Feb. 13, 2003 Online Since 1996 Vol 77 No. 34
Our Perspective... Protest indicates a missed opportunity
   Students line the hall of the crowded Broyhill Inn & Conference Center.
   The Board of Trustees (BOT) vote in favor of the athletic plan, but do so under the angry eyes of over a hundred students whose voices have been ignored.
   The next day local papers report the story accompanied by a photograph of the BOT members surrounded by the protesters.
   The photograph makes it perfectly clear to the public that the BOT’s actions in that room were done without respect to the students and their needs.
Point/Counter Point
Is timing right to implement athletic plan?
Athletic plan to raise bar for varsity teams
Where trustees concerned respect just a word
   Well, it happened.
   The athletic proposal was passed and Appalachian State University student fees will go directly toward the expansion and improvement of Appalachian athletics as a whole. There are mixed emotions about this occurrence, but, personally, I believe that with the major face lift the rest of the school is receiving our sports facilities need some improvements as well.
If Appalachian State wants to stay competitive in our major sporting programs, updating school facilities is a must—bottom line.

Josh Dernosek
Sports Beat
David Forbes
SGA Beat		    oligarchy- n.   A form of government in which the power is controlled by a few persons unaccountable to the majority.
   The above word probably isn’t known to most students who aren’t political science majors. Learn it, because it’s obviously what we have at Appalachian State University.

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