“So where are you applying to college? How are applications going? When is the deadline again?”

These ‘triggering’ questions strike fear into the hearts of countless students each year, and at one point, I was one of them.

Break It Down

For me, a lot of the stress surrounding the process was the…

Shawn An ’24: Take Your Time

Immersed in a research project? Enjoying team practice or rehearsals? Making travel plans? We want to know what you’re up to as a student. My Davidson is a place for you to share your student experience, on campus or away.

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When I wasn’t exploring Yogyakarta or returning domesticated parakeets to the wild during my two months in Indonesia, I was working in the studio with my artist-mentor, Mella.

The “studio” was an old, white, square-shaped building with a garden in the middle. It was built sometime between the late sixteenth…

Previously visiting a new country required a lot of planning; but thanks to the internet, things have gotten a lot easier and faster. You can quickly find reputable and cheap accommodation, taxis and places to sightsee.

Traveling alone or without a guide has become the best option, as it is…

While squatting down in the dusty lower region of the “big room” on site, my mind drifted to issues unrelated to the work before me: the feast we were to receive for lunch in just a few hours, dorm room design ideas to discuss with my roommate, what my dog…

A few weeks ago, I visited Jonah and Coomi of Bitterleaf Tea at their Kunming studio. Bitterleaf is known for beautiful teaware and beautiful photographs of said teaware, thanks to Coomi’s pro photography skills, but they also have been sourcing and pressing high-quality puer since they opened business three years…

In a jet-lagged haze, I travelled northward to an island off the coast of another island. After taking a plane, a bus, a van, another plane, a taxi, a bus, and a ferry, I finally arrived in Hrisey, Iceland, the ‘Second largest island in Iceland’ (approx. 3 sq mi).

In…