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Student pressure leads police to suspend safety program

Anthony DeBetta - Faculty Senate Beat

Due to pressure by the campus chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Appalachian State University Police Department has suspended its Smartees and Dum Dums Program until further notice.

Appalachian State police sponsored the program in an attempt to remind campus residents to keep their doors locked.

Enrollment to climb to 13,300 by 2010
BOG boosts number despite chancellor’s proposal, concerns

Kristina Egger - Chancellor/Student Development Beat

The enrollment at Appalachian State University will swell to an unprecedented 13,300 students by the year 2010, said Dr. Bobby Sharp, director of Institutional Research and Planning. Currently 12,560 students are enrolled at Appalachian State.

At one point, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors (BOG) asked Appalachian State to increase its student population to 16,000, said Sharp.

Mayor, council seats up for grabs

Sean Oakley - Town of Boone Beat

Voters head to the polls today to decide on the race for mayor as well as four seats for Boone Town Council.

In the mayoral race there are two candidates.

Velma Burnley, incumbent mayor, is running for her seventh consecutive term. Her opposition, Butch Cooke, ran last year and lost.

Paul Sherar - Chief Photographer

Furman flanker Bear Rinehart (7) is brought down after hauling in a pass by Appalachian State defensive back Steve Kitchens (29) and a Mountaineer teammate as DB Remi Awolowo closes in during Furman’s 28-22 SoCon victory Saturday in Greenville, S.C.

Mistake-prone Mountaineers toppled by Paladins
Seaverns: Defense played well enough to defeat Paladins

Chris Boyce - Sports Beat

Few people would have predicted the Appalachian State University defense could hold Furman University’s star running back, Louis Ivory, to less than 50 yards Saturday afternoon in Greenville, S.C. Even fewer would have expected the Mountaineers to walk away with a loss after doing so.

 

 

Paul Sherar - Chief Photographer

Pre-doctoral psychology interns Christopher Hogan (left) and Debra Ehlert listen to Dr. Joseph White, a professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, Thursday in Plemmons Student Union.

White: Society distorts view of African-American males

Chris Bohle - Multicultual Beat

Dr. Joseph White, frequently referred to as the “Father of African American Psychology,” said depictions of the ordinary African-American male are invisible in today’s society during a speech at Appalachian State University Thursday.

Sororities set to discuss housing fate

Carrie Baker - Greeks Beat

Appalachian State University sororities will meet tonight to discuss the future of sorority housing on campus.

Panhellenic Council (PHC), the collegiate governing body of seven sororities on campus, will meet with presidents and PHC delegates from each sorority to discuss the proposal for the sororities to be moved into one residence hall.

Manager says BET issue a miscommunication

Sarah Newell - SGA Beat

James French, co-president of the Black Student Association (BSA), said Charter Communications will not include Black Entertainment Television (BET) to customers in Boone because the cable provider believes the channel is not in demand, a statement refuted by the manager of Charter Communications Boone office.

 
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