Tag: Appalachian State University

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Several North Carolina Fraternity Chapters Tied to Federal Drug Bust

Twenty-one people have been charged with dealing drugs on and around college campuses after a multi-year federal investigation uncovered a drug ring involving students at three North Carolina universities, CNN reported. U.S. Attorney Matthew Martin said that those arrested were accused of dealing drugs in and around the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Duke University […]

December 18, 2020

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No NC Public Institutions Have Approved the Use of Student IDs For Voting

None of North Carolina’s public universities have currently completed required paperwork to permit their students to use campus IDs at the polls, which would make it difficult for students to use their college IDs as the required photo ID needed to vote. A NC Board of Elections spokesman said he did not believe any of […]

February 27, 2019

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UN-Inspired Campus Project Challenges Bias, Promotes Social Justice

Appalachian State University students are participating in a campus-wide Global Peacebuilding Project, a competition inspired by a United Nations contest in which students create social justice initiatives meant to challenge discrimination.

March 29, 2018

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White Tennis Player to Black Opponent: ‘At Least I Know My Dad’

BOONE, N.C. — A White men’s college tennis player has been suspended after a Black opponent tweeted that his on-court rival told him “at least I know my dad” during their weekend match. Appalachian State University in North Carolina issued a statement Monday saying freshman Spencer Brown, who is White, was suspended indefinitely after Sunday’s […]

January 30, 2018