Violence in Mexico causes State Dept. to warn students This Spring Break, students may be in for more than beaches and parties south of the border. The U.S. State Department has issued a warning urging students traveling to Mexico to be careful because of an…
The Bradley Scout
Former student Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was indicted Feb. 27 on charges that he conspired to help al-Qaida for five months in 2001 while he was studying at Bradley to get his masters degree in computer science. The charges allege that from July 2001 to…
Bradley Theatre has an affinity for leaving audiences feeling different as they walk out the Hartmann Center doors than they did as they walked in. Some leave with lingering chuckles, some with teary eyes and in the case of “Cloud 9,” some audience members scraped…
I think every American boy from age eight to 10 is obsessed with kung-fu. From “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to the Super Nintendo classic “Street Fighter,” martial arts seems to be the pinnacle of refined cool. So as I picked up “Yoshimi Battles the Pink…
“New In Town,” directed by Jonas Elmer, is a standard, formulaic romantic comedy. Co-written by “Sweet Home Alabama” writer C. Jay Cox, “New In Town” is a must-see for chick-flick fans. It all starts when Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger), a rising star in her company,…
Students who want to move out of the dorms or on-campus housing now have to take a quiz this spring to move off campus. The initiative is part of the Comprehensive Alcohol Action Plan, and it is meant to teach students about the responsibility of…
While reading the editorial “Stimulus Plan will help U.S. despite concessions” in the Feb. 13 issue of The Scout, I was shocked by the misinformation presented. It asserted that Democrats made too many compromises with Republicans in the new version of the stimulus bill. The…
“We should not condemn Israeli aggression … was a defensive tactic aimed towards the perpetrators,” as stated by Sarah Brooks in a letter to the editor last week. Reading that sentence not only offends me as an American Palestinian, but most importantly allows me to…
The article that ran in Feb. 13 issue of The Scout about American and Israeli relations with Arab countries surrounding Israel was poorly researched and written. If you want to write an article about how you hate Valentine’s day or how you believe student-athletes don’t…
I miss how large the world seemed to be and how the only thing that mattered was what you were going to do that day. I fondly recall playing outside, causing havoc on my Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle tricycle, having sword fights with my green,…