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Students in ASU's Fashion Club launch original student-run fashion magazine "Unzipped" with a party at Strand Beads.

Mountaineer basketball split a doubleheader on Saturday that saw the men fall to Elon, while the women knocked off Wofford.

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Faculty Senate to resubmit mission statement

by Laney Ruckstuhl Intern News Reporter

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he Faculty Senate announced a resolution regarding Appalachian State University’s mission statement in an emergency meeting held Monday that the University of North Carolina’s Board of Governor’s has attempted to revise.

The resolution is a second attempt at amending the BOG’s changes to the mission statement.

The original language of the mission statement read: “[A]cademic learning occurs in a wide range of undergraduate, selected masters, intermediate and doctoral programs offered on campus, at offcampus sites and online.”

UNC system President Tom Ross, originally revised this statement Nov. 25 to change the words “doctoral programs” to “the doctorate in education,” limiting the university to education as its sole doctoral program, which Chancellor KenSEE SENATE PAGE 3

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App State, BSA celebrates Black History Month

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donate $1 to the foundation for each student in attendance that wears pink to the game.

Breast cancer patients and survivors will also be honored in a halftime ceremony.

Those interested in registering can do so on appstatesports.com.

Fans that are unable

Appalachian State University is celebrating Black History Month with a wide variety of events throughout February.

Appalachian’s Black Student Association is responsible for most of the planning, with help from the Multicultural Student Development office, Appalachian Popular Programming Society and other organizations across campus.

“The entire month of February will be filled with programs created by minority groups all over campus, all of which represent the diversity within our culture,” said Aisha Cotton, the BSA programing cochair.

The events will include “Black Cinema” movies, lectures, discussions, hip-hop dancing, a bake sale, an annual blood drive and more.

BSA Chairwoman Candace Mollison said she believes that their organization is carrying on a legacy on campus by holding these events, which dates back to 1970.

“We are not here to have our names plastered everywhere, but instead to do work,” Mollison said. “The work that we do creates a legacy here on campus.

This is why the Black Student Association is one of the oldest organizations on campus, and it will continue to be so.”

BSA was started almost 40 years ago as The Appalachian Black Cultural Organization, said Anthony Brumfield, BSA adviser and the assistant director of multicultural student engagement.

“BSA is the oldest minority organization on campus,” Brumfield said. “What people don’t understand is that a lot of cultural organizations on this campus started because of BSA.” Brumfield said that BSA created an AfricanAmerican Cultural Center, which then became the Multicultural Center and is now the Multicultural Student Center.

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Members of the Appalachian State University Faculty Senate heard a resolution in support of Chancellor Kenneth Peacock’s original mission statement wording. The resolution, a second attempt to amend previous changes to the mission statement made by the Board of Governors, passed.

Boone PD continues looking in to student death

by Joshua Farmer Managing Editor

Boone police are still investigating the death of an Appalachian State University student.

A Boone Police incident report regarding the event indicated the victim, senior psychology major Tyler Pavlick, was last known to be safe Jan. 23 and was found dead alone in his King Street apartment Jan. 26.

There was evidence of drug and/or alcohol use, but there was no forcible entry or injury to the victim, according to the report.

The Office of Student Development sent an email Monday regarding Pavlick’s death. He was a member of the Omicron Alpha chapter of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Appalachian.

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Women’s basketball announces Play 4Kay game date against UNCG

by Cory Spiers Sports Editor

Appalachian State women’s basketball team will host its annual Play 4Kay game Feb. 15 at 2 p.m. when the team takes on UNCG at Holmes Convocation Center.

The fundraiser supports the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, which was founded in 2007 to fulfill the vision of the late N.C. State women’s basketball coach, Kay Yow, who battled breast cancer from 1987 until her death in 2009.

To date, the foundation has raised more than $8 million that is used to fund research grants, breast cancer organizations and to help survivors, according to kayyow.com. The Play 4Kay basketball game, in which more than 1,200 colleges and universities across the nation participate, has raised $2 million since 2007.

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A fundraiser supporting the Kay Yow Cancer Fund will benefit from the Feb. 15 matchup between the UNCG Spartans and the Mountaineers.

App State will look to build on the success of the game from last season, which raised $3,636, according to appstatesports.com.

“We really dove into it last year,” head coach Darcie Vincent said. “I think this year it’s going to be greater than it’s ever been.”

Fans are encouraged to wear pink in sup-

port of breast cancer research, and the players will also donate pink warm-up uniforms that will be auctioned after the game, with all proceeds going to the Yow Fund.

There will also be other auctions, as well as Tshirt sales that will raise money for the fund.

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Diversity Celebration Committee hosts slogan competition

by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

The Diversity Celebration Marketing Committee is accepting slogan submissions to be featured in the marketing materials used to promote Appalachian State University’s Diversity Cel-

ebration through Feb. 14.

The Diversity Celebration Marketing Committee is comprised of about five members, including students, faculty and staff. The committee is responsible for the marketing and advertising of the event, said Lauren Fine, the Student Government

Association representative on the Diversity Celebration Marketing Committee.

“We will first look at all the submissions and choose the top five and then have the university community select the best slogan,” said Anthony Brumfield, the assistant

director of multicultural student engagement.

Once the committee has decided on the top five of the slogans submitted, Appalachian students will receive an email with a link to the Diversity Celebration website where they will be able to vote for their favorite.

There have been more than 20 submissions so far, with more than a week to go for incoming slogan entries.

Last year, senior global studies major Chelsea Thrasher won the competition with the slogan, “United by similarities, celebrating differences.”

The Diversity Celebration “features a wide array of local and international music, eclectic dancing, delectable food and imaginative crafts,” according to celebration.appstate. edu.

The celebration is set for April 8 in Plemmons Student Union.

Princeton Review names ASU as one of the best value colleges of 2014

by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

Appalachian State University was one of 75 public universities listed in the Princeton Review’s 2014 list of “The Best Value Colleges: The 150 Best-Buy Schools and What It Takes to Get In.” The list includes 150 in-

stitutions - 75 public and 75 private - that are deemed the “best value” based on surveys conducted at 2,000 undergraduate institutions in the 2012-13 school year regarding financial aid, academics and cost to students.

The list ranks the top 10 in both public and private categories, and lists the re-

maining 65 in each group in alphabetical order. Appalachian, UNC-Asheville and UNC-Wilmington made the list in the remaining 65 public schools.

“When asked to reflect on their experience at Appalachian, our alumni without fail, first mention the quality of education they received here,

both in and out of the classroom,” Provost Lori Gonzalez said. “It is gratifying for all of us, faculty, staff and administrators, to see that focus on students and teaching lead to accolades in national publications such as ‘The Princeton Review.’”

This was not the first time Appalachian has made one

of the Princeton Review’s lists. The university was also featured on the 2013 list of “Best in the Southeast,” which ranked colleges by region.

UNC-Chapel Hill (ranked first) and North Carolina State University (ranked fourth) were the only schools from the UNC system to garner top-10 status.

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The Faculty Senate unanimously agreed on the new resolution, in hopes that the BOG will reconsider their revision. “[B]e it resolved that the Faculty Senate at Appala-

chian State University supports the original language in the Mission Statement,” according to the resolution.

“Such flexibility will allow ASU to respond more effectively to the economic and social needs of North Carolina.”

The faculty was asked for their input during the fac-

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ulty meeting Jan. 24 after Peacock received the same revision a second time from Ross.

“We believe that we should have that flexibility [to create a doctoral program] to better serve the community, the region and the citizens of North Carolina,” Faculty Senate Chairman Andy Koch said.

Koch said he has no way of knowing how Ross or the rest of the BOG will react to the resolution, but he hopes that a decision is reached within a couple of weeks.

If Ross disapproves of the mission statement, Ross will make another recommendation to be voted on by the BOG. The mission statement’s language as currently written by the BOG prevents Appalachian from creating doctorate

Tuesday, February 04, 2014 programs outside of the education program until the statement expires in five years, unless an amendment process is successful in changing it later on.

The resolution also argues that the mission statement is in alignment with the UNC system’s current goals. “[T]he UNC Strategic Plan also identifies ‘Strengthening Academic Quality’ as an objective for serving the citizens of North Carolina,” according to the resolution. “The creation of selected and targeted doctoral programs will attract superior faculty and strengthen academic quality.”

Faculty Senator Libby Puckett said although she supports the resolution, she understands the reasoning behind the

BOG’s limit on the mission statement.

“If we grow our doctoral programs, we then become a different type of institution,” Puckett, an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, said. “Grants and things like that [will change] and shift our entire university, but I don’t think that we should be limited in what we choose to do as a campus.”

Faculty Senator Karl Campbell said he believes the debate needs to be centralized around a different focal point.

“If we phrase this as a debate over whether or not we want to have a Ph.D. program, we might lose,” Campbell, an associate professor in the Department of History, said. “If we phrase this as a debate over whether or not we have the opportu-

nity in the future to have Ph.D. programs, I think we have a better chance to win.”

Appalachian’s Student Government Association is also fighting the action by appealing to the BOG as a collective group of students.

“I would hope that the Board of Governors sees what we are doing is progressive and will help us to expand,” SGA President Dylan Russell said.

Russell said SGA’s legislative branch will vote Tuesday on the approval of a formal resolution to be sent to Ross written by the SGA Senate regarding the mission statement.

“This is an issue of campus autonomy and governance,” Russell said. “Why should we restrict ourselves as a university?”

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Brumfield said BSA stresses the importance of students from all backgrounds to celebrate black history.

“American history is Black history and Black history is American history,” Brumfield said. “They intertwine.”

BSA Public Outreach Co-Chair Avery Knox said that while BSA’s mission is to provide a place for black students to come together, they aren’t an organization exclusively for black students.

“Any student that’s interested in learning, service and making new friends is more than welcome to join our ranks,” Knox said. “Our goal is to give back to our campus, as well as to add to it.”

Aside from the events that will take place in February, BSA is responsible for other events on campus throughout the school year, including a Kwanzaa celebration and various community service projects in Boone.

“We enjoy being able to help and inform the people around us,” said Savalius Swain, BSA awards and archives co-chair.

Swain said BSA’s biggest annual community service project is participation in Adopt-A-Family during Appalachian State’s Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week in November.

Fans that are unable to attend the game can also provide monetary donations via appstatesports. com.

Local breast cancer patients, survivors, doctors and nurses will receive free tickets to the game.

Members from the nonprofit organization Friends for Earlier Breast Cancer Test will also have a booth set up in the arena during the game.

Vincent said the game is always a special event for her team and the community.

“You’re going to be sitting next to people who have fought breast cancer or have been affected by it,” Vincent said. “For us to be a program and put that money out and say that we made a difference is one of those very special moments.”

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‘Unzipped’ magazine revealed Friday at Strand Beads

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ppalachian State University’s student-run fashion magazine “Unzipped” was unveiled Friday at Strand Beads and Bald Guy Brew on King Street.

In addition to catching a sneak peek of the publication’s first edition, participants chatted with staff and were treated to musical and poetry performances by local artists.

“Unzipped” is the brainchild of freshman apparel design and merchandising major Peter Nance, who leads the App State Fashion club on campus.

“When I came to Boone, I found that everyone expresses themselves extremely differently,” Nance said. “There’s no hard, fast rule for how someone should look, and I wanted to celebrate that.”

The publication originially started as a Twitter account, but since then, through student sup-

port, App State Fashion has also started Tumblr and Instagram accounts, which primarily serve as daily barometers of student fashion trends, Nance said.

Though Nance has been surprised at the large amount of immediate support he’s received, App State Fashion is always on the hunt for new, talented members.

“We’re looking for commercial photographers, graphic designers, people looking to be involved in the fashion industry at any level, photojournalists, writers, people interested in [public relations] and sales [representatives] for advertising,” Nance said.

Senior nutrition major Nikolina Boskovic, who runs the Boone-based fashion blog “ASU Like It,” said she is impressed by the way Nance has made a habit of involving students of all interests and majors. She sees Boone as a town ripe for this type of publication.

“I also think that the

Boone student population is just a lot of goodlooking people,” Boskovic said.

Nance’s creation of “Unzipped” has also earned the attention of King Street store owners.

Nikki Rezvani, owner and operator of Strand Beads, has supported “Unzipped.”

“It’s so inspiring to see a freshman walk in with this idea, and just bring it to life,” Rezvani said.

The publication will make its print debut as an insert in The Appalachian in mid-February.

For now, App State Fashion can be found on Twitter and Instagram under the tag @AppstateFashion as well as at appstatefashion. tumblr.com.

Freshman Amanda Wallace of Lyric recites a poem Friday night at the unveiling of ‘Unzipped,’ Appalachian’s studentrun fashion magazine.

The publication is looking for anyone with a broad interest in the fashion industry to join.

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Appalachian alumnus self-publishes science fiction novel

by Kelsey Hamm Intern A&E Reporter

Appalachian State University alumnus Michael Candelario self-published his first novel, “The Puppet Record,” in Dec. 2013.

The science fiction story follows protagonist Joey Omaha as he is stowed away on a spaceship sent to solve the mystery of missing children in his universe. Omaha’s universe, united by a government called the Bastion, consists of two different species, yawmkind and humankind, that peacefully exist together on multiple planets.

“In the story, the humans and the yawm have worked together to govern the universe,” Candelario said. “It’s a theocracy, and they believe in a creator, who has created both the yawm and human species.”

In the book, the humanoid-

like species, yawmkind, have similar features to humans, but they lack the ability to speak.

Instead, they communicate with a form of telepathy that manipulates the electrical signals in the brain.

Candelario was a student at Appalachian from January 2009 to December 2011, and graduated with a degree in English with a concentration in creative writing.

Candelario said he appreciates his English professors for inspiring him, particularly faculty members Joseph Bathanti and Susan Weinburg. “[Michael] was a terrifically imaginative and sensitive writer who always grounded his fantasy writing in the real world,” Weinburg said, “His realistic writing was equally powerful and easy to connect with.”

While the story is science fiction, the themes in the novel

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Alumnus Michael Candelario’s self-published novel follows a stowaway aboard a spaceship sent to find children missing from his universe

have a religious undertone.

While at the university, Candelario, a long-time Christian, became interested in the ideas of Calvinism, a branch of Prot-

estantism that believes in predestination and places God above an individual’s free will.

His beliefs have since influenced his writing, as evidenced by the creator in “The Puppet Record,” he said.

“This novel is, in a lot of ways, me wrestling with ideas such as predestination and the sovereignty of God,” Candelario said, “The central theme and problem in this story is how God is in control of everything, and how our choices have meaning.”

The illustrator of the novel’s cover is an Appalachian alumna, Mary Fonvielle, who majored in English with a concentration in creative writing and has also self-published two novels. The third novel in her book series, called “Children of Fire,” is set to come out in March.

Self-publishing is a process

that Candelario said he recommends. He had a personal editor as well as other writers help him through the process, and he used Amazon’s self-publishing program to edit his novel and create print copies.

“The hardest part for me was formatting,” Candelario said.

“It was a learning process. You have to learn about formats and file sizes and stuff, and for a while I had no clue what I was doing.”

Candelario is working on a new fantasy book, which he hopes will end up as part of a three to five novel series. So far, he has written 50,000 words.

He currently lives with his wife and two children in Newport.

A synopsis of Candelario’s “The Puppet Record,” as well as a collection of poetry, can be read at his website, mlcandelario.com.

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Momentum dance club provides outside opportunities for dancers

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

Following last week’s annual showcase, interdisciplinary dance club Momentum has high hopes for the rest of the semester, said Kaitlyn Curran, club president and a senior English and secondary education major.

Momentum will host weekly, open dance workshops this year and classes with visiting choreographers, in addition to social events and fundraisers.

The club already has three events planned for the next month alone, which is more than the club has had for entire semesters in the past.

Momentum hosts its annual showcase as a way to share the love of dance with the community and to create more opportunities for dancers and others in the department, Curran said.

Curran has been involved with Momentum since taking part in the showcase her freshman year.

The showcase usually serves as an initial starting point into perform-

ing at the university. For some non-majors and new students in previous years, the showcase has been their only opportunity.

“After the showcase, most people outside of the department - like me - are not dancing anymore,” said Jordan Shilling, sophomore advertising major and open class coordinator for the club. “[These additional events are] a way to still do something every week.”

Shilling joined the club as a way to get involved with dance on campus without taking classes through the university.

Most opportunities through the Department of Theatre and Dancelimit participation not only to majors, but to those majors with specific availability and skill level.

On the other hand, Momentum’s activities are not limited by major, ability, age or style.

“Momentum is about bringing together all sorts of dancers,” said Christina Henderson, another open class coordinator for the club.

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Senior theatre arts major Will Allen and junior psychology major Kaity Pechanek hold a pose Jan. 24 during the Momentum Dance Festival. The club will hold an open class Friday at 1 p.m in Varsity Gym, Studio 208.

“We have so many dance clubs on campus and so many talented people.”

The club spends no money on instructors for its open workshops, which offer instruction from professors, students and visiting artists in styles and skills as varied as modern jazz to flash composition.

Volunteers said they do it for the sense of community, Shilling said. The classes hosted by volunteers sometimes incorporate visiting acts, such as last week’s social improvised dance jam with members of the visiting River North Dance Chicago.

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Theatre and Dance contribute heavily to the club’s activities, as an opportunity to build interest in dance on campus and create a body of dance enthusiasts.

“The department has been a huge help with everything we’ve ever done,” Curran said.

“While we technically

aren’t associated with a specific major, we are always included in departmental events, and they have always been great with helping us plan events and bringing in guest artists.”

Momentum’s next open class is Friday at 1 p.m. in Varsity Gym, Studio 208.

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Snowden’s efforts don’t quite warrant Nobel Prize So much of this debate about Snowden centers on whether he is a hero or a criminal.

Really, he is both. While he has violated the law, his disclosures have created a situation where some of the more detestable acts of the U.S. government have come to light.

But I am not sure that this should necessarily qualify him for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Snowden has certainly made worthwhile contributions to the world, but I don’t think we know yet what his contributions to world peace are.

Snowden’s efforts have had much more of an impact on the idea of freedom and how freedom is controlled and exercised in the digital age. His disclosures have allowed U.S. citizens to see the amazing ex-

Kevin Griffin Opinion Writer

A new twist has emerged in the saga of National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The man who is considered by some to be a hero and by others a traitor has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by two Norwegian officials, according to The Guardian.

Snowden has been a polarizing figure, particularly in the United States where 61 percent of people believe he should be tried in the United States, and only 23 percent believing Snowden deserves amnesty, according to CBS.

tent of surveillance programs, igniting a debate about the legality and propriety of the government.

We have learned that the government is collecting the data of Verizon customers and general user data of Americans from across a wide range of technology services, according to The Guardian.

In the last few months, we have seen some indication that there may be some changes with this situation.

In December, two federal judges gave differing opinions on the constitutionality of the surveillance program, according to The Atlantic. This means that we could see in the not so distant future a court case addressing this defining issue of our time.

Snowden’s work has certainly had an impact on the U.S. and the world, and I am

glad he is receiving recognition through this nomination, but I still believe he does not quite deserve the award himself because of the questionability of contributions to the cause of peace.

We must also consider the possibility that the nomination may have been made to spite the U.S. After all, how would it look if Snowden did end up winning the prize and the U.S. were to jail him at some point in the future?

Despite this, Snowden has still done a service to the U.S. and likely the world, though I do not think his actions rise to the ideally high standard one would hopefully reserve for Nobel Peace Prize winners.

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

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Roy Cooper should focus on his current job Erica Badenchini Opinion Writer

North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper released a new video, which slams Gov. Pat McCrory and the Republican-controlled General Assembly and promises to take action against the legislature.

While he has not announced that he will run for governor in 2016, the state GOP declared that the video amounts to a formal campaign kick-off, according to the News & Observer.

The election is still more than two years away. While Cooper certainly has the right to run for governor when the time comes, it is far more important that he focuses on his duties as attorney general for the time being.

Instead, he has decided to spend his time promoting his

message to Democrats about how he plans to change the situation in North Carolina for the better. His video opens with mocking national news coverage of the GOP-run state legislature, then mourns the loss of progress in the state, which he seems to attribute to policy missteps by McCrory, according to WRAL. “What has taken decades to build is now being torn down right before our eyes,” Cooper said in the video.

He talks about how he is building an organization in coming months, and promotes his recently-launched website takebacknorthcarolina.com.

This absolutely seems like an early start to a 2016 campaign, but Morgan Jackson, campaign adviser to Cooper, told WRAL that the video had nothing to do with Cooper’s plan to run for governor. Instead, he says its purpose was to put public pressure on the General Assembly.

If Cooper and Jackson think that statement is fooling North

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Carolinians, they are wrong.

Cooper’s intentions are crystal clear. He undoubtedly plans to run for governor in 2016, and Jackson’s comment to WRAL is definitely not hiding that fact.

In September, the Cooper for North Carolina Committee filed a statement of organization listing the office sought as attorney general but also included in parentheses, “subject to amendment in 2015,” according to the News & Observer, further indicating his ambition.

Since Cooper seems to be taking steps in his campaign, he may as well publicly announce his decision to run for governor. All of the evidence certainly points in that direction.

But in the meantime, it is important for him to remember he has a job to do.

If he hopes to secure votes in 2016, the best way he can campaign is by proving to North Carolina that he is a good attorney general during the next two years. Promotional videos can

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come later when the election is in full swing.

Of course every action taken by the legislature is not perfect, and Cooper has every right to protest changes that have been made in favor of what he feels would be ideal for North Carolina. But until it comes time for him to focus on his campaign, he should do his best to serve the state and advocate new action in the position he holds.

“North Carolina deserves an attorney general who is fully committed to the job he has now, not the job he wants in three years,” North Carolina Republican Chairman Claude Pope said in a news release in October.

Perhaps Cooper should take Pope’s statement to heart and put the campaigning on the back burner for a little while.

He has a job to do and it is vital that he remembers it.

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

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Tsarnaev should not receive death penalty Dewey Mullis Opinion Writer

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder authorized federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case against accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, he said in a statement given Thursday.

Though this decision doesn’t come as a surprise, it is not a decision that best serves U.S. values and resources.

There is no denying the heinous nature of the events that senselessly claimed the lives of four people and injured almost 300 last April. But given the emotionally sensitive profile of this case, it is imperative that rationality is heightened throughout the proceedings.

Matthew Robinson, a professor in the Department of Government and Justice Studies at Appalachian State University, said he understands the desire to ask for the death penalty, but believes that it is too easy for emotions to blur the line between vengeance and justice.

Many advocates and opponents of the death penalty rightly turn to sources of moral code when searching for definitions of right and wrong.

While this is fair and meaningful, it is imperative to note and respect the variations of opinion that moral code can inspire.

As emotions run high in strictly moral discussions, there are important facts to consider.

One angle of the death penalty discussion involves morality, but we also need to consider the implications on our resources, Robinson said.

While federal spending is under scrutiny, the death penalty is not a financially sound option. Federal cases involving the death penalty can cost millions of dollars more than non-death penalty cases, according to the Death Penalty Info Center.

Statistically, the death penalty does not possess a crimedeterring quality, especially in the case of terrorism. Extremist agendas often assume the perpetrator will die in the act.

Friends and family of Tsarnaev said he was radicalized by his brother, Tamerlan, who died in a shootout following the bombings, according to a Thursday article by The Washington Times.

In a nation that treasures life, freedom of religion or moral code and justice, demanding the death penalty is counter-intuitive to American values and resources.

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

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A Service of the Division of Student Development

2014 Diversity Cel- 2 p.m. April 4 in Parkway of International Education • Screening and discusebration slogan com- Ballroom, PSU. Nomina- and Development, the ses- sion of “My MasculinSend copy to David W. Freeman, Director of Student Publications, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, petition are available sion will be held at 4 p.m. ity Helps,” 7 p.m. Feb. 20, second floor, Plemmons Studenttion Union,forms or e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu.

Submissions are due by at http://studentdev.ap- Feb. 5, Bass Lake, PSU. Parkway Ballroom, PSU. Feb. 14. The marketing pstate.edu/pagesmith/40. For more information, call • A Black History Wax ‘Gasland’ Sustainability film committee willnext vote and 262-2046 or email study- Museum, 7 p.m. Feb. 24, of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University whoPSU. was choose the top Battle of the Bands Blue Ridge Ballroom, “GASLAND”, thefive next slogan Sustainability Film Series presentation abroad@appstate.edu.

Sept. 18, 2007, he stepped in entries, then April students are being ac- dying of pancreatic cancer. On Presented by the National will be shown 23 at will 7 p.m. inBands the I.G. Greer Auditorium. of anHistory audienceMonth of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon Univote to choose win4 p.m. Feb. front Pan-Hellenic Council.

Black The screening will the be free and cepted open to through the public. versity to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your ning slogan. Submissions 19 for participation in the celebration • Blood drive, 10 a.m.-3 “Gasland”, an award winning documentary investigation Dreams.”

His lecture has become may be entered at http:// 15th Annual Battle of into the Childhood p.m.

Feb. 26,a phenomenon Blue Ridge Hosted by student orthe truth about environmental Bands, impactsto ofbe hydraulic and the inspiration for this event. celebration.appstate.edu/ held at fractur9 p.m. ganizations, Ballroom, PSU. Hosted by the programs ing, called “fracking,” for natural gas.

Filmmaker Josh Fox node/add/slogan.

Feb. 26 at Legends.

Bands the Black Student Associaaim to challenge thoughts Homegrown Film Festival on May 1 embarks on this journey after being to lease his land must asked submit a three-song on racism and uplift the tion. forFree drilling.

Gaslandassesswas an OSCAR nominee 2011 the for The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration Sustainability fitness demo (CD only)in with • Contact of tables will be black community. The Best Documentary. This film isband hosted by theand Sustainable in the High be held 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway ments name contact public in PSU for “Roses for the is Country invitedwillto all May Development Ballroom, Room 420 PlemmonsYouth,” Student Union.

The event is Presented program.

by Health information. Submissions events.

11 a.m.-2 p.m.

For more informafree and open to the public.

Refreshments will be provided.

Promotion, the assessmust be brought to the Feb. 3-13, presented by Altion, contact the Office of The spring Sustainability Film Series is designed to raise Sustainability endeavors strong in the High Counments willof current be held for APPSissues officeand on help the provide second Multicultural pha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Student are De-growing awareness environmental try, where you share a rich history of working together to ensure faculty and staff through floor of the Plemmons StuInc.; “Chocolates for Charvelopment at 262-6158. solutions. Each film will be followed by a panel discussion with your mountain region will ity,” forever a wonderful Feb. and will includeleaders, a dentacademics Union. Inand order to be that 10bea.m.-3 p.m. place Feb. • Book club reading and local 14 activists, community students to call home.

The Homegrown Film Festival celebrates some battery of tests to evalueligible, at least one mem12-14, presented

by Ladies discussion of Toni Morwho will answer questions and discuss ways of personally of these“Beloved,” efforts through seriesElite. of eight mini-documentaries, ate berand of the band must be an rison’s 6 ap.m. gettingcardiovascular involved on local, fitnational international levels. each6spotlighting local people and organizations, including: ness, body composition ASU student. Monetary Feb. and 13 at WhitewaThe fourth annual Sustainability Series January assessment, flexibility Film 350Café, BooneFeb. (climate Mountain Brewery prized are continues also available to ter Film screening 20 change); and 27 Appalachian 29 with films focusing on issuesthe relating to sustainability. measuring and checking (small business sustainability); Office 2,” of Sustainability contest winners. The at “Gasland a documenBeacon Heights, PSU. ASU Departmentstrength. of Geology, Belk Library, Appalachian Popular Presented muscular With (campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability showing the negative by the Order of tary Programming Society (APPS), and the Office of Sustainabilthe information gathered art); Blue Ridge Conservancy effects (land protection); Blue Ridge Study abroad schol- Black the extraction of & Gold. ity sponsor series. you’ to the series’ generous Women from these the tests, staff‘Thank will arship in Agriculture agriculture); information gas byGrandfather hydraulic • Black Cinema (sustainable Sun- natural sponsors. be able to develop exercise session Mountain Stewardship Foundation (sustainable and fracturing, ortourism); fracking, days, 7 p.m., Greenbriar programs.

Allow 30-45 Presented

by May the Office National Committee for the New River Athas on(water the protection). environment Theatre, PSU, presented ‘Girls on the Run 5k’ set for 4 minutes for testing and of International Education by tend for Black film, food and fun.AsRepresentatives of many of these and communities, will be the Student Registration is open the ZAPand Fitness Girls on thethe Runses5K sociation consultation.

Wearforloose, Development, organizations will be on hand toscreened tell more about at 7 their p.m.work Feb.and 6 to be held on May 4 at 10and a.m. sion The non-competitive will how comfortable clothes will be held at run 4 p.m. support it. This event is hosted by participants in Greenbriar Vintage The you•can Feb. 9: “Higher begin at Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Football tennis shoes. AppointFeb. 4 in Bass Lake, PSU. Learning” in the Sustainable Development course Outreach Skills for ater, Plemmons Student stadium and follow a mostly flat through ment times are limited.

Thecourse Benjamin A. campus.

Gilman Sustainability, including and instructor Laura The film is England hosted

• Feb. 16: students “Hip Union.

The Health event is Promotion sponsored by BlueScholarship Cross and Hop: Call atAppalachian’s International (englandle@appstate.edu).

Beyond Beats & by Clean Water for North Blue Shield North and Carolina Institute for offers Health and Hu- Rhymes” 262-6314 foroftimes, to program awards Carolina,for the May ASU Club Moore 5K planned 4 of man Services.

This is the first time the 5K is open study to the Tom make an appointment. for that undergraduate

• Feb. 23: “The Environmental Sciences, public as a community event since Girls on the Run of the Great abroad, and provides The 8th Annual Tom Moore 5K will App take State. place andRun/Walk Fossil Free Debaters” High Country started in 2009.

Director Mary Horine Saturday, Nominations for awards for Sheryl U.S. underMay 4, at the5:30 BooneFree Greenway Burnley-Clawson and open to the pub• Mr. Ivy Pageant, explains, “ThisLeadership is such a fun andgraduate energetic event; we wanted Student students who p.m.

Park.Feb. If particpants register May 1,sally@cwfnc. the event will lic.before Contact 11, Parkway Ball-on or to be able to share it with the larger We’ve kept room, Awards are community. receiving Pell Grant be $15.PSU. On thePresented day of the event it will $20. information.

There will be a forbemore by org Sponsored the registrationby fee the very Oflow hoping that kids, funding.

The families sessionand is Alpha pasta dinner F.A.R.M Café Friday, May 3, from 6-8 p.m. for KappaatAlpha Sororfice of Student DevelopAppalachian students will wantpresented to join us and onof a ity, byget theactive Office blood early packet pick-up. This will be Faculty/staff a pay as you can donation Inc. ment, student leaders beautiful Saturday springare morning.”

To register, please visit dinner International Education drive5K event as well as help to contribute to the7:30 Tom Moore • The Hair Affair, recognized for their ser-Anyone http://gotr.appstate.edu/5K under the age of 14 onwill p.m. and Development.

The Will be held in F.A.R.M Café their mission. Registration on theFeb. day of7 the Feb. 12,inWhitewater vice leadership the line needand a running buddy to to register andapplication run with them. for Regissum- Café, Plemmons PSU. Presented event will begin at 8 a.m., by and Linville the 5K willFalls, start promptly at 9 university at $15 an and awards 2014if and fall received 2014 is Ladies tration fees are includemer a T-shirt fees are Student Union.

An who apElite. a.m. There will be long-sleeve t-shirts available to those ceremony each spring. available at http://gilmaby April 17. Registration will also be accepted on the day of have pointment highly • registered Entropyon a Dance first come, first serve,isbasis.

Aftersugthe Nominations are at being ac-In napplication.iie.org/Apthe event starting 8 a.m. addition to the run, there will Troupe’s gested, walk-ins will Hop: More race, there“Hip will be a raffle with lots of funbut prizes and refreshcepted p.m. Feb. plicant/.

The deadline to than also bethrough warm-up5activities, a happy hair station, an art table, accepted. Call Health ments.Music Parking&willDancing,” be availablebeat the Burnley-Clawson Lot. 17 forfrom students whothe prosubmit an application is noon Feb. 15, Blue Ridge Promotion at 262-6314 to visits Yosef and Appalachian cheerleading team Tom Moore, of Boone, was diagnosed with Huntington’s disvide significant leadership March 4.and Panera Bread. Ballroom, PSU. and food provided

by Earth Fare, Chili’s schedule an appointment. ease (HD) 10 years ago.

Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, and service, and go beyond For more information on this event or volunteering for Girls on • Reverse racism panel degenerative8 brain currently there is no what would normally be Summer or contactstudy the Run, please visit www.gotr.appstate.edu Mary discussion, Olympics opening p.m. disorder Feb. 19, for which cure.

HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to expected of them in their information watching Sheryl Horine at Appalachian’sabroad Institute for Health and Hu- Price Lake, PSU. Present- ceremony walk, and reason.

Someoneparty with HD will eventually rely on leader or service role. The session man Services at 828-252-7557 or horinems@appstate.edu. ed bytalk Minority Women’s family members for his or her care.Cheer Huntington’s Disease does ceremony will be held at on your nation at ACT to sponsor MayPresented event by the Office Leadership Circle. not affect just one person, but a whole family and community.

7 p.m. Feb. 7, Whitewater cial Events.

Lounge, PSU. Attendees are invited to bring flags, Kater to You snacks and non-alcoholic Featuring free food, enbeverages. Sponsored by tertainment, back massagNAPSA to provide the campuses, community new foot web the APPS CASE (Cultural paraffin with wax adips, based resiliency program called Thrive.

All currently Awareness & Student EnandCU hand massages for laenrolled ASU students are eligible to Presented take part in by thisthe exciting gagement) Council. dies. men opportunity! By utilizing the CUof Thrive program, students will Men’s Minority Leaderhave access to a large database of helpful CU Race to Civility: Cel- ship Circle information. and Kappa AlThrive offersthe articles, videos, other information ebrating 50th An- courses, pha Psi.and The event will be that will help of students adjust to campus niversary the Civil 8-10 p.m. life, Feb.stay 11, healthy, WhiteenhanceAct study skills, and build water relationships. this is just Rights Lounge,And PSU. a quick the types of topics covered by CU Thrive!

The sampling author ofpresentation, lunch and panel workshops You can set up your own disaccount Wellness today using your App State cussion will feature auThe Counseling Center username and password. Simply visit www.appstate.cuthrive. thors Johnson “Feelin’ Good in com/ forDeborah more information.

Thepresents first 80 students who sign up and Ed Williams, and be the Neighborhood!” wellfor an account will automatically win a free t-shirt! Any quesmoderated

by Michael nessto Mary workshop tions or comments may be G. directed Cantrell viaseries. email Wade.

The event will be 10 Extra credit slips will be at mc74237@appstate.edu. a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 8, room made available. For more ActBelk OutLibrary. hosting 2ndinformation, annual Farm Day 421, Tickets call 262-3180 are $10 and include lunch, or go to counseling.appIn celebration of Earth Week, ACT OUT is hosting its second and areFarm available from annual Day April 20 the from state.edu.

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help local Watauga County • Mountain Cultivating Self Horse Love sustainable farms, Public such asLiMoretz’s Orchard, brary.

For more informaon Valentine’s Day, 7:30Helpers, Spring House, and Foggy Likely Farm. For more tion, call 264-8787.

8:30 p.m.

Feb.visit 12,the Three information and to register for the event, please ACT Top Mountain, Plemmons Outreach Center in Plemmons Student Union. TransportaActive Bystander Student Union tion to and from the farmsInwill be provided.

Lunch will also be tervention Trainings • Mindful Eating: Make provided at each farm.

Hosted by the Red Flag peace with what’s on your Operation Cabinet planned Campaign, the Medicine trainings plate, 4-5 p.m.

Feb. 26, are an opportunity forwillThree Top Operation Medicine Cabinet take place April Mountain, 19, from 11 students to learn Plemmons Student on Union a.m. to 2 p.m.

This is about a time for a spring cleaning your interpersonal, dating andMedicine • SexCabinet in the Dark: medicine cabinet.

Operation gives Everyyou an sexual violence.safe Individuyou’ve been afraid to environmentally method ofthing disposal of outdated, unused als who participate in ask will be answered, 6-7 and unwanted over-the-counter and prescription drugs, sythis training leave with a p.m. March 3, Three Top ringes and other medical supplies. Any prescription or over better understanding of Mountain, Plemmons Stuthe counter drugs will be accepted, no questions asked. Clean how to intervene, deflect dent Union out your medicine cabinet of outdated/unused prescription and and/or stop perpetra • Tips for Managing over-the-counter meds. Bring to Plemmons Student Union tion before it happens. March “Madness”: A Stress Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. near info desk. If you The trainings will be held Reduction Workshop, 8-9 missp.m. this collection, the Watauga County collec7-9 Feb. 10, participate Feb. 27 in p.m.

March 18, Three Top tion on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations: and March 12. For more Mountain, Plemmons StuFood Lion - Hwy near WalMart; Food Lion - Hwy 421/ information, go 321 to http:// dent Union Old Hwy 421; Food Lion - Blowing Foscoe redflag.appstate.edu.

• Rock; Getting OutFire of Dept the (Hwy 105). These collections Happiness are held in coordination Trap: Howwith to Watauga County Sanitation Department’s Household HazardBuild-a-Pet Accept Disappointment in ous Waste Collection Day, is Saturday, May 4, a.m. to APPS Special Events the Pursuit offrom Your9Happy, 2 p.m at thethe Watauga County 3-4 Landfill. giving you opportunity p.m.Items Aprilinclude: 9, Newpaint, Rivhousehold batteries, batteries, lead acid batteriesStu(car to build your own niCad stuffed er Room, Plemmons batteries),11 antifreeze, ethylene lighter fluid, solid and animal, a.m. Feb. 11, gasoline, dent Union liquid pesticides, used oils, householdof cleaners and Calloway Peak, oxidizers, PSU. With • Screening Lifetime’s fluorescent lights. program, “Call Me Crazy” Film with the Build-A-Pet you can pick your animal, hosts Brittany‘Last SnowLecture” & Love is University Housing stuff it, name it, dress it Louder, 6-8:30 p.m. April University theHeights “Last Lecture.” and take itHousing home is forpleased free. to 28,present Beacon Room, This banquet-style eventSpewill bePlemmons held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Sponsored

by APPS Student Union

Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica 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 the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years. opportunity for selected faculty to tell the world what they’ve The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease had on their mind and what they would say if this were their progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a “Last Lecture.” The campus community is invited to attend at 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 please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture.

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Films “The Color “Django UnTai Chi, the 5 society for research.

“Django Un- this event, “Django UnYou will receive a confirmation email and mailed tickets to your Council is pleased to announce its remaining schedule for the For more information or to register for the event, goscreening, to campuschained” Center Purple” screening, chained” screening, address prior to the event. chained” screenSpring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G.p.m., GreerTurchin 5k.appstate.edu.

SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed for movies the Visual Arts, 7 p.m., Greenbriar 7 p.m. & 10 p.m., 7 p.m. & 10 p.m., I.G. ing, 7 p.m. & 10 of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and Theater, PSU, $1 p.m.,Society, I.G. Greer, free I.G. Greer, $1 The Appalachian Greer, $1Popular Programming APPS,$1 will a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage 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 April 30 at 6 p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission Duck Poind Field. There will be inflatables, henna tattoos, tie some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of held Smith conPainting class, 7-9 “Gasland 2” screen“The Color Purple” Old Time Fiddlers is free and open Corey 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 are listed p.m., Center 9 p.m., Leging, 7 p.m., Green- screening, 7 p.m., Convention, 10 with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1.Turchin Students, faculty cert, and community members are invited to read Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema the graphic “Persepolis.”

The library has placed copies The$15 advance, a.m., PSU, free for the Visual Arts,novelends, briar Vintage Greenbriar Theater, Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., except of the book on 24-hour reserve. There will be a showing of the Belk Library is sponsoring its “Through My Eyes” photography $20 door students Tuesday, ater, PSU, free contest.PSU, $1 easy! Take an awesome Belk Library photoIt is really where otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - free, Rise ofopen filmto“Persepolis” April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. graph.

Upload it to Instagram and tag it #BelkLibraryContest. the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Both the book and the film will be discussed afterwards.

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

(Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies.

“Persepolis” is a Summer 2007 animated film based Book on Marjane study and Crazy clubSaread-Go to Edit 2014 Department of Your Profile, and turn “photos are private”Water to off. The Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at trapi’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The winning snapshot will will a $50 University Bookstore gift card. abroad information Crystals concert, Study abroad scholing & discussion Art Biennial Exhibi7 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 4 p.m.,Film Bass 7:30Here p.m., of Toni Morrison’s reception, 6-10to you.

Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1arship and 3 information the Jury Prize at session, the 2007 Cannes Festival.

It was also a part oftion the library that is special areLegends, some ideas - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for $10session, 4 p.m., Bass Lake, PSU “Beloved,” 6 p.m. p.m., Turchin Center to get you going: Belk Library in the admission: spring; Get collaborative on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times Best Animated Feature. The story follows a young girl as she in a group study room; Find the library’s best keep secrets; Lake, PSU Whitewater for the Visual Arts, $15 are subject to change. comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution.Café, Relax in the Fox Reading Room; Go digital in the Digital Media presented by the OrfreeFind your inner child in the Instructional Materials If you would like to have some input on what movies are The film will be introduced by Dr. Renee Scherlen, who Studio; and, Center. entertothe Belk Library brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m. will also lead discussion on the film and book the& Gold The public is encouraged to Race Civility: derfollowing of Black Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons showing. Dr. Scherlen is a professor of political science at Through My Eyes contest often by tagging multiple Instragram Celebrating the Performance & the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest.

The snapshot Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign photos with can include a fewdance words or a single line caption.

The library’s 50th Anniversary Chinese New Year square with on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements for you to policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas public relations committee will choose the winning snapshot. come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown. of specialization. of the Civil Rights celebration, 6 p.m., the Green Grass The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction Act,from 10 the a.m.-3 Blue Ridgewith Ball-will be notified Cloggers, 7:30 p.m., via an Instagram comment Belk Library Students As- Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the the ASU Humanities Council and the Muslim room, PSU, by Chi- Legends, admission: p.m., room 421, Sciences, sponsored by the Morgan Committee, in coopera- sociation, with support from the National Endowment for the address in order to be eligible to receive the book store gift Humanities (NEH) program.

This is the fourth in aCulture series of Club Library, $10 nese $3-$5 certificate.

The photographs must Belk obey all laws, including tion with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University 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 colof students from the Muslim Student Association will McGee is a noted journalist who specializes in explaining the laborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi’s A panel Valentine’s Build-A-Pet, “Higher Conspirator “Hunger “Hunger chemistry of food and cooking to the public. He is author of bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials host a conversation with first-year seminar faculty, interested 11 and a.m., faced Calloway Day Dinnermembers The- andGames: Learning” concert, 9 p.m., Catching community SummerCatching Reading disthe bestsellingscreenbook, “On Food and Cooking: the Science by an outspoken Iranian girl who findsGames: her unique at- University leaders reading selection7for Lore of Kitchen.”

McGee’s public lecture will be atPeak, 7 p.m.PSU, titude and outlookLegends, on life repeatedly the cussion free ater ft.regarding The Ap-the summer ing, 7 the p.m., Green$12 ad-challenged Fire”during screening, 7 Fire” screening, 2013-2014, American Dervish, by Ayad Akhtar. The panel in I.G. Greer Auditorium.

Islamic Revolution. palachian Musical briar Theater, vance, $15 door p.m. & 9:45 p.m., & Hill 9:45 p.m.,155), willI.G. be held April 23 from 2 to 3 p.m.p.m. in Tater (Room Lastly, the committee 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 Mr. Ivy Pageant, Theater Ensemble, PSU, of Black Greer, $1 of I.G. Greer, $1 Coyne,part Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago on goes on to note: “Persepolis gives us the sheer pleasure host this author and highlight his work. He was just awarded p.m., Parkway 6 Prize p.m.,forBlue Ridge Thursday, Sundays May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored 5:30 by the Cinema Carolina Chownarrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a a Pulitzer his stage drama, Disgraced. This panel of Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Ballroom, Grants gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely imaginative PSU, Ballroom, PSU, diverse Muslim students will$12 introduce topics related to Islam down: A Local Entropy Dance Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by and Muslim-American identity.

It will Troupe’s provide a good beginning presented by Alpha students, $15 public Food Feast, 11 “Hip speciation and evolution, and the bestselling book, “Why Evo- geo-political upheaval.” to initial thoughts about teaching American Dervish and leading lution is True,” which is also the title of his extremely popular Kappa Alpha Sorora.m.-2 p.m.,Allan ParkScherlen, Belk Library, discussions surrounding it. The student Hop: More than panel will be moderFor more information contact blog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne will give a ated by Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn.

Dr. Avery-Quinn earned atscherlnag@appstate.edu. ity, Inc. “Hunger Games: Place Cafe, Rivers Music & Dancing,” scientific presentation on speciation (his research specialty) his PhD in Anthropology from UT Knoxville, his Master’s in at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne Catching Fire” Street Cafe, Sanford noon, Blue and Ridge Religious Studies from the University of Denver, his BA will also give a public lecture on The Relationship between Today’s college students face unique challenges that when from the University of Tennessee.

Kater to You event screening, 7 p.m.

Commons Ballroom, PSU Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory combined, can negatively impact their overall success. In to pamper ladies, & 9:45 p.m., I.G. in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, order to succeed, students must find ways to successfully Plemmons Student Union.

8-10 p.m., WhiteGreer, $1Blue Mountain Documentary Festival will annual “Guess Who’s juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial The fourth present the best student documentary projects on campus responsibilities, many other life stressors!

This balancwater Lounge, PSU, among Coming to Dinner” ing act would cause anyone’s anxiety and stress level to rise. Thursday, April 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. in Belk Library Room 114.

The Faculty Last Lecture will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. Nominapresented by the “Guess Who’s screening, 7 p.m., The event is free and open to the public. The festival highlights tions are being collected from students for the Last Lecture. The American College Health Association’s National College audio and video documentaries created by currently enrolled men of Men’s Coming to Dinner” Greenbriar Theater, Health MiAssessment found in their 2001 survey that 30 perstudents at Appalachian State University. Subjects for the short We will extend the invitation to speak at the Last Lecture event, cent of college students reported feeling so depressed that it nority Leadership screening, p.m.,and Olympic wrestling to marPSU, $1 films range from local7artists which includes dinner catered by Casa Rustica, to two faculty was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year. riage equality.

WinnersVintage will be announced at the festival. The members who have the most nominations.

Circle and Kappa Greenbriar Depression 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 Psi Alpha Theater, $1 and disturbancesHair in eating and sleeping cycles.

It takes a Affair, 7:30 University Documentary Film Services. Light refreshments will week of April. concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such p.m., Whitewater be provided. For more information please contact Tom Hansell The Faculty Last lecture is an event based on the book The as depression and the ways that it impacts our students. at University Documentary Film Services, 828-262-7730 or Café, PSU, presentLast 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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FEBRUARY

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

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Sports Tuesday, February 04, 2014

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Basketball

Mountaineer basketball splits doubleheader The men’s and women’s basketball played a double header at Holmes Convocation Center on Saturday, in which the men fell to Elon 83-76 and the women defeated Wofford 61-54.

by Katherine Glassman

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lon was leading the Mountaineers 4534 by halftime with only one turnover to the Mountaineers seven.

The Phoenix were also shooting 62 percent compared to App State’s 54 percent.

The Phoenix dominated the court in ball possession, but the Mountaineers hit all of their free throws in the first half and pulled down a total of 14, rebounds compared to Elon’s nine.

“I give Elon a lot of credit,” head coach Jason Capel said. “I thought their execution was pretty flawless. They did things necessary to win.”

In the second half, the Mountaineers tried to make a fast comeback and sliced Elon’s lead down to six points, but the double-digit lead was quickly restored by Elon’s consistent 3-point shooting.

The largest lead the Phoenix held over the Mountaineers was 17 points mid-way through the second half.

Four out of five App State starters scored in double digits by the end of the game, and starting sophomore forward Michael Obacha pulled down a team-high 13 rebounds.

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Junior Guard Tab Hamilton bounce passes around an Elon defender in Saturday afternoons doubleheader. The Phoenix defeated the Mountaineers 76-83.

“We shot the ball well,” sophomore forward Chris Burgess said. “We really did move the ball on offense and everybody was hitting their shots and tried getting layups. We were playing inside and out, but on the other end we were leaving shooters open and they would knock [shots] down.”

The Mountaineers dropped Elon’s field goal percentage down from 62 to 55 percent and kept their 3-point shooting at 44 percent.

App State increased its 3-point shot percentage up to 43 percent. The Mountaineers shot 53

percent from the field for the game.

“Offense was great, even coach said it in the locker room,” junior guard Mike Neal said.

“We got really wide open shots, we just fell short on defense.”

The loss to Elon drops the Mountaineers’ SoCon record to 2-6 and their overall record to 6-15.

App State has eight games remaining before the conference tournament begins.

The team is back in action Thursday to host The Citadel at the Convocation Center. That matchup is set to tipoff at 7 p.m.

In what proved to be a defensive struggle throughout the game’s 13 lead changes, neither team was able to pull further away than a four-point Wofford lead in the first half.

The largest lead of the game came in the final nine seconds of the game, when App State held a nine-point advantage.

The Mountaineers offense started to find its stride in the second half and started hitting baskets down the stretch when it mattered most.

With only three minutes remaining, junior forward Maryah Sydnor made two free throws, putting App

State up 51-48.

As Wofford attempted to stretch out the game in the final minute, Sydnor was fouled and again hit two free throws to extend App State’s lead to 55-52.

But the real problem for the Terriers was a jumper by junior guard Katie Mallow with 33 seconds left that gave App State a 57-52 lead.

“We had passed the ball around for a while and the shot clock was going down, so I drove the baseline like I had been told all game and it was over,” Mallow said. “It was a shot that I needed to make and it went down.”

This win for the Mountaineers perpetuated Wofford’s road woes. With the loss in Boone, the Terriers

dropped to 0-12 away from their home court.

One of the keys to the game for App State was holding Wofford to an 0-8 night from the 3-point line.

“If we had given up 3-pointers, we would have lost the game,” head coach Darcie Vincent said.

Vincent said this game was one of the Mountaineers better defensive performances this season.

Sophomore guard Jordan Frazier kept the Terrier’s competitive in the game and accounted for 25 of Wofford’s points, but she could not outshine the duo of sophomore forward KeKe Cooper and Sydnor, who combined for 34 points and knocked down clutch baskets.

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Freshman guard Joi Jones barrels to the basket during Saturday's home game against Wofford.

The Mountaineers won 64-51 over the Terriers.

Junior forward Maryah Sydnor’s double double and sophomore foward KeKe Cooper’s team-high 16 points led the Mountaineers to a 75-70 win over Furman on Monday night at home to improve to 6-5 in the SoCon and 9-12 overall.

Men’s Tennis

Men’s tennis improves record to 1-1 after win against Lees-McRae

by Jess Lyons Sports Reporter

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Sebastien King guards the net against Lees-McRae on Sunday.

The Mountaineers defeated the Bobcats 7-0.

App State men’s tennis handled Lees-McRae with a 7-0 victory Sunday at Deer Valley Racquet club during the Mountaineers’ home opener.

App State faced the Bobcats in two doubles and five singles matches, and dominated in six of the seven matches with the closest match coming in the fifth singles match. Junior Steve Lake shutout Bobcats freshman Garrett Lakey winning both sets by a score of just 6-4.

“We’re definitely a lot stronger this season, up top especially,” sophomore Zach Bost said.

“We’re very confident with this season, and we’re playing better.”

The win against Lees-McRae came after the Mountaineers fell to UNC Wilmington in their season opener, 2-5.

“It was a perfect team to face after Wilmington, to get some practice and some confidence,” head coach Bob Lake said. “It was nice practice for us as well because Lees-McRae is close in proximity, and it’s good to get

to play each other early in the season.”

The Mountaineers won both of its doubles matches starting with the pair of Sebastian King and Bost, who won their match 8-4.

Robert Jenkins and Daniel Hoang won their doubles match as well by a final mark of 8-2.

App State’s next match is against UNC Asheville, who beat the Mountaineers 1-6 last year. The teams face off Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. at Deer Valley Racquet Club.

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