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• Appalachian delegation to meet with legislators about budget

  Created: Friday, 21 May 2010 10:09

  Representatives from Appalachian State University will have a chance to speak with state legislators Tuesday at a “UNC Legislative Day” event hosted by the University of North Carolina. Delegations from the 16 state universities were invited to the N...

• Appalachian could cut $7 million in 2010-11

  Created: Thursday, 06 May 2010 19:11

  Appalachian may cut 180 classes, 30 faculty positions next year in response to state budget cuts With the North Carolina General Assembly set to develop their 2010-11 budget proposal in less than a week, Appalachian State University offici...

• N.C. meth incidents surge

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:40

  Drug activity in High Country increases Jason T. Eldred, 29, of Deep Gap, and Kelly L. Tester, 22, of Mountain City, Tenn., did not depart from Room No. 107 of the Scottish Inns in Boone very often. Leaving only for cigarettes or food from the Kangaroo ...

• Primary election voting continues

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:38

  Pick a side: early voting for primary elections has started in the High Country. Candidates for the U.S. Senate, Watauga County Clerk of Superior Court, the Watauga County School Board, the Watauga Court of Appeals Judge, the N.C. State Senate District 5...

• Smoking policy causes concerns

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:36

  Students are questioning whether Appalachian State University’s new smoking policy is working as intended. According to Administrative Policy Twenty Three on the Appalachian Web site, the smoking rule was created to “maintain a healthy work and learn...

• Sustainability Symposium: University showcases green ways of living

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:34

  The Net Impact Club and the Walker College of Business Sustainable Business MBA Program hosted the Sustainability Symposium at the Broyhill Inn Wednesday from 1 to 6 p.m. “Our university definitely has a vested interest in appropriate technology,” Mi...

• Communication honor society begins at ASU

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:31

  Lamda Pi Eta focuses on achievement, community service, networking The department of communication at Appalachian State University will induct the inaugural Omega Theta chapter members of Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society Wednesday at 6 p.m. in L...

• Club Council holds ceremony, presents awards

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:29

  Appalachian State University’s Coordinating Council of Club hosted an awards ceremony Monday to honor the achievements of more than 250 organizations on campus. Appalachian’s Teaching Fellows, Walker Fellows, impACT Team and Appalachian Student Ambas...

• Student receives scholarship

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:27

  Caroline Noel, sophomore cultural anthropology and film studies major at Appalachian State University, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State to participate in their Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program for Japanese. Started in 2006, th...

• Appalachian hosts Blue Ridge Parkway symposium

  Created: Thursday, 22 April 2010 11:10

  The celebration begins for the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway today with “Imagining the Blue Ridge Parkway for the 21st Century,” a symposium on Parkway-related research, at Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union. Part on...

• Capel officially named head coach

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:43

  The Appalachian Online Wednesday morning, the Appalachian State Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Jason Capel as head coach of the men’s basketball program. “I’m really humbled by being up here right now,” Capel said at...

• Lacrosse seeks payback in SELC playoffs, April 23

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:41

  The Appalachian State men’s club lacrosse team heads to Georgia Friday for its first playoff appearance since 2006; the Mountaineers are seeking much more than the Division II Southeastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC) championship title. These men are ou...

• ASU rugby falls to Temple

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:39

  After fighting a tough battle at the U.S.A. Rugby national sweet 16 tournament in Florida Sunday, Appalachian State men’s club rugby team fell to Temple, 18-5. AHO advanced to the national tournament after defeating Kennesaw State and N.C. State in the...

• Important choices inspire next chapter

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:33

  Jon LaFontaine The beginning. A chapter concludes for a student at Appalachian State University May 9. Why is this important? ...

• ‘Well, how did I get here?’

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:28

  Rob Jenkins “What a long, strange trip it’s been.” As much as I hate the Grateful Dead and clichés, I felt like that was a pretty decent way to sum up how I got to where I am now. I never thought that when I was a senior, I wou...

• Club promotes sustainable living

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:25

  Against a backdrop of Watauga High School art students parading in costumes representing recycling, Appalachian and the Community Together (ACT) kicked off their 18th annual Earth Week celebration with the Love Our Earth event Tuesday. Various loca...

• First lady of Appalachian recalls journey to Boone

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:24

  She is an artist, broadcast journalist, swimmer, interior designer and bakes a “mean” apple pie. No, she is not Wonder Woman ­– she is the first lady of Appalachian State University. Rosanne B. Peacock, wife of Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock, grew...

• Charitable company reaches past Appalachian

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:20

  Editor’s Note: This is the fourth of a five-part series that highlights various members of the Appalachian and Boone community. Sitting around their New York City apartment, Graham Bunn and Hal Kivette tossed around ideas. They wanted to do something go...

• Student comedian cracks open books

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:16

  Moments before her interview for The Appalachian, senior public relations major Katy M. Conroy discovered some of her class credits may not transfer to DePaul University in Chicago this fall. Despite the setback, she was still smiling and laughing. “I...

• Four teachers visit Cuban schools

  Created: Wednesday, 21 April 2010 21:07

    With the help of the International Education and Development department, a team of four teachers from four different departments traveled to Cuba over Spring Break. Jeff C. Boyer, Laurie R. Semmes, Renee G. Scherlen and Scott P. ...