Written by Jordan Hanson
It’s a new year, and 2018 is already off to a chaotic beginning, from the bomb cyclone to the government shutdown. However, there are a few things to look forward to this year: the Oscars, for...
Written by Alexandra Gautier
Recently, while swiping through my Instagram feed, I saw a post made by a girl holding a sign saying, “I will listen, I will believe, I support you. #metoo,” at a Trump protest rally, and I...
Written by Garrett Ruggieri
Traveling to the Virginia Military Institute last weekend for the Keydet Invitational, the Roanoke men’s and women’s indoor track and field teams competed in high class. This meet featured some of the stiffest competition the Maroons’...
Written by Garrett Ruggieri
After rescheduling due to inclement weather, Thursday, January 25th the Roanoke College men’s basketball team was set to take on last year’s reigning ODAC champions, Guilford College. The Quakers came into the Cregger Center at 7:00...
Written by Aeryn McMurtry
While the rest of the student body might have gotten a month off from school for winter break, the Roanoke men’s and women’s basketball teams were still working hard on the court and in the weight...
Written by Ian Gillen
It is almost time for our women's lacrosse team season to begin, and the athletes are hoping to start the year out right with strong victories.
Recently, teammates Jenn Schwechheimer and Maeve Healy, Juniors, discussed the...
Written by Bradley Bommarito
From now until Feb. 2, students have the opportunity to submit an idea for Roanoke College’s Shark Tank themed business competition. Aptly named “The Pitch,” the first-place winner(s) of this contest receive an unrestricted check for...
Written by Jessica Shelburne
Olin Gallery director Talia Logan said that she wants to incorporate art into the community, and the community into art.
The Paper Blooms Project, which opened in the Olin Gallery today, and will be open to...
Written by David Hall
The night before Saturday’s Roanoke’s Women’s March, Freshmen Ava McCartin and her roommate Zoe Manoukian were fraught over what kind of sign they’d bring to the rally when they remembered.
“So had stolen this ‘Don’t...
Written by Bradley Bommarito
A harrowing story of murder, police misconduct, and false imprisonment that has captivated millions was shared with an auditorium of Roanoke College students, faculty, and community members last Wednesday night.
Olin Theater was filled to capacity...
Written by Joe Krzyston
According to the Washington Post, the first two weeks of 2018 saw thirty-seven teenagers call poison control because they intentionally consumed a Tide laundry pod. They join roughly fifty who did the same in 2017. The...
Written by Leilani Doneux
To admit that I was afraid, I would also have to admit that when I committed to Roanoke College, at a dining room table in my home just outside of San Francisco, I did not entirely...
Every edition we want to hear from you, the Maroons. This week we got four of this campus’ favorite smiling faces and talk about their New Years Resolution!
Clinton Showalter, Cavern Cook; “Quit Smoking. Procrastinate Less”
Max Menzel, 19, Freshman Basketball...
Written by Shamira James
On this episode of “making it do what it do” at Roanoke College, here’s part two of everyone’s favorite Brackety-Ack installment, crazy hookup stories. Here’s a safe place to air out your dirty laundry. Don’t worry,...
Written by Madalyn Chapman
This edition of the Brackety-Ack, we’re introducing you to Deanna Keller. She’s a member of the Class of 2021, plays clarinet in the Roanoke College Wind Ensemble, and has declared a biology major.
“My hometown in Maine...
Written by Joe Krzyston
The uneasiness was palpable in a Miller Hall classroom today as Bailey Mann’s short story was analyzed and picked apart for incongruities in form and theme. The conclusion of his peers? The stakes were simply not...
Written by Isaac Davis
2018 is the year I’m: losing weight, learning French, working harder, getting better, running faster, saving this, sorting that, starting a new chapter. It’s the year I’ll ___
So, how well is that going?
Well if you’ve successfully...
Written by Joe Krzyston
Effective next issue, David Hall, longtime editor of the Roanoke College Brackety-Ack, will be fired from the paper for reasons related to gross incompetence. Sources close to the disgraced editor say the move has been a...
Written by Joe Krzyston
In a turn of events widely expected for quite some time, SGA President Leah Weinstein has been ousted in a bloodless coup. Ms. Weinstein has been clinging to power for months through ruthlessness and intimidation. Though...
Written by David Hall
SALEM - Junior Emily Resume, announced on Tuesday that she is “just too darn busy for learning,” in an unprecedented move that stunned both professors and peers alike.
In a press release, Resume stated that the pressures...
