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SACA continues annual Holi celebration

Rohan Kaza '21, Staff Writer April 1, 2019

South Asian Culture Association (SACA) once again hosted a colorful celebration in the BCLC lawn on March 16 for Holi.  Holi, which took place on the March 21, is the festival commemorating color. Based...

Ben Crane creates space for interfaith dialogue with panel discussion

Lily Flores '19, Staff Writer March 25, 2019

Ben Crane ’19 hosted the Religion and Ethics Panel as part of his Founders’ Fellowship from the Hebrew Union College on Feb. 21 in Hardie Auditorium. Though some students say it is easy to forget...

RSG proposes dissolving Lecture Board, separating allocations from Senate

RSG proposes dissolving Lecture Board, separating allocations from Senate

Lily Flores '19, Staff Writer March 25, 2019

Rhodes Student Government has proposed a merger of the Rhodes Lecture Board and Rhodes Activities Board as part of their efforts to reduce redundancy and increase efficiency among student organizations. RAB...

Amadine Gays Speak Up

Rhodes hosts Amadine Gay’s ‘Speak Up’

Lia Nagge '21, Staff Writer March 25, 2019

Rhodes College hosted a screening of Amadine Gay’s film “Speak Up” on Feb. 16 in Blount Auditorium. Students and faculty from University of Memphis and Rhodes braved a rainy evening in order to view...

The Residence Life Office sign hangs outside Trezevant Hall. Inside, students detailed a series of discomforting events—all involving Housing Director Aretha Milligan.

ResLife Director addresses student concern over new housing policy

Olivia DuCharme '22, Staff Writer February 21, 2019

Director of Residence Life Aretha Milligan sat down to explain the new housing policy for the upcoming 2019-2020 school year and to address student concern as housing dates approach.  The former housing...

Art conservator shares tricks of trade

Art conservator shares tricks of trade

Alice Berry '21, Deputy Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2019

Head of Conversation at the St. Louis Art Museum Hugh Shockey ’96 visited Rhodes to discuss the intersections of art and science on Feb. 6. “Conservators take care of objects… my job is to maintain...

Police seize photos at SAE house in connection to alleged rape, search warrant shows

Police seize photos at SAE house in connection to alleged rape, search warrant shows

Jordan Hulseberg '19, Editor-in-Chief February 21, 2019

Memphis police executed a search warrant at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house and seized photos in connection to an alleged rape on Feb. 15 according to the search warrant obtained by The Sou’wester. The...

The RSG logo and Barret Library

Administration in hot seat: alcohol, housing, transparency top students’ concerns at third RSG town hall

Alice Berry '21, Deputy Editor-in-Chief February 20, 2019

Rhodes Student Government hosted its third town hall of the academic year on Feb. 13. Students were able to voice their grievances about changes the administration has made to the housing and alcohol policy. Even...

The first group of BSA students in 1970

Celebrating 50 years of Blexcellence

Jamarr McCain '19, Contributor February 13, 2019

The history of the Black Student Association doesn’t start fifty years ago with its official formation on September 30, 1969. Instead, our history begins in the fall of 1964 when Rhodes College (then...

Former Rhodes student Michael Geddati. This photo was taken from Geddatis Facebook page when it was publicly available.

Former Rhodes student Michael Geddati pleads guilty to changing grades, downloading tests to keep scholarship

Jordan Hulseberg '19, Editor-in-Chief February 12, 2019

Former Rhodes student Michael Geddati pleaded guilty to unlawfully accessing his professors’ Bannerweb, Moodle and Box accounts to maintain his annual $30,000 scholarship. Geddati appeared in federal...

Associate Provost Noelle Chaddock

‘Rhodes College will always be a part of my heart’: Noelle Chaddock says goodbye

Rohan Kaza '21 and Rachel Heimann '20 February 4, 2019

Last month Rhodes College announced that Noelle Chaddock, Associate Provost and Deputy Title IX coordinator, accepted a position at Bates College in Maine as Vice President of Equity and Inclusion, effective...

Student Body President Spencer Beckman

Student Body President Spencer Beckman Lays Out RSG Agenda

Alice Berry '21, Deputy Editor-in-Chief January 31, 2019

Student Body President Spencer Beckman ’19 discussed Rhodes Student Government’s agenda for this semester—emphasizing the need for a student center and outlining his hopes for RSG’s next president. “Last...

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