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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.

Commons Concoctions

Rainy Weather

Halfway There

Where You Belong

Coming to college is a great way to start building your sense of identity, as you have the freedom to explore the things that...

Planning for the Future

Making decisions is scary. Especially when it comes to the path you will take during your four years at Roanoke College. There is one...

Sick Students

The consensus on campus seems to be clear: no one wants to get sick. And yet, we’ve been seeing cases on campus steadily since...

Places to Know

As you navigate your first semester at Roanoke College, you might find yourself getting lost all the time. It’s normal to go through this...

Becoming a Functional Adult

Starting your first semester at Roanoke College is an exciting experience. You get to meet new people from different states or even different countries,...

Alumni Insights: Joe Boucher

Over the past year, we’ve explored the many people that make up the community here on campus and surrounding campus. We’ve interviewed professors and...

Promoting Professors: Jason Hawke

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

Farewell to Friends

-To Jennifer      Making friends as an adult is hard. Unfortunately, one can’t just walk up to another person in a park, share some...

Celebrating Your Wins

     With another school year about to be completed, it’s hard not to focus on the end rather than the journey. Sometimes we...

Promoting Professors: Kate Shortridge

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

Olin Hall

Most of us can easily locate Olin Hall, the complicated-to-navigate home of our arts. If you are ever interested in drawing, photography, acting, joining...

Authors and Architects

As you walk through your daily path to the library to get some work done you will encounter a cube-shaped monument with a plaque...

Underrated Study Places

Whether hanging out with friends, meeting for a group project, or just looking for a place to relax, it always starts to feel like...

Tricky weather

March weather has been a surprise each day. In one week you could have an extremely hot and sunny day and the next day...

Promoting Professors: Dr. Melanie Almeder

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

What NOT To Do During Spring Break

  By the time this gets into your hands spring break will have officially begun. After weeks and weeks of working hard, completing assignments, and...

Campus Connections

What does your usual college day look like? Do you usually go to classes, lunch, more classes, and then go back to your room?...

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...