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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
 Registered voters check in with volunteers at Farthing Auditorium on Tuesday to complete a ballot for the liquor by the drink vote. Photo by Alisha Park |
by ANNE BAKER
News Editor
According to unofficial results released Tuesday evening, voters overwhelmingly approved the sale of liquor by the drink within Boone town limits.
The polls officially closed at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
There were 1,106 votes cast in favor of the referendum and 408 votes against, for a total of 1,515 votes.
The early voting
period as well showed the desire for liquor in Boone, bringing in a
total of 704 votes with 520 of those being for the sale of mixed
drinks.
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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by BRITTANY PENLAND
News Reporter
Members of the Student Development Office and Appalachian State University administration proposed a zoning request to Boone Town Council today to rezone Mountaineer territory.
The property being considered for rezoning is located west of the Broyhill Inn & Conference Center.
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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by EMILY MELTON
Intern News Reporter
All Appalachian State University students will soon see improvements to their e-mail messaging.
“Students will still have [
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] e-mail addresses, but their e-mail services will be partnered with Google,” Director of Technology Support Services Tom M. Van Gilder said.
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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by EMILY MELTON
News Reporter
While students prepare for a change of classes, professors and living arrangements, the university is also going through a few changes.
Increasingly poor conditions of the structure of Welborn Dining Hall have caused the university to construct a new dining facility.
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Thursday, 21 August 2008 |
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by ANNE BAKER
News Editor
As Greek life at Appalachian State University begins recruitment for the fall semester, students interested in joining a fraternity or sorority will find two new additional choices.
The Interfraternity Council fraternities will welcome Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Alpha Omicron Pi will join the Panhellenic Council sororities at Appalachian.
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