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 going with the first three picks. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Trevor Lawrence out of Clemson…
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 instantly. Give others time and they will grow to confide in you. Taurus (April 20…
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 set to be released on July 8, 2022, and will go by the official name,…
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 and has truly made a name for herself as a member of Roanoke’s field hockey…
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 season, the team gained the second seed position for the ODAC conference and a 25th…
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 the virus was able to affect every aspect of our daily lives even down to…
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 checklists have become burdensome and mentally exhausting for many individuals. To understand how we cope…
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 stop the numerous fans from coming together to enjoy the “Star Wars” series and the…
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 legacies to leave behind and impact to make. But to be quite fair, this concept…
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 flag, which had been commonplace from the country’s inception as it grew to fill the…