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To the Class of 2020 from Professor Gibbs

Class of 2020 – a year you won’t forget!  We have watched you grow into young, independent adults and are proud of all you...

Improving Chipotle Through the Eyes of a Business Major

Written by Chamberlain Zulauf As my business classes start to pick up, I can’t help but notice vocabulary words that have been drilled into my...

Album Corner: Nectar by Joji

Critiqued by Zach “I Promise I’ll Shut Up About Joji Now, Kaillee” Dalton  Come with me for a bit to the way back to the...

The Girls of Autumn

Written by Kristi Rolf  If you have been active on social media over the past month or so, I’m sure that your feed has become...

Freshman Class Deals with Disappointment

Written by Zach Dalton As the school year starts up Roanoke College welcomed in one of its largest freshman class with even larger expectations about...

The Brackety-Ack Brief on the State of the Union

Written by Joey Slusher Tuesday the 5th, President Trump gave the annual State of the Union address. This State of the Union is set in...

Christmas in the Classroom

Written by Devon Mitchell It’s the Christmas season and soon enough grades K-12 will be celebrating in the classroom. Christmas parties will be held, Christmas...

Give Theology on Tap a Try

Written by Emma Grosskopf During my sophomore year, I did a great many things. Many of them I’m not super proud of, like going...

Another Award Season, Another Diversity Conversation

Written by Joyelle Ronan Award season is a great time to celebrate diverse American and foreign films. Unfortunately, award shows such as The Academy Awards,...

Vaccination Disappointments

Written by Devon Mitchell In case you didn’t hear, Virginia has moved into phase 1c of their vaccination program. This means employees of higher education...

Institutionalized Racism in the Grammys

Written by Ethan Perritt It’s been a long road to the end of racism in America -- one that seems never-ending. And even though we’ve...

Seniors in The Research Lab

Written by Dr. Darcey Powell I have two seniors in my research lab: Riker Lawrence & Rachel Harmon, that I'd like to highlight.  Riker has been...

The Final Move-In Decision

Written by Chamberlain Zulauf After much suspense and speculation, the final plan for how the semester will continue was announced this past Friday. The...

Let’s Get Ce-REAL

Written by Chamberlain Zulauf My roommate and I do a lot together: we watch TV shows (last semester it was Breaking Bad and this semester...

JB Said, “Love Yourself”

Written by Vanessa Mutesi February, the month of love. It’s almost Valentine’s Day, and love is slowly brewing in the air. Every year around this time,...

Best Wishes Class of 2020

Written by Kaelyn Spickler Dear Class of 2020,  The end of the semester came quicker than any of us anticipated. All of our hearts go out...

The Mueller Report Report

Written by Joey Slusher Today, the so-called Mueller Report was released to the public. The Mueller Report covers an investigation into the possibility of President...

The Journal of a Working Boy, Or, Up from Sloth

Written by Jasey Roberts About a month ago, I wrote an article about how my job as a grocery store clerk gives people free rein...

The End All and Be All of Voters

Written by Kristi Rolf On September 30th, I mailed my ballot to my hometown office of elections. I had processed enough information by September to...

The Harder They Paul the Harder They Fall

Written by Chamberlain "Zach is Wrong" Zulauf Tom Brady, Kevin Durant, Neymar… Jake Paul. No one wants to hear it, but these four legends have...

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