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Hanover Inn boasts more than 200 years serving Dartmouth

By Elysa Jacobs | November 6, 1996

Through its incarnations as a tavern and multiple hotels, the Hanover Inn has been a landmark for members of the Dartmouth community for more than 200 years. The building currently on the corner of Main Street and Wheelock is the fourth building to occupy the site, said Jay Barret, Hanover code officer, who is writing a book about the history of the Hanover Inn. Matt Marshall, manager of the Hanover Inn said, "as far as we know [the Hanover Inn] is the oldest continuously operating business in the state of New Hampshire." The first building was constructed around 1780 by Colonel Ebeneazer Brewster.

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Future Loop's Barrott leads one-man techno group

By Arvid Nelson | November 5, 1996

The ubiquity of pop music played on guitars and drums has become oppressive for many people. Future Loop Foundation is a refreshing break from this entrenched tradition. Computers may well be the most important revolution in music since the invention of the electric guitar. Artists such as Mike Barrott, the sole member of Future Loop Foundation, need only a computer console to compose music.

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'The Crucible' premieres in Spaulding, gets rave reviews

By Sebastian Barreveld | November 4, 1996

Anticipation choked Spaulding Auditorium last Saturday as a sold-out audience waited for the first public screening ever of the film version of Arthur Miller's classic play "The Crucible." The lights dropped and a shaft of light illuminated a lone microphone standing in a corner of the stage.

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New stores move into Hanover area

By Reginald Williams | October 30, 1996

Seeking to fill a niche in the market created by Dartmouth students, several establishments have recently set up shop in the Hanover area. Two new stores, Mind Games and Ramunto's Pizza, have expanded shopping choices in the Upper Valley. Mind Games, a gaming boutique located above the Dartmouth Co-Op on South Main Street, opened at the beginning of Fall term. The store, which specializes in family board games and exotic chess sets, entered the Hanover market hoping to capitalize on the recreational needs of the area's residents and students, store manager Cameron Cudhea said. "We are basically trying to fill a niche that needs to be filled," Cudhea said.

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Valente invokes poetic spirit

By Jack Vaitayanonta | October 24, 1996

"I am the blossom pressed in a book,/ found again after two hundred years ... I am the one whose love/ overcomes you, already with you/ when you think to call my name ..." With these words and those of other writings, the late New Hampshire poet laureate Jane Kenyon has left her mark on the public's mind, and echoes that still reverberate with us long after her death from leukemia in 1995. Kenyon was born in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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African power figure represents ideals

By Kelly Sidley | October 24, 1996

The Hood Museum of Art recently acquired an important addition for its collection of African art with the purchase of a power figure from the former Kongo Empire of Central Africa, now the Republic of Zaire. The nineteenth-century figure is carved from wood and has mixed media attached.

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Ledyard Bridge construction falls behind schedule

By Erik Tanouye | October 23, 1996

Construction work on the new Ledyard Bridge has fallen slightly behind schedule, and the looming winter weather is causing increased traffic delays on the bridge. "They are working long hours right now, trying to get as much of the utility work done as possible before the winter weather sets in," Hanover Town Manager Julia Griffin said.

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'Heart' looks at making of Francis Coppola film

By Tom Jawetz | October 23, 1996

This film is, perhaps, the greatest "making-of" film ever made. Such a claim is warranted when one considers what the directors of "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" had available to them when creating this film. In exploring the making of "Apocalypse Now," directed by Francis Ford Coppola, directors Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper had at their disposal scenes edited out of the final version, as well as shots aborted while the cameras continued filming. They had interviews with cast and crew taken during filming, as well as several years later to provide a revealing juxtaposition.

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Phish shifts gears with album

By Sebastian Barreveld | October 23, 1996

"Billy Breathes," and I sigh. The Phish bandwagon steered into a new direction with their latest album, "Billy Breathes," dragging their whole image with them. The Burlington Boys also managed to do this with their last studio release, "Hoist," and are subsequently weaving an indecisive track across the musical prairie. This shift of image is apparent in both the packaging and content of the album.

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Freshmen debut in 'Take Five'

By Arvid Nelson | October 22, 1996

Folk is once again finding a niche in popular culture. With the rise of new folk singers such as Dar Williams and the rediscovery of older artists such as Joan Baez, this musical form is making a comeback. Yesterday's Top of the Hopkins Center performance, a concert of a dozen or so folk tunes by student musicians, served as a pleasant denouement to the chaotic festivities of Homecoming. Kirstin Weeks '00 and Louisa Gilder '00 played a selection of folk tunes from the '60s, a time when folk music saw its greatest popularity and most talented composers and performers. Both women performed on acoustic instruments without the aid of microphones or amplifiers.

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Fall Fling hosts Yale Duke's Men

By Jack Vaitayanonta | October 21, 1996

Three student a cappella groups delivered three unique yet rich styles of performance at this Homecoming Weekend's Fall Fling, an annual tradition that allows students to take center stage on the biggest, most exciting weekend at the College. The marquee featured two of Dartmouth's premier a cappella groups -- the Aires, who are celebrating their 50th year in existence, and the Rockapellas, a female group who intertwine messages of social awareness in their music -- and the Duke's Men, a male group from Yale University. The Duke's Men took stage second after the Aires and sang a line-up of more barbershop-quartet tunes.

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Rothko piece belies simplicity

By Kelly Sidley | October 17, 1996

Mark Rothko's impressive color-block painting titled "Orange and Lilac Over Ivory" (1953) (298.5 x 232.4 cm) dominates the second floor foyer of the Hood Museum of Art.

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Rockapellas kick off term with super tunes

By Sebastian Barreveld | October 17, 1996

In case you missed the commotion last week when the Rockapellas were selling CDs in the lobby of the Hopkins Center, you should know that the album marks a great achievement for campus a cappella. The new Rockapellas album, "Think on These Things," is packed with familiar songs that have been excellently adapted to the a cappella style. These 20 songs represent a rich and diverse array of musical styles embedded with a social consciousness. In this, their eighth year as one of the campus' premier female singing groups, (and third CD), the "Rocks," as the girls have dubbed themselves, have maintained their pledge to "combine music with messages of social awareness" as their liner-note credo states. At the beginning of every term, the Rockapellas come together, each with suggestions for songs to add to their repertoire. Afterwards, they vote to decide which tunes will be featured in their musical line-up for the term. The tunes can be divided into two distinct groups -- "freedom songs" and "oldies," the latter of which defines the overall tone of the CD. The "oldies" section is comprised of a diverse selection of fun songs ranging from The Bangles' "Walk like an Egyptian," Dusty Springfield's "Preacherman" and Alanis Morissette's "Hand In my Pocket." All are certified sing-alongable. Ordinarily packed with energy, these songs are amplified by crisp, clear voices, brilliant adaptation and a superb quality of recording. The "Pulp Fiction" soundtrack hit "Preacherman" by Dusty Springfield is a good example of how the group managed to preserve, even amplify, the emotion in these songs.

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Local stores suffer from light fingers

By Roy Lee | October 16, 1996

Between 25 and 50 incidents of shoplifting are reported in Hanover each year, which constitutes a "serious problem," according to Hanover Police Captain Chris O'Connor. About half the reported cases involve Dartmouth students, O'Connor said. Although O'Connor said over the years there has been a gradual rise in shoplifting cases, not because the 'five-fingered discount' is growing more common but because store owners are getting smarter about fighting it. "Merchants are becoming more aware of different detection capabilities and actually catching more people," O'Connor said. Store owners are also growing less tolerant about shoplifting, he said. Though Hanover police deals with shoplifters only at the request of store owners.

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