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Part of Outsiders' Monologues gives voice to alienation on campus
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On Monday, April 14 in a packed C.
Shaw Smith 900 Room, 11 Davidson stu-
dents performed The Outsiders’ Mono-
logues. The monologues, submitted by stu-
dents and delivered by student actors, told
stories of alienation, isolation and struggle,
among other themes of being an outsider on
campus.
Adam Hunter ’15 introduced the event,
explaining that the 11 stories that were to
be performed were selected based on their
“style, diversity and power.” Hunter added
that they were “overwhelmed with the num-
ber of submissions we received.” Every sub-
mission can be found online at www.outsid-
ersmonologues.com.
Students interested in submitting their
stories were told they could they tell them
in any format, such as poems, stories, vi-
gnettes, essays and articles. The purpose of
this event was to anonymously share the dif-
spoken out loud.
Hunter
additionally
noted
that
WE[CAN], short for Working to Empower:
Campus Activism Network, contributed to
the organization of The Outsiders’ Mono-
logues. WE[CAN], according to its mission
statement, aims to “empower students, fac-
ulty and staff to engage in discourse on con-
troversial topics in order to foster inclusivity
[and diversity].”
“The following monologues cover sub-
ject matters from eating disorders to sexual-
ity to religion to the loss of a loved one,”
John-Michael Murphy ‘16 continued as part
of the introduction. “Alone, each mono-
logue tells a powerful story, and alone, each
monologue gives an individual story.”
The introduction further established the
importance of the monologues. “If we all
do we allow ourselves to face adversity in
isolation?”
“Tonight we hope to break the silence
and tell the story of the Davidson untold.”
The 11 actors then performed the se-
means to be asexual in a world that does not
understand the condition.
The next piece was about race from a
black female perspective. “I do not want to
be your exotic vacation destination,” the ac-
tor recited. “I yearn for the day my beauty
does not come with a condition.”
Another monologue addressed the uni-
versal topics of insecurity and self-con-
Braden Beaudreau
Staff Writer
Outsiders’ Monologues gives
voice to alienation on campus
Delta Rae, Bad Rabbits and
Theophilus London will
perform next Thursday
Actors read anonymous sto-
ries by students about their
struggles at Davidson
Tuesday, after a long and highly antici-
pated wait by students, the union board con-
for this year’s Spring Concert for Frolics.
The free concert, which will take place on
Patterson Court Lawn Thursday night, April
24 at 7:00pm, will feature the bands Delta
Rae, Bad Rabbits and Theophilus London, a
grouping that the committee hopes will ap-
peal to a wide range of students and their
diverse musical tastes.
Delays with the announcement had
brought about many different worries and
rumors on campus, including skepticism
over whether the concert was happening at
all. Denton Baird ’14, who assumed the new
role of Union Board Premier Concert Chair
and headed up the 70
person student com-
mittee in charge of
that this year’s lineup
was the committee’s
“plan Z,” or 26th at-
tempt to make a deal
with different groups.
“[The concert] was
originally going to
be a Baker show and
then once it got to the
point where we had
less than a month to
sell tickets, we had
to scale it down… If
we had done a Baker
show, we would have
had two weeks to try
and sell tickets which
isn’t feasible” Baird
said. “Baker, which is a huge 4500 person
arena, costs a lot of money to put on a show
in… we need to sell tickets.”
Since Duke Family Performance Hall
can seat only a third of the student popula-
tion, this forced the location of the concert
to be Patterson Court Lawn.
“PCC lawn is great and it’s a wonderful
venue, but we can’t sell tickets, so we can’t
book as big of an act, and it’s outside,” said
Baird.
Having an outside venue also brings
about the worry that last minute rain and
other weather complications could ruin the
previously made arrangements with the dif-
ferent bands. This is what almost happened
with the Third Eye Blind concert in 2012
when last minute hail almost canceled the
concert.
In the case of a last minute cancelation
possibly happening to this year’s outdoor
concert Ashley Owen, Assistant Director of
Union Programs said
“If it rains, the event will move to the
Duke Family Performance Hall and will
be a student-only event (no guests, faculty,
or staff unless there is extra space). We
will announce that via the Social Calendar
in a separate email if needed on Wednes-
day. Tickets would be available for pickup
When commenting on the on the differ-
ent venues, Baird said “I think PCC lawn is
acoustically and in terms of atmosphere the
best place, but it means a smaller performer
and it’s a high risk high
reward.”
Because of the policy
changes to regulating
outdoor social events on
campus, brought into ef-
fect by the Open Social
Management Plan during
the summer of 2012, this
concert will have a dif-
ferent guest policy than
previous outdoor Frolics
concerts.
“Davidson CatCards
will be checked at 3 lo-
cations entering the Pat-
terson Court Lawn in-
cluding between New
Summit and BSC, be-
tween FIJI and SigEp,
and between Vail Com-
mons and the Multicul-
tural House. Students, faculty, and staff
are allowed to bring 1 guest to the concert.
They must sign the guest in at the check-
in locations and assume responsibility for
their actions while at the event,”Owen said.
As to why the concert was pushed to
of times it’s ambition. We are trying to get
A student actor performs a submitted piece in the Outsiders’ Monologues. Photo by
Shea Parikh
“We are trying to get
the best artist we can.
We want an artist that
is a good use of our
money, an artist that
will appeal to a large
student body, that
everyone will really
enjoy”
- Denton Baird ‘14
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