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Mama Danger to perform on campus

April 4, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments local band, mama danger, student musicians

Local band Mama Danger will release their first EP April 20 and will celebrate with a free concert on campus.

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Alpha Psi Omega performs student-written play

April 4, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments alpha psi omega, drama, student production, theater, theatre

Drama student Justin Day wrote and directed HOWL: Melusine in Portrait with the drama honor society on campus reimagining the Renaissance story of Melusine

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Ink of the Week: Friendship immortalized in matching tattoo

March 29, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments body art, body modification, ink of the week, students with tattoos

Sophomore sociology and Spanish student Olivia Rodrigues immortalized a treasured inside joke with her best friend with matching tattoos. Rodrigues discusses this tattoo and others.

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Disney helps students imagine a new future as leaders

March 28, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments alternative spring break, Disney World, leadership, magic kingdom

Disney casts a magic spell that turns college students into world leaders on an Alternative Spring Break trip.

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Middle school never ends: Visiting author explains how

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments popularity, psychology

Author and clinical psychologist Mitch Prinstein will come to campus April 10 to present the research in his newest book, Popular, which explains the ways in which our middle school selves never leave us. Prinstein’s visit is thanks to Hanger Hall School for Girls.

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LGBTQ+ issues highlighted at upcoming conference

March 28, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments LGBTQ, LGBTQ Rights, queer studies conference 2018

The biennial Queer Studies Conference will take place April 5 through 7. The conference will showcase queer issues the theme “Prisons, Borders, and Pipelines: Toward a Queer Abolitionist Movement” featuring keynote speakers Mimi Thi Nguyen and Dean Spade. Presentations from students, staff and community members will take place during the event.

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Beat from the street (Mar. 27, 2018)

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 Larisa Karr 0 Comments annabel gibson, Asheville, beat from the street, color, color photography, daytime, downtown, Dusty Albinger, interview, Larisa Karr, nc, North Carolina, outside, photography, street, street photography, United States, US, USA, wnc

Matthew Jason McCorkle wears his love for bands like The Misfits and Black Flag on his sleeve. He’s also glad he’s still here.

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Condom Couture: Design through the decades

March 21, 2018 Sarah Shadburne 0 Comments condom couture, planned parenthood, safe sex, sex education

Asheville’s Planned Parenthood presents their sixth Annual Condom Couture, furthering the dialogue on sexual health and challenging designers to create pieces of through-the-decades fashion with one very important material, condoms.