On Tuesday, it was announced that Billy Hackenson '13 will be the next Student Government Association President. The Category II elections, held Monday, were the culmination of a whirlwind week of campaigning and debate between Hackenson and his opponent, Elyas Munye '13.

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan, Associate Professor of History, teaches courses in European history, including a seminar on the Holocaust. This semester, Pegelow Kaplan is also teaching in the Humanities Program for the first time. "It is very exciting that there is such a focus on interdisciplinary cooperation at Davidson.

A new Davidson homepage was launched on Feb. 14, the first phase in an ongoing project to revamp the Davidson website. The project aims to give visitors a sense of what Davidson as a community is about by incorporating digital multimedia and social media into the site, as well as making it more navigable and user friendly.

Davidson has offered its semester in India program continuously since 1981, now alternating between humanities oriented studies and, on odd numbered years, a theme based program. Last semester, the theme was ecology and environmental studies. It was the first time that a program with this theme has been offered at Davidson.

Associate Professor of Mathematics & Professional Mime

To walk in your graduation ceremony or to perform puppetry in Singapore: not the typical Ph.D. student dilemma. Yet, it was a decision Tim Chartier, Associate Professor of Mathematics and professional mime, was required to make.

Producing honorable academic work is a clear priority for most, if not all, Davidson students. Davidson College prides itself on graduating students of integrity even in an intensely challenging academic environment. While other colleges may promote a meaningless honor code, Davidson students know that the Code here is truly lived, breathed and trusted for academic work.

‘The best honor code is an invisible honor code because that means people are following it.’

Although the Honor Code is an essential and ubiquitous element of the Davidson College community, the Honor Council remains shrouded in mystery for many students. The entirely student-run Honor Council will be busy with cases as usual this semester, but it will also be striving to accomplish an important new goal: to remove the intimidating mystery surrounding the Council.

Last Thursday, the SGA senators voted to introduce Zipcars to Davidson's campus next fall by an overwhelming majority. Allowing drivers ages 18 and up to get behind the wheel, Zipcar works with colleges to provide rental cars for students without vehicles on campus.