $13 for faculty/staff and seniors and $15 for adults.

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Review:

Darwin’s Deez’s new album is a let down

by EMMA SPECKMAN Senior A&E Reporter

Editor’s Note: The following reflects the opinion of the author.

Darwin’s Deez’s self-titled 2011 album was one of the most fun indie-pop albums I think I’ve ever heard.

The lyrics were both witty and refreshingly happy. You really got the feeling that this strange little man – who is very, very odd-looking – is as happy as a clam all the time.

The music videos for “Radar Detector” and “Constellations” were nothing short of perfect in a bizarre and wonderful kind of way.

That’s why the fizzle-out follow-up to “Darwin Deez” is that much more disappointing to fans. After hearing a couple of songs on “Songs for Imaginative People,” which was released on iTunes Tuesday, Feb. 12, you get the impression that Smith recently went through a breakup, and he just can’t pull off bitterness very well.

The record is self-produced

by Darwin Smith in Asheville, N.C. Though it was a noble attempt, the result is a little messy. Most songs on the album do not flow mechanically and many of the tracks rely on weird electronic background noises in an attempt to be “experimental.”

It appears as if Smith is trying just a little bit too hard to be eclectic, and the result is a much less-than-stellar album.

Some of the lyrics are straight up weird, too. The opening track “(800) HUMAN” gets right to Smith new “edgy” vibe. He gets pedantic - or maybe just whiny with his comments on society and consumerism.

“And yes even angels fall for legalese / So lead us not into late night TV,” he sang in a strange stanza that seems to want to rewrite the Our Father. OK Darwin, get off your soapbox, I just want to dance.

With lines like “You’re sweet but you’re messed up / Your best friend is a red cup,” it seems Darwin’s “Radar Detector” girl from the previous album is sort of a mess, too.

It’s not all bad, though.

The beat in the background of “Moonlit” and lines like “I’m on a career path to the fridge and back” (which definitely made me chuckle), remind me of the old Darwin Deez.

“No Love” is a solid track as well, with the synth noises kept to a minimum and a simple keyboard leading the background track. The lyrics stay down-to-earth here as well, with none of the bizarre nonsensical lines that Smith seems to have taken on a frustrating habit in “Songs” of delivering with utter gravity. However, two good songs and one good line was definitely not enough to make me accept this new, overly-kooky progression.

At best the less distinct songs on “Songs for Imaginative People” make for OK background music. At worst, they make you reach for the ibuprofen to cure your sudden electro-pop-induced headache.

Here’s hoping that “Songs for Imaginative People” is just a bump in the road of what will be a long-lasting and cheerful indie-pop career for my favorite mustachioed hipster.

Rating:

2 out of 4 stars

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Meeting Notes

Send copy to David W. Freeman, Director of Student Publications, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, second floor, Plemmons Student Union, or e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu.

The Club Hub is open!

The Club Hub is open. What is it? A resource center to help support clubs. Where is it? 219 Plemmons Student Union across from SGA and The Appalachian. (the old CSIL offices) What is in it? Currently, there is extra meeting space for clubs.

There are 2 conference rooms able to be reserved by clubs.

Contact CSIL at 262-6252 to reserve them at this time. Also, there is casual meeting space if you are looking for a quiet place to have a club conversation. The refrigerator room is available for 48 hours at a time to store any supplies for your meeting in the Union. Contact CSIL at 262-6252 to reserve the refrigerator room. What else will be there? Coming soon will be a poster room and team building supplies that can be checked out. QUESTIONS? Contact CSIL at 828-262-6252.

2nd floor in the new section of the Student Union.

Spring Counseling Center groups

Understanding Self and Others Group—Issues commonly addressed vary from depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, issues of family conflict or abuse, etc. Students who want to resolve specific concerns as well as those seeking personal growth are welcome. Mondays 1:30-3 p.m., Tuesdays 1:30-3 p.m. and 3-4:30 p.m. USOGet Moving (moving your body to increase wellness- see below for details), Wednesdays 2:30-4 p.m., Thursdays 1:30-3 p.m. (Transitions to ASU Group, doesn’t start until October) and USO-DOG 3:30-5 p.m. (group Therapy with co-leaders and a therapy dog) Lesbian/Gay /Bisexual Therapy Group—This group will present an opportunity for lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals to explore life challenges. Fridays 1-2:30 p.m.

Painful Pasts, Promising Futures Group—This group is designed for those who have experienced traumatic events in their lives or who come from backgrounds in which they did not feel safe. Wednesdays 3-4:30 p.m.

Transgender Therapy Group—This group is similar to the “Understanding Self and Others” group in that a variety of issues will be explored in a safe and supportive environment.

Wednesdays 5-6:30 p.m. (For information contact Sheri Clark: 262-3180 or clarksl@appstate.edu) Food/Mood Group—This group is designed for students who use food and/or exercise to cope in ways that would be considered “unhealthy”. To Be Determined.

An Introduction to Mindfulness Group—Mindfulness involves stepping out of “auto-pilot” reactions and learning to pay more attention to our present experiences. Mondays 3:30-5 p.m.

USO-Get Movin’ Active Bodies Healthy Minds—Did you know that exercise is one of the best mental health interventions we know of? Tuesdays 3-4:30 p.m.

To get started with a Counseling Center group, come to the Counseling Center during Walk-In Clinic, call 262-3180 or visit our website for more information www.counseling. appstate.edu. If you are interested in group but these times do not work for you, please get in touch with Chris Carden at 262-3180 or cardendc@appstate.edu.

Music therapy may help recovery

Are you looking for support in making a lifestyle change or recovery regarding alcohol, substance use, or other addictive behaviors? Music therapy may help you in this journey!

No musical training or experience is needed, and a variety of musical experiences will be used. For more information, call 262-3148, or come by the ASU Student Wellness Center, 2nd Floor Annas Support Building, beside Health Service), starting in October, date and time TBD.

Plemmons Medallion deadline today The W. H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion, named in honor of Dr. William H. Plemmons who served as the second president of the University from 1955 to 1969, was established by an action of the Appalachian State University Board of Trustees in 1996. The award was created to recognize the time, energy, skills, and commitment of students, faculty, student development educators and staff who exceed their peers in providing leadership that enriches the quality of student life and advances the education of students.

Students and university employees are invited to nominate a student or university employee for this award. Nominations may be made in the following categories: A student leader who has provided distinguished leadership above that of other student leaders.

A Student Development Educator within the Division of Student Development for meritorious leadership in his or her work to enrich the quality of student life and learning.

A member of the faculty who has provided meritorious leadership through his or her work with student clubs or organizations, or work that enriches the quality of student life and learning outside the classroom.

An employee of Appalachian State University who has provided meritorious leadership that has significantly enriched the quality of student life and learning outside of the classroom.

Nominations for this award will be accepted through Friday.

Nominations may be submitted electronically.

For additional information, please contact Dino DiBernardi, Chair of the W. H. Plemmons Medallion Committee, at 2622060 or visit our website.

Global Women’s Series in March

The campus and local community are invited to attend the first Global Womens Series, scheduled for March 2013. The theme for the series is “Women and the Environment: Ecofeminism and Activism.” We encourage faculty to participate and have their students attend.

Tuesday, March 5, 5 to 7 p.m., Opening Event, “Environmental Activism: Expressions of Inspiration”, Price Lake, second floor in Plemmons Student Union.

Welcome remarks by Dr. Sandra Lubarsky, Director of Sustainable Development, followed by performance art and a networking reception featuring student and local community groups involved in environmental activism.

Week of March 18 (day TBA), 7 p.m.: Film, with panel discussion to follow, IG Greer Theatre.

Hosted by the Global Women’s Series and sponsored by Department of Sustainability, Library, and Geology as part of the annual Sustainability Film Series.

Wednesday, March 27, 7 p.m.: Keynote presentation with Dr. Chris Cuomo, “Eco-Feminism and Climate Change”; Parkway

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Ballroom, 4th floor of new addition in Plemmons Student Union Dr. Cuomo is professor of Philosophy and Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia, and an affiliate faculty member of the Environmental Ethics Certificate Program and the Institute for African-American Studies.

The Global Womens Series addresses contemporary global issues affecting women and girls and is a collaborative effort between faculty, students, staff and community members.

The program is co-sponsored by the Office of International Education and Development, Womens Studies, and the Belk Library. For more information, contact Sarah Bergstedt at bergstedtss@appstate.edu.

Visiting Writers begins in February

Appalachian State University’s Spring 2013 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series begins Feb. 28 with poet and novelist Alan Michael Parker. The event will be held in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union at 7:30 p.m.

Earlier that day, at 2 p.m. in the same Table Rock Room, a Craft Talk, “Real Gardens and Fake Trees; Or, How to Write the Life Imagined,” will be held.

Poet Nathalie Anderson will read from her works on March 28 in Lecture Hall 114, Belk Library, at 7:30 p.m. A Craft Talk, “Writing Around,” will be held in Attic Window Room, Plemmons Student Union, at 2 p.m.

Fiction writer and memorist Brett Lott will read form his works on April 4 in the Table Rock Room, Plemmons Student Union, at 7:30 p.m. A Craft Talk, “Writing With So Great a Cloud of Witnesses,” will be held in Table Rock at 3:30 p.m.

Novelist and poet Darnell Arnoult will read from his works on April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Table Rock Room, Plemmons Student Union. A Craft Talk, “The Sublime Fiction Triangle,” will be held at 3:30 p.m. in Table Rock.

ACT to sponsor May event

Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT) at Appalachian State University will sponsor an International ASE May Break event May 13-28, in Thailand and Ghana. Sign up now in the new ACT Outreach Center located in Plemmons Student Union. A $500 deposit and your ID is required.

Want to sing? Join the App Chorale

Do you miss singing in choir? Would you like to sing choral masterworks by composers such as Haydn, Handel, Britten and Vivaldi? The Appalachian Chorale is a choir of students and community members, open to all area adults who feel that they can hold their own on a choral part.

No audition is required. Rehearsals are Mondays from 7-9 p.m.

The group is led by Dr. Linda Larson, chorale director, with Dr. Joby Bell, accompanist/organist.

This semester the chorale will prepare Haydn’s “Missa Brevis No. 7” and Britten’s “Rejoice in the Lamb” for a concert on Tuesday, April 30, at 8 p.m. New members are welcome on Jan. 28 at Broyhill Music Center Room 214 on campus. For more information, contact the Hayes School of Music at 828262-3020 or email Larson at larsonll@appstate.edu.

Speaker on Global Climate Change

“Global Climate Change – The Critical Thinking Factor” is the topic of Dr. Robert Bruck of N.C. State University on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in the Grandfather Mountain Ballroom in Plemmons Student Union. Bruck’s talk is hosted by the ASU’s Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program.

Co-Sponsors are: ASU’s Environmental Science Program, Biology Department, Research Institute for Environment, Energy & Economics, Southern Appalachian Environmental Research & Education Group This event is free and open to ASU faculty, staff, and students as well as members of the community.

Science is a process – not an end. Rarely have scientific subjects so Balkanized the public, scientists, and decisionmakers as Global Climate Change. The current warming of our planet (if it continues) poses some of the most onerous challenges to ecosystem and human sustainability in the history of Homo sapiens. This seminar will address the good-bad and ugly about the current debate on this vexing subject. It will explore the role of orthogonal “science” in the making of science policy, discuss what we know and what we don’t know, and hopefully provoke discussion regarding a road map for the future. Bruck proposes a thought question in preparation – Can you prove that the sun will rise in the east tomorrow?

Bruck is a professor in NCSU’s Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources. An award-winning teacher, Bruck has courses in multiple programs, including Environmental Technology & Management, Environmental Science, Plant Pathology and Marine, Earth & Atmospheric Science. As a research scientist, Bruck has made tremendous contributions to our understanding of the effects of pollution and climate change on forest ecosystems. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, and his new book, “Global Climate Change – The Future of a Warming Planet,” is currently in press with Freeman Publishers. Bruck has also been actively involved in communicating environmental science to decisionmakers; Bruck served as Science Adviser to the Governor of North Carolina from 1990-1992 and has testified to the U.S. Congress on 13 Occasions.

Wellness Workshops are planned

The Counseling Center at Appalachian State University presents “The Wellness Workshops: Feelin’ Good in the Neighborhood!” Workshops are: Get Your Zen On: Mindfulness Meditation for Serenity, Feb. 18, noon to 1 p.m., Price Lake room of the student union; Pet the Dog: The Benefits of Pet Therapy, March 6, 11 a.m. to noon, Calloway Peak room of the student union; Get Movin’ to Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Depression (wear clothes and shoes you can move in), March 26, 5 to 6 p.m., Table Rock room of the student union; Born this Way: Learning to Love Yourself, April 11, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Rough Ridge Room of the student union; Express Yosef: Self Expression through Art, April 15, 5-6 p.m., Attic Window room of the student union. For more information contact the Counseling Center at 262-3180 or counseling.appstate.edu.

ASU Solar Decathlon going to Europe

Appalachian State University is one of only three U.S. universities selected to participate in the prestigious Solar Decathlon Europe 2014, an international competition inspired by the U.S. Solar Decathlon that challenges student teams to design and build an energy-independent solar house. Twenty projects were selected for the competition out of a total of 44 candidacies from 23 countries.

Appalachian is partnering with the University of Angers in An-

gers, France. The collaboration, dubbed Team Réciprocité, will present their energy plus house design, Maison Reciprocity, in Versailles from June through July 2014.

A highlight of the Solar Decathlon experience is collaboration.

Led by the Department of Technology and Environmental Design, other departments at Appalachian, including communication, economics, and the sustainable MBA program, will actively participate in the project. Additionally, the partnership with University of Angers provides the opportunity for international collaboration.

Design and construction will take place on Appalachian’s campus in Boone. Throughout the next year and a half, the team will be responsible for meeting specific deadlines related to design, construction, promotion and more. If the team misses any deadlines throughout the course of the project, point penalties will carry forward to the contest event.

The Maison Reciprocity is the second Appalachian design to compete in a Solar Decathlon event. The Solar Homestead, the university’s entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011, earned the People’s Choice Award. For more information about Solar Decathlon Europe 2014, visit http:// www.solardecathlon2014.fr/en.

Food Mood Group can help you cope

Do you weigh yourself everyday? Do you skip at least one meal a day? Do you count calories and fat grams every time you eat? Do you exercise because you have to not because you want to? Do you hate yourself for the size of your thighs?

Do you need to better accept your self, body and all? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you may benefit from participating in the Counseling Center’s Food Mood Group.

For more information, contact the Counseling Center at 2623180, or drop by the Counseling Center during walk-in hours (Monday-Thursday, 1-4 p.m., and Friday, 1-3 p.m.). Or try an anonymous online screeing at counseling.appstate.edu and click “online screening.”

African American officer to speak

Join the Military Science and Leadership (Army ROTC) Department at Appalachian State University as it hosts Lt. Col. Maury Williams, Class of 1989. Williams will discuss his career and provide insights into the African American role in the U.S. Army. Williams is a proven leader with over 27 years of Army experience. He has commanded at the company and battalion level, deployed to Iraq, and served in several key position, inluding as the Executive Officer for the ASU ROTC Battalion. Williams talk will be Feb. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Rough Ridge Room (415) of Plemmons Student Union.

APPS Films ready for spring showings

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Films Council is pleased to announce its remaining schedule for the Spring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G. Greer SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed movies of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage series in the Greenbriar theater will start out creepy, reflect some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times are listed with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1.

Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., except where otherwise noted; Admission $1.) Feb. 7-9 - Cloud Atlas (7 and 10:20 p.m.); Feb. 14-16 – Lincoln (7 and 10 p.m.); Feb. 21- 23 - Skyfall (7 and 9:45 p.m.); Feb. 28 - March 2 - Wreck-It Ralph; Match 21-23 - Silver Linings Playbook; April 4-6 - The Hobbit (7 and 10:15 p.m.); April 11-13 - Les Miserables (7 and 10 p.m.); April 18-20 - Rise of the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters (Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies.

Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at 7 p.m.; Admission $1.); Feb. 6 and 8 - Cool Runnings (‘93); Feb. 13 and 15 - Beetlejuice (‘88); Feb. 20 and 22 - Ghostbusters (‘84); Feb. 27 and March 1- Back to the Future (‘85); March 6 and 7* - Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (‘89); March 20 and 21* - Jurassic Park (‘93); March 27 and 28* - The Land Before Time (‘88); April 3 and 5 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (‘88); April 10 and 12 - Peter Pan (’53); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1 and 3 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times are subject to change.

If you would like to have some input on what movies are brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m.

Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements for you to come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown.

Research grants for students

The Research Institute for the Environment, Energy and Economics (RIEEE) at ASU is making three (3) research grants available for up to $500 to students who are conducting research pertaining to the environment, energy or economics.

Research projects can be proposed by a single student or collaborative teams of more than one student. Collaborative project descriptions should explain what each team member will be contributing and why they are seeking to work collaboratively. These grants can be used for research supplies and research related expenses but not travel to present results at a meeting. Only undergraduate students enrolled at any time during the academic year are eligible. Grant winners will be published on the RIEEE website and may be asked to present their research at future conferences. The deadline for applications is Friday. All awarded funding must be able to be expended by May 31. The Office of Student Research must have the student’s completed online application, as well as a signed letter of recommendation from their Faculty Advisor.

Please call 262-7655 if you have any questions.

2013 Multicultural Programming Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, Blue Ridge Ballroom, 7 p.m. “Hidden Voices: The Lives of Queer Muslims.” Participants will learn about sexual and gender minorities within the Muslim world and examine the complex intersection of Islam, sexuality and gender.

Faisal Alam is a queer-identified Muslim activist of Pakistani descent. At age 19, while trying to reconcile his sexuality with his faith, Faisal organized the firstever gathering of LGBT Muslims, which led to the founding of Al-Fatiha, an organization dedicated to supporting and empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex & questioning (LGBTIQ) Muslims, and their allies.

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Bottled water should be used with discretion

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PAUL HECKERT Single-use plastic water bottles are an epidemic that has grown exponentially in the last 15 years. In some parts of the world they are a necessity, but in the United States we have readily available clean drinking water right from the faucet. And yet bottled water is a $4 billion-a-year industry in the U.S. The bottles are sold for convenience at the price of a clean environment and

our well being.

Municipal water supplies are heavily regulated in the United States. In large cities, water is tested multiple times a day. In no way is tap water subpar to water in a bottle.

In fact, 40 percent of the water in bottles is pulled straight from municipal water supplies – sometimes with further treatment and sometimes without, according to foodandwaterwatch.org.

The FDA exempts the 70 percent of bottled water that is packaged and sold in the same state from regulation. They consider bottled water a low priority and estimate that less than one staff person is tasked with setting rules for the industry.

The International Bottled Water Association spent over half a million dollars on lobbying in the last five years to keep lawmakers out of their business. When a government mechanism turns a blind eye to a product that over half of all Americans indulge in, problems arise.

Plastic water bottles are created with petroleum – the same fossil fuel in gasoline. The type of plastic used in most water bottles, polyethylene terephthalate, is known to release hormone disruptors called phthalates, according to the Natural Resources Defenses Council.

Independent tests conducted by the Environmental Working Group

also found fertilizer pollution, disinfectant byproducts and 22 synthetic chemicals in bottled water.

Tap water is delivered through energy-efficient infrastructures, rather than shipped long distances. If the transportation of bottled water isn’t wasteful enough, the bottles account for the production of 1.5 million tons of plastic a year, which requires 47 million gallons of oil, according to foodandwaterwatch. org.

Though the recycling rate has increased in America overall, foodandwaterwatch.org reports that 75 percent of plastic water bottles still end up in landfills.

This number can be drastically decreased if people simply fill a reusable water bottle from the tap. If taste is a problem, a simple carbon filter would solve it.

So it is obvious that bottled water is not any purer or safer than tap water, but it is also impossible to completely avoid bottled water. At many large events it is the only option, and it is definitely a necessity in emergency situations. But we can do the environment, wallets and ourselves a favor by keeping its use to a minimum.

Heckert, a sophomore business management major from Cullowhee, is the photo editor.

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Letters to the Editor The Appalachian welcomes Letters to the Editor. Letters should be 250 words or less and include the author’s name, ASU Box, phone number, classification and campus affiliation, if any. The Appalachian reserves the right to decline publication of any letter and to edit letters for the purpose of clarity and space. Although we are unable to acknowledge those letters we cannot publish, we appreciate the interest and value the views of those who take the time to send us their comments.

Letters should be submitted electronically via our Web site or e-mail. Letters may also be mailed to “Letter to the Editor,” The Appalachian, ASU Box 9025, Boone, N.C. 28608. Letters may also be brought to the newsroom, located on the second floor of Plemmons Student Union.

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The time for major immigration reform is now

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TYLER SPAUGH There are over 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States, including 325,000 in North Carolina, according to slate.com. Immigration reform proposals by the government range from granting amnesty to establishing a legal pathway for citizenship, but both are dominated by squabbles from both parties.

Many Democrats are pushing for full amnesty for the illegal

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banned as a result of gun control legislation.

There is absolutely no harm in creating a system that does some sort of background checks on the illegal immigrants already here, and giving citizenship to those who pass, all while incorporating them into the tax base and providing them the means to learn English.

We can’t allow people affiliated with drug cartels to stay, but we can grant citizenship to the honest, hard-working immigrants who simply want to earn a better living for themselves and their families. After all, what is America but a nation of immigrants?

Spaugh, a freshmen accounting major from Winston-Salem, is an opinion writer.

Senate Republicans wrong on Violence Against Women Act

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to deport large numbers of their friends and families.

Both parties should support at least two major reforms that make sense for everyone involved.

Democrats and Republicans should work together to establish a pathway to legal citizenship, and support measures that would increase our current border security.

Securing the border is a national security risk. Illegal drugs come into America every day, and foreign terrorists could infiltrate just as easily. Even something like a ban on assault weapons, regardless of if you support it or not, is simply uninforceable as long as we have a border that has a nearly unrestricted flow of banned substances. This could cause a black market to form for the weapons

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immigrants already here, while many Republicans, who long favored deportation measures, are now being forced to consider the reality that we’re simply not going to be able to deport 11 million people.

But both massive deportation and full amnesty are bad policies. One is completely impractical while the other undermines America’s legal system by ignoring the fact that millions of illegal immigrants broke the law to come here.

Republicans have the most to gain by supporting immigration reform, as many Hispanics are socially conservative Catholics, according to New American Media.

The problem is that most Hispanics might have a difficult time supporting a party that threatens

KENT VASHAW The Senate voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, according to The New York Times. And although it didn’t encounter major resistance, it did have a few prominent detractors. Marco Rubio and Rand Paul, both possible contenders for the 2016

Republican presidential nomination, were among the 22 Republican senators who voted against the bill.

Most of the bill is completely uncontroversial. It provides help and support to women who are the victims of domestic abuse in the form of legal aid and other numerous victim assistance programs, as well as establishing a federal rape shield law.

Part of the controversial section that alienates hardcore conservatives is a new provision that provides help for Native American women who are victimized by non-Native American men. As the law currently

stands, tribal authorities cannot try non-Native Americans and local police can’t protect Native Americans if they are victimized on Native American land, so the victims of this kind of domestic abuse often falls through the legal cracks.

The Violence Against Women Act allows for tribal authorities to pursue non-Native Americans to help with this kind of problem. And that’s the problem. To these Republicans, it is an “unconstitutional” expansion of tribal power, in their eyes.

I can understand this position in a broad, general

sense. If an American citizen is tried in a tribal court, he might not receive the full rights that he would in an American court.

So these Republicans, to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they aren’t pro-violence against women, just want to make sure that Americans receive their rights.

Which is fine in concept, but the problem is that in this case, “making sure Americans receive their rights,” ultimately means that women who are violently abused won’t have any way to seek justice, and to me, that’s unacceptable.

Republicans should sup-

port the bill on more cynical grounds, too. Since the loss of the 2012 elections, many GOP politicians have lamented the lack of support among women and minorities, compelling Republicans to try and reach out to these groups.

And yet, here are prominent Republicans opposing a bill that specifically helps minority women victims.

How will that affect Republicans in 2014? Or even in 2016?

Vashaw, a sophomore creative writing and mathematics major from Apex, is an opinion writer

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Sports Schedule Thursday, Feb. 14 Men’s Basketball

BASKETBALL

Annual Play 4Kay hopes to be another huge success for Appalachian State

by KAITLYN THRUSTON Senior Sports Reporter

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he Appalachian State women’s basketball team will host the annual Play 4Kay breast cancer awareness game against Wofford on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Kay Yow, a former women’s basketball coach at N.C. State University and whom the event is named after, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987.

Yow achieved 700 career victories, was named National Coach of the Year eight times and coached the U.S. women’s basketball team in the Olympics Jamaal Trice and the men’s basketball team will try to win their second-straight game as they travel to play Elon at 7 p.m.

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Friday

Feb. 15

Softball App State vs. Southern Illinois (at Ft. Myers, Fla.) 9 a.m.

Softball App State vs. Alabama (at Ft. Myers, Fla.) 1:30 p.m.

Baseball App State at N.C. State 3 p.m.

Saturday

Feb. 16

Men’s Tennis App State (1-5) at East Carolina (6-1) 1:30 p.m.

Softball App State vs. Florida Gulf Coast (at Ft. Myers, Fla.) 1:30 p.m.

Women’s Basketball App State (15-6, 9-4 SoCon) vs. Wofford (7-14, 2-11) 2 p.m.

Baseball App State at N.C. State 4 p.m.

Softball App State vs. Wichita State (at Ft. Myers, Fla.) 8:15 p.m.

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in 1988, winning the gold medal.

Yow died of cancer in 2009.

The Kay Yow Cancer Fund has partnered with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association and is committed to raising money and awareness for women’s cancers in the hopes of finding answers and better treatment options.

This year’s game will host a number of fundraising opportunities, including T-shirt sales and auctions.

“I think it’s great to respect the legend of Kay Yow,” associate head coach

Heather Kearney said.

“She was such a great mentor, such a great coach and such a great teacher that affected so many young ladies’ lives.”

The Mountaineers will wear commemorative pink warm-up T-shirts with each player’s name and number on the back, which will be auctioned off after the game. All proceeds go to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

The Mountaineers raised $3,636.24 last year and hope to surpass that number in Saturday’s contest against Wofford.

“Last year was our overwhelming largest success

we’ve ever been able to give back,” head coach Darcie Vincent said. “We were ranked in the nation with it so we’re looking for another big Saturday for that reason.”

All fans are encouraged to wear pink to the game and show their support for the cause. The App State coaching staff will donate a dollar for every fan in attendance wearing pink.

“I hope to goodness if there is only one game that every student wants to see, this is it,” Vincent said.

“It’s for a good cause. You probably can’t put to words what this event should mean to our community.”

BASKETBALL

Women’s basketball, Vincent look to remain unbeaten in recent series against Wofford

by JESS LYONS

Intern Sports Reporter

The Appalachian State women’s basketball team hopes to bring its Southern Conference win total to 10 Saturday at 2 p.m. during its annual Play 4Kay game at the Holmes Convocation Center against Wofford.

Wofford (7-14, 2-11 SoCon) and App State (15-6, 9-4) have been long-time competitors in the past.

App State is 25-8 all-time against Wofford and has won 11 games in a row against the Terriers. Head coach Darcie Vincent has never lost to them, boasting a perfect 9-0 record, according to goasu.com.

After being taken to double overtime in their first matchup against Wofford this year, the Mountaineers hope to add another win against the Terriers – this time on the home court.

Wofford has not won a conference game on the road this season and the Mountaineers are 5-1 at home in SoCon games.

While the team has expressed concern over its most recent games shooting-wise, its second half shooting against Furman University Monday suggests a promising turnaround for the upcoming game against Wofford.

The Mountaineers shot a poor 34.5 percent (10-of-29) in the first half against Furman but shot 50 percent (14-of-28) in the second in field goals and 3-point shots, according to goasu.com For the year, App State is fifth in SoCon in points-allowed per game at 58.5, first in steals at 12.9 per game, fourth in rebounding at 39.8 per game and first in rebounding margin at +3.2, according to soconsports.com.

“You want to see the first step in us being angry?”, Vincent said.

“Watch how we play [Wofford].”

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Senior forward Kelsey Sharkey lays the ball up during Monday's game against Furman. The Mountaineers beat the Paladins 68-58.

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The Appalachian State softball team will begin its season this weekend by taking part in the FGCU/ La Quinta Inn at the Airport Tournament in Ft. Myers, Fla. The Mountaineers bring youth to the table as they attempt to do better than last season’s 2225 (9-13 SoCon) record.

The 20-player team is comprised of only five juniors and seniors, including senior outfielder Allie Cashion.

Cashion was first team All-SoCon last season and lead the Mountaineers in homeruns (16), runs batted in (51), batting average (.396) and slugging percentage (.836), according to goasu.com.

“There’s a lot more

natural talent on the team this season,” Cashion said.

“We have to work hard and each play our role successfully.”

App State refueled its pitching staff in the offseason by adding transfer students Alissa Schoelkoph of Monmouth University and Katherine Johnson of Wichita State.

“Our pitchers are definitely young, but they are talented,” head coach Shae Wesley said. “They are excited to get out there in an App uniform and play against other teams.”

Schoelkoph is exited to get the season underway as a Mountaineer.

“I love my new teammates,” Schoelkoph said.

“As soon as I got to Appalachian and met the coach, I knew it was for me. I felt at home.”

Returning SoCon

Freshman of the Year catcher Sarah Warnock will look to improve on her extremely successful true freshman campaign, which saw her hit for a .367 batting average and a .940 fielding percentage.

The Mountaineers were recently picked to finish fourth out of nine teams in the SoCon in a poll of coaches taken in January, according to goasu.com.

“We are a very young team, but we improve every single day,” Wesley said. “We work hard and we are very determined. I have no doubt we can improve on last season.”

App State will take on Southern Illinois, the University of Alabama, Florida Gulf Coast and Wichita State in the LaQuinta Inn & Suites/ FGCU Invitational Friday at 9 a.m.

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Defending Southern Conference champions open up 2013 season

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Sophomore pitcher Jamie Nunn attempts to snag a third base runner last season in a game against North Carolina A&T. The team will host Canisius College for their home-opener Monday, Feb. 18.

The Mountaineer baseball team begins the 2013 spring season this weekend with a three-game series in Raleigh against the No. 8 N.C. State University Wolfpack beginning Friday.

This is a familiar foe for first-year head coach Billy Jones, who was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at N.C. State from 2002-04.

“I think it will be fun, it will be a little bit surreal,” Jones said. “We’ve been contacted by several guys that played for me and Coach Rodgers that are coming back for the weekend. It will be good to see some people for sure.”

Both teams are the defending champions in their respective conferences and are looking to defend their crown this season. The Wolfpack are projected to repeat as ACC champions based on the conference’s coaches poll, while the

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Mountaineers are predicted

by SoCon coaches to finish sixth, according to goasu. com.

“It doesn’t matter, it’s where everybody ends up at the end,” Jones said. “As far as we’re concerned, people can say whatever they want.

They’re always going to. But the proof is going to be in the pudding.”

The matchup this weekend will feature two of the best shortstops in the nation - N.C. State’s Trea Turner, a preseason first team AllAmerican and the Mountaineer’s Will Callaway, a third team preseason AllAmerican, as well as a firstteam preseason All-SoCon selection.

“It will definitely be a cool experience,” Callaway said. “I always like playing against the best competition. I don’t shy away from it. Just go heads up and see who’s the best.”

Along with Callaway, the Mountaineers boast two other preseason first-team All-SoCon selections with

second baseman Hector Crespo and outfielder Tyler Zupcic, tying Elon for the most, according to goasu. com.

But Zupcic will be out indefinitely with a knee injury suffered during last season’s NCAA regional game.

With the middle of the lineup in place, the biggest question for the Mountaineers is their pitching rotation. The team lost its top two starters from a year ago to graduation, as well as moving its lone senior, Rob Marcello, into the closer role.

“Definitely a big change for me, I’ve started my whole life,” Marcello said.

“Coach Jones saw me throwing and said he wanted me to move to closer. He thought it would help out my career and I’ve come to accept it.”

Sophomore pitcher Jamie Nunn will get the nod on Friday to start the season off for the Mountaineers.

The first pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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