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RESCHEDULED: MONDAY, FEB. 24, 7 P.M., GREAT HALL!

Monday, 03 Feb 2003 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Lorraine Ali is music critic for Newsweek. She has covered everything from the Grammy Awards to the growing subculture of Christian rock and has interviewed everyone from rapper Eve to Johnny Cash. Prior to joining Newsweek, Ali was a senior critic for Rolling Stone, a music columnist for the Los Angeles Times and Mademoiselle, as well as a regular contributor to GQ. Ali has also written for The New York Times, The Village Voice, Entertainment Weekly, Harper's Bazaar and US Magazine. She was voted 1997's Music Journalist of the Year. In 1996, she was Best National Feature Story honors at the Music Journalism Awards.

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