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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.

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Promoting Professors: Dr. Michael Pekel

When examining campus culture, we often focus on student activities. This semester we started a series examining how professors on campus contribute to our...

Navigating Loneliness

It has been a bit since we had a school break and since we are in that period right after the holidays- when most...

Valentine’s Gift Giving

Valentine’s Day is not only a holiday to spend with a significant other, but it can also be spent with any loved one in...

Promoting Professors: Dr. Chris Lassiter

When examining campus culture, we often focus on student activities. This semester we started a series examining how professors on campus contribute to our...

Superstitions

You might have been walking around with your friends or doing a tour of the college and heard about some important superstitions that Maroons...

Staying active on campus

Roanoke College seeks to care for students’ health and well-being in many different ways, with resources such as health and services, budget planning events,...

Promoting Professors: Giuliana Chapman

When examining campus culture, we often focus on student activities. So, we started a series examining how professors on campus contribute to our culture!...

Promoting Professors: Danielle Barre

When examining campus culture, we often focus on student activities. Of course, that is a large piece of the puzzle, but there are many...

Home Remedies

As usual, we start the new year with many resolutions in search of being the best version of ourselves: going to the gym more...

Starting The Semester On A Positive Note

A new semester begins, and so does the new year. The first week has passed and you have gotten a sense of how your...

Main Street Series: Olde Salem Brewing Co.

One of the benefits of living on a small campus like ours is that you’re never more than ten minutes away from Main Street....

Your Studying Technique

This week you might be studying with friends, alone, in absolute silence, playing music, re-writing information, or using flashcards. The truth is, I could...

Fintel Films

The Fintel Library is a resource that all students benefit from. Whether drinking a warm coffee from Rooney’s while working on assignments or finding...

Participation Trophy

If you read the “Folks of Noke” section in the newspaper you will get the results of a poll that asked about the best...

On-Campus Celebration

Thanksgiving break is around the corner. Lots of students are doing last-minute preparations before they go back home for the celebration. But not everyone...

Main Street Series: Charlotte’s Web Antique Mall

One of the benefits of living on a campus as small as ours is that you’re never more than ten minutes away from Main...

Pre-Registration Recommendations

The Fall semester is coming to an end and pre-registration starts this week. It can be a stressful time if you aren’t really sure...

Main Street Series: Corbin’s Confections

One of the benefits of living on a small campus like ours is that you’re never more than ten minutes away from Main Street....

Main Street Series: Main Street Tattoos

One of the benefits of living on a campus as small as ours is that you’re never more than ten minutes away from Main...

Hallow’s Eve

Carved pumpkins everywhere, cozy blankets and lights off during a scary movie, planning a group costume with friends; with Halloween around the corner, maroons...