Maggie LorenzenExecutive Staff On Monday, March 29, stained glass artists removed the stained glass panel of the Confederate and American flags on the previously named
Tag: featured
Polk sculpture removed by student, taken to Archives
By Claire SmithEditor-in-Chief In the early hours of Tuesday, March 16, a bronze head of Leonidas Polk, founder and Chancellor of the University of the
Students walk out, lay down gowns in protest of racism on campus
By Claire SmithEditor-in-Chief Sewanee students, faculty, and staff filled the quad Monday morning on March 15 to protest acts of racism at Sewanee. The protestors
The cause of the attacks on the Vice-Chancellor
By Michaela James-Thrower Executive Staff What does it mean to be the first Black vice-chancellor at the University of the South? On February 7, Vice-Chancellor
Recognizing Black History Month at a predominantly white university
By Amelia LeaphartExecutive Editor As Sewanee celebrates 55 years of Black Alumni, current student leaders of the Black Student Union and NAACP reflect on how
The Sewanee alumnus who wanted to storm the Capitol
By Claire Smith, Editor-in-Chief Cleveland “Cleve” Grover Meredith Jr. (C’90) made national headlines as one of the first people arrested for his involvement in the
Student Post Office strained by backlog of mail and inadequate space
By Amelia LeaphartExecutive Staff At the beginning of the pandemic, SPO staff continued working without their student employees, forwarding packages to students’ homes, sending paychecks,
University’s testing protocol keeps Covid in check, for now
Signs indicate the Covid test site behind Fulford Hall. Photo by Rob Mohr (C’21). By Colton WilliamsEditor-In-Chief Over three weeks into the Advent semester, Sewanee
Brigety reverses course on enforcement, submits student drug policy proposal to Regents
By Colton WilliamsEditor-in-Chief After meeting with student representatives on August 20, and presenting a revised student drug policy proposal to the Board of Regents, Vice-Chancellor