The Food & Wellness page is pretty straight forward: food and wellness, but with a twist! Our stories are created by college students and created for college students. Cheap meal ideas, mental health discussion, and tips for study are all the kinds of stories you’ll find here.
Written by Joyelle Ronan Graduating means saying goodbye to undergraduate exams, labs, and homework. But it also means saying goodbye to late night cav trips, Prez Ball, and living within walking distance to your best friends. Let’s be honest, going to a school as great as Roanoke doesn’t help the farewell process. It’s completely…
Written by Zoe Manoukian College is a time in which many of us find our groove when it comes to our diet and exercise habits. When we are restricted largely to a dining hall and have access to a gym for four years (and in our case, access to the beautiful AT), it is no…
Written by Sarah Joseph, Food and Wellness Editor A few short months ago I wrote these words for the January issue: “Another year has come and gone. 100 Days has just passed and I have become very reflective as of late. After all, I am about to enter the workforce and adult life will hit…
Written by Sarah Joseph If you are like most of us, then you are probably bored at home right now. With limited interactions and activities to do at home, people have been getting more and more creative on how to keep themselves entertained to stop from going insane! If you have access to the internet,…
Written by Zoe Manoukian Now that we are all house ridden for the foreseeable future, we are left with a lot of extra time for studying, tidying, and snacking. Luckily, there is an abundance of delicious and healthy snacks that involve ingredients that may already be found in your kitchen and lend well to bulk…
Written by Zoe Manoukian Egg decorating is speculated to be one of humankind’s oldest art forms, and dates farther than the age of great antiquity in which humans decorated ostrich shell in Africa. According to Stephanie Hall of the American Folklife Center, eggs “are part of the creation myths of many peoples, the ‘cosmic egg’…
Written by Zoe Manoukian We are deep enough into this pandemic and still left with so few answers and so little to do. We are all together here, in our respective homes, cycling through the same information over and over and over again. The same FAQ pages, the same mental health navigation tips, even the…
Written by Kevin Vitkus These past few weeks have been crazy and have definitely put us all out of our comfort level. While we are all focusing on our academics outside of the school setting, it is important to remember small ways we can keep our spirits up. It has been said that music can…
Written by Lucy Collins Since the student body, faculty, and staff of Roanoke College have been told to leave campus and quarantine themselves in their homes, students have been moved to completing the semester online. This has caused students to implement their educational routine to the home base. With this comes unwanted stress and anxiety…
Written by Sarah Joseph Picture this: Jane Fonda, neon leotards over neon leggings, leg warmers, sweatbands. That’s right. We are transported back into the 80s and jazzercise reigns queen over all in-home workout tapes. And why shouldn’t it? It is a fun activity that allows you to reach your daily quota of physical activity. Now,…