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The Appalachian
The new Library & Information Commons takes shape.
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Library project works overtime to complete
Library & Information Commons looks to May 2005
completion
By Justin Boulmay
Senior Staff Writer
Progress continues to be made on the Library & Information
Commons at Appalachian State University, which will house more space,
features and services than Belk Library.
“We’re 45 percent through with the entire project,” Project
Manager Patrick A. Beville said Aug. 5. “That includes the parking
garage [to be built next to the library & information commons]. That’s
weighted, because the library’s so much bigger than the parking
garage in terms of monetary values.”
The roof was 50 percent done and the masonry was 75 percent
done, Beville said.
“We’re probably 90 percent finished with
the electrical conduit installation on the inside, [and] 75 percent finished
with the mechanical installation, which is all the duct work and the DOD
boxes, and things of that nature,” he said.
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Wallace takes Vice Chancellor reins
Vice Chancellor for Enrollment to serve as interim
Student Development leader
By Hugh Kellenberger
Summer Editor-in-Chief
Cindy Wallace has taken over the position of interim vice
chancellor for student development, Appalachian State University Chancellor
Kenneth E. Peacock announced Friday in a news release.
“Ken Peacock talked with me about this being a possibility. It wasn’t
something I had really considered before,” Wallace said.
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2008 class near record-setting numbers
By Hugh Kellenberger
Summer Editor-in-Chief
A near record-setting number of freshmen are expected to
begin moving into campus today, Appalachian State University Officials
said.
Approximately 2,550 freshmen are expected to enroll for the fall semester,
beginning Aug. 24. read
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Rhododendron returns after
12 years
By Ryan Finn
Staff Writer
At long last, Appalachian State University has an annual
once again. Twelve years passed since the production and release of
the university's last annual, but this is the magic year.
Taylor Publishing is currently printing "The Rhododendron"
in Dallas, Texas. It will be released and shipped directly to buyers
in September.
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Barrax named Distinguished
Professor of Creative Writing
By Patrick Diantete
Staff Writer
The department of English’s Rachel Rivers-Coffey
Professorship in Creative Writing is back this semester for its second
year.
Gerald Barrax will be this year’s Distinguished
Professor of Creative Writing. Barrax has been nominated for a Pulitzer
Prize and National Book Award for his work. read
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Out and about the High Country with Outdoor Programs
By Hugh Kellenberger
Summer Editor-in-Chief
Students at Appalachian State University have an affordable
and accessible way to enjoy all the High Country has to offer through
Outdoor Programs.
Outdoor Programs provides a variety of trips, expeditions and equipment
for use by all students, faculty, staff and their immediate families.
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Lend a helping hand with ACT
By Hugh Kellenberger
Summer Editor-in-Chief
For students eager to lend a helping hand to the Boone
and Watauga County community, Appalachian & the Community Together
(ACT) can be a great way to get started.
ACT, a division of Student Development in the Department of Student
Programs, serves a liaison between the university and the surrounding
community to get students involved in volunteering.
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