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Campus High Country Bass brings the bump to Boone denied early voting site

by Gerrit Van Genderen News Reporter

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ppalachian State University will not have a one-stop voting site for the upcoming May 2014 primary after a Watauga County Board of Elections vote Wednesday.

The meeting for the vote was held at 5 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Board Room of the Watauga County Administration Building in downtown Boone. Approximately 50 people were in attendance for the meeting.

In a 2-1 vote, the Board of Elections voted to have one-stop sites at the Watauga County Administration Building, the Western Watauga Community Center in Sugar Grove, the Blowing Rock Town Hall, the Deep Gap Fire Department and the Meat Camp Fire Department.

BOE Chairman Luke Eggers and Secretary Bill Aceto, who proposed the plan, were the two members of the board that voted for the sites mentioned, while BOE Member Kathleen Campbell voted against.

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DJ Galaxy pumps his beats to the crowd at Saturday night's High Country Bass. The monthly EDM event brings electronic artists from the area to the Harvest House. Organizers hope to revitalize Boone’s once-popular electronic dance music scene.

by Lovey Cooper Senior A&E Reporter

High Country Bass, a new monthly Electronic Dance Music event featuring local talent, kicked off Saturday with a higher than expected turnout, organizer and local booking agent Scott Rodesiler

said.

While the first High Country Bass event was expected to lose money, more than 200 tickets ended up being sold to the dance party that night, which kept the Harvest House off of Boone Heights Drive bumping until 2 a.m.

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High Country Bass is an opportunity for local DJs and other dance music artists to showcase their talent in an atmosphere that actually caters to their work in ways that bars and house parties don’t.

Rodesiler hopes to feature a wide range of origi-

nal sounds, such as house and trap music from across the state in addition to local staples.

“If you’re going to a bar, you’re paying at least $3 if you’re over 21, $5 if you’re under, you’re going to get the same music and you’re paying a beeper to get there,” Rodesiler

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Chancellor, Provost decide on elimination of programs

by Gerrit Van Genderen

B.J. Bumgarner operates a backhoe for Hicks Construction on Wednesday afternoon to finish demolition of the Psychology Research House on Howard Street.

The building was in poor repair and was expensive to maintain, said Carole Acquesta, associate director of the Planning, Design and Construction Department. The demolition is projected to be completed by the end of spring break.

The space will be used as part of a new student residence hall that will house 170 beds, according to Planning, Design and Construction’s Master Plan 2020.

said.

The event only costs $3 in advance or $4 at the door, in hopes of keeping interest high. It is more about building a scene of EDM appreciators rather than consumers, Rodesiler said.

Appalachian State University Chancellor Kenneth Peacock and Provost Lori Gonzalez informed university faculty and staff Tuesday of their final decision concerning the program prioritization plan.

Peacock and Gonzalez announced in an email the elimination of five academic programs: the Master of Arts in Music Education, Master of Arts in Gerontology, Master of Arts in History and Education, Master of Arts in Child Development: Birth through Kindergarten and Master of Sciences in Criminal Justice and Criminology.

Both the Master of Arts in Music Education and Master of Arts in Gerontology were recommended for elimination in the Prioritization Final Report published Dec. 16, 2013.

The Academic Policies and Procedures Committee further supported those recommendations at their Feb.19 meeting.

Despite recommendations from the AP&P Committee to keep the

Master of Arts in Child Development: Birth through Kindergarten and the Master of Sciences in Criminal Justice and Criminology, the original plan of elimination from the Prioritization Final Report will stand as presented.

Peacock and Gonzalez accepted the recommendation of the AP&P Committee to consolidate the three undergraduate programs of Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences and Technology Education into a single program, now called Career and Technical Education.

Decisions about how the programs will be consolidated and where they will reside will be made through discussions with the faculty of the units and the deans of the respective colleges, according to the release.

Peacock and Gonzalez also accepted the recommendation of allowing the Master of Arts in Romance Languages to continue for two years. The changes will be effective fall 2014 academic term.

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Freshman helps launch website for homework assistance

by Gerrit Van Genderen News Reporter

An Appalachian State University freshman has helped create a website designed to aid college students with questions concerning their homework.

Management major Conner Drummond and North Carolina State University freshman aerospace engineering major Zach Butler launched Homework Locker approximately three

weeks ago.

The website, hwlocker. com, gives users free homework help, allowing them to ask questions, upload study guides and answer others’ questions.

“We have it set up where you can enter your questions anonymously without any registration or fee,” Drummond said. “Very, very simple. You search it, you find it, you ask your question and you get an answer.”

Drummond said the entire idea was Butler’s brainchild.

“He came up with the idea, found out how to code the website, and over the course of two weeks he coded the entire thing, which I thought was very impressive,” Drummond said. “He seemed to have no problems with it and would give me updates on the progress daily.”

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BOG, ASG support tuition changes

by Laney Ruckstuhl News Reporter

The University of North Carolina Board of Governors and the Association of Student Governments have worked to lower tuition rates in certain cases that would accommodate military and out-of state students.

The BOG held a meeting Feb. 21 during which the budget committee voted on what to include in its budget

request to send to the North Carolina General Assembly in May. Part of the resolution included a request to repeal the out-of-state undergraduate tuition increases effective fall 2014 that were ruled across the UNC system this past summer.

If the BOG’s resolution’s request is not approved, Appalachian State University’s outof-state tuition will increase 6 percent.

The General Assembly

voted not to increase in-state undergraduate tuition for the coming year.

BOG Chairman Peter Hans said he is unsure as to how the state legislature will react.

“The General Assembly is weighing many different priorities such as increased teacher pay and continued challenges with the Medicaid program,” Hans said.

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Appalachian alumna plans second Social Justice Week

by Nicole Caporaso News Reporter

Appalachian State University’s second Social Justice Week, planned by alumna Amanda Moore, will take place March 19 through 30.

“Social Justice Week is a series of events that are addressing a variety of human rights movements and social justice topics in a variety of different ways,” Moore said.

“The week is really just to show that students, fac-

ulty and the community in Watauga County care about these issues and want to do something about them.”

Events during the week include several documentary and film screenings, a clothing drive hosted by People Fighting Poverty, a bake sale benefiting Prevent Child Abuse N.C. and multiple discussion panels and forums.

The highlighted events of the week will be March 20, including the screening of Bill Moyers’ docu-

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mentary, “State of Conflict: North Carolina” and a lecture by Carl Wilkins titled World Outside My Shoes, Moore said.

Wilkins will speak about his experience as the only American to remain in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide.

This year’s Social Justice Week will also include a campus-wide food drive. At each event and in boxes throughout Plemmons Student Union, canned food will be collected for donation

accrediting body standards, according to the Prioritization Final Report.

“This was a process that extended over a two year period,” Gonzalez said in an email. “I believe the process had integrity and demonstrated what has been true at Appalachian since its inception - we are good stewards of our resources.”

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to the Hospitality House and the Hunger and Health Coalition.

Motivation to host the first Social Justice Week last year stemmed from the hope to create a Social Justice Human Rights Center on campus. Moore said a common misconception about the week is that it is hosted by a single organization.

“Last year was the first year our campus had it and there were about 13 events and 20 organiza-

tions that participated, but this year we have more than 35 events and almost 50 organizations participating in some form,” she said.

Organizations associated with events that will take place include the Student Government Association, the Marxist Student Union, Young Americans for Liberty, Appalachian Educators for Social Justice, Amnesty International and Invisible Children.

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FROM PAGE 1 Drummond said that while Butler does most of the technical work with the website, he handles its design, making sure it has a strong layout and feel to it, as well as spreading the awareness of the website.

The concept for Homework Locker was established shortly after Drummond and Butler returned to school from winter break this January.

“I wanted to create something that would be different, help people in everyday life and be something I could connect to personally,” Butler said.

Drummond said that some of the inspiration for the website resulted from the lack of help currently offered online.

“With sites such as ‘Yahoo Answers,’ you have to sign up, create an account and potentially do a trial offer,” Drummond. “That makes things really complicated when people are looking for quick help.”

Site users specify what category their question falls under and then post the question. The question will then immediately be visible within the topic category as well as the “Recent Questions” section, Drummond said.

Categories include math, English, science, history and professions, all of which include sub-sections of their own.

“Essentially, any question can be asked and answered,” Drummond said.

“The way the site is set up, you can ask any question ranging from the elementary level to the professional level.”

campus coordinator, said Social Justice Week is important to him because as active students, individuals can get together to attempt to solve social problems.

“This week is an example of how we can use our individual freedom to act and support causes for social justice from the perspective of helping disadvantaged and oppressed human beings attain and experience that freedom as well,” Bratton said.

Users can also upload an image to accompany their question, which is particularly useful for engineers or others who often have diagrams, Butler said.

Drummond said the website traffic has been low due to the recent launch, but the pair hopes to see increased usage in the future.

“We are not sure what is going to happen in the future, but we will just have to play it by ear,” Drummond said. “If we get a lot of website traffic, it will pose a potential issue for just us two being able to answer all the questions. What we hope for is for people who ask questions to continue to visit the site and help with others’ questions as well.”

In the case that increased traffic occurs, Drummond said he hopes to allow advertisements on the website to bring some money to the site. The money they earn would then be used to pay others to help with efficiently running the website.

“We hope that the website becomes a place where people can get together and build a community that helps ask and answer questions instead of just being a one-time stop,” Drummond said.

He said that while there are some uncertainties for the future, the pair hopes that the website turns into an asset people can use.

“We really hope to get this website out there, honestly,” Drummond said. “I am not sure how well it will succeed in the long run, but hopefully we can work around issues we may have and turn this into something that can help people out.”

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NEWS (Left) SGA President Dylan Russell offers his opinion on the changes to voting locations within Watauga County during Wednesday night's Board of Elections Meeting. (Bottom) Watauga County citizens hold up signs at the start of the meeting.

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FROM PAGE 1 The hours of operation for each of the five sites are, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 24 to April 25 and April 28 to May 2, and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 3, Aceto said.

Due to a new law passed by the state legislature, the number of scheduled voting hours at all sites for onestop voting must at least match the amount of voting hours during the 2010 primary and general elections, which was 272 hours.

The plan includes 305 operation hours total.

The Watauga County Administration Building will serve as an alternate site to the county courthouse.

The county courthouse has metal detectors at its entrance, which Aceto said he would like to avoid. Aceto said that the larger size of the administration building and the fact that there is easier access on the ground level were also factors.

Aceto said that the administration building would serve as an acceptable voting site for those who reside in Boone as well as the students of Appalachian because it is accessible on foot and via AppalCART. Campbell’s countering plan proposed one-stop voting sites at the county courthouse, the Meat Camp Fire Department, the Western Watauga Community Center, the Blowing Rock Town Hall, Appalachian’s Plemmons Student Union and the Boone Town Hall/Police Department.

“As usual I am very disappointed, but not surprised because this is what has been going on since August,” Campbell said. “It is just wrong to take away the voting rights of our fellow citizens, and I do not think there is any way to argue that this does not do just that.”

In an attempt to keep the decision from going to the state board, Campbell suggested that the board come up with a compromise.

“If we can get a sites at the student union, courthouse, Boone Town Council, you can do whatever you want with the rest of the county,” Campbell said to her fellow board members.

The compromise was shot down immediately after Aceto said the board

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shouldn’t “bargain” on polling places.

Campbell said that this decision poses issues to Appalachian students concerning their desire to vote early due to lack of transportation.

Campbell said she urged students to find ways to vote regardless of the situation at hand.

Also at the meeting, the board passed a resolution for a public comment process starting at Wednesday’s meeting.

Citizens will have up to two minutes to speak to the members of the board and the public comment session will be for a total of 30 minutes at the end of each meeting.

Those who wish to speak during the public comment session must list their name and address on a sign-up sheet, which is provided 15 minutes before the start of the comment period.

Eleven members of the audience spoke to the board during time allotted for public comment including Student Government Association President Dylan Russell.

Russell questioned where the fairness was in the board’s decision.

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The BOG is also considering expanding the boundaries for in-state tuition for some system schools, including Appalachian. The BOG met in June 2013 to discuss possibly allowing students who live within close proximity of the state border to receive a lower out-of-state tuition rate for near-border campuses in the UNC system, which includes Appalachian due to its proximity with the Tennessee border.

ASG included support of this idea in a legislative priorities resolution Jan. 24.

A priority is “allowing students in bordering states to attend [UNC system] [s] chools within 35 miles of their residence to receive in-state tuition to said institution,” according to the resolution.

In addition, the resolution lists instate tuition for all U.S. military veterans at all UNC system schools as one of its priorities.

Appalachian currently provides instate tuition for military students without residency requirements if they are active-duty, but students who were stationed out of North Carolina are not considered in-state for tuition purposes once they have left the service.

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Alumna designer breaks away with original fashion brand

by Kelsey Hamm Intern A&E Reporter

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n Appalachian State University graduate and former fashion designer for Tommy Hilfiger, Levi’s and Converse has broken out of the corporate world to begin her own fashion brand called Esby.

The Esby brand is inspired by alumna Stephanie Beard’s 10 years of experience with menswear and features women’s clothing that is well-made with highquality material, in addition to being produced 100 percent in the United States, she said.

“In a way, I am trying to change the throw-away mentality [consumers have] to encourage the buying of valuable, wellmade clothing and the repairing of our clothes, as well as having more of an emotional connection with the things that we wear,” Beard said.

Beard’s first line of clothing, which features 10 different styles and three accessory styles, is now in production. She plans for the line to become available on the Esby website in June 2014. For now, Beard is focused on raising the funds for production with her campaign on kickstarter.com, an online crowdfunding platform that helps entrepreneurs independently fundraise for creative projects.

“What happens after the Kickstarter really depends on what is more practical for me to do, whether that will be to ship the pieces that don’t get sold in pre-sales to boutiques all around the country, or to sell the pieces on the Esby website,” Beard said.

Beard’s Kickstarter campaign, which started Feb. 4 and ends March 6 at 8 a.m., was originally set with the goal of rais-

ing $10,000 for production. Within 48 hours of the campaign’s beginning, Esby reached this goal. The brand has now received more than $20,000 from supporters.

Originally from Greensboro, Beard graduated from Appalachian in 2003 with a degree in clothing textiles and fashion design. After landing a position in the textile department at Tommy Hilfiger in New York City, Beard went on to gain experience designing woven and knit shirts for Levi’s and developing the One Star line for Converse before starting Esby. Beard now lives in Austin, Texas.

Beard said that her goal is to put the menswear mentality into women’s clothing, something that she could never quite find when shopping for her own clothes.

“I think that designing for big corporations gave me such a great experience,” Beard said. “But I kind of always wanted to hone it in, and have a line that I really care a lot about. That just naturally went back to women’s wear for me.”

The production of her clothing brand currently takes place at Nola Sewn, a New Orleans-based clothing factory founded and directed by fashion designer Lisa Iacono.

“Stephanie’s work, coincidentally, resonates with me greatly,” Iacono said.

“The clothes are not only beautiful and high-designed, they are also practical and wearable.”

Beard’s former manager at Converse, designer Samantha Lee, believes that Beard is on a great track for her career.

“You have to be passionate to succeed,” Lee said. “You can’t just think that what you do is cool. You have to absolutely love it. Stephanie is proof that you can accomplish anything if you follow your dreams.”

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FROM PAGE 1 “We’re trying to bring the community aspect to it and the other places like [the] Charlotte aspect, and the festival lovers atmosphere to an indoor show,” Rodesiler said.

Boone stands in an EDMdry area, with most shows and concertgoers flocking to the more popular areas of Charlotte, Raleigh and Asheville.

“We need to get people interested in the music and not just the names,” junior health care management major Jacob Burke said.

Burke is active in both the state and local scene, bringing some bigger names to Boone in the past few years and seeing them be met with varying levels of excitement.

“Hopefully, if we make the small shows good, it will make the big shows better, too,” Burke said.

Other college towns with the same sort of interest have three or four monthly and weekly events, Burke said.

The problem with Boone is a lack of willing organizations, not necessarily the lack of interest.

“There isn’t much of a scene here, but until you have an event like this for people who aren’t experienced in the scene to go to and get experience, you won’t actually have fans,” Burke said.

Burke hopes that the drum and bass scene Boone was known for in the ’90s returns.

Boone natives Skylar Franks and Aaron Hinson have known each other for eight years, during which they have shared a love of dance music. For the past six months they have been performing together under the name Hood Intentions, serving as the house DJs at Sushi Club in Banner Elk. Franks, who went to school for sound engineering in Nashville, sees universityfunded shows as a deterrence to the local scene.

“We need sound organization that’s not connected with the college,” Franks said.

“They don’t want to pay anybody even though they’re not

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Appalachian alumna Stephanie Beard recently branched out of the corporate fashion world to start her own clothing and accessory brand called Esby. Beard used Kickstarter and raised more than $20,000 in funds for her fashion line.

Troupes host women’s arm wrestling tournament

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Incoming graphic design major Kellee Morgado (left) and senior recreation management major Sarah Roland (right) compete for first place in the arm wrestling competition Sunday at Galileo’s. The competition was for women only and raised money for local female-centered theatre programs.

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DJ Visceral ignites the crowd at Saturday night’s High Country Bass at the Harvest House. The monthly EDM event brings electronic artists from the area to the Harvest House.

getting quality sound, they’re just getting interns that almost know how to do it.”

The Harvest House serves that goal in creating a musiccentral venue that is unaffiliated with the school. But this also raises concerns in terms of noise and associated drinking and drug use.

The Harvest House does not allow either inside.

“Knowing the town and

growing up here, they don’t like new things,” Hinson said. “This is kind of where the counterculture meets culture.”

For now, though, the event is going better than anticipated, Rodesiler said.

“I think we definitely changed the mind of all the doubters,” he said. “Many people are looking forward to next month and so are we.”

The strength of women was celebrated at Galileo’s on Sunday afternoon in Boone’s firstever Women’s Arm Wrestling tournament.

The tournament, hosted by Appalachian Women’s Theatre Troupe and In/Visible Theatre, encouraged women to take part in an unconventional competition. Eleven women competed in the event, which raised about $100, split equally between both production companies.

“It went really well,” said Carmen Lawrence, president of the Women’s Theatre Troupe. “I was happily surprised at the amount of people that came out that weren’t involved with the theatre department.”

Both Appalachian Women’s Theatre Troupe and In/Visible Theatre hosted the event as a fundraiser in support of their respective spring shows. The groups relied on an entry fee of $3 to $10 as well as donations.

“We like to think of this as a ‘friendraiser,’” In/Visible Theatre Producer Karen Sabo said. “It lets people know we exist, lets them know what we do and allows everyone to be included.”

The participants competed in three separate rounds until

there were only two women remaining.

Each round consisted of three separate matches. The winner of the match was decided when they pinned down their opponent two out of three times.

The tournament featured both a winners’ bracket and losers’ bracket so participants were able to compete in more matches.

“We’re a weird and unusual theatre looking to produce a lot of work that a lot of theaters around here aren’t really doing,” Sabo said. “So we want our events, our [public relations] and marketing events, to match what we’re producing. This was a nice, fun, unusual event to match our work.”

Freshman graphic design major Kellee Morgado won the tournament, followed by runners up senior recreation management major Sarah Rolland and senior sustainable development major Chloe Crabtree winning the losers’ bracket.

Winners received two tickets each to the hosts’ upcoming spring shows, which are “A Part Equal,” presented by the Women’s Theatre, and “Kill Will,” presented by the In/Visible Theatre.

“There were a lot of tough arm wrestlers out there,” Morgado said. “It was a lot of fun.”

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No competition highlights gerrymandering problem situation is the use of gerrymandering in the state.

Gerrymandering gives far too much power to politicians to decide what should and should not be political issues, and it often results in inadequate representation. Two North Carolina districts, District 12 and District 4, were named in the top 10 least compact districts in a 2012 analysis by the geospatial analysis firm Azavea, with District 12 being ranked as the least compact.

This poses a problem for democracy in the state.

In 2012, Republicans ended up taking the General Assembly, even though 2.22 million North Carolinians voted for Democrats, with only 2.14 million voting for Republicans, according to Bloomberg News. Republicans could claim such success because they happened to be in power just after the census was

Kevin Griffin Opinion Writer

Though it is only March, it appears that many legislative offices in the state have already been effectively decided for the elections in November.

Twelve state senate seats and 44 house seats have been decided because the candidates who filed before the Feb. 28 deadline had no opposition, according to WRAL. In many other cases, the primary will be the deciding factor.

While it is possible to have unaffiliated or write-in candidates, it is unlikely that candidates using those methods would be elected. A reason for this decidedly undemocratic

taken, so they could redraw district lines in ways that benefited them.

To improve the democratic character of our elections, we should change this system.

It is not because it is Republicans doing it, but that partisan interests have a role in something that should be a political, and decided with the interests of the public in mind.

I realize that at least part of the reason Democrats campaign against the current districts is because they are put at a disadvantage. This does not change the fact that partisan redistricting, whatever effect it may have on the parties, limits adequate representation of the public.

North Carolina has a Democratic potential. A recent Gallup poll showed North Carolina is almost evenly divided between the two major parties, with 41.3 percent

supporting Democrats and 41.9 percent supporting Republicans.

This is promising because it should mean that no single party holds absolute influence, and parties could be made to appeal to citizens to win their support.

We can do something to improve the situation by removing the task of redistricting from the legislature and giving the job to an independent commission. Six states have already done this, according to All About Redistricting.

Making the move to an independent commission will not eliminate all the inequities in our electoral system, but it will be a positive step to a fair, representative system.

Certainly, it would be preferable to what we have now.

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

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It is time that someone stood up for Syria Syria, then the time for decisive action is now.

The regime of President Bashar al-Assad must be removed.

The conflict in Syria is not a matter of U.S. or U.N. interests in the Middle East as has been the case in the past.

What faces the U.S. and the international community as a whole right now is one of the worst humanitarian crises in modern times.

The U.N. stopped tracking deaths in January after stating it could no longer accurately verify claims of casualties. At that time, the toll stood at 100,000 deaths with more than 6 million people displaced abroad and in the country, according to National Public Radio.

The persecution and fleeing of doctors who treat the wounded has led activists to fear a “brain drain” in the country. A lack of accessible health care has also caused

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As the conflict in Syria approaches its third anniversary, an end to the fighting seems highly unlikely, especially given the ineffectual nature of the United Nations peace talks in Geneva these past two months.

While the U.N. passed a resolution Feb. 22 calling for both sides to allow humanitarian aid, a lack of any consequences for those who fail to do so has allowed the bloodshed to continue.

Peace through diplomacy is obviously the ideal in any situation, but diplomacy has thus far failed the Syrian people. If the international community truly wishes to make an effective change in

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secondary casualties in the country that possibly eclipse the casualties of war.

While both government forces and rebels alike are guilty of war crimes, stopping the indiscriminate killing carried out by regime of al-Assad should be the top priority.

The current geopolitical situation of the Syrian conflict has created many different alliances and divisions.

As the situation stands, Russia and Iran pose the greatest challenge in removing al-Assad.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent actions in Ukraine are especially concerning, but by standing up for the sovereignty of the Syrian people, the U.S. can assert that tyranny and oppression will not be tolerated.

Iran has also financed the Syrian army with billions of dollars in the past, in addi-

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tion to providing strategic military training, according to a report by Reuters. If Iran truly wishes to participate in a healthy manner with the international community, intervention in Syria can demonstrate that they must do so according to the stipulations set forth to them.

An intervention in Syria will not be without consequence in some form, yet it need not be a waste of life for the U.S. or NATO, either.

Methods do exist to put more pressure on al-Assad, as was evidenced in Libya in 2011.

Nonetheless, if the U.S. wishes to view itself as a bastion of freedom and peace in the world, then it is its humanitarian duty to ensure that al-Assad’s regime is stopped.

Deverell, a sophomore journalism major from Little Silver, N.J., is an intern videographer.

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Now is the time to rethink American militarism Dewey Mullis Opinion Writer

Perhaps the best conflict manager is someone who is not directly involved but has a bird’s-eye view of the situation.

The disputes in Russia and Ukraine clearly cannot be settled internally, so we now must call upon the next best perspective for a resolution.

Step aside, President Barack Obama. Failed vice presidential candidate and amateur Russia-watcher Sarah Palin has it under control. She even told CNN, “I told ya so,” referring to a 2008 comment about the potential for crisis between the Ukraine and Russia.

South Carolina Republican Senator and part-time eye-roller Lindsey Graham told CNN that his eyes roll frequently at the president’s comments toward “thugs and dictators.” Graham ridiculed the recent plan to decrease the military, saying it was counterintuitive to the modernization of our forces and would drain our resources if we were to engage in a conflict.

I don’t want to be the hitch in their giddy-up, but all fortune telling aside, “I told ya so,” doesn’t quite send a strong, decisive message. Again, not to be a Debbie Downer, but the president isn’t speaking quite as loosely as Graham alluded to.

In a statement released by the White House, Obama assured that any undertakings in the situation in Crimea would be in conjunction with our European and other international allies.

Obama’s warnings to Russian President Vladimir Putin were not threats, weightless or without international support.

At a time when a nation’s sovereignty, borders and citizens are under pressures from powerful and driven forces, it is imperative to approach the matter with as much concern and contemplation as possible. If we have learned anything since the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, it is that we have to put on our big-boy pants, act in a timely and informed process and display a fair level of diplomacy.

We are at a point in our history where we can learn a valuable lesson. As two tiring wars come to a close we must put to the test a less violent and extreme method of negotiation. The involvement with our allies coupled with our slightly shrunken military will allow us to focus on a new direction.

And we need a direction, not powered by the number of our weapons, but by the civic duty to all human life. The smaller numbers in our military will be forced to work alongside our allies in a tighter relationship.

Work together? Yes. That means we join the world instead of trying to lead the world.

The situation in Crimea is indeed dire and the people are in need of support. But we must do so without military actions.

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

Letters to the Editor The Appalachian welcomes Letters to the Editor. Letters should be 250 words or less and include the author’s name, ASU Box, phone number, classification and campus affiliation, if any. Although we are unable to acknowledge those letters we cannot publish, we appreciate the interest and value the views of those who take the time to send us their comments.

Letters should be submitted electronically via our Web site or e-mail. Letters may also be mailed to “Letter to the Editor,” The Appalachian, ASU Box 9025, Boone, N.C. 28608. Letters may also be brought to the newsroom, located on the second floor of Plemmons Student Union.

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Free Speech Week sets of five poems, with Sustainability Film ues to create their own soPresented

by W.Young name, ASU email and Center Series to survive.

Send copy to David Freeman,their Director of Student Publications, for Student Involvement and lutions Leadership, Americans forPlemmons Liberty,Student the phone number on the first Presented by the Of• “Cultural Racism: second floor, Union, or e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu. event is endorsed by the page of each entry. Entries fice of Sustainability and Muslim Veiling, EmbodiFoundation for next Individual are due by 1 p.m.

March the Department of Geol- ment, and the Nature of ‘Gasland’ Sustainability film Rights (FIRE). All of the 21, and the winner will be ogy, and sponsored by Culture,” 7 p.m. March of computer science at Carnegie who was “GASLAND”, the nexttoSustainability Film Series events are open the announced Maypresentation 2. Entries Appalachian Popular Pro- 14,Mellon Blue University Ridge Ballroom, dying of pancreatic cancer.

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18, 2007, he stepped in will be shown April 23 at 7 p.m.should in the I.G. Auditorium. public. be Greer delivered to the gramming Society, Belk Plemmons Student Union. front of an Department audience of 400 at Carnegieby Mellon UniThe screening will be free and open to the public.

• A student-led panel English office on the sec- Library, ofpeople Co-sponsored the Huversity toand deliver a lastAppalecture called “Really AchievingOffice Your featuring on documentary ond floor ofinvestigation Sanford Hall. sustain manities Council, “Gasland”,aandiscussion award winning into Geology Childhoodthe Dreams.”

His lecture hasEquity, become Diversity a phenomenon free speech issues on a loThe competition features a lachian, series aims to of and the truth about environmental impacts of hydraulic fractur- and the inspiration for this event. cal, national and global $3,300 scholarship award. raise awareness of current Compliance, Department ing, called “fracking,” for natural gas. Filmmaker Josh Fox perspective, 7 p.m. March For more information, environmental, social and of Anthropology, and the embarks on this journey after being asked to lease his land Homegrown Film Festival on May 1 6, Rough Ridge, PSU. email weinbergsc@app- economic issues.

Department of Philosofor drilling. Gasland was an OSCAR nominee in 2011 for The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability • Free Speech Wall will state.edu.

Most films begin at 7 phy and Religion. This Best Documentary. This film is hosted by the Sustainable in the High Country will be held May 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway be set up on Sanford Mall. p.m. in I.G. Greer Audito- presentation will explore Development program.

Ballroom, 420 Plemmons Student Union.

The event is Students and the pubApparel and shoe rium and Room each will be fol- Al-Saji’s phenomenology free and open to the public.

Refreshments will be provided. lic be able to express called Thewill spring Sustainability Film sale Series is designed to raise lowed by a brief panel dis- of what has been Sustainability are growing strongracism.” She in the High Counthemselves ascurrent they see fit.

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March 18, Old to •callShored Up, March Film lim Festival womencelebrates in contempowho will answer questions and5:30-7 discuss ways of personally of these through a series rary of eight mini-documentaries, Yosef Owenslevels.

Field- 18: Asksefforts tough questions Western contexts by getting involved on local, national andRoom, international each spotlighting local people and organizations, Information literacy house. There will be team about coastal communiquestioning the including: ways in The fourth annual Sustainability Film Series continues January ties 350 Boone (climate change); Appalachian Brewery prize contest competition and training and our relationship which raceMountain and gender are 29First-year with films focusing on issues relating to sustainability.

The (small business sustainability); ASU Office of Sustainability students in apparel, some used, some to the land. at play in attitudes toward Department Geology, Belk Library, sustainability); Biophilicthe Art Installation (sustainability UCO 1200 ofand English new. Appalachian Popular (campus • A Place at the Table, Muslim headscarf or Programming Society (APPS), and the Office of Sustainabil- April art); Blue 1000 are invited to sub29:Ridge Tells Conservancy the story (land “veil.”protection); Blue Ridge ity sponsor the series. to the series’ generous of Women Agriculture (sustainable agriculture); Grandfather mit their papers to ‘Thank the you’ Wellness workshops threein Americans who sponsors.

Mountain Stewardship FoundationEnvironmental (sustainable tourism);Huand contest. Prizes include The Counseling Center maintain their dignity National for the River (water protection). Atgift certificates to theRun uni- 5k’ presents Good4in even as Committee they struggle justNewmanities Symposium ‘Girls on the set“Feelin’ for May tend for film, food and fun. Representatives of many these versity bookstore, and the the Neighborhood!” well- to eat.

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This ispapers the first time• that the 5K to the tions deadline to enter Tips foris open Managing multicultural@ap- ble discussion and a receppublic as a community event since Girls on the Run of the The 8th Annual Tom Moore 5K Run/Walk will take place is March 10. For more in- March “Madness”: A pstate.edu or go to multition.

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Registration will also accepted on the day of plores creative writing are inviter be Room, Plemmons Stuthe ruralonAmerican Chen, associate profeshave registered a first come,Y.first serve, basis. After the thetoevent starting 8 a.m. to the run, there will South ed enter work atinto the In addition dent Union and will the be people who sor of offun gender and race, there a raffle with lots prizes andwomen’s refreshalso be warm-up hair station,ofan art table, inhabit Truman Capoteactivities, Literarya happy • Screening Lifetime’s its most distant at University Lot. of ments. Parking will be availablestudies at the Burnley-Clawson visits from Yosef the Appalachian Trust Award in and Creative “Call Mecheerleading Crazy” Film team with corners. Beneath layers of California Berkley. The Tom Moore, of Boone, was diagnosed with Huntington’s disand food2014-2015 provided byPoetry Earth Fare, Chili’s and Panera Bread.

Writing Brittany Snow & Love is history, poverty, and now symposium is free and ease (HD) 10 years ago. Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, For more information on this or volunteering for Girls on soaring Competition.

Students areevent Louder, 6-8:30 p.m.

April HIV infections, open to the public, but degenerative brain disorder for which currently there is no the Run, please visit www.gotr.appstate.edu or contact Mary asked to submit an enve- 28, Beacon Heights Room, four Americans redefine participants are asked to cure. HD slowly diminishes affected individual’s abilityTo to Sherylwith Horine at Appalachian’s Institute forStudent Health and Hu- traditional lope three collated Plemmons Union Southern val-the register for the event. walk, talk and reason. Someone with HD will eventually rely on family members for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease does not affect just one person, but a whole family and community.

register, go to http://hu- with the VITA program is manitiescouncil.appstate. available (by appointment edu/digital-humanities- only) at the following losymposium-registration. cations: Watauga County For more information, go Public Library, 3-6 p.m.

NAPSA to provide the campus Fridays, community with new web to http://humanitiescounand 9 aa.m.-noon based resiliency program CU Thrive.

All currently cil.appstate.edu or emailcalled Saturdays; Watauga Counenrolled ASU students are eligible take part in this9 exciting hallki@appstate.edu. ty to Senior Center, a.m.-4 opportunity! By utilizing the CU Thrive program, students will p.m. Tuesdays; and Westhave access to a large database of helpful information.

CU Call for proposals for ern Watauga Community Thrive offersCelebration articles, videos, courses, other information Diversity Centerand on Mondays. that will help students adjust to campus life, stay healthy, Multicultural Student enhance study is skills, and for build relationships. this is just Development asking Free legalAnd advice a quick sampling of the types of topics

by CU Thrive! proposals for exhibitors, Do covered you have questions dancers, musiabout leaseApp orState the You can setsingers, up your own account today your using your cians, artisans, storytellconditions in your apartusername and password. Simply visit www.appstate.cuthrive. ers of all kindsThe ment?

Are youwho uncertain com/and for talents more information. first 80 students sign up for the 13th Annual Diverhow to handle a speeding for an account will automatically win a free t-shirt! Any quessity Celebration at Appa- ticket or minor criminal tions or comments may be directed to Mary Cantrell via email lachian State University. charge? The Student Legal at mc74237@appstate.edu.

The event will be held 3-9 Clinic may be able to help.

ActApril Out8hosting 2ndAnannual Day p.m. in Plemmons attorney Farm is available to Student Union.

To submit provide confidential In celebration of Earth Week, ACT OUT isfree, hosting its second aannual proposal, go to http:// advice Farm Day April 20 from 10 a.m. toand 2 p.m.information to help local multicultural.appstate. to Appalachian students sustainable farms, such as Moretz’s Mountain Orchard, Horse edu/resources/forms/ about a variety of legal isHelpers, Spring House, and Foggy Likely Farm. For more diversity-celebration-prosues. The Student Legal information and to register for the event, please visit the ACT posal-form. For more in- Clinic is located in Suite Outreach Center in Plemmons Student Union. Transportaformation, call 262-6158.

324 of the Plemmons tion to and from the farms will be provided. Lunch will also be Student Union. Call 262provided at each farm.

Tax assistance 8284, or visit the office to Students, staffMedicine and fac- schedule an appointment.

Operation Cabinet planned ulty may use myfreetaxes. More information at legalOperation Medicine Cabinet will take place April 19, from 11 com/appstate to prepare clinic.appstate.edu. a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a time for a spring cleaning on your and e-file federal and state medicine cabinet. Operation Medicine Cabinet gives you an income tax returns.

Podcast about drug environmentally safe method of disposal of outdated, unused In addition, App is pro- and alcohol arrests and unwanted over-the-counter and syviding IRS-sponsored FaOn prescription Jan. 31, drugs, Businesringes and other medical supplies.

Any prescription or over cilitated Self-Assistance sInsider.com published a the counter willtrained be accepted, no questions asked. Clean (FSA), in drugs which story about colleges with out your medicine of outdated/unused prescriptiondrug and volunteers will becabinet available the most on-campus over-the-counter meds.

Bring to Plemmons Student Union to guide users through the and alcohol arrests. ApFriday, April from 10 a.m. topalachian 1 p.m. nearState info desk.

If you process and19, answer quesUniversity miss this collection, participate in the Watauga County collections. In-person assistance was on the list, and App tion on 4 from 10 to 2 p.m. at the following locations: will beMay available 5-7a.m. p.m.

State Chief of Police GunFood Lion Hwy 321 near WalMart; Food Lion Hwy 421/ Tuesday and Wednesday ther Doerr and Wellness Old Hwy 421; Food Lion - Blowing Rock; Foscoe Fire Dept evenings, through April Promotion Coordinator (Hwy 105). These held in coordination with 15 (closed duringcollections spring are Kendal McDevitt recordWataugainCounty Household Hazardbreak) roomSanitation 21014 ofDepartment’s ed a podcast about the ous Waste Day, Saturday, May and 4, from 9 a.m. to Raley Hall.Collection No appointrankings what they 2 p.m isatnecessary. the Watauga County Landfill. paint, ment mean toItems App include: State. Listen household batteries, niCad lead aciddiscussion batteries (car For questions about thisbatteries, to the full at batteries),call antifreeze, ethylene lighter fluid, solid and service, 262-6228 or gasoline, https://soundcloud.com/ liquid pesticides, oxidizers, usedaoils, email hofmannma@appp p shousehold t a t e / b e cleaners h i n d - t hand efluorescent lights. state.edu. numbers-1 , or find it on Additional communityhttp://appcares.appstate.

University Housing hosts ‘Last Lecture” wide free tax assistance edu.

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

This banquet-style event will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT) at Appalachian One out of every 10,000 Americans has HD. After the onset of and an RSVP is required to attend. The Last Lecture is an State University will sponsor an International ASE May Break the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years. opportunity for selected faculty to tell the world what they’ve event May 13-28, in Thailand and Ghana. Sign up now in The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease had on their mind and what they would say if this were their the new ACT Outreach Center located in Plemmons Student progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a “Last Lecture.” The campus community is invited to attend at Union. A $500 deposit and your ID is required. non-profit agency dedicated to finding a cure. They are here no cost, but reservations are required and will be approved as support, guidance and a resources to families, friends and on a first-come/first-served basis. With our limited seating, making your reservation today.Arts To RSVP for those with HD. All the proceeds from this “Dirty event willHarry” go to please consider St.of Patrick’s Healing Free painting 11th Appathis event, please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture.

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

Day event, 6 p.m., screening, 7 p.m., lachian Mountainemail and Yoga, 10:30 a.m., You will receive a confirmation mailed tickets to your Council is pleased to announce its remaining scheduleclass for the— Tuesdays For more information or to register for the event, go to campus address prior to the event.

Spring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G.atGreer Parkway Ballroom, Turchin Center, Turchin, 7 p.m., Greenbriar Theater, Photography ComSuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed movies 5k.appstate.edu. $10/session, $5/ Turchin PSU, $1 petition, 6 p.m., of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and Center, free, PSU, $3 The Appalachian Popular Programming Society, APPS, will a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage students open to students only Turchin Center, free 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 Supatight, Donnie Figure drawing, 7 some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of held April 30 at 6 p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission Duck Poind Field. There will be inflatables, henna tattoos, tie is free and open to the public.

Tai Chi, 5 p.m., Dies and Nomadic p.m., Turchin Cendye, a DJ Foam & Paint Party, food and fun!! And it’s all for free. unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times are listed with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1.

Students, faculty and community members are invited to read Turchin Center, free concert, 9 p.m., ter, free for students Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema the graphic novel “Persepolis.” The library has placed copies Legends, $4-$6 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 contest. It is really easy! Take an awesome Belk Library photowhere otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - Christopher Rise of film “Persepolis” at the library.panel Bartel Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m.

Student-led 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. talk on free expres- “Dirty Harry” on free speech isMake sure your app is set to allow public posting of photos.

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

“Persepolis” is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Sa- Go to Edit Your Profile, and turn “photos are private” to off. The screening, 7 p.m., sion, 7 p.m., Whitesues, 7 p.m., Rough 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.

Greenbriar Theater,being water PSU, part Ridge, PSU,ofpartHave of fun and be creative! Show us a feature that you love or 7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the Café, film received numerous awards including a co-winner Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1ofand 3 the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.

It was also a part of the library that is special to you. Here are some ideas Free Speech Week PSU, $1 Free Speech Week - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for to get you going: Belk Library in the spring; Get collaborative on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times Best Animated Feature. The story follows a young girl as she in a group study room; Find the library’s best keep secrets; are subject to change. comesDiana of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. Relax in the Fox Reading Room; Go digital in the Digital Media Army Major If you would like to have some input on what movies are presentaThe film will be introduced by Dr. Renee Scherlen, who Studio; and, Find your inner child in the Instructional Materials Stumpf brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m. will also lead discussion on the film and book following the Center. The public is encouraged to enter the Belk Library tion, 5:30 p.m., Price 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 Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing Lake, PSU, hosted by Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign photos with the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest. The snapshot on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements forthe youROTC to policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas can include a few words or a single line caption. The library’s Departpublic relations committee will choose the winning snapshot. come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown. of specialization. ment The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with will be notified via an Instagram comment from the Belk Library The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the the ASU Humanities Council and the Muslim Students As- Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email 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 tion with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Humanities (NEH) program. This is the fourth in a series of certificate. The photographs must obey all laws, including Forum Committee, announces the second Morgan Lecturer, programs that compose the 2013 Bridging Cultures, Muslim applicable copyright and privacy laws.

Harold McGee, will be on campus Wednesday, April 24, to Journeys Program. deliver a public lecture, The Chemistry of Food and Cooking.

Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud Satrapi colSpring break Spring break Spring break Spring break and Marjane Spring break Healing Arts McGee is a noted journalist who specializes in explaining the laborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi’s A panel of students from the Muslim Student Association will Yoga, faculty, 10:30 interested a.m., host a conversation with first-year seminar chemistry of food and cooking to the public. He is author of bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials Summer Reading the bestselling book, “On Food and Cooking: the Science and faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique at- University community members and Turchin Center, disLore of the Kitchen.” McGee’s public lecture will be at 7 p.m. titude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the cussion leaders regarding the summer reading selection for $5/panel 2013-2014, American Dervish, by $10/session, Ayad Akhtar. The in I.G. Greer Auditorium.

Islamic Revolution. will be held April 23 from 2 to 3 p.m.students in Tater Hill (Room 155), 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 Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago on goes on to note: “Persepolis gives us the sheer pleasure of host this author and highlight his work. He was just awarded Thursday, May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored by the narrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a a Pulitzer Prize for his stage drama, Disgraced. This panel of Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Grants gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely imaginative diverse Muslim students will introduce topics related to Islam Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by and Muslim-American identity. It will provide a good beginning 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 For more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, discussions surrounding it. The student panel will be moderblog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne will give a ated by Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn. Dr. Avery-Quinn earned atscherlnag@appstate.edu. 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 Religious Studies from the University of Denver, and 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.

Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory combined, can negatively impact their overall success. In 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. juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial The fourth annual Blue Mountain Documentary Festival will responsibilities, among many other life stressors! This balanc- present the best student documentary projects on campus 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. NominaThe 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 Health Assessment 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 films range from local artists and Olympic wrestling to marwhich includes dinner catered by Casa Rustica, to two faculty was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year. riage equality. Winners will be announced at the festival. The members who have the most nominations.

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 and disturbances in eating and sleeping cycles. It takes a University Documentary Film Services. Light refreshments will week of April. concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such 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 Last Lecture, written by Randy Paush. Paush was a professor In response, ASU’s Counseling Center has teamed with hansellts@appstate.edu. man Services at 828-252-7557 or horinems@appstate.edu.

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Women’s Basketball

Basketball prepares for SoCon tournament

by Kaitlyn Thruston

Senior Sports Reporter

by Ben Cogsdale

Intern Sports Reporter

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he men’s basketball team will open up its tournament schedule on Friday in Asheville.

In their final regular season in the Southern Conference, the Mountaineers ended with a 9-20 overall record and a 5-11 conference record, earning the No. 9 seed in the tournament.

Despite the low win total, head coach Jason Capel said the tournament gives the Mountaineers a clean slate.

“We are excited about the opportunity,” Capel said. “Obviously, it’s going to be a tough challenge, but we are going to work hard and prepare ourselves to do just that, one game at a time.”

Appalachian State is set to face No. 8 seed Samford (12-19, 6-10) in the tournament opener at 11 a.m. Friday. During the regular season, the Mountaineers defeated Samford twice.

“We beat them at home and we beat them away, but we need to come out and kill their confidence real early,” sophomore guard Chris

Burgess said. “If we come out aggressive and execute offense and defense, then we’re going to be fine.”

This is the first time that the Mountaineers will face Samford in the SoCon tournament.

App State is 42-40 all-time in the tournament.

The winner of Friday’s game will continue on to face regular-season conference champion Davidson on Saturday at noon.

The Mountaineers are 10-3 all-time in the first round of the SoCon tournament.

The team’s most recent first-round win came over the College of Charleston two years ago.

“It’s going to be more of a defensive, lowscoring game,” sophomore forward Michael Obacha said. “I think the team that’s going to win must be a very disciplined team.”

Capel said this is the biggest part of the season.

“The biggest part of the season is now,” Capel said. “We have to prepare ourselves and go in with the right mindset. We’re not thinking about anything beyond Friday.

It’s all about preparing for Samford.”

by Jess Lyons

Sports Reporter

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The Mountaineers finished its last game of the season with a victory over Western Carolina on March 1 to improve their record to 13-15 overall and 8-10 in SoCon play.

Appalachian State enters the SoCon Tournament in Asheville as the No. 4 seed. The Mountaineers will take on Elon at 2:15 p.m. Friday in their first game of the tournament.

The Mountaineers previously beat the Phoenix in Boone on Feb. 17 by a final score of 71-60. In the only other meeting between the two schools of the season, Elon emerged victorious 66-54 at home Jan. 17.

“It is a lot easier knowing that I can just say to the team, ‘Remember what they did?’ because it’s so fresh in their minds,” head coach Darcie Vincent said. “It’s especially important with such a young team, scouting reports are so important for us.”

For the secondstraight year, Chattanooga is the No. 1 seed after compiling a 26-3 record and ending the season on a 22-game win streak that dates back to Dec. 1.

The Mountaineers enter the tournament with five freshmen.

Vincent said veteran players such as junior forward Maryah Sydnor and junior guard Katie Mallow are expected to provide leadership.

“We just have to come in with the right mindset,” Mallow said. “We have to go in and play for a full 40 minutes.”

The Mountaineers have not won three-consecutive games this season, but have a chance to do so after back-to-back wins to close out the season.

“We have to play our game and do whatever we can on our side of the ball,” Sydnor said.

The winner of the App State versus Elon game will take on the winner of the Chattanooga game. Chattanooga plays at noon Saturday against the winner of the game between Georgia Southern and Wofford, which tips off at 11 a.m. Friday.

If the Mountaineers advance, its next game would be Sunday at noon.

“It’s always good when you’re working hard and having fun,” Vincent said. “We talked all week about what one thing all our coaches and players wanted to do to become champions. That’s our mindset.”

Football

Details released for App State football’s 2014-15 schedule

by Cory Spiers Sports Editor

Appalachian State’s first Sun Belt Conference football schedule was released Saturday.

The season begins with a trip to Ann Arbor, Mich., on Aug. 30 for a rematch of the 2007 upset against the Wolverines. The Mountaineers will host its first home game of the season Sept.

6 versus Campbell.

Junior quarterback Kameron Bryant and sophomore linebacker Kennan Gilchrist said the team is excited to start the season but is remaining focused on improving in its first season in the Sun Belt.

“We’ve got guys that want to compete and make up for last year,” Gilchrist said. “We’re going to continue to work hard.”

The Mountaineers’ 12 opponents had a combined 63-84 record last season. Bryant said the team is focused on getting ready more than worrying about which teams are scheduled.

“We’re excited to be the first group of guys to be playing in the Sun Belt,” Bryant said.

“But we have to prepare now.”

The 2014 Appalachian Athletics Hall of Fame

ceremony will also be held during the home opener.

Nominations are being accepted for candidates through April 1 and anyone can make a nomination via an online application form on appstatesports. com.

After hosting Campbell, the Mountaineers will have a bye week.

Head coach Scott Satterfield said the early break presents a chance to assess the team’s strengths and weaknesses early in a season in which the team is not eligible for the postseason due to changing conferences.

“You take those two games and figure out where you are and what you need to work on,” Satterfield said.

The Mountaineers will play its first Sun Belt game against Georgia Southern on the road Sept. 27.

The Eagles are joining App State in moving from the Southern Conference to the Sun Belt next season. The matchup is also Georgia Southern’s first conference game.

Since 1932, App State and Georgia Southern have met 29 times with the Mountaineers holding the advantage in the series 16-12-1. Each of

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Rising sophomore running back Marcus Cox goes through drills with offensive graduate assistant Tyler McEntire at practice Tuesday. The Mountaineers open the next season with a rematch against Michigan.

the past three seasons, App State has defeated a favored Eagles team, most recently in a 3814 victory in Boone last season.

The Mountaineers will have two sets of back-toback home games when the team hosts South Alabama and Liberty on Oct. 4 and 11 and when Georgia State and Louisiana-Monroe travel to Boone on Nov. 1 and 8.

The game against Louisiana-Monroe is slated to be the annual Black Saturday game,

while the match up against Liberty is homecoming.

App State closes the season with a road trip that pits them against Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette before returning home to face Idaho in the final regular season game.

“Right now we’re focusing on spring practice and doing the best we can,” Satterfield said.

“We’re excited about the schedule and we’re working toward that first game in Michigan.”

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