| Wilson:
UNC system budget cuts running as deep as they can go |
Adam
Bennett
Editor-in Chief |
Eight
consecutive years of budget trimming have gone as far as it can
go, University of North Carolina Board of Governors (BOG) Chairman
and Appalachian State University graduate J. Bradley Wilson said
Thursday.
“I have come to the conclusion that the practical
implementation of these cuts have now gone as far as they can go
without dramatically affecting the classroom,” Wilson said.
Wilson’s visit to Appalachian was part of
a planned tour of all 16 UNC campuses to be completed next fall.
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| Students gather for
‘Take Back the Night’ |
Justin Boulmay
Multicultural Beat
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Jacque Lenz | The
Appalachian
Protestors carried signs in
an anti-rape march called “Take Back the Night”
in front of the First Baptist Church of Boone April 16.
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Protestors gathered
in front of the First Baptist Church of Boone off King Street for
an anti-rape march named “Take Back the Night” April 16.
“The idea behind it is that women shouldn’t
be afraid to be out on the streets at night. It’s symbolic,”
Eva M. Hyatt, the coordinator for the campus chapter of the National
Organization of Women (NOW), said.
The group marched down King Street and through
the Appalachian campus. Two women carried microphones and loudspeakers
and led the group in chants.
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| Larger voice for disabled
students |
David Forbes
SGA Beat
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With barely
enough members in attendance to vote on legislation, the Student
Government Association passed a bill calling for a committee on
keeping the campus accessible to students with disabilities during
construction. SGA also struck down an attempt to revise the Student
Bill of Rights, with those revisions failing to get the two-thirds
of the senators in attendance needed.
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| Old Rankin to come down
over summer |
Carrie
Baker
Business Affairs Beat |
Enhancements
in the departments of physics and astronomy, geology, geography
and planning, and biology will begin with the removal of the old
Rankin Science Building.
“The goal is to get it down this summer,”
project manager Allison D. Kemp-Sullivan said Wednesday.
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| Mudslide affects student
commute |
Justin
Boulmay
Multicultural Beat |
Last week,
students who had planned to use Highway 321 as a means to go home
for Easter Break were forced to detour their travel plans.
The highway suffered a mudslide April 10 and has
been closed to the public ever since.
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| Hill receives highest
ROTC student honor |
Grayson
Mendenhall
Chancellor | Student Development Beat |
An Appalachian
State University ROTC cadet joined senior United States government
officials and other cadets from across the nation at the 26th annual
George C. Marshall ROTC Seminar in Lexington, Va., April 15-18.
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| ETSU cuts football program,
next season will be its last |
Staff
Reports |
East Tennessee
State University will discontinue its football program after next
season.
Southern Conference Commissioner Daniel B. Morrison,
Jr. said Friday that ETSU President Paul E. Stanton, Jr. informed
him of the decision to drop football after the 2003 season.
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| ASU wakeboarding club
to debut next fall |
Jessica
Sellers
Clubs | Organizations Beat |
A predominantly
beach sport is proving to be popular at Appalachian State University
with ASU Wakeboarding Club’s official recognition next fall.
Currently in the developmental stage, the group
held their first meeting April 24.
“Half the people here don’t know about
[wakeboarding]. If you want to wakeboard, you should join,”
senior computer science major and club president Sean D. Hickling
said.
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