HlStCu.ss u,s. 1'Qs'''''ti p~,o 1'1:11"" I I /' O.",,.;or,. Nt: t n • " THE SOLnl- rS FQR EMOSr COli...EGE WEEKLY~. D AVIDSON COLLEG E W EDNESD,WJ ANUARY 24. 2007 VOLUME 98 . N UMBER 13 Campus mourns Returning loss of Jay Chitty Jumors• • s, u,- BARRY Ott. 31 when his family's single­ engine plane cl':lshed in we.1 CharlOlle. II>: JI " ... , ,\,,>It, ~, On " typical Sund~y aftcm<)Oll Hi . parents, Jim and Kay, and hi, !klllor StajJ IImu I." sc: nltster. hI Chin) '07 ......,.,ld 14-year-okl brolher, Taylor, also be posted on the black kalher di«l in the .. rosh. I\n o,'e""helmh,& nu",ber of couch in Hnrt 102. w,uchlng (OO!­ Jay is su",i"ed b) his mter, Jun,,,,,,, relurned from abroad ball 00 the btS """,en wilh friends lI aley. 25. who ,,"orh for the Ih,s semeSicr 10 a considcrnbl) while ,imultaJ>eQu.'y checking Campus Crusade for Chrisl and kss comfortable Ii'ing en",' sports scores on hi. laplop. wllS 001 aboard lhe plane wilh lhe fO<>mcnl. ''The only n:ason he wOI,ld gel rest of Ihe fumily. M""y round tl>o,,,,,,,I>es li.,­ up was 10 gel h, ~ Sp:oghc:no·O's or Family. friendS. lenmmates and ing doWlllhe hill in sopho",ore M';>IHl,ain Dew.- IUOmmnle and professors fiU«I the l",w5 of lhe at>.1rlnlCnl. or liv;ng off cam· fellow .pons enthu,ia ~ l Wilson Davidson College Presbyterian pus_ McCrory '07 .ecalled. Church last lllUrsda) 10 moum "No" .hal Juniors nrc OOck A moth major .00 co-caJllaln of from abroad, Ihe", a", some the lennis len"" Jay. 22. dIed OIl housing problc",s.~ A,!(>Ciale Dean of S1U,JCn!5 and Direclor of Residen"" l ife leslie E.H. Little Library re<;elved a facellft over winter break. The Marsicano .md_ "Thi. ) eor, old green carpet was replaced with blue, and more com/orl­ con<fdernbl) more !.Jun ,ors! able chal .. were added to the study area. The changes Were than usual are living ;n sopho­ the Ilrst In a se,ie. 01 planned .enovalions 10 the library. ,~ apan",cn l "~ Marsicano amibutl:d prob­ lems to unfOfCso:cn !;ving ,ima­ ". ..... She alSO llOIed Ihal il i5 T\(:3r­ O!\lf.\/; , Iy i"'I",».ible for RI.O lu ~now , jus, hr>w ma"y students w,1I www.TheDavidsonian.com study abroad and ,IC«! 'I"""fie hOllses u",," return, Todn)' we usher in n O<:W era ;n forums have 10 do wilh websile .. Davidsooian,land: OT\(: wilh lou imp""'''fllCnl . F,om left: Jay Chitty '07, Luke Justus '07, Car$On Sanders '07 and See Housing_ /)(Ige 3 '07 of full-eolor pictures, one 01"'1\ We are looking to impro"c lhe Keith Farrow to oommems, one Ih"1 promi~s sile constamly and our reponing to pul lhe readers in chalE" of bas<:d 00 yuur suggestions. MLK events end with Lowery talk wbal !ltWS lhey read, Yes, fOlks, You can even wrile a kUtr 10 we're laking this baby ONLINE! lite «Iilor directly from lhe web­ For all you ~ k eplk5 out lhere si le . of Rosa PBrt.s and was a ci05(: renamed a boulevard af1<r Lowel')' woo insistlhal 11>0 prinl edilion is ThaI leuer gIX. direclly !O lhe N~ws &li'VT friend and colleague of King, wi'" 10 hooo.- his many comribo.l1ions to enough !O ""Iisfy your cravings e_mail inbo. es of IIIe Editor In whorn he founded Ihe SoullK-m lhe civil righls mOvemen!. for Davidsoo news, allow me !O Chief and the Web Edilor. A well _anend«l talk by Civil Christian leadership Conferer>Ce. Rece,!!I )". he has been best inlrodl.lC<O you 10 lhe websile in In addilion 10 helping us llelp RighI' aclivisl. Ihe Reve rend He has b«n 3 pastor for kl>Own for hi. comrm'ersiaJ speech all its glory, you, you can llelp each OIherMlp Joseph Lowery, 13..'a Thu..way MelhodiSI churches in both Mobile See Lowery. page 4 The biggeSI adv3ntage Ihe each <>Iher. Confu~ing enough? eaf'P"d off Ihe ce lcbr~ti(lfl ' for and Atlanla. and lite lauer eily websile offen us is an abilily 10 Whal I mean is Ihal yoo can POSl Mond.ly's Dr. Man in Lulher King, li.Won 10 you, lhe re~rs , dossifreds nnd e~enlS in lheir Jr. Day holiday. Once you regisler, you can respective seclions of the ,itc:, Several hundred siudents, facul­ commenl on eYel')' s.tof)', lake You eM also link and upon Iy and members of lhe Davidson pan in polls and panidpate in ankles 10 your blog. 10 Digg. or community galhered in Du ke discu.. i"" board5. even !O f ocebook_ family Performance Hall al 8 p,m. When you wrile 3 IVmmemon Additionally, when ),OU regis­ 10 hear Lowel')' honor Dr. King al a 51ory, we will read il and take il ler you can chao:;(: 10 rccei~e e­ Ihe Ml K Community inlO account in fmure publishing mail updales as soon as !hey are Convocal;on, decisions. published. Lowery. whom Davidson presi­ You can also comment on each So whal are you wailing fWi dem Bobby VagI said "noe.l$ no Others' cornmcnts. crealing dis_ Go ahead and d ick o n inlroduction," has bttn "" aclive cussions sU1TOUnding each an;_ www.TheDavidsonian.com! luder for Ihe Civil Right. de, Movemen. for o,'er SO years. If ~ou look in lhe discussion /lrTr W~j... The son-spoken Alabama nal;'·< board )«t;on, Ihe lOp Iwo o..t,,...I';1;"" helped organiu lhe Moolgomc:l')' bu. boycon in 1955 af1<, d~ arrest LibbV Hubbard '08 volu nteerad with klnderglort-.-s on MLK O.y_ INSIDE THIS WEEK NEWS: Davidson legend Sterling Martin '63 retires PAGES Crossword Study abroad Jay Chitty puzzle gets a facelift memorial fund see A&L, PAG E 8 see YOWL, PAGE 9 see SPORTS, PAGE 12 2 T HE D AVIDSONI AN NEWS VVEDNESDAY, JANUA RY 24, 2007 Richmond in the 5«ond SCI. Chitty, from page I "O"er nn I>our laler. "n,u'l'risi ngly. Jay Jay'S dealh and cdeb,,"e his life ~t a memo­ was wal~ing off Ihe coun a w,nnu:' rial service led by College Chaplain Rob Compeau said. '1'he fir.;lthing he did was 10 Spoch. hurry o,'er to his oog and pick up his phone. Jay's uncle Slc"cn Young '79. men's len_ J.y's dad had lefl him a ,-o;c.:m:til ,,·ith the ni s cOlieh On:w Bam,u and seven friends good I"' ...... Ihal Jay h.ad "",..,.r Ibe ""t".rial shared memories and renecled on Jay's sin­ exam Ihal he took I"'t sun",,,,r. ·Yes ." )Jay) ttrity. humility a,1d apprecialion for life's said. ' I'm go,ng 10 gel a job... simple pleasure • . "If ChillY says nc'S inlo somelhing. nc's i,uo il 100 per<:cnt:' said Keith farTOw '07, co,nparing Jay's enlhus;,,'''' for Keel:>ltr sof1 b.1Ich C(lol<i~s 10 'hal of a fi'·e-y~nr·old·s ~~c it~m"nt on ChriSlnlas moming. "While most people ""OIlld gencmlly ex~r<:isc some restminl. Chilly ...."OUld eat Incm all in a day. He was Ihal way abollt his fa,·oote Ihings: UNC sports. fMlas)" fOOlt:..oll. lhe Cle"eland Count)" Fair:' Descril:>ing Jay as a "small lown. sinlple plcasure kid:' Farrow recalled Jay's love (or the Cleveland Coumy fair. which Jay ;(11000- o:d in hi s hometown of Shell:>y. N.C.. every The EAC held a lorum last night 10 promote hN llhy envl,onmentallnteraclion$. year. "At best. Ihe Cleveland County (air is some"hal e nt~naining:' said Farrow. who Forum discusses ways to acconlpanied Jay 10 lhe fair during their sophomOK. junior and senior years. "but Chilly just loved it It was something he make campus greener grew up loving and neverOUlgnow iC' Chitty waa a eo-caplaln olllle men'a Jay also loved mp music and would pul on l&nnl $ l~m . of English Annie In gram ha,'c already yield· impromptu mp perfOl1llances for hi. leam­ ed twO Cenler for Imerdisciplinary Studies males during tennis pr.>etice. Jay's roommales de$cribed him as I.id coorses on environmenlal sludie$. He was a fan of Sage Francis. a socially back about his school "wk. Ov~r the past few years, D.vidSOll has Paradisc also hopes to eSlablish a posilion conscious underground mwer known for hi. Jay would not hesitate to put off his math begun implem<:ming enviroomentally con· for a staff membrr dedicaled solely 10 envi· complu wordplay. hornewort for a late nighl scssion of his scious efforts to preserve the Slale Qf the roru"e ntal slahility on campu• . favorile video game. Maddcon . campus. h(This posilion] will greatly assure lhe Sta· Carson Sanders '07. w!lo livw with Jay The Environmental Action Commiuu bililY of Ihe EAC:' Liz Dover '07 said. ~We " /1'$ a 101 quieter now, 1II11gnifil'd since sophomore year. said Ihal Jay "jusl (F..AC) 1Io&1ed a forum Tuesday night 10 need someone here whose job is focused on wasnt wrapped up in himself. He was very by 1111' fOC I Illat e~'ery day )"011 ,!""ad aw","""," about the effOl'lS token to lhe environmenl in ordc:r 10 make progress'" oontenttO walCh college bas~ett:..oll or go get establish and !!lSIain an envin:>llmentally Beyond lhe (""ulty and Siudents.