Review

Documentary Review: ‘Tickling Giants’

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | May 2, 2017

In 2011, shortly after the resignation of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian surgeon Bassem Youssef created a satirical web series in an attempt to heal his country through comedy.

---

Q&A

Alumnus Q&A: "Survivor" contestant Malcolm Freberg ’09

By Elise Higgins | May 2, 2017

Malcolm Freberg ’09 recently finished competing on “Survivor” for the third time. As a strategic, social and physical threat, Freberg was one of the show’s most popular players and was therefore brought back to play on “Survivor”: Philippines,” “Survivor: Caramoan” and “Survivor: Game Changers,” debuting on “Survivor: Philippines.” What inspired you to go out for “Survivor”? MF: “Survivor” started back when I was 14 years old.

---

Arts

Dartmouth’s traditional songs reveal a complex history

By Betty Kim | May 2, 2017

“Lest the old traditions fail.” This is a catchphrase from the alma mater that Dartmouth students hear in several different contexts.

---

Arts

‘I Am Where I Come From’ shares Native students’ experiences

By Zach Cherian | April 28, 2017

“I Am Where I Come From: Native American College Students and Graduates Tell Their Life Stories,” edited by education professor emeritus Andrew Garrod, Native American studies professor Melanie Benson Taylor and Robert Kilkenny, executive director of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention, details the stories of 13 Native American students who currently attend or recently graduated from Dartmouth.

---

Arts

Luso-Hispanic Film Festival exposes students to language, culture

By Kylee Sibilia | April 28, 2017

Learning a language at Dartmouth has always been experiential, but this month, the third annual Luso-Hispanic Film Festival is expanding the academic boundaries of the concept of experiential learning at the College to encompass the renowned cinema of Latin America.

---

Arts

Q&A with Rome Prize-winning music professor Ashley Fure

By Annie Phifer | April 27, 2017

Music professor Ashley Fure, a composer of acoustic and electroacoustic music, recently added the Rome Prize to her list of impressive accolades in this year alone.

---

Q&A

Q&A with Friday Night Rock guest, rising rap artist Saba

By Jacob Meister | April 25, 2017

This past Friday, April 21, Friday Night Rock brought rapper Saba to perform at Sarner Underground.

---

Tv Review

‘The Leftovers’ should let the mystery be in its final season

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | April 25, 2017

“The Leftovers” may currently be in the middle of its third and final season, yet I find it no easier to describe the show now than I did when it first started.

---

Arts

ChamberWorks concert will be performed Sunday in Rollins Chapel

By Gray Christie | April 21, 2017

This Sunday, Fred Haas is bringing a brilliant sextet lineup and a deeply personal set of jazz arrangements to the ChamberWorks concert series entitled, “ChamberWorks: From the Heart.” Haas is an acclaimed saxophonist and music professor at Dartmouth, where he teaches private lessons and courses in jazz history and improvisation.

---

Arts

The Brovertones will host this year’s Spring Sing on Saturday

By Sophia Siu | April 21, 2017

This year’s Spring Sing will feature the Dartmouth Brovertones, one of Dartmouth’s three all-male a cappella groups, as its headliners and hosts.

---

Q&A

Alumnus Q&A: ‘Transient’ writer-director Alexander Stockton ’15

By Madeline Killen | April 20, 2017

Alexander Stockton ’15, a film and media studies and economics double major, will screen his first feature-length film, entitled “Transient,” at Loew Auditorium on Monday, April 24 at 8:30 p.m.

---

Film Review

Good characters fail to revive recycled plot in 'Gifted'

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | April 18, 2017

 “Gifted” will be the third consecutive film that I’ve given a negative rating. I want to make it absolutely clear that I don’t enjoy that fact in the slightest. Roger Ebert, the grandfather of film criticism and one of my key inspirations, wrote in his book, “Your Movie Sucks,” the following: “Some of these reviews were written in joyous zeal.

---

Arts

Susan Walp returns to Dartmouth as artist-in-residence

By Elise Higgins | April 18, 2017

Peeking into the Jaffe-Friede gallery in the Hopkins Center this month, one will glimpse at the still lifes produced by Susan Walp, the studio art department’s current artist-in-residence.

---

Preview

The Mammals to perform at Skinny Pancake tonight

By Kylee Sibilia | April 14, 2017

Local residents and students can experience Hanover’s burgeoning live music scene at tonight’s performance by The Mammals, an American folk group based in Woodstock, New York.

---

Arts

Alumnus Q&A: novelist Henry Joseph Russell ’15

By Betty Kim | April 12, 2017

Henry Joseph Russell ’15 majored in English and religion while at Dartmouth. His recently published novel, “The Talisman Cock!,” is about two best friends attending boarding school, one of whom procures “Jesus Powers” that allow him to fashion the perfect life for himself.

---

Film Review

Rupert Sanders' 'Ghost in the Shell' remake produces no ghost, empty shell

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | April 11, 2017

Like the film I reviewed last week, “Ghost in the Shell” is a live-action remake of an animated classic.

---

Column

Honest, unlikeable, addictive: 'Girls' is not a comfort show

By Madeline Killen | April 11, 2017

I used to think of myself as a person who likes large quantities of good books, small quantities of good movies and miniscule quantities of very, very bad television.

---

Student Spotlight

Student Spotlight: Amy Liang ’17, ballerina to belly dancer

By Haley Gordon | April 11, 2017

After spending four years packing schedules with advanced classes, extracurricular activities, volunteering and other application-boosting obligations, most undergraduate students enter college and begin to specialize, dropping wide-ranging affairs in order to hone pet passions.

---

Arts

New Hood Downtown exhibit illuminates data visualization

By Arunav Jain | April 7, 2017

Spring term often spearheads change at Dartmouth: warmer winds, lush green trees and a walkable Green.

---

Arts

Michelle Dorrance and Toshi Reagon talk activism and culture

By Sophia Siu | April 7, 2017

For Michelle Dorrance and Toshi Reagon, activism and the homage paid to the cultural history of an art form are both intrinsically ingrained in performance.

---