| Court reverses decision on parking
fee recipients |
by David Forbes
Senior Staff Writer |
The North Carolina
Court of Appeals issued a ruling Sept. 16 that may allow Appalachian
State University to once again keep money from parking fees.
A three-judge panel said revenues collected by
universities from parking fines could be used to fund parking at
the university. This reverses the previous decision by the Wake
County Superior Court, which said that such funds had to go to the
public school system.
“We agree [with the defendants] that these payments do not
belong to the public school system,” according to the court’s
ruling.
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| ASG collects stories on budget cuts |
by Leslie
Rasimas
Staff Writer |
The University of
North Carolina Association of Student Government is collecting personal
stories from students, faculty, staff and parents about the impact
of budget cuts and tuition increases.
All 16 pubic universities in the North Carolina
system will participate in the campaign.
“The goal is to get 100 stories from each university participating,”
Amanda M. Devore, vice president of legislative affairs for UNCASG,
said.
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| Shakespeare visits Boone |
by Bill Cutler
Intern Writer |
The largest-ever
American theater tour of Shakespeare’s plays is on its way
to Boone.
The Shakespeare in American Communities tour will
stop by Appalachian State University on Oct. 15. The Aquila Theatre
Company of New York University will perform “Othello”
in Farthing Auditorium. Other stops in North Carolina include two
dates in Durham at Duke University and one in Asheville.
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| SGA hopes to boost reputation, activity |
by Justin
Boulmay
Staff Writer |
Even before his election
as a senator for Newland Residence Hall, Hunter B. Palmer, a sophomore
political science major, had been involved with the Student Government
Association.
Last year Palmer presented legislation, which
was approved, calling for construction designs for on-campus projects
to better accommodate disabled students.
“An elected position comes with a great burden of responsibility,”
Palmer said. “I hope to be someone to communicate well with
[students]…and bring their concerns back to the [SGA].”
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| Taking time off: Borkowski’s sabbatical |
by Elizabeth
Ashford
Intern Writer |
He seemed to vanish
after last year, no more speeches, smiles or the famous “double
thumbs up.”
Many Appalachian State University students have
wondered just where former chancellor Francis T. Borkowski went
after retiring this past summer and what he is doing and about his
health.
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| Cherokee storyteller brings culture to ASU |
by Sherron
Ashby
Intern Writer |
On Tuesday, September
16, the Native American Council presented Native American storyteller
Jacque Red Leaf Garneau in the Multicultural Room of the Plemmons
Student Union.
Garneau, a full-blooded Cherokee Choctaw, was
wearing full Cherokee regalia, a leather ceremonial dress that took
her five months to make. The buffalo hair ornamenting the regalia
was from a buffalo she killed herself.
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| Fall Craft Enrichment Program |
by Anna Oakes
Intern Writer |
The Appalachian State
University department of technology is sponsoring the Fall 2003
Michael R. Patricelli Craft Enrichment Program. The program began
Sept. 13 and is located in W. Kerr Scott Hall on campus.
The fall Craft Enrichment Program is offering
17 different workshops on a variety of crafts including weaving,
pottery, jewelry, photography, and stained glass. Classes are held
nights and weekends and are open to anyone 16 years old and older.
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| Wey Hall larceny leaves data projector missing |
by Tiffany
King
Intern Writer |
An Epson Powerlite
Data Projector, model number 73c, was stolen from Larry B. Cornelison’s
office, 334 Wey Hall, between 10:30 a.m. on Sept. 9 and 8 a.m. on
Sept. 10. The projector, valued at $2,200, was to be hung in a classroom
in Walker Hall sometime in the near future.
“I held off placing the projector in a Walker Hall classroom
since a lot of the rooms did not have doors because of the construction,”
Larry Cornelison, technical engineer and part-time professor at
Appalachian, said. “I felt that [the projector] would be safer
in my office.”
Cornelison said his office was locked on-and-off during the hours
of Sept. 9. He did not realize it was missing until the morning
of Sept. 10. “Students are in and out of my office all the
time. They come in to talk and look at all the equipment I have,”
Cornelison said. “Most of the time I am in there, but sometimes
I am working on other things throughout the building.”
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Ironically
enough, I am writing this column around my 21st birthday. 
