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Sewanee Greeks Santa: Blue Monarch Kids Get A Visit During the Holiday Season

December 14, 2024 thesewaneepurple

For the second year in a row, Sewanee Greeks took breaks from the start of finals week to play Santa for kids and moms at

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Guideline to a (Mostly) Stress Free Holiday

December 10, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Camille Pfister Editor-in-Chief As the students wrap up the semester and we all prepare to brave our families and homes for another holiday, here are

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DanceWise: Eye of the Beholder

December 9, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Chloe Wright Junior Editor Pastel lights softly shone on the Proctor Hill Theatre stage as peaceful lo-fi music cued the introduction of this year’s dancers.

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Social Host Policy: Student Thoughts After One Semester

December 5, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Brendan Downes News Editor In the Torian Room, 15 people crowd together at a single table. It’s an intimate scene, where students and alumni alike

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Administrative Response to Questions from The Purple about CPOS

December 4, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Dear Camille, Monday morning, you requested responses from many administrators to questions related to the Course Program of Study (CPoS) regulation. I am providing a

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Course Program of Study Guidelines: Worries and Woes

December 4, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Tom Walker Junior Editor The implementation of Course Program of Study (CPoS) financial aid guidelines has shaken up many students’ study plans. Sewanee’s website explains

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New Guidelines: CPoS Affects Students

December 4, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Camille PfisterEditor-in-chief Over the past few weeks, some Sewanee students have had to completely restructure their college plan due to a change in interpretation of

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Helplessness and Health Scares: The Story of the Johnson Refugees

November 17, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Editor’s Note: Two readers contacted The Purple to raise concerns about the headline of this article. In response, we removed the word “Homelessness” from the

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Interim All Saints’ Chaplain Rev. Dr. Nancee Martin Post Election Statement

November 17, 2024 thesewaneepurple

When the editor of the Sewanee Purple asked what message I might want to share about the national elections on November 5, the image that

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School of Mold Episode II: Mold Strikes Back

November 17, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Staff Writer Macye Farrar At first, no one thought much about the vacant third-floor dorm room in Johnson Hall. Even though Sewanee’s residence halls were

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How it Started & How it’s Going

November 11, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Photo courtesy of Sewanee Purple Archives Photo courtesy of Laurie Jarret Rogers (C’ 85) and Penn Rogers (C’ 72) John Winkelman (C’ 71) and William

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The Great Comet: The TWC takes on its biggest show yet

October 31, 2024 thesewaneepurple

Camille Pfister Editor in Chief The voices quiet down as the lights dim. Fabric drapes over the ceiling and strings of broken mirrors hang down.

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Chief Scientist on the Obama 2012 Campaign speaks at annual Sherwood Ebey Lecture

April 14, 2013 thesewaneepurple

By Shari Balouchi Sewanee graduate Rayid Ghani (C’99) gave this year’s Sherwood Ebey Lecture, an endowed lectureship dedicated to making mathematical ideas accessible to

Campus Wi-Fi Update

April 11, 2013 thesewaneepurple

by Emmy Walters Since August, Sewanee’s Information Technology Services (ITS) has been working on a $900,000 upgrade for the campus network. These plans include improved

Women’s Center brings Tennessee Supreme Court justices to campus

April 11, 2013 thesewaneepurple

by Katie Lafferrandre On Feb. 8, the Women’s Center proudly hosted three intelligent and inspiring Tennessee Supreme Court justices: Janice M. Holder, Cornelia A. Clark,

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