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. etoanee purple Vol. CLXXX No, 11 THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH SEWANEE, TENNESSEE, APRIL 19. 2002 "Experience" Offers Glimpse of the Future the Quad; however in- by Kalhryn Williams doors on forced movie- New.i Editor clement weather goers into Gueny Auditorium. students and par- L^tSI weekend it was easy On Saturday separate panel 10 spol wandering flecks of high ents split up for schoolers following gowned discussions concerning student lourguides and prelcnding noi lo life at Sewanee. The separate ponicipanLs and spe^ik- be relaled to parvnis asking ques- panels let questions they really lions about SewaiieeS social life, ers ask the wanted lo ask (as in. "Will I re- If you failed to spot these droves. work?") and hear then perhaps you wtre wonder- ally have to do [as in "Yes . ing why MeClurg suddenly in- honest answer troduced 5 -star weekend dining. but your parents won't be around Well.onApnl 12, some prospec- lo grouijd you if you don't"), academic informational tive member of the University T\vo students to in- of the South's Class of 2006 got sessions allowed with individual faculty a glimpse of what could be in tetael to explore oppor- More for ihem next year Every membere and panicular areas of spring all admitted students are luniues within di- invited to attend Ihe Sewancc academic inleresl. Program sessions Experience weekend to "meet rectors hoped these Lyn Hulctiifison "Sewanee 's dis- students, faculty, and staff . would illustrate with resident Quintard Hall, passed axvay on Apnl U. She tinctive environment Patricia Jackson, beloved head of 10 discuss life on the Mountain." academic helping to make it a better place. See "A Successful This year approximately 110 and its commitment lo student spent several years on the Mountain instruction." In die afternoon Back Page. prospective studenis and 170 Life" by Qitintard Proctor Esau McCaulley on lour Ihe parents participated. students were free to Tennes- On Fnday participaung par- Equestrian Center, the Center, and the Discusses ents were greeted by the Vice see Williams Sewanee Medieval Colloquium Chancellor and Mrs. Fowler Center or to seek out in- the Cunningham and the Sewanee formation on varsity sports, T oday's Society Program, and Lasting Ef fects on Parents' Council Students were Sewanee Outing opportunities. given the opponunity to spend Study Abroad by Chelsea Avintt The program concluded by mid- the mghl in a dorm, tour the cam- Staff Writer England than Eamon Duffy's plenary speech vt^'ions were held in the Chapel pre- Reformation class- day Saturday pus, and meet prospective previously had been believed. drew a standing n.iom only crowd 111 the Apostles and Hamilton Assistant Director of Admis- mates at a cookoul. In an attempt ordinary folk to the partially drsmandcd blue box respecuvely. this airange- particularly among "01 feels T.his pasi Fnday and Sahir- H.ill Asmussen. get more current students, par- sion, Mark Pnxtors Hall Theatre, where to was chosen overthe former who looked closely towards ihe of a good day, Sewanee hosled the iweniy- menl uppercaKsmen, in- that the weekend was was held due to the ticularly collo- lilurgy for spintual nourishment the lecture hopes ninth annual Sewanee Mediae- practice of holding ihc the Of- "Expenence" overall and accompa- volved in the weekend, His lecture considered the post- abundance ot sUdcs that Colloquium, drawing ap quium m the colleges buildings that will see some familiar val fice of Admission and the Office we English church and the nied the talk. He mtrnduccd Ihc to a desire lo maintain a refonned year's freshman proximately one hundred medi due Student Achviiies planned to faces in next issue ottheCatholic prayer book, of easier adapiaiion ol a Catholic prayer evalisis to discuss this year \ compaci space, making it show the movie "Fletch" out- class. lemperaments the Book of Hours, and its survival find their way The b(X)k to pRiiestani theme: "The Middle Ages m liii- for YisiloiMo during ihe English consists of and doctnne Slephen Nichols. and adaplabon Post-Medieval World. Recepti 'n colloquium lormai considered both Controversy Continues the chair of John Hopkins Relonnauon; he and Interpretation," In othi-i three plenary lectures and a se- techni- These University's French department. Its use among Catfiolics. words, the colloquium consid- nes it smaller sessions plenary lecture, cally forbidden lo worship, and ii^ consist of three paper gave the closing to Plague the OG ered the lasting eft'eci of the nn.- sessions French adaptation among Protesianis, who of about twenty considering how two Ihem on the same plane as appli- dieval world in areas as vani'ii-- presentations, by Emily Ochsenschlager GuiiOt found its theology often di-sluitiing. which are then Restoration historians. tiom schools that count labs as theology, literature, musiL, minutes in length, cants iLself New f Editor ideali/edthe Ancien but apprea;ued the book He upon after which andThiery, as separate classes. This IS especially philosophy, art. America and comnk-ntaled Ifie "mar- in the process of dis- look his approach from floor IS opened for questions, Regime, X he Sewanee campus was hit important for pre-medical .students, popular culture, Faim dlscu^ the views on history. gias ot history," looking al post- often quite lively discus- cussing dieir by controversy again at the most as many limes their transcripts ap- sions such as representations "I and also gave a reformauon additions to prsonal. 19"* attendees were Professor Nichols Older of Gowasmen meel- pear 10 not include lab classes, the medieval world in cen- sions The mxM how handwritten copies ot the book ol university professors, study on the pereeplion of ingonApnL^'^inConvocalionHall. which can hun their applicaQon to tury English literature to die ibe- mostly lecture hour, and alsti Protesiont English of graduate stu- history progresses. This included discussion and schools. The proposal now vernacular ballad in (la- with a number Theagenda medical nan hours is fully realized in his pnnungs of \l A boi^ik of (torn dents mixed m. frvtm colleges in will be more approval of two proposals that had will be recommended to faculty and Mexican Revolution, fonhcnming book on the same intended lo give lay people the op- tin- Uniled Slates, Canada and been brought up at die previous admirustralors. Vasan's medieval hentage lo the Nichols' spe- poilunity lo panicipaic in monas- this students from topic, Professor aalit pro- S-^'s meet- revival, the colkxjuiuin England, year, meeting including a lab The majonty ofApnl Gothic the include linguistics, me- tic prayers, but recogni«s cla.ss al Susquehanna cialties senior Anna taken up by the second pn> covered a broad spectrum nf a history posal, broughl up by ing was umc that or- The dievalism and Ihe interrelation- siiortcned amount ot name ot the on medievalism Universily also anended Truss and a name change proposal pasal to change Ihe questions devote literature and history dinary men and women can is rounded oul by a ship of members ot the OG Older of Gownsmen to a more gen- While many of the lectures con conference bmught before pursuits Thus, Ihe books students Every year, the colloquium is- lo such Will Arnold, Order of the Gown. centrated on the lransisilion.il smattering ot Sewanee by Amy Myers and der neutral prayers and ser- sues the Colloquium pnze to die present mono-suc Susannah between what we term iht and also Sewanee professors both seniors. President of the OG, lime apprtv paper submiHed by a gradu- vices in a shortened lorm Renais- who plan, moderate and attend best lab credit pn^xisaJ was over- Peterson invited Amy Myer^, one Middle Ages and the The tor lay people Often these ate, or recent graduate, student- priatc jast a proponents of the sance, the consideration i>f the the sessions. whelmingly approved with of the onginal prayers year's recipient was James botiks include handwnrten Age^ was This year's keynote leclurers This handful ot dis.scnicrs. The pnrposal name change to renund olher mem- legacy of die Middle can- in the margias ot pag^s. ihus Pro- comprised some of Ihe lop Turrell, cunvntly a doctoral specificiilly denoting the bers of the Order of Gownsmen Ihe brought up to considering entailed Vanderhill fessor Duffy's marginal hisiory. controverMulists in didate in History al its rea- Foucault's posi-mixlem names and amount of time spent in lab for sci- purpose of Ihe proposal and Michel relomia- Turrell is also under Rillowing the prolcsliuii and medieval circles: R. Howard University. other lab carrying Myers reminded members peroeption of the time pentxl ence, theatre and sonmg. VUl onJered that all Duffy consideration to join the School tion. Henry was nol place of the mediev.il Bkxh from Yale. Eamon classes- Often at other universities, Ihal Ihe name change even ihe removed faculty Ihis fall. His Catliolic doctnnes be games from Magdalene College. Cam- ofTheology larger insorutioas. the merely some "scheme by m conlemporary fantasy particularly nine from devotional lexLs One of ihe Slephen Nichols from paper, chosen from among count campus to remove The colloquium comprise^ bndge and tab counts as a j.'paraie credit feminazis" on Duffy's talk other graduate papers, discussed aspects of Paifessor rather the En John Hopkins University Pro- and only adds to the students' ran- ihe peisonaLty from all leims. faculty members from confirmation in the was his ciinsideraUon of how ihis Bloch considered the pres- the rile of lubcredit pro- anempi lo make ghsh. An History, History. Span fessor saipLs, The Sewanee It was merely an pracUced in TU- early modem English chureh: his law was iictuolly ihe Schoi'l ence o1 medievalism in the posal came about as a way for Ibe name ot one of Sewanee s ntosl ish.

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