VOICES OF DAVIDSON
The Meaning and Philosophy of Access to Success
NEWS Nelson Mandela once declared that sports “has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire, it has the power to unite people in a way that little else does.” We’ve seen throughout history, on stages big and small, the power of sports to not only...
We Just Want to Live
NEWS As part of Black History Month, Taylor Branch, a distinguished historian of the Civil Rights Movement, recently delivered a lecture at Davidson College entitled "Redeeming the Soul of America: MLK and the Audacity of Faith." Among his many good points:...
Villanelle with An Owl
NEWS Nora Hutton Shepard Acknowledgement: Eclipse What if in the morning the sun did not rise, the moon was stuck against the sky and the barn owl flew behind his yellow eyes over the field mice in their darkened maze of grasses, over the pigs...
Remembering the Pro and Anti-Santa Church Factions
NEWS It is hard to make sense of Christmas if you try to explain it in one dimension. As I wrote in this column several years ago, the holiday means different things to different people. It is a religious holy day, of course--but so much more. Or so much less,...
Curry for Three Event – Our Reflections
NEWS Photos from Bill Giduz - with our News of Davidson media credentials. Photos from the Curry for Three Event - taken from the stands. At our Monday editorial roundtable, the conversation wound up converging on the news of the week in Davidson - the Curry...
Adventures with Sparkles, Part I
NEWS Some of you don't know me well enough to know to whom I am referring when I say Sparkles. Sparkles is my Mach E Ford Mustang. Sparkles is an all-electric vehicle. Sparkles is my leap into the future. After Bill, my husband of 10 days shy of 49 years, died on...
Ben Kept His Promise – And Yes, That Was Him on The CBS Evening News
NEWS Last year at Memorial Day I wrote a piece about Ben Mitchell, the young man who had gotten me out of a bind on Memorial Day 2020. So this year, when I realized that I would be out of town on Memorial Day, I confess to wondering if anybody would notice...
We Remember
NEWS Memorial Day 2022 On this day and most days, we think of our mothers, our fathers, our heroes. Their mothers and fathers, their sisters, brothers. We remember. Our partners, lovers. Sisters, brothers, cousins. Our children, their children. Your children. Our...
Proclaiming Gun Violence Awareness Day on a Day of Gun Violence
NEWS Late Tuesday afternoon the Mayor and several Town Commissioners were in the board room preparing for the annual meeting with the soon-to-be graduates of Davidson's Civics 101 Course. This year, the participants of the morning and evening sessions of Civics 101...
Love Without Limits – Indeed
NEWS How fitting that in April, National Poetry Month, residents at The Pines honored the memory of their friend, Dr. Anthony (Tony) Abbott, an award-winning poet and well-loved English professor, emeritus, at Davidson College. Tony’s death during the...
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