| Committee opens closed door to chancellor
search |
by Justin
Boulmay
Staff Writer
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Chancellor Search Committee voted
unanimously last week to make the search public after selecting
four or five semi-finalists.
“We’ve
agreed that when we bring in the semi-finalists, if those
candidates agree to participate in open forums, we would
have open forums,” committee chair Robert G. Fox, Jr.
said.
If the semi-finalists agree, a forum could be held during
the third week of January, Fox said. If they do not, the
committee retains the option to keep the process closed.
Faculty Senate chair Paul H. Gates said a person who did
not want an open search was probably someone the committee
should not consider.
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| Not-quite-urban campus legends |
by David Forbes
and Tiffany King
Staff Writer |
Students and faculty raised questions
to Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Jane P. Helm last
Tuesday during a forum on campus construction.
Helm’s presentation was an overview of campus construction
ranging from central campus projects like the Solarium on
Plemmons Student Union to the recently completed Living-Learning
Center.
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Local legends, ghost stories haunt residents
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By Samantha Sierra
and Kevin DeLury
Staff Writers |
From Boone, to Blowing Rock,
to Valle Crucis, ghost stories and legends still drift in
mysteriously through the air.
These stories have survived through the years, still haunting
people today.
For whom does the bell toll? The allegedly haunted St. John’s
Episcopal Church in Valle Crucis continues to be used for
weddings, family reunions and funerals despite the local
legend.
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| Construction forum brings campus Q&A |
by David Forbes
Staff Writer |
Students and faculty raised questions
to Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Jane P. Helm last
Tuesday during a forum on campus construction.
Helm’s presentation was an overview of campus construction
ranging from central campus projects like the Solarium on
Plemmons Student Union to the recently completed Living-Learning
Center.
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| Mixed beverages meet mixed opinions |
by Leslie
Rasimas
Staff Writer
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 Registered
voters in the Town of Boone have 55 days to sign the petition
for the alcoholic beverage referendum.
Students and residents have voiced varied opinions on the
issue of bringing mixed beverages to Boone.
“Some
students are for liquor here, and other students feel liquor
will deteriorate the foundations of the town,” senior
journalism major Allison B. Gabriel said.
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| Women's Center presents first juried art
competition |
by Samantha
Sierra
Intern Writer
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Appalachian State University’s
Women’s Center hosts their first juried women’s
art contest, “From Appalachia With Love,” to
celebrate and recognize women artists on campus.
Crystal L. Genes, contest coordinator of this year’s
program, invites women on campus and in the community to
participate in “From Appalachia With Love.”
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| The Pagan Student Association response
to allegations |
by Elizabeth Ashford
Staff Writer |
The Pagan Student Association
responded to allegations that they were responsible for anti-Christian
remarks painted in the Rivers Street tunnels during the second
week in October.
PSA President K. Hope Butler said the organization had nothing
to do with the offensive remarks in the tunnel.
“We are a multicultural club … we aren’t
anti-Christian … we are interested in religion in general
and how it affects the world,” Butler said.
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| Elected Town Council members reveal plans
for upcoming terms |
by Anna Oakes
Intern Writer |
Incumbent Lynn Mason and newcomer
Bunk Spann were elected to Boone Town Council Oct. 7.
According to The Mountain Times, the top two winners in the
Town Council election were Mason and Spann, receiving 20
percent and 18 percent of the vote, respectively. Each will
serve four-year terms.
Preliminary counts for the race for the third seat between
incumbent Graydon Eggers and Donna Duke gave Eggers a slight
edge, but Duke requested a hand recount to determine the
official winner.
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| Students rally in Washington D.C. for peace
march |
Jennifer Snyder
Intern Writer |
High Country Students for Peace
and Justice are organizing a group of students and other
community members for a rally and peace march in Washington,
D.C. this weekend.
HCSPJ Advisor Gregory Reck said the rally has three main
goals: to bring American troops home, to end United States
occupation in Iraq and to get the money used for war and
put it into education, health care and other social programs.
Reck said not everyone involved with the march agrees with
the themes, but instead are there just to show their discontent
of how the government is handling situations.
Matthew P. Lawson, an HCSPJ member, said although he feels
the goals are unrealistic, post-war occupation is being mismanaged.
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