MARCH 19, 2009 ISSUE
Top News of the Week
ASU To Offer 200 Fewer Classes Next Year
ASU Chancellor Kenneth Peacock announced at the March 6 Board of Trustees meeting that the university will be able to offer 200 fewer classes next year because of state-mandated budget cuts. The cutbacks will result in fewer available course sections, increased class sizes and a heavier workload for faculty, and some students could face graduation delays.
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Pennies For Peace—Helping Local Children Change the World
All over the community, jars of all shapes and sizes are being filled with pennies. Covered in stickers for Pennies for Peace, these jars symbolize the ability of children in the local community to learn the value of philanthropy and empower them to seek peace on a global scale.
Pennies for Peace is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI) and founded by Greg Mortenson, author of the New York Times bestseller, Three Cups of Tea. Read more …
Now It’s Time To Have Women’s Studies
When the refurbished American History Museum opened in Washington, D.C. last fall, Dr. Margaret McFadden went to look. She asked a volunteer what the main women’s history exhibits were.
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More Top News
- Feature Photo—It's Spring!
- Speed Limit Changes on Highway 105 Between Boone and Banner Elk
- Commissioners Lease Landfill Land To High Country Biofuels Cooperative
Biodiesel Processing Facility Planned for Site - Blowing Rock Parking Deck To Be Complete by May
- New River Earth Institute Celebrates 10 Years
- Krispy Kreme CEO James Morgan Speaks at ASU March 26
- Ebel’s The Picture Man Now Available
- Run For the Well 5K Road Race at Greenway Trail March 28
- Celebrating Arbor Day in North Carolina
- Fill More Bowls Than Your Own at WHS’s Empty Bowls Fundraiser March 28
- Lift Ticket
- Conference Looks At World Through Women’s Eyes
- Author Awiakta To Speak At ASU April 3
- Remembering Wade Brown
The View Stories
Banister Pope—High Country Artist, Photographer Captures the Past While Embracing the Present
On the third story of Banister Pope’s four-level studio, I stood in perhaps the most alluring room of the house—an oversized closet full of costumes and wardrobes for use in his photo shoots. I was tasked with selecting from two overstuffed racks of dresses and skirts, period pieces, Renaissance-evoking robes, lace, satin and silk three pieces to wear in my first-ever photo shoot.
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More View Stories
- Hayes School of Music Presents Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte March 26 to 29
Opera To Be Staged at Hayes Center in Blowing Rock - Ocean Explorer Dana Yoerger Lectures at ASU March 26
- Watauga High School Presents Musical All Shook Up April 2 to 4 Featuring A Cast of 60
- Parkway Craft Center Now Open For 58th Season at Moses Cone Manor
- Jonathan Weiner, Deborah Heiligman To Lecture March 26 at ASU
- Banff Mountain Film Festival Returns to ASU March 27 and 28—Tickets Available Now
- ASU Theatre Department Presents The Heidi Chronicles at Valborg April 1 to 5
- 15th Annual Young At Art Exhibit Opens at Ashe Arts Center March 26
- Jack Tales and Mountain Yarns, as Told by Orville Hicks Now Available
- Appalachian Young People’s Theatre Presents The Lake at the End of the World April 17 to 19
- High Country Women’s Fund Hosts POP Rocks! ‘80s Dance Party at Dragonfly April 2
- Local Family Offers Food Deals to Help Fight Diabetes
- Hayes School of Music This Week
- The Children’s Playhouse Baby Fair and Consignment Sale March 27 and 28
- ASU Hosts Young Entrepreneurs Symposium at Broyhill Inn April 1
- A Cool 5 Race and Fun Run on Beech Mountain June 6
- Carolina Homecoming—Eric Church Plays World Premiere Album Release Party at Legends Monday
Shelter Stories
Local Food Focus—Two Upcoming Events Spotlight Sustainable Food Movement Locally and Nationally
The High Country is home to many green initiatives including the sustainable food movement, which is the focus of two upcoming events.
To conclude the ASU Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program’s High Country Local Food Summit on Thursday, March 26, third-generation alternative farmer Joel Salatin will deliver a free keynote presentation at 7:00 p.m. at Farthing Auditorium.
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