By: Daisy Karlson

This past weekend, roughly 650 Davidson alumni returned to campus to celebrate Reunion Weekend 2010. As friends and family accompanied their loved ones, total turnout exceeded 1,000. The College easily accommodated the alumni, setting up tents on the Pres...

By: Alex Kowaleski

Last Thursday, History Professor Seth Koven of Rutgers University visited Davidson to present this semester’s Kendrick K. Kelley Lecture in Historical Studies. Dr. Koven gave his lecture, titled “Should Christians Possess Wealth: Radical Domes...

By: Kelsey Lilley

and ’12 and Mark Millard ’12 travelled to Philadelphia, Pa. to compete in and win the Collegiate National Championship in Golf Croquet. “The competition was intense, but we made it through,” Gilliland said. “All of our match...

By: Kelly Wilson

Davidson alumna and current Chidsey Leadership Office Fellow for Leadership Development Alex McArthur ’09 was recently crowned Ms. Wheelchair North Carolina. McArthur, who has muscular dystrophy (a progressive genetic disorder that affects muscle ...

By: Caroline Wood

Earlier this month, Mark Jeevaratnam ’10 won a grand prize in YouTube’s Project: Report for his documentary, “For Higher Ground.” Jeevaratnam was awarded a $10,000 travel grant from the Pulitzer Center, with which he plans to trave...

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 I feel like a full member of the Davidson community because…

I am activ...

By: Kelly Wilson

 On Monday evening, Columbia University Professor of Law John C. Coffee presented his lecture on why the 2008 economic collapse occurred and whether the regulatory reforms have been sufficient. The lecture, entitled “What Went Wrong?: What Happ...

By: Kelsey Lilley

Emmy award-winning AIDS activist and speaker Rae Lewis-Thornton spoke to a full crowd last Monday night, April 12, at 7 p.m. in the Lilly Gallery. Her interactive lecture was sponsored by the Tau Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 1972, ...

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 Last Thursday, the Student Government Association’s weekly meeting was more crowded than usual. The extra people there were not SGA members, but instead leaders of student organizations who gathered to see the Activities Tax Council’s pr...

By: Cristina Bustillo

This past weeks Student Government Association (SGA) meeting began as usual, but built up to a controversial meeting. Laura Sousa ’10 presided over the first order of business: the idea of giving $1,500 as a gift for the Senior Buffet, as suggested ...

By: John Evans

Last Thursday at 7 p.m. in the VAC’s Semans Lecture Hall, UNC Greensboro Professor of History Greg O’Brien presented his lecture entitled “Who is to Blame?: New Orleans Confronts Disaster in 1849.” His lecture encompassed the scope...

By: Caroline Wood

Last week, campus police apprehended Rodney Thomas, a suspect in several counts of larceny on campus. Thomas has become known on campus as “BOLO” as a result of an email warning students to “Be On the Look Out.” “On Friday ...

By: Kelly Wilson

Davidson alumna and current President of Agnes Scott College Elizabeth Kiss ’83 presented this semester’s Chidsey Leadership Lecture last Wednesday, where she observed that leading with honor and integrity is about keeping organizations focuse...

By: Katie Lovett

All you gym-goers out there, listen up. Did you know that a 30 minute workout on the new “green” ellipticals in the Union gym generates enough electricity to charge a cell phone six times, run a CFL light bulb for two and a half hours, and pow...

By: Kelsey Lilley

Twelve hours is a long time. Especially when you’re reading Milton. Saturday March 27, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Carolina Inn, Randy Ingram’s English 355 class did just that—they read all 12 books of John Milton’s Paradise Lost...

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I feel like a full member of the Davidson community because… I feel like a full member of the Davidson community because I no longer feel like a member of my community at home. How do I explain this? I'm an International Student at Davidson, and w...

By: Katie Lovett

“Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.” This powerful W.H. Auden quotation opens “Flow: For Love of Water,” a 2008 documentary addressing the politics of water, pollution, and human rights from a global perspect...

By: Alex Kowaleski

This Monday, Anne Bennett of Radionews gave a lecture on the role of media in post-conflict countries at 7:30 p.m. in the Sprinkle Room of the Union. In her talk, she discussed the roles that her organization plays in distributing unbiased and accurate n...

By: Kelly Wilson

Don Kohn, Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, admitted during his March 24 Cornelson Distinguished Lecture on campus that neither central bankers nor professional economists understood the economy well enough to foresee ...

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I feel like a full member of the Davidson community because… There are activities on campus that are interesting to me, the classes are wonderful, the faculty is very intelligent, and I feel very accepted here. Feeling accepted is a big deal to me...