By Ashlee Hall, Lifestyles editor On a small patch of land just off campus sits the University of Montevallo’s Organic Community Garden. The garden is self funded through plant sales hosted by UM’s Environmental Club. …
Winter commencement to be held outdoors due to…
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges’ spring commencements had to be postponed, the University of Montevallo included. Living in these unprecedented times, it was unclear if the University’s winter commencement would be rescheduled as…
Swearing in of new City Council
The Montevallo City Council met on Tuesday, Nov. 2, at 6 p.m. to induct the newly elected members of the city council. This included the induction of new mayor, Rusty Nix, who was elected in the…
SGA discusses zoom burnout, building names and conduct…
During the Oct. 14 meeting, SGA president Thomas Dillard announced the current placeholder names for the buildings on campus with problematic names. Comer will temporarily be called Humanities Hall and Bibb Graves will be referred…
Gold Side Hosts Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A
On Tuesday, Oct. 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Gold Side partnered with Chick-fil-A to raise money for Smile-A-Mile, a local organization that helps children impacted by childhood cancer. Smile-A-Mile is partnered with Children’s of…
University releases outline for spring semester
On the morning of Oct. 19, the University of Montevallo’s Marketing and Communications department released an email regarding the plan for spring semester. UM will continue to follow outlines in the Falcon Forward plan, with…
COVID-19 complicates Greek life philanthropies
Photo by Madelyn Alexander There have been many challenges amongst all campus life this semester, but Greek life on campus has been affected particularly heavily. It has been a challenge for both fraternities and sororities…
SGA recap
Graphic by Bell Jackson The Sept. 30 SGA Senate meeting started off at 4:32 p.m. with executive announcements. SGA President, Thomas Dillard and Student Trustee Annakate Andrasko reported to the Senate on the results of…