Culture & Wellness

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.

Dining in Downtown Salem

Written by Carey Linkous Roanoke College is a beautiful campus with two excellent and well-staffed food options of Commons and Cavern for students to choose...

Who Ya Gonna Call? Health Services!

Written by Lorin Brice Hall It’s a weird windy time here in Salem and everyone’s getting the flu, or just feels under the weather! Instead...

St. Patty’s Day Cuisine

Written by Kevin Vitkus In honor of St. Patrick’s Day this week’s cuisine will be Corned Beef and Cabbage eggrolls. This was a favorite of...

Meet Ink Slingin’ Sandy

Written by Marisa Seager Thinking of getting inked? The Brackety-Ack chatted with Sandra March, Floyd-based tattoo artist, to get the scoop on her artwork. Q: How...

End Your Year on A Healthy Note: Learning to Respect Yourself...

Written by Lorin Brice Hall It’s finally here. School is almost over. This is the end of the 2018-2019 Roanoke College school year. Now that...

Mens Sana in Corpore Sano

Written by Zoe Manoukian January and February can be a difficult part of the winter season. The days are still gloomy and the excitement of...

The Swipe Out: Hacks…We’re In!

Written by Shamira James With 20-something days left on Maxey’s green campus (OUCH THAT’S SO FEW DAYS), I’m about to bless you all with some...

It’s Yoga Time!

Written by Carey Linkous Having classes everyday can be stressful, especially when your work begins to pile up. I, for one, know the feeling of...

Big Screen, Small Theatres: Where to Catch Your Next Flick

Written by Joyelle Ronan As the United States slowly becomes vaccinated, daily life is on the cusp of returning to normalcy. If you consider yourself...

Study Tips and Motivation During Quarantine

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...

Easy Halloween Recipes That Anyone Can Enjoy

Written by Carey Linkous Halloween is a favorite holiday of the students at Roanoke College. This year, our students will be getting together for Halloween...

Thanksgiving…Where Calories Still Count

Written by Jessica Shelburne I’m sure I’m not the only one who likes to tell myself that calories don’t count from turkey at Thanksgiving or...

Finals Hack: Lazy Boy Exercises

Written by Kevin Vitkus As the holiday season comes and Thanksgiving goes, I find myself sitting at the table again, pants unbuttoned and my gut...

Halloween Word Search

Written by Joyelle Ronan

Staying Active During Midterms

Written by Marisa Seager At a time as stressful as midterms week, how important is it that we, as college students, stay active? Although it...

Greetings from Abroad: Feelin’ Kinda Sunday

Written by Zoe Manoukian I was surprised to find nearly every storefront closed during my first Sunday in Nantes. In preparation for my travel, I...

A Note from the (New) Section Editor

Written by Joyelle Ronan “I’m just really excited about 2020 and all the possibilities it holds.”- Joyelle Ronan, 2019. In the eight months since I wrote that...

Merry Movies

By Sydney Young With Thanksgiving behind us, Christmas and Finals season are in full swing. So, when the need for stress relief is high, and...

Finals Week Survival Guide: How to survive the most important week...

Written by Carey Linkous Finals week: the infamous seven days when everyone is stressed, and coffee is the beverage of choice. In truth, there’s no...

Girls in the Gym… or Not?

Written by Jessica Shelburne The gym is a place where muscle is built, tension is released, growth occurs, and gains are made. It is not...