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by NOLEN NYCHAYIntern News Reporter

Fizzy Floats, an ice cream stand, sold out of product on campus three days in a row last week before being shut down by ASU Police April 10 for an Appalachian State Policy Manual violation.

Fizzy Floats had two lo-cations at Duck Pond and Sanford Mall but was shut down because “[n]o person associated with the Univer-sity in any capacity shall use for his or her own financial benefit or any other personal purposes University facili-ties or property,” according to the policy.

Ethan Peverall, founder of Fizzy Floats, is a junior marketing and entrepre-neurship major. He offers a variety of original and clas-sic floats from his self-made refrigerated cart.

“I got the idea for Fizzy Floats a couple of years ago

Fizzy Floats leaves Appalachian campus due to policy violation

when I was experimenting with different combinations of sherbet and soda flavors,” Peverall said. “I spent a month and $800 construct-ing a transportable umbrella cart, then started selling my creations once I obtained a business distribution permit from the Town of Boone.”

Peverall has had success with his small business, sell-ing in high-traffic areas such as King and River Street, which are federally-owned public areas. However, Ap-palachian State’s campus is state-owned property, and therefore has certain ex-emptions regarding public domain.

“A way for Fizzy Floats to continue distribution on campus is to have sponsor-ship from a university-af-filiated club and donate all earned profits to a charitable organization,” said Art Kes-sler, director of Food Ser-vices.

Peverall is currently work-ing to make his ice cream cart solar-powered so that he can align his business with a sustainability organi-zation such as ASUREI.

“It’s not about the money, the floats sell themselves wherever I go,” Peverall said. “I just want to give a little something back to the com-munity and create a happy environment for my fellow students.”

Peverall said on his blog that despite last week’s inci-dent, he still intends to sell ice cream on campus at least once a week, as soon as he is able.

In the meantime, the Fizzy Floats stand can be found in public locations around Boone on sunny days and during community events like the upcoming downtown Art Crawl.

For more information about Fizzy Floats, visit fizzyfloats.blogspot.com.

by STEPHANIE SANSOUCY

Senior News Reporter

Editor’s Note: The fol-lowing is the first part of a four-part series about be-hind-the-scene employees at Appalachian State Univer-sity.

On a sunny day, residents of Frank Hall head outside to enjoy the weather, but before they leave to set up a hammock, they stop to say hello to their housekeeper and ask her about her day.

She jokes with the resi-dents, and her boss brings her a thank you card for helping out a fellow house-keeper.

This housekeeper is Te-resa Davis. She has worked at Appalachian for seven years.

“I was looking for a more permanent job then what I had been used to,”

Housekeeper is ‘loving and caring’

Davis said. “I had always waitressed and cooked and I tried my hand at house-keeping.”

Davis said she enjoyed working as a waitress and cook before her time as a housekeeper, but she de-cided to work at Appala-

chian because of the health insurance and retirement.

“I’ve not had a day that I dreaded coming in,” Davis said. “But Mondays are a

Teresa Davis stands next to her office door, dressed in decorations made by Frank Hall residents. This is Davis’s seventh year working in University Housing.

Olivia Wilkes | The Appalachian

see Teresa page 2

by STEPHANIE SANSOUCYSenior News Reporter

The sixth annual Music on the Mountaintop has been postponed until 2014, according to a state-ment made on the event’s Face-book page.

MOTM is “the premiere music festival in Boone, North Caro-lina, and is one of the nation’s first Green Festivals,” according to the music and art festival’s Facebook page.

Part of the delay is due, in part, to “tireless efforts to exhaust ev-ery resource” and that it is “best to step away for one year and gain perspective and insight,” accord-ing to a statement on the festival’s Facebook page.

“The last five years have been nothing short of a spectacular dream,” according to the state-ment. “We’ve learned more than ever imaginable. We set out to bring the best quality of music to Boone, create an event the local community could be proud of and help non-profits along the way.”

The Boone-based band Naked Gods performed at the festival in previous years and was included in the lineup for the festival in 2013.

“To be honest, our involvement with MOTM this past year was not a great experience,” accord-ing to a statement from the band. “MOTM’s level of disorgani-zation, the inexplicably higher ticket prices to see less bands and the disregard for local, diverse and interesting music was alarming.”

The cause of the band’s frus-tration was a bad check they re-ceived for their performance and the four months it took to correct it.

“We had a good time at previ-ous MOTM’s and were always kept in the know about money, but this year things seemed a bit more unhinged and we were left feeling confused and wronged,” the statement said.

The statement said like many other college towns, people of Boone are excited about new mu-sic and it would be nice to have a festival “more centered around interesting music, cheaper tick-

Music on the Mountaintop

postponed

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Explosions in BostonOne Appalachian graduate student and other Boone-area residents are reportedly safe after two

explosions went of during the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon

by MICHELLE PIERCEIntern News Reporter

Appalachian State University’s Colleges Against Cancer club “painted” Sanford Mall purple by dressing trees, statues and railings with purple table clothes Monday to raise awareness for Relay For Life, an event set for Friday

“We’re trying to find that one dollar that will cure cancer,” said Heather West, a sophomore com-munication studies major.

April showers didn’t stop the club from setting up a booth out-side of Plemmons Student Union and handing out free cupcakes and purple balloons to students from under a tent.

Club members stood outside the union from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. handing out fliers, buttons and magnets as a reminder to fund-

raise for Relay For Life. The club was not only rais-

ing awareness, but also receiv-ing canned good donations to be distributed to Boone’s Hospitality House and local food pantries.

“We’re not only fighting cancer, we’re fighting hunger as well,” said Cassie Macleod, a senior family consumer science major and the club president.

The canned goods will also serve as a paperweight for the luminar-ies that will line the track and light up Duck Pond Field at Relay for Life.

Students may decorate a lumi-nary bag for a $5 donation.

Students can purchase T-shirts, luminaries, volunteer and make donations either at a contact table that will be in the student union throughout the week or online at relayforlife.org.

Colleges Against Cancer raises awareness for Relay for Life

ASU’s Colleges Against Cancer raises awareness for Relay for Life Monday afternoon in front of Plemmons Student Union.

Olivia Wilkes | The Appalachian

by CHELSEY FISHERManaging Editorby STEPHANIE

SANSOUCYSenior News Reporter

by NINA MASTANDREAIntern News Reporter

At least eight Boone residents are con-firmed to be physi-

cally unharmed after two explosions near the finish line of the Boston Mara-thon Monday, though there may have been more runners and visitors from the area.

At least three people were killed and more than 140 were injured in the explosion as of press time, according to The Boston Globe.

Graduate student Ryan Warrenburg coached some marathon runners and was in Boston during the explosion.

Warrenburg was head-ed to the finish line on the Boston subway and was 2 or 3 miles outside the city when he started to hear about the explo-sion.

“I saw something

on Twitter about it,” Warrenburg said. “Then they stopped the train and told everyone to get off.”

Warrenburg said he was shaken because it took 30 minutes to get in touch with everyone and make sure they were alright because of the cell tower traffic.

“There were tons and tons of people walking and running all over the place, it was just a very, at least from where I was standing a mile away, it was a pretty chaotic scene,” he said.

Warrenburg said it was also stressful because he didn’t know what was go-ing on.

Boone runner Caleb Masland said that every-one he knows from the Boone area is safe and has been accounted for.

Masland said that he was in his hotel, the Wes-tin Copley Place, about a half a block from the fin-ish line when the explo-sion happened.

Masland finished the

marathon earlier in the day.

“It was very kind of shocking at first,” Masland said. “Running the Boston Marathon is a very uplifting and joy-ous occasion, so it came to be a very stark contrast to Patriot’s Day and the

Boston Marathon.” The immediate help of

medical professions was encouraging, he said.

“The amazing thing is that when the first explo-sion happened there were a lot of medical profes-sionals and police officers there just for support of

the race and they im-mediately rushed toward the explosion to help the people who need it,” Masland said.

Masland said that he has not heard anything

see Boston page 3

Spectators flee from the scene of the first of two explosions that shook the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon near Copley Square on Monday after-noon. The bombings left three dead and 140 injured as of press time.

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by JOSHUA FARMERNews Editor

Members of the Watauga County Democratic Party and Appalachian State College Democrats will hold a press conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. to kick off the “I Vote” cam-paign.

“Our press conference will bring together leaders from the county commis-sion, town council, Watauga County Democratic Party and, most importantly, our Appalachian State Univer-sity College Democrats to announce a large field ef-fort to show our commu-nity that students are well-educated members of the community who should be able to exercise their right

Watauga County Democratic Party responds to NC voter bills

to vote in the school com-munity they attend,” said Jesse Presnell, third vice chairman of the Watauga County Democratic party.

Presnell said the cam-paign will start later that day with the “Save the Stu-dent Vote” event, meant to raise awareness about Sen-ate Bills 666 and 667 cur-rently in the N.C. General Assembly.

“While folks like Dan Soucek and Jonathan Jor-dan are in Raleigh passing unconstitutional bills to take away those rights, we are kicking off this plan to bring folks together on is-sues that matter to every-one: jobs, education and voting access for everyone,” Presnell said.

SB 666 would disallow

families to claim students as dependents if the stu-dent registers to vote any-where except the address of the family claiming the de-duction. The preclusion of these tax deductions could end up costing a family up to $2,500, according to the bill. SB 667 would also re-quire voters to be registered to vote at the same address their vehicle is registered.

“We look forward to making our case to the Ap-palachian community and sending a message to our legislators that we intend to fight back,” Presnell said.

Appalachian State Col-lege Republicans Chair-woman Caroline Hartman said they will likely wait to release a statement after the press conference.

TeresaContinued from page 1

little scary because the kids had all week-end to do their stuff and so it can be a little hard to come in.”

But Davis doesn’t just housekeep for Appalachian.

Davis said that to pay the light bill for her home she cleans the laundry room and showers at the campground where she has lived for three years.

Since her husband has gone back to work, Davis said she wakes up around 4 a.m. to drive her husband to his work 20 miles away at the Tennessee line before arriving to work as the housekeeper for Frank Residence Hall.

“I’ve had my best year in here com-pared to some of the other buildings,” Davis said.

Davis said the housekeeping commu-nity at Appalachian works together to help out if a member of the community is in need. They do things like help out in other buildings and give monetary dona-tions.

“It’s really like we are brothers and sis-ters, that’s the way I see it,” Davis said.

One of the craziest things that hap-pened to Davis during her time as a housekeeper was the time she found a fire hydrant in the stairwell of Justice.

“Maintenance had to come and carry it out, it still had the dirt in it and ev-

erything from where they broke the pipe off,” Davis said. “We never found out where it came from.”

Davis said the students she has worked with this year in Frank have been won-derful.

“They see me every day sitting here watching the soap operas and they all wave at me and say ‘Hello’ and ‘How are you?’” Davis said. “They are all nice and courteous.”

Davis has contributed to the Appala-chian community in other ways as well.

She has served on committees and set up efforts on Earth Day in 2010 to see how much power each residence hall uses.

“I love getting into things with the students,” Davis said. “I love getting into things with the people I work with.”

Davis plans to stay with her job as a housekeeper until she retires, which might be sooner than she had planned because of health issues.

However, she remains optimistic. “This job will work with me on stuff

like that,” Davis said. “They want you to do your job too, they just want to help you out.”

Facilities coordinator for University Housing Brad Smith said Davis is a perfect fit for working in residence halls because she is such a caring and kind per-son.

“Teresa is one of the most caring people I have ever met,” Smith said. “She really cares about people. She goes above and beyond what’s expected for her.”

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by NOLEN NYCHAYIntern News Reporter

In honor of Earth Day, the Office of University Sustainability will host a series of campus events based on the theme “Put Your Green Foot Forward” between Saturday, April 20 and Friday, April 26.

The Office of Sustain-ability, with the help of area businesses, nonprofits and multiple campus or-ganizations, is organizing Earth week 2013.

“This year we decided to move from awareness to action during Earth Week,” said Megan Berry, a junior exercise science major. “We invite students, faculty and staff to find one or more activities they are interested in and partici-pate.”

The purpose of the events is to encourage the campus and community to live a more sustainable lifestyle through small adjustments to daily routines, according to an official release from the Office of Sustainability.

Earth Week begins with a day of mass volunteerism, cleaning up the Boone community and sections of the New River, followed by an outdoor Field Day on

Sustainability plans Earth Week events

Sanford Mall on Sunday to encourage students to enjoy the outdoors.

Other events during the week include walking dogs

from the Watauga Hu-mane Society, hiking the Appalachian preserve, seed planting, and an interactive art and music festival.

For more informa-tion regarding events and scheduling, visit sus-tain.appstate.edu/earth-week-2013.

ets and an overall better understanding of what people want from a festi-val experience.”

Senior health promo-tion major Emily Wil-liams said that she is upset that the festival won’t be back for her senior year and her experience with the festival last summer was one of the best she

MOTMContinued from page 1 had in 2012.

“It has been a tradition that we have all come to love and cherish and look forward to at the end of the summer,” Williams said. “Nothing compares to the crowds at the end of the night, the pickin’ stage after hours, camping, the vendors and the festival food.”

Williams said she hopes when the festival returns it will be as memorable as it has been in years past.

*Information from sustain.appstate.edu

about airports closing and plans to return to North Carolina tomor-row.

The first two explo-sions happened around 3 p.m. Monday. There was another fire at the JFK Library in Boston around 3 p.m. that may not have been linked to the first two explosions, officials

said. As of press time, no one had claimed respon-sibility for the explosions and no arrests had been made.

Federal authorities are classifying the bombings as a terrorist attack, but it’s not clear whether the origin was domestic or foreign as of press time. While no injuries have been reported from the Boone area, two Char-lotte residents, Nicole and Michael Gross, were injured in the explosion.

BostonContinued from page 1

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by LOVEY COOPER Senior A&E Reporter

Editor’s Note: The follow-ing reflects the opinions of the author.

Springing back from an indefinite hiatus since 2008’s “Folie A Deux,” Fall Out Boy has returned with a sur-prise attempt to save rock ‘n’ roll with their newly released album “Save Rock and Roll,” decidedly the band’s most un-rock ‘n’ roll-like work to date.

Most of the songs on the album contain shouting and chanting, with a sing-along style, but the novelty of this wears off quickly, especial-ly when coupled with the band’s signature insult/com-pliment lyrics about holding grudges against lost loves.

The opening track “Phoe-nix” immediately sets an edgy tone to the album, coming off as a more angry and relevant version of Fall Out Boy’s unmistakable sig-nature pop-punk sound.

While “Phoenix” and the following track “My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark” might not stand out from most songs on the ra-dio today, they are still mas-terfully executed and Patrick Stump’s powerfully soulful belting will definitely stick in your head for days.

Other songs don’t carry this genre-melding as well. “Alone Together” and “Death Valley” sound like forced at-tempts at new styles, with too cutesy pop vocals and even an unexpected dubstep drop.

This hit-and-miss nature unfortunately leaves some tracks sounding forcibly trendy. “Young Volcanoes” is an adorable summer-time campfire song, but the overarching theme of back-ground group chanting that permeates all the songs on the album leaves this track a little sickeningly sweet.

By far the best track is “Where Did the Party Go.” With driving bass lines and disco-esque pop melodies, this song is infectious and poppy in the best way pos-sible.

For recording the album in secret, Fall Out Boy man-aged to score a lot of celeb-rity collaborations, and quite strange ones at that - Big Sean, Courtney Love and Elton John all have their own respective solos at vari-ous points throughout the album.

None of these individuals make much sense outside of their name-dropping abili-ties, and their collaboration efforts are just uncomfort-able to listen to.

Most of the songs on this album, even the good ones, would perhaps have been better suited for individual releases over the course of the band’s hiatus, not as a single concentrated effort, no matter how “highly personal” the band thinks they are.

Overall, “Save Rock and Roll” does nothing of the sort, and leaves all parties in-volved quite confused.

by JAY SALTONIntern A&E Reporter

Alpha Psi Omega, the honors theatre organization, pre-sented the dramatic comedy “Regrets Only” this past Fri-day through Sunday at I.G. Greer Studio.

The play - origi-nally written by Paul Rudnick - deals with gay rights is-sues and takes place

Alpha Psi Omega performs ‘Regrets Only’around 2005, while President George W. Bush was still in of-fice.

“It is topical and I think accessible via the humor, but it still manages to say something,” said Melanie Miller, di-rector of the pro-duction, a senior at Appalachian State University and a member of Alpha Psi Omega.

The main char-acters in the play, a fashion designer that is part of New York’s elite, as well as his best friend and his father, are at-tempting to pass an amendment to legal-ize gay marriage.

This was an espe-cially important top-ic to touch on for the performing students. Some of the inten-tions of the play were

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by CHELLA MCLELLANDIntern A&E Reporter

The Order of Black and Gold hosted Soul Night to demonstrate African-Amer-ican excellence as well as promote cultural awareness Sunday at 7 p.m. with about 60 people in attendance.

The event included tap dancing and a poetry read-ing as well as gospel and a cappella music, featuring The Cornerstone Summit Praise Team and Enharmonix.

There were various speech-es throughout that described what the word “soul” means to those who are a part of The Order of Black and Gold.

“It’s a way to showcase dif-ferent cultures and talents,” said Dontrell Parson, advisor of The Order of Black and Gold. “It is a literal and visual representation of the soul.”

Speeches were given be-tween each performance with a focus on a specific letter in

The Order of Black and Gold promotes cultural awareness with Soul Night

Cierra Lacey and Jill Wagers tap danced to ‘No Diggity’ by Blackstreet at The Order of the Black and Gold’s Soul Night. The event was held in Plem-mons Student Union at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Nicole Debartolo | The Appalachian

by EMMA SPECKMANA&E Reporter

As summer festival season kicks off nation-wide with

Coachella in California, Boone saluted the dawn of summer weather in its own way.

The fifth biannual Boone in Blossom music and arts festival, though a fraction of the size of Coachella, attracted 470 attendees who listened to live music at the main stage, participated in vari-ous workshops and wan-dered the transformed High Country Fair-grounds.

Musical headliners in-cluded singer Carly Taich and Boone-based bands Supatight, Donnie Dies and Cici & the Coro-nas Friday and Saturday night.

Boone residents and area business owners held workshops about partner yoga, worm composting, hula, the “birthing revolu-tion” and herbal medicine on the main stage and fes-tival grounds throughout the weekend. Chanting and “static dancing” circles were led by festival orga-nizers as well throughout the weekend.

Festivalgoers had the option to camp out and there were specific areas set up for families and general camping.

“There’s room to wan-der around,” said Christie Horowski, a sophomore sustainable develop-ment major. “You can do whatever you want to do; hooping, dancing, yoga, anything.”

Horowski led a fire hooping demonstration Saturday night with a hu-

Boone in Blossom brings first vibes of summer to festivalgoers from the area

la-hoop she made herself. Area businesses, artists

and craftspeople joined the fun and many brought goods with them to sell to festivalgoers.

A new food truck, Vi-tality, debuted its vegetar-ian and vegan fare at the festival.

Debi Golembieski, who owns and operates Green Mother Goods on King Street, created the Vital-ity food truck and came to the festival to oversee

its debut. “I’m really excited to be

here and to be a part of this,” she said. “It’s been a lovely fair. Good music, good people.”

Junior sociology major Erika Guerrero works at Green Mother Goods with Golembieski and came to the festival to help with the food truck debut.

The festival really brought the community together, Guerrero said.

As is customary for events in Boone, in ad-dition to the relaxed vibe and good music, keep-ing things local was a big theme for Boone in Blos-som.

“I get the spirit of it,” said Elizabeth Penick, an Appalachian alumna. “Why buy something 1,000 miles away when you can buy it right here?”

Penick volunteered with the festival organiz-ers and described the ex-

perience as being “really fun.”

Shane Margeson, the founding member of the High Country Poetry So-ciety, said the event was the blossoming of the community

“What’s great about this type of event is we can just hop onstage with one mic and perform,” Margeson said. “We did a lot between musical sets, while groups were setting up backstage.”

the word “soul.” Cassie Mason, secretary for

the club and a speaker of the event, has been a part of the organization for two years.

“The purpose of the club is to promote unity and diver-sity through service,” Mason said. “This event is to show that everyone has soul and it is expressed in different ways.”

Toshira Britt, president of The Order of Black and Gold, said that this event demon-strated the soul of African Americans in particular.

“It’s pretty much about bringing out the culture of black people,” Britt said.

The Order of Black and Gold is a co-ed service club that was originally founded in the 2000-01 academic year to bring minorities together and to provide support for them.

Since then, it has expanded to include a variety of cultures and now completes service projects both off and on cam-pus.

Sophomore interdisciplinary studies major Molly Clay performs fire hooping Saturday night at Boone in Blossom. Boone in Blossom was held over the weekend at High Country Fairgrounds and included musical performances, workshops, meditation sessions and more.

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to broaden student’s horizons about the-atre while bringing up important issues of today.

“[The production’s purpose was] not only to broaden ho-rizons about theatre, but to take a comedic and personal look at homosexual and hu-man rights,” said Luke Schaffer, stage manager and junior theatre arts major.

Alpha Psi Omega holds a play every year that is run com-pletely by students.

“Regrets Only” was more financially reasonable than past productions, such as last year’s “The Odd Couple,” because the rights to perform the play were signifi-cantly cheaper.

The Department of Theatre and Dance helped with the pro-

duction as well, con-tributing costumes and set pieces.

“This play sup-ports not only gay marriage and ho-mosexual equality but also basic human rights,” Schaffer said. “It also shows mar-riage in many dif-ferent forms, and it should be a mistake or success that ev-eryone is allowed to make.”

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NC legislator’s comments are offensive, degrading

KENTVASHAW

This week, a constituent named Britt Kauffman emailed N.C. Rep. Michele Presnell re-garding the bill that Presnell cosponsored, which would have established a state religion.

This bill was implemented spe-cifically to allow Rowan County

to open commissioner’s meetings in explicitly Christian prayers. Kauffman asked Representative Presnell, “Would you be com-fortable with a public prayer to Allah before a legislative meet-ing in Raleigh?”

The News and Observer re-ports that Presnell responded with a statement that demon-strates an incredible ignorance: “No, I do not condone terror-ism.”

This is the type of bigoted rhetoric that many Muslims have faced in this country since 9/11 and is completely unac-ceptable.

Last year, Rep. Michelle Bach-mann claimed that the govern-ment had been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood, leading even fellow conservatives like Sen. John McCain to condemn her, Think Progress reports.

“Rep. Presnell’s comment rep-resents a common misunder-standing of Islam in America,” said Lena Aloumari, president of Appalachian State Univer-sity’s Muslim Student Associa-tion. “Contrary to popular belief, all Muslims are not like the ex-tremists that are portrayed in the media.”

In reality, the vast majority of

American Muslims are peaceful and productive members of soci-ety. Just like it would be outland-ish and unjustified to compare all Christians to the Ku Klux Klan or Westboro Baptist Church, it is a similarly ridiculous claim to associate all Muslims with a small group of terrorists. It is ab-solutely unacceptable for a per-son in our government to make these kinds of comments.

This kind of action disgraces the entire state of North Caro-lina.

Vashaw, a sophomore mathemat-ics major from Apex, is an opinion writer.

In lackluster economic times, some groups are hit harder than others.

College students often find themselves in this category and student in-terest rates will double from 3.4 to 6.8 percent on July 1 unless some ac-tion is taken, according to

Debate over student loan increase requires clarityThe New York Times.

One issue in the stu-dent loan debate is that of profit to the government. A Congressional Budget Office analysis showed that the government has a profit of 36 cents for each dollar of subsidized student loans.

This report of great profits by the CBO has become the basis for some student groups to decry the rise.

As much as I would like to join them in con-demning the scheduled rise, I and all other col-lege students must face some unpleasant facts

about the student loans system right now.

The number given by the CBO may be off, as it derived from an account-ing system “prescribed by the Federal Credit Re-form Act of 1990,” ac-cording to a June 2012 CBO report.

The CBO examined federal credit programs using an alternate system called fair value which, unlike the FCRA sys-tem, includes the “cost of market risk” factors, such as the risk involved in guaranteeing loans and changes in the overall economy.

The fair value analysis found that the program adds to the deficit.

I am all for extending educational benefits to as many as possible, but we must acknowledge that the system does, in fact, have problems and should be the target of a substantial reform.

The case for an equi-table student loan system should be made, but it should be based on a clear understanding of the re-ality.

What the best method is for devising a system that cost effectively pro-vides students of all back-

grounds with the ability to get an education with-out incurring deficits, I don’t know.

This issue does, how-ever, present us an oppor-tunity to have something that is far too rare, which is a discussion of an issue that focuses on the clear-est, most factual under-standing of the matter at hand.

While I am skeptical this will be the case, it cannot be said that the chance was not present.

Griffin, a freshman jour-nalism major from Madi-son, is the opinion editor.

KEVINGRIFFIN

Despite growing worker pro-ductivity, wages continue to de-cline.

An article in Business Insider titled “Profits Just Hit Another All-Time High, Wages Just Hit Another All-Time Low,” by Henry Blodget, tackles this is-sue. Overall it is pretty good, but I have to disagree with his final conclusion.

Fair wages are not possible in current economy

AUSTINMANN

Blodget supposes that the rea-son for our crisis is our attitude, an attitude that prioritizes prof-it, especially profit in the short term.

In reality, it is the very exis-tence of corporations in our cur-rent system of finance capitalism that is to blame.

While I think that short sight-edness has something to do with it, I really doubt that it is the sole source of the problem.

Ultimately, the problem is not this attitude of short-term thinking. It is a false notion that all corporations are only focused on the short term and ignore the long term.

The crisis we see today is a periodic one. We have seen it

throughout history in the form of economic depressions and recessions. The problem resides with modern finance capitalism, a system of busts and booms and periodic crisis.

Last March, the Center for Economic and Policy Research released a study stating that if the minimum wage kept pace with worker productivity, then it would be $21.72 per hour. This represents a huge leap over the current $7.25 per hour.

The reason that wages are so low in a time of corporate pros-perity is simply because that is how our system of finance capi-talism works.

If workers were paid the full value of their labor, then there

would be no profit for corpora-tions.

Blodget said that corporations must “create long-term value for all of their constituencies (cus-tomers, employees and share-holders), not just short-term profit for their shareholders.”

But I disagree.While it would be an ideal

solution to have corporations fix the problem, the truth is that they themselves are part of the problem. They need to exploit labor in order to profit, and are thus in favor of capitalism as it stands today.

Mann, a freshman computer science major from Raleigh, is an opinion writer.

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ppalachian ewsA NThe Club Hub is open!The Club Hub is open. What is it? A resource center to help support clubs. Where is it? 219 Plemmons Student Union across from SGA and The Appalachian. (the old CSIL offices)What is in it? Currently, there is extra meeting space for clubs. There are 2 conference rooms able to be reserved by clubs. Contact CSIL at 262-6252 to reserve them at this time. Also, there is casual meeting space if you are looking for a quiet place to have a club conversation. The refrigerator room is available for 48 hours at a time to store any supplies for your meeting in the Union. Contact CSIL at 262-6252 to reserve the refrigerator room. What else will be there? Coming soon will be a poster room and team building supplies that can be checked out. QUESTIONS? Contact CSIL at 828-262-6252. 2nd floor in the new section of the Student Union.Spring Counseling Center groupsUnderstanding Self and Others Group—Issues com-monly addressed vary from depression, anxiety, relationship concerns, self-esteem, issues of family conflict or abuse, etc. Students who want to resolve specific concerns as well as those seeking personal growth are welcome. Mondays 1:30-3 p.m., Tuesdays 1:30-3 p.m. and 3-4:30 p.m. USO-Get Moving (moving your body to increase wellness- see below for details), Wednesdays 2:30-4 p.m., Thursdays 1:30-3 p.m. (Transitions to ASU Group, doesn’t start until October) and USO-DOG 3:30-5 p.m. (group Therapy with co-leaders and a therapy dog) Lesbian/Gay /Bisexual Therapy Group—This group will present an opportunity for lesbian, gay and bisexual individu-als to explore life challenges. Fridays 1-2:30 p.m.Painful Pasts, Promising Futures Group—This group is designed for those who have experienced traumatic events in their lives or who come from backgrounds in which they did not feel safe. Wednesdays 3-4:30 p.m.Transgender Therapy Group—This group is similar to the “Understanding Self and Others” group in that a variety of issues will be explored in a safe and supportive environment. Wednesdays 5-6:30 p.m. (For information contact Sheri Clark: 262-3180 or clarksl@appstate.edu)Food/Mood Group—This group is designed for students who use food and/or exercise to cope in ways that would be considered “unhealthy”. To Be Determined.An Introduction to Mindfulness Group—Mindfulness involves stepping out of “auto-pilot” reactions and learning to pay more attention to our present experiences. Mondays 3:30-5 p.m.USO-Get Movin’ Active Bodies Healthy Minds—Did you know that exercise is one of the best mental health interven-tions we know of? Tuesdays 3-4:30 p.m.To get started with a Counseling Center group, come to the Counseling Center during Walk-In Clinic, call 262-3180 or visit our website for more information 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.ACT to sponsor May eventAppalachian & the Community Together (ACT) at Appalachian State University will sponsor an International ASE May Break event May 13-28, in Thailand and Ghana. Sign up now in the new ACT Outreach Center located in Plemmons Student Union. A $500 deposit and your ID is required.APPS Films ready for spring showingsThe Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) Films Council is pleased to announce its remaining schedule for the Spring 2013 semester. Our Popular Film Series at I.G. Greer SuperCinema will feature some of the most acclaimed movies of the awards season, as well as a blockbuster or two, and a few gems that are not as well known. The CinemaVintage series in the Greenbriar theater will start out creepy, reflect some dystopian tendencies, then veer off toward the tales of unruly ghosts and science run amok. Show times are listed with the schedule and as always, admission is still only $1. Here’s what APPS Films is bringing: IG Greer SuperCinema Popular Film Series: (All Showings at 7 and 9:30 p.m., except where otherwise noted; Admission $1.) April 18-20 - Rise of the Guardians; April 25-27 - Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters (Show times TBD); May 2-4 - Warm Bodies.Greenbriar Theater CinemaVintage Series: (All showings at 7 p.m.; Admission $1.); April 17 and 19 - The Fox and the Hound (‘81); April 24 and 26 - Cinderella (’50); May 1 and 3 - The Nightmare Before Christmas (‘93) * denotes showings on Wednesday and Thursday. All titles, dates and show times are subject to change. If you would like to have some input on what movies are brought to campus, the APPS Films council meets at 5 p.m. Thursdays in the Rhododendron Room of the Plemmons Student Union. If you would like to suggest a film for viewing on campus, APPS Films can make arrangements for you to come to a meeting and make a case for it to be shown.24th Morgan Lecture Series to startThe 24th anniversary of the Morgan Lecture Series in the Sciences, sponsored by the Morgan Committee, in coopera-tion with the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Forum Committee, announces the second Morgan Lecturer, Harold McGee, will be on campus Wednesday, April 24, to deliver a public lecture, The Chemistry of Food and Cooking. McGee is a noted journalist who specializes in explaining the chemistry of food and cooking to the public. He is author of the bestselling book, “On Food and Cooking: the Science and Lore of the Kitchen.” McGee’s public lecture will be at 7 p.m. in I.G. Greer Auditorium.Lastly, the committee is finalizing a visit to ASU by Dr. Jerry Coyne, Professor of Biology at the University of Chicago on Thursday, May 2. Dr. Coyne is being co-sponsored by the Departments of Biology, Geology and the External Grants Program from the UFC. He is the author of a textbook on speciation and evolution, and the bestselling book, “Why Evo-lution is True,” which is also the title of his extremely popular blog on science, reason, and religion. Dr. Coyne will give a scientific presentation on speciation (his research specialty) at 12:30 p.m. in Room 183, Rankin Science West. Dr. Coyne will also give a public lecture on The Relationship between Science, Religion and the Acceptance of Evolutionary Theory in the United States, at 7 p.m., in the Blue Ridge Ballroom, Plemmons Student Union.Faculty Last Lecture set for April 22The Faculty Last Lecture will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. Nomina-tions are being collected from students for the Last Lecture.

We will extend the invitation to speak at the Last Lecture event, which includes dinner catered by Casa Rustica, to two faculty members who have the most nominations. These invitations will go out to nominated faculty the first week of April. The Faculty Last lecture is an event based on the book The Last Lecture, written by Randy Paush. Paush was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University who was dying of pancreatic cancer. On Sept. 18, 2007, he stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon Uni-versity to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” His lecture has become a phenomenon and the inspiration for this event.Homegrown Film Festival on May 1The Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability in the High Country will be held May 1, 7-8:30 p.m., in Parkway Ballroom, Room 420 Plemmons Student Union. The event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.Sustainability endeavors are growing strong in the High Coun-try, where you share a rich history of working together to ensure that your mountain region will forever be a wonderful place to call home. The Homegrown Film Festival celebrates some of these efforts through a series of eight mini-documentaries, each spotlighting local people and organizations, including: 350 Boone (climate change); Appalachian Mountain Brewery (small business sustainability); ASU Office of Sustainability (campus sustainability); Biophilic Art Installation (sustainability art); Blue Ridge Conservancy (land protection); Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture (sustainable agriculture); Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation (sustainable tourism); and National Committee for the New River (water protection).Attend for film, food and fun. Representatives of many of these organizations will be on hand to tell more about their work and how you can support it. This event is hosted by participants in the Sustainable Development course Outreach Skills for Sustainability, including students and instructor Laura England (englandle@appstate.edu).Tom Moore 5K planned for May 4The 8th Annual Tom Moore 5K Run/Walk will take place Saturday, May 4, at the Boone Greenway Burnley-Clawson Park. If particpants register on or before May 1, the event will be $15. On the day of the event it will be $20. There will be a pasta dinner at F.A.R.M Café Friday, May 3, from 6-8 p.m. for early packet pick-up. This will be a pay as you can donation dinner to contribute to the Tom Moore 5K event as well as help F.A.R.M Café in their mission. Registration on the day of the event will begin at 8 a.m., and the 5K will start promptly at 9 a.m. There will be long-sleeve t-shirts available to those who have registered on a first come, first serve, basis. After the race, there will be a raffle with lots of fun prizes and refresh-ments. Parking will be available at the Burnley-Clawson Lot.Tom Moore, of Boone, was diagnosed with Huntington’s dis-ease (HD) 10 years ago. Huntington’s Disease is a hereditary, degenerative brain disorder for which currently there is no cure. HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, talk and reason. Someone with HD will eventually rely on family members for his or her care. Huntington’s Disease does not affect just one person, but a whole family and community.One out of every 10,000 Americans has HD. After the onset of the disease someone usually only lives for 10-20 more years. The younger you are when onset occurs, the faster the disease progresses. The Huntington’s disease Society of America is a non-profit agency dedicated to finding a cure. They are here as support, guidance and a resources to families, friends and those with HD. All of the proceeds from this event will go to the society for research.For more information or to register for the event, go to 5k.appstate.edu.‘Persepolis’ discussion April 30A discussion of the film and graphic novel, “Persepolis,” will be held April 30 at 6 p.m. in Room 114, Belk Library. Admission is free and open to the public.Students, faculty and community members are invited to read the graphic novel “Persepolis.” The library has placed copies of the book on 24-hour reserve. There will be a showing of the film “Persepolis” Tuesday, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Both the book and the film will be discussed afterwards.“Persepolis” is a 2007 animated film based on Marjane Sa-trapi’s autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film received numerous awards including being a co-winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. It was also nominated for many awards including a Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The film will be introduced by Dr. Renee Scherlen, who will also lead discussion on the film and book following the showing. Dr. Scherlen is a professor of political science at Appalachian State University; comparative politics, foreign policy, international politics, and gender are among her areas of specialization. The event is presented by ASU Library in conjunction with the ASU Humanities Council and the Muslim Students As-sociation, with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) program. This is the fourth in a series of programs that compose the 2013 Bridging Cultures, Muslim Journeys Program.Filmmakers Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi col-laborated to co-write and co-direct this adaptation of Satrapi’s bestselling autobiographical graphic novel detailing the trials faced by an outspoken Iranian girl who finds her unique at-titude and outlook on life repeatedly challenged during the Islamic Revolution.The Guardian described the film as “superbly elegant” and goes on to note: “Persepolis gives us the sheer pleasure of narrative, rarely found in modern cinema or indeed fiction: a gripping story of what it is like to grow from a lonely imaginative child into an adult, and to find this internal tumult matched by geo-political upheaval.”For more information contact Allan Scherlen, Belk Library, atscherlnag@appstate.edu.CU Thrive program for ASU studentsToday’s college students face unique challenges that when combined, can negatively impact their overall success. In order to succeed, students must find ways to successfully juggle their academic studies with their social life and financial responsibilities, among many other life stressors! This balanc-ing act would cause anyone’s anxiety and stress level to rise.

The American College Health Association’s National College Health Assessment found in their 2001 survey that 30 per-cent of college students reported feeling so depressed that it was “difficult to function” at some point during the past year. Depression can lead to lethargy, irritability, social isolation, and disturbances in eating and sleeping cycles. It takes a concerted campus effort to adequately address issues such as depression and the ways that it impacts our students.In response, ASU’s Counseling Center has teamed with NAPSA to provide the campus community with a new web based resiliency program called CU Thrive. All currently enrolled ASU students are eligible to take part in this exciting opportunity! By utilizing the CU Thrive program, students will have access to a large database of helpful information. CU Thrive offers articles, videos, courses, and other information that will help students adjust to campus life, stay healthy, enhance study skills, and build relationships. And this is just a quick sampling of the types of topics covered by CU Thrive! You can set up your own account today using your App State username and password. Simply visit www.appstate.cuthrive.com/ for more information. The first 80 students who sign up for an account will automatically win a free t-shirt! Any ques-tions or comments may be directed to Mary Cantrell via email at mc74237@appstate.edu.Act Out hosting 2nd annual Farm DayIn celebration of Earth Week, ACT OUT is hosting its second annual Farm Day April 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help local sustainable farms, such as Moretz’s Mountain Orchard, Horse Helpers, Spring House, and Foggy Likely Farm. For more information and to register for the event, please visit the ACT Outreach Center in Plemmons Student Union. Transporta-tion to and from the farms will be provided. Lunch will also be provided at each farm.Operation Medicine Cabinet plannedOperation Medicine Cabinet will take place April 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is a time for a spring cleaning on your medicine cabinet. Operation Medicine Cabinet gives you an environmentally safe method of disposal of outdated, unused and unwanted over-the-counter and prescription drugs, sy-ringes and other medical supplies. Any prescription or over the counter drugs will be accepted, no questions asked.Clean out your medicine cabinet of outdated/unused prescrip-tion and over-the-counter meds. Bring to Plemmons Student Union Friday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. near info desk.If you miss this collection, participate in the Watauga County collection on May 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following locations: Food Lion - Hwy 321 near WalMart; Food Lion - Hwy 421/Old Hwy 421; Food Lion - Blowing Rock; Foscoe Fire Dept (Hwy 105). These collections are held in coordination with Watauga County Sanitation Department’s Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day, Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Watauga County Landfill. Items include: paint, household batteries, niCad batteries, lead acid batteries (car batteries), antifreeze, ethylene gasoline, lighter fluid, solid and liquid pesticides, oxidizers, used oils, household cleaners and fluorescent lights.University Housing hosts ‘Last Lecture”University Housing is pleased to present the “Last Lecture.” This banquet-style event will be held April 22 at 6 p.m. in the Plemmons Student Union. It will be catered by Casa Rustica and an RSVP is required to attend. The Last Lecture is an opportunity for selected faculty to tell the world what they’ve had on their mind and what they would say if this were their “Last Lecture.” The campus community is invited to attend at no cost, but reservations are required and will be approved on a first-come/first-served basis. With our limited seating, please consider making your reservation today. To RSVP for this event, please visit http://housing.appstate.edu/lastlecture. You will receive a confirmation email and mailed tickets to your campus address prior to the event.APPS’ annual Spring FlingThe Appalachian Popular Programming Society, APPS, will host its annual Spring Fling on Friday from noon to 4 p.m. on Duck Poind Field. There will be inflatables, henna tattoos, tie dye, a DJ Foam & Paint Party, food and fun!! And it’s all for FREE!!

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Unclaimed Property

The Appalachian State University Police Department is herby giving notice that they have had in their pos-session unclaimed items belonging to unknown own-ers for at least 180 days (60 days for bicycles). Notice is further given that, under provisions of Article 2 of the North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 15, all per-sons who may have or claim any interest in said prop-erty must make and establish such claim or interest not later than 30 days from the date of the publication of this notice or in default thereof, such articles will be destroyed or turned over to a non-profit organization.

Unclaimed Property:Assorted Bicycles

BackpacksMultiple sets of keys

IPODSWatches

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Appalachian State University’sMorgan Lecture Series in the Sciences

presents:

Harold McGeePlaying With Food:

Four Centuries of Science in the Kitchen

Wednesday, April 24, 7pmIG GREER AUDITORIUM

Free and Open to the Public; Q&A and Book Signing to Follow

Harold McGee writes about the chemistry, technique and history of food and cooking and has written two seminal books on kitchen science.

He is the author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of theKitchen, published in 1984 and revised in 2004.

Mr. McGee has contributed reviews, articles and original research to many publications, including Food & Wine and Physics Today.

He has lectured on kitchen chemistry at cooking schools, universities, museums and laboratories, and currently writes a regular column

on science and food for the New York Times, The Curious Cook, which examines, and often debunks, conventional kitchen wisdom.

Sponsored by Appalachian’s College of Arts & Sciences and University Forum Committee

TENNIS

by JESSE WARESports Reporter

The Appalachian State women’s tennis team (14-8, 6-4 SoCon) took the courts Saturday know-

ing that it would be their last home game with their senior teammates.

They responded with a 6-1 victory over the visiting Wofford Terriers (5-16, 1-9 SoCon).

Seniors Jennifer Ansari, Gabriela Celi and Ellie Linsell each won their singles matches on their Senior Day while freshman Clare Cox and junior Jessica Thaggard also came away victorious in their matches.

“It’s been a great season,” head coach

Colin Crothers said. “We had our best win record and our best conference re-cord in a long time, ranked 65th in the country -- we’ve done a lot of good things. It’s going to be sad to see these seniors go.”

The team’s No. 1 Linsell fell early in her match, but came back for the win in her last of many home wins.

“It’s been amazing,” Linsell said. “I couldn’t have asked for a better four years, a better team, a better coach, a bet-ter anything.”

Celi, who transferred from Lees-McRae to Appalachian State for her junior season, saw a change in her team this year.

“I’ve definitely seen a huge change in attitude from everybody this year,” Celi said. “It’s really nice to go out and know you can rely on certain players. I feel like if I can just get my point, we’re good. We go out there with confidence and we know we can win.”

The Mountaineers clinched a first-round bye and the fifth seed in the So-Con tournament with the win.

With a well-balanced field, the tour-nament is expected to be competitive. Their first match will be a rematch with UNC Greensboro, who previously best-ed the Mountaineers 5-2.

“We had a close match at Greens-boro,” Crothers said. “We were liter-ally three points from winning. Because we’re playing at Elon, I expect good things this go around.”

Crothers isn’t the only one optimistic.“We’re going to get that ring, baby,”

Linsell said. “That’s our goal. Confer-ence is really anybody’s game, and that’s our goal. I want my senior ring.”

Women’s tennis will travel to Elon University where they will take on No. 4 UNCG in their first bout of the SoCon tournament Friday at 9 a.m.

Women’s tennis finishes regular season with a bang

Senior Ellie Linsell prepares to return the ball across the net in Saturday’s match against Wofford.

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SoftballApp State vs. Tennesseeat Knoxville, Tenn.6 p.m.

BaseballApp State vs. High Pointat High Point, N.C.6 p.m.

Tuesday April 16

Wednesday April 17Softball (DH-1)App State vs. East Tennessee StateBoone, N.C.4 p.m.

Softball (DH-2)App State vs. East Tennessee StateBoone, N.C.6 p.m. BaseballApp State vs. Campbellat Thomasville, N.C.6 p.m.

Information compiled from goasu.com

Sports Scheduleby JESS LYONS

Intern Sports Reporter

After dominating Lin-coln Memorial University in a 6-0 victory Sunday, the Appalachian State men’s soccer team improved their spring record to 1-1-1.

The team played its best game this season this past weekend and controlled the game offensively.

“I think this is the first game this spring we’ve played well for the full 90 minutes,” head coach Matt Nelson said. “And I think the confidence that’s go-ing to bring to them for the summer season and for next week is going to be big.”

The spring season for App State soccer is dif-ferent from the fall season because the seniors on the team are considered gradu-ated. This cuts down the team to approximately 13 players that will return for the upcoming summer and fall seasons.

“Spring is a lot more dif-ficult to deal with because as a team and as a coach we’re more focusing on de-velopment of players, and you’re not really worried about the results,” Nelson

Men’s soccer continues to use spring season as preparation for next year

said.Because the spring sea-

son is shorter than fall, lacking players and only consisting of returning players proves to be the good timing for team de-velopment. However, hav-ing such few players hasn’t always been easy for the team to adjust to.

“It’s been a bit differ-ent because we’re low on numbers, we’ve only really got about 13 players so it’s

been a lot of fitness work,” captain Danny Free said. “But we’ve done well in practice and we need to put that into the games.”

Having the spring sea-son allows Nelson to gauge where the team needs to develop for upcoming sea-sons and gives the team time to practice for next year. It also challenges the players to step out of their comfort zones and take on other positions due to the

shortage of players.“We had a few players

playing out of position, which is always the case when you have such few numbers, but I feel like everyone did their job this game,” captain Harrison Delbridge said.

The season is also about the team coming together as a unit and they said they want to remember former athletes. In two weeks, there is an alumni game to cap off the spring season.

The game will be an 11-on-11 game with each team consisting of 4-5 cur-rent players and 5-6 pre-vious players. Having the alumni game and the time out of practice together helps the team come to-gether as a whole.

“We’ve spent a whole 14 weeks together just us 12 guys,” Free said about his teammates. “We prac-tice everyday together and hang out outside of prac-tice, so the team we have now is a tight-knit group so everyone is on the same page.”

The Mountaineers con-tinue their final stretch at home for the spring sea-son Sunday against Lees-McRae at home. The match is slated to begin at 5 p.m.

by JESS LYONSIntern Sports Reporter

In the middle of their spring exhi-bition season, the Appalachian State men’s soccer team is already prepar-ing to start the 2013-14 season with plenty of new recruits.

Ten recruits were signed this month to play as Mountaineers next fall.

The team finished strong last sea-son (8-7-4, 2-3-2 Southern Confer-ence) and made it to the semifinals before losing in a two-overtime bat-tle with Wofford.

App State is losing seven seniors this year, and head coach Matt Nel-son understands the challenge.

Men’s soccer signs 10 new recruits“It’s always difficult to fill the se-

nior shoes because there’s so much experience,” Nelson said. “Freshmen coming in aren’t used to that level.”

Having 10 new recruits gives the team a lot to learn and work with, so starting practices months in advance gives the Mountaineers a competitive edge for next season.

The coaches have also managed to recruit close to Boone, with seven of the 10 recruits from North Caro-lina, one transfer, one from out of the country and one from Texas.

“It’s tough for them but I think the players we have coming in are defi-nitely good enough to step into those shoes,” Nelson said.

Nelson, who was named SoCon Coach of the Year in 2012, isn’t the

only one who is optimistic. With teamwork and chemistry remaining a huge part of team’s success, captain Harrison Delbridge is hopeful the new Mountaineers will only make that stronger.

“Even the players coming in, if they aren’t starting, they’re all going to put pressure on the players we have now because they’re all going to be strong players coming in,” Delbridge said. “The group that we have now is going to have to play really well to start over some of the strong players we have coming in next year.”

After making it to the semifinals in SoCon tournaments two years in a row, App State will look to continue the same success next year, even with new faces.

SOCCER

Junior defender Harrison Delbridge keeps the ball from a UNC-Asheville attacker in a game this fall.

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