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The AppalachianThursday, March 27, 2012

By EMMALEE ZUPOSenior Lifestyles Reporter

As Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign has faced wide-spread recognition and criticism, Appalachian State University stu-dents close to the cause have re-acted with continued support.

The nonprofit works toward the apprehension of the Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army and the arrest of its leader, Joseph Kony. The Kony 2012 campaign de-buted March 5, with the release of a 30-minute documentary aimed at making Kony infamous for his crimes.

The video went viral, but criti-cism followed. The accuracy of the video itself, the effectiveness of the campaign and Invisible Children’s transparency and use of funds have all been called into question.

But Appalachian’s chapter of Invisible Children has grown since the campaign began, Co-Publicist Natasha Greendyk said.

“The day after the movie came out, I had probably five people in my class approach me immedi-ately and ask me questions about it,” Greendyk said. “And then we had about 120 people add us on Facebook within three days.”

Junior technical photography major Daniel Szmczyk is currently traveling as an Invisible Children “roadie” and hosting screenings of the Kony 2012 documentary.

Szmczyk remains an Invisible Children supporter and said the screenings - which are hosted at high schools, colleges and places of worship - provide an opportu-nity to address criticism.

“Even just today, at the uni-versity we presented at, we got a lot of criticism on the spot, face-to-face,” Szmczyk said. “A lot of them were concerned with financ-es - like where funds go. And I can proudly say that Invisible Chil-dren, as an organization, is fully transparent with their finances.”

The financial information Szm-czyk referenced can be located at invisiblechildren.com/critiques and charitynavigator.org. The second site rates nonprofits and foundations on a four-star basis. Invisible Children’s overall score

by KELLI STRAKASenior News Reporter

Appalachian State University’s Physical Plant reduced heating and lighting for 10 days during the 2011 Thanksgiving and Christ-mas Breaks, saving the university around $219,000, physical plant employees said.

The money saved during the 2011 breaks is the most the physi-cal plant has saved since it started reducing heating and lighting us-age two years ago, Physical Plant Energy Manager Jerry Marshall said.

The reduction in energy usage was made necessary by a reduc-tion in allocations from the state. The physical plant’s utility budget has not been increased even as Ap-palachian has added more build-ings and square footage to campus, Marshall said.

“Even though we’ve cut our con-sumption, there’s no real dollars

Physical Plant avoided $219,000 cost

by MARK KENNAIntern News Reporter

Appalachian State University’s College Demo-crats and College Republicans will hold a debate Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom.

Issues discussed will include the Keystone XL Pipeline, the economy, the American Jobs Act, con-traception and the Affordable Care Act, alternative energy, the voter I.D. bill and President Obama’s performance thus far, College Democrats President Lia Poteet said.

The questions were agreed upon by both sides.“They really picked a lot of the key topics that

are relevant right now in the country,” Col-lege Democrats Advisor Charlie Wallin said. Sean Ridley, director of the Department of Communication, will moderate the event. The two parties will debate eight questions, with two minutes for each topic and 30 seconds for a rebuttal.

After an intermission, the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions.

“What makes these questions different from the last meeting is that they are more federal-based questions, whereas the questions from last debate were more state-based,” said senior Kelsey Crum,

is 3/4 and its Accountability & Transparency score is 2/4.

As the Kony 2012 campaign faced criticism, the filmmaker behind the documentary was de-tained and hospitalized after suf-fering what appeared to be a men-tal breakdown. The behavior of Jason Russell, also a co-founder of Invisible Children, was attributed to exhaustion, dehydration and malnutrition.

Libba Moore, co-publicist for the Appalachian chapter of Invis-ible Children, thinks the break-down was the result of widespread criticism.

“I don’t think it’s in anybody’s brain capacity to imagine what it’s like to be attacked by the me-dia, by your local community, by everyone,” she said. “We’re keep-ing him in our hearts and minds. We’re still on his side.”

Though those involved with Invisible Children stand by the cause, some students have criti-cized the Kony 2012 campaign. Many assert that the influence of the LRA has decreased consider-ably since 2005, when Invisible Children was founded.

Senior technical photography major Tommy Penick said he thought the campaign diverted attention from other, more rel-evant things happening in Africa.

“While I do believe that In-visible Children has done some pretty impressive things in terms of bringing light to issues, I think that the amount of energy that went into this could have been used somewhere else,” Penick said. “This issue has really gone down since they started this.”

Others, like junior secondary education major Jordan Carter, are supporters.

“To me, the basic message is that Joseph Kony is a horrible person and he has done horrible things in the past,” Carter said. “Even if he were to completely stop, he still did these things and he should be punished for them.”

Joseph Kony’s warrant for ar-rest is currently recognized by the International Criminal Court and has been since 2005. His listed crimes include 12 counts of crimes against humanity and 21 counts of war crimes.

Students involved respondto Kony 2012 criticismbecause they’re not giving us addi-

tional dollars to begin with,” Mar-shall said. “If we hadn’t done it, we would be over budget.”

During the 2011 breaks, the physical plant avoided energy us-age by using automatic programs to regulate energy expenditure by on-campus systems.

The programs determine wheth-er to turn down or turn off systems based on outside temperatures. A system cannot be turned off com-pletely while people are in the building.

Under the current holiday break schedule, the physical plant reduces and turns off power in buildings for approximately four days over Thanksgiving Break and approxi-mately eight days over Winter Break.

The Physical Plant has expressed interest in arranging holiday breaks in a way that will allow more time for systems to be turned off, Mar-shall said. But because holiday

breaks are set at the state level, changing the schedule would be difficult.

Still, the current cost avoid-ance aligns with Appalachian’s goals of lowering energy usage and reducing its climate foot-prints, Sustainability Director Ged Moody said.

“To be able to put out such large numbers saved in such a short period of time is really a great shot in the arm for all of our sustainability and saving measures,” Moody said.

University Sustainability Specialist Crystal Simmons said the cost avoidance shows com-mitment to these goals among Appalachian’s staff members.

“Looking at areas where we can become more efficient and save money helps us be more fiscally responsible with the money that we have for elec-tricity and energy needs across campus,” Simmons said.

College Democrats, Republicans to debate on election-year federal issues

chairperson for the College Republicans.Last semester’s debate encompassed the Occupy

movement and Amendment One.The College Democrats, College Republicans,

AppSpeaks, the Debate Team and Alpha Phi Al-pha will host the event..

“When people who are well-informed on the is-sues help other people who are not, that is a won-derful thing,” College Republicans Advisor Phillip Ardoin said.

UNC-system student governments try to overcome voter apathy

Who: College Republicans and College DemocratsWhat: Debate on the economy, the voter I.D. bill and President Obama’s performance thus far.When: Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.Where: Blue Ridge Ballroom in Plemmons Student Union

by ANNE BUIESenior News Reporter

Appalachian State University, along with other UNC System schools, consistently records

low voting numbers in Student Gov-ernment Association elections.

At Appalachian, 2,598 students voted in the 2011 presidential and vice presidential election and 2,323 voted in the runoff.

That was a frustratingly low turn-out, SGA President Lauren Estes said. Still, Estes said she understood the difficulties associated with mobilizing students to vote.

“When you’re campaigning, you only reach out to a few people who are involved with something,” Estes said. “It’s hard to get in touch with people who aren’t involved on campus.”

SGA has continued to work toward an easier, more effective voting pro-cess. SGA elections are held online via Appalnet and, last year, SGA set up laptop voting stations around campus. The stations will be set up again this year, by Varsity Gym and Belk Library & Information Commons.

“It has certainly helped,” Estes said. “When you make the voting process easier to understand, you have a better likelihood of people actually voting.”

N.C. State’s Student Government also sets up polling stations throughout

Hatley/Hanna found responsible for major violations

see Voter Apathy, page 2

see Violation, page 2

Infographic by Aaron Fairbanks | Information compiled by Anne Buie

by HANK SHELLNews Editor

The Student Govern-ment Association’s Elec-tion Judicial Board found presidential and vice presi-dential candidates Ste-ven Hatley and Chelsey Hanna responsible for two major campaign viola-tions in two separate hear-ings Sunday and Monday. The board sentenced Hat-ley/Hanna to a 48-hour campaign suspension for their second major viola-

tion Monday, Hatley said. The defendants chose to have a closed hearing and additional information was not available at press time, though the Cox/Barnes ticket was listed as a plaintiff. Hatley commented on the board’s deci-sion after the sentencing. “They’re good people,” Hat-ley said. “They do the best that they can. They heard the facts of the case and they made the decision that they did. I think maybe that the punishment was a little

bit excessive. That’s why I’m going to attempt to appeal it, but I guess that’s just life.” The first violation came Sunday, when the ticket was issued a written reprimand for violating election bylaw 8.1, which states that “can-didates and their staff may not use campaigning which is or can be construed as slander, libel or statements with malicious intent.”

The ticket was also found in violation of SGA elec-tion policies and proce-dures 11.3 and 11.4, which

define campaign staff. Elections board Pro-Tem-pore Tiffany Teague filed the accusation over a Face-book post by freshman Sar-ah Lane.

In the post, Lane accused presidential and vice presi-dential candidates Jake Cox and Eric Barnes of com-municating with audience members via text message during Tuesday night’s de-bate. Appalachian State University and Hanna were tagged in the post. Hanna said she com-

mented on the post later, referring Lane to Elections Board Chair Frank Byrne. Teague argued that the al-legations in the post were erroneous and were pub-lished with malicious intent to defame Cox’s charac-ter. She also said Lane was acting in the capacity of a campaign staff member. Individuals acting in sup-port of a candidate can be considered part of their campaign staff if the judicial board believes the candi-dates would reasonably have

been aware of their efforts in support of their cam-paign, according to 11.3. Hanna said during the hearing that her ticket was not affiliated with Lane and that she believed all Lane was trying to do was “spread awareness.” The board found Lane to be a campaign staff member and subject to election bylaws, as defined by policies and procedures 11.3 and 11.4. Hatley commented on

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Graduate student Jer-emy Dale was named the Assistant Director of Stu-dent Programs for Broy-hill Events Center Opera-tions in February.

Since taking over on Feb. 23, Dale has overseen the daily operations of the Broyhill Events Center, including events, reserva-tions, training and student staff, along with supervis-ing a maintenance, me-chanic and housekeeping staff.

Dale, who has a Bach-elor of Science in Busi-ness Management and a Master of Business Ad-ministration, is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in College Student Devel-opment at Appalachian State University.

“I sought this position because I have a passion for building operations

Broyhill’s Assistant Director of Student Programs introduced

and student development,” Dale said. “I feel that there are amazing opportunities that the Broyhill Events Center offers the campus and that excited me.”

Dale has worked with Student Programs since his freshman year at Ap-palachian. He started out as an operations assistant and solarium attendant, worked his way up to stu-dent supervisor in Plem-mons Student Union, and returned to Student Programs as a graduate assistant. This is his sixth year of involvement with Student Programs.

“I would like to run a student union in the fu-ture, so I feel that run-ning an event facility with a student union model helps greatly for my future career aspirations,” Dale said.

Student Programs Res-ervations Manager David Tye said he is confident

Dale will do well in his new position.

“Jeremy’s past experi-ence at the Plemmons Student Union made him a good choice for stepping into a supervisory role at the Broyhill Events Cen-ter,” Tye said.

Cindy Venable, an ad-ministrative support spe-cialist with Student Pro-grams, has worked with Dale extensively in his new position.

“Since the addition of Jeremy Dale up here at the Broyhill Events Center, all things have fallen into place,” Venable said. “With his extensive experience working with students in Student Programs, he has implemented that knowl-edge here at the Broyhill Events Center, helping it to run smoothly during our transition from hotel and conference center to a student-run events cen-ter.”

by MADISON FISLERNews Reporter

Two Appalachian State University stu-dents won a writing competition spon-sored by a nonprofit, reader-supported magazine last semester.

Junior appropriate technology major Wesley Mikiska and senior philosophy and sustainable development double ma-jor Timothy Hefflinger were published in YES! Magazine after submitting essays for a class assignment.

“Getting published in a magazine dur-ing my first semester was pretty cool,” Mikiska said. “Personally and profession-ally, it’s a great accomplishment.”

Mikiska, who wrote about friction in relationships, won the competition dur-ing his first semester at Appalachian after transferring from Caldwell Community College.

Students win national writingcompetition sponsored by YES!

“This competition made me think more about what I wrote and helped me to see myself in my words and push myself fur-ther,” he said.

Hefflinger wrote about his fear of pub-lic speaking and his journey toward learn-ing to speak for himself. It was an exercise in his ability to write on something spe-cific, he said.

“Writing for a magazine is a completely different experience than any other type of writing,” Hefflinger said. “In the future, I would like to write for a magazine or publication that is very social justice-ori-ented, or feature-length publications that work toward a specific cause.”

The YES! competition is held twice a year, once during each semester. Profes-sors are invited to submit their students’ work for an evaluation process. After-ward, selected writers are deeply involved in the editing and publishing process.

campus to make it easier for students to vote. But the majority of students at N.C. State still don’t vote, Student Body President Chandler Thompson said.

“It’s an apathy issue that we face at N.C. State,” Thompson said. “Student engagement and involve-ment with Student Gov-ernment, with administra-tors is low. Elections are an opportunity for every student to have a voice in Student Government - they should take advan-tage of the opportunity.”

Electronic voting meth-ods are used at UNC-Chapel Hill as well, but the new methods may

Voter ApathyContinued from page 1

ViolationContinued from page 1

have backfired for the uni-versity’s election this year.

In light of histori-cally low voter turnout, Board of Elections Chair Shruthi Sundaram said the new voting software may be at fault.

“We think that this may have caused a lower turn-out, simply because people were unsure of the new system and didn’t want to bother figuring it out,” Sundaram said.

Incoming UNC-Cha-pel Hill students will register on the new web-site during orientation. Sundaram said she hopes voter turnout will increase in the next election.

Ultimately though, it’s not just about increas-ing the number of stu-dent voters. Estes said she wants students to vote, but she also wants to see students educating them-selves before making a de-cision.

“This position comes with a lot of authority and responsibility and who-ever has that responsibil-ity should take it serious-ly,” she said. “This is the person who is attending meetings on your behalf and speaking on your be-half and you need to make sure their voice is the strongest and loudest on campus.”

March 22, 2012

Sarah Lane v. Cox/BarnesThe Cox/Barnes ticket was found not responsible for violating elections bylaws 4.3, 7.1, 7.5 and 7.6, and parts of the Academic Integrity Code regarding lying, cheating and plagiarism. Lane alleged that Cox and Barnes used their cell phones to illicitly communicate with members of the audience.

Frank Byrne (elections board) v. Freemyer/Lee - The defendants chose a closed hearing.

The Freemyer/Lee ticket was found not responsible for violating the CSIL Club Guidelines, university policies or procedures, according to an opinion from the judicial board. Lee was accused of possibly violating CSIL Club Guidelines regarding solicita-tion after he was seen passing out Freemyer/Lee Frisbees on Sanford Mall.

March 25, 2012

Hatley/Hanna v. Cox/ BarnesThe Cox/Barnes ticket was found not responsible for violating elections bylaw 8.1. Hatley/Hanna accused Cox/Barnes of the violation after Cox/Barnes campaign staff member Lea Ramsey “liked” a Facebook status from Jeff Motter, an assistant professor in the communications department.

2012 SGA Election: Other Judicial Hearings To Date

the board’s decision after the hearing. “I disagree with these completely,” Hat-ley said Sunday. “We have no connec-tion with the Sarah Lane girl and I will be speaking personally with [Director of the Center for Student Leadership and Involvement] Jamar Banks tomor-row because of a procedural discrepancy.” The election bylaws state that a major vio-lation includes, but is not limited to, slan-

der, libel, malicious campaigning, falsifica-tion of receipts, vandalism of other tickets’ campaign documents or failure to comply with the direction of the elections board. Monday’s hearing was the fifth held in the last week. Four have involved both the Hatley/Hanna and Cox/Barnes tickets. Voting for SGA president and vice presi-dent ends at 8 a.m. Wednesday on Appal-net.

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by EMMALEE ZUPOSenior Lifestyles Reporter

In keeping with the recent popularity of the post-apoca-lyptic “Hunger Games” saga, Appalachian State University hosted its own Hunger Games Friday on Duck Pond Field.

The event was organized and developed by resident assistants in Gardner Hall and was at-tended by about 150 students from six residence halls.

Unlike the fictional Hunger Games, which require 24 trib-utes from 12 districts to fight to the death, the Appalachian ver-sion didn’t feature real violence. Instead, students were equipped with flag football belts, balloons and markers. They were tasked with removing or popping bal-loons and flags or marking op-ponents’ shirts to disqualify them from the game.

Freshman nursing major Brad Minor and sophomore women’s studies major Rachel Clay were declared the winners of Friday’s games and freshman art education major Zoe Cas-tellino won the costume com-petition.

Winners were awarded a first edition of “The Hun-ger Games” and a gift card to Mellow Mushroom worth $15

by KATARINA GRUSSIntern Lifestyles Reporter

Kappa Delta raised $13,400 at its 20th an-nual All-You-Can-Eat

Pancake Dinner Friday.Nearly 2,000 students attend-

ed the meal, which was held for the first time at Central Dining Hall - a move from the Broy-hill Inn & Conference Center, where the dinner was held in previously head.

“Because it’s being held at Central Dining, we can pull people who are going down-stairs for dinner and bring them upstairs,” said Grace Barringer, who, as Shamrock Chair, is re-sponsible for organizing the event.

Eighty percent of the funds raised benefited the Children’s Council of Watauga County and 20 percent went toward Prevent Child Abuse America.

“We’ve always split up the money this way,” Barringer said. “We think the most important thing is supporting the local nonprofit while still supporting the national.”

Kappa Delta had bumped its fundraising goal to $20,000 - partly in the hopes that more people would attend now that it wasn’t necessary to climb Bodenheimer Drive toward the Broyhill Inn, Barringer said.

Although the sorority came short of meeting its fundraising

by MEGAN WRAPPELifestyles Reporter

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet brought “Moulin Rouge” to a sold-out crowd last Thursday in Farthing Auditorium.

The story of the ballet differed from the 2001 movie version. In this telling, Nathalie (soloist Jo-Ann Sundermeier) tries to be-come a dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Paris and ends up falling in love with an artist named Matthew.

“The ballet is nothing like the movie, but particularly the name is a crowd-pleaser,” Sundermeier said. “We get excited when the audience gets excited.”

The age of Thursday night’s audience var-ied wildly. Many were attending their first ballet, but others were seasoned audience members.

by MICHAEL BRAGGLifestyles Editor Editor’s Note: The following reflects the opinions of the author.

Civil Twilight, an alterna-tive rock band whose roots hail from Cape Town, South Africa, released its second album Mon-day. Titled “Holy Weather,” the album doubling the band’s discography from its debut self-titled album.

“Holy Weather” has a poppy sound, aided by Steven McK-ellar’s timely use of falsettos - especially during bridges and choruses to build up the in-tensity of songs like “Fire” and “River.”

The songs are catchy, fun little tunes that are great for a drive or background music to a relaxed party – something not too loud and insane but upbeat enough to keep the guests awake.

But sometimes the group is trying a little too hard to sound like something they’re inspired by or someone who is relevant and a standout in the music scene, rather than establishing an identity.

The album as a whole, with the falsettos, electronic rendi-tions in the background and simplistic drumbeats and gui-tar, sounds comparable to Muse and even Carolina Liar.

One of the times, however, that the simple drum pattern and falsettos work best for Civil Twilight is the track titled “Highway of Fallen Kings,” which sounds incredibly similar to tracks off “Meyrein Fields” by Broken Bells – the phenomenal collaboration project between the Shins’ James Mercer and producer Danger Mouse.

However, Civil Twilight is nowhere near the same as Bro-ken Bells.

There are a few softer, sub-dued tracks like “Every walk that I’ve taken has been in your direction” that almost sounds like Coldplay, but like the Bro-ken Bells comparison, Civil Twilight just isn’t there yet.

For any band’s latest release right after or soon after their debut album to sound like an-other band isn’t going to get them far in their career.

While Civil Twilight is able to retain a slightly noticeable identity, the album isn’t the strongest follow up to a debut album that takes a band with a decent start to their fresh mu-sic career and turns them into something noticeable and more than just one hit wonders.

“Holy Weather” isn’t going to be Civil Twilight’s version of “X&Y” by Coldplay and it won’t be their “Plans” by Death Cab for Cutie, either. This al-bum will get the South African musicians more credibility and attention, but they still have at least one more album release before they’ll make a greater impact and create their own unique identity.

Maybe within the next year or so, someone who is not a devout Civil Twilight fan will turn on the radio and without waiting to hear who the track they are listening to is by, they can say, “Oh yeah, that’s Civil Twilight. I recognize that sound.”

The album is worth at least one listen all the way through and it’s up to the listener’s dis-cretion whether it’s worth keep-ing around.

Despite the criticism, “Holy Weather” is taking Civil Twi-light in the right direction and might be a stepping-stone to bigger things in the future.

Review:Civil Twilightdrops albumnumber two

2 out of 4 stars

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RAs host event inspired by ‘Hunger Games’ to raiseawareness, bring in food donations for community

each.One of the RAs who orga-

nized the event, Chris Criqui, said the goal was to aid the community - especially since hunger and poverty is a serious issue within Watauga County.

“People don’t think that be-cause poverty in the city is ev-erywhere - it’s very visible, it’s in the streets,” Criqui said. “But here, it’s in the hills and it’s not on our college campus.”

To play in the games, students donated five cans to have their names entered in a drawing. In total, 24 students were chosen to battle it out as tributes.

“It was cool that you had to give cans to do it,” said Clay, one of the winners. “If they do it again next year, when it will probably be more popular, they can hopefully raise even more cans - so that’s good.”

Before the event took place, 401 cans of food were donated. Around 50 cans were donated during the game.

As part of the Feinstein Chal-lenge at Hospitality House, food donations were backed by monetary donations from the Feinstein Foundation - $1 per can.

Gardner Hall Resident Di-rector Tessa Noon said the game could provide a model

Amy Birner | The AppalachianFreshman psychology major Walter Milowic tries to escape the grasp of freshman physical education K-12 major Trey Kavanaugh during the first Appalachian State Hunger Games last Friday.

Farthing Auditorium sells out for ‘Moulin Rouge’

More on ‘Moulin Rouge’...Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet performed “Moulin Rouge” at Farthing Auditorium last Thursday night for a sold out crowd.

Photo courtesy of Nardella Photography

“I have seen many ballets here at ASU,” sophomore global studies major Kimmie Martinez said. “Last night’s performance was even better than last year’s for the vibrant col-ors and the sincerity in their performance.”

Professor of Dance Studies and Theatre Arts Ray Miller said it’s important that the Winnipeg Royal Ballet was at Appalachian State University.

“They’re the best ballet company in North America and have the resources to bring in the best teachers and dancers wherever they go,” Miller said.

Still, Thursday’s sold-out showing was not a foregone conclusion for members of the ballet.

“It’s very hard to get people to come to see a modern ballet,” Sundermeier said. “People think ballets are over-romanticized and slow, but the goal is to give a great show.”

Commissioned for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 70th anniversary in 2010.

Original cast included 26 dancers and eight crew members.

The title required special permission from the Moulin Rouge in Paris.

Kappa Delta hosts pancake dinner for the first time at Central Dining Hall

goal, some students were still in-fluenced by the location.

“As a senior, this is my first time coming to this event,” senior hospitality and tour-ism management major Shelby Huntley said. “The central loca-tion did help me decide in com-ing, so it was a great move for them.”

And those who attended agreed it was worth the $5 cost.

“I think it’s worth paying $5, because you can go to IHOP or

Cracker Barrel and pay $10 for three [pancakes],” sophomore history major Zach Rogerson said. “Instead, you pay five and get as many as you want.”

Sophomore chemistry major Collins Creech compared the experience to his daily dinners at Central Dining Hall.

“I feel like if I pay $8 a night to get something from the caf-eteria and I pay $5 for all-you-can-eat pancakes, that’s a steal,” Creech said.

One Kappa Delta sister, Haley Fulford, said she agreed.

“This one guy I saw summed it up for me,” Fulford said. “He had five pancakes stacked together in his hand and was eating them all at once. The girls do it more for the cause and the guys do it to eat a lot of pancakes.”

The event featured a pancake-eating contest. The two winners, Justin Blatnik and Mike Moret, won gift certificates for a free meal at Comeback Shack.

Kappa Delta sister Amanda Mathneny serves pancakes Friday evening at the sorority’s 20th annual pancake dinner. The all-you-can-eat meal raised money to help prevent child abuse.

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for future housing-sponsored events.

“The fact that we were able to put together a program where hundreds of people were being a part of something fun and

they learned something new and participated in contributing to a local charity is amazing,” Noonan said. “I think that’s a model that housing would real-ly like to embrace and replicate.”

Rating:

Source: Jo-Ann Sundermeier, soloist

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Coming fresh off its third album release, reggae group The Movement will perform at Legends Wednesday.

“We’re very crowd-oriented and very crowd-involved and we love our fans,” gui-tarist and vocalist Jordan Miller said. “If they weren’t out there, we’d be nothing.”

The band’s latest album, “One More Night,” was released March 20 and is number three - as of press time - on the iTunes Reggae charts. But Miller said the band isn’t letting the big news go to their heads.

“I don’t think we ever scream at our shows, ‘F--k yeah man.’ We don’t do that,” he said. “We’re like, ‘Cool, now how can we step that up?’”

APPS Stage Shows Chairperson Me-gan Ternes said The Movement always puts on a good show.

“They really have a strong stage pres-ence,” she said. “It’s one of those bands if you go, you know you’re going to have a good time.”

Boone-based progressive rock band Ba-foodus will open for The Movement. Ba-foodus is comprised of a current student, two graduate students and Hayes School of Music Professor Andy Page.

“I want to be involved with what the students are doing, musically speaking,” Page said. “Even though I’m getting older every year and they’re staying the same... I’m just going to go where it is.”

Bafoodus released its first, self-titled al-bum last semester and hopes to release a second in the near future.

Though the two bands fall under differ-ent genres, Ternes said the music should mesh well.

“If you made a mix tape on Spotify or on iTunes, you could put those two bands together and it would flow really well,” she said. “The progression from what Bafoodus plays to The Movement just kind of makes sense. It’s at the same level of energy, it’s got enough of an eclectic hybrid between the two and it makes up for an interest-ing dynamic, so you’re not just hearing the same reggae loop over and over again.”

Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance for students and $7 at the door.

This event is BYOB with proper iden-tification.

by MAGGIE BLUNKIntern Lifestyles Reporter

Students filled Plemmons Student Union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom Fri-day night for the Muslim Student

Association’s second combined celebra-tion of two holidays, Noruz and Holi.

Noruz is the Persian New Year, while Holi is the Hindu Festival of Colors. Both holidays are celebrated in March.

The celebration featured storytelling, speakers, henna tattoo art, fire jumping

Reggae group makes its way back to App

by BLAKE LITAKERIntern Lifestyles Reporter

Comedians Nema Williams, B-Daht and Antoine Scott will perform with hip-hop artist Chuck Da Arsonist during the Laughing My Apps Off (LMAO) comedy showcase at Legends Thursday.

The event is hosted by the Appalachian Popular Programming Society’s Council for Cultural Awareness (CCA).

Each act will employ various methods to stay relevant to its college-aged audience. Williams, for one, will draw from his own college experiences.

“My show is very physical, incorporates the crowd and is high-energy, since I act out jokes by expression and movement,” he said.

That’s worked in the past, at least according to CCA Chair-person Amber Miller. She saw one of Williams’s performances at N.C. State.

“I could tell the crowd was very taken with Williams,” she said. “He is a good college performer and is hilarious.”

B-Daht said he’ll engage the crowd by asking questions, point-

Comedians hit Legends Thursday for special showing out people in the audience, bringing students onstage and tossing out gifts. And he pointed out that he still has a very real understanding of college life.

“I’m a PA announcer at Winston-Salem State,” he said. “Every day, I see students studying in the library and struggling to get another semester of financial aid.”

Freshman psychology major experienced B-Daht’s show in person last semester at Legenda, while working as a volunteer for CCA.

“I struggled to control my laughter long enough to do my job,” McClure said.

As for the third comedian, Antoine Scott, he said his perfor-mances are based largely on observational comedy.

“Real stuff is always funniest, so I have no routine and just let it flow,” Scott said.

Once the comedians finish their acts, newly-signed Sony hip-hop artist Chuck Da Arsonist will give a final performance.

Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $12 in advance for students and $15 at the door.

This event is BYOB with proper identification.

Muslim Student Association celebrates Holi and Noruz

and traditional food and dance.“We just want everyone to have a great

time,” MSA President Nadareh Naseri said. “That’s what Noruz is - just a party time.”

Speakers included computer sci-ence professor Rahman Tashakkori and computer information systems profes-sor Dinesh Davé. Tashakkori and Davé talked about the two holidays while the crowd enjoyed traditional Indian and Persian food donated by local families.

“My favorite part of the night was the

amazing food, because it was different from anything I’ve tried before,” fresh-man psychology major Olivia Veneziano said. “But the dancing was also really amazing and made the night so much fun.”

One of the main goals of MSA is to showcase Muslim culture in a positive light, Naseri said.

“I’ve been to Iran during Noruz and everyone is out and having a good time,” she said. “That’s what I want to show people about the people and the culture.”

Group hosts combined celebration of Persian, Hindu holidays

Junior Spanish major Naderah Naseri (above) performs with the Bollywood Dance Team at the Noruz and Holi festival on Friday evening. Members of the Muslim Stu-dent Association (right) serve Middle Eastern and Asian dishes at the event. The festival celebrated Noruz, the Persian New Year and Holi, a Hindu celebration.

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He can’t be trusted!This guy still eatshis own boogers!!

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Why not Freemyer/Lee?

Senior political science majors Evan Freemyer and Bobby Lee have a unique and eye-catching platform. We like their focus on detail and initially saw their platform as a standout. The two candidates also come off well when speaking in public, and Lee managed several crowd-pleasers during the March 20 debate.

As good as Freemyer and Lee look on paper, though, many of their ideas are far from feasible. For example, turning the former Broyhill Inn & Confer-ence Center into Greek housing would be a good idea, if the space hadn’t already been repurposed as the Broyhill Events Center.

Freemyer and Lee’s ideas are bold, but they aren’t reachable.

Why not Hatley/Hanna?

Sophomore management major Steven Hatley and junior international business major Chelsey Hanna are relatively new members of SGA - both started their first senatorial terms during the 2011 fall semester.

Both candidates like to point out their lack of fo-cus on politics and résumés, emphasizing their focus on getting out and talking with students over filing paperwork and participating in business-as-usual.

That outsider’s perspective is interesting, but we’re not sure Hatley and Hanna comprehend the full ex-tent of their potential duties as SGA President and Vice-President.

We like Hatley and Hanna’s strong focus on stu-dent outreach and we don’t oppose the idea that SGA needs reform. But we don’t believe they have the knowledge, the experience or the expertise to bring that reform to fruition.

Only a few days after Invisible Children stressed the importance of helping “invisible children” in Uganda, America had an invisible child of its own.

In Florida, a teenager was walking back to his dad’s house from a gas station, with a pack of Skit-tles in hand. Trayvon Martin was unarmed and non-threatening in every way possible, other than the fact that he was wearing a hoodie and was of African-American descent.

To George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old commu-nity watch leader and self-appointed vigilante, Mar-tin’s age, spirit, personality and self were invisible. The only things visible to Zimmerman were Mar-tin’s race and attire, which were somehow suspicious enough to bring on the end of the teenager’s short life.

Trayvon Martin was gunned down on American soil as countless Americans were spreading the Kony 2012 documentary on social media and purchasing $30 Invisible Children “awareness kits.”

But what about the Trayvon Martins of the world? Where are the posters and the group efforts to fight for their justice? It’s time to be aware of racism, in-equality and injustice on our own turf.

I’m not insensitive to world issues. I’m not say-ing we shouldn’t be aware of Joseph Kony and his actions, or that we shouldn’t do everything we can to remove children from the torture they’re facing in Uganda.

But just as those children don’t deserve a life of war, Martin didn’t deserve to be targeted and shot here in the United States.

Martin’s death, for the most pointless of reasons, should open our eyes. Maybe we can’t change the world. Maybe we should focus our attention on the racism that still exists in our everyday lives. Maybe we should make sure our own country is one where a teenage kid can wear a black hoodie on the way home from the gas station.

Zimmerman wasn’t prosecuted for Martin’s shoot-ing. That raises a serious question - what is wrong with our society?

Justice for Martin is a struggle because of the “stand your ground law,” which states that citizens of a state can use deadly force against an unarmed person if they feel “threatened” by them and do it out of self-defense.

That law is in place in 24 states, including Florida - and North Carolina.

Trayvon Martin could be your neighbor, your brother, or your best friend. Don’t let this happen to them. Go out and fight, sign a petition, make a change and prevent this from ever happening again.

Suglia, a freshman journalism major from Pinehurst, is an opinion columnist.

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Which SGA ticket should represent you?

After careful consider-ation, The Appalachian has chosen to endorse junior political science major Jake Cox and junior manage-ment major Eric Barnes for Student Government Association President and Vice-President in 2012-13.

Of the three tickets run-ning, Cox and Barnes have the most extensive and diverse SGA experience. As Director of Interna-tional and Environmental Affairs, Cox worked to mentor his staff and move toward eliminating sty-rofoam in Food Services. Barnes is wrapping up his time as Director of Legis-lative Operations and was the student representative for the feasibility commit-tee that discussed the foot-ball division move.

Initially, Cox and Barnes’ platform did not strike us as the most innovative or the most ambitious. Some points are vague and sim-ply state a goal, rather than outlining a plan for action.

It’s admirable, for instance, that Cox and Barnes hope to improve communication with students about cam-pus safety issues. But what is a campus safety issue? How are students currently informed about these is-sues? And what would the two candidates change?

But this is more of an is-sue with the way Cox and Barnes’ platform is writ-ten than with their ability to execute real change. In the presidential and vice-presidential debate March 20, Cox and Barnes pro-vided greater detail than any other ticket when plat-form points were called into question.

And ultimately, they convinced The Appala-chian that they were the ticket with the necessary experience and real-world knowledge to take on the positions they’re pursuing.

The other tickets have some great ideas. But Cox and Barnes can get the job done.

The Student Govern-ment Association’s election committees and candidate tickets have been working overtime.

The judicial board hear-ing held Monday night was the fifth so far this election cycle.

Most of the accusations and logic behind these cases strike us as petty and politically motivated, rather than being based on genu-ine threats to a fair and bal-anced election process.

In one of five hearings already determined by the elections board, one ticket accused another of com-municating with a huddled group of SGA senators in the audience.

What were those sena-tors actually doing? Us-ing the iPhone application “Draw Something.”

While we can’t vouch for the degree of professional-ism demonstrated by those senators, it’s clear that the election process was not

The Appalachian supports Cox/Barnes for student body

president, vice-president

Excessive judicial board hearings debase SGA electionsjeopardized by anyone’s cellphone use.

If something as innocu-ous as a few students wast-ing time with an iPhone ap-plication can be construed as a campaign violation, what other opportunities for abuse do these loosely worded policies allow?

Elections Board Chair Frank Byrne told The Ap-palachian last week that the rules are organized to be specific enough to avoid misunderstanding but vague enough to not be overly restrictive.

But even after SGA passed legislation earlier this month to simplify and streamline election policies, current student body presi-dent Lauren Estes told The Appalachian she was con-cerned about clarity.

“I don’t think any ticket is going to have any malicious intent when and if they vio-late the bylaws,” Estes said in the March 1 edition. “I think it’s really going to

come down to the fact that they misunderstand or mis-interpret the bylaws, even after the judicial board has met and given its ruling.”

Estes may be right, but it still seems that the very sys-tem put in place to ensure fairness during elections is being used as a tool for tick-ets to attack one another.

We understand the rea-son the judicial board exists – to point out legitimate concerns and infractions within the election process.

But as the board is being used, it serves to debase the candidates and the election process, rather than to pro-mote legitimacy and cred-ibility.

While some degree of contention is expected – and even necessary for a lively debate – SGA’s cur-rent system seems to attack itself.

No matter what, can-didates will pick on each other.

“I was a little bit, you

know, upset how negative and dirty the campaign got,” former SGA Vice-President Nate Cook told The Appalachian last April. “And I guess as far as the whole judicial thing goes, I was surprised at how quickly this election got very personal to the people involved.”

That’s a running theme for Appalachian State Uni-versity’s SGA: elections get personal.

The Appalachian reported last year on a variety of ju-dicial board hearings relat-ed to campaign violations. This year seems on track to match or exceed that level of contention.

It’s time for that to stop. SGA needs to make its rules and bylaws clear enough that infractions are clearly recognized without a he said/she said judicial board hearing.

It’s time to stop us-ing university resources to make political attacks.

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To get started with a Counseling Center group, come to the Counseling Center during Walk-In Clinic, call 262-3180 or visit the website for more information at www.counseling.appstate.edu. If you are interested in group but these times do not work for you, please get in touch with Chris Carden at 262-3180 or cardendc@appstate.edu.Career resources available at ASUCome explore the resources on campus here to assist you with your career planning and job searching needs. Is choos-ing a major causing you stress? The Peer Career Center can help! Choosing a major is one of the many decisions you will have to make during your college career. Do not take it lightly. The average person spends 86,000 hours working in his/her lifetime. How many hours are you going to spend choosing your career? We offer assistance in finding a major and career that matches your interests, abilities, values and experiences. Call 262-2029 to schedule an appointment or drop by our office located on the 2nd floor of the Student Union, beside McAllister’s Deli. Visit us at www.peercareer.appstate.edu. The Career Development Center offers many resources to assist you in your job and internship search skills. Career Counselors will help you build a professional resume, cover letter, and help develop your interviewing skills. Students can utilize Career Gear, (careergear.ap-pstate.edu), our new and improved career management system, to schedule career counseling appointments, post resumes, search for jobs and internships, sign up for on campus interviews, research employers, identify employer mentors and stay up to date with career center events and fairs. Learn about all of the great resources in the CDC at careers.appstate.edu.Free, confidential legal adviceA licensed attorney is available to answer your questions, provide advice, and make referrals. This service is offered free of charge to any Appalachian State University student. Contact the Student Legal Clinic if you have a traffic ticket, a minor criminal charge, a question about your lease or the conditions in your off-campus apartment -- or any other issue or problem that you need legal help with. The Stu-dent Legal Clinis is located in Room 221of the Plemmons Student Union. Call (828) 262-2704 for an appointment. It’s fast and easy! Appointments can usually be scheduled within a few days.Financial Aid questions?Parents and students with financial aid questions are en-couraged to visit our website at financialaid.appstate.edu and their AppalNet account. The Office of Student Financial Aid is open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., except for Uni-versity observed holidays.Spring Diversity Speakers SeriesThe Office of Multicultural Student Development has an-nounced the Spring schedule for the 2011-2012 Diversity Speaker Series. We hope that you will take advantage

of these unique opportunities to see, hear and learn from some of the leading experts on diversity and social justice. All Diversity Speaker Series events are free and open to the public. The series includes: Hands on the Freedom Plow: Personal Accounts by Women in the SNCC, Tuesday, April 24, Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union, 7 p.m., editors Faith Holsaert and Marsha Noonan.Sustainability film series to beginThe sustainability film series at Appalachian State University enters the third year with films that focus on environmental and economic issues and social justice. A feature-length film will be shown in Greer Auditorium each month during spring semester. All films begin at 7 p.m. and are shown free of charge. A 30-minute panel discussion will follow. Visit www.sustain.appstate.edu/2012filmseries for more information. The film series schedule is as follows: April 17, “Wasteland”. The series is hosted by Appalachian’s Office of Sustainability and Department of Geology. For additional information about the film series, contact Brian Zimmer in the Department of Geology at zimmerbw@appstate.edu.Spring Visiting Writers to startNovelist Lee Smith reads from her writings on Thursday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m., as guest author in the Hughlene Bos-tian Frank Visiting Writers Series. The reading takes place in the Table Rock Rook of Plemmons Student Union. Smith is the author of “Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger,” “On Agate Hill,” “The Last Girls” and “Fancy Strut.” She will present the craft talk “A Life in Books” from 2-3:15 p.m. in Table Rock Room in Plemmons Student Union.Poets Rod Smith and Sarah Kennedy will close out the series on Thursday, April 19. Smith will discuss his works “Outlaw Style,” “Ensemble” and “Trespasser.” Kennedy will discuss her works “Home Remedies,” “A Witch’s Dictionary” and “Consider the Lilies.” A craft talk, “Historical Narrative Poems: Where Is This Voice Coming From,” will be pre-sented at 3:30-4:45 p.m. at Table Rock Room in Plemmons Student Union.For further information on Visiting Writers Series, call 828-262-2337 or see www.visitingwriters.appstate.edu.‘Leave Yosef A Legacy’ Leave Yosef A Legacy is an annual day of service event planned and sponsored by the Service and Leadership Residential Learning Community. The event will be hosted on Saturday, March 31, with check-in beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Legends and the day will conclude at 2:30 p.m. in the same location. A free lunch will be served during the event and the service site locations include Habitat for Humanity, Humane Society, Farm Cafe, Horse Helpers, and Daniel Boone Gardens. To register for the event, visit http://csil.appstate.edu/lyald. If you have any questions regarding the day of service, please contact Jordan Seagraves sea-gravesaj@email.appstate.edu.‘Autism Speaks U’ set for April 14The Appalachian State University chapter of Autism Speaks U will hold its first 5k Run/3k Walk event on April 14. The event will be held on the Greenway Trail. Early Registration tickets are available through April 6 for $20. The day of the event tickets will be available for $25. To be guaranteed a T-shirt you must register before April 1. Registration on the day of the event will begin at 8 a.m. with the 5k beginning at 9 a.m., 3k Walk following shortly after. Email Ashley Crowder if you have any questions at crowderam@appstate.edu, or go to http://autismspeaksu.appstate.edu/ for more information.Volunteers needed for trainingEvery year Appalachian conducts a large-scale emergency training exercise that involves local emergency responders and numerous university departments. Because the training is usually conducted after the end of spring semester, few students have ever participated in the training. This year is different and we need student volunteers as actors in the exercise on Friday, March 30. Volunteering as an “actor” is relatively simple – all you have to do is play the part of an emergency victim. If you are available on Friday, March 30 from Noon– 5 p.m. and may be interested, or if you have questions, send an email to emergency@appstate.edu.ASU to help you with sustainabilityf you are interested in preparing for your sustainable future (and enjoying some free food) consider coming to the follow-ing lecture series: March 27 (Tuesday) - Financial Future: Learn about investing in the stock market and different investment options. If you are about to graduate and start a 401k, this is perfect for you! Speakers include financial gurus from who will be able to answer any questions you might have. Free food provided by: Papa Johns; March 28 (Wednesday) - Individual Future: Learn about how to protect your identity from scams. If you have a story to share about someone using your credit card or identity theft, please come share!! Speakers include representatives from the police department, our very own technical support services and Dr. Sandra Vannoy from the CIS department. Free food provided by Dan’l Boone Inn; April 3 (Tuesday) - Entrepreneurship Future: Learn about how to start a small business, including writing a business plan, getting the financing and how to market your brand. Speakers include banking professionals as well as local business owners with firsthand knowledge of how to have a successful business! Free food provided by Beef O Bradys; April 4: (Wednesday) - Sustainable Future: Learn about sustainability reports and energy audits. Speakers include our very own Dr. Tammy Kowalczyk and a energy audit specialist from WAMY. Free food provided by Jimmy Johns and Come Back Shack. All Events are open to students and the community and are held from 5:30 - 6:30pm in the Library Room 421. There is limited free food so please RSVP to cuneoam@appstate.edu!ASU to honor 40 Who’s WhoThe 2012 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in Ameri-can Universities and Colleges will include the names of 40 students from Appalachian State University who have been selected as national outstanding campus leaders. Campus nominating committees have included the names of these students based on their academic achievement, service of community, leadership in extracurricular activities, and potential for continued success. They join an elite group of students from more than 2,842 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several foreign nations. Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934. Each re-cipient is invited to be honored at the Recognition of Student Leaders Program on April 27. Who’s Who Recipients for 2011‐2012 are: Meredith Katheryn Anderson of Apex; Samantha Louise Bonham of Greensboro; Mark Thom-

as Bridges of Morganton; Derek Daniel Brown of Siler City; Emily Irene Brown of Durham; Stephanie Rose Chil-dress of Warrenton, Va.; Rebecca Hye Cho of Raleigh; Samantha Lee Dawn Craig of Lincolnton; Jordan Eliza-beth Davis of Albemarle; Kelsey Moss Dorset of Gaithers-burg, Md.; Hannah Leigh Dow of Mattoon, Ill.; Ryan Alexan-der Duffy of Apex; Courtney Brion Freeman of Carlton, Ga.; Abigail Anne Gac of Weddington; Ashley Clara Grif-fin of Hendersonville; Weston Tucker Haney of Rob-binsville; Kelsey Geneva Hanger of Asheville; Mat-tie Lee Hardin of Lakeland, Fla.; Jon Brian Hartley of Lenoir; Nathan Joseph Healy of New Bern; Alain P. Humb-let of Brossard, Quebec, Canada; Paula Elizabeth Hunt-er of Great Falls, Va.; Lauren Samantha Kanapaux of Hol-ly Springs; Devin Austin Lattin of Asheville; Jaimie Eliz-abeth McGirt of Wilmington; Davonte Lamar McK-enith of Mint Hill; Javier Alejandro Medrano of Forest City; Kristen Marie Pate of Clinton; Samantha Pearl Pat-ton of Morganton; McKenzie Rae Phillips of Newton, Ill.; Corianne Denise Rogers of Raleigh; Brianna Colleen Rug-gles of Huntersville; Kimberly Ann Seufer of Greensboro; Laura Jean Sylvester of Raleigh; Alexander James Thom-as of Durham; Caitlin Elizabeth Wainright of Winterville; Megan Janell Williams of High Point; Amber Marie Wil-son of Denver; Jill Johanna Yerden of Cary; Sarah Eliza-beth Young of Charlotte. George Mason prof talks on ethicsPhilosophy professor Andrew Light will lecture on the role of ethics in climate change on Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. at Appalachian State University.Light’s lecture, “Climate Ethics for Climate Action: Towards a Better Moral Outcome in International Climate Negations,” will be presented in the Bryce and Izoria Gordon Gathering Hall in the Reich College of Education Building at the corner of College and Howard streets. His talk is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion and the College of Arts and Sciences. Admission is free and the public is invited.Light is an associate professor of philosophy and public policy and director of the Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University. He also is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he works primarily on inter-national climate and science policy.Environmental ethics is taught in Appalachian’s Department of Philosophy and Religion.“Climate change is a moral problem because it presents harm to the non-human natural world and human beings in the present and future. It raises a lot of very interesting ethical questions regarding our assumptions about what we should value and the nature and scope of our responsibili-ties for present and future harm. Climate change ethics is concerned with what we should do about climate change,” said Dr. Kim Hall, who started Appalachian’s first environ-mental ethics course in 1999.“Students at Appalachian are really interested in environ-mental issues. There is a lot of creative energy on campus around thinking about environmental problems, how we might approach and understand them through the various academic disciplines on campus, and how we might work on solutions to various problems. Climate change presents us with questions and issues that have profound moral significance,” Hall said. “For example, will there be water and food, for whom, and for how long into the future? How much species extinction are we willing to live with in what will be a radically transformed world? These are problems that affect us all.”Appalachian movie tonight!The film screening of “Beyond Measure” with Appalshop founder and filmmaker Herb E. Smith, is today at 7 p.m., Belk Library Room 114. “A beautiful film about Appalachian people and their rela-tionship with the land and its rich resources that are often owned by corporations elsewhere.” said Loyal Jones, retired director of the Berea College Appalachian Center.“Beyond Measure” tells the stories of people wrestling with drastic economic changes in Appalachian coalfields. The beauty and challenges of living in the mountains are shown as the people describe their daily lives and explain how the mutual aid of extended families and attachments to the land are more important than the things economists usually measure.The film’s showing tonight is sponsored by the ASU Center for Appalachian Studies.Boyles lecture Wednesday at ASUFrank B. Holding Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of First Citizens Bancshares Inc. and its First Citizens Bank subsidiary, will be the speaker at this year’s spring Harlan E. Boyles Distinguished CEO Lecture at Appalachian State University.The event, sponsored by the Walker College of Business, is on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Farthing Auditorium on Ap-palachian’s campus. A reception will follow at 3:15 p.m. at the Broyhill Events Center.The lecture series is named for the late Harlan E. Boyles, who served for 24 years as N.C. state treasurer. The lecture and reception are open to the public. For more information, call 828-262-2057.Holding was elected chairman of Raleigh-headquartered First Citizens in February 2009 and has served as chief executive officer since January 2008. 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Putting its national ranking and undefeat-ed conference record

to the test, ASU fell short to Elon over the weekend, los-ing two out of three games to drop its record to 7-2 in the conference.

The Mountaineers started hot Friday night, looking good in the first five innings. Appalachian scored three runs in the first three innings to take a 3-1 lead.

Designated hitter Daniel Kassouf was a monster at the plate on Friday, smash-ing an RBI double, an RBI single and a solo homerun in the top of the sixth to keep ASU in the game with his first three at bats. Kassouf finished the game 5-5 with three singles, a double and his ninth homerun of the season.

Despite the power at the plate, defense struggled to produce, resulting in three errors that allowed three un-earned runs.

“You can’t win every se-ries - you’ve just got to learn from when you lose,” Kas-souf said.

Saturday, the team did just that and bounced back for a 5-0 victory.

Senior Seth Grant threw a complete game shutout for

by JORDAN DEVEREIntern Sports Reporter

The women’s tennis team fell in a non-conference, neutral site match against the UNC-Wilmington Se-ahawks Sunday in Charlotte.

The day did not go well for ASU. Wilmington won five of six singles matches to take total control of the match.

Junior Ellie Linsell was the lone victor for the Moun-taineers, winning her match by a score of 6-4, 7-5.

Linsell did stumble in the doubles match as she teamed up with a new partner, senior Gisela Fernan-dez. Linsell’s usual doubles partner, junior Jennifer An-sari, was at her match limit and had to sit out.

Linsell pointed out the fact that the team has played away from Boone for six consecu-tive matches.

“I think home match-es definitely give us an advantage and hopefully we’ll do great against UNCG,” she said.

Freshman star Gabby Gabriel had a tough outing. She fought hard in her singles match but fell 6-1, 6-2.

Gabriel felt that UNCW won due to their depth.“They had strong and consistent players and they

were pretty deep from one through six,” she said. Gabriel also mentioned what she wanted to work on

in practice before the next match. “I plan on working on my consistency and shot

placement for my next match,” Gabriel said. The Mountaineers look to rebound from their two-

match slide this Wednesday as they play host to SoCon rival UNCG at 1:30 p.m.

by JORDAN DAVISIntern Sports Reporter

Appalachian notched its first two conference wins this weekend with road victories against Georgia Southern and Davidson.

This brought the Mountain-eers’ record to 2-1 in the confer-ence and 8-5 overall.

The wins come af-ter a tough 3-4 loss to Char lotte We d n e s -day, which senior Alain Humblet called a “wake-up call.”

Friday’s match against Georgia Southern was postponed until Saturday morning due to rain. But the delay didn’t bother the Apps, who went on to sweep the Eagles 7-0.

App started strong Fri-day before the rain kicked in, easily taking the doubles point and going three for three in doubles matches.

ASU followed up its impressive performance Saturday by hitting the road Sunday for a win over Davidson (5-2). The team got wins from its top four singles players, as

Men’s tennis gets first conference wins

well as the doubles point.Senior Alex Markov

seems to have bounced back from a slow start, winning his last five sin-gles matches as well as his last five doubles matches.

Doubles matches have been a strong suit for the team ever since Coach

L a k e switched up the pairings last month. At No. 1 doubles, se-nior Philip Klock and sophomore S ebe s t i an King have gone 6-3 during this

span, while seniors Alex Markov and Alain Hum-blet have gone 8-1 at No. 2.

App will play its 7th road match in a row this Wednesday against Elon, a stretch that has seen the team go 4-2 while playing in four different states.

“It’s been tough,” Mar-kov said. “It’s been a lot of traveling, and we all have schoolwork to worry about as well. So it will be good to get back and focus on school again.”

The team will have its first home match in over a month with a conference match against The Cita-del on Thursday at 2 p.m.

Senior infielder Trey Holmes throws the ball Sunday afternoon at Latham Park in Elon, NC. The Mountaineers lost to Elon 11-2.

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Baseball falls to Elon for first two SoCon losses of season

his fourth win of the season. The day started off rough

for Grant, who allowed a hit and walked a batter. Later, though, the senior went on to sit down 11 batters in a row.

Kassouf hit his 10th homerun in the 8th inning to put ASU up 2-0.

Tyler Tewell went on to hit a double in the ninth inning along with a Jeremy Dowdy triple, adding on three runs to secure the 5-0 victory.

“The guys kept stepping up and getting the big base hits while we had some guys on base that allowed us to take the game from two to nothing to five to nothing,” Grant said. “That gave us a little bit of a cushion.”

ASU’s shutout win was the first win against Elon since 2008.

“I thought [Saturday] we played one of our best ball games of the year,” head coach Chris Pollard said. “I though Seth pitched great and I thought we played ter-rific defense and we were re-ally strong in all three phases. We were really opportunistic at the plate.”

Appalachian ended the series Sunday with an 11-2 loss.

Junior pitcher Rob Mar-cello pitched five innings, letting seven runs in on nine

hits for his first loss of the season.

Within the first two in-nings, the Phoenix scored five runs and eventually ran away with the game. Appa-lachian only scored two runs in the third inning.

“The fact is that even though it was an 11-2 ball game on paper, it really wasn’t played as an 11-2 ball game.” Coach Pollard said. “We were a play away in the first inning and a pitch away in the sixth inning from that being a tight game. And

that’s baseball.”Despite the first two losses

in the conference, the players aren’t backing down.

Daniel Kassouf now has the SoCon leading batting average after his five-for-five performance on Friday and Tyler Zupcic and Will Cal-laway extended their hitting streaks to 16 and 14 games respectively with a single on Sunday.

The team will play North Carolina A&T at home Tuesday. First pitch will be at 3 p.m.

Al Drago | Courtesy of The Pendulum

Women’s tennis suffers second straight loss to UNC Wilmington

“The wins come after a tough 3-4 loss to Charlotte

Wednesday, which senior Alain Humblet called a ‘wake-up call.’”

“I think home matches definitely give us an advan-

tage and hope-fully we’ll do great

against UNCG.”

Ellie LinsellJunior, Women’s tennis

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