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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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'G.I.Jane' is an after-school special on the big screen

By Joe Peters | August 14, 1997

Halfway through the movie "G.I. Jane," two trainee Navy SEALs are going through their first battle simulation in approaching a concealed enemy outpost which may or may not be occupied. When one remarks that there seems to be no one around, the other replies, "Well, I had a broken watch once, and it was right twice a day." If this strikes you as trite and unoriginal, brace yourself because it's about as original as this movie gets. "G.I.

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'Picture Perfect' needs more Mohr

By Erik Tanouye | August 12, 1997

Ignore the publicity. Jennifer Aniston is neither the star nor the hero in "Picture Perfect." She may get the most screen time, but she's really just playing a shallower version of her "Friends" character from television. The real discovery in "Picture Perfect" is another TV veteran -- "Saturday Night Live" alum Jay Mohr steals the movie as Nick, the only character with any feelings.

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'Supa Dupa Fly' fizzles due to mediocrity, lack of originality

By Micheal A. Posey | August 8, 1997

When Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott was ready to record her first debut album, she made sure to reach out and call in favors from around the hip-hop world. Featuring current R&B favorites like songstress Aaliyah and hip-hop rapper Busta Rhymes, "Supa Dupa Fly" should have been the next R&B bomb, detonating with its strong artillery of the best personalities in the business.

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'Spawn' showcases great effects but has weak story

By Arvid Nelson | August 8, 1997

"Spawn" gives us a dark tortured hero and amazing computer-generated effects but, like too many action films today, goes heavy on the special effects and too light on the story. Todd McFarlane is a comic-book artist best known for his work on "Spider Man," and later "Spawn," a super-hero he created as well as illustrated. McFarlane has always been a better visual artist than a story teller, and all of the flaws inherent in the original story are prevalent in the big screen spin-off. First of all, there is no underlying theme to Spawn's superpowers.

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Hood receives donation of European Master prints

By Arvid Nelson | August 6, 1997

The Hood Museum received 121 Old Master and nineteenth-century European prints, including 29 Rembrandt etchings, in a gift of unprecedented quality and quantity from the widow of late Dartmouth alum Adolph Weil '35, a long time patron of the Hood and preeminent American print collector. These excellent prints feature etchings, engravings and woodcuts by key figures in the history of European art and represent one of the most significant gifts ever given to the Museum. "I can describe this as one of the greatest gifts of art ever donated to the College," said Richard Rand, Hood curator of European Art.

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