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Langan: The Rat King Revisited

Eloise Langan '27 gives us another look at a figure that has been in the news lately.

DJ TFam, the woman behind the booth

At Dartmouth — where Greek life and student-run events dominate the campus social scene — one name has risen to prominence behind the DJ booth. Known for her ability to read a crowd and deliver high-energy sets, DJ TFam has built a reputation as a female DJ.

Journalist Mona El-Naggar discusses documentary filmmaking in the Middle East

On March 4, journalist and filmmaker Mona El-Naggar discussed her career in documentary filmmaking — from covering conflicts in the Middle East to the role she sees for herself as a storyteller in the media landscape. The event was co-sponsored by the Middle East Initiative — a collaboration between the Dickey Center for International Understanding, the Middle Eastern studies program and Jewish studies program — along with Dartmouth Dialogues, while Middle Eastern studies professor Jonathon Smolin served as moderator. 

New campus art history journal to release first issue this spring

This spring, Ephemera, a new art history journal, is set to release its first issue on campus. The journal will feature theoretical and historical essays, artist spotlights, exhibition overviews, student work and more, according to founder Chandini Peddanna ’25.

Review: Poet and Episcopalian priest Spencer Reece writes for the margins

On Wednesday, Feb. 12, there were more people than chairs in the Wheelock House, the Christian Living Learning Community and former home of Eleazar Wheelock. Spencer Reece, a visiting poet and Episcopalian priest, stood at the front of the room like it was a Sunday service. He led the group in “Shalom,” a call-and-response prayer begetting peace. As I repeated the Hebrew benediction, moving from whispers to shouts, I felt aware of how rarely an opportunity arises to join a group of strangers and sing without shame.

Langan: The Politics of Situationship

Eloise Langan '27 explores the complexities of (kind of) going out with someone who just took a class on Derrida.

Adjei: Artificial Intelligence

In his cartoon, Stephen Adjei '25 conveys the downsides of being too lAId-back with your alarm clock.

Hood Museum hosts special tour of two current exhibitions

On Feb. 19, the Hood Museum of Art hosted 26 community members for a special guided tour of two of its current exhibitions: “Attitude of Coexistence: Non-Humans in East Asian Art” and “Beyond the Bouquet: Arranging Flowers in American Art.” 

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Lee: The Perfect Choice?

Langan: The Circus is in Town

‘White Lotus’ season premiere sets the stage for incest, murder and monkey business

In the spirit of the saying “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the “White Lotus” season premiere — “Same Spirits, New Forms” — delivers exactly what its title promises. For those unfamiliar, the “spirit” of the White Lotus television series centers around a luxury resort enterprise functioning as a cultural refuge for the hyper-rich. Far from broke, the Emmy award-winning first and second seasons of “White Lotus” cemented themselves in the zeitgeist as a satirical exploration of America’s ever-expanding wealth gap. Each season thus far has transformed the serene utopia of a Four Seasons property into a crime scene where everything that can go wrong, does, and where somebody innocent is sure to end up dead. 

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That’s a Wrap: Film and media students dive into senior theses

Across campus, you might notice students trekking through the snow with heavy camera equipment or hunkering down to edit footage in the Black Family Visual Arts Center. To conclude their majors, seniors studying film and media studies must complete “a project related to their experience” in the department, according to the department website. Students can pursue a variety of options for their “culminating experience,” including animations, critiques, research, screenplays and short films.

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Norris: The Best Kind of Wizard

Connor Norris '25 casts a spell in his latest cartoon.

Students gain insight into the ‘film world’ at the Sundance Film Festival

In the last week of January, 11 Dartmouth students and one recent graduate traveled to Park City, Utah, to volunteer at the Sundance film festival, the largest independent film festival in the United States. 

Review: Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance was always going to be ‘bigger than the music’

If controversy begets conversation, then on Sunday, the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, La. hosted a performance primed for discussion. The Super Bowl halftime show is meant to appeal to the masses, which is why, for many viewers, Kendrick Lamar’s performance fell short — its dense, politically-charged messaging went against the mainstream audience’s expectations. However, I think the 13-minute set undoubtedly stood as a testament to a storyteller’s showmanship.

‘The Brutalist’ is a beautiful bore

Few films engage with architecture like “The Brutalist” does. In the film, director Brady Corbet does not relegate architecture to the background but instead explores it through the experience of a Holocaust refugee.

Renowned art curators present annual Walter Picard Lecture

On Jan. 31, the Hood Museum of Art welcomed two world-renowned modern art curators, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, to Hanover to deliver the 2025 Walter Picard Lecture. The annual talk is part of the Harris German/Dartmouth Distinguished Visiting Professorship Program, an initiative created in 1987 to bring German academics to the College.