At 4:24 p.m. Nov. 22, police were called after residents in the 800 block of Duryea Place witnessed two males asking students for money. Police were called again when the two men entered the lobby of Wyckoff Hall. Officers responded immediately and they…
Posts published in December 2008
About two weeks ago, Operation Campus/TAP issued 65 drinking tickets at a party on Main Street. The tickets themselves aren’t something that should be ignored, but the more pressing issue is that 39 of those ticketed are student-athletes. In addition to that, the party was…
Music has always been political Alex Bahler’s “Rockers have opinions, too” cast my memory back to 1964 with a wistful smile of sweet nostalgia. That autumn, I was a freshman journalism student in the honors program at Marquette University, there on a Journal Star scholarship.…
The economy is at an all-time low for our lifetime, times are getting tough and the government apparently needs to do something about it. If you are not aware of the state of the economy, you must really be stuck in the college bubble and…
When Sen. John McCain picked Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate a few months ago, he intended to capture disgruntled Sen. Hillary Clinton supporters’ votes by appealing to their sense of feminism. Instead, Palin publicly undermined his campaign and his advisors. Now the election…
Safety is one of the first things we learn. Fasten your seatbelt. Look both ways before you cross the street. Don’t talk to strangers. People who care about us teach us safe practices, because they don’t want to see us get hurt. And we obey…
The men’s basketball team caught fire from behind the arc on Saturday en route to an 82-69 defeat of East Tennessee State at Carver Arena. The Braves’ third straight win didn’t come without a price as the team’s recent spark plug, sophomore Will Egolf, suffered…
The Bradley women’s basketball team improved to 5-1 on the season after beating UC Riverside 59-56 in the championship game of the NAU Thanksgiving Classic on Saturday. The win marked the first tournament title and best team start since the 2001-02 season, as well as…
A Bradley coaching legend has returned to the Hilltop. Dick Versace, a former National College Coach of the Year, has been providing his input on Bradley basketball this season as the team’s color commentator on TV. The former Braves coach returns to Bradley after spending…
First-year Bradley coach Elvis Dominguez has recruited enough players to fill up the diamond and have a full five-man rotation for next year. Dominguez and his staff worked together to bring in 14 recruits ranging from seven states including New York and Florida. “You’re dealing…