March 22, 2018

MARCH 22, 2018

RAIL JAM APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN BREWERY HOSTS FOUTH ANNUAL SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE REVAMP THE AMP CAMPAIGN

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GUEST LECTURE ON DISCRIMINATION PAGE 3

OPED: STEPHEN HAWKING LEAVES LEGACY BEHIND PAGE 5

WOMEN’S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE COLLECTS HYGIENE PRODUCTS PAGE 13

WOMEN’S SOCCER KEEPS RECRUITS LOCAL PAGE 13

March 22, 2018

THE TEAM Sydney Spann @spannooo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Olivia Wilkes @theappalachian ADVISER

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SPORTS EDITOR Appalachian Mountain Brewery hosted its fourth annual Daniel Boone Rail Jam T H E COV E R: Saturday at Horn in the West.

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CRIME LOG

A Medieval Quest

CAMPUS MAR. 18

MAR. 15

2:35 a.m. | Driving after consuming alcohol underage Trivette Hall Loading Dock Closed

5:42 p.m. | Secretly Peeping Belk Library Complex Further Investigation

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MAR. 15

1:15 a.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Lovill Hall Further Investigation

12 p.m. | Fraud - Obtaining Money/Property by False Pretense Doughton Hall Further Investigation

MAR. 17 11:29 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Cone Hall Closed

MAR. 17 11 p.m. | Underage Possession of Alcohol East Hall Closed

MAR. 15 3:40 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Gardner Hall Closed

MAR. 14 1:19 a.m. | Trespassing Kidd Brewer Stadium Closed

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11 a.m. | Damage to Property Stadium Parking Lot Undisclosed

11:30 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Behind Legends Closed

The Appalachian Crime Log comes from the ASU Police crime log found at cleryapps.appstate.edu/crimelog/

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March 22, 2018

SCOTT HORNOFF SHARES WRONGFUL CONVICTION STORY

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cott Hornoff came to campus on March 13 and presented about his experience as a wrongfully convicted felon.

In June 1996, Hornoff, a former Rhode Island police officer, was wrongly convicted of first-degree murder.

Hornoff was incarcerated for 6 1/2 years before being exonerated in 2003.

According to the National Registry of Exonerations, exoneration occurs “when a person who has been convicted of a crime is official-

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ly cleared based on new evidence of innocence.”

Hornoff knew the victim; however, it was later found that many pieces of evidence such as footprints and a bloody glove were overlooked. The real killer came forward in November 2002.

“Obviously (the wrongful conviction) has had a huge impact on my life,” Hornoff said. “If this hadn’t happened, I would’ve gone on to go up the ranks in the police department and possibly lead a normal life, so my path is definitely changed.”

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There have been 2,182 exonerations since 1989 and 19,194 cumulative years spent in prison by those wrongfully convicted, according to a graphic by the National Registry of Exonerations.

“I don’t call it the justice system anymore, I call it the judicial system,” Hornoff said. “But as I said, I’m still pro-law enforcement.

We need good laws, we need good police officers, we need good investigators. We need to hold the guilty accountable and protect the innocent.”

Hornoff also believes the

systems in place to help those convicted, guilty or not, are inadequate.

“Those who are guilty and go to prison need to be provided with rehabilitation and support when they’re released. Same with exonerees,” Hornoff said.

Many types of programs could help exonerees. “Vocational programs, counseling, job assistance, assistance with maybe attorneys and legal advice,” would all be helpful, Hornoff said.

“Anybody can be wrongfully convicted, it doesn’t really mat-

ter who you are as a person,” freshman political science major Paige Skinner said. “(Hornoff) was a white middle-aged man and a police officer when he was convicted.”

With 13 percent of African-Americans in the U.S. population, 47 percent of known exonerations are African-Americans according to the National Registry of Exonerations.

Since the exoneration, Hornoff has toured with the Afghan National Police and become a speaker and advocate for exonerees.

MAKING SENSE OF MISTREATMENT: GUEST LECTURE ON DISCRIMINATION

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n Monday, Catherine E. Harnois, a professor in the Department of Sociology and a faculty member in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at Wake Forest University came to campus to lecture on intersectionality and everyday discrimination. Her research on multiracial feminist theories of intersectionality has appeared in many academic journals, such as the National Women’s Studies Association Journal. Harnois’ work received the 2012 Outstanding Contribution to Scholarship Article Award from the American Sociological Association section on Race, Gender, and Class.

“Discrimination is a social justice issue,” Harnois said

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during her presentation. “Everyday discrimination is repetitive and has the potential to undermine the well-being of life.

Groups who suffer from more discrimination are more likely to have health problems.”

Discrimination can be measured by the Everyday Discrimination Scale. This mistreatment can be defined as harassment, being shown less courtesy, being followed around in a grocery store, etc. Discrimination is also a social stressor, a social hazard and a public health issue, Harnois said.

Harnois also focused heavily on intersectionality while giving her lecture. Intersectionality relates directly to discrimination because individuals may be discriminated against for more than one reason.

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“Intersectionality happens when multiple systems of inequality organize the social world at multiple levels of society, such as identities, interactions and institutions,” Harnois said. “These systems of inequality work with and through one another. All people hold social statuses and multiple identities.”

Harnois’ research and statistics that were presented during her lecture came from a survey she conducted to collect socio-demographic information. Cognitive interviews were performed to provide insight into how the respondents to the survey perceived the questions asked.

“Thirty-nine people were interviewed overall,” Harnois said. “Seventeen of those people were black, four were Hispanic, three were Asian,

and 15 were white. Twenty-one out of the 39 respondents were women, and 18 respondents remaining were men. Four of the respondents identified as belonging to the LGBT community, while 35 identified as hetero. The ages of the respondents ranged from 21-74.”

Before the survey was conducted, Harnois and her team of researchers asked the question, “To what extent do exposing tools for assessing discrimination reflect the experiences of multiple and intersectional discrimination?”

To answer this question, Harnois presented the hypothesis that “respondents will have difficulty identifying the reason for mistreatment.”

“It was concluded from our research that racial-ethnic minority respondents

decided that the main reason they were discriminated against was because of multiple reasons,” Harnois said.

“We also concluded that our results may underestimate discrimination with specific characteristics, such as race, gender, weight, etc.”

Laney Mercer, a junior sociology major who attended the lecture said that Harnois’ passion and interest in the topic showed through her presentation of her findings.

“Discussion about discrimination is important because it is something that has always existed,” Mercer said. “If there’s any hope in diminishing it at all, it needs to be talked about. Solid research, like the research Dr. Harnois presented, helps to show people that it does happen and it exists.”

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March 22, 2018

Students in the Physics and Astronomy Club (PandA) at Appalachian are working to develop a laser prototype with an edible component. The project was one of 11 nationwide to receive grant funding through a Marsh W. White Award from the American Institute of Physics’ Society of Physics Students.

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auren Woods, a lecturer in the Appalachian State chemistry department, is working with two App State seniors to develop an “edible” laser.

Woods has spent the last year working on the project, enlisting help from co-adviser and assistant professor Brooke Hester and senior physics students Jack Griffin and Jose Salazar.

Woods said she first discussed the idea of an edible laser with a friend at a party while completing post-doctorate work at the University of Wisconsin. They worked on the project together, and when Woods came to App State in 2016, she brought some of the laser’s components with her to develop the project further.

The project features an open-concept laser built for

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demonstrations, with each part visible to define the process as a whole easier to watch and comprehend. Her undergraduate team hopes the project will help students better understand the science behind lasers.

“When I talk about lasers, the idea seems very abstract and kind of out there,” Salazar said. “But with the demonstration, it makes it more tangible.

It makes it easier to see everything that’s happening, especially with the setup we have going on. It’s very open so you can see it, and we can point out every component and everything that’s happening.”

Lasers are created when the electrons in the atoms of a medium are pumped with energy, in this case by another laser.

The atoms become excited and move to a higher energy orbit around the atoms’ nuclei, and

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when the electrons relax and move back to a lower energy orbit, they emit a tight beam of photons, particles of light, that form the colorful beam of light we associate with lasers.

But what makes this laser “edible”?

The team has experimented with a number of edible mediums, assessing wavelength ranges and quantum yields to see which mediums would fluoresce, or emit light. The team tested a number of mediums, including vitamin B, beet juice, turmeric and tonic water.

Ultimately, vitamin B or riboflavin has been one of the more successfully fluorescent mediums.

Woods said that while using edible components is mostly just for fun, the novelty of the experiment encourages people to be curi-

ous and ask questions.

“It really gets people’s attention,” Woods said. “Building a laser sounds exciting anyway, but if you add something a little more catching, like making an edible laser.

I think for people who aren’t familiar with lasers, it brings a little bit of confusion. They are more likely to ask questions, like are you eating the laser, are you not eating the laser? No, you’re not eating the laser, it’s just that the component is made out of edible material. It drives people’s curiosity.”

Griffin and Salazar are both officers of App State’s Physics and Astronomy Club; Griffin is the club’s president and Salazar is the secretary.

“Dr. Woods brought it to Dr. Hester, who thought it would be a great opportunity for the club to maybe find somebody

who might work on it,” Griffin said. “We had a meeting of officers, and me and Jose were the ones that decided that we wanted to test it out and see if we liked it.”

Griffin said the project not only helps to educate people watching the laser work but also Griffin and Salazar, who are receiving a truly hands-on education.

“They are helping us learn by giving us parts and letting us test and see how they work,” Griffin said. “I’m actually shocked they’re letting us do all this. It’s great though, they trust us. It’s like a mutual understanding that we’re all working toward the same goal.

It’s really nice.”

The team hopes to have the laser working by the end of spring or summer 2018 and ready for public demonstration by spring 2019.

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March 22, 2018

STEPHEN HAWKING DIES AT 76, LEAVES LEGACY BEHIND Stephen Hawking speaking at the NASA Lecture Series in 2008. Professor Hawking passed away on March 14. orld-ren o w n e d physicist Stephen Hawking, best known for his work with black holes and relativity, passed away at his home in Cambridge, England, on March 14.

Hawking was born on Jan. 8, 1942, exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo, and in his 76 years of life, Hawking sought out the meaning of the universe and became, so he claimed, the master of black holes.

“They’re named black holes because they are related to human fears of being destroyed or gobbled up,” Hawking said. “I don’t have fears of being thrown into them. I understand them. I feel in a sense that I am their master.”

One of Hawking’s most well-known discoveries was the assertion that black holes emit a kind of electromagnetic radiation, a form of energy now known as “Hawking radiation.”

“When Stephen Hawking combined the theory of black holes, which is general relativity, with quantum mechanics, he discovered that black holes actually emit electromagnetic radiation, light. That was revolutionary,” Richard Gray, physics professor, said.

Hawking was respected

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“He was really good at taking complex ideas and making them so anyone can understand them and share in wonder of the universe together,” Brad Conrad, associate physics professor, said.

Hawking published 15 books over the course of his career.

Five of them are children’s books, written with his daughter Lucy, which explore Hawking’s ideas on cosmology through the galactic adventures of protagonist George and his friends.

In 1988, Hawking wrote “A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes,” a book intended to help non-scientists understand some of the

most complicated questions of our universe: where did the universe come from, and how and why did it begin?

More than 10 million copies of “A Brief History of Time” have been sold, according to Time.

Through his career, Hawking became somewhat of a pop culture figure, appearing in everything from “The Simpsons” and “The Fairly Oddparents” to “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”

Ray Ruble, an emeritus professor who has taught philosophy at App State for 48 years, said it was not his intelligence but his sense of humor through adversity that brought Hawking international fame.

“Hawking was the kind of person who had this wicked sense of humor, and he made a lot of lemonade out of the lemons he was dealt,” Ruble said.

“He was not the world’s greatest genius after Einstein, it’s just that he was an extremely smart person. There are plenty of these guys running around, statistically. They just don’t have the same kind of background and rockstar exposure.”

Hawking was well known for his triumph in the face of physical disability. Hawking was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 1963. The diagnosis was short after his 21st birth-

day, and he was given just a few years to live.

In the 55 years since his diagnosis, Hawking not only outlasted his prognosis by half a century but made breakthroughs in the field of theoretical physics, traveled to every continent, fathered three children and received thirteen honorary degrees.

Hawking was also an outspoken atheist; he called philosophy “a dead field of study” and heaven “a fairy story.”

Like many famous scientists before him, such as Bruno and Galileo, Hawking questioned and denied many tenets of religion and philosophy, asserting that religion and science could not be reconciled.

“It’s like trying to reconcile microphysics and macrophysics,” Ruble said. “How can you integrate things without abandoning your major assumptions in terms of each?”

Despite Hawking’s outspoken views against philosophy, App State philosophy professor Rick Elmore said the nature of philosophy and cosmology are often greatly intertwined. Philosophy and cosmology both seek answers to the impossibly large questions of how and why the universe came to be.

“I think that what’s sad about his rejection of philosophy is that actually, cosmolo-

gy and theoretical physics are the place with those kinds of speculations and the freedom to speculate within a fairly broad set of rules; that’s what (philosophy) does,” Elmore said. “I would see him in many ways as a philosopher, even though he wouldn’t see himself that way.”

Elmore urged that, moving forward, public intellectuals like Neil Degrasse Tyson come to accept interdisciplinary studies and understand that multiple fields are often necessary to answering questions like these.

“It seems like we have space to bring in lots of different perspectives to address the challenges of understanding what kind of creature we are and what the nature of reality is,” Elmore said. “I think the goal of his project, unfortunately, and his rejection of philosophy are kind of at odds, in that he wants to understand reality, but to do that we need something more than physics.”

Although he did not believe in an afterlife, Hawking looked at death fearlessly, perhaps with the same boldness with which he looked at black holes.

“I’m not afraid of death, but I’m in no hurry to die,” Hawking said in a 2011 interview with The Guardian. “I have so much I want to do first.”

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March 22, 2018

SEA OF THIEVES PREVIEW

A sreenshot from the new video game “Sea of Thieves.” The Microsoft Studios game was released on Tuesday.

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n “Sea of Thieves” you and your friends play as pirates setting sail across a vast open world with many small islands, trading outposts and dangers sprinkled across the game world.

The open world is also a shared world, so all the other ships you see on the horizon are actual players and their friends.

Complete voyages, or be a true pirate and sink other player’s ships and steal their treasure, the choice is up to you.

Sea of Thieves is not your typical multiplayer game where you level up and unlock better gear for an advantage over other players. Sea of Thieves puts all players on a level playing field by giving all of the same items to every player, so no one pirate has an advantage over another simply from how much time they have put in.

“Sea of Thieves” is a step forward for gaming, while taking three steps back.

Let us step back and look at the studio developing “Sea of Thieves:” Rare. Rare is one of

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“Donkey Kong Country,” “Banjo-Kazooie,” “Battletoads” and “GoldenEye 007” are just a few of the games they have produced in the late ‘90s, but certainly some of Rare’s most critically acclaimed games.

These games were built up from the ground to be nothing but fun. Every mechanic “GoldenEye 007” has to provide players with an extremely fun, competitive experience, whether you are playing alone or with a few friends. “GoldenEye 007” does not have

a progression system where players that have been playing for over 200 hours get better guns than players that are playing the game for the first time. Being good comes from learning the game and practice, not from better weapons and items.

After this so called “golden age” of Rare games, Microsoft acquired Rare and started forcing their hand at projects. Subpar Xbox Kinect games started to tarnish the great name that Rare had built for itself over the years and Rare fans and critics alike were upset with the role that Microsoft had in Rare’s projects and development cycle.

“Sea of Thieves” is the first Rare game, in well over a decade, that looks and feels like a Rare game.

It is important to understand the history of the “golden age” of Rare games to truly understand what “Sea of Thieves” is.

“Sea of Thieves” does not have a normal progression system, so players do not level up and get better weapons.

Instead, players level up their

reputation with three in-game factions to unlock new clothing items for their pirate and their pirate ship.

Rare does plan for a content update right after launch that will allow only the most reputable pirates to unlock a new ship, but that will take many hours to progress to the point of a legendary captain (the rank you unlock a new ship).

At first, I was skeptical of the decision not to have better guns or ships that are unlockable as you progress through the game. My initial thought was “Well what is my goal then? Why would I play this game if there is no goal for me to reach?”

After playing the final beta for around 20 hours, I completely understand what Rare is trying to accomplish with “Sea of Thieves.”

“Sea of Thieves” is a game about having fun, not being better than your friends and not pushing yourself to be the best in the world. It is about getting together with some of your friends, setting sail across the ocean and creating

stories along the way.

The quest system, called voyages, are just in place to help facilitate that adventure.

The stories that will stick with you are not from the stories that are told to you, but the ones that you and your friends will be creating.

Having no real goal, other than becoming pirate legend, may seem like its a step back for multiplayer gaming and in many people’s opinions it may be. But for me, it is a refreshing stance to take in 2018 where most games are built around getting better items and buying loot boxes rather than focusing on what makes games memorable and fun.

Whether you and your crew want to go on trade expeditions to increase your reputation with the merchant alliance, set sail for skeleton-filled islands to fight bosses and get some wellearned loot or raiding all other players on the sea to assert your dominance, the stories that you and your crew make will not be from being the best in the world, but simply having fun with your friends.

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March 22, 2018

The donation box for the Hygine Supply Drive sponsered by the Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge at Something Else in downtown Boone.

WOMEN’S FUND OF THE BLUE RIDGE COLLECTS HYGIENE PRODUCTS ACROSS THE HIGH COUNTRY Ashley Goodman│

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he Women’s Fund of the Blue Ridge has spent the month of March collecting hygiene products at stores in Boone and Blowing Rock to benefit regional nonprofits.

From March 6-24, the Women’s Fund is collecting products like soap, shampoo, deodorant and toothpaste to donate to Reaching Avery Ministries, Ashe Sharing Center, OASIS and Hospitality House.

Hospitality House works to combat homelessness, hunger and poverty by offering permanent and transitional housing, job skills training, and a food pantry and community kitchen.

OASIS, Opposing Abuse with Service, Information and Shelter, provides resources, crisis counseling and temporary housing to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault.

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Butler said some women and families have had to leave their homes quickly or unexpectedly to pursue safety, and packing hygiene items is often not survivors’ first priority.

“They provide items that we wouldn’t generally think about going without,” Butler said. “Just items that when we are leaving an abusive household, we wouldn’t think to grab. So through this partnership we are able to provide survivors with some of the things we take for granted and allow them to be confident when establishing their own independent housing.”

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tries has been providing food, clothing and other emergency resources to Avery County for 35 years.

Reaching Avery Ministries director Janet Millsaps said that this is the first year RAM has been a part of the hygiene drive. The homeless population is not very visible because many poor folks in the area get by floating from house to house, Millsaps said, but drives like this do a lot for people in need.

The hygiene drive is especially important because it provides people with products that we all need but do not often think about donating.

“We are very grateful for those kind of items because they cannot be purchased with food stamps, so that’s something people struggle to have access to,” Millsaps said.

Similarly, Ashe Sharing Center has offered a food

pantry, health resources and educational nutrition programs to the Ashe County area for 35 years, and they are excited to be able to offer hygiene products to those who visit their pantry.

“These hygiene kits are jam packed with essential items,” director Michael Sexton said in an email. “We are delighted to make sure they get in the neediest hands of women and their families in the rural communities of Ashe County.”

The Women’s Fund has drop-off locations at Something Else Gifts in Boone and Tanger Outlets and Footsloggers in Blowing Rock.

Tracy Schindler, owner of Something Else Gifts, moved to Boone from Texas 1 1/2 years ago, and has run Something Else, which refurbishes, creates and sells home decor and other products, for about nine months.

“When I was back in Houston, I was always involved in social service of some kind,” Schindler said. “Coming up here and being a new person in Boone, I finally got to know the Women’s Fund and liked their organization.

I hope to get more and more involved with them. I think that they’re a great organization and they give back to the community.”

Schindler said opportunities for service like this one are important because everyone needs a helping hand at one point or another.

“There’s never one group of people in need,” Schindler said. “Every person, at some point in their lives, has to have help one way or another. I just think you need a variety of different kinds of services to help people in their time of need.

We’ve all been there, so we need to give back.”

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March 22, 2018

One of the competitors of Rail Jam jumping in order to boardslide a rail. The event hosted by AMB was on St. Patrick’s Day at Horn in the West and included both skiing and snowboarding with cash prizes for the winners.

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN BREWERY HOSTS ANNUAL RAIL JAM Laura Boaggio |

ppalachian M o u n t a i n Brewery hosted its fourth annual Daniel Boone Rail Jam Saturday. It was a ski and snowboarding event open to the public and held on slopes made of snow produced on site, despite the warm weather.

The event was hosted on St. Patrick’s Day at Horn in the West and included new ramp locations and rail options for the riders, $4000 in total cash prizes and local food vendors.

The event was preceded by the Town of Boone’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Rail Jam is held to support the We Can So You Can Foundation, which will help with improvement of the Daniel Boone Amphitheater, where this event was held.

We Can So You Can Foundation is a mission driven public charity created by Appalachian Mountain Brewery.

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This foundation supports the communities it serves through investment in social-minded businesses engaged primarily in education, agriculture and renewable energy, according to its website.

Their mission focuses on sustainability, community and philanthropy.

The proceeds from Rail Jam will go toward the Revamp the Amp campaign, which supports the Daniel Boone Amphitheater.

The categories for this event included women’s, intermediate and advanced.

Danny Wilcox, director of retail operations at Appalachian Mountain Brewery and event organizer of Rail Jam, said there were no qualifications to participate and riders of any level were welcome.

“We pull riders from up and down the East Coast, but most of them are local riders that ride every weekend here in the area,” Wilcox said.

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Wilcox said the idea for this event stemmed from his experience with snowboarding when he was younger.

He would compete as a rider in his local area and travel to compete in farther areas.

“I just wanted to find ways to promote the riders that ride like how I used to and give them a stage to perform at,” Wilcox said.

Rail Jam was created in the backyard of Appalachian Mountain Brewery, Wilcox said. He had the idea of creating a winter festival centered around snowboarders and skiers, so it was first experimented with at his workplace.

“We put up a little ski ramp and a rail and had a ski competition,” Wilcox said. “It worked out really well.”

The brewery then moved the event’s location in the hopes that it could grow into a bigger event. Wilkes said they hoped to make it a long term winter festival, working with

the town, university and other local partners.

The snow for the event was made on site.

The event brought in a semi-truck full of ice and hired an ice company to lay out snow on the slopes. They did this by using a machine similar to a wood chipper and sprayed the snow out with a hose, Wilcox said.

“Last year at the amphitheater, the ski ramp was actually on the stage and this year we brought it to the center to have a larger ski ramp and more rails,” Wilcox said.

Since the conception of this event, Rail Jam has taken place for four consecutive years. This year’s event was hosted by a number of sponsors, including Appalachian Ski Mountain, Mast General Store, Appalachian Cookie Co. and more.

Carolina West Wireless was another sponsor for this event.

Todd Elledge, the mar-

keting director for Carolina West, said that they have been sponsoring Rail Jam since last year.

“We provide free of charge wireless internet to areas such as the concession stand and ticket cabin,” Elledge said.

Another sponsor to the event was Salomon, a sports equipment and apparel retailer who contributed as a product sponsor.

Mike Lamb, a worker at the event for the company, said they have been sponsoring this event for the past three years. Salomon provides equipment for Rail Jam and “products for students to walk away with from the event,” Lamb said.

During the five hour event, around 2,500 to 3,000 people came through the doors, Wilcox said.

“This is an incredible sport we have up here in the High Country that’s unique to the mountains,” Wilcox said.

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A skier zooms down the slope after landing their grind at Rail Jam on St. Patrick’s Day. A snowboarder prepares to drop into the Rail Jam slope.

A snowboarder competing in Rail Jam comes out of a grind and prepares to land.

A snowboarder speeds down the slope and prepares to jump.

A snowboarder at Rail Jam leaps into the air off the ramp of the slope.

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A snowboarder hits a 50-50 grind on the middle rail at the Rail Jam slope. A snowboarder prepares to drop into the Rail Jam slope.

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March 22, 2018

The 2016 App State baseball team discussing the next play during a time out. The first game of the season is against North Carolina Central on March 30.

APP STATE BASEBALL SEASON PREVIEW

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pring is right around the corner and that means Appalachian State University’s baseball team is gearing up for their sophomore season under head coach Kermit Smith.

Smith will lead a team consisting of 18 new players, nine freshmen and nine transfer players, eight of which are from the junior college level. There will also be 13 returning players, six of which are seniors.

In his debut season as the head coach for the Mountaineers, Smith and his team finished with an overall record of 19-36, including a 8-22 record in Sun Belt play.

With new additions and returning players alike, the team will look to improve this record and start a culture change in Boone.

App State currently sits at 5-12 overall, losing three

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straight conference games against Texas State in an away series. Despite an inconsistent offense and problems finishing games, the Mountaineers have managed to avoid being swept in every series, except for their three-game series at Elon University.

Some of the biggest issues facing the team this season will be similar to those of last season. Issues generating consistent offense and a lack of depth in the bullpen forces the arguably underrated defense to consistently try and save the day.

Freshman outfielder Kendall McGowan leads the team in batting average with a .297, while juniors, catcher Riley Smith and third baseman Drew Beck lead the team in RBIs with ten apiece.

If the Mountaineers want to reach their goals and post an improved record from the previous season, hitting

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will need to become a more prominent part of their game.

They have been shut out three times so far this season, twice against Elon and once against Wilmington.

Aside from offensive struggles, depth in the bullpen is another issue that Coach Smith will need to improve upon for his team to compete at the level he strives for.

Freshman pitcher Will Sprinkle leads the pitching staff with a 2.25 ERA(earned run average) and six strikeouts in three appearances. He is followed closely by junior pitcher Colin Schmid with a 2.30 ERA, and redshirt senior Luke Watts, 3.27 ERA. App State is very heavily staffed with right-handed pitchers, with only four of the 14 active pitchers being left-handed. Underclassmen like Sprinkle and freshman Cameron Kepley are

showing great promise as upand-coming regulars for the pitching rotation but have only played a few games, leaving their consistency still to be determined.

Senior leaders and transfer players alike will need to step up and improve on their current pitching if the Mountaineers hope to get out of this three-game losing streak.

If there is a saving grace to this rebuilding phase, it would have to be the defense.

App State’s defense has been there to save multiple big plays in the few games they have played.

Multiple fielders for the Mountaineers currently have a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage, which is the number of putouts and assists divided by errors committed. Redshirt sophomore outfielder Beau Myers currently has 21 putouts with a single assist.

Senior first baseman Conner

Leonard also has some impressive stats, posting 123 putouts and 12 assists with a .993 fielding percentage.

Despite the problems the team is experiencing, it is important to remember that they are currently in a rebuilding phase. With a new head coach and a roster half full with brand new players, App State has some holes to fill before they will be considered contenders in one of the most competitive conferences in college baseball.

The pieces are set in motion, and there is a lot of promise on the horizon. Baseball requires planning and player development, something that cannot be achieved in only one season. With patience and support from the Mountaineer faithful, this team could easily surprise everyone and make some serious noise in the upcoming seasons.

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March 22, 2018

2018 SUN BELT BASEBALL SCHEDULE VS GEORGIA SOUTHERN

AT SOUTH ALABAMA

March 23 at 6 p.m.

March 24 at 3 p.m.

March 25 at 1 p.m.

March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

March 30 at 7:30 p.m.

March 31 at 2 p.m.

Boone, North Carolina

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April 6 at 6 p.m.

April 7 at 3 p.m.

April 8 at 1 p.m.

April 13 at 6 p.m.

April 14 at 3 p.m.

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April 27 at 6 p.m.

April 28 at 3 p.m.

April 29 at 1 p.m.

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AT GEORGIA STATE

May 4 at 7:30 p.m.

May 5 at 3 p.m.

May 6 at 2 p.m.

May 11 at 6 p.m.

May 12 at 2 p.m.

May 13 at 1 p.m.

Arlington, Texas

VS COASTAL CAROLINA CARO OLINA Boone, North Caroli Carolina ina May 17 at 6 p.m.

May 18 at 3 p.m.

May 19 at 1 p.m.

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Atlanta, Georgia

SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Lafayette, Louisiana May 22 - May 27

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March 22, 2018

WARMING UP IS THE KEY TO NOT GETTING HURT

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that has caused his swing to be tighter and shorter. He was granted a medical redshirt.

Watson got injured because he did not warm up before he started playing and took a swing that hurt his shoulder.

“When he got hurt, he didn’t warm up properly. So we’ve used (Watson) as an example on the team,” Redman said.

The team has to travel down the mountain in order to practice on a golf course. Redman said that it is hard for them to get properly warmed up and play nine holes.

Golfers on the App State team do a variety of different things to get warm and loosened up before playing a round of golf.

“Mostly just some light stretching before you start playing,” Burris said.

Burris also said that they try and hit on a range before practice and work their way up from short clubs to long clubs.

He said it loosens up your arms and shoulders before the round.

Junior Walter Brinker said that they work a lot with the training staff and if they have any problems they will go to Taylor Young, the athletic trainer for golf.

Redman said that his golfers know their bodies well enough to know what to do in order to warm up properly and that the players take it upon themselves to do a good warm up.

“Everyone has a different warm up process. It’s not something that even the trainers put on them or I have, you know, put on them,” Redman said.

“We are trying to be very conscious of warming up properly.”

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8 Tendintis in the Elbow 3 Neck

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he App State men’s golf team kicked off the season with a sixth place finish at the Bash at the Beach in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They were four strokes shy of a fourth place finish.

With the golf season underway, head coach Bo Redman stressed that in order to avoid an injury, a player has to warm up before starting a round.

Redman became the Mountaineer’s head men’s golf coach in July 2017. Redman has been involved with golf on almost every level and has a tremendous amount of experience, according to his bio.

“Even if we only have x amount of time it’s so important to warm up, hit a couple balls, stretch out and then really if we do that right we won’t have any injuries,” Redman said.

He also said that they really try to stay conscious about getting the golfers warmed up so they do not get hurt.

The top three golf injuries are back pain, tendonitis in the elbows and knee pain. A golfer can also suffer injuries to the rotator cuff, ankle, wrist and neck while playing, according to the Golf Channel.

“Lower back is my biggest issue because you always rotate the same direction so it puts -- like I have a lot of pressure on my lower left back constantly almost. It’s just stretching to get it better,” junior Alex Burris said.

Junior Chance Watson said he suffered from a shoulder injury in 2016 that required surgery and a long rehab process

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10 Common Gulf Injuries

4 Rotator Cuff

5 Back Pain 9 Hip

10 Knee Pain

6 Foot and Ankle

1 Golfers spend four to five hours in the sun.

6 The power behind a swing starts with

With the skin being the largest organ of the body, it is the most prone to damage when golfing. Skin cancer can occure from repeated exposure.

the feet as they push into the ground.

Ankle sprains and tendinitis can occur if a golfer loses their footing during a swing.

2 The hands and fingers have a high risk of

7 Pain and tenderness can develop in the

injury due to repeated swinging motions.

wrist due to stress that the repetitive motion of swings produces.

3 Repeated twisting motions can also cause

8 Tendinitis is the most common injury

neck spasms and is commonly seen in new golfers who are not used to the hard swinging action.

found in the elbow of golfers. The risk of inflimation increases with age as the stress of swings increases.

4 Rotator cuff injuries can occur from poorly

9 The twisting movement of a golfers

executed swings: hitting a rock, overuse, or deep divots. Pain exists in the shoulders when arms are raised above the head.

swing can cause hip, groin, and lowerback pain along with other injuries.

5 The motion of swings can put stress on the spine causing pain.

10 Knee s stabalize the body as it rotates while swinging. A weak knee can expereince pain during this action.

Source: The Golf Channel

Graphic by Mary Lauren Willis

March 22, 2018

The App State women’s soccer assistant coach Brittany Bolock instucting the team from the sidelines during the game against Coastal Carolina in fall 2017.

WOMEN’S SOCCER LOOKS FORWARD TO A BRIGHT FUTURE

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nother strong class of recruits will be introduced to the App State women’s soccer team as they look to help rebuild a squad that had a rare down year this season, due in part to having many key players suffer from long-term injuries.

The six freshmen will bring high levels of both high school and club soccer experience with many individual accolades as well as strong winning records with their team.

The Mountaineers are now hoping to replace several seniors from last season such as defender Lindsay Tully, forward Sharon Osterbind and midfielder Morgan Mosack who will all be missed by the program.

“We had three ACL tears this season, which we don’t talk about much because we don’t like to make excuses,” head coach Sarah Strickland said. “If you look at the personnelle we’re recruiting, it’s

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a lot of goal scorers.”

All but one of the incoming freshmen hail from North Carolina including Jessica Peters, who scored 94 goals in her high school career. They will look to end the drought and give App State the edge they need to once again become competitive in the Sun Belt.

“North Carolina youth soccer is pretty incredible. There is a ton of talent here so we always recruit from here first,” Strickland said. “The other part about recruiting in North Carolina is that it makes our scholarship dollars go farther.

We can get closer to being fully funded if we focus within our own state.”

Even though the team had a solid defensive record and played the majority of their opponents to very close results, they often struggled to put the ball in the back of the net after losing their 2016 leading scorer, forward Jane Cline to graduation. Cline set several program records and

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was named Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year during her senior season.

Coach Strickland puts a big emphasis on building not only the team, but also a family. She has a somewhat unorthodox method of finding players that fit this family setting. Rather than just listening to what a player’s coach or teammates say about her, she also reaches out to her opposing coaches to see what they have to say about them as well.

“We look at integrity as the most important thing.

Every player we look at can play but that separates them in our book,” Strickland said. “We always talk to the opposing coach and they’ll tell us very honestly. I think that’s probably the most honest way to tell.”

Out of their six incoming players, three of them are forwards with proven goal scoring records, and two of them are midfielders to join the ranks of

rising junior Ava Dawson and rising senior Emmily Cowie.

“I still think we had to replace Jane Cline and people don’t want to talk about what used to be, but Jane set records for this program,” Strickland said. “This year we had some players step up that did really well, but we didn’t have that truly special forward with the breakaway pace.”

These incoming players will have several excellent role models to learn from. The aforementioned Dawson and Cowie are both prepared to usher in the new class and several reserves from last season are prepared to make the jump to becoming key players.

Rising senior forward Blair Anders, a transfer from Ole Miss, will also be a strong addition, and bring in a high level of experience from playing in the SEC, which is one of the top conferences in women’s college soccer.

Kat Greer, junior forward,

the team’s leading scorer in 2017, will also be returning after a breakout season and has the potential to become one of the top players in the Sun Belt.

“We’ve seen a lot of leadership displayed this spring,” Strickland said.

“She enrolled at App but didn’t play soccer. Once she joined us, she’s gotten her touch back and she’s exploding right now.”

The Mountaineers will now hope for these incoming players to adjust to the intensity and competitiveness of the college game but based off of their resumes, they should fit right in.

Combining them along with the veteran leadership and close relationships the teammates have with one another, App women’s soccer will have the opportunity to make the next big step in becoming not only a Sun Belt contender, but also potentially national success.

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March 22, 2018

Junior Irvin Enriquez pins his opponent down during a match in the 2016 season.

MARCH MATNESS ENDS FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS

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he NCAA wrestling tournament wrapped up from Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, and for Appalachian State, they have a lot to build on after placing 50th in the nation.

The Mountaineers sent four wrestlers to March Matness.

Junior Irvin Enriquez, senior Forrest Przybysz, redshirt freshman Alan Clothier and junior Randall Diabe all competed hard in the tournament.

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For Enriquez and Clothier it was a short time in the tournament as they both were knocked out in their first two matches.

In Enriquez’s first match he lost to Nicholas Gil of Navy 9-5, and in his second match he lost to Kyle Shoop of Locu Haven by technical fall.

In Clothier’s first match he lost to Minnesota’s Brandon Krone 10-6, and in his second match he lost to Wyoming’s Chaz Polson 8-5.

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Diabe was able to have some success in the tournament as he won against Corey Greigo of Oregon 8-4 in his second match. His other two matches ended in defeat coming at the hands of third place finisher Kyle Conel of Kent State 3-2, and Jacob Holschlag of Northern Illinois 16-0.

With one more year of eligibility, Diabe should be encouraged by his one-point loss to Conel, the “cinderella man” of the tournament. With

enough work, it may be him having the same type of success in Pittsburgh next season.

The wrestler who went the furthest for Appalachian in the tournament was Przybysz.

He was able to make it to the consolation round of eight.

Przybysz won two and lost two matches. His first match was a win of 7-2 against Ryan Christensen of Wisconsin, and his second match ended in defeat to All-American Myles Amine of Michigan 18-3.

Przybysz also won against Kimball Bastian of Utah Valley 4-2, and his last match ended in defeat to Jacobe Smith of Oklahoma State 11-3.

Even in missing All-American status, Przybysz had a great season and career for the Mountaineers. For the rest of these guys, they are a young team and this experience for them will carry over to next year and give them the tools they need to become better.

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WHAT TO DO CALLING ALL GRAPHIC DESIGNERS! Design layout, infographics, illustrations and more for this newspaper! Prior experience recommended but not required! Build your portfolio and gain experience working in a fast-paced news organization. Room for advancements, growth and scholarships.

ADVERTISE IN THE APPALACHIAN Advertise your buisnesses and services to the student population of Appalachian State University while also supporting the student staff of The Appalachian! Visit http://theappalachianonline.com/advertise-with-us/ or email buisness@theappalachianonline.com with inquiries.

15 MINDFUL MINUTES Students are welcome to join Still Point’s “15 Mindful Minutes” each Thursday at 3 p.m. in 155 Tater Hill Room, PSU. Skilled meditation leaders within the Appalachian Community will engage you -- literally for 15 minutes -- in mindful practices such as breath work, mind-body integration, guided visualizations, walking meditation and silence.

Look for us on AppSync.

PILL COLLECTION DAY Have you got some medicine that you aren’t going to use anymore, either because it’s expired or you just don’t need it any longer?

Have you been wanting to get rid of it? We’re going to make it super easy for you to do just that. Drop off opened medication that you no longer need OR donate unopened medication to those in need. March 22 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 1st floor of Plemmons Student Union near Cascades. Feel good knowing that you’ve helped people who can’t afford medicine, have kept

medicine out of our water supply and have helped prevent drug overdose and addiction!

Pills collected by: Community Care Clinic in Boone and University Police Department.

Questions? Contact Elisabeth Cavallaro (cavallaroe@appstate.edu) in Wellness and Prevention Services.

Fall 2018 are ineligible to apply. You will be contacted for an interview by March 30.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact: Ellen Grulke, Interpersonal Violence Support and Prevention Coordinator, grulkeep@appstate.edu (Red Flag Educators Advisor).

out special prizes as well! Join us for a very exciting cultural night!

Everyone and anyone is welcome to come!

Tell all of your friends :) Help us make this the most successful Cherry Blossom Festival that JCC puts on for App State’s campus and the Boone community!

COLLEGIATE RECOVERY COMMUNITY

VISITING WRITERS SERIES

PINS FOR PATRIOTS

Every Wednesday and Thursday from 5:307 p.m. the Collegiate Recovery Community meets at Wellness and Prevention Services, located on the 1st floor of the Student Support Services Building (beside the post office).

Collegiate Recovery Community offers support to students who are in recovery from any kind of addiction and/or mental illness including but not limited to, substance use, eating disorders, sex addiction or depression.

This community assists in each individual’s unique recovery by preventing relapse, encouraging autonomy, providing support, increasing academic success and offering a safe space on campus to process, grow and reflect.

The Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series presents: Thursday, March 22 poet Anne Waldman. Craft talk 3:30-4:45 p.m. and reading at 7:30 p.m.. Thursday, March 29 novelist and essayist Calvin Baker. Craft talk 2-3:15 p.m. and reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19 creative nonfiction author Dennis Covington. Craft talk 2-3:15 p.m. and reading at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 26 poet Linda Hogan for the Juanita Tobin Annual Memorial Reading. Craft talk 3:30-4:45 p.m. and reading 7:30 p.m. All events will be held in Table Rock Room, Plemmons Student Union.

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SERIES

The Student Veteran Association of Appalachian State University is raising funds to aid in the betterment of student veteran development on and off campus. Funds raised allow the organization to invest in the leadership and educational development of members of the organization.

Join us on March 24 at High Country Lanes for lots of fun! $20 per per person (fee covers one (1) game of bowling, shoe rental & beverage voucher). If you would like to purchase a 2nd game it will be an additional $6. Teams of 5 get a large pizza and pitcher of domestic beer. We will also be hosting a Silent Auction.

Please RSVP by March 21 if you plan to attend with a team of 5. Tickets will also be sold at the door.

Inquiries may be directed to Grayson B. Farmer, Event Coordinator of the Student Veteran Association of Appalachian State University. His e-mail is farmergb@appstate.edu or phone number is (336) 287-4081. Facebook messages will be responded to as quickly as possible.

WELLNESS EDUCATORS APPLICATIONS The Red Flag Educators, WE CAN, and WE COACH are wellness peer educator groups dedicated to the health and well-being of students at Appalachian State University.

Sponsored by Wellness and Prevention Services, each organizations offers a wide-variety of public health strategies both on campus and in the community. Applications need to be completed in its entirety on AppSync by March 26th. You will be asked to upload a copy of your unofficial transcript. Applicants are required to have a 2.50 Cumulative GPA and be in good disciplinary standing with Appalachian State University. Students graduating in

March 26 from 4-5 p.m. in Calloway Peak Room, Plemmons Student Union Jarrett B. Davis will speak about “Putting Building Science into Practice:Technology and Building Forensics.” Free and open to the public. Find out more information at https://energy.appstate. edu/node/5491.

CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 2018 Japanese Culture Club is putting on our annual Cherry Blossom Festival on March 22 from 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m. in Parkway Ballroom (Room 420 of the PSU)! There will be FREE homemade Japanese food, amazing live performances and a fashion show featuring traditional Japanese attire. We will be giving

THURSDAY, MARCH 22

FRIDAY, MARCH 23

SATURDAY, MARCH 24

Pill Collection Day

If Only I Had Planted a Tree

Pins for Patriots

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

1st Floor PSU (near Cascades)

3 p.m.

Holmes Convocation Center

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

10 High Country Lanes $20

Free HIV Testing

Create a Logo Marketing Workshop

10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Macrae Peak Room, PSU

SUNDAY, MARCH 25

3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Watauga River Room, PSU

15 Mindful Minutes

Battle of the Bands

3 p.m.

Tater Hill Room, PSU

8 - 11:45 p.m.

Legends $3

Collegiate Recovery Community 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Wellness and Prevention Services

MONDAY, MARCH 26

TUESDAY, MARCH 27

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28

THURSDAY, MARCH 29

Education Career Fair

Asian Student Association’s Culture Night

Club Hub Resume Review

15 Mindful Minutes

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Club Hub, PSU

3 p.m.

Tater Hill Room, PSU

Sustainable Energy Speaker Series

Collegiate Recovery Community

Collegiate Recovery Community

4 - 5 p.m.

Calloway Peak Room, PSU

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Wellness and Prevention Services

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Wellness and Prevention Services

Why Students Should Care About the World and Change It

Unpacking Human Trafficking

Visiting Writers Series Novelist and Essayist Calvin Baker

12:30 - 3 p.m.

Holmes Convocation Center

7 p.m.

Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

6 - 8 p.m.

I.G. Greer Auditorium

6 - 8 p.m.

I.G. Greer Auditorium

Craft Talk: 2 - 3:15 p.m.

Reading: 7:30 p.m.

Table Rock Room, PSU

BE ON THE SIDELINES.

Meetings every Thursday and Sunday at 7 p.m.

Room 217 PSU