By Colton WilliamsEditor-in-Chief On August 18, Vice-Chancellor Reuben Brigety released a video detailing the new approach to enforcing the University’s existing drug and alcohol policies.
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Arabic’s avoidable end at Sewanee.
By Max Saltman Executive Staff This will be my first Sewanee semester without taking an Arabic class, and the first semester since 2012 that the University
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. In the past months, companies
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 dinner table, following the conclusion
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 the South. Listen to Episode
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