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See#LIVING$DAVIDSON,##page%6
See#SPORTS,##page%11
It’s# a# winter# wonderland# out2
side!# The# Yowl# editor,# Jonathan#
Marchuk,#has#compiled#a#list#of#the#
best#activities#for#a#snow#day#––#try#
them#out#and#send#us#pictures!#
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works#were#going#off#on#Chambers#
lawn#this#past#Saturday,#then#check#
out# staff# writer# Chris# Mayes’# cov2
erage# of# Saturday’s# Chinese# New#
Year#celebrations.#
The# men’s# basketball# team# beat#
Western# Carolina# and# Georgia#
Southern,# both# SoCon# opponents,#
last# Saturday,# bringing# them# to# a#
10211#overall#record#and#621#in#the#
SoCon.#
The Centennial Year
Talkback$focuses$on$campus$LGBTQIA$visibility
Students,%staff%and%faculty%dis5
cuss%how%to%increase%visibility%
of%LGBTQIA%campus%groups
The# Student# Government# Association#
(SGA)# Senate# will# look# slightly# different#
after#this#spring’s#election#cycle.#The#sen2
ate#voted#to#approve#a#revision#of#the#SGA#
bylaws,#which#included#a#swath#of#changes#
to#the#composition#of#the#senate,#at#Thurs2
day#evening’s#meeting.#
The# approved# revisions# eliminate# the#
current# composition# of# 13# individual# rep2
resentatives# for# Patterson# Court# organi2
zations# (PCOs),# including# National# Pan2
Hellenic# Council# fraternities,# and# replace#
them# with# four# senators# to# represent# all#
PCOs.#The# proposal# states:#“a)# One# sena2
tor#elected#from#all#current#members#of#eat2
ing#houses,”#“b)#One#senator#elected#from#
all#current#members#of#sororities,”#“c)#One#
senator# elected# from# all# current# members#
Sophia'Guevara'
Living&Davidson&Editor
2014.#Perspectives#editors,#Mary#Click#and#
Will# Weisgerber# `16,# moderated# the# Talk2
back#attended#by#members#of#the#Commit2
tee#on#Campus#and#Religious#Life#(CCRL),#
the#student#body,#faculty,#staff#and#President#
Carol#Quillen.#Cohosted#by#the#Gay2Straight#
Alliance# and# The# Davidsonian,# Forum# for#
our#Flags#focused#on#increasing#LGBTQIA#
visibility#on#campus.#
The# evening# opened# with# a# few# words#
from#Dean#Jason#Shaffer,#Director#of#Resi2
dence#Life#and#Associate#Dean#of#Students.#
He#listed#the#current#Residence#Life#policy#
(or# other# items)# on# the# exterior# of# a# resi2
dence#building.#Additionally,#Shaffer#shared#
the# progression# of# events# that# have# trans2
pired#over#the#past#few#months.#“A#written#
prior#to#September,#according#to#Shaffer.#He#
added,#“Several#peer#institutions#do#not#al2
Shuyu' Cao' `16' speaks' at' Sunday’s' Talkback,' urging& her& fellow& students& to& have& a&
conversation&with&those&not&in&attendance&about&LGBTQIA&visibility.&Photo%by%Mark%Sehnert
See#FLAGS,#page%4
Shaffer#then#shared#a#personal#story#from#his#
11#years#at#the#University#of#Virginia#during#
which#time#a#student#fell#out#of# a#window#
and#suffered#serious#brain#injuries.
Davidson’s#campus,#Shaffer#communicated#
to#student#staff#members#that#residents#must#
Approved$revisions$to$SGA$
bylaws$reduce$senate$numbers
New%plan%eliminates%individual%
representatives%for%Patterson%
Court%Organizations%
Michelle'Wan
Co@News&Editor
See#SGA,#page%2
reasons.#Several#students#did#not#agree#with#
this# concern# and# met# with# Shaffer# person2
ally#to#discuss#the#matter.
In# January,# Shaffer# communicated# to#
2
senting#the#opinion#or#identity#of#the#entire#
building# rather# than# the# expression# of# one#
or# two# residents# occupying# a# single# living#
space.”# Shaffer# expressed# on# Sunday# that#
when# this# explanation# did# not# satisfy# resi2
dents,#the#CCRL#convened#to#produce#a#rul2
RLO’s# commitment# to# supporting# the# LG2
BTQIA#community.#He#cited#RLO’s#history#
2
port#groups#for#the#LGBTQIA#community.#
Furthermore,#Dean#Shaffer#extended#a#per2
sonal# apology# to# “students# who# were# per2
sonally#affected#by#the#ways#in#which#this#
policy#was#enforced.”
Click#and#Weisgerber#turned#the#evening#
over#to#the#audience#to#lead#the#discussion.#
Max# Feinstein# ’16# opened# with# a# question#
for#Shaffer.#“If#the#CCRL#repeals#the#policy,#
it#potentially#opens#the#avenue#for#all#types#
handle#more#controversial#materials?”#Shaf2
fer# responded# by# saying# that# he# would# be#
comfortable#with#the#following#regulations#
the#CCRL#returns.#
Ben# Wiley# ’15# stirred# the# crowd# when#
he#responded#to#the#concern#for#safety#ex2
pressed# in# the# RLO# policy.# Wiley# argued#
that#we#as#students#shy#away#from#what#is#
uncomfortable# or# controversial,# and# this#
of#International#Fraternity#Council#fraterni2
ties”#and#“d)#One#senator#elected#from#all#
current#members#of#National#Pan2Hellenic#
Council# fraternities.”# The# new# composi2
tion#also#increases#the#number#of#Diversity#
Coordinating#Board#(DCB)#representatives#
The#language#of#the#SGA’s#bylaw#calls#
for#closer#examination.#The#“International#
Fraternity#Council,”#does#not#appear#to#be#
an# actual# organization.# The# Charters# and#
Bylaws# Committee# intends# to# include# the#
fraternities# (aside# from# the# historically#
black#fraternities)#under#this#label.#The#fra2
the#North2American#Interfraternity#Confer2
ence# (NIC).# NIC# organizations# with# char2
ters#on#campus#include#Kappa#Alpha#Order,#
Phi# Gamma# Delta,# Sigma# Alpha# Epsilon#
and#Sigma#Phi#Epsilon.#Kappa#Sigma#and#
Phi#Delta#Theta#left#the#NIC#in#2002.#
The#college’s#four#National#Pan2Hellen2
ic#Council#organizations#are#Alpha#Kappa#
Alpha,#Alpha#Phi#Alpha,#Delta#Sigma#Theta#
and#Kappa#Alpha#Psi.#As#the#approved#pro2
Six$candidates$announce$bid$
for$SGA$presidential$race
Richard Hendrix `15
Wade Leach `16
Pablo Zevallos `16
Zi Yang `16
Parker Murphy `15
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