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Rage Against the Machine continues success with video and CD

By Sebastian Barreveld | January 8, 1998

Riding a steady surge of popularity generated by last year's American tour, Rage Against the Machine's recently released, self titled video of recent live performances brings 70 minutes of their hard-edged, politically-charged rock to the television set. Packaged as a video and compact disc combination, the product features footage of international concerts since 1994, capturing the raw power of their music visible in the vast and turbulent audiences. Whether the crowds understand the weighty messages singer Zach De La Rocha screams into the microphone is not important.

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NBC still dominates television

By Sebastian Barreveld | March 27, 1997

The latest survey of prime-time television ratings re-affirm NBC's stranglehold on America's prime time television. A recent report compiled by the Neilson Media Research Company shows "Seinfeld" reigning solidly over prime time programming, it's power derived from an average weekly rating of 18.6. One television rating point translates into 970,000 households whose television sets were tuned to the program at some point during it's duration.

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Talk examines 'Books in Art, Art in Books'; Kenseth used class to develop project

By Sebastian Barreveld | February 6, 1997

A group of 15 people crowded into the Hood Museum's Harrington Gallery yesterday to listen to a talk given by Professor of Art History and curator, Joy Kenseth. The exhibition "Books in Art/Art in Books," is Kenseth's creation. As a seminar professor during the fall term of the same name, Kenseth guided her class through the process of curating an exhibit, from selecting pieces, deciding on the color of the walls and composing explanatory labels that accompany the works on display. Further fulfilling the Harrington Gallery's mission to provide only educational exhibitions, Kenseth spoke to a congregation comprised almost wholly of community members. The Harrington Gallery was designated in 1989 as a teaching gallery and is now used solely for teaching purposes. With a dynamic voice and animated character Kenseth effectively attracted and secured the attention of her audience. The aim of the exhibition is to illustrate "how works of art take as their subject matter books and scrolls, and how books themselves become showcases of art," explained Kenseth. A large portion of the talk consisted of Kenseth's description of the arrangement of the pieces, modeled after the Vatican's Stanza della Segnatura and Pope Julius the Second's library and thinking room. 'The Room of the Seal,' as the translation reads, was primarily used as a thinking and policy making room for the Pope, as its name suggests. It featured frescoes painted by Raphael meant to reflect the four disciplines of human knowledge: theology, philosophy, law and the arts. "[Pope Julius II] wasn't a very scholarly man, he only had about 250 books in his possession -- not many for a man of his stature," Kenseth joked. The latter portion of the talk was dedicated to the discussion of individual pieces. Every piece was touched upon; the origin, historical importance and reasons for selection, among other things, were described. Of particular interest to the listeners was the description of "Cosmographia," one volume in a series of Dutch Atlases printed in 1533. "Dartmouth is fortunate to own the volumes," Kenseth said.

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