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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Vol. 86 No. 39

Students organize silent protest Demonstrators address student conduct policy, decisions

by REBECCA GITLEN News Reporter

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round 160 people gathered by the I.G. Greer Auditorium entrance Friday afternoon, in a silent protest of a faculty meeting being held inside.

Those in attendance were protesting the administration’s handling of recent sexual assault allegations and requesting amendments of policy regarding sexual assault cases.

To enter the meeting, faculty members and administrators had to pass a singlefile line of protesters on both sides of the sidewalk. Some carried signs, some covered their mouths with duct tape

and others simply stood.

Students who organized the demonstration asked for silence to highlight exactly what they wanted to protest.

The silence was meant to be respectful, peaceful and powerful, organizer Annie Hegar said.

“By the administration being silent and not letting us know what goes on on campus, it’s putting the student body in danger,” Hegar said.

Demonstrators requested several reforms, including an improved training process for members of the Student Conduct Board and university-sponsored survisee Protest, page 2

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Chancellor Kenneth Peacock speaks to students during the “No Equal? No More!” Silent Demonstration Friday afternoon in front of I.G. Greer Hall. Students gathered in silent protest outside of a general faculty meeting to show their concern about the university’s responses to recent sexual assault reports.

Women’s basketball loses in SoCon championship game

by JAKE AMBERG Sports Editor

For the third straight year, the women’s basketball came up short in the SoCon tournament, falling 54-43 to the Samford Bulldogs in Asheville.

Like last year, the battle for the conference’s automatic qualifying bid came down to the rival Mountaineers and Bulldogs.

ASU beat Samford twice in the regular season but came out shooting cold, allowing Samford to build an 18-8 lead – thanks to Jazmine Martin’s layup with just over eight minutes to go.

However, ASU battled back to cut the lead to just seven at the half.

“Basically they were being more physical than us,” senior guard T.C. Paul Heckert | The Appalachian

Junior guard Courtney Freeman rushes toward the basket during the Southern Conference championship game Monday night in Chattanooga, Tenn. Freeman scored 10 points in the Mountaineers' loss to Samford 54-43.

Weldon said. “Just like Coach said – I’m not going to sit here and fake it – we got punked and I’m shocked. I know you think I should be up here in tears, but my heart won’t let me cry, because deep down I know we were the better team than what we showed here tonight.”

Following halftime, Appalachian switched from a man-to-man defense to a 1-3-1 zone and continually attempted to trap the Samford ball handler either right before or immediately after crossing half court.

Appalachian forced a stunning 12 turnovers in the second half to claw its way back. Riding a 15-9 run, ASU grabbed back the lead at 33-32, its first lead since hitting the first shot of the ballgame.

However, costly turnovers cost Appalachian its chance at a SoCon tournament. Despite pressuring Samford into careless plays with the ball, Appalachian could not convert on their turnovers.

After senior T.C. Weldon stole the ball from Ruth Ketcham, Weldon was quickly double-teamed and see Basketball, page 9

Students gather to learn more about hate crimes

by KATARINA GRUSS Intern Lifestyles Reporter

Students, faculty and community members gathered for “Stop the Hate, Show the Love: A Night of Hate Crime Awareness” Friday in Plemmons Student Union’s Grandfather Ballroom.

Sarabeth Nordstrom and junior exercise science major Erin Johnston spoke at the event.

Nordstrom and Johnston are the victims of a recent high-profile assault, which they believe was motivated by their perceived sexual orientation. They are also the creators of a petition for the amendment of North Carolina hate crime laws, which has gained more than 7,000 signatures.

Johnston spoke Friday about the fear the two have lived with since the event.

“We’re constantly uneasy,” she said. “We never had to worry about this before. Now, when we go to restaurants, we have to know where the exits are.

I can’t have my back toward a lot of things. We can’t hang out or do stuff at my apartment.”

Nordstrom spoke about the gratitude she feels toward the community, which has “come together and been there” for the two victims.

“I know we haven’t felt alone, which was a big thing at first,” she said.

“We were really worried we’d be alone. This happened to us and we wondered who would help us now, but it was the complete opposite.”

Dean of Students J.J. Brown and Equality North Carolina Representative Sean Kosofsky also spoke at the event.

“We have more work to do as a campus com-

munity as we think about hate and we think about violence specifically and how we move forward and how we support one another,” Brown said.

Kosofsky - whose organization works to secure social and political rights for LGBT individuals spoke about the distinction between hate crimes and other offenses.

“Hate crimes are different than all other forms of crime because they are exceptionally brutal and random,” he said. “There’s some kind of personal gain in other types of crime, but not hate crimes. It’s about victimizing the victim.”

The event was sponsored by the Women’s Center, the LGBT Center and TransAction.

Women’s Center Volunteer Sara Beeken, a friend of Nordstrom and Johnston, has worked to coordinate the event since

Feb. 13 - two days after the attack.

“The event has been pretty devastating for students, since Boone seems like a really safe community and [they’re] not used to these types of things happening,” Beeken said.

“It put a fear in them that wasn’t there before.”

Other students in attendance shared similar views.

“I think it’s ridiculous that two people can be brutally attacked, nearly kicked and stomped to death and it doesn’t count as a hate crime because it’s not under legislation,” said Hannah Lowman, junior sociology major and TransAction member.

Others believed the addition of hate crime laws in North Carolina would prevent incidents like the one Nordstrom and Johnston experienced.

“This is a torn state where we have a lot of

people who aren’t exactly pro-homosexuality and pro-gay community,” Women’s Center Volunteer Tami Gorodetzer said. “By adding this in, it protects the entire community and allows the state of North Carolina to set the example for other southern states.”

The Stop the Hate campaign will continue with a contact table near Cascades Cafe this week.

Baked goods and melted crayon hearts will be sold for donations, which will help curb the cost of Nordstrom and Johnston’s hospital bills. The contact table will remain open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Friday.

To donate to the campaign online, visit gofundme.com/showthelove. To sign Nordstrom and Johnston’s petition, visit change.org/petitions/amend-nc-hatecrime-laws.

Police make second arrest in assault case

by REBECCA GITLEN News Reporter

A Zionville woman turned herself in to Boone Police Feb. 29 in relation to a Feb. 11 assault on Sarabeth Nordstrom and junior exercise science major Erin Johnston, according to a news release from the Boone Police Department.

The assault has sparked debate across campus and the community, as well as a campaign to end North Carolina hate crime laws.

Police charged 18-year-old Brooklyn Lacrossa Canter with one misdemeanor count of aiding and abetting, Boone Police said.

Police suspect Canter was the woman who drove Ketoine Jamahl Mitchell from Cookout to Brown Heights Apartments, where the assault took place, and away from the scene of the assault, according to the release.

Canter allegedly screamed obscenities at Nordstrom and Johnston from the Cookout drivethru before following them to the site of the assault in a Honda, Boone Police said.

Canter was released from the Watauga County Detention Center on a $1,000 unsecured bond, according to the release.

Mitchell, the alleged assailant, turned himself in Feb. 15 and was charged with two counts of assault on a female, one count of assault inflicting serious injury and one count of assault with a deadly weapon, Boone Police said.

Canter and Mitchell are scheduled to appear in court April 17.

For Johnston and Nordstrom, the assault has sparked a campaign to raise awareness about North Carolina hate crime laws.

Both spoke at “Stop the Hate, Show the Love: A Night of Hate Crime Awareness” Friday in Plemmons Student Union.

A petition created by Nordstrom and Johnston, aimed at amending North Carolina hate crime laws, has gained over 7,000 signatures.

Johnston said she is not thinking about the arrests, but about moving forward.

“We’re not focusing on them,” Johnston said. “We’re focusing on us and making a change.”

LGBT Center helps organize ‘It Gets Better’ video on university homepage

by EMMALEE ZUPO

Senior Lifestyles Reporter

by MICHAEL BRAGG Lifestyles Editor

An original It Gets Better video debuted on Appalachian State University’s website Friday.

The video stars students, faculty and Chancellor Kenneth Peacock and is based on the nationwide It Gets Better Project.

People across the world - including President Obama - have filmed videos for the campaign, many of which feature inspirational messages for LGBT youth.

Now Appalachian has followed suit.

“I felt like it was a tremendous need,”

Peacock said. “I’m certainly proud of all our faculty, staff and students and I felt like they were telling us that Appalachian is an environment that, for them, it gets better. That’s something to be proud of.”

The video was organized and pitched to University Communications by LGBT Center volunteers and Suzette Patterson, assistant director of the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership.

“It was born out of the LGBT Center,” Patterson said. “The students in the LGBT Center edited and produced it themselves.”

Patterson proposed the video to University Communications last spring and the project fell into place several weeks ago.

Each person involved in the video had a

different message to share.

LGBT Center Volunteer Tommy Wrenn said he had a positive experience coming out to his family and wanted to show others that they could find acceptance as well.

“It helps to see someone your age who is going through the same thing that you might be going through, who’s confident enough to have their face out there and share their story about how it’s been good for them and how it can be good for you too,” Wrenn said.

Linda Coutant, a public communication specialist with University Communications, said she wanted encourage young people who were struggling or being bullied.

“I feel it would have been beneficial to my own coming out process if I had seen adults

who were open about their sexual orientation,” Coutant said. “I feel like it’s sort of my responsibility, as a caring adult, to be open about who I am. I hope it benefits other people.”

For others involved in the process - even those behind the camera - the experience was similarly positive.

“I think this is my 15th year here at the university and this is probably one of my favorite projects I’ve ever worked on, just because of the complete honesty,” University Photographer Troy Tuttle said. “Everybody got back to us right away.”

To view the video, visit appstate.edu/itgets-better. For more information on the It Gets Better Project, visit itgetsbetter.org.

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ASG’s ‘Cuts Hurt’ campaign sees sluggish participation

Protest

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by ANNE BUIE

Senior News Reporter

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Students equipped with posters and banners gather for the “No Equal? No More!”

Silent Demonstration last Friday.

vor support programs, according to fliers students handed to faculty entering the meeting.

The improved process for members of the Student Conduct Board would include further efforts toward dismantling rape myths, according to the fliers.

“Hopefully we can start to see some, or at least some attempt at, change,” Hegar said.

Chancellor Kenneth Peacock stopped

briefly to speak to protesters.

“We’re going to do everything that we can to make this as right as it can be,” Peacock said.

The chancellor also noted that “policies change.”

Organizers will meet with both Vice Chancellor of Student Development J.J. Brown and the Student Government Association to work toward meeting their goals, Hegar said.

The Perp Report Police reports from Appalachian State University’s campus

Source: ASU Police

Feb. 23 8:06 p.m. | Assault Belk Residence Hall Someone reported a simple physical assault.

Investigation is ongoing.

Feb. 24 2:20 a.m. | Arrest Holmes Drive Someone was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol.

12:05 p.m. | Arrest Newland Residence Hall Someone was arrested for possession of marijuana.

10:18 p.m. | Arrest Justice Residence Hall Someone was arrested for possession of marijuana.

Feb. 26 1:33 a.m. | Arrest Doughton Residence Hall Someone was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol.

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3:30 a.m. | Arrest Appalachian Heights Someone was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol.

Feb. 27 5:22 p.m. | Larceny Central Dining Hall Someone reported larceny from the building. Investigation is ongoing.

Feb. 28 11:56 p.m. | Arrest Cone Residence Hall Two people (one student) were arrested for possession of schedule VI and schedule IV drugs.

Feb. 29 6:01 p.m. | Harassment College of Education Someone was reported for harassment. Further investigation is ongoing.

1:15 p.m. | Arrest Cone Residence Hall Someone was arrested for possession of Adderall.

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Student leaders across the UNC system are expressing concerns about the Association of Student Governments’ Cuts Hurt campaign after a number of shortfalls in the initiative.

The campaign seeks to make students’ voices heard on the topic of budget cuts.

ASG planned to use a Twitter hashtag, #cutshurt, and videos of students talking about the impact of budget cuts to increase discussion on the topic.

Appalachian State University was the only school that participated in the Twitter campaign, though it was meant for the entire UNC system, SGA President Lauren Estes said.

“It’s frustrating,” Estes said. “We thought we were doing this whole thing together. Due to some form of lack of action and communication, the other schools failed to take part in something we had all

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“I believe that the Cuts Hurt campaign is a solid idea and has potential to advocate for student concerns, but so far execution has been unsatisfying at UNCG and as a statewide campaign,” Miller said.

Estes said she still believed in the campaign’s potential.

“We’re really gung-ho about this because this is a way for the outlying institutions to put their voice to the institution,” Estes said.

“We’re not in Durham or Raleigh, so it’s not as easy for us to talk to the [Board of Governors]. This is a great way for the outlying schools to reach their legislatures without having to travel to and from Raleigh.”

ASG will attempt to make #cutshurt a trending topic on Twitter from March 26 to March 30, after it failed to do so the week of Feb. 20.

‘Battle of the Plugs’ diverts energy usage

by CATHERINE HAITHCOCK Senior News Reporter

Western Carolina University beat Appalachian State University in the “Battle of the Plugs” energy competition, which began Feb. 13 and ended March 2.

The competition measured the amount of energy use each campus reduced compared to a baseline measurement taken Jan. 23 through Feb. 3. The energy use of 12 resident halls at WCU and 20 resident halls at Appalachian were measured.

The difference in the number of halls did not skew the results, University Sustainability Specialist Crystal Simmons said.

“The data was normalized and that’s one advantage of doing the percent reduction because you can look at the results and it doesn’t matter if you’re comparing a million people to 500,000 people,” she said.

During the two-and-a-half week period, ASU reduced its energy use by 2.4 percent, saving 13,695 kilowatt-hours. WCU saw a 7.5 percent reduction in its energy use, saving 30,871 kwh.

“I don’t see this loss as being a bad thing,”

Simmons said. “I look at the competition as a friendly rivalry that accomplished great things and made a real difference.”

Appalachian’s electricity diversion was equivalent to sustaining 1.2 homes for one year, 1,059 gallons of gas or 242 tree seedlings for 10 years.

Hoey Hall reduced its use by 10.5 percent, the most on Appalachian’s campus.

However, the Living Learning Center and Mountaineer Hall, which was built with sustainability in mind, increased their energy outputs by 72 kwh and 639 kwh.

“One thing that you have to keep in mind is behavior,” Simmons said. “In Mountaineer Hall, each room has their own heating, ventilation and air conditioning units (HVAC). So we have to ask ourselves not how it was built, but instead how are the students using their own HVAC units.”

Most residence halls are heated by steam, which students have no control over.

The differentiations in weather patterns during the baseline calculations and during the competition might have affected these results as well, Simmons said.

Combined, the schools saved $3,255 during the competition.

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Western Carolina University’s student body president, T.J. Eaves, expressed concern with a low level of participation in the video portion of the campaign.

“After collecting the videos, I am worried that they may not be distributed in a way that will lead to the most positive reactions,” Eaves said. “If every campus were to collect videos, then we edited them to include the most compelling stories in a very easy-to-watch format, and ASG presented that video to legislators, I think the campaign would be very effective. I worry that videos from one campus will not hold as much credibility as a statewide campaign.”

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Award-winning boarders organize to bring practice space to Boone

by MADISON FISLER Intern News Reporter

Three Appalachian State University students who swept a skateboarding competition in Raleigh Feb. 18 are trying to bring a skate park back to Boone.

Junior chemistry major Paul Thompson, senior technical photography major Matt Miller and senior marketing major Jonathan Wilson took first, second and third place in the Cacka Cup at N.C. State, despite having nowhere to legally practice in Boone.

“I think it’s awesome that we swept it, considering we have no place to skate,” Thompson said.

Now, the three are looking to change that fact.

Currently, it is illegal to skateboard or longboard on roads and sidewalks in Boone town limits and on Appalachian’s campus.

Skateboarders are usually forced to travel to the closest skate park 30 minutes away in Ashe County, or find alternative areas to practice.

“We have been talk-

ing to several groups and county board members about getting locations and raising money to build a skate park here,” Miller said. “There is currently a Facebook group working to raise awareness and money for our cause called SkateBoone.”

Wilson said there are currently petitions and fundraising efforts in the works, as well as a website, skateboone.wordpress. com, devoted to the cause.

However, members of the community may not want to see skateboarders on the streets.

“I feel like most of it is just the stigma that comes with the skateboarding culture,” Thompson said.

“This is a sport where everyone is accepted and nobody is discriminated against. Everyone is welcome.”

Building a skate park and organizing to get the sport legalized within Boone is the top priority for the trio. The skateboarders in Boone are looking for recognition from the university to organize into a club.

“Appalachian may be more inclined to allow us

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(Left) Senior English major Max Green and (right) junior chemistry major Paul Thompson skateboard in their friend’s basement on a homemade ramp that they built. The town of Boone and Appalachian do not permit skateboarding on roads and sidewalks.

to skate here if we are affiliated with the school,” Thompson said.

The last skate park that

existed in the Boone area closed in 2009.

“Building another park is probably the best thing

that could happen,” Miller said. “Either way, trying to legalize skating and build a park is going to take a lot

of time and effort on behalf of the skateboarders in Boone. Organization and persistence is key.”

‘Promise.’ to shed light on the consequences of drinking and driving

by KATIE REULE Intern News Reporter

A program dedicated to raising awareness of drinking and driving will be held March 6 at 3 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom.

“Promise.” will open with a talk from the mother of Charlie Sybrant, a former Appalachian State University graduate student who

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Senior communication major Davonté McKenith and Boone Fire Marshal Ronnie Marsh discuss plans for “Promise.”

was killed by a drunk driver two years ago. It will conclude with a video and interactive crash scene located in the parking lot outside the University Post Office. “‘Promise.” is geared toward promoting the negative consequences of drinking and driving,” event organizer Vonté McKenith said. “It’s a program that is supposed to give you an eye-opening slap to the face. It’s a program that is designed to make you understand the choices you make are the choices that can affect many.”

The video will conclude with the sound of tires screeching followed by a 911 call. The viewers

will then be taken to a car crash outside where student actors will show the consequences of drinking and driving.

McKenith said he hopes the program will catch students’ attention about the dangers of drinking and driving.

“Drinking and driving has become a major problem and it is a problem that should not go unnoticed,” he said. “I feel that since I was impacted by a drunk driver, it was my turn to make sure that others will not be.”

For more information, visit facebook.com/ events/365596733464705.

WASU in top 10 for mtvU Woodie

by MADISON FISLER Intern News Reporter

Appalachian State University’s campus radio station has made it into the top 10 finalists for mtvU’s 2012 College Radio Woodie Award.

The award is given to the top college radio station in the country, as decided by voters. This is the third attempt at the award from 90.5 WASU: The App. “We are really pushing the voting for the Woodie Award hard this time around, since this is the last stage before the winner is announced, Music Director Torrence Welshans said.

To that end, staff members have posted promotional videos to YouTube and the station’s Facebook page, distributed fliers and handbills around campus and secured an endorsement from 106.5 The End, a Charlotte radio station.

WASU has been nominated for the Woodie each year since 2009. The station reached the top 25 in 2009 and 2010 and secured second place in 2011, winning the Shoulda Coulda Woodie Award.

“Winning the Woodie Award would really get the station out there,” Welshans said. “We are really the underdogs here.”

Promotions Director Courtney Armstrong said 2012 would be an especially important year to bring home a win, as the station nears an anniversary and continues its efforts toward rebranding.

“It would be great to win the award this year, since it’s also WASU’s 40th anniversary this year,” Armstrong said.

Voting for the Woodie Award ends at noon Friday and winners will be announced March 18.

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(Below) Junior electronic media major Will Long broadcasts for WASU 90.5. The student radio station has made it into the top 10 finalists for mtvU’s 2012 College Radio Woodie Award.

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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.

It’s fast and easy! Appointments can usually be scheduled within a few days.

Financial Aid questions?

Parents and students with financial aid questions are encouraged to visit our website at financialaid.appstate.edu and their AppalNet account. The Office of Student Financial Aid is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., except for University observed holidays.

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

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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, today in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union, 7 p.m., author Leslea Newman. Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in the SNCC, Tuesday, April 24, Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union, 7 p.m., editors Faith Holsaert and Marsha Noonan.

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: 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.

Classes set for care of daylilies

The Department of Biology will present two free classes on the selection and care of daylilies for the home landscape.

The program, “Daylilies Rich in Diversity,” will be held Saturday, March 24, from 9:30-11 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the department’s greenhouse at 333 Dale St. off State Farm Road. The class will be taught by Jerry Meyer, a seasoned cold climate gardener and designer, who manages the biology department’s greenhouse and conservatory. Meyer is a graduate of the environmental science program at Cornell University and the horticulture and botany programs at the University of Vermont. To reserve a space in class, email Meyer at meyerja@appstate.edu. Space is limited; first come, first served. Call 262-4025 for more information.

There are more than 60,000 named daylily varieties. Class discussion will include information on how to purchase online, plant and propagate the perennial. Classes are free, although attendees may pay an optional registration fee to help support greenhouse education efforts.

Spring Visiting Writers to start

Novelist and memoirist Debra Monroe is the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series’ guest author Thursday.

Monroe is the author of “On the Outskirts of Normal,” “The Source of Trouble” and “Newfangled.” Monroe will present a craft talk titled “Plot Matters: In Fiction and Memoir” from 11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in Table Rock Room in Plemmons Student Union. Admission is free.

Poet and memoirist Toi Derricotte will read from works on Thursday, March 22. Derricotte will present the craft talk “Poetry or Prose: Rethinking the Poetic Line” from 2-3:15 p.m. in Table Rock Room in Plemmons Student Union.

Her books of poetry include “The Undertaker’s Daughter,” “Tender” and “The Black Notebooks.”

Novelist Lee Smith reads from her writings on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. Smith is the author of “Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger,” “On Agate Hill,” “The Last Girls” and “Fancy Strut.” She will present the craft talk “A Life in Books” from 2-3:15 p.m. in Table Rock Room in Plemmons Student Union.

Poets Rod Smith and Sarah Kennedy will close out the series on Thursday, April 19. Smith will discuss his works “Outlaw Style,” “Ensemble” and “Trespasser.” Kennedy will discuss her works “Home Remedies,” “A Witch’s Dictionary” and “Consider the Lilies.” A craft talk, “Historical Narrative Poems: Where Is This Voice Coming From,” will be presented at 3:30-4:45 p.m. at Table Rock Room in Plemmons Student Union.

For further information on Visiting Writers Series, call 828262-2337 or see www.visitingwriters.appstate.edu.

‘Leave Yosef A Legacy’

Leave Yosef A Legacy is an annual day of service event planned and sponsored by the Service and Leadership Residential Learning Community. The event will be hosted on Saturday, March 31, with check-in beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Legends and the day will conclude at 2:30 p.m. in the same location. A free lunch will be served during the event and the service site locations include Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society, Farm Cafe, Horse Helpers, and Daniel Boone Gardens. To register for the event, visit http://csil. appstate.edu/lyald. If you have any questions regarding the day of service, please contact Jordan Seagraves seagravesaj@email.appstate.edu.

‘Autism Speaks U’ set for April 14

The Appalachian State University chapter of Autism Speaks U its first 5k Run/3k Walk event on April 14. The efent will be held on the Greenway Trail. Early Registration tickets are available through April 6 for $20. The day of the event tickets will be available for $25. To be guaranteed a T-shirt you must register before April 1. Registration on the day of the event will begin at 8 a.m. with the 5k beginning at 9 a.m., 3k Walk following shortly after. Email Ashley Crowder if you have any questions at crowderam@appstate.edu, or go to http://autismspeaksu.appstate.edu/ for more information.

Global film series underway today

Appalachian State University Global Film Series presents: Tambien la Lluvia (Even the Rain), directed by Iciar Bollain and starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Luis Tosar. The showing is free. The film will be shown today at 7 p.m. in I.G. Greer. The film is set in contemporary Bolivia (Cochabamba) dealing with matters of globalization, indigenous rights, and environmental/sustainable development issues.

Benito Del Pliego, Associate Professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, will introduce the film.

After the film, a panel of ASU study abroad students who traveled to Cochabamba will share what they learned about the Bolivian people and issues highlighted in the film. For additional information, contact Beth Cramer, Belk Library and Information Commons (crameree@appstate.edu) or Gus Pena, Office of Multicultural Development (penaae@ appstate.edu) OR see the Appalachian State University Global Film Series site at: http://guides.library.appstate. edu/globalfilmseries

Flash Fiction Contest seeks entries

A Flash Fiction Contest, sponsored by Belk Library & Infor-

mation Commons, seeks short works of fiction, 500 words or less, from any currrent Appalachian State University student. Requirements other than the 500-word limit include: the Wired Scholar Coffee Shop must be included in the story in some manner; must be double-spaced and typed in 12-point font; entry must be sumitted by email attachment (.doc or .pdf file) with the subject line “Flash Fiction Contest” to boydjd@appstate.edu; put your name and email address on an attached cover sheet. The deadline for all stories is Friday, March 16, at 5 p.m.

Mental Health Ambassadors sought

The Appalachian State University Counseling Center is looking for new Mental Health Ambassadors for next semester. Want to help make a difference on campus by promoting positive mental health? Join the Mental Health Ambassadors, a group of undergraduate and graduate peer educators! MHA volunteers work with the ASU Counseling Center to help promote emotional development in the ASU community. For more information on the counseling center, Mental Health Ambassadors and application, visit counseling.appstate.edu and mha.appstate.edu. Applications are due by March 9 at the Counseling Center. Call 262-3180.

Creative minds sought

The ASU Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship is sponsoring two great student competitions, with over $5,000 in prize money available between the two competitions! The Pitch Your Idea in 90 Seconds Contest is seeking creative thinkers to submit innovative ideas for the annual Pitch Your Idea 90 Seconds contest, open to all ASU students (undergraduate & graduate). Ideas can include non-profit ventures, socially minded endeavors, and classic business ideas. The top 20 student ideas selected will be “pitched” in an elevator speech to a panel of entrepreneurial judges the morning of Friday, March 23. $3,000 in prize money (raised from the original $2,000 total) will be awarded. Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place and best presentation. The Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award is seeking applications for the 2012 Student Entrepreneur of the Year award (for current undergraduate students). Students who have exhibited exceptional entrepreneurial qualities, who have started or greatly enhanced businesses, on-campus programming, new clubs and/or organizations, or community service projects, are encouraged to apply. This award will be presented to the winning student at the Celebrate Entrepreneurship at ASU event March 23. A $2,500 award will be given to the winner. Celebrate Entrepreneurship at ASU will feature guest speaker, Andrew Loos, CXO (Chief Experience Officer) and Founder of Attack! Marketing, based in Los Angeles, CA. Attack! Marketing has created and managed marketing campaigns, promotions, and staffing for companies such as Red Bull, Mini Cooper, Red Box, DirecTV, and Radio Shack, and artists such as Gwyn Stefani and the band Green Day. This event will take place March 23, from 2–3:30 p.m. in I.G. Greer. It is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the ASU Transportation Insight Center for Entrepreneurship. Pitch Your Idea contest entries and applications for the Student Entrepreneur of the Year award are due no later than Friday, March 2. Pitch Your Idea contest entries are to be submitted online, www.entrepreneurship.appstate.edu, and Student Entrepreneur of the Year applications are to be emailed or delivered to rowlandja@appstate.edu or Raley 1016. For more information, visit www.entrepreneurship. appstate.edu or contact Julia Rowland Boone, 262-8325 / rowlandja@appstate.edu.

Shamrocks and pancakes March 23

The Appalachian State University Chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority will host its Shamrock Pancake dinner March 23, in the Central Dining Hall, 5-9 p.m. Tickets are $5 for all you can eat pancakes and all the proceeds go to Prevent Child Abuse America and the Watauga Children’s Council.

Students to start Active Minds

Active Minds is a national organization working to utilize the student voice to change the conversation about mental health on college campuses. By developing and supporting chapters of a student-run mental health awareness, education, and advocacy group on campuses, the organization works to increase students’ awareness of mental health issues, provide information and resources regarding mental health and mental illness, encourage students to seek help as soon as it is needed, and serve as liaison between students and the mental health community. Through campuswide events and national programs, Active Minds aims to remove the stigma that surrounds mental health issues, and create a comfortable environment for an open conversation about mental health issues on campuses throughout North America. An interest meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m. in the New River Room in Plemmons Student Union.

For more info about Active Minds, http://www.activeminds. org/.

30 ASU students going to Utah!

Thirty students from Appalachian State University, the most ever for the university, have been selected to participate in this year’s National Conferences for Undergraduate Research to be held in Ogden, Utah, March 29-31. The event will be held at Weber State University.

“This is a record number of abstracts that have been accepted from Appalachian since the Office of Student Research was created in 2005, which is especially impressive for these students and their faculty mentors given that typically 40 percent of the submitted abstracts are rejected,” said Dr. Alan Utter, director of the Office of Student Research.

The Appalachian students will present research and creative endeavors they have pursued with faculty mentors.

The students represent diverse academic areas, including chemistry, music, psychology, biology, physics, health, leisure and exercise science, economics, history and math.

This year’s presenters at NCUR are: Alexander Alberti, music; Meredith Anderson, music; Curtis Blaser, chemistry; John Boatright, music; Rachel Bradley, biology; Darren Brady, chemistry; Emily Brown, health, leisure and exercise science; Jenna Cantrell, math and business; Marcus Collins, psychology; Alexis Dale, chemistry; Rawley Eichorst, psychology; Kate Estridge, chemistry; Christopher Eubanks, chemistry; Zachary Gilbert, chemistry; Amber Harold, chemistry; Jared Harris, chemistry; Timothy Hines, psychology; Stacey Hughes, chemistry; Brannon Kling, music; Emily Long, history; Ellie McCabe, chemistry; Shawn Milloway, music; Allysa Nance, music; Christina Naylor, music; Margaret Pray, biology; Alex Reidinger, music; Nicole Reilly, chemistry; Luke Robertson, physics; Lindsey Vickers, music; and Alicia Woock, chemistry.

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After beating cancer, sophomore Review: prepares for trip to South America ‘The Illusion’

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lmost nine months after discovering he had cancer, Appalachian State University student Sam Brown will travel to South America for three weeks in June for mission work.

Brown, a sophomore evolution and environmental biology major, was diagnosed with Stage II Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer that attacks the lymph nodes, in early September. He then spent

the fall 2011 semester undergoing chemotherapy and could not attend school. On Dec. 13, 2011, Brown announced he was cancer free.

“The experience was really eye-opening,” Brown said. “A majority of my life, I kind of felt like I was really complacent.”

Now, he will spend June 1 to 21 on a mission trip with three friends - North Carolina State University students Andrew Hamilton and Paul Dennis and N.C. State graduate Caleb Durham.

Brown, Hamilton, Dennis and Durham will visit Buenos Aires for a week, partnering with a local ministry to assist with construction projects.

Then they’ll spend several days in the Argentinian countryside before visiting Patagonia, Chile and Peru.

For Brown, the trip is a result of his decision to avoid squandering his health, now that he has it.

“Every single second that I’m okay, I’m going to try to love other people,” he said. “Love is pretty much the only

thing worth saving in the world.”

Durham, who has been to South America 10 times, helped come up with the idea. The four friends hope to celebrate Brown’s health - but they want to make an impact as well.

“That’s really what we’re aiming to do, is make a difference as a team of brothers,” Brown said.

The group is raising a total of $7,000 for the trip, to cover airfare and a rental car. Further expenses will come from their

own budgets.

A week after donations were set up via Paypal, one quarter of the amount was covered by one person Dennis had not seen in years. Currently, the four students have raised $1,970.

“It was such a testament to the Lord’s provisions for our trip,” Dennis said.

“That was a huge confirmation that this is supposed to be happening.”

Students interested in donating to the trip can visit calebdurham.com/ argentina.

Clubs collaborate on Saturday’s Masquerade Ball

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Intern Lifestyles Reporter

Five campus clubs collaborated to host the Masquerade Ball, which benefited the Watauga Humane Society, Saturday at Legends.

Participating clubs included Hillel, Muslim Student Association (MSA), Pagan Student Association (PSA), Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA) and TransAction. Over 100 people attended and half the event’s proceeds were donated to the Humane Society.

“The combination of clubs created an interesting mixture of people,” Hillel President Lauren Fine said. “It’s important to come together.”

PSA member Jacob Bridges served as DJ for the semiformal event, which featured free group photos and masks provided at the snack table.

For many of the students in attendance, the night was a hit.

“Of the club parties I’ve come to, this is one of the biggest and my favorite,” junior graphic design major Angela Hercula said.

Many enjoyed the masquerade theme - including junior psychology and criminal justice major Deanna Schaeffer.

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Students came to Legends Saturday night to celebrate a Mardi Gras-themed Masquerade Ball, which was hosted by Multicultural Student Development. Half of the proceeds will go toward the Watauga Humane Society.

ning, because at spring flings people just wear dresses, but with this you get to go big with loud and expressive outfits,” Schaeffer said.

Some students went a step beyond the semi-formal attire, arriving in themed outfits with matching masks. Junior English major Olivia Owen was inspired by the classic board game Clue:

she dressed up as Mrs. Peacock in the ballroom with the knife.

“I’m really excited about the masquerade because it gives me a reason to dress up and be crazy, other than Halloween,” Owen said.

The donations from the event were much-needed for the Humane Society, which has a con-

tract with the county for $75,000 and a yearly operating budget of $640,000, Shelter Manager Lynn Northup said.

“We were very excited about the donation from the ball,” she said.

“Clubs do quite a bit for us - like fundraisers, volunteer work and students even adopt a lot of animals, which we are grateful for.”

Farthing welcomes Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet

by MEGAN WRAPPE Lifestyles Reporter

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet will perform “Moulin Rouge” at Farthing Auditorium Thursday, March 22, in the last Performing Arts Series event of the year.

“Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet company is a world-renowned ballet company that tours internationally, performing some of the most gorgeous theatrical ballet pieces,” said Megan Stage, manager of marketing and public relations for the Turchin Center of Visual Arts.

Ticket sales are expected to be high. The last Performing Arts Series installment - a performance by the Punch Brothers with Chris Thile - was completely sold out.

“I think the mixture between this being the only dance performance in the series, the sta-

tus of the company and the popular storyline of ‘Moulin Rouge’ has created a lot of buzz about this performance,” Stage said. “We are well over halfway full for this performance and we still have a month or so left for ticket sales.”

Students who attend the performance should expect it to be “unforgettable,” Stage said.

“I’ve never actually seen the movie ‘Moulin Rouge,’ so the ballet version is intriguing to me,” sophomore undecided major Ally Valladares said. “I took ballet when I was little and if I was better at it, that’s what I would be studying in school. Canada has an awesome ballet company, so they’re going to be great.”

Founded in 1939, the company is the longest continuously operating ballet company in North America and the first ballet to receive

RAs host first ‘Hunger Games’

by ABBI PITTMAN Intern News Reporter

Two resident assistants in Gardner Residence Hall are planning an Appalachian State University version of the Hunger Games to collect food for a local charity.

The event is a play on the annual battle detailed in Suzanne Collins’s novel of the same name, in which 12 boys and 12 girls from 12 districts are randomly selected to fight to the death in one arena, leaving only one champion.

In sophomore sustainable development major Chris Criqui and senior English major Kendall Howard’s version, residents are entered into a lottery to compete in the games when they donate five cans of nonperishable food. The more cans a resident donates, the more times their name is entered.

All cans collected will be donated to Hospitality House, a Boone nonprofit that houses and feeds the homeless.

“We really think this is relevant to our area, because poverty in Watauga County is five percent above the national average,” Criqui said. “It’s just not as visible here because it’s not on campus.”

Though Criqui and Howard’s Hunger Games will be nowhere near the level of violence in the books, they’ll be structured the same way.

The event will feature 24 tributes, as

they’re called in the series: 12 boys and 12 girls from Gardner, Justice and Coltrane Residence Halls.

The tributes will be confined to Duck Pond Field, where they must “kill” one another by popping balloons attached to the participants’ backs, removing one of two flag-football flags from their belt and marking on their shirts with Sharpie markers.

Sharpies, plastic shields and plastic sword markers will be scattered around the field for tributes to use as “weapons.”

The last tribute standing with at least one of their “vitals” intact wins.

Resident assistants will referee the games to ensure that no one is being too physical or violent.

“Our number one concern is safety,” Criqui said.

Criqui and Howard have collected around 20 cans so far, but said they expect the number to rise after spring break, when students can pick up cans from home.

Criqui said his residents are excited and eager to compete.

“There are a lot of people who have been very interested,” he said.

If the games are successful, Criqui said hopes to include each residence hall next year.

The 24 tributes will be selected March 19 and the event will take place at 3 p.m. on March 23—the same day as the Hunger Games” movie premiere—on Duck Pond Field.

a royal title from Queen Elizabeth II in 1958, according to rwb.org/history.

The “Moulin Rouge” production opened in 2009 and has been performed across Canada and the United States since then. Many of the dancers in “Moulin Rouge” are also in other company productions, so their schedules are tight, first soloist dancer Amanda Green said.

‘The turnaround period is actually one of the hardest parts to get used to,” Green said.

“Our production of ‘Giselle’ opens next week, so we’re heavily into rehearsals right now. For ‘Moulin Rouge’ it’s been on and off rehearsals and most people have been in the same spots for a while.”

Tickets for the March 22 performance are $10 for students. To purchase tickets, visit the Farthing Auditorium Box Office or pas.appstate.edu.

A capella concert will benefit Relay for Life

by MEGAN WRAPPE Lifestyles Reporter

Two student a capella groups will perform at a Student Government Association-sponsored concert Thursday.

The event will take place at 8 p.m. in Valborg Theatre and proceeds will benefit Relay for Life.

The two groups - the allmale Higher Ground and all-female Ear Candy - are the oldest Appalachian State University a capella groups.

The two have a history of performing together, but have not done so in over two years.

“Higher Ground and Ear Candy haven’t done a dual concert in a while and I thought it was time that we do it again,” Higher Ground President Eric Barnes said.

“We’re not trying to single out any other groups, but I just wanted to bring the tradition of us two groups performing back.”

Thursday’s concert, however, marks the first time the groups will come together to support a charitable cause.

“Eric contacted me and wanted to do a joint concert with us,” Ear Candy President Erin McBride said. “We talked about wanting the concert

to benefit something and he had this connection with Relay for Life through SGA, so we decided on that. We performed together a few years ago, but this is the first time that we’ve done a benefit concert together.”

In addition to the two groups, the concert will feature a speaker from Relay for Life.

Barnes is also the Director of Legislative Operations for SGA and proceeds from the event will benefit SGA’s Relay for Life Team.

“We wanted to do something different to raise money and awareness for Relay for Life,” team captain Alex Cotton said. “The concert’s a great way for students to relax and have fun while benefiting a good organization, an opportunity students don’t always receive.”

The show is the first performance of the semester for both groups. The lineup will include both old favorites and new material from Higher Ground and Ear Candy.

“We’re working on a cover of Coldplay’s ‘Paradise,’ Van Morrison’s ‘Moon Dance’ and Matchbox Twenty’s ‘3 a.m.,’” Barnes said.

Tickets are $6 in advance at the Valborg box office and $8 at the door.

displays love in a different light

by EMMALEE ZUPO Senior Lifestyles Reporter

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

With a title like “The Illusion,” you might start to think about smoke and mirrors, flying doves, endless scarves and the like.

However, this Theatre Department production refers to a more unexpected illusion.

Written by Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright Tony Kushner and performed at Appalachian State University Feb. 29 to March 3, “The Illusion” focuses on the oldest and most relevant of subjects: love.

The play begins with a father (senior theatre arts major Sean Browne) who wants to learn about his long-estranged son. As a way to learn about his son’s fate, the father goes to Alcandre the Magician (sophomore theatre arts major Jacob Dailey) who allows the father to peer into his son’s life from afar.

What the father sees is surprisingly complex.

The audience watches with the father as he views the trials of his son, who is deeply immersed in the throes of love. Anyone who has ever been in love – or ever thought they were – knows all too well the myriad of emotions that ensued.

Brimming with witty language, clever humor and noteworthy talent, the play offers a look into all the complexities experienced when the word “love” is involved.

The audience watches the inevitable happiness, bitterness, jealousy and anger that grows from each love affair the son encounters.

This is where the story becomes somewhat difficult to follow.

As soon as it appears the son’s love affair has been through its share of dispute and resolution, the whole thing starts back up again. Here the son is again, with another woman, in an eerily similar situation. The roles never change, but the names of the son and the other characters do.

First he’s Calisto, then he’s Clindor and then he’s Theogenes.

Finally, his promiscuous affairs catch up with him and he is brutally murdered for having relations with a prince’s wife.

It’s not until this point, in the midst of the father’s distress, that the illusion is revealed.

“Oh, you didn’t think any of that was real, did you?” Alcandre says. “You did realize he was an actor, right?”

Cue the grateful, repentant father who now wants to see his son immediately. At last,everything makes sense.

Well, almost everything makes sense.

The plot almost immediately unravels again. After a very short amount of time, the father goes back to his old, disapproving ways and decides he’ll make time to see his son the very next time he is in town – he supposes.

So where is the resolution?

While there is no neat and tidy ending, there is a broader, more esoteric message.

The real illusion, Alcandre said, is love.

Love, so deeply felt, is the creation – the illusion. In moonlike cycles, it grows and moves. It is at the same time tangible and intangible. It is romantic and it is paternal. It is either fleeting or it lasts a lifetime. It is either the source of our greatest happiness or the source of our darkest, deepest pain.

The audience is left wondering about the meaning of this play long after the curtain is closed.

Coupled with a wonderful cast and beautiful costumes and set design, this play was not only entertaining, but it was thoughtprovoking.

Rating: 4 out of 4 stars

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Anne Buie I suffer from disordered eating.

I’m incredibly controlling and restrictive when it comes to my food. I rarely eat food that’s been prepared by someone else and I never eat until I know every single nutritional fact about the food. In my mind, it’s safer to skip a meal than face the consequences of eating food I don’t understand.

That makes eating on campus extraordinarily difficult.

Freshens and wrAPPS are some of the only dining facilities on campus that make

nutritional information readily accessible.

Food Services has been hesitant to make more nutritional information available on-site, because so many students add toppings to their food - so the information wouldn’t be completely accurate, Food Services Director Art Kessler said.

To compensate, Food Services acquired the MyNutrition tool, which allows students to view nutritional information online.

“Nutritional information is something we wanted to be able to have the variety, because we don’t know what people are going to eat,” Kessler said. “You can create your own menu of what you’re going to eat.”

I appreciate Food Services’ efforts to allow students to get true specifics on what

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Chancellor, to silent protesters from the “No Equal? No More” campaign

Column: The Satirist

Sly like a Foxx: Congresswoman is actually a method acting experiment

Editor’s Note: This column is satire. Nothing within represents a factual statement, and none of the quotes contained represent actual interviews.

Virginia Foxx held a press conference Monday to reveal himself as the actor Henry Winkler.

“I cannot do this a fifth term,” Winkler said. “I’ve been trying so hard to stop this lie, but you keep voting for me.”

Winkler fought through sobs to apologize.

“I thought for sure using the term ‘tar baby’ in congress, voting against freedoms of speech, voting against aid for Katrina victims and opposing the Matthew Shepard Act would get me out of office,” Winkler said.

“But it’s not my fault. Frankly, I’m embarrassed for whoever’s voting for me.”

The alias Foxx was born when Winkler was experimenting with method acting for a Mrs. Doubtfire sequel audition.

“When I didn’t get the part, I was desperate for a job,” Winkler said. “Apparently the U.S. House of Representatives is something you can just fall into.”

Winkler’s campaign manager, James Rominger, was skeptical when Foxx came to him in 2004.

“I told her to do what Bush was doing at the time, you know, just vote however he was voting and she’d be fine,” Rominger said. “For a while her speeches were a little rough, but Foxx was able to count on conservatives to vote for whoever wants to keep God in the Pledge of Allegiance.”

Rominger admits he had creeping suspicions Foxx could be a Henry Winkler character gone too far.

“She was the best Fonz we’d seen at the office costume party in a long time, but we were never really sure of anything,” Rominger said.

Winkler has yet to land another acting role or develop any other job skills, so he will be running as Foxx again.

“If I am elected again I’ll cry for America, and then I’ll write up a bill in support of search and seizure without a warrant,” Winkler said. “A part of me wants to see how far this will go.”

Rebecca Gitlen, a junior journalism major from Atlantic Beach, writes satirical columns about college life.

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Letter

Irresponsible administration fails, harms students in attempt to preserve reputation Appalachian State University is first and foremost an institute of higher learning. But it is also a protective, safe environment where students can learn and grow as people. Unfortunately, the university of which we are so proud to be alumnae has failed in both areas.

The rights of the accused are important and, until otherwise proven, the accused are considered innocent. However, the school’s first obligation is to keep its students safe. The accusers will likely face retaliatory

threats on their safety, depression and anxiety, and a drop in grades. Their safety is absolutely at risk and to say otherwise is irresponsible.

The message to women is often “don’t get raped” instead of a message to men of “don’t rape.” Appalachian State provides self-defense classes (for a price) but what does it do to teach men that absence of no does not imply consent?

The sexual assault education on campus is severely lacking. Coupled with the isolated assault on the two

women in their parking lot, there is a clear message Boone is not a safe place for women.

The two accused are now free to attend class and attend university events where, although not allowed, accidental contact with the two women is a possibility. The men are free, but the women are in more danger (and more afraid) than ever. How is that fair?

In our time at Appalachian, we each saw many of our female friends survive attacks, rapes, stalking and

harassment. This is unacceptable. We also knew of other times when the administration brushed sexual assault cases against other athletes under the rug in an effort to remain a reputation.

The reputation of the university is tarnished more by an irresponsible administration than by the proper actions to ensure their students’ safety. It’s time to decide where your priorities are, Miss Cindy Wallace.

Allison Casey, class of 2009 Lindsay Tigar, class of 2009

President Obama’s energy record stands out I write in reference to the letter from Nate Wright to The Appalachian Feb. 28, titled “Rising oil prices a result of Obama’s failure to lead.”

Mr. Wright’s letter clearly loses sight of the important truism that, “while everyone is entitled to their own opinion, they are not entitled to their own facts.”

While it’s true that gasoline prices are up recently, Mr. Obama’s record on energy is a good one—he has certainly not “done nothing but sit on the sidelines” as gas prices go up.

Under the President’s leadership, our imports of

oil from other countries have dropped to their lowest level in 10 years, while our domestic oil production is the highest in eight years.

As a result, our percent of oil imports is the lowest in more than a decade, and for the first time since 1949, the U.S. is a net exporter of petroleum.

Despite the BP disaster in the Gulf two years ago, oil production in the Gulf over Mr. Obama’s presidency is the highest ever and total domestic production is up 3.5 million barrels per day— our total use of oil is about 20 million barrels per day.

In January of this year,

Mr. Obama rejected the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas for good reasons. American jobs for pipeline construction, according to independent studies (Cornell University and others) would have been relatively few (about 5,000) and mostly temporary (two to three years).

The Tar Sands “oil” from Canada is incredibly toxic— a 2010 spill of an earlier, smaller Keystone pipeline in Michigan has rendered a 35-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River off limits to human activity to this day.

Further, the refineries in Texas have stated their in-

tent to export most of their KXL gasoline production.

Where’s the gain for the U.S. from Keystone XL? I agree with Mr. Wright that “energy independence is something all Americans are united on.” However, with giant solar and wind energy projects now being funded at the muti-billion dollar level by private investors such as Warren Buffett, and percentages of imports falling rapidly, Mr. Obama has indeed taken the energy policy lead and it’s paying off for America.

Harvard Ayers, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology

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Rooftop spotlight is an obtrusive, pointless marketing strategy for Harris Teeter Boone Catherine Haithcock Ladies and gentleman, it is my honor to present to you the amazing spotlight brought to you by the rooftops of Harris Teeter, here for your own personal enjoyment.

It makes a grand addition to any viewable skyline - you can even see it out your window. Side effects may include frustration, distraction and utter confusion as to why anyone thought the addition of a spotlight was ever a good idea.

All sarcasm aside, the spotlight installed for Harris Teeter’s grand re-opening

is making Boone look like the love child of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. Let’s just throw in a putt-putt course and call ourselves Tacky, North Carolina.

In opinions past I have hammered the issues regarding this town’s transformation and honestly, I didn’t think we could do much worse. Until now.

I don’t want to look up at the beautiful rolling mountains surrounding us and see a giant light tainting the scenery. I mean, at least put the Bat Symbol in it to add a bit of flavor. And hey, if you really wanted to be spirited, a giant “A” would have done the trick.

What is really puzzling is that Harris Teeter believes a grocery store re-opening is important enough to deserve such a bold advertising tactic.

The spotlight would only make sense if it meant a su-

perhero was here to take have thrown a spotlight atop down Harris Teeter’s over- one of the tallest points in the priced milk. It’s not going “metropolitan” Boone area to make a customer exclaim, makes me want to gag myself “Oh, gee wilwith a spoon. likers! I had The spotno idea Har- All sarcasm aside, light has been ris Teeter reup for weeks the spotlight opened! They now. I just installed for Harwere only rehave a few ris Teeter’s grand questions for modeling for months while re-opening is mak- you, Harris I was shopTeeter. ing Boone look ping there!”

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Column: Breaking Into Boone

As winter weather fails to appear, take time to get outside Last year, when I decided to transfer to Appalachian, I was relentlessly teased about the notoriously cold winters. Everyone asked if I was ready for the cold and if I had bought enough winter clothes. I even sunk money on a pair of nice snow boots, which have never left their box.

I know this winter is abnormal for Boone and I’m certainly not complaining. I’ll be the first to admit that I only enjoy winter for one reason: the ski slopes.

Sporadic and warm weather has harmed the slopes a lot this year. However, checking the websites for weather and closings is a great way to determine when the best days to grab your board or skis are.

I’ve spent several evenings skiing this year and it’s been one of the greatest things about spending the winter in the mountains. Appalachian, Sugar and Beech Ski Mountains are all easily accessible from Boone.

Snow skiing or boarding at one of the mountains is a great way to release stress and get in physical activity after a sedentary day of class. Not many schools in America can offer their students access to mountains of snow in such close proximity.

Warmer weather already seems upon us, despite the snow this weekend, so I highly recommend grabbing your coats and gloves before the Melt Down Games.

Despite hindering good snows, the warmer weather has been a blessing for the rest of outdoors activities.

Appalachian is nestled in one of the most beautiful places in North Carolina. On the warmer days, I have taken to the Blue Ridge Parkway to hammock in Julian Price Park and see the views at Rough Ridge.

Rough Ridge is one of those places that instantly make your problems seem insignificant.

Did you ever play the game where the ground was lava, forcing you to leap through the room on pillows and chairs? Well, a friend and I discovered that you can play the game on the hike to Rough Ridge. The rocks and roots are spaced just enough to raise heart rates and make the game interesting.

If hiking isn’t your thing, look into taking a picnic to Julian Price Park. There are several benches, grills, and a really pretty creek to walk around in. Even the drive on the parkway is nice for an afternoon getaway.

You can pull off onto one of the outlooks to take pictures or read. The drive over the viaduct is also really pretty.

For other outdoor activities throughout the semester check out the Appalachian Outdoor Programs calendar at op.appstate.eu.

Brianna Linden, a sophomore public relations major from Hickory, writes about breaking out of her first-semester rut and learning to explore.

Letter

Organizer of ‘No Equal? No More’ addresses coverage

Michael Bragg

| Lifestyles Editor

Staff Opinion

Individuals, institutions hold equal power, responsibility in the prevention of bullying Kat Gruss It is my firm belief that everyone has been bullied in their lives, whether they know it or not.

Not every type of bullying can be stopped, but it’s our job to make sure as many cases as possible are dealt with appropriately.

I can’t say I’ve ever been bullied to the extent that I wanted to end my life or needed to seek counseling.

There have been little moments when I was picked on, but that was stopped

immediately upon confronting the bully.

But for some people, the effects of bullying can be devastating.

It’s the job of both institutions and individuals to prevent bullying and defend those who are bullied.

As an institution, Appalachian State University is largely taking the right steps to prevent bullying in all its forms. Appalachian defines different types of harrassment through the Office of Equity, Diversity and Compliance. Harrassment based upon sexual orientation or gender identity is dealt with and the university seems to have a thorough process of investigation of different types of harassment and bullying.

I applaud Appalachian

for taking the initiative to allow both targets and witnesses to turn in a student who is bullying another.

Individuals should make the same stand.

Students should make more of an effort to turn in bullies, to make Appalachian more of a tolerant campus than it already is. The institution isn’t the only means of catching a bully. Increased student effort will cause a decrease in harassment - Appalachian can’t use its own eyes and ears to catch every single instance of bullying.

It’s important to report incidences of bullying because students see more than faculty - they’re around other students more often. It should be the student’s main priority to re-

port bullying when not in a classroom setting.

The problem with life is this: there isn’t a reset button. You can’t go back to the beginning and take back the words you said.

You can’t change how you felt in that exact moment.

I’m honestly proud to attend a university that takes the steps to protect its students from bullying. I think students should join those efforts full-force.

And for those who are bullied and can’t seem to see the end, wait. As they say, “It’s always darkest just before the dawn.”

I have faith that you can make it through.

Gruss, a freshman journalism major from Harrisburg, is an intern lifestyles reporter.

The organizers and supporters of the “No Equal?

No More!” campaign would like to thank you for the articles published in the March 1 edition of The Appalachian [“Athletes Accused” and “Students campaign in support of alleged sexual assault victims”].

Sexual assault is a serious issue on all university campuses, including Appalachian’s, and the attention it receives is usually quite lacking.

When sexual assaults are mishandled in the way Alex Miller and Meagan Creed’s have been, it perpetuates a societal norm referred to as rape culture.

Rape culture is a phenomenon in which rape is seen as a natural aspect of society and is upheld by institutional forces that fail to address it. It encourages victim blaming and suppresses the voices of those who have been or will be assaulted.

For a survivor to come forward about their assault takes courage and strength. Imagine re-living the worst moment of your life over and over.

Now imagine that people don’t believe you. Some call you names, others say you “deserved it” and still more refuse to believe the assault even occurred.

To stand up for yourself in an environment that analyzes and assigns blame to the victims of sexual assault is a feat worth applauding and I am proud to personally know both of these women. “No Equal?

No More” will continue to support the survivors. We look forward to addressing the issues in a collaborative way.

Meredith Nisbet “No Equal? No More!” campaign organizer

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Wrestling takes second in SoCon Championships

by CHASE ERICKSON Intern Sports Reporter

Three Mountaineer wrestlers captured titles and will move ahead to the NCAA Championships, after the wrestling team earned second place at the 2012 Southern Conference Wrestling Tournament Saturday in Chattanooga, Tenn.

ASU finished tied with The Citadel, second in overall points with 72.5. Host Chattanooga won the team title for the second straight year, finishing with 102 points.

Junior Tony Gravely’s 2-0 performance brought him his second SoCon title, while seniors Mike Kessler and Austin Trotman each continued their successful seasons by receiving SoCon championships and NCAA automatic qualifier berths.

Head coach JohnMark Bentley was named Coach of the Year and Trotman earned SoCon Tournament Outstanding Wrestler honors.

“I’m incredibly proud of Austin and it’s a great award for him to win,” Bentley said. “Austin really earned it and his hard work this season showed. When you look at his two performances and especially the finals, he dominated his opponents.”

Including the three titles, Appa-

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Seniors Austin Annas and Weston Haney practice for the SoCon Championship last week in Varsity Gym. The Mountaineers placed second at the tournament this past weekend in Chattanooga, Tenn.

lachian had seven wrestlers place.

Kyle Blevins took second, Brett Boston and Chip Powell took third and Savva Kostis took fourth.

Appalachian’s first finalist, Gravely, faced top-seeded Manuel Ramirez of Chattanooga in the fi-

nal bout at 125 pounds. After the first round, both wrestlers were tied 3-3. Gravely earned back points in the second period and increased his lead to 10-5 with two minutes left in the third. Ramirez battled back but could not seal the deal

and Gravely received his second SoCon championship with a 12-9 victory.

In the 141-pound championship, No. 1 seed Kessler showed up for his second-straight finals appearance and faced No. 2 seed

Shawn Greevy. In the first period, Kessler grabbed an early 4-1 lead.

He was unable to score in the second and the match was tied at 4-4 heading into the third. In the final period, Kessler proved to be the SoCon’s best 141-pound wrestler, winning the championship with a 9-4 decision.

“It’s a weight off my shoulders,” Kessler said after winning his first SoCon title. “I’ve wanted to get here after seeing Austin [Trotman] get here. I had an old best friend who went to the NCAA tournament and I’ve wanted to make it since, so it’s a huge accomplishment.”

In his semifinal and final bouts, 184-pounder Trotman put on a takedown clinic against both of his opponents and earned technical falls in both matches.

Trotman is ASU’s first threetime SoCon champion since Travis Drake and Mark Fee won three straight from 2001-03 season and now has a total of 124 career wins.

“It’s a good feeling,” Trotman said after earning his third trip to the NCAA Championships. “This year, I’m more confident heading into the event. I know what it’s like to be there.”

The Mountaineers will now look ahead to the NCAA Championships March 15 -17 in St. Louis.

Cold shooting dooms men’s basketball in SoCon quarterfinals

by JAKE AMBERG Sports Editor

The Mountaineer offense folded at the worst possible time Saturday, as men’s basketball lost 65-55 to UNCG in the SoCon quarterfinals in Asheville.

Appalachian held an 11-point lead with just under 13 minutes to go, but the Mountaineers missed 18 of their last 19 shots as UNCG stormed back, closing the game on a 27-6 run to end the Mountaineers’ season.

Senior center Isaac Butts, who led ASU in points rebounding and shooting, scored a put-back layup with 9:03 left in the game and gave the Mountaineers a

five point lead. This was the last basket the Mountaineers scored from the floor, as Appalachian missed its final 11 shots.

Butts finished the game with 16 points, 10 rebounds and 8-10 shooting.

Despite ASU’s lack of offense, the contest was up for grabs up until UNCG closed the final 1:13 with a 6-0 run.

With ASU trailing by just four, senior Omar Carter was fouled with 2:09 left in the contest and missed the front end of a one-and-one free throw opportunity. Andre Williamson clanked a hurried 18-foot jump shot on ASU’s next possesion, sealing App’s fate.

ASU initially carried its red-hot shooting from Friday’s College of Charleston game,

as ASU shot 52 percent and jumped out to a 39-32 lead over UNCG. However, according to head coach Jason Capel, fatigue set in for the Mountaineers.

“I thought we did a good job to start the second half and then I thought fatigue set in,” Coach Capel said. “And then we stopped executing. That being said, if we rebound the ball well, we’re not in the situation we’re in.”

ASU continued to perform well offensively early in the second half, hitting five of its first ten shots to extend its lead to 11.

But the Mountaineers would not find their rhythm for the rest of the game. Butts, who was holding back tears at the post-game press conference, blamed a lack of execution on the offensive end for the Mountaineers’ demise.

The Mountaineers will now lose four seniors to graduation: Butts, Carter, Andre Williamson and Petey Hausley.

Williamson got into early foul trouble and scored just six points and grabbed nine rebounds in 29 minutes. Hausley did not enter the game.

The 2012-13 schedule has yet to be announced, but the Mountaineers will rely on returning forwards Jamaal Trice and Nathan Healy, along with Hamilton and Neal. The Mountaineers’ lone nationally-ranked recruit is Michael Obacha, a 6’8” forward from Oak Ridge Military Academy in North Carolina.

The season was a regression for Coach Capel, who saw a three-win drop-off from the previous year.

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Weldon appeared to severely injure her ankle on the play as her leg was trapped between the floor and a falling Samford defender.

However, the senior guard was back into the game just minutes later.

The Martin fast break layup gave Samford a fourpoint lead.

Despite Courtney Freeman burying a 3-pointer on the next possession, the Bulldogs pulled away an 8-0 run that ended the Mountaineers’ SoCon title hopes.

“There’s always something special inside of a champion,” head coach Darcie Vincent said. “They had it tonight when they walked in. They were more physical than us tonight.”

Anna Freeman finished with 10 points, 12 rebounds, two steals and two blocks. However, the SoCon Player of the Year shot just 4-17 and committed three of the 15 Mountaineer turnovers.

Courtney Freeman also finished with 10 points.

Anna Freeman believes this season’s championship loss was worse than last year’s fall to Samford.

“Things just didn’t go our way last year, we got in our own way this year,” Anna Freeman said.

The Mountaineers will now hope for a bid to the National Invitational Tournament. The field will be announced in the late evening March 12, with the opening round starting March 14.

The Mountaineers lost 67-54 to South Carolina last season in the opening round of the tournament.

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Track and field competes in Last Chance Meet

by LEIGH ROBERTS

Senior Sports Reporter

In the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet Saturday, the men’s and women’s track and field teams sent six athletes toward a final chance to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championship meet.

The men’s team sent three athletes to compete for a place in the championships: Jared Stalling, Darius Purcell and A.J. Dohanic.

Senior Purcell won the high jump, clearing 7-1.75 and just barely clipping the bar - missing the automatic qualifying mark.

Purcell is sitting in the “bubble” and will find out Monday if he qualified for nationals.

“I did alright,” Purcell said. “I won the meet, but I didn’t jump what I need to jump to qualify for Nationals. I knew what I had to jump and I almost cleared it this weekend. They haven’t told me yet, but I’m pretty sure I didn’t get in, to be honest.”

Junior Stalling placed fifth in the weight throw with a throw of 63-9.50, breaking the ASU record. Stalling also finished fifth in the shot put, throwing a personal best of 55-9.

“It wasn’t exactly the outcome that Jared wanted,” throws coach April Smith said.

“He wanted to break the school record, but ultimately his eyes were set on qualifying for nationals.”

The only heartbreak of the afternoon was senior Dohanic’s only false start of his career. Dohanic was disqualified from the 60-meter hurdle preliminaries.

The women’s team also took three athletes to compete: Cassie Crawford, Chelsea Farr and Jasmine Suydam.

Sophomore Crawford took first place in the pole-vault, clearing 11-11.25.

Freshman Farr finished in fourth place.

“Personally, it was not the best meet this season, but I wasn’t disappointed with the performance completely,” Crawford said. “I had one of the best jumps of my life, it just happened to be at a lower height. I need to work on my consistency a little more.”

Freshman Suydam threw for a personal record of 44-9.75, taking sixth place in the shot put.

“It was a very good meet for our kids,” Coach Smith said. “It just wasn’t quite the results they were looking for. But they competed well. Every effort they gave was a good effort.”

With the exception of Purcell, who may compete for a National Championship title in Boise, Idaho, the Mountaineers will kick off their outdoor season March 9 and 10 for the Coastal Carolina Invitational.

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Baseball sweeps Rider in first home series

by LAUREN OSBORNE Intern Sports Reporter

The baseball team swept its first home series this weekend, winning all four games against opposing Rider. The Mountaineers outscored the Broncos 5315 in the series, with 32 of the runs scored Saturday alone.

“It was a good weekend and obviously, you want to win as many games as you can going into conference next weekend,” catcher Jeremy Dowdy said.

“We got the bats going a little bit, got everybody in the groove and got some of the young guys at bat, which is good. We’re getting everybody in the groove and getting some momentum in the conference.”

Starting pitcher Ryan Arrowood kicked off the weekend Friday, striking out seven in five innings and allowing two runs for a 6-3 victory.

Dowdy knocked in three runs in the second inning to give ASU an early 3-0 lead.

Daniel Kassouf and Will Callaway both had doubles and two hits.

Saturday’s double-header against the Broncos was a dominant offensive performance, as the Mountaineers hung 32 runs on Rider over the two games.

Senior Seth Grant balanced

the pitching, going five innings and just allowing one run.

Dowdy continued his hot hitting, contributing another four RBIs to lead ASU to a 10-4 win.

In the second game of the day, ASU didn’t slow down, scoring eight runs in the second inning.

The Mountaineer effort was led

by Tyler Zupcic, who smacked a single down the left field side to score two.

Two more runs were scored off a wild pitch by Rider’s Kurt Sowa and Tyler Tewell, starting at catcher for Dowdy, smashed a three-run homer - his first of the season.

Freshman right-handed pitcher Jamie Nunn made his debut start, striking out five in 5.1 innings of no-decision work.

“I was anxious, but I got the nerves because I’m a freshman and it was my first time out there,” Nunn said. “But the way we were playing, I had a lot of faith in our hitters to back it up - and our defense is really good, too.”

Appalachian won 22-4.

ASU finished the sweep Sunday, with second baseman Hector Crespo leading with his first home run of the season.

Rider tied up the game in the top of the third with a Tyler

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Senior pitcher Will Helms winds up to deliver some heat Friday afternoon versus Rider. The Mountaineers went on to defeat the Broncs 6-3 at home.

Strato RBI single, but it was soon overshadowed by a ninerun third, putting the Mountaineers in control of the game.

Eight of nine starters scored at least one run on Sunday.

“It was great finally getting

the bats going a little bit,” head coach Scott Pollard said. “The guys finally got it going some at the plate and that was very encouraging.”

The team will play Duke Wednesday at 5:30 at home.

ASU softball finishes another road trip strong

by ETHAN JOYCE

Intern Sports Reporter

The Appalachian State softball team finished off another road trip this weekend.

The Mountaineers finished the Subway Spartan Classic with a 3-2 record in the tournament, bringing their record to 9-7 overall.

ASU competed alongside the University of Dayton, N.C. Central and USC-Upstate.

In the first game of the classic Friday afternoon, Appalachian won 4-2 against the University of Dayton.

The Mountaineers came out of the gate quick and scored all their runs in the first inning.

Pitcher Caitlin Wainwright threw a complete game, giving up only five hits and two runs for her third win of the season.

Senior Michelle Lighton hit her first home run of the season.

Lighton and junior outfielder Allie Cashion lead the Mountaineer push, with two RBIs and one run apiece.

Coach Shae Wesley said she was im-

pressed with the team’s effort.

“It’s always great to start the game off with that kind of tone,” Coach Wesley said.

Not only to score four runs, but to score four runs in the first inning.”

On Saturday the Mountaineers found themselves playing in two games, the first against Dayton and the second against the Eagles of North Carolina Central.

In game one against the Flyers, ASU started slowly and lost the game 9-1.

Dayton scored three home runs and rocked ASU with a six-run third inning.

In Saturday’s second game against North Carolina Central, the Mountaineers won 9-1. ASU scored six runs in the sixth inning, led by Cashion’s fourth home run of the season.

Caitlin Wainwright was awarded her fourth win of the season.

“We really picked it up in that sixth inning,” Coach Wesley said. “We seemed to answer all the questions we had at the plate.”

On Sunday, the final day of the Classic, ASU took on N.C. Central and USC-Upstate.

In the rematch with Central, Appala-

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Juniors Meghan Smith and Cashion led the team with three RBIs apiece and Cashion blasted through her fifth home run of the season.

Caroline Williams received her second win of the season and teamed with Caroline Wainwright for a complete-game shutout.

In the final game against USC-Upstate, the Mountaineers lost 7-2.

ASU hung tight, going into the bottom of the sixth only down two runs. But the team ultimately faltered after a four-run inning by USC-Upstate pushed the game out of reach.

According to senior Megan Rembielak, the Mountaineers could have played better.

“It was a tough loss because we knew they were beatable,” Rembielak said. “But that just shows us we need to work even harder this week in practice.”

The Mountaineers will play their next series at home against SoCon foe UNCGreensboro.

The two teams will play a double-header March 10 at 1 p.m.

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