College Education for Sale: CHEAP!!!
Today is the last normal Monday of the school year, which means also that it is the last worst day of the school year. For some of you, this is the last normal Monday of school for good.
Have you gotten everything out this year that you wanted? Did you get all the grades you wanted and rise to the heights you feel like you are capable of reaching?
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The Overheard at Appalachian’s Greatest Hits
It’s been a good run; overhearing people’s conversations for the past year has amused me to no end and, hopefully, some other people got a kick out of it too. In honor of all the ridiculous things I’ve heard this year, I’ve chosen to reprint some of my favorites in various categories from the course of this year. Enjoy. Keep reading →
I still live on campus, so I am cursed to wander Boone on foot.
Because I am lazy, places like Cook Out and Taco Bell are completely out of the question, leaving King Street as the last remaining stronghold of off-campus foodstuff.
Imagine the horror I felt when I found that Daylight Donuts is no longer a 24/7 establishment. Birds no longer sing outside my window. Keep reading →
Oh, crunch time again; the library, coffee shops, and most dormitory hallways are filled with screams of frustration, sighs of longing (on days when it is sunny, as opposed to snowing), and insane laughter at things that, with any normal amount of sleep, would not be that funny.
So, yes, ’tis the season for papers and projects, presentations and preparing for exams, but it is also a great time for non sequiters; at this rate, the only people who make any sense to me are the people that I myself have been studying with. Keep reading →
A Great Thing Happening on the Mountain
Recently, an enigmatic and mysterious organization on campus, calling itself “SGA,” sent out a call to arms concerning our bell tower over Facebook.
The group they started, entitled “Take back our BELL TOWER!” is interested in expelling large amounts of pent-up school spirit through the use of millions of golden lights.
I won’t put words in their mouths: “Other schools light landmarks on campus after athletic victories or other special events as determined by the administration. Why not us? Let’s LIGHT THE BELL TOWER IN GOLD periodically to show all of North Carolina that something great has happened on the mountain!”
While sending an underpaid man or woman climbing up and down our bell tower emblazoning it with Christmas lights and risking his or her life in the process is totally sensible, I feel there are other things we can do using the bell tower to show that we like our school. Keep reading →
I’m sure that people think I probably make some of this stuff up. Especially today, you will probably be skeptical as to whether or not I could really overhear people talking about this sort of thing in polite society. (well, semi-polite. It is college, after all.)
However, I assure you, I do not make anything up. I do occasionally steal things that other people overhear (second-generation overheards?), especially those of the people in my creative writing class, where we actually are required to eavesdrop.
After four innings, the College of Charleston leads the Appalachian State University softball team 2-1.
Appalachian pitcher Kayla Richardson gave up a two-run home run to Charleston third basemen Kristie Shifflett in the opening frame to give the Cougars the early lead.
After several missed opportunities, Appalachian finally got on the board in the fourth thanks to an RBI pinch-hit by Meagan Squartino.
-Chris Ireland
The Appalachian State University softball team wraps up its weekend series with the College of Charleston today at Sywassink/Lloyd Family Stadium.
The Mountaineers (17-19, 9-5) defeated the Cougars in Saturday’s nine inning opener 8-7. Later in the day Charleston (12-19, 5-6) dominated Appalachian 7-2.
Appalachian starts right-hander Kayla Richardson while Charleston will open with Terri Mesko on the mound.
-Chris Ireland
It took extra innings, but the Mountaineers claimed the victory in the bottom of the 11th, 4-3.
The win moved Appalachian to 11-15 on the season.
More to come later on theapp.appstate.edu
-Rob Jenkins
We’re six innings into the game, and High Point holds a 3-2 lead over Appalachian State.
The Mountaineers tied the score at 1 in the 4th inning after a Isaac Harrow home run.
The Mountaineers briefly took the lead 2-1 in the bottom of the 5th before the Panthers scored 2 in the sixth to retake the lead 3-2.
More to come after the game.
-Rob Jenkins
