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November’s Friends and Foes at Thanksgiving Horoscopes
Jack Sparkman Executive Staff Aries21 March –20 April Friend: The pumpkin pie. Your gay aunt made it this year. It’s delicious, vegan, somehow fluffy? You
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
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.
Gun mystery
By Arthur L. Jones, III Contributing Writer We all have wants, and we all have needs. I totally acknowledge those facts. The vast majority of
How the Grinch stole Starbucks
By Robert Beeland Staff Writer So let me get this straight—you’re angry about the Starbucks cup being red? Do you have a mental deficiency? Starbucks
Letter to the Editor: In response to ‘Feminism is more than just sex positivity
To my fellow feminists, to the Purple staff, and to the Sewanee community as a whole: I want to preface this letter by clarifying that my statements
Feminism is more than just sex positivity
By Page Forrest Managing Editor Photo courtesy of thebeautifulkingdomwarriors.wordpress.com Cliteracy, free condoms, and the “Best Sex Ever?” Sign me up. All of those things are
Downtown Sewanee begins town planning process
By Isaac Sligh Staff Writer On March 26, six undergraduate students were invited to provide input on a panel discussion of future plans for the