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Married with classes Married students balance personal life, school

by Julia Simcoe

Intern News Reporter

by Tommy Culkin News Reporter

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or most undergraduates in the United States, college is a time to be selfish. Students normally divide their energy between schoolwork, socializing, jobs, extracurriculars and having fun — though not always in this order, and not always successfully.

Though marriage is one of the oldest institutions known to humankind, it is not traditionally done in one’s undergraduate years. Thus, married undergraduates have ventured into the traditional at a time when it is considered nontraditional.

So is the case for Kelly Haugh, an Appalachian State Univer-

Chancellor, SGA working to improve campus diversity

Kelly and James Haugh have been married since 2012 and are now enrolled at Appalachian State University, studying sustainable development and fermentation sciences, respectively.

sity junior sustainable development major from Weaverville, and James Haugh, a junior fermentation sciences major from Boston,

who wed in 2012. Both are 27-years-old and live in a house in the hills of Boone with four chickens and a dog named Calvin

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Focusing on ADHD: Behavioral drugs and students Photo Illustration by Alex Gates

Adderall is a common drug prescribed to students with ADHD to help improve focus and productivity.

by Jordan Boles

Intern News Reporter

For students diagnosed with an attention deficit or hyperactivity disorder, behavioral drugs have shown effectiveness compared to the detriment that they may cause to a student’s wellness when misused.

Behavioral drugs are predominantly stimulants, classified as either amphetamines or methylphenidates. The most common amphetamines are Adderall and Vyvanse while common methylphenidates are Focalin, Ritalin and Concerta.

These medications are used to level the playing field for students with learning disabilities — specifically, the inability to focus. However, when students choose to partake in the use of these medications without a prescription or diagnoses of ADD/ ADHD, side effects can range from mild to severe.

Ben Asma, a coordinator

of Alcohol and Other Drug Services in the campus Wellness Center, said these medications can be a good thing, like any medication, when appropriate and monitored by a physician.

John Felipe, a freshman computer science major at Appalachian State University was diagnosed with adult ADHD last year. His doctor prescribed him a small dose of instant release Adderall, taken twice a day as needed.

“To say that it has positively impacted my day to day life would be a vast and borderline exceedingly modest understatement,” Felipe said.

“For the first time in my life, I have been able to actively engage in seemingly mundane interaction for an extended amount of time. In my experience, responsibly utilizing a tool like Adderall can be an overwhelmingly positive and rewarding experience.”

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Chancellor Sheri N. Everts is working closely with the Student Government Association to improve diversity and equality on Appalachian State University’s campus.

According to an email from the chancellor, chief diversity officer Bindu Jayne will head a group of students, faculty and staff tasked with implementing noticeable changes. The group will be responsible for the development of a plan to incite meaningful and genuine dialogue, and any other additional actions as they arise.

In addition to the work being done by Jayne, SGA is also working on ways to improve diversity and equality.

SGA recently voted down a proposed bill that would grant the National PanHellenic Council a seat on the student senate. However, Carson Rich, a junior theatre arts major and SGA president, said a modified version of the bill will be presented in the coming weeks, and he is confident it will pass this time.

Rich said the fact the first bill failed is indicative of the work that needs to be done to raise awareness at Appalachian.

“This is just evidence to show that SGA still has leaps and bounds that it needs to make in regards to the education of its members,” Rich said. “If SGA doesn’t start now in regards to changing the culture within our organization, we are being a completely ineffective group.”

Rich emphasized that although he’s working to educate the members of SGA, it’s also important to educate members of the various clubs and organizations on campus as well.

“It’s also important to get

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ASU Greeks unite in support of philanthropies

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by Chamian Cruz News Reporter

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he Greeks at Appalachian State University are getting ready to kick off Greek Week, which will take place from April 15-20.

“Even though it’s a competition, the whole point of Greek Week is to come together as Greeks and do everything we can for the community,” said Katherine Huis, junior elementary education major and vice president of programming for the PanHellenic Association. “It’s really unifying us as Greek life at App State, while at the same time raising money for organizations that we care a lot about.”

All of the proceeds collected during Greek Week will go to three philanthropies on all different levels. The Wounded Warrior Project is the national philanthropy, OASIS is the local philanthropy and Scholars with Diverse Abilities is the philanthropy on campus. Huis said once the proceeds from Greek Week are collected, the proceeds will be distributed according to the needs of each organization.

“In the past, thousands of dollars have been raised,” Huis said. “Last year, we supported Western

Youth Network, but this year we wanted to do it a little different by doing three different organizations on all different levels.”

Appalachian is home to 10 sororities in the PHC, 11 fraternities in the InterFraternity Council and eight sororities and fraternities in the National PanHellenic Council.

Huis said all of these will be participating in Greek Week this year.

The week will start on April 15 with kickoff, “canstruction” and a banner competition, which is a time for the Greeks to hang out around Duck Pond, have a cookout and other activities such as cornhole.

Gabrielle Zullo, sophomore exercise science major and member of Kappa Delta, said canstruction consists of every organization bringing in cans to build a sculpture that represents this year’s Greek Week carnival theme. The event helps to raise awareness and all the cans are donated to help fight hunger.

April 16 is the Greek god and goddess event, which is like a pageant, but the winner is mostly based on a resume and each participant has to raise at least $200 to participate. All of the money raised during the event goes to the

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 other clubs on this campus to jump on board because if [SGA] doesn’t work on educating other clubs and organizations here at Appalachian then we will go nowhere,” Rich said. “We have to not just point fingers at ourselves but point fingers at other groups and say, ‘We’ve got to all be able to work together on this.’”

Rich said the main factor preventing students from re-

Alex Gates This year’s Greek Week will be April 15-20, benefitting the Wounded Warrior Project, OASIS and Scholars with Diverse Abilities.

philanthropies.

The Lonely Biscuits will be performing at the benefit concert taking place on April 17 at the Harvest House Performing Arts Venue. The concert is the first of two new events for Greek Week. Greeks will be eligible for scholarships, which the money collected from the concert will benefit in honor of Greeks who have passed away in the past year.

Huis said the benefit concert will be one more way for the Greeks to honor Amanda Philips of Chi Omega and Taylor Pavlick of Tau Kappa Epsilon, who both passed away last semester.

“Mandie was actually one of my soror-

alizing the problems on campus is their limited perspective.

“One of the biggest problems here at Appalachian State is understanding the perspective of other students,” Rich said. “Perspective is something that you only understand initially if it’s your perspective. So, broadening our perspective is the first step.”

Another initiative SGA is working on is a component of the first-year seminar, which will educate students on the various components of social

ity sisters,” Huis said.

“My sorority in particular, we’ve done a lot for her. We’ve done a lantern release, a love offering for her and we had a school-wide service for her. We’re all really excited about the benefit concert and all the [Chi Omegas] are going to help plan with that, which was her sorority.”

Then, April 18 will be Service Day and the Greek Carnival, which is the second new event added to this year’s Greek Week.

Each organization will have a booth set up at the carnival and games and food will be available. Additionally as part of the service day, will be the first blood drive that the Greeks as a whole

justice. The course will be called App 101.

SGA started working on App 101 earlier this year, and after several meetings with Academic Affairs, the interim provost and other university authorities, Rich believes the progress on the initiative is positive.

“Hopefully, students in their first year here can have that better understanding of social justice components,” Rich said. “We’re all paying thousands of dollars to come here, so it should start in the classroom.”

have ever hosted.

The Greek Games will take place on April 19 and the games consist of old fashioned competitions such as tug of war, water balloon toss, chariot race, Huis said.

“The Greek Games are always such a fun event and you get to see people’s competitive side come out,” Zullo said. “It’s all fun and games and always a good time!”

Greek Week will conclude on April 20 with the Lip Sync competition.

“Students are definitely most excited for Lip Sync,” Huis said.

“Girls have been practicing for months now.

It’s a huge deal and it’s really fun to see it all come together.”

Ultimately, Rich said the issue of diversity is only viewed in terms of student retention.

However, he believes the real issue lies in the deeper, underlying reasons why retention is poor.

“I think that while yes, Appalachian State needs to focus on retention, we can only be successful in retention if we actually do something about the lifestyle of the students on this campus,” Rich said. “I know that there are students who feel unsafe being here. It’s horrible, but it’s the truth.”

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Boston charm on her one day,” they started dating. But after they got engaged, they were stationed in different continents: Kelly in Sicily and James in El Salvador.

“We had to plan a wedding 10,000 miles apart,” James said.

After their marriage in Weaverville, they embarked on their next adventure in life: college. They chose Appalachian because it fit their interests.

James flocked to the fermentation science degree while Kelly chose a sustainable development major. Better yet, Appalachian is not located in “the frigid Northeast,” James said.

Now, the two are both juniors who navigate academic life, working life and home life. Kelly said there are perks to being a married undergraduate.

“One benefit is you always have someone to help you with everything,” Kelly said. “We have very different intellectual knowledge. For me, he’ll have a lot of theory-type stuff that he’ll come to me for. I’ll go to him for chemistry or math.”

But their married life isn’t a walk in the park. In addition to traditional student worries, — class, homework and exams — the couple must work to support themselves financially.

“It’s hard working,” Kelly said. “It’s hard supporting ourselves. We don’t rely on our parents anymore. We have to work to pay for our living. We’re working and we’re in school and we have homework and we have animals to take care of. Sometimes, it gets to be a lot.”

3 James called this the ever-changing balancing act that they face.

“Every semester, you have to relearn the balance,” he said. “[My work schedule] changes every season, and so does our academic work.”

It was hard for them to find ageappropriate friends, Kelly said, as the events that the campus provides to meet friends are often awkward because of the age difference.

James said he once asked a classmate to celebrate their birthday at a bar, only to find out the classmate was turning 18.

At the end of the day, both Kelly and James think the benefits of married life outweigh the drawbacks.

“I’m a thousand times a better person with Kelly by my side,” James said.

“She levels me out. It’s easy when you wake up in the morning and you’re smiling because of who you’re next to.”

Brent and Teri Frank, ages 27 and 29, are friends of the Haughs. Living in the surrounding hills, they share a household with one dog named Simcoe and two cats, Layla and Tank.

Like James, Brent, a native of Boone, is a fermentation science major while Teri, a native of Cary, is a criminal justice graduate who now works full time in Boone.

Years ago, the couple met in the house they currently live in. Brent’s parents own the apartment, which includes a few rooms they rent out to students. Teri rented from his parents at the same time that Brent lived in the house. They got married right after Teri graduated from Appalachian in 2009.

“It takes a lot of tension out of the classroom setting,” Brent said. “I’m not trying to socialize with my classmates,

not trying to hit on anybody. The focus is definitely more on the academics, I’m just there to do class and finish the degree.”

While they do have to deal with different work schedules, as Teri, who has already earned her degree, is able to leave work at the office, Brent still must complete homework and study for exams at home outside of class.

Chris Wertman, 34, is yet another married fermentation science major.

Hailing from Allentown, Pennsylvania, his wife Wendy lives in Augusta, Georgia. They met in Augusta a few years ago, when they were both stationed there for the military.

“We were stationed together in Augusta, Georgia, and interacted together on a professional level, then became friends,” Wertman says of his early interaction with his one-day wife.

Then they were deployed together to Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia. Chris was already there for a year when she joined him in her deployment. The two came back to the U.S. at the same time.

In 2010, they got engaged. Chris recalls the proposal: “We had rented a house in Savannah, Georgia. I made her a nice dinner and threw a ring at her face, basically. I kind of took her off guard.”

Chris came to Appalachian in 2013, but Wendy remains in Augusta and will remain in the military for the next ten years. Chris hopes to one day open a craft brewery, but for now, enjoys other perks of being married while in school.

“The major benefit is that I’m not so pressed to work a lot so I can concentrate on school,” he said. “[Wendy] can be the breadwinner for this time

period. I’m somewhat removed from the stresses of marital life, like raising a kid.”

Augusta is a five-hour drive from Boone. Chris said would like to see Wendy’s son more often whom he will soon adopt.

“I get to see my son only once every couple weeks,” he said. “It’s not quite enough.”

Like the other couples, Chris said that one of the most difficult things about his experience is being older than most of his classmates.

Having received his first college degree from York College in Pennsylvania, Wertman explains the differences in his second undergraduate experience.

“Being older and also having military experience, I have a certain level of professionalism that I don’t observe in the undergraduate classes,” he said.

“Maybe also a certain sense of diligence. This is my second degree and things are much different than the first time I went to college. People are on their cell phone all the time, people talk while teachers are talking.”

A University Housing spokesperson said Appalachian abolished couples’ housing because of a lack of demand.

It was more advantageous to turn the married student housing into housing for freshmen and sophomores.

Though Appalachian does not offer on-campus housing for couples, none of the couples expressed an active interest in living in such quarters even if they were offered.

“We’re fifteen minutes from outside town, if that, and we have beautiful sunrises every morning,” James Haugh said. “We get to design our own little world outside the school.”

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Reading clinic tutors children, provides experience

by Tommy Culkin News Reporter

A reading clinic in Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education has helped teach readingimpaired children from the community for many years.

Now, thanks to a sizeable donation from Pat A. Anderson, for whom the clinic was subsequently named, it can continue to do its work.

The Pat A. Anderson Reading Clinic, established in the mid-1950s, is the oldest and largest reading clinic in North Carolina, said Darrell Morris, the clinic’s director.

Morris said the reading clinic sets Appalachian apart from other universities.

“The university has funded [the reading clinic] since I’ve been here, for over 26 years,” Morris said. “It’s made us very different. Our clinic is consid-

ered the best in the state, maybe in the entire Southeast.”

Devery Ward, an associate professor in the college of education, said the clinic not only helps children learn to read, but also gives Appalachian students early teaching experience and training.

“When the undergrads begin putting their work from the classroom into action, and offering instruction to a real, live student who’s going to respond, they learn these methods in a way that you can’t learn when you’re just reading a book or listening to a lecture,” Ward said.

The clinic helps approximately 100 children per year, ranging in grade level from elementary to middle school.

Children come from all across Western North Carolina to use the reading clinic. The clinic serves Watauga, Ashe, Avery, Caldwell and Wilkes

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Both Asma and Dr. Bob Ellison, director of Student Health Services made it clear that medication was not a singular fix for students who suffer with ADD/ ADHD, and instead should be used as just one component of a larger system of management.

The Office of Disability Services at Appalachian offers a wide variety of accommodations to ease the academic frustrations that students with ADD/ADHD

counties.

Morris said the clinic employs a balanced methodology.

Undergraduate and graduate students work with the children to ascertain their reading level. They focus on building up the child’s reading, writing and spelling skills, using reading level as a starting point.

“It’s a way of doing things that universities have moved away from because of costs, but Appalachian has maintained a commitment to this type of training,” Morris said.

The expenses for the clinic include paying undergraduate students and supervisors during the semester, paying graduate students during the summer and the cost of materials.

Because of these costs, Morris said he believed the clinic was starting to wane.

“With the economic downturn, our funding source started to dry up,” Morris said.

Courtesy of University Communications The Pat A. Anderson reading clinic was renamed after Anderson made a donation allowing the clinic to stay open.

But Anderson, an Appalachian alumna, donated an unknown amount of money to the clinic, which Ward said saved it.

“We’re so very fortunate for Pat Anderson’s very generous donation,” Ward said. “This donation will allow our clinic to continue serving children and teachers into the future.

Anderson’s contribution will serve as more than a short term supply of funding. It will benefit the clinic for many years.

“We’re pretty frugal,” Morris said. “It will last for years and years to come.”

face. Diagnosed students have access to assistive technology, extended testing time and quiet environments for testing. Asma and Ellison both encourage students with disabilities to access resources offered.

Ellison said although there has not been a specific increase in the prescription of stimulant drugs, there has indefinitely been an increase in all mental health drugs including those for anxiety and depression.

“It’s our job that we help students learn how to learn,” Ellison said. “We want to be thoughtful, we want to be helpful, and we are not pill pushers.”

Asma agreed that the misuse of these medications by students is becoming a problem on college campuses, due to students thinking that they need the medications to succeed in the rigorous and often stressful environment that college can be.

“The misuse of these medications can lead to negative social interactions, insomnia, malnutrition, and can be detrimental to academic behavior,” Asma said. “Stimulants can be harmful to students who do not need them, but they can be a wonderful thing for the ones that do.”

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Turchin mimics ‘Silver Factory’ with Warhol display

by Lovey Cooper

Senior A&E Reporter

H

ung on walls covered in foil to a soundtrack that included David Bowie and Lou Reed classics, six recent acquisitions to the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts permanent collection were unveiled in a space usually reserved for visiting installations. The pieces — out-of-edition Andy Warhol screenprints — are being highlighted in a space meant to mimic Warhol’s New York studio.

“Coined the ‘Silver Factory’ by its frequent visitors, the live/ work/party space was decorated by Warhol’s friend Billy Name,” said Mary Anne Redding, curator for the Turchin who joined the staff in September. “The entire loft, even the bathroom, was covered in tin foil, silver paint and silver balloons.”

These pieces are the second donation to the university from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The art, received as a donation in 2013, consists of the six outof-edition silkscreen prints included in “Quicksilver: New Acquisitions from the Andy Warhol Foundation.” The first donation of 158 Polaroid prints and silver gelatin photographs resulted in the Turchin’s 2009 exhibition “Andy Warhol, A Photographic Legacy: Recent Gifts to the Turchin Center Permanent Collection.”

Out-of-edition prints are extra pieces used to test out the printmaking process. They are usually not sold, and as a result are donated to schools and other destinations.

“Everything [in the Quicksilver display] is designed so that the viewer can see themselves in the artwork — you can walk around the room and see it from different perspectives, you can see yourself in the mirrors — the idea is that whether your making art or looking at it, you’re part of the process,” Redding said.

Kyle Hazard, exhibitions assistant and senior art management major, was a part of the four-person team responsible for creating the space. He had to calculate surface area and

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Six out-of-edition Andy Warhol screenprints are on display at the Turchin Center in a replica space that mimics Warhol’s New York studio. The space is covered in tin foil, silver paint and silver balloons.

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by Reynolds Wrap and aluminum tape, after originally planning to use mylar to cover the space.

“We were trying to create more of an environment than just an exhibition space,” he said.

Other elements in the room – furniture, mirrors, a shag carpet repurposed from the conference room – are designed as sensory elements and clues into the time period.

“We wanted to create an environment that emulates that, honors that, and talks about the late ‘60s and early ‘70s through the artwork and the music and through the vibe in here,” Redding said.

Hank Foreman, director and chief curator at the Turchin Center, began his relationship with the Andy Warhol FVA when he first applied for a grant to support the 1995 exhibition “Views From Ground Level: Art and Ecology in the Late Nineties.”

While the grant was not funded, in 2004, as the university was building the West Wing of the Turchin and preparing the opening of the entire facility, he applied for support to present a sculpture exhibition series titled “Redefining Space.”

Representatives from The Andy Warhol FVA visited in Boone and the Turchin was awarded a $45,000 grant.

Although gallery heads consider the Turchin to hold more

regional than national importance compared with other galleries in the state, ironically, along with the Polaroids, Appalachian now has more Warhol pieces than most universities.

These works provide a contemporary con-

text for the other artists in the collection.

“It’s fun to get that in Boone and it’s fun to say that I worked with a Warhol,” Hazard said “Quicksilver: New Acquisitions from the Andy Warhol Foundation” is currently on

view at the Turchin Center until August 8.

As for the cleanup?

Hazard said the student assistants are planning on making a giant wad of leftover foil to compete with the Schaefer Center crew’s expanding tape ball.

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Appalachian’s theatre puts on ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’

by Molly Flinchum Intern A&E Reporter

The Department of Theatre and Dance at Appalachian State University will sponsor the production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” which follows the famous story of the lives of two Jewish families in hiding during the time of the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of a young girl, Anne Frank.

The play will open at the Valborg Theatre on April 22 and continue through April 26.

There are 13 actors in the show, and more than 10 other student and faculty volunteers and employees, inclduing stage managers, sound designers and set designers, director Anna Ward said.

The role of Anne Frank is double-cast, played both by Raquelle Pollock, a junior psychology and dance studies major, as well as Kimberly Fiorentino, a senior theatre and psychology major.

“You see [Frank] as a completely normal person that was put in a completely not normal situation,” Pollock said. “She wasn’t this hero, she was a normal girl who had normal diary writings about her friends and family. I want to be sure I portray her as just a girl going through things.”

This will be Pollock’s first time acting on main stage, and Fiorentino’s last act before graduating.

“I want to honor the story,” Pollock said. “I want to honor what happened. I read ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ in third grade, and I don’t think I understood anything about it. I’m in awe of what happened to them and it’s so disturbing that they didn’t actually live.”

“I’ve always been interested in that whole time period and the things the Jewish people in the Holocaust had to deal with,” Fiorentino said. “I think that it’s a really important story to tell and I’m really glad that we’re able to tell that story.”

This will be Appalachian’s theatre and dance department’s first production of “The Diary of Anne Frank,” though Ward said there was a summer production of the famous memoir back in the 1990s that was produced in conjunction with Theatre Charlotte, where Keith Martin, a professor of theatre at Appalachian, used to work.

Tickets are $9 for students with an AppCard and $16 for the public. They can be purchased at the Theatre and Dance Box Office at 828 262-3063 or online.

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Cast members of ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’ production conduct rehearsal in preparation for the opening play April 22 at the university’s Valborg Theatre. The play is sponsored by the university’s Department of Theatre and Dance.

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Requiring professors to teach more would harm UNC system Kevin Griffin

Opinion Writer

State Sen. Tom McInnis filed a bill March 26 that would require all professors in the UNC system to teach at least eight classes per school year. Faculty salaries would be pro-rated for professors who taught less than eight courses.

The bill states that any shortfalls in professor salary may be “supplemented with the proceeds of the constituent institution’s endowment fund.”

A June 2014 UNC General Administration report found that the average professor taught 3.7 sections in fall 2013.

In addition to being an attack on

faculty, this bill embodies the view that many in the state government have of what education is not and should be.

Conservative think tanks like the Pope Center have long criticized the UNC system for not being efficient enough.

In particular, the center has released several reports over the years questioning whether or not faculty members could assume greater class loads.

For the conservative policymakers at the state level, higher education must be measured almost exclusively by its quantifiable results.

Gov. Pat McCrory, in the interview with Bill Bennett early on in his administration, said famously that the emphasis should not be on the number of butts in seats, but in “how many of those butts can get jobs.”

By requiring professors to teach more classes, and suffer financially if they do not, Sen. McInnis is trying to impose this type of philosophy in the system.

Results matter, of course.

As a public institution, the UNC system should be held to certain accountability standards.

The particular view pushed by these conservatives in state government miss the point by tying the value too strongly to these metrics at the expense of the less tangible, but no less valuable, aspects of university work.

The work of college professors consists of more than simply teaching. Research is able to contribute in both concrete and intangible ways to our collective body of knowledge.

Also, the non-teaching work professors do has an

impact in the classroom.

As Michael Behrent, an Appalachian State professor and president of the university AAUP chapter, wrote recently in The News & Observer, “for students to learn from professors inside the classroom, professors need to keep learning outside the classroom.”

Behrent added that the passage of the bill would likely cause many professors to leave the state.

This bill comes out of the type of narrow thinking about higher education which has already done so much damage to the UNC system.

Passing this bill would be one more step in the wrong direction.

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

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Live streaming apps are an invasion of our private lives Matt Zothner

Opinion Writer

Meerkat, a mobile app offering real-time video streaming capability, is looking to take the digital landscape by storm. The app connects iPhone users to their Twitter accounts so they can watch and record live events as they happen. Once the stream is over, users aren’t able to watch them again – pretty much Snapchat in real time.

While this new ability is interesting, Meerkat and the similar competing apps are unnecessary and also a new invasion of our private lives.

The app’s popularity – it’s been downloaded more than 120,000

times according to the Wall Street Journal – shows that people are devouring live stream video at an impressive rate and according to CNBC, some users are watching up to four hours per day.

The competing apps include Periscope and Stre.am.

Periscope was reported to have been acquired by Twitter for just under $100 million, according to www.entrepreneur.com, and Stre.am is available to both Android and iOS users. The latter not only stores the streamed footage for another 24 hours, but connects to Twitter, Google+, Facebook, email and text messaging, according to Venture Beat.

The market for these apps is prevalent because people are able to stream real-time news, sports or anything else they want, for an audience that taps in from anywhere

around the world. The potential uses range from the impressive to the mundane, including CNN-like civilian reporting to streams of a stranger’s cat.

Yes, these possibilities are intriguing, but the usage of these apps may lead toward things we don’t want to see – war footage, brutality and some occasional NSFW, or Not Safe for Work, streams.

There are many revenuedriven purposes that these apps may utilize, and I see advertisers jumping onto this opportunity in the worst way – please, no more ads. It is great to see the positive uses of these apps, such as Jimmy Fallon streaming behind-thescenes videos of his shows or artists at the SXSW music and entertainment festival in Austin, Texas, live streaming their sets to even larger audiences, but they may end up

being another platform for narcissists and racists to post their opinions, too.

While Meerkat and other live stream apps may arguably become the closest thing to living real-time events without witnessing them in person, I question if we really need another social media outlet tapping into our personal lives, as well as trapping us further into the digital and “social” world that we can’t seem to get out of.

As with most social media, the question doesn’t remain on how or why the app will be used, but instead this: will the future consist of our lives being publicly broadcasted?

Or will livestream apps become a fad of the digital media landscape?

Zothner, a sophomore marketing major from Cary, is an opinion writer.

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CRIME LOG BOONE

April 6 10:25 p.m. | Possession of schedule I Coltrane Hall An arrest was made for the possession of a schedule I drug.

April 6 3:22 p.m. | Criminal damage to property Campus Closed leads led to an exhausted disposition.

April 3 11:30 p.m. | Possession of marijuana Doughton Hall An arrest was made for the possession of marijuana.

March 31 12 p.m. | Larceny - from buildings Unknown Location on Campus This incident is under investigation.

April 3 10 p.m. | Possession of marijuana Newland Hall An arrest was made for the possession of marijuana.

April 1 11 p.m. | Harassment Cannon Hall This incident is under investigation.

April 1 10:10 p.m. | Harassment Eggers Hall The prosecution was declined for harassment.

March 31 11 p.m. | Larceny Student Recreation Center This incident is under investigation.

March 22 6:50 a.m. | Intoxicated person- ban Sanford Hall Prosecution was declined and the investigation has been closed.

March 22 2:30 a.m. | Underage consumption of alcohol Cannon Hall An arrest was made for underage consumption of alcohol.

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10 Submit Announcements App News is a service of the Division of Student Development. Email dycheab@appstate.edu.

Submissions should not exceed 100 words and must include the event title, date/time, location and cost, and a contact email, phone and/or URL. Announcements will be edited as needed and will run as space allows. Preference given for events that are free or have a nominal cost.

Honoring university leadership award winners At 2 p.m. April 24 in the Parkway Ballroom of PSU, the Division of Student Development will honor the recipients of the 2014-2015 Who’s Who in American Universities and Colleges, along with the recipients of the Ronny L. Brooks Award for Outstanding Leadership, the Bobby L. Dunnigan Award for Outstanding Service and the Gregory S. Blimling Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Student Development.

The reception is open to recipients, their families and friends.

Free tax assistance ASU’s Walker College of Business will provide free tax assistance for individuals or families with a combined household income of $60,000 or less. Anyone can prepare and e-file their own federal and state income taxes for free using www.myfreetaxes.com.

The Free Tax Help Lab, will be held 5-7 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, through April 15, room 2014, Peacock Hall. Email hofmannma@ appstate.edu.

10th Annual Tom Moore 5K Run/Walk Hosted by students from the Recreation Management program in collaboration with Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

Checkin will begin at 8 a.m. and the race will begin at 9 a.m. April 11, Clawson-Burnley Park, Boone Greenway Trail. Early registration by April 8 is $20; day of registration is $25. To register, go to www.5k.appstate.edu.

UREC jobs Camp UREC is hiring counselors for the summer. Counselor application materials are due April 10 by 5 p.m. Visit campurec.appstate.edu.

Transfer Connect Open to transfer students, and presented by the ASU Counseling Center. Call 828-262-3180 or visit counseling.appstate.edu.

• Stress Management: Finish the Semester on a Strong Note, 5:306:30 p.m. April 9, Rough Ridge, PSU History lecture David Johnson will present “New Delhi: Last Imperial City,” 7 p.m.

April 9, lecture room, Belk Library.

Johnson will be connecting themes in British and Asian history, imperialism, representations of political authority and consent, and the power of ideas and their material symbols.

Spring Supper & Poetry/Prose Sharing The event, for transfer students interested in majoring in creativing writing, will be held at 5:307:30 p.m. April 9, Linn Cove, PSU. Students are invited to bring two poems or two-three pages of cre-

ative prose to share, if they’d like, or just come to listen. Sponsored by the English Department. To register, email weinbergsc@appstate.edu.

Global Opportunities Conference Scheduled for April 10, the event will explore the potential for innovative businesses to solve global social and environmental problems.

Doc Hendley, founder of Wine to Water who was hailed as a CNN Hero of the Year in 2009, will be the keynote speaker. Also featuring a panel discussion on the role of innovative business in solving social and environmental problems. Visit www. goc.appstate.edu.

Outdoor certifications University Recreation recently created a partnership with Landmark Learning, a wilderness certification provider education center to offer wilderness medicine, emergency medicine and leave no trace outdoor ethics courses for students and the community.

For more information, go to https://op.appstate.edu/certifications--trainings.

• April 10-12, Wilderness First Responder Re-Certification • Leave No Trace Master Educator, Aug. 10-14 GSAS 5K Race for the Cup The Graduate Student Association Senate (GSAS) is sponsoring a 5K, beginning at 7:45 a.m. April 11, Kidd Brewer Stadium. A portion of the proceeds will go to Mountain Alliance to offset expenses for the high school experimental learning program. A circulating trophy, currently held by the Biology graduate

students, is up for grabs. Prizes go to the top three finishers of each gender as well as the academic department with the highest representation. To register, go to www. eventbrite.com/e/gsas-5k-race-forthe-cup-tickets-15442881073.

Equality in Action Conference The conference, that focuses on social justice topics, will be held 9 a.m.-7 p.m. April 11, Reich College of Education. Sponsored by CASE, Multicultural Student Development, SGA, LGBT Center, and SAGA Registration is free. Email apps@ appstate.edu.

Buy a Meal fundraiser A group of students taking the Principles of Fundraising Course is holding a Buy A Meal fundraiser for the FARM Cafe. The event will be held April 12 at Lost Province, off King Street, and will feature dinner and live folk music. The group will be selling FARM Cafe meal tokens for people in need: $8 buys one meal at FARM Cafe for a person in need. All other donations will be accepted as well.

Expressive Arts Group for Veterans Open to any faculty, staff and student veterans at Appalachian State University. The group’s purpose is to allow for the establishment of community amongst veterans and to offer creative outlets to explore through multiple modes of expression. Email falckms@appstate.edu or call 828-262-2696. All sessions will be held at 5:45 p.m. in room 306, College of Education. The dates are: April 14 and April 28.

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Boone Creek clean- From Bears with up, 4 p.m., meet at Rainbow Kitten Surprise, 9:30 p.m., AMB, free Legends, $4-$6 “The Hobbit: The “The Brave Little Battle of Five Toaster” screening, Armies” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:45 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2

Leave Yosef a Legacy Day, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m., Blue Ridge Ballroom, PSU, free

Dark Side of the Dead, 9:30 p.m., Legends, $8-$12 Poetry/prose sharing & dinner, 5:30 p.m., Linn Cove, PSU, for transfer students

12 Sarah Cave Student Voice Recital, 4 p.m., Recital Hall, free Farren Hilliard Student Voice Recital, 6 p.m., Recital Hall, free Acapocalypse 3, 6 p.m., Holmes Convocation Center, admission: $5-$7 Blazing Bassoons, 8 p.m., Rosen Concert Hall, free

13 Food Services Behind the Scenes Tour, 2-3:30 p.m., Roess Dining Hall

14 Brass Chamber Ensembles, 6 p.m., Recital Hall, free

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Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture: John Osborn, BBDO New York, 10 a.m., Holmes Con“Guyland” lecture by vocation Center, free Dr. Michael Kimmel, 7 p.m., Schaefer Battle of the Bands, Center, free 9:30 p.m., Legends, $3 Andrew Hannon Faculty ComposiTurchin Center tion Recital, 8 p.m., Lecture Series: DerRosen Concert Hall, rick Jones, 7 p.m., free Turchin Center, free

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16 The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writer Series: Roxane Gay, reading, 7:30 p.m., Table Rock, PSU, free Game Night, 7-10 p.m., lower level, Belk Library, free

“The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2 Pride Festival, 2-6 p.m., Sanford Mall, free

17 Installation of Chancellor Sheri N. Everts, 10 a.m., Holmes Convocation Center

“The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2

18 Dance for a Difference fundraiser, begins 3 p.m., Legends, free

“Inherent Vice” Koresh Dance Com- screening, 7 p.m. pany, 8 p.m., Schae- and 9:30 p.m., I.G. fer Center, $10-$20 Greer, $2

“Inherent Vice” Ron White, 8 p.m., screening, 7 p.m.

Holmes Convocaand 9:30 p.m., I.G. tion Center, $15-$30 Greer, $2

“Inherent Vice” “Cinderella” screen- screening, 7 p.m. ing, 7 p.m., Greenand 9:30 p.m., I.G. briar, PSU, $1 Greer, $2

Equality in Action Conference, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Reich College of Education, free

“Cinderella” screening, 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1

Amanda Gentile Student Violin Recital, noon, Recital Hall, free

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APRIL 11-12 @ GEORGIA STATE 25-15, 5-7 SUN BELT

APRIL 15 VS. RADFORD (DOUBLE HEADER) 9-20, 4-6 BIG SOUTH

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by Cory Spiers

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Sports Editor

Avoid the shootouts App State softball doesn’t seem to fare well when the runs start pouring on from both sides.

When scoring six or more runs this season, the Mountaineers are 4-3, but when the opponent scores more than three runs, App State’s record is 4-24.

Indeed, the sweet spot seems to be holding the opponent to two or fewer.

That may seem obvious, but when the Mountaineers do hold the team to two or fewer, they are 5-0.

Certainly, holding an opposing offense down that much should help increase anyone’s win chances.

It’s no different for App State, so the focus should obviously be on keeping the scoring down.

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Finding the first one Breaking through in conference play When looking at this season’s Mountaineers, the number that jumps out right now is the 0-15 Sun Belt mark.

While the team has struggled in conference play, nonconference games have been up and down with a 9-9 mark.

That means this squad can build on something.

Once the first one comes for App State, the confidence should flow.

Against a Georgia State team that has had mixed conference results of their own, it could happen soon.

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Forget USC, focus on what’s ahead The Mountaineers had a night to forget in South Carolina as a six-run first inning doomed the team to a second-consecutive loss.

It should be considered, however, that the Gamecocks are a talented SEC team, the Mountaineers were playing on the road and the game was shortened due to rain – all factors that should make that game one to quickly forget.

Prior to the debacle at USC, App State compiled a 3-2 mark over their previous five games.

With that said, a short memory will be key as the Mountaineers take to the road for four-straight games before coming home again.

Magic six It’s obvious to assume that more runs usually equals more wins for any team.

The magic number for the Mountaineers this season, however, seems to be six.

When scoring fewer than six runs this season, the Mountaineers are 3-23. On the other side, when scoring six or more, App State has lost only once, putting together a 7-1 mark.

Follow your hot hitter As with most baseball teams, hitters for App State have ebbed and flowed this season.

For a long stretch, it seemed junior infielder Dillon Dobson couldn’t be cooled off.

While Dobson’s work continues to be good, senior infielder Michael Pierson has been the hottest App State hitter of late.

During App State’s 3-2 stretch, Pierson put together a .562 batting average to go with seven RBI and five runs scored.

In the mid-season grind, it’s important to follow your hot bats and right now, that is Pierson.

If Pierson and Dobson are both effective, scoring more than six runs might not be too hard to do.