No superhero has experienced a greater revitalization over the past decade than Batman. 2008’s “The Dark Knight” grossed $1 billion in worldwide box office revenue and is the highest-rated superhero film of all time on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. Now he is the main…
Posts published in November 2011
Packers The defending Super Bowl champion Green Bay Packers have raced to an 8-0 start and once again look to be the team to beat in the NFL. The Packers’ offense is nearly unstoppable with Aaron Rodgers at the helm. They lead the NFL in…
Services like Netflix and YouTube have made the most recent films readily available to anyone. Can we find anything of value in the muck of b-movies, ambitious failures and exploitative crap-fests? We’re going to find out in Dispatches from Instant View Purgatory. What’re we watching:…
With the recent success of films like “True Grit” and the video game “Red Dead Redemption,” it was only a matter of time before the Western returned to television. Unfortunately, AMC’s new series Hell on Wheels hits too many clichés of the genre to be…
It was supposed to be a good weekend for college football with the top two teams in the nation facing off against each other, and although the game was boring, last weekend was much more than a football game. Saturday, Jerry Sandusky, former defensive coordinator…
Some students who have taken COM 103 may have been taught by a several time award-winning author and never knew. Instructor of speech communication Jan Frazier has released more than 10 novels, and continues to write even while teaching at Bradley. “I started the young…
While many Bradley students graduate with families in the stands, senior education major Danielle Grant will have her family right by her side. She will be finishing her education at Bradley alongside her mom, Darlene Grant, also a senior education major. Darlene said she is…
In the breaks of a basketball game, there are countless outcomes that can’t be controlled by the players on the court. Ricochets and bounces can change the outcome of any game. The only constants are hustle and effort. Senior forward MacKenzie Westcott epitomizes both of…
Evidence of the Campaign for a Bradley Renaissance is apparent everywhere on campus. The campaign was the most lucrative Bradley has ever seen, raising more than $11 million more than the original target of $150 million. “The Renaissance Campaign began to raise funds to reinvest…
For sophomore center Jordan Prosser, the 2010-2011 season ended a game short. Going up for a routine rebound, Prosser got hit in mid-air and came down in a grotesque fashion. “Upon landing, my body went one way while my leg just buckled and went the…