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Thursday, April 25, 2013
ASU student found dead by CHELSEY FISHER Managing Editor
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Student was found dead in White Residence Hall Wednesday afternoon. No foul play is suspected.
Students and faculty rally behind Eustace Conway, Turtle Island
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Owner of Turtle Island Preserve, Eustace Conway, speaks in front of the Watauga County Health Department surrounded by a group of supporters. A group of community members and students organized the march, which began at Sanford Mall.
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Department on Tuesday in protest of Eustace Conway’s primitive-living educational camp being closed by county commissioners. Participants of the protest picketed with signs
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More than 40 students and Boone residents protested and marched to the Watauga County Health
that said “Private Property, Private Discretion,” and “I support Turtle Island,” among others. Conway carried a sign with a single red question mark. Conway, an Appalachian
Cookies for Kidneys raises money for transplant by STEPHANIE SANSOUCY Senior News Reporter
Club Council has set up the Cookies for Kidneys bake sale to raise money for the expense of a kidney transplant for Club Council Chair Ish Gomez, who has kidney failure. The bake sale will be in Plemmons Student Union from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. every day this week. Sophomore communications major Katlyn Kohler said that Club Council wanted to help raise money for the cost of the kidney transplant. “Obviously with the end of the semester coming up we didn’t have a ton of time so we put this together pretty quickly, but it’s been really successful so it’s been great,” Kohler said. Kohler said that Gomez has been very positive about the whole situation. “You don’t think that someone who is getting a new organ can walk around casually throughout
SGA votes to ban date auction fundraisers by JOSHUA FARMER
student was found dead in White Residence Hall Wednesday afternoon. No foul play is suspected, and no name has been released as of press time. “[Chancellor Peacock] is of course grieving with all of us,” Vice Chancellor of Student Development Cindy Wallace said. “Our first job will be to try to support this family and the people that were directly involved.” In response, administration has increased counseling services for students.
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the day,” Kohler said. Kohler said that through his involvement in Club Council and around campus, a lot of people know who Gomez is. “They will walk by and see this is for him and they will stop and donate money,” Kohler said. Donations of baked goods are being accepted from anyone, not just members of Club Council. The amount of money raised will be counted Friday. Ish Gomez said he was really happy and excited when he found out about Cookies for Kidneys. Gomez said he appreciates the Club Council members who put the fundraiser together, as well as everyone on campus who has stopped by the table. “I really am happy, pleased and I do appreciate all the help everyone has given me,” Gomez said.
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State University alumnus, recently had to close his camp, Turtle Island Preserve, to the public after an inspection by the Watauga County Health Department and county commissioners. The primary concern of the county is that visitors are in and out of these buildings, which were neither permitted nor inspected for compliance with N.C. building codes, according to the official statement from the Watauga Planning and Inspections and Economic Development. Conway also spoke to university students and faculty Monday about how Watauga County officials recently came to Turtle Island for an inspection of the property. An anonymous tip was reported, detailing building code, health code and safety violations. “The values of the natural world I teach at Turtle Island are important enough to me that I have
gladly volunteered my entire adult life to running and maintaining it,” Conway said. “Since founding Turtle Island, I have yet to have a single person outright oppose what I do, until now.” Adjunct instructor Harvard Ayers attended the protest. Ayers brought a group of students to Turtle Island in 1987. “Eustace is an old friend of mine, and the way he is being treated today simply isn’t right,” Ayers said. Watauga County sheriffs and Boone police officers stood outside their vehicles in front of the Health Department parking lot to observe the march in order to maintain the peace, said Captain Allen Reed of the Watauga Sheriff ’s Department. “I feel that a degradation of liberty has occurred in Boone’s backyard, and I frown on the idea of needing permits to continue living in the traditional ways of my ancestors,” Conway said.
Mechanical shop supervisor maintains Appalachian State underground systems by MICHELLE PIERCE Inter News Reporter
Editor’s Note: The following is the final part of a four-part series about the behind-the-scene employees at Appalachian State University. The workers in charge of keeping approximately 20 miles of underground sewer, water and steam lines properly maintained and running efficiently are Eric Greer, Appalachian State University’s mechanical shop supervisor, and his team of 10 workers. Greer has worked for Appalachian for 10 years and has been the team’s supervisor for two years. He prioritizes the work orders received from the university and tells his workers where to go on campus to complete a job. There are currently 100 open work orders for the mechanical shop, and these jobs can take anywhere from 30 minutes to mul-
tiple days to complete, depending on the severity of the situation. “I keep everything organized while the guys are the ones doing all the work,” Greer said. “They’re the ones who make me look good.” The workers maintain a variety of things on campus, from checking small steam leaks to welding hand railings. “The one thing about my job is that there’s always something new,” Greer said. “It’s not the same from day to day.” His team spends much of their time in the underground tunnels of the university’s steam and sewer systems. The danger of this job is primarily due the workers having to work in the boiling hot temperatures of the steam manholes. Steam ranges from 180-200 degrees Fahrenheit.
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The Student Government Association voted Tuesday night to ban the use of date auctions, legislation that was proposed by request of Kimberly Mitchell, the assistant director for the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership. “Nationally many organizations have banned date auctions for two reasons,” Mitchell said. “There is no way to guarantee the safety of participants, and the sale of people is not a good idea because of the implications historically and currently in our world. I am 100 percent for the ban.” Date auctions typically call for volunteers to “sell” themselves to others for dates, with proceeds going to fundraising for an organization or philanthropy. Representative Tami Gorodetzer presented the bill to the SGA senate and called it a “preventative measure.” “I think that it speaks a lot to how much we care about safety,” Gorodetzer said. “Us saying as a student body that this could be unsafe and we don’t want to take that risk, I think that’s a really big deal for us to say.” SGA President Jake Cox, who has been auctioned for a date auction, said it is something that he would not participate in again. “I think this is just another opportunity for students to limit the ways in which we could be harmed or we could be injured,” Cox said. “I understand that not all students may see it in the same light, but I think at the end of the day it does provide one less opportunity for an attacker or some violent individual to take advantage of this system and to harm an individual.” The bill endured several rounds of debate, during which concerns were voiced about the fact that the organizations on campus that can use date auctions as fundraisers were not directly contacted during the research for the bill. But Gorodetzer said that there were only five to 10 of these organizations on campus, and that a survey was sent out to all organizations at the university to gauge reaction to the measure. Cox said that he did not think that this restriction would have serious repercussions as far as hindering organizations from raising money. “I think all students are so creative and inherently excited about going out there and finding a new experience and a new fundraising method or philanthropic method that I don’t think by taking away this one opportunity that they are going to be limited,” Cox said. “I think overall this is a great for the university and I can’t wait to sign it.”
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Students recover recyclables found in ASU’s trash
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As part of the Zero Waste Initiative, interns from Appalachian State University’s Office of Sustainability took two days worth of trash from Sanford Hall and sorted out the recyclables and compostable materials. “Out of the 24 bags of trash we collected, there was only one bag of actual trash,” said Corie Wallen, senior marketing major. A few workers from Appalachian’s physical plant came by the group’s table at Sanford Mall to stack 60- to 20-pound boxes of paper collected from the university each week as a visual aid for students. “When we took trash cans out of classrooms and moved them into common areas, a study showed there was a 30 percent increase in recycling,” Wallen said. Although a large amount of reusable materials are still found in trash bins, the group remains hopeful in their goal of diverting 90 percent of Appalachian’s waste from landfill disposal by 2022. “Plemmons Student Union is supposed to get composta-
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Continued from page 1 “There is a number of staff that are on call, an extra number,” Wallace said. “We want people that need to talk to somebody to talk to somebody.” There were student meetings Wednesday night in White Hall with students, resident assistants, therapists and therapy dogs. “Our hearts go out to the families involved,” Wallace said.
The importance of Greer’s job is keeping Appalachian in line with the regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration so every worker comes back safe. “You try to follow all rules and regulations, but there’s still the question of what if something goes wrong, “ Greer said.
Although the mechanical shop department of the physical plant does not get to interact with students as much as other departments, Greer’s hope is for students to gain an interest in this field of work. “There are a lot of students [at Appalachian] for engineering,” Greer said. “Maybe one will think ‘I don’t want to be stuck inside drawing’ and decide to join the distribution side of engineering that we do.”
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Zero Waste volunteers Christie Horowski and Corie Wallen organize bags of trash into recyclables, trash and compostable materials. They organized 24 bags of trash down to only one bag of trash, the rest being recyclable or compostable.
ble bins over the summer,” said Linda Toth, a graduate assistant of the Office of Sustainability. As part of a reward tactic to encourage students to recycling, Glenn Fitzgerald, senior appropriate technology major, looked for people who were recycling as part of the Get Caught Recycling program. Fitzgerald and a few volunteers traveled through
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heavily trafficked areas such as Plemmons Student Union and Belk Library and Information Commons in hopes of finding students recycling. When spotted, students were rewarded with cookies donated from Stick Boy or T-shirts promoting recycling. There is still much confusion among students’ awareness of what is recyclable and compostable. “The wax-covered paper
cups that we receive from dining halls may not be recyclable, but they are compostable, and many students are unaware of this,” Wallen said. Recycling on campus can make a huge difference because of the volume of trash the university produces. “The university is almost as big as the Town of Boone,” Toth said. “The amount of waste we produce has a big impact on our community.”
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Student-led death penalty discussion ends year-long series by CORY SPIERS
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Senior Amanda Moore led a discussion on the use of the death penalty on an international scale that showed those in attendance statistics about the use of the death penalty, reasons for abolition and ways to push for abolition Tuesday night. Moore, a global studies major, said she is passionate about social justice. Moore helped to organize
social justice week and founded the campus Amnesty International organization. Her passion for abolition of the death penalty led to a presentation that she felt delivered her message successfully. “I hoped to show the audience that the world is moving toward abolition,” Moore said. “I don’t expect people to all of a sudden change their stance on the issue, but I wanted to introduce the issue on a
global scale to the audi- have hosted so far has ence.” drawn large crowds and Matthe w provoked Robinson, some great professor discussion,” “I hoped to show in governRobinson the audience that ment and said. the world is moving justice studM o o r e ’s toward abolition.” ies, helped speech is the organize the fourth and Senior Amanda Moore event and final installsaid he was ment in the pleased with death penhow sucalty series. cessful the year-long death Robinson said Moore penalty series has been. was the perfect choice to “Each event that we close the series.
The event opened with Moore discussing crimes for which the death penalty has been used as punishment and which methods of execution are most commonly used. Drawing the audience in, however, was her segment revealing that the United States has been among the top five countries in terms of death penalty use every year since 2008. “I hope that as a result of this presentation, people begin to look at the death
Climbing team helps raise funds for Type 1 diabetes research by JORDAN MILLER Intern News Reporter
Several members of the Appalachian State climbing team will volunteer and participate in an event called Rocks for Research in Charlotte this Saturday. Rocks for Research is an indoor rock climbing fundraiser for research on Type 1 diabetes. Charles Long, a 2011 Appalachian State University graduate, first conceived the idea in 2011 through encouragement from his family and, most importantly, his brother, who has Type 1 diabetes. “Learning to sacrifice my time and efforts to help people in need is the most valuable learning experience I have gained,” Long said. “I hope people will walk away with the same experience, knowing that even though they might be coming to have a good time, they are helping people in need by donating money and time and increasing awareness of a disease that affects millions of lives.” Funds will go to benefit the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or JDRF, which aims to unify global efforts to cure, treat and prevent Type 1 diabetes, according
to jdrf.org. “Not only is it a great cause because we are raising money to find a cure and improve the management of Type 1 diabetes,” Long said. “But we are increasing awareness of the disease and introducing a new demographic to the sport of rock climbing.” Melise Edwards, a senior biology major on the climbing team, said that the Appalachian State climbing team will play an important role in the execution of the event. “We are transporting a lot of people from the team and from the Boone area to go down there to volunteer their time and efforts to help the organization and the event run more smoothly,” Edwards said. “Everybody seems really excited. The team as a whole seems like they are going to be really involved, and even if they are not going to volunteer their time, they are going to pay to go and enjoy all these clinics and just the excitement of the event.” Many professional rock climbers such as Jimmy Webb, Matthew Bosley and Sasha Digiulian will attend the event as well. They will be holding clinics and demonstra-
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Senior criminal justice major Jeremy Parnell works on a boulder problem at Grandmother Mountain. Parnell will attend the Rocks for Research event this weekend in Charlotte.
tions along with participating in the festivities. Alexa Zakula, a freshman nutrition major on the climbing team, said she sees events like this as a way to interact with the climbing community. “Besides becoming stronger and a better climber, I definitely love being a part of the climbing community because from what I have experienced, it is awesome,”
Zakula said. “So many people are supportive, generous, kind and helpful. It can be a competitive sport, but I feel that it is more about people being competitive with themselves.” Rocks for Research will be held Saturday, April 27 from 3-9 p.m. at Inner Peaks Climbing Center in Charlotte. Registration can be found at innerpeaks.com/rocksforresearch.
penalty as a human rights issue and not a victim issue,” Moore said. Senior management major, Terrance Young, said that he was glad he came to the discussion because he learned a lot. “It definitely let me see more about the international side of the death penalty, beyond our state and beyond our country,” Young said. “It definitely broadened my knowledge and gave me a lot to think about.”
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Gomez said that things are getting back to normal for him, but he goes to the hospital for four-hour dialysis sessions three times a week in Watauga County. Gomez said he has been accepted by the hospital at UNCChapel Hill three weeks after applying, which sped up his timeline, but he does not know definitely when the transplant will occur. Gomez said that members of his fraternity, Phi Gamma Delta, have been very supportive through texting and visiting him. “I do think Club Council has taken the prize,” Gomez said. “They really stepped up and did the fundraiser. That’s what really took me in shock, but they have been doing good. The brothers have been helping me.” Corresponding Secretary of Phi Gamma Delta Jason Sharpe said that while the fraternity is not a part of Cookies for Kidneys, there are members of the chapter that are part of Club Council. “We are just trying to help him as best as we can, whether that’s encouragement or just trying to help him through the situation the best we can,” Sharpe said.
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BLUE RIDGE BALLROOM, PLEMMONS STUDENT UNION Free and Open to the Public Jerry A. Coyne is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago and and the author of a popular book about the evidence for evolution, Why Evolution is True, which was named one of Newsweek’s “50 books for our time.” He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007. Dr. Coyne’s work is focused on understanding the origin of species: the evolutionary process that produces discrete groups in nature. To do this, he uses a variety of genetic analyses to locate and identify the genes that produce reproductive barriers, such as hybrid sterility, ecological differentiation, and mate discrimination, among distinct species of the fruit fly Drosophila. Sponsored by the External Grants Program of Appalachian’s University Forum Committee, the Departments of Biology, Geology and Philosophy & Religion, and by Ricochet Creative Productions, LLC.
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Acappellageddon winners hit the road to record first single in Charlotte by COLIN MOORE
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ppalachian State University’s all-male a cappella group VoiceMale recorded a single at Breaking the Curse Productions in Charlotte on Saturday, April 20. The recording opportunity is part of VoiceMale’s prize after winning Best Overall Group last semester’s Acappellageddon, an Appalachian Popular Programming-sponsored competition between the eight a cappella groups at Appalachian. At Acapellageddon, prizes were given out for categories such as Best All-Male or AllFemale Group, Best Beatboxer, Best Solo, Best Ballad and others. The winner of each category walked away with a small cash prize. “And, of course, all the bragging rights,” said VoiceMale leader Jonathan Rice, a former music education major. VoiceMale carpooled to Breaking the Curse Productions to record their cover of “Runaway” by Love and Theft, one of the three songs they performed at Acappellageddon. Founded by Appalachian alumnus Eric Talley, Breaking the Curse Productions specializes in a cappella music production. Rice said that Talley, a former a cappella singer himself, graduated in 2008, started the production company in the years follow-
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Belk Library and Information Commons staff has extended the deadline for entry into the “Belk Library Through My Eyes” Instagram photo contest to May 5 due to a lack of a full range of library experiences, said Amanda Bird, librarian in the Belk library and contest organizer. The event intends to convey personal interest and involvement about how students use the library’s facilities. “It’s your favorite study
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Sophomore building science major Blake Beazlie performs with VoiceMail in last years Acappellageddon 4. The group recently recorded a single at Breaking the Curse Productions in Charlotte.
ing and was hired as the audio engineer for Acappellageddon last semester. Talley founded the first co-ed a cappella group at the university and said that he fell in love with the genre as well as the chance to do more than just cover great songs.
VoiceMale spent all Saturday recording the single, which Rice described as an exciting and upbeat song. “Of our current 15 members, only five are from the founding group,” Rice said. “We represent a range of majors, including music education, accounting, pre-law,
business and military sciences.” VoiceMale also performed at this semester’s Acapocalypse, another a cappella competition hosted by APPS at Legends. The group will perform their last concert of the semester this Saturday at 4 p.m. in Whitewater Café.
Belk Library hosts Instagram photography contest by LOVEY COOPER
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area, your favorite book,” Bird said. Organizers hope that the contest will create interest in seeing the library as a personal space rather than a public one. They are looking to see the kinds of work that goes on in the library, with an emphasis on the “information commons” aspect of the name as a facility for students to interact and learn together. “Working here as staff, we have our own ideas about the library and what’s special about it, but the contest frames it in a different way,” technical
library assistant Jonathan Priest said. “We want the entries to show collaboration or activities that we may not think of as staff members.” The two got the idea from a similar contest hosted by North Carolina State University and asked for permission to use the same idea. The contest is open to the public with a $50 gift card to the University Bookstore as a prize. The winner’s photograph will be used in promotional materials for the library.
French students perform scenes from American films in ‘Vive le Cinema’
“We have a lot of beautiful pictures of the library itself, but we really want to capture students working and how they use the library and these resources,” Bird said. The platform that Instagram offers allows for students to quickly and easily express themselves while in the library without the effort of editing a traditional photo for emphasis. The snapshot nature of these photos is intended to capture the feel of the moment quickly and easily. To enter, students can take a photo using the In-
stagram application and upload it with the hashtag #BelkLibr ar yContest, along with a description or a caption. Others can “like” their favorite images for the library’s public relations committee to take into consideration when they choose the winning snapshot. The winner will then be notified via comment on their photo. The contest is open to the public and runs through May 5. To see entries and find out more information about the contest, visit photo.library. appstate.edu.
Gramatik sells out Legends
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“Ratatouille,” “Sabrina,” “French Kiss,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Chocolat,” “Youth in Revolt,” The Department of Languages, “Midnight in Paris,” “DangerLiterature and Cultures will present ous Liaisons” and “The Count of “Vive le Cinema: American Movie Monte Cristo.” “We want the audience to unScenes with a French Twist,” Friday at 6 p.m. in Calloway Peak in derstand exactly what’s happening, even if the actors are going Plemmons Student Union. to be speaking Students will French,” Everett perform varisaid. ous scenes from The purpose of American mov- “I’m using it to help the the project is to ies set in France. students understand give the students Though the origithat when you learn experience in nal scenes are another language, it’s perfecting their in English, the scenes in the per- basically like playing a French accents and encourage formance have part in a play,” them to be conbeen translated fident in their and performed in Julin Everett, assistant professor of French French speaking, French. while bringing The performto light the imers are French portant things students with different degrees of proficiency, the language department does for with some in their first 2000-level Appalachian’s campus, Everett French class and others getting said. “I want to let people on camready to graduate. This is their final pus know that we’re doing great class project. “I’m using it to help the students things in the department of lanunderstand that when you learn guage and literature,” Everett said. This is the second time a peranother language, it’s basically like playing a part in a play,” said Julin formance like this has been done. Everett, an assistant professor of Last year, the event was called French. “You have to be kind of an “Southern Fried French,” and involved students enacting movie actor.” Scenes from nine different films scenes in French from English will be portrayed. The films include films set in the American south. Intern A&E Reporter
If you’ve heard anything about it, it’s easy to go into Iron and Wine’s new album, “Ghost on Ghost,” with certain expectations. At first, it seemed like there was nothing wrong at all. Echoic vocals, subdued background music, weirdo lyrics – just your standard Iron and Wine fare. Upon reaching the end of the first song, however, it’s easy to see why most people have such a low opinion of the record. The first track, “Caught in the Briars,” is probably the best track on the whole album. It starts off very soft, with some really great guitar, and those typical “ooh, ooh, ooh’s” that Iron and Wine is so fond of. The horns that are pulled in sound very natural with the music, which has a weird beachy feel to it. But then out of nowhere, the song devolves into a dreadful horn/piano/drums jam session. Jam bands are the kind of thing that really only work in person, and even then, they’re still bad. Iron and Wine is by no means a jam band, but you wouldn’t be able to tell just by listening to this album. It only gets worse from there. The next track, “The Desert Babbler,” has elements of ‘50s doo-wop, some R&B, more jazz and even a few violins thrown in for no apparent reason. It all sounds weird together, and none of it works with singer Samuel Beam’s falsetto. Most of the rest is so repetitive that it all blends together. The only way that you can tell when “Grass Windows” ends and “Singers and the Endless Song” begins is if a Spotify ad starts playing. One song that did work was “Grace for Saints and Ramblers,” which was one of the more upbeat tracks. It avoids the god-awful saxophone and manages to be very catchy, even if it does feel a bit like one long run-on sentence. “New Mexico’s No Breeze” brings to mind bad elevator music, but with lyrics. It just never seems to be going anywhere. The piano solo in particular just sounds like someone slapping their hands against the keyboard keys. Similarly, the saxophone in “Lover’s Revolution” sounds like one of Beam’s friends trying to annoy him by playing a note every time he opens his mouth. The whole album just feels drowned in unnecessary sound. One of the best parts of the album was a four-second bit at the end of “New Mexico’s No Breeze,” wherein the music stops and you can finally hear Beam’s voice. In the very last track, “Baby Center Stage,” it finally feels like the falsetto, the horns, the drums and the violins finally work together and are no longer fighting each other to be heard. All in all, “Ghost on Ghost” is too jazzy for what it is, and the instruments feel too dissonant to easily get swept up in the album. Hopefully, Iron and Wine’s next attempt will be a bit more successful.
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Gramatik rocked a sold out crowd in Legends with their unique style of electronica Tuesday night. Go to Theappalachianonline.com for a full gallery of the show.
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Use of public safety exemption needs to face scrutiny
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KENT VASHAW When Dzokhar Tsarnaev, one of two brothers believed to have committed the bombing of the Boston Marathon, was first apprehended, the decision was made to not read him his Miranda rights, which include the right to an attorney and the right to remain silent, invoking a socalled “public safety exemption.” This public safety exemption comes from a 1984 Supreme Court case. The Court emphasized that this exemption should
only be applied very narrowly – in that case, to find a gun that had been dropped somewhere in a supermarket, or, hypothetically, questioning a terrorist on how to disarm a bomb. It should only be applied in these kinds of extreme cases, and not used to indefinitely question a suspect. We need to carefully examine the usage of the public safety exemption in this case to ensure that the rights of an American citizen were not violated. CNN reports that Tsarnaev is now communicating with police by nodding his head, and was read his Miranda rights when he was charged Monday. The question still remains, however, as to how much Tsarnaev was questioned before being read his rights and whether
his answers will be used against him in court. It is critical that he was read his rights as soon as it was ascertained that there was no current danger to the public. Although he may have committed despicable acts, he has rights as an American citizen, and those rights should not be trampled. The American Civil Liberties Union has issued a statement, which reads in part “every criminal defendant is entitled to be read Miranda rights. The public safety exception should be read narrowly. It applies only when there is a continued threat to public safety and is not an openended exception to the Miranda rule.” This is absolutely spot on. ThinkProgress reports that, in the past, the FBI has applied the
public safety exemption liberally when dealing with terrorists, and has extended the definition of “current danger” to encompass situations which are not truly imminent but rather hypothetical future events. This is unacceptable, however helpful it might be in gathering information. We cannot deprive a person of his or her rights if there is no evidence that more Americans are in danger. To quote from the ACLU statement, “We must not waver from our tried-andtrue justice system, even in the most difficult of times. Denial of rights is un-American and will only make it harder to obtain fair convictions.”
Vashaw, a sophomore mathematics major from Apex, is an opinion writer.
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‘Enemy combatant’ should be redefined in the wake of Boston
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TYLER SPAUGH The trial and treatment of Boston Marathon bomber Dzokhar Tsarnaev has become the subject of a somewhat contentious debate. The debate hinges on whether or not to try Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant, with senators such as Lindsey Graham and
John McCain arguing for this approach. But the Obama administration has decided to try Tsarnaev as a civillian, according to USA Today. There are several important issues to consider here. Tsarnaev is an American citizen, and the fact that he and his brother appear to have acted alone, without a connection to any organized terrorist groups, means that he cannot be defined as an enemy combatant under the law, according to an article from slate.com Tsarnaev’s case gives
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side: religious extremism, as many reports suggest. Whether they have access to the funding or training of Al-Qaeda, they’re still fighting the same opponent with possibility of achieving the same end goal. In order to effectively try and interrogate such lone wolves, we should label all members of a political or religious movement that is actively at war with the United States as enemy combatants. Failure to do so could protect terror groups by allowing them to decentralize and disown
radicals such as Tsarnaev, who potentially learned how to build his bombs from Al-Qaeda’s publication “Inspire magazine.” Trying Tsarnaev as an enemy combatant would allow authorities to use more leverage than they would for an average citizen. We need to realize that there are a wide variety of people trying to harm our nation and its citizens. We should expand our law to reflect this reality.
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us the opportunity to reevaluate how we understand the idea of enemy combatant. While he may not be a part of an official terrorist group, he is a small part of a movement that has actively waged war on the United States. Dzokhar and his brother are now widely reported to have had a religious motivation for their actions. All members of AlQaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Taliban and even supposed lone wolves such as the Tsarnaev brothers, are all fighting for the same ideological
AUSTIN MANN Earth Day was held April 22, a day that was founded on radical principles of the 1960s. Earth Day was created in the Vietnam War era by the same people who had teach-ins. But in the 90s, Earth Day went mainstream, with up to 200 million participants in 141 countries, according
to earthday.org. This entrance of Earth Day into the mainstream had a de-radicalizing effect. Earth Day’s original purpose as a radical event needs to be renewed so that we can focus on the fundamental issues, particularly corporate capitalism, that play such large roles in harming the environment. Today corporations are often involved in planning, funding or otherwise organizing green events. Usually at green events, corporations are invited or show up to sell “green” products. A most blatant example was the marketing for the 2012 film “The Lorax.” The corporate powers that promote “green” products or lifestyle
choices are also damaging our environment. The message of “The Lorax” was skewed with promotions for SUVs. “It takes so much more than just a day to tend to and care for our planet,” wrote Joanna Detz, development director for Rhode Island-based ecoRI News. “We’re talking behavioral shifts that must be taught in schools and religious institutions; awareness that resources are finite; appreciation that our existence on this earth is tenuous, at best, and inextricably linked to the health of our waters, soil and air. ” I would go a step further. Many of our environmental woes are byproducts of capitalism.
Environmental activists are regularly opposed to corporate efforts, such as the Keystone XL, that could negatively affect the environment. Earth Day has to regain its radical nature because we need to fight climate change. The only way to do away with that is through change that is not revolutionary, radical and systemic. It is the same change that the originators of Earth Day hoped for, a change away from capitalism. It is the change that will make or break the human race. Mann, a freshman computer science major from Raleigh, is an opinion writer.
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‘Girls on the Run 5k’ set for May 4
Registration is open for the ZAP Fitness Girls on the Run 5K to be held on May 4 at 10 a.m. The non-competitive run will begin at Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Football stadium and follow a mostly flat course through campus. The event is sponsored by Appalachian’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Institute for Health and Human Services. This is the first time that the 5K is open to the public as a community event since Girls on the Run of the High Country started in 2009. Director Mary Sheryl Horine explains, “This is such a fun and energetic event; we wanted to be able to share it with the larger community. We’ve kept the registration fee very low hoping that kids, families and Appalachian students will want to join us and get active on a beautiful Saturday spring morning.” To register, please visit http://gotr. appstate.edu/5K Anyone under the age of 14 will need a running buddy to register and run with them. Registration fees are $15. Registration will also be accepted on the day of the event starting at 8 a.m. In addition to the run, there will also be warm-up activities, a happy hair station, an art table, visits from Yosef and the Appalachian cheerleading team and food provided by Earth Fare, Chili’s and Panera Bread. For more information on this event or volunteering for Girls on the Run, please visit www.gotr.appstate.edu or contact Mary Sheryl Horine at Appalachian’s Institute for Health and Human Services at 828-252-7557 or horinems@appstate.edu.
APPS Films ready for spring showings The Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Films Council is pleased to announce its remaining schedule for the Spring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G. Greer SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed movies of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage series in the Greenbriar theater will start out creepy, reflect some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times are listed with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1. Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., except where otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters (Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies. Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at 7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1 and 3 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times are subject to change. If you would like to have some input on what movies are brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m. Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements for you to come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown.
24th Morgan Lecture Series to start
The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the Sciences, sponsored by the Morgan Committee, in cooperation with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Forum Committee, announces a visit to ASU by Dr. Jerry Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago on Thursday, May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored by the Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Grants Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on speciation and evolution, and the bestselling book, “Why Evolution is True,” which is also the title of his extremely popular blog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne will give a scientific presentation on speciation (his research specialty) at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne will also give a public lecture on The Relationship between Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union.
Homegrown Film Festival on May 1
The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability in the High Country will be held May 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway Ballroom, Room 420 Plemmons Student Union. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. Sustainability endeavors are growing strong in the High Country, where you share a rich history of working together to ensure that your mountain region will forever be a wonderful place to call home. The Homegrown Film Festival celebrates some of these efforts through a series of eight mini-documentaries, each spotlighting local people and organizations, including: 350 Boone (climate change); Appalachian Mountain Brewery (small business sustainability); ASU Office of Sustainability (campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability art); Blue Ridge Conservancy (land protection); Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (sustainable agriculture); Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation (sustainable tourism); and National Committee for the New River (water protection). Attend for film, food and fun. Representatives of many of these organizations will be on hand to tell more about their work and how you can support it. This event is hosted by participants in the Sustainable Development course Outreach Skills for Sustainability, including students and instructor Laura England (englandle@appstate.edu).
Tom Moore 5K planned for May 4
The 8th Annual Tom Moore 5K Run/Walk will take place Saturday, May 4, at the Boone Greenway Burnley-Clawson Park. If particpants register on or before May 1, the event will be $15. On the day of the event it will be $20. There will be a pasta dinner at F.A.R.M Café Friday, May 3, from 6-8 p.m. for early packet pick-up. This will be a pay as you can donation dinner to contribute to the Tom Moore 5K event as well as help F.A.R.M Café in their mission. Registration on the day of the event will begin at 8 a.m., and the 5K will start promptly at 9 a.m. There will be long-sleeve t-shirts available to those who have registered on a first come, first serve, basis. After the race, there will be a raffle with lots of fun prizes and refreshments. Parking will be available at the Burnley-Clawson Lot. Tom Moore, of Boone, was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease (HD) 10 years ago. Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which currently there is no cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, talk and reason. Someone with HD will eventually rely on family members for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease does not affect just one person, but a whole family and community. One out of every 10,000 Americans has HD. After the onset of the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years. The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a non-profit agency dedicated to finding a cure. They are here as support, guidance and a resources to families, friends and those with HD. All of the proceeds from this
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event will go to the society for research. For more information or to register for the event, go to 5k.appstate.edu.
‘Persepolis’ discussion April 30
A discussion of the film and graphic novel, “Persepolis,” will be held April 30 at 6 p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission is free and open to the public. Students, faculty and community members are invited to read the graphic novel “Persepolis.” The library has placed copies of the book on 24-hour reserve. There will be a showing of the film “Persepolis” Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Both the book and the film will be discussed afterwards. “Persepolis” is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Satrapi’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film received numerous awards including being a co-winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The film will be introduced by Dr. Renee Scherlen, who will also lead discussion on the film and book following the showing. Dr. Scherlen is a professor of political science at Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas of specialization. The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with the ASU Humanities Council and the Muslim Students Association, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program. This is the fourth in a series of programs that compose the 2013 Bridging Cultures, Muslim Journeys Program. Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi collaborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi’s bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique attitude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution. The Guardian described the film as “superbly elegant” and goes on to note: “Persepolis gives us the sheer pleasure of narrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely imaginative child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by geo-political upheaval.” For more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, atscherlnag@appstate.edu.
CU Thrive program for ASU students Today’s college students face unique challenges that when combined, can negatively impact their overall success. In order to succeed, students must find ways to successfully juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial responsibilities, among many other life stressors! This balancing act would cause anyone’s anxiety and stress level to rise.
The American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment found in their 2001 survey that 30 percent of college students reported feeling so depressed that it was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year. Depression can lead to lethargy, irritability, social isolation, and disturbances in eating and sleeping cycles. It takes a concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such as depression and the ways that it impacts our students. In response, ASU’s Counseling Center has teamed with NAPSA to provide the campus community with a new web based resiliency program called CU Thrive. All currently enrolled ASU students are eligible to take part in this exciting opportunity! By utilizing the CU Thrive program, students will have access to a large database of helpful information. CU Thrive offers articles, videos, courses, and other information that will help students adjust to campus life, stay healthy, enhance study skills, and build relationships. And this is just a quick sampling of the types of topics covered by CU Thrive! You can set up your own account today using your App State username and password. Simply visit www.appstate.cuthrive. com/ for more information. The first 80 students who sign up for an account will automatically win a free t-shirt! Any questions or comments may be directed to Mary Cantrell via email at mc74237@appstate.edu.
‘Through My Eyes’ contest at Belk
Belk Library is sponsoring its “Through My Eyes” photography contest. It is really easy! Take an awesome Belk Library photograph. Upload it to Instagram and tag it #BelkLibraryContest. Make sure your app is set to allow public posting of photos. Go to Edit Your Profile, and turn “photos are private” to off. The winning snapshot will will a $50 University Bookstore gift card. Have fun and be creative! Show us a feature that you love or a part of the library that is special to you. Here are some ideas to get you going: Belk Library in the spring; Get collaborative in a group study room; Find the library’s best keep secrets; Relax in the Fox Reading Room; Go digital in the Digital Media Studio; and, Find your inner child in the Instructional Materials Center. The public is encouraged to enter the Belk Library Through My Eyes contest often by tagging multiple Instragram photos with the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest. The snapshot can include a few words or a single line caption. The library’s public relations committee will choose the winning snapshot. The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner will be notified via an Instagram comment from the Belk Library Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email address in order to be eligible to receive the book store gift certificate. The photographs must obey all laws, including applicable copyright and privacy laws.
Muslim students to host conversation
A panel of students from the Muslim Student Association will host a conversation with first-year seminar faculty, interested University community members and Summer Reading discussion leaders regarding the summer reading selection for 2013-2014, American Dervish, by Ayad Akhtar. The panel will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Tater Hill Room (#155), Plemmons Student Union. The University is privileged to host this author and highlight his work. He was just awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his stage drama, Disgraced. This panel of diverse Muslim students will introduce topics related to Islam and Muslim-American identity. It will provide a good beginning to initial thoughts about teaching American Dervish and leading discussions surrounding it. The student panel will be moderated by Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn. Dr. Avery-Quinn earned his PhD in Anthropology from UT Knoxville, his Master’s in Religious Studies from the University of Denver, and his BA from the University of Tennessee.
Spring graduation May 10-12
Spring commencement will be held May 10-12 at Appalachian State University with the university’s colleges and schools
holding individual ceremonies over the three days. Commencement for graduates of the Cratis D. Williams Graduate School will be held on Friday, May 10, at 6 p.m. in the Holmes Convocation Center. Jason Stockbridge, president of Appalachian’s Graduate Student Association Senate (GSA) and a master’s degree candidate in higher education, will deliver remarks. Stockbridge earned a B.S. degree in history from Lander University in 2006. He was accepted into AmeriCorps where he worked with City Year Boston and City Year Columbia. In 2009, he began classes at the University of South Carolina. He entered Appalachian’s graduate program in higher education in fall 2011. Ceremonies for the College of Health Sciences, Reich College of Education and the Walker College of Business will be held Saturday, May 11. Ceremonies for the College of Arts and Sciences and University College, Hayes School of Music, and College of Fine and Applied Arts will be held Sunday, May 12. Dr. Brenda White Wright, a member of Appalachian’s Board of Trustees will deliver remarks to the College of Health Sciences’ graduates at a 9 a.m. ceremony in Holmes Convocation Center. Wright is a motivational speaker, storyteller and diversity consultant with more than 40 years of experience in business management, board and organizational development, human resources, multicultural issues, race relations, youth initiatives, community relations, resource development, and radio and television. In recognition of her long-term service to students, East Tennessee State University recently initiated the Dr. Brenda White Wright Emerging Leaders Academy for students who have demonstrated outstanding character, leadership potential and a commitment to campus involvement. Reich College of Education graduates will participate in ceremonies beginning at 12:30 p.m. in the Holmes Convocation Center. Dr. Charles Duke, who is retiring after 18 years as dean of the college, will deliver remarks. Duke has had a 51-year career in public education, including time in the public school classroom as an English teacher. During his tenure, Duke helped guide the design of the 124,547 square-foot Reich College of Education building that opened in August 2011, and helped expand the college’s outreach and off-campus degree offerings. He also helped the college plan for and implement the doctoral program in educational leadership. Frank Stewart will speak to graduates of the Walker College of Business commencement which begins at 4 p.m. in Holmes Convocation Center. Stewart is president of Ultra Machine and Fabrication, a company he founded in 1989. Stewart is a member of the Walker College of Business Advisory Council. He received the Cleveland County Entrepreneur of the Year 2007 and Ultra was awarded the Cleveland County Chamber Small Business of the Year 2007. In 2010 he received the Patriot Award, given by the Department of Defenses’ Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) committee, for his support of the U.S. Guard and Reservists. Dr. Henry Perry, a member of the faculty at John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will speak at the College of Arts and Sciences and University College ceremony beginning at 9 a.m. in the Holmes Convocation Center. Perry is the great-great-great- grandson of D.D. Dougherty, co-founder of Watauga Academy which grew to become Appalachian State University. His research addresses the impact of communitybased primary health care programs on health improvement, especially on the health of mothers and children. Perry founded the NGO Andean Rural Health Care (now Curamericas) and later worked in a variety of underserved areas of the world, including Bolivia, Bangladesh, Haiti and Appalachia. Ceremonies for Hayes School of Music graduates begin at 1 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center. The guest speaker will be Jack L. Renner, retired chairman, CEO and chief recording engineer of Telarc Records. Renner has received 23 Grammy nominations and won 11 Grammy awards for recording engineering in both classical and jazz. He is a pioneer in using the digital recording process to commercially record jazz and classical/ symphonic music. He engineered the first commercial U.S. symphonic digital recording in 1978. Amy Armstrong will address College of Fine and Applied Arts graduates at 3:30 p.m. in Holmes Convocation Center. Armstrong is president/executive director of the South Carolina Environmental Law Project. She represents environmental and citizens groups before state and federal courts and agencies in their efforts to protect and preserve natural resources. Armstrong has litigated cases involving protection of freshwater and saltwater wetlands, endangered species, citizens’ rights, water quality, air quality and coastal management.
Biology present workshop on shrubs
The ASU Biology Department presents: “Fine Shrubs For Your Garden Spaces,” on May 4, 9:30-11:15 a.m. at the ASU Biology Greenhouse, 211 Dale Street, Boone. There is plenty of parking next to greenhouse and adjoining student lot. This free “High Country Gardening” workshop will focus on beautiful, easy care shrub varieties, both evergreens and deciduous types, that will add charm and drama to your landscape. The class will be led by Jerry Meyer, the ASU biology department greenhouse manager, an experienced gardener and garden designer. The discussion will include plant descriptions and maintenance tips. It’s a great opportunity to ask questions about your own landscapes. Attendees may also preview plants for sale on May 16-18. To register email meyerja@appstate.edu or call ‘Captain’ Jerry at 262-4025. Did you know the biology department has a conservatory boasting nearly 750 species of tropical, subtropical, and temperate plants. It’s looking fantastic. Feel free to visit Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tours to groups are available upon prearrangement.
ACT sponsors Stone Soup III May 14
Stone Soup III: Essential Tools for Today’s Nonprofits will be held May 14, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union. Stone Soup III is sponsored by the ACT program in collaboration with a number of High Country nonprofit organization. Spaces are limited and online registration is now open. Please visit the event website for more information and to reserve your spot for a productive day of learning, networking, and sharing with local and regional nonprofit professionals. Topics include: Legal issues facing nonprofits; Fundraising and annual giving; Major gifts and capital campaigns; Board development; Social media; Authentic leadership; Volunteer management; Campus community partnerships via ServiceLearning; and Grant writing. Professional fundraising coach and consultant Sandy Rees will be the keynote speaker and leader of multiple workshops. Her passion is showing small nonprofit organizations how to raise more money, strengthen their boards, and build relationships with donors. Nonprofit legal specialist Dianne Chipps Bailey will also be on hand to deliver workshops related to nonprofit compliance and other legal issues facing nonprofits.
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Baseball snaps losing streak as they begin home stretch by JORDAN DAVIS Sports Reporter
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Junior outfielder Preston Troutman runs home to score during the second inning of last Tuesday’s game against N.C. A&T. The team won the game 7-3.
s the semester quickly comes to a close and most teams are gearing up for postseason play, the Appalachian State baseball team is still in the heart of their schedule. The Mountaineers (2215, 10-10 SoCon) have 13 remaining games and currently sit at fifth place in the Southern Conference standings. However, nine of their final games will be at home, including a series against the top two teams in the conference, Western Carolina and Elon. “We’re happy just to
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play, we love playing,” head coach Billy Jones said. “We’re fortunate enough to be at home for these last three conference series, which is going to be big because we need them.” The home stretch comes at an opportune time as the team is coming off a stretch of nine games in a row on the road. App State ended a fourgame losing streak Tuesday with a 7-3 victory over North Carolina A&T, the team’s longest streak since 2011. “We’ve never had to deal with that, I think we’ve lost two in a row one time,” Jones said. “So we weren’t accustomed to that. We didn’t pitch well,
walked too many guys, didn’t get the big hit when we needed it. That’s baseball. If you don’t do that stuff you’re not going to win, especially in conference [games].” There did not seem to be any lasting effects of the losing streak on Tuesday night, when freshman Rob Howard made his first career start. The team will need to continue play this way for the remainder of the season, as every game is crucial for winning the SoCon title. “I feel like we’ve kind of been letting each other down these past few games,” first baseman Dillon Dobson said. “We just
have to play together and really focus on winning each game.” The Mountaineers will continue to play ball long after the semester has ended and most students have left Boone. Their final regular season game is May 18 against WCU. Time management becomes essential as the players are still fighting for a trip to the playoffs during exam time. “This is the long haul here at the end coming down,” Dobson said. “We have to really stay focused these last few games and get our school work done and then come out here and try our best to win every game.”
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Appalachian State’s women’s basketball team sees four players graduate, three juniors and a senior to fill their shoes by ANDREW CLAUSEN Sports Editor
One of the most difficult things for college sports team is that every athlete leaves one way or another. This year, women’s basketball has felt that with the loss of four seniors heading into next season. Starters Anna Freeman, Courtney Freeman, Raven Gary and Kelsey Sharkey are all graduating, meaning next year will look a lot different and a lot younger. “It’s inevitable, everybody graduates,” head coach Darcie Vincent said. “But I think that you just keep recruiting and mentally getting these kids ready to realize that yes, 72 percent of our offense just graduated and I have to be honest, I don’t think through the course of this season we had opportunities to showcase how good some of these freshman are. I think we saw a little bit of it toward the end of the season.” Vincent said that captain Anna Freeman will be tough to replace because she was versatile and could score from the outside or down low. ”She played 40 minutes of everything,” Vincent said. “She wasn’t just a one-dimensional player. That’s going to be the hardest thing to replace.” Toward the end of last season, freshman Bria Huffman began to produce key minutes off the bench and even started in two games. After only having three games of the prior 22 with 10-plus minutes, Huffman
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(Left) Sophomore guard Katie Mallow attempts a running jump shot in a game against Lees-McRae last season. Mallow averaged 6.9 points per game and was second in 3-pointers made with 26. (Above) The Mountaineers gather together before a game wearing their breast cancer awareness warm-up shirts. The team is losing four seniors and will need its new upperclassmen to become leaders.
averaged more than 16.5 minutes a game over the final four games. “She’s definitely a scorer,” Vincent said. “But she has to increase range and consistency and ball handling.” Next season, the Mountaineers will have four upperclassmen: Katie Mallow, Maryah Sydnor, Michelle Taylor and Jessica Barrios. Sydnor, who was the second leading scorer with 14.8 points per game, said they will have to step up in the leadership role on and off the court. “We are going to have to take over because those
four seniors were a big part of our team; they all four started at least the majority of the season,” Sydnor said. “We have to pick up everyone else to get to the level that the seniors practiced and played at.” Mallow said the biggest key for their leadership was the playing time they received as freshmen and sophomores. “The people under us, the freshmen, they didn’t get that much playing time this year,” Mallow said. “So we just have to step up and be leaders so that we can provide our underclassmen
with the same experience that we got, because we will definitely need their help.” Mallow’s versatility in her scoring was what stood out for Vincent. Mallow was the team’s fourth leading scorer, averaging 6.9 points per game last season and 26 3-pointers, second only to Anna Freeman (36). “[This season], she scored in different ways,” Vincent said. “I think her freshman year she would stand on the outside of the 3-point arc and she’d shoot. I think as a sophomore, she was given more responsibility and didn’t get a lot of that until
later in her freshman year. Next season we expect really big things from her as an all-around guard.” Despite the expectations for “big things,” both Sydnor and Mallow said they’ve been ready. “We have a leader system, and we were put in leader positions [last season],” Sydnor said. “I think coaches obviously knew that our four seniors would be graduating, so they needed somebody to fill that and feel comfortable in that shoe when they were gone. So we’ve been working on our leadership.”
They even showed some moments of leadership last season. “I think throughout the season we had moments of big leadership, and that’s what they tried to tell us, ‘Yeah, you have these seniors now but they’re going to be gone and it’s your team now,’” Mallow said. Vincent is confident in her new leaders and thinks they’ll do well. “We could surprise a whole heck of a lot of people,” Vincent said. “They’ve embraced that there’s a tradition that they have to carry it forward.”
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Walk-on senior gets a chance on field, makes ‘great impact’ by ANDREW CLAUSEN Sports Editor
The sport of baseball requires skill and timing, but sometimes part of that timing means waiting on the bench. For senior walk-on Gabe Dimock, the skill was there – he was just waiting for his time. On March 31 in a game against Wofford, starting catcher Josh Zumbrook went down with an ankle injury in the fourth inning. That’s when head coach Billy Jones called on Dimock to make his first career appearance. “It’s kind of one of those things where you’re waiting all season to get your chance,” Dimock said. “That’s not really the way you want to do it, with an
injury, but at the same time, I saw [Zumbrook] go down and it looked pretty bad, so in my head I was like, ‘I have to be ready to go.’” Dimock has now started in 12 games, is fourth on the team in batting average at .333 and fifth in on-base percentage (.389). He said he was able to come in and play well because of the mental preparation throughout the season. “It’s just kind of the way you play your whole life,” Dimock said. “Whether you have a scholarship or a walkon, once you get on the field, everything is the same.” He was also named Southern Conference Student-Athlete of the Week on April 10 for his 3.84 grade-point average as an exercise science major. Jones called him the “ulti-
mate teammate.” “He is unselfish and a tremendous worker,” Jones said. “His teammates love to see him succeed, as they know how much time and effort he has put in while knowing that it would not necessarily translate to playing time.” Dimock tried out for the team his freshman year but didn’t make it. His sophomore and junior year, he made the fall teams. This year is his first full year. “He has stepped in and made a great impact on our team and not wavered at all from the competition – only embraced it,” Jones said. “He will be a success at whatever he chooses to do because he knows there are no shortcuts to success.” For Dimock, playing with the team is his favorite part of college athletics.
SOFTBALL
Top ranked Softball gears up for SoCon finale by JESSE WARE Sports Reporter
The Appalachian State softball team is riding high at the top of the SoCon conference as they prepare to compete in the SoCon tournament. The Mountaineers (2516, 16-5 SoCon) are on a four-game winning streak after sweeping Furman and a 6-3 victory over 37-8 USC Upstate on Tuesday. With the conference tournament nearing, head coach Shae Wesley plans to just keep getting better. “Our approach to the whole season has been to get better every game,” Wesley said. “We knew coming in we had a very young staff with two seniors on a roster of only 20. We knew that as we progressed throughout the season we would be in a pretty good spot at the end of the season.”
While App State enjoys not going to be a problem. a five-game advantage “We just take the fiover the second-place nals early, it’s really no big SoCon team, College of deal,” said Schoelkoph. Charleston, the conferSenior Meghan Smith ence remains highly con- is confident in her team’s tested with C of C, UNC ability to top their SoCon Greensboro, Georgia foes. Southern “We aland Chatways play tanooga all our game,” “We’re ready to get within one Smith said. conference back in there and play “We play them and hopefully win of each our game come out with a win and other. we “We had play hard, this time.” some lossso it really Senior outfielder Allie Cashion es against s h o u l d n’t some conmatter who ference we end up teams,” playing in senior outfielder Al- the tournament. This conlie Cashion said. “We’re ference is so tight that reready to get back in there ally anyone could win it. and play them and hope- Hopefully we can stay on fully come out with a win top.” this time.” Softball will continue The conference tour- to role into the postseason nament begins May 8 in Saturday when they will the middle of finals week travel to non-conference at App State, but junior Auburn for a doubleAlissa Schoelkoph says it’s header.
“I’ve been friends with them for the last three years and it’s cool to actually play with those guys when I’ve been watching them,” Dimock said. On the rest of the season, he said their goal is simple: to win the SoCon. “We just have to try to win every game and compete every day,” Dimock said. “No matter who we’re playing, what the score is or what time of year it is, we’ve got to play the same way all year.” A key for them this year was for the team to stay close. “There’s going to be downs during the season and it’s important to stay close and not have a divided clubhouse,” Dimock said. “The fact that we’re tight helps a lot to stay consistent.”
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Senior walk-on Gabe Dimock follows through on a swing in last Tuesday’s game against N.C. A&T.