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Van Dyk's electronica approaches pop appeal

By Jeffrey Tanenhaus | August 22, 2000

In the newest of three releases, German electronica master Paul Van Dyk produces a two-disc gem that is soothing and rhythmically rich enough to captivate even the biggest techno-phobe. "Out There and Back" is a continuous-play mix of fluid, pulsating tunes and piano melodies that are just as appropriate for relaxing as they are for dancing.

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Procrastination made simple

By Allison Stuntz | August 14, 2000

Dartmouth College requires every student to have a computer. Computers are very useful tools. With computers students can look up the average yearly rainfall in Uzbekistan, research golden retriever breeders in the northeast or find pretty much anything else they might desire.

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Arts opportunities at dARTmouth

By John Teti | August 1, 2000

Interested in the arts? In the first week you're here, Dartmouth will try to convince you that the college has endless resource to offer the arts-inclined student. That's not far from the truth, but you're probably better off exploring those resources for yourself, instead of trying to glean anything from freshman orientation week -- during which you'll likely experience such sights as a self-respecting museum curator begging you to visit the Hood and free t-shirts with something along the lines of "dARTmouth" printed on them. Take the initiative during orientation week -- get a feel for the arts Dartmouth has to offer on your own time.

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'Something in the Air' ... reeks of evil

By Kai Cheng Wong | July 31, 2000

"Something in the Air" by Richard Dresser, directed by Mara B. Sabinson opened last Friday, the first of two drama department-sponsored production for this summer. According to the director's notes, "finding this script was a delightful surprise." The delights of this real gem are no surprise at all, for it manages to delve into potent issues about the innate evil in the human nature, whilst sparing its biting critique of contemporary American social mores, excessive cynicism and philosophizing. Set in a large anonymous American city, the dark comedy even manages a non-judgmental lightness of tone and a happy ending despite its serious theme of covetousness, avarice and pure vice that leads eventually to murder. The issues that the play grapples with hit home because the characters' cold superficiality and their mechanical wit, which they unceasingly deploy to deflect moral culpability, finds articulation within the comedy and rings through real. Walker (Jeffrey Withers '02) attempts to murder Cram, an bed-ridden friend, for insurance money.

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'Something in the Air' opens run

By Kathleen McDermott | July 27, 2000

Opening tonight at The Moore Theatre, Richard Dresser's "Something in the Air" is a dark comedy with a mysterious aura, according to the play's Lighting Designer Colin Bills '98. In this play, Walker, a man down on his luck and in need of money, decides to buy the life insurance policy of a terminally ill patient. But as the play progresses, Walker comes to know the patient, Cram.

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The challenge of modern rock

By Abraham Mahshie | July 13, 2000

The sound of modern rock is facing a challenge brought on by its artists and by the increasing popularity of pop music in recent times. Begun by Elvis Presley and continued by the work of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin, the guitar, drums and bass have been the essential components of rock 'n roll.

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