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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

By Emma HowellContributing Writer  After months of  saving up, weeks of preparing, and 15 hours of flying, Professor Deborah McGrath and her research group landed

By Lucy RudmanJunior Editor This summer, Jo Gressly (C’19), the new Office Coordinator for the Office of Civic Engagement sat down and examined the Greek

By Rego Jaquish Contributing Writer Dr. Betsy Sandlin, associate professor of Spanish and co-director for the Center of Teaching, has been a member of the

Dr. Sylvia Earle addresses All Saints’ Chapel during Foundation Day Convocation. Photos By Matthew Hembree (C’20). By Richard Pryor IIIExecutive Staff Dr. Sylvia Earle, the

By Oliver HeffronStaff Writer After a meeting between Dean of Students Marichal Gentry (C’89) and undergraduate student leaders on September 11, the new Social Host