Stories from the February 12, 2009, Print Edition
Kurt Vonnegut is dead. Norman Mailer is dead. David Foster Wallace is dead, and most recently, baseball-lauding American writer John Updike died, leaving us - a generation of readers and writers who experienced the work of these men - alone. Now we stand in the inevitable shadow of literary schools that we, as consumers and creators of art, will readjust, reshape or fully overturn.
Senior Mackenzie Lawrence received a phone call from Ben Folds' manager two weeks ago. Last Friday, she learned the a cappella group she heads, the Vibes, would be performing with Ben Folds on stage this Saturday, when Folds headlines with Jason Mraz at the Smith Center.
"He's Just Not That Into You" has all the components of the unapologetic chick flick: Scenes representing girl chats, heavy-handed portrayals of the archetypal disinterested man and the all-important femme fatale - yoga instructor and aspiring singer Scarlett Johansson.
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