Thursday June 19, 2003 Online Since 1996 Vol. 77 No. 52

The Appalachian | News



ASU on-campus housing deficit to reach nearly 1,000 in next 8 years

by Jessica Hines
Associate Editor
Editor’s note: This story is the first of two. The concluding story will be in the July 17 publication of the The Appalachian.
   Increasing enrollment within the University of North Carolina system creates a demand for on-campus housing, and pushes Appalachian State University into a shortage of at least 800 spaces by 2012, according to projections from the Student Development Committee of the Board of Trustees.
   Appalachian undergraduate enrollment is expected to peak at 13,800 in the next eight years, and current residence halls house 35.4 percent of the entire undergraduate population.
Excessive rain creates dangerous waterways
Recent Appalachian graduate dies on local rafting trip 		by Jessica Hines
Associate Editor

Josh Brown | Chief Photographer
New River is one place frequented for watersports. The above normal precipitation for June creates dangerous spots in area waterways..
    Above normal precipitation in June is responsible for dangerous conditions along area rivers and at least one death.
    Appalachian State University graduate Nathan E. Raymer died Monday, June 9 while rafting on a local waterway.
    The average precipitation for Boone in June is 4.79 inches, and as of Monday rainfall reached just over 6 inches, according to associate professor of computer science Dr. Ray C. Russell’s Web site, www.booneweather.com.
    Blowing Rock has seen 12.55 inches of rain in June, as of Tuesday according to the Web site.
    Levels on the Yadkin River in Elkin are rising, and are nearing flood stage, according to the National Weather Service’s Southeast River Forecast Center. The Yadkin River is the closest river to Boone with predicted level increases for the next five days.
    Patrick Mannion, a recent recreational management graduate and trip leader for Wahoo Whitewater Rafting & Canoeing Outfitters said he believes the recent rainfall has led to river levels “right where they should be.”
An Appalachian Summer Festival By Kevin DeLury
Staff Writer

Special to The Appalachian
Parsons Dance Company is a part of this year’s An Appalachian Summer Festival. They will perform in Farthing Auditorium July 23 at 8 p.m.
    An Appalachian Summer Festival kicks off its 19th year June 27.
    The festival will continue throughout the month of July, showcasing musicians, actors, dancers and artists from all of the country. Utilizing nine different venues across Appalachian State University’s campus, the event is a huge undertaking headed up by the university’s Office of Cultural Affairs.
    Originally, the festival started as a common desire of seasonal residents and the university to have an arts festival held over the summer. Since then, An Appalachian Summer Festival has gone on to be named one of the “Top 20 Events in the Southeast” by the Southeast Tourist Society.
   “It’s really been huge,” said Denise Ringler, Director of Marketing for the Office of Cultural Affairs. “I think when Appalachian Summer started, it had a reputation as being something that Floridians do. The out-of-towners would come in the summer and wanted something looking like a big-city art series and created Appalachian Summer.”

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