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By Amelia LeaphartContributing Writer Tennessee has the most predatory lenders in the country, largely due to the large amount of rural, poverty-stricken communities. It’s easy

Fulford Hall, The Office of Admissions, located on University Avenue. Photo courtesy of sewanee.edu. By Emma HowellStaff Writer Over the summer, the Office of Admissions

Students create beaded bracelets to symbolize women’s friendship. Photos by Charlotte Suttee (C’23). By Charlotte SutteeStaff Writer Kappa Delta Sorority (KD) Public Relations Vice President

Dr. Emilie Townes answers questions during her lecture series, “Premeditated Indifference: Facing (In)Justice With the Power of Hope.” Photo courtesy of The University of the

By Lucy RudmanJunior Editor On Sunday night, September 3, Sewanee experienced a campus-wide power outage that shut down power in the entire campus and downtown

By Anna MannEditor-in-Chief  Lee Ann Backlund, dean of admission and financial aid, pulled out her copy of Nathan Grawe’s Demographics and Demand for Higher Education.

By Anna MannEditor-in-Chief  In an interview with The Purple, special assistant to the Vice-Chancellor Frank Gladu announced that the Sewanee bookstore will ideally reach completion

Dr. Maha Jafri and her expansion collection of texts. Photo by Simon Bose (C’18). By Richard Pryor IIIExecutive Staff To quote Assistant Professor of English

By Dixon ClineContributing Writer Alcohol abuse and sexual predation are two crucial problems that universities across the country are working to resolve. Beginning in 2019,

By Jeremy O’NeillExecutive Staff Sewanee students, staff, and community gathered in the Mary Sue Cushman room at the Bairnwick Women’s Center on September 12 for