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| Our Perspective ... Student government
mangles democracy |
 Let’s
hand it to Appalachian State University’s Student Government
Association. If you look at what’s happening in official
governmental bodies, they can’t even hold a candle
to SGA.
In terms of inefficiency and producing
and overall state of disarray, SGA is at the head of the
pack.
Don’t believe us?
Why not take action and visit an SGA meeting
on any given Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. There you’ll see
the most ludicrous display of overzealous politicians.
Almost every senator brings to the table
their own personal agenda, rather than the concerns of their
constituencies. The end result is compelling arguments over
issues the student body doesn’t have time to care about.
After all parties involved have exhausted themselves,
said bill or resolution gets passed regardless.
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| Can the movie sequel live up to the original? |
Cheeseburger: $2.15, fries: $.85, cup of fruit: $1.30, banana
pudding: $1.75, milk: $1.15.
Total price for lunch: $7.20.
That’s a hard amount to swallow
if you only have the standard meal plan of $832.50.
If you’re a student and you live
on campus, then you already know how fast your meal plan
can dwindle.
I’m now a sophomore and I still
live on campus, which gives me the option of choosing the
high meal plan ($970), standard ($832.50) or the low meal
plan ($656).
Freshmen are required to have either the
high or standard meal plan.
For this year I chose the high meal plan
after learning from last year’s mistake.
During the first semester of my freshmen
year, I ran out of money in the first week of November.
I ended up spending an extra $250 to feed myself through
the next semester.
During the first semester I ate three
meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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| Clearing up misconceptions about newspaper |
 Right
now in Watauga County, about 10 methamphetamine “cooks”
have been charged with the Unlawful Manufacture of a Nuclear,
Biological, or Chemical weapon of Mass Destruction. That’s
right, a weapon of mass destruction.
Riding on a wave of fear that has swept
over America since 9-11, District Attorney Jerry Wilson has
managed to convince himself and a few others that nonviolent
drug offenders are now, indeed, terrorists.
First, here’s some background. Starting
in July, District Attorney Wilson and Sheriff Mark Shook
began a new campaign against the methamphetamine problem
in Watauga County, where more methamphetamine laboratories
have been found than in any other North Carolina county this
year.
The charge currently in place for dealing
with methamphetamine manufacturers is a class H felony, which
carries a maximum sentence of 30 months in jail.
In its July 17 press release, the district
attorney’s office called this current statute “woefully
insufficient to address the … methamphetamine laboratories
that Watauga County is experiencing.”
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