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  • Davidson Generals’ ‘Big Show’ proves to be a big success

    A near 200 frolicking Davidson students packed into the Duke Family Performance Hall on April 26, eagerly awaiting the beginning of The General’s “Big Show.” While many expected a full sprint into a melodic marathon, the show instead began with an opening video recounting the “hobbies” The Generals had acquired as a group.

  • One-acts series continues

    Last week, the Davidson Department of Theatre presented the first two plays in its annual One-Act Series. The directors for the series come out of the Directing II class taught by Professor Mark Sutch, and each show has a student lighting designer from Professor Joe Gardner’s Advanced Lighting Design course.

  • leo Summer movie preview

    Summer always delivers great cinematic excitement, and this year promises to be no different. Here is a rundown of some summer movies that I am eager to see, complete with release dates: Whereas most blockbuster sequels fall well short of excellence, Iron Man 2 was a breezy and wildly entertaining follow-up to the superb original.

  • diner Davidson’s new white-hot secret!

    How much do you know about the upcoming campus event Picnic en Blanc?

    Word of Picnic en Blanc has emerged ever so carefully through invitations in the mail, follows on Twitter, rumors by word of mouth, and now, an article in Living Davidson. But what exactly is Picnic en Blanc? According to blog posts on the anonymous organizers’ website, Picnic en Blanc claims inspiration from Diner en Blanc, a “chic picnic” that started in Paris in the 1980s.

  • Classical cartoon music favorites sure to delight

    One can sometimes associate an orchestra concert with long and occasionally soporific classical pieces. The upcoming orchestra concert tonight, April 24, however, is bound to negate any and all preconceived notions of the typical orchestra concert. This Davidson College Symphony Orchestra concert features music from Fantasia, “Looney Tunes,” and “Tom and Jerry,” or as the poster advertises, “classical music from classic cartoons.

  • Poetry reading a “transformative experience”

    Large, bright lights illuminated a central podium for the annual Poetry Reading in the Rare Book Room on the evening of April 17, where almost a dozen student poets, two professors, and two local town poets gathered to exchange an hour of poetry with each other.

  • formal Trends, favorites of eating house formal fashions

    It’s that glorious time of year, when freshman guys reluctantly ask Upperclassmen to tie their bow tie for them, and girls raid their friends’ closets in the hopes of finding that perfect, “new” dress.  Yep, its formal time. And though most of the Eating House formals have already come and gone, the fraternity formals are just getting started, and it’s crunch time: the last few week of school, when the only thing you should be thinking about is acing your finals, and the only thing you’re really thinking about it how awesome you want to look next weekend, and whether or not your date feels the same sparks that you do when you half-wave at him on your way to Chambers.

  • Flavorful breakfast just a stroll away

    If you’re looking for a nice sit-down eatery this weekend, check out The Egg in Davidson

    While recovering from a weekend of kickball and island-hopping, I felt I needed some bold flavors to refuel and recharge for the upcoming work week. Where else should I decide to visit other than Davidson’s own, “The Egg Cafe?” A bit of a change of pace from the delis and fast food joints I normally frequent on such occasions, The Egg is a nice little sit-down breakfast restaurant just across the train tracks on Griffith Street.

  • career Etiquette Dinner teaches manners for business meals

    Career Services hosted their tenth annual etiquette dinner this past Sunday night

    Career Services hosted the annual Etiquette Dinner this past Sunday. The event was free to students, and a Davidson alumna Caroline Avinger ’90, protocol instructor and Director of the SC Buckley School of Public Speaking, was the guest speaker. Students learned both the basics and the details of business etiquette over a meal, and although more upperclassmen attended, all four classes were well represented.

  • Easy ways to make-over hair for spring

    One of a girl’s best accessories is her hair. Oftentimes, the perfect hairstyle can completely change the style of your look. Fortunately, this year, the spring runway shows were chock full of great and easily wearable hair-inspirations to complete your spring style.