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Piper Booker, Copy Editor

Piper Booker is a senior from a small rural town in Southern Virginia. He is majoring in Religious Studies with a focus in Christianity alongside a minor in history. This is her first year on staff. When not proofing the paper, Piper can be found working at Allegheny’s Archives, working on conference papers, or coming up with any excuse to give trivial facts about the college. Piper plans on pursuing graduate education in Library Science/History to continue working in archival settings.
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From left: Piper Booker, her late uncle Bill Booker Jr. and her sister Michaela Francis in 2018. As Piper feebly attempts to get in the photo, Bill congratulates Michaela on graduating from Ferrum College in Virginia (Photo courtesy of Piper Booker).

The importance of others’ memory

Piper Booker, Office Manager • April 26, 2024

I’ve never been a stranger to living through memory. With my mother having me at the ripe age of 42 — and my mother being born when my grandmother was 42 herself — there are countless family members...

Televangelist Rex Humbard in 1976 (Image source: Wikimedia Commons).

This week in history: The Rex Humbard Affair

Piper Booker, Office Manager • February 23, 2024

In the thirteenth edition of the 83rd volume of The Campus, one article made the front headline. “Students Vote Apology for Revival Disturbance.” Underneath it is two more stories. “Humbard Wants...

Num Num sleeping in the yard of the author.

Num Num: An ode to the childhood pet

Piper Booker, Copy Editor • October 27, 2023

One of the core memories of my childhood was walking out back to our shed and finding that one of the stray cats in our neighborhood given birth to several, beautiful little kittens. The cat — who I...

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