Written by Chamberlain Zulauf My senior year is the busiest I’ve ever been here at Roanoke and we’re only halfway through the first semester. Being busy isn’t a problem but the stress that comes with responsibilities can be the real deal. This year especially with in-person classes and the feeling of full-blown college it’s easy…
Written by Katherine Clatterbuck Sunday Night Football is filled with history and traditions, including the annual watching of players who recently signed elsewhere or were traded to play their former teams. This past Sunday marked a historic evening as Tom Brady, former quarterback for the New England Patriots, led his new team, the Tampa Bay…
Written by Marisa Seager Donovan Hill, a senior from Newark, DE: “Opening up that email earlier last week was jaw-dropping and heart-wrenching. Maxey has been a core staple in my experience here at Roanoke and an iconic figure to look up to. I wish him much rest and peace in his years after leaving the…
Devon Mitchell This summer, I taught my first online English class for Blue Ridge Literacy, a local non-profit whose mission is to teach English to Roanoke’s immigrant population. I taught a beginner class that had one Haitian woman and four Afghan women. I began the summer nervous and ready to tackle the challenge of…
Written by Katherine Clatterbuck With fall athletics underway, many senior athletes are beginning their final season representing Roanoke through their athletic accomplishments. Erin Flamm is a center back for the women’s soccer team. The team finished last year’s season in the ODAC semifinals. Flamm commented that she chose Roanoke, “for a couple of reasons: the…
Marisa Seager You might think that a “true gamer” is someone who plays stereotypical shooter games like Call of Duty and Apex Legends, however there is actually a whole different side of gaming with many categories to explore. As a personal favorite of mine, I’d like to tell you about some great calm, relaxing, and…
Charissa Roberson ***CAUTION: Here there be spoilers!*** Marvel’s animated series “What If…?” is quickly drawing to a close, with the final episode set to premiere on Disney+ on Sept. 29. In each 30-minute episode, the series reveals how events might have played out if an MCU character had made a different choice than…
Written by Lauren Roth Emilee Wooten has been a member of the Roanoke College field hockey team since 2017, and in her four years she has developed into one of the best players in program history. Since Wooten’s freshman year, she has played and started all her games. During her freshman year, she finished the…
Jack Miller This past Thursday, the College was visited by Dr. Sylvester A. Johnson, the assistant vice provost for the humanities and founding director of the Center for Humanities at Virginia Tech. He offered the Roanoke College community a seminar regarding the future of technology, the racialized problems that may come with it, and a…
Edgard Lacayo This past Wednesday, North Korea launched two missiles from a train-based launch pad. South Korea responded three hours later by launching its own missile from a submarine. Both launches were parts of weapons tests, yet both of these actions have raised tensions in the Korean peninsula. Any hopes for diplomatic talks have…