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WHAT DOES BLACK HISTORY MONTH MEAN TO YOU?
RADICAL FEMINIST ART SHOW
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CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT HOW SPACE, A NEW EXHIBITION TITLED “RADICAL FEMINISTS” FEATURES 16 FEMALE ARTISTS AND CELEBRATES WOMEN OF COLOR. PAGES 8-9
AFRICAN AMERICAN INCLUSION IN THE LGBT CENTER PAGE 6
PHOTO ESSAY: MOMENTUM DANCE CLUB ANNUAL SHOWCASE PAGE 11
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THE TEAM Sydney Spann @spannooo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Olivia Wilkes @theappalachian ADVISER
EDITORIAL Victoria Haynes @victoriahayness MANAGING EDITOR
BUSINESS Jules Blaylock @jayblay96 CHIEF COPY EDITOR
MULTIMEDIA
Jonathan Mauldin @MauldinJonathan GRADUATE ASSISTANT
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Halle Keighton @halle_keighton PHOTO EDITOR
Braxton Coats @brxcoats22 WEB MANAGER
Jamie Patel @jptalksfooty VIDEO EDITOR
Q Russell @Q_M_Russell OPINION EDITOR
Ashley Goodman @AshleyGoodman97 A&E EDITOR
Bradley Workman @Brad_Workman BUSINESS MANAGER
Moss Brennan @mosbren IN-DEPTH EDITOR
Aidan Moyer @Aidan_Moyer_ NEWS EDITOR
Cristian McLaughlin @CAMcLaughlin MARKETING DIRECTOR
Brooks Maynard @BrooksMaynard SPORTS EDITOR
T H E COV E R: “White. I wanted to be White” by senior art education major Saleen Vang. Vang’s
portraits are a part of the “Radical Feminists” art show at HOW Space. Read more on pages 8-9. Mickey Hutchings
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CRIME LOG
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CAMPUS JAN. 27
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2 p.m. | Criminal Damage to Property Varsity Gym Closed
11:50 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Trivette Hall Loading Dock Closed
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11 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Cannon Hall Closed
5:04 p.m. | Burglary Non-forced Entry Belk Hall Further Investigation
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4:55 p.m. | Larceny From Buildings Student Recreation Center Further Investigation
11:29 a.m. | Damage to Property Student Recreation Center Disposition
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1 p.m. | Larceny From Motor Vehicle State Farm Parking Lot Further Investigation
9 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Living Learning Center Closed
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9 p.m. | Criminal Damage to Property (Vandalism) Plemmons Student Union Closed
12:30 p.m. | Larceny of Food Sanford Commons Closed
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02/01/18
Feb. 1, 2018
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Multicultural Student Development center is located on the second floor of the Plemmons Student Union.
APPALACHIAN STATE CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH Ashley Goodman│
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his February is Black History Month, a month dedicated to the celebration of black culture, history and the contributions black people have made to our country and world. At Appalachian State, campus organizations are partnering to offer community-wide educational and celebratory events throughout the month. Among the countless events being held this month are movie nights, social events and a series of discussions and educational opportunities to learn more about black culture. Multicultural organizations, including the Office of Multicultural Student Development and the Black Student Association, are working with other organizations like fraternities and academic departments to organize the events. Appalachian State’s Residence Hall Association, for example, is helping to kick off the month with a Black History Month trivia night. The event was originally to be held on Feb. 1, but the event will now be held Feb. 7 in the Summit Trail Solarium. The trivia night will feature six categories about entertainment, activism and history influenced by the
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black community. RHA president and junior political science major Jake Hofmann said this is not the first time the RHA has participated in Black History Month. “This is our second year hosting this event,” Hofmann said. “We had a great turnout last year, and I think it’ll be great this year, too.” Hofmann said he hopes the trivia will offer the campus an opportunity to celebrate and learn about black culture. The Cultural Awareness and Student Engagement council is also planning events for Black History Month. On Feb. 12, CASE will partner with the Black Student Association, the National Pan-Hellenic Council and the Lyric spoken word club to hold an open mic event. Senior music industry studies major and CASE chairperson Ana Dell said, “We are bringing Anthony McPherson, a spoken word poet, to perform. He was recently featured on (Black Entertainment Television’s) Black History Month special. We are currently working out logistics, but we also have reached out to Lyric, and they have agreed to do an open mic before Anthony comes on.” McPherson is a biracial poet hailing from New York
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City whose work has been featured on BET, Button Poetry and Huffington Post. CASE is also working with the Black Student Association and the Office of Multicultural Student Development to organize the Black Excellence Awards, an award ceremony on Feb. 28 that will celebrate the accomplishments of black students and faculty at App State. Drew Wilson, a senior public relations major and president of the BSA, said the awards are an opportunity to shed light on black achievements on our campus. “We tend to just get swarmed in with everyone else, so it’s really hard to see all the things that we do on campus,” Wilson said. “This event is targeted toward our community, which is really small. So we really use this award show to promote and celebrate all of the great things that a lot of black students contribute to our campus. It’s something that we’re really trying to make sure that this is annual and that we keep doing.” Wilson said the BSA uses club meetings and social events like these to foster community between black people on campus. “There’s literally less than three percent of the entire student population that’s ac-
tually black,” Wilson said. “So we really try to make sure that we are a group that connects students that look alike and have some kind of cultural similarity, and really just a place where we build relationships among one another.” The BSA holds meetings on Mondays at 5 p.m. in the McRae Peak room of the Plemmons Student Union. Wilson said the BSA hopes to use Black History Month to highlight Boone’s underrepresented black community and celebrate black culture overall. Wilson is looking forward to “having some kind of celebration of black students and black culture, since there’s not a lot of it that’s really present in Boone, and what presence there is is really small,” Wilson said. “So it’s really awesome that we’re able to create these spaces where we’re really excited about our culture on campus and throughout Boone overall.” Black History Month is also an opportunity for nonblack people to learn more about black history and the issues black people face today. The month will feature many educational discussions and lectures that are open to the public, led by academic departments, professors and the library.
“It’s a really great place to just sit and listen and get an understanding of what’s happening in our country at this moment and how it’s affecting us and how it’s so detrimental to us, and just to get a better understanding of how to go about allyship, because I know that’s really important at this school,” Wilson said. Wilson expressed the importance of allies taking the first steps to educate themselves. “Just sit and listen and take that piece to gain some insight, get a better understanding and just come into these spaces so it’s more so them coming in and taking the initiative rather than us being the ones to reach out on issues that we’re facing,” Wilson said. Over the course of the next month, almost every day will feature some sort of social or educational opportunity to celebrate and learn about the black community. The events are open to the public, and Wilson encouraged anyone to attend. “Anyone is welcome to come to our events,” Wilson said. “It’s really great for people to just take this opportunity to have fun and learn more about blackness and black culture and just get a better understanding of what our community does and who we are.”
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SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
App News is a service of the Division of Student Affairs. Email wilkeso@appstate.edu for submissions with subject line: APP NEWS PAGE. Submissions should not exceed 100 words and must include the event title, date/time, location and cost and a contact email, phone and/or URL. Announcements will be edited as needed and will run as space allows. Preference is given for events that are free or have a nominal cost.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH BLACK ROOTS CONCERT The Black Roots Concert, in conjunction with Dr. Cece Conway and the Black & Global Roots Concerts and Front Porch initiative, explores the West African influences upon American banjo music and Piedmont Blues. The Black Roots Concert takes place on Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in The Jones House. It will feature a variety of artists, including Piedmont blues musician Jeffrey Scott, banjo roots scholars and musicians Seth Swingle and Fiona Bal-
estrieri and fiddle and banjo duet Jake Blount and Tatiana Hargreaves. Tickets are $20, doors open at 7 p.m. Due to a 40 seat limit, advanced reservations are recommended.
COURAGEOUS CONVERSATIONS The 2nd Annual Courageous Conversations will be held on Thursday in Kenneth E. Peacock Hall, Room 1010. Please join us for a panel discussion beginning at 6:00 p.m followed by a reception at 7:00 p.m in
the Broyhill Commons. This event is one of many activities on Appalachian State University’s campus held in conjunction with Black History Month. Courageous Conversations is an initiative of the Walker College’s Inclusive Excellence Team (formerly Diversity Advisory Team) and is co-hosted by the Mu Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Alpha Alpha Rho Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.Please register at business.appstate.edu/news-events/events/cou-
MONDAY, FEB. 5
TUESDAY, FEB. 6
Belk Library & Information Commons will be hosting the 2nd annual African American Read In (AARI) on Feb. 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The campus community is invited to come read literature, poetry, etc by an African American author. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorites, but the Library will have some to choose from as well.
THURSDAY, FEB. 1 FRIDAY, FEB. 2
SATURDAY, FEB. 3
Courageous Conversations
Black Family Mixer
Black Roots Concert
7 p.m. Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union
7:30 p.m. The Jones House $20
6-8 p.m. Room 1010, Peacock Hall
SUNDAY, FEB. 4
rageous-conversations/registration.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN READ IN
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 7 THURSDAY, FEB. 8 FRIDAY, FEB. 9
African-American Read In
Black History Month Trivia Night
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Belk Library
7 p.m. Solarium, Plemmons Student Union
SUNDAY, FEB. 11 MONDAY, FEB. 12 TUESDAY, FEB. 13 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 14 THURSDAY, FEB. 15 FRIDAY, FEB. 16 “Speak to Your Heart” Featuring Anthony McPherson 7 p.m. Parkway Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union
Dating While Black
Phamily Pheud
6 p.m. Multicultural Center, Plemmons Student Union
7 p.m. Price Lake, Plemmons Student Union
SUNDAY, FEB. 18 MONDAY, FEB. 19 TUESDAY, FEB. 20 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 21 THURSDAY, FEB. 22 FRIDAY, FEB. 23
SATURDAY, FEB. 10
SATURDAY, FEB. 17
SATURDAY, FEB. 24
Colorism TBA TBA
SUNDAY, FEB. 25 MONDAY, FEB. 26 TUESDAY, FEB. 27 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28 Transitioning to a PWI 6 p.m. Multicultural Center, Plemmons Student Union
Black Excellence Awards 7 p.m. Parkway Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union
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Feb. 1, 2018
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Henderson Springs LGBT Center is located on the first floor in room 206 of the Plemmons Student Union.
CAMPUS INCLUSION OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LGBT COMMUNITY MEMBERS GROWS Christina Beals│
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ccording to the LGBT Mental Health Syllabus, a website created by the LGBT Issues Committee of the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, or GAP, “LGBT individuals who are black, Latino, Asian, Pacific Islander or Native American are members of a double minority.” According to the committee, these double minorities are found to sometimes experience interpersonal or familial issues that affect personal development of self-esteem and identity. The committee also said that those who identify as double minorities sometimes endure negation of one’s racial or ethnic identity. Some are alienated from their community of origin or may be forced to pick one identity over the other. In return, those who identify as double minorities can also experience racism or lack of support within the LGBT+ community. A 2012 Gallup poll found that 4.6 percent of African-Americans had respond-
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ed via survey that they identify as a member of the LGBT+ community, higher than any other community of origin surveyed, thus supporting the fact that such negative occurrences are not a rarity to experience. At Appalachian State, the Henderson Springs LGBT Center offers educational resources and support, ranging from a list of terms and identities pertaining to the LGBT+ community to parental resources. Stemming from the LGBT Center are three main student clubs, each pertaining to the alliance of various identities within the community. The Sexuality and Gender Alliance Club, or SAGA, according to their Facebook page, works towards creating an all-inclusive and accepting community on campus for all gender, sexual and romantic minorities. The TransAction Club, according to their AppSync page, is constructed of a community of people who are dedicated to the safety and rights of those who identify as transgender and non-binary.
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According to their AppSync page, the A-SPEC Club, formerly known as Appstate Aces, is a safe space for those who identify as asexual, aromantic or are questioning their sexual identity. The club comes together to address and discuss issues in which the community faces and to advocate for their representation on Appalachian State’s campus. According to the AppSync page originally created by William Post, another club set to be made on campus is known as the Queer People of Color Club or QPOC, which will focus more on the representation and inclusion of people of color who identify as members of the LGBT+ community. Jonathan Spencer, a senior computational and applied engineering physics major, is a volunteer at the LGBT Center on campus and president of QPOC. Regarding specific LGBT+ inclusion of the African-American community on campus, Spencer said he felt that the creation of QPOC will be able to focus more on the matter. “I feel that there were a few (outreach) attempts in the
past, but recently with the development of the QPOC group that I am starting, it will hopefully allow for more inclusivity and intersectionality,” Spencer said. Within the descriptions of the LGBT+ clubs on both AppSync and Facebook, safety is prioritized for its members and allies. “The main concern is safety amongst the group. With the amount of racism that still exists in the world, combined with the homophobia and transphobia, it makes it especially difficult to live in the world without some type of criticism retaliation,” Spencer said. Spencer also said he sees the vitality behind double minority representation and safety on campus, thus the importance of QPOC’s existence. “I feel that it is important for groups such as QPOC to exist as it provides a community for students of color who also identify as queer to have a safe place to meet and talk,” Spencer said. “We want every student to feel welcome on campus, especially those with
multiple minority identities.” In 2014, according to the Appalachian State University website, a hashtag was created called #otherappstate. The hashtag was made into an Instagram account, consisting of pictures of students posing with a poster board that either stated how they have been racially discriminated against on campus or facts about the Appalachian State’s inclusion of minority groups. One poster was held by a female African-American student and stated, “In 2013, I was 1 of 562 black students at App… out of 17,840!” Another poster, held by another female African-American student, said, “There’s a price to pay for all this melanin. #OtherAppState.” As a new semester begins and Black History Month nears, QPOC and fellow LGBT-oriented clubs, as reported by their respective AppSync pages, are collectively fighting to make sure that the inclusivity, representation and safety of double minority students is prioritized at App State.
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APP STATE WELCOMES NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Anna Muckenfuss│
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t the beginning of the semester, 32 international students arrived in the United States to start studying at Appalachian State University for the 2018 spring semester. These students come from several different countries, such as France, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Chile, Germany, Pakistan, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, Madagascar, Thailand, Switzerland, Nigeria, Peru, India and Canada. The students were received by the campus organization INTAPP, or International Appalachian. Students within the organization welcomed the international students at the airport and then gave them a tour around campus. Alexa Dudash, a sophomore exercise science major, has been a part of INTAPP since her first semester of her freshman year. “Getting to work with the internationals is very rewarding and interesting,” Dudash said. “I love to hear their sto-
ries about what brought them to App. We are all so different and hearing their perspective is eye-opening.” INTAPP has three different goals: to advocate for the internationalization of App’s campus, to promote the study abroad program and to encourage international students to come to Appalachian and to act as a support system for the Office of International Education and Development. Emily Sedlacek, a junior English and French double major, is another INTAPP member and has been working with international students for three semesters. “INTAPP is a group of great people who truly believe that being globally minded is extremely important,” Selacek said. “INTAPP is a great community for people who are passionate about studying abroad and traveling. You get to know people from all over the world. We all get to bring something different to the table, and I think that’s special.” Janine Barten is a junior from the Netherlands and came
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to the U.S. to study political science and criminal justice. “I wanted to do an exchange year because I wanted to see more from the world and learn more about different cultures,” Barten said. “I chose to come to App because the campus seemed nice, and its location is in the mountains, which is incredibly different than the Netherlands.” Nadia Zegmott, a sophomore journalism major from England, decided to come to Appalachian for similar reasons. “I’ve never felt more welcome anywhere,” Zegmott said. “I really love the surrounding area and being up in the mountains. I’m from the city, so you can imagine I don’t get to see or go to the mountains ever. It’s been a big change, but it’s a good change. I couldn’t have done it without INTAPP.” Even though the international students have not been on campus long, they said they have noticed differences between American culture and the culture of their home country.
Nic Bariesheaa, a junior chemistry and biology major from Australia, said he has learned a lot from his short time in America. “There’s a lot more homework to do here,” Brariesheaa said. “You wouldn’t get that in Australia. You would study the content on your own time. There’s help if you need it, but here they drill the content into your brain so that you’re ready by the time it comes for finals.” With students coming from different backgrounds and cultures comes an increase in diversity. INTAPP helps students at App State learn about other cultures and traditions. “It’s highly important to learn about new cultures because diversity helps like-minded people and those who have different thoughts find a common ground and grow as individuals, whether that be intellectually or personally,” Zegmott said. “Diversity encourages people to be themselves, and I personally think that’s highly important for self development and identification.”
Where do INTAPP students come from?
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NPHC’S IMPACT ON APP’S CAMPUS Rachel Greenland│
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hancellor Sheri Everts announced the plan to create a new tradition honoring the organizations that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council in her newsletter on Oct. 5, 2017. “The plots and garden project, I believe, not only benefits NPHC organizations, it will also benefit the campus as a whole,” Appalachian’s NPHC President and member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Malik Hargrave, said. “It shows that the university supports its NPHC and its underrepresented communities.” Appalachian’s chief diversity officer, Willie Fleming, wrote to the members of
the Appalachian community about the plots and garden, in which he described himself as a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha, proving the lasting impact a NPHC organization can have on its members. The NPHC officially came to Appalachian State’s campus on March 23, 1992, and has grown to include seven of The Divine Nine organizations, which is made up by the nine historically Black Greek letter organizations, over the past 25 years, as well as Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority, Inc. “I think we are unique to other schools in the state because we work with such small numbers,” Hargrave said. “I feel we work well with low
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numbers, and I feel like we have the best collaboration efforts with the Interfraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council.” The Appalachian NPHC has about 60 members, but they are working to create the Multicultural Greek Council to add more organizations of various cultures to be as inclusive as possible, according to Hargrave. “I feel like coming into NPHC, I was confident and had connections, but the process of joining my organization has made me such a more well spoken, compassionate and caring leader,” Dejon Milbourne, a sophomore quadruple major in finance and banking; risk management and insurance;
accounting and economics, of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc said. “It has also made me a lot more disciplined in my personal life because we have values that we have to uphold.” Many members of the NPHC organizations value the impact that being a part of their organization has made on their college career. Despite there being seven separate organizations, the Appalachian State NPHC’s objective is, “the unanimity of thought and action as far as possible in the conduct of the African American Greek letter collegiate fraternities and sororities and to consider problems of mutual interest to its member organizations,” according to the
NPHC’s website. Darius Floyd, a junior computer science major and member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., said, “There are a ton of great people in NPHC, from my brothers to people of other fraternities and sororities, that I would not have known or come in contact with if it weren’t for NPHC.” With only around 60 members, the NPHC has made a mark on Appalachian’s campus by continually contributing to service-oriented projects and connecting the students to administration. The NPHC will be hosting their annual carnival on April 8 to engage with the Appalachian community.
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The “Radical Feminists” art show at HOW Space. The show will be on display until Feb. 2.
“RADICAL FEMINISTS” EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN OF COLOR Ashley Goodman│
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n Jan. 23, HOW Space welcomed a new exhibition titled “Radical Feminists,” a multimedia gallery featuring the work of 16 female students and artists. The exhibition, curated by senior art and visual culture major Mellanee Goodman, explores feminism as a political movement and celebrates the artistic ability of women, especially women of color. Goodman said she intended for the exhibit to shed light on communities often left unnoticed in the art world, specifically women and women of color. “I realized that there was a huge gap of people missing in the community that aren’t shown here,” Goodman said. “Being in Boone for six years and being at App and really involved in the art communi-
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ty for three years, I realized going to multiple shows over the years that there’s only a specific group of people always shown, always praised and given the utmost respect for their artwork and looked at as the artists that represent the community.” Goodman said her own experiences as a black woman in Boone’s rural setting prompted her to curate the exhibition but also made her hesitant. “Being me, a black woman curator in the town of Boone, is very scary because there aren’t a lot of me around,” Goodman said. “When I first wanted to produce the show, I was really hesitant about it. I didn’t know if there was going to be backlash. But I knew so many women of color around here were hurting and struggling because of the racism and marginalization
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that we feel. I just didn’t let the fear get in the way. I really wanted to make a statement with this show.” Goodman also took on the exhibition in the hopes of discussing negative stigmas about women of color in the art world. Goodman expressed that women of color are “extremely marginalized and underrepresented,” and that oftentimes, their voices go unheard. “I don’t want to speak for all women of color, but I know that for myself in this show, I wanted to show that there’s more than just the superficial idea of what women of color are like,” Goodman said. “We can produce art, we’re intelligent and we’re as creative as the white men that are in the books we’re taught and shown repetitively in this community. We’re here to say something.”
Juliet Irving, a senior graphic design major, is featuring her multimedia piece “Glimpses” in the exhibition. “Glimpses” is composed of three small boxes fitted with lenses. When viewers look inside, they see real plant leaves and branches overlaying a miniature screen. On screen, clips of the forest and Irving dancing play on a loop. Irving found her inspiration for the piece when studying abroad in Australia. Irving was trying to assemble a phone and a shoebox into a do-it-yourself projector. When she peered inside the box’s lens, Irving found a more unique take on the projector. The clips, plants and sounds featured in Irving’s shoebox theaters were collected through daily observations the artist made.
“I titled it ‘Glimpses’ because I wanted it to be little moments that I’ve experienced,” Irving said. “I like to do little observations throughout the day, like I record sounds like leaves blowing in the wind. I wanted to recreate that in the boxes so it’s moments of myself as a black woman, which is why I wanted to put myself in there dancing, because you don’t often see even our skin color shown in artwork. I wanted it to be something where people could observe pieces of myself and me being a little bit vulnerable, but also where people could kind of see themselves in it or recognize something in the plants or sounds.” The plant fragments in the boxes, Irving added, were taken from her plant Juanita, named after her great-aunt. Irving sought to
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“White. I wanted to be White” by senior art education major Saleen Vang. Vang’s portraits are a part of the “Radical Feminists” art show.
“Women Are” by senior studio art major Eliana Rodriguez in the “Radical Feminists” art show at HOW Space. use the plants to express the connection between humans and nature. “I wanted to include that so badly because nature is kind of part of who we are, and it’s something that we tend to ignore throughout our days,” Irving said. “I wanted that to be an overlay, what you have to see through to see a person.” Raven Moffett and Felicia Sutton, senior art and visual culture majors, contributed numerous individual and collaborative pieces to the exhibition. The couple’s works in the show include photography, videography and acrylic. Moffett’s “Sex Object” uses a series of photos to illustrate increasing violence against women, while the subject’s hair is moved between pictures to spell out the words “sex object.” The
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piece, Moffett said, discusses the sexualization of women and the concept of hair as a marker of femininity. “I was thinking a lot about my hair, and the more I looked at it, the more it looked like a marker of my sexual object-ness,” Moffett said. “It was sad because I loved my long hair, but it also felt like something I was complicit in because it made up so much of my identity when I looked at myself in the mirror.” In the photos, Moffett poses as a woman subject to increasing physical violence; as the photos progress, her eyes close and bruises and blood scatter her face. “This image is making manifest the degradation and making physical the emotional and psychological abuse that comes with assumptions that come with markers of femininity such as long hair,”
Moffett said. After taking the series of photos, Moffett cut her hair to her chin, a move that conflicted with her Native heritage. “I cut my hair,” Moffett said. “My work deals a lot with my identity as a Native woman, as a biracial Native woman, as a white-passing Native woman, as a queer woman and also as a woman, primarily, made to be a sex object. In different Native cultures the hair has a certain significance and I was thinking of what it meant to me in a contemporary Western setting, particularly with what was going on with statements from Trump and the media.” In another photo piece, “Man Eater,” Moffett poses nude, blood dripping from her lips and an animal skull adorning her head. The piece formed the beginnings of her
senior capstone work. The full collection will be featured in a show at the Looking Glass Gallery on April 6. “It’s more about being a white-passing Native woman, so I did this documentation of myself playing roles of the primitive savage,” Moffett said. Sutton and Moffett also worked together to some extent on another piece in the show, a video titled “Cake.” The video will be featured at the reception. Sutton filmed and edited the film’s content while Moffett acted. “I kind of wanted to address the weird relationship that women in popular culture have with food,” Sutton said. “There’s this conception that women are almost consumable in a way. A lot of times in advertising and popular media, there are a lot of metaphors between wom-
en and consumable objects. I think there’s also this impetus to not consume, to be physically small and thin, but also to just not take up much space or be assertive.” Sutton and Moffett had not intended to collaborate on either of the pieces. The couple lives together, and Moffett said their shared workspace and common ideologies lead them to frequently bounce ideas off one another. “Sometimes, especially when you’re close to someone and share a lot of the same ideas and sentiments about things, it happens organically,” Sutton said. “You have to let the work guide you.” The exhibition will be available to the public through Feb. 2. On Feb. 2, HOW Space will be holding a reception at 6 p.m., where Sutton’s film “Cake” will be premiered.
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Taylor Jackson worked on pinning his opponent to the ground during the Appalachian Open. The tournament was hosted in the Varsity Gymnasium on Saturday.
WRESTLING TEAM HOSTS THE APPALACHIAN OPEN T Garrett Wold│
he Appalachian State University wrestling team hosted the annual Appalachian Open wrestling tournament this past Saturday. This open invitation tournament brings in talent and competition from all parts of the country to the Varsity Gymnasium on campus. Schools like North Carolina State University, Virginia, Arizona State University, Duke University and even Navy all traveled to Boone to compete. Over 150 wrestlers representing 16 different schools participated in the Appalachian Open, totaling over 230 matches. While most of the wrestling team helped host the tournament, App State had no shortage of talent available. Wrestlers Andy Richard (125 lbs), Laken Cook (157 lbs), Joe Accousti and Michael Elliott from the 165 lb division, Taylor Jackson (184 lbs) and Demazio Samuel from the heavyweight
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class all represented the Mountaineers as attached wrestlers. Thierry Washington (133 lbs), Bradley Irwin, Anthony Brito and Jonathan Millner from the 141 lb division, Miller Clark and Christian Beach from 149, Matt Zovistoski and Carl Guess from 157, Garrett Church (174 lbs), Paul Carson (197 lbs) and Zack Willard and Denzel Dejournette from heavyweight all participated in the open as unattached wrestlers. Sophomore Cook won the 157 lb division after winning every match on his schedule, including a championship match against teammate, junior Matt Zovistoski. Cook pinned both Jake Adcock from Chattanooga and Will Lawrence from the Virginia Military Institute before defeating Duke Blue Devil Ben Anderson by an 11-4 decision. Cook’s record now sits at 1910 for the season. Fellow Mountaineers senior
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Taylor Jackson and freshman Paul Carson reached their respective divisional finals. App State had five wrestlers reach divisional final matches and they also accounted for three of the top four finishes at the 157 lb weight class. Denzel Dejournette, an App State alumnus who was a 2016-2017 NCAA All-American and a two-time Southern Conference Wrestler of the Year during his career, won all three of his matches as well. After pinning fellow unattached Mountaineer Zack Willard and defeating Quinton Miller from Virginia in an 8-6 decision, Dejournette won his divisional final by medical forfeit. “This tournament is great. It brings a lot of talent to one place,” Matthew Olauson, a redshirt junior from Campbell University, said. “You’re not just wrestling guys in your conference. There are a lot of new guys.”
Senior Taylor Jackson had an impressive day of his own. He began the day 3-0 after winning his first match by decision, a second by pinfall and his third match 4-0. Unfortunately, he lost by technical fall in the championship match to N.C. State freshman Nick Reenan. Paul Carson earned his spot in the championship match after an 8-3 decision and a medical forfeit. He met Virginia Tech freshman John Borst in the championship. After building a strong 4-0 lead, Borst allowed Carson to score three straight points and start what appeared to be a comeback. Unfortunately, Borst scored one final escape point to seal a 5-3 victory. “In a dual match, you don’t have a lot of time to rest and get your strength back,” N.C. State redshirt junior Jamel Morris said. “The cool part of a tournament like this is you get that time to rest, so you can
wrestle more without getting too tired.” Demazio Samuel lead the team’s heavyweights with two pins. After the two straight pin falls to reach a semi-final match, Samuel lost after a disqualification to David Smith, a junior from West Virginia. He lost again to Andrew Gunning, a freshman from North Carolina, in the consolation match. “There is always tough competition out here and this Open is a great way to get some right here at home,” Samuel said after his final match. “Nobody comes out here to lose. We all want to beat one another.” App State will move on from the Appalachian Open and look ahead to VMI on Wednesday. The Mountaineers will host the Keydets in Varsity Gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. where they hope to finish out their regular season with wins before the SoCon Wrestling Championship.
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PHOTO ESSAY
MOMENTUM DANCE CLUB
This past weekend, Momentum Dance Club filled the Varsity Gym dance studio with beautiful movement for their annual showcase. The club boosts inclusivity and actively invites anyone interested in dance to join; naturally, the show featured dancers across all grades and majors. Each of the eight numbers were choreographed and assigned a creative theme by current members of Momentum. All proceeds from the event will go to funding master classes with guest artists to further the dance experience for the expanding club.
Momentum Dance Club members are free to creatively choreograph their own dances.
Alexis Ovenden and Annie Young practice their spins together in anticipation of Friday night’s show.
Karla Katibah sways to Ben Howard’s “Promise.”
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Freshman Taylor Taylor performs on the second night of the student-directed Momentum Dance showcase. 11
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Groups gathered in the basement of Galileo’s for Disney trivia Thursday. The restaurant
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or several years, the town of Boone has been a hotspot for trivia nights. With restaurants all over Rivers and King streets hosting weekly trivia nights, there is not a dull moment for those who wish to enjoy a meal while also testing their knowledge. One particular restaurant, Rivers Street Ale House, has been hosting weekly trivia nights for several years, but recently they have been
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looking for some new trivia players. Last year they filled up nearly every week with newcomers and regulars hoping to win the trivia rounds. With a limit of four tables participating, Rivers Street Ale House has been struggling to put on their trivia nights due to lack of promotion. Rivers Street Ale House hosts their weekly trivia on Tuesday nights starting at 9 p.m. The rounds are dif-
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ficult but fast-paced, providing a challenge to more adept trivia players. Some nights they also host specials, like a buy one, get one free pizza or $3 pints. There are five rounds per game, with each round getting progressively harder. Most of the themes revolve around NFL, college basketball or any other sports, considering Rivers Street Ale House is a sports bar. The winner of each round gets a free pint or players
under 21 receive signature cups or t-shirts. The winner of the whole trivia match receives a $20 gift card to use on their meal or save for their next visit. Taylor Bussey, one of the leaders of the trivia match, said, “Usually, the people who come in to play trivia are regulars, but we have a lot of the college students come to play as well. We usually focus on sports themes, but we also do some more fun themes like horror mov-
ies or Harry Potter. We are looking to promote the trivia nights more because they’re really enjoyable nights that we hope to put on more often than we do.” Lost Province Brewing Company, located on North Depot Street, also hosts a weekly trivia every Wednesday at 7 p.m. The restaurant, usually busy on Wednesday nights, has staff pass around score sheets to every table, and guests can view the questions on a large projection
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and bar has trivia every Thursday and is a very popular place for students.
One of the teams for Disney trivia at Galileo’s shows off their clever team name. A popular beverage to share while playing trivia on Thursday is called a Fish Bowl. screen with multiple-choice answers provided. Lost Province offers its trivia to anyone, from Boone regulars to trivia newcomers. One trivia player, Lorenzo Rivera, said he had never been to a public trivia event before. “I’ve always enjoyed playing trivia with my friends and family,” Rivera said. “The rounds were challenging and even though my team, Rum Ham, came in dead last, my friends and I
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still had a great night, and we’ll be coming back sometime soon.” Galileo’s, located on King Street, is one of the most popular spots in Boone for trivia. With two weekly trivia nights, Galileo’s fills up their restaurant with trivia lovers. Wednesday night trivia starts at 7:30 p.m. and features more generic trivia, with five categories per night and the rounds growing progressively more difficult. Most of the categories
are usually random, with some popular themes such as sports or pop culture. Thursday’s specialty trivia nights are more popular. The most recent specialty trivia night was Disney themed. The players answered questions about movies, characters, soundtracks and actors all from popular or lesser-known Disney movies. Some more upcoming themes for Thursday trivia at Galileo’s are “Friends,” football and Marvel trivia.
Though the trivia nights begin at 7:30 p.m., it is encouraged for players to come much earlier as the seats already start filling in around 6 p.m. Galileo’s gets so packed on trivia nights that wristbands are used to mark who is playing, and some players even have to stand to participate. The winner of the overall match gets a gift card for the restaurant. Mark Dixon has been in charge of running the trivia nights for nine years.
“Over the years, my favorite part of trivia is to see different groups of people interacting with each other,” Dixon said. “Some of the players really get competitive, and the overall energy of the entire restaurant is energetic because of it. It has always been fun to watch friends come together to figure out the answer, and everyone gets excited when they get the question right. It’s a great night for everyone, even the workers.”
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FOX NEWS OR CNN: BIASES IMPACT NEWS A
ccording to the 2016 Gallup News poll on trust in the media, only 32 percent of Americans say they trust the media, which is down from 40 percent in 2015. The Gallup News poll on trust in media has been done every year since 1997 when it was then 53 percent. The poll took into account different political parties. It found that Democrats at 51 percent and Independents at 30 percent had changed the least amount, changing by 4 percent and 3 percent respectively. Republicans were found to have the biggest change from 32 percent to 14 percent. What has caused this decline in trust? Bias and fake news are some key factors. News media has been criticized by high profile people, most notably President Donald Trump. Even news organizations are criticizing each other, such as Fox News and CNN. Trump claims that the media is targeting him and his administration with “Fake
Moss Brennan is a freshman journalism major from Durham, North Carolina. You can follow him on Twitter at @mosbren. News.” Is it really fake news or just biased news coverage? Webster Dictionary defines bias as an inclination of temperament or outlook, especially a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment. It can also be considered a prejudice against something. This can range from a bias against people who like pineapple on pizza, to biases against women, race or sexual orientation. News organizations from CNN, MSNBC, NPR, The Guardian and CBS News, to Fox News, The Drudge Report, Breitbart, The Blaze
and the Wall Street Journal are all different organizations that report on the same stories. Two headlines were run after Hurricane Maria. They came from two different news organizations that highlight this bias in journalism. Fox News and CNN both ran headlines about San Juan mayor, Carmen Yulin Cruz, and the tweets from President Trump. Fox news ran the headline “San Juan mayor in hurricane spotlight after Trump tweets” while CNN ran “Trump’s new Twitter target: San Juan’s mayor.” Both article headlines are about the same thing, but the headline tells a different story. The Fox News headline makes it seem like President Trump tweeted some nice things about Mayor Cruz. CNN’s headline makes it seem like President Trump is viciously targeting a government official on Twitter. According to Forbes, 59 percent of links that people share on social media are not actually clicked on. That means that 59 percent of people share links solely based
on what they read in the headline. This makes a headline one of the most important parts of a news article. Biases can be very small in a news organization, or the news organization can be viewed as biased one way or the other. The way a news organization portrays its news or how the organization is viewed can influence their viewers. Joel Turner, author of “The Messenger Overwhelming the Message: Ideological Cues and Perceptions of Bias in Television News,” hypothesized that by attaching a label to a news organization it would affect how the viewer would perceive their news. Turner proved this by taking five stories from Fox News and CNN and switching up what organization did the story. He found that one’s perceptions of the news relies heavily on what label is placed on the news organization. President Trump’s media relationship has not been the friendliest, as he attacks those that negatively report him and praises those that say he does anything good. He has
even gone as far as giving out awards. “The Fake News Awards, those going to the most corrupt & biased of the Mainstream Media will be presented to the losers on Wednesday, January 17th, rather than this coming Monday. The interest in, and importance of, these awards is far greater than anyone could have anticipated!” Trump tweeted on Jan. 7. With a growing mistrust of the media it is more important than ever to make sure bias stays out of journalism as much as possible. According to the American Press Institute, to help ensure bias is not rampant in a news organization a journalist needs to be conscious of the bias that may be faced in a given story. The journalist needs to know whether or not the bias is important to the story and if it is appropriate to use. More importantly, a journalist needs to be aware of their own personal biases and guard against them when writing a story.
Source: PEW Research Center
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Dalton Smith enjoys his “iCare 2,” a popular portable electronic cigarette.
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alking through campus it is not uncommon to see fellow students or even faculty exhaling large white clouds. In the past five years the tobacco industry has seen an explosion in the use of portable e-cigarette vaporizers, especially by American youth. In the past, e-cigarettes were typically purchased at drug stores or gas stations, but following the eruption of e-cigarette users, vape shops can be found in every state in the U.S. The rise of vaping has created its own culture with users congregating at conventions just to discuss vape juice flavors, new battery technologies and even contests to see who can blow the biggest clouds. The new vaporizers are far more discreet than conventional cigarettes or hookahs, but are these futuristic devices really a safer alternative?
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Nate Fordyce is a freshman communication major from Chicago, Illinois. Some family physicians suggest that the use of e-cigarettes in young people might protect them from using conventional cigarettes. A 2016 report from the Surgeon General said that there is no evidence to support this claim. The same report said, “Some studies show that non-smoking youth who use e-cigarettes are more likely to try conventional cigarettes in the future than non-smoking youth who do not use e-cigarettes.”
Christopher Seitz, an assistant professor at Appalachian State who holds a doctorate in public health, said that “Depending on the study, anywhere from 17 to 50 percent of family physicians think that people who smoke should switch to e-cigarettes. I disagree because it is not FDA approved. People compare cigarettes to e-cigarettes. You can’t do that. They are different animals.” As we continue to see a rise in the use of e-cigarettes, manufacturing companies should be more responsible towards informing the youth and other users just what exactly they are putting into their bodies. “There has not been enough longitudinal studies done on these devices, but if you are looking at what is in it then time will tell the harmful truth about this product,” Sietz said. The Surgeon General has felt the need to analyze these
products to inform the public on what exactly they are putting into their bodies, and the results are disturbing. Not only do e-cigarettes provide easy access to the highly addictive drug nicotine, but the government-funded study found “ultrafine particles that can be inhaled deep into the lungs flavorings such as diacetyl, a chemical linked to serious lung disease, volatile organic compounds and heavy metals, such as nickel, tin and lead.” There are more than just health issues that come with these devices, but serious hardware issues as well. According to a 2017 FDA article titled “Tips to Help Avoid ‘Vape’ Battery Explosions” the larger box mod vaporizers use lithium batteries and a cotton ball to hold the juice. When the cotton becomes too dry it can ignite the lithium batteries and cause an explosion. “Of the times it does ex-
plode, it’s bad … Most of the time it’s second or third degree burns that tend to need skin grafting, and if it explodes in your mouth it’s knocking out teeth and shrapnel getting in people’s eyeballs,” Seitz said. What started as an attempt to create a healthier alternative to smoking has seemingly done the opposite for the American youth. In fact, Sietz said that vaporizers are like a gateway to conventional cigarettes. According to the Surgeon General, more high schoolers are using e-cigarettes than adults. If addiction has already taken hold of a friend or loved one, it is best to offer support and inform them to safer, FDA-approved nicotine alternatives such as nicotine patches or gum. It is important that we treat e-cigarettes with the same caution as conventional cigarettes, especially as these devices continue to run rampantly through our schools.
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