Apple usually isn’t the type of company to yield to rumors, but recently the company has given in to announcing their new 7-inch tablet, the iPad mini. In an Oct. 23 conference, Apple announced the iPad mini alongside a New Macbook Pro, Mac Mini and iMac. But the real […]

    Bold words from Jean-Claude Brizard show little mercy to the current Chicago Public Schools (CPS) system. Misplaced power, according to this resigned CEO of CPS, is the key error of CPS. Power currently reigns in the realm of bureaucracy and administrators, rather than the most active members of […]

   The biggest surprise of the fall season is CBS’s series Elementary, featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most celebrated creation and internationally recognized icon, Sherlock Holmes. Jonny Lee Miller of Dexter stars as Sherlock and Lucy Liu stars as a ‘female’ version of Holmes’ trusted companion, Dr. Joan Watson. Elementary […]

    The San Francisco Giants tamed the Detroit Tigers this year in a 4-0 sweep in the World Series. The Tigers seemed to have lost their ability to hunt early on in Game 1. Maybe it could have been attributed to the Tigers being tired from sweeping the Yankees […]

  The score was tied at 15-15 at the end of regulation and all that was left was a shoot out. This is one of the most exciting ending situations in hockey. That was the situation as the Blackhawks current and former players, the Chicago Stars as they were called, […]

  Basketball season is underway and the Chicago Bulls are off to a fast 3-1 start heading into their Nov. 8 matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Bulls were a heavy favorite for a championship last year, but were unfortunately knocked out in the first round of playoffs. Since […]

  Rating – 4 stars   Anyone with an interest in game design, including Northeastern Illinois University’s (NEIU) very own John Gronli and Sean Katamay, knows all about role-playing game (RPG) makers, one of the most basic of game design programs. In fact, Gronli and Katamay used the program to create […]

  Rating – 5 stars   Award season brings around plenty of films that have “desperate for an Oscar” stamped across their foreheads. Ben Affleck, who directed and stars in his newest film, Argo, gracefully avoids falling into this trap. Based on a true story, Argo takes thrilling drama and combines […]

  Rating – 5 stars One of Disney’s most infamous quotes, “A dream is a wish your heart makes,” has truly been expressed with gamers everywhere who are falling in love with Wreck it Ralph. Wreck it Ralph has a simple premise: Ralph, the anti-hero of an arcade game, gets tired […]

  Rating – 5 Stars   Daniel Craig’s eyes are ridiculously blue. While this was already a thoroughly accepted truth, the title sequence of Skyfall will certainly change the minds of any stubborn naysayers as to the surreal blueness contained within those eyes. Skyfallis the third film in the “new […]