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• Board of Governors announce new president

  Created: Thursday, 26 August 2010 14:20

  The University of North Carolina Board of Governors announced a new UNC-system president today following an emergency meeting held this morning. Tom Ross, current president of Davidson College, will replace outgoing President Erskine Bowles, who announce...

• In Photos: Carnival Night

  Created: Thursday, 26 August 2010 11:23

  A slew of students participated in Carnival Night in the Plemmons Student Union Sunday. The event was one of many hosted during Welcome Week. Click on a photo to see it in its full size. All photos by Katie Sedylmeyer, Katey Bozorth and Sarah Bono. ...

• ASU combats overcrowding

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:53

  Overbooked dorms force students in triples, lounges When Appalachian State University freshman Erica L. Moore arrived at Justice Residence Hall Aug. 20, she had more to be concerned about than most. Moore received an e-mail from Appalachian one week p...

• Modular construction employed to fix overcrowding

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:49

  With overcrowding an emerging problem at Appalachian State University and more students wanting to live on campus, Appalachian is forced to deal with a housing crunch. A possible solution involves modular construction, LEED certification, and 460 new bed...

• Medical amnesty trial begins

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:46

  As a freshman in the Student Government Association, Scott Moseley joined with a few classmates to write a bill on alcohol medical amnesty. He hoped to give students the ability to call for help if someone had drank too much without the fear of getting i...

• Health plan deadline draws near

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:42

  With the deadline to enroll or forgo quickly approaching, 11,745 Appalachian State University students have successfully waived out of the University of North Carolina system-wide health insurance plan. The health plan, which is organized and operated by...

• ­New dean of students takes calls at all hours

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:38

  Ten weeks into his position at Appalachian State University, J.J. Brown, dean of students, has already spoken to a distressed parent at 4:30 a.m. in hopes of calming their nerves about their child. “When a family has a tragedy or something that has imp...

• New college organizes health science on campus

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:33

  The College of Health Sciences began its first semester of operation Tuesday, becoming the first new college on Appalachian State University’s campus since the Walker College of Business was founded in 1970. The college, which restructured different he...

• Sales tax hike: devil or angel?

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:28

  Julianne Olson Vote yes! Vote no! While Boone political advocacy committees aren’t as sharp at creating glossy advertising, they at least know how to get their point across in a succinct fashion. These obnoxious flyers seen all ...

• Advanced technologies influence freshman experience

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:28

  For over 100 years, this time of year has marked the arrival of both new and returning students to Appalachian State University’s campus. However, the students arriving this year have not grown up in the same technological world as those who first arri...

• Local festival expands, welcomes new additions

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:27

  Thousands of music fans will flock to the Old High Country Fairgrounds this weekend for the third annual Music on the Mountaintop. Over 35 artists will share three stages at the festival Friday and Saturday, surpassing its previous length of one day for ...

• Squeezing into new freshman year

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:22

  Becky Bush The Appalachian State University mascot is the mountaineer, not a sardine. So why does the university think they can stuff three freshmen into a 13-by-18-feet dorm room? Every year, the university admits more freshmen th...

• Chegg.com offers alternatives for students renting textbooks

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:21

  With the cost of tuition and textbooks rising, college students are looking toward websites like chegg.com, an online textbook renting service, to cut the costs of higher education. Online rental textbook companies operate by students first finding the t...

• Hard work, music on mountaintop

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:14

  Some ideas get you an “A” on an assignment. For Jimmy Hunt, an idea got him a three-day festival with 4,000 audience members. Hunt is a 2009 Appalachian State University graduate and formed the idea for Music on the Mountaintop while in an entrepren...

• New regulations limit downtown parking

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:14

  This week the Town of Boone will begin enforcing a two-hour parking limit for Saturdays in downtown, leaving some Appalachian State University students concerned about football game-day parking. The two-hour parking limit is an effort to “allow shopper...

• App hosts annual Fan Fest at The Rock

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:11

  Appalachian State University hosted football’s annual Fan Fest Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Even with a torrential downpour, approximately 6,000 Mountaineer fans showed up at The Rock to get autographs and meet their favorite players.  In addition...

• Field hockey team plans for successful season

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 21:05

  Last season’s record holds no lasting precedence over the 2010 Appalachian State field hockey team. The Mountaineers seem to be a more experienced team than in the past and are already running more sophisticated formations in practices and scrimmages. ...

• Preseason brings high hopes for ASU women’s volleyball

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 20:50

  The intra-squad scrimmage last Saturday was just a preview of things to come from the ASU women’s volleyball team this year. “I was really, really happy with the scrimmage, especially with Fan Fest going on right before,” head coach Matt Ginipro sa...

• Pedal Power residents make their mark on sustainable living

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 20:39

  Above the door to Magic Cycles, a bicycle shop on South Depot Street in downtown Boone, hangs a sign sporting the company logo, a bicycle tire encircling a bicycle jumping over a mountain. Inside, Magic Cycles owner, founder and logo designer Michael C. ...

• Our Perspective: Parking policy solves no problems

  Created: Wednesday, 25 August 2010 20:31

  The Appalachian would like to express its displeasure with the latest revamp of parking regulations for Saturdays in downtown Boone. We understand the idea that a car parked for more than two hours in a downtown space limits the number of people that can...