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David PesciTime is running out to register for Musical Madness, a musical competition between classes sponsored by the Dean's Office. The deadline for is Feb. 12. All musical genres are welcome and prizes will be awarded for "Best in Class" and Best in Show." Participants will face a distinguished panel of judges that include Rob Rosenthal, professor of sociology, Sarah Lazare, associate dean of student academic resources, and Barry Chernoff, professor of biology and the Robert Schumann Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Performances will take place on Thursday, February 19 in Crowell Concert Hall at 7 p.m. An opening number…
Lin Manuel Miranda '02 and Bill Sherman '02 can add a Grammy to the awards and accolades they've received in the last 12 months for the Broadway musical 'In the Heights.' Miranda and Sherman were among a team of producers and performers on the production who were awarded a Grammy on Sunday, February 8, for "Best Musical Show Album." The play was first performed as a student play at Wesleyan when Miranda was a student.
President Michael S. Roth reviews Denis Dutton's new book The Art Instinct,examining the author's proposition that art arises out of humanity's biology as much as our intellect.