February 7, 2012

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Vol. 86 No. 31

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Freshmen no longer eligible for ‘suite-style’ housing, including Honors’ new Summit Hall

by REBECCA GITLEN Intern News Reporter

Starting this fall, suitestyle housing on campus will be limited to upperclassmen, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Development Dino DiBernardi said Friday.

Freshmen will be limited to residence halls with common bathrooms, DiBernardi said.

“When freshmen get into a suite or apartment, they can hide,” Director of University Housing Tom Kane said.

“We’re trying to get freshmen involved to increase their survival rates.”

The new Summit Residence Hall, which will open in the fall, will be limited to upperclassmen from the Heltzer Honors Program and other learning commu-

nities, Kane said.

Summit Hall will house 333 students and will feature classrooms, a great hall with a fireplace and other multipurpose conference rooms open to all students. A skywalk bridge will connect the complex to the newly-renovated Cone Hall.

“We’re calling it the Honors and Engagement Village,” Kane said.

Cone will have 150 honors beds out of the 290 in the building and Summit will house about 160 honors students. Residential Learning Communities and other students will fill the rest of the building, DiBernardi said.

Earlier this year, some students were concerned that the new residence hall would not house honors students.

“For a while, people were

angry at how vague the administration was being,” said Megan Goble, a freshman member of the Honors Program who is moving to Summit in the fall. “We didn’t know if we were going to get that space, so a few petitions went around.”

The new complex is part of a strategic plan for the university that aims to house 40 percent of students on

campus. Currently, only 33 percent of students live on campus, Kane said.

The idea came from statistics that showed students are more likely to stay in college if they live on campus. In 2010, sophomores who stayed on campus had a retention rate 6.2 percent higher than sophomores who moved off campus, DiBernardi said.

Students, faculty, community members speak against Amendment One

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Freshman global studies major Jocelyn Hunt, the local coordinator for Race to the Ballot, answers an audience question about Amendment One at Thursday’s teach-in Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Commons. The teach-in was sponsored by the People’s Alliance for American Liberty (PAAL PAC).

by KELLI STRAKA Senior News Reporter

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tudents, faculty and community members discussed the proposed Amendment One during a teach-in at Carol Grotnes Belk Library and Information Commons Thursday.

The People’s Alliance for American Liberty (PAAL PAC) sponsored the event as part of the statewide Race to the Ballot campaign.

A panel of six weighed in on the amendment. Speakers included Matthew Robinson and Adam Newmark, both professors in Appalachian State University’s department of justice and government studies, along with religious leaders.

Robinson spoke about the social implications of Amendment One in terms

of theories of justice.

“We all have opinions about things and a lot of the time, our opinions about issues are formed by or relate to these theories, but we don’t know it,” Robinson said. “So, what I’m trying to do is show you you can come up with an opinion about Amendment One based on these well-established theories of justice.”

Newmark discussed the possible effects of the amendment.

“It’s during a Republican primary, it’s supported by mostly Republicans and certainly conservatives and the fact of the matter is the Republican turnout will be much higher than Democratic or independent turnout because we know who the Democratic nominee for president is going to be,”

Newmark said.

Former Appalachian student Ian O’Keefe, who took this semester off to campaign for Race to the Ballot, was at the teach-in.

“I feel like the campaign makes a real difference in the minds of the students and community members,” O’Keefe said. “A lot of people I spoke to did not realize the implications of the amendment and after hearing the harms, they realize that there are no positives and there are a lot of negatives.”

Freshman global studies major Jocelyn Hunt, campaign director for PAAL PAC and local coordinator for Race to the Ballot, organized the teach-in.

“I think the campaign is going great,” Hunt said. “We definitely need to get more students aware of it.”

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Vote Against Project debuts photoshoot tour at Appalachian

by MAGGIE BLUNK

Intern Lifestyles Reporter

May 8, 2012 may be a heated day in North Carolina - and it’ll have nothing to do with the approaching summer.

Voters will take to the polls that day, and Amendment One, which defines marriage as applicable only to opposite-sex unions, will be on the ballot.

Various groups have started campaigns against the proposed amendment, including the Raleigh-based Vote Against Project, which made a stop at Appalachian State University Thursday.

During the day, the organization sponsored a photoshoot in Plemmons Student Union’s Calloway Peak Room from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. - giving students the opportunity to pose in Vote Against t-shirts and spread the word about the upcoming vote.

“I wanted to make sure I could give individuals photos, giving them that experience of feeling like a celebrity and being able to use those images to campaign to social media outlets about why they should

vote against the amendment,” said Curtis Brown, creator and executive director for the project.

A large mix of students took the opportunity to pose, either borrowing a shirt or purchasing one for a $20 donation.

Organizers said that turnout was proof of the reason they’d decided to start the tour at Appalachian.

“I think that our campus is very accepting of everyone,” said freshman global studies major Jocelyn Hunt, a student organizer for the event. “This is an amendment that will affect a lot of our friends and families personally.”

The photoshoot tour will continue until May 9. All who participated at Appalachian will receive an email with a number to claim their photo.

They’ll also be encouraged to share the shot socially.

“It’s really to get a social awareness out, to make every Facebook profile picture a Vote Against picture, to make every Twitter picture, Tumblr picture, Pinterest picture and to just put it everywhere,” Hunt said.

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(L) Sophomore management major Paige Radakovich and (R) sophomore philosophy major Stephanie Guffey pose during the Vote Against photoshoot last Thursday.

Health Services requires second form of I.D. for some prescriptions

by ABBI PITTMAN

Intern News Reporter

Appalachian State University Health Services will now require two forms of identification from students seeking certain prescriptions, said Dr. Bob Ellison, director of student health services.

The new policy is the result of an amendment to the North Carolina Controlled Substances Act intended to combat the production of illegal drugs, signed into law by the N.C. General Assembly in October 2011.

Effective March 1, all pharmacies statewide - including those at universities - must ask for an approved type of identification before providing Schedule II and some Schedule III Students using the Health Services pharmacy will now need to present two forms of identification before being prescribed painkillers like Oxycodone and Tylenol #3.

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controlled substances, according to a press release from the N.C. Board of Pharmacy.

The law, S.L. 2011-349, designates four acceptable forms of documentation: a driver’s license, a passport, a military identification card or a special identification card issued by the N.C. Department of Motor Vehicles.

Appalachian students will now need to show another form of identification, in addition to their AppCard, when prescribed Oxycodone and Tylenol #3. The two painkillers are Schedule II and Schedule III controlled substances, respectively.

“We do not expect this to be a major inconvenience,” Ellison said, adding that the two painkillers are prescribed for “mild-to-moderate pain management for short periods of time” and do not come with refills.

A 10-day trial study conducted by Health Services revealed that roughly 80 percent of students surveyed picking up prescriptions had both their AppCard and driver’s license on them.

Only about two percent of prescriptions filled at Health Services each week are for Oxycodone or Tylenol #3, Pharmacy Director David Neal said.

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New bike trail focuses on safety

by CATHERINE HAITHCOCK News Reporter

Appalachian State University students and local organizations are working to get approval from landowners for a bike trail on the New River in Todd.

The Sustainable Development Community Outreach (SDCO), formerly known as the Sustainable Development Outreach, is working with the Todd Community Preservation Organization (TCPO), the Todd Ruritan Club, Ashe and Watauga County Parks and Recreation and the Tourism Development Association to build the trail. The organization has also partnered with Appalachian’s Sustainable Development Department.

“The goal of this project is to provide a safe venue for families to go and enjoy the scenery of the New River, as well as provide some money for the local economy,” said Willard Watson, a senior sustainable development

major and SDCO intern.

The project would provide a 30-mile biking and walking trail, winding from Green Valley Elementary School to the old Fleetwood Elementary School.

“There’s already a park along the way,” Watson said. “We’re planning on incorporating a community picnic shelter so people can rest and eat lunch as well. The good thing is that it’s not very steep and it isn’t very rigorous, because the road it’s going next to is an old railway bed.”

Supporters say the new trail would provide a safer environment for both bikers and drivers.

“If anyone has ever been over in Todd next to the New River, they know it’s a beautiful place to go tubing and walking along the street and go bike riding,” Watson said. “The problem is that the road is only one lane wide in some places. It’s a really small road and that causes people to get hit by drivers or run off the road.”

Currently, the project is still in the early stages of development.

“We haven’t been working on it that long,” SDCO Assistant Director Tommy Walsh said.

“We’re just starting to get some things together. It can be a great project for both Watauga and Ashe county.”

The TCPO and the Ruritan Club are currently communicating with landowners for permission to build the trail.

“Right now we are in the process of contacting all the landowners there because, how the land laws work, if you have property on the other side of the river, you own that part of the river,” Watson said.

If all the landowners give consent, organizers will begin fundraising and encouraging volunteers to assist in the building of the trail, Walsh said.

Anyone interested in volunteering with this project over the summer can contact Watson at watsonwc@appstate.edu.

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SGA appoints Michael Cox its new Director of Student Affairs

by ANNE BUIE

Senior News Reporter

The Student Government Association has selected senior management major Michael Cox as its new director of student affairs.

The position carries the responsibility of addressing students’ concerns, on issues ranging from extended library hours to on-campus food options.

Cox said his goal is to listen to every student’s issues.

“We really want to make sure we are listening to students and changing what we can,” he said. “As director, you can push the envelope to make sure that student voices are being heard. It’s a great way to leave a mark on the school for future students.”

Cox also encouraged students to speak

out and voice their concerns.

“The best way to have your voice heard is to tell someone who is empowered to make a change,” he said. “Chances are someone else has the same problem you have, so don’t let your problems go unheard.”

Cox was involved with SGA during the 2010-11 school year. He served as an off-campus senator, a member of the rules committee and the elections board chair.

Cox will replace senior finance and banking major Alan Clarke, who stepped down due to excessive time commitments.

Clarke said he looks forward to seeing the changes Cox will make around campus.

“He’s a go-getter,” he said. “I’m expecting that he’ll get his hands dirty on the first day.”

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‘Vagina Monologues’ comes to ASU a range of topics, from pubic hair to rape, MackSenior Lifestyles Reporter ey said. ppalachian State They also serve as a U n i v e r s i t y ’ s way to reclaim the word Women’s Center “vagina,” said Shelby will host its annual pre- Forsyth, a webmaster and sentation of Eve Ensler’s volunteer with the center.

“Vagina Monologues” “Going to a show that this weekend, Thurs- emphasizes vaginas so day through Saturday much kind of takes the in Plemmons Student shock value - or the fact Union’s Grandfather that it’s downplayed in Mountain Ballroom. regular society - takes The monologues - that out of it,” Forsyth written by playwright said. “It makes it okay to and feminist activist En- say.” sler in 1996 - have beAnd despite any miscome a way to highlight conceptions, the monoand address discrimina- logues are not a form of tion and violence against “man-hating,” said Tami women.

Gorodetzer, a sophomore Senior art major Susan interdisciplinary studies Mackey, a volunteer at major and the event’s fithe center, said students nancial producer. should attend because “Last year, we actually everyone has some con- had a bunch of guys come nection with this par- to the show,” Gorodetzer ticular part of the human said. “There is not a single anatomy. monologue about man“Either you’re a man hating. There’s actually and you love vaginas, one monologue that’s all or you’re a woman who about the praise of a man loves vaginas, and how he or you’re a treated his woman who woman. A “A lot of guys has a vagina,” lot of guys go into it with Mackey said. go into it “Those people the wrong with the love vaginas. wrong idea, idea, but it is Or even if but it is definitely for you don’t fit definitel y into that, we for everyeveryone.” all came from one.

Go Tami Gorodetzer into it with a vagina. So Financial Producer, honor the vaan open “The Vagina Monologues” gina, because mind.” we all came T h e from one.” event will This year’s event, ti- operate as an extension of tled “For My Sisters in V-Day, a national camPortauprincebukavu-ne- paign through which loworleans,” will highlight cal volunteers and various areas that have recently college campuses present suffered from natural the Vagina Monologues disasters or political tur- to raise awareness and moil - as well as areas funding for anti-violence where women have been groups. misrepresented.

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Review: McCartney makes smooth transition

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by MICHAEL BRAGG Lifestyles Editor

Editor’s Note: The following reflects the opinion of the author.

Photos by Olivia Wilkes | The Appalachian

Actresses for The Vagina Monologues practice for their performance at a dress rehearsal Saturday morning in Plemmons Student Union.

tween OASIS and Ashe and Avery County Safehouses, both of which provide services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. Addition-

ally, 10 percent of funds will go back to the V-Day Campaign.

Last year, the event generated $8,000 - more than twice the funds

raised in 2010.

Tickets can be purchased for $7 in advance at the Plemmons Student Union Information Desk or for $10 at the door.

Entropy workshop breaks down moves on campus

Is there anything that Paul McCartney cannot do?

McCartney is a musician, artist, actor and writer. In his musical career, he was a founding member of The Beatles – or The Silver Beatles, depending on how far back in the band’s history is looked into – one of the most iconic bands in the 20th century.

Since the 1960s, McCartney – and drummer Ringo Starr – have been making solo and group projects after the Liverpool based group disbanded.

Today marks the release of McCartney’s newest project, “Kisses on the Bottom.”

Prior to this album, McCartney released “Electric Arguments” in 2008 under the name The Fireman. The album had an edgy, modern and almost soulful rock approach to it that mimicked The Beatles in a way.

What separates this full-length album from the rest of Sir Paul’s repertoire is that it’s a jazz album.

“Kisses on the Bottom” features the talents of Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and jazz vocalist and pianist Diana Krall with her band.

However, not all the songs are originals.

McCartney dips back into his past and covers songs by Fats Waller, like “I’m Gonna Sit Down and Write Myself a Letter,” which leads the album.

Other tracks are Nat Cole’s “It’s Only a Paper Moon” and “My One and Only Love” by Frank Sinatra.

McCartney has always been an inspiration and will be the giant that artists of today and tomorrow will stand on. While he is known mostly as a Beatle, a member of Wings and a solo artist, this jazz album should not be left to the side.

According to itunes.apple. com, jazz was an inspiring music in McCartney’s early life and even a motivating factor for his songwriting.

While songs from this album may not make their appearance on Top 40 radio or maybe even have the slightest chance of appearing on a few top whatever mainstream lists, this album is a treasure.

These songs, the latest installment in McCartney’s career, bring the listener back to his roots, his childhood and some of his initial inspirations. The listener is being taken back into an intimate recollection of the beginnings of one of the most memorable musicians of all time.

While it is sentimental that McCartney covers songs from his fondest memories, it would have been nice to see an almost completely original jazz album, which would have made this excellent piece of recording even greater.

Overall, “Kisses on the Bottom” is a beautiful, smooth and relaxing album by Sir Paul himself and deserves – at the very least – a listen.

“Kisses on the Bottom” is out in stores and online today.

Rating: 3 out of 4 stars

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Members of Entropy Dance Crew advertise for their hip-hop workshop on Sanford Mall. The workshop took place Sunday in Varsity Gym.

Six students in hip-hop dance crew bring their ‘wow factor’ to Varsity Gym

by CASEY SUGLIA Lifestyles Reporter

Students were exposed to a unique style of dance this weekend, through Entropy Dance Crew’s hip-hop workshop Sunday in the Varsity Gym. Entropy is a hip-hop dance crew made up of six students: sophomores Joshua Carr, Ershawn Wilder, D.J. Elliker and Kenley Joseph, junior Reshea Mackey and senior Ryan Parker.

“You’re not going to see [hip-hop] normally around Boone,” Carr said. “So I think it’s really important for people to understand that we’re here and we’re actually a part of this

community, so we fit inside this melting pot of Appalachian.”

Attendees at Sunday’s workshop learned a variety of dances, to songs by artists as varied as T-Pain and Lily Allen.

“It was a good workout, a good time and definitely helped me work on my dance moves,” senior biology major Brian Bonville said.

Bonville attended the workshop after seeing Entropy around campus.

“Their crew is starting to mature as far as their style and their cohesion and they’ve been getting very involved,” he said. “I was very impressed so I figured I would go out and support them, learn about dancing and have fun.”

Carr started Entropy in his senior year of high school, November 2010 and the crew has hip-hop is a stress reliever in the been growing and gaining new crazed world of college. members ever since. Still, Carr “In a weird way, it gives me a describes it as reason to get a tight-knit out of bed group.

“I guess on the outside, and a reason “Entropy to get out of we’re a dance crew is a family,” class, because he said. “But but on the inside, we’re you know that we all happen really just a tight family.” you’re actually to dance, so working for Joshua Carr, it kind of something,” he Sophomore Entropy Dance Crew manifests that said. “It keeps Member way. I guess me in good on the outside, shape and it’s we’re a dance like, if I can crew - but on the inside, we’re dance and have that wow factor, really just a tight family.” it’s like - you did your good deed For Carr, who started dancing for the day.”

“Kisses on the Bottom’ What various reviewers have said about Sir Paul’s interesting title choice: ‘Why, Paul, why? The flinchinducing title, lifted from Fats Waller’s ‘I’m Going to Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter,” suggests that McCartney lacks anyone to tell him when he’s had a terrible idea.” - Simon Price, The Independent

“The album’s title, a bit of a nudge nudge wink wink, actually takes its name from a line in the Fats Waller song...regarding the title, Paul recently explained, ‘I like mischief. It’s good for the soul, it’s always a good idea - if only because people think it’s a bad idea.” - Dave Swanson, UltimateClassicRock.com

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Spring Counseling Center groups

Understanding Self and Others Group: Issues commonly addressed vary from depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, issues of family conflict or abuse, etc.

Students who want to resolve specific concerns as well as those seeking personal growth are welcome. This can be a good time to get peers’ perspectives on various issues, and to recognize that you are not alone. Four groups are available: Mondays 1:30-3 and 3:30-5; Tuesdays 3-4:30; Wednesday 3-4:30; Thursdays (with dog) 3-4:30; Fridays 10-11:30.

Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual Therapy Group: This group will present an opportunity for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals to explore life challenges. It will provide a safe environment in which to address a variety of issues (e.g., coming out, spirituality, family relationships, depression, selfesteem, abuse, etc.). Goals of the group include: reducing isolation, finding support and making changes. Tuesdays 5-6:30 and Fridays 1-2:30.

Painful Pasts, Promising Futures Group: This group is designed for those who have experienced traumatic events in their lives or who come from backgrounds in which they did not feel safe. Members will learn how their past experiences and their biology are affecting their lives now. More importantly, they will learn what to do about it! Members will learn important insights about their patterns in relationships and skills to better manage their emotions and relationships.

Thursdays 3:30-5 and Fridays 3-4:30. (For information contact Amber Lyda: 262-3180 or lydaam@appstate.edu).

Transgender Therapy Group: This group is similar to the “Understanding Self and Others” group in that a variety of issues will be explored in a safe and supportive environment. Some of the issues will be unique to gender-variant students. Goals of the group include: reducing isolation, finding support and making changes. Wednesdays 4:30-6.

(For information contact Sheri Clark: 262-3180 clarksl@ appstate.edu).

WISE Women, Image, & Self Esteem: This group is designed for any woman interested in changing how she values herself. If you’d like to feel better about yourself and less controlled by appearance, food and what others think, this group may be for you. Thursdays 2-3:30 p.m. (For information contact Denise Lovin: 262-3180 or lovindm@ appstate.edu).

An Introduction to Mindfulness Group: Mindfulness involves stepping out of “auto-pilot” reactions and learning to pay more attention to our present experiences. Activities in this group will help participants cultivate a mindful approach to their lives, which can decrease stress, create emotional balance, and allow a person to take actions more in line with their values. Thursdays 2-3:30 (For information contact Chris Hogan: 262-3180 or hogancj@appstate.edu).

To get started with a Counseling Center group, come to the Counseling Center during Walk-In Clinic, call 262-3180 or visit the website for more information at www.counseling. appstate.edu. If you are interested in group but these times do not work for you, please get in touch with Chris Carden at 262-3180 or cardendc@appstate.edu.

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Come explore the resources on campus here to assist you with your career planning and job searching needs. Is choosing a major causing you stress? The Peer Career Center can help! Choosing a major is one of the many decisions you will have to make during your college career. Do not take it lightly. The average person spends 86,000 hours working in his/her lifetime. How many hours are you going to spend choosing your career? We offer assistance in finding a major and career that matches your interests, abilities, values and experiences. Call 262-2029 to schedule an appointment or drop by our office located on the 2nd floor of the Student Union, beside McAllister’s Deli. Visit us at www.peercareer. appstate.edu. The Career Development Center offers many resources to assist you in your job and internship search skills. Career Counselors will help you build a professional resume, cover letter, and help develop your interviewing skills. Students can utilize Career Gear, (careergear.appstate.edu), our new and improved career management system, to schedule career counseling appointments, post resumes, search for jobs and internships, sign up for on campus interviews, research employers, identify employer mentors and stay up to date with career center events and fairs. Learn about all of the great resources in the CDC at careers.appstate.edu.

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Contact the Student Legal Clinic if you have a traffic ticket, a minor criminal charge, a question about your lease or the conditions in your off-campus apartment -- or any other issue or problem that you need legal help with. The Student Legal Clinis is located in Room 221of the Plemmons Student Union. Call (828) 262-2704 for an appointment.

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have partnered to help explain the process and timeline by offering a 60-minute program called “Find Your Match!” to walk students through the process of exploring housing options and securing housing for Fall 2012. The program will include issues related to both on- and off-campus housing, including timelines and procedures for obtaining housing, cost, location, utilities, contracts, roommate choices, etc.

To register for “Find Your Match,” go to www.offcampus. appstate.edu. All programs take place in the Watauga River Room in Plemmons Student Union, from Noon to 1 p.m. on the following dates: Jan. 23, 24, Feb. 1 and 3. For more information about on-campus housing, contact University Housing at 828-262-6111 or visit housing.appstate.edu.

For more information about off-campus housing resources, contact the Office of Off-Campus Community Relations at 828-262-8284 or visit offcampus.appstate.edu.

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Spring Diversity Speakers Series

The Office of Multicultural Student Development has announced the Spring schedule for the 2011-2012 Diversity Speaker Series. We hope that you will take advantage of these unique opportunities to see, hear and learn from some of the leading experts on diversity and social justice.

All Diversity Speaker Series events are free and open to the public. The series includes: Heather’s Mommies Get Married: Homophobia, Censorship and Family Values, Tuesday, Feb 21, Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union, 7 p.m. Author Lesléa Newman discusses her classic children’s book, Heather Has Two Mommies: why she wrote the book, how difficult it was to get it published, the controversies that arose as it became one of the most controversial books ever published. She then discusses the rights of gay and lesbian families and delves into the history of the LGBT marriage movement.

This presentation includes a slide show (with photos from Lesléa’s own wedding!) and video.

Leslea Newman wrote Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children’s book to portray lesbian families in a positive way, and has followed up this pioneering work with several more children’s books on lesbian and gay families. Ms. Newman is also the author of many books for adults that deal with lesbian identity, Jewish identity and the intersection and collision between the two. Other topics Ms. Newman explores include AIDS, eating disorders, butch/femme relationships and sexual abuse. She has received many literary awards including Poetry Fellowships from the Massachusetts Artists Fellowship Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Highlights for Children Fiction Writing Award, the James Baldwin Award for Cultural Achievement, and three Pushcart Prize Nominations. Nine of her books have been Lambda Literary Award finalists.

Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in the SNCC, Tuesday, April 24, Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union, 7 p.m. Much has been written about the courage and tenacity of the male ministers and activists of the Civil Rights movement: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Julian Bond, Stokely Carmichael, and others. About the role of women we know less. In Hands on the Freedom Plow, the personal stories of fifty-two women–northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina are shared. Two of the book’s six editors, Faith Holsaert and Marsha Noonan, will present a sweeping personal history of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Since the women spent time in the Deep South, many of the testimonials describe how they risked their lives through beatings and arrests and witnessed unspeakable violence. These intense stories depict women, many very young, dealing with extreme fear and finding the remarkable strength to survive.

The women in SNCC acquired new skills, experienced personal growth, sustained one another, and even had fun in the midst of serious struggle. Readers are privy to their analyses of the Movement, its tactics, strategies, and underlying philosophies. The contributors revisit central debates of the struggle including the role of nonviolence and self-defense, the role of white people in a black-led movement, and the role of women within the Movement and the society at large. Each story reveals how the struggle for social change was formed, supported, and maintained by the women who kept their “hands on the freedom plow.”

Faith S. Holsaert lives in Durham, North Carolina, is a teacher and fiction writer and has remained active in lesbian and women’s, antiwar, and justice struggles. Martha Prescod Norman Noonan, community organizer, activist, homemaker, and teacher of history including the Civil Rights Movement, lives near Baltimore, Maryland.

Financial Aid Fair set for Feb. 25

The Office of Student Financial Aid has scheduled a Financial Aid Information Day for Wednesday, Feb. 25, in Plemmons Student Union form 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Stop by the contact table to obtain financial aid information for summer school 2012 and the 2012-2013 school year and study abroad. Financial Aid counselors from the Office of Student Financial Aid will be on hand to answer general financial aid questions durthing this time.

Outdoor Programs offers ski shuttle Outdoor Programs at Appalachian State University offers a ski and snowboard shuttle to Beach Mountain. Included in the $20 trip price is lift tickets. Shuttle riders will also get discounts on rental prices if they need equipment. You must register at Outdoor Programs in the Student Recreation Center. The shuttle service will repeat every seven days until Friday, Feb. 24. Dates and times are: Thursday, Feb. 2, 9, 16, and 23, from 5 until 11 p.m. For more information contact Keith Crawford at 262-4700 or email crawfordtk1@ appstate.edu.

Sustainability film series to begin

The sustainability film series at Appalachian State University enters the third year with films that focus on environmental and economic issues and social justice. A feature-length film will be shown in Greer Auditorium each month during spring semester. All films begin at 7 p.m. and are shown

free of charge. A 30-minute panel discussion will follow.

Visit www.sustain.appstate.edu/2012filmseries for more information. Sponsors of this year’s series are the Office of Sustainable Development, Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS), Belk Library and Information Commons, and Appalachian’s Renewable Energy Initiative and Energy Center. The film series schedule is as follows: Tuesday, Feb. 21, “Economics of Happiness”; March 20, “The Last Mountain”; April 17, “Wasteland”. The series is hosted by Appalachian’s Office of Sustainability and Department of Geology. For additional information about the film series, contact Brian Zimmer in the Department of Geology at zimmerbw@appstate.edu.

Collection on display in Union

Eleven works selected from the Leigh Lane Edwards Collection will be on display until Feb. 8 in Looking Glass Gallery in Appalachian State University’s Plemmons Student Union.

The Leigh Lane Edwards Collection is one of four permanent collections housed and displayed in the Plemmons Student Union (PSU). It is named in memory of Edwards, a former PSU Looking Glass Gallery curator who died while a student at Appalachian. Art in the collection was selected during a national purchase awards competition in 1996. The Looking Glass Gallery exhibition was guest curated by PSU Permanent Art Collections Manager Sarah Young, a senior at Appalachian majoring in art management with a minor in business. Looking Glass Gallery is located on the first floor of the Plemmons Student Union. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. – 10 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. – 10 p.m. and Sunday from noon – 10 p.m.

Gallery admission is free. For more information, visit www.

LookingGlassGallery.appstate.edu.

Spring swim lessons available

University Recreation Aquatics is now taking registration for spring swim lessons for children and adults. Session I begins Feb. 20. For registration details and form, go to www. aquatics.appstate.edu. For more information, contact Cheryl Eddins at eddinscj@appstate.edu or ext 8707. Classes will be open for both spring sessions until filled.

Renew lifeguard certification

Do you need to get recertified to be a lifeguard? Appalachian State University Recreation and the American Red Cross are now accepting registration forms for this semester’s lifeguard challenge. The challenge is open to all community members including ASU students who have a current lifeguard training certificate. This course will recertify you in the areas of Lifeguarding, First Aid and CRR/AED. Be sure to renew before it’s too late! A recertification will be held Feb. 27 and 29, 5-8 p.m. For registration forms and fee information visit online at www.aquatics.appstate.edu.

If you would like more information on this topic or other aquatic related programs, please call Cheryl Eddins, Assistant Director for Aquatics, at (828) 262-2100 or e-mail her at eddinscj@appstate.edu.

Snow Ball Dance set for Feb. 17

Are you looking for a nice date for Valentine’s Day or a reason to ask that one special person out this February?

How about taking them to the Residence Hall Association (RHA) Snow Ball Semi-Formal Dance? The Snow Ball Dance will be held Friday, Feb. 17, from 7-10:30 p.m. in Grandfather Ballroom of the Plemmons Student Union. This is a semi-formal dance with a large photo booth (that can hold up to 12 people), a great DJ, and free food. The cost is $3 in advance or $5 at the door. There will be a contact table outside of cascades in the Student Union the week of Feb. 13-17 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. All proceeds will go to support OASIS Inc. in their efforts of supporting the Boone Community. We hope to see you there to dance the night away with us.

Polar Plunge planned for Feb. 16

The 14th Annual Polar Plunge to benefit Watauga County Special Olympics will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16, at Duck Pond on the campus of Appalachian State University. The Polar Plunge is sponsored by area law enforcement agencies and Watauga County Parks and Recreation Department. Registration for the plunge begins at 3 p.m. with the plunge taking place at 4 p.m. Since its inception the Polar Plunge has raised over $90,000 for Special Olympics. All of the money raised by Polar Plunge will remain in Watauga County to support Watauga County’s Special Olympic athletes. Last year 200 hearty souls took the plunge and raised over $7,700 for Watauga County Special Olympics.

Individuals wishing to take the plunge are asked to donate $25. For groups of five or more that register as a group, the minimum donation asked is $20 per person. Prizes will be awarded for the Most Extreme Costume (male and female), as well as for the top fund-raising group and individual. All plungers will receive a Polar Plunge Towel. Anyone interested in participating or sponsoring someone in the Polar Plunge can contact Keron Poteat, Watauga County Special Olympics coordinator, at 264-9511, or any of the Watauga County Law Enforcement agencies involved in sponsoring this event.

Outdoor Jobs Fair set for Feb. 15

Are you looking for a way to spend your summer in the great outdoors. You can do that while gaining skills in teaching, counseling, leading, climbing, boating, and more. Drop by the Outdoor Jobs Fair 2012 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the Grandfather Mountain Ballroom in Plemmons Student Union. Over 60 of the top camps, conference centers, outfitters, and resorts in the United States will be represented. The Outdoor Jobs Fair is a wonderful opportunity to secure that summer job, or, perhaps, year round employment. Internships are also available. All majors are encouraged to attend. For more information and a lits of attendees, visit camps.appstate.edu. The Outdoor Jobs Fair 2012 is sponsored by the Appalachian State University Recreation Management Association, the Office of Conferences and Institutes, and the Career Development Center.

Counseling Center holds workshops

The Counseling Center presents The Wellness Workshops, beginning Tuesday, Feb. 28, 12:30-1:30 p.m., in the Linvillle Falls Room of the Plemmons Student Union. The workshop is entitled “Feelin’ Good in the Neighborhood. On Monday, March 5, 12-1:30 p.m. in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union the workshop “Ask a Question, Save a Life: Suicide Prevention Training. On Thursday, March 22, 5:30-6:30 p.m. or 6:30-7 p.m. in the Counseling Center (limit of 20 participants in each group). On April 17, 12-1 p.m. in the Table Rock Room of Plemmons Student Union, “De-Strress with Mindfulness: Intro and Practice.” Extra credit slips will be made available. For more information, contact the Counseling Center at 262-3180 or counseling. appstate.edu.

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Punch Brothers, Chris Thile bring eclectic sound to Farthing

by MEGAN WRAPPE Lifestyles Reporter

The Grammy-nominated Punch Brothers, featuring mandolin player Chris Thile, will take the stage at Farthing Auditorium Friday as part of Appalachian State University’s Performing Arts Series.

The Punch Brothers are a progressive bluegrass band whose ability to include other genres - including indie rock, folk, jazz and classical - has formed a strong base of support, fans said.

“I’ve loved Chris Thile since I was a freshman in high school when he was in Nickel Creek and later when the Punch Brothers got together,” senior music therapy major Emith Smith said. “I love the blend of virtuosic playing with the down-home feel of bluegrass. A lot of their music is extremely complex harmonically.”

Sophomore elementary education major Emily Fulcher is a fan of the group as well.

“The most unique quality of the group is that they’ve made music with some

Photo courtesy of Danny Clinch

The Punch Brothers, a quintet that has been described as "hard-charging string-band punk rock," is set to perform at Farthing Auditorium on Feb.

big names like Dierks Bentley [and] come plenty far in terms of recognized musical accomplishments, but still have such a unique sound and range, as well as genuinely enjoying the

music they make,” Fulcher said. “It seems to me that they really enjoy making music, which really shows.”

While in Boone, the Punch Brothers will interact with student groups on

Appalachian students spend winter break in Malawi, Africa

by CASEY SUGLIA Lifestyles Reporter

While some students spent their last few days of winter break at home with their families or on vacation, it was a different story for 11 students from the Walker College of Business.

The students were enrolled in “Business & Society in Malawi: Sustainability in the Developing World,” a course taught by Professor of Business Martin Meznar.

Along with Meznar, they took a class trip to Malawi, Africa from Jan. 1 to Jan. 16.

For many - including senior political science major Ryn MacArthur - the reality of the trip differed from their expectations.

“When I went from App State to Malawi, I was expecting very rural, a lot of disease and a lot of hunger,” MacArthur said.

“The capital had tons of people driving cars, which I was not expecting.”

Before the trip, each member of the class read William Kamkwamba’s memoir, “The Boy who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope.”

The book is the story of Kamkwamba’s quest to bring wind energy to his home country of Malawi.

While in Malawi, the students visited Kamkwamba’s village and met with his uncle.

“I didn’t know anything about Malawi until I read the book,” MacArthur said. “That was where I learned about their culture and whatnot. And it was when I went to the Mchezi village and the capital that all of it became very tangible for me.”

Now, inspired by their time in Africa, the students are making several attempts to bring what they’ve learned back to the Appalachian community.

First, the group hopes to make Kamkwamba’s book selected the 2013 summer reading selection, senior marketing major Whitney

Howard said.

“It will take time, but we definitely will work on trying to get the book selected and raising awareness for Malawi,” Howard said.

The group is also in the process of creating a business plan for a community-based organization in Mchezi, along with a maize mill where one of Malawi’s major crops can be processed into flour.

The students are hopeful about the potential for each of their ongoing projects.

“There is no doubt in our minds that this can happen,” senior management major Ethan Herman said.

And for many, Malawi is still at the forefront of their minds - even after their return to the United States.

“One of the greatest things that we can do is love and show compassion for one another,” Howard said. “We are looking to make a difference. Malawi is that difference.”

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campus.

“We always try to somehow connect the artists with the classroom in some way and the Punch Brothers will be doing some sort of outreach, probably a Q &

A with a few groups on campus,” said Megan Stage, manager of marketing and public relations at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. “The Appalachian Heritage Council has been

working closely with us to co-promote our events, so they will be involved in the outreach event for sure.”

The group will release its latest album, “Who’s Feeling Young Now,” Feb. 14 - making Boone the first tour date after its premiere.

“It is an honor to be their first stop,” Stage said. “They are a very well-known band.”

The band formed in 2006 under the name “The How to Grow a Band.” They moved on to “The Tensions Mountain Boys” before settling on “The Punch Brothers.”

The Punch Brothers’ career includes performances at Carnegie Hall and a Grammy nomination for “The Eleventh Reel.” They’re also the subject of a 2011 documentary, “How to Grow a Band.”

Thile, who has been playing mandolin since the age of five, joined in after deciding to take a break from his band, Nickel Creek.

Tickets for Friday’s show are $10 for students and $20 for all others. For more information, visit pas. appstate.edu.

New River Boys, SalemSpeaks perform free show at Son’s Light

by MICHAEL BRAGG Lifestyles Editor

Boone-based folk trio The New River Boys put on a free show at Son’s Light Coffee House Saturday night, along with Winston-Salem’s SalemSpeaks.

“We just like to perform,” said Aaron Simpson, New River Boys mandolin player and senior anthropology major. “We’ve never been in it for the money.”

SalemSpeaks played a set that included a cover of Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Wagon Wheel,” but at a higher tempo.

The New River Boys then took the stage and Simpson made plenty of jokes on stage - something he does at all their shows.

“I probably did more jokes at this show,” he said. “It depends on the crowd. If they’re quiet, then there’s not as much interaction.”

Simpson joked about the band, the audience and the sound crew about cellist and junior music performance major Everett Hardin’s sound. Simpson makes fun of Hardin for his red hair at their shows.

“Don’t turn the cello down too low,” Simpson said. “We still want to hear that ginger spice.”

The band closed out with “Forbidden Love,” a song they always use to conclude a set. The song has an unexpected subject and Simpson said it’s “a lot of fun.”

“They don’t know what to expect,” he said.

“That may have been the best reaction.”

The New River Boys’ EP, “Heart for Sale,” which was recorded in conjunction with Son’s Light.

Son’s Light Coffee House and Son’s Light Records are a part of Son’s Light Ministries, a Boone-based, Christian organization that “seeks to empower individuals through a ministry of example,” according to sonslightministries.com.

“We’ve always had a good relationship with them,” Simpson said. “They’ve been real generous as far as working out a deal with the venue and everything.”

Simpson said SalemSpeaks has an “indie kind of rock-folk” sound.

“They’re a quality group coming up,” he said. “It was a privilege to have them. We had a high bar set before us.”

SalemSpeaks is a quintet featuring traditional live-band instruments - guitar, bass and drums - along with banjo, keyboard, accordion, fiddle and mandolin.

“We’re all multi-instrumental - we switch up instruments to switch up the mood,” said Zach Britt, SalemSpeaks guitarist and vocalist and freshman music industry studies major.

The band formed in Winston-Salem while the five members were in high school. Now, two attend Wake Forest and two attend Appalachian State University.

A fifth member plans to transfer to Appalachian next semester.

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As reading shifts to tablets, students sacrifice joy

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HANNAH POMPHREY

February 7, 2012 •

Meghan Frick Every time I turn around on campus these days, I see them.

It’s small, nondescript, shiny - so distinctively Apple, so obviously the brainchild of the late Steve Jobs.

Yes, it’s an iPad. It’s the latest tech toy, but more importantly, it’s the latest incarnation of an age-old object: books. More and more, students are shifting their reading material - from textbooks to beach reads - to the iPad. Look, I get the appeal of tablets for reading. I understand that you can press a few buttons and buy something new to read. And as a fan of snarky, Gossip Girlstyle chick lit and a constant re-reader of Harry Potter, I

can see how it’d be nice to be nondescript about your reading material.

And you know, I get that with the iPad, reading becomes a one-stop shop.

You can read a book, but you can also take a break to play games and check your Google Calendar and log onto Facebook. And if you’re the kind of person who has always thought, “Hey, I’m reading this book, but I really wish I was playing Angry Birds and stalking my high school classmates,” I guess you should probably get a Kindle.

But the thing is, when you read on a screen, there’s so much you lose.

You can’t lift the book to your face and breathe it in and take note of the way the pages start smelling different as the book gets older.

You can’t strike up a conversation with the stranger next to you, who notices the cover on your book and mentions that they’ve read it too.

You can’t feel that familiar weight in your bag,

that little bit of heaviness that represents comfort and security and escape the knowledge that all day, you’re going to be looking for little pockets of free time so you can read.

You can’t take a break from gadgets and sit down with a book - you can’t give yourself a rest from staring at a screen all day.

And you can’t buy bookshelves. You won’t need them. You can rest your entire book collection on a coffee table or a nightstand or the back of a toilet.

I think that one line sums up my entire problem with the concept of shifting books into the digital realm.

If everyone keeps snapping up iPads - and Kindles and Nooks and whatever comes next - we won’t need bookshelves.

It’s more than that, though. It’s the fact that it’s not just a personal choice. With every person who makes the choice to start reading on a tablet, more bookstores close their doors.

When I look at the person next to me sliding their fingers across the glass screen of their iPad, I see someone who’s contributing to the loss of all the things that mean most to me. I see the beginnings of a world without bookshelves, without bookstores, without libraries, without the smell of new books and the smell of old books and the way the edges of a book feel when the pages are all different sizes.

I’m not really telling you to give up your iPad. But I do think you’re trading some of the best things human beings have created for something sleek and shiny and new. I think you’re sacrificing joy to gain convenience, and in doing so, creating a new world for all of us.

And I can’t imagine actually wanting to live in that world.

Frick, a senior public relations major from Columbia, S.C., is the associate editor for editorial content.

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I can’t believe you still carry around books like some kind of neanderthal!

Column: Winning the War

The search for more confidence: winning the lingering battle I can’t remember a moment when I was secure with myself - a time when I could say I was happy with my capabilities.

I thought nothing I did was enough, for myself or for anyone around me.

I suffer from insecurity, from uncertainty and anxiety about myself. Essentially, I lack confidence in who I am.

For so long, I thought it was normal to second-guess my actions - to do my personal best without being proud of it. I thought confidence was the worst.

I thought being so secure and proud of one’s actions was more damaging to the ego than my own inability to be content with myself. I didn’t want to be that girl walking around with grace, self-assured in her character, happy in her abilities, knowing what she was and wasn’t capable of but content in who she was.

I thought being that person was unattainable, so I turned to flaunting my own insecurities.

There was no second-guessing with me. It was, “this is what I’m insecure about and there isn’t much more than that.” My insecurities became me and, as it turns out, insecurity is more damaging to the soul than having heaping amounts of confidence ever could be.

I just didn’t want to end up being one of “those people” - the ones you assume are fishing for compliments when they really know they look good.

But although it may appear that way and although compliments do warm my soul, at times a compliment is indispensably helpful. I tend to second-guess my actions and appearance so much that I need a kind word to stop my worrying mind and help me make a decision.

In the past, everything I did required approval. When I painted for my own enjoyment, I needed my mom to tell me the two brush strokes I’d made on the canvas were good enough for me to continue. I worried about college even after I was accepted.

I was always hindered by my lack of self-confidence.

This February, I’m going to make a change in myself.

I’m going to exude the self-confidence that I know resides somewhere in each and every one of us. It’s up to us to pull it from inside and flaunt it.

There’s not a better time to do so. It’s the shortest month in the year, so think of it as a trial run and see if you can stick with it.

Start by making a list of the things you know you’re good at.

For instance, I know I can write because I’m writing a column with support from my friends, peers and loved ones.

I know I can do makeup well because I didn’t spend all of winter break watching YouTube tutorials on how to create the perfect smoky eye for nothing.

I’m comfortable with myself because I am loved, I am here and I am doing this.

Confidence isn’t something that makes you boastful and full of yourself. Insecurity isn’t something that makes you desperate for attention.

Confidence is about exuding your absolute best self the person each one of us is capable of being.

Confidence is something that lies within us. Don’t be afraid to grasp it, to be assured in your actions and happy with what you’ve done.

Let’s start right now.

Suglia, a freshman journalism major from Pinehurst, writes about depression, anxiety and mental health issues.

She says she’s still fighting the battle, but plans to win the war.

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New senate seats will benefit student body I wholeheartedly disagree with the opinion put forth by staff writer Anne Buie concerning the effectiveness of SGA’s newlyadded UFO senate seats.

UFO stands for University Funded Organization.

These are the only on-campus clubs or organizations that receive an annual appropriation directly from the university. As SGA provides the only opportunity for direct student input concerning the university’s yearly budget, it makes perfect sense that these organizations be involved in the decision making process.

Ms. Buie is correct in proclaiming that the UFOs chosen to hold Senate seats already possess a great deal of influence on campus, but the important part to understand is that before the seats were created, these powerful clubs and organizations had very little to no influence over any of their budgetary matters from the university.

This was the reasoning behind opening new Senate seats for UFOs. I do not deny that other clubs and organizations deserve some sort of representation, as I co-sponsored legislation last semester that would have looked into the need and feasibility of a new branch of SGA, made up solely of clubs.

It is interesting how Ms. Buie views the 10 UFOs as important, influence-holding bodies, but at the same time is worried that these organizations will send “apathetic” people to serve as their representative.

I would encourage Ms. Buie to meet some of the representatives that have already been chosen before making such assumptions.

RHA Representative Nathan Bailey has been working on SGA matters since last semester, reaching out to several cabinet members before his duties officially began. In fact, RHA has made the senate seat a new position on its executive board, meaning RHA’s senator will be voted on by all members of RHA. The Appalachian Student Ambassadors have selected Jackie Greco to serve as their representative. Ms. Greco was awarded the Ambassador of the Semester award during the fall semester, in part for her work in facilitating cooperative activities between the Ambassadors and other groups on campus.

The Appalachian Popular Programming Society had two members who were so interested in serving in the new Senate position, they both approached SGA President Lauren Estes in an attempt to prove their

worthiness.

In my opinion, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone within any of the 10 UFOs who could be labeled apathetic.

ACT members work tirelessly to provide services and volunteer work to the community of Boone and Greek organizations (which contain almost 15 percent of our entire student body), perform a myriad of philanthropic events in and around campus.

The Women’s Center at Appalachian is the only allvolunteer women’s center in the state of North Carolina.

You may decry the function or efficiency of adding UFO senate seats, but do not question the drive of the members that make up these organizations, Ms. Buie.

The 10 new senate seats are sure to increase representation around campus, not create a body of “apathetic people who don’t truly serve a purpose,” as Ms. Buie asserts. You may find an apathetic writer in The Appalachian office: one who seems unwilling to perform quality background research before sounding off to the entire university.

Finally, Ms. Buie believes SGA has rendered itself less effective - which is interesting, especially since SGA spent the entire fall semes-

ter fighting massive budget cuts and unheralded tuition increases all the while ensuring that Belk Library would remain open 24/5 during the most crucial time of the semester.

The notion that adding 10 organizations that “have plenty of influence and representation on campus” will hinder or retard the work of SGA is absurd.

Ms. Buie is assigned to monitor and report about SGA for The Appalachian and I commend her for keeping the student body up to date on matters that SGA can at times struggle to accomplish.

However, derogatory bashing of the 10 UFOs, their members and an idea that passed a school wide referendum with 84 percent - and is set to pass the desks of both Vice Chancellor Cindy Wallace and Chancellor Peacock - seems a bit apathetic.

I can assure Ms. Buie that these new Senate seats will be beneficial not only to SGA, but Appalachian State University as a whole and am proud to support these new senators as they transition into their new leadership roles.

Tommy Ratliff SGA Director of Campus Outreach

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A rough weekend for men’s basketball Mountaineers bring home disappointing losses against Samford, Charleston

by JAKE AMBERG Sports Editor

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railing by three with less than 10 seconds left in their Feb. 2 game against the Samford Bulldogs, the Mountaineers swung the ball to Tab Hamilton.

The freshman guard launched a desperate 3-pointer at the buzzer.

Despite the shot ricocheting off the front of the rim, Hamilton was fouled, sending him to the free throw line with a chance to send the game into overtime.

But Hamilton missed the second free throw and made the third only accidentally, setting the tone for the Mountaineers’ disappointing weekend.

ASU, now 9-13, 5-7 in the SoCon, is starting to struggle at the most critical part of the season. “[I’m] incredibly disappointed in our effort to start the game,” head coach Jason Capel said. “We didn’t execute. They had zero offensive rebounds in the first half and seven in the second.”

The Mountaineers fell to Samford with a final score of 53-52 and lost to the College of Charleston 74-62.

Although the Samford game was a close match throughout, several miscues doomed the Mountaineers.

With less than three minutes to go, junior forward Jamaal Trice missed a 3-pointer. That led to an open three Nealfor Samford’s Tyler Hood, who gained % a five-point lead for his team. -10 The Mountaineers cut +1 the lead-1to a single point with less than a minute to -3 go, but senior Omar Carter charged -11 toward the basket, -2 and turned the lost control ball over.+8 “This +2 whole year, we +7 to win two in a can’t seem

row and get the ball rolling,” said junior Nathan Healy, who was a bright spot for the Mountaineers this weekend - coming in as the team’s lead scorer in both games.

Charleston proved to be a tougher matchup for Appalachian State.

The Cougars’ senior guard Andrew Lawrence, a potential member of the 2012 English Olympic Basketball Team, lived up to the hype. Lawrence buried six 3-pointers, scored 24 points and recorded seven assists.

The Mountaineers, on the other hand, couldn’t find their rhythm all weekend. ASU shot under 40 percent against each opponent.

“We missed a lot in the paint,” senior Andre Williamson said. “We shot 40some points in the paint and only eight free throws.

We have to finish some things, hit some layups and some easy shots. Shots we usually make. It just wasn’t falling for us.”

App State continued its frustration with the 2-3 zone this weekend. Since the season’s early days, opposing teams have used that zone to force the Mountaineers into bad shots.

Charleston, which typically plays man-to-man, threw a zone together in the last few days. It proved to be a success - the Mountaineers shot just 37 percent from the floor.

“We played more zone tonight than we have in three or four games,” College of Charleston Interim Head Coach Sam Byington said. “Tonight, we just thought we had matchup problems in man-to-man.”

Appalachian played its third game in five days Monday against Elon, falling 82-59.

The Mountaineers will take on Wofford at home Saturday.

-10 +1 -1 -3 -11 -2 +8 Maggie Cozens I The Appalachian Freshman point guard Michael Neal continues to perform well on the offensive end.+2 Neal scored eight points and hit +7 two 3-pointers against the Samford Bulldogs last Thursday.

Mountaineer IbasketIball Two Games,Two Days

This weekend, Appalachian suffered two setbacks to Samford and Charleston. But let’s look deeper into the numbers to see who played well and who played poorly. Mike Neal and Andre Williamson recorded the worst +/-, but Neal’s true shooting percentage was above average.

Neal-10 52.6% TAB +1 49.4% Trice -1 22.4% -

Butts +8 Healy -3 54.4% 95.2% Williamson Woods +2 N/A 37.8% -11 Vilarino +7 Omar 43.6% 41.5% -2

+/-, a metric that measures what the point swing of a player while he's on the floor.

True shooting a calculation that measures how well players shoot by weighting their 3-point and free throws differently.

This weekend, Appalachian suffered two setbacks to Samford and Charleston. But let’s look deeper into Women’s basketball brings first Georgia Southern defeat in five years the numbers to see who played well and who played home poorly. Mike Neal and Andre Williamson recorded the worst +/-, but Neal’s true shooting percentage was above average. Most surprising was Isaac Butts,

by TYLER WOOD hertrue third foul earlyJamaal - with Trice just under threehad34the with 17:07 remaining. But the second who recorded a +8 and a 95 percent shooting. probably worst weekend, Sports Reporter in the first half. half was a showcase of the latest recipe recording a -1 and shooting a paltryminutes 22.4 percent.

“I felt good with my shot in warm-ups,” for Mountaineer success. Put simply, the The women’s basketball team (17-3, 11- Courtney Freeman said. “When Anna Apps’ depth and defensive pressure wore 1) defeated Georgia Southern for the first went out early with foul trouble, I just the Eagles out. time since 2007 Saturday in Statesboro. tried to step up my scoring.”

“We have been able to hold teams to Plenty of that momentum came from In the opening half, the Eagles sprint- extremely low second-half shooting perjunior Courtney Freeman, who poured in ed out to an early 17-10 lead on a Mimi centages,” Coach Vincent said. “Tonight 19 points and shouldered much of the of- Dubose 3-point shot. The Mountaineers we had two girls come off the bench and fensive load. responded quickly with one of their cus- get double-digit rebounds.”

“Court basically carried us offensively in tomary 12-2 runs, taking a 22-19 lead at Senior reserve Catherine Williams the first half,” head coach Darcie Vincent the eight-minute media timeout. brought in six points, 13 rebounds and five said. “I don’t know where we would’ve Courtney Freeman scored 12 of her 19 assists. been without her tonight.” in the first half, giving the Apps a 30-27 “Cat has had some health issues and Courtney Freeman stepped up after halftime advantage. some nights she feels better than others,” leading scorer Anna Freeman picked up Georgia Southern tied the score at 34- Vincent said. “We couldn’t be happier with

what she has given us in her senior year.”

Meanwhile, junior Kelsey Sharkey pulled down 10 rebounds in just 17 minutes.

According to Sharkey, the team may have starters, but the key to the Mountaineers’ success is in their diversity. There isn’t a significant talent drop-off when Coach Vincent calls to the bench, Sharkey said.

“We have a lot of people on our bench that have played a lot,” Sharkey said.

“Most teams don’t use their bench that much compared to us. When we go to the bench, we don’t have a drop-off.”

The Mountaineers will travel to Charleston Monday to play the Cougars at 7 p.m.

Senior forward Catherine Williams fights through Samford defense at she drives to the basket at a home game Jan. 30.

The ASU women break for their second half against Samford. The Mountaineers won the Jan. 30 game 53-49.

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Track and field team puts together school-record weekend at Penn State

by LEIGH ROBERTS Senior Sports Reporter

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ppalachian State U n i v e r s i t y ’s track and field teams loaded up the bus for a 370-plus mile ride to Penn State this weekend - and they didn’t disappoint.

The Mountaineers left Friday morning for the Sykes and Sabock Challenge Cup, where the men put nine athletes in the top eight and the women put six in the top eight.

“We had some really good performances,” head coach John Weaver said. “Generally speaking, we had a few Olivia Wilkes | The Appalachian who highlighted the Freshman Stanley Broaden and senior AJ Dohanic condition in the Varsity meet for us and then we Gym last Tuesday afternoon. have some kids who are moving along.”

For the men’s team, celebrate, as they snagged the school record by freshman Stanley Broaden finished in fourth nearly two seconds. The team of Dunlap, Breahna place in the 60-meter hurdles, with a time of 8.16. Morrison, Shenita Martin, and Alston finished in The time, a personal best for Broaden, also put 3:49.39, ASU’s new school record. him in the ASU record book at fifth all-time.

In the 3000-meter run, Sarah Williamson ran Senior A.J. Dohanic also competed in the a personal best of 10:11.02, taking eighth place.

60-meter hurdles, taking sixth place.

Freshman Chelsea Farr had another strong perDistance runner Alex Taylor put himself in formance, clearing 12-9.50 in the pole vault, placsixth place in the mile, second all time for ASU, ing second. with a personal best of 4:05.73.

“My performance this season has been incredSenior Brian Graves ran the 5000-meter, plac- ibly shocking to me because I came to Appalaing eighth with a time of 15:18.60. chian expecting to only add 4 or 5 inches in the The Apps had jumpers finish in fourth and fifth first year onto my high school career best of 11’9.” place in the high jump, with senior Darius Purcell, Farr said. clearing 7-0.50, in fourth, and freshman Daryl Coach Weaver is excited at the prospect of the Saunders, clearing 6-10.75, in fifth. freshman possibly heading to nationals due to her Jared Stalling had quite a week. He not came in performance. sixth in the weight throw and eighth in the shot“So she could be at the junior nationals, if we put and was named Southern Conference Field could take her to Indiana later on in June,” Coach Athlete of the Week.

Weaver said.

The women’s team put up impressive finishes as “The team performed very well overall and it well, with sophomore Breanna Alston leading the was great being able to cheer them on as well as way in the sprinting field. Alston ran a season- having their support while I was vaulting.” Farr best 24.68 in the 200-meter dash, taking third, said. and finished sixth in the 60-meter dash.

The Mountaineers will next be in action this In the 400-meter dash, senior Asia Dunlap weekend, Feb. 10 and 11, in Birmingham, Ala. placed seventh with a time of 56.76, just 0.43 shy They’ll take on conference opponent Samford, of ASU’s record. among other schools in the Birmingham InvitaThe 4x400-meter relay team had something to tional.

by JORDAN DEVERE Intern Sports Reporter

After a tough loss against James Madison, the women’s tennis team failed to pull an upset against the Virginia Tech Hokies Sunday.

The Hokies, ranked 61st in the nation, dominated almost every facet of the match and won 7-0.

But the shutout is hardly indicative of the Mountaineers’ play, as Appalachian held on alongside several Hokies.

In doubles, the tandem of senior Blakeley Bean and freshman Gabby Gabriel lost the closest of App’s doubles matches, at a score of 8-5.

“I think we sorted out the doubles,” head coach Colin Crothers said. “We played well at two and three, so that answered a lot of questions I had.”

In singles, Tech controlled most of the matches

- except for App junior Kim-Lea Dinh’s match, at no. 6.

Dinh won the first set in a tiebreaker, but fell in the second set.

“I’ve been practicing my forehand and it really helped today during the match,” Dinh said. “I felt like I had good energy on the court.”

In the super-tiebreaker third set, Dinh fought hard but couldn’t pull it out. She lost 10-8.

Junior Ellie Linsell, who lost in straight sets, felt that ASU played well despite the score.

“It was positive to see that our shots were very similar, standard-wise, to VT,” Linsell said. “None of us were blasted off of the court.”

The team will return home this weekend to host Presbyterian College, Friday at 3 p.m. at the Yonahlossee Racquet Club.

Quiet and close to campus!

Wrestling defeats defendingchampion Chattanooga 21-17

by CHASE ERICKSON

Chattanooga started well with a 7-3 decision. Senior Austin Trotman, at 184 pounds, anIn a battle between the South- swered quickly with a pin in the ern Conference’s top teams, Ap- first round, giving his team a 6-3 palachian State University wres- lead. tling conquered Chattanooga, Freshman Paul Weiss secured 21-17 Sunday. a significant victory with an 8-3 Senior Savva Kostis’s overtime decision that widened Appalapin toward the end of the compe- chian’s lead to 9-3. tition gave his team the energy to Then Chattanooga put togethkeep fighting. er three straight victories, retak“Getting the pin was a huge ing a 14-9 lead. momentum swing,” Kostis said.

Appalachian State senior Mike “I think it inKessler broke the spired and streak, earning motivated our three takedowns “We have been team.” and an 8-2 deWith the working on this for cision at 141 Mountainpounds. the past couple of eers’ (10-3, Next Kostis weeks. We trained came onto the 4-0) first victory over the our butts to get this mat and sent his Mocs (11-4, match to overtime 4-1) in nine win.” with the score tied years, VMI at 1-1.

Austin Trotman and Davidson In the suddenSenior Wrestler are the only victory period teams that Kostis forced a stand in the takedown and way of ASU’s took advantage of first undefeated season under his position with a pin. Kostis’s’ head coach JohnMark Bentley. pin earned his team six points A triumph against either SoCon and Appalachian pulled ahead adversary would at least secure 18-14. a share of the regular-season With two matches left, Chatchampionship for the Apps. tanooga continued to scrap and “We definitely know that our earned a 5-2 decision at 157 season is not over,” Bentley said. pounds, bringing the score to 18“We are going to enjoy this one 17 with one match remaining. and then get back to work toIn the final match of the day morrow. Then we are going to Kyle Blevins held his ground and focus on the regular season title, earned a closely contested 6-3 the conference tournament, and decision, which led to a huge 21the NCAA championships.”

17 win for Appalachian State.

It was defending SoCon “We have been working on this Champion Chattanooga’s first win for the past couple of weeks,” conference loss since the 2003- senior Austin Trotman said. “We 04 season and its reign over the trained our butts off to get this Southern Conference might be win.” over, as Appalachian controls its With its 10th win of the seaown destiny to win the confer- son, Appalachian has grasped ence title. its first winning season since the “The win is huge for the pro- 2007-08 season. gram,” Bentley said. “Our guys Appalachian will return home are doing the right things and to take on VMI Friday and this win should be a swing board No. 20 Virginia Saturday. Both for a lot more to come.” matches begin at 6:30 p.m.

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