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The Appalachian
September 15, 2016
THE TEAM Carl Blankenship @carl_r_blank EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS
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CRIME LOG CAMPUS SEP. 11
SEP. 6
1:55 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Frank Hall Student referral
12:10 p.m. | Larceny Roess Dining Hall Cleared by referral
SEP. 10 1:54 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol East Hall Cleared by arrest
SEP. 9
SEP. 6 5:00 p.m. | Criminal damage to property Behind Baseball Stadium Closed leads exhausted
SEP. 6
12:00 p.m. | Larceny Sanford Commons Cleared by arrest
11:15 a.m. | DWI - Alcohol and/or Drugs Blowing Rock Road Cleared by arrest
SEP. 9
SEP. 5
10:00 p.m. | Larceny B.B. Dougherty Parking Lot Further investigation
1:30 p.m. | Property Damage Rivers Street/ Entrance to Shaefer Center Further Investigation
SEP. 9 11:15 a.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Justice Hall Cleared by referral
SEP. 4 12:01 p.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Coltrane Hall Cleared by arrest
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WHAT TO DO VISITING WRITERS SERIES
STORY SLAM
The Fall 2016 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will take place with craft talks and readings. Book sales and signings will follow each event. • Oct. 6: Poet and Essayist Bruce Weigl, 2-3:15 p.m. Craft Talk in Table Rock Room, PSU. 6-7:15 p.m. Pre-Reading Reception in Price Lake Room, PSU. 7:30 p.m. Reading in Table Rock Room, PSU. • Nov. 3: Graphic Novelist Carol Tyler, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Craft Talk in Three Top Mountain Room, PSU. 7:30 p.m. Reading in Turchin Center Lecture Hall, TCVA-1102. • Nov. 10: Novelist Robert Olen Butler, 2-3:15 p.m. Craft Talk in Table Rock Room, PSU. 7:30 p.m. Reading in Table Rock Room, PSU.
The Creative Writing program will sponsor the first ASU Story Slam in Crossroads Coffeehouse on Thursday, Sept. 22, starting at 7 p.m. The Slam will be hosted by Ray Christian, ASU adjunct professor and host of the new podcast “What’s Ray Saying?” Ray Christian is also an award-winning storyteller whose stories have been heard live on stages, podcasts, and radio across the country, including the NPR shows The Moth and Snap Judgment. A Story Slam is an open mic competitive “story telling” event, in which members of the entire ASU community are invited to tell true personal stories without notes. FOR INFORMATION, email weinbergsc@ appstate.edu or call 262-2871.
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SNCURCS The Office of Student Research would like to personally invite you and your students to submit abstracts of research and creative endeavors (performance, plays, readings, exhibits, displays, etc.) for presentation at the 2016 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) to be held at North Carolina Central University on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016. To submit an abstract or for more information please visit www.sncurcs.org.
FREE LEGAL ADVICE The Student Legal Clinic, in suite 324 in Plemmons Student Union, offers confidential advice, information, and referrals provided by a licensed attorney. The attorney can meet with any currently enrolled Appalachian State student and can advise students on any issue that is not directly adverse to the university. Make an appointment by calling 828-2628284. More information at legalclinic.appstate. edu.
Ebony Stewart is spoken word poet from Central Texas slam poetry scene and theater arts community. She is the only adult female threetime Slam Champion in Austin, Texas. Lyric is Appalachian State’s very own spoken word poetry club. This open mic is a one-time free event that welcomes you to share your own poetry work as well as experience the powerful words of Ebony Stewart. It will be held at Legends on Thursday, Sept. 22 from 6-9pm.
The University Writing Center (UWC) offers free services to students, faculty, and staff of Appalachian State University and the Boone community. Anyone who would like to discuss a piece of writing with an informed, sensitive reader is welcome. We are here to work with writers on a wide variety of projects: papers for academic courses; masters and senior thesis chapters; personal essays for job, graduate school, and law school applications; creative writing projects; grant or project proposals; and course syllabi. We work with writers at any stage of the writing process, from inventing topics to editing at the sentence-level. Please note, if you are working on a group assignment, all group members must be present. The UWC is open 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. Visit writingcenter.appstate.edu to schedule an
THURSDAY, SEPT. 15
FRIDAY, SEPT. 16
SATURDAY, SEPT. 17
App State Gaming Weekly Meeting
“A Goofy Movie” screening
“Deadpool” screening
5 p.m. PSU Room 226
7 p.m. Greenbriar Theatre $1 door
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
Calling all artists, writers, desginers, musicians! The Peel Literature and Arts Review is accepting submissions for review and possible publication. Submit before Sept. 30 for feedback on your submission. Final deadline is Nov. 1.Visit thepeelreview.com for info!
EBONY STEWART & LYRIC OPEN MIC
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER Stop by our contact tables for one-on-one time with a Career Counselor from our Career Development Center to have your resume reviewed. The tables will be set up in Plemmons Student Union Sept. 12-23 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The Career Development Center also has drop-ins everyday 2-4 p.m. on the third floor of the JET Building, or make an appointment with
your Career Counselor on Career Gear. CareerFest will be held Tuesday, Sept. 27 1-5 p.m. Over 100 organizations will be recruiting at this event in Holmes Convocation Center. Professional dress and Appcard required. Open to all majors.
HOMECOMING BLOOD DRIVE For the tenth consecutive year, Appalachian State University is joining forces with the American Red Cross to sponsor yet another record-breaking blood drive. Join us on Sept. 21 at Holmes Convocation Center to donate blood or volunteer your time to help us reach our 1250 pint goal. Register at:homecoming.appstate.edu
WEEKLY LYRIC OPEN MICS A free and open event for all, Lyric hosts weekly open mics oriented around poetry and other word based art such as music, story-telling, etc. Join every Wednesday from 8:3010:30pm at 3rd Place.
TAKE A PROMPT, LEAVE A PROMPT Want to further your artistic work but are stuck on ideas? The Peel Literature & Arts Review is sponsoring this event to help boost your creative juice. Choose an art/poetry/prose prompt from our idea bucket and then give back to the juice bowl by leaving a prompt of your own. If the prompt gives you that kick you need, submit the final result to The Peel at thepeelreview.submittable.com. Find us Sept. 20th 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m. outside of Cascades Cafe in PSU.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 18
Aha Thursday! (Open Studio) 7 p.m. TCVA Room 3200 free, students only
“Deadpool” screening 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
“Deadpool” screening 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
Bad Catholics 9 p.m. Legends $4 advance, $6 door & non-students
MONDAY, SEPT. 19
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22
Food Services BTS Tour
Take a Prompt, Leave a Prompt 11:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. PSU, Outside of Cascades Cafe
10th Annual Homecoming Blood Drive
Spoken Word with Ebony Stewart
9 a.m. Roess Dining Hall Aluminum Spoon
App Sits Meditation Club
Tai Chi
5:15 p.m. Linville Falls Room, PSU
5 p.m. TCVA Mayer Gallery free, students only
ASA General Body Meeting 6 p.m. PSU Room 137C
8 a.m. - 7 p.m. Holmes Convocation Center
7 p.m. Legends
Story Slam Art in Meditation 5:30 p.m. TCVA Room 3200 free, students only
“Scooby Doo Meets the Boo Brothers” 7 p.m. Greenbriar Theatre $1 door
Lyric Open Mic 8: 30 p.m. 3rd Place
7 p.m. Crossroads Coffeehouse
“Star Trek Beyond” screening 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
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A board that is on display in the student union.
RESIDENTIAL CURRICULUM ALTERED TO BE MORE STANDARDIZED ANGELA MCLINTON NEWS REPORTER
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the residential curriculum program materials found in dorms will be more curated, meaning that bulletin boards will no longer be open for students to post on. “We decided to implement the residential curriculum because we realized that learning in the halls could be planned more intentionally and sequentially,” Shannon Jordan, senior associate director for Residence Life, said. “There are many great opportunities for learning in the residence halls and the curriculum formalizes this learning.” Last semester, a bulletin board in Lovill Hall addressing privilege was set on fire. “The fire in Lovill didn’t influence our decision, but it did highlight the importance of the curriculum’s implementation,” Jordan said. “In this way, the curriculum is a preventative measure — one that is rooted in the best practices in 4
education.” The decision to implement the RC took three years of consideration and discussion, with one of those years spent planning the curriculum. “For the past two years our Residence Life staff has been attending training to understand a new approach to programming within the halls which focuses on learning outcomes,” Tom Kane, director of University Housing, said. “This is occurring nationally on many campuses. Over the course of the year we can then present topics more orderly in all the residence halls versus each doing their own thing. We still have most of the same bulletin boards in our inventory as past years, but we actually have a plan when each should be ‘rolled’ out to match with actual activities taking place in the halls.” Other schools participating in the RC across the country include the University of Kansas and Miami
University, with the majority of American universities participating in other residential living programs. The basic principles are all the same but it is up to the individual institutions to determine how creatively they deliver the principles. “The whole white privilege thing on bulletin boards is crazy,” freshman Hannah Bean said. “I do think there should be a screening process on what is put out for everyone to see. Everything is checked out and no one is offended by what’s said [or] posted on the boards. [However], no one can truly express how they completely feel.” Under the program RAs are also limited in what they can post. “The RAs do need to use our approved boards,” Jordan said. “RAs have creative liberty in terms of how they would like to display the information. The RAs cannot create their own content because we want RAs to focus on getting to know students, forming relationships, and
creating community on their floor instead of researching educational material for bulletin boards.”
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ASU PROFESSOR JOSEPH BATHANTI RECEIVES NORTH CAROLINA AWARD
English professor Joseph Bathanti. BEN SESSOMS NEWS REPORTER
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Bathanti, like many other college graduates, didn’t have a clue what he wanted to do with his life. Forty years later, he has had an illustrious career as a writer, an Appalachian State creative writing professor, a former North Carolina Poet Laureate and most importantly, as a model citizen. Now Bathanti has been rewarded with the North Carolina Award, the state’s highest civilian honor. After growing up in what he describes as a tough, inner city Pittsburgh neighborhood and graduating from the University of Pittsburgh with a bachelor of arts in English, Bathanti said he wasn’t sure where to take his life next. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted Photo Credit: Ben Sessoms
to do, not unlike a lot of college graduates maybe,” Bathanti said. “Really all I wanted to do was read and write to tell you the truth, but there weren’t any job ads for that.” While he was considering his life’s direction, Bathanti joined the Volunteers in Service to America and was assigned to work in the N.C. prison system. He worked in Huntersville, North Carolina for 14 months. “One minute I was in my mother’s kitchen. The next minute I was in a prison yard,” Bathanti said. During his time in the prison, Bathanti coached team sports and taught inmates to stretch their muscles in reading and writing. “I thought that would be a year of productive pondering and meandering, and it was completely life
changing. Nothing has been the same since,” Bathanti said. Bathanti’s wife was also a VISTA volunteer, and they were married after leaving the program. Bathanti then began his career as a teacher. He has continued to work in the N.C. prison system and with returning veterans throughout his 40 years living in the state. English department chair Carl Eby said it is a great honor for the university to have a North Carolina Award recipient on their staff. “There’s faculty who distinguish themselves as teachers, there’s faculty who distinguish themselves as writers and there’s faculty who distinguish themselves through administrative service or some other kind of service or community
service,” Eby said. “Joseph’s the whole package. The real deal.” Susan Weinberg, professor in the creative writing program, said Bathanti is reliable and wonderful to work next to. “[He is] just a wonderful person who takes a lot on himself, and you can always count on him,” Weinberg said. “If he says he’s going to do something, help with something, or talk with somebody, he does it 1000 percent.” Beginning his 16th year at ASU, Bathanti said that he was thankful for the generosity that the university has shown to him. “Forty years later I can’t imagine living anywhere else,” Bathanti said. “Pittsburgh is my beloved hometown, but North Carolina is my beloved home state.” 5
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GEOLOGY AND ART DEPARTMENTS BUILD STATUE OF EXTINCT REPTILE
An illustration of what Matt Celeskey and Dr. Andrew Heckert think the Gorgetosuchus pekinensis looked like. Celeskey said, “Gorgetosuchus was only described a few years ago, from only 20 pieces of armor, but that’s enough to tell us that this was a very unique animal.” HALIE HAMILTON NEWS REPORTER
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geology and art departments are teaming up to build a life-sized model of Gorgetosuchus pekinensis. The idea was first conceived in early February and started moving forward after they received the University Research Council grant at the end of April. “Gorgetosuchus is an aetosaur, an armored reptile related to but more primitive than crocodiles,” Dr. Andrew B. Heckert, professor in the department of geology, said. “Thus, it is not technically a dinosaur, but instead an extinct fossil reptile that would have lived at the same time as the earliest dinosaurs during the Triassic approximately 230 million years ago.” The model is slated to be finished by the end of the semester. The URC grant covered most of the initial costs, but funds still need to be raised for the bronze casting. Heckert was the leader of the research team that named Gorgetosuchus and said that so far it has only been found in North Carolina. Lauren H. Waterworth, a professor in the geology department, was the 6
mastermind behind the project. Given how close to home Gorgetosuchus was found it was the perfect fit for the project, she said. “On a whim one day, I started looking at videos online of dinosaur reconstructions and how they are built,” Waterworth said. “I thought it would be awesome to have one here in the Rock Garden and, because Dr. Heckert works on Aetosaurs, that made the most sense.” Waterworth contacted Travis Donovan, visiting assistant professor of sculpture in the art department, hoping that he would be able to provide them with some help moving the idea forward. Donovan said he offered to take it on as a class project. “Everything that is involved with this fabrication process already fits nicely into our curriculum in the sculpture classes of the department of art, plus I saw this as a great opportunity for the students to grapple with real-life challenges and problem solving skills that are involved in actual professional design collaborations,” Donovan said. Donovan said the process to build
the Gorgetosuchus began with students creating drawings done proportionally to scale, using them for reference during the modeling process. “As a paleoartist, I’m kind of at the transition point between the science and the art,” Matt Celeskey, exhibition designer at Museum Resources Division in New Mexico, said. “Consulting with Andy, I took the fossils that we know and compared them to similar animals to reconstruct the skeleton and life appearance of Gorgetosuchus.” Celeskey said he has known Heckert for many years, from when they worked at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. In 2010, they collaborated on a reconstruction of Typothorax, a New Mexican relative of Gorgetosuchus, based on a well-preserved skeleton that Heckert excavated with a field crew of App State students. “When he approached me about doing the same with Gorgetosuchus, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to bring another aetosaur back to life,” Celeskey said. The students are also incorporating newer digital technologies to generate 3D rendered and printed models for
reference, Donovan said. “I also love that this project can benefit so many people,” Waterworth said. “We are learning more about Aetosaurs by studying this one so closely, art students are getting the opportunity to hone their technical and professional skills and once we have the final sculpture, it will become part of the geology department’s science and education outreach program.” Heckert said hopefully, when people see the reconstruction it will give them a sense of how different the North Carolina landscape would have looked in the Triassic. “These are collaborations that tickle multiple parts of the brain and allow many of us to excel at what we love and explore other things that have always interested us, but that don’t typically find their way into our normal research,” Donovan said. “This is a great opportunity for the students to recognize all the opportunities for research available to them and connect that research with multiple communities in the professional world.”
Illustration by: Matt Celeskey
Sept. 15, 2016
TRIVIA AROUND TOWN
Chris Deal, Drew McCarty, Mackenzie Reid, Hannah Seipel and Sarah Winter form a group for trivia night at Rivers Street Ale House. CELIA CALHOUN A&E REPORTER
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crowd in local bars and coffee shops with drinks in their hands and food at their tables to test their knowledge in subjects ranging from television shows to song lyrics to sports events. Music pumps from the speakers, creating an exciting atmosphere. Friends chat amongst themselves and animately discuss the answers to the questions being posed to them. Galileo’s, a bar on King Street, has specialty trivia once a month and general trivia weekly that is open to people of all ages. Teams participating in regular trivia at Galileo’s compete weekly over a period of several months to determine a winner. On Aug. 18, about 15 teams of predominantly college students crowded in the two story restaurant and bar to compete in “Friends” and “The Office” trivia. While some people watched the shows regularly and considered themselves fans, there were others who didn’t know anything about either show. “[The atmosphere] was very chill and laid back,” freshman political science major Kristina Torain said. “I just enjoy being around people and watching them have a good time.” Iridian Garcia, a senior international business major, and Shay Kallam, a freshman criminal justice major, were two participants who had little knowledge of both shows. They said they went to watch their friends compete.
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Garcia said that she thinks it is a fun place to go and unwind, particularly if students are really into the trivia theme. Garcia and Kallam agreed that trivia is a good way for college students as well as other members of the community to relax and get away from the daily stresses of life. There were five rounds with about 10 questions. Four of the rounds were general questions about each show, and the fifth round required the participants to identify the character that guest stars played based on a picture of the actor or actress. At the end of a round, a member of each team would take the score sheet to the host so they could tally up the correct responses. After the host scored everyone’s sheets, they would read out the correct answers as well as the number of points each team had. Haley Draughn, a freshman risk management insurance major, was also at Galileo’s trivia night for “Friends” and “The Office” trivia. Unlike Kallam and Garcia, she is a big fan of “Friends” and helped her team answer the questions. “It was fun because it was about TV shows,” Draughn said. “The questions were hard enough that it was challenging, which was part of what made it enjoyable.” On Thursday nights, The Rock, a sports bar located near Walmart, also hosts a trivia night. The host read out 10 questions for each round and the contestants had several minutes to write the answer to the questions on an answer sheet. At the
end of a round, the host would score their cards immediately and then read out the correct answers. Each round had a different theme, such as movie quotes or song lyrics. Sophomore geology major Blake Gill enjoyed the different trivia themes. “I got all of the movie quotes right,” Gill said. “They were pretty easy.” Instead of being dominated by college students, most of the contestants were in their forties and beyond. Emily Peck, a senior accounting major, enjoyed trivia, but thought that if there were more people at The Rock, she would have enjoyed the event more. On Tuesday nights, River’s Street Ale House has a full house of teams of all ages who want to compete general trivia. The restaurant hosts 10 rounds that each consist of 10 questions. Some of the topics include movies, sports, television and random questions. “Everyone was really into it,” Anna McFarland, a waitress at River’s Street Ale House, said. “[The teams] were getting really rowdy when they got the answers right.” Trivia night has been McFarland’s favorite night to work so far. “I thought it was fun,” McFarland said. “I found out I knew more than I did, which is cool.” The Local also has a trivia event during the week that draws locals, college students and faculty at Appalachian State alike. “[The hosts] always have really eclectic rounds,” Ryan Waterman, a manager at The Local, said.
There are five rounds at each event. Some of the topics of the rounds include pop culture, music, events and visual rounds that require you to identify picture. One of the last two rounds can double a team’s score, which allows teams that are losing to catch up with the others. At the end of each trivia, they award prizes to the winners. The number of people who show up determines how much the top teams win. “A lot of teams have been coming out for years,” Waterman said. “It’s a good crowd. They’re very competitive, but they’re friendly with each other.” The Local also holds season long trivia events, which allows teams to compete over the course of each season for some larger prizes. However, they also have smaller prizes they give out weekly to teams who are not competing in the season long trivia competition. Colton Lenz, a manager at The Local, thinks that trivia is a good event to go to because it gives participants a way to show off their knowledge. “We’re not too hard and we’re not too easy,” Lenz said. “We make it fun for everyone.” Other places in Boone that have trivia events are Appalachian Mountain Brewery on Tuesday nights, Lost Province on Wednesday nights and Town Tavern on Thursday nights, which requires competing teams to be 21 years old or over. Crossroads Coffee Shop on campus also hosts trivia on Sunday evenings starting in October, in which prizes are awarded at the end. 7
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rtists of Boone scattered their works across the ASU campus and posted the secret locations of hidden art on the “World Art Drop Day” Facebook page on Sept. 6. Created by illustrator Jake Parker, who has worked on films such as “Rio” and “Epic,” World Art Drop Day takes place annually on the first Tuesday of September. On his website, Parker described the intention behind the day stating, “we need to feel a little more connection to each other and there’s nothing like the bond two random strangers can make through the act of creating and giving.” On this day, artists of all mediums took pieces of artwork, placed them in plastic bags for weatherproofing and hid them around campus. Artists took photographs of where their work was hidden, wrote a brief description of the piece’s location and posted it on Facebook. Afterwards, other community members search for the piece and respond to the artist once the piece has been found. The event is not limited to just art majors and professionally trained artists. The event is open and encourages “everyone who creates,” Parker noted on his personal website. Additionally, any and all mediums of work can be contributed. Shauna notes that poetry, posters, photographs of dogs, mandala doodles and music albums are only a few of the many different types of pieces that have been found. The event was first brought to App’s campus by Katrina Plato, a professor in the art department. She had her class participate in fall 2015 and with the help of senior studio art and art education major Shauna Caldwell, she organized a spring Art Drop Day so more students could get involved. At least 300 students checked in to the spring 2016’s ASU Art Drop Day’s Facebook page. This semester, the fall event’s Facebook page counted 312 attendees that checked-in. Even though both events have been on campus, participation was not limited to students; anyone in the Boone area was encouraged to participate. To the amusement of students, several visual arts professors dropped pieces this year. Katey Cartwright, a senior sociology major, excitedly found a print hidden near the Schaeffer Center by instructor Jessica Owens. Senior psychology major Rosemary Pierce-Messick was thrilled to have found one of professor Joshua White’s prints. Pierce-Messick and Cartwright agreed that finding professors’ works hidden was an exciting experience. “I was wandering around outside of Wey [Hall] looking really creepy, and a few people were like, ‘What are you doing?’” Pierce-Messick said. “I ending up finding the print on a bulletin board in Wey Hall, and a girl looked at me weird because it looked like I just stole something off of a bulletin board.”
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Katelyn Cartwright, Shauna Caldwell’s friend and participant in the art drop is holding a piece of artwork she found under a stairwell on campus. As art was found throughout the day, students, faculty members and Boone-dwellers alike posted on the event page, sharing photos of art and noting where pieces were hidden and when they were found. Caldwell said she remembered how excited the students were when searching, and how they moved together in groups. Caldwell recalled seeing groups of students searching for art together last semester, and described seeing a group find a 6-foot
charcoal piece. “It was so touching to see how they reacted when they found it. It was great to be a part of that and watch people finding art,” Caldwell said. “You can feel yourself finding things, but it is rewarding to watch someone else and their experience.” Caldwell dropped four handmade paper pendants across the campus, along with two original prints. “It’s a way for us all to come together and connect through what
we’re making, and it’s a different experience to make something for a total stranger than to just make something for yourself,” Caldwell said. “I think having that experience gives us a greater connection to each other just because it could be anyone who finds your work.” Caldwell said she plans to hold another campus-wide Art Drop Day in the spring.
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Sept. 15, 2016
FROM SCRIPT TO STAGE IN 24 HOURS MOLLY FLINCHUM A&E REPORTER
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laycrafters hosted their
third annual 24-hour Arts Festival on Sept. 10-11. About 30 students participated in the event as actors, directors, dancers and writers. There were two dances and five plays performed. Momentum choreographed and performed a dance piece at the event. T.J. Lewis, a senior performing arts and theatre major, performed in the previous 24-hour festivals, but this year he said that he decided to produce it. He contacted directors, actors, technicians, choreographers and dancers and promoted the event through social media. The event started at 1 p.m. on Sept. 10 with an interest meeting. After that interest meeting, Playwrights members were given from 2-8 p.m. to write and edit plays to be performed at the festival. “Normally we don’t turn plays away, because we want everyone’s work to be produced,” Lewis said. Auditions for actors and dancers were held from 8:45-10 p.m. Then, an hour was given for casting, followed by rehearsal time from 11 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following day. Participants were then given a break from 5-9 a.m. where they were allowed time to sleep, eat or take a break. Tech rehearsals followed from 9-1:30 a.m., and then the performance took place at 2 p.m. Lewis said that one of the main motivations behind this event is to share the students artistic abilities with the student body. “As an artist, particularly for me, what’s best about being an artist is to not only connect with my work, but have other people connect with my work so that they can feel different things and maybe be inspired to do things that they might have never thought to do before,” Lewis said. Breanne Hollis, a junior theatre major, said the event gave her the opportunity to direct her first production. She directed a play called “Achoo,” about two demons trying to steal the souls of a couple whenever they sneeze, written by Maddy Bergstedt, a junior apparel design and merchandising major. “It’s been a really cool chance to get into that scene and have a lot of creative freedom, and people are so easy to work with because they’re like ‘it’s fine, we only have 24 hours so let’s do the best we can’ so everyone’s really diligent and ready to work,” Hollis said. Morgan White, a junior student majoring in theatre arts, said that she had never been a part of any event like this before. She said that it was a good experience to prepare her for the future if she ever wanted to get involved with touring theater. White was one of the actresses in the skit called “Too Damn Campy” that was written by Krys Paschen, a junior theatre arts major and Amanda Ufer, a senior theatre arts major. White said that as an actress, it all starts with the auditions. She said that you’d be given one line, and based on
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(Top) Freshman theatre arts major Rachel Buksbazen styles her hair backstage in preparation for her performance in the I.G. Greer Studio Theatre as a performer in the 24-hour Arts Festival presented by Playcrafters on Sunday, September 11. Buksbazen performed in the dance number “Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” choreographed by junior dance studies major Phillip McRorie. (Bottom) Six performers portray a group of college students who go camping together in the play, “Too Damn Campy.” The piece was written by Krystopher Paschen adn Amanda Ufer and directed by Melanie Lech. how you say that line in front of the directors, they’d cast you in their show. From there it was a night full of rehearsals and breaks, White said, until the show begins. “In my group, one of the girls isn’t a theatre major, so she’s never done theater before and I think it was a great experience for her,” White said. “There wasn’t a lot of pressure, you can just see if it’s something you would enjoy to do outside of just fun for a career or a major of maybe just a hobby.” Though it was a long night, White said it was a great experience for everyone. 9
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A CAROLINA JUBILEE: THE AVETT BROTHERS SELL OUT HOLMES CENTER AVETT BROTHERS SELL OUT
Banjoist Scott Avett, guitarist Seth Avett and cellist Joe Kwon. The show was delayed by a few minutes as the Convocation Center was still filling up by show time. ADRIENNE FOUTS SENIOR A&E REPORTER
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Holmes Drive and the parking area behind Holmes Convocation Center were closed to traffic all day. Semi-trucks were parked there instead, with people unloading equipment from the trailers in the morning. If you were to walk around behind the convocation center, you would see two black tour buses gleaming in the sun. Around 6 p.m., fans started to line up outside the northeast and southeast entrances to the arena, holding tickets and talking excitedly. “An Evening with the Avett Brothers” scrolled across the marquee. One of the most popular bands to come out of North Carolina was about to play a sold-out show at Appalachian State University. The Avett Brothers concert was first announced in an e-mail sent to all students back in April, notifying them of the concert as a special back-to-school celebration. Four offices and organizations collaborated in order to make the show a reality: the Office of Arts & Cultural Programs, University Athletics, the Office of the Chancellor and the Appalachian Popular Programming Society. “University Athletics wanted to do a big back-to-school fest, and they wanted to bring the Avett Brothers, but the cost was high,” Randy Kelly, APPS advisor and program director at Plemmons Student Union, said. “They 10
reached out to the rest of us and asked if this was something of interest that we could all come together on; if we all pooled our resources, maybe we could make it happen.” The concert was also added to the end of the Appalachian Summer Festival, an annual festival series which brings a wide range of performances to Boone over the summer and has an average audience of 27,000. As the festival has greatly increased in popularity since its beginnings in 1984, as well as the expansion of the university, bigger acts and artists are able to be booked to play in Boone. “The process can become challenging, trying to coordinate with artists to route us in their tour,” Anna Gaugert, director of marketing and public relations at the Office of Arts & Cultural Programs, wrote in an email. “With Boone being somewhat remote, we try to look for artists on our ‘wish list’ that are touring on the east coast during the festival.” “Because the Avett Brothers have often been mentioned as an ideal choice for a large-scale concert, we explored the idea, and discovered that the band’s touring schedule allowed for a concert date in early September,” Denise Ringler, director of the Office of Arts & Cultural Programs, wrote in an e-mail. “The festival saw this as an opportunity to support a cultural event targeted to students.” Because of this collaboration be-
tween the three offices and APPS and the desire to offer students a special “welcome back” event targeted to them, reserved-seating student tickets were able to be sold early for only $20, much lower than normal ticket prices for the Avett Brothers. Early in the morning of April 20, a line of students began to form outside the ticket desk in the student union, eagerly waiting for the office to open so they could claim their tickets. Throughout the day, the line grew longer, extending far down the hallway. Tickets for the public went on sale May 2, and by mid-August, the show for the North Carolina favorites had officially sold out. Scott and Seth Avett grew up playing music together and with their family on their Concord, North Carolina farm, but their official music partnership didn’t begin until the late 1990s when they started a rock band called Nemo. Eventually, they switched to playing music more based in folk and old-time traditions, with Scott on the banjo and Seth on the acoustic guitar. After recruiting Bob Crawford on the stand-up bass, the Avett Brothers recorded their first fulllength album “Country Was” in 2001. The next 15 years for the band was a frenzy of touring and recording. Eight full-length albums, two EPs and three live albums followed “Country Was,” with the band growing in popularity with each new release. The band grew in size as well: cellist Joe Kwon joined
the Avett Brothers as a permanent member in 2007 with the release of “Emotionalism.” In 2008, the Avett Brothers signed with producer Rick Rubin at American Recordings. A year later, “I and Love and You” was released, and the band has since produced three more albums with Rubin. Three touring members also joined the Avett Brothers: Paul Defiglia on keyboards and bass, Mike Marsh on drums and Tania Elizabeth on fiddle. The Avett Brothers’ newest album, “True Sadness,” was released in June, and with it the band earned their first Billboard No. 1 hit with “Ain’t No Man.” As North Carolina natives, the Avett Brothers are no stranger to most venues throughout the state; in fact, they’ve even played at Legends before, in 2006. At the time, tickets were only $8 for students and $12 for the public. The Avett Brothers had performed at Bonnaroo the summer before coming to Legends, and at the Manchester, Tennessee music festival, their tent was packed to full capacity with listeners. Their manager realized that the band was worth more than he’d been charging, and raised the price, Kelly said, but they still sold out Legends. Legends, the only club of its kind on a college campus in the U.S., has had a history of bringing bands on the verge of making it big. Up-and-coming artists will play premium clubs as they work Photo Credit: Dallas Linger
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(Left) Guitarist Seth Avett and cellist Joe Kwon. (Right) Banjoist Scott Avett singing. He put on a passionate performance as fans held up their hands throughout the show. their way up, Kelly said, and Legends is known as one of the premium clubs to play in the southeast. At one point, the Legends lineup included Dave Matthews, Hootie and the Blowfish and Widespread Panic in the same year. “They were national acts, but they weren’t at the coliseum level yet,” Kelly said. “Legends wasn’t getting unknowns. Legends was getting certain people who had buzz all around the country and they were going to make it big.” “The Avett Brothers were pretty popular at the time, at the Legends level,” Kelly continued. “Now they’re coming back to Appalachian and they’re a surefire coliseum sell-out everywhere they go.” Sure enough, ten years after their show in Legends, the Avett Brothers proved their current stardom by packing Holmes Convocation Center with both local and out-of-town fans, Appalachian students and Boone community members, those who have never seen them in concert and those who have seen them multiple times. Doors opened at 7 p.m. and people began streaming Photo Credit: Dallas Linger
in, finding their seats, making their way across the general admission floor to stand in the front row, and checking out the merchandise table, where concert posters depicting Yosef holding a banjo were being sold. A huge backdrop of the cover of the Avett Brothers’ new album, “True Sadness,” hung down behind the stage. Around 8 p.m., as the show was scheduled to begin, John Carter, co-anchor of WBTV Charlotte, appeared onstage to make announcements, acknowledge the university departments that coordinated the event and urged the crowd to give the Avett Brothers a warm welcome, saying, “We’re supporting the home team tonight!” Soon after this, the lights cut off and the band made their way onstage to overpowering cheers from the crowd. Without any hesitation, the Avett Brothers started the show with the instrumental “D Bag Rag” from their second album, complete with kazoos. From there, the concert was a whirlwind of both old and new Avett Brothers songs, as well as covers such as an intense rendition of Doc Watson’s
“Country Blues.” From classics such as “Talk on Indolence” and “Murder in the City,” to their new No. 1 hit “Ain’t No Man,” to fan favorites such as “I and Love and You,” the band never lost their characteristic energy. That spirit was infectious, and the crowd sang and screamed and danced with them every step of the way. “The energy in the crowd was really strong because most people knew all the words, even from some of their earliest songs,” junior exercise science major Rachel Cates said. At one point, Scott Avett threw his guitar high up in the air with the intent of catching it, but it landed in the crowd, who then pushed it back to him. After 28 songs, including a threesong encore, over nearly two and a half hours, the Avett Brothers said goodnight with the ending of “No Hard Feelings.” “It was beyond expectations,” Caroline Chambers, a freshman biology major, said after the show. “I’ve been to one of their concerts before, and they never fail to throw an energetic show.” The band threw out their picks and drumsticks to the crowd, waved good-
bye one last time and left the stage. As fans began to file out of the convocation center, excited conversations raving about the show could be heard. One girl held the remains of Joe Kwon’s cello bow. The nicest thing about the band coming to Appalachian, Cates said, is that it may open the doors to potentially bring in other big-name artists, such as The 1975, who will be playing at Holmes in November. “Larger concerts around here are hard to come by,” Cates said. “So this is a great opportunity to feed into the demands of college students who may not get to see these performers otherwise.” Whatever the future for the Avett Brothers or for Appalachian State, those who went to the concert aren’t likely to forget it anytime soon. The performance felt very personal, Cates said, probably heightened by the fact that the band was playing in their home state. “I had the time of my life,” senior sociology major Lakenn Reynolds said. “That was my tenth Avett show, and I couldn’t be any happier to have seen them as a student here.” 11
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ADTR Records.
REVIEW: BAD VIBRATIONS BRAXTON COATS WEB MANAGER
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rom heavy riffs on
“For Those Who Have Heart” to the soft, melodic, pop punk sound on “Common Courtesy,” A Day To Remember released their sixth album titled “Bad Vibrations,” and you might want to fasten your seatbelts for this one. A Day To Remember is back and the weight of their new album could crush a small child. The band prepared for their newest album by renting a cabin in the Colorado mountains and secluding themselves from their surroundings to focus on their writing. In a recent review with Kerrang.com, vocalist Jeremy McKinnon said the band wanted to get into a room together to feel attached to the music and the band again. Fans could instantly tell that ADTR was coming back after the group dropped their first single, “Paranoia,” on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show hosted on Apple music. A heavy riff coupled with intense breakdowns, “Paranoia” was a success right out of the gate. But it wasn’t until the album reveal on June 2 when the hype train pulled out of the station. The reveal came with the title track. 12
Showing a stance on mental health and self-worth, the lead track, “Bad Vibrations,” brings back the band’s heavy style while conveying a feeling of emotion and self worth that few other ADTR songs have done before. Opening the album with a heavy hitter like “Bad Vibrations” shows the new direction that the band is moving in, giving a nice standard to base the rest of the album on. The band released their third track on July 25, titled “Bullfight.” While being less aggressive than “Bad Vibrations,” the punk sound and heavy riffs give “Bullfight” a unique sound when compared to the other tracks. On Aug. 19, Annie Mac at BBC Radio 1 revealed another new track titled “Naivety,” a far cry from the other tracks that had been revealed. A crushing pop-punk sound to accompany self-critical lyrics, “Naivety” is the first track on “Bad Vibrations” to show how dynamic the band can be. With just two days before the album release on Sept. 2, ADTR released one more track titled “We Got This.” Another pop-punk track that really pulls at the heart strings, “We Got This” is a prime example of what ADTR is best at and why they have accumulated such a loyal fan base.
As anticipated, “Bad Vibrations” was released to the public on midnight, Sept. 2 and nobody could have anticipated the guitar thrashing that would be taking place. “Bad Vibrations” opens with three singles that were previously released, “Bad Vibrations,” “Paranoia” and “Naivety,” then pulls out the big guns with “Exposed.” Coming out of the gate with a heavy guitar riff and a distinct snare drum sound, “Exposed” is not for the faint of heart. After a soul-destroying verse the song slows to a halt and makes you believe the track is over, but you’d be mistaken. “Like a shark that’s come to the surface, we’ve got a taste for blood” emerges from quiet guitar in the background and quickly slaps you with the heaviest breakdown ADTR has ever recorded. “Bad Vibrations” is exactly what hardcore ADTR fans have been waiting for. With a clear emphasis on the heavier tracks that hit home like the title track, “Exposed,” “Justified,” “Paranoia” and “Reassemble,” this is ADTR’s heaviest album since “For Those Who Have Heart.” With the past two albums being more focused on a rock sound while still having some heavier tracks sprinkled throughout, having an album that gets
down and dirty with real, personal issues and that uses heavy riffs to bang your head along to is a welcome homecoming for longtime fans. But there’s no disappointment for those who prefer the band for their take on pop punk. Tracks such as “Naivety,” “We Got This,” “Bullfight,” “Same About You” and “Forgive and Forget” showcase ADTR’s ability to write a catchy punk pop song as well as a heavy song that will make you crave a moshpit. A major problem with “Bad Vibrations” is the way it ends. The last two tracks on the deluxe edition are without a doubt the weakest on the album, finishing such a strong record with two comparatively “boring” songs that don’t leave a lasting impression that the other tracks on the record do. This is a major misstep for the album and is disappointing that they are the last two tracks of the album and only on the deluxe edition. ADTR’s “Bad Vibrations” is a testament to their commitment to their style and a dedication to their fans. While I wouldn’t call this album “fan service,” I would call it “fan pleasing.” If you like A Day To Remember or if you like heavy pop punk, you should give “Bad Vibrations” a listen.
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THE ART UNDERGROUND L CELIA CALHOUN A&E REPORTER
ayers of colorful
paint cover the walls of the expression tunnels, advertising people’s beliefs, different events around campus and cool pictures and designs. Every section of the tunnel has something for the daily passerby to view and appreciate, or even add to. Some parts of the tunnel are worn out from too many layers of paint and crumble. There are things in the tunnel that stay for months at a time, while other things remain for a few days or a week. The expression tunnels under Rivers Street are the only place at Appalachian State where graffiti and other forms of art and vandalism are not only allowed, but encouraged. The main medium used to decorate the tunnels is spray paint, but there are some artists that use acrylic paints and paper mache to create their pieces. Sophomore art education major Corryn Thompson and sophomore biology major Rebecca Fuller used acrylics to paint anything from album covers to replicas of famous classical paintings. Their friend, sophomore psychology major Lauren O’Fallon, joined them for
their expression tunnel sessions to help hold their paint and converse about their days. “We have a huge wall,” Thompson said. “We can make stuff as huge as we want and it’s not going to be there forever.” When Thompson, Fuller and O’Fallon go to the tunnels, they said they spend about two or three hours working on a project. Sometimes they will collaborate, other times they will separately paint something they saw on the internet, laughing and complaining about how it looks the entire time. “It’s cool that people are forced to see it,” Fuller said. “Most of the time I’m not happy with the stuff I make, but knowing that it’s going to be gone and that I won’t have to see it again in real life is cool.” Thompson said she thinks that the expression tunnels are a good resource for people on campus because they serve as a place for people to advertise about clubs or events that are happening. It also provides artists with a way to showcase their work and get their name out to the student population and larger audience.
One of the two expression tunnels on campus.
An octopus found in one of the expression tunnels with the phrase, “see the sea” painted over it. Artist unknown. Photo Credit: Dallas Linger
“Kids have to walk through it to class, so it’s like they have a hallway of art outside,” O’Fallon said. Thompson and Fuller said that people passing through are generally excited and curious when they see them painting in the tunnels. In the past, they said they have had people try to get a look at what they are putting on the walls. “People come in between us and go, ‘Oh my gosh! That’s so cool!’” Thompson said. One of Thompson’s favorite pieces of art that she has painted in the expression tunnels was a replica of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night.” “I try to put some of the kind of classic, well known art in there,” Thompson said. Some of the trio’s favorite things that they have seen in the tunnels include a paper mache spiral of Michael Cera’s head, a giant paper mache astronaut, the black, handsome Squidward and black and white spray-painted people in bottles. “One of the great things about the tunnel is the impermanence of the art,” Fuller said. “So if you don’t like it,
someone will paint over it.” A lot of people have been using the expression tunnels recently to express their support for Harambe by writing “Dicks out for Harambe.” Fuller and O’Fallon’s favorite Harambe piece in the tunnel was Thompson’s realistic acrylic painting of the gorilla. They agreed that part of the appeal behind displaying their art in the expression tunnels are the environmental and social aspects. They go to the tunnels because it is something exciting and different from what they do most nights. “Everyone’s friendly in the tunnel,” O’Fallon said. “It’s a nice social environment.” Thompson and Fuller like to paint in the expression tunnels because of the impermanence. Since they are both critical of their work, they like that they won’t have to see the end result for a very long time like they would on a canvas or in a sketchbook. “It’s kind of cool to go there, create something and take a picture,” Thompson said. “You’ll see it for maybe a week and then someone else might do the same thing.”
Nicki Minaj in the style of Sandro Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” by Corryn Thompson in one of the expression tunnels on campus. Sunprinted is Thompson’s pen name.
A sign posted outside of one of the expression tunnels stating the rules of the space. 13
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THE LOCAL FARE CLAIRE BROWN A&E REPORTER
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t 8 a.m. every
Saturday, Boone locals and farmers alike gather at Horn in the West for the Watauga County Farmer’s Market. Vendors sell the freshest vegetables, flowers, handmade jewelry and artwork. “It’s a great way to start your Saturday, with the great atmosphere, the flowers, food and everyone with their art,” Ashley Perry, a junior English major, said. “It’s just a great way to wake up and start your day.” The market usually begins to see a
little more traffic around 9 a.m., and after that, there is a steady crowd of people looking for fresh organic produce and handmade arts and crafts. Many bring their families. Children run and play while their parents or grandparents browse the rows of vendors, stand in line at booths like Hatchet Coffee or grab a snack from the food carts and fresh bread vendors. Kerstin Groover, a sophomore child life major at Caldwell Community College, said that one of her favorite part of the market was “the bread guy.”
The “bread guy” she referred to is Bruce Ezzell of Owl Creek Breadworks, who runs his business alongside his daughter Madison, son Jacob and wife Brandy. Ezzell said that the sevenyear-old family owned micro bakery provides freshly baked goods to not only the Farmer’s Market, but also to local restaurants and food stores such as Be Natural. In addition, he said that they process direct orders on a weekly basis. “Probably our best sellers would be the variety of croissants which we
have,” Ezzell said. People stop by Owl Creek’s kiosk before beginning their hunt for produce so that they can enjoy their breakfast in the meantime. A good portion of the venders who sell baked goods also provide gluten-free options, granola and whole loaves of bread for people to take home with them. “[The Watauga County Farmer’s Market] connects you with the community,” Ezzell said. “You get to know people who are outside your normal sphere of work and friendship.”.
(Left) The Hatchet Coffee trailer. Hatchet Coffee is a company owned by Jeremy Parnell and Jeremy Bollman who used to be bakers at Stick Boy Bread Company together. (Right) At the market you can buy hot or cold drip coffee and coffee beans.
Lori Bryk, mother of Cory Bryk who started New Life Farm in Lenoir, NC helps her son and his family during the Farmers’ Market. Bryk passes out a bouquet of flowers to a random person each Saturday. 14
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Farmers like Kathleen Petermann of Waxwing Farm receive a lot of interest in the summer, namely July and August, regarding crops like melons and basil. “People are looking for staples, and then they also enjoy the specialty stuff like heirloom tomatoes,” Petermann said. Jason Roehrig and Trey Heath of Tumbling Shoals Farm have been selling their wide selection of produce, including ginger, butternut winter squash, hot peppers and tomatoes, since 2007. Roehrig said his favorite thing about being a part of the farmer’s market was interacting with people who come. “I get to see people because I’m on a farm all the time, so it’s kind of my social time of the week,” Lee Carlton, another vender at the market who sells cut flowers and other herbs and vegetables, said.
Nia Dickens sells herbal concoctions that promise to be natural and therapeutic at her stand, Vital Being Alchemy. “I have been studying herbal alchemy for 22 years, so it’s a path and a passion,” Dickens said. “That’s something I wanted to bring to the market.” Dickens has been selling at the market for three years now. “I would have to say the pain relief formulas and the spiritual formulas, like the chakras and the planetary forces, are really big sellers,” Dickens said. The market has even created a system to allow customers to use their credit and debit cards to make purchases. “At the farmer’s market you can’t get cash out, but you can swipe your card and get these little wooden tokens. They’re a dollar to five dollars,” Katelyn Shumate, a sophomore fashion
design and merchandising major, said. These tokens, better known as Carrot Credit, allow those who don’t have cash on them to participate in the market. These tokens can be redeemed with credit or debit cards, and they even take food stamps. Vendors and attendees alike said that the market is an incredible way to begin the weekend. “I think, as students, we get wrapped up in our little campus bubble, so it’s nice to see people outside of campus,” Hendry said, adding that she also enjoys the reasonably priced produce. Kinney agreed with Hendry. “It’s really fun. It helps you get to know our town better,” she said. “You’re not a student living here for a minute, you’re a permanent resident.” Alistair Burke runs the kiosk King Fisher Crafts alongside his wife, which
features jewelry and farm-focused photographs that come in frames made of old barn panels. He said that he believes the market to be a great resource for locals and an incredible place of rejuvenation for anyone who comes. “The atmosphere and the beauty of both the produce and the crafts, the whole experience of coming here—Saturday mornings, you get a nice cup of coffee in your hands, a little pastry— there’s something really healing and restorative and just great in connecting with all the local farmers, knowing where your food comes from,” Burke said. “There is something about that connection that is lost in our hyper-digital world.” The Watauga County Farmer’s Market is held at Horn in the West on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon.
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4V4 SOCCER FESTIVAL
Sarah and Kelsey Strickland raised $800 on the day and continued to accept donations until Sept. 12. Kelsey’s goal was to raise $200 for Autism Speaks. Kelsey had a schedule made for every division the night before and then more teams started registering up to the morning of the festival. When Kelsey asked Sarah what to do, the coach responded, “You scrap the schedule and you just let people play.”
Men’s soccer player junior forward Rian Phillips cheers his teammates on from the sidelines.
Festival coordinator Kelsey Strickland, the daughter of head women’s soccer coach Sarah Strickland with Riley Allison, the son of assistant men’s basket ball coach Jason Allison.
The men’s basketball team came for support of the fetsival. Sophomore guard Ronshad Shabazz brought his dog Scooby to the festival.
The groups were divided by age and each game lasted 10 minutes.
Blowing Rock News Editor David Rogers played in the festival and exchanged a double high five with Yosef, who came for support and even played in Rogers’ group for a few minutes.
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DUCK AND COVER
Freshman defensive back Clifton Duck broke up two passes and had four solo tackles against the Vols at Tennessee on Sept. 1. JASON HUBER SPORTS EDITOR
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eing a true freshman on a winning team is never easy. Many freshmen have the luxury of using their newcomer title as an excuse when they mess up. Graduating high school early in December and arriving to App State, a team that had been coming off of a Camellia Bowl win not even a month earlier, true freshman cornerback Clifton Duck took notice very early that being a freshman will not give him any excuses. Making his first start as a freshman on a veteran defense against Tennessee in week one and hauling in his first career interception against Old Dominion last week, Duck has wasted little time making his presence known to fans and the team. “It wasn’t difficult coming to a winning team, but it lets you know from the jump that they are coming to work,” Duck said. “I was a freshman but you don’t get that excuse and everything you do has to be to their expectations. They call it the gold standard and if not they will let you know.” Duck is no stranger to playing for winning teams. As a four year starter at North Carolina 4-AA powerhouse Butler High School in Charlotte, Duck helped lead the Bull Dogs to double-digit wins all four years, including a perfect season and a state championship win his freshman year. Photo Credit: Dallas Linger
When it came time for Duck to decide where he would play in college, winning wasn’t on his mind, but knowing App State’s very strong tradition led him to choosing the Mountaineers over Toledo after a satellite camp in Charlotte. “I didn’t want to leave too far from home, but we talked and I performed well and when they offered me my mind was already made,” Duck said. “The tradition is amazing and there are high expectations on the field and off the field.” Earning a scholarship at camp in the winter, Duck had the opportunity to learn early and polish up his game quicker then a normal freshman would arriving in the summer. “He came here in January and is a little bit ahead then a normal freshman because he did all winter and spring workouts and did all OTA’s,” secondary coach Scot Sloan said. “He is almost like a second year player but he is just that ahead of the game.” Being on such a veteran team, App State players never make it complicated for a new guy to fit in because they know that being at App in the first place just means they wanted to be there. “The thing with all our guys is the chemistry and the way the guys welcome each other in,” Sloan said. “It is a close knit group and when they show up its not like they need to earn there way in because they chose us
over how many else schools offered them scholarships and our older guys acknowledge that and know they want to be here because they chose us.” Duck is not the first to join the team early with key defensive players such as senior cornerback A.J Howard and senior linebacker Devan Stringer also having the experience of graduating and coming to Boone early. “My message to Duck was that I came in early and that it helps you get physically strong in ways we run the playbook and we will help you all the way through,” Howard said. Having the extra time to practice and get to know his teammates, Duck soon become just one of the guys whether it were on the field or playing an intense game of “Madden.” “I’m a really great gamer. Any video game you put in, I can beat you,” Duck said as he jokingly stared down senior linebacker John Law. “We have a group of us that have a ‘Madden’ league and we have a lot of fun.” With the academic ineligibility loss of last seasons starting cornerback Latrell Gibbs, a starting defensive back spot opened up and Duck saw the opportunity to earn the starting spot after just wanting to make the rotation as a freshman. Duck was named a starting cornerback a week before App traveled to Tennessee for their first game. “To me it was huge because my
coaches trusted me to be out there in a big game like that on a national level,” Duck said. “All our captains were telling me that they trust what I can do and to do what I do in practice and I’ll be fine.” Despite allowing a long touchdown pass in the game against the Vols, Duck broke up two passes at Tennessee with four solo tackles in just his first game. “It was huge to have a freshman come in and help right away and learn all the plays,” Howard said. “He went out there and did pretty well.” Playing on such a veteran defense, Duck has the opportunity to learn from decorated players and continue building up his own name. “The way he just shows up to work every day proves he has a blue-collar mentality,” Sloan said. “When you get that mentality and all those check boxes, you got a guy who can be a special player.” Even though he said he is still adjusting to college life and attending all his tutoring sessions and classes off the field, he has already begun to solidify his name in the locker room. “They always tell me to keep my head up and just make plays. You are not too young to make plays,” Duck said. “The guys tell me that it is not ‘true freshman’ Clifton Duck, but it is ‘defensive back player’ Clifton Duck.”
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THE HURRICANE HAS ARRIVED The most highly anticipated game in App State history will finally take place on Saturday in front of the largest crowd in Kidd Brewer Stadium. The game will also be aired on ESPN for the first time since 1979 for any Mountaineer sporting event. No. 25 Miami Hurricanes travel to Boone to take on App State, making them the first “Power Five” team and first ranked team to ever play in Boone. They will also be the second ranked team App has played this season. Miami enters the game as a 3.5-point favorite.
PRESSURE BRAD KAAYA:
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF DEFENSIVE YOUTH:
The Mountaineers did pretty good work in defending Tennessee quarterback Joshua Dobbs two weeks ago, but Brad Kaaya is a projected top 10 pick in next years NFL draft and is arguably the best quarterback they will face since Clemson’s Deshaun Watson last season. Despite Miami outscoring their opponents 108-13 their first two games, Kaaya has struggled only throwing for 326 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions. But he has still led the Hurricanes to a 2-0 record and is poised for a breakout game any week now. For the Mountaineers to win, they have to pressure Kaaya early and make sure he does not make any big plays. Pressuring Dobbs week one is what kept App in the game, but one long touchdown pass allowed lost them the game. Linebacker Kennan Gilchrist has been the Mountaineers best defensive lineman the first two weeks and will have to continue his play to keep App in the game, but preseason Sun Belt defensive player of the year linebacker John Law will be key and must have a breakout game.
Only allowing 13 points the first two weeks, Miami currently has one of the best defenses in the country, but they are still young. With losses to key linebackers, the Hurricanes have been starting three freshman linebackers on their defensive line and rotated a sophomore defensive back in last week. Freshman linebacker Michael Pinckney is leading the Hurricanes in tackles. Miami has had the advantage of playing at home the first two weeks, which may have given the starting freshman some comfort, but being on the road is a completely different ball game. With the largest crowd in Boone history, the anticipation will be different to the underclassmen and the Mountaineers offense must take advantage passing and running the ball. They must use their strong offensive line to protect Lamb and allow running back Marcus Cox to expose the younger Miami defense. Lamb has had solid games through the first two weeks but must have a breakout game for App to win.
STAY FOCUSED: There will be a huge amount of pressure Saturday after months of anticipation. The Mountaineers will have to use the fans for their advantage, but stay poised and ignore the pressure to win the ball game. Miami can attack offensively from any angle, having Kaaya at quarterback and a two-headed running back monster in Mark Walton and Joseph Yearby that they can breakout at any moment. Head coach Scott Satterfield will have to keep the team calm and not caught up in all of the hype. Starting off hot last week against Old Dominion, the Mountaineers offense completely vanished in the second half and that cannot be the case this week. In week one at Tennessee, the Mountaineers dominated the first half before being unable to score a point in the second half. App has to play strong for four full quarters to beat Miami.
BY JASON HUBER SPORTS EDITOR
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