Lifetime-bound 'Runway' wraps up unimpressive fifth season

Courtesy of Demonoid.com It's curtains for "Project Runway!" Last Wednesday's landmark episode marked the end of season five and, quite possibly, Project Runway as we know it. Project Runway is embroiled in a nasty legal battle over a lucrative, five-year deal that its producers signed in April with Lifetime, taking the show away from Bravo, which has carried it since it began in 2004. Filming for season six is well underway, but the show may well find itself homeless once production wraps.

Theater students 'fly...' as part of intensive summer course

Courtesy of hop.dartmouth.edu With the Big Apple Circus delivering high-flying, superhuman stunts three miles away, a team of Rays threatening playoff contention and waste-management robots and bat-themed superheroes striking box office gold, it's official: humans are out like yesterday's bull market.

Raw and wry, Downey Jr. delights as superhero 'Iron Man'

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Underdog tops again with 'Marshall'

Courtesy of RottenTomatoes.com Since Judd Apatow and company have become the tastemakers of contemporary comedy, audiences across the nation are going to have to endure the sight of a lot of flaccid penises.

Political parodies cause controversy

For the first time since Justin Timberlake regifted what his mother gave him, Saturday Night Live is in the news. In a presidential debate last month, Hillary Clinton brought up SNL sketches that satirized overt Obama favoritism in the media, and all the blogs got to chattering.

Student dancers travel to New Zealand over break

It's a good thing the Dartmouth Dance Ensemble only recently learned how to handle a poi. A ball spun rapidly by an attached rope, this traditional object used for dance by the Maori -- the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand -- is sacrosanct ("tapu" in Maori) and must not be dropped.

Dartmouth swimming and diving finds mixed results

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WGA strike wreaks havoc on TV networks, industry

Get ready for your eyes to bleed. Come early next year, the major offerings on network television will include a new batch of Sanjayas and a few desperate D-listers vying to work for Donald Trump.

Swimmers look to close gap between academic, athletic showing

Tilman Dette / The Dartmouth Staff Dartmouth women's and men's swimming and diving -- the nation's top academic program according to a ranking of grade point averages collected by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America in August -- looks to perform as well in the water as in the classroom this season and to build on strides made last year towards becoming a winning program. The Dartmouth women's team (1-9, 0-7 Ivy) is coming off a season in which it set 10 school records.

Volleyball ends its season just as it began -- with wins

In its final two matches of the season and the last for graduating seniors Katie Hirsch '08, Sandy Barbut '08 and Frances Samolowicz '08, the Dartmouth women's volleyball team swept through league rivals Cornell and Columbia at home on Friday and Saturday.

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This sign outside Psi Upsilon fraternity was one of several posted outside Greek organizations' physical plants and Parkhurst administration building.

This sign outside Psi Upsilon fraternity was one of several posted outside Greek organizations' physical plants and Parkhurst administration building.