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David's House to move from Hanover to Lebanon

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After more than a year of uncertainty, the Dean of Faculty Office has decided to keep the College's education department, but the department could evolve to take on a very different form. Last spring a review committee of senior professors recommended the department either be terminated or significantly restructured to be less pre-professional and more consistent with a liberal arts philosophy. A new committee consisting of seven professors will propose how to revamp the department's structure and curriculum. "They have finally come to the conclusion that education is important to Dartmouth and should stay as it has for 100 years," Acting Department Chair Robert Binswanger said. Although the senior faculty committee report has not been released, sources who have seen it said it cited internal strife as a reason to close the department down. Last October, the department submitted a response to the report, suggesting provisions for structural and organizational change. Students, professors and alumni have awaited the Dean of Faculty Office's word on the department's fate since that submission, but Associate Dean of Faculty George Wolford said the office was operating without a deadline. "You can only have delays if you have a timetable, and no one ever said that we have to reach a final decision ... by December 1st or March 1st or anytime," Wolford said.



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Cast, crew prepare for Pinter's 'Mountain Language'

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This Spring's mainstage drama production, "Mountain Language and other works" by Harold Pinter delivers a stark message about society and international politics, holding up a mirror up to the world for all can to see the potential misuse of power. Drama department chair Mara Sabinson directed the production, which opens this Wednesday, May 4 and runs two consecutive weekends in Center Theater. The members of the ensemble cast were generally excited to finally show the result of six weeks' worth of hard work.



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New Rosey Jekes cafe opens

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Promising the best coffee and tea in the world, Rosey's Tea and Coffee - an immaculate cafe in the basement of Rosey Jekes clothing store on Lebanon Street - opened for business last week. The cafe has sparkling green floors and seven small tables inside, with a patio available for outside seating.



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Hyman '94: making films with artistry and nuance

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Andrew Hyman '94 is something of a perfectionist. He pauses thoughtfully before answering questions about his upcoming Senior Fellowship project, a film tribute to Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, choosing each phrase deliberately and sometimes stopping for long minutes while he searches for the best word to describe his work.


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Tribe Called Quest delivers strong but short performance

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An hour before the sold out concert was scheduled to begin, people had already begun lining up outside of Webster Hall to see A Tribe Called Quest. It was Friday night, the eve of Prospectives' Weekend and The First Annual Intercollegiate Conference of the Afro-American Society.


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Film premiere draws crowd, comments

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"The Beans of Egypt, Maine," a feature film written by a College film professor, had its world premiere Saturday night before a full Spaulding Auditorium. Film Studies Professor Bill Phillips adapted the screenplay from Carolyn Chute's best-selling novel.




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Memoirs recall a passion for French, ensuing adventures

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Language comes alive in Alice Kaplan, in her new book, "French Lessons." The memoir traces the young child who gargled on her "r"s and who was attracted to the power of the French language as a student in Switzerland and later as "Madame Kaplan" who directs the fluid sound of the language which she had tried to master as a student. Kaplan, a French professor at Duke University, explores her fascination and lust for the language that once felt so foreign. French words - the rolled-"r"s, seductive sounds and quizzical intonation of questions - for her, become tangible much in the same way that writing did for Jean-Paul Sartre in his autobiography, "Words." Throughout the book, Kaplan tells anecdotes of how French allows her to express herself and her inner feelings.


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Beyond Ledyard bridge, pottery beckons

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Working a pottery wheel at the College's Davidson's Pottery Studio, a student can look up at any time and glance through the window at the Connecticut River flowing by. It is a magnificent vista and one of the things students say makes the studio, which lies just across the Ledyard bridge in Vermont, a special place. "It's really great, especially on nice days," said Paul Graeve '96, who has worked at the studio since his Freshman Spring.


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'Beans of Egypt, Maine to premiere this weekend

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The road from Hanover to Hollywood can seem rather long and untravelled, but this weekend some of that Tinseltown glitz will sparkle in Spaulding Auditorium. The feature film "The Beans of Egypt, Maine" won't be in theaters across the nation until September, but you can catch a sneak preview this Saturday.