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Recap from the Turf
Written by Lauren Roth
To kick off their season, the men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Bridgewater College to compete in the Eagles...
XC Starts Strong
Written by Alexis Barton
To kick off their season, the men’s and women’s cross country teams headed to Bridgewater College to compete in the Eagles...
Abortion Don’t Have to Go, For the Bible Tells Me So
By Devon Mitchell
The Texas abortion ban has been at the forefront of the news in the past couple of weeks. Pro-choice activists worry that...
Campus Culture Shock
By Kristi Rolf
Roanoke College is a different place in September 2021 than it was in May. During the last school year, I grew accustomed...
Living on the Dance Floor Ten Years Later
By Devon Mitchell
It’s been ten years since the iconic moms and daughters of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, took the dance stage by storm with the premiere...
Good Mythical Morning!
By Chamberlain Zulauf
I’ve been waking up to that phrase since I was 11 years old. If you aren’t also a Mythical Beast, you probably...
Lucy’s Declassified School Survival Guide
By Lucy Collins
Helpful Tips for Returning to In-Person Classes
After the previous school year that we all had to endure, fully online, without any personal...
Returning Student State of Mind
By Mia Shelton
It’s lovely to see everyone’s shining faces back on campus. It can be stressful coming back to campus with a new set...
Suicide Prevention Month
By Marisa Seager
September 1st-30th is Suicide Prevention Month. Even though it is just one month out of the long year, we can take the...
New Spiritual Programming on Campus
Written by Alexis Barton
Following a year of social distancing and too many Zoom meetings to count, both new and returning students at Roanoke are...
Maroons Hopeful for Healthy School Year
Written by Jack Miller
As students return to campus, and in-person activities begin to resume after a year of remote activities, Roanoke College continues to...
A New Semester for SGA
Written by Devon Mitchell
The Student Government Association Senate is back in session after the summer recess. The Senate meets Thursday, September 9th to welcome...
Folk of ‘Noke: Hannah Koepfinger
By Chamberlain Zulauf
The seasoned advice of a quintessential Roanoke Senior: “freshmen should take advantage of activities on campus! We pay an activities fee so...
Olin Hall’s New Unveiling
By Mateo Biggs
Theater, music, art, and photography: these are the many things that Olin Hall is known for, and the many things that draw...
Maroons Talk: Return to Campus
By Marisa Seager
Lillian Pingel, a junior from Waynesboro, VA:
“I'm really excited to be back in classrooms this year! It is much easier to retain...
Audition for Theatre RC’s “Into the Woods”!
by Charissa Roberson
Starting Sunday, come out to Olin Theatre and audition for Theatre Roanoke College’s fall musical: “Into the Woods”!
Auditions are open to all,...
“Shang-Chi”: Changing the MCU One Movie at a Time
by Anna Tillman
Marvel Studios has recently released movies and TV shows that follow new superheroes and the challenges they must overcome. It has been...
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Masterpiece Soars to New Heights
by Mateo Biggs
As school starts up once again and summer begins to fade to autumn, many students of Roanoke College are reminiscing about their...
22 Things… I Love and Will Miss from Roanoke College
Written by Kaelyn Spickler
I am now a somewhat-freshly-22-year-old, and after a semester’s worth of eight lists with 22 bullet points, we have come to...
Congratulations to the Retiring Class of 2021
Written by Devon Mitchell
As the Roanoke College Class of 2021 moves their tassels to the left side of their cap, some of their beloved...
