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...Chang-Rae Lee’s “The Surrendered,” such a plight of insatiable need afflicts Hector Brennan and June Singer, war survivors whose lives are unwillingly but unavoidably entwined by the aftermath of the Korean War. Fundamentally a contemporary war novel, “The Surrendered” derives its plot from a scrutiny of the most basic of human experiences—love and conflict. Though beleaguered with a requisite love triangle and sometimes seized by paroxysms of sentiment, the novel is a paradigm of narrative layering—a finely crafted story...

Author: By Denise J. Xu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love Prevails in 'Surrendered' | 3/2/2010 | See Source »

...studying them further and modifying the schedule by which they are administered. The problem is that every study has shown there is no correlation between vaccines and autism and that the risk of injury from vaccination is far lower than the risk of disease from being unvaccinated. Alison Singer of the Autism Science Foundation bemoans the potential loss of research into causes and treatments for autism because of continued preoccupation with the vaccine issue. "I felt that 22 vaccine studies were enough," she says. "Given that we don't have unlimited resources, it made sense to say we looked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy? | 2/25/2010 | See Source »

...Therapists are often reluctant to sing, but the truth is neither therapists nor patients need to be a musician or singer to benefit from this therapy,” Norton said. “Improvement is possible even when those involved have difficulty carrying a tune...

Author: By Paula I. Ibieta, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Singing Could Aid Stroke Recovery | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...movie Annie Hall, Woody Allen's character, Alvy Singer, is standing in a movie line, listening to some blowhard intellectual hold forth about media scholar Marshall McLuhan. When the loudmouth cites his own academic credentials, Singer produces the actual McLuhan to refute him: "You know nothing of my work!" Alvy 1, Egghead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Outrage Smackdown: Family Guy Defeats Palin | 2/24/2010 | See Source »

...Lead singer and songwriter Jamie Stewart arranges his music to prod and engage listeners. Underneath Stewart’s vocals—which alternatively whimper, sing, and shout—layers of instrumentation and programming juxtapose guitars, drums, a banjo, a cello, and synthesizers, among other noisemakers. “Apple for a Brain” is composed particularly with provocation in mind, its bouncing beats and chirping drums suddenly giving away after two minutes into what seems like a completely different song. This is far from an isolated example of the group disregarding musical conventions—just...

Author: By Michael E. Danto, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Xiu Xiu | 2/23/2010 | See Source »

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