Trump’s Presidential Candidacy Faces the Supreme Court
Written by Hannah Guanti
The legality of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential candidacy is being taken before the U.S. Supreme Court this week. The...
Track and Field All-Americans
Written by Tim Hoffstaetter
To wrap up the 2023-2024 Indoor Track season Roanoke College had two athletes compete at nationals and both earned all-American honors!...
First of its Kind Lawsuit in Roanoke City
Written by Hannah Guanti
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia has begun legal proceedings against the Roanoke City Police Department surrounding their involvement in...
Louisiana Works to Become Permitless Concealed Carry
Written by Mateo J. Biggs
As of the next month, it has been 25 years since the Columbine school shooting and 12 years since the...
St Patrick’s Day Celebrated in Downtown Roanoke
Written By Hannah Guanti
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Roanoke is a day filled with music, food, activities, parades, drinks, and so much more.
The weekend...
Will Tik Tok Be Banned?
Written by Hannah Guanti
Last week, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill that requires the popular social media platform, Tik Tok, to...
Rabbits and Eggs
Written by Andrea Flores-Gomez
The Easter bunny, Easter hare, Easter rabbit, etc.
Whichever name you know it by, this folkloric creature that
goes around laying Easter eggs...
Baltimore Bridge Collapse
Written Hannah Guanti
In the early hours of March 26, a cargo ship off course collided with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. The bridge...
Final Visible Eclipse for 20 Years
By Hannah Guanti
April 8 is the last chance for Virginians to see a solar eclipse for possibly the next twenty-years. Groups across the commonwealth...
Goodwill to Combat Food Desert in Northwest Roanoke
Written by Hannah Guanti
Goodwill is slated to open The Market on Melrose in November, to combat the food desert in Northwest Roanoke. It is...
Roanoke College Conference on Race Returns for the Third Year
Written by Hannah Guanti
Roanoke College is hosting its third Virginia Conference on Race on April 4-5.
The event begins with a keynote speech by Renée...
March Madness Mess-Up
Written by Tim Hoffstaetter
These past few weeks have been filled with amazing basketball on both the women’s and men’s side however there has been...
Helping After Helene
In the past week, Salem personally saw the effects of Hurricane Helene. The flash flood warning was issued Friday morning, and the river rose,...
Timeframe of the 2024 Presidential Election
By Mikaela Gantz
This article is meant to serve as a timeline for all the things that have happened in
the past few months since we...
Welcome Back Maroons!
By Mikaela Gantz
Welcome back to campus! We at the Brackety-Ack
and the rest of the Colket Center staff missed y’all.
Luckily, there are a bunch of...
Outdoor Adventures
By Mikaela Gantz
In my unique capacity as both the editor-in-chief of the
Brackety-Ack and an Outdoor Adventures specialist, I get
the pleasure of writing a full...
Suicide is not the Answer
By Mikaela Gantz
TW: Mentions of suicide
September is suicide prevention awareness month. I had initially planned
on including an article about this in the first publication,...
Taylor Endorses Kamala
By Kara Hopkins
After the 2024 presidential debate on September 10, Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift spoke to her 284 million followers. In this post, she endorsed...
How to Vote
By Delaney Collins
Navigating the process of registering and voting as a college student can seem daunting especially if you're living away from home for...
Update on the Alleged RC Cancer Cluster
Earlier last month, on September 12th, a group of Alumni sent a letter to Roanoke College President Frank Shushok expressing concern over the apparent...
