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by JUSTIN HERBERGER
Intern News Reporter
Appalachian State University’s Residence Hall Association will host their first “International Ink Parlor” event this afternoon in Watauga River Room of Plemmons Student Union.
RHA’s programming committee is sponsoring the program, which begins at 4:30 p.m.
Crystal L. Newman,
RHA programming coordinator and senior management major said the
committee’s four subcommittees, social, educational, diversity and
publicity – all worked to put the event together.
The
event will feature four different stations with information and
examples of tattooing, piercing and jewelry from around the world,
Newman said.
There will be fake tattoos, jewelry making and stickers representing piercings.
Newman said the aim of the program is to be both educational and social.
The program was put together in reaction to the success of a previous program about henna tattoos, she said.
Newman said if the event is successful, RHA would like to make it an annual event.
“We’d love it if people would come out to help make it a success,” Newman said. “It’s going to be pretty amazing.”
Students may attend the free event at any point between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Some college students decide to get tattoos, piercing or other types of body modification done when they leave home.
According to a 2003 Harris Poll, approximately 15 percent of Americans have at least one tattoo.
Jon W.
Miller, piercer at Ink Link Tattoos & Piercings in Boone said
approximately 95 percent of their customers are students.
Girls
often decide on tattoos such as peace signs, hearts or religious
symbols, while guys choose tribal tattoos most often, Miller said.
“Normally on a busy or steady day, you get like five or six [customers] that come in here,” he said.
The business at Ink Link normally picks up as college students come to school in the fall, Miller said.
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