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Town of Davidson serves as backdrop in scenes from new romantic comedy
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Former Professor of English Cynthia Lewis provides insight into life as a woman at Davidson
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Campus in the 1960s, prior to coeducation. Photo from Davidson College
ALICE ODUM ‘26 (SHE/HER) STAFF WRITER SOPHIA CIMBALLA (SHE/HER) STAFF WRITER The first class of women accepted to Davidson entered the school in the fall of 1973. “I had sent my SAT scores to the school after hearing it was going coed. I received a letter back saying, and I may not have this quite right, ‘You are the kind of fine young man we are looking for,’” reminisces Laurie Dunn ‘77. Dunn entered Davidson in 1973 with a small cohort of female students as part of the first class to attend after the College became officially co-educational. Davidson decided to allow women to attend full-time and graduate with degrees in 1972. This move was met with support by many, but came with pushback and unique challenges for female students. According to former college archivist Jan Blodgett, women had been studying at Davidson long before coeducation was made the official policy. “There have been women studying at the college since [the 1860s],” Blodgett said.“They were not considered as regular students but during the Depression and WWII, local women taking classes helped keep the college afloat. The first woman to complete all four years at Davidson was Annie Brown in 1901, but she was only given a certificate noting she had done the work.” The transition to coeducation had a marked impact on the women who became Davidson students and graduates. “I vividly remember seeing the news report that Davidson’s trustees had voted to accept women, so figured I’d give it a shot,” Debbie
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Darden ‘78 siad. “When I realized I’d go there if I got in, I applied early decision and got in. It was the best decision I ever made.” Sue Ross began working at Davidson in 1977 as the Associate Dean of Students and a professor in the English department, after receiving her PhD from UNC. In her role, Ross witnessed the transition firsthand from the perspective of a faculty member. “Davidson women were in an unusual position because almost all of the cohorts of the college were in favor of co-education,” Ross said. “The students were in favor, most of the faculty and staff, the trustees, the administration. The only cohort that wasn’t was the alums.” Ross explained how women, upon arriving at Davidson, immediately began to succeed in academics and get involved in student organizations. When she began in her role as Associate Dean of Students in 1977, women already occupied the positions of Davidsonian Editor-in-Chief and Union Board president. “They were already taking their place in very successful ways,” Ross said. However these first female students “still had to prove themselves.” “Entering Davidson in 1973 as a coed was interesting on a number of levels,” Dunn said. “The men and faculty seemed divided as to whether or not they wanted women there, but I thought the campus was mostly receptive.” The integration of female students also meant a dramatic shift in the social scene on campus. The ratio of men to women in early years of coeducation was heavily skewed towards the male students. This dynamic proved memorable for the College’s first female graduates.
Living Davidson tracks student’s Halloween costumes for the 202324 school year
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The Yowl gives shopping advice for what can be bought for the price of tuition
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Susan T Strahan, the first international female to attend Davidson. Photo from Davidson College
“A profesor handed back my paper and said loud enough for everyone to hear ‘Pretty good for a girl,’” Dunn said. Bonnie Revelle ‘77, felt that she earned her place as a Davidson student after an “esteemed” male faculty member, who was a known opponent of coeducation told her during her senior year that, “if we had to accept women, I am very glad that we accepted women like you.’” Annie Porges ‘85, Senior Associate Director of Major Gifts, reflected on her experience as a woman at Davidson with the notion that a “double-edged sword existed.” Porges points to the less glamorous aspects of this transitional period, giving a few examples like the naming of Warner Hall Eating House, an all female organization on campus, after a man. “I just don’t think that the campus had really been prepared for what the dynamics were going to be around male female relationships.” Part of adjusting to the new dynamic of male-female relationships included providing education in regards to sexual relationships, an aspect of student life on campus that the female faculty members valued. Ross, in her position of Associate Dean of Students, had Planned Parenthood come talk to Davidson hall counselors every year to answer questions and equip them to talk to younger students in their halls. “One of the first things I did was go to the drugstore downtown and ask where the condoms were [...] they ought to be somewhere where they are easily accessible.” Laurie Cameron ‘77, offered a story about her time as a vocalist, and possible contribution to the founding of the first coed vocal group.
“When auditions for the prestigious Male Chorus were posted, I signed up and auditioned- as a tenor, which I am not. The director, Mr. Don Plott, heard my audition and noted: ‘while you have the vocal ability to join this group, you are a mezzo soprano and not a tenor. And you wouldn’t look good in a tuxedo.’... But the next week, the music department announced auditions for a new madrigal group of 16 voices (8 female and 8 male). The small size ensured there would be quality from the small group of women on campus, and took the best of the Male Chorus members.” Despite the few negative encounters, many alumni insisted that the college and town of Davidson were receptive and supportive to the official introduction of women on campus. “I am so grateful for the academics of Davidson, the sciences were particularly welltaught, but especially for the strong friendships that have developed through the years, both within our class but also across generations,” Dunn said.“The people of Davidson are just wonderful. What a great choice Davidson made to embrace coeducation.” The first few years of co-education at Davidson provided for meaningful experiences for female students. In the early days, when Ross spoke with alumni who opposed the admission of female students, she would ask: “If you had such a great experience at Davidson, why wouldn’t you want your girl children to go there?” to which they claimed it, “wouldn’t be the same.” Ross’ response? “It would be better.”
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New Rom-Com The Other Zoey Filmed Partly in Davidson ANIKA BANERJEE ‘24 (SHE/HER) CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF
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estled in the heart of North Carolina, Davidson, a town that often flies under the radar, was recently used as the backdrop for a Gulfstream Pictures original film. The Other Zoey, a romantic comedy that came to theaters on October 20, 2023, prominently featured Davidson’s smalltown charm. The film revolves around Zoey Miller (Josephine Langford), a brilliant and determined college student, who is content with being single. Her life takes an unexpected turn when a fellow student named Zach Maclaren (Drew Starkey), who suffered from amnesia following a bike accident, mistakenly identifies her as his girlfriend. Remarkably, his girlfriend also happens to share the same name, Zoey. This unexpected encounter sets the stage for love triangles and mistaken identities. Christina Bowden, the locations manager for the film, kept the town of Davidson in the back of her mind when siting locations for the film. “Coming from Atlanta, I consulted with my local locations’ teammates, and they all said that Davidson would bring great production value to the movie. Once we scouted various locations in Davidson, the director agreed this was the place to film,” said Bowden. Bowden’s approach to selecting locations required breaking down the script for each scene and presenting options that align seamlessly with the storyline. This meticulous process ensures that the chosen locations not only meet the film’s aesthetic needs but also harmonize with the narrative. “This is where our main characters first meet,” Bowden said. “It was extremely important that we gave the actors a space where they could feel like the characters they were portraying. Davidson gave us the small town, college town feeling without being too cliche.” Although Bowden and her team were initially interested in using the Davidson College campus as a filming location, scheduling conflicts arose, preventing the campus from making an appearance in the film; however, Main Street Books, Summit Coffee, Ben & Jerry’s, and the Pickled Peach made the cut. Jay Pfiefer, the Director of Media Relations at Davidson, is the direct point of contact for movies, TV shows, and advertisements
looking to use the campus. “This one was tricky because it was late 2021. Initially, in our response we had said we’re happy to talk— ‘But just so you know, we cannot shoot on the front lawn,’ because we had two commencements coming up that spring, we needed to keep that area as pristine as possible,” said Pfeifer. “But that one didn’t work out, there’s still kind of a little of this now, but staffing was tight. And when a movie comes in here, they must have electricians and physical plant people, basically on call just to help with anything that comes up. So, we just didn’t have the manpower to support it.” Although The Other Zoey was unable to use the campus, the filmmakers were still fond of the town surrounding campus. As the movie was based during the fall and winter seasons, the Town of Davidson and Bowden’s team had to work together to consolidate their schedules. “We filmed during the holiday season, so most of the challenges we faced had to deal with making Davidson not look like Christmas in December. Working with the city of Davidson’s permit office was extremely helpful. Our goal was to make sure that we could film without interrupting the holiday festivities that were happening around the city,” said Bowden. Most of the filming process took place within Main Street Books, adjacent to the campus. While the interior of Main Street Books and the iconic teal exterior of Summit Coffee became the backdrop for a pivotal scene in the movie where Zach Maclaren contracts amnesia, the owner, Adah Fitzgerald ‘01, was surprised that the filmmakers were interested in using her shop. “They literally called. And it actually took a couple of tries for us to realize it was actually a fairly legitimate offer,” said Fitzgerald. “So, once we agreed on a date, they actually came and did a scouting trip with like 40 people. They were scouting around the whole block, and then they came into the bookstore. They asked a whole bunch of questions around November, and then they came back at the end of January.” The set designers invested significant effort to transform Main Street Books into the desired cinematic setting, requiring extensive labor and attention to detail “They couldn’t show any book covers, so they had the spines, and for face outs, the set designer put fit covers on every single one of those. Then they took our basic window, with whatever we had in there, such as hanging
A new RomCom The Other Zoey produced by Gulfstream Pictures. Photo from IMDB books, and made them better. They made [the back of the store] look like it was also a little record shop, with a knitting spot, and they brought in a whole bunch of props. That was a few days before filming, and then they just filmed for one day.” Regardless of the fact that the movie took over Main Street Books, Fitzgerald was pleased with the whole experience. “They were super nice, all of them. They do this kind of stuff all the time, and it could probably be easy to forget that you’re getting all up in people’s business space, but no. They were all very thoughtful, generous, kind, and interesting.” Although the College was not able to align their schedule with The Other Zoey, other films have used the campus in the past. The 2018 film, American Animals, which was awarded The British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film, used Davidson’s campus to recreate a university from one of the most notable art heists in U.S. history. “The movie is based on a true story about a bunch of students at Transylvania State University, which is in Lexington, Kentucky, who stole books out of their rare book room because they were worth hundreds of thousands and tried to sell them,” Pfeifer
said. “It’s a true story. And so, they used Chambers as the main building on campus. And what’s interesting is they used the front lawn and converted it almost to make it look like a parking lot. They had cars, and there are some scenes that were shot where they were driving down the street, and it’s right down campus. And then the rare book room, for the heist scene, in the movie was actually the Davidsoniana room in the library.” Davidson’s campus, on American Animals, and the town itself, in The Other Zoey, have proved valueable assests in film production. “Everyone during this process was so open and easy to work with that it made our jobs enjoyable. One of the most important things that all crew members like to do is sow into the community,” Bowden said. “Watching the crew venture out and find hidden treasures throughout the town during our breaks, gave myself and the producers great since of pride. Davidson is a beautiful place to film. Myself, the producers and the crew really appreciate having the opportunity to film there. Filming in Davidson elevated The Other Zoe to another level. We are grateful for every person that participated in helping make of the film.
Q&A With Ben Atherton ‘26: Kayak Racer STELLA MACKLER ‘26 (SHE/HER) CO-EDITOR IN CHIEF
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he 28th annual Green River Narrows Race, the largest extreme kayak race in the world, was held this weekend near Saluda, NC outside of Ashville. Ben Atherton ‘26 placed tenth out of 192 racers from across the country. SM: Tell me about the race this weekend, and what you did. BA: It is a time trail race down the Green River Narrows in North Carolina. Every year there is around 200 something racers and usually two or three thousand spectators hike in to watch. This is the 28th year that they’ve done it and I got tenth overall. My time was four minutes and 23 seconds. Last year I did well enough to qualify for a new race that they invented called the Royal Gauntlet and I got eleventh in that. SM: How do you train for these races in Davidson? BA: I don’t actually kayack anymore. I just do homework. No, I paddle at the Whitewater Center as often as I can while it is open. I paddle on the Green year round. I probably do 100 something Green laps per year. This was my fourth year racing. SM: Do you need to qualify for the race or can anyone open enter? BA: Anyonce can do it, but they made a second race that you had to qualify for. SM: And that is the one you qualified for last year? BA: Yeah, exactly. According to the Green Race’s official website, the Royal
Atherton races down the Green River Narrows during the largest kayak race in the country. Photo from Ben Atherton Gauntlet, in which Atherton placed eleventh out of 23, features the fastest racers in the world. The event as a whole is considered “The Greatest Show in all of Sports”.
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DUFF and PUFF: Frisbee Folk Take their Passion Abroad
CLAIRE KELLY ‘25 (SHE/HER) STAFF WRITER
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ltimate frisbee has a firm grasp on its most dedicated players. At Davidson, where according to the Office of Education Abroad, more than 65% of each graduating class chooses to study abroad, this means experiencing the international side of the sport. There are two main club frisbee teams for the Wildcats: the men’s team, Davidson Ultimate Frisbee Folk (DUFF) and a gender inclusive team called Peoples Ultimate Frisbee Folk (PUFF). The final “F” in these acronyms is still up for interpretation, according to team members, but Folk seems to have won over many. A sport common to many schools like Davidson in the U.S is in fact an international sensation for all ages. This fall in the Davidson in Madrid program, Nicholas Layke ‘25 and Alice Whisnat ‘25, both active DUFF and PUFF members, have taken on the challenge of playing frisbee in Spain. “I thought about wanting to play frisbee while in Spain and did a deep dive of ultimate frisbee in Madrid,” said Whisnat, who is the current co-captain of PUFF, along with Caroline Heirs ‘25 and Ella Dittmer ‘26. After poking around some teams’ websites, she sent them an email in Spanish. “They sent me a link to join their Whatsapp group and their email group. I started getting information on them and spread the word to others,” Whisnat said. Whisnat and Layke originally joined a team called Quijotes. Through this team, they connected with other study abroad students from the U.S and eventually joined another team called Disckatus. “We found those people [the study abroad students] through the team which is kind of fun to see the cool connections that were made,” Whisnat said. Disckatus is a mixed group of mens and womens frisbee that consists of a wide variety of ages. “It [Diskatus] definitely leans more heavily with local Spaniards, college Spaniards, and people who are older, so the youngest
people on the team are all of us college study abroad students,” Whisnat said. There are certain aspects of the team that both Whisnat and Layke enjoy, such as the opportunity to meet locals in Madrid and gain new experiences. “We’ll be in Valencia playing on the beach 5 vs 5 which is not typical frisbee; I’ve never played before so I’m thrilled,” Whisnat said “I think it’s a great way to connect with the Spanish people and then also just be able to have the same sport but a new style of play,” Layke added. However on the field communication has proven to be difficult at times. “Some of them speak very good English then some of them don’t speak any English at all so if there’s a confusing bit about the drill that somebody doesn’t understand or you’re trying to talk about something, there is a language barrier at times,” Layke said. Next door to Layke and Whisnat in Madrid is Steve Mirabello ‘25, who is studying with the Davidson in Paris program this semester. Mirabello, too, is an active DUFF member, and has discovered a French frisbee league while abroad. “I had some friends from home who played frisbee and who had studied abroad in France and they had played on some teams,” Mirabello said. “I asked my DUFF coach what he knew about the teams in France and reached out to some contacts; then I kind of looked up online and found a Facebook page for a pickup frisbee every Sunday morning.” “It’s a fun group; a lot of Americans, a lot of Brits, people from a bunch of countries,” Mirabello added. In addition to the pickup team, Mirabello joined a club team called Paris Université Club that meets weekly for more serious practices and drills. “There’s maybe five or so American exchange students, a couple of French high schoolers, a couple of French university students, and then a lot of people in their mid 20s,” Mirabllo said. Like Whisnat and Layke, he, too, faces a language obstacle on his team. Mirabello describes the communication aspect as “kind of a “Fran-gles.” Even with the challenges that come with adapting to a new team with a different atmosphere, Mirabello
Crime Log Time Reported Offense/Location Alcohol Offense:
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Larceny of a Motor 10/31/23 12:10 hrs Vehicle Part Chidsey, Inactive
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Offenses: Possess & Consume Under 21 (X3). Resisting Offense Watts, Inactive
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Nick Layke ‘25 playing ultimate frisbee at Davidson. Photo from Nick Layke ‘25 highly recommends participating in a fun activity abroad. “I think it is really important when you go somewhere new to try and immerse yourself in as much as you can, and there’s no better way to do that than to find something you like and and find it there.” No matter where these frisbee-ers are, they are consistently united by the sense of
community on their teams. “It’s cool to see the trend of frisbee people always building a community and it’s been really fun to continue in Spain,” Whisnat said. “In the United States I’ve always been really lucky to find a strong community and good friends from frisbee and the fact that I am also able to do that here is very special.”
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To the Trustees: Alleged Perpetrators Need Intervention
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RONAN TOWELL ‘24 (HE/HIM)
ood morning, my name is Ronan Towell and for those of you that weren’t here in March, I am the Student Body President. After I was elected to this position in February, I was nominated to participate in Green Dot training. This bystander intervention program works to prevent public sexual violence by educating onlookers on interruption techniques when there are signals of a power imbalance. As the session ended, I began to speak frankly about Davidson’s institutional struggle with holding alleged perpetrators of sexual violence accountable for their actions. As I was leaving, somebody I didn’t know slipped me a note. I put it in this journal to read later, and I still come back to it after all these months. It reads: “Thank you so much for everything you said and all that you’re doing for survivors. I’m a Survivor and got a ton of support but absolutely nothing happened for my perpetrator so it’s so validating hearing you talk about ‘tons of support for victims but so little accountability for perpetrators.’ I haven’t followed SGA politics a ton but this made me so glad that you are our SGA president. Hearing you made me feel so seen and represented that I teared up, thank you” . I come back to this often when I’m
struggling with inspiration or motivation. I know that if I don’t initiate tough conversations, sexual violence prevention may not be addressed as we need it to. Incidents will continue to harm members of our community, as they have since our last meeting. I will once again share with you that data shows Title IX incidents on campus are underreported in official statistics. There have been some positive developments since I last addressed this group in March. Residence Life Office training, for example, now includes up-todate guidance on reporting practices when a student goes to their Residence Life Advisor following an incident of sexual violence. The general trend on campus, however, has been increased adherence to heavyhanded and dated national policies, such as the enforcement of a policy that prohibits campus organizations from compiling a social blacklist to protect its membership from alleged perpetrators at campus-wide events. There comes a point, however, where we must prioritize the safety of all of the students on campus. Unless a student is willing to press charges, they do not have an advocate on campus nor is there mandated accountability for their alleged perpetrator. This is a fundamental flaw in our system. At Davidson, students will drop classes to avoid interacting with their implicated perpetrator. They will transfer schools rather
than face somebody who has abused them and terrorized them. I have seen it happen over and over again. Alleged perpetrators continue to give tours to prospective students and their families. They perform in music groups at events where children are present. They continue to receive nominations for prestigious scholarships, some of which are in the names of respected donors. They are eligible to host prospective students for overnight visits, almost all of whom are minors. There is little accountability for alleged perpetrators, and when there is, it generally comes in the form of social ostracization. Alleged perpetrators may be ousted from friendships as word spreads about their actions and their patterns of behavior, but they are not incentivized to learn from their actions and are more likely to repeat them because of this. As a College, we need to shift our focus away from legal hurdles and start considering what institutional consequences might look like. As Student Body President, my bylaws stipulate that I appoint students to Faculty and Trustee Committees. Before a student can accept a nomination from my cabinet, they are required to answer the question “Do you have any violations of the Student Code of Conduct that are pending or settled? Including but not limited to: Honor Council cases, Title IX violations (official or unofficial), or other such infractions.” If the
answer is yes, the student has an opportunity to explain. Rather than discriminating against those who have incurred such violations, asking them to explain their situation provides space for accountability. To the best of my knowledge, no such question is asked of scholarship recipients, tour guides, or scholar-athletes. This question allows me to stand behind my choices with confidence and make an informed decision about who occupies positions of authority. My goal is to have this question or some version of it on any application that involves interactions with minors, community members, or E-Board positions. This is how cultural change begins and Davidson can be a pioneer in such change. As the saying goes, knowledge is power, but knowledge can also be used to disempower those who engage in harmful patterns of behavior. This simple change requiring some accountability in order for a student to hold a position of power - is a first step in establishing a culture that does not tolerate sexual violence in any form.
Women at Local College Solve Long-standing Sitting Problem DR. CYNTHIA LEWIS (SHE/HER) When English Professor Cynthia Lewis joined the Davidson faculty in 1980, women had begun to be admitted to the college, but Chambers Building offered a total of only four women’s restroom stalls. Someone had merely changed the sign on a second-floor and a third-floor men’s rooms to “Women,” but both restrooms had only one stall and two left-over urinals. Women were remarkably good-humored about this situation; one of them put a flower pot in the base of a urinal. But to extend admission to women without giving them so much as a place to relieve themselves was, at base, humiliating. Many women ran out of time between classes before they could find an open stall and were forced to suffer discomfort during an entire class. Professor Lewis was appalled by this state affairs, which wasn’t remedied until 2004, when the Chambers renovation brought about ample stalls in all women’s restrooms. She lobbied for change over decades. At some point in the 30-year interim, she vented with a satire she wrote along with her writing class, whose members were composing their own satires.
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fter decades of waiting for the Davidson College administration to install enough women’s bathrooms on campus to fulfill all women’s needs, female faculty, staff, and students at the local institution announced today that they had conquered the problem in their own way. Said English Professor Cynthia Lewis, “We’ve finally sucked it up and grown penises.” Lewis, co-chair of the now disbanded Working Group on Gender Equity, a presidentially appointed task force at Davidson, waxed giddy with excitement about this recent development. “We’ve taken the bull by more than the horns,” she said, “and we’re lovin’ it!”
Lewis’s co-chair, Professor of History Sally McMillen, enthusiastically agreed. “This was the perfect solution to a situation that, we now see, wasn’t going to get better without drastic action,” McMillen stated. “If we had known how quickly and efficiently our discomfort could be relieved, we’d have taken this step long ago. I guess now you can call us stand-up women.” Various individual women and women’s groups had complained over the years about lack of adequate facilities in numerous buildings, resulting in long lines between classes and during intermissions at performances. No matter how often or how adamantly women spoke up about the humiliation of either arriving late for class or being forced to sit cross-legged for an hour or more, the complaints fell on deaf ears. “Sure,” said McMillen, “we were given token improvements.” One example was the men’s room on the third floor of Chambers Building that one day, about fifteen years ago, suddenly displayed a WOMEN’s sign on the door. That, however, was the only real change. “Inside, it was still a men’s room,” McMillen remembered. “It had two urinals and only one stall. Having no other use for the urinals, women started putting plants in them. At least they became less of an eyesore.” Then a group of seasoned female professionals at the college—including both faculty and staff—realized that they could grow something more useful but no less aesthetic. Said Psychology Professor Ruth Ault about the new female appendages, “Get over it, Freud. We have nothing to envy now!” Ault explains the change of both body and mind as the direct result of women’s finally acknowledging their subordinate status at a school that, not so long ago, was all male. “For years, male colleagues have been implying and outright advising
us that, to fit in, we need to blend in,” she reminisced. “In view of our gender, we’re just lucky to be here. We wouldn’t want to wear out our welcome by demanding that our special needs be met.” Local legend has it that the first female professor at Davidson expected no special treatment. One now deceased male colleague reported that, long ago, graffiti in the men’s room read, “Hortense Wilson is a man,” underneath which was written, “No I’m not.” “Clearly,” said Lewis, “we’d lost ground since those pioneer days. We took an honest look at ourselves and discovered we were performing as women far below our potential. We tell our female students they can do anything a man can do. What kind of example were we setting by whining that, except on Sunday mornings, we couldn’t find a public pot to pee in?” Once the adult women had grown their penises, the intellectually gifted students at Davidson, a school ranked among the top ten liberal arts colleges in America, caught on quickly and followed suit. Now, older and younger women alike are glowing in their newfound freedom. Student Marla Brando said, “Before, we just talked about equity. Now, we’re walkin’ the walk.” “And,” she grinned, “were packin’ a little extra.” Classmate Sylvia Stallone praised the efficiency of her new equipment. “Now I whiz through my business,” she said, “and have enough time to powder my nose. Incidentally, I’m saving a fortune on Charmin.” Male student Chester Bare admitted that, besides feeling a little threatened about sharing urinals and trees with women, he approves of the change. “Of course, I’ve always thought Davidson women were awesome,” he said. “But now I hear they’ve bested our percentage at successfully aiming into the bowl by a considerable margin. What next?” Dean of Admissions Nancy Cable, who
was among the first to grow her own, worries that, until the initial furor over the new development dies down, the college might see a dip in the number of female applicants. “As students and colleagues have repeatedly reminded me,” said Cable, “we at Davidson enjoy the very highest admission standards. I don’t see this addition to our expectations as in any way unfair or impractical. A woman who wants to come here badly enough can surely squeeze something out. It doesn’t have to be world class—just big enough to get the job done.” And speaking of jobs, will the enhanced anatomy of the Davidson alumna give her an advantage in the search for employment? Said Careers Office director Bob Accoster, “We have high hopes that our new ‘Renaissance woman’ from Davidson will blow candidates from other schools . . . blow them . . . I forgot the beginning of my sentence ... oh, that’s right . . . blow them out of the water.” Adjusting his glasses on the end of his nose, Accoster continued, “Employers should find this ‘extra’ gratifying. I mean, how often do they have an opportunity to hire someone who doesn’t demand that her special needs be met?”
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Davidson Men’s Soccer heads to Atlantic-10 Semifinal with win vs Duquesne Davidson faces Dayton at Alumni Soccer Stadium Wednesday at 7pm
VINCENT SCAUZZO ‘24 (HE/HIM) SPORTS WRITER
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n Friday night, the Davidson College Men’s Soccer team took the field to the symphonic sound of bright red plastic bugles, a fanfare fit for a team whose regular season record has made them an intimidating sight on the calendars of the opposition. But, after two frustrating losses in the weeks prior, the pressure was on for Davidson to live up to their reputation as a formidable force on the pitch and shut down the Dukes of Duquesne University. Whatever had plagued the team’s performance in recent weeks had vanished. The Wildcats took the victory in romantic fashion, giving themselves a spot in the next round of the A-10 Championship playoffs and sending the Dukes packing back to Pittsburgh. In the build-up to the playoffs, senior midfielder Luke Bryant humbly stated that any of the teams in the tournament were good enough to go all the way and would be worthy competitors. The young man from Mississippi, sporting a sharp mullet in Friday’s game, had trained himself to keep his composure on the big stage, reminding himself often that the game is still the same and that “a soccer ball is still round.” One did not perceive that sense of collectedness from fans in the stands at the beginning of the match. Chilly and jittery, everyone knew the Wildcats needed to score early—the team had not completed a come-from-behind win in their remarkable regular season—and they knew the Dukes would not go down easily. However, sophomore forward Denis Krioutchenkov and junior defender Sai Tummala quickly eliminated any remaining feelings of angst as they coordinated a brilliant display of offense and ball control. A goal from Krioutchenkov surrounded by a tangled-up mess of Duquesne defenders put the Wildcats up one-nil in the eleventh minute of the game. In the thirty-seventh minute, Duquesne managed to slip a shot past Davidson’s senior goalie Lou Liedkta to tie the game. Following his goal, the young Duke paraded in front of the passionate student section, prompting jeers and chirps from both sides of the chain link. Following a mid-season matchup that ended with Duquesne players getting red cards in the final minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct, not only were the Wildcats and the team from western Pennsylvania vying for a prized semi-final round appearance in the tournament—each player had something personal to prove to his adversary, and himself.
Late in the game, just as a collective apprehension had begun to permeate within the crowd, just when one thought the spark was gone, the Wildcats had the ball in Duquesne’s back left corner. Sai Tummala controlled destiny once again. As he arced the ball perfectly into a gaggle of players, one could see the trait many Davidson team members attributed to their success this year: trust. This intangible, unteachable binding virtue can only be developed with time and shared moments of success and failure. Each player on the roster of this team possesses it in enormous magnitude, helping them foster shared instincts that coaches and play-callers can only dream of. The trust has developed among the seniors especially from having started in games together for their entire tenure at Davidson. But that is not to say underclassmen players have been excluded from this circle of fidelity. Both seniors made it clear that there is never hesitation or worry about a teammate’s ability to execute—the younger players contribute just as much to the interdependency of this team’s strategy as the veterans. The raw talent each player possesses only further stabilizes this universal feeling of trust. When the pass came up above the many lanky athletes situated near the goalie box, junior forward Vincent Bennage sprang up like a trampoline-assisted jack rabbit and headed the ball beyond the reach of the Dukes’ goalie, putting the Wildcats back up two to one. Jubilation erupted from the patrons who had held their breath for the last few plays, and Bennage’s teammates hounded him from the bench. This was the team Davidson fans had become accustomed to watching this season. Fueled by camaraderie and bound by a shared natural understanding of their game, this team can sustain a long period of attrition and still have the will to fight at the end of the game to secure a win. The remaining thirteen minutes would be scoreless and highlighted by many showings of strong defense from both sides. As the final countdown began, the righteously raucous fans picked up their horns once again, this time belting out a song of victory and renewed confidence. This was Davidson’s first playoff win in Atlantic-10 history and the first time they’ve been to the A-10 semifinals. This song will likely be heard across the league as other teams prepare for the next round of the playoffs, and once again they will look in dread at that red interlocking DC on the calendar. The Davidson Wildcats will host the semifinal game against the #6 seed Dayton on Wednesday at 7pm.
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‘Cats Celebrate Goal (Left), Denis Krioutchenkov ‘26 celebrates goal, ‘Cats huddle before game (Right) Photo Credit: Jeff Sochko/DavidsonPhotos.Com
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Ellen Ochoa Speaks at Davidson College JUDAH SILVERMAN ‘27 HE/HIM/HIS
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he Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has supported bringing influential, accomplished speakers to Davidson’s campus since the early 1960s. In conjunction with Davidson’s celebration of fifty years of coeducation, this year’s Reynolds Foundation Lecture sought to honor the role women have in academia. Many prestigious women have spoken at this lecture, including Jane Goodall, Nikki Giovanni and now, the first Latina astronaut Ellen Ochoa. Ochoa chronicled her journey to becoming an astronaut. She showed a photo of herself in space with other female astronauts holding a flag used over a century ago by the National Woman’s Party (NWP). In the late 1910s, the NWP largely led the charge in picketing and lobbying for members of Congress to ratify the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. “It was really important to me to be able to take this historic artifact into space because I knew that I was a beneficiary of those who came before me…Without [them] we wouldn’t have the changes that opened up many educational and career opportunities for women and people of color, including the astronaut corp.” In honor of the work done by the NWP, Ochoa proudly bears the party’s flag as she continues their fight. She called back to a foundational moment in her childhood, watching the takeoff of Apollo 11 with the knowledge that there were no women on that ship. “Women were prohibited from being astronauts and no one would’ve asked a girl if she was interested in growing up to be an astronaut or even a scientist, a pilot, or an engineer,” Ochoa said. Despite the great progress made by the suffragettes and feminists throughout history, such as those in the NWP, American society remained uninterested in the passions of a girl like Ochoa. Yet, this did not stop her or her mother. Having immigrated from Mexico
along with Ochoa’s father, her mother neither got the chance to attend college during her youth or even finish high school due to medical issues. She eventually earned her high school equivalency and did not stop there. “As she was raising my four brothers and sisters and me, she would take one college class a semester at San Diego State.” Ochoa grew up watching her mother doing homework, discussing her learnings, and pursuing her interests. After spending about two decades taking a course a semester, both her and Ochoa graduated from San Diego State University just two years apart. Having grown up watching the hard work her mother poured into education, Ochoa followed in her footsteps, dedicating great effort to her own studies. Ochoa then turned her attention to her own educational experience. In high school, she enjoyed and led her class in math but never considered a career in the sciences. Thus, she entered college with no major in mind. Over time, she pursued her passions, majoring and minoring in physics and math respectively. During college, she gained research experience at Los Alamos National Lab. Her allies at the lab encouraged her to seek out a Ph.D., and through a fellowship, she did such at the Stanford School of Engineering. When the time came to take the entrance exam, Ochoa saw many problems with it, as “[the process] allows both conscious and unconscious bias to flourish.” She heard about a professor’s unwillingness to pass any women, stating “I’ve never passed a woman on this test and I never plan to. They just don’t belong in this department.” Nevertheless, she got her Ph.D., and upon completing it was encouraged to apply to NASA. While she was not admitted to a class of astronauts at first, she continued to update her application and was eventually called to interview at the Johnson Space Center. She was eventually selected as a part of the 13th class of astronauts. Orbiting the Earth, she studied changes to the Earth’s middle atmosphere, the sun’s energy output, and problems surrounding ozone depletion and the ozone hole. She then went on to describe more of her experiences in space, including playing the flute, growing plants, spacewalks, use of scientific tools, and
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa visits Davidson College. Photo credit: NASA
more, all while leaving the crowd in a thrilled awe. As her lecture came to a close, many were left with messages surrounding perseverance and the acknowledgment of our own biases. Abby Smetana, a Davidson freshman, says “Her story is one of perseverance, of daring to be brave, of breaking the glass ceiling (and the sound barrier!), and of paving the way for more people from underrepresented communities to help realize humanity’s dream of spaceflight.” Ochoa impacted the world by displaying that being a woman would not keep her from chasing dreams. Indeed, accomplishing such incredible feats against such systemically rooted resistance is inspiring for any victim of patriarchal oppression. Vonna Lin ‘26 expands on Ochoa’s messages, saying “In professional settings, I often feel overlooked. Ellen Ochoa made me realize the importance of continuing to put myself out there, even though I may be disadvantaged because of my gender.” As Ochoa accomplished her goal of becoming an astronaut, she continues to accomplish goals of inspiring those like her to shoot for the stars, against the forces of a society trying to keep them down. Judah Silverman ’27 (He/Him) is from Tuscon and can be reached for comment at jasilverman@davidson.edu.
Dionysia’s Been Busy! The Prom and Rocky Horror Picture Show LIVE BELLE STALEY ‘26 SHE/HER/HERS
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on’t expect much,” explained Erin Price the Wednesday before the Live Thursday Dionysia production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. “Think: you and your friends put on a living room production for your parents.” The glitter stuck in the crease of her eyelids was the only indicator that there’d been anything special about her Thursday night. By day, Erin Price is a senior English major, beloved by many. However, at night, for the past few weeks leading up to October 26th at 10pm, she has stripped off her backpack, tossed aside her books, and let the glitter fall as she danced across the stage, preparing for her role as Columbia in the Union Board-Dionysia production of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which, for one night only, came to life in the 900 Room on October 26th. Along with Columbia, the motley crew of socially-ousted monsters included Eva Carter as Magenta, Uday Ahuja as FrankN-Furter, Annabel Semans as Riff Raff, and Nick Miller as Rocky. Elaiya Een and Baris Kalaycioglu played Janet and Brad, the story’s newly engaged couple, and Rachel Alexander-Lee took on the role of Dr. Scott. This shocking hors d’oeuvre to the full blown feast of Halloweekend was not a spur of the moment show, though. Rather, for both cast members and audience alike, excitement built up since the casting call in September, as the cast poured their time into practicing. As the night of the show approached, the clock moving towards 10 pm, students gave up their image of general productivity and began to filter into the 900 Room. The crowd grew, until it seemed even the smell of popcorn might have trouble finding a seat amidst the rows of fancily-dressed Davidsonians. At 10 pm, the show did not start. Nor five minutes later, nor ten. Only at 10:12 pm did a cast member, bedecked in glitter and fishnets appear and demand for “all virgins” – as first timers to The Show’s experience– to raise
their hands. Hands rose tentatively, some falsely, others in earnest, and even more hands clapped together in sheer joy. When the pre-show of balloon popping ended, and the main event finally began (after a passionate double-dance between Magenta and Columbia), the storm of anticipation
The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the 900 room during Live Thursday Photo credit: Madeline Dierauf
finally came to a head. This was a show, the 1970s film lips whispered, that was different. This was a show, it promised, that would stroke each individual’s heart and whisper “it’s okay to be strange,” “it’s okay to be different,” “it’s a hell of a lot more fun this way.” The Rocky Horror Picture Show was no performance a group of friends might put on for their parents after dinner. Rather, it was a show inflated with passion, hormones, and remorse. Featuring the zealous fish-net clad cast and the bubbling images of teen angst, ugly ostracization, and grotesque reality, Rocky Horror Picture Show was a show not meant for any aspect of norm. Even nearly fifty years after its release, The Rocky Horror Picture Show continues to epitomize the fractured nature of the teenage experience,
continuing to resonate with those watching it for the first time. Though the socially-acceptable norm has stretched and expanded in the years, the individual journey towards self-acceptance is still a chamber of horrors through which to muddle. Nearly fifty years ago, The Rocky Horror Picture Show spoke to the power of self acceptance in the face of society’s rejection. And now, today, it wields the same axe of self-realization, daring the viewer to impale themself with the outrageous image of accepting themselves, rather than cutting off the bits which are other. Rocky Horror was just the start of a weekend of theater at Davidson. The Prom featured pink suits and synchronized singing and dancing, but similarly epitomized the whimsey, the excessive, and the exaggerated. The Prom showed October 27th through the 29th. Nearly a two month long process, casting began at the end of August and rehearsals led up all the way to their “sneak preview” at Nummit on Friday October 20th. Members of The Dionysia Theater Group brought the quirky characters to life. The musical featured Jake McGraw as the pink-suit clad king Barry Glickman, Breanna Suarez as the passionate voice of Dee Dee Allen, and Alexa Cohen, Zayna Abuhakema, and Sheldon Saperstein as the other unforgettable, musicallyinclined characters. Other equally brilliant characters included Emma Nolan played by Isabella McCormick, Mr. Hawkins played by Ryaan Sabooni, and Alyssa Greene played by Grace Gentle. It was a bundle of energy focused to tell a simple story: a girl was not allowed to take her girlfriend to prom. But then enter assumptions, economic insecurity, and phobias. There were poorly rhymed verses, comical dancing, and unrealistic endings, and The Prom carried the simple beat of acceptance. The Halloweekend of 2023 was full of performances. Both scary and outrageous, funny and sparkling, and with elements of improvisation and sincerity, these shows all carried the commonality of embracing oneself, a timely message during a season of costumes and masks. Belle Staley ‘26 (she/her) is a Biology and Classical Language double major and can be reached at bestaley@ davidson.edu.
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CATS’ COSTUMES We Are Wildcats is a humaninterest column that aims to share the extraordinary within the ordinary at Davidson College and to showcase the inspiring things that make each and every Wildcat unique. If you wish to be featured or know someone whose story needs to be heard, please feel free to contact stwalker@davidson.edu! Stay tuned for future stories! This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Every Halloween, Davidson students shuffle through their wardrobes for costumes, deciding on the vibes they want to give off. Sexy pirate to attract the guy in their bio lab they’ve said two words to, Adam Sandler look-
a-likes aiming for a laugh, or lastminute party-goers who wore pink and called themselves Barbie. Even though Halloweekend has passed, here are some creative Halloween costume ideas you can start thinking about for next year. Check out the full list to the right!
Halloween costumes spotted this year: Gaby Nahm ‘24- Blueberry Muffin from Strawberry Shortcake Sammi Gutknecht ‘25- Max from A Goofy Movie Aidan Rose Devlin ‘26- Princess Mia Thermopolis from Princess Diaries (#teamnicholas) Taylor McGibbon ‘26- Sexy but responsible police officer (Campo?) Anonymous ‘26- A bride to entice my situationship (warning: this may have opposite effects) Ryland Matton ‘24- A hippie grandma Marie Ueda ‘25- Lifeguard and my friend is a shark Grace Hwang ‘25- Santa scene from Mean Girls Cole Erickson ‘26- Cameron Frye with Ferris Bueller from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Sam Burns ‘26- Trinity from the Matrix
Fall activities Wildcats are doing with friends and family as the weather gets colder: Gaby Nahm ‘24- Apple picking, going on nature walks, and cloud/star gazing Sammi Gutknecht ‘25- Raking leaves and putting them into jack-o-lantern trash bags to decorate the yard and carving pumpkins Emily Smith ‘26- Drinking apple cider Madeline Richard ‘26- Baking cookies or anything pumpkin Ellie Wilcox ‘26- Going for a walk outside Professor Ike Bailey- Eating candy corn Erin Walsh ‘26- Sitting outside and reading a good book with hot chocolate Josh Matushak ‘26- Shoving little kids into leaf piles and walking around in my sweater with free Good Drip Brooke Lackey ‘26- Being outside with the leaves
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Davidson to Force Feed Incoming Students Things You Can Buy With 3 Meals a Day One Year’s Worth The freshman 15 wasn’t enough. We’re going for cooking class as a Ways of Knowing Requirement. What the freshman 30.” A recent interview with the ad- better way to get your cultural diversity requirement than of Tuition ministration gave us better insight into the new learning how to Pad Thai? Plus, without kitchens in the
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dining plan. If you aren’t already aware of the anger spreading throughout the Davidson students who won’t actually be affected at all by this new meal plan, here’s a quick summary: starting with class of 2028, students will be required to purchase the full meal plan (21 swipes a week) for all four years of college. Many people wondered if the new meal plan was to provide Commons workers with higher wages, offer meal swipe options at Wildcat Den and Union, or improve the quality of food on campus. However, these were all a hard no. “We could incentivize our workers with higher wages, but instead I think a much better idea is to provide them with fun times by forcing them to wear silly movie costumes as if serving ungrateful college students wasn’t humiliating enough.” said Pinky Varghese, Director of Dining Services. “We’ve got to be at the top of all the rankings. That includes weight gained freshman year. We’ve got to start making these scrawny freshmen eat more,” Doug Hicks told us. In an effort to be more sustainable and use less energy for heating buildings, Davidson claims that the new meal plan might be a solution to “just fatten everybody up for winter.” Many students were concerned about having to pay for three meals a day by the time they reached senior year. They would rather put the money towards groceries, so they could learn how to cook, preparing them for life after graduation. Students were excited about the idea of cooking buttered noodles, frozen pizza, and meth in the kitchens at the senior apartments, and felt that the meal plan took away from this excitement. We asked the administration to comment on this. “What’s the point of having kitchens senior year? No point. We’re getting rid of them and adding a
apartments we have more room to shove people into the apartments and throw up makeshift walls while charging them for the same price.” Students with dietary restrictions also weighed in. “I can’t eat a single thing at Commons because of all the cross-contamination,” said a gluten-free, lactose-free, vegan student with a nut allergy. However, students who have dietary restrictions can graze in the lawn outside Commons or forage for food in the woods, completely free of charge. Despite their excuses for rankings, sustainability, and a new curriculum, reporters still found the new meal plan to be illogical, and figured something had to be up. Through thorough investigation and extensive Google searches, Yowl investigators found that one of the members of the Board of Trustees runs the Mecklenburg County sewage system. Investigators were suspicious that he might be hoping to bring in more revenue by increased use of toilets on campus after forcing students to eat more Commons. After connecting the dots between last year’s fiasco of Commons workers caught sprinkling laxatives into the food (a case that remained unsolved - detectives were never able to figure out who was slipping the workers an extra $50 cash a day to put Miralax in the SoBe Life Water) and the fact that the new football stadium has maxed out the number of toilets the campus septic system can handle, our Yowl investigators pinned the trustee as a culprit behind this new meal plan. “If you can’t increase the number of toilets, you might as well increase the number of flushes. He was already trying last year, and now he’s back at it,” our investigator told us. “However, we don’t have any real evidence against him. And is this even a crime?” Despite all the hoopla, the Yowl wants to remind everyone that this problem doesn’t actually apply to them so you can quit getting so worked up about it.
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all season is here which means it’s time for the lengthy emails to commence. Whether it’s the hundredth student research request, or your fifty-third circle back message, or a ten paragraph email supporting genocide, chances are, you’ve read it. Most recently, Doug Hicks released his annual tuition increase memo buried under multiple boring flowery paragraphs in the hopes you wouldn’t notice the 6.3% increase. But don’t worry, the Yowl’s got your back. Here’s a list of items you can buy with one year’s worth of tuition: • A 2024 Porsche Cayenne • 138,655 Keystones • 5 first class round trip tickets to Sydney, Australia • A four-year bachelor’s degree from NC State University (for NC residents) • 16,200 8-foot 2x4s • 2 surrogates • 8,100 Q-Doba bowls • 20,250 ZYN packs • A mansion in Texas • 40 LG French Door Smart Refrigerators • An 18-wheeler • 3,251 months of Disney+ and Hulu (without ads) and ESPN (with ads) • 1,354 Adam and Eve Silicone G-Gasm Rabbit Vibrators • 10,170 Large Print NIV Holy Bibles • 37 purebred Pembroke Welsh Corgis • 104 16-day transatlantic cruises • 8,134 packs of 200 count tiny plastic babies (1,626,826 tiny babies in total) • One article from College Raptor naming Davidson as the most beautiful college campus • 813 ice axes • 36 LASIK eye surgeries (23 eyes total) • 20,163 Adult MINI Extra Small Condoms Ultra Thin Tight • 59 custom embossing dies from Germany (shipping included) • A yacht
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