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The Davidsonian is Davidson College's student-run weekly newspaper. Davidson College was founded in 1837 and is located in Davidson, North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte. The Davidsonian provides a student body of approximately 1,900 with independent students and an alumni base or 20,000.

05/01/2024

Upwards of fifty people, including students and faculty, gathered peacefully on Chambers Lawn on Monday afternoon to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, direct attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis, and call for Davidson to divest their endowment from companies profiting off the Israel-Hamas war. The rally was organized by Cats for Global Peace, a student-run organization that, according to their WildcatSync page, was established in response to Israel’s war on Gaza, following Hamas’s attack on October seventh.

This protest was one of the first to occur on Davidson’s campus since the beginning of the spring semester, as protests, rallies and encampments continue to spread nationwide across college campuses.

“Our goals were to publicize our demands of divestment, garner attention from other students and faculty, and to protest in solidarity with other colleges and universities across the country who are striving for similar goals,” Elias Henderson ‘24 said. Henderson was one of the organizers of the walkout and a signature on the group’s letter to the president.

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🖊️ Stella Mackler, Madeline Richard, and Claire Kelly
📸 Stella Mackler

04/30/2024

The weather has been getting warmer. A few weeks ago, after an especially hot day, we had an insatiable craving for ice cream. Last year, there was only one place we’d go, and no, it wasn’t Whit’s or Ben and Jerry’s. Whenever we could, we went to Ellie May’s Dang Good Ice Cream. All of their ice cream was homemade, and delectable flavors like Lavender Honey greeted us at every visit. You may observe that we’re using the past tense to describe this legendary place. That’s because a few weeks ago, we hopped in the car to go fulfill that aforementioned craving and instead found that everything had changed.

The first ice cream outing of the spring semester was upon us. We put on our favorite Zach Bryan songs and rolled down the windows for our seven-minute journey to the little shop at 1827 Shearers Road. Despite being such a short distance from campus, Ellie May’s felt like it was worlds away. We drove past cows, goats, and rolling green hills. With every minute, our excitement grew. Until that fateful moment. Spoiler alert: our stomachs remained unsatisfied.

🖊️ Mary Molloy Blackstock and Anna Niepold
📸 Anna Niepold

02/10/2023

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09/29/2022

Here's a reminder to join us at 7:30 pm tonight at Hance Auditorium to hear from Nicholas Carlson '05 about the rise of digital mass media!

09/28/2022

Q***rness and faith have historically been mutually exclusive entities. Sahana Athreya '25 (she/her) interviews students from the LGBTQ+ community to learn more about their relationship with spirituality.

New in Living Davidson, "We Are Q***r and Spiritual Wildcats."

09/28/2022

Join us this Thursday to meet Nicholas Carlson '05 and hear from him about the rise of digital mass media.

09/21/2022

Spencer Wilson '13 offers an alumnus' perspective on how to maximize return on the college investment with insightful advice and thoughtful reflections for first-year students.

New in From the Archives, "Dear First-Year Students" by Spencer Wilson '13

09/20/2022

"Rather than viewing college as a single experience that takes place over four years, it is better to think of it as four individual experiences to which a variable number of consistent factors lend some continuity."

David Sowinski '25 (he/they) ruminates on a return to campus that feels both familiar and unfamiliar and how to embrace change in college and beyond.

New in Perspectives, "The Known, Unfamiliar" by David Sowinski '25 (he/they)

09/19/2022

"When I came here [Davidson], I wasn’t thinking about the NBA, I was thinking I’m coming here to have a great experience, stay in the moment, stay in the present and that’s how I try to live everyday since.” ~Wardell Steph Curry II

Varun Maheshwari '23 (he/him) writes about Steph Curry's graduation ceremony at Davidon College.

New in Sports, "The Kid from Charlotte Comes Full Circle: Steph Curry Honored at Davidson."

09/18/2022

Nada Shoreibah '23 (she/her) interviews Judy Heumann, an internationally recognized disability rights activist, author, and speaker, who came to campus last week.

New in Features, "Judy Heumann Serves and Speaks as 2022 Reynolds Lecturer."

09/17/2022

Anaya Patel '25 (any pronouns) and David Sowinski '25 (he/they) aim to introduce first-years to q***r spaces on campus by naming organizations and helpful resources, as well as by including supportive quotes from upperclassmen.

New in Living Davidson, "The Q***r Corner."

08/16/2022

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The Davidsonian is Davidson College's independent, student-run weekly newspaper. We were founded in 1914 and service Davidson and the Greater Charlotte area, also reaching a student body and alumni network of roughly 22,000 people.