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D"*,%7)0+)0%2*+=/++)+%-'++*F*$*,8% Arson suspected in Saturday !re at SigEp 'C%C#)+6.)0%*0)$*3*F*$*,8%&' $'',(%$/(1*(5 !"#$%&'!()&#$*+ though nobody lives there, somebody could have damage, it was probably less than $500 is our been there overnight,” Sigler said. guess,” Sigler said. “8e severity of this thing is (PLO\&RRNHCSOD\VLQÀQDO Tait Jensen ’16, President of Sigma Phi Epsi- that it could have completely been on 6re, could +)"+'0%'C%+,)$$"#%="#))#%&& s many students were just starting to lon, and Ben Williams ’16, a member, were alert- have burned, and with the individuals who did wake up on Saturday morning, David- ed of the 6re on Sunday morning, and as soon as this, they didn’t even know if anyone was in the son police o:cers called the 6re marshal they arrived on the scene, noti6ed campus police. building.” Ato extinguish a 6re at Sigma Phi Epsilon’s house 8ey also noticed that the house’s ;ag, which pre- Williams also noted how quickly the 6re could sen said. “If it was someone from Davidson, then around 11 a.m. Soon a9er, the 6re marshal de- viously hung over the side of the porch, had been have escalated. “On our porch, the way it’s set up, that’s just pretty incomprehensible.” Williams termined that arson was the most likely cause of torn down, and they believed had been used to we have a barbeque grill, and we have three pro- echoed his sentiments. “It’s just really upsetting the 6re, although the 6nal verdict will only be re- light the letters on 6re. pane tanks,” Williams said. to see something like this happen at Davidson,” leased a9er an investigation has taken place. 8e 6nal ruling of the origin of the 6re, how- When asked who they thought might have he said. “8ere has been a bit of vandalism as far According to Todd Sigler, Chief of Campus ever, will only be announced a9er the investiga- sparked the 6re, neither Jensen nor Williams had as tampering with letters, but nothing that’s been Police, the 6re started on Sigma Phi Epsilon’s tor, Jesse Soares, Assistant Fire Marshal of Meck- any ideas. “We don’t really have any enemies we done has been this bad.” letters situated on the porch behind the house. lenburg County, examines the evidence collected know would want to do something like this to us, Over the next few weeks, Campus Police hope Branches were found on the letters, presumably at the scene and 6nishes interviewing anyone but it’s also bad because we really don’t know the to aid the 6re marshal in gathering as much in- what caught the ;ames. “It was not by accident; with information. Soares commented only that 6rst place to start,” Jensen said. formation as possible. “It’s quite possible that it seems to be something intentional,” Sigler said. “the 6re is under investigation.” Jensen mentioned other incidents of vandal- someone will come forward and take responsibil- A9er the letters caught on 6re, some smoldering Both Jensen and Williams were present when ism in the past year at their house––last year, ity and explain what occurred, what happened,” debris fell o7 and reached the door to the crawl Soares examined the scene on Sunday morning. someone broke in and busted their TV, and their Sigler said. “I think the community is a little bit space, which also partly burnt. Because of the ex- “One of the things the 6re marshal was express- letters have been torn down twice this semester. bothered by this. It could potentially have had a tent of the damage, the incident falls under sec- ing was that this is a really big deal, and that he Sigler also noted acts of vandalism in Patterson really serious outcome.” ond degree arson, according to Sigler. was taking this extremely seriously,” Williams Court over the past year, including Rusk’s cow be- “I think someone on campus knows some- It is currently unclear whether or not any- said. “People could have died from this, and that’s ing stolen, as well as purposeful damage that has thing, and I’m hoping that they’ll come forward one was inside the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at just not something that needs to happen at all.” occurred at social events. 8e use of 6re, how- about it,” Jensen said. He added later, “We’re go- the time. To qualify as arson, it does not mat- Sigler also emphasized the potential severity ever, breaks the pattern. ing to 6nd out who it was and make sure nothing ter whether the house is occupied or not. “Even of the 6re. “From the standpoint of monetary “I just want to express disappointment,” Jen- like this happens again.” Changes to Frolics policies limit the number of invited guests

I>JDHK%!>&BGL& those not a:liated with Davidson to attend these ,$-..'/&#$)& events. It has always been asked that Davidson students not publish information about Frolics or the past 50 years, Spring Frolics has on social media; however these e7orts to reduce been a highly anticipated event on Da- outside attendance have been relatively ine7ec- vidson’s campus, allowing students to de- tive. According to Carmen Lin ‘16, “I thought Fstress before 6nals week. While this tradition has it was about the same number of outside people been around for many years, Frolics is hardly the both years I’ve attended. A lot of outside people same event it was in its creation. Spring Frolics were there. 8ere were also a lot of recent gradu- has expanded over the years to include a variety ates coming back.” While the decision to create of di7erent activities and parties, which span an an environment primarily for Davidson students entire weekend. 8ese events include free meals, during Frolics will likely be bene6cial for the safety and fun of students, it calls into question bands, and lawn games at Patterson court. Many 6WXGHQWHQMR\)UROLFVRQWKH3DWWHUVRQ&RXUW/DZQ!"#$#%)#+2$34'%#5%("/2#,%6'271 of these events are hosted by PCC organizations how many restrictions need to be placed on en- in conjunction with the Union Board. 8is year, and to di7erentiate between 21 year old students Frolics weekend.” 8ese changes could also be in trance to the events. DJ Earworm and a number of student performers and those under the legal drinking age. 8is year light of the 6ght between two non-Davidson stu- In regards to how this year’s frolics will oper- will be playing throughout Frolics. campus police will be closing the campus to dents at the BSC during a past Frolics, and the in- ate Owens says, “It is di:cult for College sta7 and In the past, Frolics has been signi6cantly more non-students at 10pm to restrict outside access stances of the9 and vandalism by non-Davidson Campus Police to know if people on campus are inclusive of outside guests, but recent policy to Frolics activities. A9er the campus is closed, students. Ashley Owen, assistant director for pro- invited or not. We’re hopeful that the new wrist- changes that have restricted non-students from Campus Police will monitor campus entrances to grams in the Union and a member of the Frolics banding system will be helpful in addressing any attending on-campus events. Guests are required allow Davidson students and their guests to enter Committee, says the committee has “heard stu- potential unwanted crowd issues this year.” With to wear wristbands indicating that they were in- upon display of identi6cation. 8ese changes are, dents express unease with the growing concern of these changes to the admission policy, there have vited by a Davidson student. In addition to these according to the Frolics committee, “to reason- unwanted visitors in their residence halls, the9s, been new additions to the events held during guest bands, students are also required to wear ably manage the growing numbers of non-Da- and large crowd sizes.” With these new policies, Frolics, including more open PCC parties and the colored bands to show they attend Davidson vidson a:liated attendees on campus on Spring Davidson is e7ectively restricting the ability of A9er Midnight Event Saturday evening. N!"# P)*+ ' A!"#$ %&, '(%&

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M>DD%I>KABKB detailing his grievances. 0%12)3+'!"#$%& Roberts took issue with Gray’s piece, which attacked Roberts without referring to her di- n March 31, Karl Rove, Chief of Sta! rectly. “I was surprised that Mr. Gray did not under President George W. Bush, spoke use my name. In referring to ‘she’ throughout to two political science classes. In an ex- the opinion piece, he could have been referring Otension of an article in the April 1 issue, "e Da- to the three other ‘shes’ teaching in my depart- vidsonian reports on the somewhat controversial ment,” she said. planning of the event. Gray stood $rm in his stance that the event According to Professor Shelley Rigger, chair was co-opted by the Political Science Depart- of the Political Science Department, a student ment. “"e event existed already […] Just be- approached Rove privately about coming to cause [Dr. Roberts] doesn’t know about plans campus. "e student, who did not respond to that were made beforehand doesn’t mean [she] requests for an interview, had he#y family ties should think that the event was made for the to the former Chief of Sta!, and helped coordi- classes.” nate a closed visit wherein Rove would speak to Multiple voices in the Political Science De- two political science classes relevant to his pro- partment, however, assert that Gray’s claims are fessional and political background. Both classes simply untrue. “"e Political Science Depart- were taught by Professor Susan Roberts. Students ment was not involved in any decision concern- from both classes were allowed to extend a hand- ing Rove’s visit to campus,” Roberts stated. ful of invitations to others interested in Rove’s Rigger con$rmed Roberts’ statement. “In experiences before, during, and a#er the second the sense that our subject matter touched on the Bush administration. speakers’, our faculty from the department were involved in the process, but the department itself 6RFLDOPHGLDRXWOHWVSOD\DUROHLQ'DYLGVRQ·VVH[FXOWXUH!"#$#%&'%8,7239%:-;/271% Roberts stressed the private nature of Rove’s appearance. “"e college didn’t pay anything for wasn’t involved in either invitation.” the visit. It was a visit. It wasn’t an event. He was In explaining the O%ce of the President’s role to speak to my classes, Campaign Strategy and in the Rove event, Meredith Didier, Special As- !"#$%&'#($&)*%&+,-*).&/%#01&)2&3%4 [the second class was] Parties and Elections – two sistant to the President and former political ap- super relevant classes to Mr. Rove’s strengths,” she pointee in the Bush administration, con$rmed explained. that President Quillen met brie&y with Rove dur- 5,%6&27&1%89#/&:,1(2;09()&<2/,(= On the heels of the widely publicized visit ing a reception, as she does with all visitors to the from Justice Sonia Sotomayor on March 12, the College. President Quillen then le# so that Rove care more than “Take Back the Night” because it under-the-radar nature of Rove’s appearance could spend time with Roberts’s students. 67())$1(<:22' Both Justice Sotomayor’s event and Rove’s ,)4#%&',$-..'/&#$)& is just the nature of the event,” Hagerty said. constituted a di!erent approach. "e Sexual Misconduct Policy and Proce- "e handling of the visit was criticized by visit prompted questions of political inclusivity dures was recently revised and put into e!ect for Austin Gray ’16, former President of the College on campus. Didier, in thinking about the future n recent years, sexual assault has become the Fall 2014 semester, as prompted by a student Republicans, who felt that his former organiza- of political events on campus, said “Obviously we a buzzword on college campuses across the petition. In essence, it outlines how the college tion was unfairly excluded from the planning are excited for members of both sides, or all sides United States and in the media due to the fre- goes about dealing with sexual misconduct on of the appearance. Gray penned a Perspectives of di!erent parties, to come through campus.” Iquency at which it occurs. "e U.S. Department campus. piece, published in the April 1 issue of this paper, of Education O%ce of Civil Rights reports that "e de$nition of sexual misconduct accord- approximately 20 percent of women and 6 per- ing to the policy includes “any non-consensual cent of men are sexually assaulted while in col- conduct of a sexual nature and sexually exploit- Corrections: lege. ative behavior.” A lack of “mutual and ongoing” "e pinnacle of Consent Week, organized explicit consent makes the act non-consensual. ,e article “College Republicans question inclusivity a-er Sotomayor, Rove,” by the Rape Awareness Committee, is the event Incapacitation does constitute a lack of con- published on April 1 implied that the Center for Political Engagement (CPE) was “Take Back the Night,” which features an open sent because “by de$nition, it is not possible for a involved in deciding which students would meet privately with Justice Sotomayor microphone for the school community to hear person to give consent if incapacitated by drugs, from anyone willing to speak about his or her alcohol, or other physical or mental impairment; during her visit. However, according to SGA President Pablo Zevallos ’16, the experience with sexual assault. "is event takes or if they have been threatened or coerced into CPE was not up-and-running until a-er Justice Sotomayor’s visit. Furthermore, place on many college campuses, and it o!ers a giving their consent; or if the person is under the added Zevallos, the list of students that did meet Justice Sotomayor noted all of the special opportunity for a community “to honor age of 16.” students’ organizational a.liations, including whether or not they were College the stories of survivors and second hand survi- Sexual misconduct not only refers to crimi- Democrats or College Republicans. ,e list was reviewed by the President’s O.ce. vors of rape and sexual assault,” according to the nal sexual assault and rape, but also relationship Rape Awareness Committee. abuse and violence, sexual harassment, and stalk- ,e President’s O.ce spent nearly two years coordinating Justice Sotomayor’s During the two-hour event, numerous stu- ing. Students who have experienced any, but not visit. With the help of William Eskridge ’73, Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law dents shared their stories. Two representatives limited to, these forms of sexual misconduct have School, and Justice Sotomayor’s O.ce, the event was purposefully constructed to from Safe Alliance, an organization that provides a variety of resources available through Campus support for survivors of sexual assault, shared in- Police, Residence Life O%ce, Dean of Students be public and open. Because Karl Rove’s visit was pre-determined to be smaller formation about the services they o!er, including O%ce, Students Health and Counseling, Chap- and more discreet, the President’s O.ce had a smaller role managing Mr. Rove’s a 24-hour crisis hotline and safety planning for lains O%ce, Health Educator Georgia Ringle, appearance. survivors. Title IX Coordinator and Associate Dean of Stu- “When you’re actually there and listening to dents Kathy Bray, and the Town of Davidson Po- the victims and their stories it’s very moving. It’s lice Department--even if the individual does not very concerning how there isn’t a lot of pressure want to $le a formal complaint. tistics of sexual assaults reported to the Campus to take reports of crime, to conduct criminal in- from the administration to enforce policies and Health Educator Georgia Ringle said, “What Police and publish them in the Annual Security vestigations into sexual assault cases, to support take that stress away from students who are sur- people need to know is that we have a really Report. If a Clery crime, which takes into account victims, and to assist the college with regard to vivors of sexul assault. While we are still trying strong team, concern, and interest in sexual as- sexual misconduct, poses an ongoing threat, then their obligations under Title IX. We are here to to revise the policy here, it helped me to want sault or any kind of sexual misconduct. It is taken a Timely Warning Noti$cation is sent to the cam- accept all reports and to work in concert with to support my fellow students who have experi- very seriously on our campus. If someone reports pus community. Under Title IX, it is required that the victim for their case and hopefully to prevent enced sexual assault and rape,” said student at- to me or comes to me, I’m really concerned with they share all related information with the Title other victims from being harmed,” explained Mc- tendee Zakiyyah Chism `18. their physical safety, their emotional safety, mak- IX Coordinator. Mackin. Leaders of the Rape Awareness Committee, ing sure they’re okay.” “"e role of the campus police department is Hailey Klabo `16 and Rob Hagerty `16, orga- Under law, it is required that the college takes nized Consent Week in order to increase student certain steps and measures in handling cases of body understanding of the de$nition and im- sexual misconduct under Title IX and the Clery plications of consent. “We’ve been raising some Act. As General Counsel, Sara Phillips commu- good awareness. Masculinity Monday and Safety nicates with the administration in ensuring that Saturday have been very successful days,” Klabo the college follows its policy and legal obligations, Please subscribe at www.davidsonian.com said. “And Take Back the Night really is the single and as Chair of the task force working to revise most useful tool in raising awareness about sexu- the Sexual Misconduct Policy she works with al assault because if you see people who are your students, faculty, and sta! to make proposals for Follow the Davidsonian on Twitter classmates and friends, as well as faculty mem- change. Phillips said, “"is has been and remains bers, it makes sexual assault an actual issue be- a real priority for the college. We spend a lot of and Instagram cause it a!ects people you know.” time and energy trying to get it right and do what “It’s been the biggest thing that has a!ected is best for our students and our community. We’re @,e_Davidsonian my view and my desire and passion to take issues here and we’re listening and we’re engaged.” of sexual assault and rape very seriously. I’ve nev- Assistant Chief Carolyn McMackin explained er found anything that a!ected me and made me that the Clery Act requires the collection of sta- N!"# P!*+ , D!"#$%&'#!'.(&) Students and trustees discuss college’s crime log role in combatting climate change Time Description / Location

0,&+(//(:$1 statement that the college is committed to car- 04/02/15 at 0903 hrs Larceny of Property (Sign) on Nelson 0%1!"#$%&1#4105#). bon neutrality in our actions and everyday lives, Lane. but also in who we support and who we invest Further Investigation. ollowing the past couple years of campus in,” Antonia Giles `16 said. “I think it creates a activity advocating for divestment from culture, that we were discussing earlier, of just re- 04/03/15 at 0025 hrs Poss. Of Marijuana in Ryburn. fossil fuel companies, on Monday a!er- spect for each other.” Dean Referral. Fnoon students had a chance to voice their opin- Some took issue with the supposed impracti- ions in a discussion session with several members cality of divesting endowment funds from fossil 04/04/15 at 0310 hrs Underage Consumption/File False Police of the administration and Board of Trustees in at- fuel companies. “#e energy sector only makes Report at Laundry. tendance. up approximately 1.5 percent [of endowment- Dean Referral. In an “ideation session” planned by several owned funds], which I think we can all agree is members of administrative o"ces, student or- a pretty small amount,” Catherine Schmidt `15 04/05/15 at 1040 hrs Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle (golf ganizations were invited to send representatives said. “If it is such a small amount, why is there so cart) at New Dorm. to take an active role in the discussion. #e dis- much issue over divestment?” cussion was open to all students and members of Kania explained that the nature of commin- Further Investigation. the Board of Trustees, who were in Davidson for gled funds complicates extracting investments 04/09/15 at 1140 hrs Poss. Of Spirituous Liquor Underage in their annual spring meeting. from fossil fuel companies alone. “#e one and a Belk. Facilitators invited students to address two half percent is spread across a number of manag- questions: how the college can meet the 2020 goal ers. Short of %ring managers and hiring manag- Dean Referral. of its climate action plan and whether divestment ers with mandates not to invest in fossil fuel, you from fossil fuels is a practical and e$ective strat- can’t get rid of portions of portfolios or portions 04/10/15 at 0109 hrs Motor Vehicle $e% (Golf Cart)-Recov- egy for the college to address climate change. of managers,” Kania said. “It would take elimina- ered at Arm&eld. #e college committed to a Climate Action tion of a number of managers and funds to get rid Further Investigation. Plan in 2010 to reduce carbon emissions by 10 of the exposure.” percent of 2008 levels by 2020, 15 percent below Other voices in the discussion wanted to be 04/10/15 at 2338 hrs Underage Consumption/Miscellaneous 2008 levels by 2030 and to eliminate net green- clear that not all members of the student body College Policy Violation at Commons. house gas emissions entirely by 2050. support divestment. “I think [divestment] opens With %ve years until the %rst benchmark, the a dangerous can of worms in business ethics, be- Dean Referral. college has accomplished a decrease in emissions cause we just can’t divest from every company 04/11/15 at 1122 hrs Arson-2nd Degree/Damage to Property of about 4.5 percent from 2008 levels, according that does something that somebody on this cam- to data explained by facilitator Je$ Mittelstadt pus disagrees with,” Will King `16 said. at SPE. `99, Director of Sustainability. In a student referendum last spring, only a Further Investigation. Suggestions from students to save energy in- slight majority of 50.6 percent of respondents cluded reassessing the need for 24/7 accessible supported divestment. 04/12/15 at 0009 hrs Underage Consumption in Akers. hours at the library, covering the swimming pool Some student concerns seemed to stem from Dean Referral. in Baker Sports Complex to reduce heating costs frustrations over a perceived lack of student voice Underage Consumption in Knox. and monitoring the electrical use of dorm rooms in large-scale college decisions and the college’s 04/12/15 at 0037 hrs to charge individual student accounts for energy history of resistance to change on issues of diver- Dean Referral. use accordingly. sity and inclusivity. “Our institution has histori- 04/12/15 at 0255 hrs Motor Vehicle $e% (Golf Cart)-Recov- #e second half of the discussion regarded cally, on the decisions of the Trustees, been far divestment, which generated a much more lively behind our peers and the best schools in this ered in Arm&eld. and heated debate. country […],” Lincoln Davidson `15 said. David- Further Investigation. Ed Kania, Vice President of Finance and Ad- son cited allowing the enrollment of women and Missing Person-Located in Little. ministration, and Ray Jacobson, Chief Invest- the college bylaw’s mandate for a Presbyterian 04/12/15 at 1122 hrs ment O"cer in the college’s investment o"ce, president as examples of slow-moving change in Closed/Clear. moderated. the college’s administration. “So, Trustees, you According to Jacobson, while the college’s en- guys are great, but come on. You’ve been pretty 04/12/15 at 1849 hrs Assault Simple/Miscellaneous Domestic dowment of about $650 million is a substantial bad at this in the past.” Disturbance in Cannon. sum, it is lower than that of some of the school’s Members of the Board of Trustees in atten- Closed/Declined Prosecution. peer institutions. Middlebury and Swarthmore dance had opportunities to respond to student Colleges both have endowments of over $1 bil- concerns. “If we could %gure out a way to surgi- lion. cally excise that one and half percent, and pro- ability to o$er %nancial aid. “As you know half pact change with respect to directly contributing As Jacobson explained, the college’s endow- tect the returns generated by the ninety-eight of our student body is on %nancial aid here. #e to lower carbon emissions,” said Bob Miller `84, ment does not own individual stocks. It owns and a half percent, absolutely, we would do it in %nancial aid packages are quite high. We could Trustee and member of the board’s Investment commingled funds, which consist of a blend of a heartbeat,” Prem Manjooran `92, Trustee, said. never have done that without our endowment Committee. assets from multiple accounts. Portfolio manag- “#e reality is it’s not practical and there, quite getting from $100 million to $650 million,” he Carol Quillen, who as College president also ers do not have restrictions on which sectors to frankly, aren’t enough managers that meet these said. “Over the twenty-year period, we have got, sits on the Board of Trustees, encouraged stu- invest in. “If you were to look through the public divestment standards that have generated consis- I think, some of the best managers, who have dents to address Miller’s question in moving for- equity exposure to the energy sector would be tent long-term returns that makes us feel that the beaten most of our peers in terms of growing [the ward. “I think what the board would like to hear about one and a half percent,” Jacobson said. endowment would be best served by investing in endowment.]” is ‘why is this the most meaningful path, the best Students were quick to express their opin- those funds.” “#e e$ective part has not been addressed so path, to meaningful, fast change?’ #e question ions in favor of fossil fuel divestment. “I think John Chidsey `83, chair of the board, empha- far. It’s very unclear to me, and I may be wrong, isn’t the merit of the idea.” that divestment is a positive because it creates a sized the endowment’s importance in Davidson’s how divestment will a$ect change, how it will im- Vigil held for fallen Kenyans

NHKKH&%G>ONHP rican dress in a demonstration of solidarity. He ,$-..'/&#$)& proceeded to introduce the events of that tragic massacre that occurred on April 2, when al-Sha- uring Common Hour on April 9, ap- baab militants stormed the campus of Garissa proximately 150 Davidson students, University College in Garissa, Kenya. #e attack faculty and sta$ gathered around the is the latest of a series of civilian shootings over D&agpole outside of Chambers to remember and the past seven years in East Africa, particularly commemorate the lives of the 148 Kenyans killed in Kenya, for which this Islamic group with ties last week in a horri%c university campus shoot- to al-Qaeda has claimed responsibility. Eghan ing. Organized by the Davidson African Students commented that, “last #ursday was a terrible Association (DASA), the vigil was intended, in day for the students of Garissa University” and 2Q7KXUVGD\'$6$RUJDQL]HGDYLJLOWRKRQRUPXUGHUHG.HQ\DQV!"#$#%&'%()#$$%*+,,-,."/01%% the words of Claude Eghan ’18, “to show our expressed his profound sympathy for the families solidarity to the families who have lost relatives of the victims. ly a$ected by the gravity of the heartfelt gather- so people don’t seem to care anymore.” However, due to these attacks, and to inform the Davidson Morgan-Asiedu criticized the ostensibly reli- ing. Amelia Anderson ’18 commented that the college students, perhaps more than any other community [about] such attacks which are rarely gious intentions of al-Shabaab, stating that, “you vigil “was a sobering reminder that the world that demographic, have a responsibility to transcend reported outside of Africa.” #e vigil featured do not do God’s will by killing your fellow man.” we live in…is safer than the majority of the world ignorance and foster meaningful change not only monologues from Eghan and Kebron Sawhny Sawhny began to close the ceremony with a read- can imagine.” She added that the ceremony “re- in their own society but also in those abroad. In ’18, the President and Secretary of the organiza- ing of “Nightfall in Suweto,” a poem by South Af- minds us of how we’re in college not just to do the the words of Eghan, “there’s been a lot of talk tion respectively, and also from Papa Kwadwo rican Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali. #e ceremony busy work but to leave an impact on the things about privilege, and we as Africans do realize Morgan-Asiedu ‘17. then ended in prayer, and the crowd dispersed we’re hearing about.” how privileged we are to be in a place like this… Eghan commenced the memorial with words with the weight of the helpless victims of Garissa Eghan explained that, “it’s become almost we deem it %t to make people in Davidson aware of gratitude addressed to the crowd, which was University College on its shoulders. like a normalcy for most people because [cam- that [campus shootings in Africa are] happen- dotted with individuals wearing traditional Af- Following the vigil, many students were deep- pus shootings] have happened so many times, ing.” living davidson P!"# $ A%&'( )*, +,)*

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And cleaved down the middle because too many amblings of a Dark-Skinned Girl in a Sea a lot more lonely. he !rst time I saw the word “asexual” was letters—too many identities—is unpalatable to of White Shadows. #4. What do you do when you’re not one of in a biology textbook. most. the well-known black party girls? What if you (Asexual reproduction. Something (“A stands for ally!” Tamoebas do.) “LGBTQIA? "at’s a bit too much, don’t R#1. I am the dark eyed girl. I am the pariah are? Why did I even put “black” as an adjective, by force. I am the other by force. I am self-crit- like a quali!er? What does it mean that even I "e second time I saw it was in an online article you think?”) ical by choice. do this? Shit. about an asexual woman dating a heterosexual And sometimes— #13. I am a phenomenal woman, but some- #50. Maybe my greatest tragedy is never man. I don’t see me. times I question my con!dence because of the knowing what it feels like to be that pretty black (Anonymous: “"at guy got friend-zoned look on your face. It says I don’t belong. It says girl. Maybe I’m worse o$ for even considering so hard he made it into the news.) Because being 1% of the population makes me I’m unattractive. It says I’m not worth your time. this. "e third time I saw it, I was typing it into Goo- negligible. #6. I’m pretty for a dark-skinned girl, but #1. You don’t get to matter anymore. I am gle’s search bar. Because seven hundred thousand people world- sometimes I’m “not your thing”. "is shouldn’t self-critical by choice, but I am beautiful, fear- (When a boy puts his tongue in my wide don’t really count. hurt, but today it did. fully and wonderfully made. I wish your pale mouth, there’s supposed to be a “spark,” And when I don’t see me, #99. I wouldn’t change it for anything. skin could have had the chance to understand isn’t there?) I have to pretend I’m not me. “Bringing the gi#s that my ancestors gave, I am my complexities and be enveloped in my grace- "e fourth time I saw it was in me, when I !nally Because it’s easier to pretend than it is to the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. ful black beauty and black strength and black understood how to de!ne myself. explain. I rise.” I have risen, I will keep rising, and your love and black struggle and black pain and black (Asexual. Noun. Someone who does not And it’s easier to fake it than it is to hear some- standard of beauty will mean nothing to me. I laugh and black God and black intelligence and experience sexual attraction.) one say that I am broken— have the blood of giants running through my black blackness. I’m not sure you were in the Where I didn’t see it was in my mother’s under- that I am lacking something inherently veins. You will not take this from me. right place, and I don’t have time to wait. I truly standing, when I told her what I had learned. human. #24. I do not want to be your exotic vacation wish you the best and the brightest and the fu- (“Oh honey, there’s nothing wrong with Or worse, for some stranger to tell me destination. I do not want to be your sexual ex- ture and ten more advantages over the ones you you.”) that I will never truly understand how to ploration. I refuse to be your step outside of the already have. Maybe one day I’ll see you again Nor did I see it in my friend’s acceptance of me love another person, white male heteronormative box. and you’ll see me and I’ll see you and you’ll just when I opened up to him. if I’m not f*****g them. #40. I am strong. I am independent, but know. Until then, walk peacefully and sleep gen- (“Maybe you just haven’t met the right sometimes I ache for the agency that you don’t tly, surrounded by the soothing curtains of black person yet.”) Check out this year’s Oustiders’ Monologues to- even have to de!ne, the privilege that you don’t darkness. I didn’t see it in my perfectly regular hormone night in the 900 Room at 8 p.m. !e event will even see. balance, no matter how many times they asked feature student actors performing student-written me. monologues. !ere will also be free Chipotle. L!"!#$ D%"!&'(# P!"# * D!-'./01'!1.203

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In Q&A, Jay Jenkins ‘16 ex- graduate school. "ere are a lot of small nuances tions to resolve issues that I couldn’t even see for contamination in the plates themselves, and in lab techniques that are actually extremely im- coming. He has been working with C. elegans carefully observing our procedure for pouring plains what the research portant. By doing research now, I am learning much longer than I have, so he o#en knows ex- the plates for possible contamination. experience means to him those techniques so that my experiments will actly how to handle a problem that is completely Also, because our lab is new, we have spent hopefully be more successful if I do decide to new to me. Additionally, he has been very pa- a lot of time this semester setting it up. While SOPHIA GUEVARA continue. tient with me as I have learned completely new it is generally running now, we had to make a LIVING DAVIDSON EDITOR In addition, there is a lot of problem-solving skills, not exactly getting everything perfect on lot of stock solutions and !nd starting materials that takes place in my research. Dr. El Bejjani the !rst attempt. He also has given me the space before I could even begin my research. On top of hat are you investigating this se- will sometimes intentionally not give me the to problem-solve where I need it, which really that, I am new to research, which is making me mester in your Independent Study, answers when he is con!dent I can !gure some- helps me learn. I am very happy to have him as slower. "is combination is slowing the progress and how will your DRI further that thing out because he wants me to be able to my research mentor. of my project. Wresearch? work through the problem myself. Additionally, Dr. Bryan Hauser has been Another concern that could arise is if we JJ: I am doing research in the Biology depart- Finally, I am getting a lot of practice orga- very helpful in helping the members of my lab don’t !nd the apl-1 transgene to cause a signi!- ment on C. elegans, which are these tiny worms nizing and labeling things. As I am learning, !nd what we need. "is is Dr. El Bejjani’s !rst cant defect in neuron growth. We have reason to that you actually have to look through a micro- an experiment can fail if we lose track of some- semester of research at Davidson, so we have believe it does, but the remainder of my project scope to see. My project is to look at apl-1, a pro- thing or forget to put it at the right temperature. spent some time wondering together where to is conditional on that being true. Dr. El Bejjani tein involved with neuron growth (in mammals, An unlabeled tube becomes trash even if it was !nd something that we are looking for. Even has said that he would switch me to a di$erent it is also involved with Alzheimer’s disease). "is critical to our work. "e relatively high conse- though Dr. Hauser is technically supposed to project for the summer if that turns out not to semester, I have been testing whether adding a quences are teaching me the value of keeping be helping with teaching labs (for scheduled Bio be the case. transgene to overexpress apl-1 causes a defect in things organized. classes), he has been patient in giving us the help Would you recommend an independent neuron growth. Assuming that it does, I plan to What does the DRI program mean to you? we need even though we are an independent re- study to other people? test the e$ects that other genes have on this pro- To me, it means gaining full-time research search lab. Without him, we would have had a Yes, as long as they are genuinely interested cess over the summer. experience over the summer, and connecting lot of trouble learning where everything goes. in the project they want to pursue. Independent My DRI will give me a chance to continue with others who are doing the same. One of What challenges do you foresee in your re- studies are not an easy fourth class; in fact I working on the same project over the summer, the perks of the DRI is that we will have weekly search? spend a lot more time during the week working dedicating even more time to it than I have with lunches where we can talk to other students and We have had several challenges with my re- on my research than I do for any single other my independent study (my DRI is full-time for compare progress on our projects. It also means search. One of the most frustrating is that we class. It takes motivation to do the work that is 9 weeks). I’m hoping that being able to contin- I get to stay on this campus I love just a little bit have had consistent contamination problems required without having a set schedule of when ue working on the same project with experience longer. It’s my junior year, and I’m slowly start- with the plates we use to grow the C. elegans. everything needs to be done. "at being said, I from the semester and without having to wor- ing to realize that my time at Davidson won’t "e plates are supposed to be sterile with the do think it is a valuable learning experience to ry about classes will give me an opportunity to last forever. I value the time I get to spend here, exception of the C. elegans food source and put the burden of learning on you and not your make a lot more progress. and I’m grateful to be getting a little more of that the worms themselves. However, our plates professor. My project this semester will be ex- Why did you apply for a DRI? time (without the stress of school) this summer. are growing bacterial colonies, yeast, and mold actly what I make of it, which makes the learn- I applied for the DRI as a way of gaining How have professors helped you in your that aren’t supposed to be there. We have been ing I’m doing even more powerful than it would research experience. I’m considering applying research? working to identify the problem, ranging from be if I was following an already written syllabus for graduate school in Biology next year, and I Dr. El Bejjani has been very helpful in my throwing away all of our stock solutions for the that a professor gave me. would like to have a very good idea as to what I research. I’ve been checking in with him daily plates and remaking them from scratch, testing am signing up for before I go. 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PETER DONAHUE to make it as a comedian, and even though some have been posted since his migration to the US, this was a relatively recent move. Further, South or those who don’t know, Africa is not the United States of America. South South African comedian Africa, like many countries, does not value the Trevor Noah was recently idea of being “Politically Correct” to the same Fnamed to be John Stewart’s re- degree that it is valued in the US. But this reason placement as host of “!e Daily alone is not why I think these tweets are being Show.” When the announce- blown out of proportion—they still feature some ment was "rst made I feel it’s safe to say I was pretty crude remarks, the o$ensiveness of which more excited than most people should be. I love may supersede the legitimacy of the “he’s just an Trevor Noah. Perhaps, it would be helpful for me unknowing foreigner” argument. Someone who to provide a little bit of background information truly isn’t prejudiced likely won’t go around saying about myself before I continue. I prejudiced things simply because it was born in Baltimore, MD in 1994 is socially acceptable. However, the and my family and I moved to Ha- majority of people in the US — rare, Zimbabwe in 1996. I lived in surely even many of those who are Harare from 1996 until 2013, when ...this, calling for him to be "red — don’t I graduated high school and came simply not say o$ensive things to Davidson. I started following like all because they aren’t bigoted. !ey Trevor Noah in 2010 shortly a#er “ have also been cultured to suppress his stand up debut “!e Daywalk- situations, the overt expression of any and all er.” He instantly became my favor- bigoted feelings they may have, ite comedian. Simply put, Trevor needs to something Trevor Noah was not Noah was a world-class comedian cultured to do to the same degree. talking about African issues — is- be viewed !is is the same reason why the sues and events that pertained to majority of people won’t go around my life, that I knew about, cared in the larg- making blatantly sexist or racist re- about, and could relate to — with marks, yet there still exists a giant an informed and insightful per- er context wage gap between equally quali"ed spective. men and woman and whites and Moving on, soon a#er it was in which it nonwhites. !e bigotry has simply announced that he would be re- manifested itself in a di$erent way. placing John Stewart, a number of exists. !is may not even be the most poi- crude and o$ensive tweets he had gnant example, but I feel it makes sent out from his Twitter account my point just "ne. — some dating back to 2009 — were brought to Essentially what I’m saying is that, when we light and erupted an enormous controversy. As I get down to it, people aren’t really angry about read articles discussing the issue, I felt that the au- Trevor Noah being “bigoted,” for I doubt he is thors — both those defending and those attacking really any more bigoted than most of us. What is Tife Odumosu ’17 is a Mathematics and Art major from Lagos, Nigeria. Contact him at boodu- Trevor Noah — were overlooking a very impor- really driving their outrage seems to be the overt [email protected] tant aspect of the issue: Trevor Noah’s background. way he has expressed his bigotry. I’m not saying It is for this reason that I feel the need to take a that he should simply be forgiven for the con- moment right now to speak out in his defense. I tent of these tweets, but rather asking if our use am not saying that the content of his tweets was of friendlier language makes us much less preju- appropriate nor do I claim that people who "nd diced than him. And if we are, then why does the What have we been teach- these or any other prejudiced jokes o$ensive are structure of our society seem to disagree with us? simply thin skinned. Rather, I feel that this, like all situations, needs to be viewed in the larger context ing our boys? in which it exists. Trevor Noah is from South Af- Peter Donahue ’17 is an Economics major rica. At the time when many of these tweets were and Mathematics minor from Harare, Zimba- posted he was still living in South Africa trying bwe. Contact him at [email protected] MADELINE NEWTON DRISCOLL sy,” but are we actually providing an alternative narrative? !e covers of magazines, the pow- erful male role models, movie characters (the was in the middle of ones that aren’t overweight and are therefore Union the other day pull- *hilarious*)... and well, the list goes on. !e the davidsonian staff ing people aside and ask- stories of success and the road to achievement ingI them to answer the ques- that we’re selling men in our society are show- editors-in-chief :LOO0F'XIÀH tion, “What does it mean to ing them the bene"ts of acting one way, while be a man?” !e most com- we are telling them to “be respectful” and to Michelle Wan mon response was a variation on the follow- “take responsibility for themselves” in countless ing: “Taking responsibility for your actions and lectures and with much disdainful “tsk-tsking.” news editors Matt Landini being respectful.” I think we can all agree that We blame our men when they do not uphold this isn’t the most thought-out the ideals they can easily spout Kate McNaughton answer, that it is one on the tip of back on a whiteboard, but we’re most people’s tongues, but why? not addressing what’s teaching And what does that mean? I wanted to them to act “poorly” in the "rst LD editor Sophia Guevara Bribing people with cupcakes place. and candy is not the best research see what Finally, isn’t being respect- perspectives editors Mary Click method, I know, but I wasn’t do- ful and taking responsibility just ing in-depth research. I wanted “ a part of being a person at all? Will Weisgerber to see what people on this cam- people on We’re not just holding men to pus really thought being a man this standard, surely, so are we meant — and I got trope. It’s not this cam- just assuming that women are yowl editors Paul Henderson simply for lack of thought, how- automatically respectful, and al- Charles Pennell ever — this is the message that pus really ready taking responsibility for we are told to think. In response themselves? !ere are plenty of to myriad social movements, thought feminist writers who would ar- sports editors Ethan Faust the “real man” trope has moved gue that, and for the most part Emma Johnson towards this cliche: responsibil- being a I agree. I highly doubt that had ity and respect. While I’m glad we asked, “What does it mean that it has at least started shi#ing man meant to be a woman?” that we would graphic design editor Sophia Smith away from the hyper-masculine have gotten such a strong major- de"nition of the athletic, bully- — and I got ity of answers having to do with ing, power-hungry sort, I don’t taking responsibility and being photography editor Scott Cunningham think that ideal has completely trope. respectful. !ose are assumed disappeared. I worry that we are traits, ones beaten into women — media editor Ned Ukrop hiding men behind this catchphrase of respect sometimes literally — from very early on. Let’s and responsibility while still sending messages take a lesson from that inculcation and try to about being that other sort of man. do better by our men, especially when they’re web manager Emily Kent Men are still sold that hyper-masculine sto- still boys. ry. !ey’re not supposed to cry, they’re not sup- posed to be good communicators or co-work- editors emeriti Addie Balenger ers. Any aggression can be explained as natural, Madeline Newton Driscoll ’17 is a Cultur- Jonathan Marchuk as can a lack of empathy. So I’m glad that we’re al Studies in Education major from St. Paul, o$ering a new catchphrase than “don’t be a sis- Minnesota. Contact her at madriscoll@david- P!"#$!%&'(!# !"#$  D"&'()*+'"+.,*- Divest Davidson’s proposal to the Board of Trustees

DIVEST DAVIDSON and envisioning a just and sustainable future. the college to divest, and importantly, 2020 is reinvest $1 million into The Reinvest Fund, a Our movement seeks to stand in solidar- the estimated year at which our global CO2 Community Development Financial Institu- ity with such communities at the frontlines emissions should peak if we want the Earth’s tion (CDFI) operated by The Working World. Introduction of the climate crisis. We therefore not only temperature to remain within the safe two de- This CDFI distributes funds to communi- challenge Davidson Col- grees Celsius. ty groups building solutions for a just transi- hen students launched the Divest lege and its endowment Immediately freeze tion from fossil fuels and extractive economy, Davidson campaign in February to reject the ways of the any new relationships with co-governance from the groups involved. 2013, the thought of any college fossil fuel industry, but to with managers investing The fund will provide a positive return within Wor university endowment divesting from an reinvest in the knowledge We understand in fossil fuel companies. 10 years and the investment would constitute industry as seemingly permanent as fossil and vision of frontline Before fully divesting, approximately 0.15% of our total endowment. fuels seemed inconceivable. That’s no longer leaders seeking commu- that Divestment it makes sense to stop By supporting the community groups leading the case. nity-based solutions for a “ new investments in fossil a just transition toward a more just economy, In the last two years, the student-led fossil viable future. is not an over- fuels. We understand that we will in turn lead the way among academic fuel divestment movement has achieved ma- We contend that po- many investment port- institutions making commitments to fight the jor wins across the country — from Dayton litical neutrality cannot night process folios include fossil fuel climate crisis. in Ohio, to Stanford in California, to Brevard exist around the climate companies, so it would be here in North Carolina. [1] Even the Rock- crisis, and that we cannot and we recog- difficult to cease all new Conclusion efeller Brothers Fund, founded on the fortune take a stand for climate investments at once. In- of Standard Oil, has fully divested from fossil justice while making a lit- nize that it will stead, a first step would We thank the Board for their time, and fuel extraction. Our movement has changed eral financial bet against be to refuse new portfoli- sincerely hope this proposal is taken serious- the conversation about our dependence on our own future. David- require careful os or investment manag- ly. Davidson’s decision on divestment will un- fossil fuels, leading people to ask, “do we need son’s own Dr. Trent Foley ers that plan on investing derline its level of commitment to its stated to rely on an industry which profits from the puts it wisely, quoting planning in or- in this industry. values. Let’s take our place in the future. destruction and exploitation of land and peo- the Gospel of Matthew: Over the course of ple?” “‘For where your treasure der to assure a one year (by May 2016), [1] For those interested in financial re- A testament to our growing power is the is, there will your heart smooth transi- work with current man- turns: Several organizations have researched fossil fuel industry’s reaction. Coal and oil be also’; Let’s get earth- agers and/or explore recent returns of fossil-free versus ordinary lobbies, including Royal Dutch Shell, Exxon- killing assets out of our tion. alternative investment indexes and found differences to be fairly Mobil, and the Independent Petroleum Insti- treasury.” If Davidson managers who offer fos- insignificant. Examples including FTSE tute of America, fund propaganda aimed at College is committed to sil-free investment port- with the help of BlackRock (http://www. delegitimizing the divestment movement, as its founding Presbyterian values, we must di- folios. ftse.com/products/downloads/FTSE_Strand- their own legitimacy takes a hefty blow. vest from fossil fuels and support community Before divesting our commingled funds ed_Assets.pdf) and MCSI (http://www.msci. At Davidson College we fashion ourselves groups building a just economic transition. In from the fossil fuel industry, Davidson’s In- com/resources/factsheets/MSCI_ESG_Re- as “game changers,” and divestment is an op- doing so, we can truly be game changers. vestment Committee should explore Socially search_FAQ_on_Fossil-Free_Investing.pdf). portunity for our trustees to show whether Responsible Investment (SRI) portfolios that The Carbon Tracker Initiative has released we take that title seriously. Student support Our Proposal could replace existing ones. a report predicting that future trends in fos- is demonstrably strong; in 2013, over one- Progressively divest the $15 million Da- sil fuel indexes may be highly undesirable, third of students signed a petition in favor of We understand that Divestment is not an vidson has invested in the Carbon Under- against government initiatives to curb emis- divesting, and a majority of voting students overnight process and we recognize that it ground 200. sions (http://www.carbontracker.org/report/ chose divestment in a referendum that same will require careful planning in order to as- The Carbon Underground 200 is a list carbon-bubble/). Additionally, our campaign year. Yet our trustees have so far failed to act, sure a smooth transition. Therefore, we pro- of the fossil fuel corporations that hold the has recently been in contact with the Office hoping that in-house energy use reductions pose to the Board of Trustees and the Invest- greatest reserves of oil, coal and natural gas. of the Treasurer at the University of Dayton, can stand in for a bold and meaningful com- ment Committee the following plan of action: They are the ones that pose the greatest threat who began divestment in 2014. They are re- mitment toward a more just and stable cli- Commit to fully divest by Spring 2020. to climate change and should be the main porting no financial losses. mate and economy, beyond the confines of By publicly stating this goal, Davidson target. This stage of the process should take our campus. would join the Divestment movement and approximately four years, so that Davidson Those living in and near fossil fuel extrac- take a political stance on the climate justice would be fully divested by Spring 2020. Please contact Divest Davidson at core@ tion sites are natural leaders in both rejecting issue. Five years will provide ample time for Of the Divested capital, Davidson should divestdavidson.org the fossil fuel industry’s exploitative practices Why MLB Opening Day is so important

WADE LEACH steamrollers. It’s been erased like a black- baseball was something that connected him always continue forward. board, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball and his fellow marines during difficult times. Which brings me back to my original has marked the time. This field, this game, Coming from all over point. As times change ith blue skies over- it’s a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of the country, they did not and we grow older, Open- head, a warm sun all that once was good, and could be again.” have much in common. ing Day is something that glaring down from Jones’ character could not have phrased this However, they did share we can always circle on Wabove, and countless red, any better. baseball. Whether it was As times change our calendar. Not only white, and blue banners flap- To me, Opening Day means so much more debating the best player is it a time where we can ping in the light April breeze, Major League than just baseball. As I sit here and write this in the barracks or play- and we grow celebrate a new Spring, Baseball’s Opening Day piece, I think back to all ing a game during some “ but we can also reminisce finally arrived last Mon- the great times I spent down time, this game was older, Opening from years past, remem- day. For any baseball fan with my grandpa who an integral part of their bering all of our fond (yes, even you Cubs fans is celebrating his 90th lives and service in World Day is some- memories with friends out there), this day rep- As I sit here Opening Day this year. War II. and loved ones, and look- resents something more Among all of our shared One of my favorite thing that we ing forward to many than simply game day. It and write this experiences over the stories that I have heard more to come. So, next represents the beginning “ years, some of my fondest from my grandpa in- can always cir- time you see an Opening of spring. We’ve made it piece, I think include the baseball we volves a time from his Day (or Opening Week, through all the snow, ice, have watched together. stationing in Nagasaki cle on our cal- for that matter) game and frigid temperatures back to all the I’ll never forget all the after the conclusion of come on, instead of flip- once again, and are re- times that I spent at his the war. According to endar. ping the channel, think warded with a beautiful great times I house watching and talk- his story, he stepped off back some of your fond atmosphere with which ing about baseball with of his ship and was greeted by a large Japa- memories of years past and friends that have to enjoy a new beginning. spent with my him. I can only hope that nese man. One of the first things that this come and gone. Then maybe you’ll make In what is now one of grandpa who is he shares these same fond man asked my grandpa was, “Is Babe Ruth some new ones. I know I will. the most famous movie memories as well. still alive?” I don’t know why, but this story monologues of all time, celebrating his I know, from his per- makes me chuckle almost every time I hear James Earl Jones looks at spective, that Opening it. After years of brutal war and utter dev- Wade Leach ’16 is a History and Political Kevin Costner in “Field 90th Opening Day — and baseball in astation, I would have expected something Science major from Charlotte, North Caro- of Dreams” and remi- general — means much a little more serious. Instead, this man was lina. Contact him at [email protected] nisces about what base- Day this year. more than merely be- interested in baseball overseas. This trans- ball really means. “The ing the start of another national connection over a seemingly trivial one constant through all sports season. From his game underscores the fact that baseball is so the years, Ray, has been stories of his time as a Marine in the Pacific much more than just a sport. It is a piece of baseball. America has rolled by like an army Theater of World War II, it seems evident that our history that will never go away, but will P!"#$!%&'(!# !"#$  A!&'( ,  Why the debate about concussions and football is failing America

DANNY GUENTHER But is it intrinsic to the sport that every elementary to college. Most of the people par- from less athletically gifted family members. fall the news lights up with stories about some ticipating in the debate over football’s staying Many NFL players simply have nothing else to football player at some level who, after being power — like myself — can afford to do so be- do except to strap on their helmet and shoul- know it’s April, but diagnosed with multiple cause our education has der pads and persevere through pain. this is an issue that concussions, ACL tears, given us perspective on When we talk about concussions or any needs to be talked or back sprains, will never the world. It has given us major debilitating injury, we need to talk about Iabout. It needs to be be able to play football skills that will ensure we a lot more than the place of the sport in our so- talked about because it is again or otherwise partic- When we talk will most likely never flirt ciety. We need to recognize that the forces that still relevant in April to ipate in our society? I say with the poverty line. It keep athletes coming back to sports is a society the millions of Americans who invest time no, and this is where the about concus- has taught us that we have which sees itself as post-racial but continues and energy playing and coaching football at debate about the status of “ an escape. to treat minorities as second class citizens in the youth, high school, collegiate, and profes- football in our society re- sions or any ma- For the majority of areas outside the entertainment industry and sional levels around this country. It needs to be ally falls short. Many foot- the NFL’s players, this is manual labor force. We need to recognize that talked about because there are countless for- ball injuries are the result jor debilitating not the case. The gap be- the American dream has been twisted from a mer football players around the country who of players taking unneces- tween the money they search for the respectability and hope offered will never again have fully functioning brains. sary risks — whether re- injury, we need make playing football and by honest work and into a debilitating strain of And it needs to be talked about now because turning to play too early the amount of money they avarice that keeps those in poverty in poverty. we aren’t talking about it in a constructive way. or participating at a level to talk about a would make if they lost We need to acknowledge that we as a society Football is uniquely American. In Ameri- where their athletic talent football is tremendous. have an education system that fails to provide ca, football is uniquely popular. There are oth- is not sufficient for effec- lot more than Malcolm Butler, hero of underprivileged kids with the support they er popular sports, but the revenue generated tively competing. This is the Super Bowl, was work- need to further their learning while stifling by the NFL and the TV ratings its broadcasts usually where the debate the place of the ing at a Popeyes before creativity and turning knowledge into a dead enjoy — the Super Bowl regularly breaks its about football stops — we the Patriots came calling. weight. Finally, we need to accept that, in our own record for drawing the highest number of ask ourselves why these sport in our so- Ray Lewis and Marshawn zeal for improving our own stations (economic viewers — are just two measures of football’s players are not better pro- Lynch, two of the most and social), we are failing to love our fellow unbelievable popularity in this country. Lately, tected by the institutions ciety. successful players of the people by providing them with the opportu- however, more and more frequently, stories are around them, and we con- 2000s, both come from nities and support they deserve as human be- being reported of football players who suffer clude the game itself is be- backgrounds where elec- ings. major injuries, concussions being the most yond saving. tricity, food, and clean clothing made irregu- prominently discussed. This has led many But we could do much better for the men lar appearances in their lives. Numerous other people to question football’s place in our so- we watch on Sundays, because this is an issue NFLers, while not directly discussing their Danny Guenther ’15 is a History major ciety, and even to consider banning the sport not just about sports, but about race, inequal- backgrounds, have inadvertently made fools of from Arlington, Virginia. Contact him at da- all together. ity, and a series of broken institutions that themselves by misusing words in interviews, [email protected] include not just NFL teams but schools from or have related the requests they got for money Public Health is dying: Cereal is good Prevention is the best cure

CATHERINE WU istration, the Public Health program is dying. (AZEEM RATHORE, HALEY RHODES & Davidson College has refused to invest in more JOSCAR MATOS CONTRIBUTED) tenure track faculty for the program and the loss of Dr. Foley’s expertise and dedication has been a huge blow. Despite its flexible nature, Public Health is its own unique discipline that joined the Center for Interdisciplinary has distinct theories and requires professors Studies (CIS) last year as a Public Health with the experience and credentials to lead the major because I had a mental collapse department. We cannot pawn off the respon- aboutI what my major was going to be. I sort sibility to Psychology and Ethics professors of liked Poli Sci, maybe Anthro, a little Econ? whose fields are tangentially related to Public — but what I truly wanted was a major where Health. My professor actually suggested I try I could work across departmental divides to taking a Public Health course on Coursera look at healthcare from different perspectives. next year because of the complete dearth of I adore my thesis, classes and the opportunity support on campus next year. I know students to explore my passions. I know many other stu- that scrambled to find advisors with marginal dents feel the same way about Public Health Public Health experience. Students cannot re- and Medical Humanities. Cereal waiting to be enjoyed in the Davis Cafe. Photo by Ben Wiley. ceive support for their independent theses and We have seen a huge rise in the number of research from an ever-rotating door of adjunct students interested in Public Health. There are professors. BEN WILEY cine shows that a diet heavy in whole grain dynamic changes in health care — the legisla- The college needs to hire two full-time pro- cereals can lead to a lowered risk of premature tion, patient expectations, soaring costs, major fessors that specialize in Public Health. If we death. Sounds good to me! disparities and global epidemics. Davidson continue to fill these positions with temporary like cereal. No, I don’t prides itself on creating liberal arts education Yet when it comes to my own cereal-eating faculty, students will not have the skills or un- mean the acclaimed with an emphasis on interdisciplinary learn- habits, I don’t discriminate. I certainly enjoy derstanding to become movers and shakers in This American Life off- ing. Our students strive to be #gamechangers an occasional bowl of Shredded Wheat. But the Public Health world — losing the prestige shootI hosted by Sarah Koe- and tackle the world’s greatest societal issues. I’d just as soon sit down with a box of Cap’n and quality of a Davidson education. As we A healthy, growing Public Health department nig, Serial. Crunch. No matter its stripes, one bite of All always say in Public Health, prevention is the is crucial to Davidson’s mission as well. I mean cereal, the thing you eat for break- American Cereal brings a crunchy, fibrous best cure — so let’s invest in the program early Let’s break it down: fast. And lunch. And dinner. I don’t just like sensation to my mouth that a whitebread on before it dies off completely. cereal. I prefer it. sandwich simply fails to deliver. I don’t just *More than some normal departments! • 3 Public Health seniors Consider visiting Davis Café. If you have like cereal. I adulate it. • 6 Public Health juniors* time and resources to spare, you may choose So when you’re working on your thesis at • 6 Public Health sophomores to order from an array of venerable options. Catherine Wu ’16 is a Public Health 11:30 tonight and need a bite to eat, recall my • Many first years with an interest in ex- major from Portland, Oregon. Contact her at Perhaps you want the Smokehouse Burger — advice. You could throw in a yellow ticket for ploring a Public Health major [email protected] or maybe, you’d rather the Pesto Chicken Flat- a Spicy Black Bean Quesadilla, and that would • Over 15 Medical Humanities Concen- bread. You might even be feeling adventurous, be fine. But wouldn’t you feel better after a trators Azeem Rathore ’16 is a Biology major and go for the Tacos Tijuana. wholesome serving of Raisin Bran? • Countless students packed into Public from Jacksonville, Florida. Contact him at But if your declining balance is low, or if I don’t just like cereal. I have it bad for ce- Health-related classes in Economics, [email protected] you’re about to be late for your 9:40 lecture, real. Sociology, Medical Humanities etc. you know what to grab — a carton of 2% milk, • Huge number of PreMed, PreHealth Haley Rhodes ’16 is a Public Health ma- a plastic spoon, and a portable container of students interested in learning about jor from Boston, Massachusetts. Contact her their future profession good, old fashioned cereal. Cereal is cheap, Ben Wiley ’15 is a Sociology major from at [email protected] and it tastes good. I don’t just like cereal. I Louisville, Kentucky. Contact him at bewi- Number of professors specializing in Pub- love it. [email protected] Joscar Matos ’16 is a Public Health major lic Health next year : 0 Many cereals, as we know, are nutritious. from Charlotte, North Carolina. Contact him Due to the mismanagement of the admin- A recent study from the journal BMC Medi- at [email protected] THE STRUGGLE ISSUE This bar HAS A DIAMOND IN IT U"#$" B3%%#,$* A-9$*, &* G$$) &* C+#0$,-!’* P&(! L#!* S!"#$% M&'#"( G$$) P%$(%!** O" T+!*#* T#,-! P&(! P&(! . P%$*0#! S

P&(!: N$>$)4 C+!2' T+! B&,+%$$9 This Issue Brought to You By: A Stunning Lack of Empathy THE DAVIDSONIAN D&/#)*$"#&" A0$-$- New Admissons Brochure Boasts About the (#1!* F$% O"!-S#)!) Exciting Sights and Sounds of Mooresville 7is Week’s Emotional High Points P$-#-S2# A%,#2-! Seeking to draw applicants from a more cosmopolitan crowd, the Admissions Eudora Doerty, ’17 – For 6rst time this year used the phrase, “I D$!*"’, T+&, M!&" P!$0-! O:ce has begun widely publicizing Davidson’s proximity to the exciting me- think I made an enormous mistake last night,” to refer to only a A2,3&--4 R!&) I,5 tropolis of Mooresville, NC. minor MLA citation error on an upcoming assignment. “With only a twenty minute drive separating the college from all the sights, sounds and Applebeeses of thrilling Mooresville, students can easily immerse Gregory “Big Greg” Curlédic, ’18 – Now that his new nickname’s S!"#$% S$)4 W&",* ,$ >! A**$2#- experiences Mooresville o;ers. One such testimonial, given by a shirtless, sun- the Davidson basketball team: Still tight with Jordan Barham. &,!) W#,+ T+$*! P%#2'* burned man under the name of “Burger,” insists that he would give Mooresville “a 7 out of 10” because they sell cigarettes across the street from the Hooters. Riley Michelle, ‘16 - Continues to reject human emotions; has yet The Yowl’s Check-list Although the Admissions O:ce has long sought to appeal to prospective to reach an emotional high point. To Editing students with lurid descriptions of Charlotte’s halcyon streets, a recent survey revealed that a 2 AM trip to the M’Ville Cookout was all the urban exposure most Carol Quillen, President - Almost added a new line to her gradu- students wanted. As Jimmy Ja;ney, ’16, commented, “Charlotte? I just want to ation speech but then thought, ‘why 6x what isn’t broken?’ Did you hit spell-check once? watch an inebriated local yack their guts out in a McDonalds ball pit. 7at’ll burst my bubble for sure.” Owner of the Exit 36 Applebees - Finally noticed his sign has Did you let someone know you Although not quite the caliber of a Paris or a Dubai, Mooreseville, Admis- been out for the past three years. Decided to leave it alone. didn’t feel like putting the pic- sions assures the Yowl, has the cultural and artistic chops to entice students look- tures in CMYK so they should ing for a school with easy access to the great jewels of the new globalized world. "e Overly Friendly Guy At Cookout - Still has yet to get my do it? “So make the quick drive from pastures into skyscrapers and watch a man swear order right but he’s too friendly for me too correct him. I count- loudly at his cock-wheeled shopping cart in the deserted parking lot of the Belk ing this as a highlight since correcting him would probably be his Did you use between 3-27 pro- department store -- Davidson, only six exits from all the big city kicks of North emotional low point. fanities? Carolina’s version of NYC.”*

Will It O;end Anyone? Davidson Freshman Claims to Have Travelled 7rough Time A8er A Night of Drinking Last Saturday, Davidson student Chris Stevens the most responsible of human beings,” he said. proudly announced that he was the 6rst ever time Time travel is not without its drawbacks, however, traveler. as Stevens reported that “bustin’ through the time- “It was amazing,” said Stevens, “One second space continuum” can lead to a headache, sensitivity I was doing an assisted gin bucket chug, and the to light, and confusion. Stevens also reported “a weird Your Davidson Honor Section next thing I knew it was Saturday morning.” liquid all over my clothes that I can only assume is Co-Editors: If this power wasn’t great enough, the grin- some kind of time lubricant or ectoplasm” a8er his Chuck Pennell ning time pioneer claimed that his talents also in- 6rst jump. “It oddly smells just like the chicken tenders clude teleportation. 7is is evident due to the fact at Commons,” he reported. Dusty Paul he moved from “a really sweet Wheel of Fortune In the upcoming weeks, Stevens says he will try to drinking game” to his authentic late Roman pe- hone his time travelling skills. “Right now my goal is riod chaise lounge during the jump, in the blink to be able to jump forward to frolics. While I was only Writers: of an eye. “7e only possible explanation for this is able to jump ahead a few hours the 6rst time, I think that I’m not bound by basic laws of space and time with much more practice and gratuitous amounts of Jonathan “I used to have like everyone else,” stated Stevens. alcohol I can achieve my goal,” he said. power and now I’m re- duced to this” Marchuk For now, Stevens’ powers are not limitless. If this doesn’t work, however, Stevens has indicated “When I 6rst came to, I immediately assumed that that he could always just repeatedly jump forward a I had shot back into the past and was gonna get few hours every night. “When I get to frolics there will *Does anyone know if we’ve run that brochure article before? We couldn’t remember so we ran it again... to rip cigs with that Belk guy,” he said, “but I actually “It was amazing. One second I was be enough alcohol for me to make the jump back and only managed to travel forward a few hours. What- make up my missed schoolwork,” he said. Note: The Yowl is a satirical supplement to The David- ever -- baby steps, ya know?” Stevens claims that his doing an assisted gin bucket chug, and At press time, Stevens was trying to 6gure out where sonian. Hence, nothing in it apparent superpowers seem to be strengthened by then the next thing I knew it was he could get beer on a Wednesday night since he was should be taken as truth. Word. copious amounts of Busch Light and ample dubstep. already banned from every frat for throwing up in their “I think it’s probably an innate gi8 granted to only Saturday Morning,” said Stevens. houses. sports P!"# $% A&'() $*, +%$* For Cooke, lacrosse has represented life’s joys

JASON FELDMAN to live up to that every single game.” However, things to try and improve. One measure she has With a 1-3 record in conference play, it certainly Sports Writer Cooke overcame all of this to put up 42 assists taken this season is starting to wear gloves on won’t be easy, but based on her past production, and 51 points, enough to earn her a spot on the the #eld, something she never would have seen no one should doubt Cooke’s ability to put the All-Conference second team. herself doing. Growing up, she used to joke with team on her back and make it happen. mily Cooke ‘15 was born to play lacrosse. "is season, Cooke has continued to pro- her teammates about those who did such a thing. Cooke was not surprised at the tough tests Ever since the senior captain was little, duce just like she has her whole career. She has “We thought it was funny when people were the new conference provides each and every you could #nd her with a lacrosse stick in scored 5 goals to go along with her team-lead- wearing gloves and it was hot outside,” she said. night. “I knew it was going to be challenging,” Eher hand. Growing up in the lacrosse hub of Bal- ing 16 assists, more than twice the total of any of However, she decided to try it this season a!er Cooke explained. “If you don’t come in ready to timore with a father who had played in college, her teammates. Even with these strong numbers, realizing during the winter that it gave a bit of a play, it really shows.” However, she made it clear it was inevitable that Cooke was going to grow Cooke is still a bit frustrated she is not doing competitive advantage. that she still believes the team is strong enough up with the sport. As she put it, growing up in even more. “"is is my fourth year - teams kind Even with all she has produced in her career, to be one of the top 4 teams in the conference, Baltimore, “you come out of the womb with a of know me, they know our team, they know Cooke is quick to defer credit for all of her mile- the threshold necessary for earning a spot in the stick in your hand.” She started playing the game how we operate,” she said. “It’s de#nitely been stones to her teammates. “I think that I do the tournament. competitively at age seven, and has continued hard to adjust to.” easier part,” Cooke said. “For me to get a point, Having had a lacrosse stick in her hand as playing ever since. As a captain, all of her teammates look up to [my teammates] have to be the ones catching the long as she can remember, Cooke knows it will be As certain as her future in lacrosse was, her Cooke as a model and rely on her to lead the team ball and putting it in the net.” Of course, as the weird for her when the #nal game comes around. ultimate decision to end up at Davidson was not on the #eld, in addition to her actual production. sel&ess player she is, Cooke failed to mention the “I know the minute that it’s over I’m going to be one that she saw coming. Coming here was not As attacker Lucy Sexton ’16 explained, “She’s the 61 goals she scored herself in just her #rst two thrown o$ and I’m not going to know what to do on her radar growing up, but she became aware gel that makes everything work.” When asked to seasons as a Wildcat. with myself,” she said. “It’s de#nitely still going to of the possibility a!er being recruited thanks to try and sum up Cooke as a player, Sexton simply Looking forward to the rest of the season, be a huge part of my life, but I think it will be strong play with her club team. Immediately stated, “I think her stats say it all.” Cooke hopes to lead the team to a berth in the di$erent in a lot of ways that will be good.” With a!er making a visit, Cooke knew that Davidson Despite all that she has done so far as the A10 conference tournament. “Our goal going all that Cooke has done to etch her name into the was the place for her. “A!er I visited the campus school’s career assists leader and second in into season is to make the conference tourna- record books, it is clear her presence will not be I fell in love with it and knew that was where I points, Cooke is never afraid to change up small ment, and that’s still one of our goals,” she stated. soon forgotten in the Wildcat lacrosse program. wanted to go,” Cooke explained. Ever since she stepped foot on this campus, she has made it crystal clear that she belongs. During her freshman year, Cooke was a top performer, putting up 37 points while starting every game except one. Her 29-goal tally was good for third on the team, those goals coming in 15 of the 18 contests in which she appeared. However, those contributions seem meaningless compared to the season she had as a sophomore. Cooke credits the addition of assistant coach Taylor Frink as the key factor in her big step up from her freshman to sophomore seasons. “[Coach Frink] was instrumental in changing the way that I played,” Cooke said, looking back on the season in which she not only set the Da- vidson single-season record for both points (87) and assists (55) that year, but was also named conference o$ensive player of the year. A new rule that helped out those covering her ahead of her junior season meant the pace she set was always going to be hard to maintain. Cooke acknowledged this, saying, “It de#nitely was di%cult, because I think there is this stan- Emily Cooke ’15 and her storied career at Davidson is coming to an end as she tears Cooke sits atop the Davidson career charts dard that you set for yourself and it’s really hard through the record books. Photos by Tim Cowie in assists and is second in points. The magic that turned Duke haters into Duke lovers A perspective on how this year’s March Madness opened eyes to a different side of Duke PHILLIP BADER national championship-winning juggernaut. if Duke really “had what it takes” to win it all. igan State in the semi#nal. Okafor looked ev- Sports Writer While Duke is seemingly always a presea- Okafor’s defense was suspect, Jones could dis- ery bit as good as promised, Jones became only son favorite, this season held particularly high appear at times, and for all his gi!s athletically, the #!h freshman to ever win the tournament’s bout two weeks ago, I had perhaps the expectations for them, with their signing of nobody was really sure what Winslow could ac- Most Outstanding Player award, and Winslow biggest identity crisis of my life. I was Okafor, the top prospect in America, and the tually do. "ey had just lost in the ACC semi#- became a 6’6” version of Russell Westbrook Lite. sitting in my hall lounge, watching the early consensus number one pick in the NBA nals to Notre Dame (the only team to beat them A!er each game, it seemed more and more peo- ADuke-Michigan State Final Four game, when dra!. Other than the weapon of mass destruc- more than once) by 10, in a game where they ple were grudgingly admitting their amazement a!er one particularly highlight-reel-worthy se- tion that was Kentucky, Duke was perhaps the never seemed quite in it. "ey were too young, and even (*gasp*) respect for the team and what quence, I found myself standing up and shout- most talked about program before they even people said, too inexperienced. "ey had nev- Krzyzewski had done with them. Keep in mind, ing about how amazing the sport of basketball played their #rst game. For most of the season, er been through anything on scale with March this is a school so widely hated that ESPN made was and how grateful I was to James Naismith they lived up to that, more or less. "eir so- Madness. "eir defense wasn’t good enough to an entire “30 for 30” about the hostility and ag- for creating it and to God for inspiring it. As I called “low point” was really just back-to-back go up against teams like Kentucky or Wisconsin. gression directed towards one of their star play- regained my senses however, the terrible truth losses in January, which would end up being two We all know what happened next. "e Blue ers 23 years a!er he le! Duke. hit me. I had been cheering for Duke. How out of only four losses the entire season. Devils tore through their opposition, winning Hating Duke is not something reserved for could this be? Everything I thought I knew Yet, come tournament time and all the Mad- every game except two by 14 points or more, fans of Carolina or other ACC schools; it’s per- about myself, everything I held dear was ripped ness that accompanies it, there were questions including a twenty point dismantling of Mich- haps the most widely shared opinion in Amer- away, lost in a storm of graceful post moves, vi- ica, in the same vein as hating Communism. olent dunks, and emphatic blocks. I’m supposed In a sport with John Calipari, Rick Pitino and to hate Duke…right? Bob Knight, Duke is still the best villain around. Yet in many ways that was the story of Yet…did you see them play? Did you see Okafor Duke’s season. Turning staunch nonbelievers murdering rims, Jones dropping defenders le! like me into converts to the Church of the Blue and right, Winslow acting personally o$ended Devils, with the Holy Trinity of Jahlil Okafor, whenever somebody deigned to guard him? Tyus Jones, and Justise Winslow, overseen by Brian Phillips, a writer for the website Grant- the Almighty Father that is Coach Mike Krzyze- land, put it best: “Duke is the Millennium Fal- wski. Whether you liked them or not, this team con of Final Four teams. It doesn’t have enough was fun, in a way that no Duke team had been parts, and it’s prone to breaking down in aster- before them. Even last year with Jabari Park- oid #elds (getting blown out at home by Miami). er felt familiar, like we were watching the same But when the hyperdrive comes online and the style and plays, just with slightly better quality. stars stretch out … man, it’s something to see.” "is year, on the other hand, was #lled with Yeah, it sure was. Okafor making every big man in America look I’ll probably go back to hating Duke again like a toddler in the low post, Jones becoming come next season and honestly I think that’s a Michael Jordan reincarnated in crunch time, good thing. It just shows how amazing this team and Winslow playing basketball like a line- was and how ridiculous they made the sport of backer with wings. "at this entertainment college basketball look for three amazing weeks factor managed to translate into wins speaks to in March. "ey came, they saw, they conquered, Krzyzewski’s ability to manage and balance this Duke’s core of young players turned heads this season. 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TAIT JENSEN subtracting his potential contribution. Senior Sports Writer A second set of problems arises in uniform enforcement. If the NCAA requires men’s bas- ketball players to sit out their freshman year, uring March and April, March Madness why should that requirement not extend to ev- is college sports, and college sports are ery other sport? In the interests of Title IX and March Madness. !e NCAA men’s bas- fairness, all sports may have to make their fresh- ketballD tournament, as usual, has dominated all men ineligible. !e move would be made with sports headlines for the last month. basketball in mind, but the repercussions would However, while we were swept up in one of impact college athletes everywhere. Teams from the most exciting NCAA tournaments in years, tennis to "eld hockey might not get the contri- big news passed under the radar on the adminis- butions they need from incoming classes, and trative side of the infamous college sports associ- scholarship and recruiting systems would go ation. It would have made headlines at any other haywire. time: NCAA Commissioners Exploring Fresh- Where the conversation sparked by this man Ineligibility. proposal really gets interesting comes away You read that correctly. Commissioners of from the "eld of play. Many of those conference the NCAA’s "ve power conferences have been commissioners in favor of freshman ineligibility passing around the idea of making freshman claim they take that position because they have athletes ineligible for competition. Every year, the best interests of the young men at heart. the NCAA sends around a list of possible reform !ey seem to believe that making freshmen take ideas to its major players, and this year, at #7 on a year o$ from competition will help acclimate the list, it read: them socially and academically to life in college. “7. Address the “one and done” phenomenon Indeed, in light of recent events like the in men’s basketball. If the National Basketball As- scandal at the University of North Carolina, the sociation and its Players Association are unable question of reforms that will remedy lackluster to agree on raising the age limit for players, con- commitment to academics by athletes in major sider restoring the freshman ineligibility rule in NCAA programs is as important as ever. Many men’s basketball.” o%cials, parents, and even fans worry that play- !at freshman ineligibility rule is actually ers are showing up to school with practically no nothing new to NCAA athletics. From the orga- interest in anything academic. nization’s inception in 1906 all the way up until I agree with their concern. It’s time for the 1972, the status quo was that freshmen were in- NCAA to be honest with itself. !is is a crisis eligible. O#en, sports would "eld both a varsity moment in college athletics from which a re- and JV team like high schools do today. sponse is critical. All major conference sports A#er the rule changed in 1972, the modern programs need to ask themselves the question era was born. Today, we are used to seeing fresh- Todd has won four of A-10 Freshman of the Week awards. Photo by Tommy Rhodes. that has been swept under the rug for so long: men contributing to their teams from the mo- are our student-athletes here to be students or ment they step on campus. athletes? Where the rule has become complicated re- !ere is no right or wrong answer to that cently, however, is mostly in basketball. It was $YD7RGG·UHÁHFWVRQ question. It just needs to be an honest one. For for that reason that PAC-12 commissioner Larry too long, NCAA programs have operated under Scott pushed the idea through NCAA channels. the guise of preparing their athletes for life both Recall that the NBA requires players to wait a in and out of the classroom, while everyone year a#er high school in order to be eligible for VWDUWRIDWHQQLVFDUHHU watching and supposedly “bene"tting” from the dra#. Many commissioners believe that mak- that system knows that is not the case. ing freshmen ineligible at colleges will stop them If the NCAA comes out and admits that those matches in conference. We can look for- from leaving school a#er playing just one year. EMMA JOHNSON schools should be allowed to bring in athletes ward to playing some new teams as well. It is !at move would bring up a host of prob- Co-Sports Editor solely for the purpose of developing them good competition in the A-10. We were ranked lems, though. If they aren’t able to play their "rst as, say, basketball players, then so be it. !ey eighth in the preseason poll, but we went out year in college, the best high school basketball should be paid, since a scholarship wouldn’t be Sport: Women’s tennis there and beat George Washington, who was players will do what a few are doing now: skip the academic equivalent of “payment for the fu- Year: Freshman tied for second in our conference, and so I going to college and play for a year overseas. For ture” that teams claim it is today. Major: Undeclared think we have de"nitely proven ourselves in the those who are not good enough or decide not to On the other hand, if the NCAA wants to Favorite Tennis Player: Roger Federer conference, where there are some good teams. go overseas, will they be allowed to practice as prove that they seriously consider their athletes We had a tough loss to Richmond, one of the they sit out in college, or will they waste away and as students "rst, then the freshman ineligibility What has your !rst year playing tennis at David- top teams, so we are looking forward to getting build up rust? Freshman ineligibility might hin- rule might be a good place to start. son been like? revenge with a couple of those teams that beat der a player’s development or punish his team by It has been really fun, I really couldn’t have asked us out by a little bit during the regular season. I for anything more. I really didn’t know what to think the move has been good because there is expect because I hadn’t played on a team before so much history with the SOCON that kind of Baseball drops series at Fordham because juniors was mostly playing by myself. got in our heads a little bit, so coming fresh into But the team atmosphere has been incredible. I a new conference has been a fresh start. ALEX SALVATIERRA mire ‘17 recorded the last two outs to close out love my team, and the new coaches have been re- Sports Writer the game. !e Wildcats were held to six hits ally great and really helpful. What is your favorite thing about playing tennis and one run while committing one error that at Davidson? his past weekend the Davidson baseball could have made the di$erence in such a close What are your personal goals for your time at Da- De"nitely the people. I love my team. Couldn’t team traveled to New York City to take contest, which Fordham eventually took 2-1. vidson? have asked for a better group of girls or coaches. on the Rams of Fordham University in a Unfortunately for Davidson, the o$ensive Our coaches and teammates focus mostly on !ere have been highs and lows in the season Tthree-game series. !e Rams entered the week- just getting better, and really not worrying about woes continued on Sunday a#ernoon, the "nal but it makes it worthwhile to be doing it with end with a 10-19 overall record and 2-4 in the day of the series, as Fordham took the game win-loss records. Every day in practice and every people who are really your best friends here and A-10 and were coming o$ a loss to Rutgers. Your by a score of 6-2. !e Rams jumped out to a match that we have is just another day to work your family. !e team has been the best part. Wildcats stood at 14-13 and 4-5 in the A-10. In quick lead with extreme e%ciency in the ear- on something new and get better. Our coaches the "rst meeting ever between the two teams, the ly innings, converting four hits into four runs have said a bunch of times that they want our se- What has been the impact of your coaches on Wildcats were looking to end a two-loss skid at in four innings. Despite Davidson outhitting nior year to be our best year and to have steady your playing this season? the hands of Rhode Island and Duke. !eir wish Fordham, the early o$ensive output for Ford- improvement. !at is de"nitely what I want be- !ey have been very process-oriented, so they cause I think you have the most fun when you are came true. Davidson took advantage of a 13-8 ham was enough to secure the win. For the focus a lot on saying, “don’t worry about if you getting better and working for it. hits advantage to carry a four-run advantage second straight day, Fordham’s Mark Donadio win or lose,” and have proven that to us. We into the "nal inning. DH Ryan Lowe ‘15 paced went 4-for-4 to lead the way. Right "elder Lee lost a few close matches 3-4, and they weren’t the Cats with three hits and two RBIs with three Does the team have any goals for the last few disappointed with the loss but said that we got Miller ’16 and center "elder Ty Middlebrooks matches and the conference tournament? other teammates giving multi-hit e$orts. !e better, and I think that the attitude has really ’15 both hit homers to provide the David- [We are] very process-oriented the entire sea- Rams threatened to steal the game in the ninth helped me because in the fall I was playing a son scores. !e ’Cats had four pitchers on the son, not worrying about wins and losses, more with a home run that cut the lead to two. Relief little bit scared because I was worried about the mound throughout the day with Lowe start- focusing on the style we know we want to play, pitcher Matt Saeta ’15, however, thought oth- outcome but now [I’m] able to play a lot more ing the "rst four innings and getting the loss. and not playing afraid. !at has given us a lot of relaxed and free knowing that I am getting bet- erwise. He entered the game in the ninth and !is weekend’s action dropped David- con"dence going into these "nal matches to just ter and having fun out there. registered three quick outs to shut the door and son to 15-15 overall and 5-7 in the league. do our best. Best case-scenario would be winning preserve the win. Davidson took the game 5-3. Middlebrooks, center "elder, o$ered some Conference, which is coming up next week, and What should the rest of the Davidson community Davidson and Fordham returned to action words to conclude the weekend saying, “it I think that we all have built a lot of faith in our- look forward to for women’s tennis? the next day for the second of three contests. has been a fun experience moving to the selves over the season so it is just about putting it !is year we have really reinvented ourselves, !e Wildcats did not have as much luck on Sat- A-10 and playing new teams but we de"- all out on the court. with new coaches, four freshmen on the team, a urday as they struggled all day to create any of- nitely haven’t played our best baseball yet.” new conference, and new courts. We are a com- fense. Rams pitcher Brett Kennedy kept the Cats It’s encouraging to hear such con"dence How has the move to the A10 impacted the team? pletely di$erent team and really excited to start scoreless until the sixth inning when David Dan- from a senior as the team looks ahead to more [It has been] good to get some exposure against this new era of women’s tennis. I think we have iels ’15 launched a home run for the lone score, conference play and the meat of the season. A-10 teams, which will be good because we don’t started to prove ourselves this year with a lot of adding to an earlier hit. Rob Bain ’15 allowed !e Wildcats get back to action with a home- have any expectations, but only con"dence in good wins but I think we are just getting start- only two runs on 10 hits but the e$ort was not and-away series that concludes Wednesday ourselves. We got to see what the teams are about ed on our road to success. I’m really excited to enough to get Davidson the win. Westin Whit- against the Demon Deacons of Wake Forest. and got some con"dence in winning some of keep going with it. THE DAVIDSONIAN

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Emily Cooke ‘15 Photo by Tim Cowie April 15, 2015