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Music dept. chair Jon Appleton composes electroacoustic music

By Lillie Ng | March 6, 1996

Music Department Chair Jon Appleton said he has always been grateful to have been given the ability to compose music and the opportunity to teach students. Appleton has taught at the College since 1967. "I've always known that I wanted to teach music," he said. "I've given my professional life to Dartmouth and to my music and I have loved doing that," Appleton said.

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'Parker's Mood' CD fuses talents of three major jazz figures

By Farouk Ladha | March 5, 1996

The trio of Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride and Stephen Scott recently released "Parker's Mood," an impressive compilation of Charlie Parker favorites. For "Bird" lovers out there, the Trio provides interesting and creative interpretations of the original pieces, using only trumpet and flugelhorn, bass and piano.

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'The East Village' page offers a glimpse of big-city life

By James Muiter | March 4, 1996

Fans addicted to shows such as "Melrose Place," "Party of Five" and television's daytime soap opera fare now have another medium to give them their fix: the Internet. A new home page on the World Wide Web called "The East Village," located at: http://www.theeastvillage.com, is one of a growing handful of sites that are aiming to turn the World Wide Web into the next big thing in entertainment. The site, which goes "live" on March 15, will include new episodes every Tuesday and Thursday. A "raw preview" of the first episode, now currently available, consists of a chain of Web pages that incorporate a "diary entry" from one of the main characters, as well as accompanying photographs in a style intended to appeal to a mass audience, like television. "The East Village," published by startup company Marinex Multimedia, which makes no bones about the site being a "soap opera," focuses on a group of friends living in the East Village of Manhattan. The first episode introduces the protagonist Eve to Web-surfers.

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Sayles' film wanders into the fantasy world

By Amir Katz | February 29, 1996

John Sayles gained his status as one of the most well-known independent writer-directors by making films that are very much grounded in reality. It follows that "The Secret of Roan Inish," a magical tale concerning legendary Celtic creatures who are half-seal and half-human, is quite a departure for him. "Roan Inish," which was also written by Sayles, is a story adapted from the 1957 children's book by Rosalie K.

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DATA program works to support transcultural adoptions

By Lee Rom | February 29, 1996

Last fall Unja Hayes '96 founded the Dartmouth Alliance for Transcultural Adoptees, a volunteer organization that provides support for adopted African-American and Latino children in the Upper Valley. Although still in its developing stages, the program has already enjoyed great success and may be on its way toward becoming an official Dartmouth volunteer program, Hayes said. Hayes said she was inspired to start DATA after attending an information session for adopting parents in the area during her sophomore summer. After speaking to some of the families involved, she noticed that in a time when the number of transcultural adoptions was rising, there appeared to be no support group for such families in the predominantly white Upper Valley community. The adopted children did not have many role models from their own racial backgrounds and were often the only minority students in their classes, Hayes said.

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Taboo topics arise in 'Whore' play

By Barry Kral | February 29, 1996

People often wish their sibling relationships had been more harmonious while growing up, even if it was just for their parents' sake. Giovanni and Annabella's parents, however, most likely busied themselves with keeping their incestuous youngsters in different bedrooms.

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Jody Watley returns to pop scene

By Marjorie Thurlow | February 28, 1996

Fans of 1980s music remember Jody Watley's solo debut in 1987 as a moment when rhythm and blues, dance and top 40 pop collided in her music and high-fashion image. In fact, the biographical insert included in her latest CD "Jody Watley's Greatest Hits" features a photo shoot reminiscent of Victoria's Secret. But in her album, Watley is much more than a gorgeous dance diva recapturing previous successes.

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P.S. 122 Field Trips: a new school act

By Jack Vaitayanonta | February 27, 1996

P.S. 122 Field Trips, an offbeat variety show heralded as "Ed Sullivan for the avant garde," will perform tonight and Wednesday night in the Moore Theater. The acts will include award-winning artists who utilize the traditional musical and TV variety show format and add their own experimental twist in this powerful and entertaining forum. This program will feature Tiye Giraud, performing her high energy routine of excerpts from "Sugar Tit," Danny Hoch presenting excerpts from "Some People" and "Evolution of a Home Boy," Molissa Fenley choreographing her segment and Reno playing excerpts from her own piece, "Citizen Reno." The P.S.

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Roommates succumb to greed in Celtic film

By Amir Katz | February 22, 1996

Those people who were becoming sick of Celtic films with lovingly photographed shots of the verdant landscapes can revel in the screening of "Shallow Grave," a hip, slick Scottish thriller that is the first film in the Thursday Loew series on new Celtic cinema with a truly urban setting. "Shallow Grave" is the feature-film debut for director Danny Boyle.

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Cliff Vermilya named Hanover citizen of the year

By Charles Davant | February 22, 1996

Hanover Town Manager Cliff Vermilya, recently named Hanover's 30th Citizen of the Year, may not agree that he was born to be a town manager -- but he comes pretty close. "It is something I wanted to do since the days of junior high school," he said. After graduating from Weslyan University, Vermilya planned for a career in town management by studying public administration at the University of Connecticut. Vermilya has directed all of Hanover's administrative divisions, such as the library, police and fire departments, since he moved to the town in 1983. Citizen of the year After 36 years in municipal management -- the last 12 managing Hanover -- Vermilya was named Citizen of the Year by the Hanover Area Chamber of Commerce earlier this month. "I was very surprised by the whole thing," Vermilya said. "My wife and I were invited out to dinner with friends," he said.

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Criminals on the run in double feature

By Jennifer Lawinski | February 21, 1996

Tonight's double feature films at Spaulding Auditorium deals with the tribulations of people who find themselves caught on the wrong side of the law. In director Fritz Lang's "You Only Live Once," an ex-con gone straight named Eddie Taylor (Henry Taylor) is falsely convicted of robbery.

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R and B group delivers 'Total' experience

By Michael A> Posey | February 21, 1996

After several weeks of delayed releases and waiting in nail-biting anticipation, Total, the trio of female voices behind this summer's breakthrough smash, "Can't You See," has hit the hip-hop charts yet again with another soul-stirring single and a much-awaited debut album. The brainchild of Bad Boy Entertainment executive producer Sean "Puffy" Combs, this self-titled album marks Total's first foray into the rhythm and blues album market. "No One Else," their latest release, has been very successful on the Billboard Charts and with R and B fans. Total, the moniker attached to the latest, greatest power hip-hop trio to emerge from the Bad Boy camp, is looking to topple the R and B balladfest cooked up by Whitney Houston and her powerful retinue of divas on the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack. Now the market can finally "wait to exhale" as Total will surely make a bid for the top spot with this album release. The women of Total -- Jakima, Keisha Spivey and Pam Long -- vixens with voices, whisk listeners away with their blustery voices. Their harmonious voices are the basis for the album.

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Byrne Hall will host its Mardi Gras dinner today

By Michael A> Posey | February 20, 1996

While Mardi Gras festivities take place thousands of miles away in New Orleans, Byrne Hall hopes to bring the spirit and food of the holiday to Hanover by celebrating "Cajun style." Although Byrne Hall, the Dartmouth Dining Services facility located between the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration and Thayer School of Engineering, caters mainly to graduate students, the cafeteria has been a welcome stop for River cluster undergraduates for years. The dinner, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., will highlight a season, which according to tradition, starts on King's night, or the feast of Epiphany, and runs until Ash Wednesday. The menu for the evening includes Cajun chicken, shrimp and scallop creole, dirty rice, red beans and rice, vegetarian gumbo and King's cake. King's cakes are baked and served throughout the carnival season.

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