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Symphony orchestra channels Russia

By Michaela Ledoux | February 26, 2014

For featured violinist Alex Styk ’14, Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra’s Saturday evening concert will be a musical marathon. After a year of practice, he will solo in a 35 minute-long piece that involves lyrical syncopation and closes with a finger-numbing finale.

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Conference draws comic, graphic novelist scholars

By Maya Poddar | February 26, 2014

Sunday mornings are for reading comics: Garfield, Peanuts, Dilbert and Blondie. At least, that is how many children are initially exposed to the panels of drawings and text that attempt to tell a story and elicit a few laughs. Dartmouth’s second annual Illustrations, Comics and Animation Conference, running Friday through Sunday, will present a more complicated view of the art form.

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Training addresses suicide prevention

By Zac Hardwick | February 25, 2014

Twenty-five students gathered in Cutter-Shabazz Hall to participate in a suicide prevention gatekeeper training, sponsored by mental health umbrella organization Dartmouth Cares and Active Minds. The training, conducted by Dartmouth counselors with many members of the Active Minds organization participating, is a part of a larger effort by Dartmouth Cares to eventually train every member of the Dartmouth community in suicide prevention practices.

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Arabic FSP cut for second year

By Jordan Einhorn | February 25, 2014

The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Literature cancelled its Arabic foreign study program in Tangier, Morocco for the fall of 2014, marking the second consecutive year that the program has been called off due to low enrollment.

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Professors collaborate to study melancholy

By Miguel Pena | February 25, 2014

While mingling at a party for incoming faculty in 2007, English professor George Edmondson and German studies professor Klaus Mladek got to talking about melancholy. Seven years later, that conversation has grown into an idea for their forthcoming book, “A Politics of Melancholia,” and earned them a prestigious award and thousands of dollars in funding. Last week, the American Council of Learned Societies announced that the pair had been selected as one of eight teams of 2014 collaborative research fellows.

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Barros ’96 appointed in Boston

By Kate Bradshaw | February 25, 2014

As Boston’s first chief of economic development, John Barros ’96 plans to use his experience working in urban neighborhoods to promote small business growth, job training programs and build a city that is accommodating to residents of all backgrounds.

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‘Monologues’ to promote dialogue

By Marley Marius | February 25, 2014

Tonight, Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” returns to campus for Dartmouth’s 16th celebration of “V-Week.” The yearly campaign was established in concert with V-Day, a movement launched by Ensler to end violence against women and girls. This year’s “voices” theme for V-February makes the production especially relevant, Center for Gwender and Student Engagement assistant director Michelle Hector said.

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Rollins Chapel to host experimental concert

By Dongjun Suh | February 25, 2014

On Thursday evening, the pulsing tones of Phill Niblock’s recorded music will reverberate throughout Rollins Chapel as the audience watches images from Niblock’s “The Movement of People Working” series. Niblock’s layered soundscapes will combine with evocative visuals in a rare audiovisual experiment. The upcoming concert will include two of about 20 films from “The Movement of People Working” series, both of which were filmed in China in 1986 and 1987. The two films have never been shown side by side in any concert before, Niblock said, because he rejects any set pairing between film and music.

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Softball drops five games in Florida tournament over weekend

By Josh Schiefelbein | February 25, 2014

The softball team came back from the Florida International Tournament winless, losing two games to Florida International University and three to the University of North Florida. In the team’s opening tournament last season, Dartmouth went 3-2 and generated 23 runs. This year, Dartmouth only scored nine runs in its five games.

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Students collaborate in 'Freedom Budget' to demand change

By Priya Ramaiah | February 24, 2014

Creators of the Freedom Budget said they intended to initiate constructive discussion and social change. The document, which was emailed to campus early Monday morning, outlines a plan for “transformative justice” at Dartmouth, comprising over 70 bulleted demands addressed to 13 administrators.

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Student Spotlight: Hannah Williams '14

By Caela Murphy | February 24, 2014

As Hannah Williams ’14 sees it, computer programs open up endless creative possibilities for digital artists. What else can make you feel like a god, capable of creating anything from nothing?

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Behind the Curtain: The Davidson Ceramics Studio

By Aimee Sung | February 24, 2014

For the brave souls that make the trek down West Wheelock Street and across the Ledyard Bridge, Davidson Ceramics Studio is worth the trip. Located right off the Connecticut River in Norwich, the studio allows students and faculty to throw, fire and glaze their own pots, whether they have experience working on a potter’s wheel or are getting their hands dirty for the first time.

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