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Last Tuesday, in front of a group of students, faculty and community members, poet David Gate read from his new book “A Rebellion of Care,” in the Carolina Inn. Gate, a North-Carolina-based poet hailing from the United Kingdom, took questions on the nature of resistance and poetry’s role in social justice. Katie Horowitz, Associate Professor...
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In protest of rampant book bans, academic institutions all over the country celebrate ‘Banned Books Week,’ to raise awareness of ongoing censorship efforts and promote banned books. In the spirit of the week, the Davidson Library, English Department and Beacon Program partnered to screen “Banned Together,” a documentary directed by Kate Way that shines a...
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While many students spend their weekends enjoying a break from classes and relaxing around campus, student athletes prepare to compete. For athletes in-season, weekends become synonymous with long commutes and at times crossing state lines. According to diver Elle Jacobsen ’27, the swim & dive team spends a lot of time on the road. “We’ll...
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Classes of students in their teens and early twenties are now joined by a 27-year-old, ex-marine, Naval Academy graduate, husband and father. This spring, Davidson Basketball signed John Carter Jr. for a one-year stint on the team. After a day of classes and team practices, where most students trudge back to messy dorm rooms, Carter...
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It’s a new semester. You search up someone intriguing—a potential friend, your roommate’s enemy, your class crush—and their instagram bio is sparsely populated. If you’re lucky, it might list their class year, their sport, or three letters that signify their hometown. I think we can do better. At Davidson, instagram stalking does not ask who...
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I have a confession: I am terrible at small talk. Not because I lack social skills (although my friends may have competing theories), but because I find it mildly absurd that we have collectively agreed to ask questions we do not particularly want answered. “How are you?” “Good! You?” “Good!” Wonderful. Two people have successfully...
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This semester, the College’s Health Center began the process of relocating its Counseling office to the Well Cat Center across Main street. This change has raised questions about accessibility, transparency and the lack of communication among students. The building’s location, while only across the street, poses unique challenges since many offices are upsta
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Seventy-five first-year students were randomly selected over the summer to participate in the new Distinctly Davidson Four-Year Advising program. The program seeks to replace the current holistic advising system, where students are assigned one holistic advisor who mentors the student until they declare their major. The new Distinctly Davidson program pairs
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At first glance, Davidson’s endowment fund appears to be flourishing, particularly given the benefits it provides to the college. However, the college’s annual investment returns have not kept pace with the S&P 500, a stock market index that tracks 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the United States, according to Fidelity Investments. As...
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From a second-floor window of the Chambers academic building, two students suspended a long, green banner. In black paint, the words “Silence = Violence” hung over Chambers lawn. Hundreds of students were gathered. On Thursday, Oct. 8, a student-led coalition organized this gathering outside of the Chambers academic building under the slogan “stop sexual vio
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