By Skye Anderson, Lifestyles editor Mitski has spoken throughout the years about her uneasy relationship to music and her career: after her top-ten-charting 2022 album “Laurel Hell,” she thought she was going to quit before…
‘Pleasant’ not so pleasant
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief Purple Side’s “Pleasant Vanished” follows Carolynn Jack as she investigates the disappearance of the townspeople of Pleasant, Va. The show opens with the song “Perfect in Pleasant!” where Carolynn…
Letter from the editor: College Night
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief The first question that anyone who knows anything about Montevallo at all will ask you upon learning that you’re a student here is, “Are you a Purple or a…
Letter from the editor: In defense of saccharinity
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief Despite the fact that I’m a hard-boiled, serious student newspaper tsar and magnate, something about Valentine’s Day just always gets to me. If you’ve been reading my column at…
Need V Day inspo? Here are some local…
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief; Lucy Frost-Helms, Copy editor; Samantha Cost, Business manager; and Wesley Walter, Managing editor. Roommate lake date By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief Roommates, by nature, already spend a lot…
Snow falls on Montevallo
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief It may have been far from a wonderland, but there was no denying winter had arrived in full force as snow and ice fell on Montevallo on the morning…
Letter from the editor: I suck
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief Throughout my life, I have been known to be somewhat of a perfectionist. This is not a label I would necessarily apply to myself, as I am too committed…
Letter from the editor: Joie de vivre
By Cady Inabinett, Editor in chief Ask any of my friends or, really, anyone who knows me: one thing about me is that I love having a little project to work on. Not to sound…