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AppCable to air homegrown productions

by Nicole Caporaso Senior News Reporter

grad school.”

Clee had always left the application free to download from the app store, despite the thousands of dollars in costs he has personally funneled into keeping the system going in the past couple of years.

“I did not make this app as a career or something to continue forever,” Clee said.

“I made it as part of a course just to see if I could, and then people liked it so I kept working on it.”

He launched the app on September 6, 2012, without any advertising outside of his own department and the class for which the project was made. Five days later, he had 500 users and less than

Appalachian State University’s television station is in the process of getting a complete revamp and will be launched in March 2015.

Michael Fields, who is in charge of running and organizing AppCable, said Appalachian has had a television station in previous years despite not many people being aware of its existence.

“ASU has had one for a long time, it’s just that no one knew about it,” he said. “It was probably a good thing that they didn’t because it wasn’t really a very prideful thing. We didn’t program anything, it was classic art showcase, which is available to college stations and things.”

Fields said AppCable is not only limited to local television, channel 23.3 on campus and 198 off campus, but should be available to be streamed worldwide come March.

Students will have the ability to be involved in nearly all of AppCable, including internships or volunteering in aspects such as video production, sound, lighting and editing.

“Students will be engaged in virtually every phase of the production,” Fields said. “It won’t be student-run in quite the same way as [campus radio station] WASU because it is two very different mediums. Television requires a much larger sort of team. Students will have a prominent behind-the-scenes role.”

There are five shows already planned, that will form a 7 p.m. weeknight strip, Fields said.

Monday nights will air “Sports Bar” with Assistant Director of Athletics David Jackson as the host. Jackson will discuss sports topics with student panelists.

The auditions were held last Wednesday in The Rock Sports Bar & Grill for the students who will accompany Jackson.

“I know they were looking for people who inserted some confidence and ability on air, but had a broad enough range of things to speak knowledgeably and informatively about sports,” Jackson said.

“We wanted students who could adopt to an atmosphere of a multi-topic show.”

Tuesday nights, Fields said the show, “Health Talk,” will be hosted by Dr. Jay Noren, husband of Chancellor Sheri N.

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Last stop for AsUBus app

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

AppalCART authorities have approved a budget for the coming fiscal year allowing for an allocation of around $170,000 toward the local development of NextBus services, a smartphone application currently used in metropolitan areas across the country.

Left without a buyer, the currently popular studentdeveloped app AsUBus will fall off the market when its Apple license expires at the end of the next school year.

AsUBus developer, senior computer science major Brian Clee, will be graduating in May. With hopes of going to graduate school out of state, he simply can’t afford to keep

his free application going.

As is, he has spent a couple thousand dollars of his own money to keep the app alive and functioning.

Broken down, this comes out to a $100 per year fee for licensing in the Apple Store as well as a monthly fee for servers, previously located in Clee’s dorm room and now hosted in Raleigh, to ensure the bus routes on the app stay up to date.

“It was just a funny situation – you would walk into a dorm room and there’s a cabinet with a ton of records inside it and on top there’s two giant server blades, which are loud, and then a fish next to it with my bed and my desk and all my computer stuff,” Clee said. “They sounded like airplanes when

you turn them on.”

He also pays for a hosting service to house his code in case anything happens to his own computer, along with other routine services and labor costs.

For a while Clee said he was spending around 40 hours per week on the project, outside of class.

“I was more than interested in just selling the property, – all of the intellectual property – just giving them everything for a really good deal considering the 600 hours of work I put into it,” Clee said. “iOS developers in Charlotte get paid $98 an hour. Up here, they get $75.

That’s a lot of money to develop what I had and I was willing to let it go for super cheap just to help me pay for

Flu shots convenient for students

by Chamian Cruz Intern News Reporter

To combat the peak of flu season – December through February – Health Services at Appalachian State University is offering the flu shot for only $11.

Flu symptoms include high fever or feeling feverish, coughing, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, headaches, body aches, extreme tiredness, chills, fatigue, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, according to Health Services.

There are many types of the flu virus, but annual vaccination can help prevent the current three to four types of the influenza virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

“Get the flu shot now, before flu season,” said Jill Venable, a Health Services nurse. “It takes at least two weeks to get as much immunity as it’s going to give you. So my advice would be to get it now.”

Since immunization takes time, it is possible to get infected with the flu after vaccination and side effects may include a day or two of flu-like symptoms, Venable said.

“The vaccine is probably 78 percent effective and it can lessen the amount of time you get sick if you do get the flu,” Venable said.

The Health Service Immunization Clinic is open Monday

Mental health affects students’ grades

by Clare McPherson Intern News Reporter

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through Friday 8-11:30 a.m., with the exception of Wednesdays from 9-11:30 a.m., and 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Although most insurance companies cover the cost of the

vaccine, Appalachian’s Health Services has made the choice to not file insurance, but are willing to help students file if they

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According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness website, more than 25 percent of college students have been diagnosed or treated by a professional for a mental health condition within the past year.

Dr. Dan Jones, director and chief psychologist of Appalachian State University Counseling Services said most mental illnesses manifest for the first time between the ages of 17 and 24.

Along with added stress from school, the age range accounts for the higher number of mental illnesses in college students. Jones said these mental illnesses “impede academic performance most of the time.”

Two common mental illnesses on college campuses include depression and anxiety.

“The symptoms of depression are change in sleeping habits, change in eating habits, difficulty concentrating, loss of motivation and suicidal thinking,” Jones said.

“If you have test anxiety and you sit down to take a test and you study your buns off trying to prepare for it, and you sit there and get anxious, your

mind goes blank. It’s hard to do well on the test.”

Cassie Griffin, a junior environmental science major with Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and severe anxiety said while her prescribed medicine helps her combat her ADHD, her test anxiety is a more difficult matter.

“It’s severe,” Griffin said.

“I know what I’m talking about, and I can teach other people, but when I get to the test I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. The [Office of Disability Services] can give you extended time, but that doesn’t help. It’s still a test and there’s still pressure.”

Jones recommended students who struggle with those issues should get help as soon as possible since they can derail their academic careers.

“It is a lot easier to deal with a little problem than to wait for it to become a big one,” Jones said. “Some people go to counseling and they learn skills for coping and soothing themselves. It does take some kind of learning of skills.”

Jones said he would like to remind students that people can’t help it if they have a mental illness, and that intel-

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ASU partners with park service to provide experience for students

by Thomas Culkin News Reporter

Appalachian State University has been chosen to be included in the National Park Service’s 21st Century Conservation Service Corps.

Although Appalachian does not directly receive any money as a result of joining the 21CSC, the membership allows the university to more effectively bid for jobs that the National Park Service might have.

When the university and the National Park Service apply for federal funds for joint projects, preference is given to institutions included in the 21CSC. Neva Specht, the associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, said it basically serves as a seal of approval.

“Instead of having to go through some huge bidding process, it basically says to a park, ‘We’ve already vetted Appalachian and we know that they’re a good partner, so you can go ahead and work with them,’” Specht said.

These jobs include trail maintenance of national parks, removal of invasive species and renovations to cultural buildings.

Mark Spond, the liaison between Appalachian and the Blue Ridge Parkway said being a member of the 21CSC is a big benefit to the National Park Service, which often doesn’t receive the federal funding it re-

quires.

“The National Park Service, year in and year out, is one of the most celebrated components of our government, but they’re also operating on a budget that’s a little smaller than what they would like to have,” Spond said.

Specht said the important thing about this partnership is student interns will be doing most of the work.

“We really do have a lot of students interested in these kinds of issues,” Specht said.

Spond said students involved are able to gain a first-hand understanding of how government works.

“Students learn about being a state employee, and they learn about the cooperative efforts that are needed between state and federal agencies as well, so there’s a lot of ways the students can take these experiences and learn some real-world skills with them,” Spond said.

Spond said it also serves to make the student employees excited about working for the National Park Service in the future.

“It’s a training opportunity,” Spond said. “It’s an investment for [the National Park Service] to say, ‘Hey, you like doing this as an intern? Have you ever thought about being a National Park Ranger?’ We need these people.”

Specht said in terms of benefits, the partnership is about

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“Because we made that choice our prices are overall cheaper, making it better for those who are financially strapped, but we also give you a receipt that you can put with a claim form that you complete yourself or give to mom or dad to complete, send it in and hopefully you can get your money back,” Venable said.

In addition, Health Services sees between 300-325 patients with flu and flu-like illnesses throughout the year and has many cross-trained nurses available to give the flu shot, but will

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 ligence plays no part in a person’s mental health. He also encouraged students to avoid saying or doing anything that stigmatizes mental illness, as that stigma surrounding mental health is what keeps a lot of people from getting help.

“I thinking fighting stigma, and try-

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more than just money.

“It’s a really great experience for students to work with the National Park Service,” Specht said. “This is not a money-making effort, it’s really about giving opportunities to students.”

Becoming a member of the 21CSC is a continuation of a

typically staff two nurses to do so.

“The process was really fast, I didn’t have to wait at all,” said Lindsey King, freshman music education major.

“They were actually ready for me before I even finished the paperwork, which wasn’t much and didn’t take long. It wasn’t painful either, and I’m the kind of person who doesn’t like needles.”

With flu season only a few weeks away, many other local businesses and pharmacies are also doing their best to offer the vaccine in an easy and convenient manner, but prices may vary depending on whether you have insurance and the insurance provider.

Both Walgreens and CVS offer the vaccine at $31.99 without insurance ing to remove the stigma of mental health so that people don’t hide it and are willing to seek help is really important,” Jones said.

Griffin said she agrees that community support plays a big part in helping someone through his or her mental issues.

“Show some kind of care,” Griffin said. “It’s the little things people do that help.”

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Manager of communication Michael Fields walks through a control room in Beasley Media Complex. Fields is involved in the airing of Appalachian's television station, AppCable, coming in the spring.

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At 7 p.m. Wednesdays, viewers can watch the show “Money Matters,” which Fields said is yet to have a host, but will be about personal finance.

Noren will receive more air-time Thursdays at 7 p.m. with his secondary production, “AgeWise.”

“That’s a show about successful aging,” Fields said. “What it’s like to be a caregiver to an aging parent, some of the things that happen as you age, how to stay active, all of those things.”

Fridays at the same time, a show will be aired titled, “The Academics,” and will have a range of perspectives provided by various Appalachian scholars.

“They’ll be talking about the week’s current events, but not like a panel of journalists,” Fields said. “Their perspective is to put the current events in some sort of historical and academically scholarly context.”

There are additionally two shows planned for the weekend – “Religion in Life” and “The Media.” Fields said “Religion in Life” is also yet to be cast, but will be “dealing with matters of religion, ethics, the Islamic experience

[and] so forth.”

“The Media” will include various professors and employees of the communication department, including Fields himself. Panelists will discuss topics such as the media’s role in what is obligatory for the public to know.

Fields said the remaining airtime would be filled with student productions, as well as programs from NASA, a German and English language network and the National Science Foundation.

“I think it’s a tremendous learning lab,” Jackson said. “People like me who graduated 15 years ago didn’t have this opportunity. There are some incredibly successful student-run, faculty-collaborated television stations out there, and to have that as a springboard into a career, that is a real tangible, learning lab for people to get valuable experience.”

Fields said AppCable will not be like any other college television station.

“It’s going to be something else,” he said. “What it really does is it’s not only the lab for our electronic media broadcasting students. They have not really had a stage, a platform, a screen on which they could apply the stuff they learned in the classroom – this is their lab.”

partnership with the National Park Service, which began in 2009 and ended this fall.

Spond believes this new agreement is more detailed than the previous one. Specht said Appalachian will have to reapply again in another five years.

and attend to patients on a walk-in basis so the wait time is similar to waiting for a prescription, said Lindsey Klee, senior certified pharmacy technician at Walgreens, and Dustin Roe, pharmacy technician at CVS. Boone Drug and Health Care at Deerfield is available to give the shot Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and charges $29.99, Mary Miller, health care administration assistant, said.

Christie Kirk, clinic administrative at Boone Drug and Health Care at Deerfield, also said they offer the vaccine to people both in and out of the clinic, adding up to about 80-100 people per day.

Ultimately, the 21CSC is important because it protects national parks.

“This preserves things that otherwise might just be taken over by development,” Specht said. “And I think the national parks are a real treasure that we have in the United States.”

FastMed Urgent Care and Watauga County Health Department also offer the vaccine without an appointment, although wait time may vary depending on number of patients. FastMed Urgent Care gives the vaccine at $20 while the Watauga County Health Department charges $36.

To avoid getting infected with the flu, Venable advises that people keep a thermometer, wash their hands, sneeze into shirts or sleeves, keep hands off the face, sleep eight hours a night, keep a clean living area, drink plenty of fluids, eat a balanced diet, exercise to raise the heart rate three days a week for at least 30 minutes and to stay home to avoid infecting others.

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Appalachian’s international students reflect on life in the US

by Nicole Caporaso Senior News Reporter

International students found friends among each other during IntApp’s presentation of Boone Meets World: Global Perspectives Panel, which was held on Tuesday in the Price Lake Room of Plemmons Student Union.

As part of International Education Week, the panel involved eight exchange students answering moderated questions as well as questions from the audience about their experiences in the United States and specifically at Appalachian State University.

Approximately 65 people attended.

“We are a student-run organization that works with international education and development, and one of our goals is to promote internationalization on our campus and this is one of those main events that

we try to do that at,” said Allison Crook, a senior Spanish major and head of the business committee of IntApp. Panelists spoke on what they missed about home, what other places in the United States they would like to visit and what significant events were taking place in their native countries.

The general consensus among the panelists about what they missed the most were friends, family and the cuisines typical of their country.

Doug Mulford, treasurer of IntApp and mediator of the event, asked the panelists what aspects of American culture they would like to incorporate in their home countries.

“I really like the easy lifestyle of being in Boone, said Katharina Doelp, a non-degree undergraduate student of Germany. “I think it’s probably not in all of America, but

here in Boone everybody is easygoing, no one really cares about how I look.”

A couple panelists brought up things that many Americans might take for granted.

Fiona Kaniwboon of Thailand said she would like to incorporate America’s freedom of expression because Americans are more straightforward with their thoughts. Peter Onah Thompson, a political science graduate student of Nigeria said he would like to see an improvement in his country’s security.

“I’d like to incorporate freedom of speech in Nepal, because people usually cannot speak up,” said Shrwisha Pradhananga, freshman management major of Nepal.

“There’s a huge case of sexism – there aren’t really feminists in my country. Girls are usually inferior [and] they are looked down upon.”

Another subject touched on

was the difference between the education systems in the countries the panelists come from and the system in the United States.

Rafael Espinosa, a non-degree undergraduate student of Mexico said sometimes the public schools in his country might not even open due to protests and political issues.

Most panelists said they enjoyed the interaction between students and professors in the U.S., something that might not entirely be present back home.

“The biggest difference is, for me, with the education system and everything, is that here in class it’s a discussion,” said Hayden Reeves, a nondegree undergraduate student of Australia. “At home, you go, there’s 300 of us, it’s in a lecture theater, we do a two-hour PowerPoint presentation, you get your assignment, then you go home and you do it. I come

over here and it’s such a big discussion and everybody gets to talk so much more in class.”

Pradhananga said she likes the applicable lessons she has learned at Appalachian, as opposed to the typical teaching style in Nepal.

“I like how practical the education is,” Pradhananga said. “It’s not just study, study, study, study. It’s more like group work, going out, exploring, looking at everything, but in Nepal, and in most Asian countries, what happens is it’s more theoretical.”

Several other events will occur throughout International Education Week, which will continue until Nov. 21. Some of the more notable events include the Appalachian Global Symposium, which occurred on Monday, Service Learning in Uganda and Culture Crawl: International Entertainment & Food, both of which will be Friday.

Two Appalachian economics programs achieve high rankings

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Department of Economics Chair John Whitehead prepares for his class.

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Appalachian State University’s experimental economics

and environmental economics programs are among the best in the world, according to Research Papers in Economics, a worldwide body that

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a week after that, the number had risen to 1,000. There are currently around 9,000 users on campus, with about 3,000 of those students using the app daily.

Now that he has stopped paying his monthly fees, the app will slowly lose efficiency, starting next month.

AppalCART Transportation Director Chris Turner said AsUBus was never a commissioned project and is in no way associated with the bus system. On his end, the app mostly served to demonstrate a want within the community for a phone application.

“We went out for bids for that type of system and they responded to it,” Turner said of their decision to go with NextBus. “We had four firms that bid on it and we chose the one that we felt was best for our application.”

Although Clee did make attempts to license his own company to the university and AppalCART directly, Turner said his offer “falls into the trashcan as far as I’m concerned.”

Turner said he has had to fight to allocate the money toward any system of this kind, and that some members of the board thought it was a waste of money.

“If the majority of riders want it and they’re putting their transportation money into AppalCART, then we are obliged to create something they find useful for navigating the system,” Turner said.

Turner said the new app should be free for users and available by the time the current app falls off of the market.

The cost for AppalCART will be $40,000 per year to maintain the app and keep it running, which has not yet been written into the annual budget. This comes from their capital budget, which is 80 percent federal, 10 percent state and 10 percent local, with some aspects of that offset by Appalachian’s student transportation

ranks organizations based on the success of their scholarly writings. The database looks at the number of times an organization’s writing is cited and published and ranks it accordingly.

Appalachian’s experimental economics program was ranked 27th in the world and 14th in the U.S., better than many prestigious universities including MIT and Harvard University. The environmental economics program was also ranked 81st in the world and 34th among U.S. universities.

Experimental economics is the practice of putting students in real-world situations by having them work with synthetic markets in a computer lab. The students can make real money by making the right decisions in their computerized market economies.

Environmental economics is a topical area of study where economic concepts

are applied to environmental problems such as pollution.

John Whitehead, chair of the economics department and professor of environmental economics said the ranking is a direct result of the high quality of department faculty.

“For a midlevel school like [Appalachian] that has a focus on teaching and research, the fact that we show up in rankings like this, along with schools that have a larger focus on research, says a lot about the quality of the faculty that we have in the department of economics,” Whitehead said.

Experimental economics professor Mike McKee said the university decided to cultivate a strong experimental economics program, and that decision has paid off. “[Appalachian] decided a long time ago to build on a strength,” McKee said.

The continued success of the program has led to an

fees.

The overall capital price range is in the area of $170,000, which goes toward putting in the transponder modules on each vehicle, which will send out the bus’s location and communicate with a server that NextBus owns. $20,000 of this also goes toward new electronic signs to be displayed in the College Street bus stop awning, announcing the arrival times of the different routes.

Last semester, before negotiations, Clee had asked a few other students to join in on the effort to expand the possibilities of the app to provide the same sorts of location services that NextBus will include, and started brainstorming about how to get around AppalCART’s lack of participation.

“I got them all because they are really flipping intelligent and saw all the possibilities to make this so much bigger with crowdsourcing and all of that,” Clee said. We got on a blackboard and drew a lot of this stuff out, but when all of this started happening I didn’t want to waste their time.”

Turner said AppalCART’s lack of an IT department means that rather than maintaining an application like Clee’s, they must instead essentially purchase an entire system off of the shelf.

Chairperson of the Computer Science Department James Wilkes said it doesn’t have to be like this. It could have been entirely possible, he said, for the same class that Clee first developed the app for to take on the yearly maintenance of AsUBus as an ongoing realworld educational project.

He proposed this through their existing “internal internship program,” AppSource, a place to work on public projects with students in a real-world learning experience, which would function at a much lower cost to AppalCART and the university.

“It seems to me, just in the spirit of entrepreneurship

increased recognition and respect for the program and university. McKee said an example of the respect for the program is shown through letters of recommendation the faculty writes for hopeful graduate students.

“When the letter gets to the university at the other end, they know what Appalachian means and so that letter is received accordingly with a lot more respect,” McKee said.

In addition to Appalachian’s ranking, three professors were also in the top 150 individual rankings. McKee was ranked 52nd; Todd Cherry, director of Appalachian’s Center for Economic Research and Policy Development, is 88th; and David Dickinson, an economics professor, is 130th.

McKee said although this is Appalachian’s highest ranking, the university is not new to being honored by Research Papers in Economics. Appalachian has been in the top five percent for the past decade.

and local economic development, like this could be a great example that we could hold up as a success story, coming out of a student creating something in the class and on their own,” Wilkes said. “He took his own creativity and initiative to build this tool, and I think a lot of our students are capable of doing that and should have the opportunity to do that.”

Wilkes said, however, he understands the application functions within a free market with its own rules and regulations, but he does not understand the barriers put up throughout the conversation.

There is currently no formal process to help facilitate this sort of dialogue between students and the university. Wilkes proposes that a business model that incorporates the process of commercialization of intellectual property be added into the university’s broader intellectual scope, outside of the business school.

“If nothing else, give them constructive interaction,” Wilkes said. “If they’re not going to use the app, then at least discuss it and use it as an opportunity to help him learn and gain some experience in dealing with this in the real world.”

Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Greg Lovins also serves as Chair of the AppalCART Board of Directors.

He said neither the university nor AppalCART owed any obligation to Clee, especially since the grant awarded to AppalCART by the North Carolina Department of Transportation had to be approved for a package deal in the time when conversations with Clee had only begun.

“I congratulate [Clee] on his ingenuity,” Lovins said.

“Management felt like NextBus will offer better service and functionality to its customers.”

If nobody offers to purchase the app from Clee by the time he graduates, he plans on making all of the code entirely open source on GitHub, a popular programming portfolio website, under the General Public License, a type of open-source license that dictates that anyone who uses the code for a project must release their final product under the same license.

The massive amounts of meta-data Clee has collected – information on times that busses begin running late, which stops are most popular and which hours are most active, for example – could still be useful to the department.

“It blows my mind that AppalCART wasn’t interested in that,” Wilkes said. “To me, that’s marketing knowledge that you have about your own business that you didn’t already have – and it’s right there, and it’s free. You can make decisions to make your business more profitable, and it’s being handed to you. I don’t get it.”

Throughout the experience, Clee said he has mostly learned this is no longer what he wants to do with his life – the most rewarding experience for him, outside of helping the community, was presenting the project at two conferences at the state and national level.

“I just founded this company and I did it because I wanted to do it, and it really showed me what that life is like – and it really showed me that I don’t want to do that with my life, at all.”

Clee is now applying to 10 different out-of-state graduate programs.

Users of AsUBus can expect to see declines in functionality over the next few months. After it is removed from Apple’s App Store entirely, those who already have the app downloaded will still be able to use it, but it will not update any more.

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Letter to the Editor

Income inequality in US hinders growth, social mobility

A letter to fraternity men

Kevin Griffin Opinion Writer

Business Insider recently published a disturbing fact about income inequality in Boone. The town was ranked No. 6 on a list of the most unequal cities in the country, with the bottom 20 percent holding 1.5 percent of income, while the top 5 percent held 35.1 percent.

That certainly seems staggering, but makes sense given the population of college students.

The article states, citing an explanation given by Ben Casselman of the FiveThirtyEight blog, that towns with a higher percentage of college students have higher disparities since college students typically have lower incomes because of the jobs they typically work.

Indeed, Boone drops out of the list when only non-college towns are considered.

While that does make the

situation somewhat better, the survey does bring up an important issue that is frequently glossed over in public discourse. Income inequality in the United States has grown dramatically over the past 30 years, and this has negative effects on the country.

Certainly, a capitalist economy is going to have some level of inequality, and I do not think that is an entirely bad thing.

The differences in difficulty and skills required for various occupations justify some level of inequality.

However, what we are seeing now is so extreme that it threatens certain touted American principles.

A major study published by the Congressional Budget Office in 2011 found that income had increased by 275 percent for the top one percent while only growing 18 percent for the bottom 20 percent between 1979 and 2007.

This trend is negative both practically and philosophically.

Income inequality has had a demonstrable effect on limiting the growth of the economy over

the last few years.

A December 2013 survey of economists conducted by the Associated Press documented some of the ways inequality inhibits economic growth. The primary reason is that middle and lower income people spend more of their incomes than wealthier people do, thus fueling the economy. Since most income is flowing to the top, the spending of lower and middle class individuals is diminished.

More troubling than the economic growth impact, however, is the effect on the key American principle of social mobility. It is something all Americans are told: hard work and ingenuity can lead to economic gains.

Unfortunately, that is not the world we live in. A spring 2013 Brookings Institute report found that much of the increase in inequality had been permanent, meaning the chances of advancement for lower income individuals are shrinking.

This reality destroys the myths that most Americans like to believe about how our soci-

ety works. We would all love to live in a world where individual merit translated into economic returns, but we do not.

However, it is a problem we must address. We should develop a system where things like hard work and talent can lead to advancement. This is not a matter of demonizing wealth, but in examining the systemic factors that hinder social mobility in this country.

How exactly to go about that is a little bit more challenging, but there are some answers.

We could change the tax policy to restore a more equitable burden and raising the minimum wage, among many other potential policy actions.

The key is in recognizing, and conveying to others, that this is not about soaking the rich because they are inherently evil. This is about addressing a problem within our society that interferes with the potential for advancement of a significant segment of the population.

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

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Courts are failing to ensure protections for mentally ill Dewey Mullis Opinion Writer

Despite overwhelming evidence that Texas death row inmate Scott Panneti suffers from a debilitating mental illness, the state of Texas is eagerly pushing forward with his scheduled date of execution.

Panneti, who was convicted of capital murder in 1995, has a scheduled execution date of Dec. 3, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.

This wanton evasion of basic rights stands in contrast to Supreme Court decisions and evolving human rights and ethics standards for the mentally ill as they navigate a complex justice system.

While his hearings were in session, Panneti, who fired his lawyer and decided to represent himself, could be seen wearing a cowboy costume and attempting to call the Pope, John F. Kennedy, Jesus Christ and 200 other individuals

to the witness stand, according to the International Justice Project.

Now, almost two decades after his conviction and death sentence, Panneti maintains that the state of Texas is trying to execute him for preaching the Gospel.

What may sound like a scene from a movie is actually the tragic story of a man suffering from grandiose ideas and delusions – the hallmark of severe paranoid schizophrenia.

Following the denial of multiple requests for competency hearings, The U.S. Supreme Court decided that Panneti’s rights had been violated and his delusions may remove his perspective far enough from common understanding that his actual understanding of the punishment is questionable, according to Justia case law.

The Death Penalty Information Center lists the American Psychiatric Association, Mental Health America, the American Bar Association, dozens of former judges and prosecutors, and more than 50 prominent religious leaders that have called on Texas Gov. Rick Perry to intervene in the ex-

ecution.

Panneti has become the face for justice scholars and mental health professionals concerned with the ethics of execution.

Beyond the state’s blatant disregard for an act declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, Panneti’s case raises issues concerning the ethics of executing the mentally ill.

Common knowledge and proceedings issue that defendants must be considered innocent until proven guilty. But with regard to the potentially mentally ill, there must be an added standard of identification as sane before sentenced to death.

To execute an individual who has no realistic concept of the charges they face or the punishment that has been allocated to them is unethical and contradictory to what are said to be the goals of the justice system – protecting individuals from injustice.

Thus far, the manner in which Panneti and his case have been treated by the justice system is unjust, and lacks fairness and consistency.

Furthermore, to carry out a punishment on someone who has no realistic concept of the circumstances at hand would undermine the goals of punishment set forth by the public and law.

The level of one’s competency must be attributed to assessing their culpability for the crime they have been accused or convicted of.

If someone has no realistic understanding of their punishment, perhaps they also lack the capacity to understand the circumstances before, during and after the commission of the crime.

The extent of Panneti’s illness is clear and should be immediate and unquestioned cause for, if anything, having his sentence commuted to natural life.

But for the growing number of mentally ill that pass through the justice system, there must be ethical and consistent standards to ensure that justice and punishment have a clear and realistic purpose to the condemned.

Mullis, a senior criminal justice major from Wallburg, is an opinion writer.

A letter to white fraternity men, I am writing this to the population of white fraternity men who contribute to the negative stereotypes that surround them. I write to this group because of their unique position of power on campus.

I would like to note that I realize historically white Greek organizations are equally guilty of exclusivity, heteronormativity and general lack of diversity in race, class, ability, sexual orientation, etc.

After I posted on Facebook about my visit to a particular chapter Nov. 10, I received a lot of feedback. My post was invalidated and criticized as unprofessional because it was posted on the Internet.

I received serious resentment from the fraternity, including two insincere, public relations-based apologies. I was gossiped about openly on campus by brothers who don’t know the difference between slander and libel, of which my post was neither. I was spoken about unprofessionally by an administrator who seems to be more interested in protecting the image of the fraternity men than addressing the problems at hand.

The positive feedback I received was mostly from women. With almost 400 likes, 12 shares, 43 comments and six personal messages, something hit me, and it wasn’t the normal ego boost a popular post typically provides.

I realized all of these people have either had a similar experience with fraternity men or share my feelings about them. I realized after receiving many thank-yous from women for saying what has always needed to be said, that many people don’t feel comfortable speaking up about the misbehavior of fraternity men.

Since much of the resentment I got was from fraternity men denying their contributions to the stereotypes surrounding them, I’d like to attach some constructive criticism. Realize your privilege and your role in society.

Just because there is a person of color or openly gay people in your organization does not mean that you are exempt of your negative actions and benefits of privilege.

Just because your entire fraternity has taken an online course on sexual assault – though this is a step in the right direction – it does not make you experts on the topic or able to speak over anyone who has experienced it.

I ask that you listen to your brothers who aim to change the stereotypes of your community, and most importantly, educate yourselves and listen to understand the proper steps to take.

Please stop doing things for public relations. Do things to change yourselves for the better because you truly care, I know that you can. Once you learn about the inequalities that exist outside of your world, you will never unlearn them. After you have done that, you can then check your privilege and change your actions.

Until then, I will continue to call you out and stand up for those who have felt violated, undermined and degraded by your blind and thoughtless actions.

-Brie Sciales

Sciales is a senior sustainable development and women’s studies major from Wilmington.

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App Submit Announcements App News is a service of the Division of Student Development. Email dycheab@appstate.edu at least two weeks in advance.

Submissions should not exceed 100 words and must include the event title, date/ time, location and cost, other pertinent information and a contact(s) (email, phone and/or URL). Announcements will be edited as needed and will run as space allows. Preference will be given for events that are free or have a nominal cost.

Call for nominations Nomations for the W. H. Plemmons Leadership Medallion will be accepted through Dec. 5. Nominations may be submitted at https://plemmonsmedallion.appstate.edu/info.

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

Students and university employees are invited to nominate a student or university employee for this award. Nominations may be made in the following categories: 1.

A student leader who has provided distinguished leadership above that of other student leaders.

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

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

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An employee of Appalachian State University who

has provided meritorious leadership that has significantly enriched the quality of student life and learning outside of the classroom.

For information, contact Dino DiBernardi, chair of the W. H. Plemmons Medallion Committee, at 828-262-2060 or visit http://plemmonsmedallion.appstate.edu.

Who’s Who nominations Nominations for the 20142015 Who’s Who are extended through Dec. 4.

Each year, Appalachian State participates in the Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges Program. The program recognizes students for academic and leadership excellence. Students are selected based on the following criteria: scholarship abilities, participation and leadership in academic and extracurricular activities, citizenship and service to the community and App State, and potential for future achievement.

Currently enrolled undergraduate students who have earned at least 75 semester hours prior to fall semester, 2014; have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50; and have not been previously elected to Who’s Who are eligible for nomination. Students may nominate themselves.

The nomination packet may be downloaded from www. studentdev.appstate.edu by choosing Leadership and Service Awards, and then selecting Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges. All nominations must be submitted electronically.

Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition The competition is accepting submissions through Nov. 21 for the 12th Annual AMPC. The competition is open to anyone and the focus is on the people, places and pursuits that distinquish the Southern Appalachians. The AMPC has grown into one of the regions most prestigious photography competitions.

Go to www.appmtnphotocomp.org for information, including a gallery of all previous finalist images.

The exhibition will be installed at the Turchin Center in and will run March 6-June 5.

News Email campbllrh@appstate. edu or call 828-262-2475.

Kwanzaa Week During Kwanzaa, people celebrate in several ways: drumming and dancing performances; poetry reading; storytelling; sharing information about African and African-American ancestors; honoring the elders of the community; learning about the principles and how they can be practiced throughout the year; feasting; and gift giving. Presented by the Black Student Association and Multicultural Student Development.

• Kwanzaa Dance Class, 7-8:30 p.m. Nov. 20, Parkway Ballroom, PSU. Learn traditional African Dance. Light refreshments served.

• KWANZAA Celebration and Feast, 6 p.m. Nov. 21, Parkway Ballroom, PSU. Live music & free food.

International Education Week Runs through Nov. 21 at Appalachian State University, and features a variety of curricular and co-curricular opportunities to celebrate the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide.

For more information and a list of all activities, visit http:// international.appstate.edu/calendar/events/mega/iew.

• Practice your foreign language skills, 6-9 p.m. Nov. 20, Price Lake, PSU • Culture Crawl, 6 p.m. Nov. 21, Grandfather Mountain Ballroom, PSU, featuring free food and performances, hosted by international students at App State iLead program The free one-hour leadership development program is hosted by Club Council and CSIL (the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership).

Attending six sessions between fall and spring semesters qualifies you as an iLead graduate. Graduates receive a certificate, a notation on their co-curricular transcript, and an invitation for a year-end banquet. The last session of fall semester will be held 5-6 p.m. Dec. 3, Three Top Mountain room, PSU. For a complete schedule, visit the iLead portal on Appsync.

Band fundraiser Dewey’s Bakery, based in Winston-Salem, has opened up a holiday shop at 149 Meadoview Drive in Boone.

The shop will be open 11 a.m.6 p.m. through Dec. 23 (except Thanksgiving).

The bakery, known for its sweets, is operating the Boone holiday shop in order to raise money for the Watauga High School band.

Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training Open to all faculty, staff and students. Extra credit slips will be made available.

Learn suicide statistics, myths and facts about suicide, what to look for, how to talk to someone in distress, and where and how to refer for more help.

• 4-6 p.m. Dec. 4, Three Top Mountain, PSU Go to preventsuicide.appstate.edu or email cavallaroe@ appstate.edu.

Study abroad opportunity “Paris: Tales of a City” will examine the culture and intellectual history of Paris. Students will explore monuments and museums, attend musical and theatrical performances, and venture off the beaten path to discover local points of interest. Pre-departure readings and films will prepare participants to get the most out of the experience.

The travel dates are May 1125, 2015, and the cost is $3795 (includes airfare). Upon completion of this program, students will receive General Education credit for LLC 2025 in the Aesthetic Perspective, “How We Tell Stories” theme.

For more information, email gardnerdl1@appstate.edu and fournierj@appstate.edu.

Oudoor Education Certifications The certifications begin in September.

• Dec. 5-7, American Mountain Guide Association, Climbing Wall Instructor • Dec. 14-22 and March 7-15, Wilderness First Responder • Feb. 5, Epinephrine Administration • Feb. 21-22, Wilderness First Aid • April 10-12, Wilderness First Responder Re-Certification • Leave No Trace Master Edu-

cator, Aug. 10-14, 2015 Master of Public Administration Program Appalachian State offers the Master of Public Administration Degree Program (MPA), for students looking to become leaders in public and nonprofit organizations. Three distinct concentrations allow students to craft their own programs of study: • Town, City, and County Management • Administration of Justice / Criminal Justice • Not-For-Profit Management For information, email bradburymd@appstate.edu or visit http://mpa.appstate.edu.

Educational Media Master’s Degree or Certificate Appalachian State offers an Educational Media Master’s Degree and Certificate programs.

The program is entirely online and includes a range of courses involving media and technology.

Students develop the technical, aesthetic, and intellectual expertise and perspectives needed to analyze and develop online environments using new media and online networks.

Go to http://edtech.appstate. edu/.

Broadstone facility info The Broadstone facility is now run through University Recreation. Broadstone can be reserved at a nominal fee for all types of groups on campus.

It’s available for retreats, meetings, workshops, trainings, cookouts/picnic, celebrations and kickoff/end of the year events.

For information, go to http:// broadstone.appstate.edu/.

Suicide prevention training In this game-based simulation, learn how to determine when someone needs help, how to talk to them, and where to turn to for help. To access the course, visit kognitocampus.com/login and create a new account. Students should enter the enrollment key: appstate828 and employees should enter the enrollment key: appstate592. Free for App State students and employees.

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Repertory Orchestra, 2 p.m., Rosen Concert Hall, free

24 Tunnel of Oppression, 5-10:30 p.m., Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU, free

Alexis Stegman Student Voice Re- String Area Chamcital, 4 p.m., Recital ber Concert, 6 p.m., Hall, free Recital Hall, free Gospel Choir, 6 p.m., Wind Ensemble, 8 Rosen Concert Hall, p.m., Schaefer Cenfree ter, free Concerto Aria Final Round Concert, 8 p.m., Rosen Concert Hall, free

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Thanksgiving Meal, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., dining halls, $5.25/meal

“Spent” screening and Q&A, 6:30 p.m., room 114, Belk Library, free

Brass Chamber Ensembles, 8 p.m., Rosen Concert Hall, free

“Awakenings” (1990) screening, 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1

Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Valborg Theatre, $9/students, $16/adults

DJ Showcase, 9 Community Blood p.m., Legends, $4/ Drive, noon-4 p.m., Varsity Gym, hosted advance, $6/door

by App State ROTC Global Symposium, Global Perspectives 8:30 a.m., Parkway Panel, 6 p.m., Price Ballroom, PSU Lake, PSU, free The Peel submission deadline, midnight, thepeelreview.submittable. com

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Lorena Schakel & Julie Wall Student Clarinet Recital, 6 p.m., Recital Hall, free Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Valborg Theatre, $9/students, $16/adults “Awakenings” (1990) screening, 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1

22 Brazilian Romance with Todd Wright, Welson Trumura, and Keith McCutcheon, 7 p.m., Rosen Concert Hall, free Fall Appalachian Dance Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., Valborg Theatre, $9/students, $16/adults

“The Maze Runner” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 “The Maze Runner” p.m., I.G. Greer, $2 screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., I.G. Jacob Cook GradGreer, $2 uate Voice Recital, 6 p.m., Recital Hall, free

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SHOW STOPPERS Acappellageddon brings down Schaefer

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The a cappella group Enharmonix performs at Acappellageddon at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts Sunday night. The group was among seven other a cappella groups that performed at the event.

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ppalachian State University’s a cappella groups competed in the seventh annual Acappellageddon at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts on Sunday evening in a threehour-long, nearly sold-out show.

The event was hosted by musical comedy duo Dakaboom, who kept the crowd entertained with songs and skits between each group’s performances.

Throughout the evening, the a capella groups took turns performing three songs each and competing for awards such as Best Beatboxer, Best Soloist, Best Ballad and several more.

“It’s just a friendly competition between all eight of the a cappella groups on campus,” said Adrienne Sader, graduate assistant for the Special Events council of Appalachian Popular Programming Society. “The purpose is to

showcase the talent on campus, because a cappella is really big here.”

There are two all-male groups at Appalachian, VoiceMale and Higher Ground; three all-female groups, Ear Candy, The Mountain Ayres and Treble Attraction; and three co-ed groups, Streets Ahead, Lost In Sound and Enharmonix.

Several positive changes were made to the event this year.

“This is the first year we’ve been in Schaefer, and this is the first year we’ve all had a microphone,” said VoiceMale president and music director Michael Grimes.

This was also the first year an Audience Pick category was added to the list of awards. Audience members had the chance to vote for their favorite group on www.surveymonkey.com after the show. VoiceMale won the audience pick, while Enharmonix won the Best Overall category.

Another first for Acappellageddon was the hiring of professional hosts. Dakaboom members Paul Peglar and Ben McLain have appeared on TV shows such as “Glee” and “The Sing Off” and spend their time touring colleges across the country. The duo was impressed by the enthusiasm displayed by the audience for Appalachian’s a cappella scene.

“You filled out an entire theatre just to see your school’s a cappella groups; that’s insanely rare,” Peglar said during the event. “I’ve never seen anything like that. What you have is really special.

And a nice facility and people who are into it and money to support it, that’s awesome.”

The sense of fun and community that the a cappella groups have when performing together, as well as the energetic response from the audience, was evident throughout the evening.

“I’m a music major and I love performing, and you get out here and the

crowd’s really into it and it’s a packed house – you can’t beat it,” said VoiceMale member Andrew Scroggs.

Songs from several genres were performed, from VoiceMale’s arrangement of Beyonce’s “Halo” to Treble Attraction’s version of the classic rock song “Carry On My Wayward Son.” The groups typically have one person who arranges the music, although all of the members give feedback.

“We collectively decide our set list as a group,” said Ear Candy vice president Hannah Adams. “We bring song options to the group and sit down and vote on them, so everyone has an influence.”

Above all, the tight-knit friendships that form within the groups are what make the hard work worth it.

“They’re family,” said Ear Candy secretary Bailey Wilson of her group members. “That’s a pretty typical answer, but definitely.”

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Nikon Everyday Cinema Contest recognizes App State alumni

by Kelsey Hamm

Intern A&E Reporter

A May 2014 graduate of Appalachian State University’s commercial photography program recently placed third in the Nikon Everyday Cinema Contest.

Elke Talbot, whose entry was titled, “Cake,” won a Nikon camera and lens package worth more than $2,800 from the contest. According to www. everydaycinema.com, the contest encouraged contestants to “transform an ordinary moment into 180 seconds of extraordinary.”

Four additional Appalachian commercial photography alumni – Annie Watts, Ally King, Corey Adams and Wesley Overvold – also received honorable mentions in the contest.

Talbot’s clip was inspired by her mother’s cranberry cake recipe.

“Food is something that every human being deals with on a daily basis,” Talbot said. “As the contest was an everyday event, it was an easy choice for me, being a food photographer. I was excited for the opportunity to show my viewers how beautiful the process of food preparations can be, or rather, are.”

Adams, who also graduated in the spring of 2014, now works as a digital technician at Fedele Studio in St. Louis, Missouri. Adams said his video, “Morning Necessities,” was inspired by the coffee shops on King Street.

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A still of Appalachian commercial photography graduate Annie Watts’ video titled “Autumn Fresh,” which received honorable mention in the Nikon Everyday Cinema Contest.

Our Daily Bread and spent a lot of time at coffee shops,” Adams said. “I knew some of the baristas at Bald Guy [Brew] on King and they agreed to help, which allowed me to quickly throw the idea together and keep it cheap.”

Both Adams and Talbot used Adobe Premiere to edit their videos post-shoot. Watts, for her video titled, “Autumn Fresh,” created multiple storyboards and individual shot sketches before shooting on a Canon 6D and editing with Final Cut Pro.

“I was taking a video production class when the contest was first announced, and our professor strongly encouraged all of us in the class to participate,” Watts said. “I thought it would be a great way to get my work out there for people to see. Video was a fairly new and intriguing medium for me at the time, so I was excited to participate in a contest with a lot of other artists who knew the medium well and also those who were curious about it, like myself.”

Watts now owns her own

Durham-based wedding and portrait photography business called Annie Watts Photography, in addition to working as an associate photographer for a wedding studio in Chicago.

Talbot is currently in Italy focusing on traveling and capturing the Italian olive harvest, however, she might not be based in Italy permanently.

“As far as professional projects, it is hard to say what the future holds,” Talbot said. “I hope to continue food photography and film, but also hope to be involved in behind-the-

scenes aspects – the farming and cooking. I’m not sure where I’ll settle down for work after my traveling days end, and I am considering a few different places currently.”

Talbot, Overvold and Chip Williams were featured in the fall 2014 print and online edition of “Photo District News Magazine.” Williams also published an article in the same edition titled “Bringing Motion to Stills.”

The winning entries for the contest can be viewed at www. everydaycinema.com/winners.

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Calming the Ragin’ Cajuns

by Cory Spiers Sports Editor

Tale of streaks Saturday’s matchup is once again a good one, as App State and Louisiana currently hold the longest winning streaks in the Sun Belt.

App State has ripped off fourstraight wins after starting the season 1-5 while the Ragin’ Cajuns have won six consecutive contests after starting 1-3.

No other Sun Belt team currently has a winning streak of longer than two games, so it’s fitting that these two squads are meeting late in the season.

App State is locked in a tie for third place with Arkansas State and trail only the red hot Georgia Southern Eagles and the Ragin’ Cajuns.

The Mountaineers’ confidence could certainly be boosted by knocking off second-place Louisiana.

Ground war App State has had great success with its ground attack, but that will certainly be tested against the Ragin’ Cajuns.

Louisiana leads the Sun Belt in rushing defense, allowing 140.6 yards per game. They are also third in the conference in rushing offense, gaining 231 yards per game.

Cajuns’ running backs Elijah McGuire and Alonzo Harris both sit within the Sun Belt’s top 10 rushers with 960 and 591 yards, respectively.

Slowing down McGuire and Harris will be important for the App State defense, but it will also be important to get Marcus Cox, Terrence Upshaw and Ricky Fergerson going early.

The Ragin’ Cajuns have a good running back duo, but the Mountaineers just might have more quality depth with their three-pronged attack.

Circle the running game as a key to this one. Whichever team gets it going first might be able to control the pace and win the game.

Lean on Cox While it will be important for App State to get all three of their running backs going, Cox is the most deadly of the three right now.

Cox carried the ball a career-high 40 times against Arkansas State, and great results followed.

Cox rushed for 229 yards, which is the 13th highest single-game total in App State history and also added two touchdowns.

Cox’s 40 carries were also the third-most in school history and the most since Damon Scott amassed 42 carries against Chattanooga in 1996.

Cox should continue to be the focal point of the App State rushing attack and Louisiana likely expects that.

How he responds to that pressure will be a big deciding factor on how this one goes for the Mountaineers.

Road warriors App State’s win over Arkansas State was the program’s first in 11 all-time games played west of the Mississippi River.

That is something to build on, and now, the team will be asked to do it again.

More impressively was the fact that the home loss for the Red Wolves was their first of the season and only its third in its last 23 home games.

App State continues to play a smart, winning style of football away from home and that has been important in the team’s resurgence after the slow start.

The Mountaineers have not won in the state of Louisiana in six previous trips, and this won’t be an easy one as the Ragin’ Cajuns are 4-1 at home.

It’s been a while since Louisiana’s lone home loss, which came Sept. 6 in a 48-20 set back against Louisiana Tech.

The solid running game and strong defense are App State’s keys to winning on the road and they will both have to work in full force if the Mountaineers are to win five straight for the first time since 2008.

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RAGIN’ CAJUNS (7-3, 6-0 Sun Belt)

GAME 11 | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22 | 5 PM | CAJUN FIELD | ESPN3

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HISTORY App State is riding a four-game winning streak while Louisiana has won six straight games.

LOUISIANA vs ULM

PLAYER TO WATCH RB MARCUS COX

An App State win would be its first in seven all-time games in the state of Louisiana.

An App State win would give it a five-game winning streak for the first time since 2008.

Cox has been a huge contributor on offense for App State and was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the week for the second time this month.

CORY’S CALL

Cox help helped grind down th the Red Wolves last week, running for 229 yards an and two touchdo touchdowns.

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