Seattle rapper Macklemore is probably one of my new favorite people. Anyone who makes a song about looking fly in clothes from Goodwill and on the same album spits out a powerful anthem for marriage equality is good in my book. The Scout office tends…
Posts published in November 2012
Houston Rockets Today’s NBA is about superstars aligning together to create the best team. It’s the reason the Miami Heat have three of the league’s top players. It’s also the same thing for all of the other top teams. You need three stars to win.…
With election season winding to an end (finally), I would like to express the reasons why I am supporting President Obama’s re-election campaign and what is really at stake in this election. I support President Obama: Because he passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
Hollywood has a funny way of paying tribute to history. It can either craft a film around an actual event, or it can take something from history and use it as a loose basis for a film. With actor-director Ben Affleck’s Argo, we get the…
In an effort to help students become academically successful, the Turning Point Retention Program adopted a new structure that has resulted in positive results. The Turing Point program, which aids in correcting behaviors and improving study habits for students who drop below a 2.0 grade…
With the presidential election just next week, published journalist Amy Goodman came to campus to address voting and to discuss some personal stories and the media. Bradley’s sociology club invited Goodman to speak about her newest book, “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance…
Love her or hate her, Taylor Swift is back with a new album. And since she broke up with her Kennedy, you can expect another one next week. I kid, I kid, but seriously. She has a new album named “Red,” and it sold 1.2…
Comic books have broken into the mainstream, with films and TV shows being constantly adapted from them. With comics no longer for a niche audience, it makes sense to know which comics are worth reading. Welcome to Comic Watch – your personal guide to the…
Jay Cutler has garnered the reputation of a surly, petulant man-child. Whether he is yelling and swearing at Mike Martz, bumping J’Marcus Webb or simply disinterested at various press conferences, Cutler does no favors for his public image. It is unfortunate that he does not…
Following a program-defining 30-13 win at then-No. 8 Oklahoma, the No. 3 Notre Dame Irish will now play with realistic national championship hopes in front of them when they take on Pittsburgh at home Saturday. Notre Dame (8-0) is off to its best start since…