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Newsweek views this as a horrible tragedy; the article speaks of "the waste of their $100,000 educations and the frittering away on once promising intellectual gifts." Here's how it describes one Harvard alum's abandonment of his graduate studies in mathematics at Berkeley to write for Beavis and...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: The Vulgar Generation | 10/19/1993 | See Source »

So are we doomed? Well, there can be no question that the Beavis and Butt-head phenomenon is ubiquitous. Laugh that moronic laugh in any group and people will instantly know what you are doing--and will most likely join in. In 1992, when the "Wayne's World" movie hit...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: The Vulgar Generation | 10/19/1993 | See Source »

To many, this seems a disturbing development. Certainly Newsweek thinks so; a profound foreboding lurks behind its expose of "loser television," of which Beavis and Butthead are only the latest installment. Shaking their heads, culture-watchers seem to say, "How sad that the only thing the youth of today have...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: The Vulgar Generation | 10/19/1993 | See Source »

People who know nothing about each other have a few things in common; if our generation watches too much TV, at least we all watch too much TV. Television is our language, transcending all geographical and intellectual boundaries. If we can't always communicate perfectly, at least we can all...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: The Vulgar Generation | 10/19/1993 | See Source »

Considering Harvard's origins, this new wrinkle should be no surprise. This university began, in the misty days of our colonial past by training ministers to spread the gospel in the wilderness. So it is only right that it should row prepare them to spread the new gospel of pop...

Author: By Timothy P. Yu, | Title: The Vulgar Generation | 10/19/1993 | See Source »

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