by Chamberlain Zulauf<\/p>\n
This week\u2019s Folk is one of Brackety-Ack\u2019s own. Marisa Seager is now our section editor for Culture, Wellness and Lifestyle but her career at the BA started four years ago in her freshman year, something the paper doesn\u2019t usually offer\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI kind of had an in, I worked in the PR office, doing photography and social media. I met this girl, Madalyn, one day at work. She was like, \u2018hey, we need writers for the BA! Are you interested in writing at all?\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n I was, so she got me in contact with Kaelyn, the EIC at the time. I know that my first article was on staying active during midterms\u201d, said Marisa.<\/span><\/p>\n Marisa has fun with C\/W\/L since there\u2019s a broad range of articles she edits. She\u2019s always had an interest in journalism, specifically by taking pictures for concerts. Joining the BA was a way for her to start writing and getting used to being published. Being an editor, now, Marisa enjoys editing peoples work and working with tools like Adobe.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI enjoy being a leader in a way and have fun sending reminders. It\u2019s a good feeling. I always have a full page so it’s fun to work with everyone\u2019s article getting them all to fit\u201d, said Marisa.<\/span><\/p>\n Also, in Marisa\u2019s time at \u2018Noke, she has been a peer educator and has been serving as president of the communications honor\u2019s society for the last two years. Becoming president was a similar example of someone coming to Marisa for her skills.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI first got inducted my junior year. A couple weeks later, Dr. Murawski, a teacher I\u2019m great friends with, told me she thought I should be president. She was like, \u2018so you\u2019re doing it?\u2019\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve actually been planning an event for Thursday [Oct. 6] called \u201cSo What Can I Do With A Comm Degree\u201d. We had a bunch of different professors and Roanoke College faculty who spoke for a few minutes about their backgrounds and what they have been able to achieve in communications.\u201d said Marisa. \u201cSenior year is pretty hectic because of my schedule. So I’m technically in five classes because of my HHP. And all of my classes are Tuesday, Thursday then all of my labs are Monday and Wednesday. Plus, I\u2019m a dispatcher at Campus Safety.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Marisa is close to finishing her communications major just having senior seminar left and is glad to be able to focus more on her art minor and screen studies concentration. For fall break Marisa is excited to return home to NC and, \u201cjust being really lazy and having a lot of time with my family and my fianc\u00e9 back home.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Fall, and specifically October, is Marisa\u2019s favorite time of year so she has all month to look forward to.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cI love everything about fall, even candy corn unlike everybody else. I\u2019m a big horror movie fan plus I play a lot of video games. This time of year, there are always a lot of announcements or events for that type of stuff. I play a lot of Overwatch but it sort of died recently. It’s going to become free to play and have teams of five instead of six which is going to be really weird with role selection, which is a huge part of the game. I’ve been playing Overwatch for years so I\u2019m kind of sad about it changing. I do play a lot of Dead by Daylight also. It\u2019s really cool. It\u2019s like 4v1 survivors vs. a killer. There are franchise killers too like Ghostface Michael Myers and Freddie\u201d, said Marisa.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was really nervous when I came to college\u2026 about what organizations I would join or who I would be. But I\u2019m glad I\u2019ve taken the opportunities that have come up and I enjoy being myself! Some advice I have for Maroons would be to not hesitate to branch out, especially during college. I\u2019ve had chances to explore who I am and what I want to do in life through what I\u2019ve done in my time here\u201d, said Marisa.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Chamberlain Zulauf This week\u2019s Folk is one of Brackety-Ack\u2019s own. 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