Filed Under Mood

Mood-Bridwell: The Building's History & Legacy

Mood-Bridwell is undergoing another major renovation. Should we take this opportunity to also change its name?

By Teddy Hoffman '24

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Filed Under Kurth and Clark

Clark Residence Hall: Legacy, Renaming, and Reflections on Southwestern's Past

A story that symbolizes the role of renaming in reckoning with Southwestern’s past.

By Bettina Castillo '24

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Filed Under Kurth and Clark

How Ernest Kurth still haunts Ernest Clark Hall

Three years after Kurth Hall was renamed Clark Hall, references to the original name persist.

By Bettina Castillo '24

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Filed Under Integrating Southwestern

Remembering the Negro Fine Arts School

How should we remember this program that taught music lessons to local Black children when Southwestern and Georgetown were segregated?

By Harper Randolph '25

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Filed Under STEM at Southwestern

Williamson County Science Building

The first Science Center on campus was symbolic of the tension between science and religion in the early years of Southwestern.

By Lainey Gutierrez '25

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Filed Under Lois Perkins Chapel

The complex legacy of the Chapel as a place

The presence of the Lois Perkins Chapel on campus forces students and faculty to grapple with difficult questions of tradition and belonging.

By Hannah Jury '24

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Filed Under Student spaces

Soule Drive as evolving space

A space for social interaction with a twisted history

By Max Colley '24

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Filed Under student practices

Brown Challenge Fountain

A shrine to fundraising at Southwestern, claimed by students for a different purpose.

By Andrea Stanescu '24

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Filed Under Student Activism

Remembering Ebony

A brief history of Black student organizations at Southwestern.

By Adrianna Flores-Vivas '24

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Filed Under Asians and Asian Americans

Remembering the First Asian and Asian-American Students

Tracing the history of early Asian and Asian-American students at Southwestern

By Michelle Taing '24

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Filed Under Women at Southwestern

East vs. West Campus

For better or worse, East Campus used to be female space.

By Ava Zumpano '25

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Filed Under International Students

International House

An Enduring Concept, Though Not an Enduring Place

By Shawn Maganda '24

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