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Faculty Spotlight
Emily Sierra Poertner
Every year a few new faculty members join the Roanoke College community. In the fall of 2012, Dr. Jesse Bucher was among the new professors here. He is a member of the history department teaching African studies. After finishing his Ph. D. at the University of Minnesota he spent time [...]
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Shannon Allen
This week’s student spotlight is atypical to others in that two students of Roanoke College are being featured. Shana Hensley and Alex Tarasidis have recently been highlighted as the Greek and Pan-Hellenic women of the month. This is a new program to motivate ladies within the Greek life at Roanoke [...]
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This past Tuesday at 7 pm, Dr. Dolores Flores-Silva gave her lecture for Roanoke’s Last Lecture series.
Dr. Dolores Flores-Silva teaches Spanish and INQ courses here at Roanoke College. She also speaks a variety of different languages ranging from French to Arabic. Outside of class, she has published plays, as well as acting in [...]
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By Meagan Cole
Nick Apelquist, a sophomore originally from Ukraine, is the Program Director of Roanoke College’s exclusive radio station, WRKE 100.3 FM Salem. His particular show airs 3:30-5:30 on Monday. This two hour block is primarily a talk show about events on campus, but he also uses musical interludes with genres all [...]
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Emily Sierra Poertner
Dr. Bucher is a new teacher as of fall of 2012, and is an expert in South American studies. He is an assistant professor in African history having spent time at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He started the African Music Club several weeks ago inviting [...]
Continue Reading →Spotlight: Fight Club: The Underground Poetry Ring
It seems today that many young writers have to remain anonymous although the English department has been a safe haven for young authors for years. Finally, there is a place where all young writers can get together; a place where writers can read their own work in a [...]
Continue Reading →No Speaker yet for Commencement 2013
Sarah Whitten
January 24th marks the 100 day count down for this year’s Roanoke College Graduation ceremonies and there has yet to be an announcement about this year’s commencement speaker. Suggestions have been solicited from the senior class senators, but nothing is definite at this time.
The Baccalaureate [...]
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Meagan Cole
Faculty does not always mean professors specifically within our campus community. Often times, professors are brought in from elsewhere to give academic lectures across various disciplines and on special topics not covered at Roanoke College. This week Dr. Paul Snelgrove, a faculty member at Memorial University’s Ocean Sciences Center, has been [...]
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By Meagan Cole and Victoria Zelvin
Everyone knows that nerds are the new popular culture, what with “Big Bang Theory”, “King of the Nerds”, and, most importantly, the long-lasting decade of superhero films. Limited Edition studies comic books in depth for both educational and recreational purposes, including publishers like Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, [...]
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Sarah Whitten
Roanoke College Sophomore Matthew Othus has officially taken over as Editor and Chief of the Brackety-Ack. A Biology Major from Portland, Oregon, Othus has been working for the student newspaper since his freshman year and even took the post of Chief Copy Editor last semester. Matt will hold his new [...]
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Sixty-seven year old Roanoke College Alumnus, John McAfee, founder of McAfee, Inc. which developed the world’s first computer virus scanner, who recently fled from police in Belize after they sought his cooperation in their investigation of his neighbor Gregory Faull’s murder, was detained in Guatemala on Wednesday.
McAfee crossed the Guatemalan border illegally [...]
Continue Reading →Meagan Cole
Upon first arriving at the St. Andrew’s Catholic Church, people packed in with ten or twelve bodies per pew, leaving latecomers with standing room only for the 3 o’clock show. So they stood, lining the walls halfway toward the pulpit itself. The high ceilings, brilliant stain glass windows, and colorful archways provided the [...]
Continue Reading →Christy Blevins
The Holiday season is arriving fast, and on November 27, Roanoke College students and staff shopped at the holiday craft fair located in the main atrium. Local artisans set up tables with samples of their merchandise around Colket’s Christmas tree. Shoppers flocked the tables starting at 10:30 am and people gathered on and [...]
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This Monday, November 12th, the school celebrated Founder’s Day. Every year the History Department sponsors several events that celebrate the founding of Roanoke College. Specifically, the History Department celebrates the birthday of RC’s first president, David Bittle.
David Bittle started Roanoke College, then “The Virginia Institute”, in 1842. In 1845 the Institute was [...]
Continue Reading →Emily Sierra Poertner
On Tuesday afternoon Dr. David P. Gushee, an ethics teacher at Mercer University, came to Roanoke College and hosted several lectures. He has published many books, including Righteous Gentiles of the Holocaust: Genocide and Moral Obligation, which was the focus of his first talk. He discussed the involvement of Christians during the [...]
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In 1981, a man named Philip Workman walked into a Wendy’s in Memphis Tennessee with intentions to rob the fast food restaurant. He held a gun, and stole the cash, and casually walked out of the restaurant. Minutes later the police cornered him and shots were fired. A policeman had been fatally shot, [...]
Continue Reading →Madhura Chitnavis and Sarah Williams
Diwali (or Deepavali) is the five day long Hindu Festival of Lights, though it is celebrated by other religions groups such as Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, and Arya Samajists. This year’s event occurred from Sunday, November 11th to Thursday the 15th. While many students on campus do not know about this [...]
Continue Reading →Connor Toomey and Kim Ceres
The National Society of Leadership and Success Chapter at Roanoke College has gotten off to a great start this semester. This nationally recognized, collegiate leadership honor society was established in the spring semester of 2012 by five students and since then has known grown to be one of the largest student [...]
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Shana Melanaphy, a Senior from Salem, Massachusetts, was the talk of the campus community when the Print Shop released their most recent posters advertising departmental student tutors. Shana, now known for her photogenic science side, is the tutor for Biology. She also has a minor in Sociology and [...]
Continue Reading →Nathaniel Rioux
“Nobody is never done learning,” said English Professor Dr. Wendy Larson-Harris. She talked about this in discussing her recent research project relating to Saint Marina. Her topic was the correlation between western ideas of Saint Marina, and a Saint who is similar in the eastern traditions. This topic took many concepts of research [...]
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