Matt Reed

New GlowLight Nook

April 26, 2012 in Science, Tech & Health, Technology

E-ink displays allow those who read them to enjoy reading an ebook in various amounts of light. The issue with these e-ink displays is that they have no form of lighting, making them extremely difficult to read at night. Barnes and Noble plans on fixing that issue by releasing a new model that includes a front lit display. Read the rest of this entry →

Taylor Brock

Freda is the face of Dalton

April 26, 2012 in Life

You see her face everyday. She is the woman who swipes your card, the woman who always has a smile on her face and who asks how your day is.

Her name is Freda Hubble and she is the smiling face welcoming you to Dalton Dining Hall. Read the rest of this entry →

Rachel Klein

Is Twitter’s country-specific censorship a bad thing?

April 26, 2012 in Opinion

I’m fairly new to the world of Twitter; in fact, I’ve only been using the network since I started writing for Whim in February. But long before I started following, hashtagging and retweeting, I was aware of the impact that a 140-character chunk of thought could have. Most memorably, the 2010 Arab Spring protests showed me — and countless others — just how powerful a tool this sort of media could become. Read the rest of this entry →

Kaileigh Ashby

Pine bristles

April 26, 2012 in A & E Photography, Arts & Entertainment

The baby ends of a growing pine tree.

Taylor Brock

From our perspective: Remembering childhood

April 25, 2012 in Featured, Opinion, Whim

When one of the staff members brought a dinosaur sippy cup to our weekly meeting, no one could stop staring at it. Later in the meeting, another staff member announced that “Rugrats” and “Hey Arnold” are now available on Netflix, and everyone gasped. Read the rest of this entry →

Kaileigh Ashby

The opera comes to Radford

April 25, 2012 in Arts & Entertainment, Featured

Operas are not a common event on Radford University’s campus. In fact, going to the opera was a pastime much more prominent in the early 20th century than it is today. Operas were also much more popular in other countries, like England and Italy, than they ever were in the U.S. RU got a taste of this rare art when the College of Visual and Performing Arts partnered with the Department of Dance to present Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. Read the rest of this entry →

Matt Reed

Angry Bird space cadets beware of viruses

April 25, 2012 in Featured, Science, Tech & Health, Technology

The newest edition of the hugely popular game franchise Angry Birds was released on March 22. This release saw the game downloaded over 10 million times in the span of three days. Angry Birds in Space is on track to rival the popularity of the first game in the series which is now up to 300 million downloads. Read the rest of this entry →