No Place Like Home
What is Armfield?
All Greek life here on campus is prohibited from this form of targeting prospective first-year students.
What is hazing?
This is the nickname for the area in Commons with mostly round tables.
What is the Dark Side?
This first-year tradition involves running a 1.7-mile course around campus for a tasty sweet treat.
What is the Cake Race?
What is "Lampus" (Lake Campus)?
What is Little Hall?
This is the circular road of houses devoted to Fraternities, Eating Houses, Nummit, OLAS/PASA, and BSC.
What is Patterson Court (Circle)?
This is the on-campus coffee shop where you can use meal swipes and dining dollars.
What is Nummit? (Summit Coffee Outpost)
This ceremony solidifies first-year students into the "Community of Trust".
What is the Honor Code/Code of Responsibility Signing Ceremony?
This space is dedicated to student artists and can also serve as a peaceful study space (with beautiful natural lighting and great acoustics).
What is the "VAC" (Visual Arts Center)?
What is Martin Court?
These are the four Eating Houses on campus.
What are Warner Hall, Connor, Rusk, and Turner?
What is Wildcat Den?
This is a first-year sport that was created at Davidson and is a mix between Flag-Football and Ultimate Frisbee.
What is Flickerball?
Shh! Don't be too loud! This place is home to the Writing Center, Academic Access & Disability Resources, and Center for Teaching and Learning.
What is "Libs"?
This dorm is also known as new dorm.
What is Chidsey?
This is the event you have to attend if you are interested in joining a Patterson Court organization.
What is PCC 101 (in Hance Auditorium)?
This is the amount of money that a meal swipe equates to.
What is 12 dollars?
If two people kiss at this spot on campus, legend has it they will get married in the future...
What is the Old Well?
This first-year, year-long program produces interdisciplinary scholars who will always complain to you about their workload.
What is Humes (or "humesters")?
These are the three dorms at the back of campus (IAK).
What are Irwin, Akers, and Knox?
This area behind Commons is dedicated to the historically black Fraternities and Sororities on campus.
What are the (NPHC) plots?
This is the name of the music video that Steph Curry stars in.
What is "I Love Commons"?
This tradition is a great way to let off steam before the first day of exams and can be heard all around campus.
What is the midnight scream?
This program allows you to either design your major path or select an option from previously created independent majors.
What is the CIS (Center for Interdisciplinary Studies)?