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Frost plays turn focus onto student actors, directors

By Michael A> Posey | May 22, 1995

The Drama Department's presentation of the 68th Annual Eleanor Frost Play Festival captivated its audiences this weekend at the Bentley Theater with its presentation of three student written/directed plays. The plays included "The Produce King of Hub City" which was written by Richard Molson '94 and directed by James Riddick, Jr.

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Maceo Parker and the Meters in concert tonight

By Aditya Dutt | May 18, 1995

Downbeat magazine has called his sound "joyful and cutting." The Boston Herald has called him "the gasoline thrown onto James Brown's fire" and The Boston Globe has dubbed him "king of jazz-funk." He is saxophonist Maceo Parker, and along with his band, he will kick off Green Key weekend tonight Though he is an accomplished musician, having played with James Brown, George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, his strength is the live concert, during which his energy and exuberance are most evident.

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Senior art exhibits open at the Hopkins Center

By Gisela Insuaste | May 17, 1995

Every year, at the end of the Spring term, studio art senior majors display several selected works at the Jaffe-Friede Gallery at the Hopkins Center. This year's student exhibition, which opened yesterday, comprises works by a strongly talented and innovative group of 20 artists. The pieces currently on display are representative of many months of work in each individual artist's preferred concentration.

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'Southern Exposure: 2% jazz, 98% funk'

By Gabriel Schlumberger | May 17, 1995

You have probably heard Maceo Parker, even if you haven't heard of him. He is a veritable Forrest Gump of soul music for the last 20 years, packing a resume which reads like a who's who of the jazz/funk/soul recording industry. His contribution to the colloquium of cool cannot be overstated; adding flame to James Brown, flavor to Bootsy Collins, and soul-power to George Clinton.

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Glee Club sings Dartmouth originals to Rollins crowd

By Melissa Cho | May 16, 1995

Dartmouth is blessed with having an impressive number of talented and entertaining musicians and musical ensembles.Students, faculty members, and Hanover residents have very little trouble finding a wonderful concert or recital to attend on any given weekend.This past Sunday was no exception -- Rollins Chapel was filled with an audience anticipating a great performance of the Dartmouth College Glee Club. Under the direction of conductor Louis Burkot, the group performed songs like "Twilight Song" (by Benjamin Gillette '99 -- that's 1899), "O vos omnes" (by Pablo Casals), and "The Coolin'" (by Samuel Barber) in the first half of the show. Also in the first half, the women of the Glee Club were separately highlighted in "Laudate Pueri" (by Mendelssohn), after which the men showcased their talents in "The Turtle Dove" (arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams and featuring soloist Matthew Riley '95) and "Confutatis and Lachrymosa" from Mozart's Requiem. In these songs, the Glee Club demonstrated their ability to skillfully convey all the meaning and emotion intended by a composer for his work, while producing a beautifully rich and full sound. In the second half of the concert, the Glee Club performed songs unique to Dartmouth -- including "Dartmouth Heartsong," composed by Torrance Blaisdell '90, and David Martosko '91. Sung with enthusiasm and warmth, these songs captured the spirit of Dartmouth , like in "Dartmouth Undying" (by Homer P.

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Wind Symphony, Amram feature an exciting program

By Meg Thurlow | May 15, 1995

With guests David Amram and Hafiz Shabazz and The World Music Percussion Ensemble (WMPE), the Dartmouth Wind Symphony played up a storm in Saturday night's main event: "Music of the World." The concert was organized into two halves: first, the DWS proved that it could play more than "uptight European" works.

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Dixon '95 fined $200 for disorderly conduct

By Charles Davant | May 11, 1995

Judge Joseph Daschbach found Guy Dixon '95 guilty of disorderly conduct slapped Dixon with a $200 fine yesterday morning in Hanover District Court. Dixon, who is 23 and a brother in Alpha Delta fraternity, was arrested late in the evening of April 19, when he and a number of other students allegedly ran naked across East Wheelock Street. Dixon pleaded no contest to the charge of disorderly conduct, and Daschbach suspended half the penalty because "he didn't think the offense was that grave," Dixon's lawyer Kim Keating said. Keating said Dixon had previously been charged with indecent exposure and resisting arrest, but the state dropped those misdemeanors charges. "The state brought a new charge [disorderly conduct] which isn't a crime, but a violation," Keating said.

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Freshman woman hits lamppost

By David Pichler | May 11, 1995

At approximately 2 p.m. yesterday, an unidentified freshman woman crashed into a pole while bicycling down College Street near DartmouthHall, according to College spokesman Alex Huppe. Andy Smith '98, who said he was walking with the woman when the accident happened, said the woman had been on her way out of class when she lost control of her bike. Huppe said the woman hit her head on a lamppost as she fell from her bike and was taken by ambulance to Dick's House.

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Kushner speaks at ceremony

By Jason Casell | May 10, 1995

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Tony Kushner, the keynote speaker at yesterday's Arts at Dartmouth Awards Ceremony, painted a dismal picture of the current American political scene and envisioned an even worse situation in ten years. "I want so badly to scare you," Kushner said in a speech titled "Arts in the Current Political Climate." "You must know what a terrible world this is." Kushner went on to rail against the policies of the "scariest Congress this country has ever elected," which helped account for his negative predictions for the future. "The present ravaged America will in 10 years seem like a paradise," he said, apparently laying much of the blame on the "mendacious neo-barbarians in Congress." Kushner predicted a society with no legal guarantees for minorities, no health care, easy access to guns and no federal funding for the arts and humanities. Kushner, an outspoken gay activist, often incorporates his liberal views in his dramatic works.

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Yukio Michima's 'No" plays focus on Japanese traditions

By Michael Posey | May 8, 1995

Executing plays which have been the foundation of Japanese theatre including "No," "Bunraku" and "Kabuki," a troupe of eight Dartmouth students performed a trilogy of famous "No" plays last week and this weekend to audiences at the Moore Theater. The plays, which employed themes steeped in Japanese tradition, were written by Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's most daring and controversial authors.

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College fights for a tax exempt University press

By Abigail Klingbeil | May 4, 1995

The College is fighting the state of New Hampshire to gain tax-exempt status for the University Press of New England. The Lebanon-based University Press, which is owned and operated by the College, applied for tax exempt status last year but was denied by the Lebanon Board of Tax Assessors, the Valley News reported. The case is currently being heard by New Hampshire's Board of Tax and Land Appeals.

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Mishima's 'No' plays focus on modernizatin of Japan

By Aditya Dutt | May 3, 1995

Written by one of Japan's premiere 20th century writers, Yukio Mishima, three "No" plays were performed yesterday at the Moore Theater. Directed by Mara Sabinson, chair of the department of drama, the plays opened last night and will continue through till May 10. The most striking aspect of the plays is Mishima's remarkable departure from tradition.

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