Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parallels the author draws between the world and computers are fascinating, especially those on why computers were so appealing to teenagers. In a sense, teenagers of that time and computers grew up together, experiencing the same growing pains. "Together, computer and kid existed in a golden age, a time when the machine was available to us unconcealed, stripped to its component parts, when adults barely understood what we were doing...for the Atari generation the evolution of the machine briefly matched that of our adolescent selves, becoming a vessel and partner, a coconspirator in our mutual coming...
...stars have lost their shine. Gabrielle V. Novacek '99 has followed U2 around the world, attending concerts all over Europe. "I still worship Bono. When I was younger, he seemed larger than life and I thought he was gorgeous when I was a kid. When the Greatest Hits came out a couple weeks ago, I lined up in front of Tower Records in the Square at midnight." In addition to Bono's looks, U2's continued popularity is largely due to their ability to change with the times--and to make a political statement. And although most political figures have...
...case, true fanatics don't let their ardor flag, regardless of the flack. Tara N. Lasovage '99 explains, "I loved [NKOTB] all the way through high school." Lasovage still has NKOTB posters in her bedroom and-says Jon(ny) Whalberg was definitely her favorite "kid." But she also loves Hanson, despite all their bad press and girly looks. "I'm on the field hockey team," she says. "I wanted to put 'MMM-Bop' on our psyche-up tape, but that didn't go over too well...
...story a few weeks ago about Riley Weston, the writer on the WB series Felicity who was fired when it was learned she was 32 years old instead of 19, as she had claimed. As a supposed teenager--judging from pictures, she could pass as Winona Ryder's sprightlier kid sister--she was considered a special asset on a show about a college student. Her angry bosses, sounding like defensive Republicans explaining impeachment, said it was the falsehood that troubled them, not the fact that Weston was in reality old enough to be the title character's mother (in some...
Fifteen-year-old Alex McClendon was the classic new kid in town. When the lanky 5-ft. 5-in. freshman sashayed into Georgian Country Day School in Carrollton, Ga., heads turned to gaze at her blond coif and perfectly made-up face. Beyond the look, the popular Alex had a flair for style. Nothing could come between her and the Calvins that were her daily uniform. Nothing except the board of trustees at her private school, who "invited" Alex to withdraw. It wasn't just her pierced tongue that rankled, but something she had taken greater pains to conceal...