Director of Student Activities Michelle Whited is proposing a $40 increase in the student activities fee in response to the economy. Whited said the cost of bringing large concerts to campus continues to rise. “Travel, hotels, flights, gas and other accommodations are becoming more expensive…
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The Star Wars series is a benchmark of modern film, helping to define the meaning of the summer movie. Its special effects, storyline and self-contained world was brand new to audiences and the whole picture fit together so well that it virtually defined cinematic success…
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:…
Concert ticket sales in the new arena decreased 55 percent from last spring’s Jason Derulo and Mike Posner concert, selling 2,516 tickets, to Saturday night’s Taking Back Sunday performance, which sold a total of 1,134 tickets. “We definitely didn’t have the same attendance as shows…
Bradley students had the opportunity to hear about the future of media from local experts last Thursday in the GCC. The State of the Media Industry panel discussion featured panelists representing Central Illinois Business Publishers, the Peoria Journal Star, Triad Broadcasting Company and WTVP public…
The Pi Beta Phi sorority will finally take up residence on Fredonia Avenue next fall after 20 years of waiting. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Saturday at the future site of the home on the corner of North Institute Place and Fredonia Avenue, with current…
This year’s combined Homecoming and Parents Weekend kicked off with a bonfire Friday night at Meinen Field that ignited school spirit. “I’m glad that Bradley is trying to start a Homecoming tradition,” said senior family and consumer sciences major Laura Poglitsh. “I hope that more…
Bradley held its annual BBQ on the Quad last Friday, serving hamburgers, baked beans and more for students on the Olin quad. “It’s a fun way to mark a special event on campus,” Director of Student Activities Michelle Whited said. “We don’t do many BBQs…
The first concert of the semester hosted by the Activities Council of Bradley University was not as successful as hoped. The Taking Back Sunday concert sold 1,134 tickets in total, which is a dramatic difference from the 2,516 tickets sold for the Jason Derulo and…
When it comes to comedy longevity, few top prop comic Gallagher. Famous for smashing watermelons, candy and all manner of other items with his patented Sledgomatic, Gallagher honed his act in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Gallagher’s manic energy on stage helped him reach…