Davidson Slang

Know the slang, know the school. The following is a list of things you really need to know before coming to Davidson. The more of these words you know, the better off you’ll be.

Beast

Milwaukee’s Best, the Court drink of choice due to price, not taste (definitely not taste). Beast Light for the ladies.

BSC

Black Student Coalition.

CatCard

Your Davidson student ID. This works for dorm entry, charging meals, and buying books. Most campus vending machines are on CatCards, as is the Domino’s delivery guy.

Commons

Short for Vail Commons, the main dining hall.

The Court

Short for Patterson Court, home of frats and eating houses.

DCPC

Short for Davidson College Presbyterian Church.

The Depot

Former name of “The Brickhouse,” the one decent bar in town.

Down the Hill

The sophomore and senior apartments, separated from the main campus by Patterson Court.

D-Road

The curving brick road spanning Chambers lawn. Actually looks like more of a ‘C.’

FIJI

Phi Gamma Delta.

IMac Field

Intramural field.

ITS

Information Technology Services.

KA

Kappa Alpha.

The laundry

Davidson’s free-of-charge laundry service, open to students year round. They return clothes to you folded neatly and wrapped in brown paper, or ironed on a hanger. You can drop off dirty clothes as frequently or infrequently as you want.

The library

The Little Library. If you say “Little, ” people will think you’re talking about the dorm.

Phi-Delt

Phi Delta Theta.

Phi Hall

Philanthropic Hall.

Pika

Pi Kappa Alpha.

RA

Resident Advisor.

ResNet

Who you call if your computer isn’t working—they work for ITS.

Review

(Careful with this one) A Review is what all Davidson professors call “an exam.” Don’t mistake it for an in-class study session.

Rich

Richardson dorm.

SAE

Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

SCC

Student Computing Center.

SigEp or (less often) Spee

Sigma Phi Epsilon.

U Hall

Eumenean Hall.

The Union

Refers to the Alvarez College Union, part of the Knobloch Campus Center.

Up the Hill

All residence halls in the central part of campus near Chambers—as in, “I’m living up the hill this year.”

The vac

The Visual Arts Center.

WaHo

Waffle House, a fine Southern tradition.

West

Officially Tomlinson Dorm as of September ‘03, but you’ll still hear it referred to as West.