| Borkowski takes
medical leave, Durham serves as acting chancellor |
By
Jessica Hines
Associate Editor |
Graduates,
faculty and spectators attended Appalachian State University’s
Spring Commencement exercises May 10-11, but one important
face failed to show.
Chancellor Francis T. Borkowski, granted
a medical leave of absence from University of North Carolina
President Molly C. Broad, was unable to attend graduation.
Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Harvey Durham presided
over the ceremonies, and was appointed by Broad as acting
chancellor until Borkowski’s return.
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| Whitener parking
lot, College Street closes |
By Kevin DeLury
Staff Writer
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Josh Brown | Chief Photographer Clyde Robbins, director
of design and construction, surveys the site for the new
Library & Information Commons, previously Whitener lot.
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June 2 marked
the beginning of construction of the new Library & Information
Commons on what is currently the Whitener parking lot.
As a result, parts of College Street have
been shut down, affecting AppalCART routes, construction vehicles
and students walking or driving through campus.
All vehicles entering College Street from
King Street must turn right onto Howard Street as a detour.
Part of College Street behind Smith Wright Hall, past Chapell
Wilson Hall and leading to Raley Hall will be open as a two-lane
road to construction and delivery vehicles only. All parking
spaces on College Street have been eliminated.
In regard to AppalCART routes, routes will
be restricted to the intersection of College Street and Howard
Street.
“Instead of coming all the way down
College Street, they will actually turn into the bus turnaround
area right beside the student services building,” said
Barry Sauls, director of Parking and Traffic. “All the
buses on that side of campus will be using that turnaround.”
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| Fiscal year end
limits spending allowances |
By Leslie
Rasimas
Staff Writer |
With
four weeks left in the fiscal year, academic departments on
campus have mixed feelings on how the budget is spent.
Dr. David P. Haney, department of English
chairperson, said he spent money for five months before he
knew the department’s budget this year.
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| Arabic oud stolen
from Broyhill Center |
By
Leslie Rasimas
Staff Writer |
An
Arabic oud was stolen from the Broyhill Music Center on the
night of May 27.
There was no forced entry into the building
but the display case holding the oud was busted, Lt. Phil
Minton of University Police said May 30.
An oud (pronounced “ood”) is a
musical instrument of northern Africa and southwest Asia.
It resembles a lute, a small pear-shaped stringed instrument.
The oud was part of a collection owned by
retired faculty member Dr. Bill Spencer.
The string instruments were on loan to Appalachian
State University for several years but have now been safely
stored, Minton said.
The oud is worth approximately $600.
Call University Police at 262-2150 or Crimestoppers
at 262-4555 with any information regarding this crime. |
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| ASU professor
wins 2003 BOG award for teaching excellence |
By
Jane Nicholson
ASU News Bureau |
ASU News Bureau Thomas McGowan was awarded
2003 UNC Board of Governor’s Award for Teaching Excellence
on May 9 at a ceremony in Chapel Hill. McGowan teaches in
the deparment of English at Appalachian State.
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Thomas McGowan
worries over winning the 2003 UNC Board of Governors’
Award for Teaching Excellence. The award, which recognizes
outstanding teaching at the undergraduate level, was presented
to McGowan May 9 at a ceremony in Chapel Hill. The award includes
a commemorative bronze medallion and a $7,500 cash prize.
McGowan, an Appalachian State University
English professor, jokes that it will be hard to live up to
expectations the award brings, saying that like Appalachian’s
motto “Esse Quam Videri,” he will now have “to
be, rather than to seem.”
Students and colleagues of McGowan know
otherwise. Students say McGowan is “dynamic,” “the
best professor I’ve ever had” and his enthusiasm
for teaching is “off the scale.”
Fellow faculty are equally complimentary.
“In a department of excellent teachers,
Tom McGowan stands out as a teacher who gives his all,”
English professor Mark Vogel wrote in recommending McGowan
for the award. “He works very hard to reach each and
every one of his students.”
If ever there was a person who would seem
less likely to become a college professor, McGowan fits the
bill.
McGowan went to Notre Dame on a Navy ROTC
scholarship and says he didn’t have to worry about career
choices following his college graduation.
“I had the next four years after college
planned by the government,” he said. At one point, he
considered a career in the military “but I definitely
did not want to go back to Vietnam,” he said.
After serving four years in the U.S. Marine
Corps, McGowan went to the University of Virginia, where he
says he “stumbled through graduate school.” Despite
his stumbling, McGowan earned both a master’s degree
and Ph.D. from UVA.
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