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  • ASU finishes up-and-down weekend with dominating win

    The Appalachian State men’s basketball team put together another inconsistent pair of games this weekend, going 1-1 against SoCon opponents UNCG and Elon.“I’m starting to sound very redundant now, but we need to do the things necessary to win. You...
  • Eight wrestlers place at Appalachian Open

    Wrestling’s Zach Strickland and Jesse Johnson earned their first collegiate championships Saturday, at Appalachian State University’s second annual Appalachian Open in the Varsity Gym.By the end of the day, the Mountaineers had a total of eight wrestl...
  • Men’s track and field puts 16 in top seven over the weekend

    The Appalachian men’s track and field team made its way to East Tennessee State University this weekend and put 16 athletes in the top seven finishers.“This is the meet where we’ve started to jump into the indoor really well,” head coach John Weav...
  • At ETSU, women’s track puts 17 athletes in top six finishes

    The women’s track and field team had an exceptional meet in Johnson City this weekend, putting 17 athletes in top six finishes.“Yesterday went pretty well, although there is always room for improvement,” sophomore Breanna Alston said. “I feel as a...
  • App State stuns Asheville in 4-3 comeback

    Trailing 3-1 to Asheville Sunday, men’s tennis head coach Bob Lake couldn’t have been more confident in his Mountaineers.“We’re going to win and you can quote me on that,” Coach Lake said, just minutes after Appalachian lost in the No. 1 match b...
  • Four students plunge into Duck Pond

    A car skidded into Duck Pond on Appalachian State University’s campus Saturday at 11:18 p.m. Freshman criminal justice major Eric Ferrell was driving the car, a 2006 white Ford Mustang GT. Freshman child development major Eric Haithcock, freshman journ...
  • ASU women’s tennis handles Liberty but suffers first loss of season to James Madison

    Appalachian State Women’s Tennis took an undefeated record into a full weekend of play against Liberty and James Madison The Mountaineer’s came out with a win, but with their first loss as well.ASU won 4-3 against Liberty Saturday but fell to James Ma...
  • SGA senators receive ASG campus innovation grants

    Two Student Government Association senators received $1,000 campus innovation grants from the Association of Student Governments (ASG) last weekend. ASG offers the grants to UNC system students who can demonstrate a way the grants will benefit their scho...
  • Aching for Adequacy RLC hosts forum, speaks out about poverty

    Appalachian State University's Aching for Adequacy Residential Living Community (RLC) hosted a poverty forum Thursday in Plemmons Student Union's Roan Mountain room. The event was designed to help students increase their awareness of poverty and how th...
  • Staff Opinion: Online mockery of Duck Pond accident is insensitive

    MICHAEL BRAGG It's one thing when students rally and cheer the death of Osama bin Laden, but it's another altogether when they ridicule the irresponsible and possibly fatal actions of a student. Late Saturday night, four students were ...
  • Column - Making Body Peace: Rather than fixating on your appearance, learn to love yourself

    I know what it's like, believe me. The crash diets, the obsessive eating, trying to find jeans that actually fit my body type - I've been there. Before you picture me as a size-two, blue-eyed blonde who has it easier than she thinks, allow me to paint th...
  • Staff Opinion: Late decision on Summit Hall causes frustration

    LIZZIE MCCREARY On Jan. 30, I put my name in a hat. Well, sort of. That's when the housing application period began. We all placed our names in the online hat of the housing lottery, and on Feb. 20, University Housing will pull a few n...
  • 641 rpm collects signatures against noise ordinance

    Travis Reyes, owner of West King Street's 641 rpm, invited members of the community to sign a petition against the proposed noise ordinance Thursday at 7 p.m. "I mean, people are pissed about it and they're angry and without some kind of structure to f...
  • App Junior is Miss North Carolina

    Dressed in a Sigma Kappa T-shirt, jeans and Converses Lindsey Shapiro is an average Appalachian State University student and cellular biology major. She's also Miss North Carolina. Actually, Shapiro's technical title is Miss North Carolina, America Na...
  • Mountain Ayres joins growing list of a capella groups at Appalachian

    A capella music on Appalachian State University's campus is continuing to grow. Last semester saw the introduction of the Mountain Ayres, a new all-girl group founded by junior technical photography major Emily Smith. "I wanted to form a new a capella ...
  • Students join NOLS

      For some, surviving outdoors for 80 days without technology would be a nightmare. But students of the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), it's more like a dream. One student, sophomore appropriate technology major Kate Heldreth, spent the maj...
  • UPDATED: Student in satisfactory condition after colliding with vehicle

    An Appalachian State University student will be released from Johnson City Medical Center today after colliding with a vehicle Tuesday. Appalachian Cycling Club President Zeb King was descending Poplar Grove Road toward campus around 2:30 p.m. when a For...
  • Student body approves UFO senate seats

    Appalachian State University students voted to add 10 Student Government Association senate seats for selected university funded organizations (UFOs) Tuesday night. Students passed the measure, 84 percent to 15 percent, in a referendum administered on Ap...
  • As faculty and budget dollars are lost, class sizes increase

    Class sizes rose again during the spring 2011 semester, as Appalachian State University continued to deal with budget cuts. The increases have been sporadic, depending on seat availability and class demand, and not completely across the board for every...
  • Renowned speaker Angela Davis visits Appalachian

    Scholar and activist Angela Davis spoke at Appalachian Tuesday evening in Farthing Auditorium. Davis, who is renowned for her work with organizations like the Black Panthers and the Communist Party USA, lectured as part of the 26th annual Dr. Martin...

 

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