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		<title>Appalachian’s Catherine J. Smith Gallery presents Jessica Meyer: Lithographic Tattoos Nov. 13</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Catherine J. Smith Gallery at Appalachian State University will present an artist talk and showcase by Jessica Meyer Nov.13 at 7 p.m. in the gallery. The event is free and open to the public. 

Jessica Meyer’s lithographic tattoo “My Life, My Love, and My Lady is the Sea” is depicted in this photograph by Michael [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness to Apartheid to discuss South Africa then and now Nov. 12-13 at Appalachian</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Antoinette Sithole, (pronounced Sit  oh  lay) will speak about Apartheid during presentations Nov. 12-13 at Appalachian State University.  Sithole is museum educator and curator of the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa.
She will present “Children, Apartheid, and Education:  A Look at South Africa Then and Now” at the Doorways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panel discussion Nov. 19 concludes Darwin bicentennial celebration</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:42:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Appalachian State University’s yearlong series of programs related to the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin’s “On the Origin of the Species” concludes Nov. 19 with the panel discussion “Celebrating 150 Years of Evolutionary Thought.”
The discussion runs from 2-5 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Blue Ridge Ballroom.
Guest panelist is Jim Costa, author of “The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harris, Miller, Hisle and Ziegler receive 2009 staff awards from Appalachian</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—This year’s recipients of the Appalachian State University Staff Award are Betsy Harris, Angie Miller, Sue Hisle and Cathy Ziegler.  

Betsy Harris


Angie Miller

Sue Hisle

Cathy Ziegler
The award recognizes Appalachian staff members who exhibit dedication and service in and outside of the scope of their normal responsibilities, innovation in establishing new work methods or practices within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Works for saxophone performed Nov. 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Classical and contemporary works for saxophone will be featured during a Nov. 15 performance at Appalachian State University. The program begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free.
The program includes Jean-Baptiste Singelée’s “Allegro de Concert,” the Welsh lullaby “Suo Gan,” Bart Howard’s “Fly Me to the Moon,” Percy Grainger’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian Glee Club performs Nov. 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Works for male singers are featured during the Nov. 13 performance of the Appalachian Glee Club at Appalachian State University. The free performance begins at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall.
The 51-member group is directed by Jason Thompson. Piano accompaniment is provided by Rodney Ward and Ann Miles.
The group will sing Aaron [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian Chorale performs Dec. 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—The Appalachian Chorale celebrates its 34th season with a concert of music by Johannes Brahms on Monday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall at Appalachian State University. 
Music director Pamela Hopton-Jones will conduct the chorale in performances of “Psalm 13” for women’s chorus and organ, “Rhapsody” for alto solo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cellist JW Turner performs at Appalachian Nov. 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:22:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Cellist JW Turner will perform Nov. 13 at 6 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Recital Hall at Appalachian State University. Turner is an assistant professor of music theory at Winston-Salem State University.
The program is comprised of works for solo cello: William Pfaff’s “Elegy,” Matthew Gold’s “Meditation on a Handel Aria,” Bruce Mahin’s “Waves of Amber” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment continues to plague Western North Carolina</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Unemployment rates in Western North Carolina have more than doubled in the past two years from just under 5.0 percent to 12.2 percent.  And while the region’s economy experienced positive growth in the spring, the region lost some of those gains in the third quarter of this year.
“Employment continues to be a problem,” said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky writer and poet Frank X. Walker speaks at Appalachian Nov. 19</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2009/11/04/frank-x-walker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Writer and poet Frank X. Walker closes fall semester’s Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University with a reading Thursday, Nov. 19.
Frank X. Walker
Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Walker’s reading begins at 7:30 p.m. in Plemmons Student Union’s Table Rock Room. Books will be available for sale and signing following the presentation. During [...]]]></description>
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