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Watauga Residential College
Appalachian State University (; Appalachian, App State, App, or ASU) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty. The university expanded to include other programs in 1967 and joined the University of North Carolina System in 1971. The university enrolls more than 20,600 students. It offers more than 150 bachelor's degrees and 70 graduate degree programs, including two doctoral programs. The university has 8 colleges: the College of Arts and Sciences, the Walker College of Business, the Reich College of Education, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the Beaver College of Health Sciences, the Honors College, the Hayes School of Music, and University College. The Athletic Teams compete in the Sun Belt Conference, except for a few sports which compete in the Southern Conference, such as wrestling. The teams are known as the Appalachian State Mou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esse Quam Videri
''Esse quam videri'' is a Latin language, Latin phrase meaning "To be, rather than to seem." It and variants have been used as a motto by a number of different groups. The form ''Esse, non Videri'' ("to act, not to seem to be") is the Wallenberg family motto. History ''Esse quam videri'' is found in Cicero's essay ''On Friendship'' (''Laelius de Amicitia'', chapter 98). ''Virtute enim ipsa non tam multi praediti esse quam videri volunt'' ("Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so"). Just a few years after Cicero, Sallust used the phrase in his ''Bellum Catilinae'' (54.6), writing that Cato the Younger ''esse quam videri bonus malebat'' ("He preferred to be good rather than to seem so"). Previous to both Romans, Aeschylus used a similar phrase in ''Seven Against Thebes'' aline 592 at which the scout (''angelos'') says of the seer/priest Amphiaraus: (''ou gàr dokeîn arete (moral virtue), áristos, all' eînai thélei'': "he doesn't want to ''se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
