http://roanoke.edu/x7212.xml?cat=Academics%20HomepageRoanoke College Featured Story Feed.November 5, 2009http://roanoke.edu/x30037.xml?cat=Academics%20HomepageRoanoke College has been the center of several statewide political activities in the Fall of 2009.http://roanoke.edu/images/featurestories/GovDebate.306w.jpghttp://roanoke.edu/images/featurestories/GovDebate.53w.jpgNovember 2, 2009http://roanoke.edu/x29876.xml?cat=Academics%20HomepageImagine skiing in the Alps, getting stranded and having to build a snow cave for protection. Ben Wescott '09 had such an adventure and credits survival television shows and his time at Roanoke for saving him.http://roanoke.edu/images/alumni/Wescott 306x229.jpghttp://roanoke.edu/images/alumni/Wescott 53x43.jpgSeptember 28, 2009http://roanoke.edu/x29875.xml?cat=Academics%20HomepageMichael Barrett '04 began researching the effect of shipwrecks on the environment during a semester abroad in Sydney, Australia. Three years later, he became the youngest person to ever receive a National Geographic grant to continue his work.http://roanoke.edu/images/alumni/Barrett 306x229.jpghttp://roanoke.edu/images/alumni/Barrett 53x43.jpgSeptember 24, 2009http://roanoke.edu/x29877.xml?cat=Academics%20HomepageCareer Services has launched MaroonNet, an online site for the entire Roanoke College community and any employer who contacts Career Services with a job listing. MaroonNet helps job seekers find work and employers find employees through a network filled with the College’s classic connections.http://roanoke.edu/images/featurestories/Rooney306.jpghttp://roanoke.edu/images/featurestories/Rooney53.jpg