Media hype: Faculty,
students sound off
How does media coverage affect life on campus?
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Katrina Walker
Staff Writer
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Technological
advances in mass media allow American audiences to see things almost
as they happen and to follow American troops during Operation Iraqi
Freedom. Opinions from Appalachian State University students and
faculty vary on the news media’s impact during military action.
“I think it is important for Americans to
be exposed to what our military is doing in Iraq, but I think the
media has focused too much on the war,” freshman political
science major Tiffany Bradley said. “The world does not stop
turning just because America is at war. The media should also be
providing coverage of other significant news events around the world.”
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| Canipe: Doughton Hall
renovation on schedule |
Carrie Baker
Business Affairs Beat
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Jacque Lenz | The Appalachian |
Reversing the trend
set by other campus construction projects, the Doughton Residence
Hall renovation project is on schedule and moving forward.
Construction manager Douglas H. Canipe said the
330-day project is still on schedule and set for completion on Feb.
24, 2004.
Canipe said crews are now finalizing the heat
and air conditioning overhaul in the 34-year-old building.
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| ASA celebrates Indian
diversity tomorrow |
Jusitn Boulmay
Multicultural Beat
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With a
total population of over one billion people in an area approximately
one-third the size of the United States, India possesses a diverse
mixture of religions, including Christianity, Islam and Buddhism,
according to the CIA World Fact Book.
The Asian Student Association plans to celebrate
the cultural diversity of India Friday, ASA president Gayathri Vijayagopalan
said last week.
The ASA sponsors an Asian celebration every year,
but this semester is the first time a festival focusing specifically
on the culture of India will be held, the junior accounting major
said.
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| Concert events lead
to student drug charges |
Philip D. Brown
Police Beat
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The Appalachian
State University Police provided security for two high-profile events
at the George M. Holmes Convocation Center over the past two weekends.
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic played
the Appalachian campus Friday, March 21, and Dave Matthews and Tim
Reynolds performed an acoustic show in the same venue Saturday,
March 29.
“All in all, everything went very smoothly,”
University Police Maj. Larry Foster said. “It was a relatively
quiet crowd [at both shows].”
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| Annual Greek Week winds
to quick close |
Jessica Sellers
Clubs | Organizations Beat
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Jacque Lenz | The AppalachianMeredith L. Kahler, a junior public
relations major of the Alpha Phi sorority, said Greek Week revamping
has been overall positive.
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Organizers of the
annual Greek Week, which started Monday, hope to present a new and
better way of holding the event.
Junior public relations major and Alpha Phi member
Meredith L. Kahler said this year Greek Week as a whole has been
revamped.
“The point system has been done away with.
The awards are less formal and more laid back,” Kahler said.
During past Greek Week events, individual sororities
and fraternities received points based on how well they did in certain
events. Kahler said instead of individual organizations receiving
points, the scoring is now based on merit.
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| Leadership 101 lecture
looks at employee recognition |
Grayson Mendenhall
Chancellor | Student Development Beat
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Dr. Tommy
Wright, director of Housing Operations at Appalachian State University,
discussed the importance of employee recognition in a lecture Tuesday.
The lecture, titled Recognition 101, is part of
a series of events known as Leadership 101.
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