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The Independent Student Newspaper of Davidson College since 1914

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Artist Hank Willis Thomas spoke at Thursday's dedication.

Memorial highlights role of art in commemorative practice

Saiya Mehta and Eleanor Nangle October 29, 2025

Art has long served as a form of commemoration. Davidson engaged deeply with this form of remembrance during last week’s dedication of “With These Hands: A Memorial to the Enslaved and Exploited.”...

Belle Staley '26 in her studio.

Senior Studio spotlight: Belle Staley ’26

Wyatt Gessner ’28, Arts and Entertainment Editor October 29, 2025

Belle Staley ’26 has a lot on her mind. The art major’s senior studio is something of a brain dump; the cozy, paint-splattered walls are covered in pieces inspired by everything from animals to family...

Students perform in the Barber theatre. Photo courtesy of @davidsoncollegetheatre on Instagram.

‘Dracula; a Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really’ reimagines the monster

Claire Louise Poston, Writer October 22, 2025

Barber Theatre became a site of gothic horror and female retaliation this past weekend with “Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really,” a play written by Kate Hamill that reimagines Bram Stoker’s...

Pamela Sneed (left) performs in Tyler-Tallman Hall.

‘A Tribute to Big Mama Thornton’ comes to Davidson

Wyatt Gessner, Arts and Entertainment Editor October 22, 2025

For one night, Pamela Sneed transformed. The acclaimed New York City-based poet performed “A Tribute to Big Mama Thornton” last Friday in Tyler-Tallman Hall. The show, written and performed by Sneed...

Makayla Binter’s (‘20) Mural Panel Project was funded by DACE Spike! and Projects for Peace grants. Photo by Chris Record.

DACE’s role in Institute for Public Good still undecided

Saiya Mehta, Arts and Entertainment Editor October 15, 2025

With the establishment of the Institute for Public Good (IPG) earlier this semester comes new institutionalized support for the arts at Davidson. What exactly this will look like, though, is yet to be...

“At the Twilight’s Last Gleaming?” by Hank Willis Thomas.

Hank Willis Thomas questions America in “We The People”

Eleanor Nangle, Writer October 15, 2025

The Davidson Visual Arts Center’s (VAC) new exhibit titled “We the People,” opened this past Friday, Oct. 10. The featured artist, Hank Willis Thomas, also created the memorial to the enslaved and...

Art history students and faculty on a senior capstone trip to Spain during spring break. Photo courtesy of Lyla Halsted.

Art History expands beyond conventional areas of study

Saiya Mehta, Arts and Entertainment Editor October 1, 2025

When Assistant Professor of Art Lyla Halsted ’14 was a student, Davidson’s art history program focused almost exclusively on Europe. Even the Islamic art course that set her academic trajectory was...

Davidson's Symphony Orchestra performs at a concert. Courtesy of @davidsoncollegemusic on Instagram.

Rain cancels concert on the green, students play on

Claire Louise Poston, Writer October 1, 2025

There’s a running joke among Davidson’s ensemble musicians: the fall Concert on the Green never actually happens.  Scheduled once in the fall and again in the spring, the show is designed to bring...

Michael Allen ‘27 in the WALT studio.

The (ex-)WALT studio manager’s top five underground albums of 2025

Michael Allen, Writer September 24, 2025

This year has produced several fantastic albums, from long-awaited reunions in Clipse’s “Let God Sort Em Out” to young artists striving towards new levels of stardom like PinkPantheress with “Fancy...

Paul Bradley Atkinson performs at Ramble On.

Ramble On music festival returns to Davidson

Stella Stewart, Writer September 24, 2025

The Ramble On Music Festival made its return to Davidson for the second year in a row on Saturday.  The diversity of music genres in the Carolinas region, including jazz, blues, Appalachian folk, bluegrass,...

A sculpture by Luis Sahagún.

Professors tackle materiality, modernity and more in “Explorations” exhibit

Wyatt Gessner, Arts and Entertainment Editor September 17, 2025

Luis Sahagún thinks art needs to evolve. His colleagues agree. Pieces by four Davidson College studio art professors including Sahagún displayed in the Van Every|Smith Galleries’ “Explorations”...

An art vendor shows off their work.

Fall Arts Festival unites artists, community

Hannah Olivera, Writer September 17, 2025

Main Street filled with gorgeous sights and sounds last weekend, featuring everything from pottery made in Asheville to an Elton John cover band from New Jersey. The smell of funnel cake, the chatter of...

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