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| Our Perspective ... SGA must work to overcome
dead weight |
 Appalachian
State University is searching for a new Chancellor.
Have you heard?
Maybe you have.
Did you know that the Chancellor Search Committee
is seeking your input in the matter?
The Chancellor Search Committee held open forums
Sept. 15 in an effort to seek student, faculty, staff and community
opinion. Since the search for the new chancellor is officially a
closed process (only the 16 members of the committee are privy to
the information of the chancellor search process), these forums
presented a golden opportunity for concerned parties to present
their thoughts directly to the committee.
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| Seven classifications of college relationships |
 In
the movie, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” Andie Anderson
(Kate Hudson), turns to Benjamin Barry (Matthew McConaughy) and
asks, “True or false? All is fair in love and war? He responds
without even a tinge of hesitation, “Yes.”
Good answer Benny, but what a war it can be.
In college specifically, there are several types of relationships
one can have. I will just name a few that stand out to me, and maybe
a certain one will stand out to you.
1.The One Worders: 20 percent of all Appalachian State University
students marry each other. These are the people that everyone associates
with the other. They are one word. “Oh did you call James and
Julie? Have you seen James and Julie?” They have the type of
relationship that people strive to have one day. The One Worders
balance their lives and bring out the best in each other. This is
a mature relationship that not many people are ready for in college.
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| Student action needed for improved legislation |
 Is
there really anyone on this campus who doesn’t care at all?
I’m willing to bet the average student at Appalachian State
University doesn’t sit on their couch in a daze all day, everyday.
I know there are some who do, but as a whole, we deserve a little
more credit.
Sure, there are some students who take more active roles in the
campus community, and there are those who quietly curse the construction
as they walk to class, but I refuse to believe the student body
as a whole just doesn’t care.
We come to this university from different walks of life, with different
family backgrounds and different agendas.
Some students are here riding their parent’s piggy bank straight
out of high school with no desire to graduate on time and others
working two jobs just to pay for college. These are the two extremes
of the fiscal spectrum, and it would take hundreds of pages to cover
all of the gray area.
The point is we just care about different things.
I do not expect all 13,500 of us to ride down to Raleigh and protest
the recent budget cuts and tuition hikes.
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