<![CDATA[Sewanee Purple - Opinion RSS]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/se/sewanee-purple-opinion-rss-1.1774 Tue, 7 Sep 2010 19:28:28 -0400 en <![CDATA[Slaying the “Sophomore Slump” or: Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Sewanee]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/slaying-the-sophomore-slump-or-learn-to-stop-worrying-and-love-sewanee-1.1119132

By: John Gilmer


It seems that, for many, sophomore year is something like waking up on a Sunday afternoon with hazy recollections of an alcohol-drenched weekend. As sophomores stagger from the surreal honeymoon suite of freshman year and squint into the not-so-sophomoric...

]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:31:38 -0500 1.1119132 John Gilmer Opinion <![CDATA[The 2010 Massachusetts’s Senate Race: Obama’s Waterloo or the Freeze before Valley Forge?]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/the-2010-massachusetts-s-senate-race-obama-s-waterloo-or-the-freeze-before-valley-forge-1.1119122

By: Trey Reliford


On January 19th, 2010 the voters of Massachusetts fired a shot heard around Capitol Hill. The seat of the Liberal Lion and strongest advocate for Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Ted Kennedy, was lost by democrats and placed into Republican h...

]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:26:59 -0500 1.1119122 th, 2010 the voters of Massachusetts fired a shot heard around Capitol Hill. The seat of the Liberal Lion and strongest advocate for Comprehensive Healthcare Reform, Ted Kennedy, was lost by democrats and placed into Republican h...]]> Trey Reliford Opinion <![CDATA[In Defense of Lady Gaga]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/in-defense-of-lady-gaga-1.1119086

By: Brian Croarkin


and nbsp; If popular opinion means anything then Lady Gaga is either the best and most important pop-singer since Madonna or a trashy, shallow, o...

]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:25:27 -0500 1.1119086 and nbsp; If popular opinion means anything then Lady Gaga is either the best and most important pop-singer since Madonna or a trashy, shallow, o...]]> Brian Croarkin Opinion <![CDATA[Is That Lipstick on your Apron?]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/is-that-lipstick-on-your-apron-1.1119079

By: Benedykt Pleszcznski


Relying on a covert system of winks, blown kisses, and late night rendezvous, romantic couples working tog...

]]> Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:23:46 -0500 1.1119079 Relying on a covert system of winks, blown kisses, and late night rendezvous, romantic couples working tog...]]> Benedykt Pleszcznski Opinion <![CDATA[Screw Sewanee. I Want to Go to Hogwarts]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/screw-sewanee-i-want-to-go-to-hogwarts-1.896129

By: Matt McGraw


and nbsp; and nbsp; It started with a gown aid e-mail with the subject line 'Want to look like Harry Potter but don't have an account at Gringotts? and rdquo; and continued with the OG sponsored screening of the new Harry Potter film, offering free ticke...

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:29:51 -0500 1.896129 Matt McGraw Opinion <![CDATA[“Carrying the Fire”: A Reflection on Idealism]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/carrying-the-fire-a-reflection-on-idealism-1.896128

By: John Gilmer


and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; While my friends experimented with alcohol and drugs during high school, I experimented with idealism and hero worship, and while they fell under the influence of their ill-gotten six packs, I fell under the influence of the...

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:28:31 -0500 1.896128 John Gilmer Opinion <![CDATA[Announcing Sewanee Men Against Bestiality]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/announcing-sewanee-men-against-bestiality-1.896126

By: Jesse Schupack


It is my great pleasure to announce Sewanee's newest student organization, Sewanee Men Against Bestiality (SMAB). In conjunction with the pending creation of the Center for Caucasian and Protestant Studies and in cooperation with the national Zoological I...

]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:27:22 -0500 1.896126 Jesse Schupack Opinion <![CDATA[A Sewanee Specimen’s Legacy and Leadership on Campus]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/a-sewanee-specimen-s-legacy-and-leadership-on-campus-1.632710

By: Chris Hague and Aaron Rutz

An Interview with a Senior Student-Athlete

Dear Purple Readers, Over the past few weeks, as we transverse the Domain, and nbsp; we repeatedly saw one specific species in every system that we explored: the discipuli-socioathletatum. This semi-rare species is a true testament to natural selection ...

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:52:56 -0400 1.632710 Chris Hague and Aaron Rutz Opinion <![CDATA[Registration Retaliation]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/registration-retaliation-1.632708

By: Matt McGraw

Fighting for Upperclass Rights

In a expletive-laced expulsion of vitriol on my radio show last week (The Pete Doherty Rehab Hour, Every Tuesday, 11-12am [/end shameless plug]), I first expressed my opinion on the changes made to registration, for which I was almost banned from WUTS, so...

]]> Thu, 8 Oct 2009 21:50:32 -0400 1.632708 Matt McGraw Opinion <![CDATA[Sports: The Opiate of the Masses]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/sports-the-opiate-of-the-masses-1.556416

By: Chris Hague


and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; The world has an addiction. No matter what country or culture-be it an impoverished developing country or an industrialized nation-we (and I am generalizing here of course) crave sports to the point that our craving exceeds ...

]]> Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:03:30 -0400 1.556416 Chris Hague Opinion <![CDATA[Gowning Out or Selling Out?]]> http://www.sewaneepurple.com/opinion/gowning-out-or-selling-out-1.556396

By: Philip Devereux-Demetriad

Maintaining the Academic Integrity of the Order of the Gownsman

and nbsp; and nbsp; and nbsp; October 7th: The sight was All Saints Chapel, as the new members of the Order of the Gownsmen were inducted into the academic honors society, beaming smiles and heads held high, the pervasive feeling of accomplishment, honor...

]]> Sun, 27 Sep 2009 23:55:54 -0400 1.556396 Philip Devereux-Demetriad Opinion