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In the nine short months since her arrival, Jemma Lowi ’29 has made her mark on the Davidson College Music Department. Upon her acceptance to Davidson College, Lowi received the Cybulski music scholarship for flute. Recipients of the scholarship receive lessons on their primary instrument or voice for all four years and are required to...
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African drums, dance, film screenings and readings all filled the Alvarez College Union amphitheatre as the community gathered for a full-scale celebration of the arts. With the goal of giving the arts a place to celebrate artistic achievement on campus, the Creative Works Celebration Showcase gives the arts a stage to be seen on campus....
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Facing two outs and loaded bases in a tie game in the bottom of the ninth inning, Anthony Torreso ’27 kept his composure and was walked for a walkoff RBI to seal a 6-5 Davidson victory over the University of Richmond on Friday. Entering the ninth inning, Davidson held a 4-2 lead. The Spiders scored...
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Once again, queer life on campus is in focus. It seems as if it’s never left the spotlight. From the field that was almost named the F slur our freshman year to contending with administrative anxieties from this past semester, it always feels like there’s a fire to be put out somewhere. As the leaders...
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At some point in the last few weeks, as graduation has gotten closer, I found myself asking a question I wasn’t expecting: What is the point of all of this? Not in a disparaging way, but in an unsettled one. I have spent four years, and really twenty-two years, cultivating skills, learning, growing, and being...
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Davidson students receive dozens of emails each week advertising campus opportunities, but many still struggle to identify which experiences matter most. A new advising initiative, still in development, aims to streamline those resources and guide students more intentionally from their first year through graduation. The initiative, called “Distinctly Davidso
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As graduation nears, students are planning celebrations, families are booking hotel rooms and friends are purchasing flights—all to commemorate four years of hard work. For some students, however, ICE operations, travel bans and ever-changing visa restrictions have ensured that their family’s seats will remain empty. The Trump administration froze visa proce
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The 2025-26 academic year marks President Doug Hicks’s (’90) first four years in office. Under his tenure, the College has made significant advancements in projects like the “With These Hands” memorial, the Oak Row exhibit and the new library, while also grappling with social unrest on and off campus and intensifying threats to higher education....
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Davidson Women’s Lacrosse won its first ever Atlantic 10 Championship in a stunning 10-5 upset over Virginia Commonwealth University on Sunday at Davidson College Stadium, securing the team’s first NCAA Tournament berth in the program’s 23-year history. The victory was Davidson’s first A-10 title in any women’s sport. Fourth-seeded Davidson, playing host, de
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Goldwater scholarship winner, cancer researcher and Davidson Women’s Track & Field’s leading 1500m runner Elise Boyse ’27 has built a unique resume during her three years at Davidson—all while actively recovering from her own cancer diagnosis and treatment. If you were to ask her about any of that, she would probably downplay her successes. “I...
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