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News coverage and updates from the @UncAvl student news outlet, The Blue Banner. Celebrating 75 volumes and counting.

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The Bulldogs defeated the Longwood Lancers on Jan. 12 with a score of 54-46 to improve to 12-6 on the season, while ESPN viewers across the country watched.

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Our new co-editor-in-chief Hayden Bailey welcomes students to the beginning of the 2023 Spring semester.

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Mental health remains a key issue amongst student-athletes, whose schedules differ from the average student as they must balance practice, strength and conditioning, homework, their social life and other things life may throw at them.

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While most notable for her 1920’s flap dancing, novel “Save Me The Waltz”, and marriage to ”The Great Gatsby”’s author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the community of Asheville tends to remember Zelda’s untimely death in the Highland Hospital fire of 1948. https://t.co/qAZD6ar2v8

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Make your #GivingTuesday gift early by pledging a gift of any size today to the UNCA Mass Communication department to help students.

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Award-winning fiction author Taylor Sykes guides students through the process of writing horror stories in her What We Write in the Shadows course, which meets every Monday and Wednesday.

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What is it like to be an international student on UNC Asheville's campus?

Eden Parsons, Beatrice Faureng and Bronte Trotman told their perspectives.

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The Wizard’s dream project: https://t.co/3FByknz1kH

Pumpkin Chunkin Festival: https://t.co/hvYqsESNZX

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Here are links to some of our latest video content from the last few weeks.

Questions on the Quad: https://t.co/IbROm2g1F8

Jack Sholder Interview: https://t.co/lRVS7wCDRm

Jack Sholder Interview Pt. 2: https://t.co/zrVY6b5AuD

Bear's Smokehouse BBQ: https://t.co/qTDWAKTIWX

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Marcie Cohen-Ferris writes a new voice in food studies: https://t.co/VmxZJTckpd

Therapy in progress: therapists of color share experiences working in the mental field: https://t.co/vItK2nv4O4

UNCA Media Design Lab open to all students: https://t.co/TFchYnyiRW

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We have A LOT of content from our Arts & Features section. Below are some links to some of our latest features.

The Duke's stay in AVL: https://t.co/WJAwbmjb1F

NJ Band Journeys to AVL: https://t.co/8NLa50PAwa

Downtown AVL's haunted history: https://t.co/df5i9nKgOc

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Halloween horror nights delights with frights: https://t.co/YiUygWXJ3e

The haunting truth about some of AVL’s infamous buildings: https://t.co/aje36K0dRU

Little Shop of Horrors: https://t.co/8M8WfABFV0

A 200-foot cliff and AVL’s newest coffee shop: https://t.co/UJrpcAfMwo

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UNC Asheville women's golf player Venecia Zaia talked to the Banner about her hole-in-one, her special ball marker, Rickie Fowler and pineapple on pizza.
https://t.co/FsnHQJlSQD

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Our next thread of content comes from our SPORTS section!

UNC Asheville women’s golf team continued to show improvement on the course, finishing fourth in the Buccaneer Classic by a score of 943 (+79).
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The UNC Asheville Women’s Basketball team kicked off the 2022-2023 season with a dominating victory over Converse University.

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Small things like making meals and buying groceries become less prioritized for busy students scrambling to pay bills, work long hours and finish strong before finals. Various programs on campus work toward aiding students with these needs.

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Hello, #Bulldogs! It's been a minute. We have some new content for you from our NEWS section! 🧵🧵

First up, UNC Asheville students remain unsatisfied with the resolution of the controversial active shooter training in Highsmith Student Union on Sept. 20.
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Nichole Johnson, a Black therapist in Asheville, said tendencies to pathologize communities of color, a history of medical mistrust and lack of representation get disregarded or simplified.
https://t.co/YpYuvVcSZk