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Bradley may see mascot change

Friday, 05 February 2010 16:57 Emily Regenold
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Bradley may no longer just be the home of the Braves.

Student Senate passed a resolution this week calling for University President Joanne Glasser to form a mascot committee. If formed, that committee would be responsible for slating ideas for a new mascot.

“If the mascot is good and effective, it can be of an unbelievable value to the university in terms of dollars and school spirit,” said Student Body President Kyle Malinowski. “This is the perfect time – the planets are aligning.”

Malinowski said there are several reasons senate wants to make the change now. Philosophically, it fits with the Campaign for a Bradley Renaissance because of the mindset of being in a renaissance as well as campus’ physical changes.

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Cost for Wireless Internet across campus being assessed

Friday, 05 February 2010 16:55 Lauren Rees
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The exact cost of making campus completely wireless is still being assessed, but early estimates place costs at “hundreds of thousands of dollars.”

Student Senate voted in December to bring wireless Internet to residence halls and the St. James Apartment Complex. Student Senate Vice President Tricia Anklan said the resolution was recently presented to the Board of Trustees as an informational item. The board was “supportive,” but members were not aware the dorms and St. James were not wireless already, Anklan said.
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Economy’s toll not as bad as predicted

Tuesday, 02 February 2010 08:12 Emily Regenold
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Although the job placement rate for 2009 graduates is less than 90 percent for only the second time since 1982, the Executive Director for the Smith Career Center said she is pleased with the 87 percent placement rate for undergraduates.

That rate is based on the annual survey the center conducts, which polls August and December 2008 graduates and May 2009 graduates up to six months after graduation, Jane Linnenburger said.

“We’ve been conducting this study in the same way since the early ‘80s,” she said. “In the past years and when the rates declined from the previous year they fit in exactly with economic slowdowns.”
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