Course offerings updated to include Sociology 396: Field Studies at Rockbridge Walmart

On Wednesday, the Sociology department announced the exciting addition as a way of bridging the practical with the theoretical. Students enrolled in the class will spend their time rotating through various departments of the 40,000 square foot laboratory to study the highest form of human interaction and intellectual exchange. Professor Thomas Ball came up with the idea upon witnessing two women argue loudly over the last camouflage patterned lampshade in stock. “We have a real cultural wonder right here in our back yard, real text book stuff,” he said. “It’s time we get out there and explore all mankind has to offer.- Caroline Bones ’18