Written by Kaelyn Spickler
To my Roanoke College family:
I have thought about this moment- the one where I officially sign off from The Brackety-Ack and leave the paper in the trusty hands of my successors. I remember when the previous...
Written by Devon Mitchell
Kamala Harris is making history as the first female, Black American, South Asian Vice President. Not only can she hold claim to these groundbreaking firsts, but just in her first 100 days in office she is...
Written by Charissa Roberson
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous highly anticipated films have had to be significantly delayed. However, with the arrival of 2021, these films are finally heading to our screens. Here are some of the biggest films...
Written by Zach “Only Credit Me if it Works” Dalton
As I have mentioned in previous articles, the end of the semester is nigh. It is only natural for me to sit down and write a piece that relates to...
Written by Carter Weissenfluh
With the draft concluding on May 1st, we saw lots of moves across the league for each franchise to get their top pick. We also saw five quarterbacks taken within the first fifteen picks, with three...
Written by Joyelle Ronan
Aries (March 21 - April 19)- You tend to keep your walls up until you feel like you truly know someone. But, in return, you may be expecting new people in your life to trust you...
Written by Kristina Calhoun
The official title and release date for the “Black Panther” sequel was officially revealed on Monday in a mega trailer celebrating Marvel movies. The sequel to the original movie, which starred the late Chadwick Boseman, is...
Written by Lauren Roth
The last four years at Roanoke College have been memorable for Lauren Heffron, and it’s bittersweet for her time as a Maroon to come to an end. Heffron came to Roanoke in the fall of 2017...
Written by Katherine Clatterbuck
On Saturday, April 30th, the Roanoke women’s lacrosse team faced off in an ODAC semifinals game against the Shenandoah Hornets, which ended in a Roanoke victory of 23-16. After an impressive 8-3 record in the regular...
Written by Chamberlain Zulauf
It has been well over a year since COVID-19 first appeared in the United States. Since then, our country has gone through different stages and levels of isolation. The situation was handled so poorly initially that...
Written by Tess Drzymala
One of the most difficult aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has changed many qualities of ordinary life for a longer amount of time than most people expected. Months of social restrictions and safety-related...
Written by Zuba Mutesi
I’ve been thinking about the concept of “you get what you give.” I understand that life is like a cycle of giving and taking but somehow along the way, we must also remember that we have...
Written by Mateo Biggs
“May the Fourth” has become something akin to an international holiday, with fans across the nation celebrating the beloved “Star Wars” franchise created by George Lucas. Even if the holiday itself is informal, it does not...
Written by Joey Slusher
Since 1949, with the admission of Alaska and Hawaii to the union, the United States has had a nice and even 50 states. Alaska and Hawaii closed out a long tradition of adding stars to the...
Written by Alexis Barton
As the semester is winding down, our athletes are finishing out their seasons and competing in their respective playoff tournaments. The Maroons had a busy weekend all over the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, with teams competing...
Written by Joyelle Ronan
I’ve found that with romantic comedy films, people tend to fall into three camps. The first being you openly love rom coms. Maybe you are a hopeless romantic. You cry when Anna says “After all, I’m...
Written by Devon Mitchell
From April 26 to the 30, students from the Student Government Association (SGA) sat outside of the Colket Center asking students to sign the “Not Our Monument” petition to ask the City of Salem to remove...
Written by Zach Dalton
This issue’s Folk of ‘Noke is doing some really spectacular things both at the college and outside of it. Everyone give a friendly Maroon welcome to Lambda’s very own and cockatoo enthusiast: Aspyn Totten! They are...
Written by Devon Mitchell
On Thursday, May 29, student led organizations led a healing circle to discuss the social implications of the Derek Chauvin verdict at Roanoke College. Student leaders from BSA, HOLA, Tangles, Lambda, OMA, SGA, and the Honors...
Written by Zach “Is ‘Yeet’ Still Cool?” Dalton
Every generation has some sort of hip lingo that they often time use at nauseum. For our parents it was stuff like, “tubular” or “bodacious.” For Millennials it was mostly just vine...
