Oct. 8, 2002 Online Since 1996 Vol 77 No. 12
Moore becomes winningest coach in Southern Conference history
ASU head coach picks up 111th win against East Tennessee State, surpasses Duke’s Wallace Wade		 James Nix
Associate Editor

Josh Brown | Chief Photographer
MAppalachian head coach Jerry Moore was lifted on to the shoulders of his team after earning his 111th victory as a Southern Conference coach against East Tennessee State University Saturday night in Johnson City, Tenn. Moore, who was already the winningest coach in ASU history, surpassed Wallace Wade of Duke University. Wade earned 100 wins in the conference from 1931-41 and 1946-50.
    As the final minutes ticked away Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Johnson City, Tenn., the Appalachian fans in attendance began chanting his name.
   With over a minutes left in play, members of the Mountaineer football team dumped a bucket of Gatorade on him, spilling ice onto the field.
   And with the clock finally extinguished, the Mountaineers lifted head coach Jerry Moore onto their shoulders and carried him to midfield.
Construction on library slated to begin spring ‘03 Chris Bohle
Senior Staff Writer
Business Affairs Beat

courtesy Belk Library
The new Library/Information Commons will be located off current College Street.
    The design development phase for the new library is complete, and construction is scheduled to begin in less than six months.
   “We are looking to break ground sometime in March or April,” said Jon Ross, architect for Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott (SBRA).
   SBRA has been working with Pease Associates, a Charlotte-based architecture firm, for more than a year designing the new facility.
Campus women’s issues important for all students Carrie Baker
Senior Staff Writer
Chancellor/ Student Development Beat

Monica Geraci | The Appalachian
Kimberly M. Pott, a freshman from Asheville, works in the Women’s Center
    The Appalachian State University Women’s Center has been proudly serving and aiding students in the area of women’s issues for five years, but junior interdisciplinary major Zachary D. Lesch-Huie would like to correct one misconception: the Women’s Center is not just for women.
   “Women’s issues are very important to be involved in because women are our mothers, sisters and friends, so issues aren’t only theirs, they are ours as well,” said Lesch-Huie. “Anybody who believes in equality of people by that definition is already involved in women’s issues.”
   Lesch-Huie became interested in volunteering with the Women’s Center, located on the first floor of Plemmons Student Union in the Nolichuckey River Room, when he took a class taught by Lee Williams, advisor for the Women’s Center.
Campus voices differ on apathy David Forbes
Staff Writer
SGA Beat
   Hundreds of students marching through the streets of Boone, massive protests, the administration building locked for fear of a takeover by protestors.
   To many current Appalachian State University students such events seem nearly unthinkable. “Student apathy” is a phrase heard often from student leaders, administrators and faculty.
   In the last few years, protests on issues ranging from tuition increase to rape on campus have rarely drawn over 50 people.
Campus RSAs struggle to boost attendance at meetings Hugh Kellenberger
Staff Writer
CRSA / Housing Beat
             Drawing students to weekly RSA meetings has become a task among all RSAs, though with differing results.
   Frank Hall is pulling in 40 to 50 students per meeting, with a high of 80 students attending the first meeting, said RSA President Joe T. Hellinger, a junior marketing and finance major from Winston-Salem.
‘Rock the Vote’ raises awareness for elections Jana Nordstrand
Staff Writer
Clubs / Organizations Beat
   In an attempt to raise awareness about the upcoming elections, “Rock the Vote” will be held Wednesday, Oct. 9 on Sanford Mall from 5 p.m. until about 10 p.m.
   Snake Oil Medicine show will perform two 90-minute sets on the mall in support of the “Rock the Vote for the Doc and Merle Watson Scenic Highway” rally.
Award-winning chemist joins staff Andy Ferguson
Staff Writer
Academic Affairs Beat
   Appalachian State University’s Department of Chemistry gained a new professor this semester credited with award-winning research.
   Dr. Nicole S. Bennett, assistant professor of chemistry, received an Excellence in Undergraduate Chemical Research Award, sponsored by Indiana University’s Department of Chemistry and Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals.
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