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Fate of Hovey murals remains a subject of controversy

By Hilary Becker | November 8, 2006

Editor's Note: This article is the second of a series examining hidden artworks at Dartmouth. Resting in the basement of Thayer Dining Hall are a series of images that have been called deeply offensive, racist and insulting, and have, over the years, continued to spark debate. The fate of the controversial Hovey murals is particularly interesting to contemplate in light of the College's recent uncovering of the Tiffany and Royal Bavarian stained glass windows in Rollins Chapel, which had been concealed since 1972 as a means of making the space less denominational. Painted in 1937-38 by American illustrator Walter Beach Humphrey '14, famous for his covers of "The Saturday Evening Post" and "Collier's," the Hovey murals were a reaction to the famous Orozco Frescoes in Baker Library. In a 1938 issue of the Dartmouth Alumni magazine, Humphrey wrote, "If my allusions to the celebrated murals in Baker Library seem ill chosen to anyone ... I feel it excusable to use them as a foil for my own ideas.

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Dartmouth radio locally popular but has few student listeners

By Joe Debonis | November 7, 2006

Dartmouth Broadcasting is a business. It's not just a business serving your suitemates, or that girl in your psychology class, or even just the beloved denizens of Hanover; Dartmouth Broadcasting is a business (with a capital B) serving 30- to 40,000 listeners in the Upper Valley. "It's a business.

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Casting concerns force theater dept. to change Mainstage production

By Liz Ellison | November 2, 2006

Those who stopped keeping tabs on this term's Mainstage play back in September might have noticed that "The Negro of Peter the Great" is no longer on the schedule. "Negro," originally slated to be produced this fall by the theater department, has been replaced with acclaimed British playwright Caryl Churchill's "Far Away," a futuristic tale "about what will happen in a world in which violence spins out of control," according to director Peter Hackett '75. The play was switched when auditions failed to yield a single candidate for the title role of "The Negro," despite campus-wide outreach to drum up interest. "Although we had a significant turnout by minority students, we did not have an African-American actor," Hackett said.

Dartmouth Chamber Siingers - Performance November 2005
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Chamber Singers bring village music to Rollins

By Joseph Debonis | October 31, 2006

Courtesy of the Hopkins Center Imagine traveling from Spain and France to Norway, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Peru, South Africa and beyond -- all in one night. With the help of some gifted composers and a dedicated conductor, the Dartmouth Chamber Singers will be doing just that.

The symposium commemorating the Assyrian reliefs' 150th anniversary at Dartmouth will be held from Friday to Saturday in Loew auditorium.
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Hood celebrates 150th anniversary of Assyrian reliefs

By Lucy Randall | October 30, 2006

Courtesy of the Hood Museum This upcoming weekend, the Hood Museum will showcase its prized collection of Assyrian reliefs in the symposium entitled "From Discovery to Dartmouth: The Assyrian Reliefs at the Hood Museum of Art, 1856-2006" at the Loew Auditorium. In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of their installation in Hanover, the reliefs will be the focus of this collaborative symposium, which, thanks to the sponsorship of the Fanny and Alan Leslie Center for the Humanities, will be free and open to the public.

Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman star as rival magicians in Christopher Nolan's newest film,
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'The Prestige' brings dark magic to the silver screen

By Allison Ruderman | October 26, 2006

Courtesy of Rotten Tomatoes With "The Prestige," director Christopher Nolan ("Memento," "Batman Begins") once again throws us a cinematic sleight of hand -- this time, literally. Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale star as Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, two turn-of-the-century magicians whose friendship sours after a botched onstage illusion results in death.

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