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The Appalachian

INSIDE

Beyond Rough Ridge Page 8-9

CHANGING CAMPUS ART Page 3

SADE Page 6

SANFORD MALL OF HORRORS Pages 13

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THE TEAM Malik Rahili @malikrahili EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS

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CRIME LOG CAMPUS APR. 2

1:29 a.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Justice Hall

A STUDENT WAS ARRESTED FOR UNDERAGE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL. APR. 2 11:41 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Mountaineer Hall A student was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol.

APR.1 10:32 p.m. | Vandalism Gardner Hall Under investigation.

MAR. 31 2:32 p.m. | Larceny Varsity Gym Under investigation.

MAR. 30 10:08 p.m.| Driving While License Revoked Stadium Drive A man was arrested for driving with a revoked license.

MAR. 28 5:54 p.m. | Drug Violation Coltrane Hall A student was arrested for possession of marijuana.

MAR. 28 10:55 p.m. | Drug Violation Rivers Street A student was arrested for possession of marijuana.

MAR. 23 4:49 p.m. | Vandalism Anne Belk Hall Leads exhausted.

MAR. 20 4:03 p.m. | Larceny College Street Parking Deck Under investigation.

Dallas Linger @dallingerphoto PHOTO EDITOR Carson Fletcher @theappalachian VIDEO EDITOR Dylan Dow @zen_dow WEB MANAGER

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30 YEARS OF SCULPTURES

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BY CAROLINE HALL NEWS REPORTER

f you enjoy the sculptures around campus, make sure to spend some time admiring them in the next few weeks. Each April some of the sculptures you walked by on the way to class, admired from afar or analyzed for hidden meaning, are returned to their makers.

Some ends lead to a new beginnings. The annual loss of art comes with an equivalent gain. The Rosen Competition and Exhibition showcases the work of 10 talented finalists every year. Once the standing sculptures are removed, 10 new ones are installed during a two week process in mid-April.

Hank Foreman, senior associate vice chancellor for advancement, chief communications officer and executive director and curator of the Turchin Center, directs the Rosen Exhibition and Competition each year.

“The annual change of art creates a sort of buzz in the community,” Foreman said.

The Rosen Exhibition gives even accidental passerrs-by the opportunity to appreciate and discuss sculpture without intimidation.

“It’s a year long, so it lives on campus,” Foreman pointed out about the exhibition. “By having the sculptures there constantly for a whole year, an expectation of art is created, which allows people to appreciate without feeling threatened.”

The Rosen Sculpture Walk consists of the 10 finalist sculptures placed conveniently outside around campus. It begins on west campus right outside of Walker Hall. Each piece has a plaque detailing its name, the artist and other useful information. There is a suggested order to be followed, but people are free to walk through the exhibition in any way they choose.

Foreman said the competition was designed to support working artists, but has evolved to be much more than just a way for artists to display their art and win prize money to support their careers. The exhibition brings the community together.

Mary Anne Redding, Turchin’s assistant director and curator, is highly involved with the Rosen Exhibition and curates it along with Foreman, but many people work hard on the exhibition each year.

Foreman and Redding work with the Turchin staff, installation teams, marketing specialists, an outside juror who is chosen collectively by the Turchin administration and staff, students and more.

“It’s definitely a community effort,” Foreman said.

The current sculptures are part of a special celebration year. This year was the 29th Rosen Invitational honoring Martin and Doris Rosen, the couple who funded and founded the competition. There were no finalists or winners chosen by an outside juror, which is what usually happens; instead, Foreman chose 10 artists whom the Rosens were particularly fond of and installed their sculptures.

This April marks the beginning of a special year for the exhibition as well.

This year is its 30th anniversary, and will feature an 11th sculpture.

This year, Redding and Denise Ringhorn, a director at the Schaefer Center, wrote a National Endowment for the Arts grant. The funds they received allowed for an inclusion of the surrounding community in this year’s display.

Appalachian contracted with a local artist Pam Brewer to make a community based sculpture called “Totems for Humanity” for this year’s exhibition.

She worked with a community focus group in Boone to design totems. Brewer will go into Avery High School to advise and direct students as they build those totems with ceramic and mosaic.

The community-based sculpture will have a special separate installation in May of this year.

“This is the first year we’ve directly included the community in the Rosen Walk,” Redding said.

But the sculptures in the Rosen competition are usually created and submitted by artists from a wide variety of places and specializations. Anyone over 18 years old who lives in the United States can submit their art to be considered.

The competition guidelines neglect any room for weakness. Sculptures must be extremely weather resistant and able to handle whatever Boone throws at them: high winds, below zero temperatures, heavy rain, snow, ice and storms. They must also withstand the high traffic student environment.

Each year at an Appalachian Summer Festival, Foreman gives a tour of the exhibition. He takes a group of people through the sculpture walk. This coming July, juror Willie Ray Parish will be attending the festival as well and giving the tour along with Foreman. He will explain and speak on why he chose the pieces, while Foreman talks about the pieces from a curatorial point of view.

At the festival, as is customary, Parish will choose a winner and two runners-up from the ten finalists. First place receives $3,000, second receives $2,000 and third receives $1,000.

Although Martin and Doris Rosen have now passed, their family is continuing the annual exhibition and carrying on their legacy.

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(Above) “Composition #5” by Dana Gingras (Below) "Southern Comfort" by Robbie Barber

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ASU HOLDS 15TH ANNUAL DIVERSITY CELEBRATION

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STORY BY HALIE HAMILTON, NEWS REPORTER

he 15th annual Diversity Celebration took place on Tuesday. At this celebration, there were live performances, international food tasting, dancing and a unity celebration.

Traci Royster, interim director of the Multicultural Student Development, said that this year there was a panel discussion on the Armenian Genocide, an open mic night at Crossroads Coffee House and a poetry slam.

Increasing awareness of different cultures on campus and with our community at large was main goal of this event for Royster. She said that the more knowledgeable we make ourselves and the more we make ourselves aware of the different things around us, the more we can share that knowledge with others.

“I think that helps people to be less fearful, I don’t want my community to be fearful because someone looks different or they eat different food,” Royster said. “I always want our community to be more inclusive, I want people to feel welcomed.”

Sydney Wolford, a sophomore psychology major and head of the social committee for International Appalachian, said that she thinks it is great that our campus is making a statement that diversity is important and welcomed.

“It is important to celebrate all different walks of life, not just race but different cultures, different ways of living especially on a campus where diversity isn’t very prominent,” Wolford said. “It is a good way to bring people together too.”

Kelley Wolcott, chair of the fundraising committee for Diversity Celebration, said, that this year there was a mostly new group at multicultural student development and they brought fresh ideas, like the change of the logo.

Kylie Stamm, graduate student and intern with the MSD office, said that because Appalachian is in more of an isolated, rural area, it is special when they can bring in performers and programs to be able to celebrate different cultures. Also, for students who come from areas that are more homogeneous, it is exposure for them to be able to experience different cultures.

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“I really like the music, I think it is nice because regardless of what you are doing everyone gets to experience the different music as the wander around and being able to express talent is really unique here,” Stamm said. “It just feels like a dance party all the time.”

This event started in the equity diversity and compliance office with support of the Office of Multicultural and Student Development. Students in after-school programs came and attended this event, and there was about 250 K-12 students.

“I like particularly the children, because we don’t exactly live in the most diverse area in the world, it’s nice to bring cultural awareness and the beauty of different cultures into their lives,” Wolcott said.

Planning this event took place mid-fall. Royster said because it is such a big event that in the next day or two they will pick a date for next years and go ahead and reserve the rooms. There is a Diversity Celebration committee made up of about 20 people that plan this event.

“It is a lot of work, other than the volunteers, which we really appreciate, it’s a really small group of people that put this together,” Wolcott said. “It’s a great event and I really encourage people to come participate in any way they can, whether they come and enjoy or they come and volunteer.”

Royster said that this year they tried to add some different programming. They have some of the same performers as last year, but they have added some new ones this year. Also, they tried to advertise more this year to the students, staff, and faculty to help bring more people to this event.

“I think my favorite part of this entire event is seeing all the different ages of people and the different types of people that come and participate in the celebration and I think everybody leaves learning something,” Royster said. “People just being here, learning and meeting new people, just learning something different than the didn’t know before, is what I like.”

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Melanie Leech and Allen Dickens interview Ellis Dyson and the Shambles at the Carolina Jubilee Festival.

UP AND COMING FILM CLUB TO HOST HIGH COUNTRY FILM FESTIVAL

BY JORDAN PARKHURST A&E REPORTER

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n 2015, a group of Appalachian State University students with a passion for film recognized a lack of opportunities to explore this interest on campus.

These students, who found each other through the Appalachian State Class of 2016 Facebook page, worked with faculty members Sarah Davis and Kirsten Clemens to create a group for film discussion and creation, and from this, the Appalachian Film Club was born.

Melanie Lech, a senior double major in interdisciplinary studies and theatre, was one of the original members of the club, which has remained true to the founders’ visions. When asked about its origins, Lech looks back proudly on the experience.

“The beginning was hard and taught us a lot about what it takes to start and run an organization, so last year was mostly paperwork and getting a feel for the ropes,” Lech said. “But this year has been awesome, we’re doing a ton, and finally starting to see the things we had in mind when we started this in the beginning.”

Because she isn’t a film student, Lech wanted to instead join a club that would allow her explore her interest in film.

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Upon realizing that there was not a group dedicated to this interest, she created one. Working almost entirely with students she had not previously met, the club was formed and serves as an outlet for those that share Lech’s enthusiasm for creation.

Lech, who serves as the club’s secretary, also spoke about the importance of the club to her and the positive impact it has had on her life.

“I especially love silly sketches and comedy, and being around like-minded goofballs who are ambitious and driven is like a ray of warm, saving sunshine on a cold, dead slab of icy decay,” Lech added.

Alan Hickens, a senior English major and Film Club president, spoke about his interest in the group and the similar uplifting feeling he gets from his involvement.

“My favorite part has got to be seeing hard work pay off – seeing these young, passionate artists have a vision and watching them collaborate and succeed in making that vision a reality,” Hickens said. “It’s inspiring and gives hope to other young artists and just people in general that endeavor to establish something of their own.”

The club, which has regular meetings every week, caters both to those interested in creating their own films and also students who simply want to appreciate the art of filmmaking.

Both of these interests, club members hope, will be satisfied by their upcoming event, the High Country Film Festival.

Lech acts alongside Hickens as one of the festival planners and spoke about what audiences can expect both from the event and from the club’s creative members.

“We’re hard at work preparing for the High Country Film Festival, which consists of four categories – action, comedy, drama and horror – and is open to all college students,” she said. “We’ve got three teams working on separate short films and a team writing and preparing for production of a college-themed web series.”

Kali Smith, a freshman economics major, is one of these filmmakers for Tater Hill Productions, the club’s own production company. Smith, who has several works in progress and one completed short film, spoke about her introduction to filmmaking and the thrill of seeing her visions become reality.

“I’ve participated in theater and really

wanted to expand my creativity to a new medium, so I began writing for film club,” Smith said. “Right now two of my short films are in the early stages of production, and it’s just crazy to me to see my random ideas get put into action.”

The passionate creations and random ideas of these students and many others will be shown in the club’s film festival.

As the official website says, the festival is an “independent, student-driven endeavor designed to inspire young filmmakers to pursue their passions.”

Submissions from students who are not involved in the club were additionally welcomed and should contribute to the diversity of the selected films.

Sponsored by Anna Banana’s and Stick Boy Bakery in addition to the Film Club, the festival will take place on April 9 from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Greenbrier Theater. Afterwards, a banquet will begin and awards will be announced from 6-10 p.m. in the Parkway Ballroom.

There will be free food, live music from local artists and a photo booth.

Those interested in getting involved in filmmaking with the Appalachian Film Club can attend their Tuesday night meetings in room 413 of the Plemmons Student Union at 8:30 p.m.

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SHOWCASING STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHED DANCES

BY CELIA CALHOUN A&E REPORTER

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pring Appalachian Dance Ensemble showcases eight student and faculty choreographed dances each year.

This year, three of the pieces are choreographed by students and last about six minutes each.

Modern dance, contemporary ballet, hip hop and tap are among the styles that will be performed.

It is elementary education major, Anne-Catherine Rossi’s second year performing with SADE, and she said she is very excited for this year’s performances. She has enjoyed dancing most of the styles throughout her life, but her favorite is tap. She will be performing in SADE’s first tap piece as well as a jazz piece.

Rossi became involved with dance at Appalachian State when she came to open house. She talked to some of the dancers and joined Momentum Dance Company, a dance company at Appalachian State, her freshman year.

In previous years, SADE has showcased mostly modern pieces with a couple of jazz pieces. This will be the first year that ballet, jazz and tap are in the show.

“It is a super diverse, different show this year, which I am really excited about,” Rossi said.

Kai Des Estages is a junior management major and one of SADE’s student choreographers this year. Des Estages began dancing her freshman year at Appalachian State. One of her friends encouraged her to try out for the First Year Showcase, and she said she danced as much as possible afterwards.

In the fall, Des Estages wanted to choreograph a piece, but did not have much confidence since she had only been dancing for a short period of time.

She decided to wait until SADE to audition one of her pieces and was selected.

Des Estages’ piece is titled ‘Manipura’, which is the third chakra. The third chakra’s message is to take out what feels bad, keep what feels good, and find a path in life that serves best for you.

De Estages interprets the third chakra as learning from her mistakes, staying strong, and being authentic. Most of Des Estages’ core ideas came from this message, but she also was inspired by other images, one being a greek goddess.

“It’s my first time seeing my work in a big stage like this so it is pretty exciting,” Des Estages said.

Kasey Leclair is a sophomore majoring in psychology. She has danced for most of her life and heard about SADE through some posters around campus and decided to try out for it. Her favorite styles are ballet, jazz, modern and hip hop.

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Dancer Lynton Martin performs in choreographer Regina Gulick’s original piece titled “Elegy.” Gulick is a senior lecturer in the Department of Theatre and Dance. motivation and confidence,” Leclair said. “SADE and being in Kai’s piece has made me feel a greater pride for my ability to dance and has given me an opportunity of a lifetime.”

Leclair believes that SADE is a good way to watch dancers perform as well as learn about stories the choreographers wish to share. She said that since the choreographers are so talented this year, that this year’s ensemble will be one to see.

SADE’s pieces are not intentionally meant to go together like a traditional dance company performance. Instead, each choreographer has their own theme and goals for their piece. In the production, there are some common themes and images addressed by each piece which makes it seem they are supposed to go together.

Katie Williford is a sophomore majoring in exercise science. Her favorite styles are jazz and contemporary and she is dancing in Des Estages’ piece.

Williford describes the piece as being modern with a hint of jazz.

“I really like it and I am really proud of [Des Estages] because she did a great job choreographing it,” Williford said.

Williford has danced her whole life, and decided to take a break when she arrived at Appalachian State to participate in some different activities. Once she arrived in Boone, she realized that she missed dancing and took a jazz class her second semester. She decided to

audition for SADE when she saw one of her sorority sisters perform. Williford is also performing in Des Estages’ piece this year.

“It’s been really great,” Williford said. “It’s a lot of fun working on a piece, dancing, and learning all of the choreography.”

Although Williford has enjoyed the entire experience, has been getting to know the other dancers in her piece through rehearsals.

“We’ve become friends,” Williford said. “They are just really sweet and fun people.”

Des Estages’ rehearsals are not on a set schedule; some days, the performers will go through the entire piece, or a series of movements, and other days they will only work on perfecting one move.

Des Estages made sure they achieved at least one goal at each rehearsal so they did not fall behind. She would also try to practice several ideas she had in some of the practices.

“Generally speaking, I would hate most of the ideas and love about two of them,” Des Estages said. “Those two I liked would be manipulated and added to the final product in whatever way felt right. Then we would put everything together and run the dance about two or three times and end our rehearsal.”

Williford said she is looking forward to performing the most. This will be her first time performing in a year and a half, and it was her favorite part of

dance. Her family, some friends and boyfriend are all coming out to watch her perform. This will be the first time some of them have seen her perform, which makes her nervous.

“When the lights are on you, you can’t see the audience so in a way it feels like you’re on stage by yourself,” Williford said. “It’s a really cool moment to have.”

Williford describes the feeling she gets while performing is an adrenaline rush unlike the ones she gets during practice. She said she likes that feeling once she is on stage, and she cannot do anything if she messes up. Because of this, she just dances and is able to enjoy herself more than during practice.

Williford believes that people should watch SADE because it is a different art form that generally gets casted away in society. She said that a lot of people are not aware of the talent that Appalachian State has and that SADE is a good place to see this talent.

“When you come to SADE, have an open mind,” Williford said.

This year’s performance will showcase a variety of themes and styles. The choreographers each have a different story to tell and a unique way of expressing it.

Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble, or SADE, is performing at the Schaefer Center April 7 to 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $10 for students and $17 for adults.

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WHY LEO WON Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant,” a movie produced in 2015.

A DISCUSSION OF ‘THE REVENANT’

BY JORDAN PARKHURST A&E REPORTER

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t was the win that millions of fans had waited for, the victory heard ’round the world on Feb. 28 as Leonardo DiCaprio, after four prior Oscar nominations for Best Actor, finally triumphed and took home this award for the acclaimed film, Alejandro Inñáritu’s “The Revenant.”

It’s tempting to speculate that this win resulted from the immense pop culture hype that surrounded DiCaprio’s nominations, however this doesn’t seem to be the case. Despite the pressure of the long-running jokes, countless memes and pleas of fans, this win can be attributed to talent.

The film is largely a one-man show, with the bulk of the action revolving around his character, Hugh Glass, who attempts to survive winter in the wilderness. The emotional intensity and unflinching realism of DiCaprio’s performance is incredibly potent and reminiscent of his acclaimed contemporaries, like the ceaselessly awe-inspiring Daniel Day-Lewis, whose embodiment of characters in films like “There Will Be Blood” and “My Left Foot,” is legendary.

DiCaprio’s performance was rightfully acclaimed, with the general consensus being overwhelmingly positive. Both critics and spectators came away impressed, including Appalachian State University’s own film enthusiasts.

When asked if DiCaprio deserved the Oscar via Facebook, most students had nothing but praise to give. Jack Allen, a senior history major and fan, attributed the win to both talent and also what he perceived to be weak competition.

“I think he did deserved it for “The Revenant,” but I also don’t think the nominees were as strong this year – except for [Eddie] Redmayne in ‘The Danish Girl,’” Allen wrote. “I can’t stand when people argue that Leo ‘deserved it’ for being ‘snubbed’ in previous years. The Oscar is not a lifetime achievement award.”

English and theatre double major Justin McGovney agreed, particularly enjoying DiCaprio’s performance because of his personal understanding of and connection to acting. He spoke about his appreciation of DiCaprio’s deep dedication. “[DiCaprio’s win] was very well deserved,” he said. “Leo gave an amazing commitment to his role and did so many things that even some of the best actors may not have done.”

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McGovney added that he found the film to be excellent overall, with minor flaws that can be overlooked. It was, he said, was one of the most beautiful films he’d ever seen.

One dissenting opinion, however, came from senior electronic media and broadcasting major Zach Hawkins. Though he enjoyed the film and, like McGovney, felt the issues were minor enough to be ignored, he was somewhat unimpressed with DiCaprio’s performance.

“With Leo specifically, his performance was good but, in my opinion, not worthy of the Oscar,” Hawkins said. “Bryan Cranston should have won best male actor for his portrayal of Dalton Trumbo in ‘Trumbo.’ While Leo is a good actor, I don’t believe he is the actor of a generation.”

Hawkins said that “The Revenant” was a good film with exceptional cinematography. Though he found that the story occasionally lacked, the action and visuals really held his interest.

The cinematography, as Hawkins mentions, is one of the strong points of the film, earning it one of its three Oscars. The absolutely stunning camerawork starts from the very beginning of the film and never wavers in quality, regardless of situation. The terrain, though harsh and unforgiving, is cast in a powerful and magnificent light, and the humans’ mortality and ultimate weakness is unflinchingly highlighted.

Universal acclaim in regard to the facet of the film is present in every review, and the same can be said of the film’s third Oscar winner, director Alejandro Inñáritu. After his identical win for “Birdman” at last year’s Academy Awards, the momentum continued, leading to another triumph and another phenomenal film.

Even if DiCaprio is not everyone’s personal favorite, the film is worth seeing. The majesty of the camerawork and the passion that clearly went into the creation of “The Revenant” is undeniable, and the film a must-see for anyone who appreciates this kind of craftsmanship in cinema.

Of course, with the excitement surrounding the film, it was a box office success, making $506.2 million worldwide.There are a few more chances for App students to see the film on a big screen and make their own judgments.

I.G. Greer will be showing the film on April 7, 8 and 9 at 7 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. As always, the tickets will be $1 in advance, $2 at the door and free to the first five people to “give an Oscar speech about global warming,”

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HIKING 101

A HOW-TO GUIDE ON HIKING IN THE HIGH COUNTRY

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tudents at Appalachian State University are offered a multitude of options for outdoor recreational activities.

Hiking is one of the common pastimes students and residents participate in, but those who aren’t familiar with the local trails may not know where to hike, or only know of the popular Rough Ridge trail.

The Boone Fork Trail, Linville Falls, Grandfather Mountain, the Fire Tower Trail and Windmill Trail each offer different experiences for hikers.

From short, easily accessible loops to long and difficult trails, there is sure to be a hike for everyone.

Boone Fork Trail The Boone Fork Trail, a 5-mile loop, is an easy hike for the most part, but does have some steep hills and slopes along the way. It is considered to be one of the most diverse trails in the High Country because it crosses a wide variety of terrains. Boone Fork passes Price Lake, cuts through camp grounds, winds through sprawling cow pastures, crosses streams and emerges at waterfalls. It can be accessed at mile marker 295 on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Since the trail is a loop, it can be hiked clockwise or counterclockwise.

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you see a lot of scenes, such as the cow pastures,” freshman social work major Abby Hines said.

A few miles up the parkway, the upper Boone Fork Trail goes around the Boone Fork Trail headwaters.

This hike is mostly flat, with only two moderate inclines. The trail goes along a lake, and has multiple places where people can access the river.

During the warmer months of the year, people swim in the waist-level water. The trail ends at the Calloway Peak scenic overlook parking lot.

Linville Falls Linville Falls is an approximately 1.4 mile long round trip. It is located off of the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 316.4, and is considered to be one of the more scenic hikes in the High Country. There are several different trails to take that lead to unique overlooks of the falls. These trails are well established and wider, which makes it easy to hike with other people.

“I really like the tippy top [of the trail],” freshman computer science major Ryan Petty said. “If you go all the way to the top, you get the best view. It’s a nice trail.”

At the bottom of the trail, there is a platform that allows a close view of the falls and the gorge. Other trails go to higher elevations that show

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different angles of the falls. These trails are steep, but short and hikers go through natural wilderness surrounded by trees for almost the entire trail.

“Going down is much more fun than going up because it’s really easy going down and you get this awesome view of the falls at the bottom,” freshman history education major Sean Damrel said.

Grandfather Mountain Trails Grandfather Mountain is privately owned, and requires visitors to pay $20 to enter the park. However, there are some trails that are part of Grandfather Mountain that do not require the fee and still provide beautiful views.

The Profile Trail is the first trail in the series. It is 5.6 miles long, and connects to the Grandfather Trail in the end. There are wildflowers alongside the trail, and at one point, it goes under a hardwood forest. This trail requires some more challenging footwork at the top, and is not recommended for beginners or people with poor balance.

The Grandfather Trail is .4 miles long, and leads to Calloway Peak, the highest peak on the Grandfather Mountain summit.

Damrel said he likes the Profile Trail because the terrain is very different. He particularly enjoys the low lying shrubbery on the trails as well as the rocky parts.

Fire Tower Trail at Moses Cone Memorial Park The Moses Cone Memorial Park is located off of the parkway. There is a lake, several hiking trails, a graveyard and Flat Top Manor.

The Carriage Trail loops around the lake and provides the opportunity for visitors to walk, take a horse drawn carriage, or ride horses on the trail.

The Fire Tower Trail is one of the more popular trails at Moses Cone. It is 2.8 miles one way, and is relatively easy. There are a few switchbacks on the trail that have steeper inclines, but the trails are clearly defined and well maintained.

“Because there are parts of it with cleared trees it has these incredible, expansive views where you feel you are in the Alps,” Damrel said.

The trail goes through a field, valleys and forests, and eventually leads to an old fire tower that can be climbed to the top. The fire tower used to be used to watch for fires in the valleys but now, the tower provides visitors with a 360 degree view of the High Country.

On a nice day, campus is visible from the top of the tower.

“It is a really good trail for beginners who want to learn about history because you can see the Cone cemetery,” Hines said. “I like it a lot.”

Windmill Trail Residents don’t need a car in order to go hiking in Boone. There are several hiking trails accessible by the Greenwood parking lot, located behind Appalachian Heights Residence Hall. One of trail’s available is in the biological preserve on campus that leads to the campus wind turbine.

The trail is only about a mile long, goes in a loop and fairly easy to hike. While it doesn’t have any scenic overlooks, the trail does cut through a forest, so hikers are surrounded by nature that has only been mildly altered.

“I like it,” Hines said. “It’s short, so it’s a really good one if you don’t hike a whole bunch.”

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DANCING INTO A NEW ERA

DANCE TEAM BEGINS TRYOUTS WITH THREE NEW CAPTAINS

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BY JASON HUBER SENIOR SPORTS REPORTER

oing into their next season, the university dance team will face one of the greatest challenges in its history, replacing half of the dancers and all three captains.

The task of finding three captains that are capable of guiding a team and providing a comfortable, healthy environment is something the Appalachian State Elite Dance Team goes through at the end of every season, but now the team is losing seven out of the 15 dancers from this past season.

Three of the seven departing members include senior captains Alaina Brown, Courtney Dancy and Alyson Grant, who led the team for the last two years and were the first trio of captains in recent history to remain in their positions for two years consecutively.

Normally the team’s captains consist of two seniors and a junior, but with all three captains graduating in May, every position was open following the end of the season.

At the end of the 2015-16 season, the team's current dancers elected rising junior Holly Moore and rising seniors Morgan Barnette and Megan Ridenhour as their three new captains for the 2016-17 season.

Moore, Barnette and Ridenhour will be able to draw from previous captains’ experience when selecting a roster.

“I think they will help us a lot because they’ve experienced this before,” Moore said. “They have helped us prepare for this a lot already, which is something they weren’t completely able to have entering this role.”

Being put in a situation that requires a lot of dedication and motivation, Brown saw something in this trio that was very special.

“They always give 110 percent and have a passion for dance, which is all you need to care,” Brown said. “They never cause any trouble and are great teammates.”

Being a team that is self-run and still working on becoming sponsored by the school, they have already seen tremendous growth under Brown, Dancy and Grant.

“One thing we have helped change is making ourselves available for everything we can be available for, including performances at different athletic events, fundraising and volunteering,” Brown said.

Ridenhour, who joined the team her sophomore year, knows the past captains set the standard high and wants the team to continue the grow as much as they can.

“They set the bar really high so we have to make sure we keep it going and make sure we don’t hit a plateau,” Ridenhour said.

Entering her fourth season, the only current dancer who has been on the team the last three seasons, Barnette has had the opportunity to take on a mentor role on the team, which helped give her an idea about what it takes to be a captain.

Since Moore and Ridenhour joined the team two years ago when Brown, Dancy and Grant were first chosen as captains, Barnette is the only member who has experienced dancing under a different trio of leaders.

Dance team alumni Erin Gerringer, Ciera Lacy and Madeline Phillips were captains during Barnette's freshman year, and Barnette never imagined that she would be filling their shoes.

“I hadn’t thought about it, since it was a different team my freshman year,” Barnette said. “It was so new and I was very intimidated all year. I never would have thought about being captain until last year when we started thinking about the open positions for this semester.”

Despite adding seven new girls just two seasons ago, including Moore and Ridenhour, the team experienced a bond of friendship that went beyond the teammate dynamic.

“Becoming such good friends instead of teammates really helped us improve,” Barnette said. “It wasn’t like ‘Oh, we have to go to practice,’ it was like ‘we get to hang out with our best friends while we do that.’"

Not including the three captains, only five girls from last season’s team will be trying out again for a spot on the team. April 16 and 17 will be the trio’s first big task when App State’s Elite Dance Team tryouts take place.

“We have been told this is the most stressful part and that it will only get easier from here,” Barnette said.

Advertising for tryouts on the team's Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, which is run by Moore, has been key to build the interest for this year's tryouts that are expected to be very competitive.

“There hasn’t always been social media, so it was harder to find out about the team,” Moore said. “It is kind of hard if people don’t know about the pages, which is why we are getting our social media accounts to grow even more.”

Tryouts, usually held in April, can sometimes be conflicting for rising freshmen still currently in high school to attend, but the team also allows video tryouts to be submitted online.

“Our goal is to help people coming here feel as comfortable as they can,” Ridenhour said. “We have all been in the same position and we will let them know that.”

The hardest task of actually choosing the new dancers is put in the hands of judges

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(Above) Captain Holly Moore stretches before dance practice. The Dance team practices in the Varsity Gym on Tuesday evening.

varying from other schools coaches and advisers and Appalachian State Elite Dance Team alumni.

Part of the reason for having other judges come to tryouts is being able to have other eyes when watching and looking for talent.

“I want the new girls coming on this team to not feel intimidated and know that they are being welcomed into a family,” Barnette said. “We will be spending a lot of time together and I want them to enjoy every second of that.”

Creating an environment that makes it easier to adjust to college is one of the goals the team wants to have. “We want to help make it easier to come to college,” Ridenhour said.

Dancers who tried out last year or are currently enrolled at App State are also encouraged to try out.

“I hope we have a good turnout of new dancers but I also want to have just as good of a turnout of dancers who have been here before,” Barnette said. “It shows how much you want it. I would take a hard worker with a good attitude over someone with a bad attitude any day.”

The dance team held an open practice on Tuesday for any interested dancers looking to try out or just wanting to experience a practice with the team. Barnette, Moore and Ridenhour stood in front of 30 dancers for their first time leading a practice as captains.

“These past captains have helped prepare us so much,” Barnette said. “Morgan, three years ago walking into tryouts, there is no way that girl would have even wanted to run for captain or felt like she could do that.”

Having tryouts in a little over one week, the new captain trio has just begun their tenure to try and put their mark on the Appalachian State Elite Dance team.

Tryouts will be held at 9 a.m. on April 16 and 17 in Varsity Gym.

Jason Huber

S P O R T S

SPEEDWAY REVIVAL MOUNTAIN VIEW SPEEDWAY BRINGS RACING BACK TO ITS ROOTS

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BY KAYLA MAY SPORTS REPORTER

n any given Saturday afternoon from April through October, a steady hum pulses in and out of Mountain View Speedway. Fans work their way through the crowd and the stands, and clay dust breathes off the track surface as the race cars drift around each left turn at the quarter mile long dirt track.

This track hasn’t always been so alive. The track located at High Country Fairgrounds has been closed for the past 18 years, opening only a few times in 2011 for lawnmower races. But in spring 2015, Mountain View Speedway reopened for stock car racing for the first time since 1997.

Cyndi Budka and Mike Budka Jr. are the owners and operators of Mountain View Speedway. They saw the track for the first time in January 2015, contracted a deal with the owner of High Country Fairgrounds and put forth all of their efforts to reopen it by April of that same year. They decided to reopen the track in hopes of having grassroots racing back in the High Country.

“Our operation here isn’t NASCAR, it isn’t redneck racing, this right here is what we like to call grassroots racing,” Budka Jr. said. “This is where every NASCAR driver starts their career, on a small local track usually with a team made up of family and friends.”

Budka Jr. got involved in the dirt track industry at a young age. His father fueled his passion for the sport and it became a family affair.

“My dad was an auto mechanic for many years, then he opened his own business: B&H Automotive Service,” Budka Jr. said. “He was the past president of the New York Stock Car Association and he had championship cars in the North East for many years. When I was old enough I started racing, I’ve been around it my whole life. I think I was the youngest person in all of New York that was that highly involved in the industry. This is my passion.”

Mike Budka Sr. passed away in August 2015 in the middle of the racing season due to cancer, but he continues to fuel Mike Budka Jr.’s passion and work today.

“When I look in the stands and see all of the kids and families having a good time, I know that he would be proud of me. If it wasn’t for him I would have never gotten involved in racing. I am following my dream, just like he followed his,” Budka Jr. said.

It is not uncommon for dirt track racing to run in the family. Some drivers from the 1986-1997 seasons continue to race at Mountain View Speedway. In some cases these drivers race along side of their own children or help with the mechanics of their children’s cars.

“I’ve done [racing] through my whole life. Grandpa, my dad, and now myself, we do it mainly for these kids. The kids is what is coming up to make the future here,”

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driver Chris Stowe said. “We try to do all we can do with them. Other than that we do it to have a good time, enjoy ourselves and enjoy our families.”

Mountain View Speedway is geared towards affordable, family-fun entertainment. The track offers many outlets for the children to get involved with and meet the drivers, including candy giveaways at intermission where the children can walk down on the track and the drivers’ hand out candy next to their cars. They also offer children rides in the race cars.

“The family atmosphere and the number of kids here are really amazing. I remember the first time I saw them do kiddie rides and being in the press box thinking to myself ‘wow!’ It is like The Dukes of Hazzard seeing these kids riding on the window frames of the cars,” Kenneth Reece, Mountain View Speedway’s announcer said. “There will be five or ten kids on each car. I have announced a lot of sports in my time and you would never see that in NASCAR or any other traditional sport that I’ve covered like football or baseball and that’s what’s really special about this track.”

The track wants the spectators to have fun and become passionate about this sport. During some intermissions they allow two people at a time to race their own car around the track. The winner of the spectator race wins money and a trophy similar to trophies given to winners of the feature races.

This past weekend was the season opener for Mountain View Speedway. There were five classes of cars racing including: Stock 4, Limited Sportsman, Outlaw 4, Stock 8 and UCAR. Despite the high wind, warning races continued and fans continued to bear the elements.

“There were few fans that left, if any, until the race was over. You see that in football sometimes too but not to this degree,” Reece said. “A football game is about three hours long but these fans were out there for around five or six hours on Saturday sitting in the wind and the cold for that whole time. You don’t see that fan dedication and loyalty in every sport, that’s for sure.”

The volunteers and fans are not the only people dedicated to this sport. The drivers inside the car are also very dedicated getting their cars prepared for Saturday afternoon races.

“Cars are a lot like you and me, they have a heart and they have passion and they have an intensity inside of them that keeps them going and keeps running,” Richard Butler, a Mountain View Speedway volunteer, said. “These people that race on Saturday’s don’t just work on their car that day or for a few hours a day, these people come home from a hard days work and head straight to their car to work on it throughout the night. They are more than willing to spend their hard earned dollars to race on the weekend.”

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THE PANAMA PAPERS HOW INTERNATIONAL CORRUPTION COSTS ALL OF US

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emember Edward Snowden? The man who three years ago leaked a little over a million documents to the public showing the extent of government spying?

As big as the reaction to that disclosure was, a new data leak has emerged that blows the Snowden leaks out of the water with its size and the impact it will have on the powerful in many different countries.

On April 3, the first 149 documents of an 11.5 million document data leak, the largest data leak to date, were released to the public.

Named the Panama Papers by Süddeutsche Zeitung, the paper that first received the leak, these documents contain the dealings and client list of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca.

The files, which amount to over 2.6 terabytes of data, are said to “expose the offshore holdings of world political leaders, links to global scandals, and details of the hidden financial dealings of fraudsters, drug traffickers, billionaires, celebrities, sports stars and more,” according to the the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

Through a concentrated effort by the ICIJ, Süddeutsche Zeitung and over a 100 news organizations, these files will be released to the public over the

QUENTIN RUSSEL is a freshman journalism from charlotte, who is an opinion writer span of several weeks, with the full list of Fonseca’s clients being revealed by early May 2016.

The law firm in question made a business of creating shell companies or offshore accounts that would store any money that their clients didn’t want anyone seeing, whether it be for simple tax evasion in the best case, or for acts of terrorism in the worst case.

Right now, the most interesting part of the Panama Papers isn’t what they say, but what they haven’t said so far.

One country that has been suspiciously absent from this leak is the United States.

That might seem like a good thing at first.

However, at a second glance the fact that absolutely nothing on the U.S. has been released is rather disconcerting due to one key factor: the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.

The TPA, enacted in 2012, is a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama, and removes any restrictions that could have prevented investors from moving money into Panama.

This agreement made it easier for

clients, both big and small, to have their money be hidden by Mossack Fonseca.

There are indications, however, that the easy treatment the U.S. has received so far in the disclosures will not last long.

Fortune reporter Matthew Ingram recently tweeted about a conversation he had with the editors of Süddeutsche Zeitung.

When he asked about the absence of the U.S., the editors told him to “just wait for what is coming next.”

The implications of this are staggering. This is potentially an enormous amount of untaxed money being hidden from the U.S. government by the richest people and companies in America.

Of course, the known extent of tax evasion and avoidance is staggering itself.

An estimate by the Congressional Research Service in January put the amount of tax evasion we know of at about $100 billion. One wonders what those figures will be when this information comes out.

But it is not hard to imagine just how the public will react when they see the figures being heavily publicized.

The United States national debt currently sits at $17.8 trillion; how much of the untaxed money from U.S. clients

could’ve gone to lowering that?

How many public projects or beneficial public programs were cut because of the money that the U.S. government didn’t receive on account of the sheer amount of tax evasion?

How much did taxes have to raise due to these greedy pigs? How much money was borrowed from various social institutions or other countries on account of these selfish fat cats?

This entire mess, spanning back over 40 years, is the single best thing for people all across the globe.

Finally these practices are coming out into the open, and with the light of scrutiny being shined on these parasites, the entire practice could be tamped down on.

As of now, the public only has a fraction of a fraction of the entire data, I have a feeling that by the time the entire treasure trove of filth is released to the public, the world is going to be turned upside down.

WAYS TO SAVE YOUR FOOD

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hroughout this month, Appalachian State will be celebrating Earth Month as a way to get students excited about being green and helping the environment.

The school has scheduled different activities for various days of the month to either clean up campus and the surrounding areas or teach students better food management techniques, among other things.

One important focus of this month’s activities is the reduction of waste through activities like trash pickups and waste training seminars.

This is an important topic for us all, as it helps students learn new ways of food management and how to cut down on food waste. This will help the Earth in the long run.

Food waste is as big of a problem for America, as it is the whole world.

More than a third of all food grown

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is a sophomore journalism major from Brunswick, Ga, who is an opinion writer. will never reach a table, according to the United Nationa. The EPA reports that food waste is the second largest component of landfills.

Those facts alone should be enough to drive home how serious this issue is.

So what are some ways we can be more environmentally friendly in terms of our food waste?

Those with the available space could start a compost pile. This gives you a place to discard old food, while also fertilizing your yard.

Composting deals with excess food that, if thrown away, would sit in landfills. This contributes to the incredible amounts of methane that are

produced from food waste in landfills.

More ways to manage food waste can start in the grocery store as well.

Many people do not take care to puchase only the food they need, while making sure that they eat the food that they buy.

Making that simple change would be one good way of ensuring that food does not go to waste.

The way you cook can also play an important role in eliminating waste.

By adhering to a recipe, you can buy only what you need and not have to throw out what you did not use when it goes bad. This helps you throw away less food, and can also save you money.

There are also some great ways to preserve food by sealing them in an air tight bag, or even throwing them in a Ziploc baggie and squeezing all the air out.

Either way, this can make your

food last much longer refrigerated as opposed to just letting it sit in the fridge without the bag.

There are so many different ways to save food and reduce waste, and we could all use some tips and tricks to help us have better food management skills.

And with so much food going to waste, it is important to educate ourselves and apply greener practices to curb some of this food waste.

This is food that could feed more people and also cut down on some of the methane polluting the environment.

This is the point of the university’s Earth Month activities. They can really teach us, before we get out into the world, to make a difference and impact the environment in a positive way.

Combating food waste is but one of the many ways we can all work to improve our world.

O P I N I O N

SANFORD MALL OF HORRORS

FREEDOM OF SPEECH BELONGS TO EVERYONE

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urton Joseph is one of my heroes. While he is not well known, Joseph's stance in one of the most polarizing free speech cases in American history had been a source of great inspiration for me.

In 1977, the American Nazi Party attempted to march in the Chicago suburb of Skokie, a community which included a significant number of Holocaust survivors. Naturally, there was great push back to this event.

Joseph, as part of his work for the ACLU, insisted that the organization defend the Nazis. A number of high-ranking members of the ACLU were Jewish and they supported the groups' efforts to defend the group because of their devotion to the principle of free speech.

While the march was eventually moved, a court ruling ultimately established the right of the Nazis to march.

Ever since I've known that story, I've had so much respect for the actions of the ACLU lawyers at that time.

Here were a group of men, who have as much reason as anyone to despise the Nazis, standing up for them in the Bridget Mundy

KEVIN GRIFFIN

a senior journalism major from Madison, is the opinion editor. name of a principle.

Ever since I knew I would be writing about last week's graphic on the anti-abortion demonstration, I've thought a lot about that story. It embodies the views I still hold about how free speech, even for heinous views, must be protected so that we can all enjoy that same freedom.

The anti-abortion demonstration certainly does not rise to the level of a Nazi march, but I think some of the same lessons still apply.

Since the demonstration happened, I've seen a number of criticisms of the administration for allowing a protest like this on campus. A common theme is the idea that graphic nature of the protest is disruptive in a way that interferes with student education, particularly among women.

There is certainly one side of this debate that is eager to tell people to get over it because it is impossible to avoid

being offended.

While I think there is some merit to that point of view, I do think it can be too dismissive of the experiences of marginalized people. The oppression and discrimination that many groups face is real, and difficult for people who have not had to deal with those injustices to understand.

In the case of abortion, there are already plenty of laws that humiliate and stigmatize people who have had abortions. The deeply inflammatory and often inaccurate rhetoric that accompanies this is deeply offensive to all women.

At the same time, I don't believe the answer is to ban or stringently curb the speech of anti-choice activists, even those who express themselves in incredibly crude ways. I echo the ACLU position that the best way to combat negative speech is with strong positive speech.

What happened last week provides students with an excellent opportunity to come out and educate people about reproductive rights and how they are currently being attacked in our own state.

The danger of calling on the administration to silence some protestors is that it might lead to a situation where all students, even the ones whose views I believe to have merit, could face challenges to expressing their views.

In fact, that type of thing has happened before. In the 1980s, campus speech codes at the University of Michigan were used in more than 20 instances against minority students by white students, according to the ACLU. In the past few years, we have all seen protests on campus that could be controversial and might offend certain people. Walkouts, die-ins and slut walks have all been conducted on campus.

While each of these events might be considered to be offensive or disruptive, they served the important function of bringing important issues to light, issues that many people do not want to talk about but which must be discussed.

Calling on administration to limit the speech could conceivably lead to crackdowns on things like that in the future. That is the last thing that we should want for this campus.

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WHAT TO DO 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.

• 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

MINDFULNESS RETREAT The half-day mindfulness retreat will begin at 1 p.m. April 10 in Linville Falls, PSU. Learn skills that can help relieve stress, lead to better sleep and help experience less self-judgment.

This will be a silent retreat where you will learn various different forms of meditation, eat mindfully and participate in gentle yoga. Bring a yoga mat or towel for yoga.

All levels are welcome. No prior experience in meditation is needed. Extra credit slips will be provided.

TRANSFER FACULTY MENTORS New transfer faculty mentor training will be 3-4:30 p.m. April 18, New River Room, PSU. Register at workshops.appstate.edu. The training will cover the characteristics and needs of transfer students, the transfer student population at Appalachian, and how to support transfer students and to be a successful transfer mentor.

A transfer faculty mentor is a faculty member

interested in developing supportive, academic relationships with prospective and new Appalachian transfer students. Faculty mentors, ideally in the student’s area of study, will provide help in understanding the curriculum and the student’s remaining required coursework as well as provide guidance, support, and referral to resources that will benefit new students in a new environment. Mentors have the ability to influence, encourage, and guide transfer students to enhance their academic success.

To learn more about becoming a mentor, email mortonka@appstate.edu.

SCIENCE AND RELIGION IN INDIA TALK Appalachian’s Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies Program presentes a talk by Banu Subramaniam, professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. “Science and Religious Nationalism in India” will be presented at 5:30 p.m. April 14, Three Top Mountain Room, PSU. The talk is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Anthropology Department; the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies; the College of Arts and Sciences; the Cultural, Gender, and Global Studies Department; the English Department, the Humanities Council; and the Philosophy and Religion Department.

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.

• 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

GRADUATE SCHOOL 101 The Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies will offer “Graduate School 101: So you think you want to go to graduate school?” starting at 10 a.m. April 15, Rough Ridge Room, PSU. Juniors and seniors who are planning to apply for gradauate school will have their questions about applying, taking the GRE and more answered by graduate school staff. Breakfast items will be served. Email padgettlc@appstate. edu for more information.

FREE LEGAL ADVICE The Student Legal Clinic, in suite 324 in Plemmons Student Union, offers confidential advice, information, and referrals provided by a licensed attorney.

The attorney can meet with any currently enrolled Appalachian State student and can advise students on any issue that is not directly adverse to the university.

Make an appointment by calling 828-2628284. Information at legalclinic.appstate.edu.

NAVIGATING COLLEGE The group will explore healthy lifestyle choices and the impact of alcohol and other drug use in college. Students are invited to

the Wellness and Prevention Services office to join a mindfulness-based group focused on the impact of alcohol and other drug use while in college, incorporating resilience building, high risk substance use prevention and harm reduction strategies by way of stress reduction, healthy decision-making and group support to assist in personal growth and success as a college student.

The group will meet 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays, room 306, Reich College of Education.

Email asmabt@appstate.edu.

STUDY ABROAD IN ITALY Outdoor Programs and Recreation Management is presenting a study abroad program in Italy this summer.

A course in Commercial Recreation and Outdoor Recreation will be offered, along with immersion in the language, local cuisine, and distinct cultures found along the way.

The trip dates are June 7 to 27, and the cost of $4,100 covers everything.To learn more, visit www.op.appstate.edu. or email campbllrh@appstate.edu or sharaievskai@appstate.edu.

TUTORING CENTER Visit room 208 in D.D. Dougherty and fill out a tutor request form. The tutoring lab is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday. Call 828-262-3060 or email apputs@appstate.edu. For more information about the services offered, go to lap.appstate. edu/tutoring.

THURSDAY, APRIL 7

FRIDAY, APRIL 8

SATURDAY, APRIL 9

SUNDAY, APRIL 10

“The Revenant” Screening

“Sixteen Candles” Screening

“The Revenant” Screening

7 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.

I.G. Greer Auditorium $2

7 p.m.

Greenbriar, PSU $1

7 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.

I.G. Greer Auditorium $2

Ben Bradburn Student Saxophone Recital

Peter Fish and Leigh Ann Henion Talk

“The Revenant” Screening

Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble

7 p.m. and 9:50 p.m.

I.G. Greer Auditorium $2

7:30 p.m.

Schaefer Center $10-$17

Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble

JDRF Benefit A Cappella Concert

7:30 p.m.

Schaefer Center $10-$17

7 p.m.

Legends $5

Global Opportunities Conference

GuitarFest Concert

Begins 9 a.m.

Plemmons Student Union Free; registration required

8 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall Admission charged

MONDAY, APRIL 11

TUESDAY, APRIL 12

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13

THURSDAY, APRIL 14

Woodwind Chamber Ensembles I

“Robots, Cyborgs and Gods: Religion and the Future” Lecture

“Flashdance” Screening

Hayes Faculty String Quartet

7 p.m.

Greenbriar, PSU $1

6 p.m.

Recital Hall Free

Make Your Own Bumper Sticker

“Sisters” Screening

11 a.m.

Solarium, PSU Free

7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

I.G. Greer Auditorium $2

Adam Church Concert

Woodwind Chamber Ensembles II

9:30 p.m.

Legends $4-$6

8 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall Free

7:30 p.m.

Table Rock Room, PSU Free

Spring Appalachian Dance Ensemble 7:30 p.m.

Schaefer Center $10-$17

Dark Side of the Dead 10 p.m.

Legends $8-$12

8 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall Free

5:30 p.m.

Room 420, PSU Free

Coburn Jones Student Voice Recital 8 p.m.

Recital Hall Free

Shane Watson Student Organ Recital 6 p.m.

Rosen Concert Hall Free

Speak Like a Girl 7 p.m.

Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU Free

6 p.m.

Recital Hall Free

Mindfulness Retreat 1 p.m.

Linville Falls, PSU Free

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