| ‘Simpsons’
fans unite for 300th episode |
Carrie Baker
Senior Staff Writer
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Josh Brown | Chief PhotographerOver 125 students and staff gathered
in Whitewater last Wednesday to participate in a live, interactive
discussion with “The Simpsons” creators.
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Only beer, doughnuts
with pink icing and sprinkles and Matt Groening live via satellite
could bring out last Wednesday night’s crowd at Whitewater
in W.H. Plemmons Student Union.
One hundred and twenty-five students came to
participate in a live, interactive panel discussion with creator,
writers and voices for the long-running animated comedy “The
Simpsons.”
Troy R. Tuttle, multimedia designer and photographer
with the Instructional Technology Center, said that for college
students with beer and free doughnuts, the crowd was surprisingly
well behaved.
“It ended up being like one happy family
sitting together watching TV,” Tuttle said.
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| Boone citizens gather
for peace Saturday |
Rebecca Klein
Faculty Senate Beat
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High Country
Citizens for Peace and Justice, along with members of the Watauga
County community, gathered Saturday for a worldwide rally and march
opposing war on Iraq.
The event was held outside the Jones House and
began at 11 a.m. War protesters arrived with signs and banners to
stand in their community, along with millions of people across the
world, to show a strong voice opposing war with Iraq.
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| R.O.T.C. cadets prepare
for real life experiences |
Grayson Mendenhall
Chancellor | Student Development Beat
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Adam Bennett | The AppalachianR.O.T.C. Capt. Dan B. Smith (l)
and Junior criminal justice major Cadet Kenneth J. Fortson, Jr.
are the “enemy” during a STX mission.
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Cadets in the Appalachian
State University Reserve Officer Training Corps (R.O.T.C.) program
learn more than basic military discipline and physical training
when they join.
They spend a lot of time inside the classroom,
but the most crucial training comes through rigorous exercises in
the field.
R.O.T.C. Operations Officer Capt. Channing Moose
said cadets learn “team building and leadership” through
“tough and realistic training.”
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| Views differ on recent
Judicial Affairs bill |
David Forbes
SGA Beat
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For the
senators who wrote the bill, reforming Judicial Affairs at Appalachian
State University was a personal and important issue.
“I have a friend who was found guilty of
vandalism to the [George M.] Holmes [Convocation] Center despite
the fact that someone had already been punished for the same crime.
He was made to pay for something that he did not damage. I was at
his hearing; they did not present in my opinion a compelling case
and still found him guilty,” off-campus senator Ian A. Mance
said. “Generally, throughout the years, I’ve heard students
complaining about getting a raw deal at Judicial Affairs.”
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| GSAS establishes research
endowment |
Sam Calhoun
Academic Affairs Beat
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Foster Hunt | The AppalachianGSAS treasurer Cassie A. Rutherford
(l) and President Brad Miller discuss the new Research and Travel
Endowment last Wednesday.
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The 2002-03 Graduate
Student Association Senate (GSAS) has established the Graduate Student
Association Research and Travel Endowment, which will provide funding
for graduate student research and travel in the wake of the current
budget crisis.
“We’re trying to help ourselves,”
GSAS President Brad W. Miller said Wednesday. “GSAS’s
goal at the beginning of the year was to set up this endowment,
then turn around and fully fund the endowment by May, and then make
an award next fall.”
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| NAACP seeks new members,
growth on ASU campus |
Jusitn Boulmay
Multicultural Beat
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The National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is looking
for more members, and no, race does not matter.
There are already up to six Caucasians in the
organization, sophomore archaeology major Tenina W. Stallings said.
Stallings is the president of the Appalachian State University chapter
of the NAACP.
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| Tuskegee Syphilis Study
part of history |
Jusitn Boulmay
Multicultural Beat
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How many
people know that Benjamin Banneker was the famous African American
mathematician who correctly predicted a solar eclipse in the late
1700s?
Who would be able to say that Muhammed Ali’s
original name was Classius Clay, before his conversion to Islam?
Or why is the town of Tuskegee, Ala., important
regarding African Americans?
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| Women’s Leadership
Conference |
Jessica Sellers
Clubs | Organizations Beat
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The upcoming
Women’s Leadership Conference will bring faculty, staff and
students together in an attempt to “discover the keys that
will open the doors” to the leadership abilities of each participant.
The annual conference will take place Saturday,
March 1 in W.H. Plemmons Student Union from 12:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.
The cost for the day is $8 for students and $10 for non-students.
It includes the price of a meal and conference materials.
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| Pagan Student Association
combines campus heathens, witches |
Jessica Sellers
Clubs | Organizations Beat
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The religious
community of Appalachian State University is diversifying with the
addition of the Pagan Student Association (PSA).
The mission statement of the PSA is to bring together
heathens, pagans and witches to discuss pagan beliefs and to promote
awareness about the pagan religion to the campus of Appalachian.
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| U • N • C
Roundup |
Adam Bennett
Editor-in Chief
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Voters
OK Student Activity Fee Hike
UNC-CH – University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill student voters passed a referendum last Tuesday increasing
student activity fees by $8 for undergraduate students and $10 for
graduate students to benefit student organizations.
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