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September 22, 2016
THE TEAM Carl Blankenship @carl_r_blank EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDITORIAL MULTIMEDIA BUSINESS
Aleah Warner @aleahwarner MANAGING EDITOR Victoria Haynes @victoriahayness CHIEF COPY EDITOR Sammy Hanf @sammyhanf NEWS EDITOR
Jacob Oller @ollerifyouhearme BUSINESS MANAGER Jordan Boles @jorddb MARKETING DIRECTOR
Katie Murawski @murawskikm A&E EDITOR Jason Huber @_jasonhuber SPORTS EDITOR
Olivia Wilkes @theappalachian ADVISER
CRIME LOG CAMPUS
SEPT. 26
SEPT. 22
5:52 p.m. | Sexual Battery Coltrane/Justice parking lot A man was arrested for sexual battery.
4:42 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Bowie Trail A student was arrested for possession of marijuana.
12:00 p.m. | Harassment Sanford Mall Under investigation.
SEPT. 24 5:00 p.m. | Burglary Charleston Forge Under investigation.
SEPT. 23 11:18 p.m. | Vandalism Rivers Street West Tunnel Leads exhausted.
SEPT. 22 2:18 p.m. | Larceny Plemmons Student Union Under investigation.
SEPT. 22 3:06 p.m. | Larceny Katherine Harper Hall Leads exhausted.
Maleek Loyd @maleekstuff VIDEO EDITOR Sydney Spann @spannooo GRAPHICS EDITOR Braxton Coats @brxcoats22 WEB MANAGER
Lee Sanderlin @lee_sanderlin ENTERPRISE EDITOR
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Dallas Linger @dallingerphoto PHOTO EDITOR
SEPT. 22 11:39 p.m. | Possession of Marijuana Peacock Parking Lot A student was arrested for possession of marijuana
SEPT. 19 2:31 p.m. | Trespassing Greenwood Trail Under investigation.
SEPT. 19 3:08 p.m. | Vandalism Rivers Street West Tunnel Leads exhausted.
SEPT. 18 2:28 p.m. | Underage consumption of alcohol Belk Hall A student was arrested for underage consumption of alcohol.
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 VISITING WRITERS SERIES The Fall 2016 Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series will take place with craft talks and readings. Book sales and signings will follow each event. • Oct. 6: Poet and Essayist Bruce Weigl, 2-3:15 p.m. Craft Talk in Table Rock Room, PSU. 6-7:15 p.m. Pre-Reading Reception in Price Lake Room, PSU. 7:30 p.m. Reading in Table Rock Room, PSU. • Nov. 3: Graphic Novelist Carol Tyler, 12:30-1:45 p.m. Craft Talk in Three Top Mountain Room, PSU. 7:30 p.m. Reading in Turchin Center Lecture Hall, TCVA-1102. • Nov. 10: Novelist Robert Olen Butler, 2-3:15 p.m. Craft Talk in Table Rock Room, PSU. 7:30 p.m. Reading in Table Rock Room, PSU.
GET PUBLISHED Calling all artists, writers, desginers, musicians! The Peel Literature and Arts Review is accepting submissions for review and possible publication. Submit before Sept. 30 for feedback on your submission. Final deadline is Nov. 1.Visit thepeelreview.com for info!
SNCURCS The Office of Student Research would like to personally invite you and your students to submit abstracts of research and creative endeavors (performance, plays, readings, exhibits, displays, etc.) for presentation at the 2016 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) to be held at North Carolina Central University on Saturday, Nov. 5. To submit an abstract or for more information please visit www.sncurcs.org.
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.
WEEKLY LYRIC OPEN MICS A free and open event for all, Lyric hosts weekly open mics oriented around poetry and other word based art such as music, story-telling, etc. Join every Wednesday from 8:30-10:30 p.m. at 3rd Place.
VOTE.APPSTATE.EDU This site is a non-partisan resource for students at Appalachian State and the voters of Watauga County. Through this website, students will have access to the necessary resources to register to vote and learn about issues at stake in upcoming elections. In addition to registration and voting information, all of the voter registration and engagement events being held across campus are housed here. Our vision is to implement voter education activities and increase student participation in local, state, and national voting and election initiatives this year and in future elections.
ASU CAMPUS FARMER’S MARKET Come out and support your local farmers, artisans, and community during the ASU Sustainable Development Student Alliance hosted
Appalachian State Campus Farmer’s Market! We are sponsoring three markets this semester! The dates are Oct. 26 and Nov. 16.
BOONE CREEK CLEAN-UP Join the ASU Sustainability Council in demonstrating our commitment to sustainability in the community! The Council has adopted the section of Boone Creek that flows past Appalachian Mountain Brewery and Boone Mall. To fulfill this commitment, we hold creek cleanups twice a year. We invite ASU faculty, staff and students to participate. Volunteers will receive a 10 percent discount on purchases at Appalachian Mountain Brewery for the rest of the night. Thanks to AMB for being such a supportive community partner! The clean-up will take place Thursday, Oct. 27 3:30-5 p.m.
UNDERSTANDING THE ROOTS OF MIGRATION Why do so many folks migrate from Mexico and Central America to the United States? How does this impact your work as a public school teacher in North Carolina? Travel with us to Oaxaca, MX to learn more about the complex social, economic, and political reasons that drive people to leave their homelands. On this exciting program, you will have an opportunity to visit schools and learn from teachers and students, stay with a host family, and work with immigrant advocacy groups in Oaxaca. This program to Oaxaca, MX for spring 2017 is a spring course for one credit hour, but travel happens right at the end of the semester in May. We will be having an interest meeting Sept. 29 at 6:30 p.m. in room 227 in the RCOE.
SPJ FUNDRAISING EVENT The Society of Professtional Journalists will be having a fundraising event at Panera Bread on Oct. 18 from 4-8 p.m. The funds will go towards covering club expenses and relieving some of the costs for their Washington D.C. trip in January.
IASE LOTTERY Lottery is where you sign-up for an ASE program to participate on. The lottery sign-up allows for everyone to have the same chance at getting a spot on a program of their choice. It is possible to come to the lottery and not get on a program as demand sometimes exceeds the spaces available, but there is a waitlist. Come to Lottery with an open mind; all programs will provide rewarding experiences. How does the lottery work? Pick up a Lottery Packet in the ACT Outreach Center. Bring completed Lottery Packet and deposit, check ONLY made out to “ACT” to lottery. Upon arrival to lottery you will be assigned your official lottery number. If you are not there by the start time, you will only receive an opportunity to sign-up following the entire lottery process. If you cannot make it on time or at all, communicate with us before lottery and we will save you a number. A random number generator will begin selecting numbers. When a person’s number is called, each person will proceed to sign up for the program of their choice until each program is full. Once you sign-up for a program, you must submit your deposit. Deposit amounts vary per program, check the Lottery Packet for specific details.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 29
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30
SATURDAY, OCT. 1
SUNDAY, OCT. 2
“The Legend of Tarzan” screening
“Scooby Doo and the Ghoul School” screening
Black Saturday 5K
Wind Ensemble (RCH)
8 a.m. Holmes Convocation Center $15 early, $25 late
3-4 p.m. Rosen Concert Hall
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
7 p.m. Greenbriar Theatre $1 door
Zoso 9 p.m. Legends $10 advance, $12 door/non-students
“The Legend of Tarzan” screening Talent Show 7-9 p.m. Legends
7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
“The Legend of Tarzan” screening 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. I.G. Greer Auditorium $1 advance, $2 door
MONDAY, OCT. 3
TUESDAY, OCT. 4
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 5
THURSDAY, OCT. 6
Symphony Band (SC)
Flu Clinic
Lyric Open Mic
Poet and Essayist Bruce Weigl
8-9 p.m. Rosen Concert Hall
5-7 p.m. Newland Hall
8: 30 p.m. 3rd Place
Flu Clinic
Tai Chi
5-7 p.m. Newland Hall
5 p.m. TCVA Mayer Gallery Free, students only
2-3:25 p.m. Craft Talk, Table Rock Room, PSU 6-7:15 p.m. Reception, Price Lake Room, PSU 7:30 p.m. Reading, Table Rock Room, PSU
App Sits Meditation Club 5:15 p.m. Linville Falls Room, PSU
“Remember” screening 7 p.m. Schaefer Center $5 student, $10 non-student
Sept. 29, 2016
CAMPUS CURSIVE BRINGS POSITIVITY TO APP STATE T CARRIE HALL NEWS REPORTER
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More Love Letters, or More Love Letters for short, is an international organization focused on writing and sending positive messages of love to people all over the world. The organization was founded by Hannah Brencher in 2011. The idea began to form in 2010 when she wrote a single letter of encouragement and left it on a New York City subway for a random stranger to find. This became a practice of hers and the concept eventually evolved into More Love Letters. Campus Cursive is a sect of More Love Letters specific to college campuses. These smaller-scale branches of the mother organization focus primarily on writing messages to affect a college community, but still send “letter-bundles” outside of campus. There are around 80 Campus Cursive chapters across the U.S. and in other countries. Emily Bradley, a senior communications major, and Andrea Santoya, a junior social work major, were both inspired by Brencher’s story. They both applied to start a chapter of Campus Cursive at Appalachian. Santoya applied to start the chapter when she was a freshman. She made efforts to get the club recognized with both Appalachian and More Love Letters, but was only able to get it recognized with More Love Letters. A year later she got an email from More Love Letters stating that someone else had also applied to start a Campus Cursive chapter at App. That someone else was Bradley. The two met up, and two weeks later marked the first club meeting. The club become an official organization recognized with both Appalachian and More Love Letters November of last year. Santoya and Bradley said they were both motivated to create a branch of Campus Cursive because of a desire to spread a message of love, kindness and positivity. “Hannah inspired me so much, I wanted to do the same for other people,” Santoya said on why she wanted to bring Campus Cursive to Appalachian. “I wanted to make others feel loved like she made me feel loved.” Bradley and Santoya explained that the club’s purpose at Appalachian is to affect students in a positive way by providing encouragement, positivity and support. “We’re college students, we’re stressed all the time, but we still need to be kind to each other,” Santoya said. Club members write Post-it notes and letters and leave them around campus for Appalachian students to find. “We’re just random strangers telling people that they’re loved, and they’re worthy,” Bradley said. “That they’re cared about and they’re never alone. 4
Two officers of the club, Junior Andrea Santoyo and senior Emily Bradley. The club meets every Monday at 6:15 p.m. and they use tangible acts of love to lift people’s moods and empower individuals. That’s what we’re about.” In the past Campus Cursive has held events such as positive Post-it Day. On Feb. 22 of this year, Appalachian’s campus was covered with seemingly never-ending layers of positive Post-it notes. The club also organized a “Giving Tree” event during last April’s Suicide Prevention Awareness Week. Club members hung a multitude of letters from trees on Sanford intended for students to pick up for a pick-me-up on the way to class. Cara Pace, a freshman biological anthropology major, said that the club’s efforts help foster a sense of unity on
campus. “In a world where there’s so much hatred, taking baby steps like this makes the world a little bit better,” Pace said. Santoya said that any positive effect a message produces is important. “Having an impact on one person, even if it’s just one, means so much,” Santoya said. The president and vice president want the positivity to affect not only the readers, but the writers of the letters as well. “The meetings are a time set aside for focusing on impacting other people with our words,” Bradley said. Bradley hopes the bi-weekly Monday
meetings are a time for members to take a break from their own pressures. “Sometimes I come to meetings feeling really stressed,” she said. “Then I sit down and write a letter, and I immediately feel better. It’s very therapeutic.” Pace said she has a similar experience at meetings. “When I go I feel like I can take a break from whatever I’m doing and throw myself into helping a random person,” Pace said. “It’s good for my mental health.” Looking ahead, Bradley and Santoya hope to reach more people with their positive messages. Photo Credit: Hallie Keighton
Sept.29, 2016
STUDENTS ATTEND ON CAMPUS DEBATE VIEWING SAMMY HANF NEWS EDITOR
standing room only crowd gathered in the Parkway Ballroom to watch the first presidential debate of the 2016 election, an event projected to shatter previous debate viewership records. Free pizza and drinks were provided by Fox News and Fox News Business, and political organizations on campus also lent their support. Phillip Ardoin, chair of the Department of Government and Justice, said he originally conceived of the event at the beginning of the semester as a way to get as many people as possible involved in the electoral process. “I just thought it was a way of encouraging students to participate and watch the debate. When I was in college and a presidential debate occurred the only thing on television was the presidential debate,” Ardoin said. Tyler Hardin, lead college associate at Fox News, said he had been planning a debate watching event for Fox independently but heard about Ardoin’s plans and decided it would be in their best interests to collaborate. Ardoin said that Fox News and all the students involved hosted the debate in a very professional manner. For his part Ardoin said he wanted to have professors speak about their re-
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Students of all political stances meet in the Parkway Ballroom to watch the first Presidential Debate of 2016.
search on the subject to provide students insight and set a nonpartisan tone. Newly Paul, assistant professor of communications, spoke about how media coverage affects audience perceptions of the debate. Kevin Mullinix, assistant professor of political science, spoke about the effects debates have on voter behavior.
Ardoin said he thought the viewing party went very well, drawing a much bigger crowd than expected and not losing them after they ate the pizza. As the debate went on, the odd cheer or fit of laughter broke out among the crowd but never escalated past that. “There was laughing and there was reactions to comments but there was
no booing or hissing or inappropriate responses,” Ardoin said. Ardoin said previous debate viewing parties he had hosted were derailed by unruly attendees. “The big issue was John Kerry flip-flopped between positions so there were a group of students who started taking their flip-flops and waving their flip-flops in the air and throwing flip flops,” Ardoin said. “The crowd became on both sides sort of disrespectful of the others and it ended up not being an environment that was conducive to actually paying attention and watching the debate.” Kenneth Hester, a junior political science major, said he was excited to see both sides coming together because much of the election cycle this year has been playing out on social media. Charlie Day, a political science graduate student, said he came out to the debate to see how people were reacting to the candidates and felt that Clinton came out on top. Justin Allen, president of ASU College Democrats, said students are often underrepresented in the political process and having them get involved is important.
BINDU JAYNE TO LEAVE IN EARLY OCTOBER B SAMMY HANF NEWS EDITOR
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vacate her role as associate vice chancellor for Equity, Diversity and Compliance to become chief diversity officer at Rowan University. Jayne said she decided to make the move because it would be better for her family. Both she and her husband found jobs they were excited about in the area. Jayne also said that being back in the chief diversity officer role is important to her. “I saw this role as more than a compliance function or investigation function and that title provided me an entry into having those
Photo Credit: Maleek Loyd
conversations about diversity and inclusion more generally,” Jayne said. Jayne said she was approached with the job offer on the first week of September and was impressed with how intentional and detailed the questions in the video interview were. After that, she said her competitive side came into play and she seriously pursued the job. Jayne said that while she is excited to be back in New Jersey, where she feels more comfortable, coming to Appalachian was a purposeful decision on her part. “I think the last two and a half years here at Appalachian have really upped my game in terms of
solidifying what I know is important about why this work matters on a college campus and the amount of change that can be affected at a predominantly white institution,” Jayne said. Before she came, Jayne said the Office of Equity, Diversity and Compliance served more of a compliance role than an outreach to minority students, something that she hoped she changed during her time at Appalachian. Jayne said she was most proud of the connections with students she formed at Appalachian and always tried to provide students having a tough time with a soft spot to land in her office.
“It is not abnormal to have students just need to take a break in this office, just to use the couches to sit by themselves or read a book, and so I always wanted to create a space in this office where they can do that,” Jayne said. Beyond that, Jayne said that she always found something concrete that could be done to help students in a tough spot. “There is something I need to be able to do after you tell me you had a bad day,” Jayne said. “That’s my job as an administrator, that’s what I see the roles of administrators are is to hear the concerns of people on the campus and then do something.”
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Sept. 29, 2016
BLACK SHEEP THEATRE PRESENTS ORIGINAL POLITICAL THEATRE
Actors Donna Devereux, Sarah Zurhellen, Katy Abrams and Georgia Rhoades practice a key negotiation scene in the play, where they demonstrate calming breathing exercises to encourage civil discussion. KATIE MURAWSKI A&E EDITOR
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is a political and satirical theater company started in 1995 by senior professor of English Dennis Bohr, coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum Georgia Rhoades, and creative consultant Mary Anne Maier. The theater aims to produce politically themed plays written by Bohr and Rhoades. Black Sheep has produced plays in Kentucky, North Carolina and Derry, Ireland – where Rhoades and Bohr have taught and continue to conduct theatre and teaching residences since 1996. Bohr said shortly after he and Rhoades got married he had written a couple of novels, short stories and poems, until Rhoades suggested that he start writing plays. “I had never thought about it, but once I did, I got the whole idea that probably the best writing I do, is playwriting,” Bohr said. “My prose tends to be too wordy and making people say things makes me more economical with the words.” Rhoades was teaching women’s studies at the time and there were things that she wanted to say, but she wanted a different stage rather than the classroom to say them. After getting multiple rejection letters, Maier prompted them to do the plays themselves, and that is how they started acting and producing their own plays, Bohr said. This weekend, Black Sheep Theatre presents “The Disposable Man” at Rosen Small Recital Hall. In short this play is about climate change, male-female 6
relationships, gender politics and the presidential election, Bohr said. “The science of the play is closer to science fiction than reality, but climate change is real and scary. Unfortunately so is the American presidential election,” according to the author’s note on the handbill. “The Disposable Man,” written by Bohr, is set in a futuristicUnited States that has become fractured “literally due to climate change, fracking, earthquakes, tsunamis and all kinds of other things. America has fractured into separate territories,” Bohr said. The territories that are primarily mentioned in the play are named TexasBy-God, which represents Texas which seceded from the union, the Midwest, which has been renamed White USA and San Francisco, now the Floating Island of San Francisco. Bohr said he believes that sexual assault by men has to be stopped by men, which is one of the central themes of the play, and Bohr is using this play to put that belief out there. “The scenes about men’s treatment of women are not fabrications, and since men are the primary perpetrators of rape and sexual assault, men must take responsibility for stopping them,” Bohr’s author’s note in the handbill said. Rhoades said there are explicit things said in the play that echo familiar voices. “There are shocking things that are said and alluded to in the play,” Rhoades said. “But there are things on one level that have already been said and exist now. This is just an extrapolation of it.” Bohr agreed that there are other awful things said, especially in the first act, but he said he is not making it up. Among
those quoted in the play is Todd Akin, a former Republican representative for Missouri, Bobby Knight, a retired basketball coach and Rupert Murdoch, founder of Fox News. “There might be living people who suggest some of the characters in the play, and they might appear to be recognizable to people. Nobody is named after real people,” Rhoades said. Bohr’s his character, Hard Don, was originally supposed to portray Dick Cheney but with the current election, Hard Don now alludes to Donald Trump. This play has been an on-going work in progress for 10 years and the last two or three years it has been getting tweaked, honed and ready for the final production, Bohr said. A stage reading for “The Disposable Man” took place in Derry, Ireland in the summer of 2015. Bohr said that is when he realized it needed to be cut more, and then in rehearsals Bohr said more cutting and rearranging had to be done when he could not find more people to perform in the roles. “The original idea has changed drastically from the very first idea,” Bohr said. Among the 13 characters, there are four App State professors and one counselor. Bohr plays Hard Don, the villain of the play who Bohr describes as “arrogant, and mainly a total jackass. He is an ape.” Rhoades plays two characters: Melinda Sue Lou who has secret powers and “probably is a witch” and Cindy, who is a “trophy bride mistress wife, who is self absorbed and doesn’t like the idea of living without men,” Rhoades said. Sarah Zurhellen plays Fanatica Lee, Donna Deveruex plays Molly Bloomers and Morgan Pruitt plays Mindy.
Rhoades said that several of the characters in this play overlap and appear in other plays. Among these are Holly Jolly, Melinda Sue Lou, Molly Bloomer and Luke Warm. Rhodes describes it as being like Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County, the setting in most of his books. Scott Williford, owner of The Cardinal Food and Spirits, met Bohr in 2003. At the time, Williford was a theatre student of Bohr’s at Caldwell community college and now acts in plays with Bohr. Williford said that Bohr saw him on campus randomly and he asked, “Hey, you wanna be in a play?” “I thought, sure I’ll be in a play,” Williford said. “And the next thing I know he hands me a script and I am two massive characters, one in the first act and a different one in the second. That was literally the first play I had ever done other than in a class.” Williford plays Luke Warm, who he describes as a misguided former athlete, who is not necessarily a bad guy. “He is just like an average man of his generation who has not ever learned any different way to be,” Williford said. Rhoades is working on a novel and Bohr has yet to start his next project, although he said he has begun writing three plays. Rhoades wrote a play that was commissioned in Derry and she wants to bring it to Appalachian State. She also wants to take “The Disposable Man” back over to do a full production of it there. Tickets for “The Disposable Man” are $5 and the show begins at 8 p.m. in Rosen Small Recital Hall in the Hayes School of Music.
Photo Credit: Katie Murawski
Sept. 29, 2016
L A V I E R, THE PRINCE OF TRASH PALACE MARY ELIZABETH MYRICK A&E REPORTER
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ylan Evans is the
face behind L A V I E R, a band member of both Boys Legs and Ghost Dogs, and a member of Crop Circle Club, along with three additional music collectives titled The Undergrowth, Underground and Midi Boys. Evans’s solo act is titled L A V I E R, which is his middle name and also the name of his great grandfather. Pronounced “luh-veer”, L A V I E R is what Evans attempts to describe as future jazz, although he said it is difficult to put a label on just exactly what his music sounds like. John Wampler, vocalist for Ghost Dogs, elaborated that he did not think Evans’ music has always been distinguishable between the electronic and Boone music scene. “It’s like electronic, but it’s not EDM and it’s not all him playing instruments,” Wampler said “But there’s a lot of production and a lot of stuff going on live. It’s not a DJ set, and it’s not house.” His inspiration comes from producer Flying Lotus, in addition to his friends and fellow performers JonEcks and Vide, Evans said. Wampler and Jib Butts, vocalist for Boy Legs, insisted the uncommon and individual quality of Evans’s style, even in comparison to those that he looks to for inspiration. Wampler believes that one of the strongest points of Evans’s music is the emotional gravity behind it. “All the tracks come from his real life,” Wampler said. “Real emotions, stuff he is going through. There’s no disconnect from Dylan and the music that you’re going to hear in any of his stuff. It’s not just cool songs. It’s very personal.” On Nov. 15, Evans plans to release his full-length album, titled “Prince of Trash Palace.” The album, which will consist of approximately 12 tracks and is about 45 minutes, will be different from his earlier work, Evans said. “Prince of Trash Palace” is more heartfelt than some of his more recent music, returning to the greater sentimentality behind much of his earlier work, Evans said. He describes the album as having an old feel, but with more knowledge put into it. “A lot of it is grittier,” Evans said. “I’m trying to make some really pretty stuff, but there’s definitely some aspects of just like lo-fi beat styles. I also think it represents me really well. I’m pretty laid-back.” Photo Credit: Elizabeth Myrick
Dylan Evans is the face behind L A V I E R, and his new album ‘Prince of Trash Palace’ is scheduled to release on Nov. 15.
“Prince of Trash Palace” will be accessible through Crop Circle Club, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play and Evans said it will be recorded on cassette tapes. Evans expressed that cassettes were not only inexpensive but also resounded the nostalgic feel of his music, along with the nostalgic feel of the scene at which he feels most at home: the punk music scene. The album’s “one-of-a-kind” title was inspired by the dirty apartment that he used to live in, Evans said, along with the more recent, but equally unkempt apartment that he lives in now. Evans acknowledges that the apartment was termed the “Trash Palace” by his friend Rachel and that the phrase has remained ever since. Jib Butts, friend of Evans and vocalist for Boy Legs, furthered the concept of the Trash Palace, noting that Evans’s apartment is both “trashy and terrible.” When producing the latest EP for Boy Legs in Evans’ apartments, Butts said the experience wasn’t exactly glamorous, mentioning that it was recorded via a mic that was tied to a lamp with a shoestring. Evans interest in music began early as he grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As an elementary school kid, Evans took piano lessons, and transitioned to band and orchestra in middle school. In high school, he played cello in the orchestra in addition to guitar. Throughout the course of his high school years, Evans began to realize that he wanted music to be a serious part of his life. Halfway through high school, he transferred to Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter, which he attributes to being
the time that he began to experiment with his sound. “I started messing around with producing on the computer,” Evans said. “I was trying to take all of the jazz stuff that I was learning in school and put it into electronic instrumentation.” At age 19, he moved to attend study within ASU’s recording program, but dropped out after three semesters in order to focus more on his music. Although lyric-free and instrument dominated, Evans said he wants to honestly permeate his work. With an electronic feel, Evans agrees this is one of the most challenging aspects in developing the new album. When performing live, Evans describes that the emotional connection that he desires is even more well represented. “Every time I play a show, I write a 100 percent new set, or I at least try to have half of it be stuff that someone has never heard before, Evans said. “A lot of the stuff I play in my live sets will never get released. But I do that on purpose so that people will keep coming out because they know they’re going to hear something different every time.” Performing as L A V I E R within his future jazz domain was not something that Evans said he planned. Upon moving to Boone, he began to produce music simply to note the reaction of listeners. Within the first few weeks, he was asked to play a show. He did not really know how to perform that style of music yet, but fell “into the groove of it” almost immediately, Evans said. Evans is surprisingly “genteel” and soft-spoken during his performances, a charming contrast to
his faded black t-shirt, frayed black jeans and timeworn black vans, Butts said. Evans will be performing as L A V I E R on Sept. 28 at Legends, along with opening act, Yugo. Evans will also be involved in a Boy Legs performance at Black Cat on Sept. 30, performing along with Michael Mason, Mister, and DJ Yen. Boy Legs will also be touring throughout the first week of October with four stops in Columbia, South Carolina, Athens, Georgia, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Richmond, Virginia. Evans has often performed this frequently since his arrival in Boone. “He was hitting it hard taking on three to four shows a week,” Butts said. Along with his dedication to his music, Evans frequently works on graphic design for his posters and albums, along with designs for Crop Circle Club and various performers throughout Boone. Evans also is responsible for the majority of the details behind Crop Circle Club, Wampler said, stating that he is involved heavily with the social media, art work, design and invites. “He’s got a lot of drive. He’s got the passion and desire, but also the energy. He constantly invests and puts his time in it,” Wampler said. “He’s got the talent to back it up, too.” Evans emphasizes the importance of Boy Legs to him, he said, appreciating the lyrics that Butts writes. Overall, Evans enjoys the socially-conscious lyrics behind Boy Legs. Butts said the performances are shouty and raw. “It’s an emotionally taxing performance,” he said. Butts, along with many, are confident in the trajectory of Evans’s talent. “Last night, he played his [most recent] beat for me, and he was just sitting on his dirty floor, it’s just this filthy little place, and he’s sitting on this shitty little carpet and playing this fire beat that he made with these iPhone headphones, because his good ones were in my car,” Butts said. “And I just grabbed his face, and I said, ‘It won’t be like this for much longer.’ It’s just so obvious to me.” Evans recollects not having a job for six months at the beginning, among the other difficulties of starting out. Evans said he is inspired and is looking forward to where his music will end up. With a spirit of contentment, Evans said, “I’ve been growing up a bit. Things are starting to consolidate.” 7
Sept. 29, 2016
ASU BIOLOGY PROFESSOR IS THE FALL COLOR GUY
Fall foliage at Thunder Hill on the Blue Ridge Parkway in October 2015. ADRIENNE FOUTS A&E REPORTER Howard Neufeld has been a biology professor at Appalachian State for 29 years, teaching plant physiology, statistics, climate change and more to many generations of students. About a decade ago, he took on an additional role on the side: Neufeld is also known as the Fall Color Guy. Beginning in late August, Neufeld posts weekly updates to the ASU biology website as well as his Fall Color Guy Facebook page, which has over 5,000 likes. These blog-like posts inform the reader about the progress of changing leaves throughout the High Country and other areas of North Carolina, as well as explain the science behind the leaves’ color. Neufeld also includes pictures and maps of peak leaf color in different locations. The North Carolina Board of Tourism used to give fall color reports by consulting professors and others about the color throughout the region. When board’s previous go-to person for fall color, a professor at Western Carolina University, retired, he recommended Neufeld to take his place. “I thought, that would be a fun thing to do,” Neufeld said. “I like fall colors.” After a few years, the Board of Tourism began to consult state park rangers about the changing leaves instead, in order to cover a broader area. Neufeld decided to continue on his own: he made a Facebook page, called himself the Fall Color Guy and has been updating the High Country about autumn leaves ever since. Neufeld mainly covers the area from Mt. Mitchell north through Newland and 8
Boone. When he has time, he said, he tries to drive down the rest of the range to near the borders of South Carolina and Georgia. Since that is a long drive, however, Neufeld mostly relies on people who live in different areas to tell him about the progress of the leaves. “I have a contact at Highlands and one in Waynesville, and some people at Western Carolina who tell me what’s going on over there,” Neufeld said. “Then some people just post on the Facebook page, and hopefully through all of them, I can cover the whole area.” Fall colors peak earlier at higher elevations because of the colder temperatures, Neufeld said, and then the colors start moving down slope, about 1,000
feet every 10 days. Boone tends to peak mid-October, generally from Oct. 10 to Oct. 16, give or take a few days. Since Asheville is about 1,000 feet below Boone in elevation, their fall color peaks around the last week of October. Further down in the foothills may not peak in color until early November. “So if you follow it all the way down the mountain, you could have seven to eight weeks of good fall color,” Neufeld said. “That makes us different from New England, where the range in elevation isn’t nearly as great, so their fall color tends to be confined to about a two-week interval.” Weather patterns can affect the duration and intensity of fall colors,
Neufeld said. Beginning in late August and throughout September, sunny, cool days and cool nights are ideal for bright, intense color. “It’s been kind of a mixed bag in that regard so far,” Neufeld said. “The problem with this year is that we’re into a mild drought. When it’s dry like this, leaves sort of turn yellow and then brown and then just fall off so the tree doesn’t use up extra water.” If the drought continues, Neufeld said, we will still get intense color, but it may shorten the duration since leaves will fall sooner. Additionally, if the area gets a lot of rain right at peak color time, the leaves will just immediately fall, he said. Neufeld writes about the science
An ASU student looking at the fall foliage at Beacon Heights on the Blue Ridge Parkway in October 2015.
Photo Credit: Aleah Warner and Mallory Pack
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A map created by Howard Neufeld that shows the fall color times throughout the area. behind fall color on his blog and often gives presentations on the topic to different groups, such as the Native Plant Society of North Carolina. In addition, he has been a guest and source of leaf color information on various news programs, radio shows and newspaper articles throughout the region as the fall season approaches. Tourism is a major industry in North Carolina; the state is ranked as the sixth most visited state for domestic travel,
according to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. In 2014, domestic travelers spent a record $21.3 billion in the state. Fall foliage tourism, sometimes called “leaf peeping,” is a large component of North Carolina tourism because of the brilliant colors, scenic views and refreshing atmosphere of the mountains. “The Blue Ridge Parkway becomes a parking lot those weekends in October,” Neufeld said. “Traffic for Grandfather Mountain can be backed up all the way
down Highway 221 to the intersection at Highway 105.” Jesse Pope, executive director of the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, said that the park averages about 250,000 visitors per year. He estimated that around 50,000 people visit in the month of October alone. “We offer guided hikes each weekend through the peak of the season,” Pope said in an email. “Our naturalists discuss the science behind fall color and why the
leaves change to the colors they do.” For students and others wanting to avoid the crowds, Neufeld and Pope recommended visiting popular attractions at off-times, such as early in the morning or on weekdays. Additionally, there are several lesser-known places and drives with equally good opportunity to see fall colors, including Elk Knob State Park and Clark’s Creek Road in Valle Crucis.
The Blue Rigde Parkway
Photo Credit: Howard Neufeld and Dallas Linger
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POUNDING THE PANTHERS The Mountaineers play their first Sun Belt conference game of the season against the Georgia State Panthers for the third time in team history, an opponent they have dominated 81-3 in the first two meetings between the teams. Founded in 2010 and joining the FBS in 2012, the Panthers were one of the worst FBS teams, going 1-23 their first two seasons in the FBS. However, after starting 2-6 last season, the Panthers won four straight conference games to finish 6-7 and make their first bowl game. The loss of senior quarterback Nick Arbuckle, though, has put Georgia State right back at the bottom of the FBS ranks as they look to avoid a 0-4 start when they play App State.
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The Panthers have yet to adapt to a new quarterback after losing senior Sun Belt student-athlete of the year Nick Arbuckle, and have played two different quarterbacks already this season. Junior Connor Manning has taken most of the snap under center throwing for three touchdowns and on 57.6 percent completion, but he is without injured top receiver Penny Hart. App State’s secondary has struggled mightily their first couple of games giving up many big passes and they have an opportunity to get back on track against an offense that has not scored any more than 21 points their first three games. Hart has been out the last two games, and App has to take advantage of the receivers.
One of the biggest problems for App’s defense the first four weeks have been missed tackles on running backs and receivers. Georgia State ranks second to last in rushing yards on the season averaging a mere 3.1 yards per rush with no players having rushed for more than 60 yards on the season. Allowing 145 rushing yards per game, the Mountaineers have to step up on the defensive line and keep the running game nonexistent. To put it in how bad the Panthers defense is, they have rushed for less than twice the amount that backup App running back Jalin Moore rushed for just last week. If the Mountaineers can eliminate the run game, they can put their focus on the strong Georgia State defense.
DON’T UNDERESTIMATE THE DEFENSE: The Panthers are coming off of a bye week, but just two weeks ago, Georgia State only allowed now No. 9 Wisconsin to 23 points and held a lead for a majority of the game. Known for running the ball and coming off a Moore 255-yard rushing game last week, App has to be careful as the Panthers linebackers are no joke and allowed just 3.8 yards a carry against the Badgers in week three. But the Panthers did allow 48 points to Air Force and 31 to Ball State the first two weeks, so there are weaknesses and App State has to find them in order to move above .500 and start Sun Belt play on a good note.
BY JASON HUBER SPORTS EDITOR
PIGSKIN PICK EM’
JASON HUBER Sports Editor The Appalachian 10-9
APP STATE VS. GEORIGIA STATE #3 LOUISVILLE VS. #5 CLEMSON
#7 STANFORD VS. #10 WASHINGTON #8 WISCONSIN VS. #4 MICHIGAN OKLAHOMA VS. #21 TCU
CARL BLANKENSHIP Editor-in-chief The Appalachian 13-6
SHERI EVERTS Chancellor App State 12-7
JAYLN HOWARD President SGA 12-7
GREG CALARCO Sports Dir. WASU 15-4
TRAVIS STANLEY Apps Sports Bar Host APP TV 10-5
GAME DAY GAME 5 | SATURDAY, OCT. 1 | 12 P.M. | KIDD BREWER STADIUM | ASN/ESPN 3
GEORGIA 2-2, 0-0, SUN BELT
STATE
0-3, 0-0, SUN BELT
2016 AVERAGE RUSHING YARDS PER GAME
211.8 45.7
PLAYER TO WATCH
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2016 POINTS PER GAME
24.8
79% 74% MAKE OR BREAK STAT
AVERAGE YARDS PER CATCH
11.1
TIED FOR 10TH IN THE NATION FOR TOTAL TOUCHDOWNS
17.3
2016 OPPONENT RED ZONE SCORING EFFICIENCY
11.2
ERIC BOGGS
38 22 ASSISTS
TOTAL TACKLES
Sept. 29, 2016
THE STORY OF MR. YOSEF
Students of the Yosef Club cheer during the game against Miami on Sept. 17, 2016. TYLER HOTZ SPORTS REPOTER
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Gerald Adams on campus, he will almost always be wearing his alma mater's colors. Some call him "Mr. Yosef," a nickname coined to represent his 66 years of dedication to Appalachian State University. Adams began his college career at App State in 1950 playing offensive tackle for the the football team before becoming the first residence manager for Justice Hall in 1952. He went on to get his master’s degree in 1962, and moved to Pittsylvania County, Virginia, where he started as a teacher and coach and eventually became a principal. Even though Adams enjoyed his time in Virginia, he said he was always looking to return to Boone, so after he retired from his position in the school system he became director of the Yosef Club in 1991. “I wanted to help some kids that were halfway there academically, where maybe they could end up getting a scholarship in a different way,” Adams said. “You had so many kids back when I was around college and still have them that don’t have the money to go to school, and I thought I was in a situation to help someone.” The Yosef Club gave him that opportunity to give back. The Yosef Club has been around for over 40 years, and its goal is to support student athletes academically and athletically with scholarships and facility upgrades. The year before Adams arrived, the Yosef Club raised $363,475. Under 12
Adams' leadership, the club has raised over $3 million in the past three years. In his time as director, Adams helped raise a grand total of over $33 million in scholarships for student-athletes. After 25 years at the helm, Adams will retire on Sept. 30 and will be honored during the Mountaineers' next home game against Georgia State on Oct. 1. Adams grew up in Salisbury, North Carolina, and he looked forward to having the chance to go to college. He wanted the chance to play football but his high school didn't offer the sport, so during Christmas break of his junior year of high school he transferred to what was then Boyden High School to pursue the game. When he arrived at Boyden he wanted to play fullback, but he was switched quickly to offensive tackle. Looking to continue playing football in college, his offensive line coach M.L. Barnes said that App State would be the perfect fit. Playing his freshman year at App as a walk-on, he became a starter for the varsity team in the second game of his sophomore season. While he can talk about memories for days, he most vividly remembers one game in particular: a road contest against the University of Tampa. After Tampa scored to draw the game closer nearing the end of the game, they attempted an onside kick, and Adams came up with the recovery but also with something else. Adams was laying on the ground and waiting for the official to blow the play dead, but a player from Tam-
pa jumped on top of him and hit him near the kidney and had to go to the hospital. “I was there for 13 days and was close to actually having to have my kidney taken out,” Adams said. When the fellow Mountaineer was
down, many sent cards or letters to lift up Adams. This sense of love and community showed early on what he would try to pay back years later. Years later when living in Virginia, Adams lost his wife to cancer, but when he fell on tough times, his App Photo Credit: Dallas Linger
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(Top) Gerald and his wife Julia pose for a picture during a football game at Kidd Brewer Stadium. (Bottom) The Yosef student section during the game against Miami last weekend.
state family once again tried to lift him up. At an alumni event in 1993, Adams asked a woman named Julia to dance. Julia was a cheerleader at App and graduated two years after Adams in 1956. Like Adams, she had lost her
spouse years earlier and was lifted up by her alma mater. Three years after that first dance, Adams and Julia were married. “I don’t think there is anyone who has been involved with student-athletes who doesn’t know Gerald, but
Photo Credit: Dallas Linger and Gerald Adams
you can’t really talk about him without also talking about his wife Julia,” Chancellor Sheri Everts wrote in an email. “They are informally known as Mr. and Mrs. Yosef by people who know them, and they are wonderful ambassadors for Appalachian.”
Adams has helped the Yosef Club achieve numerous monetary accomplishments, but there is more that he has brought to App than meets the eye. Ginny Thompson started at App in 2007 as a member of the golf team, and she remembers meeting Adams right after the Mountaineers knocked off Michigan. After graduating in 2011, she began as an intern for the athletic department where she got to know Adams even better. Thompson and Adams work together in a variety of ways, but they most notably work together in the club room on game days where the Yosef Club invites some of their bigger donors. “He always told me who to talk to and would sometimes whisper people’s names in my ear because at first I was new and didn’t know everyone,” Thompson said. “I’ve looked up to him and his passion for Appalachian and he has shed that light on me and made me realize how important it is to be apart of the black and gold family.” Thompson is now the assistant director of development for the Yosef Club, and she also oversees the Student Yosef Club. Adams’ contribution to App also shines from his many friendships with people on campus, especially one that has been going strong for over 65 years. Former vice chancellor for development Bob Snead was also an alum from App, and met Adams when he came to the university in 1951. While App only had 1100 students on campus at that time, the real reason Snead became good friends with Adams was because of his “big, friendly guy personality” and dedication to their school. “From my perspective, no one can be stronger than Gerald Adams in support of Appalachian and especially Appalachian athletics,” Snead said. “Other than his family, the university, the Yosef Club and athletics are the most important things in the world.” Another aspect that shows Adams’s dedication to App is his long stretch of attendance at football games both home and away. Adams hasn’t missed a single football game since App played James Madison in 1984. Adams' favorite memory from the past 25 years as a fan was the victory over Michigan in 2007, but as the director of the Yosef Club, his favorite memory was bringing together the teammates he played with under then head coach E.C. Duggins to help student-athletes who once were in his position. The Duggins’ Boys were Adams' teammates under coach Duggins, and when he took over the position of Yosef Club director, he was looking to have members of the group give back to the school where they met. “I helped talk around 20 or so guys to do endowed scholarships, and it isn’t as big now to do them, but at the time it was a big deal,” Adams said. “It was one of the nicest things for me, seeing these guys come back and donate for people who are in the same situations.” 13
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House Bill 972 in July, a bill which severely limits the public’s access to body-camera footage. This new bill removes the ability of local police departments to release footage and instead defers it to the district court in which the crime was committed. The law goes into effect Oct. 1, and on Sept. 20, 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott was killed by an officer of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The aftermath of Scott’s death brought forth several days of protests. McCrory spent over $7 million in June for each officer of the CMPD to use body cameras while making arrests. This made Charlotte the first major city in the U.S. to have the cameras on all its officers, but the officer who shot Scott did not turn on his camera. The proper use of the body-cameras is to activate them “prior to or in anticipation of” an altercation, according to CMPD’s body-camera policy. The back-up officer whose footage was released responded to the call that Scott had a gun and activated his camera 45
HB 972 seconds after leaving his vehicle and while the others had Scott in a stand down. In the back-up officer’s body-cam footage the officer asked the officer who supposedly shot Scott “Are you on?” and the perceived shooter said, “Uh, I don’t know.” This is the one realization that came from the footage, a realization that still perplexes the naysayers of the imperfect American police force: officers can be, and have been, amateurish. Obviously police take on an amount of responsibility that’s incomparable to most other careers, so a high standard should be set for their actions, not a double standard. According to a press release from CMPD, not all tactical units wear cameras yet, but there is an ongoing process to have all officers wear them. The cameras were purchased in June, HB 972 was passed in July. The law will be put into effect in October, yet still not all officers are outfitted with cameras. “Transparency is in the eye of the beholder,” Putney said in a Washington Post story. This ambiguous attitude from a community leader toward something so serious
is unnerving. The lack of footage only fed the unrest that led to the protests and riots in Charlotte. We have a photo of a gun next to Scott’s lifeless body. A gun that was stolen in a burglary attempt and sold to Scott, according to the NY Daily News. HB 972 is deplorable and prevents the media’s access to the whole story in these kind of situations, only feeding misinformation and unrest. There is a lack of trust between citizens and the policing system. HB 972 and its limitations of public access to bodycam footage only serves to spread further distrust while not holding officers accountable. The problem with this is that these mistakes are often made at the cost of innocent lives. When officers are held accountable for their actions and government remains transparent, reasonable conversations on controversial topics can take place. Written by the Editorial Board
LETTER TO THE EDITOR I n 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos,
two African American athletes, received their Olympic medals and raised their fists for black power and for civil rights. Also at the podium and publicly supporting Smith and Carlos was Peter Norman, a white Australian. He faced many repercussions for this, but is now recognized as another significant contributor to civil rights. The U.S. was founded on inclusiveness, but not entirely for people of color, who have been abused and exploited by the white majority. Frequent reminders of this reality include the deadly violence that black people continue to encounter at the hands of police, and politicians calling for yet more discrimination and disenfranchisement. Speech that threatens those of color has also surfaced at Appalachian. Some have objected, but primarily those from within minority groups. To re-
alize our vision of a diverse and welcoming university, those in the majority – like me – need to now make our strong, supportive voice be heard, such that the voices of hate seem like mere whispers. People of color at Appalachian: I respect you. I value you. I welcome you here. I cannot know your experience, but I recognize that it is influenced by our shared and troubled history. I stand with you. White people at Appalachian: The perspective of people of color is different, and events in our society and at Appalachian perpetuate feelings of anxiety and anger. Stand up for those who are put down. If Peter Norman did what he did, we can too. Will Canu, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology Appalachian State University
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