This page offers articles of a humorous nature, opinion pieces, social and political commentaries, and even rants. If you’re down for a laugh or hear a side this is the page to go to.
Written by Kristi Rolf As we come to the end of an accelerated semester, college students throughout the country are facing a historically long break between semesters. Here at Roanoke College, we will have seven long weeks without classes. The next couple of months have prompted mixed emotions. The first thought that occurs to many…
Written by Chamberlain Zulauf Disclaimer: this is not a biased article and I’m not going to say anything specific about either candidate! I feel obligated to start with that because at this point minds have been made up and I’m not going to subjugate BA readers to yet another opinion about Biden/Trump. This article is…
Written by Zach “Buckle-up Macy’s” Dalton Well, here we are. November Whatever-Date-You’re-Reading-This. Halloween has come and passed, as Green Day said, “the innocent can never last,” which means it’s time to wake Mariah Carey up. Now before you yell at me for suggesting playing Christmas music early, keep this in mind; I am simply words…
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 be certain of my choice, but I know that there are many voters who had decided their vote even before the primaries in March. Because of growing up in an…
Written by Devon Mitchell Tuesday marked the end of another presidential election… or did it? While campaigning has officially ended, we likely won’t learn the results for a little while longer. Because of the number of mail-in voting due to the pandemic, many states have allowed votes to be counted so long as ballots are…
Written by Jasey Roberts I had a similar experience to a lot of people when they were young: I read a lot. From the first Scholastic Book Fair that rolled up to my elementary school, I was juiced up and ready to go with titles like, Captain Underpants and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I…
Written by Devon “Your Local Pumpkin Correspondent” Mitchell As the presidential election haunts Americans with each passing day, another spooky and tantalizing phenomenon is possessing politics. This phenomenon is none other than political theater. This term was used when Trump enlisted the help of the presidential motorcade to make a statement about his strength during…
Written by Jasey Roberts How is it possible for it to already be the season of pumpkin spice and everything nice? So soon? Where has the time gone? It seems both like yesterday and like decades ago that I was writing an article about how it’s March and we have our whole lives ahead of…
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 full of fall-themed posts. There seems to be a particular demographic who embraces this season more than others: Millennial and Gen-Z women. These women generally immerse themselves in the aesthetic…
Written by Zach “o’ Lantern” Dalton A year ago, I wrote an article about a junior disappointed in not being able to trick or treat past the age of twelve, and I am still not over it. I’m here today to ask: “what’s the deal with trick or treating?” The activity and idea of trick…