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DAVIDSON -- Walker Badham was polititely listening to a guest lecturer discuss the environmental perils of snowmobiles in Yosemite National Park on Wednesday when somebody's BlackBerry beeped and life at Davidson College paused for yet another giddy moment. Any student who wants to attend the Wildcats' NCAA tournament game against Wisconsin in Detroit on Friday is free to do so, President Tom ... [link]

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It’s Good To Be A Davidson Student These Days
Published 3/27/2008 by Fun Sheriff at Lion in Oil
Davidson has had a great run into the Sweet 16 this year, felling Gonzaga and then shocking Georgetown to become this year’s darlings. And Davidson students haven’t had it all that bad either, even before last week. First, they have free laundry services for students. And now the school is paying for its students to head to Detroit to see the Wildcats take on Wisconsin. Any student who wants to attend the Wildcats' NCAA tournament game against Wisconsin in Detroit on Friday is free to do so, President Tom Ross said in an e-mail sent at 2:24 ...

Davidson College Foots the Bill for Students to Travel to Detroit for Sweet 16
Published 3/27/2008 by Will Brinson at FanHouse
... Originally, according to the News & Record in Greensboro, NC, "an anonymous donor had volunteered to subsidize the cost of the journey" but now the college will foot the entire bill, which is "expected to run at least $560 per person. " ...

Sweet 16: Ready to Root for Davidson?
Published 3/28/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Yes, we have our fair share of Cheesehead readers, and Wisconsin probably will win … but how can you not root for a school that buses 250 students from Carolina to Detroit for a college basketball game, and foots the majority of the bill? There are ...

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