February 15, 2019

THE APPALACHIAN Feb. 15, 2019

A new take on an old story Actors channel personal experiences to bring an ancient Greek tragedy to life in “Eurydice.”

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AS SALARIES STAGNATE, PROFESSORS STRUGGLE WITH COST OF LIVING

KING STREET HOTEL OPENS AFTER YEAR OF CONSTRUCTION

SENIOR POLE VAULTER TAKES TRACK AND FIELD TO NEW HEIGHTS

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Feb. 15, 2019

Faculty salaries fall as cost of living rises, affecting day-to-day life for staff Anna Muckenfuss ‫@ ׀‬noel1122 ‫ ׀‬News Reporter

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s the cost of living rises and faculty salaries stagnate, some App State faculty are considering a part-time retail job. Others can no longer afford proper health care.

Salaries have fallen $6,085 below the university’s goal set in 2009, and the cost of living has increased 48.3 percent faster than faculty salaries, according to a budget committee report from Jan. 14.

Laura Ammon, president of App State’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors and associate religion professor, said AAUP is interested in working with university administration to find a solution.

Ammon said AAUP supports and advocates for faculty government at colleges and universities and looks at issues of academic freedom.

The AAUP hosted a forum on Jan. 29 for university faculty to share how the decrease in salary has personally affected them, vice president of the North Carolina chapter of AAUP Michael Behrent said.

“We are losing faculty who go on the job market and find positions that pay better,” said Behrent, the treasurer for the App State AAUP chapter and an associate history professor. “I think there’s a lot of people here who like this university very much who are struggling right now.”

Behrent said the issues with pay not only affect faculty at App State, but faculty across the UNC System.

“People who are interested in working here decline the position because they are being offered better pay and benefits from other institutions,” Behrent said.

Darrell Kruger, provost and executive vice chancellor for App State, wrote in an email that he meets with the AAUP bi-annually to discuss initiatives and engage in conversation.

“Our faculty are pivotal to educating our students. They make real and powerful differences in our

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community here, and throughout the world,” Kruger wrote in an email.

“No one disputes our faculty deserve to be compensated for both merit and to keep pace with the market.”

Because faculty salaries do not match inflation rates, there is an extreme loss in purchasing power, according to the budget report.

Ammon said her salary has not increased since her promotion to associate professor and affects how much money she can save for retirement.

“My health care costs have gone up considerably,” Ammon said. “I’m one snapshot, but we have testimonials from faculty who haven’t had a raise in 10 years.”

One faculty testimonial described having to sell their photography equipment to make ends meet.

“As I write this I have holes in my shoes, 1/3 of the buttons on my coat and the car I drove to campus today is held together with duct tape,” one faculty member testimonial wrote. “I need new glasses, but cannot afford the eye exam.”

Kruger wrote in an email that App State is a lead employer in Watauga County and that leadership considers the challenges of living in this area.

“Faculty have shared with me the impact this has on their lives,” Kruger wrote in an email. “Cost of living is a challenge everyone who lives in this area is managing. There is no one solution to these challenges, so we work to address them on many fronts.”

Kruger wrote that a lasting solution to the issue of cost of living is to prioritize better compensation.

He also wrote that Chancellor Sheri Everts has fought for an increase in compensation and worked to create long-term solutions for the issue, including “affordable and quality” childcare for faculty and staff.

Behrent said faculty question the way universities allocate money they receive from the state.

“There’s no question that there has been a significant decline in funding from the state,” Behrent said.

“There was a 2 percent raise for all state employees except for employees of the University of North Carolina.”

Kruger wrote that for the past four years Everts has “ensured merit-based pay increases averaging about 2 percent for eligible employees” and she “has allocated more than $10 million in salary increases and incremental benefits for faculty.”

“When the state legislature limited the university’s capacity to increase tuition, it did so to ensure access and reduce student debt,” Kruger wrote in an email. “Tuition revenue has been a funding source for salary increases for the past four years. This has required either partial or full funding from internal sources.”

Behrent said shifting away from tenure contracts could be a reason many faculty are experiencing financial hardship.

“People are only paid for a specific course or for one year and they’re paid a lot less,” Behrent said.

Five percent of professors nationwide are non-tenure contracts, according to a 2018 AAUP survey.

“I don’t think that the point of being a professor is that you’re going to be rich, but I think that you need a certain amount of job security,” Behrent said. “People feel they don’t have a lot of job security right now.”

Behrent said he believes the situation will affect students in the near future.

“I don’t think it’s good for students that professors feel they need to consider other options. I think that’s a problem,” Behrent said.

Behrent said he believes faculty lack morale and App State administration is “tone-deaf ” to the issues.

“It’s pretty clear that salaries for administrators have gone up significantly,” Behrent said. “I’m not convinced that we aren’t doing enough as we could to reallocate the budget that would prioritize the work of the people that teach the students.”

Kruger wrote that he has found “common ground, understanding and mutual respect” in conversations with

the Faculty Senate budget committee.

Kruger wrote that Academic Affairs received 75 percent of the budget allocation, to “fund new, full-time faculty positions, promotion and tenure increases, library collections and research initiatives.” The remaining 25 percent went to support Business Affairs, University Advancement and the Chancellor’s Division.

Ammon said AAUP hopes App State’s administration will have a greater awareness of the situation for faculty and will advocate for faculty at the state legislature and Board of Governors.

“It is especially important now to support faculty and demonstrate the value of their talent and work,” Kruger wrote in an email. “The other vice chancellors, deans and I can do this while supporting the important advocacy work the Chancellor is doing.”

The Faculty Senate will meet on Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. in the Parkway Ballroom to discuss the issue of faculty salaries. The meeting will be open to the public.

University administration set the goal that faculty salaries would be approximately 75% of App state’s peer institutions

In 2009, the administration largely achieved the goal within $850 of the 75% target (for all ranks)

By 2018,

salaries had fallen dramatically $6085 below the 75% target and even $1,192 below average of peers (for all ranks).

Between 2009 and 2018, annual inflation has averaged 1.76%.

Source: Faculty Senate Budget Committee

faculty salaries have increased 1.19% per year.

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Feb. 15, 2019

9th Congressional District a priority for new Board of Elections member Jackie Park ‫@ ׀‬jackiempark ‫ ׀‬Associate News Editor An App State management professor was appointed to the North Carolina State Board of Elections Jan. 31.

Stella Anderson plans to tackle accusations of voter fraud in the 9th Congressional District as soon as possible.

The board will host a public hearing on Feb. 18 to present evidence collected against those involved. The Harris and McCready campaigns will have the opportunity to respond.

“The minute somebody takes someone else’s absentee ballot is where the law has been broken,” Anderson said.

The Board of Elections has accused individuals in the 9th Congressional District of “helping” with mailin absentee ballots and changing the intent of the voters behind the ballots.

A small number of state employees have investigated accusations of voter fraud in the district for over a year now, Anderson said.

“It puts the board on the spot because it’s virtually impossible for us to determine, with certainty, what happened to all of these voters and their

ballots,” Anderson said.

Anderson said those accused of voter fraud in the district could have falsely witnessed the vote, advocated for a particular candidate or lied about taking their card to the Board of Elections.

“What’s really tough is that while voters might want to know for sure how many votes were involved, it’s virtually impossible for us,” Anderson said.

Those who are investigating allegations of voter fraud would have to personally interview every voter in the 9th Congressional District to know the truth, Anderson said.

Anderson noted that people will lose their ballots, forget to mail them in or not prioritize voting, but those situations are “outliers.”

The board needs to prove that the will of the voters was harmed by the 905 votes in question, Anderson said.

The board needs three out of five members to certify the election after the hearing. If the election is not cer-

tified, a vote of four out of five members is required to call for a new election, Anderson said.

If the election is not certified and the board does not vote for a new election, the North Carolina House of Representatives will decide if it wants to investigate the case further or declare the seat vacant and hold a special election.

“It will be interesting to see what this hearing yields and where that goes. I think there is a decent chance it will have to be resolved by the House of Representatives,” Anderson said Wake County district attorney Lorrin Freeman will decide whether or not to pursue criminal charges for those involved.

“It’s very much a sticky wicket,” Anderson said. “There are people who need absentee by mail as a method of voting in order to be able to participate in the democracy.”

Many who use absentee ballots are elderly, disabled or out of the country.

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Stella Anderson is rejoining the North Carolina Board of Elections, which is looking to address potential issues of voter fraud in the 9th Congressional District.

Anderson is also an App State management professor. // Photo by Brendan Hoekstra

ple’s votes have gotten messed with, and they have,” Anderson said The board will also work on the systems required to enact the voter ID laws passed in the midterm election and replace voting machines in many

counties.

Anderson has served for a total of 10 years on both the state and county boards.

Denmark technique proves useful for student mental health Cameron Stuart ‫@ ׀‬cameronlstuart ‫ ׀‬News Reporter With less daylight and more cold weather, hygge can help improve App State students’ mental health.

The Danish concept, pronounced “hoo-gah,” is about creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying life with other people, according to the website Visit Denmark.

“It’s an evolving concept for me,” said Audrey Stone, the host of the Counseling Center’s hygge workshop on Feb. 5. “But to me, hygge means creating intentional warmth and connection and coziness, and that can mean with other people or

on your own.”

Stone is a staff counselor and the diversity outreach coordinator at the Counseling Center.

“Given that it can be so dark and cold in wintertime in Boone, some aspects of hygge like connecting with other people, experiencing physical and emotional warmth, and intentionally doing things that bring us pleasure and joy can help us deal with the depression,” Stone said.

Living farther from the equator and in an area with less light leads to an increased risk for seasonal affective disorder, according to the

National Institute of Mental Health.

Kimber Gada, second-year graduate student in the clinical mental health counseling program, said hygge can reduce stress.

“There’s a lot of pressure, especially as a college student, to constantly be performing your absolute best,” Gada said. “Introducing this concept can call attention to that and emphasize that there’s a different way of doing things.”

Stone said students can implement hygge into their lives by creating a comforting and cozy environment to feel grounded and happy.

“Another really important piece is that students acknowledge and appreciate moments that are meaningful to them,” Stone said. “Those could happen on their own or with other people. That connection to the specialness and the coziness are really important.”

Candles, baking, walking her dog and spending personal time with friends are ways Stone implements hygge.

Gada said students can take the time to sit and drink their morning coffee rather than running out the door with it.

“Be hygge by creating space to do something to engage the creative side of your brain and work with your hands,” Gada said.

Hygge is about a connection between others and the world, but Stone said social media, particularly Instagram, makes hygge all about fuzzy socks, candles and sweaters.

“I think that’s part of it, but I think social media can sort of over-commercialize it, and make it about stuff, when it’s really more about the feeling of coziness and connection,” Stone said.

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TEAMS provides math and science teachers to ‘high need’ schools Jackie Park ‫@ ׀‬jackiempark ‫ ׀‬Associate News Editor

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he Teaching for Equity in Appalachia in Mathematics and Science program aims to create teachers from those majoring in math and science fields.

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is a grant given in honor of famous physicist Robert Noyce, co-founder of Intel, given by the National Science Foundation.

Tracie Salinas first applied for the grant in 2015, and in the spring of 2016, the first group of students in the TEAMS program began taking classes.

“With Teaching Fellows being gone at the time, with Appalachian being a premier education institution, I thought, ‘This is something we just need to do,’” Salinas said.

Teachers must also complete a year of teaching in a “high needs” district as determined by the NSF for each year of funding they received for their education.

NSF defines a “high needs” district as one where at least one school meets the following criteria: • 50 percent or more of students qualify for free and reduced price lunch.

• More than 34 percent of teachers at a secondary level do not have an undergraduate degree.

•A school whose teacher turnover rate has been 15 percent or more over the last three school years.

Katie Gray is a graduate of the TEAMS program and teaches biology at Watauga High School.

After college, Gray worked as a naturalist at Grandfather Mountain, where she said she tried to create recurring educational programs.

“A lot of people in my family are educators, so my whole undergrad experience I was like, ‘I am not going to

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Katie Gray is a former student of the TEAMS Scholarship Program offered at App State. The program is centered on motivating students majoring in science or mathematics to pursue a career in teaching within their discipline. Gray is now a biology teacher at Watuaga High School. // Photo by Brendan Hoekstra

be a teacher,’ and then I kept trying to make every job I ever had into a teacher,” Gray said.

Gray said her parents kept telling her she belonged in the field of education. Once she accepted this, she decided to apply to graduate school.

Gray applied to graduate school, got in, got the TEAMS scholarship and got a job teaching all within a span of three weeks.

While in the program, students take graduate coursework and have mentors and group discussions often.

Gray said the mentorship was one of the most helpful parts of the program.

“When you first start your career in any job, you’re worried that you’re not doing it correctly, and you need

that reassurance,” Gray said.

Gray said she learned about how to act in the classroom and about inclusivity of LGBTQ students from the group discussions.

“You can say things and never show anything to actually mean it,” Gray said Another aspect of the TEAMS program is an annual summit for all of the Robert Noyce Scholarship Programs across the country. Gray attended last year.

“Sometimes you just need to be rejuvenated and remember why this is all so exciting and that was it,” Gray said.

Salinas said she, Gray and another student presented about the

challenges of recruiting teaches at the summit last year.

Gray said she is grateful for the program and thinks the idea of having the teachers teach in a “high needs” district is great.

“You get the top of the top educators that are graduating from App going into schools that need them,” Gray said.

TEAMS is in its final year of funding, but will apply for an extension for the money they have left over for the next year. After this, Salinas said she will reapply for the grant.

“Without it, I have no idea how I would’ve gone back to grad school to become a teacher, which, evidently, my whole life I’ve been trying to be with-

out knowing it,” Gray said.

Students can join TEAMS in three ways: • If they are still completing their undergraduate coursework as a math or science related major, they can switch their major and get help from TEAMS. • If the student is a senior, they can get a jumpstart into graduate coursework and continue the program after they graduate.

• If the student recently graduated with a math and science major, they can also apply to graduate school and the program.

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(Left) A seating area in the lobby of the Horton Hotel. (Center) The 15-room boutique hotel, the Horton Hotel opened to the public on Feb. 13. The Horton Hotel is the only hotel in Boone with a rooftop lounge and bar. (Right) The bar in the Horton Hotel, which is the only hotel on King Street. // Photos by Anna Muckenfuss

Horton Hotel offers job opportunities to App State students

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fter a year of construction, the 15-room Horton Hotel, located on King Street, opened on Feb. 13.

Denise Lovin, owner of the Horton Hotel, said the Horton will be a place for all to gather and enjoy a space with a touch of sophistication, craft beer and cocktails. Lovin owns the hotel with her husband.

“We’ve incorporated a lot of history of the family of Walter Horton, who actually built the hotel, and references to downtown Boone,” Lovin said. “We’re here to provide exceptional customer service and to be neighborly and to build good relationships with tourists, locals and guests.”

Lovin said the hotel offers fine linens, hypoallergenic pillows, comfortable robes, and locally made soaps and lotions. The hotel offers pet-friendly rooms on the lower level.

“We really want to create an experience that we hope and think our guests will enjoy,” Lovin said. “Knowing that there are travelers that love traveling with their dogs, we wanted to be welcoming to anyone who walks through our doors.”

Senior public relations major Jessica Adams, an intern for the hotel, said the hotel has already impacted

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App State students.

“A lot of hospitality students have toured there and there are hospitality students working in the hotel,” Adams said. “It’s given a lot of classes experience. It’s been nothing but beneficial for students.”

The hotel has a rooftop bar, which Lovin said will offer a change in perspective, literally.

“I like the idea of providing a space that is incredibly welcoming, comfortable and offering something that we hope to be unique,” Lovin said. “At the same time, staying true to our local vibe and the story that we tell and the history that we incorporate into the space.”

Lovin said the rooftop bar will not open until spring due to weather.

The bar will serve cocktails, hot coffee, soft drinks, beer and wine.

The Horton Hotel is open from 4-10 p.m., but may open earlier on weekends and game days, Lovin said.

Even though the Horton Hotel is located near several bars, Lovin said she had no interest in competing against them.

“One of our values is being neighborly so we really are excited to work with the other businesses downtown,” Lovin said. “Being that we are

a hotel, there will be people who will stay here longer. We’re excited to provide that amenity to the downtown area.”

Lovin said the hotel hopes to partner with App State to provide a place to stay for job applicants, guest lecturers, entertainers and parents.

Lovin said the two student interns have been incredible assests to the hotel already.

“We benefit from that greatly in terms of the skills they bring from their different departments,” Lovin said.

Adams said her work with the Horton Hotel has offered her a chance to put all of her skills to real work experience.

Adams said she has helped design invitations, plan events and work with content on the hotel’s social media pages.

“I feel like it has helped me grow more than anything,” Adams said.

Hank Clark, an intern and graduate student in the business administration department, said he has learned about a side of business he didn’t know much about before.

“I’m looking forward to seeing the Horton be successful,” Clark said.

“I really want to see it during the spring when it starts to warm up because it’s going to be super fun with the rooftop bar.”

Lovin said the hotel is still hiring new staff.

“One of the things that is most important to us are people that have a good energy, that are excited about hospitality and customer service and bringing that into their work here,” Lovin said.

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BOONE

PEOPLE OF

Christine Dudley | @Chridud | A&C Reporter

Zhané Adamson “Fun fact, I actually have four jobs. I work at Rite Aid, the bookstore on campus, I am on evaluation team and teach fitness classes at App. It sounds like a lot, but it definitely helps to keep me on track and stay busy. My fitness class is called Twerk N Tone, and it is honestly the best way that I relieve my stress. A big struggle that I am still working to overcome is making time for myself out of my busy schedule. Twerk N Tone definitely contributes; however, my greatest joy is listening to music, putting on my oil diffuser and kicking back with a face mask as I do my nails at least once a week.

It’s not much, but it’s the best thing for me, and that’s all that matters.”

Non-traditional barbecue restaurant and bar to open on Howard Street

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Christina Beals ‫@ ׀‬Christinalala_ ‫ ׀‬WASU Coordinator

oone’s newest barbecue joint is the best of both worlds: close enough to App State to see its campus from the rooftop patio, while still a part of Boone nightlife.

Howard Station Bar and Barbeque is the product of owners Cody Estes and Chelsea Jackson, who left their financial advising jobs behind in Raleigh and came to Boone to use their past restaurant industry experiences.

The kitchen mastermind and third owner is Andy Phillips, who went to high school with Estes. Phillips said he has poured his passion into smoking meat for his whole life.

The trio spent 2018 researching where to execute their restaurant, starting with market research.

“We knew that we wanted to be in a town that had tourists and a very close-knit community, but also a college town,” Jackson said. “We looked all across the state from Wilmington all the way here. When they brought me here, I just fell in love with it. How can you not love the mountains?”

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Jackson said the group’s college nostalgia and catering to a crowd that wants a fun time, safety and good latenight food inspired their college town criteria.

They searched for a location that would welcome the App State community and Boone nightlife at the same time.

Jackson and Estes purchased 268 Howard St. in October and discovered the exposed high-beam ceilings and modern brick walls inside.

“It’s gorgeous,” Jackson said. “It’s a little bit more of a modern or trendy take than your traditional smokehouses in that way.”

The owners plan to honor the 1919 Howard Station railroad, which Boone used to interact with surrounding towns until it flooded in 1940, through decor.

Estes graduated from App State in 2015 and said he did not know Howard Street had a train station. He said he sees value in passing on the history to current college students.

They also plan to appeal to

college students by using all of the three-story building.

“The basement will be open during the day for dining,” Estes said.

“Toward the end of the night, we’ll be able to open it up a lot more and actually have a live venue for bands. You can take a trip up to the rooftop patio and look out on App State’s campus and have a few drinks.”

Jackson said the bar and kitchen are located on the main floor, and the rooftop patio will be a dining space and music venue.

The owners said they hope the food is what will keep people talking about Howard Station and coming back for more.

“It’s not necessarily your traditional smokehouse where you just get your barbecue plate,” Phillips said.

“Of course we’re going to have barbecue plates and sandwiches, but we’re also going to have pulled chicken and barbecue waffles.”

Phillips said when he learned how to smoke meat, he approached it as a puzzle: he tried to find which

New owners Andy Phillips, Chelsea Jackson, and Cody Estes are hard at work revamping the space for Howard Station Bar and Barbecue opening in March. // Photo by Michelle Hausman

wood chips or marinade would fit together to make the perfect flavor for the dish he was crafting.

“I started watching other competition barbecuers and spent some time learning from other perspectives, whether it was through videos or meeting with people,” Phillips said.

“Doing that had an impact on my own thought process and broadened my own perspective.”

Phillips has a late-night menu geared toward college crowds and will serve it from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

“It’s a really good, easy way to transition over from single plates to something a little bit more for the college crowd: ready to eat,” Jackson said.

“We’ve all been there, and it’s really

frustrating when you go to a bar and there’s not a lot of food.”

Phillips said he will incorporate filling, yet cost-efficient options to the late-night menu and offer shareable food plates.

“I’m just trying to make it more personal to the community. We’re making everything in house, so everything is going to be tender and fresh,” Phillips said. “I’m really just trying to pour my heart out on the plate. I want to make sure everybody is really impressed and wants to come back for more.”

Howard Station Bar and Barbeque is planned to open in April.

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Feb. 15, 2019

Students bring ‘Eurydice’ characters to life by connecting to personal experiences Christine Dudley ‫@ ׀‬Chridud ‫ ׀‬A&C Reporter

Eurydice, played by junior theatre arts major Zoe Dean, embraces her father, played by junior theatre arts major Shane Buchheit, while the Stones (from left to right, theatre arts sophomore Xeleighta Bernardo, theatre arts senior Kaitlyn Lyon and management sophomore Emma Harkins) look on. // Courtesy of Lynn Willis.

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ust as Orpheus looks back at Eurydice, the cast of the upcoming Department of Theatre and Dance play, “Eurydice,” looks back at personal experiences to bring their characters to life.

Inspired by the ancient Greek myth Orpheus and Eurydice, Sarah Ruhl’s 2003 version tells the story from Eurydice’s perspective.

Junior theatre education major Shane Buchheit plays Eurydice’s father, who is the only dead man in the underworld who regained his memory.

He reteaches Eurydice how to read, write and emote while she visits the underworld.

“My favorite aspect of playing the father is the world that he lives in and the rules that come along with that world,” Buchheit said.

Although Buchheit is not a father, he said he draws on his relationship with his grandmother to understand the relationship between Eurydice and her father.

“She’s the most important person in my life, and I feel like the love

I have for her and she has for me and my family is something very strong. It’s the strongest relationship I have with love,” Buchheit said.

Junior theatre performance and political science major Jordan Matthews plays Orpheus, Eurydice’s singing and guitar-playing husband.

Matthews said he connected with his character immediately.

“The thing that makes me very similar to Orpheus is that we’re both artists, and we both have very big hearts, and we have both at times given our heart to someone who hasn’t exactly given their heart back to us,” Matthews said.

Xel Bernardo, sophomore theatre performance major, plays Little Stone, who is the ringleader of the Stones, the nasty children of the underworld. The Stones function as the Greek chorus of the play, supplying context and moving the story along.

Bernardo said she can relate to her character because she was once a bratty child too.

“The thing I love the most is all

of the energy that I have to give to be Little Stone because she’s so all over the place,” Bernardo said.

Bernardo is also making the costume for her character because she works in the costume shop. Bernardo said she loves performing, but also enjoys makeup, hair and costume design.

“If I didn’t become an actor, I would probably pursue cosmetology,” Bernardo said.

Bernardo loves her movement in “Eurydice,” which is choreographed

by Sherone Price, a dance professor at App State.

“At some point I’m rolling around, so I’m literally a rolling stone,” Bernardo laughs.

Watch a Little “rolling” Stone, a serenading Orpheus and a loving father come to life Feb. 20-24 at 7 p.m. in the Valborg Theatre. To purchase tickets, visit the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts box office on weekdays from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. or visit the theater department’s website.

(Top) The Lord of the Underworld, played by theatre arts sophomore Noah Wyche, stands over Eurydice in the upcoming Department of Theatre and Dance production of “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl. (Bottom) Eurydice and Orpheus, played by theatre arts senior Jordan Matthews, share a moment in rehearsal. “Eurydice” will run Feb. 20-24 in Valborg Theatre. // Courtesy of Lynn Willis

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Feb. 15, 2019

Entropy Dance Crew

creates accessible hip-hop environment for students Daisy Tucker ‫@ ׀‬TheAppalachian ‫ ׀‬A&C Reporter

W Veronika Cloutier The last few years of Veronika Cloutier’s life have redefined what womanhood means to her.

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Influence from television, music and friends give junior psychology major Cloutier a strong feminine identity that nurtures her innovative fashion.

Nineties alternative rock girl bands have influenced Cloutier’s love for the decade and is represented in the way she dresses and the music she makes. She claims Kim Deal, front woman of The Breeders, as her music and fashion icon.

Cloutier created her band, Veronika’s Midnight Cowboys, because she was inspired by the musically talented women in her life. On stage, she dives into her Western persona, adding cowboy hats or boots to her ‘90s-inspired outfits.

“I think fashion is an art form and what I wear says a lot about me,” Cloutier said.

The show “Twin Peaks” opened Cloutier to her everyday style she and her friends classify as “mountain mama chic.” The show’s mysterious and ethereal mountain town aesthetic has greatly affected her style in recent years.

Cloutier’s friends are also a feminine influence and have unleashed her artistic drive, especially Connaley Martin, junior art history major. Cloutier suggested “Twin Peaks” to Martin, prompting both of them to buy long dresses and coats inspired by the show’s mountain presence.

The two friends are constantly creating similar fashion styles and inspiring each other.

Cloutier said she used to never concern herself with other people’s fashion. Since meeting Martin she now buys neck scarves because they are a staple in Martin’s style.

“I’ve been spending so much time with my friends and that’s all I really need,” Cloutier said.

Cloutier continues to explore and express herself through fashion. Finding the music she likes and her group of friends has aided her to go out and buy new clothes and make more music.

“I’ve never been creating more in my life,” Cloutier said.

hen thinking about the musical culture in the Appalachian region, thoughts of banjos and square dancing come to mind. One group is hoping to broaden the spectrum.

Entropy Dance Crew was created in 2010 to change the culture around dance at App State. Its original goal was to create an independent dance crew on campus that focused on urban and hip-hop dance.

“We want to hold a safe environment where anybody can come and learn what the culture of hip-hop is really about,” said Elijah Grady, Entropy’s president and senior dance studies major. “We hope to spread the love of dance in general.”

Entropy is focused on its uniqueness.

Members of the group said it doesn’t compare to any other dance crew and takes special care in knowing that each dancer is growing both in their dancing skills and personal livelihood.

“In rehearsals, we work on things like choreography and making our dances clean, but we also look into the history of urban dance and make sure we know why we’re doing what we do, as well as feeling comfortable in our own bodies and dancing with others,” said Rachel Bohannon, Entropy secretary and junior dance studies major.

Entropy, besides branding itself as a hip-hop dance crew, welcomes any and all forms of dance, and encourages variety within its choreography. This allows the members to stay true to their vision of composing a dance group that truly conforms to no labels.

“I never thought that so many different people coming from various backgrounds could collectively come together and create

such unique and unison dance works,” said Hannah Kent, Entropy’s vice president and sophomore dance studies major.

The group also serves as a community for its members.

“Having people who share similar interests is really fun when creating, and especially for all the times we spend countless hours together in the studio or traveling,” Kent said. “Entropy has made college unforgettable so far and I’m so excited for what’s to come.”

Entropy holds its members to high standards and expects them to grow and improve.

“Entropy has helped me learn how to stand up for myself and become a better teacher,” Bohannon said. “Everything is not always sunshine and rainbows at practices, and we do have issues from time to time. Because of this, I have learned when to speak up and how to fix problems.”

Entropy is a community-based club, performing at school related events and participating in service projects throughout the semester.

Entropy meets three days per week for two-hour practices. It also travels at least once per semester to participate in dance conventions with fellow dance crews within the UNC System.

“Even though Entropy requires a lot of time commitment, I stay because the good times outweigh the bad tenfold,” Bohannon said. “I love my crew.”

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Sports

Feb. 15, 2019

Story helps build culture for App State women’s basketball

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Garrett Wold ‫@ ׀‬G_Dub100 ‫ ׀‬Sports Reporter

here has been a serious culture change for the App State women’s basketball team in recent years. Last season the team made it to the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt Conference tournament. The team was knocked out by the defending champs, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

“Coaches always want a certain attitude out of their team. There’s always an expectation from us,” women’s basketball assistant coach Sam Pierce Jr. said.

“Ultimately, you want that attitude to be player-driven; the players need to facilitate.”

Redshirt senior guard Madi Story has been that facilitator on and off the basketball court.

Story began her career at App State in 2014 after a successful career at Bandys High School in Catawba. She led the team in scoring and steals, reaching the 1,000-point scoring milestone as a sophomore.

She was named All-Conference and All-State all four years, and was the Bandys High School all-time leading scorer with 2,156 career points.

Story continued to develop as a player under head coach Angel Elderkin, becoming a more dominant point-scorer and rebounder each season at App State. During Story’s freshman year, she had a career-high 14 points in a single game, and in her sophomore year she averaged 12 points per game.

Story averaged 13.3 points per game and rebounded a team-high 6.9 points per game her junior year. She finished that season ranked No. 9 in the Sun Belt for scoring and No. 7 in rebounding, earning her a third team All-Sun Belt selection.

“The biggest obstacle I’ve had to overcome in my time here was obviously tearing my ACL,” Story said. “That was tough, but thankfully I had my coaches and my teammates there to support me.”

Story sat out the 2017-2018 season with a torn ACL. Despite not competing, she became the first team captain Elderkin has named in her time coaching at App State.

In the face of a serious injury, Story motivated her team in the locker room and on the sidelines and kept spirits up in the face of adversity. Elderkin said she believes Story’s attitude is one of her finest qualities as a leader.

“She has a relentless work ethic and a passion for the game that is hard to find,” Elderkin said. “She doesn’t take a possession off. Offense, defense—doesn’t matter—she is finding a way to be involved however she can.”

App State is 5-2 in its last seven games, holding opposing offenses to an average 61.4 points per game. Its record stands at 12-9 overall with eight games left before the start of the Sun Belt Tournament.

With bench players shooting nearly 50 percent from the field and 44 percent from the 3-point line, App State is building momentum in a key part of the season. Story and her teammates hope to carry this momentum into the postseason and make it past the quarterfinals of the 2019 conference tournament.

Sports

Feb. 15, 2019

Shaver sets pole vaulting school record Garrett Wold ‫@ ׀‬G_dub1000 ‫ ׀‬Sports Reporter

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enior pole vaulter Tristan Shaver has won the pole vault in each of the team’s four meets this season. He also broke a school record at East Tennessee State’s Buccaneer Track and Field Invitational.

Shaver cleared a height of 17 feet, 1/2 inch, shattering the previous record of 16 feet, 8 inches Todd Poremba set in 1998. Shaver said he set his sights on the record his freshman year.

“That was my highest jump ever,” Shaver said. “I came very close to it once my freshman year, and it took me until now to finally get over it.”

Shaver is no stranger to pole vaulting excellence. In his career at Ledford Senior High School in Thomasville, Tristan was a three-time outdoor conference champion in the pole vault.

He was also the outdoor regional champion and the indoor state champion his senior year.

Since joining the App State team in 2015, he has competed in the Sun Belt championships for both indoor and outdoor track and field. His best finish was in 2018, when he placed fourth overall.

He also qualified for the NCAA East preliminary round in the pole vault in the 2018 season, finishing 33rd overall.

“My coach and my teammates are my support system,” Shaver said. “When I’m on the runway I look to my teammate Mike and we do our handshake that we’ve always done. When I’m on the runway, hearing my teammates and coaches yell really helps with my confidence.”

Shaver has won four out of his five meets this indoor season, earning him No. 2 in the overall rankings for pole vault in the Sun Belt.

The Sun Belt Indoor Championship begins Feb. 18 with the NCAA tournament closely behind. With momentum from his five straight victories, Shaver said he hopes to continue his streak and trump his previous fourth place finish.

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Sports

Feb. 15, 2019

The team behind your favorite team Jackie Park ‫@ ׀‬jackiempark ‫ ׀‬Associate News Editor

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ome of the most valuable members of every team never get time on the field.

Christina Biddle, athletic trainer for the App State baseball team, got her start in athletic training in high school.

Biddle was interested in the medical field, but didn’t want to take the traditional route. She shadowed her high school’s athletic trainer, and “fell in love” with athletic training.

“I did a summer internship with a collegiate summer baseball team, which sparked my interest in working baseball,” Biddle wrote in an email. “Now, I couldn’t imagine my life without baseball in it.”

Biddle described her role in athletic training as “before, during and after” injuries, as athletic trainers help prevent, treat and heal injuries of players, in addition to working with coaches on what exercises are best for their athletes.

Maggie Berkowitz, athletic trainer for both women’s soccer and track and field said the most challenging part of being an athletic trainer was the hours.

“Our hours are pretty demanding,” Berkowitz said.

“We’re here before and after all practices and games and we travel with the team.”

Biddle sometimes works 80 hours per week, traveling during baseball season.

In the offseason, Biddle does not get many days off.

She is often taking players to doctor’s appointments and helping players recover on their NCAA-mandated rest days.

In the 1970s, only 1 percent of members of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association were women. Now, 55 percent are women.

“I’m a firm believer in getting the best person for the job,” associate athletics director for student-athlete health and well-being Jon Mitchell said. “I also want to put those

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people in a position where they’re going to succeed.”

Mitchell said he believes the collegiate setting for sports is more diverse than the professional setting.

“Who is going to be the best person in that situation?

If that person is a female, that’s who we’re hiring,” Mitchell said.

Biddle, who works primarily with male athletes, wrote that her experience working for a men’s sport at App State has been wonderful.

“There are seven of us who primarily work with the team and I am the only woman,” Biddle wrote. “In my opinion, it’s nice to have a female voice on our staff. We just see things differently sometimes.”

Berkowitz, Biddle and Mitchell all noted the uptick in women representation in the professional world of sports.

Biddle wrote that she likes to see women, like Sue Falsone, former head athletic trainer for The Dodgers, working in professional sports.

“There is no reason a woman can’t do the job just as well as a man,” Biddle wrote. “I think this applies to many jobs including coaching jobs. Players and staff should have the same respect for a female as they would a male in that role.”

Berkowitz said her graduation class had 14 women, and it was nice to know there were that many other women entering the field at the same time as her.

“As a whole, females in athletic training have come a long way,” Berkowitz said.

In recent years, women have made huge strides in the world of sports. For example, this season the NFL hired its first female referee.

“I absolutely love my job and the unique opportunity I have to spend so much time with such wonderful players during some very formative years,” Biddle wrote. “The relationships I have as a result of my years as an athletic trainer are the best perk of this job.”

Opinion

Feb. 15, 2019

OPioid Update

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App state’s g-suite contract risks student privacy Mack Foley ‫@ ׀‬TheAppalachian ‫ ׀‬A&C Reporter

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n late January, Google briefly saw its license to internally distribute apps on iOS revoked after Apple discovered it was sharing them with non-employee personnel. The app, called Screenwise Meter, was an opt-in program that monitored how people were using their iPhones and compiled that data in exchange for a nominal gift card each month. The company’s ban lasted less than a day, but it was a brief glimpse into Google’s actual business: the collection and monetization of user data.

When using Google’s collection of apps and programs, it’s easy to think users are customers, but in reality, it’s more like a consolation prize.

The average user isn’t Google’s actual consumer, said Andrew Davis, visiting communication professor.

“We are Google’s product, not their customer,” Davis said. “We are their endpoint user, in some sense, but we are their product and their workforce.”

One thing that allowed Google to break away from its contemporaries in the late 2000s was giving people access to reliable services that looked nice and ran smoothly for no price. For the average user, everything was free. The catch is

that Google scrapes data from users’ emails, documents, calendars, locations and more and sells that information to advertisers, who then feed users ads personally tailored to them.

This model was almost unprecedentedly successful for Google, which squashed out its competition and now controls almost 93 percent of web searches across the world. As such, it’s difficult to avoid Google, even if you disagree with its practices regarding data use. For students and faculty at App State, it’s even harder to avoid, considering the UNC System licenses Google Suite for Education for campuses across North Carolina.

Google’s services fall into a legal gray area. Google’s terms of service are convoluted to keep users and politicians from decoding and taking action against the company. Legislators don’t know enough to keep Google, or anyone in Silicon Valley, in check.

“Look at Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in front of Congress this past summer,” Davis said. “You have these senators who, through their questions, demonstrate that they have no idea what they’re talking about when it comes to this technology. Lawmakers, while possibly

being good at what they do, are very bad at understanding technological developments.”

For students and faculty at App State, this means Google is most likely taking advantage of them with no real recourse.

“Google does not share personal information with third parties, except in the limited circumstances outlined in our privacy policy,” according to the G Suite for Education privacy policy.

Digging into that privacy policy reveals that Google still allows its partners to parse through App State’s data from its browsers and devices for advertising purposes. Just attending or working at App State eliminates any agency people would have regarding their online privacy.

Targeted advertisements and monetized propaganda are a side effect of being at App State.

Google can put users and institutions in uncomfortable situations because of how necessary services like G Suite are, said Larry Bridges, a computer science lecturer at App State.

“These solutions have become pretty important,” Bridges said.

“Not only in corporate America or

in business, but in education too.

We have to do what we have to do to educate, so you really need those services.”

Packages like G Suite allow institutions to unify their online programs, connecting departments, students and staff alike in ways that are incredibly difficult and costly without them.

“It’s kind of like a necessary evil,” Bridges said. “We have to give some of our data and then we rely on being smart people. We have to understand, follow up and see what they’re doing, as well as work through legislature and user communities to try to influence them.”

There’s no easy solution to cutting Google out, but what can do is at the company with scrutiny. What little online privacy remains in 2019 is in the hands of users, who can criticize and pressure for change. They can take some time to read through terms of services that they’ve blown by for years. If the terms don’t make sense, some organizations online simplify parts and boil them down for folks to understand. If people don’t understand these companies, they will, without fail, continue to exploit them.

Tommy Mozier Opinion Writer

ecoming filthy rich by addicting Americans to opioids is apparently not enough for Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family. Now, a new court filing obtained by ProPublica is alleging that they attempted to enter the “attractive market” of addiction treatment in 2014.

Purdue rightly pointed out that most opioid overdoses are caused by heroin and fentanyl but is unaware OxyContin is a precursor for those drugs or are intentionally misleading the public.

The secret initiative fizzled out quickly, but not before Richard Sackler was issued a patent on an addiction treatment drug.

Make no mistake, attempting to enter the treatment market was not a benevolent act by Purdue to fix the crisis it created. Richard Sackler’s patent application still describes people who suffer from substance abuse as “junkies.” Rather, it was a way to make up for lost revenue as the press, courts and doctors became wiser to years of deception.

As more information is brought forward and lawsuits continue to rain down on Purdue, the question must be asked when cases will cross from civil to criminal. Across the country, millions wake up each morning vomiting and shivering from dope sickness, thousands wake up in jail cells and some do not wake up at all, while Purdue executives and Sackler family members wake up in Connecticut and Bel Air mansions.

As laws struggle to place the appropriate blame, the next user-dealer convicted and sentenced to jail time should share a cell with a Purdue executive or Sackler family member, the people who helped put them there.

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PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS Q Russell । @Q_M_Russell । Opinion Editor In President Donald Trump’s Feb. 5 State of the Union address, Trump said his plan for health care in the U.S. was to lower drug prices and protect people with pre-existing conditions.

However, in accordance with his track record, Trump was lying about wanting to protect people with pre-existing conditions. In June, the Trump administration filed a brief to declare the Affordable Care Act’s protections for pre-existing conditions unconstitutional.

The Trump administration filed the brief on part of a lawsuit by 20 state attorney generals that claimed the ACA was unconstitutional because Congress repealed the individual mandate, which, according to them, makes everything else unconstitutional.

On Dec. 14, a federal judge in Texas ruled in favor of the ACA being unconstitutional, which Trump said in a tweet was “Great news for America!”

Should a higher court affirm this decision, all protections the ACA provides would be stolen from people, the most important of which is the law’s ban on pre-existing conditions.

Insurers could again prey on the misfortune of the sick and dying.

Before the institution of the ACA, insurance companies either refused to cover people with pre-existing conditions or charged them much higher premiums. In some cases they would charge people the higher rate, but refuse to cover the condition, or the company would put a cap on the amount of coverage someone could get, which often ran out quickly.

Some examples of pre-existing conditions include cancer, which nearly 1 in 3 people in the U.S. will get in their lifetime; diabetes, which over 100 million Americans live with; and HIV, which more than 1.1 million people in the U.S. live with.

While all of Trump’s lies are harmful, this lie about pre-existing conditions is even more so. His claims of protection are in direct opposition to his administration harming millions of Americans by stripping them of their protections like a thief in the night.

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Feb. 15, 2019

journalism layoffs put content and democracy at risk

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Tommy Mozier ‫@ ׀‬TheAppalachian ‫ ׀‬Opinion Writer

n January, BuzzFeed News announced it would lay off 15 percent of its journalists, essentially killing off the national news desk and removing all but one from the LGBT desk. The layoffs included the editor of the bombshell R. Kelly stories, Marisa Carroll.

The center of many consequential stories in the past two years, Buzzfeed News was first to publish the Steele dossier in 2017, alleging President Donald Trump’s financial ties to Russia. BuzzFeed published the original story of sexual assault allegations against Kevin Spacey in 2017.

In January, BuzzFeed reported that Trump instructed his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about Trump’s ties to Russia, though Special Counsel Robert Mueller disputed that story.

BuzzFeed’s layoffs are part of a broader “media landslide.” More than 2,200 people were laid off in the first month and a half of 2019 alone.

Vice Media cut 250 jobs; Verizon laid off more than 800 people from Yahoo, AOL and the Huffington Post; Gannett, which owns over 100 newspapers around the U.S., announced it would cut 400 jobs in January.

Budgeting and revenue are common themes among the layoffs. BuzzFeed did not meet its revenue goal of $350 million in 2018. Vice Media attributed falling revenue to “audience attrition” of the past three years.

But it goes further back than that. Newsroom employment has dropped more than 20,000 since 2004. Newspaper circulation is at its

lowest point since 1940. Most papers have seen a decrease in digital circulation in the past five years. Although newspaper websites have seen more visitors during that time, visitors only stay for an average of two and a half minutes, according to Pew Research Center.

BuzzFeed and Vice, the supposed digital print-based media darlings that legacy media companies such as The New York Times and The Washington Post were trying to emulate as they moved increasingly online, cannot maintain necessary readership to avoid layoffs, despite doing some phenomenal reporting over the past two years.

One of the most telling trends in media is the revenue newspapers get from circulation versus advertising.

Newspapers rely more and more on advertising revenue to make up for lost readership.

So, it is not surprising to see many struggling media companies resort to clickbait and personality quizzes to maintain healthy profit margins because each click generates advertising revenue.

The media is sometimes referred to as the “fourth estate” because it provides another check on power independent from governments. Media plays an essential role in curbing local and national corruption. In the current political climate, an independent, well-funded press is absolutely essential to maintaining a fully functioning democracy.

But the media cannot provide the necessary checks on power if we

are not paying attention. Reuters found that among people ages 1830, almost half are inattentive to the news, compared to about a quarter for those above 30.

Newspapers also need to meet consumers halfway. The information glut that is mainstream media makes it difficult for the casual reader to discern important stories from trivial ones. Other news sources such as Talking Points Memo and ProPublica have been producing hard-hitting, consequential investigative pieces for years.

The New York Times still gets most of its revenue through subscriptions and The Washington Post broke 1 million digital subscribers in 2017.

However, smaller companies with less name recognition must rely on advertisers to be profitable and avoid buyouts.

Increasing clickbait articles is clearly not the solution to falling profits. The most read articles from The New York Times, NBC News and The Washington Post were all articles of consequence. Two of the top 10 most read BuzzFeed News articles were about the Trump-Russia connection. While the British Royal Wedding and Mega Million Jackpot were among Google’s top 10 news stories of 2018, midterms, Brett Kavanaugh and the government shutdown all made the list.

Better, more in-depth content produces readers. Publications cannot produce those articles if they keep laying off good journalists.

Et cetera

Feb. 15, 2019

CUPID’S ARROW

BY NEIL AGNEW

Across 1. Cupid, to the Greeks 5. Indignant 13. Obtain by freezing, with “out” 15. Deanna of “Star Trek: TNG” 16. Half a truck?

17. Compound used in many fragrances 18. Large basins 19. Bad mood 20. Web follower?

21. Unagi ingredient 22. “Same!”

24. Rapper with Illmatic 25. Dept. of labor grp. protecting workers 26. Ear-related 27. Speed up, as a car, with “it” 28. Part of a biz address 31. Lost as ____ 35. Methods to distribute software: Abbr.

36. Revealing, in a bio or memoir 38. Football match overseer 40. Black gold 41. Uncouth oaf 42. Santa’s little helper 43. Nike solgan: Just ___ ___ 45. Mid-western tribe 46. Cross over, as a threshold 48. A bustling and crowded city 49. Informal affirmative 51. What Monet was, generally 54. Trolley car 56. 1977 Steely Dan album 57. Hawaiian garland 58. Heaven’s opposite 59. Best, informally 60. Self-esteem 61. French mothers

62. Three: Prefix 63. Campaigned for office Down 1. Summer, in Paris 2. Indemnification 3. Healthy cereal ingredient 4. Direction opposite NNW 5. Four-wheeled bikes 6. Go against the ___ (do things differently) 7. “I ___ have it!”

8. Awakens 9. Nature of something 10. Attractive masquerade 11. Twentieth century novelist Zola 12. Morse code point 14. Hence 22. Well-intentioned idealist 23. Key-specific harmony 28. Motor oil co.

29. Earl grey, e.g.

30. Textile measurement of old 31. Paulo preceder, in Brazil 32. One of the largest land mammals in North America 33. Pie ___ mode 34. Love 37. Doted on 38. Like Target or Walmart but not like Amazon 39. “Mr. Blue sky” band, shortly 44. Grow in baby teeth 47. More scarce 50. Able-bodied 51. Slightly open 52. Sitar master Shanker 53. Japanese gaming company behind Sonic 55. Soccer league, in the U.S. 56. Toward the tail end?

COVER Eurydice, played by junior theatre arts major Zoe Dean, and Orpheus, played by theatre arts senior Jordan Matthews, share a moment in rehearsals for the Department of Theatre and Dance’s upcoming production of “Eurydice” by Sarah Ruhl. The production will run Feb. 20-24 in Valborg Theatre.

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