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Boone will be full of terror tonight
Matt Bielejeski
Staff Writer

An unidentified mouse allegedly from ASU rampaged Brendles last week. (Photo by Karen Walters)

Halloween is a time that everyone likes, even college students. It’s a time to let it all hang out and be someone completely different for one night.

Someone who is normally quiet and shy can dress up in a weird outfit, be wild and crazy and not have anyone think differently the next day.

We college students usually have the most inventive ideas for costumes. The best idea so far has been to take the top of one of those revolving trash cans, put it on their head and say that they’re from the 80s classic movie "Tron."

Tales have abounded the past few years about hauntings on ASU’s campus. There are reportedly four spirits around campus; two Indian spirits and two people who hung themselves during finals. Rumor has it that the five highest mountain peaks surrounding Boone form a pentagram, with East Residence Hall directly in the center.

People say that there is a graveyard somewhere behind the Student Union, next to the post office. Also, there may be one somewhere behind Eggers, if you are located on the west side of campus. One of these is reportedly built on an old Indian burial ground, giving rise to the belief of the two Indian spirits mentioned earlier.

If you should feel the need to have your blood run cold, investigate these two areas at midnight on Halloween. Someone or something might be waiting for you.

In preparation for the coming festivities, East Residence Hall is converting the lower levels of Interdisciplinary Studies classrooms into a gut-wrenching, horror-filled cavern.

This glorious event, sponsored by the Resident Student Association of East, is a yearly tradition. Rooms in the past have included a psychotic R.A. with a chainsaw (not so hard to imagine, is it?). Rooms are sponsored by various floors or organizations, including Watauga Assembly, Club 215 and the second new floor of East.

The Dorm of Doom will be open for fright Friday, Nov. 1 through Sunday, Nov. 3. On Friday and Saturday, it will be open from 9:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. On Sunday, it will be open from 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.

The cost is either $2 or $1 and a can of food. Monetary proceeds will go towards O.A.S.I.S., a rape crisis center, and Kindred to the Wild, an animal preservation society. Food earnings will be donated to the Hunger Coalition.

Guides will walk you through the labyrinth of spider web-filled corridors, and around pitch black corners into blood-filled rooms of despair. Although it may not be exactly on Halloween night, you are still guaranteed a good scare and at least a good time.

If you are out to hear some tunes on Halloween, the Klondike will be hosting Charlotte-based punk rockers, Antiseen. Known for putting on quite a scary performance, with blood and all, Antiseen is sure to scare up a crowd. Also playing is Damage Done and Seducer.

Last but not least is a Halloween tradition for many students on campus, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." A.P.P.S. is sponsoring the Halloween showing of this cult classic in Legends. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the cost is $3. Get there early and do the Time Warp with all your wacky friends.

Regardless of what activity you choose to engage yourself in, be it trick or treating, Halloween parties or scaring people, Halloween can be fun for just about everyone.

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Human Performance Lab offered at ASU
Brad Wilkinson
Reporter

Brad Wilkinson becomes a guinea pig Monday. (Photo by Karen Walters)

Ever wondered what your health level is? Maybe you just want some ideas on how many calories you can eat per day and not gain weight. If so, I have the solution.

I had the chance to serve as a guinea pig Monday in representation of The Appalachian feature staff for the exercise science program here at Appalachian. I took part in the fitness test offered through the program in order to experience one of the many opportunities offered on campus.

The test, which took approximately an hour and a half, began with me being asked to do what I do best; be lazy. As all the lights were turned out, I was instructed to lie down on a mat and breathe calmly into a tube which was used to measure the levels of oxygen intake and carbon dioxide expulsion of my lungs. A clip was placed on my nose to insure that I breathed only through my mouth.

After nearly falling asleep, my height and weight were measured. Immediately following the tale of the tapes, a test was conducted to find out what every person is just dying to know - their level of body fat. Let me start by saying I had none. Okay, maybe a little. Alright, I confess, I had more than I wanted. The measurement of fat was taken by a format called a pinch test, which measures the skinfolds of your body in several different areas of your body.

Next, I was told to climb on the treadmill which stood in the middle of the room. Once again, I had to breathe into the snorkle-like mouthpiece which was connected to a tube in order measure oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. I was also connected to a heart monitor which measured my heart rate and conducted an EKG on me.

The running which I was involved in took place in three minute intervals. As each interval changed, so did the speed of the treadmill and the grade on which it rested. I did my best to be like Forrest Gump and just run and run. However, I didn’t run nearly long enough to gain fame.

Next, I was directed to what looked like a jacuzzi. But, no bubbles were swirling in that baby. The tank which I was getting ready to hop into was one which is also used to measure body fat percentage. Although various tests are used to measure this aspect of health, this is thought to be the most accurate.

Within this procedure, I had to submerge myself beneath the water and expel all the air I possibly could out of my lungs. During the entire procedure, I sat on a scale which then calculated the weight of my body underwater. From the numbers received, a formula was used to determine the amount of body fat which I have.

After the entire testing session was complete, the administrators of the exam sat down with me and explained just what all of the numbers and diagrams meant. Drained of energy, I listened carefully as the attendants told me that I was going to live a while longer.

For those who are interested in receiving an evaluation such as the one I had, you can do so for a small fee. Appalachian students can receive all the tests available for $35, while the faculty and staff can do so for $70. The test can be broken down into individual parts for varying fees.

The department of health leisure and exercise science urges all of those interested to contact the office for further information.

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There's ghosts in that thar' residence hall, East that is
Perrin Avent
Reporter

Did you hear it? That sound. Did you see it? The light. How about that chill? You’ve must have felt it.

The truth is if you reside in East Residence Hall there’s a possibility you’ve experienced one, if not all of them. Some are just coincedences. However, according some of the residents, not everything that "goes bump in the night" is easily overlooked.

They’ve been told time and time again like something out of an old Hitchcock movie. Yet, ghost stories have haunted East like a timeless tradtion. It’s almost hard to imagine a resident not holding in a smirk at the mention of a phantom. It were as if it was a secret bond among the dorm. They are part of the character bestowed among East.

What lies among the walls that form the hall might be older then the bricks that hold it. "Mrs. Brown is here," Cricket Carroll smiled in the small housekeeping lounge. She lived in Boone when Appalachian was the newest attraction and East was nothing but an idea.

"My mother told me the that an older woman named Mrs. Brown lived in a house where the floor 3rd New is. She hated Appalachain, D. D. Doughtery, and the students. When the University tried to buy her land from her she refused everytime," Carroll said shaking her head.

Appalchian finally got hold of her land, however, but only after Brown had left Boone and the earth forever. "Everytime something strange happens, we say Mrs. Brown is here," Carroll laughed along with co-worker Lorraine McGuire.

It could be a crickety old woman haunting the very place she fought stubbornly against. A fire destroyed that side years ago to the point it had to be completely rebuilt.

More commonly known around the dorm is a story shared by many residents. "Yes, it is supposedly true," McGuire said matter-of-factly at the saddened question. "Someone hung themself on the subfloor and another shot themself, supposedly in room #125. It might be a boy who shot himself."

The consesus you’ll hear murmured here and there is the assumption that rooms 125, 225, and 325 are now haunted.

"A ghost supposedly floats down by the entrance of East. Someone took a picture, but it came out blurry," said housekeeper Lois E. Main in East’s basement.

Ironic, considering the basement is considered the area haunted the most. Partially because someone supposedly killed themselves in the women’s bathroom there "10 or 15 years ago," Main said. She doesn’t believe in ghosts though she admits, "The basement has a different ora." Main’s eyes were fixed. "It seems different when it’s empty. One time I was cleaning around 12 and I heard a big thump. The place was completely empty."

What the students don’t see during the sessions, the workers can see when the sessions are out. While Carroll was cleaning a bathroom on the 3rd floor she saw somebody go into a shower out of the corner of her eye with a white bathrobe on.

"The door didn’t open or close and I couldn’t hear any water running. I looked into the stall and didn’t see a soul," Carroll said.

Other claims have been made where people see somebody dressed in white appear unnoticed in the halls, and then when they turn around the apparition is gone.

One employee who wished to remain nameless agreed that East Residence Hall had a different feel to it then any other residence hall.

"And I have been in many . It might be due to the fact that it’s the oldest, " she said. "I’ll be here by myself, and I feel that something is around me, but I don’t feel threatened at all. It’s almost a comfort."

She did remember one instance when it wasn’t. "I was cooking something, and when I was finished I turned off the stove and left it on top. I had walked away when I realized it caught on fire. I’m still not sure it was a ghost, though, it could have been a freak thing with the stove."

Skepticism is expected from those who are hestitant to believe in an unearthly presence. Others like, Laurie D. Troutman, aren’t. "I believe in ghosts. I was raised around the stories," said the senior firmly. "(There are) several rooms you walk in (at East Hall) and it just feels bad." Troutman has resided in East Hall since her Freshman year. One year she resided in room 375.

"At first things just happened that you didn’t pay much attention to like things being misplaced. Then I would close a window to find it open later on."

One weekend, Troutman’s roommate went away for the weekend, and her bed was made up completely. Troutman woke up the next morning to find her roommate’s bed in total disarray complete with pillows on the floor.

"Things happened enough to make me worry," she said. "I watched the closet door open itself and shut itself."

What seems even stranger is when Troutman met a girl who lived in the same room the year before. "I had never met her before that day. We were talking when we found out we both had stayed in that room. Then out of the blue she said 'Do you have a ghost?'"

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Classical guitarist comes to Rosen Hall
Beth Bliss
Staff Writer

Classical guitarists Patrick Lui and Thomas Foster performed Monday evening in a guest recital presented by the School of Music in the Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall.

Foster, who attended the North Carolina School of the Arts, has toured the East Coast. In addition, he is a faculty member at the Community Music School of Winston-Salem and has been a member of the School of the Arts’ summer faculty.

Foster has made guest appearances with the North Carolina Guitar Quartet and has studied under guitarists Aaron Shearer and Gerald Klickstein.

Foster played six songs from various modern and classic composers. His performance featured two pieces by Antonio Lauro, who was described by Foster as "the premiere South American guitar composer."

Foster’s repertoire also featured a selection self-described as both "rhythmic and improvisational" from Astor Piazzolla who, according to Foster, is the founder of the new tango of South America.

Foster also played a piece from modern composer Carlo Domeniconi. This work, Foster said, featured many chords not usually heard on a classical guitar.

Lui, who has toured the United States, Canada, China and Hong Kong, has placed in several competitions, including a second-place finish in the First China Invitational Competition. Lui served as interim instructor of guitar at Arizona State University in 1995. He performs with the Blue Ridge Guitar Trio and has held several solo recitals and lectures. Throughout the course of his training, Lui has studied under Gerald Garcia, Susan Panagini, Larry Almedia, Aaron Shearer and Frank Koonce.

Lui began his performance with a set of three songs, two of which were waltzes from Russian composers Aleksandr Ivanov-Kramskoi and Nikita Koshkin.

The recital was concluded with two songs from Mauro Guliani and Johan.

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