Eating
Disorders Awareness Week: March 29 - April 2
Workshops target body image
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Jacque
Lenz | Chief Photographer
Sophomore 5-foot-7-inch Juanita Gainsford (l) and freshman 5-foot-4-inch Kimberly A. Stark (r) stand in front of the 7-foot-3-inch Barbie cutout at Cascades Cafe in Plemmons Student Union Tuesday afternoon.
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by Jennifer Schneider
Staff Writer
Barbie and The Rock will travel around campus to get students in
the thick of society’s obsession with being thin.
It is all part of next week’s Body Workshop, sponsored by
the Campus Eating Concerns Task Force, SURE and the Counseling Center.
“Hopefully the programs will both educate and challenge the
perceptions people have regarding beauty and foster more self-acceptance,”
campus psychologist Dr. Denise M. Lovin said.
The annual week devoted to eating disorders is held to increase
awareness and start conversation among students.
The week starts with “Tea Off Your Spring with Self-Esteem.”
Students will hand out cups of tea Monday at 11 a.m. on Sanford
Mall. Each cup has a motivational saying to help students find acceptance
within them.
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| Aeschleman named ASU interim provost |
by Leslie Rasimas
Staff Writer
Dr. Stanley R. Aeschleman will serve as Appalachian State University’s
interim provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs effective
July 1.
“I am honored and pleased to be a part of the most exciting
time for Appalachian. This came as a surprise to me, and a surprise
to many of the faculty, considering my administrative experience
is limited,” Aeschleman said.
Aeschleman is currently interim dean for the College of Arts and
Sciences. He removed himself from the current search for a new dean
when Chancellor-elect Dr. Kenneth E. Peacock appointed Aeschleman
as interim provost.
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| Election campaign receives 24-hour
suspension |
by Justin Boulmay
Staff Writer
A Student Government Association presidential ticket was suspended
Wednesday from campaigning for 24 hours after allegedly violating
Elections Committee rules.
Presidential candidate Matthew D. Whisenant and vice presidential
candidate Justin W. Moore were prohibited from interacting with
students face-to-face, Elections Committee Chair Dorothy M. Andrews
said Tuesday. SGA Advisor Dino J. Dibernardi lifted the Elections
Committee sanction Wednesday night.
The ticket’s campaigning was suspended because Whisenant and
Moore failed to submit campaign materials and related receipts to
the committee, Andrews said.
“There were infringements on due process,” Dibernardi
said.
The Elections Committee was not wrong in finding violations, but
was wrong in not allowing the ticket to provide written documents
or witnesses, he said.
Moore said the prohibition will affect the number of votes his ticket
receives.
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| Town Council adopts vagrancy ordinance |
by Anna Oakes
Staff Writer
Boone Town Council unanimously adopted a new panhandling ordinance
at their March 18 meeting.
A community task force was formed to look at panhandling problems,
and presented a revised ordinance to the town council for consideration.
Randy Feimster is the director of the Downtown Boone Development
Association (DBDA) and was a member of the task force.
“Everyone felt comfortable that … certainly begging
or panhandling is a protected constitutional right,” Feimster
said. “We realize that; it’s just the aggressiveness
that we were trying to address.”
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| Diversity admissions look internationally |
by Elizabeth Ashford
Staff Writer
In attempt to increase international student enrollment, Appalachian
State University enlisted the help of Director of International
Students and Scholars at Utah State University Dr. Negar Davis.
“She shared with us some things that she thought we …
could and should do in order to better promote Appalachian,”
Director of Admissions Paul N. Hiatt said.
One of Davis’ suggestions included developing an international
recruitment travel program.
Hiatt said Davis recommended that Appalachian travel to Asia, Africa,
Europe and Latin America.
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