Vanguard Jazz Orchestra
05 February 2010
On Thursday, January 28, it seemed the roof of the Spaulding Auditorium was on the verge of collapse over a largely unsuspecting audience. Fortunately, the brilliance of the Grammy-winning Vanguard Jazz Orchestra stopped at shaking the dust off of Spaulding’s rafters. The band’s potent concoction seductively combined sultry modern jazz with the sounds of the city, as their thin tendrils of smoky sound snuck through the audience like the mist on a cold mountain day.
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Red Cliff
05 February 2010
Its uncut version is longer than any of the Lord of the Rings movies. Its spectacular battle scenes boast impressive combat shots, with CGI flyovers and lush scenery rivaling any of James Cameron’s films. Its rich plot is anchored by an exhilarating chess match between rival generals hailed by historians as military geniuses.
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The Long Road to Hell
22 January 2010
The rush to relieve the devastated people of Haiti is encouraging. It is reassuring to see that people care about Haiti in its most conspicuous time of need in recent memory. The global relief effort, although troubled by logistical, political, and ideological issues, seem genuine. Dartmouth has responded with exceptional vigor and even the self-congratulatory story on the front page of Wednesday’s The D (“Dartmouth’s Haiti response tops other Colleges’”) can’t sully the authentic motivation behind our efforts to help the earthquake victims.
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Injustice in the Family
22 January 2010
“Will we fight?” cries out the AFL-CIO New Hampshire President, as he throws his arm towards the audience. The crowd composed of DDS, ORL, FO&M, S&S, and other familiar campus faces cheers in assent. “Let’s hear it again!” yells the organizer, raising his arms.
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An Old-Time Favorite
22 January 2010
Under the gaze of a projected moon, the sparse twang of a banjo resonates through Spaulding Auditorium interlaced with the sounds of the fiddle, jug, and snare. A distinctive Appalachian air graced the Hop, one that seemed out of place in Northern New England. It was nothing short of revelatory.
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Reacting to Racism
22 January 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) has opened up, in the past several weeks, that longstanding debate on political realism, racism, and the intersection of both. Reid sparked the controversy following the release of Game Change, a book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in which it is reported that “[Reid] was wowed by Obama’s oratorical gifts and believed that the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama—a ‘light-skinned’ African American ‘with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.’” The book, which some see as a sludge report of 2008 campaign gossip, was vindicated when Reid admitted to spouting the scurrilous remark.
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Trivializing Genocide
22 January 2010
As I peered through the desiccated brush—hoping to make a mad dash to the water pump to bring back desperately needed nourishment to my family—I caught sight of yet another dreaded Janjaweed patrol. Damn, not again! For the past week, my family had sent me into the desert along to forage for water, seemingly neglecting the fact that I, as their oldest son, would certainly be left for dead if the militia caught up with me. Nonetheless, fetching water, if slightly less desirable than burger flipping, was my duty; without water, we would surely perish. I continued about my duty, ever vigilant, ever watchful.
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Resexifying Pop
22 January 2010
Thanks to Lady Gaga, quality pop music is still alive in the 3rd millennium. If you are an anti-radio purist who claims that pop perished sometime in the 90s, there’s now a way to redeem yourself—for Lady Gaga has resurrected pop in the form of the macabre and the uncanny, the oversexed and yet threateningly asexual.
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Judge the Act, Not the Name
22 January 2010
Imagine being the host of one of the most successful American morning shows on television. People love you. They love your personality, your charm, your wit. People look to you for advice, but they also look to you for some early-morning fun. Now imagine that one day, on camera, you make an incredibly stupid remark poking fun at people different from you. The viewers don’t seem to notice, though. Maybe the remark was said too quickly. Or maybe they thought the joke was funny. Regardless, you go on with your show, the show ends, and you go on with your day.
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Just Flip a Coin
22 January 2010
These are some of the words Dartmouth women used to describe sorority rush: stress, overwhelming, exciting, HECTIC, fake, and emotionally exhausting. Over the past four days, I have talked to students participating in rush, affiliated sisters, and unaffiliated students. The general consensus was that the rush process for men “is much better and easier” than that for women. In addition, co-ed rush is “relaxed and very informal,” according to Reyna Ramirez ‘10.
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