University Board of Trustees voice support for residence hall renamings
(World News USA)

BOONE — The Appalachian State University Board of Trustees unanimously voted on June 26 to approve a motion for support for Chancellor Sheri Everts` plan to remove the names of Hoey and Lovill from their respective residence halls. The names that appear on the two residence halls have been called into question during the years due to the Confederate or segregationist leaders for which they are named — Clyde Roark Hoey and Edward Francis Lovill. The topic arose again after recent protests against racial injustice that...