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Craven introduces 'stranger' to public

By Arvid Nelson | September 29, 1997

"A Stranger in the Kingdom," director and screen writer Jay Craven's newest film, aired publicly for the first time last Saturday evening in Spaulding auditorium. The film is based on Howard Frank Mosher's well-received novel about a small Vermont town struggling with its dark past. Shot on location Vermont, perhaps the most memorable thing "A Stranger in the Kingdom" in the stunning autumnal landscape.

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Wyclef keeps audience 'staying alive' at free concert

By Arika L. Easley | September 29, 1997

The theme for the night was simple, yet profound: "music for building the connection with people," as one of the producers for the Fugees expressed after the Wyclef Jean concert last night at Leede Arena. Attended by a standing room crowd of undergraduates, the evening began with a two hour concert with Dartmouth's own The Groovemerchant, featuring the mellow sounds of Tony Jurado '98 on alto saxophone and a special appearance by "free-styling" Saadiah Fowlkes '96. As usual, they amazed the crowd with their diverse musical forms which spanned styles of funk, reggae, rock and hip hop. Soon after this concert, a long line formed as students patiently waited to enter Leede for the free concert sponsored by the Programming Board. Most students were aware that The Fugees were scheduled to perform in a concert last year but had to cancel due to exhaustion from their hectic touring schedule. However, what most students didn't know is that Wyclef Jean and the Refugee All-Stars are only scheduled to perform at one college - and Dartmouth College was selected. Wyclef's debut album, "The Carnival" was featured in the concert, in addition to some pleasant surprises. The two opening acts, Destiny's Child and Fatbag, did a fine job at getting the audience anxious for the star performance.

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'The Carnival' comes to Leede

By Micheal Posey | September 24, 1997

Leede Arena will play host this Sunday night to Wyclef Jean, member of the hip-hop/rap trio the Fugees, in a free concert sponsored by the Programming Board. The Fugees' multi-platinum album, "The Score" attracted many listeners because of its wide and diverse repoitoire.

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Videos highlight math series

By Erica Thrall | September 23, 1997

Math professors Dorothy Wallace and Marcia Groszek have teamed up with performance artist Josh Kornbluth to produce a series of videos with an interdisciplinary approach to mathematics. The videos are part of the five-year Mathematics Across the Curriculum Project funded by a four million dollar grant from the National Science Foundation. Professor Wallace produced Wind Driven Rain: The Ancient Art of Shibori, for her Math 5 class about patterns.

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Promising 'Cop Land' falls short

By Erik Tanouye | August 20, 1997

If you gave Forrest Gump a badge and a gun and sent him after Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas, you'd pretty much have the movie "Cop Land," which delivers a truckload of strong performances, but never quite falls together. Sylvester Stallone plays against type as a beaten-down, half-deaf small town sheriff in Garrison, New Jersey, a neighborhood inhabited by a corrupt faction of the NYPD led by Ray Donlan (Harvey Keitel). "Cop Land" starts echoing "GoodFellas" from the opening voice-over by Robert DeNiro's honest but mean-spirited Internal Affairs officer Moe Tilden.

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SWV's new album lacks complexity

By Micheal A. Posey | August 14, 1997

Sisters with style, sisters with rhythm and sisters with attitudes could have easily been replacements for SWV, whose three-letter moniker stands for Sisters with Voices. The group composed of three young ladies (Cheryl "Coko" Gamble, Tamara "Taj" Johnson and Leanne "Lelee" Lyons) have continually impressed their listeners with their simple yet heart-felt ballads and their musical messages about the joys of being in love, the hurt of breaking up and the pleasures of sex. Dating back to 1993, the group has had an amazing musical evolution. "It's about Time," their debut album, featured "Weak" which skyrocketed to the top of the R&B charts. Following on the heels of "Weak" was "Human Nature," a remix-of-sorts of a Michael Jackson's tune and the scandolous "Downtown" a track which served as an sex educational piece for men who wanted to find the "way to SWV's love." Although "It's About Time" proved to be a R&B powerhouse, there was much criticism.

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