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Disturbing web site reports deaths of MySpace users

By Matthew Ritger | August 12, 2008

Courtesy of MyDeathSpace.com / The Dartmouth Staff The other day while enjoying a late lunch on the Collis porch and perusing my new favorite web site, I learned that 22-year-old Tim McLean had been stabbed to death and beheaded on a Greyhound bus by a fellow passenger.

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New York Theatre Workshop returns to campus for 17th year

By Connie Lam | August 5, 2008

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center for the Arts This summer, the renowned New York Theatre Workshop has come to Dartmouth for its 17th annual residency.

Lee Cooper '09 and Scott Henning '09, the creators of Brobama.org, hope to use their web site to make the upcoming presidential campaign more accessible to the common

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Brobama.org aims to make election 'brocessible'

By Matthew Ritger | August 1, 2008

Courtesy of Brobama.org An image of Barack Obama grinning beneath a backwards hat and a pair of Wayfarers greets visitors to Brobama.org, a new web site devoted to clarifying what the presidential candidate means to "the common bro." Brobama.org is the brainchild of Dartmouth fraternity brethren Lee Cooper '09 and Scott Henning '09.

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Theater students 'fly...' as part of intensive summer course

By Allison Ruderman | July 29, 2008

Courtesy of hop.dartmouth.edu With the Big Apple Circus delivering high-flying, superhuman stunts three miles away, a team of Rays threatening playoff contention and waste-management robots and bat-themed superheroes striking box office gold, it's official: humans are out like yesterday's bull market.

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Ledger's posthumous performance thrills in 'Dark Knight'

By Matthew Ritger | July 22, 2008

Courtesy of Fandango.com Oscar buzz is almost always premature, but rarely -- very rarely -- posthumous.

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Director Vincent Moon shines on 'Blogotheque'

By Olivia Sacks | July 18, 2008

I've always thought that my dream of life-as-a-musical -- complete with spontaneous, choreographed dancing in the streets -- would forever remain make-believe.

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Pixar's 'WALL-E'charms, disturbs

By Matthew Ritger | July 18, 2008

Courtesy of Fandango.com The media buzz surrounding "WALL-E" (2008) is spinning out of control.

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Dartmouth Film Society pays tribute to African director Haroun

By Connie Lam | July 15, 2008

The summer arts festival AFRICAS continued its exploration of African cultures on Friday with a tribute to Mahamat Saleh Haroun, a film director from Chad whose feature films "Bye Bye Africa" (1999), "Abouna" (2002) and "Daratt" (2006) have received international acclaim. The Dartmouth Film Society paid tribute to Haroun in an evening that included the presention of the Dartmouth Film Award and a screening of his newest film, "Daratt" (2006). The tribute began with a short and disastrous clip from Haroun's first feature, "Bye Bye Africa," a docu-drama starring Haroun, who plays a fictionalized version of himself, as he returns home following the death of his mother.

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'Mongol' brims with blood, but gets to the heart of Genghis

By A.J. Fox | July 15, 2008

Courtesy of filmbuffonline.com Is there hope for Kazakhstani cinema after "Borat" (2006)? Ever since the release of Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical sensation, any mention of the words "Kazakhstan" and "movie" in the same breath inevitably conjures up images of the eponymous, fictitious TV journalist who had a funny accent and poor table manners.

On Sunday night, students, guest artists and actors performed a dramatic reading of Charles Mulekwa's introspective

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Bentley play asks crowd to 're-member' slain African leader

By Connie Lam | July 8, 2008

Courtesy of Connie Lam Many playwrights would likely shy away from making a gory, politically motivated murder the centerpiece of their work.

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Hood and Hop explore African culture and identity in Festival

By Connie Lam | July 1, 2008

Courtesy of Rebecca Bailey Though recent flash thunderstorms may put a hold on outdoor activities, the Summer Arts Festival: AFRICAS brings the color and vibrancy of the season of summer to days spent indoors.

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Summer T.V. shows entertain, enthrall with new seasons

By Brittany Coombs | July 1, 2008

Courtesy of Zimbio.com A common notion of boob tube viewership is that in the interminable, sticky-humid dogs days of summer, good television programming goes to die.

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Slo-mo video of dancers brings Big Apple cachet to the Hop

By Joseph Debonis | June 24, 2008

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Senior Staff It is rare that the physical size of an artistic installation in Hanover echoes the magnitude of its merit and hype.

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Lil' Wayne braves pop, bests hype with best-selling 'Carter III'

By Matthew Ritger | June 20, 2008

Courtesy of bp0.blogger.com In the first verse of "Phone Home," a radio-ready spoof on E.T.

Crowds hoping to glimpse Benedict XVI outside St. Peter's disrupt class on the art history Foreign Study Program.

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When in Rome

By Hilary Becker | May 28, 2008

All who wander are not lost: Serendipity sweetens the Ancient City

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Two Davids, One Goliath: Cook is crowned 'American Idol'

By Brittany Coombs | May 28, 2008

Just in case you missed it, one week ago a brand-new pop star was born out of the American Idol machine. Surrounded by cheering fans, draped in confetti and swarmed by already-ousted contestants eager to bask in the winner's glow, David Cook became the seventh champion of the unstoppable pop show, edging out runner-up David Archuleta by 12 million votes in a surprising and trend-bucking landslide victory. Cook's impressive win came after last Tuesday's second-to-last show, which saw both him and his young competitor lay everything they had on the line.

Members of the ensemble, depicted here in New Zealand, spent spring break learning traditional Maori dances.

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Dance Ensemble mixes Maori and modern moves in 'Wonderland' iin'Wonderland'

By Allison Levy | May 27, 2008

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Most popular campus dance groups -- Sheba, for instance -- gain notoriety for their ability to pop, lock and drop it.

The Odes is building a community that unsigned artists can join for free to sell their music.

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Braving the new world: digital music

By Olivia Sacks | May 22, 2008

Two web sites that represent the best and worst of music's future

Jennifer Lopez '08 poses with the students who modeled her jewelry in a recent show at the Hop.

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To bling or not to bling: Jewelry maker Lopez '08 picks priorities

By Rebecca Wall | May 21, 2008

Courtesy of Phil Chang 08 Through her passion for jewelry, Jennifer Lopez has learned much more than how to make earrings.

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Frigid at first, Augustana wraps up Green Key in Alumni Hall

May 20, 2008

Courtesy of Augustanamusic.com In an age when you have to wonder how much of an artist's actual voice is used in every song and Ashlee Simpson dances awkwardly off the stage on "Saturday Night Live" after getting caught lip syncing, actual musical talent comes as a welcome relief.