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T H E COV E R: Sophomore guard Kaila Craven gets ready to shoot a 3-point shot on Nov. 10. Turn to pages 8-9 to read more about the Apps guard.

CRIME LOG CAMPUS NOV. 20

NOV. 19

10:41 a.m. | Assault on LEO with Physical Injury Doughton Hall Further Investigation

7:12 p.m. | Lost Property Campus Leads Exhausted

NOV. 19 12:06 a.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Bowie Hall Closed

NOV. 19 12:06 a.m. | Possession of Marijuana Lovill Hall Closed

NOV. 19 9:56 a.m. | Larceny of Bicycle Cannon Hall Further Investigation

NOV. 19 9:07 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Gardner Hall/Stadium Lot Closed

NOV. 18 8:36 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Doughton Hall Closed

NOV. 18 1:58 p.m. | Possession of LSD Coltrane Hall Further Investigation

NOV. 12 3:08 p.m. | Rape Coltrane Hall Further Investigation

NOV. 11 12:29 a.m. | Possession of Marijuana Stadium Parking Lot Closed

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WATAUGA COUNTY FOOD PANTRY SHORTAGES Cans of food in the Office of Sustainability, which is located in the basement of East Residence Hall.

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ome of the food pantries in Watauga County are currently facing a food shortage.

“We are presently going through a relative shortage caused by the usual donors of canned and boxed foods, nonperishables, being diverted for use in hurricane relief,” director of the Christian Outreach Center Larry Woodrow said. “Our supplies are recovering now.”

Food pantries serve as an emergency food source to those who are unemployed, unable to work, disabled or dealing with living expenses so high that they cannot afford to buy food. While the pantries are slowly coming out of their

shortage, it is important that they always have food in stock.

“Food insecurity is a chronic problem for the people we see. Costs of living are high in Watauga County,” Woodrow said.

According to Salary Expert, a website which shows global salary and cost of living data, the cost of living in Boone is 3.9 percent higher than the average living cost in the United States.

While the terrible weather events, such as Hurricane Matthew, had an impact on the food pantries, Diann Miller, the operations manager of Casting Bread Food Pantry, said that lack of public knowledge about food insecurity in the Boone area could also be to blame.

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“The average of all states that are at risk of hunger is about 12.7 percent,” Miller said. “Whereas here, in North Carolina, it is about 16 percent. We are one of the 10 most hungry states.”

“Simply give,” Miller said.

“In no way is this complicated. There are numerous ways to help our locals. Donations of funds, time and food is always the best way.”

The food pantries in Watauga County have partnerships with Appalachian State’s food pantry that is located in the basement of East Residence Hall, in which they will help support each other in times of need. However, Appalachian’s food pantry has not had enough food to spare for local food pantries according to

Jen Maxwell, the sustainability program specialist for Appalachian State University.

“We’ve been pretty low on food as well. Maybe that is because our usage has increased as word has gotten out about the food pantry,” Maxwell said.

“We have not had a lot of food come in from food drives so we have been partnering with other clubs and organizations on campus to try to increase the amount that we have coming.

We still have a shortage, but we have some drives going on right now.”

Appalachian’s food pantry provides for the school’s staff and students, but it is mainly used by students for various reasons.

“The needs for the food pantry vary,” Maxwell said. “We see an increase at the end of each semester when people run out of food plan money. We see an increase around the time of breaks with people who are staying on campus and the markets and dining halls are closed.”

The school’s food pantry has never had to turn away anyone who needs food.

“We’ve always operated under ‘take what you need,’ and we do not ask any questions,” Maxwell said. “The way we use the food pantry is that you drop a bean in the jar so that we know how much usage the food pantry is getting, but there are no other questions asked. We do not scan IDs.”

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UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS FREE SPEECH POLICY TO BE IMPLEMENTED Christina Beals│

he North Carolina campus free speech bill, or House Bill 527, was voted into law this past summer, and the University of North Carolina Board of Governors is now considering a policy to follow such law for its own campus protests.

According to The Technician, the law is meant to change the way in which students are allowed to protest, restore and preserve campus free speech.

One of the main functions of the newly-established law is for all North Carolina-based universities to punish those who interrupt daily school operation, or disrupt others’ right to free speech while protesting.

The law, or North Carolina Restore Campus Free Speech Act of 2017, also requires the UNC Board of Governors to establish a free speech committee to publicly report any potential barriers to free speech caused on college

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campuses, as well as any flaws of the law’s mandates.

Thirdly, the bill calls for incoming students at North Carolina universities to be educated on the right to free speech during their first-year orientation, such as what exactly violates the law.

The bill was sponsored by two N.C. representatives, one of which being Rep. Jonathan Jordan of Ashe and Watauga counties.

According to Michael Behrent via Association of American University Presses North Carolina, the policy, drafted in early November by the UNC Board of Governors, is entitled the Free Speech and Free Expression Within the University of North Carolina Act. Behrent also said that the policy was inspired from a proposal by the Goldwater Institute, with the purpose of the legislation being that college campus free speech is under attack.

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This policy, like the law in place, prohibits any acts that interfere with others’ rights to exercise free speech and expression. It also creates new restrictions separate from the law it was derived from, such as students practicing acceptable forms of dissent and expressive activity events being closed-off to the public.

William Rand Kenan, Jr., distinguished professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill, said that through this bill, students can essentially be sanctioned if they verbally disagree with an unscheduled speaker in any area on campus.

Paul Gates, professor in Appalachian State University’s Department of Communication and part of the university’s faculty senate, is in his last year as an atlarge faculty senator.

According to Gates, in addition to the two previously-named restrictions, the UNC Board of Governors’ policy

also requires that disciplinary procedures for speech violations punishable under the statute be moved out of long-established campus disciplinary processes tailored to the needs of the individual campuses into as newly established regime.

It addresses violations by only faculty and students, omitting staff and any outside parties who may also be involved with or without the invitation of any organization or group affiliated with the university community.

According to Gates, both the law and policy put into place for North Carolina campuses seem to be difficult to apply, specifically to Appalachian State’s campus environment.

“I believe the statute and the policy are poorly crafted solutions in search of a problem as they are inapplicable to Appalachian’s experience with the expression of ideas,” Gates said.

In February, the university’s

faculty senate posted a statement on their website regarding campus freedom of speech, stating the views of the university as a whole on expression and speech of students on school grounds.

The statement said: “It is for the individual members of the university community, not for the university as an institution, to make those judgments for themselves, and to act on those judgments not by seeking to suppress speech, but by openly and vigorously contesting the ideas that they oppose.”

According to Gates, Appalachian State’s Faculty Senate has shown, through their statement, to have supported objections to the policy.

“We already have speech policies in place to ensure that various points of view are freely expressed and discussed in the educational setting that Appalachian is,” Gates said.

People gathering on Sanford Mall for the vigil in memory of Alexis Fegan who passed away on Nov. 12 after battling cancer.

APP STUDENTS HOLD VIGIL IN HONOR OF ONE OF THEIR PEERS Christian McLaughlin│

anford Mall fell quiet on the evening of Nov. 15, as over 100 students, faculty and staff gathered in the brisk autumn air to hold a vigil, mourning their peer and friend who recently passed away from cancer.

Alexis Fegan, who was a junior criminal justice major at App State before having to take time off due to her illness, passed away Nov. 12.

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Fegan was a Plemmons Scholar recipient, a student orientation undergraduate leader and a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority’s Rho Theta chapter on campus.

It was Fegan’s sorority sisters who helped put together the vigil in her honor.

The vigil began with an introduction by Lynn Patterson, an adviser for Delta Sigma Theta sorority, who thanked everyone for coming to pay re-

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spects to Fegan.

Patterson then asked the attendees to hold a moment of silence in Fegan’s memory.

After the moment of silence, several people spoke at the vigil, including Bill Post, an instructor in government and justice studies, the same department Fegan was enrolled in.

“Alexis wasn’t the type of person who walked into a room and made it about her. She was

the type of person who walked in a room and made it about you,” Post said.

The vigil concluded with students invited to sign and write a message for Fegan in an in-memoriam book.

After the vigil, Aubria Myers, a senior who is double majoring in communications and sociology, spoke about her fondness for Fegan.

“The world lost an amazing light. She was extremely kind

to all. That doesn’t mean she was without sass or attitude,” Myers said, with a slight smile and tears on her cheeks.

“She was only at App for two years, but she accomplished so much. Her time with us was cut short, but she came here and did everything she wanted to do,” Myers said.

“She fought for everything and she’d want us to keep fighting too. No matter how hard we are hurting.”

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CONSENT ISN’T SEXY, IT IS MANDATORY

hough well-intentioned, the “consent is sexy” phrase and movement recently sparked in modern society misses the mark by quite a bit; “sexy” has never been synonymous with “necessary.” Why are we painting it as if it is?

According to the official Consent Is Sexy website, the welcome page has a slogan stating, “Sex with consent is sexy. Sex without consent is rape.”

This phrase concocted by the movement is problematic simply because consent before engaging in sexual activity should not have to be sugarcoated and attractive in order for someone to feel the need to practice it. To be sexy is not an obligation, but getting consent from one’s sexual partner is absolutely necessary.

The specific phrase given by the Consent Is Sexy movement website seems as though it is not even capitalizing on the ne-

Christina Beals is a sophomore journalism major from Cary, North Carolina. You can follow her on Twitter at @Christinalala_. cessity of consent, but it is instead dancing around it.

The movement itself seems very focused on the overall aesthetics of the literature it hands out to different colleges and high schools that sign up for its services, more so than the message of the literature.

The mindset that the literature must be aesthetically pleasing in order for students to pick it up is understandable, but at the same time, it is over

the top. Sexual education does not, and should not, have to be attractive and entertaining in order to be paid attention to by the public.

Overall, another error with the overall “consent is sexy” phrase is that rapists do not care what is sexy and what is not; that is not their main mission. They do not care if they are being attractive or not.

They are out for their own selfish needs.

According to a blog post on AC Voice, consent should not be simply utilized to amp sexual pleasure, but is about showing one’s sexual partner that their feelings matter and are being paid attention to in a time of intimacy.

By just projecting “consent is sexy” on pieces of literature and over the internet, it is effectively minimizing the importance of its presence during sexual activity to simply be attractive, thus masking the fact that it is obligatory.

After all, sexual activity without consent is sexual assault. When putting it so bluntly, it does not at all make sense why anyone would say something so vital is just “sexy.”

What if the answer to the consent being asked for is “no?” Is that expected to be “sexy” as well?

If the answer to a sexual advance is no, the matter obviously needs to be talked through, which in no way has to be sexy at all. This is when the very distinct line between “sexy” and “necessary” shows its face. Being sexually attractive to someone isn’t exactly serious, but the matter of knowing whether or not one is sexually assaulting their partner or not is.

As a blog post from The Orbit stated, “sexy” and “sexuality” are two entirely different concepts. Sexuality does not have be sexy all the time; in fact, it is vital to be able to discuss with one’s sexual partner

what one is and is not comfortable with doing.

“Sexy,” in this context, is painted as the fact that the answer will be “yes!” every time, and to everything.

It is time to become more realistic about the matter of asking consent and giving it.

“Consent is sexy” is a cute, cliche start to a more serious societal conversation at hand, but is it really stopping those who don’t care whether or not they are being sexy? Is it really capitalizing on the fact that regardless of being sexy or not, it is necessary to ask first?

Let’s separate from this “sexy” concept and officially replace it with “necessary” or “obligatory.” Whatever one’s preference is for the word’s replacement, sex is not sex without consent on both ends.

The intimacy discussion that must take place between sexual partners does not have to be flirty and attractive, it just has to take place.

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hoplifting has become a huge problem for the merchants who own shops on King Street.

Shoplifting has always been an issue, but recently it has gotten much worse and has started greatly affecting these shops and their owners.

Johanna Mohler, an employee at the popular consignment store Anna Banana’s, believes that the store has a good relationship with college students but also said that there is definitely a shoplifting problem.

“I think it feels easier for people [to shoplift] because we do have that consignment store feel,” Mohler said.

Anna Banana’s tailors its style to college students, and offers a 10 percent discount to anyone who is willing to dance for their purchase.

Directly across the street from Anna Banana’s is the widely popular Mast General Store, which has also had is-

Ella Shepherd is a sophomore journalism major from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. You can follow her on Twitter at @ellakshep. sues with shoplifters.

Employee Nicole Akers spoke of a recent issue in which a man garbed himself in approximately $1,300 worth of apparel and walked right out of the store. Employees attempted to stop him from leaving, but he pushed past them and exited the store.

“There are cops here at least once a week,” Akers said. “It’s always been an issue but I think it’s just now

being addressed because we have new security cameras.”

Akers believes that just as many non-students and students shoplift, and mentioned a story about an elderly woman who went into the dressing room, exchanged all of her clothes for merchandise and walked out of the store.

However, Jane Keesler, owner of Under the Sun, believes that the majority of her shoplifters are students.

“A lot of merchants are struggling,” Keesler said.

“Last night we had one of the tapestries stolen from the back of the store. It’s really hard because I want to be able to trust anyone who walks through the door but I just can’t.”

In fact, shoplifting has become such an issue at Under the Sun that they are considering closing once their contract is up.

These shops are not the only ones that are suffering from shoplifting; many stores

on King Street are having similar issues.

This is incredibly disheartening news because many of the merchants cater to the needs of students. Anna Banana’s has their dancing discount, Something Else Gifts has added a section of jewelry and lower-priced items, Dancing Moon has a wall of items that you can pick your price for and many other stores have lower priced items that are extremely great to have access to, especially during the holiday season.

During the busy hours of the day, it is difficult for owners and employees to properly watch over their wares.

Luckily, certain precautions such as Mast General’s new security cameras are being put in place.

Some owners stay updated by checking High Country Crime Stoppers, a website that is dedicated to reporting larceny, vandalism, assault and other various crimes in

the Boone area.

Additionally, some merchants receive an email from local law enforcement that includes pictures of people who were caught shoplifting on camera. This allows them to keep a lookout for any potentially repeating offenders.

Shoplifting of any kind is extremely detrimental to the success of these shops, regardless of whether the item taken is worth $5 or $50. Because so many of the store owners try and accommodate the typically low budgets of college students by offering the lowest price possible for an item, they can’t afford to lose any money. Additionally, even though one person stealing a low priced item may not seem like such a big deal, it quickly adds up if many people do it.

Downtown Boone is a fantastic, historical place and should be supported by the community instead of drained by it.

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APP STATE’S SUSTAINABILITY MESSAGE DETERRED BY PAPER CUPS

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ccording to the Office of Sustainable Development, Appalachian State earned a 77.5 out of 85 in the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System. Then in 2015, the university won the Climate Leadership Award by offering 876 courses with some aspect of sustainability and purchasing 20 percent of its food from local food producers.

However, no campus can be 100 percent sustainable as there is always room for improvement.

Roess Dining Hall’s use of non-recyclable paper cups is one of the issues that is raising several concerns about Appalachian State’s true sustainability efforts.

The environment-costly paper cups are a direct contradiction of the university’s zero waste commitment found on the school’s website.

While Trivette Hall has already made the progressive step of purchasing reusable cups, the much larger Roess Dining Hall still only offers paper cups.

To some, paper cups may not seem to pose a large

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Nathan Fordyce is a freshman communication major from Chicago, Illinois. threat to the environment.

However, the sheer number of cups is alarming.

According to Food Services, as part of their contract with Pepsi, the university receives 715,000 white, black and yellow cups that have “Appalachian State University” written on them.

What is most concerning about this obscene amount of cups is the total waste exported from our campus that these cups contribute to.

According to The Boston Globe, paper cups take over 20 years in a fully sealed landfill to decompose. The growing issue of where people will put all of their waste continues to trial sustainable activists.

Even though North Carolina maintains adequate waste storage, this is largely in part due to the fact that North Carolina is one of the top five exporters of waste behind New York, Maryland, Massachusetts and Ohio, according to an environmental newsletter from North Carolina State University. States willing to accept this trash, primarily South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, reap an economic reward of $35 a ton.

Exporting waste is just a temporary fix to larger environmental health hazards which do not stop at state lines.

Although Appalachian State receives these paper cups for free as a part of their contract with Pepsi, the external cost still lingers within countless other communities.

External costs can be defined as economic activity negatively impacting an unrelated third party and creating devastating impacts on the natural world. These costs can be found in the production, transportation, consumption or disposal of a product.

According to GreenMatch Company, over 6.5 million trees are cut down annual-

ly in order to produce paper cups, while the manufacturing process can produce up to 500 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Since these external costs are difficult to calculate and do not have any immediate consequences on the producer or consumer, they are often disregarded or overlooked.

With over 58 billion paper cups used every year in the U.S., any further contributions to this easily avoidable issue are odious.

Appalachian State has done an incredible job maintaining and promoting a sustainable campus by running a successful sustainable development program and making a firm commitment to renewable energy sources. Even though these achievements have earned the university several notable titles, sustainability is a never-ending struggle.

Food Services has already made several steps toward making App’s sustainable development program as environmentally efficient as possible. According to Jennifer Maxwell from the Office of Sustainability, Food Services donated 13,914 pounds of

food and composted 360,800 pounds of food waste last year.

Although these are tremendous steps in the right direction, I hope to see that this easily resolvable issue is brought to attention.

However, seeing that these cups are free, purchasing plastic reusable cups will most likely not be a priority concern for Food Services at Appalachian State. What this means is that working to fix this problem will fall onto the customers at Roess Dining Hall, Appalachian State students.

We have the power to solve this issue by simply not using the paper cups and instead using reusable cups that we bring into the dining hall.

In doing so, we will take another step toward creating a more environmentally-aware community.

As we all know, the environmental stability problem is not a war that can be solved overnight. Instead it can be interpreted as an elaborate series of small battles fought within communities to take small steps locally that will eventually snowball into larger steps that have more of a global impact.

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Sophomore guard Nicola Mathews looks for a teammate to pass to against East Tennessee State University on Nov. 16. The Mountaineers lost to ETSU with the final score being 70-57.

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oing off to college is a huge stepping stone for everyone and is often an emotional roller coaster. This could not be more true for Appalachian State women’s basketball sophomore guard Nicola Mathews.

She traveled over 10,000 miles from Australia to Boone.

While in Australia, Mathews did not disappoint, leading her team to three state titles in four seasons while also competing in the Australian National High School Championships twice.

She impressed in both tournaments, finishing 11th in scoring and first in free throw percentage in 2013.

However, in 2015 she came back even better, finishing in the top five in points per game, free throw percentage, 3-pointers made and steals. Mathews also dominated at the club ball level leading the Sturt Sabers to the South Australian conference basketball championship in three straight seasons and two South Australian state tournament championships.

Mathews was also named Division 1 most valuable player twice and was awarded the Neil Glidden trophy for being

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the club player with the most potential. This great success led to her commitment to the University of Central Florida where she had a very solid first season. As a freshman, she averaged 11.9 points per game and shot 87 percent from the free throw line.

She continued this regular season success into the conference tournament, elevating her game to a new level, averaging 15.7 points per game and had career highs with a 25-point game and a game in which she dished out 11 assists.

“I think it’s definitely my teammates right now,” Mathews said. “We all get along really well and spending lots of time with them makes it easier and helps me think less about being homesick.”

But none of this came without struggles; throughout her first year in the states thousands of miles away from her friends and family, Mathews was hit heavy with homesickness. This was arguably her biggest struggle and obstacle she has faced in her career so far. But through these struggles there was always one thing that was able to keep her composed and that was her teammates.

“I was more concerned she

@TheAppalachian│Intern Sports Reporter was going to go back to Australia,” head coach Angel Elderkin said. “She was only in her first year out of junior college so sometimes they don’t usually go out after their first year so that was the kind of concerns we had.”

Mathews’ teammates went out of their way to comfort herand really became her family away from home. Mathews said she is grateful to have such great teammates as she knows she always has someone to talk to when she needs support.

“Coach Angel expressed interest and when I came to my visit, I really liked her as a person,” Mathews said. “I got good vibes from this place, it was a really nice area and the teammates I stayed with were very nice and treated me as a family member.”

During recruitment, coaches are on edge waiting for recruits to make their decisions on where they will play. This was true for Mathews, but not as expected.

Elderkin and the rest of Appalachian State’s coaching staff were worried they might not land Mathews, not due to another school, but to her home country.

With it being her first year away from home, it is unpredictable what will happen in the mind of

a young player. But luckily after her first year at Central Florida, Mathews was on the move yet again as she transferred to Appalachian State where she is playing guard for the Mountaineers.

Mathews will likely see a steady amount of playing time, especially with the loss of star player senior guard Madi Story for the season due to a torn ACL. “Madi is an irreplaceable player because of her energy and leadership but I think everyone just has to step up and do their job and do it for Madi and make her proud,” Mathews said.

Through the team’s first six games, Mathews has showed promise as a solid player and will now have her chance to really show what she can do with the recent injury to Story. Mathews said that there is no way to replace a player like Story because of all the emotion and leadership she brings to the table. However, Mathews also said she is embracing the chance to be a leader. Mathews said that the team just needs to rally around Story, come together and do their jobs.

“I think the biggest thing she (Mathews) brings to our team is that she’s the best person on the court to get the ball to Plummer. She knows how

to get it to her and always puts her in a position to score which will be big for us down the stretch,” Elderkin said.

Looking to find her offensive game to start the season, Mathews scored a career-high 12 points and 31 minutes in the team’s first victory of the season over College of Charleston.

Starting three games already, Elderkin said she loves the way Mathews plays. She values Mathews ability to get the ball inside to sophomore center Bayley Plummer. When Mathews does this, she is utilizing her physical and mental gifts which gives the Mountaineers an upper hand on both ends of the court. This is a great asset for Mathews because when the shots are not falling she can always turn to her mental side and be a productive player.

Just beginning her college career, Mathews will experience a lot in the U.S. and with App State basketball before deciding whether to head back to Australia. Either way, it appears Appalachian State has acquired a player with a ton of promise and potential that has a chance to be a special player for the Mountaineers.

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THREE SETBACKS, ONE BIG COMEBACK

Sophomore guard Kaila Craven dribbling the ball towards the basket on Nov. 19. The Mountaineers lost the game against Davidson with the final score being 59-57.

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n mid-November, the App State women’s basketball team was finishing up their final practice before hosting East Tennessee State University in their second home match of the season. Players made sure to shoot their free throws at the end of practice before huddling together for some final statements prior to heading home.

Once everyone left, one player remained in the gym.

Redshirt sophomore Kaila Craven stood at the charity-stripe in front of the basket shooting free throw after free throw, and 3-pointer after 3-pointer.

Missing 18 months due to a hip labral tear, an ACL tear and a meniscus tear, Craven could have easily hung up her basketball shoes and called it quits.

She kept fighting and was finally cleared to return in Octo-

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ber, nearly two years after her freshman season ended.

“I really enjoy the game, there is nothing special about me,” Craven said. “I just enjoy playing basketball and enjoy being a part of something bigger than myself. I wasn’t going to stop playing because of a setback or two.”

Arriving at Appalachian State in the fall of 2015 from Asheboro, North Carolina, Craven graduated from Southwest Randolph High School as the all-time leading scorer and was named to the North Carolina Preps list three times.

Watching her teammate and childhood best friend Katelyn Doub commit to App State the year before, Craven took that into consideration and saw App State as the school for her.

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er schools, this place was just so pretty. Being from Asheboro, my family could come to games, and Katelyn was another aspect,” Craven said. “Mainly just the school in general. I didn’t pick it for the basketball program. Obviously it is the program I wanted to join, but I enjoyed the school, and school comes first.”

Many freshmen don’t experience a lot of playing time right out of the gate in college, but Craven quickly found herself as the first player off the bench during her freshman season.

“Every freshman comes in not expecting to play, and I was the first one off the bench so it was an adjustment and the game was a lot faster,” Craven recalled. “I didn’t fear playing at all. If I was good enough to be there, I am good enough to

compete with the others.”

Craven played in all 30 games off the bench and averaged 9.2 points per game, which was third on the team, and became the first App State freshman since 2007-2008 to lead the team in 3-pointers as she put up 41.

One thing most people didn’t know is that while having a resilient freshman season, Craven was diagnosed with a torn hip labral prior to the season. Craven wanted to play through it despite the pain.

When the season came to an end, Craven had surgery, and went through a seven-month recovery before being cleared for her sophomore season.

Just as things looked promising to begin her second year at App State as a key contributor, Craven tore her right ACL and meniscus during the team’s

first week of practice.

“I was pretty upset, but it was God’s plan and I had to roll with it,” Craven said.

Having to miss her entire sophomore season, Craven had a setback with her meniscus three months later and had to undergo surgery for the second time, setting her recovery back about two months.

“I turned to God and my faith grew a lot in the process,” Craven said. “Friends stepped up. I am close with my basketball team and also the women’s soccer team, and that helped having a team outside a team.

A support system was huge throughout the whole process.

If I was having a bad day I would hang out with them and they would pick me up.”

Throughout Craven’s recovery, a lot of personnel changed on the Mountaineers basket-

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Sophomore guard Kaila Craven gets ready to shoot a 3-point shot on Nov. 10. ball team. A handful of players transferred during the 20162017 season and there were a few graduates, leading to new players being signed.

Even as players came and left, Craven continued to rehabilitate, watch film and make sure she returned to the court come fall 2017.

“It’s different for her because I have seen kids who have had two major surgeries like that and just shut it down,” first year assistant coach Sam Pierce said. “After those setbacks they just couldn’t do it anymore. These injuries had her out almost two years and I can’t say enough about how much she battles.”

Being so close with the women’s soccer team, Craven received a lot of feedback and support from many players on team who had also torn their ACLs.

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“You can tell when someone is having a bad day,” Craven said. “It’s rough, but you have to pick each other up and send each other encouragements.

Just being there for one another is the main part of it.”

Just a few days before the start of the 2017-2018 season, Craven was officially cleared to return to the court.

In the first exhibition game of the season, leading scorer and close friend of Craven’s, senior guard Madi Story tore her ACL. Doub is also out for the foreseeable future with a lower body injury, leaving Craven as the only player on the roster that played when she was a freshman.

“It is different, coming in with a new team. I wasn’t there all preseason, and in the weight room I am doing my other stuff. When I step on the court

you have to gain your respect,” Craven said. “Under Katelyn and Madi, I have to be their wing woman and try to pick it up vocally. I am adjusting to that for sure now with Katelyn and Madi being out. Just lead by example and hopefully it’ll follow on.”

With injuries being such a big part of sports, Craven is still working to be 100 percent herself, but she has also made sure to step up more vocally and help the new teammates out as much as she can.

“I think it is inspiring for the other kids because she had a no-quit attitude. With her injuries we have to have her take her time. It is consistent that way. I know it’s been frustrating for her,” Pierce said.

“This is a kid that will be a future coach and truly is passionate for the game and that feeds

into what the other kids see in the game.”

Easing her way back into things, Craven played no more than 12 minutes in her first two games. Craven started to show some light with 19 minutes played against ETSU before having a breakout game against Davidson on Nov. 19.

Craven played a season-high 23 minutes, and scored 15 points on 4/8 shooting and attempted seven free throws.

A few nights later, Craven followed up that performance with 14 points on 5/11 shooting with four 3-pointers made.

“What people forget is Kaila went months without playing. Now when she is in there she is like one of our freshmen.

She is starting to get comfortable,” head coach Angel Elderkin said. “She loves basketball and has an unbelievable pas-

sion. She is starting to get a lot of confidence. She doesn’t practice all the time. You take a kid who has been out for months and then is limited in practice and see what she can do on the floor. She is a special kid and a special player and she is leaving everything on the court.”

Still being eased back into regular minutes and trying to have consistent games, Craven believes she has a lot more to prove. But from the outside looking in, many could say she has already become an inspiration through the three setbacks she has conquered.

“Just stick with the process.

As clique as it sounds, you have to, and keep going each day and keep pushing yourself,” Craven said. “You can’t play scared out there even if it is on your mind.”

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GAME DAY GAME 12│SATURDAY, DEC. 2│2:30 P.M.│WARREN MCGUIRK ALUMNI STADIUM│AMHERST, M.A.

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POINTS PER GAME

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22.6

37.9

RUSHING YARDS PER GAME

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PLAYING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP The Mountaineers will host Louisiana for Senior Day after posting a 31-10 statement victory against Georgia State on the road. Three teams still sit atop the Sun Belt conference standings heading into the last weekend of the regular season with Troy, Arkansas State and Appalachian State all possessing a 6-1 record in conference play. A victory over the Ragin’ Cajuns will solidify at least a share of the Sun Belt title for App State in back-to-back years. Troy and Arkansas State will battle each other for the right to claim the other remaining half. Appalachian State’s bowl eligibility in regard to conference tie-ins could have them traveling to New Orleans; Orlando, Florida; Mobile, Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama; or Tucson, Arizona.

LIMIT MOMENTUM SHIFTS:

SCORE EARLY AND OFTEN:

FORCE TURNOVERS:

With Louisiana being just one win short of bowl eligibility heading into the last game of the season, the Mountaineers must be prepared for any and everything.

The Cajuns will more than likely use some tricks up their sleeves in the form of gadget plays due to the fact they have nothing to lose. The conference is nicknamed the “Fun Belt” for a reason. What more could Louisiana desire in denying back-to-back conference championships for the High Country and become bowl eligible in the process? Therefore, App State must limit momentum-shifting plays and control the pace of the game from the opening kickoff until the clock hits zero.

Keep the pressure coming and leave no doubt on Senior Day. The underclassmen must strive to allow the seniors to finish on top in their last ride at “The Rock.”

App State must impose their will on the Ragin’ Cajun defense with a dominant running game. The Mountaineers were highly successful with this feat last week against Georgia State as junior running back Jalin Moore was able to rush for 239 yards and a touchdown. Senior quarterback Taylor Lamb and company must consistently move the chains and control the flow of the game. Putting points upon the board will be a crucial asset in this game. It will not matter how App wins as long as they win. A victory earns a share of the conference crown.

The defensive line must force the Louisiana quarterbacks to make poor decisions with the ball. If enough pressure is applied with well-disguised coverages, turnovers in the form of interceptions will be a plenty.

Depending on the situation and the flow of the game, the Ragin’ Cajuns will unleash two different quarterbacks. A total of three interceptions were thrown during Louisiana’s loss to Georgia Southern last week.

Speaking of the number three, three different quarterbacks have been at the helm for the Cajuns this season. Defensive backs Clifton Duck, Tae Hayes and AJ Howard ought to be looking forward to feasting on their inefficiency at the quarterback position. Howard recorded a pivotal momentum killing interception last week against Georgia State which was almost returned for a defensive touchdown.

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Nov. 30, 2017

The entrance to Appalachian Ski Mountain’s lodge, where visitors can buy lift tickets, rent gear, visit the ski shop and more. The lodge has existed since the ski area opened in 1962, but has been added on to and renovated, and is now 46,000 square feet.

APPALACHIAN SKI MOUNTAIN WAITS TO OPEN FOR WINTER Adrienne Fouts│

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very winter, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to the mountains of North Carolina to hit the slopes. Skiing, and later snowboarding, has been a winter pastime in the state since the early 1960s, when the first ski resorts opened in North Carolina. Now, it is a major part of the tourism industry here; in the 2014-2015 season, the North Carolina ski industry had a total economic impact of $197.2 million, according to a report by the North Carolina Ski Areas Association.

Appalachian Ski Mountain,

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the closest ski resort to Appalachian State’s campus, has a special impact on the industry and App State students. Originally called Blowing Rock Ski Lodge, it opened in the winter of 1962-1963, making it the first ski area in northwestern North Carolina and the second oldest overall in the state. In 1968, the ski area was bought

by Grady Moretz and became Appalachian Ski Mountain.

Appalachian Ski Mountain puts an emphasis on “family-friendly fun,” so it makes sense that the ski area has been family-owned and operated since Moretz purchased the mountain. The

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Moretz family and the staff they employ are busy yearround, not only during the winter season, but also in the few months before the ski area opens. It takes a lot to prepare Appalachian Ski Mountain for ski season: hiring new employees, doing maintenance on ski lifts and snow guns, repairing damage to drainage areas, organizing and checking over rental gear, preparing the ski shop and, of course, making snow.

Brad Moretz, Grady Moretz’s son and the current president of Appalachian Ski Mountain, personally interviews every job applicant

himself, even those who have worked previous seasons and are re-applying. Over 300 people work at Appalachian Ski Mountain, ranging from ski patrol members and lift operators to people working inside at rental gear and ticket counters and in the ski shop.

“Around 60 percent of our staff come back to work here each year,” Brad Moretz said.

Appalachian State students have the opportunity to learn to ski or snowboard at Appalachian Ski Mountain through P.E. classes, taught by instructors at the French Swiss Ski College. French Swiss, led by Jim Cot-

trell, has taught over 1 million people to ski or snowboard since it began in the late ‘60s, and offers lessons to all visitors of Appalachian Ski Mountain, whether they are first-time skiers or want to improve their skills.

In addition to being able to take skiing and snowboarding classes at Appalachian Ski Mountain, the ski area also offers discounts several times a season to Appalachian State students.

One obvious obstacle to skiing in the South is the shortage of natural snowfall. Even though the mountains do receive snow sever-

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A view of some of the ski lifts and slopes from the bottom of the mountain on Nov. 19, after a light snow had fallen and shortly before the first night of snowmaking began for the 2017-2018 season. al times each winter, it is not frequent enough or a large enough amount to keep the ski slopes covered. Luckily, making snow has been a successful solution, and most ski resorts in the eastern U.S. would not be able to stay open without the snowmaking capability.

Appalachian Ski Mountain has a projected opening date each year, but it is heavily weather-dependent. This year, the projected opening date was originally Nov. 17, a Friday, but lack of snowmaking weather pushed that date back.

A cold spell came through the mountains that weekend and

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on Nov. 19 around 5 p.m., the snow guns were turned on, and the first night of snowmaking for the season began.

Dozens of snow guns allow Appalachian Ski Mountain to cover its slopes with machine-made snow. This manufactured snow is simply water taken from reservoirs around the mountain— a few ponds as well as streams and runoff from the mountain— combined with cold air. Air compressors in the compressor building behind the lodge operate the snow guns. A snowmaking crew of about eight or nine people stay at Appalachian Ski Mountain all night

to make snow, go out to check the snow guns every few hours or so, and stay warm in the lodge in between.

Cameron Hitchens, a member of the snowmaking crew, watched his footprints in the snow when he went outside during the first night of snowmaking this season.

“We check our footprints when we’re out here to see how wet or dry the snow is,” Hitchens said. “If the print is really detailed and you can see the tread of your boots and everything perfectly, then the snow is really wet, and if there’s not much detail at all, then it’s dry. We kind of want

to find a good balance.”

Conditions have to be just right in order to make snow; temperatures must be in the 20s or colder in order to make enough snow and have the right amount of moisture in the air. Hitchens said that they go by wet bulb temperature to determine when they can make snow. Wet bulb temperature takes into account the actual air temperature and the humidity. The highest temperature they can make snow is 28 degrees wet bulb, Hitchens said. At one point earlier in the night on Nov. 19, it was 26.7 degrees wet bulb at the top of the mountain.

Unfortunately for Appalachian Ski Mountain, Nov. 19 has been the only night they were able to make snow so far this season. The ski area was supposed to open on Thanksgiving day, after another night of snowmaking the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, but Wednesday night’s temperatures were not cold enough.

Now, Appalachian Ski Mountain is waiting for the next round of snowmaking weather so they can officially open their slopes for the winter, allowing High Country visitors and residents alike to enjoy another ski season.

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Nov. 30, 2017

Newman Jones, a senior theatre arts major, looking at a costume rendering that he drew and picking out fabric to coordinate with the rendering.

THEATER: BEHIND THE SCENES A Sydney Wolford│

“Silence” actress planted both feet firmly on the stage only to jump off onto a mat guarded by behind-thescenes aide Maxwell Probst.

Probst, a senior theatre arts major, prefers to act, but said performing backstage duties makes him feel important. “Silence” played in Valborg Theatre from Feb. 22-26, where Probst worked offstage during a “fight call,” a choreographed fight scene to ensure that the actress landed safely.

“When you’re backstage, you get this whole different appreciation,” Probst said.

“You get to be humbled.”

Probst worked behind the scenes in two shows in which he assisted in moving props and helping actors change costumes between scenes. He even helped an actor with a quick change for a show that Probst himself performed in.

Offstage members are a vital part to any show’s production, Probst said. Without people working behind the scenes, the play would be entirely different.

Martha Marking, professor of costume design, echoed the sentiment of backstage crew members

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playing an important role in show productions.

Marking designs costumes for plays and dances, but said that the backstage crews have to stay in constant communication with other backstage groups to produce a cohesive show.

Backstage components include lights, sound, stage management, costumes, makeup, set design and props. Marking said that when she designs costumes for a show, she contacts the lighting crew to see how the fabric will look under different kinds of light.

Lighting designers divert the audience’s attention from changing sets and guide the audience to where they should look.

Aside from communicating with other backstage crew, costume designing requires research.

Marking read two novels in preparation for Radium Girls, which showed on Oct. 4-8 at Valborg Theatre. She researched the 1920s time period to ensure that her costumes and hats were historically accurate.

Born into a “sewing family,” Marking began creating her own clothes at 8 years old, which turned into 4-H

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sewing classes, and eventually led her to design 12 to 13 shows as an undergraduate student.

From there, Marking developed a career designing costumes for plays and dance performances.

Costumes should help actors and actresses get into their character, so Marking said she considers the character’s actions throughout the show. If a performer has to climb a ladder for a scene, Marking designs the costume with mobility in mind.

In addition to functional and historical accuracy, costume designing has an artistic element. Marking studied the meaning of colors in her designs for “Flight from the Mahabharath” from April 2630 at the world premiere in Valborg Theatre.

Colors and their meanings vary among different societies, so Marking flew to India to research Indian color associations, sari construction and fabrics used in northern India versus fabrics used in southern India.

“Flight” highlighted women and their liberation in Indian society, which inspired Marking to use yellow, red and orange fabrics for the “modern” women, and cool

tones for the characters who were less modernized. She read through the entire script to decide which characters wore warm and cool colors.

Attention to detail and colors are things that Newman Jones, senior theatre arts major, understands and applies to his costuming as well.

Jones assisted Marking in “Flight,” but got his start in theater through acting. After his first performance in 2007, he said he and his grandma went to every school play, community theater, ballet and live performance they could attend.

While Jones said he enjoyed acting, he found a better fit designing costumes.

“I like being onstage, but I feel like I can still be onstage because I have costumes,” Jones said. “That’s my way of being onstage.”

Jones designed costumes for Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble, and he was aware that it would be different to design costumes for a dance performance rather than theater. He had to prioritize movement before style and type of fabric.

The theme for FADE was inward reflection and reflection on the world around you, with the danc-

ers reflecting one another ’s moves. Four pairs of eight dancers filled the stage, so Jones designed each pair ’s costumes in a different shade of the same color.

Even though the audience sees the costume colors and shapes, Jones said no one is able to see the thought and research that goes into designing a costume for a piece.

“It’s got to be more than just the looks,” Jones said.

Freshman theatre arts major Melanie MacDonald said she knows that there is more to theater than what happens onstage.

MacDonald became involved with theater when she started acting, but noticed she always felt nervous onstage. When she stage-managed her first show, she realized a confidence in herself.

Her teacher told her to consider it as a career.

Although MacDonald is drawn toward stage managing, she has also worked on props, lights and sound. Being involved backstage has helped her make friends in her first year as well.

“It’s like a family when you’re in a cast,” MacDonald said. “They inspire me to do my job.”

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WHAT TO DO NEEDED! POLITICAL CARTOONISTS The Appalachian student newspaper is looking for students interested in getting their political cartoons and illustrations published.

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THE PEEL RELEASE PARTY Come one, come all to The Peel’s Fall Release Party! This is a celebration of all of our published artists for Fall 2017– including poets, writers, visual artists and musicians!

Swing by Shear Shakti Salon on Dec. 1 for food, performances, and general merry-making. The party is from 6:30-10 p.m.. We can’t wait to share this semester’s publication with this amazing community.

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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 are currently being accepted for this award. Nominations are accepted until Feb. 9, 2018 online at https://plemmonsmedallion.appstate.edu

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Join us as we continue building the fifth home on our neighborhood, GreenWood, for the Love family. You can choose to volunteer from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1 p.m.-4 p.m, or 9 a.m.-4 p.m each Wednesday. All you need to bring is a water bottle, your lunch, and a willingness to learn while helping others! We will provide the tools, materials and instructions!

Be sure to wear old clothes and old closed-toe shoes. Please call us to schedule your time today! This will take place Wednesdays at the Habitat for Humanity - Watauga County/ReStore, 1200 Archie Carroll Road, Boone, North Carolina 28607.

Your monologue should be about half a page, single-spaced. It should have an ultimate message of hope and resiliency.

The Mental Health Monologues event will be held during Wellness and Prevention Services’ Semi-Colon Week. The event will be held on Wednesday April 18 at 8 p.m.

Monologues must be submitted by Feb. 5 at 8 a.m. Please make sure your monologue follows the safe messaging guidelines for suicide prevention, available by clicking here.

Please note that if your monologue is selected for the event, it will be performed by a student actor. Your anonymity will be maintained unless you choose to confer with the actor performing your piece.

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP Register on Sustained Dialogue’s AppSync portal for an inclusive workshop Feb. 2-4.

Participants who attend training Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday afternoon leave certified to moderate Sustained Dialogue Circles, one time dialogue events, as well as many other types of conversations! These skills are transferrable to club and organization leadership, communicating with advisors and supervisors, and even navigating job interviews!

15 MINDFUL MINUTES

CLIMATE STORIES COLLABORATIVE The Climate Stories Collaborative invites campus and community to a showcase of creative works produced by students enrolled in classes across the College of Fine and Applied Arts. This end-of-semester event will feature visual and performance pieces expressing climate stories—stories of those who are already affected by and/or taking action to address climate change.

Join us and experience student reflections on climate change in a variety of creative media— painting, sculpture, theatrical performance, videography, photography, design, narrative non-fiction, and more—at the College’s HOW Space venue downtown. HOW Space is dedicated to advancing creative and collaborative student and faculty projects that engage the local community.

The event will take place Dec. 7 5-8 p.m. at the HOW Space. All are welcome. Light refreshments provided.

CONDOM FASHION SHOW REGISTRATION Wellness and Prevention Services and Appalachian Popular Programming Society Presents our second annual Project Condom Fashion Show!

Sponsored by Global Protection and ONE Condoms, Project Condom is a merge between art and fashion and the promotion of safer sex for college-aged students. Based on the TV show Project Runway, teams of students will have to opportunity to create and showcase garments made entirely of condoms!

This year’s theme is “The Great Outdoors!”

The show will be held on March 21 at 7 p.m. in Parkway Ballroom. If your club/organization is interested in participating in this year’s show, please complete the registration form on AppSync by Jan. 31.

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

Submit your monologue at https://orgsync. com/125469/chapter. This event will help to open up conversations about mental health on campus, reduce stigma surrounding mental health, and most importantly provide a source of hope and community for those dealing with mental health issues

Students are welcome to join Still Point’s “15 Mindful Minutes” each Thursday at 3 p.m. in 155 Tater Hill Room, PSU. Skilled meditation leaders within the Appalachian Community will engage you -- literally for 15 minutes -- in mindful practices such as breath work, mind-body integration, guided visualizations, walking meditation and silence.

Look for us on AppSync or visit stillpoint. appstate.edu

THURSDAY, NOV. 30

FRIDAY, DEC. 1

SATURDAY, DEC. 2

SUNDAY, DEC. 3

15 Mindful Minutes

Blues and Burlesque

Appalachian Symphony Orchestra

3 p.m.

Tater Hill Room, PSU free

8 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall free

2 p.m.

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts free

PLEMMONS MEDALLION NOMINATIONS

MENTAL HEALTH MONOLOGUE SUBMISSIONS

The Drowsy Chaperone Musical 2 and 8 p.m.

Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU $10 students, $12 non-students

MONDAY, DEC. 4

TUESDAY, DEC. 5

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 6

THURSDAY, DEC. 7

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Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

15 Mindful Minutes

8 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall free

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Habitat for Humanity - Watauga County/ ReStore 1200 Archie Carroll Road, Boone, NC 28607

3 p.m.

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Katherine Harper Hall free

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