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July 21, 2025 | Latest Issue
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WiRED students show writing, acting and directorial talents

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Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff Andy Foust / The Dartmouth Staff WiRED, Dartmouth's 24-hour playwriting and acting showcase put on by the Displaced Theater Company and the theater department, returned to the Bentley Theater this term with a new theme, new writers and a surprising number of freshmen. In the hours before the performance, half-awake pairs of student playwrights and student directors could be seen rehearsing in the Hopkins Center with their actors.Katie Sinclair '14 said she was excited to be a part of WiRED for the first time, despite the unconventional schedule.



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Stern '87 and Sundberg '90 bring ‘Piece of Work' to campus

Courtesy of Independent Film Channel Courtesy of Independent Film Channel With their award-winning documentary "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," Ricki Stern '87 and Anne Sundberg '90 present the vulnerability of an infamous comedian struggling to remain relevant after her 75th birthday.


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AS SEEN ON: The Dark Ages?

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There comes a moment in every person's life when they look back on the things they've done, the places they've gone and the television they've watched.








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INTERNET MEME OF THE WEEK: 'No Pressure'

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Feeling eco-neutral today? "No pressure," but if you don't agree to cut your carbon emissions by 10 percent in 2010, then the 10:10 global campaign is going to press a big red button of doom that will cause you and your fellow eco-abstainers cute children included to be blown to a bloody pulp.



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Hood displays Stella's ‘Polygons'

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Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Gavin Huang / The Dartmouth Last February, President Barack Obama presented abstract artist Frank Stella with a National Medal of the Arts, describing the artist as "obviously a legend for his accomplishments as one of the world's most innovative painters and sculptors" and calling Stella's works "modern masterpieces." In his new book, "Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons, 1965-66," former Hood Museum director Brian Kennedy declares that Stella is "one of the most important visual artists to emerge from the mid-twentieth century." The Hood's new exhibit, "Frank Stella: Irregular Polygons" which opened on Saturday and celebrates the museum's 25th anniversary brings Stella and his legendary abstract designs back to the Dartmouth campus. Stella's relationship with the College began in 1963, when he came to campus as an artist-in-residence, the artist said in an interview with The Dartmouth.


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AS SEEN ON: Saving CNN

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Damien Donck/Courtesy of Visionspring.org Damien Donck/Courtesy of Visionspring.org CNN, the founding father of the 24-hour news channel, hit rock bottom last week with the news that afternoon CNN anchor Rick Sanchez had levied harsh some say anti-Semitic accusations at Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show." A frequent target of Stewart's humorous criticism of the modern media, Sanchez while a guest on Pete Dominick's radio show asserted that Stewart was a bigot and insinuated that Jews control the media. Sanchez was almost immediately sacked by the executives at CNN.



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Hood's ledger art gives lens into Native culture

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Visitors to the Hood Museum's current exhibit should search for signs of the vibrancy and unique wisdom of Native life in the art displayed, Colin Calloway, professor of history and Native American studies at the College at a panel on Friday.


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HEAR AND NOW: Kanye West's 'SNL' appearance

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Courtesy of TheSource.com Courtesy of TheSource.com It seems that hip-hop superstar Kanye West is apologizing to everyone, left and right, this year. Over the weekend, West showed up to perform twice on "Saturday Night Live" a somewhat surprising guest appearance given the "SNL"-bashing lyrics in his new single "Power," the first single off of the rapper's upcoming album.


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Korean TV network to air Dartmouth special

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Dartmouth has been featured in various forms of media in the past, from headlines in the national press to the 1978 cult classic "Animal House." Less frequent is the College's current center-stage role in a documentary whose primary objective is to showcase the individuality and exceptionality of the institution.