{"id":4057,"date":"2018-11-09T22:35:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T03:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=4057"},"modified":"2018-11-09T22:35:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T03:35:35","slug":"highway-to-the-twilight-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=4057","title":{"rendered":"Highway to the Twilight Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Shamira James<\/em><\/p>\n

What if one day you woke up and everything was just a little different? There are some days where admittedly something feels off – a Monday feeling a Friday, you walk across campus and literally see no one or maybe everyone is just acting a little weird because they\u2019ve been replaced by emotionless clones a la the 1956 \u201cInvasion of the Body Snatchers.\u201d If that reference is over your head, grasp this: let\u2019s see how RC would look in the Twilight Zone.<\/span><\/p>\n

Location, Location, Location – Sure, in the \u201cordinary world\u201d RC is nestled in the comfortable and cozy town of Salem, where mountains stretch as far as the eyes can see. But what if it wasn\u2019t. What if one day you woke up and and could see the Roanoke star from your dorm window? Yes, in this alternate universe, RC is smack-dab in the middle of downtown Roanoke, meaning our closed little campus would be spread out amongst the city, maybe even involving taking a shuttle to class. R.I.P. to all you people who are always casually late to class.<\/span><\/p>\n

Comm<\/span>\u00f3ns – While Commons is nice and cozy with it\u2019s warm colors, hot meals and lively crowds, what if every meal was a suit and tie affair? Chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, a fine violin playing while the only chicken meal you\u2019ll be eating is chicken cordon bleu? Someone comes in and takes your order while you drink the freshest sparkling water. If you\u2019re thinking about the Spongebob episode where they changed the Krusty Krab to impress Squilliam, then you got it right! Now, may I take your hat sir?<\/span><\/p>\n

Hut Hut HIKE! – While lacrosse team acts as the football team we never had, there\u2019d be no need for that in this twilight zone. RC would have a football team and they\u2019d be incredible. We\u2019d have homecomings, an out-of-this-world marching band that knew how to play \u201cIn My Feelings\u201d and tailgates that you can only really experience through being there because no story would do it justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

24 Hours AND Delivery – In this flipped script scenario, you won\u2019t have to lay in bed at 4 a.m., while the growling of your stomach rocks you to sleep when no one will take you to get food. Just roll over, grab your phone and make a phone call that\u2019ll count. Having pizza delivered past 2 a.m. would be heaven on Earth, and could also make for the Freshman 15 to never truly leave.<\/span><\/p>\n

Switch it up on \u2018em – Of course in a Twilight Zone, some of the people you know would be different, too. Take the smart, sciencey-type Susana Londo\u00f1o, who is usually tucked away in a lab somewhere. In this alternate universe she said she would be a Communications major: \u201cIn my other life, I would have thought this was out of my comfort zone and not a strong suit of mine, but now I\u2019m totally ready to analyze Bill Clinton\u2019s apology for effective rhetorical techniques!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by Shamira James What if one day you woke up and everything was just a little different? There are some days where admittedly something feels off – a Monday feeling a Friday, you walk across campus and literally see no one or maybe everyone is just acting a little weird because they\u2019ve been replaced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-folks-at-noke"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Screen-Shot-2018-11-08-at-7.19.41-PM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}