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Appalachian honors veterans during ceremony
Vol. 88, No. 9
Cell tower to be placed on Gardner Residence Hall by Chelsey Fisher Senior News Reporter
Photo courtesy of Marie Freeman
Retired Lt. Col. Gerald F. Harper Jr. speaks to students and veterans during the Veterans Day ceremony Monday. Harper spoke about the continued commitment of America’s youth to serving in military service and his outlook for the country’s future.
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Veterans Day celebration was held at the veteran me-
morial beside the B.B. Dougherty Administration Building at 7:30 a.m. Monday. Approximately 30 attended the celebration.
Lt. Col. Gerald Harper Jr. (retired) is in charge of the newly founded Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program at Watauga High School
and spoke at the event. “Veterans are a very important part of our country,” Harper said. “The United States currently has 23 million
veterans.” Appalachian State Army Reserve Officer’s Training Corps performed a flag raising ceremony to end the event.
Strong first half not enough for Mountaineers Sports Reporter
by Nicole Bellamy Intern News Reporter
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Freshman running back Marcus Cox is tackled during the opening half of Saturday’s game against Georgia. The Mountaineers fell to the Bulldogs 45-6.
more passing yards, converted third-down opportunities, red-zone trips and takeaways before both teams went back to the locker room at the halfway point.
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“They made some adjustments,” senior receiver Andrew Peacock said of the Bulldogs at halftime. “They didn’t expect that score to be what it was at halftime so I’m sure some
of their leaders stepped up and said some things during halftime to those guys and got them pumped up. They came out fighting in the second half.” SEE FOOTBALL PAGE 6
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Basketball players form relationships off the court
by Nick Joyner Appalachian State came out strong this past Saturday, despite falling to the University of Georgia 45-6. The final score notwithstanding, the team trailed just 14-6 after two quarters, although they were pegged as underdogs to the Bulldogs. “It was the tale of two halves, there is no question about it,” head coach Scott Satterfield said. “We started out strong and didn’t shy away from this game. Our guys played with great effort to start the game.” At the half, though down by 8 points, App State led in many important statistical categories that usually result in a winning performance. The Mountaineers had
Appalachian State University will add a Carolina West Wireless cell phone tower on top of Gardner Residence Hall in August 2014, said Tom Kane, director of housing and residence life. The permanent tower will be added after the flooring is replaced on the second through the ninth floors in May 2014, Kane said. The tower has been temporarily placed on Bodenheimer Drive next to the pump station across from Mountaineer Hall, said Michael O’Connor, the director of Physical Plant. “Putting these sites on campus improves cell coverage, capacity and access for our students,” O’Connor said.
uled tutoring, but head coach Darcie Vincent said she hopes to continue the relationship the team has created with Hardin Park Elementary students. Retired school teacher and volunteer coordinator of the tutoring ministry Anna McGuire said it was an honor to have the team come out to mentor the students. “We appreciate these girls more than we could ever say for so many reasons,” McGuire said. “They were just great role mod-
Appalachian State University women’s basketball team finished a three-month tutoring project with Hardin Park middle school students Oct. 30. Members of the team rotated weeks of tutoring, where they helped approximately 35 children at the Perkinsville Tutoring Ministry held at Perkinsville Baptist Church on their off days. With basketball season starting, the team has wrapped up sched- SEE TUTORING PAGE 2
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Model Through It Our music critic reviews the latest work by Washington-based musician Mount Eerie.
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The Mountaineer volleyball team faced Samford on Friday and UTC Chattanooga on Saturday.
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Carolina West Wireless is headquartered in Wilkesboro and is the exclusive wireless provider for Appalachian athletics. “Providing a great network in and around Appalachian State University has always been a high priority for Carolina West Wireless,” Slayton Stewart, Carolina West Wireless CEO, said to the Watauga Democrat. “We are very pleased to enhance our network on campus as well as the surrounding area in Boone.”
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els.” Junior guard Katie Mallow said this service project was different than past service projects with the team because they made multiple visits and were able to form relationships with some kids of the program. “There were three or four kids that if we missed a week, they were asking for us,” Mallow said. Vincent said that the
kids were not the only ones that benefitted from tutoring, but that her players did too. Freshman forward Amber Doniere said that as an education major, interacting with the kids was a good experience for her. “Everything that you learn in education classes comes into play,” she said. Doniere said that she enjoyed watching the students improve week to week. “To sit back and watch them in their
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kids,” McGuire said. “I think half of tutoring is having a mentor who cares about you and who will be there for you.” Students of the program will attend the women’s Friday game against Lees-McRae, and Vincent also said that some kids had already been to some of the team’s practices. “It was an overwhelmingly great experience,” Vincent said. “[The kids] have a good relationship to mentor to look up to.”
Appalachian alumna wins Broadcasting Personality of the Year at CMA Awards by Nicole Bellamy Intern News Reporter
An Appalachian State University alumna now has her name on a County Music Association award. A 2001 graduate of the Department of Communication and morning radio show host of Raleigh-based 97.5 WQDR-FM Janie Carothers won Large Market Personality of the Year at the 47th annual CMA Awards in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday. Carothers won the award along with colleagues Mike Wheless and Marty Young. Together, the three make up the WQDR and The Q Morning Crew that airs Monday through Friday mornings. Carothers has worked with WQDR and The Q Morning Crew for seven years. Having multiple CMA and Academy of Country Music award nomi-
nations in the past, Carothers said she was ready for more than just the nomination. “You get so close and it doesn’t quite happen so we really hoped it would be our turn [to win], and fortunately this was our year,” Carothers said. WQDR won large market station of the year in the past, but this was Carothers’ and The Q Morning Crew’s first Broadcast Personality of the Year award. Carothers said her trip to Nashville began Nov. 3 with a press conference with CMA hosts and country music stars Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Carothers said The Q Morning Crew spent the next two days interviewing approximately 40 artists a day. “It was a pretty intense couple of days.” Carothers said. The trip wasn’t all business for Carothers. As winners, Carothers
and the crew got to sit in the third row of the award show beside the country band Lady Antebellum. Carothers said they walked in the awards show on the red carpet, and the feeling was surreal. “When you realize the magnitude of what a CMA is and you’re attending the award ceremony because you got one too, it’s like ‘how did this happen,’” she said. Carothers said that the chemistry and hard work helped the crew win the award. “We just had a genuine chemistry pretty much from the get-go,” Carothers said. “We’re to the point where we literally finish each other’s sentences.” Associate Executive Director of Alumni Affairs and Annual Giving Kimberly Dull said the Alumni Association was happy to hear that Carothers received rec-
ognition for her work as part of the WQDR and The Q Morning Crew. “There are more than 109,000 members of the Appalachian alumni family, and we get excited every time we hear about an individual’s accomplishments,” Dull said. “[Carothers] is certainly included in that company.” After several nominations, Carothers finally has a CMA for herself that she said is currently sitting on her entertainment center at her home. “I don’t really know what do with it,” Carothers said. “I’m just kind of at a loss.” Carothers said she has always had a love for country music. “I’ve done things that I never dreamed that I would do back then when I was just a fan of the music,” Carothers said. “It’s definitely a ‘how did I get here?’ kind of thing.”
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Speakeasy celebrates five years with facial hair
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ollowing a quieter celebration last year, Speakeasy Tattoo Company has partnered with Appalachian Mountain Brewery to move its fifth annual Beard and Mustache Party out of its downtown shop. The open party and facial hair competition is held each year to honor the anniversary of the shop’s opening, and five years is especially significant, said Greg Kinnamon, owner of Speakeasy. This year, the party will take place Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Appalachian Mountain Brewery. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance at Speakeasy on King Street. “I think it’s going to be a perfect fit for us because what they do over there is a lot like what we do over here,” Kinnamon said of the partnership. “They want to make the best possible craft beer that they can, we want to make the best tattoos that we possibly can, but we both also really like giving back to Boone.” The third annual event was shut down hours early when police responded to noise complaints, before the facial hair judging even took place. In response, last year’s celebration was notably quieter and less spirited. “We just don’t want to do that anymore – we want to blow the roof off of it,” Kinnamon said. This year, the new location is farther away from downtown residential areas
and should facilitate longer festivities and the return of a live band. In the chance that the trade off of distance for space may intimidate the usual downtown crowd, Speakeasy has arranged for a van to shuttle participants to and from the party and the tattoo shop downtown throughout the night to keep walking distances the same. “We just want to have the biggest party that Boone has all year long,” Kinnamon said. “It’s going to be the best party we’ve ever thrown, and if you miss this year you’re going to be sad.” For $15, partygoers receive a t-shirt, stickers, pint glass, two beers and a raffle ticket toward $250 of tattoo money, as well as the opportunity to enter their facial hair, grown or crafted, into various competition categories for trophies and tattoo money. Speakeasy staff and others will determine the winners. “I think it’s going to be awesome here,” said Jessica Collins of Appalachian Mountain Brewery. “I think it’s going to bring tons of people, even only to watch.” Like most of the brewery’s recent events, Collins said, the party has a charitable component in that all money raised from the sale of food will be donated to Boone nonprofit group High Country Local First. “It’s all about Boone, it’s not about us,” Kinnamon said. “It’s all about the community that helps keep us in business and gets us through year after year.”
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Then senior anthropology major Michael Story shows off his moustache during Speakeasy Tattoo Company’s Beard and Moustache Party last year. The fifth annual party will be held at Appalachian Mountain Brewery on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Review
Mount Eerie goes post-T-Pain on ‘Pre-Human Ideas’
Jay Z rapped about the “Death of AutoTune” in 2009, which called out rappers for hinging their artistic sensibilities on artificial software that would essentially write melodies for them. He was trying to sound prophetic, but his conception of pitch-correction software seems a bit dated. AutoTune may be responsible for schlocky pop stars such as TPain, but it also gave rise to a variety of art that comments on the relationship between the human voice and recording software. Pop-rap stars Drake and Future, as well as many of Kanye West’s albums are primary examples of this. Most interesting is how this relationship with overtly digital voices has popped up in non-rap music, such as Bon Iver’s emo-
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tive, baroque rock and Chromatics’ burned-out disco. Phil Elverum, better known as the home-recording genius behind lo-fi projects The Micro-
phones and Mount Eerie, is a strange but welcome addition to this canon. Normally a writer of hushed, patchwork acoustic symphonies, Elverum just released an album of reworked Mount Eerie songs called “Pre-Human Ideas” that makes heavy use of AutoTune. The cover of “Pre-Human Ideas” sees Elverum sitting stone-faced at his desk with a GarageBand demo on his computer. It’s a strange image for a record called “Pre-Human Ideas,” but is representative of the homegrown, extremely processed music within. Generally, the music sounds a lot like Mount Eerie’s twin 2012 albums, “Clear Moon” and “Ocean Roar.” Elverum’s layers of AutoTuned voices add a synthesized sheen to the production,
but the songs retain their original hazy, naturalistic vibe, even with rewritten lyrics. There are fewer guitars here than on past Mount Eerie albums, with a heavier emphasis on dreamy keyboard textures a la Angelo Badalamenti’s “Twin Peaks” soundtrack. This has always been a cornerstone of Mount Eerie, but here it replaces the intense scrawls of guitar present on “Ocean Roar” and “Wind’s Poem.” Distant drum machines tick out the songs’ rhythms, giving shape and direction to a host of warm organ and brass sounds. Sometimes, as on the dense, playful reworks of “Lone Bell” and “Ocean Roar,” the sound of the album resembles low-key electronic pop. Elverum’s albums have al-
ways been about being in awe of nature, but that comes across here in a very different way. Elemental ideas are expressed in “Pre-Human Ideas” through mechanically precise processes, but Elverum makes the cold sound of AutoTune undeniably organic and genuine. It probably would’ve been more interesting if “Pre-Human Ideas” consisted entirely of new songs instead of reworks or remixes, and this album doesn’t quite grab the listener by the throat the way his best work does. Still, Mount Eerie continues to be a fascinating project adept at arranging messy sounds in lovely, meticulous ways.
– Colin Moore, Senior A&E Reporter
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Students celebrate Hmong culture at Traditional Harvest Festival Appalachian’s Hmong Society held a Traditional Harvest Festival on Thursday in the Parkway Ballroom of Plemmons Student Union. The society represents the Hmong culture, an ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand. The event featured popular Hmong cuisine, skits, talks and performances.
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Annual Dance Marathon fundraiser scheduled for February by Meredith Warfield Intern A&E Reporter
Appalachian State University’s service learning organization Appalachian and the Community Together has opened registration for its 11th annual Dance Marathon. The fundraising event will benefit local families through community nonprofits Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent Family Support Network. Students who register are encouraged to raise a minimum of $150 – or $10 an hour – for the dancing celebration at
Legends on Feb. 22. Registration costs $10 and comes with a T-shirt, plus food and drinks at the event. Not only will participants have a great time dancing, eating great food and taking part in themed activities, but they will be able to spend time with the children they are helping, said Dance Marathon recruitment team member Karson Collins. “I think that it’s really life-changing,” Collins said. “A lot of people don’t realize what a dance marathon is until they get there.”
Struggling families of the High Country who benefit from the event will be present for a few hours at the marathon to hang out with participants and take part in the activities. This way, participants are able to put a face on where their contributions are going. “You are there dancing for 15 hours, and to us, that’s a huge amount of time,” said Lauren Berryhill, Dance Marathon community partner liaison committee member. “You’re so low on energy at the end of the day, but these families go through continuous struggle all the time.”
This year’s Dance Marathon will end at 1 a.m., a change from the 2 a.m. closing of previous years, so that Safe Ride will be available to escort marathoners to their dorms at the end of the night. ACT aims to bring in at least $20,000 in proceeds and recruit about 200 dancers. However, their main goal is to run a smooth event that engages students with the Boone Community, said ACT Associate Director Kate Johnson. “The numbers aren’t important to us,” Johnson said. “Ultimately we want to have a great event that connects us to our community partners.”
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Care packages for sol- staff members volunteer their and have not been previously • Nov. 18, at noon in Watau- the Humanities (NEH) and ventures for the summer, sediers time to use donated funds elected to Who’s Who are ga River Room the American Library Asso- mester, and year, including Send copy to David W. Freeman, Director of Student Publications, Center for Student Involvement and Leadership, second floor, of Plemmons Union, or e-mail: freemandw@appstate.edu. The Office Student Student De- to purchase winter clothing eligible for nomination. The • Nov. 20, at 1 p.m. in ciation. Contact scherlnag@ international internships. velopment and Student Sup- for 90 less fortunate chil- selection procedure offers Watauga River Room appstate.edu for more inforBring a friend, enjoy free port Services are asking for dren from Watauga County students the opportunity to • Dec. 3, at 4 p.m. in Three mation. hear international NAPSA to provide the campus food, community with a newmusic web assistance in sending care schools. Children from kin- nominate themselves. Top Mtn.University Room (new addiand start planning internaof computer science at Carnegie Mellon who was based resiliency program called CU Thrive. Allancurrently “GASLAND”, the next Sustainability Film Series presentation packages to deployed 12th grade dying The of nomination mayOn Sept. tion) 18, 2007, he stepped in enrolled Diversity LectureareSetional experience. pancreaticpacket cancer. ASU students eligible to take part in this exciting will be shown April 23soldiers at 7 p.m.dergarten in the I.G.through Greer Auditorium. front of an audience of 400 people Carnegie from N.C. are paired one-on-one with be downloaded from student• at Dec. 5, at Mellon 11 a.m.Uniin ries For program, more students information opportunity! By utilizing the CU Thrive will The screening will be free and open to the public. versity to deliver abylastchooslecture called “Really Your have Two drop-off points opened faculty or staff members who dev.appstate.edu Watauga RiverAchieving Room Presented Office of about education abroad proaccess by to athe large database of helpful information. CU “Gasland”, an award winning documentary Childhood Dreams.” lecture has become Nov. 5: become theirinvestigation mentors for into the ing “Leadership and His Service • Jan. 16, ata phenomenon noon in New Multicultural Student videos, Devel- courses, grams, and go to international.apThrive offers articles, other information the truth about environmental impacts of hydraulic fractur- and the inspiration for this event. that will Free help and students campus life, stay healthy, • 109 B.B. Dougherty Ad- whole school day. Awards,” and then selecting River Room opment. open toadjust the topstate.edu/education. ing, called “fracking,” for natural gas. Filmmaker Josh Fox enhance study and build relationships. And this is just ministration Volunteers needed for “Who’s Who in American • Jan. 22, at noon in New public. For moreskills, information, embarks onBuilding this journey after being asked toare lease his land a quick sampling of the types of topics by CU Thrive! • Bin #1 under the stairs the shopping day on Nov. 22. Universities and Colleges.” All River Room email penaae@appstate.edu. Filmcovered showing and disfor drilling. Gasland was an OSCAR nominee in 2011 for The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability in the International Hallway, Shoppers are needed to mennominations must be submit• Jan. 24, at noon in New • Be Rea$onable: An Intercussion You can set up your own account today using your App State Best Documentary. This film is hosted by the Sustainable in the High Country will be held May 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway first floor, Plemmons Student tor and assist children from ted electronically. Room Theater Performance “The Other Son” will be username and password. Simply visit www.appstate.cuthrive. Development program. Ballroom, Room 420 PlemmonsRiver Student Union. The event is active com/ for more information. The screened first 80 students who sign Union. 7:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., and driv- free Nominations close atpublic. 5 p.m. Refreshments • Jan. 28, at 11be a.m. in New Exploring Classism on Camat 5 p.m. Nov. 14up in and open to the will provided. The spring Sustainability Film Series is designed to raise for an account will automatically win a free t-shirt! Any quesA variety items are sugers are needed to transport Dec. 6. For more information, River Room pus, 7 p.m. Nov. 13, Blue Ridge Greenbriar Theatre, PlemSustainability endeavors are growing strong in the High Counawareness of current environmental issues and help provide tions or comments may be directed to Student Mary Cantrell email try, where you share a rich history of•working ensure gested for Each the care children from their schools to email rggsbmg@appstate.edu Feb. 3,together at noontoin New Ballroom, PSU. The interacmons Union.via The film solutions. filmpackages, will be followed by a panel discussion with at mc74237@appstate.edu. that your mountain region will forever be a wonderful place including ASU community items, nonthe ASU campusand from 7:30- or call 828-262-2060. River Room tive theater performance will is about the families of two local activists, leaders, academics students to call home. The Homegrown Film Festival celebrates some address social issues of class men — one Israeli, the other perishable foods questions and can-and8:15 a.m. or 8:15-8:45 a.m. who will answer discuss ways of personally these efforts through aproseries ofJudaism, eight mini-documentaries, dies, personal care ap- of Housing Options Christianity, and race on college campuses Palestinian — who discover getting involved onitems local,and nationalAdministration and internationalhas levels. In celebration of Earth Week, ACT OUT is hosting its second each spotlighting local people and organizations, games. Items that cannot be proved the use of Community gram Islam — A Panelincluding: Discus- through scripted and impro- that their sons were accidenThe fourth annual Sustainability Film Series continues January 350 Boone (climate change); Appalachian Mountain Brewery annual Farm Day April 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help local sent include items, ex- Service for the event.The To The program will provide sion on the Interconnec- visational audience participa- tally switched at birth. The 29 with films used focusing on issues relatingLeave to sustainability. (small business sustainability); ASU Office of Sustainability sustainable farms, such as Moretz’s Mountain Orchard, Horse pired food, chocolate, homeregister,Appalachian contact Janice Voss information about how to re- tion of three Abrahamic tory theater. Co-sponsored film won Best Director Award Department of Geology, Belk Library, Popular (campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability Helpers, Spring House, and Foggy Likely Farm. For more baked food, glass or aerosols, at vossjf@appstate.edu or ex- apply for on-campus housing (land Faiths the Department of Theater and the Tokyo Prix at information and to register for the event, pleaseGrand visit the ACT Programming Society (APPS), and the Office of Sustainabilart); Blue Ridge Conservancy protection); Blue Ridge by lighters, matches and lighter or go generous to http:// and about finding off-campus The discussion on the comand Dance. the Tokyo International Film Outreach Center in Plemmons Student Union. Transportaity sponsor the series. ‘Thank tension you’ to 2693, the series’ Women in Agriculture (sustainable agriculture); Grandfather to andAnnual from the will beFestival provided. Lunch will also be fluid. A personal note is rec- staffsenate.appstate.edu/ser- rental housing. monalities andtourism); differences • 30th Dr.farms Martin in 2012. sponsors. Mountain Stewardship Foundation (sustainable and tion provided at each farm. ommended to be included vice-projects/appkids-event. Students who plan for to move the religions will Atbe Luther King, Jr. CommemoDiscussion after the film National Committee the Newbetween River (water protection). with care packages. All dooff-campus about held at 5 p.m. Nov. 12, room ration: An Evening with Sole- will be led by a Palestiniantend for film,will foodlearn and fun. Representatives of many of these Registration open for the Girls on the Run 5K being organizations will beconsumer on hand to tell their work and dad O’Brien, 7 p.m. Jan. 21, American, Dr. Jawad Bargonations shouldis be given by 5ZAP Fitness Call for nominations an informed 114,more Belk about Library. Operation Medicine Cabinet will take place April 19, from 11 to beNov. held15. on May 4 at 10 a.m. The non-competitive run will as how you can support This eventThe is hosted participants p.m. Each year, Appalachian they venture into theit.housthree by panelists, Dr. Schaefer Center for the Per- thi, Professor Emeritus from begin at Appalachian State University’s Kidd Brewer Football in the Sustainable Development course Outreach Skills for a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a time for a spring cleaning on your In the past, the Office of State University participates ing market. Each one-hour Alan Hauser (Dept. of Phi- forming Arts. Co-sponsored the ASU Department of Govstadium and follow a mostly flat course through campus. Sustainability, including students and instructor Laura England medicine cabinet. Operation Medicine Cabinet gives you an Student in the Who’sBlue WhoCross in Ameriis identical; presen- losophy & Religion), Dr. Ma- by the University Forum of disposal ernment of and Justice Studies. environmentally safe method outdated, unused The eventDevelopment is sponsored has by Appalachian’s and program (englandle@appstate.edu). sent care packages to all Apcan Universities and Colleges tations have been scheduled ria Lichtmann (Dept. of PhiCommittee. The event is presented as and unwanted over-the-counter and prescription drugs, syBlue Shield of North Carolina Institute for Health and Hupalachian students have Program, a program thattorecpart Any of International Educaprescription or over man Services. 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There will be a Grandfather miss this collection, participate in the Watauga County collecthe registration fee very low hoping that kids, families and of any Appalachian students abilities; participation and tact ruschkp@appstate.edu or Friday, anity,May Islam” by F.E. to room, Plemmons Student ASU Office of International pasta dinner at F.A.R.M Café 3, from 6-8Peters p.m. for tion on May to 2 p.m. at the following locations: Appalachian students will let want leadership to join us and active on early packet pick-up. This will be a pay the as you can donation Union. who are deployed, please in get academic anda 828-262-8284. discuss interconnections More4 from than 10 60a.m. newly Education and Development. Food Lion Hwy 321 near WalMart; Food Lion Hwy beautiful Saturday spring morning.” To register, please visit contribute to the Tom Moore 5K event as well as help approved faculty-led study It is the fourth event of421/ the office know and so they extracurricular activities; dinner Learnto about issues related between the three faiths. the Old Hwy 421; Food Lion - Blowing Rock; Foscoe Fire Dept http://gotr.appstate.edu/5K Anyone under the age of 14 will F.A.R.M Café in their mission. Registration on the day of the may be sent a care package. citizenship and service to the to both on and off-campus The event is presented by abroad programs will travel Muslim Journeys Bridging need a running buddy to register and run with them. Regis- event will begin at 8 a.m., and the 5K will start promptly at 9 (Hwy 105). These collections are held in coordination with community and Appalachian housing, including time- ASU Library in conjunction and study in more than 30 Cultures “Let’s Talk about It” tration fees are $15 and include a T-shirt if fees are received a.m. There will be long-sleeve t-shirts available to those who Watauga County Sanitation Department’s Household Hazarddonations State University;onand procedures for obtain- with the Muslim Students As- countries this year. Attendees Program, a series of book and byAppKIDS April 17. Registration will also be accepted the potenday of lines, have registered on a first come, first serve, basis. After the ous Waste Collection Day, Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to needed tial for future achievement. ing housing, location, sociation as the third event of will have the opportunity to film discussions supported the event starting at 8 a.m. In addition to the run, there will race, there willcost, be a raffle with lots of fun prizes and refresh- 2 p.m at the Watauga County Landfill. Items include: paint, Forbe 33warm-up years, Appalachian Currently enrolled leases, roommate the Muslim Journeys Bridging meet one-on-one withniCad the fac-batteries, by a grant frombatteries the National batteries, lead acid (car also activities, a happy hair station, an artundertable, utilities, ments. Parking will be available at the Burnley-Clawson Lot. household State University employees graduate cheerleading students who team have choices, etc. All programs are Cultures “Let’s Talk About It” ulty leaders. Endowment forfluid, the solid Humanibatteries), antifreeze, ethylene gasoline, lighter and visits from Yosef and the Appalachian Tom Moore, Boone, wasindiagnosed with Huntington’s oxidizers, usedties oils,(NEH) household cleaners and have donated their by time andFare, earned least 75 semester andofwill be held Program, a series of book disand liquid Thepesticides, fair will also feature and the American and food provided Earth Chili’satand Panera Bread. one-hour ease (HD) Student 10 yearsUnion. ago. Huntington’s Disease is The a hereditary, fluorescent lights.of non-fac- Library Association. For more money to support AppKIDS, hours prior to fallforsemester film discussions. Program representatives For more information on thisaevent or volunteering Girls on Plemmons degenerative brain disorder for which currently no ulty-led study abroad op- information contact scherlthe Run,shopping please visit www.gotr.appstate.edu or contact grade Mary one-day event when 2013; have a cumulative • Nov. 12, at noon in Watau- is supported by a there grant is from cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to Sherylthan Horine Appalachian’s Institute for Health and2.50; Hu- ga more 100atfaculty and point average of at least River Room the National Endowment for portunities and international nag@appstate.edu. man Services at 828-252-7557 or horinems@appstate.edu. walk, talk and reason. Someone with HD will eventually rely on University Housing is pleased to present the “Last Lecture.” family members for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease does This banquet-style event will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the not affect just one person, but a whole family and community. Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT) at Appalachian One out of every 10,000 Americans has HD. After the onset of and an RSVP is required to attend. The Last Lecture is an State University will sponsor an International ASE May Break the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years. opportunity for selected faculty to tell the world what they’ve event May 13-28, in Thailand and Ghana. Sign up now in The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease had on their mind and what they would say if this were their the new ACT Outreach Center located in Plemmons Student progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a “Last Lecture.” The campus community is invited to attend at Union. A $500 deposit and your ID is required. non-profit agency dedicated to finding a cure. They are here no cost, but reservations are required and will be approved as support, guidance and a resources to families, friends and on a first-come/first-served basis. With our limited seating, making your reservation today. To RSVP for those with HD. All“GoodFellas” of the proceeds from this Make event will go to please consider Tunnel of OpYour “Kick-Ass 2” “Kick-Ass this event, please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture. The Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Films the society for research. 5-10 p.m., screening, 7 p.m., Own Totebag, 11 screening, 7 and 9:30 2” screening, You will receive a confirmation email and mailed tickets7to your Council is pleased to announce its remaining schedulepression, for the For more information or to register for the event, go to campus address prior to the event. Spring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G.Blue GreerRidge Greenbriar Th eater, Ballroom, a.m.-3 p.m., PSU, p.m., I.G. Greer, $1 and 9:30 p.m., I.G. SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed movies 5k.appstate.edu. PSU, $1 free Greer, $1 of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, andfree The Appalachian Popular Programming Society, APPS, will a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage “GoodFellas” series in the Greenbriar theater will start out creepy, reflect A discussion of the film and graphic novel, “Persepolis,” will be host its annual Spring Fling on Friday from noon to 4 p.m. on Diversity Lecture The Children of “The Other Son” screening, 7 p.m., Mipso concert, 9 some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of held April 30 at 6 p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission Duck Poind Field. There will be inflatables, henna tattoos, tie is free and open to the public. Foam & PaintTh Party, food and fun!! And it’s all for$4 free. Judaism, Series - Be Rea$on- screening and dye, a DJGreenbriar eater, p.m., Legends, unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times areAbraham: listed with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1. Students, faculty community members are invited to read5 p.m., Christianity, Islam – and able: An Interactive discussion, $1 advance, $6 door Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema the graphic novel “Persepolis.” The library has placed copies Belk Library is sponsoring its “Through My Eyes” photography Theater PerforPanel ofDiscussion, Theater, Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., A except the book on 24-hour reserve. There will be aGreenbriar showing of the contest. It is really easy! Take an awesome BelkGlover’s Library photowhere otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - Rise of film “Persepolis” Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. 5 p.m., room 114, mance Exploring free Savion graph. Upload it to Instagram and tag it #BelkLibraryContest. the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters Both the book and the film will be discussed afterwards. Belk Library, free Classism on Cam“STePz,” 8 p.m., Make sure your app is set to allow public posting of photos. (Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies. “Persepolis” is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Sa- Go to Edit Your Profile, and turn “photos are private” to off. The pus, 7 p.m., Blue “Kick-Ass 2” Schaefer Center, Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at trapi’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The winning snapshot will will a $50 University Bookstore gift card. 7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the film received numerous Ridgeawards Ballroom, screening, including being a co-winner 7 of and Have fun and be creative! Show us atickets feature $10-$20 that you love or Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1 and 3 the Jury Prize at PSU, the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was also a part of the library that is special to you. Here are some ideas free 9:30 p.m., I.G. Greer, - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for to get you going: Belk Library in the spring; Get collaborative $1 girl as she in a group study room; Find the library’s best keep secrets; on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times Best Animated Feature. The story follows a young are subject to change. comes of age against the backdrop Dance Aroundof the Iranian Revolution. Relax in the Fox Reading Room; Go digital in the Digital Media Studio; and, Find your inner child in the Instructional Materials If you would like to have some input on what movies are The film will be the introduced Renee Parrot Scherlen, who Beach World,by6 Dr. p.m., Head brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m. will also lead discussion on the film and book following the Center. The public is encouraged to enter the Belk Library Parkway Ballroom, Party, 9 p.m., Through My Eyes contest often by tagging multiple Instragram Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons showing. Dr. Scherlen is a professor of political science at Legphotos Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing Appalachian State University; comparative ends, politics,$4 foreign PSU, $6 suggested advance, $6 with the hashtag #BelkLibraryContest. The snapshot on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements for you to policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas can include a few words or a single line caption. The library’s donation door public relations committee will choose the winning snapshot. come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown. of specialization. The contest will officially end on April 28. The contest winner The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with will be notified via an Instagram comment from the Belk Library The 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the the ASU Humanities Council and the Muslim Students As- Instagram account. The winner must respond with their email Sciences, sponsored by the Morgan Committee, in coopera- sociation, with support from the National Endowment for the address in order to be eligible to receive the book store gift tion with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Humanities (NEH) program. This is the fourth in a series of certificate. The photographs must obey all laws, including Forum Committee, announces the second Morgan Lecturer, programs that compose the 2013 Bridging Cultures, Muslim applicable copyright and privacy laws. Harold McGee, will be on campus Wednesday, April 24, to Journeys Program. deliver a public lecture, The Chemistry of Food and Cooking. Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud Satrapi colRoundtable The Hunger Oxfam HunFood InitiaGiven the and Marjane Roundtable Football: McGee is a noted journalist who specializes in explaining the laborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi’s A panel of students from the Muslim Student Association will Discussion Series Games canned host a conversation with first-year seminar faculty, interested ger Banquet, 6:30 tive Forum Benefit ofgraphic the novel detailing Discussion ASU vs Western chemistry of food and cooking to the public. He is author of bestselling autobiographical the trialsSeries: University community Summer Reading disthe bestselling book, “On Food Cooking: Ballthe Science and faced by outspoken Iranian girl who findsYour her unique - Economics in an Brafood drive, members 5 p.m., andCarolina, p.m.,and Parkway Opportunity, 6:30 Doubt: Dissecting Blackat-Expe3:30 Lore of the Kitchen.” McGee’s public lecture will be at 7 p.m. titude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the cussion leaders regarding the summer reading selection for zil, 4:30 Islamic p.m., New Duck Pond Field, room, PSU kick-offThe , Kidd p.m., Blue Auditorium. Ridge Privilege and Op- rience with Prof. 2013-2014, American Dervish, by p.m. Ayad Akhtar. panel in I.G. Greer Revolution. will be held April 23 Drive from 2 to 3 p.m. Brewer in Tater Hill (Room 155), River Room, PSU Stadium Stadium, Ballroom, PSU pression Seminar, Raymond Christian, Lastly, the committee is finalizing a visit to ASU by Dr. Jerry The Guardian described the film as “superbly elegant” and Plemmons Student Union. The University is privileged to Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University gives114, us the sheer of host this author and highlight his work. “Homeless: Theof Chicago on goes on to note: “Persepolis tickets required 6 p.m., room 4:30pleasure p.m., Linville He was just awarded Thursday, May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored by the narrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a a Pulitzer Prize for his stage drama, Disgraced. This panel of “Sultana’s Dream: “From Place to Kids of Orange Holocaust Film Belk Library Gorge, PSU Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Grants gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely imaginative diverse Muslim students will introduce topics related Feminist ConPlace: Changing County” documen“World’s End”to Islam Series: “Schindler’s Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by and Muslim-American identity. It will provide a good beginning speciation and evolution, thescreening bestselling book, Evo- geo-political upheaval.” sciousness Through the System That American tary and“Why screening, 7 and List” screening & and Kwanzaa Celebra- Film screeningtoofinitial thoughts about teaching Dervish and leading lution is True,” which is also the title of his extremely popular discussions surrounding it. docThe student panel willI.G. be moderForMuslim more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, a Bengali Raised Th em” panel discussion, 6 9:30 p.m., discussion, 2 p.m., tion, 6 p.m., ParkHannah Arendt blog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne will give a ated by Dr. Samuel Avery-Quinn. Dr. Avery-Quinn earned atscherlnag@appstate.edu. scientific presentation on speciation (his114, research Lens,” 5 p.m., room way Ballroom, PSU In Celebration his screenp.m., room Belkspecialty) Greer, $1his Master’s in Greenbriar Cinema, of PhD umentary in Anthropology from UT Knoxville, at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne Religious Studies from the University of Denver, and his BA 114, Belk Library ing, 6 p.m, Th ree Library PSU, free World Philosophy will also give a public lecture on The Relationship between Today’s college students face unique challenges that when from the University of Tennessee. Top Mountain, PSU Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory combined, can negatively Appalachian Day, 7 p.m.,Inroom impact Food their overall success. in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, A Docorder to succeed,Services students must find ways 114, to successfully Acappellageddon, The Tibet Question “TappedThanksBelk Library Plemmons Student Union. Blue Mountain Documentary Festival will juggle studies with their social life and financial The fourth umentary ontheir theacademic Yoannual Mama’s Big Fat discussion, 4:30 7 p.m., Legends, giving Meal, 10:30 responsibilities, among many other life stressors! This balanc- present the best student documentary projects on campus Issue of ing Bottled Booty Band, p.m., New River $3-$7 a.m.-2:30 p.m., ASU Falllevel Appalachian April 18, from 69top.m., 8 p.m. in Belk Library Room 114. act would cause anyone’s anxiety and stress to rise. Thursday, The Faculty Last Lecture will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. NominaThe event is free and open to the public. The festival highlights Water in America,” Legends, $7 adRoom, PSUfor the Last Lecture. The American College dining halls DanceCollege Ensemble, Health Association’s National tions are being collected from students audio and video documentaries created by currently enrolled Health114, Assessment found in their 2001 survey 30 perp.m., room $10 door Concerto-Aria 7:30that p.m., Schaefer studentsvance, at Appalachian State University. Subjects for the short We will extend the invitation to speak at the Last Lecture7event, cent of college students reported feeling so depressed that it films range from local artists and Olympic wrestling to marwhich includes dinner catered by Casa Rustica, to two faculty Belk Library Recital Competi- “Paragraph 175” Teddy Kumpel Center, $8-$15 was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year. riage equality. Winners will be announced at the festival. The members who have the most nominations. Depression can lead to lethargy, irritability, social isolation, “World’s End” tion, 8 p.m., Rosen and LGBT ExpeLoopestra/Guest Blue Mountain Student Documentary Festival is sponsored by These invitations will go out to nominated faculty the first and disturbances in eating and sleeping cycles. It takes a Brass Choir, 8 p.m., screening, 7 andServices. Light refreshments will University Documentary Film rience in the HoConcert Hall, free Guitar Recital, 6 week of April. concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such be provided. For moreI.G. information please contact Tom Hansell Rosen Concert Hall 9:30 p.m., Recital the ways that itHall impacts our students. The Faculty Last lecture islocaust, an event 6:30 basedp.m., on the book The as depression andp.m., at University Documentary Film Services, 828-262-7730 or Greer, $1 BelkPaush. Library Last Lecture, written by Randy Paush was a professor In response, ASU’s Counseling Center has teamed with hansellts@appstate.edu.
‘Gasland’ next Sustainability film
Homegrown Film Festival on May 1
Act Out hosting 2nd annual Farm Day
‘Girls on the Run 5k’ set for May 4
Operation Medicine Cabinet planned
Tom Moore 5K planned for May 4
University Housing hosts ‘Last Lecture”
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Opinion Tuesday, November 11, 2013
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Staff Opinion
University food tax will leave students starving for change
Jane Shaw leading overbearing education criticism
Erica Badenchini Opinion Writer
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Editorial Cartoon
Pope Center ideas on education wrong for UNC Kevin Griffin Opinion Writer
Since Republicans have taken over power in the state government, important positions are frequently filled with individuals who tend to hold right wing views and they, along with their associated organizations, are gaining influence in North Carolina. Art Pope is now the budget director for the state, the same Art Pope who gave $2.3 million to UNC-Chapel Hill in part to fund a Western civilization course, the UNC General Alumni Association reports. The John William Pope Center for Higher Education is one of these organizations associated with the Pope family, and it has some clear ideas about how it believes education should be in this state.
The center released a critique of UNC’s general education system in late October, seeing it as disorganized and unfocused. “A college education should teach young people what ideas and facts are worth learning in order to make sense of the professional and political world they will soon enter,” the report states. Of course, it is the Pope Center that decided exactly what metrics are used to determine the worth of what is being taught and what should be taught. This view of education is extremely constrained and adheres to the largely right-wing worldview espoused by the center. Ironically, the report criticizes UNC’s general education for tending to “promote particular political beliefs.” “Optimal education” would, in this case, include heavy focuses on Western civilization and capitalism, but it seems that what the Pope Center would re-
ally want is to have their own interpretation of these things taught, not a truly rigorous or critical examination of those topics. I do not have an objection to focus on these subjects, as they are obviously important, but the Pope Center’s approach minimizes the importance of other areas of studies and promotes a view on these subjects that does not capture the critical spirit that education should have. It is not too difficult to envision an ideal Pope Center curriculum that would sing the praises of Western culture with too little critical examination thereof. UNC provost Jim Dean put it best when, in response to the report, said in an interview with the News & Observer that “ultimately what constitutes a good, or an optimal education is really based on values, and people have different values.” The Pope Center has one set of values, and it is that set of values that is being pushed, not
some objective evaluation of what should be done. They are welcome to their set of values, but it would be absurd to treat it as anything but an attempt to push their own agenda. There are probably ways that general education could be streamlined and refined, but the Pope Center’s approach is not an answer to those problems. All of this matters because the Pope Center and those who share its ideological bent have assumed great power over the last year. I do not mean to say that the Pope Center is a monolithic puppet master behind everything having to do with education, but it does represent a way of thinking that is becoming more prevalent now that conservative-minded individuals are taking political power. It is a vision, ultimately, that I believe we should be wary of. Griffin, a sophomore journalism major from Madison, is an opinion writer.
Editorial Cartoon
Food tax could lead university to a unique tea party
Effective Jan. 1, 2014, students attending institutions of higher education in North Carolina will be forced to pay sales tax on campus food, according to the meal accounts section of appcard.appstate.edu. The North Carolina General Assembly made changes to the Sales and Use Tax Code during the 2013 General Session. Up until this point, students have been exempt from sales tax when it came to meals. This was a good thing, because I think most of us can agree that food prices on campus are outrageous. For example, a 16-ounce jar of Jif Peanut Butter costs more than $5 at the campus market. At Wal-Mart, that same jar of peanut butter costs only $2.78. To make matters worse, those of us attending Appalachian will celebrate the New Year by paying 6.75 percent tax on every food item we purchase on campus. A 6.75 percent tax on a $2.78 jar of peanut butter is a lot cheaper than the same tax on the same jar of peanut butter purchased at a campus market. Of course, expensive food is not Appalachian’s fault. How could it be? In the same vein, the repeal of the tax exemption is not Appalachian’s fault, either. It was not the university that made this change, but rather the General Assembly during the 2013 General Session. The fault belongs to the state government. According to Food Services, once the new law is implemented, sales tax will be subtracted from the student’s meal plan every time he or she uses his or her AppCard to purchase food. In order to accommodate the change, Appalachian has no choice but to increase meal plan costs in order to have the money to pay the new sales tax. This cost increase is proportionate to the size of the meal plan. Students choosing the low option will be charged $60 more than previously. With each increase in meal plan size, the cost goes up by an additional $15. It is a major disappointment that the state government seems to be oblivious to the way inflation in food costs affects the average college student. Those of us relying on loans to pay for college will be forced to spend even more money, and it is entirely possible that more students will choose to eat and purchase food offcampus in order to save a few dollars.
Badenchini, a freshman journalism major from Apex, is an opinion writer. Bridget Mundy | The Appalachian
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Football FOOTBALL FROM PAGE 1
With the offense struggling to get into the end zone, the App State defense held a Georgia offense that averages more than 35 points per game, to just two touchdowns in the first half. “We said earlier in the week that if we just play our fundamentals, play our technique and execute the defense that’s called, then we’ll have our shot,” senior linebacker Karl Anderson said. “We stopped their running game. Their longest run from scrimmage was 23 yards and that was [Georgia quarterback Aaron] Murray’s scramble. I think Gurley had a long of 10, so we did a really nice job against the run, but at
the end of the day their size and speed on the perimeter was just able to get us in the passing game.” Murray set the SEC alltime passing touchdown record in the third quarter that helped spark a 31-0 second-half rout of the Mountaineers. Murray finished with 281 passing yards while completing 19-26 passes with two touchdowns and one interception. This was the first ever meeting between the two schools and many of the players on the team have not played in front of a crowd as large as they performed in front of this past weekend. Nearly 93,000 fans were in attendance, according to ESPN.com “It was great, you know, the most fans I
have ever played in front of was probably about 32,000 at The Rock,” quarterback Kameron Bryant said. “So definitely, a 60,000[-person] jump is a big difference. It was just an exciting experience and it’s something that we can grow on, especially me. Just to get better from it and learn how to handle that environment, how you can be effective in an environment like that, against a team like that.” Bryant connected on 22-39 pass attempts for 221 passing yards and threw one interception. App State (2-8, 2-4 SoCon) will prepare for a road date with Wofford University (5-4, 4-2) Saturday, before hosting rival Western Carolina on Nov. 23 to finish out the season.
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Sophomore wide receiver Simms McElfresh’s catch is disrupted by a Georgia defender during Saturday’s game. Despite a strong first quarter, the Bulldogs bit straight through the Mountaineers for a 45-6 win.
Volleyball
Mountaineers split weekend series, found ‘sync’ in second match by Chris Deverell Intern Sports Reporter
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ppalachian State volleyball hosted their final home matches of the season this past weekend, facing off against Samford University on Friday and UT Chattanooga on Saturday. In addition to the games, the Mountaineers honored seniors Lauren Brown and Lindsey Sauls with a video montage and jersey dedication. The team faced a tough challenge against conference-rival Samford, who is ranked third in the SoCon. The Bulldogs came to Boone with a three-game win streak
and gave the Mountaineers one of the most closely contested matches of the season. The Mountaineers took an early lead against Samford in the first set. But, a total of 13 service and attack errors would cost App State the set, 25-22. “We just didn’t execute,” Brown said. “There was a bunch of little plays where we could have made easy plays and we didn’t. It was the sum of a whole bunch of little plays.” The Bulldogs managed to hold the Mountaineer offense to only a 13.8 hitting percentage on the night. App State answered taking the second set, but Samford managed to gain composure in
the final sets of the game, taking the third set from the Mountaineers 25-22 and the fourth set 26-24, despite a late Mountaineer rally. “We weren’t getting offense out of three hitters and that really cost us,” head coach Matt Ginipro said. “But the good thing about it was we knew we only had to fix that one thing.” Despite the close loss Friday, the Mountaineers came out energized to face Chattanooga on Saturday. Finding their groove early on, App State managed to sweep the Mocs 3-0. “[Friday night] we just weren’t in sync,” junior middle blocker Lauren Gray said. “But I think
that tonight we proved that we changed it and that we’re ready to go to the championships and SoCon tournament.” Scoring on the night was spread across the team with Gray leading with 13 kills. Sauls and Kat Ferrell recorded 9 kills and Corrigan followed with 8. Paige Brown also contributed 43 assists, continuing her streak of games with at least 35 assists or more in SoCon play. Before the weekend series, the Mountaineers managed a five-game win streak, including road victories over Davidson and Elon. Factoring in the weekend’s results, the team is now six for their last seven. In less than a year, App State
has managed an impressive turnaround from their 7-23 record last season. The team now stands at 17-11 with two more games on the season. “It’s been awesome, the bounce back that they’ve had has been phenomenal,” Ginipro said. “The way they come in every day is great, so there’s some really nice things that we have looking forward to.” The Mountaineers travel first to Charleston, S.C., to face The Citadel. Following the game against the Bulldogs, the Mountaineers will end their season against first place Georgia Southern. App State will face The Citadel on Friday at 6 p.m.
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