Sydney WrayContributing Writer It’s the time of year when the changing leaves fall to the ground, their orange and yellow swirls littering the sidewalks of
Category: Opinions
horror-scopes
Derby CarlsonExecutive Staff Aries: It’s a Wednesday night. The fog has rolled in and an owl hoots every few seconds. You walk by the dead
We Need Better Bystander Training
Elliott RobinsonExecutive Staff Back in April, I received an email from the Office of Residential Life asking the student body to apply to be an
Sewanee’s Archives and Archivists
Dr. Woody Register The University of the South — its students, alumni, local residents, and employees on the faculty and across its many offices and
Mental health matters: The case for mental health days
Camille PfisterExecutive Staff It’s been a rough start to the semester, and student mental health is taking a massive hit. After a year of chaotic,
Why we still need isolation housing
Meridith FrazeeContributing Writer When I received word of the September 4 COVID policy update, I was living in an isolation space provided by the University.
A Funeral Dirge for Bacchus
By Kristopher KennedyContributing Writer When I arrived on campus for PRE this year, my orientation group — or ‘family’ — was nicknamed the “Magic School
Armentrout House Sits Empty
In an opinion submitted to the Purple, students of the Greenhouse call for a return to a permanent home for the environment/sustainability community on central
I know what it’s like too
TW: Sexual assault Michaela James-ThrowerExecutive Staff I was screaming in a cornerI was crying and yellingAnd no one heard meAnd he had already been through
Why are so many students leaving?
Madison SellersExecutive Staff It’s not a stretch to say that every student on campus probably knows at least two or three peers who have gone