Article: COMMENTARY: New Kids: back on the block

Skye Mcintyre
University Wire
04-04-2008
(Massachusetts Daily Collegian) (UWIRE) AMHERST, Mass. -- Do you remember your first crush? If it wasn't that boy who incessantly chased you around the playground in first grade, perhaps it was Uncle Jesse, the raven-haired rocker from "Full House" who set your heart a flutter.

Maybe it was doe-eyed Jonathan Taylor Thomas peering at you through the television screen from the set of "Home Improvement" that instantly made you weak in the knees.

For thousands of girls around the world however, it was The New Kids on the Block that evoked starry eyes and high-pitched squeals upon the mere mention of their name.

No need for nostalgia anymore, jumping on the ...

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