This page features engaging stories on noteworthy events on and around the Roanoke College campus. Special events, collegiate awards and accomplishments, administrative announcements, and even local crimes and emergencies are frequently covered.
by Alexis Barton As part of a longstanding partnership with other Lutheran colleges, Roanoke College students have the unique opportunity each semester to take part in a semester-long internship program in our nation’s capital. The Lutheran College Washington Semester is a chance for students to experience work and life outside of the campus community,…
by Alexis Barton The new class of Congress members experienced a whirlwind surrounding their inauguration. The media swarmed over the group as there were contentious discussions and votes regarding the next Speaker of the House. In addition to the spectacle starring various members of the Republican party, one new Republican took the stage as a…
by Hannah Guanti If you are following current events in the United States, it is likely your news feed has been flooded with the gruesome murders of four college students from the University of Idaho. Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin were the four students slain in an off-campus house in the…
by Mikaela Gantz On Tuesday, January 17 climate activist Greta Thunberg was attending a sit-in in protest against coal mine expansion in Lützerath, Germany. A video taken by a Reuters journalist made it seem as though Thunberg was arrested, though this is not true. She was detained for a short time by German police while…
by Mikaela Gantz All of the votes for the United States House of Representatives and Senate, with the exception of a runoff election in Georgia, have officially been counted. Here is a summary of how Americans used their civic rights this November. There was no “red wave” of conservative candidates winning en masse which came…
by Hannah Guanti According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioids are currently the leading cause of drug-related deaths. The CDC certifies that in 2020, opiates were involved in over 68,000 overdose deaths. This issue hit our home of Virginia especially hard. In 2020, the Virginia Department of Health reported that an average…
by Alexis Barton Gun violence is not a new concept to the American people. According to the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit organization with the mission of creating awareness about gun violence in America, there have been over 600 mass shootings in the United States in the 2022 calendar year. Recent shootings at an LGBTQ…
by Alexis Barton Futbol, football, soccer– regardless of the chosen name, sports fans across the world have turned their eyes to Qatar for the 2022 Men’s World Cup. This exciting display of international athleticism is unique not only in its late fall timeline, as to avoid extreme heat in Qatar’s summer season, but it has…
by Mikaela Gantz The midterms are finally here and there are four key races political analysts are keeping a close eye on that are predicted to determine the majority party in the Senate. These races are Arizona, Pennsylvania, Nevada, and Georgia. Two out of the four races have been in the headlines quite frequently, Pennsylvania…
by Hannah Guanti Daylight savings time has been the norm since before most Americans were born. Since its enactment in 1918, Americans have set their clocks forward and back every year. Most of us just enjoy the extra hour of sleep or silently curse the alarm for going off an hour early with no thought…