By: Mikelle Street

The Sewanee Tigers hit the road again on the weekend of the 5th to play double-headers in Memphis and Birmingham. The men’s and women’s teams traveled together, as they have all year. While none of the four games were won, there were some high...

By: Miki Kotevski

 Big boobs, big muscles, big ass, big penis, and good clothes-- we like to think that if we have these things they'll make us attractive, but do they really?...

By: Sarah-Jane Huskey

On Saturday, February 13th, Anni Hi’s 90-minute one woman play, Scandalishious: Behind the Camwhore, premiered at Open Lot Nashville, a collaborative studio, venue, and exhibition space on the East side....

By: Mikelle Street

 I'm a fan of Gaga, or Godga as she has been called on various blogs and in the Twittersphere. Her sound is addictive, and I just can't get over her Poker Face. So, of course, when I read the title of an article from the last issue of The Purple, In ...

By: Mikelle Street

 Students have called for Sewanee residents to stop being apathetic and to act, to do something about this “unofficial segregation” of McClurg. Surprisingly, as a black man, I’m not one that’s going to hop on this bandwagon....

By: Trey Reliford

 A spectre is haunting our society. It threatens to upend its structure and make null and void the work of Multiculturalism’s Crusaders. For centuries the melting pot of America has mixed all different races and creeds, cultures and ethnicities...

By: Chris Hague and Aaron Rutz

 We are all well aware of the specter hanging over Sewanee weekends, and this Zeitgeist has such sway over the people that certain provisions for its control have been wisely placed throughout history. One such institution is BACCHUS, a carefully con...

By: Natalie Wilson

 I am a slut. So are you. Now guess why. Can't guess? Say to yourself, Oh silly sex columnist, I don't sleep around. Or maybe pull a Corey from The Bachelor and flash that V card. Do whatever you want to prove your chastity, your innocence, whatever ...

By: Jesse Schupack

 There are three reasons why someone might have handed you this article to read. The first is because it is outrageously funny, and your friend wants you to share in her mirth. The second is because it is stupid, and your friend wants you to join her...

By: Victoria Friedman

 It has been a long-standing tradition at Sewanee, for those boys who decided to pledge, to shake the hand of a member of the fraternity they wish to join, after the fraternity members have knocked on their door. However, this year, the policy has ch...

By: Pamela Guerra

 Let's be honest. Country songs are hard to butcher, even with karaoke. At the Tiger Bay Pub on February 4, however, botched country tunes, as well as other ear-splitting travesties, occurred every fifteen minutes or so....

By: Megan L. Velie

 I have not yet been to Haiti, but I had heard enough stories to know that rice and beans would be served at the Soiree on Friday night. What I didn’t expect, however, was the heartfelt bond that so many in the Sewanee community share with Hait...

By: Jesse Schupack

 I don’t envy the week you’re about to have, Pisces...

By: Elizabeth Shortridge

 WUTS and the Alpha Delta Theta sorority are proud to announce our annual WUTS Fest, Saturday, February 27th at Beta Theta Pi. The event will feature two of Atlanta’s most critically acclaimed up and coming bands: The Selmanaires and the Balkan...

By: Cecily Millen

 As soon as Pandora cut people off after 40 hours of listening (and let’s be honest, ATC rats hit that barrier within a week) Grooveshark became the new music provider of choice....

By: Benedykt Pleszczynski

 Few understand the value of true brotherhood better than my friend Cortez, one of the newest and arguably most popular members at Sewanee’s fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon...

By: Chris Hague

The SA appears to be on recess-- or at least they are not doing anything. On last notice, they have yet to meet this semester. It looks like another semester-let alone year-of an apathetic, ineffective student government, but they do have a Facebook group...

By: Tianna Knight

The federal hearing of California’s Proposition 8 regarding Gay Marriage came to a close on Wednesday, January 27th. Although the result of the trial will most likely not be known until later this spring, both sides reportedly came away feeling very...

By: Sarah-Jane Huskey

Visual artist Laurel Nakadate kicked off the 35th Annual Conference on Women on February 13th with a presentation of her entire body of work....

By: Miki Kotevski

 Tre Hargett, the Secretary of State (SOS) of Tennessee, visited Sewanee this Monday, February 8th. Approximately 30 people came to see Tre Hargett in Blackman Auditorium--primarily Republicans...