You probably haven’t heard of Mike Judge’s new movie, Idiocracy. The director of the cult classic Office Space received no help from 20th Century Fox in promoting this movie. It doesn’t even have a trailer or movie poster associated with it and was released quietly to a few select theaters […]

Cooking Mama, available for the Nintendo DS, is one of the best and cheapest games released this season and a definite must-buy for anyone with the system. The game, which falls in part-cooking simulation and part-short minigames, is another risk by Nintendo to when it comes to games. It offers […]

Warner Bros. Records, in association with producer Tedd T. and his independent label Teleprompt, now brings the public four fresh new faces in the alternative rock scene: guitarist Greg Hill, Roy Mitchell-Cardenas on bass, drummer Darren King, and Paul Meany on vocals, naming themselves MuteMath. According to written sources from […]

The year is 2027 and the world is grieving because the youngest person on earth just died at the age of 18 years and 6 months. A death of a young person is tragic, but what makes this one so heartbreaking is it was the last birth the world has […]

Dorm Rooms to Boardrooms by Victoria Pilate is all about life after college. The first chapters go into the job search, the necessary resume-building and job fairs or mixers. There are great tips on making an early start during college. There are also little stories about people who were surveyed […]

The film Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese, is based on the true story of teacher Erin Gruwell, whose book, The Freedom Writer’s Diaries: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them, garnered national attention. Erin Gruwell, played by Hilary Swank, is […]

Artist residencies are programs for recent art graduates and working artists of all levels of experience. Unlike other artists programs, residencies provide temporary housing and encourage long, concentrated hours of practice. They are similar to live-in internships, and participants work for companies that sponsor their art. Benefits included are networking, […]

In an apparent attempt to strengthen their position within the community and reach a more diverse demographic, Chicago Public Radio (CPR) has revamped its format and plans to expand its news operations. The new 24-7, public affair-based format took affect Jan. 8 of this year. Much of the daytime programming […]

#8220;Many questions about squirrel life and behavior remain unanswered,” said Joel Brown. Brown currently serves as a University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) biologist, professor, and resident rodent expert. “UIC’s Squirrel Count Is On”, an ongoing UIC website launched in 2001 (www.uic.edu/depts/bios/squirrel), gives a complete mission statement explaining what Brown […]

Walk into any computer lab at Northeastern Illinois University and you will hear the sounds of keyboard taps and mouse clicks. At first glance, the scene is one of students working on research papers or studying for a test. Take a closer look at their monitors and you get a […]