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Two Appalachian State alumni operate a recording studio called Wet Bandit Audio in Boone.

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BOE to hear concerns with one-stop voting HD cable

comes to campus residence halls

by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

Appalachian State University Housing is bringing digital cable to on-campus residences March 3.

A majority of the We would lose channels r e c e i v e d all cable service will now if we denied the be in high- upgrade and we definition, would lose while a few everything. channels - Director of University Housing, will remain Tom Kane in standard definition.

Director of University Housing Tom Kane said he did not yet know which channels will continue to be broadcast in standard definition.

The change will alter which channels can be received and the channel numbers will also be different.

Channels that will be available that were not before include BET and NBC Sports, Kane said.

According to an email sent by the university, most televisions that were made in 2008 or later should have a digital tuner built into the television that should allow it to translate the new signal by completing a channel search.

Most televisions built before 2008 and some from that year will require a digital to analog converter box. These typically cost $30-$50 and can be bought at places such as Walmart or amazon.com.

The cost of the converter box is the responsibility of students.

Kane said if Appalachian wanted to continue using Charter Cable as its provider, the switch to HD cable is necessary. The university has had the same cable contract since the 1980s, according to an Oct. 29, 2012 article in The Appalachian.

“The whole town of Boone is going through a transition right now with Charter Cable, they are doing the university first,” Kane said. “We would lose all cable service if we denied the upgrade and we would lose everything.”

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Dana Clarke | The Appalachian From right to left: Kathleen campbell (member of BOE) Luke eggers (chairman) Bill Aceto (secretary of BOE) preside over the Watauga Board of Elections meeting Monday.

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he Watauga County Board of Elections voted Monday to hold a citizens’ informal workshop to discuss onestop voting sites Feb. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Commissioners’ Board Room of the Watauga County Administration Building.

The board agreed on the two-hour window to allow people to drop in and make recommendations to the members of the board concerning locations.

“We will have proposed sites out on a map, let people approach us and comment if they choose and make proposals on sites,” said Luke Eggers, chairman of Watauga County BOE.

Board member Kathleen Campbell further addressed the specific criteria to which the board must adhere when determining any proposed onestop voting plans.

“We can’t commandeer a polling place for one-stop voting that is either privately owned or owned by a church,” Campbell said.

“The sites have to be taxsupported, public places.”

Campbell said that with the new law passed by the state legislature, the number of scheduled voting hours at all sites for onestop voting must match the amount of voting hours during the 2010 primary and general elections, which was 272 hours.

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App State men’s soccer to join Sun Belt

by Ben Cogsdale Intern Sports Reporter

The Sun Belt Conference announced Feb. 11 that it will include men’s soccer as a league-sponsored sport after a 19-year hiatus.

As a result, Appalachian State men’s soccer will participate with 17 other university sports in the Sun Belt in 2014.

The Mountaineers were originally set to play in the Southern Conference as an

associate member, but in light of the Sun Belt’s decision, have decided to make the change, according to a statement from App State Athletics.

App State will compete in a six-team league joining former SoCon rival Georgia Southern, as well as Hartwick College, Howard University, Georgia State and the New Jersey Institute of Technology.

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Senior Danny Free gears up for a goal kick in a game last season versus Eastern Tennessee State University. The soccer team will be a part of the Sun Belt Conference next season.

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Cottages of Boone requests trial location change

by Chelsey Fisher Chief Copy Editor

Three Appalachian State University students, who are plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the companies that own The Cottages of Boone, are currently fighting

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The request was made by the defendants, Capstone Collegiate Communities Boone and Capstone Properties.

The original charges, filed

by Capua Law Firm on behalf of senior political science major Jonathan Schneider, junior nursing major Deanna Reary and freshman management major Langdon Clay, were filed in state court, meaning the trial would be held in Boone, said

Paul Capua, the students’ attorney.

But Brown Law Firm, a Raleigh-based firm representing Capstone Collegiate Communities Boone and Capstone Properties, the companies that own The Cottages of Boone, filed a motion

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Feed All Regardless of Means Café is a local nonprofit organization that runs on the philosophy “Pay-what-You-Can.” This means everybody eats no matter what the means. Appalachian State University students volunteer their time to work with the organization. Junior nutrition major Allison Pachapa said, “not only is it a great learning experience working in the food industry, but it is also a friendly and welcoming environment.”

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For the 12th consecutive year, Appalachian State University will host a dance marathon to raise money for local nonprofit organizations.

This year, the beneficiary organizations are Parent-toParent and Western Youth Network .

The event will be held Friday and Saturday in Legends.

As of Monday, participants have raised a total of $19,385.

Hannah Collins, a service adviser for Appalachian and the Community Together, said there is still a chance that they will exceed their fundraising goal of $25,000.

The event raised $26,600.98 in 2013.

“A lot of the time, money comes in at the last minute,” Collins said. “It is still possible that we could raise even more than last year.”

There are 24 clubs, organizations and independent teams consisting of 196 participants who will compete to raise the largest amount of money for Western Youth Network and Parent-to-Parent.

Teams will spend 15 hours dancing and socializing with kids and volunteers from the beneficiary organizations from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. the following morning.

Each participant is asked to raise at least $150 when fundraising or $10 for every hour they spend dancing, though many participants set higher goals for themselves.

ACT is responsible for planning and organizing the event along with its sponsors and partners throughout the community.

“Dance Marathon raises money for two of the most wonderful organizations in the High Country,” said Courtney Boyd, Dance Marathon’s hospitality coordinator. “When you see the kids

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After many delays from a harsh winter and a wet summer, construction is yet to be completed at parts of The Cottages of Boone. Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against the owners of The Cottages are fighting a request for the lawsuit to move into the federal court system.

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Alumnae Aubrey Vangoethem (left) and Larke A. Griffin (right) dance to the Cupid Shuffle in the 2011 Dance Marathon that raised more than $30,000 for local nonprofits. This year’s Dance Marathon has already raised more than $19,000.

at Dance Marathon, you see how happy you are and realize that the money is going to a great cause.”

Western Youth Network works with and mentors local, at-risk youth, while Parentto-Parent provides support and services to children with disabilities and their families.

Many universities across the country hold similar Dance Marathons that benefit children’s organizations.

Dance Marathon’s Marketing Chair Jelani Drew said that what makes Appalachian’s event different is the local approach.

“We can see where the money is going firsthand here in Boone, and I think that’s really cool and unique,” Drew said.

Boyd said her favorite part of Dance Marathon is when the two organizations bring kids out to interact with the participants from noon to 5 p.m.

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“Their faces just light up,” Boyd said. “It’s awesome to see that.”

Boyd said families from Parent-to-Parent are also assigned to groups of students during lunch time at Dance Marathon and often share their stories with the participants.

Dance Marathon’s leadership team is made up of students Lauren Berryhill, Karson Collins and Melissa Lee. This year’s Dance Marathon will also feature a special song performance from Parent-to-Parent, which has never been done before, Berryhill said.

Berryhill said that the team has been working to make stronger connections with the children involved with Western Youth Network and Parent-to-Parent, including making visits to the organization headquarters to meet with them before the event occurs.

with its principle [sic] place of business in the State of New York,” according to the motion.

Capstone Properties is also organized and exists in Alabama. Because the defending companies are not organized in the same state as the plaintiffs, and the amount in controversy is more than $75,000, the U.S. District Court has original jurisdiction, according to the petition.

But Capua said that the amount the plaintiffs asked for in the claim does not equal $75,000.

Capua said because CCC-Boone mostly operates in Boone, under the “nerve center test” upheld by the Supreme Court that examines where a company does most of its operations, there is no basis for it to move to a district court.

Capua Law Firm filed a motion to move the case back to the state level Nov. 20, 2013.

The original suit was filed Sept. 20, 2013 with four counts against the companies in charge of The Cottages. These counts include unlawful fees, rent abatement, North Carolina debt collection violations and unfair and deceptive trade practices, according to an article published Oct. 1, 2013 in The Appalachian.

Schneider, Reary and Clay decided to file the lawsuit after they felt the defendants “exploited their inexperience in collecting certain fees from them they should not have been asked to pay,” Capua said in a Sept. 30, 2013 email.

There is no set trial for the case, and no more students have added their names to the class action lawsuit, Capua said.

While there have been procedural battles, Capua is still hopeful regarding the case, he said in an interview.

“Frankly, I think that the case has been progressing well,” he said. “And while we’d hoped we wouldn’t get bogged down with proceeding issues, that’s the nature of a case like this.”

Jen Wilson, a spokeswoman for The Cottages, said in an email that The Cottages does not feel it is appropriate to comment on the case because it is still pending.

“However, at the appropriate time we welcome the opportunity to tell our side of the story and look forward to responding in court,” Wilson said in the email.

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BB&T Leadership Center restructured to serve business students

by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

The BB&T Leadership Center in the Walker College of Business has recently been restructured to offer business students a variety of more in-depth guidance regarding career and professional development.

Michelle Boisclair, the executive director of the BB&T Student Leadership Center, said students were previously receiving their career development services from a department within the College of Business and their professional development services from the BB&T Student Leadership Center.

These programs are now joined together to help in all aspects.

“The programs can be streamlined and combined

to serve more Walker College of Business students at a deeper level,” Boisclair said.

Students will continue to have access to mentoring and advice in multiple areas, including, but not limited to, personal branding, interview skills, etiquette coaching, networking and job search help.

Although the same services will continue to be provided, new forms of assistance will be offered starting later this semester or over the summer. There will also be new requirements for students in the Walker College of Business.

There will be a new required course for all business majors under the fall 2014 undergraduate course catalog that will introduce students to basic skills necessary to be successful in the world of business, Bois-

clair said. The class will help students understand the resources available to them in the Walker College of Business, as well.

Another new requirement is that all admitted undergraduate students to the Walker College of Business in 2014 will be administered a self-assessment test to help develop a career path.

A mentoring program called “Women of Walker” will be implemented.

“It is a program developed to serve female students who will be future business leaders,” Boisclair said. “Participating students are matched with faculty mentors and attend sessions conducted by industry professionals aimed at developing their professional, leadership and career skills.”

Other features being im-

plemented are professional leadership certification, a leadership speaker series and a leadership case competition.

In the leadership case competition, Boisclair said small groups of students from each of the clubs in the Walker College of Business will be asked to propose a solution to a specific dilemma that a leader might face in the business world.

Boisclair said the dean of the Walker College of Business, Randy Edwards,

made the initial push to join the programs.

“When the founding director of the BB&T Student Leadership Center left Appalachian in July, Randy Edwards recognized the synergies between Career Services and the [BB&T Student Leadership Center] and moved to combine the two groups under my direction,” Boisclair said.

Emily Marlett, the employer relations coordinator of the BB&T Student Leadership Center, said she looks forward to seeing the

growth and success in the students of the Walker College of Business.

“I feel that the recent restructuring and new programs that will be offered by the BB&T Student Leadership Center will build on the strong academic background that students are acquiring in the Walker College of Business by providing the necessary professional and leadership soft skills that are vital to bridging the gap from academic to the working world,” Marlett said.

New course for business students to offer real-world experience

by Laney Ruckstuhl Intern News Reporter

The Walker College of Business is introducing a new required course, Business 2000, effective fall 2014 that will give students real-world experience in the field before graduation.

The course is based on four required modules as well as a list of “involvement assignments” that students can pick from, said College of Business Director Michelle Boisclair.

The class takes an open approach, offering workshops, mentoring, job fests and other activities for students to choose from to fulfill involvement assignments, Boisclair said.

The class would be a requirement effective starting with incoming freshmen next semester to be taken in their sophomore year.

“We’re wanting students, before they’re in their last two years, to understand the skills they need in leadership and career development areas,” Boisclair said.

The class’ four required modules include an administered self-assessment, major exploration, resume basics and a Career Gear session on campus.

“I don’t want to limit a kid, I want a student to grow the way they want to grow,” Boisclair said. “We want to serve students, not burden them.”

Boisclair said that a number of students in the College of Business were surveyed asking what they wanted to see added to their major programs.

The class was built based on their re-

sponses.

“The best academic training in the world is not going to be helpful if you can’t apply it,” Boisclair said.

Josh Silvey is the professor that Boisclair has elected to teach the class starting fall 2014. His appointment is unofficial until approved by a departmental academic committee.

If appointed as its professor, Silvey said the most instrumental part of the course will be its self-assessment components.

“Building on what students find when they ask these questions is important to leveraging their strengths for leadership development,” Silvey said. “The goal is to use this class as an opportunity to get students thinking about themselves as professionals early.”

Silvey said the course will help students prepare a great resume, utilize the tools available for job searches and gain outstanding interview skills.

The class will also work with the on-campus BB&T Student Leadership Center which provides career services & development to students in the College of Business.

“Students who work with the BB&T Student Leadership Center are more likely to graduate with a job,” Silvey said. “For that reason, we want to build that relationship as soon as we can, and this class will help.”

Appalachian State University’s Student Government Association passed a bill on Feb. 4 in support of the course, written by Senator Chris Carpenter.

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Amnesty International state meeting to be held at Appalachian Gerrit Van Genderen News Reporter

The North Carolina Amnesty International State Meeting will be held at Appalachian State University on March 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will be hosted

by Appalachian’s chapter of Amnesty International.

The conference, which will be held in Anne Belk Hall Room 11, will include discussions on the death penalty, poverty and human trafficking, according to a university news release.

“With these conferences, I really want to inspire

people to go out and do something,” said Amanda Moore, Amnesty International’s North Carolina meeting coordinator. “I want people to feel inspired and realize that there are people and organizations out there that they may become really interested in helping.”

Darryl Hunt, a Winston-Salem resident who spent almost 20 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of murder, and Tarrah Callahan from the North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty will serve as guest speakers, accord-

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Much of the controversy about one-stop voting locations revolves around whether the board will decide to have a location on Appalachian State University’s campus.

Eggers and Bill Aceto, board secretary, declined to comment about early voting sites before the informal workshop. Campbell said that a one-stop voting site should be present on Appalachian’s campus.

“There should not even be a question,” Campbell said. “We have so many hours to pass around that we could have seven precincts, which include three for the Boone area and one for everyone else, and we could still have six hours a day for five days to be open.”

Junior political science major and College Democrats Director of Communications Jocelyn Hunt said that it would be silly to not have a site on campus.

“The early voting location on campus was the second highest in the 2012 election with 5,000 students, faculty, staff and community members who voted there,” Hunt said. “It is much easier in the sense of parking. It is much easier in the sense of getting to it, being located

ing to the university news release.

The death penalty is a topic that Appalachian’s Amnesty International chapter has had specific interest in, including the chapter’s adviser, Matthew Robinson, professor of Government and Justice Studies, who has done extensive work regarding the death penalty, Moore said.

Other speakers include Edith Garwood, a country specialist on Israel and Palestine from Charlotte, Red Flag Campaign and the N.C. Dream Team.

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in the center of our county and so many people have access to the university.”

Other agenda business included a motion by Campbell to adopt consistent public comment sessions at the end of meetings.

A resolution was passed Aug. 12, 2013 that established a public comment process that said the Watauga County BOE shall receive public comments only in writing and that the comments must be sent to the Watauga County Elections director, Jane Hodges.

Campbell said that while she thinks it is better to have something written, it is important that the people have the right to express their opinions in person.

Aceto agreed with Campbell that a public comments session should be held after each meeting.

Aceto said that he would want to establish a time limit of two minutes per person and have the board hear comments, as long as they were about new information.

Although Eggers decided to table the idea of consistent public comment sessions after meetings, the board held a 15-minute period after the Monday meeting to field comments from those in attendance.

“Right now, they have it so that the public cannot speak at all,” Campbell said. “They have to know what is going to be on the subject matter for the next meeting in order to send questions in advance. I would like to have more meetings like we had today.”

campus-based social marketing campaign designed to raise awareness and educate people to be active bystanders, will provide training to the audience concerning interpersonal violence, according to redflag.appstate.edu.

“I contextualize Red Flag Campaign on a bigger level than just interpersonal violence,” Moore said. “I look for red flags in other areas of my life and that is what I want people to take away from the event – to look for red flags all throughout their lives and society.”

The N.C. Dream Team is an organization that is composed of undocumented immigrant youth and allies, according to the university news release.

Registration will be open to the public as well as any students interested in attending. The fee is

$20, which will include admission to all of the event’s meetings, lunch provided by the F.A.R.M. Café and membership to Amnesty International – USA, according to the university news release.

Registration can be completed at aincstatemeeting.weebly.com.

Moore prefers to have most of the registration completed by the last week of February, but said registration will remain open until the day of the conference. Appalachian’s chapter is also encouraging attendees to bring canned food items, which will be donated to the Hospitality House of Boone.

Ebony Brickhouse, the Appalachian chapter’s field organizer from the Amnesty International Southern Regional Office, will be in attendance at the conference and serve as the official representa-

tive of Amnesty International, Moore said.

The state meeting was held at UNC Charlotte in 2013, and Appalachian’s Amnesty International chapter was the largest in attendance, Moore said.

The Appalachian chapter has reached out across the state to all of the UNC system universities, as well as local and state media and organizations about attending the conference.

Moore started the Appalachian chapter of Amnesty International in April 2012. Sophomore anthropology major Christina Fasanello serves as the current president of the chapter.

Amnesty International works to protect human rights worldwide with approximately 3 million supporters, activists and volunteers, according to amnestyusa.org.

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Alumni offer recording to local bands

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or many bands getting their start in Boone, gaining popularity outside of the town is hard without traveling to other gigs, a nearly impossible task without an album to tour behind.

“I’ve seen so many good bands get formed here, play a couple of good shows and then disappear forever,” Appalachian State University alumnus Ben Mercer said. “They never had a product to sell.”

Mercer is half of Wet Bandit Audio, a new record label located in the basement of a residential house in downtown Boone. He and Matt Gaylord, who graduated from Appalachian in 2006, started the company in hopes of recording their own music and filling what they see as a gap in the market.

Gaylord is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Biology. He returned to Boone from Oxford, Miss., where he played music and worked as an amplifier repairman.

Having no professional experience in the musical realm, he moved back in hopes of rediscovering the town’s charm, music and genuine people, he said.

“For a long time, Boone has had a great music scene, and it’s really on the cusp right now, but one of the glaring deficiencies has been a good recording studio or a for-hire recording space,” Gaylord said.

He wanted to find a place where he could jam and record his own work while still working as a professor, Gaylord said.

Although he originally didn’t have any concrete plans to start a recording studio, Gaylord knew he would like to get back into the local music

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Bald Guy hosts Thursday open mic night for musicians

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Ben Mercer and Matt Gaylord (pictured above) have teamed up to put their musical knowledge to use and create their very own recording studio. They call it the Wet Bandit Recording Studio and hope boost the local music scene in the Boone area by helping bands record their work.

scene.

Before moving, he wanted to make sure he’d have someone to jam with. After researching online, Gaylord discovered local Boone band Swift Science, and decided that Mercer, the band’s drummer, would fit perfectly with his own playing style.

After moving from Mississippi, Gaylord became acquainted with Mercer, and they met up for a jam session in the basement of Mercer’s house in what is now the Wet Bandit recording studio.

Last year, a vacancy opened up in Mercer’s residence.

Gaylord, who had been collecting and repairing cheap vintage music equipment for the past 10 years, moved himself and his equipment into the house.

The house now offers not only a recording studio and performance space in the basement, but also a place for traveling bands to stay.

In 2012, before the two met, Mercer had single-handedly recorded Swift Science’s first album with one mid-quality microphone, piece-

by-piece and trackby-track.

“That was how I learned everything about recording and editing, that album,” Mercer said.

When the two decided to record their own music under the band name Rubber Checks, they emerged with a unique vintage production sound that they now market to local bands.

Gaylord stresses to his students that what you study in school does not have to be your life, and he sees himself as an example of a self-taught professional.

“I guess [Mercer and I] are products of that, the university of auto-didacticism,” Gaylord said.

Since becoming officially incorporated around the end of October, the two have had nearly no time to record their own work. Instead, they have been swamped with requests from local bands eager to lay down tracks.

They have already completed recordings and mixing with local bands such as Brain Paint, Drawlstrings and Mont Saint, with other projects in the works including Chrome

Scene and the Naked Party.

Ultimately, the two hope mix fulltime, as well as expand Wet Bandit’s presence to include live shows, remote recording and album release parties.

While their house is not guaranteed for their use indefinitely, they hope that by establishing the brand with a portfolio of local bands, they can become a Boone staple.

The two believe they offer a unique

and individualized experience for bands that the school’s recording studio can’t offer, and are excited about the opportunity to introduce younger musicians to the recording world.

“They’ve probably never played through a vintage, 1965 Fender tube reverb – they probably don’t even know what that is,” Gaylord said. “We get them around this and get them educated about this stuff. Hell, I wish I had been able to do that.”

Steven Finch, owner of Bald Guy Brew on King Street, established an open mic night for musicians every Thursday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the coffee shop.

Finch created this weekly event because he felt the Boone music scene was lacking an informal venue for artists to share music.

“This town has only got a few places to really hang out, and a lot of those establishments are restaurants and bars where there is a pressure to make money off of their business at night,” Finch said. “There is not just that middle ground place for musicians to be, and I really wanted to open the doors to that.”

Though the poetry open mic nights on Wednesdays held at Bald Guy have been successful, the opportunity for musicians to have their voice heard was rare.

“I see this as an opportunity for musicians who normally wouldn’t have the chance to meet to have a place to come hang out, play music, and the next thing you know, they’re in a band,” Finch said. “Bald Guy is now a hub for that kind of thing.”

Senior music performance major Alex Travers is used to playing to formal audiences as part of his requirements at the Hayes School of Music. For him, the opportunity to play in a casual setting is appealing.

“I want a chill, pressure-free environment where I can perform my music without having to worry,” Travers said. “As a classical musician, there is a third wall between the musician and the audience, and I like seeing that broken at events like this.”

Much like the poetry night, the music open mic has few rules. There is a sign-up sheet at the door for musicians and artists who are encouraged to play whatever they would like. Drums, amps and microphones are available for anyone to use.

The first open mic Feb. 6 featured eight performers with an impromptu jam session at the end for anyone who wanted to come up and play with one another.

This spirit of spontaneous collaboration is also a part of Bald Guy’s poetry nights, where poets and rappers trade rhymes in a group cipher.

“When you have a craft that you do, the last thing you want to do is stay sitting on a couch every night, playing a song or two,” Finch said. “It is thrilling to be able to perform for other people in the community like that. [Open mic night is] an opportunity to have that location, and then hopefully everyone will catch on.”

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Angel Olsen delivers fantastic sophomore album Angel Olsen, a veteran of various 90s touring acts such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, emerged in 2012 as an exceptionally strong singersongwriter with the album “Half Way Home.”

A record of skeletal acoustic guitar and Olsen’s striking, near-operatic voice, “Half Way Home” was perhaps most notable for Olsen’s incredible lyrics, which combine heady existentialism with plainspoken sincerity almost effortlessly.

The songs were nothing to scoff at either, often reaching a very high standard of compositional coherency and emotional poignancy.

Still, something about the album suggested it was unfinished, if only because some songs came across as sketches rather than full-on paintings.

The production on Olsen’s sophomore release, “Burn Your Fire For No Witness,” amends these problems by fleshing out even the shorter songs with minor embellishments, often from a new full-time band including a drummer

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and bassist.

The result is the stunning, intoxicating rush of a rock album. Olsen incorporates more punk influences into her sound, but the fuzzy, bass-heavy excursions here only anchor her music’s sense of urgency.

Olsen’s move to a slightly higher production value – provided by John Congleton, who produced a kindred spirit to this album in St. Vincent’s “Strange Mercy” – doesn’t so much take away from her intimate style of songwriting as it does amplify and redirect it.

There is a deliberate change in presentation here, notably in Olsen’s voice. She remains one of the most compelling vocalists around today, but her gorgeous wail is often filtered through an amplifier like The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas, adding an aggressive layer of grit.

Other production tricks are subtle, but the sonic pallet of the full band is explored in meticulous detail over a diverse set of arrangements.

The opening seven minutes of the album alone cover an intense amount of ground, from spare acoustic guitar to punk to a country shuffle reminiscent of Emmylou Harris.

Some tracks, such as “Enemy” and “White Fire,” are stripped-back like her first album, but the latter especially incorporates sweeping, poetic lyrics that capitalize on and expand Olsen’s vocabulary of self-reflection in a truly exciting way.

There are many stunning moments on “Burn Your Fire,” but the album hits

a stride somewhere in its middle that elevates it to one of the best albums so far this year.

The album’s peak is probably “Lights Out,” which blossoms from a languid guitar strum into an immaculate catharsis with excellent lyrics that simultaneously suggest desperation and pure, humanistic optimism.

With “Burn Your Fire,” Olsen has crafted a beautiful, high-wire act of an album that establishes her as one of the most compelling female musicians of our time, in the lineage of greats such as Cat Power, PJ Harvey and more recently St. Vincent.

If Olsen keeps refining her songwriting skills along with her more evocative, elaborate arrangements, she may well transcend even these comparisons, but for now “Burn Your Fire” is an essential document of Olsen’s place as an artist in the here and now.

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Senior geology major Chris Bagley (top) and senior music performance major Alex Travers (bottom) sings at Bald Guy Brew's first open mic night.

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Entropy Dance Festival highlights hip-hop culture

by Kelsey Hamm Intern A&E Reporter

Entropy Dance Crew hosted a six-hour-long festival Saturday in honor of Black History Month and hip-hop culture.

The festival, held in Plemmons Student Union, focused on educating attendees about the history of Entropy’s style of hip-hop dance and the five elements of hip-hop culture, which are knowledge, breakdancing, DJing, graffiti and emceeing – or spoken word poetry and rapping – said Joshua Carr, Entropy president and senior psychology major.

The day started with a basic overview of hip-hop and continued with a graffiti demonstration by junior graphic arts and imaging major Parker Arnold. The Entropy crew held break dancing demonstrations and lessons for the whole crowd to follow.

Visitors were later given the opportunity to perform their own dance choreography and spoken word poetry.

“Hip-hop has a lot of cultural significance in its origins,” Carr said. “A lot of people don’t understand that hip-hop is very old and comes from African culture, which translates into other music cultures like jazz. Today we talked about the parts of hip-hop we uphold now.”

Entropy has existed on campus for three years. This was the first event they have hosted outside of their usual practices and workshops. The crew currently has 25 official dancers, and the festival attracted approximately 50 students.

The planned DJ demonstra-

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Joshua Carr (center), a senior psychology major, and Reshea Mackey (right), a dance studies graduate, demonstrate dance moves at the Entropy Dance Festival on Saturday. This activity was to involve the crowd and help them experience hip-hop dancing first hand.

tion for the day was canceled due to inclement weather. The dance crew is planning to hold another hip-hop festival in April.

“The Appalachian dance department is paired with Entropy, and it is very supportive and very open,” said Jason Dawkins, Entropy member and freshman broadcasting major. “I support anyone who

wants to do [hip-hop dance] or is thinking about doing it and doesn’t know how to dive into it. Once you see how supportive Entropy is, you will never want to leave.”

Newcomers can feel hesitant toward hip-hop, Carr said, and Entropy sets out to create a family for its members.

As a former dance major at Old Dominion University liv-

ing in Boone and looking to transfer to Appalachian for the fall semester, Eric Fajardo found the festival to be a large example of how Entropy and hip-hop dance can bring a community together to explore their creative passions.

“Everything about today was for me and also for everyone,” Fajardo said. “Whether spoken words, emceeing or something

else, all of these creative outlets are accessible. What was great for me is that today was so uplifting, and there was not an ounce of negativity in this room.”

Entropy is holding an open practice Friday at 3 p.m. in Varsity Gym. They also hold open practice regularly from 7 to 9 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday in Varsity Gym.

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Art instructor draws inspiration from intimate relationships

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

The 2014 Department of Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition officially opened Jan. 22 with art featured in both the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts and the Catherine J. Smith Gallery.

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

The currently featured exhibition was open to applications from all subdivisions within the Department of Art, including those in art history, education and restoration. The goal behind the exhibition is to connect the work art teachers produce to the subjects that they teach.

The collection is on display until March 22 in the Turchin Center and until Feb. 27 at the Catherine J. Smith Gallery in the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts.

Travis Donovan, adjunct instructor in the Department of Art, has three pieces featured in the collection. The Appalachian had the chance to speak to him about the significance of his work and the exhibition as a whole.

The Appalachian: Explain your featured pieces a little.

Travis Donovan: They come from a couple different bodies of work.

Most of my work has to do with materials – they’re material and object investigations. They typically have to do with the intimate relationships that we share with these materials or objects that we don’t necessarily acknowledge throughout our lives.

For instance, the teacup. We acknowledge the fact that we bring our lips to it, we hold it close for warmth as well as drinking out of it and it’s something that becomes very ritualistic. It’s something that we don’t really acknowledge and something that I really want to bring to light in my work.

The porcelain piece, the potato gun, that’s part of a whole body of work that has to do with the evolution of masculinity in the South. Those are objects that are kind of traditional objects of masculinity throughout different times of a male’s life. I’m utilizing the objects as a status of masculinity and juxtaposing it with this idea of fine china and patterns that are typically a little bit more feminine.

Photos Courtesy of Travis Donovan

TA: How does your featured work relate to your other, overall body of artwork?

TD: What I typically try to do is present and represent these objects in an unexpected way and utilize methods of southern storytelling and embellishments as unexpected elements to hopefully present them in new ways that generate new thoughts and poetic meaning.

TA: How does your featured work relate to the work that you do as a professor, or the subjects that you teach?

TD: It relates pretty heavily. I’m really interested in materials and process investigation, and when I teach I focus on trying new techniques and processes and getting people to understand not only the processes themselves, but the history behind them – the uses for these processes in many cultures over the years, and the importance that they play in the contemporary world.

My work is pretty cross-disciplinary. Not only do I feel that it’s important to understand these fundamental processes in what I teach, but I also try to really provide a diverse look across the board of connections between disciplines and connections between processes.

TA: Is it difficult to keep creating work as an artist while teaching?

TD: It’s a tricky balance, but I find it so inspiring and it keeps you on your A-game. You really have to be focused on the details of what you’re doing and sometimes as an artist, it’s really easy to work very intuitively or get into a process in your body of work and just work.

To then be able to teach that information you have to really delve deeply into it and become very attuned to what you are doing in order to provide that information back to somebody.

It’s an invaluable process of being able to relay that back so they can understand it while still being inspired by new work and any interpretations that come from the students.

TA: Why is it important for faculty to show their work to the student body? What do you gain? What do the students gain?

TD: I think we all receive something from the biennial and exhibitions like this. It’s invaluable for students, I think, to sort of see where their instructors are coming from and how they work. We all work in so many different ways and we’re all generating work about so many different things.

It provides some accessibility to ideas and techniques as well as to ourselves as artists and not just professors.

For us, I think it again enriches that dialogue between us and the students.

It generates new ideas and directions for them, as well as for us in the classroom and outside.

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Easy access to public documents is critical for citizens charges special fees, up to $51.47 per hour for some agencies, when state employees spend more than 30 minutes on a request, according to the News & Observer.

For its part, the McCrory administration defends the charges as necessary to alleviate the burden of large records requests on taxpayers.

While the fees are legal, the way the government is now charging and assessing fees violates the spirit of the law, as well as the foundational principle of public access to information.

Chapter 132 of N.C. General Statutes defines public records as the “property of the people,” and states that they shall be available “free or at minimal cost unless otherwise specifically provided by law.” “Minimal cost” here refers to the cost of reproducing the documents.

But another section stipulates that special charges may

Kevin Griffin Opinion Writer

Living in a fairly open society, we come to expect a certain level of access into what our government does.

Public access to documents is a necessary component for the type of free society to which we aspire.

But we in the state are facing issues of access to these records, with both state and local governments charging fees to obtain public records, according to the News & Observer. Attorney General Roy Cooper sent a letter to Gov. Pat McCrory’s office Jan. 28 complaining that the policy of placing special records charges on public records requests violated the spirit of the law.

Currently, the government

be levied if “extensive use of information technology resources,” among other resources, is required for processing the request.

The law then does allow service charges, but it also states plainly that these records belong to the public.

Therefore, government has a responsibility to see that records are readily available to citizens.

Both the standard for the charges and the cost violate the principle and impede citizens and reporters from important information.

Simply saying that 30 minutes of work is the standard for triggering the charge is inconsistent with the public interest value at stake.

A more concrete standard should be used, one that more closely measures the amount of resources expended before the charges kick in.

Both citizens and news outlets have complained about

the costs Becky Strickland, a Middlesex resident, faced the special service charge and ended up paying $415 for “year’s worth of the mayor’s emails,” according to the News & Observer.

Additionally, several media outlets, including the Associated Press, have opposed the fees, according to WRAL. The way government in the state is conducting these charges is clearly unfair toward the rights to public records. This is not just something that applies to journalists and media outlets, but to all citizens who have a stake in what the government does.

Government should do whatever possible to make access easy, but that is not happening in this case.

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

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Board of Education’s standardized testing is unnecessary at grade level by the end of their third-grade year, they can attend a summer reading camp, according to the News & Observer.

Many parents and teachers are arguing on behalf of using local, alternative tests rather than the statewide standardized tests. In order for the alternative tests to be used, they must be approved by the Board of Education.

But some members of the board expressed concerns that these local tests will not fit the requirements of the law as valid and reliable expressions of the child’s reading ability.

When standardized testing becomes a high-stakes form of achievement, it can cause teachers to become nar-

Elizabeth McMichael Opinion Writer

The North Carolina Board of Education convened Feb. 5 to make a decision about the use of alternative testing for third grade tests, based on the Read to Achieve law passed last year.

During the meeting, it was recommended that the state continue to use standardized tests for another two years.

The Read to Achieve law requires third graders statewide to be able to read at grade level before being allowed to move on to fourth grade. If they cannot read

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rowly focused on what the test is on, according to the National Center for Fair and Open Testing. This results in a test-preparation style of learning, rather than providing the students with the diverse education that they need in order to succeed.

The reason for the heavy focus on standardized tests is because we are primarily trained on the competition between schools, according to The Smithsonian Magazine.

This competition is then measured by the schools standardized test scores and then uses that to determine the value of certain schools and teachers.

Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if

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The same is said by asking students to participate in standardized testing to gauge their knowledge of a subject.

If we focus less on bumping up the standardized testing scores that determine teachers’ and schools’ values and focused more on the kind of testing that proves the children truly understand the information they learn, we will have more successful students and a higher quality education.

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

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Being gay should not affect a career Dewey Mullis Opinion Writer

He is 6 feet 2 inches tall, weighs 256 pounds, is a First Team All-American, a Southeastern Conference Defensive Player of the Year and he is gay.

Michael Sam made headlines with his public announcement in an interview with ESPN last week.

Poised to be drafted between the third and fifth rounds of the 2014 NFL Draft, Sam must now face the likelihood that his announcement will damage his potential draft success, ESPN’s Adam Schechter said.

“Teams will pick another player than select Sam because of the distraction he will bring,” Schechter said.

But if Sam is drafted, he will become the first openly gay player in the NFL. It is unfortunate that we still live in a time and place where being a gay man in a professional sport is considered a distraction and seems to have a negative influence on what really matters to the athlete: the game.

Why is it such big news that he is gay? As support for same-sex rights increases, why does orientation have to be detrimental to a professional athlete’s career?

It is with topics like this that we tend to lose touch with the reality that professional athletes are, indeed, more human than we sometimes allow them to act. They are role models of superhero-like nature as long as their statistics and abilities continue to wow spectators.

Sam told ESPN that he broke the news to the media before somebody else did because it wouldn’t be right. His story needed to come from him – he wanted to own it.

If there is any news story to be had here, it is the strong character of Sam and his wish to still be considered an athlete first and a gay man second in the eyes of the draft.

While being serious and candid about who he is as an individual, his priority is still the game he loves and the team he hopes to be a part of.

“I want to play for any team that knows I’m gay but picks me because I’m an athlete,” Sam said in the interview.

He has certainly proven himself on the field with an extensive and impressive resume from his four years at Missouri. In the statistical aspect of the draft, Sam would be a solid selection.

The conclusion that Sam’s coming out could hurt his draft opportunity shows us that being open about who you are carries negative weight - especially if it could be controversial.

Sam’s truth shouldn’t be controversial.

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

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A Service of the Division of Student Development

Battle of the Bands they measure up against • Blood drive, 10 a.m.-3 of current environmenp.m. for Feb. 26, Blue Ridge tal, social and economic Bands are being acAppala- Center Send copy to David W. Freeman,other Directorfirst-year of Student Publications, Student Involvement and Leadership, Ballroom, PSU. Hosted issues. cepted 4 p.m. second through floor, Plemmons Studentchian Union, students. or e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu. by the Black Student As- Most films begin at 7 Feb. 19 for participa‘Gasland’ p.m. in I.G. Greer Audition in the 15th next AnnualSustainability Black Historyfilm Month sociation.

Mellonand University who be was torium each will Battle of thethe Bands, to celebration “GASLAND”, next Sustainability Film Series presentation of computer science at Carnegie dying of pancreatic cancer.

On Sept.

18, 2007, he stepped in followed by a brief panel be at 9 p.m.

Feb. willheld be shown April 23 at 7 p.m.Hosted in the I.G. Auditorium. YOFEST 2014 byGreer student front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon UniThe screening will be free and open to the public.

Through Feb. 22, camdiscussion with experts 26 at Legends. Bands organizations, the proversity to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your The week of the sustainability must submit a threegrams aiminvestigation to challenge “Gasland”, an award winning documentary into pus-wide.

Childhood Dreams.” His lecturefrom has become a phenomenon the truth about environmental impacts of on hydraulic competition is event. field represented in each song demo (CD only) thoughts racismfracturand friendly and the inspiration for this ing, called “fracking,” gas.the Filmmaker Josh Fox open to all clubs and or- film. • Inequality for All, with the band namefor natural uplift black comHomegrown Film Festival on May 1 embarks on this journey after being asked to lease his land ganizations on campus. Feb. 18: A closer look at and contact informamunity. The public is for drilling. Gasland was an OSCAR nominee in 2011 for The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability The event is designed to the vicious cycle most tion.

Submissions must invited to all events.

Best Documentary. This film is hosted by the Sustainable in the High Country will be held May 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway celebrate the diversity of middle Americans be brought to the APPS For more information, Development program.

Ballroom, Room 420 Plemmons Studentclass Union.

The event is club life at Appalachian are facing with curoffice on the second contact the Office of free and open to the public.

Refreshments will bethe provided.

The spring Sustainability Film Series is designed to raise Sustainability endeavors are growing strong in the High CounState and to connect all rent economic status. floor of the Plemmons Multicultural Student awareness of current environmental issues and help provide try,the where you share a rich history• of workingUp, together to ensure student groups Shored March 18: Student Development at 262-with of solutions.Union.

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Monetary prized 350 Boone change); Appalachian Mountain Brewery 19, Price PSU. 29 with focusingtoonthe issuesPresented relating to sustainability.

The will (small businessinsustainability); ASU Office Sustainability compete events • A Place atofthe Table, are alsofilms available

by Minority Department of Geology, Belk Library, Appalachian Popular (campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability to earn points.

At the April 29: Tells the story contest winners.

Women’s Leadership Programming Society (APPS), and the Office of Sustainabil- art); Blue Ridge Conservancy (land protection); Blue Ridge end of the week, all of three Americans who Circle. ity sponsor the series. ‘Thank you’ to the series’ generous Women in Agriculture (sustainable agriculture); Grandfather the points from the maintain their dignity New student re• Screening and discus- of sponsors.

Mountain Stewardship Foundation (sustainable tourism); and nights, even they protection). struggle Atquirement sion set of “My Masculinity National Committee for serthe New Riveras(water ‘Girls on the Run 5k’ for May 4 competition tend project, for film, food fun. Representatives vice andand photo just to eat. of many of these If you are new to ApHelps,” 7 p.m. Feb. 20, Registration is open for the ZAP Fitness Girls on the Run 5K organizations will be on hand to tell more about their work and contest will be totaled. palachian this year Ridge Ballroom, to be held on May 4 at 10 a.m. Blue The non-competitive run will how you can support it. This event is hosted by participants organization or club Transfer Well (freshmen or transfer), PSU. begin at Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Football The in the Sustainable Development course Outreach Skills for the most pointsstudentsThe program remember complete • Book club reading stadium andtofollow a mostly flat course through campus. with Sustainability, including and springtime instructor Laura England The event is sponsored Blue of Cross and will be awarded the title is designed to supyour required MAP- by Appalachian’s and discussion Toni (englandle@appstate.edu).

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Feb. 20 and 27 at public as a community event since Girls on the Run of the The 8th Annual Tom Moore 5K Run/Walk will take place For more information by bringing those works.com by Feb. 24.

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Feb. and food provided by Earth Fare, Chili’s and Panera Bread. ease (HD)Department 10 years ago. Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, ing, SCUBA, water polo, been successful in on col24,orBlue Ridge BallFor more information this event volunteering for Girls on Library, degenerative brain disorder forhiking, which currently there is no the Run, visit www.gotr.appstate.edu contact Mary of Geology and sustain group fitness lege.

Theplease report also room, PSU.orPresented cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to Sheryl Horine at Appalachian’s Institute for Health and HuAppalachian, the series a canoerely trip. offers a comparison for by the National Panwalk, talk and reason.

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ed and transfer students Creative Writing may sign up at UREC welcome party at the SRC desk, the Open to all recent and HLES desk at Holmes continuing transfer stuConvocation Center, or and nontraditionNAPSA to provide the campusdents community with a new web the Wellness Center. al students interested in based resiliency program called CU Thrive.

All currently enrolled ASU students are eligible to take Writing. part in this Meet exciting For more information, Creative opportunity!

By utilizing the CUfaculty, Thrive program, students will email mayesl@appstate. the English have access to a large database of helpful information. edu. department chair andCU Thrive offers articles, videos, courses, and other information other transfer creative that will help students adjust to campus life, stay healthy, 2014 Outdoor Jobs students, 5:30enhance study skills, and build writing relationships.

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Sixty camps, conference floor faculty lounge, You can set up your own account today using your App State centers will Sanford Hall. Featuring usernameand and resorts password.

Simply visit www.appstate.cuthrive. com/ for more information. first 80 students readings, who sign up be represented at the Therefreshments, for anto account will10 automatically win a free Any quesfair, be held a.m.-2 course andt-shirt! program intions or comments may be directed to Mary Cantrell via email pm. Feb. 19, Grandformation, information at mc74237@appstate.edu. father Mountain Ballexchange/brainstormAct Out hosting annual Farm room, Plemmons Stu-2nd ing and door prizes.Day In celebration Earth Week, ACT OUTtoisweinbergsc@ hosting its second dent Union. of Students RSVP annual Farm Day April 20 from appstate.edu 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.for to help will have the opportua local sustainable farms, such as Moretz’s Mountain Orchard, Horse nity to learn about and chance to win a Stickboy Helpers, Spring House, and Foggy Likely Farm. For more secure both summer Bakery certificate in information and to register for the event, gift please visit the ACT and year-round drawing at the event.

Outreach Center inemployPlemmonsa Student Union.

Transportation to and and from the farms will be provided. Lunch will also be ment internships. provided at each farm.

Operation MedicineReading Cabinet planned A Downton Afterand discusOperation Medicine Cabinet willsion take place April 19, from 11 noon a.m. to 2Collections p.m. This is a time for a spring cleaning on your Special medicine cabinet. Operation Medicine Cabinet gives you an in Belk Library and will environmentally safe method ofRahman disposal ofTashakkori outdated, unused Information Commons present a reading of the and unwanted over-the-counter and prescription drugs, sywill host Downton Persian Sufi poet Jalal ringes andthe other medical supplies.

Any prescription or over the counter drugs will be accepted, no questions asked. the Clean Abbey-themed open al-Din Rumi, using out yourin medicine cabinet of outdated/unused prescription house the Rhinehart book “Mystical Poemsand over-the-counter Bring to Plemmons Student Union Rare Books andmeds.

Special of Rumi,” 5 p.m. Feb. Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. near info desk. If you Collections Room from 25, 114,County Belk Limiss this collection, participate in theroom Watauga collec2-4 p.m.

Feb. 19 on the brary.

Free and to tion on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the followingopen locations: fourth floor.

Attendees Food Lion - Hwy 321 near WalMart; Food Lion - Hwy 421/ the public.

Presented by Old Hwy Food Lion Foscoe Fire Dept will have421; a chance to - Blowing ASURock; Library in conjunc(Hwythe 105).

These collections are held coordination see Rhinehart Room tion within the Muslim with Watauga County Sanitation Department’s Household Hazardand its British studies Students ous Waste Collection Day, Saturday, MayAssociation 4, from 9 a.m. to rare book collection. as part of theinclude: Muslim 2 p.m at the Watauga County Landfill. Items paint, All are invited, and Journeys Bridging Culhousehold batteries, niCad batteries, lead acid batteries (car batteries), antifreeze, ethylene gasoline, lighterTalk fluid,About solid and costumes are optional. tures “Let’s liquidmore pesticides, oxidizers, usedIt” oils, householdFor cleaners For information, program. moreand fluorescent lights. email browningge@ information, email University or Housing hosts ‘Last Lecture” appstate.edu call scherlenag@appstate.

262-7702. edu.

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

This banquet-style event will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica 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, those with HD. All of the proceeds from this event will go to please consider making your reservation today. To RSVP for Free “Driving Miss “Gravity” “Gravity” “Gravity” this event, please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture.

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

You will receive a confirmation email and mailed tickets to your Council is pleased to announce its remaining scheduleClass for the — Tuesdays Daisy” screening, screening, 7 p.m. & screening, 7 p.m. & screening, 7 p.m.

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.

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Turchin, 7 p.m., 7 p.m., Greenbriar 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, & 9:30 p.m., I.G. SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed at movies of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and Center, free, Theater, PSU, $1 Turchin $1 $1 Greer, $1 The Appalachian Popular Programming Society, APPS, will a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage only 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 series in the Greenbriar theater will start out creepy,open reflectto students p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library.

Admission Duck Field. There henna tattoos, tie some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of held April 30 at 6ARTSpectrum Figure Drawing, 7 Poind “Driving Misswill be inflatables, Healing Arts is free and open to the public. dye, a DJ Foam & Paint Party, food and fun!! And it’s all for free. unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times areTai listed Chi, 5 p.m., Lecture Series: p.m., Turchin Cen- Daisy” screening, Yoga, 10:30 a.m., with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1. Students, faculty and community members are invited to read Turchin the Center, free the The Late ter, free copies for students 7 p.m., Greenbriar Turchin Center, Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema graphic novelVeiling “Persepolis.” library has placed is sponsoring its “Through My Eyes” photography Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., except of the book on 24-hour reserve.

There6:30 will be a showing of the Belk Library Roman House, Theater, PSU, $1 $10/session, $5/ where otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - Rise of film “Persepolis” Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. contest. It is really easy! Take an awesome Belk Library photoInequality p.m., Turchin Center Screening students it #BelkLibraryContest. the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Bothfor theAll, book7and the film will be discussed afterwards. and graph. Upload it to Instagram and tag Make sure your app is set to allow public posting of photos.

(Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies. p.m., I.G.“Persepolis” Greer, part lecture hall, free discussion of “My Carole Moore is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Sa- Go to Edit Your Profile, and turn “photos are private” to off. The Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at Sustainability of the Masculinity EntrepreJazz Bookstore Ensemble trapi’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. TheHelps,” winning McLeod snapshot will will a $50 University gift card.

7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the film received numerous awards including being a co-winner of Have fun and be creative! Show us a feature that you love or Film Series Reverse racism 7 p.m., Blue Ridge neur Summit, all I w/guest artist, 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 panel discussion, Ballroom, day, 2ndBelk floor Boyles p.m.,Get Schaefer - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings nominated for many awards including a Academy Award PSU for to get you going: Library in the 8 spring; collaborative on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times Best Animated Feature.

The story follows a young girl as she Transfer Well, 4-5:15 8 p.m., Price Lake, Lobby, Hall,the library’s Center, in a group study Raley room; Find bestfree keep secrets; are subject to change. comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Relax in the Fox Reading Room; Go digital in the Digital Media p.m. every Tuesday, PSU, presented by Ludlamshohlefree, public welcome 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 Center, Minority James andthe Karen Center. The public is encouraged to enter the Belk Library brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets atStudent 5 p.m. Rec will also lead discussion on Women’s the film and book following Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons Dr. Scherlen is a professor scienceguitar at Through My Eyes contest often by tagging multiple Instragram designedshowing. to support Leadership Circleof political Buckland Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign photos with the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest. The snapshot and piano recital, 6 on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements fortransfer you to students policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas can include a few words or a single line caption. The library’s p.m., recital hall,public freerelations committee will choose the winning snapshot. come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown. of specialization. YOFEST 2014 The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner (Club Week), The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with will be notified via an Instagram comment from the Belk Library Council and22, the Muslim Students As- Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email through Feb. The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the the ASU Humanities sociation, with support 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 cooperacampus-wide, free 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.

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deliver a public lecture, The Chemistry of Food and Cooking. Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi colFree Women’s students from the MuslimHealing Student Association will NASMis a noted journalistConcert ARTSpecRMIofCareer Arts McGee who specializes in explaining thePainting laborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation Satrapi’s A panel of host a conversation with first-year seminar faculty, interested chemistry of food and cooking to the public.

He is author of bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials recital, 8 p.m., Band & Repertory Class — Tuesdays trum Lecture SeFair, 1-4 p.m., 2nd Studies and Trans- Yoga, 10:30 a.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., KnowlRosen Concert Orchestra, 8 p.m., Pecha Kucha floorduring Boyles Turchin Center, cussion formative leaders regarding the summer reading selection for Lore of the Kitchen.” McGee’s public lecture will be at 7 p.m. titude and outlookries: on life repeatedly challenged theLobby, 2013-2014, American Dervish, Ayad Akhtar. The in I.G. Greer Center,Revolution. free, Night, 6:30 p.m., edge Building: A by $10/session, Hall, free Auditorium. Rosen Concert Hall, Turchin Islamic Raley Hall $5/panel will be held April 23 from 2 to 3 p.m. in Tater Hill (Room 155), Lastly, the committee is finalizing Jerryto students The Guardian described film as “superbly elegant” and Plemmons Faculty Panel, free a visit to ASU by Dr.open TurchintheCenter studentsis privileged to Student Union.2:30 The University Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago on goes on to note: “Persepolis gives us the sheer pleasure of host thisp.m., authorroom and highlight his work. He was just awarded only 114, Black Cinema lecture hall, free “12 Years a Slave” 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 Belk Library, free Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Sundays “The Black History Wax Grants gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely screening, 7 p.m. & Muslim “12 Years a Slave” imaginative diverse students will introduce topics related to Islam Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by Tai Chi, 5 p.m., and Muslim-American identity. It will provide a good7beginning Great Debaters,” Museum, presented Student Compos9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, screening, p.m. speciation and evolution, and the bestselling book, “Why Evo- geo-political upheaval.” to initial thoughts about teaching Dervish leading Turchin Center, free ers recital, 8 p.m., $1 Appalachian Sym-American presented bywhich the is also bythe thetitleNational Pan- popular & 9:30 p.m.,and I.G. lution is True,” of his extremely For more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, discussions surrounding it. The student panel will be moderblog onStudent science, reason, and religion.

Dr. Coyne will give a Orchestra Black As- Hellenic Council, Rosen Concert Hall, $1 ated by phony Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn. Greer, Dr. Avery-Quinn earned atscherlnag@appstate.edu. scientific presentation on speciation (his research specialty) his PhDconcert, in Anthropology from UT Knoxville, his Master’s in Creative Writing 8 p.m., sociation, 7 p.m., 8 p.m., Blue Ridge free at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne Religious Studies from the University of Denver, and his BA will also give aTheater, public lecture on The Relationship between welcomeToday’s party,college 5:30 students face unique challenges that when from theSchaefer Greenbriar Ballroom, PSU University Center, of Tennessee. “BROWN: Jesus Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory combined, can negatively impact their overall success. In p.m., 3rd floor facfree PSU of the Bands, from Another in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, order to succeed,Battle students must find ways to successfully ulty lounge, Sanford 9 p.m., Legends, $3, Planet” performed Plemmons Student Union. juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial The fourth annual Blue Mountain Documentary Festival will Hall Years a Slave” the best student documentary projectsSheep on campus public welcome

by Black responsibilities, among many other life stressors! This balanc- present “12 April 18, from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. in Belk Library Room 114. ing act would cause anyone’s anxiety and stress level to rise. Thursday, screening, 7 Theatre, by profesThe Faculty Last Lecture will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. NominaThe event is free and open to the public. The festival highlights Health Association’s National College tions are being collected from students for the Last Lecture. The American College &video 9:30 documentaries p.m., I.G. created “Boyz n the Hood” sor by Dennis Bohr, audio and currently enrolled Health Assessment found in their 2001 survey that 30 perstudents at Appalachian State University.

Subjects for the We will extend the invitation to speak at the Last Lecture event, Greer, $1 screening, 7 p.m., 8 p.m. Feb. 28 &short 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 two faculty was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year.

Greenbriar Theater, March 2 p.m.The riage equality. Winners will be announced at 1, the& festival. members who have the most nominations.

Depression can lead to lethargy, irritability, social isolation, Festival2, is sponsored “BoyzStudent n theDocumentary Hood” March $1 and sleeping cycles. It takes a Blue Mountain Greer by These invitations will go out to nominated faculty the first and disturbancesPSU, in eating University Documentary Film Services. Light refreshments will week of April. screening, 7 p.m., concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such Arena Theatre, $5 be provided. For more information please contact Tom Hansell as depression and the ways that it impacts our students.

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

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App State basketball splits final double header of season

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pp State women’s basketball team defeated UNC Greensboro 76-67 Saturday in the Play 4Kay game, which raised money for the Kay Yow Fund for breast cancer.

The total amount raised had not been announced as of press time.

The Mountaineers led by 16 points in the first half, but were outshot by the Spartans 50 percent to 46 percent as UNCG cut into the lead. But senior forward Janae’ Stevenson, who had 21 points in the game, helped the Spartans rally as she scored 11 in the second half.

Head coach Darcie Vincent said the team put it in “cruise control” once they built a big lead.

The Mountaineers came through when it mattered in the second half.

With less than 5 minutes left in the game, the team went on a 9-2 run ignited by guard Farrahn Wood, who hit her second 3-pointer of the game.

Wood hit a third 3-pointer that put the Spartans away during the run and finished with nine points and two assists.

“I just saw the shot clock running

Current Record: 11-14 Top Scorer: Sydnor, 21 down, and I felt like it was the best shot for me and the team at the moment,” Wood said.

One of the keys for the Mountaineers was outscoring the Spartans in the paint 42-38.

“The game plan was to take the inside game away and force them to hit from the outside,” Vincent said.

Another key was the way the Mountaineers spread the ball around. The team notched 19 assists on 32 field goals, Vincent said.

Junior forward Maryah Sydnor finished with five assists and 22 points.

Sydnor’s five assists matched her career high, which came against LeesMcRae in November.

“I trust in my teammates and know that they can make those open shots,” Sydnor said. “I kept my head up, and I found open players and they converted.”

The team has three games remaining before the conference tournament.

The team returns to action Saturday against Georgia Southern on the road.

by Cory Spiers Sports Editor

Despite three players registering double-digit point totals for App State’s men’s basketball team, the Mountaineers fell to the Terriers 58-64.

The win for Wofford is their eighth consecutive victory. The team’s last loss came in a Jan. 18 contest against Chattanooga.

The first half between App State and Wofford featured 12 ties and eight lead changes.

The Mountaineers shot 63 percent from the field in the first half, compared to 41 percent for the Terriers, and took its largest lead of the game late in the half.

After junior guard Mike Neal gave App State a 33-31 lead with less than a minute left in the half, junior guard Tab Hamilton hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Mountaineers a 36-31 lead at halftime.

The Mountaineers led for about eight consecutive minutes of the second half, but the Terriers took its

first lead of the half when junior guard John Swinton hit a 3-pointer to put Wofford up 42-40.

The two teams went back and forth until freshman guard Eric Garcia drained a 3-pointer with less than 8 minutes left to give the Terriers a 49-44 lead.

The Terriers would not trail for the remainder of the game.

App State was ultimately outscored 22-33 in the second half and attempted only 15 field goals, compared to Wofford’s 24.

The Mountaineers shot 33 percent from the field in the second half while the Terriers shot 50 percent.

“Wofford made a lot of different adjustments that allowed them to get stops on the defensive end,” Hamilton said. “We didn’t make as many adjustments, and we got defeated. “ Head coach Jason Capel said one of the key aspects of the game was rebounding. The Terriers out-rebounded the Mountaineers 30 to 24, including 13 of-

fensive boards compared to App State’s four for the game.

“I thought today Wofford was the tougher team,” Capel said. “It’s impossible to win when you turn the ball over against not a lot of pressure and you get outtoughed to the tune of 13 offensive rebounds.”

The loss drops the Mountaineers to 8-17 overall and 4-8 in the Southern Conference.

With four games remaining before the conference tournament, senior forward Tevin Baskin said the team is trying to remain focused despite the loss.

“One thing I can say about this team is I don’t think we lack any confidence,” Baskin said. “Even though our record may not be what we want, we are building and have four games left we are looking forward to.”

The Mountaineers are back in action Thursday against Western Carolina at 7 p.m. in the final home game of the season.

Wrestling

App State wrestling takes down Davidson 35 -7, improves record to 6-8

by Kaitlyn Thruston Senior Sports Reporter

App State wrestling pulled a convincing 35-7 victory over Davidson on Sunday in Boone.

The Mountaineers jumped out to an early lead, taking the first three matches in a row before dropping one, but quickly recovered, winning the next three consecutive matches.

The first match of the afternoon featured senior Aaron Scott, who picked up the first win for the Mountaineers with a 6-2 decision over junior Wildcat Dan Hagemann in the 157-pound weight class.

In the most dominant match

of the evening, sophomore Zack Strickland earned six points for the Mountaineers against sophomore Patrick Devlin by earning a full-match technical fall, not letting his opponent score.

Freshman Javon Johnson was able to pick up his first collegiate win in the 141-pound weight class, beating freshman James McCord with a 6-3 decision.

The match also brought redshirt freshman Dylan Cottrell his 11th straight win as he beat junior Kevin Birmingham. The win moved Cottrell to a 22-1 record this season.

In a second-straight start in

the 197-pound weight class, sophomore Tyler Radford earned a 5-1 decision over freshman Michael Moore.

Redshirt freshman Denzel Dejournette was able to earn an additional six points for the Mountaineers, while teammates junior Dominic Parisi and redshirt sophomore Colin Hedash both picked up forfeits.

This is App State’s second dual match in a row where it has only given up seven points.

The Mountaineers are back on the mat Sunday against Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in Varsity Gym at 2 p.m. for their final home match of the season.

Tennis

Men’s tennis downs Bulldogs, improves to 2-1

by Jess Lyons Sports Reporter

Appalachian State tennis defeated UNC Asheville 6-1 at Deer Valley Racquet Club on Sunday to improve to 2-1 on the season.

The Mountaineers flipped the script on the Bulldogs who defeated the Mountaineers 6-1 in last season’s matchup.

App State took the doubles portion of the match by winning their first two matches 8-6 thanks to the pairs of sophomore Zach Bost and senior Sebastian King, as well as freshmen Oliver Casey and Daniel Hoang.

The Mountaineers couldn’t beat the Bulldogs in the third doubles match losing 6-8, but the Mountaineers still won the point with their twothirds majority wins and

started the match with a 1-0 lead.

“We need to improve doubles, and I think it’s just as important that we focus on ourselves and how we play singles,” senior captain Matt Saltsgaver said. “We can’t do anything about how opponents play their match, so I need to focus on mine.”

The singles matches were a huge victory for the Mountaineers from matches 2-6. The lone loss came in the first match where King fell to Bulldog sophomore Daniel Kripak, dropping the first set 2-6 and the second set 4-6.

“Nobody ever lost sight of what they were doing,” head coach Bob Lake said. “We just stayed focused and they played as a good team.”

App State ended the

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Sophomore Jan-Willem Kleynhas prepares to return the ball across the net in his singles match Sunday against UNC Asheville. The Mountaineers won 6-1.

match with a victory from Saltsgaver, who closed out his sets 6-2 and 6-4.

The Mountaineers will start a 12-match road trip with a match against

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Junior Nick Vetell engages a Wildcat at the Varsity Gym on Saturday. Appalachian State won the match 35-7.

Coastal Carolina in Conway, S.C., on Friday. The team will not play another home match until March 29 when they take on The Citadel.

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League play will consist of a single roundrobin schedule with every team playing each other once.

A single elimination conference tournament will determine which team receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championship.

With the addition of Hartwick, Howard and NJIT to the Sun Belt, the trio of schools has amassed 38 NCAA Division I postseason appearances with Hartwick and Howard combining for 13 College Cup (Final Four) appearances and three national championships.

“This announcement means a lot to our program and our studentathletes,” App State head coach Matt Nelson said in a statement

from App State Athletics. “It will bring us new competition and new challenges and that in itself will add a level of excitement around the program.”

The Sun Belt decided to revive their soccer conference in part thanks to the addition of the Mountaineers along with Georgia Southern.

“The reintroduction of men’s soccer to the Sun Belt Conference means that we will be able to provide valuable opportunities for student-athletes and deliver them a firstclass championship experience,” Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson said in a statement from App State Athletics. “Our new affiliate members provide us with a full field of competitive teams and we welcome them to the Sun Belt Conference.”

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Appalachian State Athletics hosted its annual Play 4 Kay cancer awareness initiative during Saturday’s home basketball double header. Attendees were invited to participate in a silent auction and several organizations had representatives running on treadmills for the duration of the game for donations, with proceeds going to breast cancer research. Both home and visiting teams wore pink in honor of those who have suffered from breast cancer. The women’s team defeated UNCG 76-67, and the men’s team fell to Wofford 64-58.

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