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App State track and field received recognition when long jumper Makayla Roten and head coach John Weaver received prestigious honors.

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2014 Fiddlers Convention

Vol. 88, No. 32

Convention draws students, youth, community members

by Casey Suglia Intern A&E Reporter

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ppalachian State University students and community members from throughout the state flocked to Plemmons Student Union on Saturday for the sixth annual Old-Time Fiddlers Convention.

The convention gave students and community members the opportunity to sell their own crafts at the Handmade Market and play their music in informal settings. It also allowed them to listen to spontaneous musical performances in open spaces throughout the student union and sit in for free on various judged competitions held throughout the day.

Maggie Sherwood, a sophomore advertising and graphic design major, sold her crafts at the Handmade Market, along with other vendors from all over the south.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever sold any of my work so it’s pretty interesting to see people wanting to buy my art,” Sherwood said.

Tyler Peterson, chair of the Appalachian Popular Programming Society’s Heritage Council, said more than 250 students, youth, adults and artists of every kind came through the student union to SEE FIDDLERS PAGE 5

Photos by Kim Reynolds | The Appalachian

(Top) Jonas Tuelings, from Norway, watches a group perform at the Old-TIme Fiddlers Convention on Saturday in Plemmons Student Union.

(Right) Necklaces and earrings hang from a wire tree in the International Hallway that housed a hand-made craft fair. The convention is held every February and draws musicians from across the Southeast.

Student-run condom delivery service encourages students to ‘Bee’ safe during sex

Boone Board of Adjustments approves permit, variance requests for Zaxby’s

by Joshua Farmer Managing Editor

The Boone Board of Adjustments approved a specialuse permit and two variance requests Thursday that allowed for a proposed Zaxby’s restaurant to come to Boone, Planner Christy Turner said.

The location is set for the corner of State Farm Road and N.C. Highway 105 Ex-

tension, where Fruits, Veggies and More is currently.

A special-use permit was required because the location is in a transitional zone within 150 feet of a residential neighborhood, Turner said. The permit requires the business to mitigate lighting and noise to limit any effect on the nearby neighborhood.

The variance requests approved addressed a need for

reducing the width of driveways to allow for customer and delivery entrances to the restaurant and a reduction of the landscape buffer from 10 to five feet, Turner said.

No opening date for the restaurant has been set.

The next closest Zaxby’s restaurant is more than 40 miles away in Elizabethton, Tenn., according to Zaxbys.com.

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Freshman theater arts major Dylan Brown (left) and freshman computer information systems major Ross Joyner (right) discuss plans for their condom delivery service Busy Bee's on Monday morning in their Coltrane dorm room. The service delivers condoms on campus weekends from 6 p.m. to 3 a.m.

by Carl Blankenship Intern News Reporter

Busy Bee’s Condom Delivery Service opened for business Jan. 31, providing a late-night service to students on campus who might find themselves in a bit of a pickle.

The startup service is operated by four Appalachian State University students: freshman theatre arts major Dylan Brown, freshman environmental science major Luke Pascall, junior history major Mike Hebert and freshman computer information systems major Ross Joyner.

Brown said the service was not started just to make money.

“When we all came together

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there wasn’t any idea to do this for money,” Brown said. “It’s not that we’re promoting sex, but we’re trying to help give people the option to have safe sex.”

Joyner said that the idea started as a joke, but when they realized they could break even the idea became more realistic.

“I said we should do this and they laughed at first, but we decided it could actually work,” Joyner said. “I ran some numbers just to make sure we could break even.”

The founders of the service have all entered into contractual agreements with each other over ownership of the business, SEE CONDOMS PAGE 3

by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

The 16th annual Polar Plunge will be held at the Appalachian State University’s Duck Pond on Feb. 20 to raise money for the Watauga County Special Olympics program.

Watauga County Parks and Recreation and Watauga County law enforcement agencies are sponsoring the event.

The event typically raises between $8,000 and $10,000 and is the Watauga County Special Olympics’ operating budget for the whole year, said Keron Poteat, the recreation specialist for Watauga County

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Participants in the 2013 Polar Plunge braved the February cold to raise $6,881 for the Special Olympics of Watauga County. The 16th annual SEE PLUNGE PAGE 3 Polar Plunge will take place on Feb. 20 at 3 p.m. at Duck Pond.

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Faculty member files for Watauga County Board of Education candidacy

by Gerrit Van Genderen News Reporter

An Appalachian State University part-time assistant professor of social work has officially filed for her candidacy for the Watauga County Board of Education.

Tiffany Christian, making her first attempt at public office, filed for her candidacy at the Board of Elections on Monday, which marks the first day that candidates can officially declare their running.

Ronny Holste, psychology instructor at Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute, is the only other candidate yet to file.

The filing period ends at noon Feb. 28.

Christian teaches a first-year seminar course at Appalachian as well as leading the Uganda Service Learn-

ing Program in the summer. She taught social work full-time for 10 years at Appalachian before recently taking the part-time role as a professor.

“It became evident a few years ago that what was going on with my life, having young kids and those things, was just not compatible with what I needed to do in order to pursue tenure,” Christian said.

A mother of four, three of which are in the Watauga County school system, Christian said she has some unique ideas for the Board of Education, due to being an “out-of-the-box person.”

While her children are a large influence on what she wants for the Watauga County school system, Christian said there needs to be more of a community-focused

goal.

“I really want parents to be invested in the schools,” Christian said.

“That means that if the school needs something, it does not matter if it benefits my child directly. If I can do something to improve the school system, ultimately it benefits my child.”

Christian’s goals for the Board of Education also included being more creative about providing extra curricular opportunities to all Watauga County schools, which is something she said is not evenly distributed.

“There are schools out there in the far reaches of the county that are not as blessed,” Christian said. “They do not get the influx that Hardin Park [Elementary School] gets because it is too hard to get out to places like Bethel. We have got to be creative

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how business should be run and how the money would be divided.

The service provides condoms at a rate of $1 per condom and charges a $2 delivery fee. Health services offers condoms at a rate of 12 for $1.

Despite the disparity in price between the two, Busy Bee’s will provide a highquality and convenient service, Joyner said.

“We’re only going to sell quality products that we know are trusted brands,” Joyner said. “We don’t think that health services is a bad thing, but they’re not open as late and can be far away and it can be awkward for students.”

The service makes 25 to 50 cents per condom sold, which is divided evenly between the four students.

The service keeps all information they require from customers confidential.

“We’re a discrete service and we’re not judging people, we’re just providing another opportunity to be safe,” Brown said.

Wellness Promotion Coordinator Kendal McDevitt said she thinks the idea is very creative, and that any new service that could help promote safe sex at the university is worth having.

McDevitt said Human Papillomavirus, which can cause cervical, penile, and cancer of the mouth, is the most common sexually transmitted infection on campus and condoms help protect against the disease.

“The main concern is that the service could be too expensive to rely on,” McDevitt said.

Parks and Recreation and local program coordinator of the Watauga County Special Olympics.

“All the money goes to transportation, uniforms, registration fees,” Poteat said. “It all directly benefits the local athletes.”

The record for number of jumpers was set in 2002 with 313 participants due to MTV being on Appalachian’s campus. To open the season of the television show “Road Rules,” members of the show participated alongside Appalachian students and members of the community.

The record amount raised was also in 2002, when $15,500 was raised.

Last year’s Polar Plunge had 142 individuals jump into the cold water, but the event typically averages around 170-200 people, and $6,681 was raised last year.

Poteat said for the past two years the number of participants has dwindled, in 2012 it was due to a postponement and the event had to be rescheduled, but she said she could not explain the decline last year. She hopes to see an increase in participation this year.

The event is planned each year by the Special Olympics of Watauga County, the Boone Police Department, Appalachian State University Police Department, the Sheriff’s Department and the hospital police.

Chief of Appalachian State Police Department Gunther Doerr said the campus police participate in this fundraiser every year and have done so for about 15 years.

“Of course we’re there to make sure everything goes safely and that everyone has a good time,” Doerr said. “We invite all the other police agencies to be a part of it because the Special Olympics has kind of always been a fundraiser for police enforcement throughout the country.”

Medical staff will be on site. Members of the Watauga Rescue squad and their dive team will be ready to help with any possible problems.

Individuals taking the plunge will pay a registration fee of $25 and groups of five or more get a discounted rate at $20 per person. Each participant receives a Polar Plunge towel.

Prizes will be awarded to the individual and the group that raises the most money and also the male and female with the best costume.

“We’ve had so many different costumes over the years, we’ve had people jump in duck outfits, people dressed as flamingos and the incredible hulk, people have worn inflatable outfits or cardboard cars,” Poteat said.

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Faculty member Tiffany Christian is running for the Watauga County Board of Education.

about how we can provide quality extra curricular and enrichment activities to all of the kids across the county.”

Christian said her combination of personal, parental and professional experience makes her a good candidate.

Christian said that with all the changes that have occurred recent-

years. The field is narrowed down to six candidates during the May primary election. Voters then elect three members in November and the board is seated in December of the election year, according to the website.

Christian has graduate degrees in education, social work and theology. She is involved in the community through Hardin Park Parent Teacher Organization, Boone Sunrise Rotary, Girl Scouts, Board of Directors for Hospitality House and is the owner of Gigi’s Uniforms and More, located in the Boone Mall.

“I feel like I am committed,” Christian said.

“This is not a political move. I really care about the decisions that are made because they affect my household every day.”

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CRIMELOG Schaefer Center Parking Lot | Drunk and disruptive 1:25 a.m. Feb. 9 Appalachian State University Police responded to a report of someone being drunk and disruptive. The case has been cleared by arrest.

Eggers Residence Hall | Larceny From Building 5 p.m. Feb. 8 Appalachian State University Police responded to a report of a larceny at the Eggers Residence Hall. The incident is under further investigation.

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Convention draws crowd with performances, crafts

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Continued From pg 1 take part in the Convention. Peterson said nearly $2,000 was raised to support the council and the convention’s myriad of activities.

These included not only the competitions and market, but also the Luthier’s Gathering, where professional instrument makers sold fiddles, mandolins, guitars and other instruments and shared information on the craft of instrument making.

“It is really amazing to see everyone coming together in the student union, a place we take for granted, to play music,” Hannah Parker, junior management major, said. “This is one of Boone’s best-kept secrets.”

For Olivia Fields, a convention volunteer and sophomore sustainable development major, it was an opportunity to see the heritage of southern Appalachia right in her own front yard, she said.

“It gives you a sense of the roots of Appalachian State,” Fields said. “This is the kind of stuff that’s talked about all the time in class, but you don’t get the opportunity to experience.”

Sherwood agreed, pointing out the uniqueness of the convention in North Carolina.

“This is the only indoor fiddling festival in the winter,” Sherwood said. “People want to come to Appalachian State. This reminds students about our heritage that we tend to take for granted in Boone, so it’s a great learning experience.”

(Top Left) Fiddles are on display during the Fiddlers Convention. (Top Right) Cloggers dance as a band practices in the International Hallway on Saturday at the convention. Contests are held in all categories of old time music, including mandolin, string band, dancing and banjo.

(Bottom Right) Emma Reynolds and Maddy Burns, junior social work majors, discuss their knitting. A craft market is held in conjunction with the Convention, offering the public and students alike an opportunity to sell their work. (Bottom Left) A banjo case stands out in a crowd as its owner listens to a band perform.

Musicians of all ages come to celebrate their art at the Convention each February.

Photos by Kim Reynolds | The Appalachian

Students participate in old-time performance competitions

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

Traveling bands, seasoned performers, talented children and Appalachian State University students competed as equals Saturday at the Old-Time Fiddlers Convention.

From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Solarium and Whitewater stages of Plemmons Student Union hosted competitions in guitar, mandolin, fiddle, banjo and string band for both adults and youth.

Sophomore physics major Quinlin Riggs started playing the fiddle a year and a half ago.

When he learned there would be a bluegrass and old-time musical community awaiting him at Appalachian, he joined the Appalachian Popular Programming Society’s Heritage Council, which hosts the Fiddlers Convention.

He has since made connections with other musicians in the area.

“It’s just a really wholesome community,” Riggs said. “With music this esoteric it’s hard to find people who actually enjoy it, so to come here and find all the people who live for it is really nice.”

Riggs, along with freshman biology major Ben Banick, competed Saturday in judged competitions for both individual and group musicians that took place throughout the day.

“People who play oldtime are some of the most diverse people you’ll ever meet,” Banick said.

Banick has been playing bluegrass banjo for four years, and got involved in the old-time

style a couple of years ago, he said.

While Riggs and Banick entered as many competitions as they were eligible to, they did not expect to win, nor did they particularly care. For them, the goal of competition is to further connect with the living culture of old-time music.

“You don’t make a living off of these competitions,” Riggs said. “You go up there to perform and promote the music, essentially, and share what song you have with everyone else.”

Though they both frequent other competitions and festivals, this was their first time participating at the Appalachian festival. For many, the Fiddlers Convention serves as a teaser for the main festival season, as it is the only in the region to take place in the winter.

In addition to solo performances, Riggs and Banick threw together a band of other students through mutual acquaintances to take advantage of the opportunity to perform for judges, having only met their other two guitarists the night before.

“Old-time music was meant to be played in a group,” Banick said.

Regional fiddler Sally Anne Morgan judged competitions for the first time this weekend, for both the banjo and mandolin categories.

In addition to overall performance and tone, timing and rhythm among groups of performers plays a key role in determining scores, Morgan said. Regional differences in style also account for a large major-

ity of the distinct sounds that come out of the competition winners.

Both of these skills cannot be taught without the sort of experimentation and collaboration that festivals like this offer a key aspect in learning an instrument and style of playing that Riggs and Banick both said is initially daunting.

“The challenge and the idea of showing up somewhere with people you’ve never met who are playing some weird song - all those factors add up to what looks like an intimidating entry, but we have to show people that it’s not,” Riggs said.

Riggs also hopes that through his personal effort, more students will get involved with the oldtime community. While Riggs and Banick did not win in any of the categories they entered, the effort of the weekend was not wasted, they both said.

“We literally put our band together last night, and that’s not uncommon, but it’s interesting as a student because it gives us a different perspective,” Riggs said. “We don’t have an old-timer telling us this is how the music should be played, it’s just our generation’s interpretation of it. This is how the music is going to sound in 50 years.”

Virginia-based trio The Grayson County Daredevils won the string band competition, while Van Kenney won adult fiddle, Kelley Brieding won adult banjo, Rodney Hodges won adult Mandolin, Steve Lewis won adult guitar, Julie Shepard Powell won dance and rick ward won folk song.

Handmade Market bustles at Fiddlers Convention

by Sam Lineberger A&E Reporter

The Old-Time Fiddlers Convention, held Saturday in Plemmons Student Union, featured not only a slew of performances and workshops, but also a Handmade Market.

Artisans from all throughout the Southeast gathered Saturday afternoon to display their pottery in the union’s International Hallway. Goods varied from crafts such as snake-vertebrae-and-gem jewelry to food items such as local honey, which quickly sold out.

Wendy Hartung, owner of Virginia-based Woo’s Q Brew Gourmet BBQ Sauce, traveled from Independence, Va., to take part in the market. For her, traveling to competitions and marketplaces has become more than just a hobby or a weekend job, she said.

Janet Purcell, owner of Simple Gifts Quilts & Comforts, also appreciates the community the marketplace provides.

“We all travel to these festivals all around,” Purcell said.

Though a quick look at the market on Saturday would appear similar to any other High Country marketplace, much of the merchandise offered was

both quirky and practical.

Larry Parrish, who owns Buster’s Burnables, makes 100 percent soy candles, which burn cleaner and longer than other candles and are completely watersoluble. In addition, he likes to come up with creative and silly fragrance names, such as Bear Farts.

Phyllis and Clay Blackwell, proprietors of BWell Farm and Bakery, on the other hand, stick to a traditional recipe for their pound cake.

“A pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of flour: that’s the real McCoy,” Clay Blackwell said.

(Left) Lindsey Hoffman, sophomore sociology major, crochets at her table in the Old-Time Fiddler’s Convention craft market. The market draws artisans from the community each year. (Bottom) Everything from handmade jewelry to homemade bread is offered in the craft market each year.

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Department of Art opens Faculty Biennial Exhibition

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

The 2014 Department of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition opened Friday with art featured in both the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and the Catherine J. Smith Gallery in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts.

The show includes art from multidisciplinary faculty members and showcases their most recent creative and scholarly research in the area of art.

“A lot of times, exhibitions happen away from home, but here’s a way for students to come see what’s recent in people’s creative endeavors,” said Jody Servon, director of the Catherine J. Smith Gallery.

She considers the exhibition an opportunity for students to start a dialogue with their professors and understand how they deal with the same obstacles that students face in their classes, she said.

“When you can see how people are solving issues within their own work, you can ask them questions and even challenge the ways in which they have resolved things,” Servon said. “It’s a conversation starter.”

The exhibition was open to applications

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Junior biological anthropology major Zachary Pasley (left) and senior sustainable development major Rebecca Waller (right) observe the Faculty Biennial Art Exhibit at the Turchin Center on Friday night. The exhibition, which showcases the talent of faculty member’s recent work and scholarly research in the field, is on display until March 22.

from all subdivisions within the Department of Art, including those in art history, education and restoration. The key is simply to connect the work they produce to the subjects that they teach.

“In any collegiate program, you want to know who you’re learning from,” said Ben Wesemann, assistant director of the Catherine J. Smith Gallery and graduate of Appalachian’s

art program. “You want to know that they have something to teach you.”

Wesemann said this collection is the most diverse and exciting he has seen in the past eight years he’s served as assistant director for the gallery.

“We never know how people will receive our work, but it is important to put our work out there,” Karen Cleveland, Department of Art lec-

turer, said. “Showing work to the student body also models for the students what it means to put your heart into what you do, be vulnerable and stand behind your work.”

Cleveland has three pieces featured in the collection and teaches an array of classes, from Drawing One through Three to Advanced Contemporary Studio Practice to Cultivating Cre-

ativity.

One of her works, visible upon entering the Turchin, is “That Which Comes from the Heart,” an installation of 250 suspended ceramic pieces configured in a branch-like shape.

Cleveland grew up on the Blackfoot Indian Reservation in Montana, immersed in local lore, traditions and ceremony. She said this piece is reminiscent of Montana

land features and traditional Blackfoot philosophy.

“The work’s suspended fragments reflect the elder’s stories of creation and connection, while the spaces leave room for pause and let the viewer fill in the gaps, bringing tradition lore into a contemporary context,” Cleveland said. “Rooted in tradition, the viewer can complete the story, bring it into the present and reinvigorate old narratives with new life.”

Another of her pieces, “Trees,” is a sound installation based on brain wave activity. She uses a neurofeedback device that reads Alpha, Beta and Theta brainwaves, records their fluctuation and sends the information to a computer. She then transfers the analog information into digital form and the pattern created by the fluctuation of waves becomes a score for a “song.”

“I use sounds I recorded of trees creaking in the wind as notes,” Cleveland said. “In other words, when certain waves fire or fluctuate, the score triggers a new note.”

She recorded the brain wave pattern used in the piece while meditating in the woods.

The collection is on display until March 22.

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Sun Kil Moon releases powerful, stunning sixth album ‘Benji’

by Colin Moore A&E Editor

The newest album from Sun Kil Moon, the current alias of singer-songwriter Mark Kozelek, is unlike any record in recent memory.

Titled “Benji” after a fleeting lyrical reference to the children’s movie, the album is obsessed with mortality. Nearly every song features heartrending, often crushing tales of death.

The people who die in these songs range from Kozelek’s close relatives, to the victims of the Newtown shooting, to the serial killer Richard Ramirez.

This fixation on the fleeting nature of life is nothing new for the kind of stripped-down, melodic folk Kozelek writes.

Artists such as Neil Young and Sufjan Stevens have often sung about the dying or dead over

plaintive acoustic guitars.

However, “Benji” stands apart from the pack, not for its subject matter, but for its delivery and lyrical composition.

Kozelek fills each song with a novelistic attention to detail and an incredibly personal wellspring of emotion.

Most importantly, there’s hardly a metaphor in sight in these songs as far as I can tell.

The occasional simile might pop up, but for the most part, “Benji” is a straightforward, piercingly direct collection of facts, literal images and sweeping recollections so nuanced they must come directly from Kozelek’s experiences.

The lack of figurative language here might suggest a dry inaccessibility. Instead, by stripping these songs of florid phrases and elaborate symbols, Kozelek gives them an incredible pathos.

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This is especially impressive considering the scope of some tracks, which average a length of around six minutes.

“Micheline” is the story of three separate tragic characters in the narrator’s life, from someone he barely knew to his grandmother. “Dogs” is a wild, ragged account of what seems to be the entirety of Kozelek’s

sexual experiences.

The album’s centerpiece, and one of the best songs of the young year, is “I Watched the Film ‘The Song Remains the Same,’” a 10-minute eulogy for childhood, family bonds, melancholia and Led Zeppelin.

Musically, “Benji” is spare, mainly featuring acoustic guitar and piano with drums, electric piano and guest backup vocalists chiming in at key moments. Still, the production is lush and intimate, grounding Kozelek’s everyman voice in front of his elliptical guitar motifs.

If “Benji” sounds too much like a downer, fear not. There are moments of light throughout, such as a charming, pitchperfect Wilco-rip called “I Love My Dad” and the comedic closer “Ben’s My Friend,” a smooth-jazz parody about Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gib-

bard helping Kozelek out of a depressive funk.

Additionally, these lighter passages of the album aren’t just there to balance out the weight of songs like “Carissa” or “Pray for Newtown.” They serve as part and parcel of the whole package.

Sun Kil Moon’s aim in writing a “mortality” album isn’t for listeners to feel sad, especially not when the album in question is so strikingly different from typical, tear-jerking fare.

Kozelek often sounds just as surprised as us when the juxtaposition of his dry observations leads to moments of stunning beauty and complexity.

These are some of the most idiosyncratic, striking songs to come from the singer-songwriter idiom in recent years.

“Benji” may be a heavy album, but it’s just as equally life-affirming.

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Duke Energy plays dirty without regulations other than their own.

What used to be a place for childlike fun has turned into a pool of slurry lifelessness.

Many families bring their children to the river to play and swim.

“In Rockingham County, you go down to the Dan River,” Matt Wasson, director of Programs for Appalachian Voices, said. “It’s like here, you go to the Watauga River. Everyone who lived in places like this knows the value of those local rivers. It’s where you go to fish, hang out and it’s where the wildlife that you appreciate are getting their water.”

Duke Energy has been operating seemingly unregulated, according to Truth Out. They have been dumping ash in open-air ponds for 50 years, and this isn’t their first spill.

The political pull of Duke Energy is very problematic and concerning to environmental groups.

Given Gov. Pat McCrory’s previous employment with

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Just four days after a Federal District Court ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to rule coal ash as either hazardous or nonhazardous, a ruptured pipe at a Duke Energy power plant flushed 82,000 tons of the toxic residue into the Dan River, according to the Charlotte Observer.

The amount of ash that leaked from the plant is enough to fill 32 Olympicsized swimming pools, according to Truth Out. This spill will have detrimental effects on the Dan River community and should drive the EPA’s decision to rule ash as hazardous material. Duke Energy needs to be given a set of rules to play by

Duke Energy, there is great concern that, if the EPA decides that ash is hazardous, the pushback will be enormous. It would be very easy for Duke Energy, one of the state’s largest lobbyist, to put pressure on McCrory, Wasson said.

The EPA has until Dec. 19 to formulate a decision, according to the Charlotte Observer. They can either rule ash as hazardous material and demand immediate actions to move the waste, or they can allow the states to conduct a five-year plan to phase out current disposal practices.

It is necessary for the EPA to let science lead the way in decision-making. A hazardous waste classification from the federal government would restrict Duke’s state-level political power.

If not, there would be less oversight to ensure that utility’s are making adequate progress in removing the toxic ash.

There are plenty of options available to store the residue,

and it wouldn’t require any new technology. It is as simple as placing a liner in a hazardous waste landfill and moving it away from our natural resources, Wasson said.

Even with a five-year plan, Duke has enough political presence to continue playing by their own set of rules. The environment that all life depends on is in desperate need of this victory against toxic coal ash and its producers.

“There is an economic impact for places such as the Dan River where people come to enjoy the outdoors, but there is also a cultural impact that you are compromising some of the most important natural resources for the people who live there,” Wasson said. “And you can’t put a price on it. Good citizenship requires being connected to and accountable for our footprint on this planet.”

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

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From the move to the Sun Belt Conference to the chancellor search, Appalachian State University has been undergoing a period of transition, and I hope one that administrators will expand to include academics.

Since the University of North Carolina Board of Governors denied a change in the university’s mission statement that would allow for expansion of doctoral programs, individuals and representative bodies across campus have united behind the new wording.

The mission’s wording that Chancellor Kenneth Peacock originally penned called for “various doctoral degrees.” It was changed by the BOG to read “the doctorate in Education.”

Peacock has resisted the change and resolutions by the Faculty Senate and the Student Government Association have been approved to back him up, according to an article in The Appalachian.

The process of expanding doctoral programs is not one that can be done quickly, but it is certainly an option the university should have.

This step would allow the university to enhance its ability to serve, not only students seeking doctoral degrees, but the mission of helping reach out to the local and state community.

I certainly don’t want to see a transformation into a new type of institution, but it does not seem that this is what the administration has in mind.

Graduate School Dean Edelma Huntley said the plans as of now are for a relatively modest doctoral program that seeks to further core elements of the university’s mission.

“There are no plans for doctoral expansion beyond eventually a very small number of applied or professional doctorates that fit our mission,” Huntley said in an email.

Huntley specifically cites plans for a doctorate in psychology.

This could certainly be of benefit to the community, as Appalachia has been shown to have problems with the access and cost of healthcare, according to a July 2012 report of the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Huntley notes that actually developing the programs would take two to three years and the approval of several bodies like the UNC General Administration, the Graduate Council and the Board of Governors.

If this is the course we are to take, a limited one that could give the university the potential to serve the community around, it is one that we should be allowed to begin soon.

This would not be a deviation from a core mission, but an enhancement thereof. The Board of Governors should agree to the wishes of the university.

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

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W. H. Plemmons has provided meritorious celebration.appstate.edu/ Battle of the Bands Leadership Medallion leadership that has signifi- node/add/slogan.

Bands are being accepted Send copy to David W. Freeman, Director of Student Publications, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, call for floor, nominations enriched the quality through 4 p.m. Feb. 19 for second Plemmons Studentcantly Union, or e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu.

The W. H. Plemmons of student life and learning Free fitness assess- participation in the 15th Leadership Medallion, outside of the classroom.

Annual Battle of the Bands, ments ‘Gasland’ next Sustainability film named in honor of Dr. WilNominations for this ofPresented to Mellon be held at 9 p.m. by Health Procomputer science at Carnegie University whoFeb. was “GASLAND”, the next Sustainability Filmwill Seriesbepresentation liam H. Plemmons who award accepted motion, 26 at Legends.

Bands must the assessments dying of pancreatic cancer.

On Sept.

18, 2007, he stepped in will be shown April 23 at 7 p.m. in the I.G. Greer Auditorium. served as the second presi- through Feb. 14. All refer- will front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon Unisubmit a three-song demo be held for faculty and The screening will be free and open to the public. dent of the University from ence letters must also be staff versity to deliver a last calledonly) “Reallywith Achieving Your the band through Feb. 14lecture and (CD “Gasland”, an award into will 1955 to 1969, was winning estab- documentary Childhood Dreams.”

His lecture has become a phenomenon submitted investigation by that deadname and contact informainclude a battery of the truth environmental impacts of hydraulic may fracturand the inspirationcardiovasfor this event. lished by about an action of the line.

Nominations be tests tion. Submissions must be to evaluate ing, called “fracking,” for natural gas.

Filmmaker Josh Fox Appalachian State Universubmitted electronically at cular brought to the office fitness, body compoHomegrown Film Festival onAPPS May 1 embarks on of thisTrustees journey after asked to lease his land sity Board in being http://plemmonsmedal- sition assessment, flexibil- on the second floor of the for drilling. Gasland was an OSCAR nominee in 2011 for The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability 1996. The award was crePlemmons Union. measuring and will checking Best Documentary. This film islion.appstate.edu/nomihosted by the Sustainable ity in the High Country be held May 1, 7-8:30Student p.m., in Parkway ated to recognize the time, nate.

In order to be eligible, muscular strength.

With Development program.

Ballroom, Room 420 Plemmons Student Union. The eventat is energy, skills, and commitleast one member of the the gathered free information and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

The spring Sustainability Film Series is designed to raise ment of students, faculty, New student require- from band strong must in bethe anHigh ASUCounstuthese tests, staff are willgrowing Sustainability endeavors awareness of current environmental student development edu- mentissues and help provide be Monetary prized are youdevelop share a rich historydent. of working together to ensure able to exersolutions. Each film will be followed by a panel discussion with try, where cators and staff who exceed If you are new to Appathat your mountain region will forever be a wonderful place also available to the contest cise programs.

Allow 30local activists, community leaders, academics and students their peers in questions providingandlachian to call home.for Thetesting Homegrown Festival celebrates some year winners. minutes and Film who will answer discussthis ways of (freshmen personally 45 of these efforts Wear throughloose, a series of eight mini-documentaries, leadership that enriches or and transfer), remember getting involved on local, the national international levels. to consultation. each spotlighting local people organizations, quality of student life and complete your required comfortable Black Historyincluding: Month clothes and and The fourth the annual Sustainability Series continues 350 Boone (climateAppointchange); Appalachian Mountain Brewery advances education of Film MAP-Works survey January by vis- tennis celebration shoes.

29 with films focusing on issues relating to sustainability. The (small business sustainability); ASU Office of Sustainability students. iting www.appstate.mapHosted by student ortimes are limited. Call Department of Geology, Belk Library, Appalachian Popular ment (campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability Students and university and the Office byofFeb. 24. Af- Health ganizations, the programs Promotion at 262Programming Society (APPS), works.com Sustainabilart); Blue Ridge Conservancy (land protection); Blue Ridge employees are series. invited‘Thank to ter completed the 6314 to challenge thoughts for in times, and to (sustainable make aim agriculture); ity sponsor the you’you’ve to the series’ generous Women Agriculture Grandfather nominate on racism and uplift the appointment. sponsors. a student or uni- survey, use the same link to an Mountain Stewardship Foundation (sustainable tourism); and versity employee for this access your individualized National Committee for the Newblack community.

The pubRiver (water protection).

At‘Girls on the Run setOutcome for May 4 award. Nominations may 5k’ Student Report. lic is invitedofto all of events.

Nominations tend for film, food and fun.for Representatives many these Registration open for the ZAPThis Fitness Girls on thestudents Run 5K Student be made in isthe following report allows moreabout information, organizations will be on hand toFor tell more their workconand Leadership to be held on May 4 at 10 a.m. to The run bewill Awards categories: seenon-competitive which habits and how you can support it. This event tact is thehosted Officebyofparticipants Multiculbegin Appalachian State University’s • Aatstudent leader who the Sustainable Development course Outreach Skills for haviors Kidd they Brewer engageFootball in that inSponsored Student Development by the Office tural stadium and follow a mostly flat through campus.

Sustainability, including studentsatand instructor Laura England has provided distinguished are course either consistent or in- of 262-6158.

Student Development, The event isabove sponsored and (englandle@appstate.edu). leadership that by ofAppalachian’s consistent Blue with Cross students • Contact tables will be Blue Shield of North Carolina Institute for Health and Hu- student leaders are recogother student leaders. who have been successful in in PSU for nized for their service and Tom Moore 5K planned for“Roses Mayfor4 the man Services. This is the first time that the 5K is open to the • A Student Development college.

The report also ofYouth,” 11 a.m.-2 p.m. leadership to the univerpublic as a community event since Girls on the Run of the The 8th Annual Tom Moore 5K Run/Walk will take place Educator within the inDivia comparison each sity through Feb. 13, presented at an awards ceremony High Country started 2009. fers Director Mary Sherylfor Horine Saturday, May 4, at the Boone Greenway Burnley-Clawson sion of Student Developtoevent; see we how they each bybefore AlphaMay Kappa Nominations explains, “This is such a fun andstudent energetic wanted Park. spring.

If particpants register on or 1, theAlpha eventSowill ment for meritorious leadmeasure up against rority, Inc.; “Chocolates to be able to share it with the larger community.

We’veother kept are being accepted through be $15. On the day of the event it will be $20. There will be a ership in his orfeeher work first-year the registration very low hoping that Appalachian kids, families stuand 5pasta for Charity,” 10 a.m.-3 p.m. p.m.dinner Feb. 17 for students at F.A.R.M Café Friday, May 3, from 6-8 p.m. for to enrich the students quality of Appalachian willstuwantdents. to join us and get active on a who through Feb. presented early packet pick-up.

This will be a pay as you14, can donation provide significant beautiful Saturday spring morning.” To register, please visit leadership dent life and learning. dinner to contribute the Tom Moore 5K event

by Ladies Elite.as well as help and toservice, http://gotr.appstate.edu/5K underDiversity the age of 14Celwill and • A member of the facultyAnyone F.A.R.M Café in what their mission. the day of5:30 the 2014 • Mr. IvyonPageant, go beyond would Registration needhas a running buddy to register and run with them.

Regis- event will begin at 8 a.m., and p.m. will 11, start promptlyBallat 9 who provided meritoriebration slogan compeParkway normally be expected of the 5KFeb. tration fees are $15 and include a T-shirt if fees are received a.m. There will be long-sleeve t-shirts available to those who ous leadership through his tition them in their leader or ser- room, PSU. Presented by by April 17.

Registration will also be accepted on the day of have registered on a first come, first serve, basis. After the or her work with student Submissions are due by role. The ceremony Alpha Kappa Alpha Sororthe event starting at 8 a.m. In addition to the run, there will vice race, there will be a raffle with lots of fun prizes and refreshclubs or organizations, Feb. 14. The marketing will be at 2 p.m. April ity, Inc. also be warm-up activities, a happy hair station, an art table, ments. held Parking will be available at the Burnley-Clawson Lot. or work that enriches the committee will vote and • The Hair Affair, 7:30 4 in Parkway Ballroom, visits from Yosef and the Appalachian cheerleading team Tom Moore, of Boone, forms was diagnosed with 12, Huntington’s disquality studentbylife andFare, choose five Bread. slogan PSU. p.m. Feb. Whitewater Nomination and foodofprovided Earth Chili’sthe andtop Panera ease (HD) 10 years ago.

Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, learning outside the classentries, then students will Café, PSU. Presented by For more information on this event or volunteering for Girls on are available at http://studegenerative brain disorder forLadies whichElite. currently there is no room. vote to choose the Mary win- dentdev.appstate.edu/pagthe Run, please visit www.gotr.appstate.edu or contact cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to • An employee of Appala- ning slogan.

Submissions Sheryl Horine at Appalachian’s Institute for Health and Hu- esmith/40.

• Entropy Dance Troupe’s with HD will eventually rely on chian State University who may man Services at 828-252-7557 or horinems@appstate.edu. be entered at http:// walk, talk and reason. Someone“Hip Hop: More than Music family members for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease does

& Dancing,” noon Feb. 15, es, paraffin wax dips, foot Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU. and hand massages for la• Book club reading and dies. Presented by the men discussion of Toni Mor- of Men’s Minority Leaderrison’s “Beloved,” 6 p.m. ship Circle and Kappa AlNAPSA to Whitewater provide the campus community a new Feb. 13 at Café, pha Psi. Thewith event willweb be based resiliency program called CU Thrive. All currently Feb. 20 and 27 at Beacon 8-10 p.m. Feb. 11, Whitewaenrolled ASU students are eligible to take part in this exciting Heights, PSU. Lounge, PSU.students will opportunity!

ByPresented utilizing theby CUter Thrive program, the Order of Black & Gold. have access to a large database of helpful information. CU • Black Cinema Sundays, Wellness workshops Thrive offers articles, videos, courses, and other information 7thatp.m., Greenbriar The- to The Counseling Center will help students adjust campus life, stay healthy, atre, PSU,study presented by the “Feelin’ Good in enhance skills, and build presents relationships.

And this is just Black Association Neighborhood!” wella quickStudent sampling of the types ofthe topics covered by CU Thrive! can set • Feb. ness workshop series.

ExYou up your16: own“Hip account today using your App State Hop: Beyond Beats Simply & travisit credit slips will be made username and password. www.appstate.cuthrive.

Rhymes” For more inforcom/ for more information. Theavailable. first 80 students who sign up

• Feb. 23: “The mation, call 262-3180 or go for an account will automatically win a free t-shirt! Any quesGreat to counseling.appstate.edu. tions orDebaters” comments may be directed to Mary Cantrell via email at •mc74237@appstate.edu.

Reverse racism panel • Cultivating Self Love on discussion, p.m. Feb. 19, 7:30-8:30 Act Out 8hosting 2ndValentine’s annualDay, Farm Day Price Lake, PSU. Present- p.m. Feb. 12, Three Top In celebration of Earth Week, ACT OUT is hosting its second ed

by Minority Women’s Mountain, Plemmons Stuannual Farm Day April 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help local Leadership Circle. dent Union sustainable farms, such as Moretz’s Mountain Orchard, Horse • Screening discus• Mindful Eating: Helpers, Spring and House, and Foggy Likely Farm.

For Make more sion of “My Masculinpeace with what’s information and to register for the event, please visiton the your ACT ity Helps,”Center 7 p.m.in Feb. 20, plate, 4-5Union. p.m.TransportaFeb. 26, Outreach Plemmons Student Parkway PSU. will beThree Top Mountain, Plemtion to andBallroom, from the farms provided.

Lunch will also be • A Black History provided at each farm. Wax mons Student Union Museum, 7 p.m.Medicine Feb. 24, • Sex in the Dark: EveryOperation Cabinet planned Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU. thing you’ve been afraid to Operation Medicine Cabinet willask take place 19, from6-7 11 Presented by the National will be April answered, a.m. to 2 p.m.Council.

This is a time for a spring on your Pan-Hellenic p.m.

Marchcleaning 3, Three Top medicine Cabinet gives you an • Bloodcabinet. drive, Operation 10 a.m.-3Medicine Mountain, Plemmons Stuenvironmentally safe method of disposal of outdated, unused p.m. Feb. 26, Blue Ridge dent Union and unwanted over-the-counter and prescription drugs, syBallroom, Hosted supplies. by •Any Tips for Managing ringes and PSU. other medical prescription or over the Black Student March “Madness”: A Stress the counter drugs willAssociabe accepted, no questions asked.

Clean tion.

Reduction Workshop, 8-9 out your medicine cabinet of outdated/unused prescription and March 18, ThreeUnion Top over-the-counter meds. Bring p.m. to Plemmons Student Build-a-Pet Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. toMountain, 1 p.m. nearPlemmons info desk. IfStuyou APPS Special Events is in dent miss this collection, participate the Union Watauga County collection on May from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following giving you 4the opportunity • Getting Out of locations: the HapFood Lionyour - Hwy 321stuffed near WalMart; Lion - Hwy to build own piness Food Trap: How to 421/ AcOld Hwy11421; - Blowing Rock; Foscoe Fire Dept animal, a.m.Food Feb.Lion 11, Calcept Disappointment in (Hwy 105). collections are Pursuit held in coordination with loway Peak, These PSU. With the the of Your Happy, Watauga County Sanitation Department’s Household HazardBuild-A-Pet program, you 3-4 p.m. April 9, New River ous Waste Collection Day, Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to can pick your animal, stuff Room, Plemmons Student 2 p.m at the Watauga County Landfill. Items include: paint, it, name it,batteries, dress it and take Unionlead acid batteries (car household niCad batteries, itbatteries), home forantifreeze, free. Sponsored • Screening of Lifetime’s ethylene gasoline, lighter fluid, solid and by APPS Special Events.

“Call Me Crazy” Film with liquid pesticides, oxidizers, used oils, household cleaners and Brittany Snow & Love is fluorescent lights.

Kater to You Louder, 6-8:30 p.m. April University Housing hosts ‘Last Lecture” Featuring free food, en- 28, Beacon Heights Room, University Housing pleased to present the “Last Lecture.” tertainment, back ismassagPlemmons Student Union

This banquet-style event will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT) at Appalachian One out of every 10,000 Americans has HD. After the onset of and an RSVP is required to attend. The Last Lecture is an State University will sponsor an International ASE May Break the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years. opportunity for selected faculty to tell the world what they’ve event May 13-28, in Thailand and Ghana. Sign up now in The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease had on their mind and what they would say if this were their the new ACT Outreach Center located in Plemmons Student progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a “Last Lecture.” The campus community is invited to attend at Union. A $500 deposit and your ID is required. non-profit agency dedicated to finding a cure. They are here no cost, but reservations are required and will be approved as support, guidance and a resources to families, friends and on a first-come/first-served basis. With our limited seating, making your reservation today. To RSVP for those with HD. All of the proceeds from this “Hunger event will go to please consider Conspirator “Hunger Build-A-Pet, Valentine’s this event, please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture.

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Films the society for research.

You will receive a confirmation email and mailedCatching tickets to your Council is pleased to announce its remaining schedule11 for a.m., the Calloway concert, 9 p.m., Leg- Games: Catching Day Dinner Theater Games: Spring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G. Greer For more information or to register for the event, go to campus address prior to the event. ends, $12 advance, Fire” screening, 7 Peak, PSU, free Fire” screening, 7 ft.

The Appalachian SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed movies 5k.appstate.edu. $15 door p.m. & 9:45 p.m., p.m. & 9:45 p.m., Musical Theater of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and The Appalachian Popular Programming APPS, will a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage I.G. Society, Greer, $1 Mr. Ivy Pageant, I.G. Greer, $1 Ensemble, 6 p.m., series in the Greenbriar theater will start out creepy, reflect A discussion of the film and graphic novel, “Persepolis,” will be host its annual Spring Fling on Friday from noon to 4 p.m. on held April 30 at 6Carolina p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission Duck Poind Chow5:30 ofp.m., Parkway BlueField.

Ridge Ballroom, There will be inflatables, henna tattoos, tie some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales and open to the public. dye, a DJ Foam & Paint Party, food and fun!! And Dance it’s all for free. unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times areBallroom, listed is free PSU, down: A Local Figure Drawing, 7 PSU, $12 students, Entropy with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1. Students, faculty and community members are invited to read Troupe’s “Hip presented

by Alpha Food Feast, 11 a.m.- p.m., Turchin Center $15 public Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema the graphic novel “Persepolis.” The library has placed copies Belk Library is sponsoring its “Through My Eyes” photography 2 p.m., ParkThere Placewill be afor Hop: More than Sororthe Visual Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m.,Kappa except Alpha of the book on 24-hour reserve. showing of the Arts, contest.

It is really easy!

Take an awesome Belk Library photowhere otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - ity, RiseInc. of film “Persepolis” Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library.

Cafe, Rivers Street & Dancfree for studentsgraph. Upload “Hunger Games: and tagMusic it to Instagram it #BelkLibraryContest. the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Both the book and the film will be discussed afterwards.

Make sure your appFire” is set to allow public of photos.

Cafe, Sanford Coming,” posting noon, Blue Catching (Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies.

“Persepolis” is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Sa- Go to Edit Your Profile, and turn “photos are private” to off. The monsgraphic novel of the same Kater You event Book clubThe reading screening, 7 p.m. & Ridge Ballroom, Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at totrapi’s autobiographical name. winning snapshot will will a $50 University Bookstore gift card.

7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the film ladies, received numerous awards including being a co-winner of Have to pamper and discussion of fun9:45 I.G. Greer, and p.m., be creative!

Show us aPSU feature that you love or Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1 and 3 the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was also a part of the library that is special to you. Here are some ideas “Guess Who’s 8-10 p.m., WhiteToni Morrison’s $1 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for to get you going: Belk Library in the spring; Get collaborative on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times Lounge, Coming Dinner” Healing water PSU, Feature.

“Beloved,” 6 p.m., Best Animated The to story follows a young girl as she in a group study room; Find the library’s best Arts keep secrets; are subject to change. comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.Café, Relax in“Guess the Fox Reading the Digital Media screening, 7 p.m., Yoga,in10:30 a.m., presented by the men Whitewater Who’sRoom; Com-Go digital If you would like to have some input on what movies are The film will be introduced by Dr. Renee Scherlen, who Studio; and, Find your inner child in the Instructional Materials Greenbriar Theater, presented by the Or- ing to Dinner” Turchin Center for of Men’s Minority brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m. will also lead discussion on the film and book following the Center. The public is encouraged to enter the Belk Library PSU, $1 the Visual Leadership Circle der of Black & Gold screening, 7 p.m., Through My Eyes contest often by tagging multipleArts, Instragram Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons showing. Dr. Scherlen is a professor of political science at photos with the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest.

The Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign $5/ and Kappa Alpha Psi Greenbriar Vintage $10/session, snapshot on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements for you to policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas can include a few words or a single line caption. The library’s students Theater, $1 public relations committee will choose the winning snapshot. come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown. of specialization. Hair Affair, 7:30 The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner p.m., Whitewater The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with will be notified via an Instagram comment from the Belk Library the Muslim Students As- Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email Café,Council PSU, and presented The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the the ASU Humanities from the National Endowment for the address in order to be eligible to receive the book store gift Sciences, sponsored by the Morgan Committee, in coopera- sociation, with support by Ladies Elite tion with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Humanities (NEH) program. This is the fourth in a series of certificate. The photographs must obey all laws, including Forum Committee, announces the second Morgan Lecturer, programs that compose the 2013 Bridging Cultures, Muslim applicable copyright and privacy laws.

Harold McGee, will be on campus Wednesday, April 24, to Journeys Program. deliver a public lecture, The Chemistry of Food and Cooking. Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi colFree “Gravity” Screening of journalistYOFEST “Driving Missthis adaptation “Gravity” students from the Muslim“Gravity” Student Association will McGee is a noted who specializes in explaining thePainting laborated to co-write and co-direct of Satrapi’s A panel of host a conversation first-year seminar faculty,7interested chemistry of food and cooking to the public.

He is author of Tuesdaysautobiographical 7 p.m. graphic novel detailing the trials “Hip Hop: Beyond 2014 (Club Week), Class —bestselling Daisy” screening, screening, 7 p.m. & screening,with screening, p.m. the bestselling book, “On Food and Cooking: the Science and faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique at- University community members and Summer Reading disat Turchin, 7 p.m., & 9:30 p.m., I.G. Beats & Rhymes” through Feb. 22, 7 p.m., Greenbriar 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, & 9:30 p.m., I.G. Lore of the Kitchen.” McGee’s public lecture will be at 7 p.m. titude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the cussion leaders regarding the summer reading selection for Turchin Islamic CenterRevolution. for Theater, PSU, $1 Greer, $1 Dervish, by Greer, 2013-2014, American Ayad Akhtar. forI.G.Black $1 $1 The panel in GreerCinema Auditorium. campus-wide, free will be held April 23 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Tater Hill (Room 155), the Visual Arts, free, Sundays, 7 p.m., is finalizing a visit to ASU by Dr. Jerry The Guardian described the film as “superbly elegant” and Plemmons Student Union. The University is privileged to Lastly, the committee Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago onto students goes on to note: “Persepolis gives usLecthe sheer pleasure of host open Greenbriar Theatre, ARTSpectrum Figure Drawing, 7 this“Driving Healing author and Miss highlight his work.

He wasArts just awarded Thursday, May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored by the narrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a a Pulitzer Prize for his stage drama, Disgraced.

This panel of PSU, presented

by Geology and the External only tureit isSeries: Veiling p.m.,imaginative Turchin Center Daisy” screening, Yoga, 10:30 a.m., Departments of Biology, Grants gripping story of what like to grow from a lonely diverse Muslim students will introduce topics related to Islam Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on child into an adult,the andLate to findRoman this internal tumult matched

by Arts, 7 p.m., Greenbriar the Black Student for the Visual Turchin Center for and Muslim-American identity. It will provide a good beginning speciation and evolution, and the bestselling book, “Why Evo- geo-political upheaval.” teaching DervishArts, and leading Tai Chi, 5 p.m., Theater,about PSU, $1 American Association House, 6:30 p.m., free for studentsto initial thoughts the Visual lution is True,” which is also the title of his extremely popular For more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, discussions surrounding it. The student panel will be moderblog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne willTurchin give a Center for Turchin Center ated by Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn. $10/session, Dr. Avery-Quinn$5/ earned atscherlnag@appstate.edu. scientific presentation on speciation (his research specialty) the Visual Arts, free lecture hall, free Moorefrom UT Knoxville, Screening and students his PhDCarole in Anthropology his Master’s in at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne ReligiousMcLeod Studies from the University of Denver, and his BA Entrediscussion of “My will also give a public lecture on The Relationship between Today’s college students face unique challenges that when from the University of Tennessee.

Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Inequality Theory combined, for All,can 7 negatively Reverseimpact racism Masculinity their overall success. InHelps,” preneur Summit, in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, order to succeed, students must find ways to successfully p.m., I.G. Greer, part panel discussion, 7 p.m., Parkway Ball- all day, 2nd floor Plemmons Student Union. juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial The fourth annual Blue Mountain Documentary Festival will of the Sustainability 8 p.m., Price room, the best Lobby, student Raley documentary projects on campus responsibilities, among many otherLake, life stressors!

ThisPSU balanc- present Boyles Aprilfree, 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Belk Library Room 114. ing act would cause anyone’s anxietyby and stress level to rise. Thursday, Film Series Hall, public PSU, presented The Faculty Last Lecture will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. NominaThe event is free and open to the public. The festival highlights HealthWomen’s Association’s National College welcome tions are being collected from students for the Last Lecture. The American College Minority audio and video documentaries created by currently enrolled Health Assessment found in their 2001 survey that 30 perWell, students at Appalachian State University. Subjects for the short We will extend the invitation to speak at the Last LectureTransfer event, Leadership Circle cent of college students reported feeling so depressed that it films range from local artists and Olympic wrestling to marwhich includes dinner catered by Casa Rustica, to two4-5:15 faculty p.m. every was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year. riage equality. Winners will be announced at the festival. The members who have the most nominations.

Tuesday,Depression Student can lead to lethargy, irritability, social isolation, Blue Mountain Student Documentary Festival is sponsored by These invitations will go out to nominated faculty the first and disturbances in eating and sleeping cycles. It takes a University Documentary Film Services. Light refreshments will Rec Center, designed week of April. concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such be provided. For more information please contact Tom Hansell to support transfer and the ways that it impacts our students.

The Faculty Last lecture is an event based on the book The as depression at University Documentary Film Services, 828-262-7730 or Last Lecture, written by Randy Paush. Paush was a professor studentsIn response, ASU’s Counseling Center has teamed with hansellts@appstate.edu.

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App State track and field coach, high jumper honored

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Freshman high jumper Makayla Roten successfully jumps 5 feet 8.75 inches at the track and field meet at Holmes Convocation Center on Saturday. She qualified for Junior Nationals with that performance.

School in Fayetteville.

At App State, Weaver has won 43 Southern Conference titles and 27 Conference Coach of the Year awards.

“Fayetteville is where I ended up after traveling so many years with my dad being in the army, so it’s even more special for me to be able to kind of have recognition,” Weaver said. “I have called it my hometown now and it sort of officially is my hometown now because they’re recognizing me there.”

Throughout his years at App State, Weaver has done everything from teaching, to coach-

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Track and field director John Weaver watches his runners during the 2014 Mountaineer Open.

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pp State track and field received two honors this month, as the women’s coach and director John Weaver was inducted into the Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame, while high jumper

Makayla Roten received SoCon field athlete of the week honors for the week of Feb. 5.

Weaver, who also serves as the director of the men’s track team, compiled a 71-11 record for dual meets and six conference titles for cross country in his time at Douglas Byrd High

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ing, to directing clubs.

He is currently coaching the javelin throwers, the long sprints and the multi-event athletes.

“We have had so many great athletes and so many great coaches over the years that have done well with the athletes themselves, developing pride and the legacy of winning,” Weaver said.

“I feel like when I get something like this, it really is me representing our program more than anything.”

While at App State, Weaver has trained six NCAA Division I AllAmericans, 24 Division I qualifiers and a total

of 164 Southern Conference individual performance champions.

Weaver is already seeing the success of his coaching this year with Roten, one of his freshman athletes.

Roten received the Southern Conference Athlete of the Week award for field eventsWednesday, and set a personal-best high jump height of 5 feet 8.75 inches at the 2014 Mountaineer Open Indoor Track Meet on Saturday.

That mark was also the overall Holmes Convocation Center record and helped her qualify for Junior Nationals, which

are set to take place in Eugene, Ore., in July.

“It’s actually kind of crazy that all my hard work from middle school through high school to the short time I’ve been here has started to pay off,” Roten said. “I tied my personal best, and it shows that I’m getting more consistent.”

Roten is the first Mountaineer to receive a SoCon Athlete of the Week award this season for track and field.

Weaver and Roten will be in action for the Mountaineers at the Cupid Classic on Friday in Birmingham, Ala., at 10 a.m.

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