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April 13, 2026
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Carnivorous vines lead to 'Ruin' with horrifying gravity

By John Ternovski | April 9, 2008

Four friends travel to Mexico for "fun in the sun," but when they go exploring an old Mayan ruin they get much more than they bargained for: "Carnivorous vines try to ensnare the friends in their deadly tendrils, forcing the group into a brutal battle for survival," reads one synopsis of "The Ruins" (2008). No, I'm not kidding.

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'Black Womanhood' opens at Hood

By Lisa Moon | April 8, 2008

With the issue of racial identity common fodder for the increasingly politically minded and socially conscious avant-garde movements since the mid-'60s, the theme of "Black Womanhood" has long established itself in the rhetoric of the art world.

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Political parodies cause controversy

By Allison Ruderman | April 7, 2008

For the first time since Justin Timberlake regifted what his mother gave him, Saturday Night Live is in the news. In a presidential debate last month, Hillary Clinton brought up SNL sketches that satirized overt Obama favoritism in the media, and all the blogs got to chattering.

Students flock to the Roman forum at the foot of the Capitoline to admire the Arch of Septimius Severus and other ancient art.
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When in Rome: 'Shmob Mentality in the Ancient City

By Hilary Becker | April 7, 2008

Carly Silverman Editor's Note: This is the first installment of a biweekly column on the art and culture of Rome by Hilary Becker, who is spending Spring term on the art history Foreign Study Program. Sitting uncomfortably in the coach seat of my Continental flight, I was gawking across the aisle at some bambina sandwiched cozily between her parents.

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Indie star Vanderslice to play FNR

By Liz Ellison | April 3, 2008

After a winter that featured such acts as Awesome Color and Phosphorescent, FNR is set to kick off Spring term with a bang, welcoming John Vanderslice to the stage for Saturday's show. Vanderslice's songs are never dreary.

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SA candidates use and abuse media, aesthetics in campaigns

By Matthew Ritger | April 2, 2008

It's a very, very serious year in Student Assembly politics. Pressing issues on our candidate's agendas include: providing staples at Greenprint stations (Lee Cooper '09)and making dining facillities "more conducive to social interaction" (Molly Bode '09). Both our candidates seem to know that the media is a politician's best friend, but Cooper hasn't abandoned man's best friend: Cooper's campaign video, posted on YouTube, begins with a shot of hm petting two fraternity dogs by a roaring fire. Bode has yet to stoop to such hokey comedy and seems determined to take the high road, despite her Facebook group and auto-replies, which claim she "Bodes well" for the Dartmouth campus.

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'Miss Pettigrew' charms with frump, quirk and dark humor

By Lily Ringler | March 31, 2008

Set in the inter-war years in London, "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day" starts with a look at the title character, Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand), as she struggles to find work after being canned by the drunken matron of the house where she had previously nannied.

Lolita-esque Ali Lohan has her sister's bombastic looks and brutal voice.
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'Lohan Holiday' takes the cake of music that should not exist

By Rebecca Wall | March 31, 2008

Courtesy of Americansuperstarmag.com In the eponymous 1960 film, Pollyanna sagely quotes Abe Lincoln to the dour minister: "If you look for the bad in man you'll be sure to find it." That said, let's take a look at the completely horrific -- in music, that is. Ali Lohan If celebrity is contagious, then Ali Lohan, kid sister to Lindsay, has been living in a leper colony.

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Student dancers travel to New Zealand over break

By Allison Ruderman | March 31, 2008

It's a good thing the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble only recently learned how to handle a poi. A ball spun rapidly by an attached rope, this traditional object used for dance by the Maori -- the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand -- is sacrosanct ("tapu" in Maori) and must not be dropped.

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Madonna loses edge with Justin duet

By Matthew Ritger | March 27, 2008

Madonna has officially broken my heart. Once, it seemed her reign as the most incisive interpreter of pop culture's cutting edge could never end: Her spot-on 1980s mutations from "Like a Virgin" to "Material Girl" to the burning crosses and dogma bashing of "Like a Prayer" were matched only by the next unexpected decade.

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With 10 Idols left in season seven, our expert picks five

By Brittany Coombs | March 26, 2008

When 17-year-old front runner David Archuleta began to effortlessly honey out a Beatles classic in order to atone for what had been an unforgettable razing of "We Can Work It Out" the week before, pop culture fanatics everywhere -- or rather, the ones who could hear themselves think over the panting bevy of tween girls who screamed as though he were formerly part of the Fab Four -- no doubt noticed how uncannily his song choice reflected, once again, the predictable unpredictability of American Idol season seven. It has indeed been a long and winding road.

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