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Visiting writer Thomas to read from her short stories

By Susan Zieger | January 27, 1994

Most students tackling an English major in creative writing at any college expect their professors to critique their poems and lecture a little on prosody, but writer-in-residence Audrey Thomas has life lessons to teach as well. A full-time writer lured to Dartmouth through the Dickey Endowment to teach the introductory course in the creative writing program this Winter, Thomas provides a model of the modern writer's life, which she describes as "the most free life" one can have. Thomas is the author of twelve books, both collections of short stories and novels.

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Pat Adams - exploring intimacy

By Jason Casell | January 26, 1994

Artist in residence Pat Adams is not just any abstractionist; she has utilized geometrics, specifically circles, in a way that evokes such intimate emotion and desire that you are immediately drawn into her intense spherical universe. Adams will be at the College for the Winter term and currently has some unique work displayed in the Jaffe-Friede Gallery right before you reach the Hinamn boxes. "I am a living example of what can be accomplished," Adams said.

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Dirt Cowboy Cafe showcases talents of artist Pat Barsanti

By Alina Mogollon | January 25, 1994

Dreams and the dark side of the human soul are just some of the themes covered by Pat Barsanti's artwork currently on display at the Dirt Cowboy Cafe on Main Street. The abstract paintings, done in watercolors, deal mostly with aspects of ourselves, escapism and choices that we need to make. Barsanti's love of nature comes through in the collection.

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'Shadowlands' - the inner C.S. Lewis

By Susan Zieger | January 24, 1994

"We read to know we're not alone." "Experience is a brutal teacher. But you learn-my God, you learn!" "I'm not particularly sure God wants us to be happy." This is the homespun philosophy of "Shadowlands," a competent little love story crafted to wring tears from the stoniest of hearts.

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Town lacks women officers

By Maggie Lockwood | January 20, 1994

There are no women officers on the Hanover police force. Kurt Schimke, the Hanover police chief for the last six years, says this is not unusual. Few women apply for jobs as officers because societal bias and stereotypes have traditionally defined police work as a male profession, Schimke said. "It is a complicated issue," Schimke said.

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'Feast of Song' is a flawed hit

By Joe Marcheso | January 20, 1994

The Chamber Singers triumphed last weekend at their annual Feast of Song in Webster Hall. From the opening of the musical program, Clement Janequin's "Je ne fut jamais si aise" to Claude le Jeune's exultant "Revecy venir du printans," the Chamber Singers brought a confident, clear, dynamically attuned performance to some of the same music that had troubled them earlier in the season. Last Friday, there were no signs of any uncomfortability; indeed the smaller ensembles, specifically in "La Belle Aronde," showed great capacity to handle the most intricate demands of the music.

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Exhibit transcends periods

By Will Eckhert | January 19, 1994

Everyone loves to ply labels, from arts writers to art historians, yet Alison Bishop '94, in conjunction with co-curator Richard Rand, provides an alternative to the fixedly labelled, epochal structure of traditional art history with her "Medieval into Renaissance" show. The exhibit, now showing in the Hood Museum of Art, focuses on the gradual shift between the two artistic eras, examining painting, sculpture, engravings and manuscripts as media in transition.

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Snow taxes resources of College and town

By David Hemmer | January 13, 1994

If there is a foot of snow on every inch of the 106 miles of road in the Hanover area, it would fill Webster Hall more than 250 times. Together, the College and the town of Hanover are charged with the task of plowing, shoveling, salting and sanding to keep the roads and sidewalks safe after a snowstorm. The town expects to use 1,700 tons of salt; 5,000 tons of sand; and spend more than $118,000 in snow removal efforts this year, Highway Superintendent Leo Hamill said. Last year the College spent over $400,000 to get rid of its share of the snow, according to John Gratiot, associate director of facilities, operations and management.

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Subway gives town national flavor

By Scott Anthony | January 13, 1994

Subway, a popular national chain of sandwich shops, recently moved into the same building as Ben and Jerry's on Lebanon Street. Subway opened in the middle of December, Owner Jamie Parker said.

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New art exhibits

By Jason Casell | January 12, 1994

The Studio Art Department has a renowned set of artists on display this month. Four new exhibits will open in the Hopkins Center exhibition area. The exhibits will include works of resident artist Pat Adams, Luciana Frigerio, Pat Kennan and Duncan Hewitt. Adams' exhibit, which opened yesterday in the Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, consists primarily of oils on linen and acrylics on paper. Adams graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Berkeley in 1949 and was later awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for travel in France. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and has won the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters' Hassam purchase award four times. She will give a lecture in Loew Auditorium January 18 at 4:30 p.m.

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James Gillray satirizes politics

By Siobhan Gorman | January 11, 1994

The first solo exhibition of the works of James Gillray, an 18th century caricaturist, opened on Saturday at the Hood Museum of Art and focuses on his political caricatures. "James Gillray: Prints by the Eighteenth-Century Master of Caricature," was organized by Katherine Hart, curator of academic programming.

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Film Society presents 'Iron Will' in tribute to J. M. Hayes

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 10, 1994

The Dartmouth Film Society honored John Michael Hayes, a Hollywood screenwriter and professor of Film Studies at the College in a tribute which included a sneak preview of his exciting new film, "Iron Will" in Spaulding Auditorium last Saturday. Hayes has long been regarded as one of the film industry's most talented and distinguished screenwriters, best known for his collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock in the 1950s on such films as "Rear Window" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much." Before his work with Hitchcock, Hayes had an extensive career writing for radio and screen and was known for the ability to adapt important plays and novels which were judged to be unfilmable. Hayes' work is known for its strong dialogue, character depth, classic structure, wit and humanity.

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Post Office undergoes renovation

By Jack Vaitayanonta | January 6, 1994

The Hanover Post Office recently expanded its facilities in order to accommodate the increasing population of the town and the demand for more post office boxes by College students. The $13,000 renovations, funded by the U.S.

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'Border Crossings' looks into social issues

By Rick Owen | January 5, 1994

If you could think of twenty movies you would really like to see this term what would they be? Well, the Dartmouth Film Society as usual tries to answer just that question and this term comes up with an unusually interesting selection, addressing provocative issues of race, sex, nationality and experience in a series named "Border Crossings." "Civilization is, and always has been, divided by a series of boundaries," claims the Film Society in it's description of the Winter term film calendar.

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