By Anna MannEditor-in-Chief Often, students fail to understand the flurry of activity surrounding tenure track professors during Easter semester. How are professors selected? What happens
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University releases new official Consensual Relations Policy
By Lucy RudmanJunior Editor Enacted officially on April 15, 2019, the University drafted a new policy regarding consensual student-faculty and student-staff relationships. The policy, described
NAACP chapter comes to Sewanee
Sewanee’s NAACP gathers together to enact change on campus. Photo by Olivier Mbabazi (C’22). By Samuel CarterStaff Writer The NAACP, the National Association for the
Black Hole Photographed
Cartoon by Ambreen Khan (C’22).
My 2 Beautiful Children
Cartoon by Max Saltman (C’21).
Sewanee women look back on nearly 50 years
A 1969 Purple article featured a photo of the first female student to matriculate, Judith Ward Lineback (C’73). By Fleming SmithContributing Writer In a 1970
Birds of a feather: Sewanee’s cliques and a hopeless lack of dissent
By Max Saltman Executive Staff “Sewanee’s a pretty cliquey place.” After almost two years here, I’ve heard the above statement many times. Usually, it’s made
State of the Arts: What we leave to the students
Visitors view the senior exhibition in the University Art Gallery. Photo by Olivier Mbabazi (C’22). By Mandy Moe Pwint TuExecutive Staff The week of Reclamation,
Green Column: ‘The River and the Wall’ screening
Poster for The River and the Wall. Photo courtesy of Google Images. By Helena Kilbern Staff Writer Sewanee, Tennessee may seem like a long way
‘Fate of the Fork’ brings zany comedy to the studio theater
‘Fate of the Fork’ cast applauds to a successful show. Photo by Matt Hembree (C’20). By Sydney LeibfritzExecutive Staff With spider goddesses, an Elven Queen,