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:…
Posts published in February 2012
How long is a virus contagious? I’ve heard it can only be transferred if the person affected still has a fever. That is not a simple answer each as virus has a different route of transmission and a different incubation period, or period when it…
Students living in the resident halls next fall can expect some of the comforts of home, because the toilet paper in the dorms is receiving an upgrade. “Dorms are where students live for eight months of the year, so it is basically home for us,”…
Bradley’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held the second annual I Am Video competition Friday evening in the Student Center Ballroom. The contest concluded the chapter’s anniversary week of activities. Originally the I Am Video concept was hosted by…
Somehow, The Apprentice has made it to a 12th season, with the newest being the fifth “celebrity” edition. What started out as a fairly realistic look into the world of business became a parody of itself when famous people could just call up their friends…
With the end of Student Senate terms approaching, there is still one task left on the agenda. Student body officer elections. On Monday junior management and administration major Ethan Zentz was elected to the election sub-committee chair during senate’s general assembly. Over the next month,…
There are plenty of roommate horror stories out there: A random pairing gone bad, a friend who turns out to be impossible to live with, a roommate who steals all your food. They happen every year. And those people who started out optimistically end up…
Bradley basketball coach Geno Ford’s first year on the Hilltop has been a roller coaster ride. The season started with optimism like it always does for the Braves. With Bradley basketball the only game in town, expectations are going to be high. Predictions of a…
I have always been warned that wearing high heels, especially tall ones, is bad for your feet. Although it has never has stopped me from wearing heels, and it hasn’t stopped millions of women around the globe from wearing them as well. Results published in…
There are often stories in the news that are almost too ridiculous to be true. A story out of Las Vegas takes the cake as the most bizarre. In this day and age, millions of Americans watch what they eat and generally try to maintain…