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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” Nabit (C’77) on federal sex-trafficking
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 announced that classes for the
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 of the South. His work
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 idle in quarantine. I’ve fallen
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. Photo courtesy of Colossal. “For
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 the middle of my advising
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 first African-American graduate—is one of
State of Sewanee: Becoming Of Sewanee
By Richard Pryor, IIIStaff Writer In his acclaimed book Changes in the Land, William Cronon, an historian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, combines the cultural
Longing For Graduation Day
Lake Cheston. Photo by Rob Mohr (C’21). By Ash MidyettContributing Writer How stupid were we? Thinking this will never end. Suspended in one moment,Our toes sinking into