Photo by Kimberly Williams By Lam Ho Executive Editor The Sewanee Water campaign (once known as the Think Outside the Bottle campaign), a student initiative
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Panelists address destruction of Palmyra
By Fleming Smith Executive Staff In late August of this year, the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) destroyed historic ruins at
Rerouting the Fiery Gizzard
Photo courtesy of awjphotography.files.wordpress.comlandowners By Maria Baker Staff Writer Chances are, if you’ve been at Sewanee for any amount of time, you’ve heard of Fiery
Historian McClay speaks on place
By Fleming Smith Executive Staff On September 16 in Guerry Auditorium, noted historian Wilfred McClay discussed the question, “Does Place Matter?” McClay argued that a
Award winning authors visit Sewanee
By Lauren Patterson Staff Writer On September 9 two extremely talented authors, Bobbie Ann Mason and Steve Yarbrough, held a fiction reading in Gailor Auditorium.
“As free as my hair”
Photo courtesy of Sewanee Women’s Center Facebook By Frances Marion Givhan Junior Editor The Women’s Center’s “As Free As My Hair” event brought such a
Green house welcomes Sewanee students
By Kipling Klimas Staff Writer Pleasant chatter wafted out of the open shutters of the Green House and into the cool summer night. Walking in
Staff profile: Barbara Banks
Photo courtesy of upload.wikimedia.org By Keenan Lo Executive staff Dean Hagi Brad-ley once remarked that “Once Barbara Banks retires, Sewanee’s going to have to hire
Editor Abroad
Page Forrest (C’17) is a junior at Sewanee, studying abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland this semester. She serves as Managing Editor of the Purple and will
Casually crafting
Photo by Simon Boes By Simon Boes Staff Writer The Craft House, located in townhouse 4 between Stirling’s and Humphreys, hosted its first event of