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Men's club soccer returns to App State

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by Chris Warner Sports Editor

s each member of the men’s club soccer team arrives to the Ted Mackorell Soccer Complex for practice, senior Ryan Bateman, the team’s president, stares at the brightly lit field where they’ll practice, and reflects on the journey it took to field a team. “I’m so jealous of the freshman that are coming out for these teams that got to just go to a tryout, be placed on a team, and get to compete and play,” Bateman said. Because Bateman knows all too well what an uphill battle it’s been just to afford them this opportunity. When he transferred from the Uni-

versity of South Carolina to Appalachian State in 2013, he went looking for a club soccer team to join, only to find disappointment. What he discovered was an old, outdated team website. Upon further investigation, he learned that no such team actively existed as part of the university’s club sports program. He was floored to see that a university with such a significant student population didn’t have an active team, and reached out to contacts listed on the outdated website. One of those contacts was, and still is, the team’s faculty adviser Shea Tuberty, an associate professor in the biology department at the university. Bateman approached Tuberty to learn about the team’s history and

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what led to its demise. Tuberty said that the team’s previous officers, of whom he’d only met the president at the time, weren’t attending the mandatory twice-amonth meetings with the club council, a requirement laid out in the university’s club sports manual. To make matters worse, during one of their final road trips before being shut down, Tuberty said the team returned a first-aid kit they rented from the university filled with tequila bottle caps. “That was like putting the last nail in the coffin,” Tuberty said. “The program director for club programs called me up and said ‘we’re pulling the plug on you guys. There’s nothing you can do to prevent it. It’s happen-

ing.’” The team was suspended, meaning they no longer had the right to affiliate as an Appalachian State club sports team, and no longer had access to facility privileges or funding granted to club sports teams. In learning about the team’s fallout, Bateman also found that a former team member who graduated, Bradley Harrington, had begun the process to re-affiliate the team with the help of Tuberty. Harrington graduated the semester before Bateman arrived, leaving the process unsettled. But for Bateman, this was a starting point. The list of procedures to affiliate

Duke professor shares border research stories by Sarah Cho Intern News Reporter

Justin Perry

The Belk Library Department of Technology Services held a technology showcase Wednesday to show off the various technologies available for student and faculty use. Students were able to get hands on experience with the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, 3D printing, and audio recording among other devices. Equipment can be checked out from the Belk Library Tech Desk located on the lower level.

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Charlie Thompson, Duke University professor, author and documentarian, spoke to ASU anthropology students on his recent research and accompanying book “Border Odyssey” on Tuesday evening in Belk Library. Thompson, a former farmer, is an expert on farmworkers, immigration, and agriculture. Recently, he has concerned himself with the complexities and implications of the U.S.Mexico border. “'Border Odyssey' is a con-

tinuation of a number of projects,” Thompson said. The book is written as a series of vignettes, and the online guide to the project includes short films and outside resources on groups of people he has met while conducting research like “Faces of Time,” a bilingual profile on the braceros. According to Thompson, he has traveled the entire 1,969-mile expanse of the divide and directed several documentaries on his findings after years of field work. Despite the extent of his

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Gene Nichol highlights challenges of poverty

by Kevin Griffin Staff Reporter

sing statistics and stories, Gene Nichol spoke about the reality of poverty in North Carolina and the failure of political leadership Thursday in the Schaefer Center. Nichol’s decades-long career has included time as a law professor at universities across the country as well as a stint as president of the College of William and Mary from 2005 to 2008. Currently a law professor at UNC Chapel Hill, Nichol headed that university’s poverty center until it was closed in February by the UNC Board of Governors. The closing of the poverty center was widely criticized as a politically-motivated action against Nichol, who has been an outspoken critic of state policy, particularly in the area of poverty. “Who would have guessed that an academic center would be eliminated because a board of governors and their political benefactors in the general assembly disapproved of the writings of a faculty member?” Nichol said. “But in truth, if you are willing to wage a war on poor people, and a war on people of color, matters like academic freedom are small

potatoes." Nichol went on to address the issue of poverty of North Carolina. He started by listing numbers: 18 percent of North Carolinians living in poverty, and more than 25 percent of children living in poverty, with 41 percent of minority children living in poverty. Looking to specific cities, Nichol cited Charlotte as having the worst social mobility of any city in the nation, while Greensboro is ranked as the nation’s hungriest city. In addition, he said that North Carolina has some of the highest rates of concentrated poverty in the United States, with a Business Insider list putting four North Carolina cities in its top 10. Moving beyond the numbers, Nichol related the stories of poverty in North Carolina that he had seen or heard about. Nichol referred to conversations he had with Clyde Fitzgerald, the executive director of the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina, about the children that Fitzgerald encountered in his work. “The most depressing thing I deal with, Fitzgerald says, was talking with a parent who describes the decision he had to make that day

about which one of his kids could eat and which one would not,” Nichol said. Nichol also said Fitzgerald told him about the way some children would react when they it was supposed to snow. “Then I started seeing, Clyde said, all these children I deal with now who get anxious and scared and would start to cry a little bit, when people talked about it snowing, because it meant for them days they would not get anything to eat, and they didn’t know how long the condition would persist,” Nichol said. Nichol brought the talk around to the role of policymakers. “In the last three years, our governor and our legislature have looked at these stark deprivations, these massive inequalities, these sins against dignity and have moved decidedly to make them worse,” Nichol said. Nichol criticized state lawmakers for, among other things, refusing to expand Medicaid, a move he said that studies show would result in the death of more than 1,000 North Carolinians. “We have, in the state of North Carolina an immense battle going on, and it is a

battle for our very decency as a people,” Nichol said. “It is quite terrifying.” Senior social work major Emily Hincher, who said that she attended the event for a social work class, was moved by the speech. “I cried, actually," Hincher said. "These are statistics I have heard before, and they are impactful, but it is hard to realize it when you’re in a classroom." Senior history major Hannah Malcolm said she came to the event because of her interest in academic freedom issues, but found a personal connection to the issue. “In the event he talked about how Winston-Salem, Greensboro and then Robeson County were some of the poorest places in the nation and one side of my family comes from Forsyth and the other side comes from Robeson, so this is my family that he is talking about in a sense, my kind of people, so I wanted to come and hear it from a different perspective,” Malcolm said. “It hit a little too close to home. I know poverty exists and I knew poverty existed where I lived, but I did not realize it was that bad, that deep, that entrenched..,” Malcolm said. “It is quite terrifying.”

Craft Enrichment adds Arduino by Sammy Hanf Intern News Reporter

Appalachian State University is adding a four-week class on Arduino programming to its Craft Enrichment Program with future plans to establish a MakerSpace for students in the Belk Library. Arduino is an microcontroller that has become popular with DIY communities due to its low cost and the open source software it uses. With the free software, the unit can be programmed to operate machinery through user-defined inputs. Jeff Church, the instructor for the course, finds the technology exciting because it lowers the barrier of entry for people who are interested in electronic projects but don't have

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 research on the topic, Thompson said he continues to find himself focusing on the individual and looking for the singular compelling stories that allow his audience to connect to his data. “People usually set [conversations about] the [U.S.Mexico] border around strokes of fear, hate, drugs and war,” Thompson said. “Instead, I found individual stories.”

much experience. “You don't need a doctorate degree in electronics to use it,” Church said. Attendees of the session held Monday all had different ideas on what to use the technology for, from using it in the lab to creating an interactive installation art piece. “I just love seeing what students make,” said Scott Rice, coordinator of technology services at Appalachian State. Rice said he is passionate about his position because he enjoys seeing what students come up with. A student member of the Technology Services Desk, Hunter Irving, used Arduino to coax music out of old floppy drives–an idea he got online from the large community of Arduino users.

Individual stories such as the legacy of Mexican braceros laborers and several parents of the 43 abducted Mexican students. Thompson called them his heroes. Thompson said that humans best understand conflict through narrative and face-to-face interactions, saying that humans are all basically the same. Early in his presentation, he drew parallels between a friend of his and scores of Mexican workers, all of whom lost jobs to outsourcing and that much of

Accounting for the interest in creative platforms like Arduino, Rice pointed to the large interest in reinventing old technology. He promotes that on campus because he believes it encourages creative and critical thinking. Rice said he is planning on expanding the Department of Technology Services by offering classes and forming clubs. His long term goal is to create a MakerSpace on the lower level of the library where students can use cutting edge technology to test and share their ideas. Registration for the spring session begins Dec. 1. Arduino boards are available to check out for up to a week at the media desk on the lower level of the Belk Library.

the human experience is universal. During the talk, Thompson expressed his support for individualizing and humanizing the effects of globalization, powerfully imploring around 100 students to rely on a “more nuanced” approach to anthropology, which prioritizes sharing of stories over statistics. “Mass analysis can be dry,” Thompson said. “[It’s] too easy for stories to be lost [or] drowned out.” Reflecting on his presentation, Thompson discloses

that he is always grateful for an audience and the opportunity to share stories, and that these kind of stories have the potential to spark discussion on solving conflicts caused by globalization. Thompson asked that we analyze how our own lives intertwine with others, and to what extent other people's plights are our responsibility. “I don’t have all the answers, but I do have some beginnings,” Thompson said.

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Harvest Boone Festivals helps with coalitions

by Molly Flinchum Intern A&E Reporter

ati Productions will be host the fifth annual Harvest Boone Festival from Sept. 18-20 at the Sugar Hollow Retreat in Butler, Tennessee. The festival will help introduce community members to local businesses in Watauga County while collecting food to the Hunger and Health Coalition. The project started five years ago when local Jeremiah Brown took on the task of coming up with a service project for the community. The event he originally organized is now the annual winter festival, Harvest Boone, and a summer festival, Boone in Blossom This Harvest Festival has new features this year, according to Brown, including a “Non-Violent Direct Action for Everyone” workshop. Brown described the new location at Sugar Hollow as “ideal” due to a lack of noise restriction. Live music at the festival will continue to play past 11 p.m. There will be performances by The Nude Party, Dirty Soul Revival, Afrolachian, Demon Bow, Kendra Warren, Sensation of Falling, OneTrack-

Mind, Vitamin Pets, Space Canoe, Galaxy Jam and Talking Box Company. The Nude Party will perform on Saturday evening. The band refers to Brown as a close friend and they collectively re-shingled Brown’s roof in exchange for playing at the festival, they said. One thing that has stayed constant is the food collection for the Hunger and Health Coalition, Brown said. “It makes it more special when people put their cans right into the truck instead of blindly giving money,” Brown said. “The community can consciously give and see where their proceeds are being taken.” Junior biology Major Ian Ratcliff agrees. “Traditionally, you can donate a certain amount of food items in addition to cash to gain entry,” he said. “Which makes a lot of sense to me. There’s a direct connection to the goods being exchanged at this event. We are visibly seeing who we help.” Brown said the ultimate goal of the event is building a community. “There’s something different for everyone to find [at Harvest Boone], since we do so many ceremonial practices

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Appalachian alumna Darcy Wade paints on stage during band Nomadic’s performance during the 2013 Harvest Boone Festival.

around here,” Brown said. “Ultimately, we want to help to build a sense of community together. We want people to feel closer to themselves and the

people in their town.” Weekend passes can be purchased for $40, or individuals can pay $20 and then donate 20 non-perishable food items in

order to get into the festival. In the past, the event has donated over 2 tons of food to the hunger coalition.

“Dexter” creator talks Hollywood, comics and writing by Jordan Parkhurst Intern A&E Reporter

On Tuesday night, fans of the “Dexter” series rejoiced as creator Jeff Lindsay visited Appalachian to talk about adaptation, writing and dark humor with students and faculty. Lindsay, who has been a novelist since 1994, started his famous series in 2004 after what he calls “twelve years of hard time... in Hollywood,” where he was an actor and screenwriter with his wife and writing partner, Hilary Hemingway. His first Dexter novel, “Darkly Dreaming Dexter,” started his whirlwind of success and served as the basis for the hugely popular Showtime series in 2006.

Sophomore computer science major John Felipe asked about Lindsay’s involvement in the television adaption of his books and the closeness of the story lines. “My involvement in the show, it varied from season to season,” Lindsay said. “Pretty much after the first season, if you averaged it out ... It came out to zero. The first year, it was very, very close to my book. The second year, it wasn’t very close at all, until my lawyers pointed out to them that it kind of was- and they owed me some money.” Lindsay talked extensively about the show adaptions and upcoming adaptation of the novels into his beloved medium, comic books. The comic

book version will be distributed by Marvel comics, with two parts titled “Dexter” and “Dexter: Down Under,” Lindsay said. “It was fantastic fun,” he said regarding the adaptation. “I thought, ‘I’m writing my own comic book! This is so cool.’” Marvel is a longtime favorite of Lindsay’s. He himself was signed with Marvel, a decision he chalks up largely to nostalgia. “From the time I saw the first Spider-Man, I was hooked,” Lindsay said of his childhood hero. “Spider-Man came along, and he has these amazing powers, and he had pimples and couldn’t get a girlfriend! ... Then I was a Marvel guy all my life. ” Lindsay discussed per-

sonal details of his life, citing many close brushes with screenwriting stardom that ended when he moved from California to Florida in his early career. At that time, a literary agent found a screenplay co-written with his wife, and his career as a novelist truly began. The laughter continued throughout his lecture, but there were also moments of great emotion. Lindsay reminisced about enormous crowds gathering for book signings and hearing Michael C. Hall’s first line as Dexter. Lindsay signed copies of his books for everyone in the long line that formed and closed the show by giving a round of applause to the audience.

‘Movies By Movers’: A melting pot of artistic expression by Matthias Kramer Intern A&E Reporter

The Turchin Center will host the sixth annual “Movies by Movers” Film Festival Wednesday through Sunday. The festival will showcase one full-length film and more than 40 shorts about dance and movement and will be free to the public. The festival pushes beyond traditional ideas of what the dance art form can be “from modern, ballet, and jazz to circus, parkour, skating and other sports,” according to a press release. The festival was founded by Cara Hagan, an assistant professor of dance studies in the department of theater and dance at Appalachian State University. “I founded the festival in 2010, and when I came to [ASU] in 2014, I brought the festival with me,” said Hagan. “‘Movies By Movers’ is a celebration of the conversation between the camera and the moving body.” Among the films that will be shown this week is a feature length film entitled “Soar,” directed by Susan Hess Logeis. According to the press release, “‘Soar’ [is] about the extraordinary relationship forged between two sisters... [one] a dancer, choreographer and quadru-

ple amputee, and [the other] who was born a month before her sister contracted pneumococcal sepsis.” “Soar” will be shown on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. The thirty minute documentary “From the Heart of Brahma,” created by Carl Off, will also be shown. In an interview between Off and a “Movies By Movers” representative, Off discusses the motivation for his film. “The film is about the life and work of Cambodian classical dance teacher, scholar and practitioner, Prumsodun Ok,” he said. An important element of Prumsodun Ok’s work is addressing social justice. “[He] has received both support and controversy in Cambodia, because he is a male dancer practicing a female form and because he introduces same sex love in ancient heteronormative mythologies,” Off said. When asked what compelled him to make the film, Off said, “I try to focus my work as an artist, particularly as a musician and filmmaker, on the intersection of arts and social justice issues.” The wide array of topics and genres of film and dance explored in the festival can be attributed to the large number of international submissions, Hagan said . “This year’s festival saw up towards 150 submissions, from over 20 countries,” she said. “The challenge was par-

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A still from the movie “Intersection,” directed by Lucie Shephard. The film will be shown at the sixth annual “Movies by Movers” Film Festival.

ing the submissions down to about 40 films to fit the time slots available for the festival.” Hagan has lofty ambitions for the festival. “My hope for the festival is to expose audience members to something they may not have seen before, to inspire dialogue around the ways

art can be created and shared, and to invite our young artists to have a conversation about performance art in the digital landscape.” On a lighter note, Hagan understands that the festival is also entertainment. “Of course... I really want people to enjoy themselves!”

Singer sets stage for solo artists with “Teen Age” by Kelsey Hamm A&E Editor

Last spring, apparel design and merchandising major Carly Witt recorded her album “Teen Age” with the help of students in the music industry studies department at Appalachian State University. Several students collaborated on the project within App State’s own studios, including sophomore interdisciplinary studies major Georgia Golden. “I spent four days in the Hayes School of Music’s studio recording my album,” Witt said, “[‘Teen Age’] was finally released just about a month ago onto iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music, and several other websites. I am thrilled with how all my songs turned out.”

The album features seven tracks Witt wrote during high school and college, she said. My album is called “Teen Age,” because I wrote it when I was a teenager but it’s also very relevant to teenagers. It deals with short instances that seem like a big deal at the time.” The song “Home” is the first Witt wrote for the album, and focuses on her hometown in Virginia. “[‘Home’] is about the town I grew up in and how I loved it, but I knew at some point I would leave. I just wanted to make sure the people who are my friends and family would always stick by me no matter where I lived.” Many of the songs are love songs, said Witt. Golden described the album as “dreamlike.”

“[The album] gives a lot of attention to the parts of ourselves we often push away, like childhood, love and adolescence,” she said. Witt previously played at Black Cat and Crossroads Coffee House, but reports a difficult music scene in Boone for a solo artist. “Eventually I hope to form a band,” said Witt. “It’s hard as singer/songwriter here to perform at larger venues- it’s definitely about putting yourself out there. Other solo artists on campus are doing the same, but you don’t have that big fan base and that makes it harder to promote yourself, when you don’t have that big sound.” Kickstarter.com, a fundraising site dedicated to personal projects with community return, helped Witt raise

money to produce “Teen Age,” she said. “My Kickstarter goal last year was $500 and I reached that in a few days,” Witt said. “There was a good amount of people I didn’t know who contributed and I think it was great that I took an interest.” For the future, Witt hopes to create another album and personalize her style. I need to find my select style,” said Witt. “I know what it is but as a solo artist it’s hard to know when I haven’t evolved past that. I’m planning to create another album in the next few years, by the time I’m a senior. For the future, I want a bigger sound, even if it’s hard to form a band when music is based on voice more so then instruments.

‘FEM’ Radio provides a voice for gender minorities by Kelsey Hamm A&E Editor

On Saturdays at 8 p.m., WASU will now feature ‘FEM’ Radio, a weekly broadcast dedicated to discussion on race and gender minority issues through female-led discussion. Students Elizabeth Prier and Kaitlyn Stone started the project in response to the lack of space for minority voices on campus and in broadcasting statewide. “[‘FEM’] began as a response to a radio station outside of Greensboro, Clemmons, called 105.7 ‘Man Up,’” Stone said. “It’s a very misogynistic station, and rarely features female artists. I was already wondering how I could incorporate activism into my work at Appalachian, and I had a moment where I knew

I had to create a radio show talking about gender and sexual minorities.” After gaining approval from station manager Lindsey Adorjan, the first broadcast on Sept. 12 focused on relations between “the Greek and Social Justice Communities on campus,” said senior finance major Clark Covolo. “I reached out to Desiree Peters and Clark Covolo and I asked them to come on the show,” said Prier, “and it was a very good dynamic between someone a part of the Greek and someone apart of the activist community.” Covolo said the session was productive to establishing dialogue between two communities with existing tension. “We talked a little bit

about Alpha [Sigma Pi] trying to take part in the Red Flag Campaign last year,” said Covolo, “and the fire that some activists fell under for rejecting those advances. We discussed a balance between [Alpha Sigma Pi] needing to understand how to be a part of social justice discussions in a more effective way, and how the social just community can also take steps to welcome Greek communities.” The first show also featured Desiree Peters, the President of LIPS: Female Expressions of Sexuality. “For a first time, I think this went exceptionally well,” she said. “We need to be having these discussions and open dialogues. We held a discussion before getting on air about how fraternity members can get in-

volved with feminism on campus, dismantling rape culture- just anything across the board.” Stone reports both positive and “uncomfortable” receptions to the first broadcast. “In one of my media classes, talking about this made a lot of people really uncomfortable–a lot of people in the radio station felt uncomfortable, and we had graduates call our station manager and say ‘I’m not sure about this.’” During the show, other alumni called in to “show support the group holding important discussions,” Prier said. “I was incredibly surprised by the amount of support we received,” she said. “An incredible amount of people called to say, ‘I wish this was happen-

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Prier

(Left to right) Clark Covolo, Desiree Peters, Kaitlyn Stone, and Elizabeth Prier host the first ‘FEM’ radio show at WASU on Saturday, Sept. 12.

ing while I was at Appalachian.” For the future, Stone and Prier hope to reach out to App State alumni with broadcasting experience in order to establish the show further, and create an archive where the show can be heard after broadcast, said Prier. “We’re trying to raise up the voices of people

on campus who feel underrepresented,” said Stone, “but we’re just two people. Anyone who feels like they want to contact us, or feels they have a topic to bring on air, they are welcome to. We have so many topics and we want to cover them all. Please contact us and come on the show- let’s have a conversation about it.”

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Nine years of saving lives through giving blood at ASU Lauren Merrill Opinion Writer

With the ninth annual Homecoming Blood Drive coming up Sept. 23, it is important to know why giving blood is crucial. More than 41,000 blood donations are necessary every day, and every two seconds somebody in the U.S. needs blood. A blood transfusion is required when an incident causing a lot of blood loss has occurred, an individual

needs a major surgery or an individual has a disease that affects the count of blood cells. It only takes one pint of blood to save three lives, which is the amount of blood an individual will give if they volunteer at the upcoming blood drive. With 17,931 students currently enrolled in the fall 2015 semester, excluding those in distance education, Appalachian State University as a whole could save over 50,000 lives. In the past, the Homecoming Blood Drive has continually collected more blood than planned and has broken multiple records. Why should this year be any different? As students, we not only

have one of the most successful lifesaving events right at our fingertips but there are many benefits that come with donating blood. By donating blood regularly, an individual can improve their cardiovascular health, reduce risk of cancer, burn up to 650 calories by giving a pint of blood and get a free blood analysis which can tell you your blood type. Before you give blood, donors are instructed to eat healthy meals. When you arrive at the blood drive, there is plenty of free food supplied for you whenever you may need it. At the 2014 Homecoming Blood Drive, brownies, chicken fingers, Hungry Howie’s pizza and more were served

to those donating blood. It does not matter which blood type you are, or if you’re only coming to save a little on your grocery budget. Every type and every drop can and does help someone in need. Volunteers are also available whenever you need them, even if it is just to talk. If you are not able or willing to give blood, volunteers are always needed the day before and the day of the blood drive. Donating your blood is one of the most simple, yet most effective ways one person can save a life.

Merrill, a sophomore journalism major from Chapel Hill, is an opinion writer.

We can expect to see more Spandex in theaters Quentin Russell Opinion Writer

“There will be a time when the superhero movie goes the way of the Western,” said director Steven Spielberg in an interview last week with The Associated Press. Spielberg continued and said, “right now the superhero movie is alive and thriving. I’m only saying that these cycles have a finite time in popular culture. ” Spielberg isn’t exactly wrong here. Someday the superhero movie passing out of the general public’s favor will certainly occur. The hope is

that this doesn’t happen for a long time, and to be frank, this hope isn’t unfounded. When Spielberg compares the superhero movie to the Western, he forgets that there are several factors that favor the superhero movie’s continued existence as a genre. First of all, superhero movies bring in massive profits for the studios that create them. The foremost example of this is “Marvel’s The Avengers,” which brought in roughly $1.5 billion worldwide and over $600,000 domestically. Compare this to the highest grossing Western, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” which brought in roughly $560,000. In fact, the combined profits from the top three grossing superhero mov-

ies is far greater than the combined profits of the top 10 grossing Western films of all time, according to Newsday. Secondly, what Spielberg fails to take into account is that there’s a cohesion to the superhero genre that the Western didn’t have. Namely that the films all draw from a source as opposed to new concepts. Fox, Warner Bros., Sony and Disney are the four major studios for these films. Of these four, three of them use characters that draw from the same source (Marvel comics). This is a drastic difference from the Western, as the films are able to draw from more than 50 years of content in order to produce more films. Not only do the films themselves make money, but so does the merchan-

dise created from them. Spider-Man, in toy sales alone, made over $1.3 billion on top of the money made from non-toy merchandise, the movies and comic sales, according to The Licensing Letter. There’s also the planning involved in these films. Marvel has planned out their film lineup up until 2019, and surely there are plans for films even beyond that. DC has begun to also emulate Marvel’s cinematic universe with one of their own, beginning with “Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice” in 2016. The sheer devotion that the fans have for the characters is only last of many factors that play into the genre’s success. I, for one, am a rabid fan of Marvel comics, to the point where I spend

hundreds of dollars per year on merchandise, comics and movies. Whenever a new Marvel movie comes out, I am always in line during the opening weekend to see my favorite characters. So long as all of these factors continue to work in favor of the superhero movie genre, the chances of it dying out are quite low. The genre has only begun to reach its peak, and with new movies coming in over the horizon (I for one am quite excited for “Captain Marvel” and “Deadpool”) combined with the unique nature of the brand, people should prepare to see a lot more spandex in the film industry’s future.

Russell, a freshman Computer Science major from Charlotte, is an opinion writer.

ASU should lead way in restoring courage to higher education

When Chapel Hill law professor Gene Nichol came to campus last week, he delivered insight on a range of issues from poverty to academic freedom to the failure of political leadership in North Carolina. As a student, however, it was his repeated assertion that the leadership in higher education lacked courage that has particularly stuck with me. During a small meeting organized by AAUP on Friday, Nichol said that modern administrators at universities “are defined by never taking a position on anything.” Unfortunately, Nichol’s statement holds a great deal of truth. With the exception of faculty

members in certain places, we do not have that many high level administrators who take bold stands on the threats taking place against higher education. What is even worse than this reality is the fact that the system now is largely set up to work that way. Nichol attributes the situation to the role of university boards which he said tend to be filled with wealthy individuals whose backgrounds put them at odds with the “values of universities.” That is certainly one reason, but there are still others. In the current system, we have a situation where the resources in universities are flowing away from academics and toward a class of professional administrators. A 2014 study by the New England Institute for Investigative Reporting and the American Institutes for Research has found that the number of administrators had increased by over 500,000 between 1986 and

2012. Many of these administrators are doing quite well. The Institute for Public Policy found that the rate of pay for college presidents at top schools grew at double “the national average for public research universities.” This concentration of wealth has severe ramifications for those at the bottom. More and more, universities exploit adjunct and non-tenure track faculty who receive low pay and lack job security. An AAUP fact sheet puts the number of non-tenure track faculty at universities at 76 percent of all faculty. This system creates a situation where the chances of higher education professionals taking the risk to speak out on important issues is severely limited. At the top, many people lack the background to understand or sympathize for the ideals of higher education. At the bottom, we have an ever-growing

class of people whose livelihoods would be in jeopardy if they were to speak out. Appalachian State presents an interesting case. In many ways, we are embodying these trends. Reports over the last two years from the AAUP and the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Committee reveal that we are well within the norm in terms of administrative growth and non-tenure track reliance. In other ways, there is perhaps some hope. Chancellor Everts has an academic background, so hopefully she will prove to be more forthright in pointing out and fighting these trends. I hope that in a state and a system that is increasingly hostile to higher education, Appalachian State can distinguish itself by the way its leaders stand up to this broken system. Griffin, a senior journalism major from Madison, is an opinion writer.

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9 Submit Announcements App News is a service of the Division of Student Development. Email dycheab@appstate.edu. Submissions should not exceed 100 words and must include the event title, date/time, location and cost, and a contact email, phone and/or URL. Announcements will be edited as needed and will run as space allows. Preference given for events that are free or have a nominal cost. QEP funding opportunity To promote global learning for students, the Office of the QEP invites faculty, staff and administrators to apply for up to $8,000 in QEP funding under categories including: Learning Communities, Education Abroad Training, Infusion of Global Content, Targeted Areas, Innovative Technologies, and Other. Submit proposals at http://qep. appstate.edu/funding/funding-opportunity-application. Proposals and letters of recommendation are due before noon Sept. 25. Free guided meditation Held noon-12:30 p.m. in Attic Window (room 137C), PSU. Hosted by Wellness and Prevention Services. Benefits of meditation can include a decrease in anxiety and stress, an increase in emotional stability and creativity, increased ability to focus and concentrate, lower blood pressure, a decrease in tension related pain, and an improved immune system. No meditation experience necessary. Drop-ins welcome.

Navigating college The group will explore healthy lifestyle choices and the impact of alcohol and other drug use in college. Students are invited to the Wellness and Prevention Services office to join a mindfulness-based group focused on the impact of alcohol and other drug use while in college, incorporating resilience building, high risk substance use prevention and harm reduction strategies by way of stress reduction, healthy decisionmaking and group support to assist in personal growth and success as a college student. The group will meet 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays, room 306, Reich College of Education. Contact Ben Asma at asmabt@ appstate.edu or 828-262-3148. Constitution Day lecture “Guardians of Our Rights: How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution’s Promise of Freedom” features Evan Bernick, the Assistant Director for the Center for Judicial Engagement at the Institute for Justice, 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 17, room 114, Belk Library. The focus of Bernick’s lecture will be on how judges interpret rights in the Constitution, and treat some rights as meaningful and other rights as meaningless, and what that means for ordinary people pursuing their American dreams. Presented by the Government & Justice Studies, with the support of Academic Affair. Free and open to the public. Food Services Behind the Scenes Tour Meet under the Recycled Aluminum Spoon in Roess Dining Hall; the

tour runs 10-11 a.m. Sept. 18. Participants will see the entire operation from storeroom to dining room, and will learn about ordering, delivery and food preparation at an institution the size of App State. The tour includes a visit to the meat cutting room, vegetable prep room and Bake Shop. Attendees will learn how being self-operated makes Appalachian Food Services “local,” including sustainability and local food initiatives. The tour is limited to the first 20 participants. First come, first served. Park Place grand reopening The grand reopening celebration will be Sept. 21-25 at Park Place in Trivette Hall. The upgrades to Park Place, the dining venue overlooking Appalachian’s scenic Duck Pond, included an expanded service area with an open kitchen, the Asian Bar and a larger salad and dessert bar. The newly renovated Trivette Hall opened in August 2014. Turchin Fall Lecture Series All lectures are at 7 p.m. in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall. For more information, go to http://tcva. org/exhibitions. • Sept. 23: Intervention: Kirsten Stolle • Oct. 14: “The Performance Review: Endia Beal” (formerly titled “Can I Touch It) • Oct. 21: “Back to Boone: The Editorial Cartoons of Andrew David Cox” • Nov. 11: “Beth Hetland” • 2 p.m. Nov. 6: “Cartoon College,” film screening in conjunction with the exhibition At the Junction of Words and Pictures: The Tenth

Anniversary of The Center for Cartoon Studies,” followed by a panel discussion with Alec Longstreth and Jen Vaughn.

Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series All programs are free and open to the public. • Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing, poet and editor R.T. Smith, will present a craft talk from 2-3:15 p.m. and will read from his work at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24, Table Rock, Room, PSU. His works include “In the Night Orchard: New and Selected Poems” and “The Red Wolf: A Dream of Flannery O’Connor.” • Denise Giardina, author of “Storming Heaven,” will present a craft talk from 9:30-11 a.m. in Table Rock Room in PSU, and will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 20, Parkway Ballroom, PSU. • Black Mountain College literary historians William C. Rice and Katherine Chaddock will read from their works at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 27, Parkway Ballroom, PSU.

CareerFest Noon-4 p.m. Sept. 29, Holmes Convocation Center. More than 100 employers will discuss career insights, internships and job opportunities. Professional dress is required. Attendees should register through Career Gear.

Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture Series Bonnie Schaefer, co-owner of Westglow Resort & Spa and former CEO of Claire’s Stores, will speak at 10 a.m. Oct. 13, Holmes Convocation Center.

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Scott Turner Schofield: Ending Gender As We Know It: Living Beyond Male and Female, 7 p.m., Parkway Ballroom, PSU, free

“The Godfather, Part II” screening, 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1

“Jurassic World” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2

“Border Odyssey” lecture by Dr. Charles Thompson (Duke University), 5 p.m., room 114, Belk Library, free

Travers Brothership with Dr. Bacon concert, 9:30 p.m., Legends, admission: $4-$6

Susan CernyakSpatz: “Nazi Perpetrators Through the Eyes of the Victims,” 7 p.m., room 114, Belk Library, free

“The Godfather, Part Elizabeth Chapa II” screening, 7 p.m., student voice Greenbriar, PSU, $1 recital, 8 p.m., Recital Hall, free Bubble Soccer, 1-5 p.m., Sanford Mall, free

Passion to ACTion Volunteer Fair, noon-3 p.m., Parkway Ballroom, PSU

University of Zululand guest choir Evening of Encores, concert, 6 p.m., 8 p.m., Rosen Con- Rosen Concert cert Hall, free Hall, free

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Tai Chi (students only), 5 p.m., Turchin Center, free

Jeff Lindsay presents “The Mind Behind Dexter,” 7 p.m., Parkway Ballroom, PSU, free

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Tai Chi (students only), 5 p.m., Turchin Center, free

“The Godfather, Part III” screening, 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1

“Mad Max: Fury Road” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer

“The Godfather, Part III” screening, 7 p.m., Greenbriar, PSU, $1

Bent Frequency guest saxophone and percussion concert, 8 p.m., Rosen Concert Hall, free

Homecoming Blood Drive, 8 a.m.-7 p.m., Holmes Convocation Center

Visiting Writers Series: Book reading with R.T. Smith, 7:30 p.m., Table Rock, PSU, free

“Mad Max: Fury Road” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2

Turchin Center Lecture Series: Kirsten Stolle, 7 p.m., Turchin Center, free

“Jurassic World” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2

International Sports Festival, 3-7 p.m., Sanford Mall, free Contra Dance with George Segebade w/ Footspring, 7:15 p.m., Legends, admission: $3-$5

“Mad Max: Fury Road” screening, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, $2

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Mountaineers send Catamounts scurrying Photo courtesy of App State Athletics

Outside hitter Emily Corrigan prepares to strike a ball during Tuesday’s 3-0 sweep of Western Carolina.

by Noah Gerringer Intern Sports Reporter

ppalachian State volleyball defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts in a quick and easy 3-0 sweep Tuesday night. Only losing the lead twice the entire night, the Mountaineers won all three sets 25-9, 26-24 and 25-18. The first set was one of the best defensive sets yet for App State, holding the Catamounts to hitting negative-.065 as a team. “It was a surprise and a reality check to how good we have

gotten since we’ve moved to the Sun Belt,” libero Meghan Mahoney said. Mahoney had six digs in the first outing. Within no time, App State was on and ready for the second set of the night. However, so was Western. Scoring first, WCU managed to challenge the black and gold throughout the set, forcing them to go over 25 and win by two. Although still a win, head coach Matt Ginipro considered it complacency. “We get lazy, we get complacent, and we don’t go full-out

on every play,” Ginipro said. “Every now and then we want things to be easy and that’s what gets us.” Ginipro said he continuously harps on it at practice and challenges the seniors to do better. The third set was described as a recovering set by Ginipro. Scoring the first point and not letting up, App quickly drove their lead to 7-3. But the Catamounts wouldn’t leave without a fight and forced a tie at 13-13. After a quick timeout, App was ready to go and even with

two opposing timeouts they wouldn’t let up, taking the final set 25-18. Ashton Gregory, stand-out middle blocker for the Mountaineers, sat the game out with an injury. Luckily for the Mountaineers, Ginipro said it was nothing serious, and he just wanted to make sure she was ready for the more important conference games. Starting Friday against Troy, App State goes into a non-stop schedule of Sun Belt Conference play until the conference championships Nov. 19.

Mountaineers make the most of bye week by Colin Tate Sports Reporter

After a convincing win over Howard and a blowout loss to Clemson, the Mountaineers enter their first bye week of the season with a record of 1-1. Even though it is an off week, the team has not let up in its level of practice or preparation. “For a lot of teams they go into a bye week thinking they can just lay down,” sophomore linebacker Eric Boggs said. “Our team, we kind of focused on trying to get better each and every day. During the bye week you gotta take it as an advantage.” Head coach Scott Satterfield and his coaching staff are making the most of the timing of this bye week. “Sometimes we’ve had it in the beginning,” Satterfield said. “We’ve had them in the end. We’ve had them in the middle. You try to make it a positive. A lot of times it comes down to if you get any guys injured and the timing of that.” In this case it does help the Mountaineers, as senior wide receiver Simms McElfresh was injured in the game against Clemson. This bye week gives him extra time to heal and lowers the chances of him missing a game. Boggs also has found advan-

tages to the early bye week. “It just gets you some more preparation in the beginning of the year,” Boggs said. The team has practiced per usual, but Satterfield does plan to let the players have a few days off at the end of the week. “In the open weeks you gotta do that,” Satterfield said. “They gotta get time to get their bodies back, and then we’ll jump right back on normal schedule Sunday.” Junior running back Marcus Cox, who will be turning 21 over the weekend, plans to take advantage of the off days. “It’s basically a week to just let your body recuperate and prepare mentally,” Cox said. While the players understand the importance of healing, most want to be out on the field on Saturday afternoon. “Every Saturday when you watch football you wish you were out there,” Cox said. “This off week, it’s nice, but I wish we were playing this week.” That feeling has been multiplied after the team suffered such a dominating loss to Clemson. “You want to play right now to get this taste out of your mouth, so we’re looking forward to next week and playing Old Dominion,” Satterfield said. No one understands that feeling more than sophomore

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Quarterback Taylor Lamb practices in preperation for next week’s Old Dominion game.

quarterback Taylor Lamb. “I want to play this weekend so bad,” Lamb said. “It just eats at you, because you want to get out there and show everybody that they can have confidence in you leading your team.” Lamb had one of the worst games of his career against Clemson, going nine for 28 with only 95 passing yards and three interceptions. However, Satterfield expects that he will learn from the experience. “He was a little bit frustrated, but he’ll get better from it,” Satterfield said. “That’s the thing he’s gotta do. He’s gotta work hard enough to get better the next week and go out and play a great game.” Overall, this bye week allows the team to learn from the past and make adjustments for the

future. “It lets us know where we are,” Cox said. “After the Howard game, we looked good, and then, going against a good opponent like Clemson, it shows you where you really are. Now we just gotta work on the little things.” The team knows that they need to make those necessary adjustments during this time off, because they are preparing to face some strong opponents, starting with Old Dominion. “From this point forward, we’re playing teams like us, and it’s going to be very competitive,” Satterfield said. “It’s gonna be very even. There’s going to be a fine line of winning and losing these next nine games, so we gotta play our best ball.”

AHO Rugby falls to rival ECU 36-5 by Lee Sanderlin Sports Reporter

Appalachian State’s club rugby team, AHO Rugby Football Club, squared off against rival ECU to begin league play Saturday. The ECU Pirates took home the victory in blowout fashion, by a score of 36-5. AHO was never able to maintain any steam on offense as the Pirate attack dominated the game from beginning to end. “The main point of Rugby is how aggressive you can be,” said Ross Miller, a senior inside center for AHO Rugby. “We were on defense the whole day, and when you’re on defense the whole time in Rugby you’re going to lose.” Defense, or lack thereof, was the story of the day for AHO. Coach Daniel Van Driesen, known as "Cheese" to his players, was quick to point out that injuries played a role in

the poor showing. “We did have injuries, we have a lot of young guys that just got in," Driesen said. "They played tough, but they have a lot to learn before they can take the next step.” The AHO Rugby Football Club’s lone score came from Miller, who scored late in the second half with the game well out of reach. Despite the blowout loss, both Miller and Van Driesen were pleased with the team’s effort for the whole 80 minutes. “We have grit on this team,” Driesen said. AHO looks to rebound from the loss when they travel to UNC Charlotte on Saturday. The team hopes to play well the rest of the season with hopes of earning a spot in their league playoffs, where they could potentially meet ECU again, but with a different outcome.

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Anthony Santelle is picked up by his teammates in a line-out during AHO’s 36-5 loss to ECU. The team hopes to win on the road this weekend against UNC Charlotte.

Offensive line spearheads strong running game by Colin Tate Sports Reporter

Through the first two weeks of the season, the Appalachian State rushing attack has played at a high level, thanks in large part to the standout play from the offensive line. The Mountaineers gained 663 total yards in their first game against Howard, and a staggering 376 of those yards were on the ground. Starting offensive linemen Davante Harris, Parker Collins, Jesse Chapman, Beau Nunn, and Colby Gossett all helped App State blowout the Bison. “Every running back that we put out there had some nice holes to run behind,” head coach Scott Satterfield said. “I think our quarterbacks were efficient throwing the football. Both quarterbacks. You can’t do that unless your offensive line is solid.” In the next game against Clemson, the Mountaineers rushed for 203 yards. In both games, the team saw its feature back, junior Marcus Cox, run for over 100 yards.

While the running game has done well against its first two opponents, the coaches and players still know there is room to improve. “That’s the great thing about the season,” offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford said. “Every day you get the opportunity to come out and practice and just keep trying to hone in on the things that players have to get better at.” Through this method, Ledford and the team hope to improve in new areas each week. “We want to build on the things that we did the previous week,” Ledford said. “Hopefully, the following week we can see some improvements from some of the things that we did poorly on the week before.” With two good games under their belt, the players believe their rushing attack can continue to be just as effective. “If we come out there and play our game and run it the way we can, I think that we can do about anything we want on the offensive side of the ball,” Collins said. The offensive lineman take

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 a club team once with the university is a lengthy one, and once your team has been suspended for more than a year, the process must be carried out as if the team is brand new. In the fall semester, at least two organizers of the team must meet with the Assistant Director for Club Sports, receive approval from the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, and submit a written proposal to the Club Sports Office. The proposal requires at least 13 specific documents, including a team constitution, a budget, proof of a governing body, and a letter of support from a faculty adviser. Then, in the spring semester, club officers must meet with the Club Sports Executive Board to review their proposal, and finally present their proposal in front of the entire Club Sports Council, which include members from each university club sports team. The council then votes whether to decide the fate of the

pride in the team’s ability to run the ball. “The look on the dude’s face across from you when you know they know what’s happening, and they know they can’t stop you," Harris said. "I love it.” Collins believes that the running game is the strength of this Mountaineer team, noting that they aim to be one of the top five rushing teams in the nation. “Running the ball is more about imposing your will on somebody,” Collins said. “That’s our identity.” If the Mountaineers are able to run consistently with that type of success, it will likely translate into success for the entire team. “People always talk about winning it in the trenches,” Ledford said. “A lot of teams that are successful, their trench play on both sides of the ball is really good.” However, if the offensive line does not continue to improve, it could likely be detrimental to the team. “Our starters have to con-

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Running back Josh Boyd runs down the field during the season opener against Howard.

tinue to get better and better, and they’re going to have to stay healthy as well,” Satterfield said. “This offense won’t operate without a really solid offensive line.” With a core group of leaders, the offensive line looks poised to continue improving throughout the season. “If there’s ever a problem in practice or anything like that, all five of those guys are very vocal and trying to get prac-

team. In late April, the Club Sports Council approved the men’s club soccer team’s proposal, and granted them affiliation. “This is really quite an altruistic event,” Tuberty said. “[Ryan’s] putting in all this time and effort to do all this paperwork, put the effort forward, make all these meetings, and he’s going to get to play one year and then leave.” But the team is not completely in the clear. While they are now officially recognized as an Appalachian State club sport, the uphill battle continues. The team is still in a probationary period, which restricts their access to any university funding allocated towards club sports for the 2015 academic year. Faced with adversity yet again, the team continues to persevere. Coupled with what are higher dues than the team expects to charge going forward, the team has received donations from parents of team members and other members of the community, vice president and senior Louis Sabourin said. The team has used this money to purchase jerseys

tice turned the right way,” Ledford said. “Vante, Parker, Jesse, Colby and Beau. It’s five as one, so you’ve got one big group.” If they do remain solid and if they continue to put up numbers similar to the first two games, the sky is the limit for the team. “If we have that same success each week then we’ll win the Sun Belt,” Satterfield said. “We’ll win a bowl game.”

and pay dues for the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association, the league in which the team will be competing this season. The challenge for funding will continue, however, if the team qualifies for the playoffs. But when Bateson, Sabourin and other officers organized tryouts for the team’s inaugural season in August, and over 100 students showed up, they knew all the hours of filling out paperwork, attending meetings, and working with the university towards their goal had paid off. “I thought the process would be faster when we started it,” Sabourin said. “But it’s just worth it because even the one year, we get to establish something and build a legacy for the future.” Like Sabourin, Bateson is proud that they’ve established something to pass on. “It’s cool knowing that were hopefully giving people this opportunity to play,” Bateson said. “Hopefully were going to groom officers for the younger kids. If we come back to see a game in five or six years’ time, like to watch a football game, and we hear, ‘Oh, the club soccer team is playing this weekend,’ that’d be awesome.”