Peoria has always been a city that was in desperate need of realizing that it had become a college town. Barring a few friendly establishments downtown and the rote businesses that catered solely to college students around campus, there’s not much to let residents know…
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Services like Netflix and YouTube have made it easy to see the movies that have recently come to DVD and be able to enjoy them whenever you desire. Of course, instant view services are also loaded with discarded and forgotten films that only occasionally show…
Like nearly all of his films, Sam Peckinpah’s “Straw Dogs” is hyper violent, disturbing and cerebral as an examination of violence in culture. But “Straw Dogs” was not a box office success. According to imdb.com, the film only grossed just over $11 million worldwide. In…
Based on the international best seller by David Nicholls, “One Day,” a romantic drama starring Jim Sturgess and Anne Hathaway, proves opposites can attract. “One Day” is an extraordinary film with a heart -wrenching love story and great depth of detail. The film takes place…
Under first year coach Jenny Maurer, the Bradley volleyball team has raced out to a 4-2 record. After beginning the season at home in the CEFCU Classic, the Braves took to the road for the first time, playing in the Akron Invitational in Ohio. Bradley…
The Bradley soccer team remained undefeated on the season in two home matches last week, boosting its national ranking on TopDrawerSoccer.com to No. 23 spot. The Braves rose 14 spots in the poll that projects the 48 teams that are most likely to participate in…
Chargers Their offense gained the most yards and their defense gave up the fewest. If you were judging a team by those stats alone, you would think I was talking about the 1978 Pittsburgh Steelers. You would also be mistaken, young grasshopper. The 2010 San…
The fundamental role of journalists is to provide accurate, trustworthy, and objective articles to their readers. But in the area of sports, why has that disappeared? Why are sports journalists more worried about being first and wrong than second and correct? Why is it that…
tersen’s women’s tennis team had only one player who was not an underclassman. This year is not much different, with Brigitte Graf and Kennedy Scott as the only players with more than one year of experience on the team in addition to six freshmen added…
Not many people can run a 5K in under 20 minutes, yet the Bradley men’s and women’s cross country team make it appear easy as they gear up for the 2011-12 season. The women’s cross country team was voted to finish third in the Missouri…