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Continuing this Friday, the Hopkins Center for the Arts’ winter Dartmouth Film Society film series includes Oscar-worthy films, heartwrenching documentaries and — perhaps a little more unconventionally — exhibitions of live birds.

Theater

'Urinetown' cast members talk audition process, nerves

By Betty Kim | January 12, 2017

The audition process can cause even the most confident and experienced performer, such as those who auditioned last week for the theater department’s production of the Tony Award-winning satirical musical “Urinetown,” to descend suddenly descend into a vortex of self-deprecating, worst-case scenario concerns: my hands are so sweaty, I’m going to damage everything I touch and get blacklisted by the Hop.

Mirror

From board games to smoke machines: A night at BarHop

By Jaden Young | January 11, 2017

We arrive at Barhop a little after 10 p.m. and manage to avoid waiting outside. I have dragged my roommate along to check out this Dartmouth social space, and the night’s theme is “Winter Masquerade.” Accordingly, masks, feathers, sequins and glue are spread out on a side table, inviting guests to create their own costumes.

Mirror

Talking Music and Life After Dartmouth with Reptar Bassist Ryan Engelberger '12

By Abbey Cahill | January 11, 2017

The Dartmouth sat down with Ryan Engelberger, a former Dartmouth student ‘12 who once missed a midterm to play at Lollapalooza, named his band after a dinosaur from “Rugrats” and inspires the rest of us to fearlessly pursue meaningful work. How did you get into playing the bass? RE: My first instrument was the trumpet.

Mirror

Wien: Introducing the Vomlettes

By Elise Wien | January 11, 2017

This episode of “Two Indians and a Jew” opens with a pan. We see the room, light streaming in from the east-facing windows.

Mirror

Inside Dartmouth's colorful music scene

By Marie-Capucine Pineau-Valencienne | January 11, 2017

A pre-med and a trumpet player. A soccer player and an a cappella singer. These are just a few of the students involved with music at Dartmouth. For a college known to attract an exceptionally sporty student body, the music scene on campus is surprisingly vibrant.

Mirror

Editor's Note

By Michaela Ledoux , Lucy Tantum and Alexandra Pattillo | January 11, 2017

Alright, alright, alright. It’s Week Two and your Mirror editors are back in the newsroom for another night of downing KAF coffee, comparing InDesign tips and investigating whether eating a raw potato is a crime.

Mirror

Behind the scenes with Programming Board and Friday Night Rock

By Cristian Cano | January 11, 2017

Dartmouth students have the privilege of enjoying frequent concerts on campus. Just check your email or read the posters posted all over campus, and chances are, there’s at least one upcoming concert.

Mirror

Guo: Bach-Busoni Chaconne in D Minor

By Clara Guo | January 11, 2017

I walk to the stage, two-inch heels clacking on the polished wooden floor. I stand in front of the grand piano, looking out over the parents and students who have gathered for our annual end of the year recital. “This is for Mr. Mang,” I say.

Mirror

Sing Dynasty performs for the Obamas and at Pearl Harbor

By Andrew Sosanya | January 11, 2017

The Sing Dynasty, one of Dartmouth’s a cappella groups, capped off 2016 in a remarkable fashion: performing for thousands at Pearl Harbor and then for the Obamas in the White House before the family departs in January. Before heading to Washington, D.C., the Sing Dynasty stopped in Hawaii for the second time on its annual winter break tour.

News

Early decision students to comprise 47 percent of class

By Joyce Lee | January 10, 2017

The 555 students accepted early decision for the Dartmouth Class of 2021 are expected to form around 47 percent of the incoming class, the highest level of the past 17 years of classes.

News

Aleskie named Hopkins Center director

By Anthony Robles | January 10, 2017

Mary Lou Aleskie, the executive director of the International Festival of Arts and Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut, will be the next director of the Hopkins Center.

News

United Way campaign raises $300,224

By Daniela Armas | January 10, 2017

This past December, the College concluded its annual Dartmouth United Way campaign, exceeding its goal of raising $275,500 for Granite United Way, a nonprofit organization that operates as a bridge between donors and smaller charities throughout the Upper Valley.

News

Two professors selected as 2016 NAI fellows

By Mika Jehoon Lee | January 10, 2017

Computer science professor Hany Farid and engineering professor Richard Greenwald Th’88 were selected to the 2016 class of National Academy of Inventors Fellows early this December, earning one of the highest professional distinctions given to academic inventors. Farid and Greenwald joined five other Dartmouth faculty named NAI fellows since the fellowship program’s establishment in 2012: engineering professors Eric Fossum (2012) and Tillman Gerngross (2013), engineering professor emeriti Elsa Garmire (2014) and Robert Dean Jr.

News

Q&A with music professor William Cheng

By Paulomi Rao | January 10, 2017

Inspired by his recently diagnosed chronic pain condition, assistant professor of music William Cheng wrote a book about the importance of taking care of ourselves and our communities in our academic and daily lives.

News

2016’s television in review: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Westworld,’ more

By Jacob Meister | January 10, 2017

It felt like America could not go one week in 2016 without either a national tragedy or national embarrassment.