Interview with @DearWLUWhat made you want to start @DearWLU? I saw the rise of @dearPWI, and the two stories from W&L that made it onto there, and realized how ...
Same Sermon, Different ChoirWhile this is a standalone essay, it is also a response to Preaching to the Choir This is a story about labor. It is about the work that ...
A Shard of GlassI am not a puzzle piece You can gently push back Into the picture you cut me out of Instead I am a shard of glass From a broken vase And ...
The Promise A sestina written in Fall 2019 “This is the best party of your life.” I expected it to be hot and sweaty - Bodies bumping, adhering, then...
When I Have a DaughterWhen I have a daughter, I will gaze into her beautiful, chocolate brown eyes. Then, I will desperately clutch her tiny frame to me. Adora...
The Vigil's Statement on Black Lives MatterGeorge Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. Sean Reed. Tony McDade. These are only a few of the Black Americans recently murdered due to...
Alumni Response to Heather MacDonald and “The Diversity Delusion”On February 11, 2020, Taylor Reese ’19, published the following article on Medium. She has graciously allowed The Vigil to republish her ...
Why did President Dudley allow an offensive agitator to speak at Lee Chapel?In March of 2020, President Dudley allowed Heather Mac Donald to speak at Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee’s chapel named after Robert E. L...
