An 18-year-old man was flown by medical helicopter to Carolinas Medical Center-Main on Monday night after receiving a head injury while skateboarding. The accident occurred around 9:30 p.m. in a cul-de-sac near the Abersham park area, where the man was reportedly “longboarding” with friends.

Three Davidson fire engines carrying a total of eleven volunteers responded to the scene to assist the patient, along with a Medic ambulance and three Davidson police officers. Firefighters assisted with preparing a landing zone for the helicopter nearby. No further details were immediately available.  Meanwhile, read on for a report of other fire and medical calls over the past week. Read the full story

Updated Tuesday, 8:35 a.m.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Two people were arrested and at least one person was hospitalized early Sunday after a night of brawling on Davidson College’s Patterson Court fraternity row. The college has released few details, but rumors were running wild on and off campus and on social media, including Twitter where the incident was dubbed #DavidsonRiot. Read the full story

Robert Whitton

Two Main Street music venues – Summit Coffee and The Birdsnest – will host a long list of local musicians in an all-day musical tribute to the memory of Davidson College Professor Robert Whitton this Saturday, May 5, in downtown Davidson. Read the full story

Davidson College students waved a banner and sang Thursday to protest the college's minority faculty hiring record. That's professor Shaw Smith at left. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Updated Friday, 5:02 p.m.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Davidson College’s decision to put off tenure approval for an Asian-American religion professor has sparked an outcry from students and faculty who say it’s the latest sign the college is not meeting its diversity goals.

On Thursday afternoon, a diverse group of students protested outside Alvarez College Union, holding a banner that replaced the Davidson name in the college logo with the question “Diversity?” Read the full story

Levering and Blodgett

Jan Blodgett and Ralph Levering, authors of the new Davidson history book “One Town, Many Voices,” are scheduled to be interviewed Thursday at 9 a.m. on “Charlotte Talks” on public radio station WFAE, 90.7 FM, in Charlotte. (The program also airs Thursday night at 9 p.m.) Read the full story

Leland Park lectures about the history of Phi and Eu halls upstairs at Phi Hall Sunday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Phi and Eu halls are some of the oldest buildings at Davidson College, completed around 1849 and 1850. Although the halls and the societies that built them are no longer at the center of campus life, they are among the most celebrated structures in town. Read the full story

Davidson College and the Jewish community of Lake Norman will host a Yom HaShoah Holocaust remembrance event Thursday night, with music and contemplation. Also on the local church calendar: A breakfast Saturday morning and Mass Choir concert Sunday night, both at Davidson Presbyterian Church; and a “Mini-Golf Mania” tournament for Young Life at Lake Norman Miniature Golf. Read the full story

Davidson College invites the public to its inaugural Africana Festival on Saturday afternoon April 21. The event will be held in the Alvarez College Union beginning at 4:30 p.m., and there is no charge to attend.

The festival will highlight the heritage and cultures of international students and students who come from families of African ancestry through lectures, performances and workshops. The cultures represented will include African, African-American, Afro-Caribbean, Afro-European, Afro-Asian, and Afro-Latino. Read the full story