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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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by EDWARD SZTUKOWSKI
News Editor
by ROB JENKINS
Sports Editor
The N.C. State House’s current budget proposal for the 2009-10 school year would reduce the University of North Carolina school system’s budget by 11.1 percent and increase tuition by 8 percent.
The $337 million in cuts would have severe and long lasting negative impacts on student access and the quality of education, Chancellor Kenneth E. Peacock said.
“I do not want to see the quality of higher education be diluted,” Peacock said. “People come [to Appalachian State University] for our quality programs, and we want to make sure we provide them.”
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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The Appalachian Reports
The Watauga County Board of Commissioners voted to close the Appalachian Skate Park June 1, after hearing a recommendation from the Watauga Parks and Recreation Commission.
The skate park, which opened in 2006, has been the subject of debate for the board. In August, a security guard was posted to address concerns about skaters not wearing helmets and safety pads. After complaints about the security guard, an attendant was hired.
Since the attendant was hired, skater turnout at the park had sunk to a low of four a day. The lack of participation eventually led the commissioners to close the park.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 |
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by PATRICK BABCOCK
Lifestyles Editor
If you’ve ever wanted a pet cat, now is the time to invest – just make sure you get it fixed. June is the American Humane Association’s Adopt-a-Cat Month, an information campaign aimed at putting an end to rampant, feral cat overpopulation in the United States.
Kennel Manager John S. Graves at the Watauga County Humane Society said the program is for the benefit of adult cats, in particular, and less for fixing the overpopulation issue at large.
“The main reason I feel that we do it, because we only do it for adult cats, we don’t do it for kittens, is because it’s kitten season right now and kittens are blowing up, people are coming in here wanting to adopt kittens left and right,” Graves said. “I feel like this can kind of help push the adult cats a little more and they don’t keep getting passed over and hanging out here the whole time.”
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 |
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by JUSTIN HERBERGER
Intern News Reporter
Appalachian State University’s e-mail service for students was upgraded to a new system called ASU Webmail powered by Google.
University of North Carolina School System President Erskine Bowles’ President's Advisory Committee on Efficiency and Effectiveness (PACE) recommended universities outsource e-mail services.
Information Technology Services (ITS) also conducted a survey in the spring of 2008, which indicated students’ interest in moving towards Gmail.
The incoming class
of 2008 was the first group of students to utilize this service,
however, the ITS and the Office of Student Development worked to make
the service available to the rest of the student population during the
previous academic year.
University Chief Information Officer Jeff T. Williams said all students have now migrated to the new service.
“It has been a totally seamless transition,” he said. “Most students were already using [Gmail].”
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