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October 27, 2021

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Greenhouse To Be Completed in 2022 Research space will expand botanical study opportunities

ANIKA BANERJEE ‘24 (SHE/HER) STAFF WRITER

ometime during 2022, the E. Craig Wall Jr. Academic Center (Wall) will unveil a state of the art greenhouse. With fans, heat vents, and the ability to control temperature and other conditions, this space will revolutionize Davidson’s biology department, specifically its focus on botany. When Wall was under construction in 2015, there were plans for a rooftop greenhouse. However, due to a lack of funding it was cut from the building for the initial opening. When the Baker-Watt Science Complex was completed in 1999, its plan also included a greenhouse, but the same budgetary issues cut it from the plan. Currently, a shortage of construction workers, a global supply shortage of steel, and shipping delays are setting back the construction timeline; but soon, Wall will be adorned with the addition of an avant-garde greenhouse. This greenhouse will be dedicated to Dr. Patricia (Pat) Peroni (1956-2019), a former professor in the biology department, and has been named the Pat Peroni Memorial Greenhouse. Peroni was disappointed to see plans for a greenhouse stripped from both Watson and Wall, and unfortunately passed away of lung cancer in 2019 before she could see this new greenhouse come to fruition. Upon the greenhouse will be a plaque that displays her name to commemorate the work she put towards Davidson’s biology and environmental science programs, along with her love for botany. Dr. Chris Paradise, the Chair of the Biology Department, spoke to how the department garnered the resources necessary in order to pursue the project now. Because of the pandemic, lab courses did not need the funds that they were allotted from the restricted accounts that are meant for research. Additionally, the biology department did not use as much of their annual operating budget as they typically do. In combination with those savings,

Dr. Susana Wadgymar, an assistant professor in the biology department specializing in the adaptive evolution of plant systems, was able to put some of her research money towards the project as well. Another campus greenhouse, which stood by the soccer field, was going to be refurbished until “David Holthouser, who’s the Director of Facilities said, ‘I really want to see this greenhouse on the roof,’ because it’s more convenient for the biology department,” said Dr. Paradise. “He said, ‘Well, let me check with the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Philip Jefferson, and the Chief Financial Officer, Ann McCorvey. They were very supportive in the mission to get this on the roof,” stated Dr. Paradise. “So Holthouser found additional funding from a variety of different accounts, not all of which I know. But he was able to get the rest of the funds that we needed to get it up on the roof.” In addition, some of the funding came from donations made to Davidson in Dr. Peroni’s name. The true vision of this greenhouse is to expand upon the botany opportunities for Davidson. Dr. Wadgymar outlined the significance of this addition to Wall. “I currently have plants stashed anywhere in Wall that they will let me grow them. In fact, I’ve grown plants in the basement and the old animal care facility in the basement of Watson, which is rather void of light— so we have thrown grow lights down there and tried to make them happy, and it didn’t work so well,” she said. Dr. Wadgymar identified that the limiting factor in her students’ ability to properly conduct experiments is their lack of space, and the greenhouse will provide them with ample room to grow plants. In this space, Dr. Wadgymar and her students hope to study “how genes and the environment both influence plant performance, or how they might even interact to influence plant performance. So that usually involves

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Work being done on the exterior (above) and interior (below) of the forthcoming Wall greenhouse. Photo by Sydney Schertz ‘24.

Dean Rusk Program Director Zimmerman Steps Down

BRIGID MCCARTHY ‘25 (SHE/HER) STAFF WRITER

ane Zimmerman stepped down as the John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program on September 3rd amid the continued global health crisis in order to prioritize, on a micro-level, her health. “The pandemic just reordered my priorities, particularly my personal priorities,” she said. “As a result of the pandemic, I just started to read things like my priorities in terms of particularly health care. I began to realize that if my husband got sick, I didn’t want to be 400 miles away. And if I got sick, I didn’t want to be 400 miles away from the health care providers I’d had for over a decade.”

Professor emeritus of the biology department Dr. Verna Case took over as interim director upon Zimmerman’s decision. She explained that although the search committee hopes to hire a permanent director in this role by the beginning of the new year, “it will depend on the outcome of the search and when a new director will be available to begin the position.” Despite the pandemic, the demand to go abroad has never been greater. As Zimmerman prepares to settle closer to home in Arlington, Virginia, Davidson students continue to seek international opportunities, just as they have been for decades. Parallel Growth: Davidson and Charlotte Before Zimmerman, Dr. Chris Alexander served as director of Dean Rusk for over fif-

teen years, arriving at Davidson in summer 2002 and leaving the position in fall 2019 to work instead in the College Relations office. With an academic background in political science, he explained how his hire “marked a kind of a novel experiment.” “My two predecessors had both been retired ambassadors, they had been State Department professionals. And the college… they were interested in seeing what it would be like to have an academic direct the program,” he said. According to Dr. Alexander, the desire for increased global reach at Davidson College began in the 1970s with President Sam Spencer ‘40, a leader who championed international education among many bold college changes, including coeducation. Dean Rusk opened its doors in the mid-1980s, during a crucial

time period not only for Davidson but for Charlotte. Dr. Alexander discussed how Davidson’s development into a globally-minded institution paralleled Charlotte’s growth as a globally-minded city. “The Dean Rusk program began at the same time that UNC Charlotte, Queens University and the leadership in the city of Charlotte… all of them were talking about the need for Charlotte to be a more globally-engaged community,” he said. “The first director of the Dean Rusk program was…Jack Perry. Jack had been the US ambassador to Bulgaria. Jack became part of … this handful of people in the Charlotte area who really led Charlotte’s

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internationalization effort, the creation of the World Affairs Council in Charlotte. And so there was this really interesting synergy in the Charlotte region in the mid and late 80s. And the Dean Rusk program under Jack’s leadership played an important role in that.” But it was under Dr. Alexander that the program found its footing, discovered a purpose that set it apart from traditional study abroad program and set it apart even from Davidson’s own Office of Education Abroad: it was under Dr. Alexander that the role of the Dean Rusk grant was truly fleshed out as an individual opportunity to get a unique, immersive, and primarily self-designed experience. “This program was to have an institution-wide mission to try to do something that would touch every student - through grants that we made available for experiences abroad, through events that we organized on campus. So that’s kind of the orientation that I brought to the job,” he said. “I remember spending a lot of time thinking about a couple of issues. How could we create opportunities for students to do things abroad, beyond just study abroad? Could we use the grants to really encourage people to be bold, to stretch themselves, go places they’ve never been before, go places where they had to rely on foreign language skills, and stay for an extended period of time?” The Program Under Zimmerman When Dr. Alexander passed the baton to Zimmerman in fall 2019, she had less than a year to settle into the job before she had COVID on her plate. But trying to facilitate travel, or perhaps more specifically international experiences, during a public health emergency proved to be less impossible than it sounds. In short, Davidson students got creative. “We’ve had a lot of students really make great progress, and did an outstanding work, studying remotely,” Zimmerman said. “We were…very open to students looking at ways to have an international experience here domestically in the US...I really love the ingenuity that students brought to thinking about how they could have an international experience or demonstrate real global citizenship, even if they couldn’t travel overseas.” While working in what she dubbed as “the best job in the world,” Zimmerman used her background in the Foreign Service and international nonprofits to lend her network to students. “The amount of network that Zimmerman showed, like she had a network that she could easily connect to… that was impressive,” said senior Luísa Pereira ‘22. “If I had to do that on my own, it would take me a lot longer and I might not have been as successful.” Like Dr. Alexander, Zimmerman served as both director and a professor. The common role of mentor between the positions was Zimmerman’s favorite aspect of the job and she loved working with students to bring out the best in themselves and their ideas. The encouragement of personal growth and global mindedness that she found at Davidson proved to successfully guide the development of students and their goals, even during a pandemic. “I really do think that any prospective student today who wants an international education to be part of their liberal arts education would be hard-pressed to find another institution that makes so much money available with so few strings attached for experiences abroad,” Dr. Alexander commented. “There’s nothing between anyone and a great idea at Davidson. If you’re student, faculty or staff, if you have a great idea, chances are there’s there’s plenty of room and support to run with it,” Zimmerman said.

Carson Crochet ‘22 spent summer 2019 in Jordan on a Dean Rusk Abernathy Grant. Photos courtesy Carson Crochet ‘22. The future of travel at Davidson Interim director Dr. Verna Case shared that “the number of applications for the 2022 Dean Rusk Winter Travel grants is higher than was expected.” Davidson students want to travel more than ever. Only a little over one last semester away from graduation, current seniors know what they lost. “Davidson advertises [that] it’s so much a part of our culture to go abroad and get those experiences and we couldn’t. The chain passed,” Pereira said. “For me, for instance, I’m an international student. If I want to get permission to work in the US after I graduate, I have to be one year in US soil. So I

“I think COVID now and in the future is going to pose some very big, ethical issues...How important is it to have that overseas experience in a country or place where, you know, the healthcare system is fragile, and the population is particularly vulnerable?” she asked. “When is it right for us to, you know, pursue our overseas ambitions? Or is there a way that we can adapt to reduce potential harm or impact upon others, and other some things that maybe can wait until another time, when, you know, we no longer have a pandemic?” Pereira said that “Everyone that goes and takes that position, they bring in like something new.” The next director has a

“I really do think that any prospective student today who wants an international education to be part of their liberal arts education would be hard-pressed to find another institution that makes so much money available with so few strings attached for experiences abroad.” -Dr. Chris Alexander, former Director of Dean Rusk couldn’t go abroad my senior fall because of legal reasons. So even though like the school is kind of opening up again, for those opportunities, I couldn’t take part of it unless I wanted to do an extra semester.” “A lot of our students that are more invested in having a gap year now. Before they go to grad school or get a job, [they] are more interested in just taking a break… or interested in more study abroad opportunities,” observed Carson Crochet ‘22. “Fulbright’s been a really big thing, like I hear a lot of applicants.” The college continues its search for the next John and Ruth McGee Director of the Dean Rusk International Studies Program as the public health emergency level of the coronavirus in the United States lessens. Although she cannot underscore the benefits of an international education, Zimmerman commented on the ethical concerns of traveling to certain counties at this moment in time.

challenge ahead: how to rebuild the bridge between Davidson and the rest of the world, how to reconnect Davidson to greater North Carolina, United States, and beyond. In reflecting on their roles, Zimmerman and Dr. Alexander uncovered a truth: Dean Rusk, to students, to Davidson, to Charlotte, is way more than a field trip. It puts Davidson on the map. “We really wanted students to try to understand that international studies, the rest of the world, is not just a thicket of problems, of intellectual conundrums, to try to solve. The world is made up of people. And there’s this rich variety of cultures and perspectives, and to give people an opportunity to play with,” Dr. Alexander said. “To experience the sameness that comes with our humanity, but at the same time, appreciate the difference… that was an important part of what we tried to do.”

New Greenhouse Revolutionizes Biology Department CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 growing plants of perhaps known genetic backgrounds or pedigrees and experiments that have different environmental treatments.” Additionally, being able to control the variables in the greenhouse will provide their experiments with greater accuracy. Within the old greenhouse, which was built in the early 90s near the soccer fields, there was poor climate control. There was a dirt floor throughout which the plants would grow, and it was riddled with insects, so creating a controlled experiment was nearly impossible. “And in fact, during the summer, it gets so hot in there that it’s just sweltering and plants actually have a lot of trouble. So, [the new greenhouse] will allow us to explore the role of genetics in the environment under a controlled environment, which lets us make definitive assessments

of how plants adapt to various environmental stressors,” stated Wadgymar. Since the greenhouse is CatCard access only, Dr. Wadgymar reminds students that the greenhouse’s access is limited. Students who are researching in a lab that requires the greenhouse, as well as faculty who work there will be the only people who are authorized to use that resource. Louisa Bartkovich ‘22, a senior majoring in biology and minoring in environmental studies, has worked with Dr. Wadgymar over the past two years as both her summer project manager in 2020 and 2021, as well as completing independent research with her in the same years. Agreeing with Dr. Wadgymar’s feelings about the greenhouse, Bartkovich felt extremely excited about this addition to Davidson. When working with plants, “not only do we have to be precise about when and how much we water them, we also have to

grow them in the correct type of soil, pot size, and light availability. This doesn’t even include if we want to impose a treatment on them,” said Bartkovich. Bartkovich saw that Davidson’s spaces to “accommodate large, synchronous experiments or plant species that grow big and/or tall” were rather limited. For these reasons, she founded the Biology Department Research Garden, which has served as a space on campus to provide professors, students, and the public with the ability to observe multiple plant species. However, the addition of a greenhouse will accomplish her goal as well. “We live in a time of rapidly changing climates that continue to endanger plant populations,” said Bartkovich, “Not only do people need to realize the importance of plants and our reliance on them, we need people to appreciate them—and this greenhouse will allow them to do so.”

October 27, 2021

Town of Davidson Gears Up For Local Election KAIZAD IRANI ‘22 (HE/HIM) FEATURES EDITOR EMERITUS ISA DEGUZMAN ‘25 (SHE/HER) STAFF WRITER

he leaves are falling, the weather has turned, and election season is here. Mayor Rusty Knox will run unopposed in the 2021 Davidson Municipal Election, along with eight candidates competing for five spaces on the Town Board of Commissioners. The Davidson Municipal Election will occur November 2, at the Davidson Town Hall from 6:30 am - 7:30 pm. Knox has served as Davidson’s mayor since 2017. A former real estate agent and current folk musician, Knox originally ran to preserve Davidson’s historic downtown and protect it from an impending project to transform Davidson into “the next Birkdale Village.” After successfully stopping the project, Knox has focused on creating a transparent administration that reduces residential taxes, builds relationships with Davidson College and Lake Norman community, and improves infrastructure across the town. With Commissioners Matthew Fort, Jim Fuller, and David Sitton all announcing they would not run for re-election, six new candidates are competing against incumbents Jane Campbell and Autumn Michael. For more information on candidates, read our voter guide on page seven. Those registered to vote began to cast their ballots early starting October 23 at 8:00 am. Early voting will continue until October 30 at 3:00 pm. Early voting will be held at the Davidson Public Library, and voters can check their registration status online at https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration. Although the registration deadline passed on October 8, the Center for Political Engagement (CPE) worked hard to get students registered to vote earlier this semester. Seventy incoming freshmen were registered this fall, in addition to the 400 sophomores, juniors, and seniors who were registered last

Poll workers help Davidson residents early vote at the Davidson Public Library. Photo by Sydney Schertz ‘24 year, according to CPE Co-President Tommy Cromie ‘22. Students who missed the deadline may also register and vote on the same day during early voting. Simply request a verification of enrollment letter from the Registrar to prove your Davidson residency when voting at the Public Library. Cromie recalled that, “we held registration drives on campus this year at orientation, the student activities fair, the political engagement fair, and outside of Chambers and Commons, right up to the voter registration deadline.” Cromie attributes the discrepancy between the number of students registered to vote last year versus this year to the lower media coverage of the Municipal Election. “In a presidential year when North Carolina is a swing state, it’s a lot more likely that students will choose to register in North Carolina,” said Cromie. “But in a lower national atten-

tion election like a Davidson municipal election, where there really is no national media coverage, and students aren’t really tuned into the election, it’s a bit harder to get the energy up.” Finally, the CPE works towards increasing voter turnout. Cromie explained that there will be rides and walks to the Davidson Public Library and Town Hall on election day, “because if a student is registered and educated, but they don’t turnout it doesn’t matter at all.” He added, “Especially in the Davidson municipal election, student votes can really be the difference because very few people vote in the Davidson municipal election. The fact that we could have a large turnout of Davidson students could really sway the election.”

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Absent (excused): Emma Melton ‘24 Late (excused): Yunah Han ‘22 Late (not excused): Quincy Weary ‘23, Israel Palencia ‘23, Grace Hall ‘22 SGA, BSC, and PCC announced a picnic event happening on November 13th from 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM. Reported that The Center for Student Health and Well-Being implemented counseling and health services that are available after hours. In addition, representatives are continuing their effort to increase golfcart accessibility to non scholar-athletes and introduce more transportation services for off-campus appointments. Discussed ways to increase the number of students participating in Green Dot training, including possibly mandating all PCC organizations to complete the training. Representatives are researching Davidson’s admissions statistics across socioeconomic and racial groups. Dining Services Committee met with representatives of Dining Services to discuss ways of opening a line of communication between students and dining staff. In addition, the Committee is researching the history behind the use of chairs by Dining Services staff. John Billups ‘22 shared a mental-health questionnaire that is working to be shared with all students. SGA approved an equipment budget for various student organizations.

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Perspectives

Happy Halloween From the Davidsonian Editorial Board!

This week in Perspectives, enjoy a collection of childhood throwbacks, spooky stories, seasonal musings, and otherwise Halloween-themed content from the editorial team. Then check out a gallery of our favorite costumes from when we were kids. Happy Halloween! -Hope, Nada, and Ross Sydney Schertz ‘24, Head Photographer The first couple years I put on a costume I swore to be Belle, and refused anything else. I’m not sure what influenced the switch, but in second grade I was determined to be a Jawa. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Jawas, one of those hooded creatures from Star wars that take RD-D2 in the desert. Anyways, I was one of the only girls at my Halloween party that was not in a sparkly fairy costume. I wore a hooded brown cloak and had light-up pink glasses. I wore that costume for two years with no regrets. Katie Stewart ‘23, Co-News Editor There was a man who gave out rubber chickens instead of candy during my first years trick or treating. I don’t remember what this man looked like or when exactly I stopped getting rubber chickens on Halloween. I do wonder sometimes what happened to the rubber chicken man. I hope he is okay. Perhaps disgruntled parents asked him to stop after they grew tired of the constant squeaking of rubber chickens in the days that followed. In retrospect, the rubber chickens might have been dog toys. I enjoyed them nonetheless. Hope Anderson ‘22, Co-Editor-in-Chief In high school, I worked at a haunted house. One year the theme was comic book villains, and I was dressed up as the Riddler. I was supposed to jump down from the ceiling and yell ‘riddle me this!’ in a weird voice. It was going fine until someone said something like ,‘Okay… what’s the riddle?’ I didn’t have anything prepared and completely broke character. It was so embarrassing. I was demoted to a non-speaking role after that… Nora Klein ‘24, Living Davidson Editor Halloween: an excuse to dress up and eat candy. It’s an excellent holiday. The only problem I have with Halloween is that it’s definitely a fall holiday, and it always either feels like summer or ends up being the most random extremely cold night ever, which I think is pretty rude of the weather. And I lied, I have another problem - the scary parts of Halloween are always just an excuse for the less-scared to bully the more-scared. As someone who literally still has nightmares from the one haunted house I’ve been to, I’d like to speak up and say that it’s actually not fun to walk around terrified all night. Let’s stick to the sweets.

Ross Hickman ‘22, Perspectives Editor If you’ve ever met me, there’s a decent chance you’ve heard of my ‘favorite annual debate’ between the Halloween gays and the Christmas gays. Julia Tayloe ‘21 certainly has. The Halloween gays love degeneracy and filth, and the Christmas gays are too silly and frivolous to function. As a Christmas gay who still bears the emotional scars of having teenage boys jump out of coffins and scream at me in my neighbors’ yards and chase me down the street, Halloween holds no special place in my heart. But, in the name of queer solidarity, I will begrudgingly yet wholeheartedly support the Halloween gays in their filth and degeneracy. In fact, I may even celebrate, trying to move past the horrors of my childhood. Perhaps I can recall my favorite costumes as a kid: Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Spongebob, and the equally as gay Darth Sidious. This year, I’ll don a more grown-up version of these gay icons, George Michael. By dressing up as the scarily hot and gay George Michael from the Last Christmas video, I extend an olive branch to the Halloween gays, and I hope that we can feast together soon on the succor of rancid candy canes. Emma Begley-Collier ‘25, Co-Yowl Editor In fourth grade I rocked the classic Hermione Granger costume, which of course stemmed from an obsession with Emma Watson that upon reflection was just the early stages of lesbianism. Anyways, one of my parents was Hagrid and the other was Professor McGonagall which is a pretty weird combination, and I don’t THINK why they subsequently divorced. Josie Hovis ‘23, Co-Yowl Editor My mom and dad were extremely concerned with my sugar intake as a child. Every Halloween night after trick-or-treating when we got home, I would lay out all of my candy on the floor and sort it, picking out my favorite pieces. I was allowed to keep as many pieces of candy as I was old: when I was seven I got to keep seven pieces, when I was eight it was eight, etc… I would then give those pieces to my mother for safekeeping, who would then carefully ration them out for me, one piece per day, for as many days as I had candy. All of the other candy was gathered in a big bowl that was then left out for the Great Pumpkin (brilliant re-appropriation on my parents’ part), who would visit the house during the

Illustration by Richard Farrell ‘22 night and take it, leaving a non-edible toy in exchange. This system worked surprisingly well for years, but you can bet that the day in my early teens when I found the candy bagged up, destined for my grandfather with a sweet tooth, I had an absolute field day. Varun Maheshwari ‘23 Sports Editor I have two Halloween stories, everyone. The first is slightly incriminating, but keep in mind I was a minor at the time and the statute of limitations has very much expired. Anyways, without further ado, I’ll get into it. Well, I guess there really isn’t much to get into except one year when I was 8 or 9, can’t remember, my friend Matt and I decided that we hated every kid on Matt’s block. Therefore, to get so-called revenge, we went around like mini Usain Bolts and stole every jar of candy that said “Please take one.” We had a fun night devouring our stash that night. The second is even shorter—I was extremely surprised to receive beef jerky and dental floss for Halloween at one house when I was like 12, I think. Safe to say that beef jerky was thrown at the side of the house after they closed the door. Again, I was a minor and destruction of property does not apply. (Please report any and all similar crimes to the Davidsonian, for the

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Crime Log. Thank you and stay safe out there.) Nada Shoreibah ‘23, Co-Editor-in-Chief For our first couple of Halloweens, my younger brother and I dressed up as questionable versions of King Tut and Cleopatra. It never occurred to me that our costumes weren’t historically accurate, so when my fifth grade class began an Ancient Egypt unit, I told everyone in my class that King Tut was Cleopatra’s little brother. Little did I know that he actually lived 1,300 years before her. As the resident Egyptian in my class, I was never able to live that down. I apologize to my ancestors. Erin Papakostas ‘23, Co-News Editor My sisters and I always went trick-or-treating at this specific neighborhood to hit the houses that gave out the full candy bars to get the biggest bang for our buck. There was this one house, though, that traumatized me as a child and that I refused to go back to. I was maybe six or so, minding my own business just trying to get my candy, and this man—I presume the owner of the house—had a Halloween schtick to jump out of a tree and scare innocent children. But he didn’t just scare me; he terrified me. I spilled all my candy, scraped my knee, and went home, candyless. Boohoo.

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WaterCats Approach Winter Season With High Momentum, Expectations BILAL RAZZAK ‘25 (HE/HIM) SPORTS WRITER

s the fall season comes to an end, and the A-10 championships approaching, Davidson sports teams are in great shape heading into the rest of the year. Two of these teams are the men and women’s Swimming & Diving. Historically strong teams in their conference, they have enjoyed an extremely successful pre-season.

The men’s team has boasted a 1-1-1 record this fall. They opened their fall campaign against Queens. However, their biggest win came this past weekend against George Mason, scoring 216-194. This win is significant for a multitude of reasons. First, the team was ranked third in the A-10 last year, behind George Mason and George Washington. Second, this is the first time the team has beaten George Mason since 2014—the inaugural year for Davidson in the A-10 Conference. Third, despite the fact that Davidson’s swim teams do their most grueling training in the fall, they were able to pull off a win against an extremely strong team. Guil Ware ‘25, a freshman from Virginia Beach, commented on the energy of the fall season so far: “ODU[Old Dominion University] for the guys was a ton of fun and we actually ended up tying 147-147. We had a lot of alumni and parents there which was a lot of fun. Additionally, just this past week, we beat George Mason which was huge… so it’s been a pretty great fall season so far.” The women’s team has also enjoyed much success this fall. Similar to the men’s team, they also started their season against Queens. With just their first meet, the women’s team was able to pull off an extremely impressive win against an exceptionally strong team—Queens has won the last six Division 2 championship titles. Furthermore, this past weekend, they were able to

defeat ECU, scoring 197-77. At the same time, they narrowly lost to Richmond, last year’s A-10 champions. Julia Goodhead ’22, one of the two senior captains, commented on the fall season as a whole. “We’ve done really well in our meets so far. This is the first time we’ve ever, to my knowledge, beat Queens. They have been D2 champions for a really long time. So it’s been really exciting to have that win over them. This past weekend, we also put up a really good fight against Richmond, which is our main competition in the A-10,” said Goodhead. There have been two common themes which have bolstered the success of both teams thus far: the success of the underclassmen and the leadership of the upperclassmen. Ware was quick to commend his fellow freshman, Miles Charles ‘25—A-10 rookie of the week—and Andrew Schou ‘25, commenting on their contribution to the Men’s team. Tommy Cromie ‘22, one of the Men’s senior captains, commented on some of the things the leaders want the team to keep in mind: “My co-captain, Charlie Walsh ‘22, and I are just trying to help the team, guiding them through how the training blocks should look like and how we should feel at this point in the year.” The women’s team has also been extremely fortunate to have great leadership. Meredith McGill ’22, the other captain for the women’s team, spoke to the challenge of learning how to be a leader: “I think being in a leadership role, after spending a majority of your time being led, is really interesting. You have a lot of perspective and experience from past years. So, it’s been really fun for me to take a bigger role, learning to make decisions for the team. Also, it’s been really fun encouraging the girls that we can all achieve our goals together and work hard and have fun while we do it.”

Above: Shelby Stanley ‘23, last week’s A-10 Most Outstanding Performer. Below: Miles Charles ‘25, last week’s A-10 Rookie of the Week. Photos by Justin Parker, Assisant Director for Athletics. As the season continues, it will be extremely exciting to see how far both teams will go. With both teams carrying strong momentum, it’s definitely going to be an exciting winter campaign to watch. There’s

one thing for sure: both teams have high expectations for A-10 championships—fortunately, we have the tools necessary to bring it home.

Vulpis and Dick Talk A-10 Basketball on Lux’s Litter Box Podcast

SPENCER WOLFF ‘25 (HE/HIM) SPORTS WRITER

s the leaves continue to drop on Davidson’s campus, the basketball season comes ever closer to fruition. This brings more sports buzz, and specifically, Davidson and Atlantic 10 Conference content to the forefront. Students on campus have demonstrated multiple outlets in which they assess the upcoming season, make predictions, and evaluate teams’ calibers in the conference for the upcoming season. One of these is the Lux’s Litter Box podcast, created by Cole Vulpis ‘24 and Sean Dick ‘24. The podcast, named after the mascot of Davidson College, Lux, is an A-10 and Davidson-focused basketball podcast with episodes breaking down both the performance of Davidson basketball as well as other A-10 teams.

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The podcast started when Vulpis began writing for the ‘A-10 Talk’ blog. “A-10 Talk is very informal, and I started to write for that, and then I said to my friends on 3rd Belk that I was doing this,” said Vulpis. His partner, Sean Dick, comes with a background in podcasting, as he had previously done some of that work in high school. “I have a hobby of breaking down games, and had done some writing about sports as well as podcast work, but never really had an outlet for where I could distribute my content. And it was a great meeting point in that I had a great experience in podcasting, and Cole was knowledgeable about Davidson basketball,” said Dick. Recently, Dick and Vulpis have been conducting what they call an ‘A-10 Road Trip’. “We thought it would be a cool idea to go around each school in the A-10 and find someone that would come on to preview their school’s season, talk about the school and just to get to know the writer,”

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said Dick. They also liked to ask their road trip questions a few miscellaneous questions, like who would win in a fight: 14 mascots or 100 Joe Lunardi’s, an ESPN bracket analyst. The skeleton breakdown for each podcast episode is as follows. Each episode starts with a fan or someone who writes for A-10 Talk breaking down their team, followed by a second half that is more loose and lighthearted for Vulpis and Dick. They also commented that their favorite episodes were the La Salle and UMass episodes. For what episodes were the most interesting, Vulpis commented that “the ones with new coaches, such as Fordham and George Mason, were most interesting because there is a lot of new hope for those programs.” As for the future, Vulpis and Dick want to see where the show takes them. About the support of the podcast, Vulpis said that “the A-10 Twitter community is a lot different because it is more tight-knit and that since there are fewer groups out there, everyone is trying to support each other. We all want to see the conference do better in all sports. It’s also been awesome that these established blogs who have more followers than us support us and help each other grow.” They have hopes to expand more to other sports, and even possibly go on the road, “College Gameday-style”, as Dick described it. Vulpis and Dick are also pleased that their listeners are coming from areas that are around A-10 cities, showing that this podcast is not just gaining traction in the Davidson area. Their last episode of the A-10 Road Trip was released on October 25, covering Davidson with Sam Goldfarb ‘22.

This Saturday, the women’s Cross Country team will compete in the A-10 Championships in Cedarville, OH. This is the 5th and final meet of their fall season, with NCAA Southeast regionals in Lexington, KY hopefully their next stop, depending on how they do this Saturday. Let’s wish them luck!

Arts and Culture

Endia Beal:

Making Art Out of the Uncomfortable

SARAH WILLOUGHBY ‘25 (SHE/HER)

ndia Beal is not afraid to find comfort in the uncomfortable. As Davidson College confronts its dark and tumultuous roots of slavery and racism, everyone associated with the college must face the uncomfortable reality of the school’s past. Beal, an artist from North Carolina, has long been tackling issues of racial and social justice—positioning the uncomfortable at the center of her work and forcing viewers to confront their own internal biases and harm towards marginalized communities. Beal is no stranger to Davidson College. Her previous work, Mock Interview, was featured in the Van/Every Smith Galleries’ spring show “True Likeness.” Inspired by her time working in the IT department while completing her MFA in photography at Yale University School of Art, this piece brings to light patterns of misogyny and discrimination in the workplace. In Mock Interview, Beal interviewed professional women of color and asked them about the kind of questions they got asked in interviews by white individuals. All of the questions they received pointed to the stark and harsh reality of racial prejudice and sexism in the workplace. Beal then flipped the narrative: in a video, she takes the derogatory questions posed for women

with the uncomfortable expressions of the eight men. By placing discriminatory questions upon non-discriminated groups, Beal was able to illuminate the reality of the micro and macro aggressions women of color face in the workplace. Endia Beal’s work constantly confronts the experiences of women of color. Her previously praised work Am I What You’re Looking For places young Black women about to enter the workforce as the subject of her photographs. Dressed in professional clothing, Beal photographs her subjects where they feel most comfortable, but they are placed in front of the image of a plain, sterile office, serving as an artificial background. Beal, in an article by The Atlantic, suggests that this body of work is “about having to conform to a space that wasn’t made for people of color,” a space “where we were never imagined at the table to begin with.” The juxtaposition of the women in their most comfortable position contrasted with the antiseptic, cold office begs the viewer to ask, what is deemed professional? Beal’s next body of work is no less provocative. Always interested in tackling discrimination and promoting advocacy, Beal is returning as a Practitioner-in-Residence at Davidson this academic year, where she will generously create several pieces for Davidson’s artwork collection. Each piece will be

Beal hopes to illuminate the social injustices on campus and the students doing the work to make Davidson a more inclusive space. of color and asks them to eight white males. The video shows a simple professional office conference room with different white men looking straight at the camera. The usual, unassuming image of an office with a white man in a suit is contrasted

Lia Newman, Director/Curator of Van Every/Smith Galleries: “Students really responded to Endia’s work last year—both her video in the gallery’s True Likeness exhibition and a diversity workshop she offered. We are thrilled that the Graham Foundation is facilitating a continued, larger relationship with Endia, especially one that engages directly with students.”

completely centered around Davidson students and their motivation for social change. Hoping to meet with students advocating for social and racial justice, Beal will conduct one-on-one listening sessions throughout November and December, where approximately thirty students will share their experiences, concerns, and goals for social justice. After meeting with students, Beal will then go around campus and take pictures of environments that either promote or deny social advocacy. Similarly to Am I What You’re Looking For, Beal will then schedule photo shoots with students in front of artificial backdrops of these environments. Through once again juxtaposing the uncomfortable with the comfortable, Beal hopes to illuminate the social injustices on campus and the students doing the work to make Davidson a more inclusive space. As part of the college’s collection of portraits of those in leadership roles, previously almost entirely white and male, these portraits will finally give a true representation of the diversity and beauty of Davidson’s campus, prompting the question, who is Davidson? To learn more about this project and how to be a part of Beal’s listening sessions, join the Van/Every Smith Galleries via Zoom at 11 am on Thursday, October 28th and follow @ davidsoncollegeartgalleries to receive updates. Sarah Willoughby ‘25 (she/her) is an intended political science major from Greensboro, North Carolina. She can be reached for comment at sawilloughby@davidson.edu.

Remembrance I: Being born, living, dying Friday, October 29, 2021 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Knobloch Campus Center DFPH-Duke Family Performance Hall In times of communal weariness and strife, it is vital to remember that which is joyous and wonderful. The combined choirs of Davidson celebrate the passages of life in this combination of works for piano and chorus, featuring Kathleen Allan’s Primary colours, Jake Runestad’s Come to the woods, and the music of Guido López-Gavilán, Sydney Guillaume, and Barbara Strozzi. Admission is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. *Online ticket sales are subject to an Etix convenience fee. Attendance to Davidson College Music Department events requires proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in addition to wearing a mask. For more details and the full policy, please visit our website.

Above: Endia Beal, Self Portrait, 2016, Photograph Copyright Endia Beal Below: Endia Beal, Melanie (From Am I What You’re Looking For?), 2016, Pigment Print, 28”x40” Copyright Endia Beal

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How to Keep Your Room Clean: Five Easy Tips KAYLA KLURMAN ‘25 (SHE/HER)

How do I continue keeping my room clean?

For starters, make a routine that you know you will follow everyday. By doing this, you’ll create basic habits that will keep your room clean! Prime examples in a standard routine include:

ooking for a simple, straightforward way to keep your dorm room clean? At first, it may seem weird to have a step-by-step guide to keeping your room clean, but it actually can be less overwhelming once you break it down to manageable pieces. If you do not stay on top of it, messes can accumulate awfully fast—one sock becomes two, and before you know it, you’ve created a Mount LaundryMore right in the middle of your room! In today’s world, we should focus more on keeping germs and clutter away, especially because of Covid-19. Also, the more organized and clean your room stays, the safer and less stressed you will feel. This short rundown will provide you with tips to keep your room clean.

Even if I follow all of the steps above, my room stinks! How can I get rid of this odor? Track the smell’s primary location. Once you locate it and make sure to remove anything that might be causing the odor, choose an option below:

1. Make your bed right after you wake up. 2. Put your shoes back in their place. 3. Set a day to do laundry, once a week (and put it away immediately). 4. Wipe down the door handles, light switches, and other frequently touched surfaces. 5. Take turns taking the trash out with your roommate when needed.

1. Open a window. The fresh air from outside will act as a ventilator. This swaps the old, smelly air for new! 2. Plug in a freshener. An easy way to disguise the odor and get your room smelling fresh.

My dorm room continuously collects dust. How do I get rid of it? My room is a complete mess, and I feel like I have no time to deal with it—where do I begin? I know it can become overwhelming to start cleaning up because things are everywhere. Here are a few tips to get started! 1. Pick up everything of one color that you spot (e.g. anything blue). 2. Section off your room and do one section every day/ week. 3. Put an alarm for 5-10 minutes before leaving for class and organize. 4. Fold your laundry while you watch a video for class. 5. Try to find 10 minutes to clean before bed or right when you wake up.

Some Other General Tips: 1. Do little things daily and big things weekly. 2. Focus on one thing at a time. 3. If you go to clean and find that you just aren’t up for it—don’t worry or feel like you aren’t doing enough. Cleaning can be good for your mental health when you’re up for it, but there are also days when it makes more sense to rest. Do what’s right for you and know that’s enough!

Everyone deals with some dust, no matter how tidy you keep your room. It can seem impossible to live dust-free. But not to fear! Here are a few easy ways to keep it to a minimum. 1. Clean your pillows. Cleaning sheets and pillowcases is essential, but germs and dust can still live within the pillow. Using a detergent, wash your pillow in the washing machine, and then dry. 2. Minimize clutter. Keep in mind that when your room becomes cluttered, you are basically signing a contract with the dust monster! 3. Vacuum weekly. If possible, vacuum once or twice a week. This collects the dirt that lies in areas you may not think about sweeping or wiping down (E.g. underneath your desk). 4. Air purifier. These work very nicely in combating dust, but are potentially expensive. Helpful, but definitely not essential to preventing dust in your room!

There are many ways to keep a room clean, no doubt. Once you find a system that works best for you, you might even start to enjoy it! Keep your standards realistic, but also push yourself when you feel unmotivated. It can seem impossible at times to keep your room clean while also balancing academics and extracurriculars, but if you remember to do a little bit every day, you are on a straight path to the title we all should strive for: NEAT FREAK!

Board of Commissioners Candidates Voting Guide Assembled by Kaizad Irani ‘22 (he/him) and Isa DeGuzman ‘25 (she/her)

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Jeff Boyd Ryan Fay Boyd is a member of E2D, a Davidson-based As Director of Business Operations for an auto & ANAYA PATEL ‘25 non-profit working to increase accessibility to dealer, Fay introduced an initiative to offer technology in Mecklenburg County. His top internships for students in local school districts. priorities include maintaining the safety of His priorities are diversity and equality, infrat’s that time of the year again, folks. Halloween (aka “Gay Christmas”) is pedestrians, improving the town’s livability, structure, and fiscal responsibility. Fay wants to finally here! fostering affordable living, ensuring proper support minority- and women-owned businesses, For many queer individuals, Halloween is an opportunity to dress up financial bookkeeping, and improving cultural improve pedestrian safety, and ensure funds from inclusion efforts. the American Recovery Act are spent well. without fear of societal pressures. It’s a chance to be whoever they want Tracy Mattison Brandon Autumn Michael to be in an environment where they won’t be judged for it. Sad as it is, A Davidson resident for over 12 years, Bran- Autumn Michael is running for her third term on queerness and transness are still seen by the wider world as perversions, and don’s community involvement includes serv- the Board of Commissioners. She is the former queer and trans people face hardships on the daily for simply being theming as a board member for Davidson Lifeline, Executive Director of the Davidson Lands Conselves. On Halloween, the tables turn and LGBTQ+ individuals are able to a non-profit aimed at promoting mental health servancy and has previously worked as a land use indulge in the brief normality of extravagance and campy mayhem. awareness in Davidson, and being a member attorney. Michael wants to preserve the town’s Brigid McCarthy, ‘25, commented on what Halloween meant to her: “Halof the Davidson Housing Coalition Homeless- naturally occurring affordable housing (NOAH). loween, for the queer community, isn’t just about dress up. It’s about being ness Task Force. If elected, she hopes to ad- She also hopes to foster more sustainability able to freely explore the bounds of gender presentation and sexuality. It’s a dress citizens’ concerns regarding affordable efforts through increasing greenway paths and housing, town safety, and climate change. chance to step into your identity and feel yourself fully.” Luis Cordero, ‘22, create a new Historic Preservation Plan. Jane Campbell ‘87 Tim Neal also shared his thoughts: “[Halloween] lets me unleash my creativity… [and] Jane Campbell is seeking re-election to the Tim Neal has lived in Davidson for over 11 explore my identity further.” Board of Commissioners, after first winning years with experience in sales and business As Halloween weekend approaches, take this time to cuddle up in the her seat in 2019. She graduated from David- development. If elected, Neal intends to increase Lavender Lounge with some friends and watch Rocky Horror Picture Show, son College in 1987 and served in the U.S. economic success through infrastructure develJennifer’s Body, Coraline, or any other queer-favorite spooky films. Stay Navy before entering government. Her top opment, diversifying the tax base, and improvsafe, and have a happy Halloween! priorities are creating more affordable housing ing transportation. His wants to ensure that the options, using technology to keep pedestrians community has a voice in all town decisions. In safe, and increasing equality in the town. She addition, Neal believes his platform encourages a has also pushed the town to link racial justice community of mutual respect for each other. and historical preservation. Dan Ryan Matthew Dellinger ‘04 Dan Ryan has lived in Davidson since 2014 with Matthew Dellinger is a Davidson College a career background in information technology. and USC Law graduate who practices law His platform includes reducing the tax burden in Davidson. He has served as Chair of both on small businesses and increasing public parks the Davidson Planning Board and Board of space. Ryan also advocates for a comprehensive Adjustments since 2018, and is an Elder at pedestrian safety plan for Main Street and inthe Davidson College Presbyterian Church. creased funding for the Davidson Police DepartDellinger hopes to implement the Davidson ment. Ryan serves on the River Run Property Mobility Plan and Davidson Comprehensive Owners Association and is a board member of the Plan to improve the town’s infrastructure and Dilworth Center, an addiction treatment center in Photo by Nora Klein ‘24 overall development. Charlotte.

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If You Give A Skunk A Cookie...

f you give the skunk from commons a cookie, he’s gonna want a warm keystone to go with it.

If the skunk wants a warm keystone, you have to take him to SPE. If you’re walking him down the hill, he’s gonna want to stop to play pong first. (At least he’s good at finding the runaway balls!) After he loses to some Phi Delts, he’s gonna want to say hi to KSig. If he’s saying hi to KSigs, he might as well stay and dance to Hotel Room Service. If he’s dancing to Hotel Room Service, he’s gonna work up an appetite.

Does My Chronic Cough Define Me?

thought that when I came to college I would change, maybe find myself, establish my style, bring out the best sides of my personality. It is true: Davidson has helped me bring out some characterizing aspects of myself. I have now become aware that the chronic cough that I’ve had since the second week of September has become a dominating aspect of who I am as a person. People can hear me in the library; they know that I am there. My friends will turn their heads when they hear me hacking away as I walk past Chambers. It is a statement cough, I would say. There’s that student in class that answers every question, the senior that’s always scrolling LinkedIn on their laptop, that guy that’s always asleep, and there’s me: the student that has to step outside every 15 minutes because I’m hacking up bits of lung. I don’t think a meal with me would be complete without me choking on my Cat Club because I started coughing while I was eating. I’ve got a lot of friends with unique, memorable laughs, but I don’t think any of them compare to my giggles that end up in a raging coughing fit. I’ve got an insane six pack that I can only owe to the con-

stant spewing of mucus that’s accumulated in my sorry excuse for a pair of lungs. I’ve been so concerned about COVID affecting my lungs, but boy, has that SPE virus really taken them out. Convincing my parents that I’m not smoking cigarettes has become a common conversation on my family facetimes, and “see what these vape things are doing to you all!” is my grandma’s favorite line whenever I give her a call. At this point, I’m not even trying with the health center. For starters, despite the fact that they could probably hear my gutteral retches from the waiting room, they would probably just tell me to take some orange juice and I’d be good as new the next day. Even if there were some miracle cure, I don’t think I could even concpetualize what going back to a “normal” life would be. Everyone at Davidson needs to have their “thing,” and I realized that in my aerie boyfriend-cut jeans and pastel crop top, with my love of small dogs and the fall aesthetic, I am actually identical to every other girl who goes here. At least now I have something distinctive to call my own and my professors can remember who I am after class. I just wouldn’t be me without that tickle in the back of my throat every 10 minutes.

If he works up an appetite, he’s gonna want to go to Nummit for a quesadilla. If you go to Nummit for a quesadilla, they are gonna be out of cheese already. (how can you run out of cheese when all you sell is quesadillas?) If Nummit is out of cheese, and you’re already back up the hill, you and the skunk decide to call it a night. As you drop him back outside of Commons, before he slithers away, he asks you to take him to Commons Market… for a cookie.

10 Costume Ideas That Aren’t Offensive and Are Actually Funny

ave you ever been sitting in class on your school’s designated Halloween dress up day, waiting for that one kid to walk in wearing something mildly offensive? Or are you a victim, like many of us, of accidentally doing that yourself as a child? Worry no longer! We have brought you a list of 10 costumes that aren’t offensive and are actually funny! If you are stuck on what to be for this halloweekend, here are some good choices: 1. Lacrosse player - Just grab a lacrosse stick and grow out a greasy mullet and you’re good to go! 2. Jeff Bezos in space - This costume is the

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dictionary definition of jokes only being funny if you’re punching up. Billionaires legally aren’t allowed to be offended by anything. 3. 16 year old interested in cryptocurrency Also known as a future econ major. Just wear whatever you would wear if you had no positive influences and far too much time on your hands. 4. A classics major - Dark academia. Dead languages. The perfect Halloween aesthetic. Maybe not for your entire future, but hey who am I to judge! 5. A Catholic priest - Steal actual vestments from your local church and a gallon of holy

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water to fling onto the ghouls of the night.

(or fear, we can’t tell).

6. Air Bud - Steph Curry but dog form. Hurts no one, and will raise your likeability and social status by a decent margin. Also arguably one of the best films ever made.

9. Sexy Carol Quillen - You know it’s not a Yowl article without a CQ joke. No but seriously, find your sexiest pantsuit and catch students at the worst times that paint them in the worst light and you’re golden.

7. Zendaya from Dune - Look so so sexy, show up to the party for about 10 minutes, and then vanish, leaving everyone confused as to why they scheduled out 2 and a half hours of their night. 8. Cthulhu - The most famous creature of everyone’s favorite writer, H.P. Lovecraft. Embody your best dragon-octopus-whatever-thef*ck-that-is self and leave your peers in awe

10. An F bouncer - Dress like you would any other day, stand outside a room with your arms crossed for “capacity control,” and then don’t control the capacity of said room. Please feel free to use any of our ideas, we know we will (no we won’t), and stay safe and sexy this Halloween.

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