In Virginia, likely Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is tied with Republican hopeful Ben Carson and statistically tied with Marco Rubio, but leads Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and Ted Cruz. Also, Virginians favor reinstating parole and other criminal justice reforms. 

Consumers plan to spend the same amount of money or more this holiday season, compared with other years.

On Nov. 17, Roanoke College celebrated its long history and its founder and first president, the Rev. David Bittle. Nov. 17 was Founders Day, which marked Bittle's 204^th birthday.

Four students were in Paris when the attacks occurred but they are safe. One Roanoke student who is studying in Belgium comments on his decision to stay in Europe for the remainder of the semester, despite terrorist threats in the country.

"Journey Stories" is produced by Museum on Main Street, a program by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service which partners with state humanities councils to bring historical exhibitions to small towns.  

Roanoke students are collecting books for the Books on Buses literacy program through December.

"Around the World" is the theme of the ninth annual President's Ball on Saturday.  

Invented by Emily Sierra Poertner, The Poertner is a syllabic poem of 10 lines in three stanzas, in which the number of syllables in each line is determined by the recipient's phone number.

The Health and Human Performance professor is the second Roanoke professor to win this award in three years. 

Shack Attack, Roanoke College's primary fundraiser for Habitat for Humanity, encourages teams of students to raise money by building shacks out of repurposed material and spending a night sleeping in them outside on campus.