Off the Grid: "Battleship," "What to Expect When You're Expecting," and "The Dictator"
BATTLESHIP
In the latest effects-heavy entertainment by Hancock director Peter Berg, a group of heroic U.S. Navy and Japanese-military officers team up to fight a race of marauding aliens, four of whose spaceships have crash-landed in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Battleship? This thing should’ve been called KerPlunk.
Governor Shows a Little Give on Gaming
An often tense and confrontational meeting over gaming expansion last week ended with Governor Pat Quinn not explicitly saying “no” to adding slot...
The Parents’ Legacy – In The Children’s Hands
Son of Holocaust Survivors Cites Need to Preserve Older Generation’s StoriesAs World War II ignited in Europe, the woman who would eventually brin...
QCA Today: May 18, 2012
This feature collects articles published online by the following Quad Cities-area media outlets: Quad-City Times , Rock Island Argus / Moline Dispatch , River Cities' Reader , and WQAD. It also includes items from the Des Moines Register 's "Iowa Politics Insider" and the State Journal-Register 's "The Dome."
If...
A Long Shot Comes in: Jaimy Gordon, April 19 at Augustana College
There are few people in the arts who admit to being concerned about either their fame or their place in history. Jaimy Gordon is one of that rare breed, but she doesn’t need to fret anymore.
Over the past decade, she said in a phone interview last week promoting her April 19 reading at Augustana Co...
Rock Island Man Sentenced on Federal Escape Charge
DAVENPORT, IA - On May 18, 2012, Ronald Ronnell Hearn, age 28, of Rock Island, Illinois, was sentenced to 12 months of imprisonment for one count of escape from federal custody, announced United States Attorney Nicholas A. Klinefeldt. Chief United States District Judge James E. Gritzner also ordered...Congratulations to the Rivermont Class of 2012
Dear Rivermont Community,
Congratulations to the Class of 2012! This year's class has finished their AP exams and projects and are currently involved in their Senior Projects. These projects place our students in professional environments that give them first-hand exposure to their ...
