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New SGA bill adds senate seats for UFOs by HANK SHELL News Editor

The Student Government Association (SGA) passed a bill Sept. 27 that will add 10 senate seats for members of selected university-funded organizations (UFOs). The bill, which passed 32 to seven with eight abstentions, was part of Student Body President Lauren Estes’ and Vice President Mattie Hardin’s platform during their 2011 campaign. “This is a step in the right direction because it kind of gives the ability for a member of a sorority or a member of a fraternity or APPS or whatever to actually

speak on behalf of that organization versus having to also speak on behalf of their residence hall or off campus,” Estes said. Estes said the idea was originally a suggestion from students, and was later added to the Estes/Hardin platform. “We actually heard it during campaign and everybody really, really loved it,” Estes said. Estes and Hardin approached off-campus senator Frances E. Ramos to write the legislation. “I support it because I see the need to unify the campus. I see the lack of communication and lack of representation among our students, our student body and the biggest

organizations on campus,” Ramos said. Ramos said the 10 organizations were chosen based on “what has the biggest amount of members, official members, what organizations impact the whole student body the most.” The bill would allow each named organization to elect its own representative. Though the bill was widely lauded in the Sept. 27 meeting, not all senators believe it is the right move. Off-campus senator Bobby Lee said he thinks the legislation will be ineffective because it targets the wrong groups. “These organizations – like NPHC, IFC, RHA, Ambassadors – the kind of people

that are involved in these groups, these are already the people that are the ones involved in SGA,” Lee said. Lee said he feels SGA is “targeting this at the wrong people.” “As many people as the organizations do represent, they already have representation in SGA. I’m thinking we should be trying to reach people that aren’t involved in SGA or don’t even care about it at all,” he said. The bill must pass the entire student body by referendum because it involves amending the SGA constitution. The referendum will most likely be administered on Appalnet, but that hasn’t been confirmed, and a date has not been set.

Homecoming blood drive meets goal by HANK SHELL

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ppalachian State University’s 2011 Homecoming Blood Drive met its goal of 1,000 pints Wednesday. As of press time, blood donations were still being processed. The drive, one of the largest in the state, was held in Holmes Convocation Center and lasted from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., though registered donors and staff were there much later. More than 1,600 people registered for the event, said Kara L. Dudley, communications program manager for the Carolinas blood services region of the Red Cross. Dudley also said 22 additional staff members were sent to accommodate the large number of donors expected. Faculty, staff and student volunteers from a diverse range of organizations assisted with the drive. “It has been very chaotic but at the same time everything is running very smoothly,” said Angie L. Trickel, chair of the student blood drive committee, during the event. Trickel was busy passing out snacks to waiting donors, coordinating donations and helping other volunteers during the event. “Our volunteers have just really shown much more initiative than we’ve ever seen in the past, and they seem to care more, not just because they’re getting homecoming points but because they actually want to help make a difference,” she said. Trickel said organizers were already looking at ways to improve next year’s drive. “Occasionally throughout the day you see something that went wrong and you think ‘oh next year that’ll have to change,’ but we’ll have one more meeting after the drive where we will do a bunch of evaluation stuff to figure out what we’re going to change and what worked really well,” Trickel said. Dudley said currently, Red Cross blood levels are critically low “The need for blood doesn’t take any vacations or holidays. We need it every single day,” she said. For information on blood drives happening in your area, visit redcrossblood.org. FDA blood ban protest

Though many students participated in the blood drive, some were not able to for controversial reasons. An FDA ban, in place since 1977, prohibits men who have ever had sexual contact with another man from donating blood. “This ban is wrong nowadays because it prevents numerous amounts of people from giving blood that are perfectly healthy and perfectly capable of giving blood, and during the time where they constantly stress the importance of there being a lack of blood, I find it just ridiculous that an antiquated law is preventing perfectly healthy people from giving blood,” said Jonathan S. Green, a senior English secondary education major. During the drive, Green spoke to donors about the ban. He also had students sign postcards in protest of the ban. Green said he had gotten a positive response from those he had spoken to. “There have been a lot of people who didn’t even know about it and then there have been people who that I talked to that are just like ‘yea lets get rid of it,’” he said. People who want to help with the protest can come by the LGBT center and sign a postcard, Green said.

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Senior social studies education major Marc Gmuca relaxes as he begins to donate his blood at Wednesday's blood drive. The blood drive took place in Holmes Convocation Center and boasted high attendance among Appalachian State University students, faculty, staff and alumni.

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Appalachian State University hosts its annual blood drive Wednesday in the Convocation Center. The drive lasted all day and welcomed student, faculty, staff and alumni donors throughout the day.

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Thirty-five Appalachian State University students visited the Turtle Island Preserve open house Sept. 25 for a lesson in deliberate and natural living. The students are members of the Watauga Global Community (WGC), a residential learning community at Appalachian. Turtle Island is located in a remote valley in Triplett and is home to an old-fashioned rustic community founded by Appalachian alumnus Eustace Conway. Conway’s 1,000-acre preserve features an outdoor kitchen, stables, cabins, a henhouse and a blacksmithing building built by hand. It lacks hot water and electricity. Raised on a farm in Asheville, would-be junior building science major Chole Tipton said rustic living isn’t for everyone. Tipton is taking a year off school to work and learn at Turtle Island. She is nine weeks into a 14-month internship guided by Conway, learning skills like hunting, forestry, farming and animal husbandry. “I wanted to work,” Tipton said. “Before I finished my institutional education, I wanted an education I could fall back on.” Since 2003, David Huntley has taken his deliberate living seminar class to the Turtle Island open house after teaching “The Last American Man,” author Elizabeth Gilbert’s book about Conway’s life. Tipton first visited Turtle Island in 2009 with Huntley’s class and was immediately drawn to the lifestyle. During the preserve’s bi-annual open house, experts and Conway’s friends teach workshops on subjects like woodcarving, knife sharpening and basket weaving. Taylor “Jose” Garrido, a freshman biology major, attended a workshop in which a live rooster was slaughtered and gutted. Garrido said he has always striven for self-reliance and is considering volunteering at the preserve. “The only problem I had with Turtle Island was that I couldn’t stay forever,” he said. For more information on the Turtle Island Preserve, visit turtleislandpreserve.com.

Watauga Humane Society’s new facility opens doors by CATHERINE HAITHCOCK Intern News Reporter

After three years of planning, fundraising and construction, the Watauga Humane Society will open the doors to a brand new shelter Friday at 12:30 p.m. The newly constructed Irma Baker Lyons Adoption and Education Center received its certificate of occupancy Sept. 22, approximately two years after the start of construction. The new center is located off U.S. Hwy 421 at 312 Paws Way, an access road off Don Hayes Road. The old shelter was accessed by a low-water bridge crossing the New River, which would flood when the river went up, Board Liaison Bill Jolly said. “FEMA had condemned the area so we couldn’t remodel to prevent this from happening,” he said. “If the river got too high, we had to evacuate the kennels because they would flood,” said Brandee Jones, sophomore biology major and Humane Society volunteer. She said the renovations are “the

land and has the capacity to accommodate more animals than the old location – around 80 dogs and 100 cats, Shelter Manager Lynn Northup said. The facility will also house animals from Watauga County Animal Care and Control. The organization initially planned to raise funds for its own new facility but ultimately chose to donate the $400,000 it raised to the Humane Society, Rachel Jolly said. Upgrades to the Olivia Wilkes | The Appalachian facility include larger The Watauga Humane Society is moving to its new location at 312 Paws Way, kennels, more access beside the Humane Society dog park, and will open to the public Friday. to outdoor space, two communal cat rooms, a best thing about the new facility.” community will embrace this kitten room, separate grooming and “It won’t flood anymore, no facility because it belongs to them,” exam rooms and a surgical room. emergency take-outs, no more Acting President Rachel Jolly A new community room will be crumbling concrete. It will be easier said. “We are fortunate to live in used for meetings, dog training, to clean and more high-tech,” Jones an area that truly loves its animal volunteer training and educational said. companions.” sessions. “We hope that the entire The new shelter sits on 13 acres of Trails will eventually be built

on the surrounding land to allow community members to walk Humane Society dogs, Administrative Assistant Melinda Clement said. The Humane Society will continue to raise funds for the remaining $800,000 needed out of the $4 million facility campaign, Rachel Jolly said. Last Saturday, the society hosted its annual Dog Jog, a onemile race for dogs and owners, at the Watauga County Parks and Recreation Complex. Over 80 students and community members registered to participate in this year’s jog, including sophomore social work major Lindsay E. Royek. Royek adopted her dog, Roscoe, from the Humane Society last year. “It’s just nice to get involved,” Royek said. “It’s good to give back to where I got him from.” The new facility will be open from 12:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 12:30 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday For more information, visit wataugahumanesociety.org.

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r. Martial Frindéthié, associate professor in the department of foreign languages and literatures, is currently teaching at the University of Mauritius for the 2011-12 academic year, after receiving the Fulbright Scholar grant for the second time. The Fulbright Scholar Program is an international educational exchange program designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries, according to fulbright.state.gov. “The Fulbright grant allows me to be in the thick of things and to witness for myself what is happening there,” Frindéthié said. “Spending ten months with Mauritians and fully participating in their quotidian lives will not only enrich me personally, but it will enrich my students too, by enhancing the contents of my courses with a stronger global coefficient.” Frindéthié plans to teach about America cultures through film, post-colonial studies and francophone studies through lectures and seminars. “I hope to communicate to students in Mauritius a positive reception of American cultures,” he said. Samantha L. Craig, junior French education/ secondary English education major, had Frindéthié as a professor and traveled with him to Senegal over the sum-

mer for research. She said she considers it an honor to have a Fulbright Scholar as a professor. “You know that he’s very committed to something and he’s obviously honored by the U.S. Department of Education to be able to do this,” she said. Lori P. Grady, senior French education major, also travelled with Frindéthié to Senegal over the summer. She feels privileged that she had the opportunity to be taught by Frindéthié and was proud to discover he was a Fulbright scholar. “He’s a really good teacher and he taught me a lot,” Grady said. Frindéthié taught at the University of Bamako, in Mali, as a Fulbright scholar during the 2004-05 school year. Grady said she believes that Frindéthié’s experiences will help his lessons in upcoming years. “I think any opportunity to experience something like that can bring something into the classroom that you wouldn’t be able to gain from a book,” Grady said. Frindéthié said he is proud of himself for being selected for the program but recognizes that he could not have received this honor without help. “I also am proud of and grateful to Appalachian State University for creating conditions that allowed me to undertake the kind of research that is recognized at the national level,” he said.

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After three years of planning, the Turchin Center for the Arts on King Street is finally hosting their fall exhi bition feature artists such as Val Lyle. The exhibition will be open to the public on Friday, September 2, 2011 from 7-9 pm.

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Soulshine Family Glass opens in Boone by RYAN NAGY

Ray Verling blows a glass piece in his workshop Tuesday morning. Verling's functional art is available online and at Soulshine Family Glass on Howard Street.

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he art of glass blowing is a growing trade in Boone, emphasized by the opening of a new glass shop on Howard Street. Soulshine Family Glass opened June 11 under the ownership of Ray and Allison Verling. Allison Verling, who has previous experience working on King Street, said the location on Howard Street is the perfect environment they were looking for. “I like Howard a lot more than King Street,” she said. “It is right on the pathway for students and professors to stop in and say hey. Tourists who come into town have to do a little research in order to find us. It makes us more exclusive.” Ray Verling has been blowing glass since 1999 and created most of the pieces in the new store. Allison Verling, who is an Appalachian alumna, said she prefers the retail aspect of the store. Soulshine offers a variety of hand pipes, water pipes, pipe

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accessories, jewelry and originally designed plant terrariums. Allison Verling said her husband is almost completely self-taught. Ray Verling said he began in a shop with about 15 other guys giving him pointers and telling him what to do, but didn’t quite catch on until he was on his own. “I was never good enough to know what they were talking about, so once I got out here I became more self-taught,” Ray Verling said. “I took a couple lessons and started to work with other glass blowers in the community.” The Verlings said there is no competition between their business and the other glass shops in Boone. Ray Verling said each artist in town has their own unique style. When customers come in looking for something Soulshine doesn’t offer, he sends them to Expressions across the street or High Country Glass down the road. He said he spends most of his time at his studio off the U.S. Hwy 105 extension, working each weekday from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. creating new items for the store. Ray Verling said young artists interested in glass blowing should take lessons from someone in the area. “I would be glad to give lessons and give them all the information they need to get started,” he said.

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APPS lands Gavin DeGraw, LGBT hosts ‘Gay? Fine by Me’ David Cook, Carolina Liar by EMMALEE ZUPO

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Gavin DeGraw, David Cook and Carolina Liar will make a stop on their national tour at Appalachian State University’s Farthing Auditorium Friday, Nov. 11. “The agent for Gavin DeGraw is an old friend of ours and Appalachian,” Student Programs Coordinator Randy M. Kelly said. “He has sent us several shows over the years and he had other offers in North Carolina and he said that the routing made sense to him.” The show is sponsored by Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Concert Shows. “I think that it’s going to be a really good show,” said Whitney C. Howard, APPS Concerts chairperson. “I saw Gavin DeGraw about three years ago and he is amazing on piano. I think it’s going to be a good turnout.” Tickets will cost students $18 in advance and the door price is $22. “[It’s a] great deal, two

headlining acts for the price of one,” Howard said. According to ticketmaster.com, tickets for the same concert in other locations around the state will cost the concertgoer at least $30. Appalachian got the tickets at a low price because “we were able to take advantage of the routing and circumstance,” Kelly said. “[Gavin DeGraw’s agent and I] had agreed on an earlier date, but the date vanished after we had made plans on our end. To make it up to us, the agent added a date for us at the end of the tour at the same price of a perfectly routed tour through the area,” he said. Kelly said a larger venue would have been preferred, but Farthing was the only available venue. DeGraw, one of the headlining acts, released a new album this month. Titled “Sweeter,” it features the single “Not Over You.” Both Howard and APPS President Tyler R. Thomas said they have seen Gavin DeGraw live.

“I mean, it’s Gavin DeGraw,” Thomas said. “That guy has been around for a while and he kills it on the piano. He’s so good.” David Cook is the other headlining act and the winner of the seventh season of “American Idol.” He released his self-titled album in 2008 and a second album, “This Loud Morning,” last June. “I’m very, very, very excited. It is the first time we have ever had an American Idol winner come to campus,” Thomas said. Opening act Carolina Liar debuted their first album in 2008. Their most recent album, “Wild Blessed Freedom,” was released Tuesday. “The students are very enthused on it and they like the fact that Carolina Liar is on it as well,” Kelly said. “I’m having two headliners. That pleases me to no end because the students like it.” Advance tickets for students are $18 and go on sale Tuesday at the Farthing Auditorium box office.

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First Year Student Showcase to display new theatre, dance talent

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Forty-five students will show off their theatrical and dance talents in Appalachian Theatre and Dance’s First Year Student Showcase Thursday through Saturday, at 7:30 in I.G. Greer Studio Theatre. The show includes six short skits from Jon Jory’s “University” and five dance numbers, all performed by freshman and first-year transfer drama and dance students. “The first year we did the show it was directed by students, which is where we got the idea for a first year student show,” said Joel W. Williams, associate professor of theatre and showcase theatre director. Unlike other Appalachian State University drama productions, there was no formal audition process for the showcase. Instead, students attended interest meetings that began two weeks after classes started to decide which skits they liked or which dances they wanted to be in. “When we announced when ‘auditions’ were, several students showed up and we started reading the different scenes that me and Joel Williams thought would fit them,” said Emily M. Candelario, junior theatre major and assistant director.

“It just so happened we had enough students to read for each mini-play we were considering, so we asked students whether they liked the character they read for or heard someone read something they liked and let them have the opportunity to play that role.” Students were heavily involved in the dance portion as well, choreographing three of the five numbers. “We have three student choreographed dances. The other two were done by department chair Marianne Adams and dance faculty Holly Roark,” said Rebecca J. Keeter, Appalachian dance professor and co-coordinator showcase director. As the majority of the students in the show are freshmen, faculty directors tried to make the entire showcase as “stress-free and low pressure as possible,” Williams said. For many students in the showcase, this is the first time they will appear in an Appalachian production. “I work on a lot of the other shows that go through our department, and I can tell you that this is definitely an awesome show,” Candelario said. For more information, visit theatre. appstate.edu. Ticket prices begin at $6 for students.

Appalachian State University’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Center publicized its second annual “Gay? Fine by Me” campaign Monday with t-shirts, buttons, key chains and fliers sporting the slogan. “[‘Gay? Fine by Me’] begins a campaign of visibility and education for the LGBT center. We exist to welcome everyone,” said Mark E. Rasdorf, LGBT graduate assistant and clinical mental health counseling graduate student. Morning drizzle forced the center to relocate the event inside Plemmons Student Union’s Cascades Café, but the event still boasted a large student turnout. By noon – the official start time for the campaign – there were no t-shirts left. “It’s amazing that before we even technically started, we ran out of shirts,” said Bryan C. Rose, student development graduate student and first-time volunteer. “You brand yourself with what you wear, and the fact that so many people are walking around with these shirts, accepting the LGBT community, is fairly inspiring to me.” Altogether, 270 people signed a pledge

stating their support for the LGBT community, Rasdorf said. Heather M. Kloeker, volunteer student development graduate student, said the event has changed from last year in the way it reaches the community. “In the past, the event wasn’t as allyfocused,” she said. “This year is about trying to raise awareness for everybody, not just those in the LGBT community.” Students were offered shirts after reading and signing a pledge aligning themselves as allies for the LGBT community and as “active voice[s] against homophobia and inequality,” according to the pledge. Volunteers talked to students about the national scope of the campaign and how and why it started, making reference to Atticus Circle, an organization that “educates and mobilizes straight people to advance equal rights for [LGBT] partners, parents and their children, according to atticuscircle.org. Phil M. Kadzielawski, a senior history major, was one student who visited the table and signed the pledge. “I think this is something that everybody needs to fight for, not just LGBT people,” Kadzielawski said. For more information on the national “Gay? Fine by Me” campaign, visit atticuscircle.org.

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Leadership Forum for all students

The Appalachian Leadership Forum is a 1/2 day leadership conference open to all students and members of the community. A wide variety of topics will be covered. The forum will be held Saturday Nov. 5. Visit the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership for more information. (www. csil.appstate.edu. 262-6252. Room #219 Plemmons Student Union). Registration will open in October. ASU student participants will receive credit on their Student Development Record.

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in their lives or who come from backgrounds in which they did not feel safe. Members will learn how their past experiences and their biology are affecting their lives now. More importantly, they will learn what to do about it! Members will learn important insights about their patterns in relationships and skills to better manage their emotions and relationships. Thursdays 3:30-5:00. (Contact Amber Lyda for more information: lydaam@appstate.edu). Transgender Therapy Group: This group is similar to the “Understanding Self and Others” group in that a variety of issues will be explored in a safe and supportive environment. Some of the issues will be unique to gender-variant students. Goals of the group include: reducing isolation, finding support and making changes. Time/Day to be determined (Contact Sheri Clark for more information: 262-3180 or clarksl@appstate.edu).

WISE Women, Image, & Self Esteem: This group is designed for any woman interested in changing how she values herself. If you’d like to feel better about yourself and less controlled by appearance, food and what others think, this group may be for you. Thursdays 1-2:30 p.m. (Contact Denise Lovin: 262-3180 or lovindm@appstate.edu).

Visiting Writers sets schedule

An Introduction to Mindfulness Group: Mindfulness involves stepping out of “auto-pilot” reactions and learning to pay more attention to our present experiences. Activities in this group will help participants cultivate a mindful approach to their lives, which can decrease stress, create emotional balance, and allow a person to take actions more in line with their values. Thursdays 3:30-5:00 (Contact Chris Hogan: 262-3180 or hogancj@appstate.edu).

For further information on the Fall season, call 262-2871 or see www.visitingwriters.appstate.edu. To receive Appalachian’s “This Week in the Arts” announcements by email, please contact arts-events@appstate.edu.

To get started with a Counseling Center group, come to the Counseling Center during Walk-In Clinic, call 262-3180 or visit the website for more information at www.counseling. appstate.edu. If you are interested in group but these times do not work for you, please get in touch with Chris Carden at 262-3180 or cardendc@appstate.edu.

The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series is named in honor of Hughlene Bostian Frank, class of 1968, trustee and generous supporter of Appalachian State University. Admission to all events is free.

Writers scheduled are: The Rachel Rivers-Coffey Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing fiction writer, David Madden, “The Suicide’s Wife,” “The New Orleans of Possibility,” and “Abducted by Circumstance,” will speak Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union at 7:30 p.m. A pre-reading reception will be held in the Multicultural Center of Plemmons Student Union from 6 until 7:15 p.m. Novelist and memoirist Robert Goolrick, “A Reliable Wife,” “The End of the World As We Know It,” will speak Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union. Craft Talk: Writing Memoir will be held from 2 until 3:15 p.m. at a location TBA. Novelist Mary Doria Russell, “The Sparrow,” “A Thread of Grace,” and “Doc,” will speak Thursday, Nov. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union. A Craft Talk: Writing Historical Fiction will be held from 3:30 until 4:45 p.m. in the Table Rock Room.

International Fair set for Nov. 16

The 7th Annual International Fiair at Appalachian State University is set for Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Grandfather Mountain Ballroom of Plemmons Student Union. If you want to travel and study abroad this year, come to the fair and you will be introduced to over 60 international faculty-led programs offered this year. Meet one-on-one with faculty leaders and learn about other study abroad and international venture opportunities. Enjoy free food and refreshments. Mark your calendars now. For more information contact the Office of International Education and Development (OIED) at 262-8034 and ask for Nathalie Turner, or email her at turnernm@appstate.edu.

African Culture Symposium set

Appalachian State University will host the South Atlantic States Association for Asian & African Studies [SASASAAS] annual meeting Sept. 30-Oct.1. The Topic this year is African Culture in multi-and cross-disciplinary contexts. The keynote speaker will be professor Grey Gundaker from the College of William & Mary. “Getting back to the Garden- the SubSaharan Landscape in Civilzational Context” will start off the program at 3 p.m. on Sept. 30 in the Table Rock Room of the Plemmons Student Union. Following her talk, the ASU African Dance Troupe, directed by professor Sharone Price from the Department of Theatre & Dance will perform on Sanford Mall. At 7:30 p.m. there will be a screening and discussion of “When China Met Africa” in the Table Rock Room in the Student Union. The keynote address , Dance and Film are free to ASU students. Faculty who wish to additionally participate in the dinner Friday night and the pedagogy sessions on Saturday morning, dealing with literature and art, also in the Table Rock Room, must pay a registration fee of $25. For more information contact Dr. Dorothea Martin at martinda@appstate.edu; Dr. Jeremiah Kitunda at kitundajm@appstate.edu; or Dr. Tony Bly blyat@ appstate.edu, all from the Depaartment of History. This event is sponsored and supported by the Office of International Education and Development.

To register you club or organization for Fall 2011, you will ned to log into the Student Development Record (SDR) program at http://sdr.appstate.edu. Registration deadline is Friday. If you have questions or need more information, contact Terri Miller at millertl@appstate.edu or call 262-6252.

2011 Counseling Center groups

Understanding Self and Others Group: Issues commonly addressed vary from depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, issues of family conflict or abuse, etc. Students who want to resolve specific concerns as well as those seeking personal growth are welcome. This can be a good time to get peers’ perspectives on various issues, and to recognize that you are not alone. Four groups are available: Mondays 1:00-2:30; Tuesdays 2:00-3:30; Tuesdays 2-3:30 (Freshmen/Transfer Students only) Tuesdays 3:30-5:00; Wednesdays 3:00-4:30.

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual Therapy Group: This group will present an opportunity for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals to explore life challenges. It will provide a safe environment in which to address a variety of issues (e.g., coming out, spirituality, family relationships, depression, selfesteem, abuse, etc.). Goals of the group include: reducing isolation, finding support and making changes. Two groups are available: Time/Day to be determined (Contact Carol O’Saben or Sheri Clark: 262-3180 or osabencl@appstate. edu or clarksl@appstate.edu). Painful Pasts, Promising Futures Group: This group is designed for those who have experienced traumatic events

RMI Career Fair set for Oct. 19

The RMI Career Fair, scheduled for Oct. 19, from 1 until 5 p.m., will feature 30 companies that will meet with students to talk about jobs and internship opportunities. The fair will be held in the 2nd floor lobby of Raley Hall. Dress to impress and bring a resume. Students will also have an opportunity to sign up for Oct. 20 interviews. For more information, check out careers.appstate.edu or insurance.appstate.edu.

Self-defense class for women

The Rape Aggression Defense System is dedicated to teaching women defensive concepts and techniques against various types of assault by utilizing easy, effective and proven self-defense/martial arts tactics. This system of realistic defense will provide a woman with the knowledge to make an educated decision about resistance. The class schedule for fall semester second session classes are Tuesdays, 6-9 p.m., Oct. 18, 25, Nov. 1, and 8. The classes will be held at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center in the Bernhardt Room. You must be pre-registered to attend. To register for one of the sessions, come to ASU Police Department anytime Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The police department is located at the Rivers Street Parking Deck at 461 Rivers Street. There is a $20 registration fee that includes the 12-hour course, student manual, R.A.D. t-shirt, and a lifetime return and practice policy. The registration fee is to be paid at time of registration and is non-refundable. If for some reason you are unable to attend the session for which you have registered and paid, you will be able to attend another session. Certified R.A.D. instructors teach this course. For Information, please contact: Sgt. Darrin Tolbert, tolbertld1@ appstate.edu, call 262-2150 (Leave message); Lt. Johnny Brown, brownjm@appstate.edu, call 262-2150 (Leave message); and Stacy Sears, searssr@appstate.edu, call 262-6111.

Career resources available at ASU

Come explore the resources on campus here to assist you with your career planning and job searching needs. Is choosing a major causing you stress? The Peer Career Center can help! Choosing a major is one of the many decisions you will have to make during your college career. Do not take it lightly. The average person spends 86,000 hours working in his/her lifetime. How many hours are you going to spend choosing your career? We offer assistance in finding a major and career that matches your interests, abilities, values and experiences. Call 262-2029 to schedule an appointment or drop by our office located on the 2nd floor of the Student Union, beside McAllister’s Deli. Visit us at www.peercareer.appstate.edu. The Career Development Center offers many resources to assist you in your job and internship search skills. Career Counselors will help you build a professional resume, cover letter, and help develop your interviewing skills. Students can utilize Career Gear, (careergear.appstate.edu), our new and improved career management system, to schedule career counseling appointments, post resumes, search for jobs and internships, sign up for on campus interviews, research employers, identify employer mentors and stay up to date with career center events and fairs. Learn about all of the great resources in the CDC at careers.appstate.edu.

Free, confidential legal advice

A licensed attorney is available to answer your questions, provide advice, and make referrals. This service is offered free of charge to any Appalachian State University student. Contact the Student Legal Clinic if you have a traffic ticket, a minor criminal charge, a question about your lease or the conditions in your off-campus apartment -- or any other issue or problem that you need legal help with. The Student Legal Clinis is located in Room 221of the Plemmons Student Union. Call (828) 262-2704 for an appointment. It’s fast and easy! Appointments can usually be scheduled within a few days.

Financial Aid questions?

Parents and students with financial aid questions are encouraged to visit our website at financialaid.appstate.edu and their AppalNet account. The Office of Student Financial Aid is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., except for University observed holidays.

Writing scholarships offered

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The competition for Appalachian State University’s Marian Coe Scholarship in Creative writing is underway. All students planning to enroll for spring 2012 may apply for the $400 scholarship in fiction, creative non-fiction and

playwriting. Competition for Appalachian’s John Foster West Scholarship in poetry is underway. Students planning to enroll for spring 2012 may apply for the $500 scholarship. The deadline for submissions is 4 p.m. Nov. 7, with entries delivered to the English Department Office, second floor, Sanford Hall. Judge for the final competition is Jim Minick, author of Blueberry Years, A Memoir of Farm and Family, and winner of the SIBA Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Award. He has published numerous other works and teaches at Radford University. To apply, submit a file folder or envelope with 3 collated, stapled copies each of either a short story, or piece of creative non-fiction (memoir). If you choose to submit in the playwriting category, please limit your entry to a one-act play. Play scripts must be submitted in a standard format. You may submit in both the Poetry and Prose competitions, but please keep the applications separate. Please double-space prose; number pages and staple them. Please write your name, ASU Box, email and telephone number on the first page of each entry. The winner will be notified and results will be posted by Dec. 7. The scholarship honors the memory of fiction writer Marian Coe. Please contact Joseph Bathanti (262-2337/bathantjr@appstate.edu) with any questions.

Queer Film Series continues Oct. 4

Appalachian State University’s 12th Annual Queer Film Series began Tuesday with the film, “I Am,” (2011, US. English and Hindi, 71 minutes). All films are shown on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., Library 114, free and open to the public. Discussion to follow the film. For more information please visit www. qfs.appstate.edu. Other films are: “Gun Hill Road,” Oct. 4; “The Real Anne Lister,” Oct. 11; “A Single Man,” Oct. 25; “I Love You Phillip Morris, Nov. 1. The Queer Film Series thanks the College of Arts and Sciences, Library Collections Development, The Multicultural Center, the LGBT Center, SAGA, The English Department, The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, and private donors.

Operation Medicine Cabinet

In coordination with Watauga County’s Hazardous Household Waste Disposal Day, Oct 7, 2011, Watauga County Residents can participate in Operation Medicine Cabinet. Do you have outdated or unused prescription drugs, over the counter medications, syringes or other medical supplies? Oct. 7 and 8 will be your time to clean them out! Any prescription or over the counter drugs will be accepted, no questions asked. Times are Oct. 7, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union; and Oct. 8, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at Beaverdam Volunteer Fire Department, Beech Mountain Town Hall, Foscoe Fire Department, Food Lions in Boone, Deep Gap and Blowing Rock. These collections are held in coordination with Watauga County Sanitation Department’s The Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, Saturday, Oct. 8 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Watauga County Landfill. Items include: paint, household batteries, niCad batteries, lead acid batteries (car batteries), antifreeze, ethylene gasoline, lighter fluid, solid and liquid pesticides, oxidizers, used oils, household cleaners and fluorescent lights. For more information on the effects of unused, unwanted and outdated drugs on our community and water, visit Why Care? The ASU Police Department, Plemmons Student Union, ASU Pharmacy and ASU Office of Sustainability sponsor this campus event in coordination with the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office, Watauga Riverkeeper and Appalachian Voices. To find out more about the event visit DrugTakeBackDay.com.

Scholastic Book Fair underway

Are you trying to collect books for your future classroom? Or do you just enjoy reading? The Collegiate Middle Level Association is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., ground floor lobby in the new College Education building. Come by the fair and check out the great selection of books for grades preK-8 and popular adult fiction. Each day, two lucky customers will win FREE Scholastic Dollars to go towards a purchase on one of the following days! Stop by and you can check out the Online Fair* at: http://www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs/2969953. Books purchased through the Online Fair will be shipped to the College of Education and you will be notified to pick them up at your convenience.

Homecoming Challenge on tap

The BlueCross and BlueShield Institute for Health and Human Services (IHHS), within the College of Health Sciences at Appalachian State University, announces the opening of registration for The Knob and the brand new Homecoming Challenge. All proceeds will benefit Girls on the Run of the High Country, a self-esteem building program for girls in the 3rd-5th grade. The Knob, sponsored by Foscoe Rentals, is a two-mile race and will be held Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. “The Homecoming Challenge” is new for 2011 and is a chance for the group registering the most participants by Oct. 14 to win a pizza party at Mellow Mushroom in Boone. Participants registering as a group must use the same group name and have a minimum group size of five. Registrants don’t need to be present to win. Registration for The Knob is $20 per person through Oct. 14. From Oct. 15 until race day, registration is $30. All pre-registered participants will receive T-shirts, goody bags and chances at randomly drawn door prizes. Overall winners and age-group winners will receive special awards. For more information and to register for the The Knob or The Homecoming Challenge, please visit http://www.triplecrown.appstate.edu/ or call 828-262-7557.

Organist to perform Oct. 7

Organist André Lash will present a recital Friday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. Admission is free and the public is invited. Lash will perform works by Jean-Adam-Guillaume Guilain, Francisco Correa de Arauxo, Ottorino Resphighi, and other composers from the 15th to 20th centuries. He also will perform Bach’s “Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548.” Lash is a member of the music faculty at UNC Greensboro and organist and coordinator of instrumental music at Christ United Methodist Church in Greensboro. A finalist in organ competitions in France and the United States, Lash has extensive experience with rarely performed works of the Spanish Baroque period, in addition to standard organ repertoire of all periods. Lash has performed at numerous solo venues in the United States, Russia and the Republic of Korea, and has presented for Music Teachers National Association, for regional conventions of the American Guild of Organists, and for Festival Internacional de Música de Tecla Española in Spain. He continues to research 17th century Iberian organ music and has contributed articles on Spanish repertoire and interpretation for The Organ and Early Keyboard Journal.

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Lizzie McCreary Has eating out of a trashcan ever appealed to you? Most people in their right mind would definitely not think so. Over the past few days, my roommate, freshman Audrey E. Thomas, and I have participated in a notso-popular activity called “free eating,” after observing the Australian comedians Hamish and Andy on YouTube. Free eating comes with three simple rules: you cannot buy, steal, or be given

food. The catch is, you can’t use the same tactic twice. However, as inexperienced scroungers of food, we decided to nix this. With that in mind, we were on our way into the world of secondhand food. Tactics ranged from waiting for trays with leftover food in the tray return of the dining halls, taking scraps left on tables in places that cleared off the tables for you, finding nearly-full trays of sushi on top of trashcans, and a few more odd things. The general response from people after hearing that this is how we had been getting our food is, “gross.” Usually we have to censor out a few details from our overall experience so as not to totally weird people out. A

few have found it funny and in the tray return, I realized are definitely interested in that most do not even think hearing more about it. about the amount of fries, But the fact remains that, pasta, salads and sushi they unfortunately and with deposit straight into a trash reason, free eating is mostly can. In one case, we saved an frowned upon by the society entire, untouched salad from we live in. being tossed. Throughout the entire The experiment really experience, changed our we were perspective of able to “We were on our food: if you come to one think way into the world don’t conclusion: you can finish of secondhand students, it all, do not in general, buy all of it in food.” are very the first place. wasteful. I The amount recommend of food thrown out did make this experience to anyone us upset and somewhat willing to try. However, disgusted at times, until we if you are not enthusiastic realized that for a few days about living as a raccoon to we were living on said food. obtain food and drink, you However, while waiting on may want to consider using a bountiful plate of lasagna your AppCard after all.

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Sustainability Office offers suggestions for eating local on campus What percentage of the campus would choose to eat local or organic foods from the dining halls if given the choice? One percent? 10 percent? 50 percent? Go back only four generations and local, organic food was the only choice. The rise of agribusiness has delivered an abundance of low-priced food, yet it has also changed the structure of food production. We are left with choices about food that are full of trade-offs. Appalachian Food Services is faced with the daunting task of responding to the demand of our community. It is also caught between two priorities listed in the university’s Strategic Plan. We have made a commitment to promote, enhance and provide leadership in sustainable development, while also committing to managing resources resulting in the best value for students. Where are we in regard to sustainable food on campus? Appalachian Food Services, with help from the Office of Sustainability, started keeping track. Appalachian’s 2010 report “A Sustainable Food System at ASU” defines local food as that which “emphasizes environmentally and socially sustainable food choices, produced within a 250 mile radius.” Currently, Food Services publishes an “Always Local” list of food products which fulfill at least part of this definition. Organic and fair trade products, though they may not be made within 250 miles of Boone, make the “Always Local” list. Pepsi and Lance products, many of which are processed in North Carolina, do not. Chicken and eggs produced within 250 miles do make the list. Gray areas abound on the continuum of sustainability. Approximately 10 percent of Food Services’ $4 million in annual food purchases come from “Always Local” suppliers. Anyone can view the “Always Local” list at foodservices.appstate.edu. This transparency allows consumers to make informed choices. Our purchasing choices, about 16,000 transactions per day, dictate how Food Services operates. Food Services is a receipt-based department, meaning that it is entirely self-supported. With no state money, it depends entirely on sales revenues. Offering local, sustainable food depends on consumer demand, which can be expressed to Food Services in two ways. First, consumers can choose to buy more of the “Always Local” products. Look in the near future for the “Always Local” icon placed by those foods. Second, students can make a point of supporting Carolina Chowdown events, local lunches offered the first Wednesday of every month. Food Services is an important resource, employing 900 workers, including 500-700 students. It promotes sustainability in many ways – see foodservices.appstate. edu. Most of the food is prepared on campus. If you use a glass, you get free refills. Food waste is composted. Excess food is donated to The Hunger Coalition. For Food Services to buy more local or sustainably produced food, it is up to the community to show a preference by buying these items. What suggestions do you have to make Food Services more sustainable? Contact Meagan Brown at the Office of Sustainability or comment on the article posted on myfootprint.appstate.edu. Doug Willson Technology Graduate Student Office of Sustainability

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Students should seek own opinions Emmalee Zup0 You are entitled to your opinion. But when it comes to a vote, just having an opinion isn’t good enough – you need to be informed. Nothing occurs in a vacuum. There is always context to be considered. And adopting the opinions of others without providing an answer for yourself is a serious neglect of your freedoms. With economic and political strains mounting, it’s important to scrutinize the information we absorb.

In an article published on cnn.com Sept. 12, CNN Deputy Political Director Paul Steinhauser referred to prior debates between Republican candidates Rick Perry and Mitt Romney as a “slugfest” and told readers to watch out for more candidates taking swings at each other during that night’s Tea Party Republican debate. “Taking swings” is an accurate depiction of what went on. Candidates spent more time slinging insults at one another and getting reactions from the crowd than they did presenting truthful claims. CNN did a segment afterward which analyzed the debates. More than once, reporters had to point out what politicians said during the debate with a “well,

that’s almost true” approach. dia may be in one political That’s just an example, but camp or another.” the lesson is: you need to be In terms of social media doing some research. and other media outlets, po“The media litical and soare very polarcial discussion izing...on one is more preva“Adopting the hand you may lent than ever opinions of have the FOX before. point of view Wa d i n g others without and on the oththrough all providing er the MSNBC that informaan answer point of view,” tion can be for yourself said Joyce Wise overwhelming Dodd, chair of but it is essenis a serious the department tial in forming neglect of communistrong opinof your cation. “Each ions supported side sees their by fact. freedoms.” point of view as “It’s hard to factual – as the get through all way things are the muck out or ought to be. The whole there and decide what your idea of objectivity in jour- own opinion is if you don’t nalism is hard for reporters know how to do some retoday because the editorial search and think for yourpages or the owners of me- self,” Dodd said.

Campus Forum

24/5 more essential than dining renovations According to Mary Reichel, university librarian, the library will save $69,360 per year by slashing the 24/5 library hours, as they are now. $69,360 is exactly 1.3872% of the estimated $5,000,000 needed to renovate a perfectly fine dining hall. The fact that Appalachian seems to be putting students’ academic success in jeopardy in order to undergo renovations on Trivette Dining Hall, which will not increase the number of seats in the halls, is absolutely absurd. The university is citing the “changing expectations of the hall’s patrons” as

one of the reasons the renovations are happening. This is vague and, from the perspective of an angry student losing the luxury of her 24/5 hours in the library – especially during exam times – a complete selling out of the campus to the patrons. Its job is not to the patrons but rather to ensure students’ academic progress. What the school has not seemed to consider at all is the fact that they can alter the already-in-place standards of what the 24/5 library hours entail. 24/5 has kept the entire library,

outside of the 4th floor, open and operating 24/5. If the school would consider the idea of opening, operating, and staffing only the lower level and first floor – a totally viable plan with plenty of resources available to students including laptop rental, computer access, color printing, AppCard CVST machines, and more – the school could cut costs without cutting the needs of students. Casey A. Wyatt Senior anthropology major

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Defense carries Mountaineers past UTC (3-1), (1-0)

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(2-1), (1-0)

Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, S.C. 3:00 p.m.

Wofford’s Terriers vs. ASU’s Mountaineers

The matchup After escaping deafeat in their SoCon opener with a two-point victory over Chattanooga, the Mountaineers will face a tough road test Saturday when they travel to Spartanburg, S.C. to take on Wofford. The Terriers enter the game with a 2-1 record and are tied No. 6 in the most recent FCS poll. Wofford has played exceptionally well on the young season. The Terriers tested ACC leader Clemson, but blew a first half lead, eventually losing the game 35-27. Senior quarterback Mitch Allen will lead the Terriers and their persistent ground attack against a resurgent Mountaineer defense.

by JAKE AMBERG Sports Editor

fter Appalachian’s stunning 14-12 win over Chattanooga, the Mountaineer defense proved that it, as opposed to the offense, can win football games. The success of the defense, which has given up only 24 points in its last three games, is due in large part to the Mountaineers’ stout defensive line, led by three senior defensive linemen. Dan Wylie, Gordy Witte, Jr. and Chris Aiken, despite coming from different backgrounds, are a close group. “We laugh, joke, correct each other all the time,” Aiken said. “As seniors, we know what to do and what not to do.” Aiken, a captain and the team’s oldest player, was enlisted in the U.S. Army and did two tours of Iraq before enrolling in Binn College to win a championship with Heisman Trophy winner Cam Newton in 2009.

“Aiken’s the leader of the group. He’s been in Iraq twice, he knows how to be a leader, and he’s been a great leader for us,” defensive line coach Jason Blalock said. Witte Jr. joined Appalachian State as a freshman and is now a starter in the Mountaineers’ 3-4 defense. At 6’6” and 315 pounds, Witte Jr. is one of the most physically intimidating players on ASU’s roster. Witte Jr. recorded eight tackles during the first three games of last season, a careerdefining outburst. After slumping midseason, Witte Jr. bounced back near the end of the year and recorded a half-sack in the SoCon-clinching game against Wofford. After showing flashes of being a very good defensive tackle, Witte Jr. is now starting for the Mountaineers after coming off the bench for his first three years. “I’ve just worked hard, always tried to find ways to get better. This is a new position for me so I had to work on some new things,” Witte

Jr. said. Out of App’s defensive linemen, Dan Wylie has performed best, according to defensive line coach Jason Blalock’s rating system for his defensive line. Wylie burst onto the scene after transferring from Georgia Military College and grabbed the starting job at defensive tackle by his fifth game as a Mountaineer. This season, Wylie has 1.5 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss and consistently draws double-teams as Appalachian’s premier starting defensive lineman. With a total of six senior defensive linemen, and several freshman contributors, like the speedy James Robinson, the Mountaineer’ defense appears to be in the best position in recent years to help win a fourth national championship. The Mountaineers will rely on their rush defense this weekend against Wofford at 3 p.m. in Spartanburg, S.C. Wofford has already gained over 1,000 rushing yards this season.

How ASU can win Prior to last weekend, the last time the Mountaineers played a game without scoring an offensive touchdown was in 2005, when ASU fell to LSU by a score of 24-0. Though the Mountaineers were able to escape with a win over Chattanooga last Saturday, the offensive issues ASU experienced are a cause for concern. If the Mountaineers are going to beat the Terriers Saturday, they cannot afford to stumble out of the gate offensively as they did last weekend. ASU must contain Wofford’s rushing game and find ways to get the offense back on track if they want to leave South Carolina with a win.

How Wofford can win This season, Wofford quarterbacks have combined to attempt 33 passes and have scored only three touchdowns. On the other hand, the running backs have rushed for 1,065 yards and nine touchdowns and rank second in the Southern conference in total rushing yards. It is safe to assume that Wofford will rely heavily on their triple-option attack lead by running backs Donovan Johnson and Eric Breitenstein, to put up points on the Mountaineers’ mediocre rush defense. If these two prolific backs are not held in check Wofford may prove too much to handle.

The bottom line Once again, the Mountaineers are searching for their identity. Though many dubbed them an offense-minded team, their performance in last week’s game demonstrated an ability to emerge victorious even when the game is a defensive struggle. Unfortunately, the manner in which ASU won last week is not a template for success. Though they were lifted by two spectacular defensive plays, they have become complacent on offense. The defense will once again be key this week and they will have a tough test stopping the run. Ultimately, the Mountaineer offense will make adjustments and the defense will continue to make big plays when necessary.

ASU 27 Wofford 24

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Senior defensive lineman Dan Wylie waits in anticipation of Chattanooga’s offense to hike the ball. ASU’s defense was responsible for both of the Mountaineers’ touchdowns in their 14-12 victory over the Mocs last Saturday.

Around the Southern Conference Georgia Southern at Elon

Furman at W. Carolina

Gardner-Webb at Samford

The Citadel at Chattanooga

The nation’s top team, Georgia Southern, will travel to Elon in an early season conference matchup that will help give some clarity to the SoCon standings Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Georgia Southern is 3-0, 2-0 in the SoCon and rushed for 639 yards in a 52-20 victory over Western Carolina. Elon, 3-1, 1-0, comes into the contest after narrowly escaping the Citadel 18-15 in overtime last weekend. Junior quarterback Thomas Wilson threw for 283 yards in last week’s win.

Coming off a remarkable eight-touchdown performance in Furman’s 62-21 blowout win over Presbyterian, senior quarterback Chris Forcier will lead the Paladins, 2-1, 1-0 in the SoCon, into Whitmire Stadium to face the struggling 1-2, 0-1 Catamounts. The Catamounts’ offense will need a big game from wide receiver Deja Alexander, who is second in the SoCon in receiving yards per game. The Catamounts’ defense is allowing an average 48.7 points.

This Saturday at Seibert Stadium in Birmingham, Ala., the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs will travel to play the Samford Bulldogs at 3 p.m. The Runnin’ Bulldogs’ record is 1-2 after a 48-5 loss to Wake Forest two Saturdays ago. Samford, 1-2 and 0-2 in the Southern Conference, gave up over 400 rushing yards in a 38-23 loss against Wofford. Samford senior quarterback Dustin Taliaferro completed 61 percent of his passes last week to go along with 231 passing yards.

The Citadel Bulldogs and the Chattanooga Mocs will go head-to-head this Saturday. The Bulldogs are at home and are coming off of an 18-15 overtime loss to Elon last week. The Citadel is 1-2, 0-2 in the Southern Conference. The Mocs are also coming off a close loss to Appalachian State, 14-12. Chatt’s record is 2-2, 0-1. Chattanooga committed three costly turnovers last weekend, resulting in the only 14 points allowed last weekend at Appalachian.

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1. Ga. Southern* 2. Northern Iowa 3. Appalachian State* 4. Montana State 5. Delaware T6. Wofford* T6. North Dakota State 8. James Madison 9. New Hampshire T10. William & Mary T10. Richmond 12. Southern Illinois 13. Jacksonville State 14. Lehigh 15. McNeese State 16. Montana 17. Chattanooga* 18. Sam Houston State 19. Southern Utah 20. Massachusetts 21. South Dakota 22. S. Carolina State 23. Indiana State 24. North Dakota T25. Stephen F. Austin T25. Sacramento State *SoCon Member Source: soconsports.com