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Caffeine draws late-night Foodstop crowd

By Mark Shahinian | May 22, 1996

When Food Court has closed and Everything But Anchovies has stopped delivering, Foodstop is the only place in town where students can acquire that much-needed, just-before-sunrise snack or beverage. Terry Rose, the night clerk at this convenience store on the South end of Main Street, commented that almost all the nighttime customers are students and likened her job to being the town bartender. "We keep the little kids in donuts and the athletes in Gatorade," she observed. Rose feeds and sells caffeine to students from 10 p.m.

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Hillel construction to begin in one week

By Katie Kirwan | May 22, 1996

After inciting more than two years of neighborhood controversy, the College will finally break ground for the construction of the Roth Center of Jewish Life at Dartmouth next week. The center will house Hillel, the Jewish students' organization at Dartmouth.

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Cranberries make introspective CD

By Neil Desai | May 22, 1996

It's hard to distinguish between melancholy and introspection. The Cranberries tread the line between the two, often crossing into both sides. "To the Faithful Departed," The Cranberries' newest release, captures both introspection and melancholy.

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Groups sing at concert

By Lee Istrail | May 20, 1996

Several students clothed in ghoulish, tattered rags came onto the stage. As they huddled over a figure in a red jacket, the stage was set for an evening of all-out entertainment. The students, the Dodecaphonics, launched into Michael Jackson's "Thriller," kicking off the Spring Sing a cappella concert on Friday night in Spaulding Auditorium. The Rockapellas, the first group to perform as part of the program, appeared at the back of the auditorium, clad in vintage '70s flashy garb. Gyrating to hits from the '70s, the Rocks wove through the audience on their way to the stage.

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Dodecs succumb to 'Dodecadence'

By Lee Istrail | May 20, 1996

The release of the Dodecaphonics' new CD "Dodecadence" was heralded by their wonderfully over-the-top publicity at Friday night's Spring Sing, an a cappella concert.

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'Last Dance' short on originality

By Michael R. Lee | May 16, 1996

This time, it's Dead Woman Walking. "The Last Dance" was doomed from its release to be compared to that other death row movie -- "Dead Man Walking," in which the main actress garnered a Best Actress Academy Award.

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'Fisher King' looks at sin and redemption

By Tom Jawetz | May 16, 1996

Dante once wrote in his "Purgatorio," "Not by the malediction of bishop nor priest is Eternal Love so lost, as long as hope hath still a speck of green." It is with this in mind that we look to director Terry Gilliam's "The Fisher King," a film about sin and redemption, despair and hope. Jack (Jeff Bridges) is a brash talk radio D.J.

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Annual Frost plays open tonight

By Lee Istrail | May 16, 1996

From people trapped in a bus station to trapped in a subway train to running away with the circus, this year's Eleanor Frost plays deal with some ordinary people facing extraordinary situations. But this year's winning playwrights, directors and the thespians they have assembled to stage their plays are more than up to the challenge of performing these works. The Eleanor Frost Playwriting Competition was established in 1950 by a gift from Eleanor Louise Frost, which has been supplemented by gifts from Henry Williams. Frost was a member of the Dartmouth community who enjoyed and encouraged the Dartmouth Players Experimental Theater, according to the Hopkins Center. The annual Frost Play Festival is a contest open to all Dartmouth classes from all majors.

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Court seeks to help families on the rocks

By Erin Loback | May 15, 1996

As part of a state pilot project, Grafton and Rockingham counties will introduce a family court this summer to encourage alternate dispute resolution and allow families to see the same judge for different familial problems. "Once people get to the court, we are hoping to make it easier for them to use and understand the process," Project Coordinator Craig Briggs said. The project is part of a legislative act that directs the New Hampshire Supreme Court to establish pilot programs in Grafton and Rockingham counties with four family court sites in each, Briggs said.

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Shrews remain untamed in latest project, 'The F-Word'

By Michael Roberts | May 14, 1996

It was difficult to believe that the performers were college students, like the audience gathered to watch them. Perhaps this was because the women of the Untamed Shrews were breaking traditional boundaries of socially-conscious performance in depicting issues of feminism that were largely before their time. The Untamed Shrews, the campus's premier "collaborative women's performance group," recently completed a three-performance run of their play "The F-Word," which explores events and issues surrounding the most divisive "f-word" in recent times -- feminism. The group's presentation of a play marks a departure from their usual pastiche-type dramatizations of literature by and about women. "The F-Word" is a play written by four women known as the Sleeveless Theater Group.

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Giles' 'Nudes' appear on display

By David S. Guerrerio | May 13, 1996

Shannon Giles '96 has a boast. "Everyone I've asked to pose for me, eventually has. It may have taken months or years, but so far my record is perfect." Speaking with Giles, whose photographic exhibit of "Nudes" are currently on display at Old Pete's Tavern on Main Street until June 2, it is easy to understand how she gets so many people to take their clothes off for her. Her deep voice and direct conversational style can seem vaguely confrontational, and yet her manner is so laid-back and disarming that one feels completely put at ease. Not that Giles has to hunt down models any more. "These days people approach me," she said.

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Kincaid's 'Autobiography of My Mother' touches the heart

By Kelly Wardwell | May 9, 1996

"My mother died at the moment I was born, and so for my whole life there was nothing standing between myself and eternity; at my back was always a bleak, black wind." Thus begins the harrowing fiction-based autobiography of Xuela, a Caribbean woman left stranded at birth by the death of her Carib mother, and who would eventually be extricated from her father's world as well. Through Jamaica Kincaid's vividly stark yet overwhelmingly poetic tale "The Autobiography of My Mother," the reader is exposed to the anguish, struggle and introspection correlated with Xuela's metaphorical journey and her coming of age. The novel is set in Dominica, a small island in the West Indies, two generations after the end of slavery.

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'Munchausen' offers adventure, imagination

By Tom Jawetz | May 9, 1996

Sometime during the 18th century, there lived a man by the name of Karl Friedrich Hieronymous von Munchausen, who fought for the Russians against the Turks. It is said the good Baron gained quite a bit of notoriety for his acts, but even more so for his fanciful stories.

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Exhibit spotlights family photos

By Jack Vaitayanonta | May 8, 1996

Very often, photographs lie at the heart of a family's history and serve to connect the present with its past experiences, traditions and heritage. French and Italian Professor Marianne Hirsch and Director of the Hood Museum of Art Timothy Rub will host an opening talk at 7:30 p.m.

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Yellow water is not a health threat

By Elysa Jacobs | May 8, 1996

The yellow tint and odor emanating from Hanover's water does not pose any health risk nor does it affect lab experiments in science classes. The problems are partly due to the weather and will dissipate naturally, said Director of Facilities, Operations and Management Michael Getter. In order to address the College's concerns about the water, Town and College officials met with each other last week to discuss the water quality.

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Dave Matthews Band releases 'Crash' album

By Gene Park | May 8, 1996

The Dave Matthews Band released their fourth studio album "Crash," a week ago, and the world has been cheering ever since. During the last few years, the Charlottesville, Va.-based band led by the South African vocalist/acoustic guitarist Dave Matthews has steadily attracted more and more fans. The new album contains 12 tracks.

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Two flicks look at British society

By Christopher Kelly | May 8, 1996

The Film Society presents tonight two films, "High Hopes" and "Ladybird, Ladybird" by perhaps the only two politically-minded, socially-conscious directors still working today in England -- Mike Leigh and Ken Loach. Leigh's "High Hopes" is, as its title suggests, a lovely and sad comedy about people who still have hope even when they have no reason to do so and when nothing around them gives them any real sense of security. Cyril (Philip Davis) and Shirl (Ruth Sheen) lie at the center of the picture, portraying a working-class couple in recent times who are struggling to reconcile their Marxist ideals with the Thatcherite consumerism that has taken over England. Davis and Sheen are the points of optimism in a decidedly hopeless universe, and the humor and warmth they bring to their roles (and to each other) makes "High Hopes" an emotional and powerful film. Loach's "Ladybird, Ladybird" is a tough haul, and if one is looking for anything resembling the (decidedly bleak) optimism of "High Hopes," he or she might as well stay home. Loach's film appraises the British social services and welfare system. Loosely basing the film on a true story, the central question of the film is seems to be whether a not-necessarily mentally competent mother who loves her children passionately be allowed to raise them? The film is difficult, mainly because its main character is so difficult, and part of the pain of watching it is how wrenching it becomes. It is wrenching to watch Maggie's children being taken away from her and doubly wrenching to consider the possibility that maybe they should be taken away.

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