Swipe card access to Heitz Hall is one of many major renovations done recently on the building. Unlike other campus buildings, Heitz is unique because the swipe card systems are attached to each individual room on the first and ground floors, allowing students to access…
The Bradley Scout
Imagine being a college athlete and getting a free college education, free housing, free food, and free travel in addition to many other perks. With all of this in mind, there is still debate on paying college athletes. Several scandals have shaken the college sports…
Over the past year, two shows about storage unit auctions have popped up on cable, each stretching their own credibility while making for some fairly reliable, if forgettable, entertainment. Storage Wars (Wednesdays at 9 p.m. on A&E) and Auction Hunters (Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on…
Nearly 20 years ago, Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” showed us what computer-generated images could do on a movie screen. As far as anyone watching the movie could tell, the dinosaurs were real; the level of detail put into an individual creature’s textures was mind-boggling. Now,…
Once a year the Olin quad is packed with cardboarad and socializing, all for a good cause. Habitat for Humanity hosted its annual Shack-A-Thon event with over 20 clubs and organizations roughing it to raise funds for the charity. Coordinator Sandy Wagner said the charity…
The star of a television series will usually become the face most often associated with that show, and the one that will make or break the series’ popularity. Imagine Mad Men without Jon Hamm, or M*A*S*H minus Alan Alda. Their characters helped each series due…
You know how the story begins. You’ve seen it thousands of times in movies and TV shows. A coach offers a talented player a scholarship to play for their school. The coach takes a liking to the player and treats him like family. The coach…
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:…
The men’s tennis team continued it’s winning ways in its second consecutive tournament last weekend. With a combined singles record of 32-6, the team saw four of its members earn a perfect 4-0 record over the weekend. From No. 2 singles freshman Ahmed Al Bitar…