![DeLaney Center probes what it means to be a modern university in the historical South](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Washington_and_Lee_Universitys_DeLaney_Center_hosted_its_first_symposium_on_race_and_southern-ness_on_Dec._1._Photo_by_Catherine_McKean_24_-1200x900.jpg)
DeLaney Center probes what it means to be a modern university in the historical South
Washington and Lee’s DeLaney Center’s first symposium brought southern studies scholars together to find answers
![A parade of people carrying Confederate flags down a street.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_9156-rotated-e1675725304922-900x675.jpg)
Hey W&L, your inaction is showing: Lee-Jackson Day shouldn’t be met with silence
The university cannot say it supports diversity and inclusion unless it fully opposes those crusty, decaying acolytes of the Lost Cause
![A group of people carrying Confederate flags and symbols are assembled in a cemetery.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/AnyConv.com__IMG_9149-900x675.jpg)
Local MLK and Lee-Jackson Day festivities clash
Both parades in downtown Lexington boasted the largest crowds they've seen since 2020
![A crowd of people carrying Confederate flags walk down a town street, facing away from the camera.](https://ringtumphi.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_1218-rotated-e1674435370571-900x777.jpeg)
Lee-Jackson Day suggests Lee is in limbo
An up-close look at the Lee-Jackson parade reveals complicated truths about the South