The Sou’wester

Lynxs protection under Endangered Species Act coming under assault

Lynx’s protection under Endangered Species Act coming under assault

Rachel Heimann '20, Staff Writer October 30, 2018

Since 1924, Rhodes College has been a welcoming home to the Lynx. However, Leroy the Lynx may soon serve as a symbol of nostalgia for a time when the animal once roamed happy and free in Northern America,...

Outside the lab: Chemistry Research Recruitment Seminar

Outside the lab: Chemistry Research Recruitment Seminar

Noah Mesa '21, Staff Writer October 30, 2018

On Oct. 4, the Rhodes College Chemistry Department held its annual Chemistry Research Recruiting Seminar. All the faculty had exactly three minutes to introduce themselves, explain their research, and...

Rhodes Colleges McCoy Theatre

‘Gruesome Playground Injuries’ a dark, complex hit

Samuel Walter '22, Staff Writer October 30, 2018

The Rhodes Theater Guild recently put on a performance of “Gruesome Playground Injuries” by Rajiv Joseph. Directed by Josh Ortega ’20, and starring William McLain ’20 as Doug and Cameron Crawford...

One of the Ofrendas in Palmer Hall.

Bringing life to ‘Day of the Dead’

Taylor Stone '22, Staff Writer October 30, 2018

As practiced in previous years, Rhodes will be celebrating El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a religious holiday originated in Mexico, on Nov. 1. The celebration will commemorate the holiday...

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a gaggle of reporters

Justice through Journalism: Wendi Thomas lectures on civil rights, Memphis history

Taylor Stone '22, Staff Writer October 24, 2018

On Thursday, Oct. 4, The Lynne and Henry Turley Memphis Center at Rhodes hosted Wendi Thomas, award-winning journalist and editor and publisher of the MLK50: Justice through Journalism project, to participate...

Rhodes College gathers in front of the FedEx Forum for a group photo just prior to marching.

‘Rhodes Pride unified’ marches down Beale Street

Videos of the march below
Jordan Hulseberg '19, Editor-in-Chief October 6, 2018

Rhodes College’s Gender and Sexuality Alliance celebrated Mid-South Pride with a colorful pomp and circumstance reserved especially for this annual event on Sept. 29. Rhodes students, faculty and staff...

Rhodes alumna celebrates fathers life in Deep South Dispatch

Rhodes alumna celebrates father’s life in ‘Deep South Dispatch’

Samuel Walter '22, Staff Writer October 5, 2018

“Deep South Dispatch, Memoir of a Civil Rights Journalist,” tells the tale of the early life of John N. Herbers. Herbers wrote the book with the help of his daughter, Anne Farris Rosen. Rosen is a...

A more moderate campus political climate

Taylor Stone '22, Copy Editor October 5, 2018

Since their foundations in 2014 and 2006 respectively, the Rhodes College Democrats and Republicans have been an active presence on the Rhodes campus. This semester, Rhodes hosted a forum for Tennessee...

President Donald Trump with Secretary of Education Betsy Devos

Title IX potentially to change, Rhodes impact negligible

Taylor Stone '22, Copy Editor October 5, 2018
The new definition defines sexual harassment as “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it denies a person access to the school’s education program or activity.”

Student political orgs register voters independently regardless of statewide competition

Lia Nagge '21, Staff Writer October 5, 2018

For those who are able to vote, a majority of them only go to the polls every four years for the presidential election. While vital to society, the presidential election often overshadows another equally...

Dr. Anna Zeides book, Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in America

Processed food for thought

Noah Mesa '21, Staff Writer October 5, 2018

In Blount Auditorium on Sept. 20, the audience opened the lid on the history of the canning industry. Dr. Anna Zeide from Oklahoma State University described how consumers were convinced by scientists,...

Recruiters give applications tips at grad school expo

Mat Diana '20, Opinion Editor October 5, 2018

Rhodes College Career Services hosted their Graduate School Expo on Sept. 26. The event featured representatives from over 60 graduate school programs whose focusses included law, theology, medical care...

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