From WXJM to CNN, Jim Acosta Returns to JMU
By Megan Williams, The Breeze

Jim Acosta, JMU alum (’93) and CNN correspondent, was covering Hurricane Katrina when the building he was reporting from began to flood. As the floodwaters rose, so did he and his crew. More...

‘Street Kings’ Proves a Refreshing Return to Traditional Action Flick
By Justin Thurmond, The Breeze

In the ’90s, action movies were a mainstay at the box office.  Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Willis, Snipes, I’ll even throw in Van Damme and Segal into the mix. Every week one action flick was released, and every week we got the adrenaline rush we needed as young men. Many years later, we find ourselves in the Computer Generated Imagery generation and the old-school-actionmovie days are dead and buried. “Street Kings” takes audiences back to the days of pure action movies.  I’m talking about the movies where the hero is still sort of a bad guy, everybody shoots a million times but hits nothing, and where the story is so over-the-top and the acting is laughable to the point that you can’t help but giggle a little on the inside. More...

Greek Organizations and VSA Share Artistic Abilities with Community
From Staff Reports

Greek Sing, a night of entertainment put on by JMU’s Greek organizations, was held Thursday in the gym of Godwin Hall. The event was part of Greek Week and open to all of campus and the Harrisonburg community. More...