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Our Perspective... University Highlands, home to over 750 Appalachian students, stands to make over $300,000 in a tax refund should it win a court battle with Watauga County. That money needs to go to help the students living there. The lawsuit began in 2001 with the county deciding Appalachian Student Housing Corporation, the owner of University Highlands, was not a part of Appalachian State and not exempt from paying property taxes. ASHC argues they were created to benefit the student body of Appalachian
and should be tax exempt.
Taking own life never an answer Before school started, I sat down with my youth pastor, Brian, in his office one Thursday afternoon. It was mostly a time to catch up on our lives, and eventually, the conversation turned into a more serious discussion about one of my best friends named Dave. Both of us knew he’d struggled with depression, and we both knew he would need encouragement during the school year. I called Dave’s phone a couple of hours later, to let him know I was here for him, and that if he needed any prayer, to call me back. Television promotes pop-punk music to kids
Enough. No more. I give up. I tap out. Mercy. No more turning on the radio and hearing Ashlee Simpsons’ “Pieces
of Me” every single time. Since middle school, there has always been trendy music that all the kids love, thanks in part to some heavy promoting from the radio, magazines and—mainly—television. |
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