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PHOTO GALLERY: The class of 2024 celebrates new beginnings

May 15, 2024

From 9 a.m. on Friday to 7 p.m. on May 10 and 11, more than 4,100 students walked across the stage in the Holmes Convocation Center to...

Water damage occurs in Wey Hall

May 8, 2024

Following the heavy rain and localized flooding Monday night, Wey Hall received water damage in multiple locations, causing ceiling tiles and...

PEAK teaches students college survival

May 7, 2024

There is a resource on campus that wants to help students achieve Personal Excellence through Academic Knowledge. PEAK is a resource offered...

App State welcomes new sorority

May 1, 2024

A National Pan-Hellenic Council Sorority was chartered on App State’s campus in April, becoming the fourth historically Black sorority and...

Sports

App State parts ways with softball coach Hoerner

Clay Durban, Reporter

May 7, 2024

Shelly Hoerner and App State have parted ways after seven years, Director of Athletics Doug Gillin announced in a press release Tuesday. “I want to thank Shelly for all she has done for our softball...

VIDEO: Introducing our school’s new whitewater club

May 5, 2024

Embark on a new journey with the latest addition to our school's extracurricular scene: the whitewater club. Founded by freshman Sam Rindal this semester,...

Mountaineers lose nail bitter to No. 13 Wake Forest

May 2, 2024

App State traveled to Shelby on Tuesday to take on No. 13 Wake Forest. The Mountaineers lost a close game 10-9. The Black and Gold started the game...

Houston caps off record breaking career for App State Softball

April 30, 2024

Senior outfielder Kayt Houston is a few weeks away from wrapping up a historic App State softball career. Houston has earned numerous awards for her...

Record Breaker: CJ Boyd pursues immortality in the Black and Gold

April 30, 2024

App State baseball isn’t the most well-known sport on campus; it doesn’t have the illustrious history of the football program or the recent success...

A&C

Thomas Talks Games: ‘Outer Wilds’

Thomas Turner, Reporter

May 17, 2024

“Outer Wilds” is a game that is best played blind, with little to no prior knowledge. For the purposes of this review, however, there will be slight spoilers for the premise of the game, setups to...

Inside graduation celebrations and traditions

May 3, 2024

College graduation is often a pivotal point in the lives of the graduates. It marks the beginning of adult life for people who have spent the last decade...

Sweet’n’Creek strikes a chord with community

May 1, 2024

Four close friends gained more success than they expected when they started their band about two months ago. Since February, the local band Sweet‘n’Creek...

“Gaptivities” to stay busy during a gap year

April 30, 2024

The Boone Boomerang: a phenomenon reserved for a quaint mountain town in the top west corner of North Carolina, during which those who have graduated from...

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