Joe Krzyston
\nSection Editor<\/p>\n
One night shortly before break, Dear old Roanoke\u2019s Underground Network for Knowledge and Sedition (DRUNKS, for short) tore a sheet of paint off of the storied Roanoke College rock, which towers over eight feet above people who walk between Wells and the patio at commons, and has long been a fixture on campus. The top couple of inches came off easily, but the explorers were met with a surprising reality.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe kept chipping and chipping at the paint,\u201d said a member of the urban exploration collective, speaking under condition of anonymity. \u201cWe were peeling off layers and chipping at it and whatnot, but it just kept coming. At first, we were like \u2018Woah, this is a funny thing that we\u2019re doing,\u2019 but after a while it got really serious. We eventually brought in a small team with pickaxes and wheelbarrows to cart away the paint\u2026 We couldn\u2019t believe what we found at the end of it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
What they found at the end of their toil was a golf ball, a Slazenger 7 believed by historians to have been driven from the administration building to its current resting place by David Bittle, Roanoke College\u2019s first president.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an amazing find,\u201d said an area historian, \u201cand indeed, underneath over a hundred years of paint lay an astonishing record of our cherished institution\u2019s storied history, and of David Bittle\u2019s poor long drive.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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