The Purple and White conducted an online survey as part of our February 2021 Ice Storm Coverage, open to the entire Millsaps community, including students, faculty, administration, and staff. Click here to read the experience-based results from our survey. Survey was released February 27th by P&W members through social media, clubs, and email. Continued into mid-March. Forty total student…
Author: Yuko Nogawa
Gandhi Statue to be Refashioned
The sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi is located between the Academic Complex and Sullivan-Harrell Hall. Unveiled in 2003 and gifted by the India Association of Mississippi, the statue is a familiar sight to students, who pass by it on the way to class or the cafeteria. It comes, therefore, as a surprise that this iconic landmark is to be refashioned. …
Off-Campus Students: “It was pretty stressful, but we got through it.”
James is a senior double majoring in Communications and Political Science. He lives in McKinney, Texas, and has been taking online classes from home since the start of the pandemic in 2020. Of the southern states, Texas has made headlines due to the dire situation that many Texans found themselves in during the freezing weather and…
COVID-19 Relief for Students: What You Need to Know
With the passage of the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA), Millsaps College has received a sum of $380,920 to help students directly with the cost of attending Millsaps (including emergency costs that have arisen due to the pandemic). Examples of costs include tuition, food, housing, physical and mental health care, childcare, books…