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Every day, this infiltration became clearer and clearer: soon, Johnny Football Hero was seen walking down the hallway with The Mooney Suzuki blaring through his headphones, while Anorexic Annie was caught humming the Warlocks’ “Shake the Dope Out” at her locker. Though it was joyfully played repeatedly in the minds of rock journalists everywhere, this scenario never actually occurred. Not that MTV would have us know it—they put videos from each of the four representative garage bands into heavy rotation, letting TRL tweens get Stroked by someone other than...

Author: By Ben B. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: All Sussed Out | 10/3/2003 | See Source »

...this reunion marks a significant milestone. Just months after the Supreme Court held anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional, this event, in its own small way, underscores the dramatic progress that gays and lesbians have made in the law and in American society during the past 25 years. It makes even clearer the connection HLS has had in this progress toward full equality for gays and lesbians under...

Author: By Geoffrey C. Upton, | Title: Bringing Gay Life to HLS | 9/19/2003 | See Source »

...single-page strips that first appeared in "The Daily Texan," the student newspaper of the University of Texas at Austin, and later in a Chicago's alternative paper. Read episodically, these strips must have seemed little more than a mysterious downer. Presented collectively, the themes become much clearer, with narrative threads that tenuously link one strip to the next. Most are mute pantomimes featuring the Quimby character, who, not coincidentally, looks a lot like George Herriman's Ignatz Mouse. (Ignatz and Krazy Kat appear within the first ten pages of the sketchbooks, along with Superman, Batman, some live model drawings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Mouse; A House; A Mystery | 8/22/2003 | See Source »

...that it will be green." Well, thanks. That's about as useful as the horoscope that says: "You will have a meaningful encounter with someone you know." This is where scenario planning exposes its achilles' heel: Is a range of potential developments of any value if it leaves no clearer picture of the future? After all, Schwartz was part of a U.S. congressional commission that warned of a 9/11-type scenario among several others shortly before the attacks took place. The more possible scenarios drummed up, the more likely we are to remain inert - or, as Schwartz himself recognizes, resort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future Market | 8/3/2003 | See Source »

...some cases, a few modifications to a car may temporarily improve things. Wider mirrors can expand field of vision. Pedal extensions can help shorter drivers accelerate and brake without leaning too close to the steering wheel. A booster cushion on the seat can provide them with a clearer view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Too Old to Drive? | 7/28/2003 | See Source »

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