One of the most talked about TV shows of the past year takes place in England in the 1910s and is primarily set in a large estate where the extravagantly rich and their servants are the main characters. Downton Abbey is entirely dialogue-based, with very…
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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 presidential election a little more than half a year away, political groups on campus are gearing up for the sprint to the finish line. Senior history major and College Republicans President Katie Childs said she isn’t sure who will win the GOP race.…
Super Bowl XLVI is in the books with the New York Giants beating the New England Patriots 21-17 for the second time in five seasons. The game wasn’t a classic by anyone’s standards, but it was intriguing until the very last play. The rest of…
Being a fan of pop culture naturally gets you used to the reset button. There are so many examples of TV shows, movies, comics and books that have ended up writing themselves into a corner and needing to find a way out that dramatically changes…
For the first time since the middle of December, the Bradley women’s basketball team put together back-to-back wins. The Braves beat Southern Illinois and Evansville, pushing their record to 13-10 and 4-7 in conference play. Last Saturday, Bradley beat the Salukis 66-50 despite sluggish offensive…
An employee at Foxconn, a Chinese technology manufacturer, used the above quote in an interview with CNN to describe why the company uses people instead of machines to make all sorts of gadgets, including iPods, iPhones, the Nintendo Wii, Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Amazon Kindle…
When Bryan Gaul was six years old, he told his mom that he wanted to be a professional soccer player. Gaul’s dream became a reality when he was selected in last month’s Major League Soccer supplemental draft. The 2011 MLS Cup Champion Los Angeles Galaxy…
LMFAO’s DJ Redfoo and the Party Rock Crew will be bringing their unique take on danceable hip-hop Bradley’s campus April 23. More than 100 students waited until 1 a.m. at last Friday’s Late Night BU to hear the Activities Council of Bradley University announce who would…
One of the most valuable experiences a student can have during college is studying abroad. “There were 150 students who went to either Paris or London for the January interim,” communications professor Jan Frazier said. “It was truly the most incredible trip that I’ve ever…