The Appalachian 09.26.13
Appalachian State University’s student news source since 1934
Vol. 88, No. 10
Blood drive has ‘A positive’ outcome
Annual ‘Ban the Ban’ petition comes up short of goal
Seventh annual Homecoming Blood Drive surpasses 1,200-pint goal
by Chelsey Fisher Senior News Reporter
Courtney Roskos | The Apapalchian
Junior appropriate technology major Matthew Swails smiles while donating blood at the “Saved by the Blood” blood drive.
by Stephanie Sansoucy News Editor
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fter raising their goal to 1,200 pints of blood, Appalachian and the Community Together surpassed their goal for the seventh annual Homecoming Blood Drive Wednesday.
More than 1,000 people donated, and a total of 1,317 pints of blood were collected during the 11hour event, four pints more than the previous year. ACT Education Coordinator Rebecca Burwell said that this is the most blood collected in Appalachian State University.
The Appalachian homecoming blood drive has also maintained its status as the largest single-day blood drive in North Carolina and top 10 nationally, said Kara Lusk Dudley communications program manager for the American Red Cross Carolinas Blood Services Region.
Is Chaco Boone’s glass slipper? Boone has highest percent of ‘Chaconians’ in the nation by Casey Suglia Intern A&E Reporter
The first thing that Kelley Olson, Chaco marketing specialist, and Jeff Crosetto, Chaco product line manager, saw when they drove into Boone on Thursday was a person on the side of the road wearing Chacos. “Boone has this amazing adventurebased, travel-based and youthful presence, which is what Chaco is about,” Olson said. “So it was very important to come here.” Boone has the highest percent of
“Chaconians” in the nation, according to data collected by Olson over a year. “Chaco is Boone,” she said. Crosetto and Olson stopped at Footsloggers in Downtown Boone as part of a road trip in the southeast to engage with customers and hear what they want from the brand. “We want honest feedback,” Crosetto said. “We want to make sure we’re keeping people happy, and we want to know what is the next thing we want.” The stop in Boone served as a way for Olson and Crosetto to talk to conSEE CHACO ON PAGE 2
“The continued amazing support and community service from ASU is a priceless gift to the patients that we serve every day,” she said. “Every two seconds someone needs blood, and countless numbers of patients depend on volunteer donors, like those who rolled up their sleeves at ASU, for survival.”
Molly Cogburn | The Apapalchian
Construction on Trivette Dining Hall began this month with changes planned for the interior dining area, collective renovation of utilities and an expansion to the dining space. Intern News Reporter
Bowen W. Jones | The Appalachian
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Trivette Dining Hall renovations began this month and will continue through summer 2014 to address “enrollment growth, building code requirements and changing expectations of the hall’s patrons,” according to sustain.appstate.edu. “The dining hall top floor is going through a comprehensive renovation to replace all plumbing, [heating, ventilation, air conditioning], fire sprinklers and electrical service, and lighting,” Mike O’Connor, Physical Plant director said. “The interior will also be improved, and new equipment and furniture will be added. A small dining room expansion is also
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being added off the front of the building to add more seating capacity.” Allison Kemp-Sullivan, an engineer in the Planning, Design and Construction office of the Physical Plant, said students may still continue to access all parts of the dining hall until it’s closing in December 2013. A 1,000-square-foot addition will be added to the building and will hold the McAlister’s kitchen and order/ pickup area, O’Connor said. “The old McAlister’s space in the current Trivette Hall will be converted into expansion of the traditional meal serving area,” he said. Exterior improvements to expand the seating area for McAlister’s take SEE TRIVETTE ON PAGE 2
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The Mountaineers host undefeated Charleston Southern for the first time in team history Saturday.
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Trivette Dining Hall renovations to finish summer 2014
by Nicole Caporaso
The marketing specialist and product line manager of the shoe company Chaco visited Boone on Monday. Chaco held a drawing at Footsloggers with prizes that included this pair of custom Appalachian State Chaco sandals.
The LGBT Center at Appalachian State University received 942 signatures Wednesday asking the FDA to remove the ban, which prevents MSM - or men who have had sex with men from being eligible to donate blood. Each year, the center tries to match the number of pints donated with signatures, but in the past three years they have not been able to reach that goal. This is the fourth year the petition has been held during the annual homecoming blood drive. But this year, the center wants to focus on spreading knowledge about the ban rather than focus on a specific number, said Elaine Blevins, senior anthropology major and co-chair of the event. The LGBT Center also made other changes to the petition this year. “This is the first year that we’ve had a petition that meets FDA regulations,” she said. “In order for a petition to be considered by the FDA, it has to meet a certain set of guidelines. So we’re following those guidelines.” These requirements include a signature of every person who
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Check out the photo gallery of Tuesdays at Turchin on TheAppalachianOnline.com
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Students finger paint after a session by colorist Tunde Afolayan Famous. Famous is teaching free painting classes for the Tuesdays at Turchin art program through November.