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Gospel Choir will bring interactive style to Spaulding

By Hallie Huffaker | May 20, 2015

This Saturday, the Dartmouth Gospel Choir will take the Spaulding Auditorium stage for its only concert this term, performing more than 10 songs. Highlights among the various pieces slated for the performance include a call-and-response rendition of the Lord’s Prayer and a cover of “Glory,” the Academy Award-winning track from the film “Selma” (2014), according to performers interviewed.

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Creative Writing Awards celebrate various undergraduates

By Kourtney Kawano | May 17, 2015

While some writers go through great lengths to find inspiration, author Meg Kearney says that she believes people should have an open mind because inspiration can be found anywhere. As the prize judge for the English department’s annual Creative Writing Awards, Kearney opened the ceremony last Thursday in Sanborn Library by reading nine of her poems, including “Creed” (2001), “Home By Now” (2009) and “A Grasshopper Walks Into A Bar” (2009).

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Sue Reed ’81 discusses her career in architecture

By Haley Gordon | May 17, 2015

Sue Reed ’81 graduated from College with a degree in anthropology, but in her senior spring decided that she wanted to become an architect. Reed attended a masters program in architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and has worked as a professional architect ever since. Reed currently is a member of the firm Smith and Vansant architects, the Norwich-based firm that has worked on renovating Zeta Psi fraternity, Casque and Gauntlet and the Triangle House.

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“Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) is mad, wild fun

By Andrew Kingsley | May 17, 2015

Cinematic sequels are notorious for padding their companies’ coffers and their derivative plots. George Miller brings his “Mad Max” franchise of “Mad Max” (1979), “Mad Max 2” (1981) and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome”(1985) back from a three-decade drought with “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015).

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Handel Society meets “Requiem” in sold out show

By Hallie Huffaker | May 13, 2015

This Saturday evening, the Dartmouth Handel Society will take to Spaulding Auditorium to tackle Giuseppe Verdi’s “Messa da Requiem,” welcoming four professional soloists to the stage. Described by members of the group as a “haunting,” “challenging” and “ornate,” “Requiem” has sold out with two days remaining before the performance.

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Dartmouth Comic Conference sees continued success

By Josh Koenig | May 13, 2015

Featuring a clearer focus on connecting the different disciplines that study illustration, this year’s Illustration, Comics and Animation Conference — the College’s third annual — welcomed more than 20 scholars and artists to Hanover this weekend, event organizer and English professor Michael Chaney wrote in an email. Events at the conference, held primarily in Haldeman Hall, ranged from a book festival on Friday to a Saturday evening banquet in the Hanover Inn.

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Student spotlight: Carina Conti ’16

By Haley Gordon | May 12, 2015

Carina Conti ’16 took her first dance lessons at age three at the suggestion of her mother, a former professional dancer. Conti said that she began with ballet, and her first distinct memory of dance involves a frog suit and a recital.

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James will retire as Hopkins Center director in August

By Kourtney Kawano | May 11, 2015

With so many academic departments and extracurricular offerings in the arts at the College on a day-to-day basis, from student ensemble groups to film and theater performances and crafting workshops, the Hopkins Center is like a well-oiled machine. Behind any machine, of course, is a mechanic responsible for overseeing its productivity. For the Hop, the man behind the machine for the past 10 years has been Jeffrey James who will be retiring in the summer.

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Feingold ’17, Rude Mechanicals take on namesake show

By Josh Koenig | May 10, 2015

This weekend, The Dartmouth Rude Mechanicals — the College’s student-run Shakespeare troupe — took to Fahey Courtyard to premiere three performances of their spring production, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Avery Feingold ’17, the group’s president and a two-year member of the troupe, reflected on the performance, the group’s choice to perform outdoors this spring and the near-inclusion of a reference to Netflix in the student performance.

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“Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” an Israeli masterpiece

By Andrew Kingsley | May 10, 2015

In a first for my reviews, let’s begin with a round of “Would You Rather” — would you rather live as Sisyphus, forced to endure eternity rolling a rock endlessly up a hill, or as a wife eternally unable to divorce your abusive and psychologically manipulative husband? “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” (2014) captures what the latter might feel like, with writer, director and star Ronit Elkabetz chaining viewers to a couple enduring a marital hell. In the process, she more than earns the film’s best-picture award from the Israeli Film Academy and Golden Globe nomination, delivering a startlingly intense and moving picture.

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“Game of Tones” brings jazz, not dragons

By Haley Gordon | May 6, 2015

To watch the Barbary Coast Jazz Ensemble practice, simply peek through the windows of Hartman Rehearsal Hall on a Tuesday evening as director Don Glasgo conducts the 21-piece band with fervor. It’s a pleasure to watch — but not quite as entertaining as Glasgo says the Barbary Coast’s spring senior feature concert will be this Saturday night.

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“Merrily We Roll Along” will play this weekend

By Kourtney Kawano | May 5, 2015

In a time when most students are focused on acing their midterms or finding that perfect summer internship, have we given ourselves the chance to take a moment to stop and reflect about our past decisions, such as why we chose to come to the College in the first place and how we chose the career paths we want to pursue? Those deep questions about everything we sacrifice in order to achieve success will be explored when the College’s theater department presents “Merrily We Roll Along” (1981), a musical based on the 1934 eponymous play by George Kaufman and Moss Hart with music and lyrics by Academy- and Tony-Award winning composer Stephen Sondheim, this weekend.

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Beyond the Bubble: PRIDE and prejudice

By Andrea Nease | May 4, 2015

Considering the College is in the process of wrapping up PRIDE week festivities, I thought it would be appropriate to look at the presence and representation of queer individuals in popular media in 2015 compared to decades past. PRIDE week serves as a time of recognition, commemoration and celebration of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community. This focus on non-heterosexual orientations also helps to educate the public on what I think has been appropriately termed “the new normal.”

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From Italy to Portland, Levi ’00 meshes sustainability and cuisine

By Amelia Rosch | May 3, 2015

For David Levi ’00, his First-Year Trip was an experience that foreshadowed his environmental consciousness. After stints teaching high school and working as an apprentice for restaurants in Sweden and Italy, Levi became the executive chef of Vinland in 2012, a 100-percent locally-sourced restaurant in Portland, Maine.

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Wind Ensemble tackles Stravinsky

By Kourtney Kawano | April 29, 2015

After exploring the works of Shakespeare in the fall and spending an evening in Metropolis this past winter, the Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble will conclude their 2014-2015 season this Saturday by featuring work from several 20th-century composers. In the Spaulding Auditorium concert — titled “Stravinsky and Friends” and featuring work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky as well as composers from France and Belgium — the wind ensemble will explore the “strong connection” between the featured composers, Hopkins Center student relations advisor and wind ensemble member Ryan McWilliams ’14 said.

Public sculptures such as “X-Delta” help add interest to the College’s landscape design.
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Landscaping brings aesthetic value to campus

By Maya Poddar | April 28, 2015

Beyond trying to grab the swinging platform of “X-Delta” as a study space on the nicer days and complaining about the strange proportions of the Baker-Berry Library windows, most students do not spend a lot of time thinking about campus landscaping, an aspect of the College that has a daily impact on their lives.

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