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Yann Martel's Beatrice and Virgil begins with a dreary little piece of self-referential play. Henry, the hero, is a novelist trying to write a follow-up to his prize winning first book. Similarly, Martel's Life of Pi won the Man Booker Prize in 2002, and now he's produced a follow-up in the form of Beatrice and Virgil. This kind of metafictional loop has become a convention as well-worn as those it was meant to explode. Somebody needs to come up with a fifth wall to break. (See the all TIME 100 novels...
...professional troublemaker by nature and a haberdasher, boutique owner and rock-'n'-roll manager by trade, Malcolm lived life more as a "glorious accident" (a term he used to describe Sid Vicious) than as a strategic campaign. While McLaren was portrayed in the film Sid and Nancy as a cunning calculator who cons the media into giving the Sex Pistols publicity, Malcolm was more bewildered by the monster he created and more naive than he was ever credited for--except when it came to realizing how much money there was to be made. Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten...
...those living comfortably on the River, consider Quad life. Aside from the fastidious timing of schedules to match with shuttle times, Quad residents must spend 10 or so minutes traveling every time they want to go from their Houses to the Square or the Yard. The inconvenience of living in the Quad merits the Quad’s newest planned amenity: an ATM in the Student Organization Center at Hilles. As equality for Quadlings is long overdue, this move is one step toward making the Quad as desirable a location to live in as the River...
...only ATM in the Quad, students who use it should not have to bear exorbitant fees given that students in River Houses have numerous ATM options available in Harvard Square, allowing them to choose an ATM which will not charge them a high fee. The UC Student Life Committee has said it will seek to eliminate or reduce the fee, and we hope it follows through...
Even though it will undoubtedly make life more convenient for Quadlings, the ATM is only a minor appeasement, considering that the College eliminated the Quad’s library and decreased shuttle schedules due to budget cuts. The College forces a sizable amount of students to live in the Quad, and both the UC and the College should continue to work on measures to improve Quad life. The UC itself helps to bridge students and the administration by channeling grievances into progressive proposals, and then it is up to the administration to turn students’ dreams into reality...