Roanoke College will be on campus next Monday, November 21st to conduct on site-reviews. This is a great opportunity to sit down with a representative from Roanoke College and have your application reviewed and receive an admissions decision on the spot! Appointments will be made in 30 minute increments from 8:30- 12:30. To make an appointment, please email Rebecca Kraemer at rkraemer@virginiawestern.edu or come to the Advising and Retention office in Chapman Hall, Room 105 by Friday, November 18th by 5. Walk-ins will be worked into the schedule as time permits. The Roanoke College on-site reviews will be located in the Student Center, Room 209.

What you need to bring to your appointment:

• Paper copy of your Roanoke College application
• Copies of your college transcript (unofficial are accepted)
• High School transcript (needed only if this is your first semester at VWCC)

The other dates Roanoke College will be on campus for on-site reviews:

• December 13th

Please contact me with any questions. Rebecca Kraemer, rkraemer@virginiawestern.edu or 540-857-7390

Join us in the Natural Science Center on November 29th at noon for a discussion of the best-selling novel, The Help. If you've read the book and can't wait to see the movie on December 1st, bring your lunch and please join us. If you have read the book and would like to lend out your copy or if you have not read the book and are looking for a copy, please contact Tara Nepper.

REVIEW: The Washington Post - Sybil Steinberg

Southern whites' guilt for not expressing gratitude to the black maids who raised them threatens to become a familiar refrain. But don't tell Kathryn Stockett because her first novel is a nuanced variation on the theme that strikes every note with authenticity. In a page-turner that brings new resonance to the moral issues involved, she spins a story of social awakening as seen from both sides of the American racial divide