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Our Perspective
... A bear-y unlikely Mountaineer Maniac
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 Students
come to Appalachian State University expecting to experience
the life in the mountains.
The snow brings avid skiers and snowboarders. The local trails
provide refuge for hikers and campers.
Now, for all the wildlife enthusiasts, Appalachian is proud
to bring the mountains home, literally.
No one knows why the bear decided to enter the Holmes Convocation
Center Monday night.
We know what it didn’t come for.
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Have an embarrassing question you need
some help with? Is the advice you receive from friends not
as valuable as advice from a stranger? Is there an issue
so pressing, you just cannot sleep at night without further
knowledge on the subject? This could be your last chance
for solid advice.
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Q. My best friend lives a few hours away.
She has dealt with some big problems in her life, so I always
try to be there for her. But now it seems like she is such
a drama queen. She calls me at least once a day to complain
about a boy, school, or her dog. I want to listen to her,
but she is out of control with the phone calls, and she never
listens to me. What can I tell her?
- Listening from Boone
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| Barrick warps minds of College Republicans |
Certain members at the last College Republicans meeting voiced
concerns on how they are repeatedly attacked on campus by
those who do not share their political views.
Michael Barrick, candidate for Superintendent for Public
Instruction, made a guest appearance. After attending this
meeting, I believe the College Republicans should not be
taunted or teased for being so conservative, but anyone who
would vote for Barrick should be wary.
As Barrick force-fed the College Republicans exaggerations,
some students ate it up like hungry dogs, supporting his
“cause.” I was the only one I could see with
my jaw hanging open in shock because of his positions and
opinions, and how truly conflicted on his issues he is.
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| Public schools assembling cookie cutter
kids |
Different approaches to education have been utilized throughout
centuries, with methods being proposed, practiced and either
dismissed or accepted. Who knows why the methods in
place today are accepted in our primary and secondary educational
systems. The practices in place fail to teach students the
most important aspects of knowledge and communication—the
ability to create and justify thought. This system in turn
fails to inspire students to learn for themselves.
Curricula of public primary and secondary education are designed
to manufacture students, boys and girls who love their country
and cease to question most of that which is around them. I
am not trying to be cynical, nor am I a person who looks
for the bad, but quite honestly, attending college has helped
open my eyes to the lies I have been told the past 13 years
of my life through public education.
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