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Faith Noell, a senior Social Studies Education major and Laurel Roser, a freshman Political Science major, poses at The Gathering of The Bern.

Hosted by the Young Democrats, the event was held to discuss Sander’s policies.

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he Young Democrats of Watauga County held an event to inform students and community members about the Bernie Sanders campaign on Wednesday.

The main points that were discussed at the event were health care, campaign finance system, ending the war on drugs and college education as a right.

“We wanted to see how much support we could get from this particular school and this particular county,” Anthony Venezia, parliamentarian of Young Democrats, said. “We felt that it was really right for the things Bernie Sanders was talking about.”

Kaitlin Stone, marketing project manager and communications director of Young Democrats, said that the original plan was to hold this event in the Three Top Mountain room in Plemmons Student Union but was moved to the solarium after a larger-than-expected audience arrived. In total, about 130 people showed up.

“Our hearts were expecting 500 but our minds were expecting 75 and it turned out to be a good mix of both,” Stone said.

Elizabeth Prier, executive of communication, said that the group is trying to get as much support as possible for the Sanders effort and give the community and students insight to what Sanders is trying to accomplish and how it relates to them.

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“Anyone who wants to get involved should not sit around and wait for Bernie to get elected because it is not going to happen that way,” Prier said. “Bernie is asking for a political revolution and college students are some of the main demographic he is speaking to when he is talking about that. It is important for people to listen.”

This event started after Young Democrats realized that they had voting power in the state. Although they are under Democrats, they are a collection of Republicans, Independents and Democrats.

“We are using Young Democrats as a way to change everything, we are a group that are all tired of the status quo and we are ready to change it,” Stone said. “It’s so backwards that candidates say one thing to get elected and they do the complete opposite.”

Prier said the event was a long time in the making.

“It was a whole semester of things falling into place to be able to make something this large happen with a team that is so established,” Prier said.

During the event, there was a raffle with the names of everyone who attended the event. Five people won the Bernie Sanders 1987 folk album and a Bernie Sanders sticker.

“It feels really good to see all of your hard work pay off,” Prier said. “There is so much more to do, but this is start.”

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ASU HELPS REFORM HIGHER EDUCATION IN KURDISTAN

BY TOMMY CULKIN SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Over the past seven years, Appalachian State University has worked to help reform the education system in northern Iraq, specifically the region of Kurdistan. Appalachian State has since developed a continued partnership with Salahaddin University, which looks to continue into the future.

The partnership began in 2009, when the Ministry of Higher Education in northern Iraq contacted Appalachian State because they wanted to switch their education model from a European model to an American model of higher education.

The Ministry of Higher Education wanted to update their curriculum and course structure, and contacted Sara Zimmerman, a professor in the Reich College of Education, to come to Kurdistan and provide assistance to the local universities.

Zimmerman initially traveled to Kurdistan in 2009 with former professor Melanie Greene after Appalachian State received a $231,427 grant from the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Kurdistan and the U.S. Department of State.

“They wanted to get away from that ‘lecture all semester,

and then give a final exam’ typical model,” Zimmerman said. “Instead, they wanted to embrace that more formative model that we have, where students give lots of work, and [professors] help guide them and train them so it’s not just one grade, but many grades.

When we got there, we identified other problems, like there was no specified curriculum that they were teaching.”

Jesse Lutabingwa, the associate vice chancellor for International Education and Development and the chief grant writer, said it was a rewarding experience to provide assistance to the universities in Kurdish Iraq.

“We have developed a strong reputation here [at Appalachian State],” Lutabingwa said. “So we've got to bring that strength to what they want to offer over there.”

Zimmerman said that she and Greene worked with seven universities in Kurdistan to help them revise their curricula and update instructional strategies based on the schools’ individual needs.

“The experience was a learning one for us just as much as it was for them, I think,” Zimmerman said. “We learned how other cul-

tures treat higher education, and I think it helped us all, certainly myself, become more global citizens.”

Later that year, more Appalachian State professors from the Reich College of Education, as well as science professors, went over to Kurdistan to help improve their science programs, and specifically their school of medicine.

Shortly thereafter, two professors from Salahaddin University in northern Iraq came to Appalachian State and observed some professors in the classroom.

Zimmerman said one of the things that the Salahaddin professors brought back to Iraq was the idea of student participation.

“I think it surprised them that students are allowed to question and have their own opinions,” Zimmerman said. “Yes, they’d read the information and they could speak to the theory, but they could also question and challenge it.”

Among instructional strategies that the Salahaddin professors picked up were group projects, teacher evaluations and more assessments throughout the semester.

Since 2009, Appalachian State has formed a partnership with Salahaddin. Last year, Appalachian

State sent a small library of books related to teaching methods to Salahaddin.

In the Fall 2015 semester, Fatimah Hasan, an English professor at Salahaddin, contacted Zimmerman about returning to Kurdistan to help them create a debate course.

“One of the aims of curricula development at Salahaddin University is to prepare and train graduates to have skills of critical thinking, debating, public speaking and to respect different points of view,” Hasan wrote in her grant application.

Zimmerman was supposed to travel to Salahaddin in January, but because of current foreign policies, she was unable to go. However, she hopes to visit soon.

Zimmerman believes that forming partnerships like the one with Salahaddin is important to create a globalized world.

“Appalachian State is good at saying that we believe in globalization, and I think that this is an excellent example of us actually working with other people in the world,” Zimmerman said. “We all have so much in common, and I think it’s important that we realize that.”

ECRS SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED FOR FIRST TIME

BY TOMMY CULKIN SENIOR NEWS REPORTER

Two Appalachian State University freshmen, Evangeline Luciano and Bryce Cloniger, are the first recipients of the ECRS Scholarship for Computer Science Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Cloniger and Luciano will receive $4,000 a year, and an extra $500 for educational and research materials. The scholarship is renewable based on the academic performance of the students.

“I love programming, and this is just such a great opportunity for my knowledge on computer science," Luciano said. "It’ll really make me a better programmer.”

The ECRS Scholarship Program, which is in its inaugural year, will be offered to two incoming freshmen in the computer science department each year.

In addition to the monetary support, the scholarship also provides the students with a number of activities, such as mentoring programs, research projects, seminars to attend and internship opportunities.

“Financially, it’s really valuable, but the most important part is that it actually sets up mechanisms for the students to gain experience and extra opportunities,” Rahman Tashakkori, the director of the computer science department’s scholarships, said. “That is even more attractive, because from the first day they are

part of a bigger community where they can work together with other students.”

The ECRS scholarship is not the only scholarship in the computer science department.

The McKinney Innovation Scholarship and the S-STEM Scholarship are two others that the department offers. The recipients of the McKinney and S-STEM scholarships will work with the ECRS scholars on mentoring and research projects.

“We haven’t started the mentoring yet, but that’s probably the aspect I’m most excited about,” Cloniger said. “I know we’ll get mentoring from both older students and from professors.”

Another one of the activities provided for the scholars is weekly seminars.

“On Fridays, they bring in guest speakers to come and talk to us,” Luciano said. “It helps you learn, and it also lets you meet the other students in the program. It’s really nice being able to meet people who are just as interested in the subject as you are.”

Tashakkori said that Luciano and Cloniger were impressive in their scholarship applications.

“Each one of them brought something different to the table,” Tashakkori said. “Evangeline comes from a very strong math background. Bryce, on the other hand, is very good

at thinking outside the box and coming up with innovative solutions.”

The scholarship is being funded by a local automation company called ECR Software.

James Wilkes, the computer science department chair, said the business was founded by a former Appalachian State student who recently decided to give back to the university by setting up a scholarship fund.

“ECR Software is helping us fund [the scholarship] locally, so instead of relying on federal and state grants and things like that, we have a public-private partnership where they are helping us continue some of the same work we’ve been doing, but funded through them,” Wilkes said. “They’re bootstraps entrepreneurs who built that company from the ground up, and have innovated and been successful as a business, and now they’re trying to foster that same sort of success in students.”

Tashakkori says the ultimate benefit of the ECRS Scholarship is the experience it provides the scholars with.

“These students do well in their courses, but they need the real world experience,” Tashakkori said. “That’s usually not possible in many cases, because students don’t get the chance to work on research projects or innovative projects. But the ECRS program gives these students that important ability.”

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Appalachian State’s first all-male acapella group Higher Ground posing for a group photo after Acapellageddon in the Schaefer Center on November 15, 2015.

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armonies bounce off the walls of the Whitewater Cafe in Plemmons Student Union, and listeners’ heads bob while a group of Mountaineers croon “I’m gone to Appalachia in my mind,” their own rendition of lyrics from James Taylor’s “Carolina On My Mind.”

This is one of many songs performed by Appalachian State’s oldest a cappella group, Higher Ground. From baritones to sopranos to beat-boxers, the all-male crew has been a university-sanctioned group since 2000.

The group has 20 members that provide entertainment for Mountaineers and a cappella fans alike. They perform at least once a month, singing songs like Fall Out Boy’s “Sugar, We’re Going Down” and mash-ups which combine songs such as Fergie’s “Glamorous” and Naughty Boy’s “La La La” featuring Sam Smith.In 2007, Higher Ground released an album entitled “Wing Night” and in 2013, they released an EP called “Ground of Applause.”

Matthias Kramer, a sophomore creative writing major and first year baritone, said a cappella is much less of an art form than it appears, but this group makes it look artistic. Not only do these young men feed off of each other’s energy while performing, they also engage the crowd with their choreography. The crowd has fun because Higher Ground has fun.

Kramer also explains that the group sticks to songs that they believe people will want to hear.

“We kind of sing to get people to enjoy the music and enjoy the sound and to just get hype, so most of what we sing is pop stuff,” Kramer said.

Elijah Moore, a freshman political science major, attended Higher Ground’s performance in the Whitewater Cafe. “I enjoyed their performance a lot, they brought so much energy to it,” he said.

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lageddon in 2015. It is this chemistry that makes the group able to reach out and excite the crowd because they work together for the common goal of entertaining their audience, Kramer said.

The chemistry among the group comes from their friendships with one another. The men of Higher Ground hang out together outside of their commitments to the group. Often times, they grab dinner before or after practice, or meet up to play basketball, freshman biology major, beat-boxer and baritone Nasyr Bey said.

This friendship extends into the group’s work atmosphere. Their practices are centered around having a good time, and the singing flows naturally from the bonds that are shared within the group.

“We operate a lot like a family,” Kramer said. “We’re a cohesive unit, we love each other. We’re all friends, we all vote. We’re a very democratic group. Everything comes to a vote, from what concerts we do to what songs we sing—it’s all voted.”

Before anything reaches a stage, though, it must be decided which songs the group will work up.

Deciding on the set list is the first step to putting on a show. The vibe the suit-and-tie clad singers bring to any stage they take begins within the group and spreads until the whole audience is excited and mesmerized by the talents they offer, Kramer said.

Higher Ground enjoys performing just as much as audience members enjoy listening.

“Getting on stage is just incredible,” senior communications major and group president Keith Norris said.

“You never really get to see that support until you get on stage and you kind of realize that all these people are there to see you and your group and see what you do.”

Norris also took the opportunity to debunk the rumor that on-campus a cappella groups have distaste for one another.

“All of the presidents always come together,” Norris

said. “Right now, we get together every other week to talk about stuff. We’re planning out Acapacolypse right now and making sure that’s going to go over smoothly.

It’s a very tight-knit community, this year more so than any other year before.”

Norris also said that a possible basketball match between Higher Ground and VoiceMale is in the works, further supporting his statement that there is no animosity within the a cappella community.

Singing is a way of life for many of the group’s members, Richard “RJ” Bergman, senior hospitality and tourism major and baritone in the group, said. Drinking lemon water and having warm-ups are part of the men’s routine before and after shows. Not only do they go through exercises to keep their individual voices strong, but they practice twice a week and build their group spirit at the end of each practice and beginning of each show.

“We’ll put our hands in after every rehearsal or after a performance,” Bergman, who doubles as the group’s business manager, said. “‘Fist in, thumbs out!’ is what they say, and then we’ll pick a saying and chant that as we leave, kind of like a sports team.”

During practices, the guys try to keep a good balance between work and play, Bey said.

“Usually it’s goofing around, but when we get ready for performances or have to do something, everybody just snaps into action,” Bey said. “It’s just having a good time.”

In addition to their expertise in covering popular songs, the notion of creating original music is not out of the realm of possibilities. While the group does not currently have any originals, the idea has been brought up and still being decided on, but a Higher Ground original is something Appalachian State University students might hear in the future.

But for now, Higher Ground will be sticking to covers and performing for on-campus events like Acapacolypse.

Photo Courtesy of Higher Ground

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THE VISITING WRITERS SERIES: SHARING THE ‘COMMUNAL GIFT OF WRITING’

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or the past 25 years, the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers series has brought visiting authors to Appalachian State University to read their works and hold craft talks about writing. This year, Ed Madden, Dannye Romine Powell, Peter Fish, Leigh Ann Henion and Luis Rodriguez were invited to share their works with students and faculty. Stories of nature, self-exploration and family are some of what attendees can expect to hear during the visiting writers series, and the events are held in the Plemmons Student Union from March 3 to April 28.

Joseph Bathanti is an English professor at Appalachian State University, as well as a poet and novelist, and has been involved with the series since he first arrived at the university 15 years ago. Bathanti believes that the visiting writers series is a special and beneficial event for students and faculty.

“It’s another way to share that communal gift of writing with people out in the community,” Bathanti said. “It’s also a way to partner with the community. We are also really interested that high school students can come.”

Bathanti believes that having visiting authors on campus adds another element to students studying their work and also inspires students to write their own stories. “[My favorite part of the series] is having those authors on campus and listening to their readings,” Bathanti said. “It’s a very different experience than just reading a book. It’s a live performance. The work really comes alive when the author reads it.”

Leigh Ann Henion is The New York Times bestselling author of “Phenomenal: A Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World” and she resides in Boone, North Carolina. She is presenting her work alongside Peter Fish, co-author of “California Wine Country: A Sunset Field Guide” and giving a craft talk about travel writing on April 7.

Henion’s novel, “Phenomenal,” is about her pilgrimage to find the child-like wonder that she once experienced as a kid and now as a mother seeing her child experiencing this on a daily basis. She was assigned a story about the Monarch butterfly overwintering site by The Washington Post Magazine. The natural phenomenon of the Monarchs’ migration inspired her to take a pilgrimage all over the world in search of this wonder.

A pilgrimage is a journey that people take to get insight on their lives and holds a personal meaning. Henion believes that anybody can take one, and that each person goes somewhere different and has unique experiences on them.

“I guess my one piece of advice would be to follow your curiosity and see where it leads you,” Henion said. “If you follow it far enough, you’ll end up somewhere that’s impossible to even imagine from here.”

On her pilgrimage, Henion visited natural phenomena across the world and was exposed to the different people, animals and culture of each place. She drove a reindeer sledge, swam with sharks, experienced the solar eclipse, spent time with shamans and a fire goddess, stood in the plumes of an active volcano, and got close to a lion, among other experiences.

Throughout her pilgrimage, Henion said she discovered that it is possible to experience awe and wonder anywhere depending on how individuals view the world as well as life. She said the pilgrimage allowed her to gain a new perspective on life, and that she was able to see wonder in her backyard.

“Natural phenomena can be found everywhere in Boone—notably with fog, rain, sleet, snow, and floods,” Henion said. “Wondrous phenomena are all around us. It’s a matter of paying attention and finding ways to gain perspective.”

Henion believes that the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series is an important event because it inspires students and the community to share their ideas and communicate them in a way that people who have not studied what they share can understand.

“The visiting writers series gives students the opportunity to be part of a conversation that spans genres and bridges worldviews,” Henion said. “The visiting writers series isn’t just about the literary arts, it’s about the germination of ideas.”

Ed Madden is an openly gay poet as well as the director of women’s and gender studies and an English professor at the University of South Carolina. He and his husband have been together for 21 years. He will present poems from “Ark” at the visiting writer’s series on March 3.

“Ark” is a collection of poetry that was written when Madden returned to his home in Arkansas after learning that his father was diagnosed with cancer. Madden grew up with a large religious family that rejected him when he came out. He was also alienated from the community because of his sexuality, and a lot of his writing comes from his love of where he grew up as well as these experiences.

Madden’s ability to reconnect with his father after many years and his attempt to rebuild their relationship was the inspiration behind “Ark”. While at home, he lived in his childhood bedroom and helped with the daily hospice care work. “‘Ark’ is about a moment when I thought things might change, if only a little,” Madden said. “I don’t know if people really view me differently. In some ways, I think my sexuality is central to my creative work, but in many ways maybe it’s not. I think it’s important that I be out.”

Peter Fish

Leigh Ann Henion

Dannye Romine Powell

Luis Rodriguez

Ed Madden

Madden is active in the LGBT community of South Carolina and serves as the poet laureate of Columbia, South Carolina. He will be doing a craft talk about public voice. As poet laureate, he has to think about how he is going to present the town and write about its story.

“This sometimes feels like a very different thing from the writing I usually do, which is intensely personal and obsessive and sometimes oblique in a way that I don’t think you can be with a public voice,” Madden said.

Madden believes that the visiting writers eries is important because it brings different voices and ways of thinking to the campus.

“When you leave college, you’ll never have these kinds of opportunities again,” Madden said.

Photos Courtesy of Alyssa Powell, Arlene Mejorado, Ed Madden, Leigh Ann Henion and Peter Fish

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Logan Fraizer as Jim and Lydia Congdon as Bev in act one of Bruce Norris's Pulitzer prize-winning play “Clybourne Park,” set in 1959 Chicago and directed by Keith Martin. (Center) Dylan Brown as Russ, Aaron Scotch as Karl and Koria Johnson as Francine in Act I of “Clybourne Park.” (Right) Jake Roberts as Kenneth and Lydia Congdon as Kenneth's mother, Bev in a flashback in Act II of “Clybourne Park.”

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ‘CLYBOURNE PARK’ SPARKS RACIAL CONVERSATIONS

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ppalachian State University's theater department produced “Clybourne Park,” Bruce Norris’ 2010 response to Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 classic “A Raisin in the Sun.” This play attempts to spark conversation of important social issues in the context of modern society from Feb. 24-27 at Valborg Theatre.

This play is split into two acts which occur 50 years apart from one another. Although the set, clothing and language is changed, the same issues are shown transcending the barrier which is usually set from one act to the next in a play.

In Act I, which is set in 1959, Norris takes Hansberry’s plot line and shows it from the view of the Stollers, the white family who is moving out of the house that the Youngers, from “A Raisin in the Sun,” plan to move into. This act exemplifies two different examples of racism. There is blatant racism from Karl Lindner, the spokesperson for the Clybourne Park “welcoming committee” who is attempting to keep the Youngers, a black family, from moving into the area. But there is also subtle, institutionalized racism being exemplified by Bev Stoller, who is the white woman who lives in the house being sold.

Act II skips 50 years and plunges the audience into the year 2009. Here, the audience finds the same actors portraying different characters. These characters, explicitly Steve, a white man who is attempting to tear down and rebuild the Stoller house and accuses the black woman Lena of being racist towards the white people in the room, bring racism to the forefront of the conversation.

“It’s happening at the same time as ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ is happening, only we’re getting the caucasian perspective, the people who are selling the house to the Youngers,” junior theatre arts major Jenna Tonsor said in regards to the revamping of Hansberry’s plot line in Act I. In Act I, Tonsor portrays Betsy Lindner, Karl Linder’s pregnant, deaf wife. In Act II, Tonsor portrays Lindsey, Steve’s pregnant wife.

Amidst offerings of iced tea, light chatter and the peculiar discussion of capital cities from other countries which spans both acts, this play examines many social issues. The two factions of the play collide to send the message that, although society claims to have come a long way in the discussion of things such as gentrification, racism and suicide, the conversation has not progressed nearly as much as it should have.

Sonyé Randolph, the Equal Opportunity and Title IX investigator in the Office of Equity, Diversity and Compliance, Elisabeth Cavallaro, the suicide prevention program coordinator in Counseling and Psychological

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Services at Appalachian State University and Greg McClure, an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and former Appalachian State University student, were the three figureheads who formed the panel for Sunday’s after-performance discussion. They all agreed that there has not been significant enough progress in the discussions of these social issues.

“We really have not come that far, or maybe as far as we think,” Randolph said of racism. “I still think that we are kind of behind the times. People are still afraid to have a conversation about race.”

Tonsor said that “A Raisin in the Sun” is a play about heritage, upward mobility and aspirations for a better life, and many of these themes can also be seen in “Clybourne Park.” “‘Clybourne Park’s’ main focus, I believe, is to showcase that we are not nearly as progressive as we’d like to think we are,” Tonsor said. “That the same prejudices and racism that were prominent in 1959 are still just as lucrative and prevalent and still around in 2009.”

In addition to a discussion about racism, the play includes a character who has committed suicide. The characters throughout both acts portray this as something that is unspeakable. The unspeakable nature of suicide within this play directly correlates with how society treats the subject of suicide in general.

Cavallaro said that the conversation about suicide is too often overlooked, and suicide is often misrepresented on television shows and in the media.

She said that most who commit suicide do not actually leave notes to explain their actions, and there are many other generalizations made about suicides. In addition to this, she said that there is not enough focus placed on those who have survived the suicidal thoughts, and promoting positive stories stemming from this dark place is a way to combat the ever-rising suicide numbers.

“I think the way we talk about suicide in the media is exactly like this,” Cavallaro said. “We’re not talking about it the way it needs to be talked about.”

McClure added to the conversation.

“I struggle with feeling like we’ve made significant progress,” he said in regards to the social issues presented in the play.

This discussion about the way society approaches issues such as racism, suicide and gentrification was brought about because of the contents of this play. And this play covers more social issues in addition to those which are explicitly stated.

“There is no political value in having sensitive feelings about the world,” Norris said in an interview with London’s “Observer” in 2007. “I don't think it generates

political action. You go, you watch, you say, 'That's sad,' and then you go for a steak. The best you can hope for is to make people slightly uncomfortable.”

As told by reactions of the audience, it is clear that there are some unnerving statements made in this play in regards to some sensitive subjects. The audience experiences the theater being used as a catalyst to begin conversations and spark change on how society views these subjects.

“In this day and age, we have to use different mediums to speak to people on different levels,” Randolph said.

“The idea of sitting down with my friends and openly talking about issues like race, marginalization of women or marginalization of people with disabilities and actually having that conversation in a professional setting with people whom we don’t usually talk to about it was something that really drew me to the process,” Tywuane “T.J.” Lewis, junior theater arts major, said.

In Act I, Lewis portrayed Albert, a black man who is the husband of Francine, the Stollers’ housemaid. In Act II, he portrayed Kevin, the husband of Lena Younger’s great niece.

Every detail was tended to in the production of this play. The stage set-up, which is the living room of the Stoller house in Act I, undergoes a 50-year transformation in the span of 15 minutes. During the intermission, when this change takes place, music produced from 1959-2009 was played over the speakers. Recognizable tunes such as “Stop in the Name of Love” by the Supremes from 1965, “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from the 1985 musical “Les Miserables” and “I’ll Be There For You,” the “Friends” theme song from 2001 were used to show the transition of the years.

Aaron Scotch, a senior theater performance major and the actor who portrayed Karl in Act I and Steve in Act II, said, “It’s almost genius in the way Bruce Norris constructed the world that we view in ‘Clybourne Park.’”

By showing audience members the outcome of Hansberry’s story and by answering so many questions left unanswered by “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Clybourne Park” gives its readers and viewers a chance to see how the topics that were so heavy and predominant in 1959 have changed, or been left unchanged, in the years since the 1950s.

“Clybourne Park” proved an effective stimulant of discussions such as the one which was held after Sunday’s matinee performance of the play. With an audience of mixed age, race and social status in attendance, the same question was posed to all from the stage of the Valborg Theatre: How far has society really come?

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EARLY ENROLLEES START THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL

BY BROOKS MAYNARD SPORTS REPORTER

Aris Duffey (left) and Clifton Duck (right) are App State football’s newest recruits. Duffey is rated as a three-star prospect and Duck is rated as a two-star prospect by Scout.com and 247Sports.com.

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pp State's offseason seems to be a continuation of their stellar regular season. After a banner year that included 11 wins in 13 games and a Camellia Bowl victory, the Mountaineers turned around and had an outstanding recruiting season as well, signing 23 new recruits for the upcoming season. Several of these are rated as threestar recruits by various scouting websites and two have decided to forego their final semester of high school and enroll early to get ready for the season in the fall.

Clifton Duck, rated a two-star prospect by Scout.com and 247Sports, was a four-year starter at powerhouse Butler High School in Charlotte. He was a member of the Butler 2012 4-AA NCHSAA State Championship team and intercepted a pass in the title game that season. Playing on both sides of the ball as a defensive back, wide receiver, running back and punt returner, he was a three-time all conference honoree and voted best Butler defensive back for three straight seasons.

“I enrolled early because I came out of a couple of spring practices and saw the size on some of these guys,” Duck said. “I felt like that would put me ahead a little bit.

App State had a big family environment and that was what I really looking for in my recruiting.”

Aris Duffey, rated a three-star prospect by

Photo Courtesy of Appalachian State Football

247Sports and a two-star by Rivals.com and Scout.com, is a defensive back out of Nease High School in St. Augustine, Florida.

As a senior he was named the St. Johns County Defensive Player of the Year by the St. Augustine Record after putting out 58 tackles [three for a loss], forcing one fumble and blocking a punt. He also lettered in track and field as well as lacrosse for Nease.

“It was very comfortable up here,” Duffey said. “I like the atmosphere, I like the mountains, it’s very different from where I’m from.”

Duffey also said that skills he learned in his other sports will help him now. “[Track helped] working on my speed and getting faster, [lacrosse] also helped me get faster and maintain a good condition,” Duffey said.

A concern with some early enrollees is how they will transition from high school to the college classroom while also focusing on football. Head coach Scott Satterfield said he understands the difficulty of their transition.

“They’re really supposed to be in high school right now and getting ready for the prom and now they’re up here on a college campus,” Satterfield said. “They seem to be doing well in school, we’re getting good reports from their teachers. It’s a very tough transition for a high school player to come in, especially mid-term [because] you don’t

get the lead-in from the summer.”

While Duck has his eyes set on the business field and currently plans to major in management, Duffey has chosen a different path and already has a head start.

“I actually did dual-enrollment in high school so that kind of helped with my classes here,” Duffey said. “I’m going to major in biology.”

Satterfield feels both players will be great additions to the team in the future.

“With Clifton Duck, he really stood out to us in camp. Down in Charlotte we did a camp and he stood out to us, he competed, he wanted to get alot of reps. He had good explosion and good ball skills,” Satterfield said. “With Duffey, he comes from a good program. He made some good plays, he’s not scared to hit and in our secondary we needed to find some good players back there. They’ve really adjusted well, we’re happy they’re here. I think they’ll be key contributors to our team. It could be this year, could be in a year or two but I think both of them are going to be fine players for us.”

The Mountaineers continue to prepare for the upcoming season, and with the loss of a key secondary player from 2015 of Doug Middleton, App State could see Duck or Duffey in serious competition as early as August.

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S P O R T S

FLY FISHING IN THE HIGH COUNTRY

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BY BEN COGSDALE SPORTS REPORTER

merican author and fly master John Gierach once said, "The solution to any problem — work, love, money, whatever — is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be."

For many people, fly fishing is only seen through the pages of L.L.Bean catalogues or High Country welcome brochures. This "hobby" is perceived as an elitist sport reserved for wealthy retired men in Tilley Hats and tweed jackets, or for visiting tourists ready to empty their pockets.

The 1992 film "A River Runs Through It" helped fly fishing gain a national audience and bolstered the industry in Montana. Since then, the fly fishing industry has enjoyed steady growth of popularity and apart from the blue blood states like Montana and Colorado, the popularity gained by the North Carolina High Country is rivaled by few.

Beginning to learn the sport of fly fishing can feel like rocket science. However, with the right understanding of resources, gear and approach, presenting delicate pieces of feather to even the smallest trout can become a lifelong obsession.

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Fly fishing beginners have to know where their resources are. The most helpful place for beginners in Watauga County to look is Appalachian State University.

The university offers several different opportunities for aspiring anglers – even classes for college credit. Appalachian State students can enjoy the luxury of a fly fishing instructional course as a physical education credit. The university also offers a Trout Unlimited certified fly fishing club sponsored by Shea Tuberty, an App State biology professor.

“I made no secrets about the fact that I loved fly fishing,” Tuberty said. “Our club is actually recognized by Trout Unlimited.”

Club member Nick Featherston can attest to the how the fly fishing club helps new members get hooked on the sport.

“We’ve actually gotten quite a few people to start fly fishing while hooking them up with good prices on gear and putting them on fish,” sophomore recreation management major Featherston said.

Aside from university-aided resources, there are seven different outfitters in Boone and several more in neighboring counties. Foscoe Fly Fishing Outfitters and Watauga River Anglers Fly Shop offer full fly shops as well as guiding services, while the outfitting services also provide casting lessons.

Due South Outfitters is a new outfitting service founded by App State alumnus Patrick Sessoms. Growing up fly fishing in the area, Sessoms is familiar with the area’s resources and encourages novice anglers to seek guidance.

“The number one thing I could say is don’t be too proud to ask for help,” Sessoms said. “Looking back, I could have closed the learning curve if I asked for help.”

Using these resources can be an indispensable tool to cut the learning curve in half and catch more fish.

After fledgling anglers have armed themselves with resources, the daunting task of finding the right gear is next.

Any experienced angler can verify that walking into a fly shop for the first time can be an eye-opening ordeal. There are a 100 different lines, flies, rods and reels to choose from and different weights, types and actions to consider.

Rods and reels are the initial necessities. For beginners, a number of companies like Courtland, Orvis and Redington offer combo outfits. A combo outfit consists of the rod, reel, fly line and leader – some even include a small selection of flies.

However, most anglers prefer to assemble these parts separately, so it’s helpful to break them down into categories.

The first part to consider is the fly line.

With conventional tackle – the official way of referring to spinning rods, bait casters and push rods – the weight of the lure carries the line to the target. With fly fishing, the weight of the fly line, a colorful line coated in heavy plastic, carries the virtually weightless fly to the destination using a fly casting stroke.

There are different types of fly lines but for beginners, selecting a weight-forward floating line is the best bet.

Reels, rods and lines all come in the same weight classification. Weight, in this context, can be a deceiving term because the weight doesn’t refer to how many pounds or ounces a fly rod or reel is.

Instead this is a system used to match the size of the reel and rod with the size of the species being targeted and the size of the water being fished. The important factor to know is that, in most instances, the reel and rod should match the line. For example, a 5-weight rod should be paired with a 5-weight reel and subsequent fly line. The most versatile rod, reel, and line combo is a 5-weight.

Sessoms said he recommends 8-foot6-inch long rods that are 5-weights.

“You can use it on big water or a small stream and it’s a pretty forgiving rod, so I would recommend that to beginners,” Sessoms said.

The last part of the initial outfit is the tapered leader. The tapered leader is a thin clear line that becomes increasingly thin until it reaches the thinnest point called the tippet (where the fly is tied on).

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There are hundreds of different types of flies to use that are capable of catching different types of fish. For the sake of simplicity and relevance to the High Country, it is most helpful to understand the three types of trout flies and two ways they are fished.

The three types of flies trout feed on are mayflies, caddisflies and stoneflies.

Since mayflies and caddis are most productive in this area, those are what are the most important to focus on. These two different types of flies can be fished as dries or nymphs.

Dry flies are lures that mimic the adult stage of an aquatic insect. It is what often comes to mind when thinking about fly fishing. The dry fly rides on top of the water and a fish rises to the surface to eat it. This is the most exciting type of fishing because it is visible when the fish eats the fly. Some common types of dry flies are Elk Haired Caddis’s, Parachute Adams and Royal Whulffs.

In terms of the amount of fish caught, the most productive flies are nymphs.

A nymph represents the early stages of an aquatic insect’s life. These bugs cling to the underside of rocks or are washed away by the current underneath the water. Since most of a trout’s diet is underwater, this is the most effective fly to use. Usually a strike indicator is tied or attached to the line to act as a bobber. This allows the angler to see when the fish has taken his fly and set the hook. Some common types of nymphs are Pheasant Tails, Prince Nymphs and Hares Ears.

With the setup complete and a basic knowledge of flies obtained, the question is where and when to fish. The easier answer is where. Anywhere on a map with a blue line and some gradient can be fished. Be aware of private property signs and be careful not to trespass. The North Carolina Wildlife Commission has an interactive map where it is possible to find any stream or river in the state.

Tackling the question of when is a little different. The most productive time to fish is during the spring when water temperatures are cool and bug activity is heavy. Trout are active during this time and more willing to eat a fly. However, it is possible to fish year round by changing up strategies. Winter fishing can be rewarding because less anglers will be on the water. Trout will be less active, but catching one or two fish on a vacant river can be just as rewarding as catching 50 on a spring day.

Armed with the basic knowledge, it is now feasible to start fly fishing and a lifelong passion can begin. Don’t get discouraged if it doesn’t come together at first because like the well-worn cliché, a bad day fishing is better than a good day working. Good luck and tight lines.

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O P I N I O N

WHAT'S AT STAKE IN THE FIGHT OVER MARGARET SPELLINGS N KEVIN GRIFFIN OPINION EDITOR

early 10 years ago, the U.S. Department of Education put out a report calling for changes in the way higher education functions. That report was called “A Test of Leadership.”

Now that the prophet of for-profit is poised to take her place as the head of the nation’s oldest public university system, the phrase “a test of leadership” has an entirely new meaning.

For all people who care about keeping and nourishing the great public university system we have, the response to Spellings is a true test of leadership.

We should be proud to say that in a number of ways, Appalachian State has met that challenge. Our faculty senate passed a resolution last November raising serious questions about Spellings’ qualifications and the process by which she was chosen.

On Tuesday, a number of students are planning a walk out to signal their displeasure with Spellings’ appointment.

There is still one highly consequential group that has not made any statement.

The administration has yet to speak sub-

stantively about Spellings.

Given the politics involved, it’s understandable why administrators would be reluctant to speak out or take action. Even with those realities, the voices of administrators are necessary.

Magaret Spellings represents the worse trends in higher education, trends that are coming together to destroy public higher education as we know.

Spellings comes to UNC with a clear resume. She has served on the boards of controversial for-profit colleges. The aforementioned report on higher education she oversaw dismissed the idea that we should look for increased state support as a means of making college more affordable.

Instead, the report recommended universities adopt various productivity and accountability to cut the costs. The basic idea is that universities should be treated as any other business, an idea that should be rejected by anyone who sees the value in public colleges and universities.

Of course, this type of mindset has been at work in North Carolina for sometime. Public support for colleges has

dropped 25 percent since 2008, according to the Center on Budget and Public Priorties. Predictably, tuition has gone up in response.

All schools in the UNC system need to stand up for this, but there should be a special pressure here at Appalachian State. Part of the reason is that, as students of this university, we should want to look back on this contentious era and be able to say that our school stood up for what was right.

Another reason is our identity as a liberal arts institution. Here, we understand that while economic considerations play a role in education, the purpose of college is much broader than simply vocational training.

In part, college is also supposed to give people the knowledge they need to critically engage and shape the type of society that we have.

It’s this vision of higher education that is especially imperiled by the type of program that Spellings represents and will likely push in office.

So the fight against the Spellings agenda is not just a matter of standing up for

the people of North Carolina, but at Appalachian State it is a matter of standing up for our identity as an institution.

When prompting administrators to stand up, we should always note that the political situation is difficult. There is a legitimate chilling effect in places that works to keep people who are in the system in line.

Still, the existence of that chilling effect makes it even more important that people with power speak up and use what power they have to promote a positive direction for the system.

Tuesday marks the beginning of a new phase in this troubling time for the UNC system. As long we stay mired in this particular mess, all high-profile figures in the UNC system should be judged on the basis of the stands they take in combating this disastrous vision of higher education.

To Chancellor Everts and other administrators, please stand up at this difficult time to show not only the state, but the nation where Appalachian State stands.

Griffin, a senior journalism major from Madison, is the opinion editor.

THE LGBT MOVEMENT’S UPHILL BATTLE FOR EQUALITY

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oday, persecuted groups throughout the country are working to secure equal rights.

The LGBT community has been one of the most prominent groups in the fight for equal rights, and there have been a number of advances for their cause over the last year.

Now of course, with every positive influence comes a negative side, working against the goal of reaching a greater good. Every day is an uphill battle for these communities to just have the same rights as anybody else.

At the moment, we are seeing that fight playing out in North Carolina.

The efforts of LGBT activists were at least partially vindicated when Charlotte passed a non-discrimination ordinance by a 7-4 vote on Feb. 22.

The ordinance not only allows recourse for members of the LGBT community if they are denied rights, but also allows transgender people the right to use whichever bathroom they identify with.

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JAMES BRANCH OPINION WRITER This is a huge step in the LGBT equal rights movement and speaks volumes in a state with such a conservative government.

Every day, people are opening their minds and hearts and starting to consider changing the social infrastructure that has oppressed and denied the rights of so many people.

Still, their are voices coming out in opposition to this change.

N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, released a response to the Charlotte LGBT ordinance saying that it was a push from an “ultra-left, politically correct agenda in the face of common sense,” according to the News & Observer.

While Democrats are passing laws and ordinances to gain more equality for the LGBT community, Republican opposition comes out of purported concerns for safety.

However, the Republican fears are based in fiction.

A lot of the fear is based out of bigoted and stereotypical view of the

transgender community. The amount of fear mongering done by politicians is despicable, but there is another problem here that needs to be addressed: bad reporting.

Whether it is biased reporting that comes out of the desire to promote an agenda or a matter of media outlets failing to fact-check carefully enough, bad reporting seems to be a source of Republican opposition.

Media Matters released a report in 2014 that documented some of the misleading claims made by news outlets across the country. These include claims about the risk of sexual assault that would come with allowing transgender people into the bathrooms of their identified gender.

The report then goes on to reference the statements of public officials and activists which show these claims to be myths. The fact is, there is no danger in giving these rights to transgender people.

Sadly, misinformation can spread like wildfire and certain hate groups can then

use this to fuel their spiteful campaigns.

If people believe strongly enough in their cause, then any article, even if it is wrong, will be stated as fact.

Now, whether or not the politicians using faulty information are doing so intentionally, or are simply not fact-checking themselves, I cannot say.

I can say, however, that if you are using an article as a basis for your claim, then you should at least do a little research on it yourself first.

Regardless of the reasons why politicians peddling these myths, all human beings should be treated equally without exceptions.

Thankfully, the LGBT community is breaking new ground everyday, gaining more and more rights that they did not previously have.

Even though the Republican party has tried its best to stop it, the people are standing by what is right for humanity.

Branch, a sophomore journalism major from Brunswick, Ga., is an opinion writer.

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WHAT TO DO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: LEADERSHIP, SERVICE AND LEGACY Nominations are being accepted for leadership, service and legacy awards, sponsored by the Office of Student Development, through 5 p.m. March 1. Visit https://studentdev.appstate. edu/student-awards to submit a nomination.

Appalachian State University recognizes students for their service and leadership to Appalachian State University. These awards are presented at a Student Leadership Award Ceremony sponsored by the Office of Student Development. This year the ceremony, “Celebration of Leadership and Legacy,” is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. April 22, Parkway Ballroom, PSU. The awards presented at the ceremony are: • Leadership, Service, and Legacy Awards: - The Ronny L. Brooks Leadership Award - The Bobby L. Dunnigan Service Award - The Gregory S. Blimling Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Student Dev. - The Berardino DiBernardi Student Award for Leadership and Legacy • Club and Organization Awards: - Student Organization of the Year - Outstanding Club President • Student Employee of the Year The Club and Organization Awards will be determined in March 2016 by the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership. The Student Employee of the Year will be determined in April 2016 by the Career Development Center.

“PHILOSOPHERS, PSYCHOPATHS AND NEUROETHICS”

ethics” presented by Matt Rublebwill be held at 5:30 p.m. March 1, Three Top (room 169), PSU. The specific mental illness that the psychopath suffers from is alleged to render him constitutively incapable of acting morally. Moreover, significant neuro-empirical evidence appears to strongly support this conclusion. Case closed, right? Not for moral philosophers.

Sponsored by the Philosophy & Religion Department. Free and open to the public.

VISITING WRITERS SERIES The Hughlene Bostian Frank Spring Visiting Writers Series Events will take place with craft talks and readings in Plemmons Student Union.

Book sales and signings will follow each event.

• March 3: Poet Ed Madden, 2-3:15 p.m.

Craft Talk: Public Voice, Public Work; 7:308:30 p.m. Reading; Table Rock, PSU • March 31 (The Juanita Tobin Memorial Reading): Poet and former Charlotte Observer books editor Dannye Romaine Powell, 3:304:45 p.m. Craft Talk: The Art and Craftiness of the Literary Interview; 7:30-8:30 p.m. Reading; Table Rock, PSU • April 7: Travel and Adventure Writing with Peter Fish and Leigh Ann Henion, 2-3:15 p.m.

Craft Talk: Travel Writing; 7:30-9 p.m. Reading; Table Rock, PSU • April 28 (with the Diversity Speakers Series): Poet, Memoirist, and Social Justice Activist Luis Rodriguez, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Craft Talk in Table Rock, PSU; 7:30-9 p.m. Reading in Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU

FILM SCREENING

ie” at 6 p.m. March 14, room 114, Belk Library.

Produced and directed by Brenda Goodman, this film shows the evolution sex education in the US from the early 1900s to the present.

Extra Credit Slips will be provided at the event. For more information, email smallsts@ appstate.edu.

AUDITIONS TO BE TV SPORTSCASTER Auditions for three panelist positions on AppTV’s original program, Sports Bar, will take place at 6 p.m. March 15 at Café Portofino.

Contestants will be asked to touch on a variety of topics ranging from national sports headlines to App State athletics. Sign-ups are available at www.watchapptv.com and walk-ins are welcome.

Viewers can watch Sports Bar every Monday at 7 p.m. on Charter channel 23.3 on campus and channel 198 off campus.

WELLNESS SEMINAR The Office of Human Resources and Health Promotion for Faculty and Staff presents Be Well Appalachian, a full-day wellness seminar for faculty and staff. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. March 15 in Parkway Ballroom, PSU. Topics to be covered include habits and goals, meditation and mindfulness, obesity and worksite wellness, personal stress management, with the keynote speaker Dr. Michael Perko, professor in the UNCG Department of Public Health Education.

Lunch will be provided. Registration is free and is open to all ASU faculty and staff. Register by March 9 on the App State Workshop

Schedule page.

For more information, email wilsones1@ appstate.edu or call ext. 6486.

THE WELLNESS WORKSHOPS The Counseling Center presents “The Wellness Workshops: Feelin’ Good in the Neighborhood!”

Space is limited. Reservations should be made at campbellha@appstate.edu. Extra credit slips will be made available. Visit counseling. appstate.edu or call 828-262-3180.

• Mental Health: What Stops Us from Talking about It and What You Can Do To Take Care of YOURS, 6-7 p.m. March 23, Price Lake, PSU • What Shape is Your Personality: Learn more about Yourself and How to Relate to Others, 4-5 p.m. April 6, Linn Cove, PSU • Let’s Get Out! Explore the Connection Between Positive Mental Health and Being Outdoors, 5-7 p.m., April 14, workshop will take place outside, email to register

PUBLIC LECTURE Walter Mignolo will present “Decolonial Humanities and Geopolitics of Knowledge: Dwelling, thinking, doing and being in the Borders” at 1 p.m. March 25, room 114, Belk Library.

Walter Mignolo is the Director of the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities, William H. Wannamaker Professor of Literature, and has appointments in Cultural Anthropology and Romance Literature at Duke University. He has published extensively on semiotics and literary theory, and has in the past years been working on different aspects of the modern/colonial world.

Philosophy & Religion Spring Lecture Series: “Philosophers, Psychopaths and Neuro-

Wellness and Prevention Services will host a showing and discussion of “Sex(ED) The Mov-

TUESDAY, MARCH 1

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2

THURSDAY, MARCH 3

FRIDAY, MARCH 4

“Philosophers, Psycopaths and Neuroethics” Lecture

Put Yourself in a Movie Poster

Midterms

Spring Exhibition Celebration

11 a.m.

Solarium, PSU Free

Hughlene Bostian Frank Spring Visiting Writers Series: Ed Madden

6-10 p.m.

Turchin Center Free

5:30 p.m.

Three Top, PSU Free

Heartless Bastards with SUSTO Joby Bell Faculty Organ Recital 8 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall Free

9 p.m.

Legends $10-$12

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Film Screening 7 p.m.

Greenbriar Theater, PSU $1

7:30 p.m.

Table Rock, PSU Free

“Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

Film Screening

Early Voting 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU Free (voters may register on-site)

7 p.m.

Greenbriar Theater, PSU $1

SAGA Amateur Drag Show 7 p.m.

Parkway Ballroom, PSU $5

SATURDAY, MARCH 5

SUNDAY, MARCH 6

MONDAY, MARCH 7

TUESDAY, MARCH 8

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Spring Break Early Voting 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU Free (voters may register on-site)

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