Sewanee needs to offer students health insurance
By Max SaltmanExecutive Staff The global pandemic and its ensuing recession have exposed seriously ugly truths about the healthcare industry.…
When will Sewanee abolish Greek Life?
It’s not a matter of whether, but when. By Luke WilliamsonContributing Writer A little over a month ago at the…
Episode 1: Fogged Up
The Purple Podcast is the newest platform by which the Sewanee Purple strives to be the "student organ" of the University of…
University releases statement on Nabit sex-trafficking case
By Max SaltmanExecutive Staff The University released a statement on June 23 regarding the arrest of Sewanee alumnus Charles “Chuck”…
Classes plan to resume on campus August 17
By Colton Williams, Max Saltman, Mary Katherine SayeExecutive Staff In a recent email to faculty and staff, Provost Nancy Berner…
Who killed George Floyd?: The smoke of racism
Photo courtesy of Dr. Donaldson. Anthony M. Donaldson, Jr, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of History at Sewanee: The University…
To my non-Black peers: When you see racial violence, remember this
By Jasmine HuangExecutive Staff While the world continues to purge itself with unanticipated savagery, my days have grown long and…
Black Lives Matter
A mural in memory of George Floyd. Created in Minneapolis by artists Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, and Pablo Hernandez.…
Becoming Order of the Gown President in a pandemic
By Mandy Moe Pwint TuStaff Writer The email came out at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 14. I was in…
Fifty Years of Firsts: Reflections from the College’s first African-American graduate, Nathaniel Owens
Nathaniel Owens and Lynetta Owens at their home in 1993. By Klarke StricklenStaff Writer The story of Nathaniel Owens—the college’s…