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Vol. 88, No. 25

Is App State taking a loss with Victory Yosef?

Student Reactions

National Media Reaction

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Appalachian State’s new logo might have been drawn by a child.

- Barry Petchesky

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I like the old logo with a pipe because I smoke a pipe. I think it says that we’re classy.

- Sophomore economics major Gunnar Hunsberger

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Appalachian State’s new logo appears to be modern-day Brooklyn hipster... This is for real.

- Matt Norlander

Ashley Spencer | The Appalachian

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The excitement that Victory Yosef has generated among our students, alumni and fans since we introduced it as a throwback logo last fall has been overwhelming. Due to its popularity, it only made sense to make Victory Yosef a permanent part of our branding. We hope that it endures as a recognizable mark of Appalachian athletics for years to come.

- Appalachian State Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb

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[It’s] almost as if they ran out of money to pay for it and had to get some intern in the athletic department to finish it.

I think it’s kind of cool. I think it’s really unique and cool to go back in history and back to our roots. It’s good to change.

- Junior nursing major Katie Frerichs

- Benjamin Miraski

Appalachian hosts discussion on book that has raised controversy in Watauga Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

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discussion was held Wednesday evening in Belk Library about Isabel Allende’s novel “The House of the Spirits” in response to a recent challenge of the book at Watauga High School.

Chastity Lasene, the par-

ent of a Watauga High School student in Mary Kent Whitaker’s sophomore honors English class, challenged the book before the Watauga County Board of Education on Oct. 14.

A mixture of Watauga High School students, Appalachian State faculty, parents of students and several Appalachian students combined to

make the group present for the discussion.

Joseph Bathanti, North Carolina poet laureate and professor in Appalachian’s Department of English, hosted the event.

Allende’s novel is about a family’s struggles in Latin America, published in 1982.

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Student’s nonprofit organization donates to children in need

Professor creates new play

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

Georgia Rhoades spent the last 10 years researching the life and times of a woman executed in 1725.

Rhoades, a professor in the Department of English and director of the Writing Across the Curriculum program at Appalachian State University, knew nothing about the woman, other than the fact that she was a cook in the house of a bishop and that one day the body of a baby

was found in a trunk at the foot of her bed.

The research was in response to a commission by a playhouse in Derry, Ireland, with which Rhoades has been in partnership since 1995 in contribution to the European Union’s selection of Derry as the 2013 City of Culture.

The partnership with Derry began in 1995 when a colleague in Ireland wanted to create a community art space separate

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SGA president holds annual address

by Natasha Bostok Intern News Reporter

Molly Cogburn | The Appalachian

Wade Montgomery and Pete DeRose, owners of Local and sponsors of Afford a Board, purchased 13 skateboards from Recess, owned by J.P. Pardy, to donate to less fortunate children unable to buy skateboards. (From top left to right) J.P. Pardy, Ashley Pardy, Wade Montgomery, Pete DeRose and Phill Baldwin show the skateboards being given to the children outside of Recess on the skate ramp.

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The 2013 Student Entrepreneur of the Year award recipient has continued to develop his business, but also his philanthropy.

“Afford a Board is a not-for-profit foundation that provides kids in need with the tools and funds necessary to experience the thrill of boarding and biking,” said Wade Montgomery, who runs the organization as well as two successful businesses.

Montgomery, a se-

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Michael Bragg | The Appalachian

Student Government Association President Dylan Russell gave a State of the University address to the SGA senate Tuesday night. Dylan spoke to the senators about the accomplishments made throughout the semester. He also spoke on the issues that his cabinet addressed including the North Carolina budget, North Carolina gun bill changes and voting changes in Watauga County.

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BEST OF FALL 2013

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BEST PHOTOS OF FALL 2013 Editor’s note:

As photo editor of The Appalachian this semester, I have had the privilege of working with and leading our talented team of photographers in documenting the happenings of Appalachian State University and our surrounding community. To end the semester, here are my personal favorites of the images taken this fall. While there were many images to chose from, only a few could fit on the page. See theappalachianonline.com for a full gallery and additional photos.

Justin Perry, Photo Editor

Paul Heckert, Senior Photographer

Courtney Roskos, Senior Photographer Kim Reynolds, Intern Photographer

Molly Cogburn, Staff Photographer

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App brings back ‘Victory Yosef’ Gerrit Van Genderen News Reporter

Changes to the logo for Appalachian State University Athletics went into effect Dec. 1.

The changes revolve mostly around introducing the “Vintage Yosef” logo as the university’s official secondary logo, according to a press release from the Athletics Department. The university’s primary logo will remain as the Block A. Appalachian announced changes to its athletic logos Nov. 27 in a press release via appstatesports. com.

The “Vintage Yosef” logo, which was reintroduced in 2012 as a throwback logo, has received strong support from Appalachian students, alumni and fans and offers an important historical meaning.

It will be renamed “Victory Yosef” going forward

and will be featured on Appalachian merchandise in regional outlets, as well as the University Bookstore as early as the holiday season, according to the press release.

“The support of ‘Victory Yosef’ has been overwhelming since bringing it back, so it just made sense to make it an official logo moving forward,” said Mike Flynn, assistant athletic director.

The “Victory Yosef” logo had a two-year licensing agreement when it was reintroduced in 2012. Appalachian had the choice of letting the license run out at the end of this year, or to add the logo to the university’s logo library as a permanent logo and chose the latter.

In addition to “Victory Yosef” being added to Appalachian’s logo library, subtle changes were made to the university’s primary logo – the Block A – that will create consistency in its usage, according to the press release.

Appalachian professor continues family tradition of living in Watauga County Chelsey Fisher Senior News Reporter

Lentz uses his knowledge of the area to help tell explain historical events to students.

One story he tells while teaching the industrial revolution is about a study the United States government completed in the 1940s. The study evaluated why people in Appalachia stay, instead of moving to cities for better paying jobs.

“They found that Appalachia people stay in Appalachia because they had such a connection to their family and the place,” Lentz said. “They never were willing to go where the market was.

They thought family was more important than their career.”

Michael Wade, a professor in the Department of History, has known Lentz since Lentz was in

graduate school. Wade hired Lentz in 1999, after another professor suddenly quit halfway through the semester.

The class hadn’t done any work during the semester, Wade said.

At first, Wade said he was a little worried about how Lentz would handle the class.

“I thought ‘My God, here’s this young guy, he’s not big, not imposing,’” Wade said. “But I really had a feeling he could do it. And he did.”

Wade said Lentz is extraordinary, intelligent and compassionate.

“He’s a good argument for why old-fashion should be in style,” Wade said. “He could be from an earlier generation of people. He’s definitely a reminder of the very best of mountain culture.”

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Ralph Lentz has traveled to multiple countries, but he said there’s no place quite like Watauga County.

His family has lived here since before the Revolutionary War, and this is where he plans to stay.

“I grew up, on both sides of my family, just listening to my mom and my dad tell stories from when they grew up that they had heard from their uncles and aunts and their grandparents,” he said. “So in a lot of ways, moving away has just never even crossed my mind.”

Lentz, a lecturer in the Department of History, was born, raised and went to school in Watau-

ga County.

Lentz graduated with a bachelor of science in history from Appalachian State University in 1994. He finished his masters in history at Appalachian in 1998 and started teaching at the university in 1999.

There are two reasons he’s stayed in Watauga County: His connection to the land and his family history, he said.

Lentz’s grandmother attended the university in the 1920s. His uncle, Carter Lentz, graduated from Appalachian and continued on to be the basketball coach at Watauga High School and Blowing Rock High School.

Lentz said he looked up to both of them for inspiration when he was younger.

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Lasene argued that the book’s portrayal of family struggles through 20th century Chilean history is lost within the novel’s graphic depictions of rape, prostitution, violence, abuse, abortion and death, according to an Oct. 16 article published in the Watauga Democrat.

Supporters of Allende’s novel and of Whitaker gathered in the library to discuss the literary value of the novel, and several of her students spoke about their protest of the challenge.

“I am in full support of this book because of the benefits it gave to my education as a student, and most of

all, as a human being,” said Renee Taylor, a junior at Watauga High School.

Alexandra SterlingHellenbrand, an associate professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and director of Appalachian’s global studies program shared her displeasure.

Sterling-Hellenbrand’s son is currently in Whitaker’s honors English class and is frustrated that her son has to have an alternate assignment while the challenge of the book is being processed.

Sterling-Hellenbrand also said that they are reading the book together at home at her son’s request.

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nior, and Appalachian State University alumnus Pete DeRose, founded the charity Sept. 24.

The charity is an extension of Montgomery’s clothing business, Local. The idea for Afford a Board happened after a near-fatal car accident Montgomery and DeRose were in.

Montgomery said that while in the hospital, he thought he wouldn’t be able to ride his bike or skateboard again. He decided that he wanted to help people who were able to ride bikes and skateboards but couldn’t afford it.

“Action sports have been a foundation of my life, and I wanted to provide that for kids,” Montgomery said.

Afford a Board has many projects in the works. The foundation recently held an event to raise money to buy skateboards for children for Christmas, Montgomery said.

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in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures voiced her concern over the challenge of the novel.

Fountain said that she is embarrassed and outraged that her own county may be banning one of Allende’s bestknown novels from the school’s curriculum.

“The cultural and literary merits of Allende and ‘The House of the Spirits’ are quite simply not up for debate,” Fountain said.

“We’re talking about an author who has sold some 60 million books worldwide, who has won more than 50 major international literary awards and who by many accounts is the most widely read Spanish language author today.”

rock Golf Course in Burlington on Nov. 9.

The Afford a Board Classic raised $1,700 to be used to buy 13 skateboards from Recess Skate and Snow, a ride shop in Boone.

Fox 8 WGPH will hand out the skateboards to the children.

Montgomery and DeRose have had help from the community in the past two years.

J.P. Hardy, owner of Recess, has worked with Montgomery and DeRose by helping the pair with business decisions. Recess contributed to the tournament in November.

“Wade did a great job with the golf tournament,” Hardy said.

Afford a Board is also working with Charla Bilson’s second grade classroom at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School in Burlington.

They are planning to give a foster child a bike with training wheels and lessons on how to ride.

Through it all, Montgomery said it was his passion that drove him.

“Follow your passion because through passion you will find love and through love you will find true happiness,” he said.

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BEST ALBUMS OF 2013

by Colin Moore, Senior A&E Reporter

This year was an excellent one for music in many genres. Big, mainstream albums like Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” and Kanye West’s “Yeezus” subverted expectations and admirably tried to reinvent some pop formulas. David Bowie and Paul McCartney both made legitimately admirable comebacks. Under the radar, countless artists pushed the boundaries of electronic music, jazz, progressive rock and punk. Here are 10 of The Appalachian’s music critic’s personal favorite albums of the year.

ARCADE FIRE

REFLEKTOR

Public Enemy once famously declared “Don’t Believe the Hype,” which challenged their listeners to challenge them back. Arcade Fire pulls off a similar stunt with their self-conscious, art-rock epic “Reflektor.” Full of lengthy, mercurial dance grooves and nervy post-punk, it sounds better with every spin. “Reflektor” is a bona fide party starter that boasts energetic production and sharp, expansive songwriting.

Arcade Fire has created glittering, reflective music for a reflective age, a disco for the end of times in all formal dress.

Don’t believe the hype; believe your own feet as they moonwalk to “We Exist.”

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COLIN STETSON NEW HISTORY WARFARE, VOL. 3

Virtuoso bass saxophonist Colin Stetson has played as a sideman for Tom Waits, Bon Iver, TV on the Radio and Arcade Fire. However, it is his incredible solo work that truly stands out. This year saw the final installment in his “New History Warfare” trilogy, which captures performances of his work in single takes. The clattering of keys becomes percussion, rapid arpeggios form the muscle, and Stetson’s own vocalizing through his instrument while he plays becomes an ethereal melody line. “Vol. 3” is lighter and more lyrical than past efforts, featuring unique vocal contributions from Justin Vernon and tighter compositions that add up to a gorgeous hour of music.

THE FIELD

MBV

CUPID’S HEAD

The fact that there’s a new My Bloody Valentine album at all is nothing short of miraculous. The fact that it’s good is a blessing for “Loveless” addicts and newcomers to the band alike. “mbv” is a follow-up 22 years in the making. Kevin Shields and Bilinda Butcher found time to reinterpret the best moments of their old material, lay down several incredible pop tunes, and stake out uncharted experimental dance-music territory in the space of 46 minutes. If we have to wait another couple of decades to hear the next one, so be it. My Bloody Valentine’s music is timeless.

Alex Wilner’s minimal techno isn’t for everyone, but his meticulously detailed productions seem to only improve since his instant classic “From Here We Go Sublime” in 2007.

“Cupid’s Head” finds him returning to the analog-synthesizer warmth of that album but with lusher, darker moods. “No. No…” is the centerpiece, grounded in an icily pitch-perfect vocal sample and skittering hi-hats. The Field’s music works on many levels: as ambient studying music, as pulsing dancefloor odysseys and as personal journeys. “Cupid’s Head” is seductive and moving and is perhaps Wilner’s best work.

THE NATIONAL

NEKO CASE

TROUBLE WILL FIND ME

THE WORSE THINGS GET

The National deserve a far better reputation than as sad sacks with a knack for good arrangements. Their songs get under your skin in a way that few can. The band now has no less than three masterpieces under their belt, but “Trouble Will Find Me” is undoubtedly the most mature. Lead singer Matt Berninger’s haiku-like tales of desperation and redemption have, on albums like “High Violet,” played tug-of-war with the Dessner brothers’ imaginative guitar work and the band’s juggernaut of a rhythm section. Here, every piece of the band exists in harmony. “Trouble Will Find Me” is remarkably cohesive and emotionally resonant. Even at its devastating lows, the album is patient and kind, and as a result is one of the year’s brightest collections of songs.

Alt-country siren Neko Case made her name with the New Pornographers, whose offbeat pop hooks bled into her own idiosyncratic solo career. Her newest studio album “The Worse Things Get…” comes on the heels of personal turmoil, and it shows. These are lacerating story-songs in the vein of Fiona Apple’s recent masterpiece “The Idler Wheel…” Unlike Apple, Case makes the most of crisp, full production and incredibly taut songwriting so tracks like “Man” hit hard and fast. It’s a compact collection of songs – most are under three minutes long – but the tracks vary from stripped-down acoustic confessions to passionate rock characterized by brass and charging drums. The full impact is poetic, devastating, and one of the strongest singer-songwriter albums this year.

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Black Cat scales back on concert acts

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

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estaurant and concert venue Black Cat Burrito recently made the business decision to close its doors to most shows not taking place Friday nights.

The change was sparked by decreasing popularity of weeknight performances by lesser-known acts, bringing a return to a schedule used in previous years.

While some exceptions will be made for holidays and special touring bands, the number of shows per month has been greatly reduced, causing some public outcry by members of the local music scene.

For Otto MacLennan, Black Cat’s doorman in charge of tickets and crowd control, there is a greater need to focus on quality over quantity in order to continue turning a profit as a business.

“The shows we have are a separate entity – a symbiotic relationship – one that requires us to at least not lose money,” MacLennan said. “We need to fine tune it, make it work better, try to bring in more people less often instead of less people more often, a focused laser beam of shows instead of the spray and pray technique.”

Local booking agent Devon Tuttle has worked with Black Cat as a venue for the past three years and sees it as a one-of-a-kind venue.

“While I understand a lot of their reasons for doing it, from a booking standpoint, to lose any space in town is a huge blow to progress,” Tuttle said.

While Black Cat intends for the change

to weed out some smaller acts and make room only for the best, Tuttle said that booking does not work that linearly.

Many of the shows that he cites as most successful have been on nights other than Friday.

“From my standpoint, every show that I book has a touring band, and touring bands don’t tour Fridays at a time,” Tuttle said. “It means that myself and every other show promoter in town is competing over one day a week and that one day isn’t likely to work for the touring bands that we’re trying to bring through.”

In the few weeks since the change has been in place, Tuttle has already had to turn down some bands, and he fears the lack of accessibility will hurt Boone’s reputation.

“In a perfect world, people who have spaces who could host shows would host shows,” Tuttle said.

“But I understand that obviously business owners are not in any way obligated to do that if they feel there’s any risk.”

Travis Reyes, owner of local record store 641 RPM, sees the change as necessary and anticipated based on attendance and waning public support.

“I just think it’s amusing sometimes that people take interest in things after the fact – after they should have been taking notice in things,” Reyes said. “If people are worried about having shows not on Friday night then they should have been out there supporting those shows.”

Since moving to Boone in 1997, Reyes

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A lot of great rap music was released this year, including releases from Danny Brown, Earl Sweatshirt and Kanye West.

However, it’s Brooklyn rapper-producer El-P and Southern rapper Killer Mike’s first release as Run the Jewels that takes the cake. Both artists are veterans of paranoid, political hip-hop, but on this free, 33-minute album they ditch the sermonizing for the most energized battle-rapping you’ll ever hear. Mike challenges El to tighten up his rhythm and go straight for the jugular, while El pushes Mike into decidedly surreal territory. El’s production style is also constantly evolving. Here, he improves on the already excellent reinterpretation of Southern rap found on Mike’s album “R.A.P. Music.” The best part of the whole package is that “Run the Jewels” is only a brief victory lap, the prelude to what may be one of hip-hop’s most fascinating projects.

Will Sheff’s songwriting with indie-rock stalwarts Okkervil River has often been intensely emotional and dramatic.

This still holds true for their underrated 2013 release “The Silver Gymnasium,” but the band’s music is less in-the-red this time around. Instead, “Gymnasium” is nostalgic, bright, and resolutely optimistic in the face of crushing truths. Songs like “Down Down the Deep River” and “Stay Young” invert 80s pop tropes for expressive, sincere letters to Sheff’s young self. Bolstered by dense, colorful major-label production, “Gymnasium” has all the grandeur of bloated classic rock with the literary eloquence and sentimentality of David Foster Wallace. Other Okkervil River albums may grab you by the throat, but this one delicately makes its way into your daily routine with its elegant, uplifting sensibilities.

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Music critics once thought Vampire Weekend would vanish under threats of gimmickry and pretentiousness. It’s true that the band’s early music was snarky and more than a bit privileged, but it was also fresh, funny and poignant. With “Modern Vampires of the City,” Ezra Koenig and company have come of age. “Modern Vampires” eschews the self-reflexive experiments of their fantastic album “Contra” for keyboard-led reflections on growing up, living deliberately and facing God. Wonderfully catchy singles like “Unbelievers” and “Diane Young” sit comfortably next to stunning, powerful centerpieces “Hannah Hunt” and “Ya Hey.” The record’s emotional maturity, eccentric arrangements and beautiful melodies add up to one of the best pop albums of the year.

One of the sleeper albums of the year, Matthew Houck turned out his masterpiece under the Phosphorescent moniker when he thought the project wouldn’t continue. “Muchacho” is delicate, immersive, emotionally wrenching, and beautiful. Beer-soaked alternative country, sparkling electronics and elaborate, symphonic songwriting coexist here with ease. “Song for Zula” and “The Quotidian Beasts” are the album’s twin centerpieces, the former an epic, gorgeous anthem and the latter a ragged, desolate midnight howl. However, the album’s sunlit, expansive production gives the entire proceedings a warm, lived-in sound, flowing from Fleet Foxes-like pop to abstract balladry. It’s wonderful music that reveals something new with each listen and sounds truly fresh in a landscape of derivative rock.

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from the ongoing conflict in the area.

“She wanted to create a space where everybody from Protestant and Catholic communities could come together and they could do art,” Rhoades said.

After its initial opening, the theater thrived as an educational and cultural hub, despite its surroundings. Rhoades said the second time she took a play overseas, the troupe couldn’t advertise it because of ongoing bombings.

“Derry is a city that has lots of storytellers, musicians, actors – it’s an art city and people are always very open and want to be a part of your production,” she said.

Rhoades’ theater company, Black Sheep Theater, produces plays annually. The group has created 11 productions since the 1990s and has taken four sets of faculty and students to Derry in an exchange of internships and residencies, in addition to providing classes over the summer.

“The Cook” took 10 years of research partially because of this back and forth – nearly all of the elusive information was housed in the records of the city itself. The information was still scarce.

“We knew a little bit about the bishop, but we didn’t know anything about her,” Rhoades said.

She used context clues and extensive period research to infer enough to chronicle the story.

“I didn’t know a whole lot about him, but one thing I knew about the bishop was that he loved his food,” Rhoades said. “I read ex-

has seen a few cycles of popularity in local music and said that each time, the movement gains traction. Owning a record store, Reyes said he can sympathize with the amount of “theoretical support” over actual monetary action that the local community seems to pour into causes like this.

“For people to be pissed off about this and point that anger toward Black Cat is pointless,” Reyes said. “To all the people that complain, just do something about it. If you want to have a voice in it, you have to be in it.”

MacLennan agrees, saying that while most of the acts booked are well received, small crowds still dominate most shows and end up not only unprofitable for the venue, but also for the bands.

“When we have two employees on the clock all night to sell seven beers and get 10 people in to watch a great band play to an empty room, it’s just depressing,” MacLennan said.

Reyes hopes the change will encourage the opening of a new performance space that does not rely on outside business sales to profit – an effort that Tuttle hopes to pursue himself.

“Space is the most important topic,” Tuttle said. “We can bring any band to town, but if there’s not a place for them to play, that part of the cultural terrain around here is desolate. We’re all adaptive and everyone who’s involved in this exchange and this dialogue, we’re all friends. We’re all pursuing the common good for everyone in this town.”

cerpts from a diary of his, and if he went somewhere it didn’t matter what else he told you he made sure to talk about what he had to eat.”

Out of this research not only came the play, which was performed four nights this summer to full audiences, but also the inspiration for a novel surrounding the same story. The novel is an endeavor Rhoades had always intended to start, but had yet to for lack of a story to tell.

“There was so much that didn’t get to be said in the play,” Rhoades said. “I’m really enjoying thinking about how to put the inner lives of the characters into a book.”

The play was directed by Dennis Bohr, a lecturer in the Department of English, who saw the collaborative effort to work alongside Rhoades as a learning experience.

Bohr usually writes plays and leaves directing to others.

“We’re still pretty collaborative as far as directing, but when I first started writing plays people would say ‘So, what do you see?’ and I couldn’t really say that because I didn’t have much idea of how it would look on a stage.”

The pair hopes to bring the production to Boone as a continuation of this partnership, featuring the original actors from the area.

“One of the things that’s complicated is that it’s a Derry story, and it isn’t that actors over here couldn’t do accents, it’s that their accents are authentic and they liked doing the story because it’s a Derry story,” Rhoades said.

While no plans are definite for the continuation of this production, Black Sheep is producing a new play tentatively scheduled for late February.

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Prioritization process gives reason for concern Kevin Griffin Opinion Writer

As this semester comes to a close, so does the first step in the long process of prioritizing academic programs at the university.

The report of the deans ranking the various programs was released Nov. 11. Among the lower ranking programs listed were Appalachian studies and women’s studies, along with a number of education programs, according to a Nov. 19 article in The Appalachian.

While the process is not complete until the Chancellor’s report has been finalized, we have seen enough of this prioritization to reflect on how it was conducted.

Unfortunately, the process

has been contentious, particularly over the role of faculty.

Throughout the program prioritization, faculty members expressed concern over their degree of involvement, to the point where the faculty senate passed a resolution in October requesting more involvement, according to the Watauga Democrat.

Following the release of the dean’s report, several professors commented that the handling of the process would decrease faculty morale, according to a Nov. 21 article in The Appalachian.

The faculty members’ claims in this case are totally valid. The Faculty Handbook states that “the basic and most important unit in determining curricula is the academic department.”

How can that department fulfill that purpose if they are not being heard?

Seeing that the academic

and administrative components work well together is key for everything, from how the university is run to the type and quality of education.

This relationship appears to have been negatively affected by the process, and that is not a good thing.

Considering the academic and administrative components, it would seem safe to assume that the university would greatly benefit.

Aside from the faculty issues, the most obvious concern is how the university will deal with the potential curriculum changes that could come with the final report.

Sheila Phipps of the Department of History was concerned about the number of education programs included in the bottom of the dean’s rankings, especially in light of Appalachian’s history as a one-time teacher’s college, according to The Appalachian.

Given the history, it would be a shame to see so many education programs take a hit in the evaluation.

I understand the necessity of these evaluations and of making tough choices. However, there are certain aspects of the process that were done improperly, and there is a threat that certain programs that really define important features of the university will be negatively affected.

Again, we will know shortly exactly what the changes will be with the chancellor’s report, and we must proceed from there.

Looking back on the process, it is clear that certain issues between faculty and administration have at least been exacerbated, and recovering from that will take time.

Badenchini, a freshman journalism major from Apex, is an opinion writer.

McMichael, a freshman chemistry major from Raleigh, is an opinion writer.

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Reading Day could be more useful for students Erica Badenchini Opinion Writer

Now that Appalachian State University students are back on campus following a break, some students are scrambling to prepare for finals.

Exams begin Monday and tension is high. With classes still in session and work still to be done, Reading Day should come as a relief.

Ideally, classes would be canceled and students would get a chance to prepare for exams.

That is, if Reading Day fell on a weekday.

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any different from any other day before exam week?

Projects and assignments tend to build up during the days before exams. Classes are ending, and deadlines are approaching.

With so much left to be done, it seems unfair to deprive students of an additional study day.

Had Reading Day fallen earlier in the week, the pressure of assignments would have been somewhat alleviated and those extra 24 hours could have been spent preparing for the tests that weigh so heavily on us as students. For most of us, final exams count for a large portion of a class average.

It is outrageous to think that students preparing for such

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important tests can somehow make time for so many additional assignments without the use of a true Reading Day in place of a class day.

Students should be afforded an extra day to prepare themselves for exams.

Without this critical extra time, most of us will find ourselves cramming, pouring over textbooks late into the night between working on assignments and projects that still need to be turned in.

Hopefully, this can be taken into consideration when planning the academic calendar for future years.

Griffin, a sophomore journalism major from Madison, is an opinion writer.

How the Grinch stole North Carolina

According to registrar.appstate.edu, Reading Day falls on Dec. 7, a Saturday. This means that students do not have an extra day off during the final week of classes to prepare for finals.

This is unfortunate, considering that Reading Day could be a very useful extra day for exam preparation for students.

The fact that it falls on a Saturday completely defeats the point of having the day at all.

Essentially, it is the same as any other Saturday spent studying. Most students would have spent Dec. 7 studying for exams regardless of whether this day was labeled or not.

Aside from the idea that students will all be studying and things will be quiet around campus, what makes the day

Elizabeth McMichael

Voting took place prior to Thanksgiving Break for a referendum to change Belk Library hours of operation to a 24-hour, five-day-a-week schedule.

Student voting for the referendum closed Nov. 26 with 88 percent of the votes in favor of extending hours.

While the Library does maintain a 24/5 schedule during exams, it would greatly benefit the student body to have access to the library at those hours year-round.

However, in order to keep the library open for these hours, it will require a $10 increase in student tuition, of which the voters were made aware at the time of voting.

This is a small price to pay for constant access to the library during the week, when students could benefit from it most.

Fortunately, the results of the vote yielded in favor of extending the library hours with the slight tuition increase.

The 24/5 schedule was first implemented in 2011. However, due to a $1.5 million budget cut the same year, the scheduling was changed back to the original hours of operation, according to a Sept. 11, 2011 article in The Appalachian.

Budget cuts can lead to tough decisions, and this was no exception.

However, the $10 added to the tuition interferes with the mandate that tuition in the UNC system not be raised, as set forth by President Tom Ross, according to a Nov. 20 article in The Appalachian.

Ultimately, it is a very minimal increase and this is a very unfortunate aspect of the issue.

If the library is able to stay open for longer hours during the week, it will allow students greater access.

Instead of being able to complete work or study, students will have to wait or try to do work elsewhere.

The library gives students a quiet, well-connected place with access to databases of information for them as they need.

By having more time to utilize that space at any time during the week, students will have the security of knowing that they won’t have to rush to print or find a book before a certain hour of the day during the week.

Ultimately, it will allow the comfort of having a space free from distraction, interference and promote a good study and research environment for the students to use when they please.

This referendum shows that a majority of those who took the time to vote agree.

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Call for nomina- by choosing “Leadership information, contact Society seminar students tions and Service Awards,” and gulledge@appstate.edu about their art service Send copy to David W. Freeman, Director of Student Publications, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, second floor, Plemmons Student then Union, orselecting e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu.

Each year, Appalachian “Who’s or moxleyjn@appstate. projects with campus and State University partici- Who in American Uni- edu. local organizations. Free ‘Gasland’ nextWho Sustainability film pates in the Who’s versities and Colleges.” and open to the public. of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who was in American Universities All nominations must be Call for proposals “GASLAND”, the next Sustainability Film Series presentation dying of pancreatic cancer.

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18, 2007, he stepped in and Colleges Program, a submitted electronically. for Diversity CelebraHousing Options will be shown April 23 at 7 p.m. in the I.G. Greer Auditorium. front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon Uniprogram thatwill recognizes Nominations program The screening be free and open to the public.close at 5 tion to deliver a last lecture called Achieving Your students for academic p.m. Dec. 6. For more in- versity Multicultural Student The“Really program will pro“Gasland”, an award winning documentary investigation into Childhood Dreams.” His lecture has become a phenomenon and leadership excelformation, email rggsbDevelopment is asking vide information about the truth about environmental impacts of hydraulic fractur- and the inspiration for this event. lence.

Students are selectmg@appstate.edu or call ing, called “fracking,” for natural gas. Filmmaker Josh Fox for proposals for exhibi- how to reapply for onHomegrown Film Festival on Mayand 1 ed for this honor based 828-262-2060. dancers, singers, campus housing embarks on this journey after being asked to lease his land tors, on scholarship abilities; musicians, artisans, stoabout finding off-campus for drilling. Gasland was an OSCAR nominee in 2011 for The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability participation and This leadSanta’s ToySustainable Box toy rytellers talents of held all May rental housing.

Best Documentary. film is hosted by the in the Highand Country will be 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway th ership in academic kinds forRoom the 13420 Annual Students who Development program. and drive Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union.

Theplan eventto is extracurricular activities; Health Promotion for Diversity Celebration at move off-campus will free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be provided.

The spring Sustainability Film Series is designed to raise Sustainability endeavors are growing in the being High Councitizenship faculty and toy Appalachian State Unilearnstrong about an awareness of and currentservice environmental issues and staff’s help provide try, where you share a rich history of working together to ensure to the community and drive will end Dec. 6.

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The event will informed consumer as solutions. Each film will be followed by a panel discussion with that held your mountain will forever be a wonderful Appalachian State Unitoysacademics donated and willstudents go to be 3-9 p.m.region April they venture into place the local activists, community leaders, to call home. The Homegrown Festival market. celebrates Each some versity; potential forandSanta’s and help 8 in Plemmons Student Film housing who will and answer questions discussToy waysBox of personally of these efforts through series one-hour of eight mini-documentaries, getting achievement. involved on local, national and international levels. future underprivileged fami- Union.

To submit a aproprogram is each spotlighting local people and organizations, including: Currently enrolled un- Film lies Series in Watauga go to http://mul- identical; presentations The fourth annual Sustainability continuesCounty.

January posal, 350 Boone (climate change); Appalachian Mountain Brewery dergraduate students Toys need to be new and ticultural.appstate.edu/ been ofscheduled at 29 with films focusing on issues relating to sustainability. The (small business sustainability); have ASU Office Sustainability who have earned at least unwrapped, for children various times over sevDepartment of Geology, Belk Library, Appalachian Popular resources/forms/diversi(campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability 75 semester Society hours (APPS), prior and ranging fromoftoddlers to ty-celebration-proposaleral protection); months toBlue facilitate Programming the Office Sustainabilart); Blue Ridge Conservancy (land Ridge to fall semester years old.

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This is the first time thatRaley the 5KHall, is open to the John’s The as nomination packet ers Hall, Chapell Wilson the short ingRun/Walk timelines, public a community event since Girls on the Run of the Featuring The 8th Annual Tom docuMoore 5K willprocedures take place High be Country started in 2009. Hall, DirectorWalker Mary Sheryl may downloaded from HallHorine and mentary Lillian obtaining housing, Saturday, works May 4, by at the Boone for Greenway Burnley-Clawson explains, “This is such a fun andVarsity energeticGym. event;For we wanted studentdev.appstate.edu more Goudas’ Art, Religion andon orcost, utilities, Park. If particpants register beforelocation, May 1, the event will to be able to share it with the larger community. We’ve kept the registration fee very low hoping that kids, families and Appalachian students will want to join us and get active on a beautiful Saturday spring morning.” To register, please visit http://gotr.appstate.edu/5K Anyone under the age of 14 will need a running buddy to register and run with them. Registration fees are $15 and include a T-shirt if fees are received

by April 17. Registration will also be accepted on the day of the event starting at 8 a.m. In addition to the run, there will also be warm-up activities, a happy hair station, an art table, visits from Yosef and the Appalachian cheerleading team and food provided by Earth Fare, Chili’s and Panera Bread.

For more information on this event or volunteering for Girls on the Run, please visit www.gotr.appstate.edu or contact Mary Sheryl Horine at Appalachian’s Institute for Health and Human Services at 828-252-7557 or horinems@appstate.edu.

be $15. On the day of the event it will be $20. There will be a pasta dinner at F.A.R.M Café Friday, May 3, from 6-8 p.m. for early packet pick-up. This will be a pay as you can donation dinner to contribute to the Tom Moore 5K event as well as help F.A.R.M Café in their mission. Registration on the day of the event will begin at 8 a.m., and the 5K will start promptly at 9 a.m. There will be long-sleeve t-shirts available to those who have registered on a first come, first serve, basis. After the race, there will be a raffle with lots of fun prizes and refreshments. Parking will be available at the Burnley-Clawson Lot.

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

One out of every 10,000 Americans has HD. After the onset of the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years.

The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a non-profit agency dedicated to finding a cure. They are here as support, guidance and a resources to families, friends and those with HD. All of the proceeds from this event will go to the society for research.

ACT to sponsor May event

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

Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., except where otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - Rise of the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters (Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies.

Tom Moore, of Boone, was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease (HD) 10 years ago. Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which currently there is no cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, talk and reason. Someone with HD will eventually rely on family members for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease does not affect just one person, but a whole family and community.

For more information or to register for the event, go to 5k.appstate.edu.

‘Persepolis’ discussion April 30

A discussion of the film and graphic novel, “Persepolis,” will be held April 30 at 6 p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission is free and open to the public.

Students, faculty and community members are invited to read the graphic novel “Persepolis.” The library has placed copies of the book on 24-hour reserve. There will be a showing of the film “Persepolis” Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

Both the book and the film will be discussed afterwards.

Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at 7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1 and 3 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times are subject to change.

“Persepolis” is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film received numerous awards including being a co-winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.

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

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

The film will be introduced by Dr. Renee Scherlen, who will also lead discussion on the film and book following the showing. Dr. Scherlen is a professor of political science at Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas of specialization.

24th Morgan Lecture Series to start

The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the Sciences, sponsored by the Morgan Committee, in cooperation with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Forum Committee, announces the second Morgan Lecturer, Harold McGee, will be on campus Wednesday, April 24, to deliver a public lecture, The Chemistry of Food and Cooking.

McGee is a noted journalist who specializes in explaining the chemistry of food and cooking to the public. He is author of the bestselling book, “On Food and Cooking: the Science and Lore of the Kitchen.” McGee’s public lecture will be at 7 p.m. in I.G. Greer Auditorium.

Lastly, the committee is finalizing a visit to ASU by Dr. Jerry Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago on Thursday, May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored by the Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Grants Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on speciation and evolution, and the bestselling book, “Why Evolution is True,” which is also the title of his extremely popular blog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne will give a scientific presentation on speciation (his research specialty) at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne will also give a public lecture on The Relationship between Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union.

Faculty Last Lecture set for April 22 The Faculty Last Lecture will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. Nominations are being collected from students for the Last Lecture.

We will extend the invitation to speak at the Last Lecture event, which includes dinner catered by Casa Rustica, to two faculty members who have the most nominations.

These invitations will go out to nominated faculty the first week of April.

The Faculty Last lecture is an event based on the book The Last Lecture, written by Randy Paush. Paush was a professor

The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with the ASU Humanities Council and the Muslim Students Association, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program. This is the fourth in a series of programs that compose the 2013 Bridging Cultures, Muslim Journeys Program.

Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi collaborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi’s bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique attitude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution.

The Guardian described the film as “superbly elegant” and goes on to note: “Persepolis gives us the sheer pleasure of narrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely imaginative child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by geo-political upheaval.”

For more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, atscherlnag@appstate.edu.

CU Thrive program for ASU students Today’s college students face unique challenges that when combined, can negatively impact their overall success. In order to succeed, students must find ways to successfully juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial responsibilities, among many other life stressors! This balancing act would cause anyone’s anxiety and stress level to rise.

The American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment found in their 2001 survey that 30 percent of college students reported feeling so depressed that it was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year.

Depression can lead to lethargy, irritability, social isolation, and disturbances in eating and sleeping cycles. It takes a concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such as depression and the ways that it impacts our students.

In response, ASU’s Counseling Center has teamed with

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Dec. 5 clinics are available for annual Farm Day April 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help local in Blue Ridge students inOrchard, HealthHorse Sersustainable farms,Ballroom, such as Moretz’s Mountain Plemmons Student vices.Likely Shots are For $11 more and Helpers, Spring House, and Foggy Farm. information and event to register for the event, please visit the ACT Union.

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Students may tion to and from the farms will bewalk provided. will also be about international holiin Lunch during clinic provided each farm. Day, hours or attend the afterdays likeatGuadalupe Magpie Festival, Chinese hours clinics planned in the camOperation Medicine Cabinet New Year, Ramadan, pus dining halls.

Hours Operation Medicine Cabinet will take place April 19, from 11 Diwali, Moravian Love are 8-11:30 a.m. and a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a time for a spring cleaning on your Feast, Boxing Medicine 12:45-3:30 MonmedicineKwanzaa, cabinet. Operation Cabinetp.m. gives you an Day and more.safe Featuring day-Friday, and 9-11:30 environmentally method of disposal of outdated, unused images, sounds, food and a.m.

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Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. near info desk. If you miss this collection, participate in the Watauga County collection on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations: Food Lion - Hwy 321 near WalMart; Food Lion - Hwy 421/ Old Hwy 421; Food Lion - Blowing Rock; Foscoe Fire Dept (Hwy 105). These collections are held in coordination with Watauga County Sanitation Department’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Watauga County Landfill. Items include: paint, household batteries, niCad batteries, lead acid batteries (car batteries), antifreeze, ethylene gasoline, lighter fluid, solid and liquid pesticides, oxidizers, used oils, household cleaners and fluorescent lights.

University Housing hosts ‘Last Lecture”

University Housing is pleased to present the “Last Lecture.”

This banquet-style event will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica and an RSVP is required to attend. The Last Lecture is an opportunity for selected faculty to tell the world what they’ve had on their mind and what they would say if this were their “Last Lecture.” The campus community is invited to attend at no cost, but reservations are required and will be approved on a first-come/first-served basis. With our limited seating, please consider making your reservation today. To RSVP for this event, please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture.

You will receive a confirmation email and mailed tickets to your campus address prior to the event.

APPS’ annual Spring Fling

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society, APPS, will host its annual Spring Fling on Friday from noon to 4 p.m. on Duck Poind Field. There will be inflatables, henna tattoos, tie dye, a DJ Foam & Paint Party, food and fun!! And it’s all for free.

‘Through My Eyes’ contest at Belk

Belk Library is sponsoring its “Through My Eyes” photography contest. It is really easy! Take an awesome Belk Library photograph. Upload it to Instagram and tag it #BelkLibraryContest.

Make sure your app is set to allow public posting of photos.

Go to Edit Your Profile, and turn “photos are private” to off. The winning snapshot will will a $50 University Bookstore gift card.

Have fun and be creative! Show us a feature that you love or a part of the library that is special to you. Here are some ideas to get you going: Belk Library in the spring; Get collaborative in a group study room; Find the library’s best keep secrets; Relax in the Fox Reading Room; Go digital in the Digital Media Studio; and, Find your inner child in the Instructional Materials Center. The public is encouraged to enter the Belk Library Through My Eyes contest often by tagging multiple Instragram photos with the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest. The snapshot can include a few words or a single line caption. The library’s public relations committee will choose the winning snapshot.

The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner will be notified via an Instagram comment from the Belk Library Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email address in order to be eligible to receive the book store gift certificate. The photographs must obey all laws, including applicable copyright and privacy laws.

Muslim students to host conversation

A panel of students from the Muslim Student Association will host a conversation with first-year seminar faculty, interested University community members and Summer Reading discussion leaders regarding the summer reading selection for 2013-2014, American Dervish, by Ayad Akhtar. The panel will be held April 23 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Tater Hill (Room 155), Plemmons Student Union. The University is privileged to host this author and highlight his work. He was just awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his stage drama, Disgraced. This panel of diverse Muslim students will introduce topics related to Islam and Muslim-American identity. It will provide a good beginning to initial thoughts about teaching American Dervish and leading discussions surrounding it. The student panel will be moderated by Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn. Dr. Avery-Quinn earned his PhD in Anthropology from UT Knoxville, his Master’s in Religious Studies from the University of Denver, and his BA from the University of Tennessee.

4th Blue Mountain Festival tonight

The fourth annual Blue Mountain Documentary Festival will present the best student documentary projects on campus Thursday, April 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Belk Library Room 114.

The event is free and open to the public. The festival highlights audio and video documentaries created by currently enrolled students at Appalachian State University. Subjects for the short films range from local artists and Olympic wrestling to marriage equality. Winners will be announced at the festival. The Blue Mountain Student Documentary Festival is sponsored by University Documentary Film Services. Light refreshments will be provided. For more information please contact Tom Hansell at University Documentary Film Services, 828-262-7730 or hansellts@appstate.edu.

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fter a close first half and a sluggish start for the Mountaineers, App State rallied in the second to win 78-70 over North Greenville.

The first half saw a hotshooting effort from the Crusaders (6-2) as they went 53.1 percent from the field and a blistering 57.1 percent from downtown. Meanwhile App State (2-5) struggled from the field, only hitting 31.4 percent of theirs and going 2-12 on 3-pointers.

“It’s pretty obvious that we have some guys who are struggling to make shots,” head coach Jason Capel said. “Men lie, women lie but numbers don’t lie and the numbers are what they are and you can’t run from them or hide it. I know the guys that are missing shots right now and are lacking, I know they’re going to make those shots.

We’ve seen guys make those shots in games for a year or two.”

However, statistics weren’t all that bad as the Mountaineers managed to beat the Crusaders in many other key categories.

App State beat them in points in the paint (3224), points off turnovers

(20-9), second chance (24-11), bench points (35-17) and rebounds (47-37).

The shining moment in the first half was seven rebounds and eight points from sophomore forward Michael Obacha, but it wouldn’t be enough as NGU had the lead at the half 43-37.

The second half was an entirely different story for the Mountaineers as they would find their stride on both ends of the court and would outscore the Crusaders 22-4 to start the half.

Part of the surge came from junior guard Mike Neal who had a careerhigh 27 points on the night to go along with three assists and three rebounds.

He had two of his three clutch 3-pointers in the second half to give App State the lead for the first time since early in the first half.

“It definitely helps pick the team up when you see another teammate getting going and playing with energy – it definitely makes you want to play with energy,” guard Frank Eaves said. “[Neal] made some critical shots that we needed down the stretch.”

Neal wasn’t the only Mountaineer to have a career night.

Obacha ended the game with a double-

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Junior guard Mike Neal powers through to the basket against North Greenville on Wednesday night. The Mountaineers defeated the Crusaders 78-70.

double, having 11 points and a career-high 16 rebounds. He also went 7-10 from the free-throw line, career-highs in both makes and attempts.

“Sometimes your offense isn’t there and when it isn’t, help your teammates,” Obacha said. “That’s my focus right now. If you’re not scoring, play defense to help your team win.”

Despite going 1-8 from beyond the arc in the sec-

ond, North Greenville did manage to make things close and gritty, even amassing a few technical fouls along the way, but Obacha said it was more on them.

“We must learn to play hard the whole 40 minutes because there’s no time to let a team come back,” Obacha said. “This is a team game, when you play as a team you win games, when you play as individuals, you lose.”

Capel agreed that there were more reasons for the close game other than their shooting, reasons including players playing as individuals and not as a team.

“I know I normally come in here and say that all wins are good wins, but I’m not happy about this win,” Capel said.

“I’m not happy with what we exhibited out there as a team. I’m hesitant to call us a team right now

because it didn’t feel that way. We have to continue to grow, we have to continue to have guys understand and buy into what it takes to be successful.

When we do that, we’re going to have a really good team and be successful.”

App State will play the second of its back-toback home stand Sunday against UNC Charlotte.

The game is scheduled to tip off at 2 p.m.

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Thursday, December 5, 2013

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KIDS’ CORNER

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Every other weekend that the Watauga County Farmers’ Market is open, the Kids’ Corner provides a place for kids to sell their creations. Peyton Cline, a regular at the Kids’ Corner, is known for her dog biscuits and crafts. At the first holiday Farmers’ Market this season, she made Rainbow Loom bracelets to sell, along with potholders, Hillbilly Bubble Bath and other goods.

“I once had a man come buy all of my bracelets for his grandchildren,” Cline said.

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(Below) Alistair Burke laughs as Peyton Cline explains her products called “Snowman Poop” and “Reindeer Poop” before making his purchases in the Kids’ Corner at the Holiday Farmers’ Market.

(Immediate Left) Cline (left) and Kate Ambler (right) set up tables to sell holiday crafts, jewelry and food.

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