Opinion

By Joseph Krzyston Look, it’s been a long couple of weeks, ok?

Written by Joseph Krzyston This week, a Roanoke College senior was mildly flummoxed to find definitively that RC Light, the weekly college chapel service that he’d heard of for years, was not a light beer named after the school. “I was at Quickway, buying some malt liquor on my dad’s credit card, and I asked…

Written by Shamira James RC is offering students a chance to write the influential and moving speeches that the freshmen hear during convocation. Yes, RC wants current students to be the voice of reason, wisdom and adventure for the hungover, unenthused and eager-to-leave. The essays have to be between 600 – 800 words and should…

Written by Joe Krzyston In a move sure to invite the ire of college students and the amusement of residents, the City of Salem announced a plan today to reenact the Salem Witch Trials of colonial lore with Roanoke College students. The plan was a long time in the making, and it was met with…

Written by Joseph Krzyston Across campus, students are starting to reconsider commitments of time and emotion that they made in the bleak midwinter. When life seemed so meaningless and many of us over-engaged to fill our personal voids. However, these dark spaces are now illuminated by the warmth and light of the sun. As life…

Written by Joe Krzyston The situation was dire. Students and staff across campus were on the brink of losing it. Everybody knew this, but nobody would do much of anything. We were but hostages to the weather for a few days. In what experts are calling a stunning reversal of fate, the entire student body…

Written by Isaac Davis As an international student I can attest to the world-wide fame and reputation of the American “Spring Break”. For years I was baffled at the rumours: Were the movies accurate? I could not comprehend an entire nation’s higher education students entirely upending their regular academic lifestyles for a week of sin…

Written by Beth Janes The Economics Department is in an uproar following the development of a new barter and trade system for the chairs on the Sutton Patio. Following three straight days of April-like weather in late February, students have flocked to the sun-drenched bricks of the outside seating only to find an unequal and…

Written by Joe Krzyston It’s been a rainy week here at Roanoke College, and many of us stuck closely to the shelter of buildings, venturing outside only to dart to class or commons. Every society has its standouts, however, and ours is no exception. This week, nobody displayed more tenacity and courage than the Miller…

Written by Elizabeth Janes Jan. 31, 2018 is a day that will live on in Roanoke College History. On Wednesday night around 7:30 p.m., student and Commons staff alike were surprised to find their evening interrupted by a distressed topless woman on the television in Commons. “I couldn’t process what I was seeing,” said one…