Written by Joyelle Ronan One of the things I love most in the world are musicals. I don’t live in New York or D.C. so live musical theatre can be hard to come by. So, I really love musical television shows like Glee for bringing a bit of Broadway to my TV screen. The show…
Written by Brice Hall One of the most overlooked dining spots that this area has to offer is called Viet Sub. The restaurant is located at 1403 Williamson RD NE, a little ways outside of downtown Roanoke. The establishment boasts an impressive 4.9 stars on Google review, and has hundreds of customer satisfaction testimonials. The…
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 through an unfortunate phase where I stole food from fridges in buildings that I did NOT live in, or passing out in the common rooms of buildings that I did NOT…
Written by Ian Gillen Our women’s lacrosse team fought hard Wednesday night, but Lynchburg took the win home due to two goals the Hornets scored in the last 2:49. The team started off the season strong with a 6-1 record, but a few tough losses have set them back. Along the way school and conference…
Written by Bradley Bommarito On Thursday, March 28, writer and journalist Jon Meacham visited Roanoke College as a guest speaker in the Henry H. Fowler Lecture Series. His lecture, titled “Leadership and Character: Do We Need to be Good to be Great?,” explored the role of virtue in civic life and themes relating to contemporary…
Written by Shamira James Rapper Ermias Asghedom, known professionally as Nipsey Hussle, was gunned down in front of his Los Angeles store, Marathon Clothing, this past Sunday. Hussle became known in the West Coast rap scene in the mid-2000s with several mixtapes he released, including his Bullets Ain’t Got No Name series, The Marathon, The…
Written by Jessica Shelburne “What’s the point of art if nobody sees it?” This quote from actress Zawe Ashton, who plays Josephina in the Netflix original film Velvet Buzzsaw, set off the pattern of unfortunate events that occurred during this unconventional thriller. When Josephina encounters a collection of abstract paintings created by fictional artist Vetril…
Written by Shamira James With 20-something days left on Maxey’s green campus (OUCH THAT’S SO FEW DAYS), I’m about to bless you all with some ways to get major bang for your…swipe. Commons Hacks After freshman year, some of us had to mourn the death of our 19-swipe meal plan, but fear not. Here’s some…
Written by Garrett Ruggieri Baseball: The baseball team(12-12, 9-2 ODAC) started off the week strong with a 9-7 win over Ferrum on Wednesday night. In the bottom of the seventh, Roanoke capitalized on four runs and ultimately sealed the lead. Upcoming, the team has an Alumni Weekend double header against Virginia Wesleyan starting at 12pm…
Written by Charissa Roberson With the advent of spring comes the premier of Theatre RC’s latest production: “[title of show],” a comedy-musical written by Jeff Bowen and Hunter Bell—about themselves, trying to a write a musical. “It’s very meta-theatrical,” said freshman Claire McDonald, who is the assistant director for the show. “The first time that…