| Projects further delayed
by winter weather |
Carrie Baker
Business Affairs Beat
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Jacque Lenz | The AppalachianFreshman Kari Boyles takes a detour
around the regional chiller construction site near the Miles Annas
Student Services Building. The detour has been in place since
last semester. Once the regional chiller building is completed
a new pathway will be opened pedestrian use.
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Inclement weather
has further delayed the completion of the solarium and bookstore
addition construction projects, Director of Design and Construction
Dr. Clyde D. Robbins said Tuesday.
Robbins said the delay has pushed the completion
date for the solarium addition to some time this summer.
“The weather has been too cold to lay masonry,”
Robbins said.
He said the delay means the building has not
been “closed in” so interior work can begin. The windows
should be added to the solarium addition in the next two weeks.
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Increased graffiti sparks
campus-wide initiative
Clubs urged to follow tunnel rules |
Sam Calhoun
Academic Affairs Beat
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Foster Hunt | The AppalachianStudent organizations are allowed
to paint walls and celilings of the north and south (shown above)
tunnels running under Rivers Street.
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As a reaction to the
spread of graffiti beyond the two Rivers Street tunnels, Appalachian
State University posted a letter describing written graffiti policies
on AppalNET this week.
In the past, the rules of decorating the tunnel
have been verbalized as anything that did not impede the flow of
traffic, but there was no written policy. That changed last year,
while examining the tunnels’ lights, handrails, sidewalks,
stairs and blue-light phone, said University Police Chief Gunther
E. Doerr.
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| MLK day gives unique
volunteer challenge |
Jessica Sellers
Clubs | Organizations Beat
Bethel Barefoot
Associate Editor
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Foster Hunt | The AppalachianSenior Latin American Studies
major Lindsay M. Johnson promotes the Martin Luther King Challege
in W.H. Plemmons Student Union.
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Instead of taking
a day off this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, members of the Appalachian
State University community have the opportunity to put their time
and energy into service projects Monday during the annual MLK Challenge.
This daylong event honoring the life of Dr. King
is sponsored by the Appalachian and Community Together (ACT) office.
The main purpose of the MLK Challenge is to challenge
participants to work as a group to complete many important service
projects and to make a difference in their own lives and in the
lives of others, according to a letter written by Community Service
Program Coordinator Jenny R. Koehn, who organizes the Challenge
and the service projects done during the day.
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| Athletic fee priority
for student government |
David Forbes
SGA Beat
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Heading
into this semester, Appalachian State University’s Student
Government Association (SGA) is planning to deal with the proposed
athletic fee increase, as well as push for a variety of other initiatives.
The athletic fee increase, proposed by the administration
last semester, would go to fund expansion of Varsity Gymnasium and
Owens Field House. SGA narrowly passed a bill declaring their objection
to the fee, citing concerns about how many students would benefit
and how necessary the improvements were in a budget crisis.
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| Survey seeks to target
ASU diversity issues |
Jusitn Boulmay
Multicultural Beat
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The Student
Development Diversity Committee (SDDC) is currently conducting a
Campus Climate Survey, aimed at issues of diversity on campus.
The confidential study allows students to describe
their lifestyle, everything ranging from race, creed, sexuality,
and how they have been impacted by that lifestyle.
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| New cinema, Web site
nears completion |
Hugh Kellenberger
Chancellor | Student Development Beat
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After
months of construction, Greenbriar Cinema in W.H. Plemmons Student
Union is nearing completion.
At the same time, a new Web site devoted to films
will be launched, J. Phil Arnold, associate director of Student
Programs, said Tuesday.
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