There are three things in this life that are all but certain: death, taxes, and Hollywood pandering to itself at the Academy Awards. Hollywood once again proved its vanity by awarding the art-house films with the big prizes while ignoring the blockbusters that delighted audiences…
The Bradley Scout
It can be hard out there in the post-grad world. It can be even harder when booking Daytrotter sessions, getting married, releasing singles, writing an album, having a baby, touring the east and west coasts and preparing a brand new tour with accompanied by a…
A single voice can raise concerns, question administration and support initiatives. And with a single voice, a problem can be transformed into a solution. Some may not believe it, but a single voice on Bradley’s campus can achieve a lot. As a small university with…
I find it to be amazing that in our day and age a column for a collegiate publication can be written remotely, digitally dropped into an email, and sent hundreds of miles back to our campus. All of this from a device no different in…
I desperately want to remake “Gone.” It’s been out for a week, but I think America is ready for a good version of “Gone.” Movie theaters could have posters up that said something like “See the original version of ‘Gone’” and right next to it,…
The mid-year retention rate indicates that a little more than 96 percent of this year’s freshman class returned for their second semester. “These numbers correspond with a very objective picture and result of the education and environment that we provide for our students,” said Vice…
People have been reading and performing Shakespeare for centuries. No writer has been studied more in schools or adapted into more films. Every English major at Bradley (including myself) has to take one Shakespeare course to graduate, sometimes leading to either love or hatred of…
When popular music historians look at the greatest musical innovation of the 2000s, they’re going to point to the garage rock revolution. In those years, bands like The White Stripes, the Shins, Interpol and Yeah Yeah Yeahs helped to free rock from riff-less indie pioneers,…
Loyola junior Ben Averkamp scored a game-high 19 points as the visiting Ramblers knocked off Bradley 56-44 Saturday night at Carver Arena in the Sears BracketBusters series. Braves’ coach Geno Ford said he was disappointed with the number of shots the team allowed Averkamp to…
St. James Apartment roommates Shelby Spierling and Ashley Kowalczyk were surprised when they were not allowed to add a male roommate this semester despite there being nothing in writing against it in their current lease. “Ashley told me she wanted our friend to live with…