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THE LATEST FASHION PAGES 12-13
DANCING FOR A CAUSE PAGE 5
BATTLE OF THE BANDS PAGE 11
NEXT MAN UP PAGE 20
March 2, 2017
THE TEAM Carl Blankenship @carl_r_blank EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS
Aleah Warner @aleahwarner MANAGING EDITOR Victoria Haynes @victoriahayness CHIEF COPY EDITOR
Jacob Oller @ollerifyouhearme BUSINESS MANAGER
Sammy Hanf @sammyhanf NEWS EDITOR
Jordan Boles @jorddb MARKETING DIRECTOR
Olivia Wilkes @theappalachian ADVISER
Angelo Errico @angeloerrico821 OPINION EDITOR Lee Sanderlin @lee_sanderlin ENTERPRISE EDITOR
CRIME LOG CAMPUS FEB. 27
FEB. 24
7:45 p.m. | Larceny Hoey Hall Further investigation
3:45 p.m. | Larceny Student Recreation Center Leads exhausted
FEB. 26
FEB. 24
12:49 a.m. | Possession of Marijuana Rivers Street Cleared by arrest
6:40 p.m. | Larceny Peacock Parking Lot Further investigation
FEB. 26 11:29 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Bowie Hall Cleared by arrest
FEB. 26 1:50 a.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Eggers Hall Cleared by arrest
FEB. 25 3:09 a.m. | Underage Consumption of Alcohol Doughton Hall Cleared by arrest
Halle Keighton @halle_keighton PHOTO EDITOR Maleek Loyd @maleekstuff VIDEO EDITOR Braxton Coats @brxcoats22 WEB MANAGER
Katie Murawski @murawskikm A&E EDITOR Jason Huber @_jasonhuber SPORTS EDITOR
Sydney Spann @spannooo VISUAL MANAGING EDITOR
FEB. 24 8 p.m. | Vandalism Coltrane Hall Leads exhausted
FEB. 24 3 p.m. | Larceny Quinn Center Leads exhausted
FEB. 18 7 p.m. | Drug Violations Equipment/Paraphernalia Bowie Hall Cleared by arrest
SUBMIT ANNOUNCEMENTS
App News is a service of the Division of Student Development. Email wilkeso@appstate.edu for submissions with subject line: APP NEWS PAGE. Submissions should not exceed 100 words and must include the event title, date/time, location and cost, and a contact email, phone and/or URL. Announcements will be edited as needed and will run as space allows. Preference is given for events that are free or have a nominal cost.
WHAT TO DO STUDENT MEDIA LEADER APPLICATIONS Applications for 2017-18 editor-in-chief of The Appalachian student newspaper, editor-in-chief of The Peel Literature and Arts Review, and business manager of The Appalachian are now available on The Appalachian and The Peel AppSync portals under “forms.” Applications are due March 10. Email wilkeso@appstate. edu for any questions or concerns.
FREE LEGAL ADVICE The Student Legal Clinic, in Suite 324 in Plemmons Student Union, offers confidential advice, information, and referrals provided by a licensed attorney. The attorney can meet with any currently enrolled Appalachian State student and can advise students on any issue that is not directly adverse to the university. Make an appointment by calling (828) 2628284. More information at legalclinic.appstate. edu.
VISITING WRITERS SERIES The Visiting Writers Series is named in honor of Hughlene Bostian Frank (class of 1968), a 2013 Appalachian Alumni Association Outstanding Service award recipient, past member of Appalachian’s Board of Trustees, current board member of the ASU Foundation, and generous supporter of Appalachian State University. The spring 2017 schedule of writers includes Rose McLarney - March 2, Bianca Lynne Spriggs - March 30, Al Young - April 6, and Robert Gipe - April 20 in Plemmons Student Union. Admission to all VWS events is free and open to the public. Parking is free on campus after 5 p.m. For further information on the
Spring season, please visit english.appstate. edu/events/series/5 or email weinbergsc@ appstate.edu.
STUDY ABROAD The Education Abroad Office is still accepting applications for 2017 Appalachian faculty-led programs as well as Summer/Fall/Academic Year partner programs. For more information about program options, deadlines, and how to get started please visit the Education Abroad web page at https://international.appstate.edu/ education-abroad.
CALL FOR LEADERSHIP NOMINATIONS Each year, The Divison of Student Development recognizes student leaders for their service and leadership to Appalachian State University. These awards are presented at the Student Leadership and Legacy Award Ceremony sponsored by the Division of Student Development. This year’s ceremony, “Celebration of Leadership and Legacy,” is scheduled for April 21 at 5:30 p.m. in the Parkway Ballroom in the Plemmons Student Union. Leadership, Service and Legacy Awards nomination process will begin Thursday, February 16 and are due to the Office of Student Development electronically on Friday, March 10 by 5 p.m. The link for the nomination forms for the Leadership, Service and Legacy Awards: https://studentdev.appstate.edu/student-awards.
professional staff and graduate students from a variety of backgrounds. They are experienced leaders and are passionate about coaching our next generation of great leaders. Leadership can take place in the classroom, in campus clubs and organizations, in the community or in the workplace. Any ASU student who is currently in a leadership role or is interested in enhancing their leadership abilities is eligible! Please complete the AppSync form to express your interest in Leadership Coaching. If you have questions about Leadership Coaching, please contact Dr. Jim Street at streetjl@ appstate.edu.
FREE TAX HELP The Department of Accounting in the Walker College of Business offers a free tax help lab for students, faculty and staff beginning Feb. 7 until April 12. Individuals can drop into Peacock Hall Room 4015 on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings between 5-7 p.m. Don’t want to wait? Get started now at: www.myfreetaxes.com. For more information, contact Dr. Mary Ann Hofmann at hofmannma@appstate.edu
Leadership Coaching is an opportunity for you to define your current skills and enhance your leadership ability. You will meet one-on-one with your Leadership Coach on a weekly or bi-weekly basis for one hour. Our coaches are
THURSDAY, MAR. 2
FRIDAY, MAR. 3
SATURDAY, MAR. 4
Poet Rose McLarney
“Lilo and Stitch” Screening
“Sing” Screening
Craft Talk 3:30 p.m. Reading 7:30 p.m. Table Rock Room, PSU
7 p.m. Greenbriar Theater $1 door
7 and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer $1 advance, $2 door
“Sing” Screening
“Sing” Screening
7 and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer $1 advance, $2 door
7 and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer $1 advance, $2 door
Mandolin Orange
Contra Dance: Denim Themed
9 p.m. Legends $15 advance, $20 door & non-students
7:15 p.m. Legends $3 students, $5 public
MONDAY, MAR. 6
TUESDAY, MAR. 7
WEDNESDAY, MAR. 8
Guided Meditation
Coffee Hour: Divine Coffee by Pagan Student Association
Free Tax Help
noon - 1 p.m. Wellness and Prevention Services
5-6 p.m. Multicultural Center, PSU
5-7 p.m. Room 4015, Peacock Hall
LGBTQIA+ Therapy Group Free Tax Help 5-7 p.m. Room 4015, Peacock Hall
2017 STUDENT ORG LEADERSHIP AWARDS Join Campus Activities & Club Council for the Student Organization Leadership Award, as we recognize the leadership and achievements of our clubs and organizations and student leaders. Refreshments will be provided. Please encourage club members and advisors to attend! The awards application deadline is Sunday, March 19 at 5 pm. Applications are accepted online via AppSync.
WE CAN APPLICATIONS OPEN As an extension of the Department of Wellness and Prevention Services, the Wellness Educators for Change, Advocacy, and student Needs (WE CAN) work to positively impact student wellness at Appalachian State University by: empowering peers to change health behaviors, working as an advocacy group for student well-being, and addressing student needs to promote and protect healthy lifestyles. WE
LEADERSHIP COACH
CAN plans and implements programs encompassing body image, mental health, nutrition, and sexual health. WE CAN Applications will be open from Feb. 15-March 12 on AppSync.
5:45-7 p.m. Miles Annas Student Services Building
Animal Welfare Club Meeting 7:30-9 p.m. Three Top Mountain Room, PSU
NouN 8 p.m. Legends $3
SUNDAY, MAR. 5
THURSDAY, MAR. 9
March 2, 2017
CAN SLAM DONATES FOOD TO NEEDY CAROLINE COMER NEWS REPORTER
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competed last Friday in the second annual Can Slam, a basketball tournament in the Student Recreation Center that asked for donations of canned food in exchange for entry. Admission required three cans per person, all of which were donated to the Watauga County Hunger and Health Coalition. The event was organized by Phi Gamma Delta and Alpha Omicron Pi. Anthony Moleta, a sophomore marketing major, said he has been involved with Phi Gamma Delta since the fall of 2015 and feels the Can Slam is successful because it gives participants a fun activity while also working to meet the needs of the community. Samantha Daniels, a junior psychology major, acted as a referee during the event and said her experience in basketball made her qualified for the role. Daniels said she was happy to see Greek organizations partnering with each other outside of mixers.
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Sophomore Megan Dunbar and freshman Alexa Bumgarner at the Can Slam Basketball Tournament in the SRC. Alpha Omicron Pi and Fiji hosted the basketball can drive to collect food for the Hunger and Health Coalition.
Sarah Brody, a sophomore history major, said both organizations worked outside of their designated philanthropy for this event to help the local community. Elise Crawford, a junior hospitality and tourism management major, coordinated the event and said she felt the event had grown since last year. Crawford said the event collected 475 cans of food to be donated to the Watauga County Hunger and Health Coalition. Teams who participated also pledged to volunteer with the coalition in the near future. According to the Hunger and Health Coalition website, the organization strives to provide support for struggling families in the High Country. Crawford said events like the Can Slam provide a platform and create stronger ties to service organizations in the Appalachian community. “We hope use our organization to reach to a greater part of the community, for the good of the community as a whole,� Crawford said.
Halle Keighton
March 2, 2017
DANCE MARATHON
Students attempting the choreographed line dance in their wacky outfits during Dance Marathon. As a result of the 15 hour event, the dancers were able to raise over $39,000 for the Western Youth Network and Parent To Parent. RACHEL BROWN NEWS REPORTER
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ppalachian State’s annual dance marathon raised $39,088.90 for local nonprofits last
Saturday. Several groups performed during the 15-hour Dance Marathon and participants were taught group dances so that they could participate in a dance by the end of the night. Proceeds went to Western Youth Network and Parent to Parent Family Support Network. Parent to Parent Support Network is a nonprofit organization providing support to families with children with all ranges of special needs in the High Country. Western Youth Network provides mentoring and after school programs for children in the High Country. Western Youth Network is meaningful to WYN’s director of development Wes Berry because when he started to fall behind in middle school his guidance
counselor took extra time to make sure he succeeded, he said. Her impact is what motivated him to help other kids. “I never forgot what her extra investment meant, so years later to be able to promote an organization that invests in local youth the way Western Youth Network does really means something to me,” Berry said. Participants sported many creative and vibrant costumes inspired by the themes planned by the committee such as “Animal Kingdom” and “I love the 2000s.” Families and members from Parent to Parent attended Dance Marathon as well to have fun and raise awareness for children with special needs. At lunchtime, dancers and families were divided into smaller groups where they shared stories and got to know each other better. Alyson Graham, a senior psychology major and Dance Marathon committee member, said getting to see the impact of
Dance Marathon by directly interacting with members of Parent to Parent is the most meaningful part for her. “I think the impact is my favorite part. It’s really cool to experience all the hard work and see it produce something so wonderful,” Graham said. “Getting to interact with them and directly see some of the people that we are impacting is really meaningful.” Haley Patton, a senior public relations major and Dance Marathon committee member, said spending time getting to know those from Parent to Parent is one of the reasons Dance Marathon has continued to be successful for 14 years. “That’s probably why a lot of the people in this room come back,” Patton said. “They see the kids, they see the families that they help and that’s always very nice to see.” The Dance Marathon has been Western Youth Network’s longest running fundraiser. Berry said he appreciates App
students’ dedication of time and money to help raise money for those in need. “It’s just a beautiful thing to see hundreds of college students sacrifice their Saturday, a Saturday in which they’ve raised their own money to invest in our next generation,” Berry said. “That’s the thing that should be promoted, the good that’s happening today.” Kirby Rose, a junior communication science and disorders major and Dance Marathon committee member, said Dance Marathon is an exciting event where students can enjoy time with friends and help the community surrounding Boone. “It’s super fun, so why not spend the day with some of your favorite friends and just make new friends,” Rose said. “Just dress up in themes and have fun, and while you’re having fun just benefit so many people.”
(Left) One of the kids from Parent To Parent, Nate Cummings, shows off his Michael Jackson moves during Dance Marathon. (Middle) Students dancing in their animal themed outfits for the first part of Dance Marathon. (Right) The dance captains teaching everyone the line dance they choreographed during Dance Marathon. Halle Keighton
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March 2, 2017
HONORS DEAN CANDIDATES VISITING CAMPUS VICTORIA HAYNES CHIEF COPY EDITOR
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at Appalachian State has narrowed its search for a new dean down to three candidates following the resignation of Leslie Jones in January 2016. The candidates for the position are Alix Fink, David Coleman and Jeff Vahlbusch. Fink and Coleman both visited campus last week and Vahlbusch is slated to visit March 6. Jones, the former dean of the Honors College, resigned last January due to the university’s failure to institutionalize the college. “It is my final attempt to draw the administration to what Appalachian students want for their university: a real Honors College,” Jones said in an email on Jan. 19, which was sent to honors college students and faculty. Jones said that the failure to institutionalize the honors college was a “deception” to both current students, prospective students, faculty and the public. Now the Honors College is hoping to rebuild. According to their website, the college is seeking “a dean who will provide a vision and strategic direction for the Honors College and act as an advocate and leader for honors education across the campus and beyond.” On Feb. 20, Coleman visited campus and gave a presentation to honors faculty and students outlining his goals for the department. Coleman began his presentation by stating the values he would be bringing with him as an honors educator and
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long-time faculty member at Eastern Kentucky University. “Who I am is very grounded in the institutional identity that I have developed over the past two decades [working with honors students],” Coleman said in his presentation to honors faculty. “One of the things you should know about me is that I become deeply involved in the communities in which I participate. It’s part of my DNA in this point in my life.” Coleman is currently director of the honors program at Eastern Kentucky University and is on the awards and grants committee of the National Collegiate Honors Council. Coleman said he was interested in seeing study abroad being more heavily integrated into the Honors College. “The things that fascinate me are the opportunities and the possibilities for international leadership in the honors college here at Appalachian State,” he said. “I’d like the Honors College to continue to be a leader [for study abroad] as it is on this campus.” He said App State is a national leader in international honors education, something he said he considers a “growth area” at his home university of Eastern Kentucky. Coleman also spoke about the importance of diversity on a campus as rural as Appalachian. “I am one who deeply values diversity, not only on a philosophical level, but also at a practical level,” Coleman said. “I’ve seen the difference diversity makes in an honors community and know that’s
a growth area here at Appalachian in which I am enthusiastic about pursuing.” In the classroom environment, Coleman said the most important traits of a conducive learning experience are engagement, innovation and creativity. He sees the honors classroom as a greenhouse where new ideas can be cultivated. In order for this to happen, Coleman said, the new honors dean should work with other deans, administrators and faculty across campus to enhance the learning experience for students. He spoke about a “culture of shared ownership and contribution,” where faculty and students should never be afraid to approach him about areas of improvement. “I want you to share your feelings with me,” Coleman said to honors faculty. “The culture I want to build administratively is a culture of candor. Ultimately [the honors college] is about student success.” Fink said honors students should be prepared to act as global citizens during her presentation on Feb. 23 in the Three Top Mountain room of the Plemmons Student Union. She is the Wilma Register Sharp and Marc Boyd Sharp Dean at Cormier Honors College for Citizen Scholars at Longwood University and an associate professor of biology. “A college education is a given, it’s something we expect,” Fink said. “But simple statistics make clear the fact that despite many of the important challenges that our students face, they are in the minority globally.”
She said students are lucky to be in such a privileged position, and directed faculty to encourage their students to look outward. “I believe one of our responsibilities as educators is to ask students to think about their responsibilities as educated citizens,” Fink said. “To ask how they will use their knowledge and skills developed here at Appalachian to make their opportunity matter to others.” Fink continued with the global example to describe the importance of honors education. She encouraged “trans-disciplinary engagement” as her vision of higher education, and said that is the direction in which educators should be pushing their students. “We need our young scholars to be comfortable working in a blended context,” she said. She ended her presentation by emphasizing the importance of honors classrooms intellectually. “Honors is fertile soil for the incubation of ideas and for the piloting of projects, and I know you value that here,” Fink said. “Innovation, pedagogical experimentation, honors is a hotbed for that, and something that honors colleges seek to do all across the country.” Vahlbusch, who is the final candidate, is scheduled to visit campus March 6 to discuss his vision for honors education at Appalachian. All three candidates will be evaluated by the honors search committee, which is made up of 11 members. The date of the final decision of honors dean has not yet been announced.
March 2, 2017
COMMUNITY COMES OUT FOR HORTON HOTEL GROUNDBREAKING SAMMY HANF NEWS EDITOR
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tended the symbolic groundbreaking for the Horton Hotel in downtown Boone last
Thursday. Long-time Boone residents Fulton and Denise Lovin plan to turn the historic H.W. Horton building into a 14-room hotel with a rooftop cocktail lounge overlooking King Street. Denise Lovin said she was excited by the community engagement and involvement with the project. “It really feels like it definitely is the community coming together and we’re going to build this thing with each other,” she said. Denise Lovin said the plan for the hotel is a marriage of modern sophistication with Boone’s history and local culture. Fulton Lovin said the building, which was built in 1924, has a lot of history they want to expose people to. “With every old building there’s, you know, a lot of stories and with stories come knowledge and I think it’s kind of important to preserve the stories of our past so we can remember how things used to be,” he said. Lee Rankin, owner of Apple Hill Farm, said she is excited to see a hotel in downtown Boone that reflects its history
and believes the hotel will bring a more festive atmosphere to the town’s nightlife. Mayor Rennie Brantz said he feels the hotel will be an important part of downtown Boone and will give visitors a central access point to all the downtown restaurants and entertainment. Fulton Lovin said when he started researching the property he found an old picture of H.W. Horton riding his horse on King Street, which triggered an interest into the exploits of the original owner of the building. Fulton Lovin said he found several amusing stories about Horton during his research, including one where he accidentally left a sextant that belonged to George Washington in one of the beds in his vacation rentals. Fulton Lovin said his interest in Horton and the building’s history took on a life of its own and inspired him to name the hotel after Horton. “If you’ve ever built your own building before there is definitely a, I wouldn’t say spirit, but a pulse there of the importance of who’s constructing it,” Fulton Lovin said. Fulton Lovin said they hope to have the hotel open by next January.
Denise Lovin symbolically breaking ground for the Horton Hotel. The new hotel will be on King Street across from the Jones House.
STUDYING ABROAD AT APPALACHIAN MICHAEL LYDAY NEWS REPORTER
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espite being nestled away in rural west-
ern North Carolina, Appalachian State still boasts a variety of study abroad programs. “In a lot of ways it doesn’t seem to make sense; we’re not even located near an international airport,” Meredith Church Pipes, the International Programs Coordinator for the Walker College of Business, said. “But part of [the reason] is the vision of the faculty and staff that understands the value and importance of international engagement.” The university’s faculty plays an essential role in the study abroad program, leading a variety of excursions throughout the year related to their respective departments. Christopher Lytle, director of education abroad, said he believes Appalachian’s isolated location means people go out of their way to create opportunities for students to study abroad. This outlet for exploring the world
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gives students a unique opportunity to learn new perspectives and can lead to tremendous personal growth. “Students usually come back with a greater sense of independence, and whether a student is going abroad for a week or a year, they’re being exposed to different cultures, ways of thinking [and] ways of interpreting the world,” Lytle said. Pipes said the Walker College of Business mandates a global issues credit which encourages students to study abroad to fulfill it. Heather Jo Mashburn, assistant director of ACT, said students are also encouraged to complete service abroad through their International Alternative Service Program. “We seek out meaningful long-term relationships with community partners and hope that we can send students several years in a row to iASE sites,” Mashburn said. “While we may not be close in proximity, each community part-
nership is intentionally fostered, so that the ASE groups we send each year grow to know and effectively serve alongside our international community partners.” However there is uncertainty on the horizon for the international studies program, with the Trump Administration’s pledge to revive its travel ban against seven predominantly Muslim countries raising questions about the future of study abroad programs at American universities. “There is not enough information, so there is no way of knowing at the moment,” Maria Anastasiou, executive director for the Office of International Education and Development, said. “The numbers have not gone down, but they were taken before the election. There is a lot of uncertainty, but we’re hoping it won’t have an effect.” Lytle said that we will have to wait to see how America’s political climate affects desires for students to study abroad. “Right now our numbers are fair-
ly steady, and I would argue that with everything that’s happening, it’s an important time for students to go abroad and for international students to come here to open that dialogue and continue understanding each other,” he said. Lytle said that now more than ever it’s critical to foster dialogue between students from different parts of the world. “The skills that you learn, of cultural communication and problem solving in different environments, and the independence that students gain from being abroad is very important,” Pipes said. “When you start to develop a sense of empathy for people who are different than yourself, the stereotypes are hard to keep up, and you realize that people are just people.”
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March 2, 2017
REVIEW: SILENCE
The character Silence falls in love with Eadric the Soldier on their journey to Ragnarock yet Eadric is still unaware of what Silence really is.
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crazed King stood
upon a castle tower and held one hand to a sword as red light projected the backdrop. “Silence,” directed by Paulette Marty, mixed early Middle-Ages England with black comedy, vomit and feminism. The Valborg Theater hosted the play Feb. 22-26, including a Sunday matinee. Before the play had been put to stage, there was an expedited six-week rehearsal with the full cast while other had more time to prepare. Alexxa Guerrero, a senior theatre major who played the character Ymma, which was modeled after Emma of Normandy, read the script a year ahead and even studied abroad to England in preparation for the role. While in exchange, she studied both Viking culture and medieval England with hopes of creating a performance that felt natural although she had no guarantee of landing her role. Although the play took place in medieval England, the cast said they hoped its message would resonate well with the current 2017 socio-political climate. The play thematically tinkered with gender identity, the agency of being a woman and the lack of societal voice. Within the play, Silence is the name of a young teenage girl, played by senior theatre major L.A. Pavlacka, who had been persistently told she was a boy from the time of birth. This creates complications when she is married off to Ymma and is unable to consummate the marriage due to obvious limitations. Silence is accompanied by a priest named Roger who is played by senior theatre major Dylan Brown. Brown radiantly accomplished his role, leaving the audience in a catharsis of laughter time and time again. Interjecting conversa-
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tions and uncomfortable situations with a flare of comedy that is only furthered by his performance, Brown both creates and saves the comedic nature of the advertised black comedy. While Brown captured the comedy, Aaron Scotch, a senior theater major, stole the show with a stellar rendering of the antagonist Ethelred, the crazed king. Scotch creates madness in a performance that captivated, riveted and left the audience wanting more. Scotch’s monologues in an indiscernible tone created the face of power, madness and insanity that energized the audience. The play followed Silence discovering herself, both sexually and societally, and seemed to create a feminist message only to fall short with a relatively discouraging ending. Ymma is married to the antagonist, crazed King, but the audience is told in privacy that Silence and Ymma continue to see each other at night. The character of Ymma unbelievably conforms to her setting at the end of the play which contrasts the relentless standoff nature Guerrero displayed in her performance altogether. Without any previous sign of weakness or conformity, the audience is expected to believe she is entirely fine with throwing away all independence Ymma had seemed to gain during the adventure that undergoes during the play. From an inundated performance and follies in the script, the ending is left feeling unanswered, rushed and mostly unbelievable. Contemporary linguistics distinguished itself from the setting of medieval England and was modeled on familiar vernacular. The stylistic choice helped keep the audience engaged with the story in fears that an authentic dialect would distance the cast from the specta-
tors. Scenery, projection and lighting design was implemented by theatre professor Mike Helms and was complemented with costume and makeup by theatre professor Sue Williams. Music and sound composition and performance followed by adjunct instructor of percussion and African music, Shawn Roberts. While the show had its fair share of exceptionality, the music between scenes seemed to distract from the play – sometimes at crucial times
holding back the performance altogether. While the implementation of melodic transitions is necessary to establish setting and mood, the scene transitions in “Silence” prematurely killed off many dramatic and comedic moments. The crowd would be suspended in mid laughter by a soundtrack that hardly complemented the performance. Despite several shortcomings, Thursday’s performance was left with a standing ovation from a little over half the audience, confirming the performance as a success.
King Ethelred announces his plan to pillage and burn down every village on his way to find his Princess and the young Viking Lord Silence. Matt Sloyer
March 2, 2017
CANVAS BEAUTY BAR STYLES AT NEW YORK FASHION WEEK The run through of the Libertine fashion show before starting.
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anvas Beauty Bar
has only been around for two years, but the Boonebased salon is already making a name for itself in the fashion industry. Co-owners Miah Zimmerman and Heather Rogers were invited to style at this year’s New York Fashion Week. Rogers and Zimmerman were chosen to represent Evo, an Australian hair care line, at the Libertine fashion show. The salon began carrying Evo products in 2016 and since then Canvas has been at the forefront of the growing brand in the United States, Rogers said. Their Evo distributor Buddy Forward, invited the salon to go to New York Fashion Week. This was important for Canvas, because only three stylists from other salons were invited to go. “For him to pick us out of all the salons that he sells Evo to is a really exciting big deal,” Zimmerman said. Canvas Beauty Bar was allowed to bring three people to style at New York Fashion Week. The co-owners wanted to be fair when deciding who to bring along so they chose to do a retail sales competition. Zimmerman and Rogers set specific sales goals and anybody who met the goals was in the running to go to New York City. “We also did a New York Fashion Week kind of demo in the salon,” Zim-
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merman said. “All the stylists wanted to participate, each of them brought in a model and were assigned a different designer.” The stylists had an hour to create a hair and makeup look in the style of their given designer. The winner of the competition was Chelsey Shore. “The designer I got as my inspiration was Versace, so I just went with something sleek and classy because he’s kind of classic,” Shore said. “It was just a really cool thing that Heather and Miah did because it gave everybody the chance to show what they could do with their own creativity.” The day of the fashion show, all three stylists said they were a nervous. “We had a light breakfast and we contemplated getting mimosas, but we did not,” Zimmerman said. However, their nerves were put to rest when they got backstage and met everyone involved. “We were definitely intimidated going up there, but we were met with open arms,” Rogers said. “No one was rude and no one assumed we couldn’t complete the tasks.” The Libertine fashion label that Canvas styled for is based out of Los Angeles. Rogers described the line as “wild from head to toe.” Designer Johnson Hartwig used beading, patterns, patchwork and fabric additions to create
his fashion week look. “It’s like nothing you’d ever see walking down the street in Boone, that’s for sure,” Shore said. Kenna, Libertine’s main hairstylist, designed a simple look to complement the line. Zimmerman said each model wore a heavy side part with purposefully greasy bangs. The hair was styled flat, with no volume. Getting to work alongside Kenna was the highlight of the trip for Rogers, Zimmerman and Shore. “We were definitely more starstruck by him than by anybody else,” Rogers said. Although all three stylists had visited New York City before, working during Fashion Week was an entirely new experience. “I think we assumed that it would be really fabulous and I think we assumed it would be crazy and hectic,” Rogers said. “I don’t think we realized it would be so organized. It was an organized chaos.” The stylists had three hours to prepare the models for the runway. Each model needed hair, makeup and nails done by teams of three to five stylists simultaneously, Zimmerman said. Kenna specifically requested this because he never wanted to see a model with only one hairdresser, makeup artist or nail technician.
In the midst of styling backstage were also bloggers, photographers and press. “They were asking about the products, they were asking about Evo and just interviewing everybody involved with the show,” Zimmerman said. The models did a run-through walk before to get their timing down. Rogers and Shore got a taste of the final show this way. The two unfortunately had to stay behind the scenes for touch ups during the actual show. However, Zimmerman was able to score a ticket to the event. “They had this big white room and they just set up chairs. So the runway was just this glossy white floor,” Zimmerman said. “Everyone that was there was decked out, they were wearing these bright-colored furs and were just looking so fabulous. A lot of people were wearing Libertine. The show had the most intense, crazy music.” After the show, the stylists were invited to the official Libertine after-party. It was held on the heated rooftop of a hotel and the designer, Libertine, doubled as the DJ. The stylists said the New York Fashion Week experience lived up to their expectations. “It went not necessarily better than we expected, but it went exactly how I wanted it to go,” Rogers said.
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March 2, 2017
BATTLE OF THE BANDS LEGENDS’ ANNUAL COMPETITIVE JAM SESSION MYLES TOE A&E REPORTER
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ocal bands from
Appalachian State and Boone came out to compete for the title of top band and to enjoy each other’s music at Legend’s annual event, Battle of the Bands, on Feb. 23. The competition was judged by a panel of three, whose top choice would be able to have their own show at Legends in the coming months. The bands featured during the Battle of the Bands were Stellar Architecture, The Blue Wild, Electric Jelly Funk and Vanilla Envelope. Each band performed a 10-minute set with a selection of three to five songs. The bands were graded on a 25-point scale, with categories ranging from stage presence and originality to skill and effort. The night began with lead guitarist and freshman music industry studies major Karl Boynton, playing with his band Stellar Architecture. Boynton said they have “a less aggressive punk style,” which began with Karl shouting through a guitar riff. In preparation for the event he said all he did was a lot of writing and practicing. “It was a lot of me sitting in my room and getting the lyrics down. I would just find a verse or guitar riff I really liked and from there just build the song around it,” Boynton said. His group performed a few three minute songs and were immediately followed by Vanilla Envelope. Their name came from a miscommunication between the now lead guitarist and senior music industry studies major, Corbin Lenard and their former drummer. “In the recording production major, we have to turn in all our projects in a manila envelope, and our old drummer heard me ask for one while we were searching for a band name,” Lenard said. “He heard me say manila envelope and thought I said vanilla. We just took a second and looked at each and said ‘that’s our band name now, isn’t it?’” Lenard said their sound is an imitation of Streetlight Manifesto, Mountain Goats and Andrew Jackson Jihad all thrown together into a pile. The band has a lead guitarist, bassist, drummer, two saxophonists, a trumpet player and two trombone players. Their set was full of energy with audience members breaking out in dance circles and what junior English major Stevie Harn said “had a welltuned groove.” Following them was The Blue Wild, a folk group who lead singer Taylor Wafford and junior music industry studies major said resembles the “blue mountain” feel. She said that they are a lyric-heavy group who relies on acoustic sounds and mellow beats. Other bands agreed that her lyrics
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(Top) The lead singer of the band Vanilla Envelope, Corbin Lenard, performing at Battle of the Bands in Legends. (Bottom) The band The Blue Wild performing at Battle of the Bands in Legends. were the best out of the bands featured. “Honestly, Taylor Wafford is one of the best songwriters I’ve ever met in my life,” Lenard said. The last band in the competi-
tion was Electric Jelly Funk, led by freshman keyboardist and music industry studies major Matthew Guard. “Our mission statement is to take the jazz art form and put it in a punk
music setting that is easy to listen to and have a melody that jumps out at you,” Guard said. “Our sound is kind of a mix between rock, jazz, funk and blues. It’s all instrumental.” The band has eight members and relies heavily on melodies. They said their biggest influence was the Red Hot Chili Peppers with jazz fused in. Though it was a competition for their own set at Legends, the bands featured said they just wanted to hear one another perform. Lenard said that he really wanted to see Electric Jelly Funk. “I’m honestly humbled to know them,” Lenard said. “So, I’m going to be front row panicking and singing all of the horn parts.” Members of Electric Jelly Funk had the same to say about Vanilla Envelope. “We’re looking forward to seeing Vanilla Envelope,” Guard said. “They’re great, we know those guys personally.” All bands felt that the competition itself was more friendly than competitive, but in the end the winner was Electric Jelly Funk. “We were elated to know that we won and honestly surprised,” Jesse Maltby, a freshman industrial design major and drummer of Electric Jelly Funk, said. “We love audience feedback, a live response, and we felt a very energetic response tonight.” The band got their name when Guard went to the beach with his roommate and they liked the way jellyfish sounded with funk. The group members have known each other for years and they say their winning sound was a combination of two different bands they created a while ago. “Back in high school we had two bands going on,” Guard said. “We had a punk rock group and then we had a jazz fusion group. We came up here and fused the two bands. It just kind of became this jazz rock. We literally took two different sounds and put them together.” Above all the band said they just wants people to enjoy their music regardless of the kind of music you like or the kind of person you are. “The thing about us is we want everyone to enjoy our music, it’s very inclusive,” Guard said. “We don’t really have a target audience. We want everyone to listen to it. It doesn’t matter what you look like, what you already listen to or what you believe. We just want you to enjoy what we’re doing because we enjoy doing it.” As the winners of the Battle of the Bands, Electric Jelly Funk will get their own show at Legends. The date of the upcoming show will be announced in coming months.
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Appalachian Popular Programming Society shows off the Condom Fashion Show T-shirts that are free for the first 25 people that come to the show. The student-produced show is on March 8 in the Plemmons Student Union.
PROJECT CONDOM: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE MARIAH RENEAU A&E REPORTER
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he word condom
might not be casually thrown around in everyday conversation. However, on March 8 in the Parkway Ballroom, it might be a word students won’t seem to hear enough of. That is because Student Wellness Center will hold its first Condom Fashion show there at 7 p.m. The Condom Fashion Show is a competition in which seven teams compete head-to-head with outfits made out of unwrapped, colored condoms. Each team was given 1,000 condoms to use in their creations. The event will involve the actual fashion show with the garments being made as well as music, an intermission centered around sexual health awareness and information about resources on and off campus that provide information and help for students who have sexual health concerns or are merely interested in learning more. The condoms for the event came from the sponsors of the program ONE condom and Global Protection, who provided the total of 7,000 condoms for the event, as well as the prizes for the
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winners. Saray Smalls, coordinator of Student Wellness at Appalachian State, has been the main brains behind this operation. Previous to working at App State, Smalls went to graduate school at the University of South Carolina and worked as a graduate assistant in the sexual health office. Her main job while there was event planning and thus was responsible for hosting Project Condom. “It was there that I was first introduced to the concept and I remember thinking this was really cool,” Smalls said. “The students there had some of the most creative designs I had ever seen, out of condoms no less.” Smalls then became the coordinator of student wellness at Appalachian State and felt that this would be an interesting thing to bring with her. “This is my second year here at Appalachian so the first year was kind of figuring out what do our students need and then also what do our students want,” Smalls said. The event is more than just for entertainment. Part of the competition is that each team must have an outfit that
embodies a sexual health message. “So, although Project Condom is fun, it’s [not just], ‘oh my gosh an outfit made from condoms,’” Smalls said. “We wanted to make sure we’re sending a clear positive message pertaining to sexual health.” These messages can be about virtually anything pertaining to sexual health from interpersonal violence prevention, to sexual pleasure or even to specific populations like individuals of color or the LGBT community. The goal of this is to “leave [the audience] with information that they did not have prior to attending the event,” Smalls said. Each team has different ideas on how they do this. Elizabeth Watson, a sophomore athletic training major, is the captain of her team, the Future Gynies. Her team is one of three teams that were made from the Phi Chi medical fraternity. “As a premedical society, that’s why we were driven to this project,” Watson said. “We are drawing inspiration from that and actually using a pair of scrubs and attaching condoms to that.”
Although there are several sexual health messages being displayed throughout the various teams, there is one overlying theme to the whole event that students must add in. This year’s theme is Project Condom: Past, Present and Future. Each team must look at where their message started and was previously, where the world is at with the particular issue now and where the future of the particular message is. “My initial thought process was that the outfit would represent where we’ve been concerning sexual health. Then I think about where we are now: normalizing sex and pleasure,” Smalls said. “I think now we are working to be more inclusive and recognizing that sex is not a heterosexual act and being more educational in that affect. I’m also thinking where else can we go with this in the future.” Teams are also assigned a Wellness educator from We Can that help them to “further their connection to the theme and further solidify their sexual health message concerning the requirements,” Smalls said. Watson felt that her wellness coordi-
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Team Future Gynies begins to make their outfits for the Condom Fashion show which is to be held in the Plemmons Student Union on March 8. The team captain is sophomore Elizabeth Watson. nator was extremely helpful. “[Our wellness coordinator] is really passionate about public health and women’s health, so she’s a great asset to the team,” Watson said. Ashley Wainright, a sophomore psychology major, is a wellness coordinator for the event. She works with We Can as a wellness educator, and when she heard about Project Condom she thought it was a great idea. Wainright originally joined We Can to focus on the mental health aspect of wellness education. “I was the type of person that wasn’t super comfortable with speaking about sexual health, so I did a lot of stuff with mental health instead,” Wainright said. However, as she got more involved with the wellness education group, she became more comfortable with the idea
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and is now helping with Project Condom. Students like Wainright, who aren’t extremely comfortable with sexual health, are another inspiration for project condom: making sexual health a more comfortable topic. Smalls said the idea came from making sexual health a norm on campus. “It’s normal to use a protective barrier, it’s normal to engage in pleasurable sex, it’s normal to utilize a dental dam. It’s normal to request condoms from the condom fairy,” Smalls said. “So normalizing the idea that if you’re going to have sex that’s okay we’re not here to shame, but we want you to be as healthy as you can be when having sex.” The timing of the event is also not a coincidence. “It is before spring break so also giving out some great messaging before
students travel or have this time off,” Smalls said. “We just definitely want to add that additional awareness and normalize that barriers are great.” As for the future of Project Condom, it seems that it will be a continued annual event. “I definitely see us doing this every single year in the future until students say they don’t want to do it anymore,” Smalls said. The event may look slightly different in the future as it continues to find other ways to promote sexual health. “In the future I would love to see the utilization of internal female condoms for the garments as well as dental dams used for the garments,” Smalls said. “That adds to that added awareness and information that there are so many barrier methods available to students.”
LITTLE-KNOWN FA C T S A B O U T
CONDOMS
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Using a condom makes you 10,000 times less likely to catch HIV
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There is no medical reason someone can’t use a condom
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The earliest known illustration of man using a condom is a 12,000 - 15,000 year old cave painting
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One in four acts of vaginal intercourse is condom-protected in the U.S.
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People who use condoms feel their experiences are just as pleasurable as people who don’t
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93 percent of sexually active American women aged 15-44 have had a partner that used a male condom
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Condom distribution increased by 10 million between 2008 and 2009
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The cost of condoms is as low as $0.04 per unit
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68 percent of females and 82 percent of males use a condom the first time they have sex
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Only 39 percent of American high school students are taught how to correctly use a condom
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TURCHIN OFFERS STUDENTS WEEKLY CLASSES
Students create free art at the Turchin’s Creative Wednesday open studio. The center offers rotating workshops each week ASHLEY GOODMAN A&E REPORTER
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he Turchin Center
for the Visual Arts is providing free opportunities to Appalachian State students this semester by offering a collection of workshops that rotate each week. Students can participate in open studio sessions, tai chi and yoga classes, and specialized workshops in alcohol inks and moon journals. The classes are offered every week, with the exception of alcohol ink classes, which happen biweekly. On Mondays and Fridays the special classes called “Mandalas and Moon Journals” and “Inkalicious Fridays” are held. Tuesdays and Saturdays offer tai chi and yoga instruction in Turchin’s art galleries, and Wednesdays and Thursdays offer open studio opportunities in which students can take advantage of the free art space and materials. Creative Wednesdays and Aha! Thursdays are different from the other workshops in that they don’t provide typical artistic instruction. Called open studio sessions, these opportunities are unstructured periods in which students can come and go, using the free art materials available to work in a free space. The workshops are led by facilitators Shauna Caldwell and Wanda Ortiz. Caldwell is a senior at Appalachian State who is double majoring in studio art and art education. Ortiz graduated from Appalachian with a master’s degree in clinical health counseling and has received a certificate in expressive arts. Ortiz describes herself and Caldwell as “facilitators, hosts, entertainers and a part of the crowd.” In the open studios, Caldwell and Ortiz welcome students to take the time to explore and create art, whether alone or with others. They provide students with space, music and tools, but also make themselves available to students who need help or have questions. Above all, both facilitators expressed the importance of allowing students the space and materials they need to experiment and create. “It’s nice to have this space to come to and be able to work freely without
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having an assignment or having to think about anything,” Caldwell said. “It’s a good way to decompress.” Caldwell and Ortiz emphasized the importance of creativity and art in de-stressing and self-care, describing the opportunity to create freely as therapeutic and beneficial. The space provides free materials such as paper, collage materials, pastels, pencils and paints such as acrylic and watercolor. Beyond the free space and tools, the facilitators are trying to foster an opportunity for free creativity. Ortiz relishes the ability to use the space for self-growth and self-care as well as development within a community of fellow creators, she said. “When you become tuned in with everybody and you sit and do art, the symphony and silence of everybody doing their art is so fulfilling,” Ortiz said. “The energy that surrounds you and how you create with them, without actually creating with them, is amazing.” Pegge Laine, outreach coordinator at the Turchin Center, agreed about the importance of the workshops. “Students have told me that this is the cheapest therapy they’ve ever had,” Laine said. Laine is a major creative force behind the programs and workshops the Turchin Center offers, and is very excited about the opportunities Turchin is unfolding this semester. She feels that people, especially students, benefit emotionally and mentally from the concept of free play, or allowing oneself to experiment with art and creativity without the obligation to produce anything. “If you think of yourself as creative, you know that whatever problem or challenge you face, there is a solution,” Laine said. “Art gives you the opportunity to re-frame what your thoughts are and to see your mistakes as opportunities.” The Turchin Center also offers classes with more classical instruction. Monday nights feature workshop “Mandalas and Moon Journals,” led by instructor Katrina Plato, and “Inkalicious Fridays: Alcohol Inks” seminars are held every
other Friday morning. “Mandalas and Moon Journals” is instructed by Katrina Plato, who teaches at App State for the Human Development and Psychological Counseling Department. After honing an interest in astrology for upwards of two decades, Plato has decided to offer a weekly seminar to help students create moon journals exploring their emotional development over time. The moon journals encourage students to create art daily; each piece is captured within a mandala, the Sanskrit word for circle. Plato explained that art within the mandala is symbolic, illustrating where the artist is in the present moment. The moon, she continued, is a natural example of a mandala, circular and ever-changing. In astrology, the moon is considered to change human emotion as it does the tides. Plato ties this into her class as well, encouraging students to relate the phases of the moon to their emotional changes through the month. Plato said the idea is an adaptation of an elementary school science project, a moon journal that correlates weather patterns and moon phases, now combined with art, emotion and spirituality. “I feel like mandalas are a really beautiful language,” Plato said. “They’re a container, and a lot of us find it helpful to have a structure to put our emotions into. The circle represents wholeness or unity; to put our whole selves within a circle in the present moment, whatever we’re feeling in that moment, is an invitation to map our emotional selves.” Plato encourages students to attend one or more workshops to experience the cathartic benefits of creating a mandala or a moon journal. “I see a journal like this as an opportunity to reflect on what your emotional needs are at a particular time,” Plato said. “What is it that we need to nurture in ourselves?” “Inkalicious: Alcohol Inks,” the other art instruction workshop running this semester, is held every other Friday morning and is instructed by coordinator Pegge Laine. Alcohol inks create vibrant and
brightly-colored art, often similar in appearance to watercolor. The ink comes in small bottles similar to food coloring bottles, and are available in a variety of colors as well as metallic shades. The ink is dropped onto a nonporous surface, in this case, yupo paper before being handled and moved with any number of tools. In Laine’s class, the tools are mostly items found around the house. In her class, Laine teaches students to use toothbrushes, credit cards, straws and other household items to move the ink across the page, creating varied textures and patterns with each new tool and swipe. She even encourages students to use Sharpies against the ink, as a chemical reaction between the ink and Sharpie dye makes for an even more unique visual effect. As Laine teaches it, alcohol inks are a very malleable subject. They are meant to be experimented with and explored. “You let them dictate what’s there, what you want to see and how you want to add to it,” Laine said. “There’s just a lot of happy accidents that happen.” The arts taught in the Turchin Center’s workshops, however go beyond visual. Turchin is also offering tai chi classes on Tuesday nights and yoga on Saturday mornings, led by Ted Winecoff and Angela Forest. The sessions are held in Turchin’s own art galleries to show the relationship between the visual and physical arts. “Art is about a connection between mind, body and spirit,” Laine said. “Movement is the part that frees you up, that allows you to express yourself and your thoughts.” As with visual art, Laine stressed that movement with intention can be healing. “We believe that the arts heal and movement heals, it releases a lot of physical attention and it calms you,” she said. The workshops include the space, materials and instruction and are completely free to Appalachian State students. They can be utilized by non-students as well for a nominal fee. These opportunities will run regularly through the end of April.
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The members of the Peace and Geniocide Education Club, Antonio Reid, Abby Wallis, Annie McGowan and Kailie Price at the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies.
PEACE AND GENOCIDE EDUCATION CLUB CELIA CALHOUN A&E REPORTER
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embers of the
Peace and Genocide Education Club engaged in a heated conversation about the Trump administration and anti-Semitism Feb. 21 at their weekly meeting. A group of students passionate for change around the world and in the local community meet every Tuesday to discuss issues that have occurred in the past week and how they want to try to fix them. Up until this semester, the Peace and Genocide Education Club was known as the Judaic Holocaust Center Fellows. “Don’t be daunted by the name,” sophomore commercial photography major Abigail Wallis said. “All of us in the club are people who care about a lot of things.” The club changed its name because the members wanted to focus on spreading awareness about issues beyond the Holocaust. “We kind of wanted to change that because we wanted to focus more on social justice issues,” senior global studies major Annie McGowan, said. The club still supports the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies by participating in activities with them and discussing the Holocaust. Changing its name allows the club to
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plan more events beyond the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. McGowan and senior history major Kailie Price hope the name change makes the club more inclusive. “We still are with the center, but we wanted to be a little more independent from that,” McGowan said. One of the ways the club has remained involved with the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies has been by partnering with them and the Temple of the High Country. The club plans panels about current events, brings in guest speakers and hosts movies that create discussion. “We try to talk about what is currently going on and how we can help those who need it now,” Wallis said. This semester, the club hopes to raise awareness about the rise of anti-Semitism by hosting a panel in April. They also hope to educate the public on other current events, recruit new members and partner with other clubs or organizations. “We are still a very limited club,” Price said. “We have very limited involvement so we are trying to organize something.” The club’s main goal this semester is to be more inclusive with the topics they cover. However, due to logistics, they will not be able to cover everything happening in the world and community. “I would love to go with Black Lives
Matter, talk about the Muslim ban and talk about Syria,” McGowan said. McGowan hopes people who are interested in learning about current and past issues come to the panels and get informed. McGowan also hopes people who are passionate and interested in social issues and want to make a difference get involved. “There’s also a certain style of professor, student and public who is interested in these events,” Price said. One of Wallis’ favorite events the club has hosted was a panel on the Armenian Genocide last year. Wallis said she enjoyed it because before she came to App State, she did not know about the Armenian Genocide or that people denied its existence. At the panel, they introduced the topic, discussed the causes and effects of it, how it is impacting people and why some people are denying it today. “It was a really good discussion,” Wallis said. Along with addressing a wider variety of conflicts, the club hopes to share information with more of the Boone community. “I think it would be cool to even go further than that and reach our community and more of the student bases,” McGowan said. Price thinks learning how to have conversations and trying to understand
people who do not share the same beliefs is important for the next four years. “I think it’s important because America is trying to develop a sense of community within outbursts of hate,” Price said. “Whether or not you hate your neighbor, you need to learn to encompass new ideas no matter if you agree with them or not.” The club’s importance stems from starting a dialogue and increasing awareness on how events impact people they know, McGowan said. McGowan hopes that people will take the initiative and learn more about difficult events and issues going on in the world. “It’s so easy to just say ‘I don’t want to deal with that. That’s upsetting. That’s annoying. I’m just going to look at Facebook,’” McGowan said. “It’s so easy to check out and live in your own little bubble. It would probably be pretty easy to do that in Boone.” Price and McGowan’s ultimate goal is for the club to spread the idea that people in the Boone community and beyond can help start conversations about tough topics. The Peace and Genocide Education Club meets every Tuesday in Edwin Duncan Room 108J at 7:15 p.m. and is open to new members.
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App State's senior Joi Jones drives past a Warhawks defender en route to a Mountaineer victory over ULM in February.
SENIOR TRIO'S SPARK OF ENERGY JAY BOYD SPORTS REPORTER
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his year, the App
State women’s basketball team has been carried by great plays from their most experienced players. In a year in which the team has looked for leaders, the senior class has provided the spark to do just that. The Mountaineers have had to deal with different issues ranging from serious injuries to players leaving. Some of the only consistent players to survive the stretch, staying together and stepping into even greater roles, have been senior forwards Bria Carter and Ashley Bassett-Smith and guard Joi Jones. The trio has been steady, calm and has played the largest role imaginable in an effort to keep the team together. Their roles have come in three dif-
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ferent ways, and all three have taken their roles to another level. Carter has contributed by bringing down more boards this year than any post player on the team. With an average of 6.1 rebounds per game, she has made sure to keep the glass in check every game, defensively and offensively, giving her team a better chance to compete. Bassett-Smith has kept the defensive side of the ball in check, blocking 1.7 shots per game and ranked fifth in the league. Her presence only has changed many opponent’s shots, as she has shown her ability to defend throughout the season. “I knew I had to be a big post presence inside, a scoring threat, rebounder and definitely just a big defensive presence for the team,” Bassett-Smith said. “I definitely knew
coming in my role I had to be a vocal leader.” Jones has played her best offensively, scoring 13.0 points per game, making her eleventh in the league. Her scoring has given the team a lift that they have needed, as they have lost seniors Mia Marshall and Kaila Craven due to injuries. Their impact can be seen with very few statistics. App State is second in the Sun Belt in offensive rebounds with 15.3 and third in defensive rebounds with 26.0 per game. They have also rebounded a stellar 37 percent of their offensive misses for fifth in the league. Altogether, they are the second-best rebounding team in the Sun Belt, grabbing 41.4 rebounds per game. Third in blocked shots per game, App State has blocked 4.2 shots per game.
The seniors have helped keep App in more games, especially since they would be without some of the scoring that they thought would be there. Defense and rebounding have had to become staples for the team as they looked to win in unique ways, understanding that scoring might be slim. “This year we’re much more close. We’ve had our ups and downs but we’re family and families go through that,” Carter said. “At the end of the day we love each other, we support each other, we’ve got each other 100 percent on the court and off.” This has been a key aspect of this season for this team. The team has stuck together through to toughest experiences a group could possibly go through. Losing many options, the team has been put into a tough spot. The Mountaineers sustained two
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1.7- ASHLEY BASSETT-SMITH’S AVERAGE FOR BLOCKS PER GAME 2ND- APP STATE’S RANKING IN THE SUN BELT IN OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS (15.3 PER) 5TH- ASHLEY BASSETT-SMITH’S RANKING IN THE SUN BELT IN BLOCKED SHOTS (1.7 PER)
8- NUMBER OF GAMES IN WHICH BRIA CARTER HAS AT LEAST TIED FOR TEAM LEADER IN REBOUNDS
11TH- JOI JONES’ RANKING IN SCORING IN THE SUN BELT (13.0 PER)
(Left) Senior Bria Carter looks for a teammate to pass to during a home game in the 2016-17 season. (Right) Senior Ashley Bassett-Smith warming up before a home game in the 2016-17 season. players being suspended, Carter and Q Murray during a game on Feb. 23, and the team rallied around each other to win just two days later, with only eight active players. That has been the theme of the season. “No matter how many times we’ve been knocked down, we get back up, and I think that’s been a trait of theirs in terms of we’ve hit a lot of
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adversity since my time at App,” head coach Angel Elderkin said. “They just continue to stick with the process and see the silver lining in everything. I think that makes it special because there were certainly moments where they could have said ‘Hey, I’m going to stop.’ I think their attitude toward adversity has been exceptional.” The mental strength of the team
has been on full display, always coming together to fight their hardest when it seems everything is stacked against them. “Us seniors, we’ve definitely matured over the years and really stepped up in the leadership roles. That was the ultimate goal, and of course to have team success,” Jones said. “We have one more game left,
and still a tournament, and there’s no doubt in my mind that we’ll be successful in the games, as well as the tournament." The senior class has been the glue of App's team and they will continue to be as App looks to close their season with a win on Saturday, as well as gain big wins in the Sun Belt tournament next week in New Orleans.
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COASTING THE CHANTICLEERS FEB.11 | SATURDAY | 3:30 P.M. | HOLMES CONVOCATION CENTER BY JAY BOYD
Game Notes: App State enters the game on a four-game losing streaking after knocking off the third and fourth place teams in the Sun Belt. It will be their final regular season game of the season.
History: App State will look to pick up a win on Saturday, ending a losing streak, while taking some momentum into the Sun
Belt tournament. A win on Saturday would leave App State at 4-14 in conference, with all four of those wins being against top teams in the Sun Belt. That could be the confidence the Apps needs in order to do well in the Sun Belt tournament, which starts next week.
KEEPING DEMARIO BECK OFF THE GLASS: Demario Beck averages 8.2 rebounds per game for the Chanticleer’s. That, along with his 9.5 points per game make him a double-double threat on a nightly basis. His presence on the glass presents a threat for the Mountaineers, as the Chanticleer’s grab more boards than the rest of the Sun Belt on a regular basis. The Apps will look for Isaac Johnson, Griffin Kinney and Tyrell Johnson to protect the glass on Saturday.
GETTING OTHERS INVOLVED: App State has struggled this year with a lack of bench production, and with only two players averaging nine or above, this has been an issue. Saturday will test this as a lack of scoring could haunt the Mountaineers against such a potent offense. App must look to gain valuable minutes from players such as Johnson, Patrick Good and Craig Hinton.
LIMITING COASTAL CAROLINA SCORING OPTIONS: Coastal comes with five players that average at least nine points per game. This type of scoring has given App trouble in the past, as they have often found trouble in finding multiple scoring options themselves. App has to step up defensively on Saturday in order to slow down the multifaceted offense that Coastal presents.
COASTAL 8-20, 3-14 Sun Belt
CAROLINA 15-15, 10-7 Sun Belt
POINTS PER GAME
73.8 72.6
GAME’S KEY PLAYER
ISAAC #0 JOHNSON
REBOUNDS PER GAME
37.2
40.2
OPPONENTS PPG
75.8 72.9
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1.2 STEALS PER GAME
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CHANTICLEER TAKE DOWN MARCH 4 | SATURDAY | 1 P.M. | HOLMES CONVOCATION CENTER BY MICHAEL PIGG
Game Notes: Appalachian State will play host to Coastal Carolina on Saturday. App State comes into the game riding some momentum after a victory last Saturday and Coastal Carolina comes into Boone one a two game losing streak. It will be Coastal’s first trip to Boone as a Sun Belt member. History: This will be the second game of the season with App State losing the first game by five. App State will be looking to get revenge as they try and carry this momentum into the Sun Belt tournament.
BRING ENERGY:
One of Appalachian State’s biggest problem is their depth. With only eight active players it is crucial that when everyone plays, they bring 100 percent energy. Appalachian State has to bring energy, but they must also play under control and not get into foul trouble. The last thing they want to see is early foul trouble by any player to make the bench even shorter. Coming off of suspensions Bria Carter and Q Murray should be well rested and bring App State some energy.
SOLID GAME FROM Q:
Coming back from suspension, Appalachian State looks for Q. Murray to provide a spark. Murray averages 2.7 turnovers a game, but look for her to slow down her game and be more efficient. If Murray can limit her turnovers App State has a good chance of winning the game. Murray should apply pressure on Coastal’s guards. Murray is leading the way for App State in steals averaging two a game. Coastal Carolina is also prone to turning the ball over and their primary ball handler averages 2.8 per game, so look for Murray to take advantage of this.
CONTAIN CED GIBSON:
Ced Gibson is Coastal Carolina’s leading scorer with an average of 14 points per game. Appalachian State should find ways to not let her get the ball. Put pressure on Gibson, she leads Coastal Carolina with 2.8 turnovers per game. App State should look to press Coastal to make Gibson have unnecessary turnovers. Don’t foul Gibson, she shoots 78 percent from the charity stripe. This is third highest on the team. If App State decides to press they better make sure to play with their hands up and no reaching in.
COASTAL 11-17, 6-11 Sun Belt
CAROLINA 12-15, 7-10 Sun Belt
GAME’S KEY PLAYER
POINTS PER GAME
63.0 63.2 3-POINT %
37.1% 31.1% TURNOVERS PER GAME
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5.7 REBOUNDS NDS PER GAME ME
March 2, 2017
NEXT MAN UP MENTALITY JASON HUBER SPORTS EDITOR
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mentality has been key this season for App State men’s basketball redshirt junior Craig Hinton. When freshman guard Kelvin Robinson suffered an injury in early January, Hinton had an opportunity to step in and help fill the void left by Robinson. Playing in his first eligible season after sitting out last season due to NCAA transfer rules, Hinton’s late season minute increase has led to a huge impact during the final stretch of App State’s regular season and conference schedule. Averaging just eight minutes a game through the Mountaineers first 13 games, Hinton has averaged 18 minutes since the start of the new calendar year, and has started six of the last eight games for the Mountaineers. “Losing Kelvin was obviously a big disappointment, but I just wanted to come in and make an impact,” Hinton said. “I just wanted to help my team during his absence.” Stepping into a new role is nothing new for Hinton. Originally from Winston-Salem and attending East Forsyth High School where he played under former Mountaineer coach Mike Muse, Hinton chose to attend Virginia Military Institute as a business major and continue his basketball career. Recruited by current App State assistant coach and then VMI associate head coach Jason Allison, Hinton signed with VMI in 2013, and had to make the quick transition to a college military student and a collegiate basketball player. “I went through a lot at VMI that not everybody gets to do and go through,” Hinton said. "It was really different and challenging, but it was a school that helped me grow as a man. It helped give me discipline, and even though it was difficult, I really learned a lot and benefited from it.” Hinton worked his way up to the starting lineup as a freshman, but after six games, he suffered a knee injury that caused him to miss nine games. When Hinton returned, he had to work his way back into the rotation, only starting two more games that season, but helping the team to a 22-win season. Hinton averaged 2.6 points his freshman year, but increased to 5.6 points per game and 2.5 rebounds his sophomore season, including a career high 23-point game against Maryland.
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Allison would leave VMI after that season to join head coach Jim Fox at Appalachian State, and a year later, Hinton decided to transfer to App State. “When you bring a player in with
with his size and with the Sun Belt level size. He has been better defensively, but he can guard multiple positions, and is a great shooter.” Coming onto a young team with a
Junior forward Craig Hinton watches the ball hoping for a basket, but is ready for the rebound. The Mountaineers lost the game against UL Lafayette with the final score being 62-77. what we were trying to inherit here at App, I knew off the bat I didn’t have to worry about his character at all,” Allison said. “Being a VMI kid, his character is unflappable. He is responsible and has strong accountability. You don’t have to lose sleep about him over night. He wants to do his part and win. He is a pleaser.” With the transfer, Hinton once again had to learn another new system, much different than VMI’s but similar to his high school’s under Muse. “As a coaching staff we didn’t know what position to play him at,” Allison said. “Now he has settled in at the three
handful of freshmen, Hinton’s redshirt year gave him the opportunity to put on some weight and learn the system better, but he also had to learn patience. “Redshirting was the toughest part,” Hinton said. “You get so used to playing in the games, and then not traveling with the team can be rough. But it gave me a chance to work more on my game and improve. I gained a lot of weight. I wasn’t the biggest player, and I made sure to put on a lot of weight over the offseason, which would really help me on the court defensively.” When the team traveled to Italy during the summer after his redshirt
season, Hinton had the opportunity to bond more with his teammates and begin to take on a leadership role with the younger players. “Italy was a great team bonding experience. Especially working with the new freshmen, it was their first time working with the team and gave us all a chance to bond,” Hinton said. “Being young is really good because it will just give us another year to be even better.” Finally being able to suit up for the Mountaineers, Fox’s fast-break system that requires the ability to consistently read and set screens was different from VMI’s pressand-spot up shooting, and became an adjustment for Hinton. While only being in his first eligible season for the Mountaineers, Hinton quickly became a leader by example on the court. “He is a year older, and toughness is something we really wanted to see and I think he showed that,” Fox said. “The tough thing for him was he really sacrificed for the team and we asked to play two positions which is really hard. Craig really sacrificed for the good of the team, and when Kelvin was out, he was a major piece in starting for us and getting some victories.” Hinton’s minutes began to increase when Robinson went down with a lower body injury, and Fox made the decision to put Hinton in the starting lineup on Feb. 4 against first-place Arkansas State. Hinton racked up a 10-point, 10-rebound double-double, leading to the Mountaineers win. “He has been working hard on his game and his jump shot,” sophomore guard Ronshad Shabazz said. “It was time for him to step up and play, and he took advantage of the opportunity. Coach told him what to do and he took care of business. It definitely helped him confidence wise, and show him it was his time to shine.” Explosive dunks were Hinton's trademark in high school, and Allison said if Hinton can get a fast start in a game, he is hard to stop. “A lot of it depends on how he starts the game off. If he has a good hustle play early, he gets good vibes,” Allison said. “If he feels good early he can really explode throughout the game. He has to get a good mojo.” Hinton may be young and fairly new to App State, but the experience of a military student, the experience of transferring, being a student-athlete and pursuing a career in business has already made him a key piece for the Mountaineers basketball team. “The maturity level is totally different," Allison said. "He is very responsible, good at leading by example, and he is just different."
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March 2, 2017
The men's lacrosse team listening to the coaches before practice. The team held a 7-3 overall record last year.
APP STATE MEN’S LACROSSE LOOKS TO CONTINUE SUCCESS IN SELC NOAH GERRINGER SPORTS REPORTER
The differences between a club sport and a varsity sport are issues like the sticky subject of Title IX that nobody wants to talk about, and something around tens of thousands of dollars in funding. Other than that, there isn’t much difference between the two. They both have coaches, players, practices and their school name and colors to wear at games. The Appalachian State men’s lacrosse team is a club sport in Boone. The first ever lacrosse team at App State was established in 1973 by a group of students with the desire to play and the patience to start up the program. Angelo Acitelli has been head coach for the club over the last four years and is no stranger to the game. After playing for both his high school and one of North Carolina’s best high school level travel lacrosse teams, Team Carolina Elite, Acitelli went on to play Division I lacrosse for Bellarmine University in Kentucky as a defender. When it comes to club lacrosse for Appalachian State, Acitelli focuses on success rather than the technicality of the name. “Last year was kind of the first time we’ve tasted success in a long time for the program,” Acitelli said. “We had a lot
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of key players step up that weren’t on the team two years ago.” In 2015, App State lacrosse finished the season 1-6 in the South Eastern Lacrosse Conference (SELC). Last year, with the help of those key players, Acitelli brought the team to a 7-3 overall record reaching the semi-finals of the SELC Division II Championships for the first time. The black and gold would fall to Kennesaw State but not before managing to redefine App State lacrosse and set a new standard for seasons to come. This year, that redefined team is looking to raise the bar higher despite a few bumps in the road. One of those setbacks that could always be a hindrance to the team is the lack of funding they receive. For example, Louisiana-Lafayette’s club lacrosse team has a budget given by the school of $60,000 whereas the Mountaineers are only backed by roughly $1,500. This means that the team isn’t supplied with the best goals, balls or equipment that would ultimately be beneficial for the program. “Part of being a sport is having to face adversity in whatever way it comes at you,” sophomore midfielder Jack Rich said. “We’re not complaining about it, we make it work and do what we have to do.”
Another setback for the Mountaineers are the players that either graduated or are no longer with the program. “A lot of players that we did have that were critical to our success left,” Acitelli said. “It’s a process of filling in those new guys and finding new freshman and getting guys from the school to come out and play.” Rich is certainly one of those guys to step up this year. Only four games into the season, Rich already has 14 goals, six assists and 13 ground balls which puts him at second on the team in all three categories behind senior midfielders Kevin Norman, first in points, George Revercomb, first in assists and Matt Frizzle, first in ground balls. “I think last year set the precedent for what I want to do with this team and what I want to do with the four years I’ll be here,” Rich said. Rich also averages 3,500 goals per game and is a valuable offensive threat for the Mountaineers. Right behind Rich is another Mountaineer and scoring machine who had a taste of last year’s success. Junior attackman David Hayes is no stranger to the net either. Third on the team in both goals at 6 and goals per game at 1.5, Hayes, in their season opener against the Citadel, contributed
to the 15-6 win with a 3-goal hat trick of his own. The Mountaineers are currently undefeated at 4-0 after defeating long time division rival Wake Forest 13-11 in Decan country over the weekend. “We’ve got heart out here and that’s going to carry us,” Hayes said. Hayes continued to harp on the family aspect of the team this year and contributed it to their success thus far. “After a win you’re kind of basking in it with your brothers and having fun with each other,” Hayes said. “It makes it fun and makes you want to go out there and just get more wins.” Both Acitelli and Rich echoed the idea of family. Speaking on the setbacks to the team, Acitelli said that the “family atmosphere” is the “positive to those negatives." All of the positives, from the team as a whole, are what these Mountaineers hope to fuel them even farther in the SELC. The Mountaineers face off next against East Carolina and Coastal Carolina March 25-26 in Conway, South Carolina.
Lindsay A. Vaughn
March 2, 2017
THE FACTS ON IMMIGRATION
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” These are the last lines of Emma Lazarus’ famous poem “The New Colossus,” which sits inscribed on the plaque mounted to the base of the Statue of Liberty. They represent the promise of America, they are a written expression of hope for the downtrodden and sick of foreign nations. Should their governments oppress them, should violence and instability threaten them, or should they simply desire a better life, America is the place for them. Here they can build a better life, grab a hold of the limitless opportunities of America and fulfill their own American dream. Everyone knows that America is a nation built by immigrants, so it should be easy to come here through the proper channels and establish themselves. But that’s not the case. According to the United States Bureau of Consular Affairs, there are three primary ways of immigrating to the U.S. These ways include immigrating through family already in the U.S., immigrating in on a work visa and humanitarian protection (i.e. refugees). h family is Immigrating through
Q Russell is sophomore journalism major from Charlotte, North Carolina self-explanatory, in order to come here through this method the immigrant must have a family member with established citizenry or green card status. Immigrating in on a work visa is much harder, with the requirements for this being either having the capital to begin a small business (roughly $150,000), or having some form of higher education and being specifically scouted by a business or organization. And then there’s the refugee visa, which only applies to those who are escaping violent and desperate situations in their home country, which does not include poverty and financial instability. Suffice to say, it’s quite difficult to immigrate to the United States legally. That’s why, as of November 2016, the Pew Research Center estimates that there are roughly 11.1 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. Before continuing, it must be stated
that while this may seem like a large number, the PRC finds that it makes up only 3.5 percent of the total U.S. population. Of this number, roughly 52 percent of immigrants are of Mexican origin, with a majority of the other half coming from Central America and Asia. The study also found that about 66 percent of these undocumented immigrants have lived here for over two decades. Oftentimes these immigrants live their lives under the constant fear of being caught by the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement and being sent back to their home countries. According to Nolo.com, the process is as follows: the immigrant is arrested, be it for a crime or during a raid, the person is held for up to 48 hours and should ICE determine the need for removal, they are put through the removal process and then deported. Additionally, a 2009 PRC study found that the median income of undocumented immigrants was $36,000, as opposed to the median for documented households of $50,000. So why would they want to stay here? Because $36,000 a year is a lot better than $13,000 a year. This figure, from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development Better Life Index, is the median income for households in Mexico, where over half of undocumented immigrants
come from. The average standard of living for U.S. citizens, including those below the poverty line, is much higher than that of most countries around the world. Another reason many are here is for their children. According to a separate 2016 study from the PRC, roughly 4 million undocumented immigrants have minor children in the K-12 school system. This translates to 7.3 percent of children in the U.S. having either one or both of their parents being undocumented immigrants. This is the truth of undocumented immigration in the United States. It isn’t “bad hombres” coming in and stealing jobs from hard-working Americans. It isn’t thieves and rapists coming to steal livelihoods and hurt people. It’s the poor and desperate trying to make better lives for themselves and their children. It’s a mother working multiple menial jobs to try to get her kids through school, it’s a father breaking his back in a poor manual labor position to feed his family. They aren’t monsters, they aren’t evil, they’re people who came here to America in response to the promise etched onto the Statue of Liberty. It’s what my ancestors did, it’s what your ancestors did, so who are we to fault them for it?
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