If you ask any member of society how they think a show about young rich kids would do in the Nielsen ratings, I would venture to say the majority of them would predict a flop. However, surprisingly enough, “Gossip Girl” seems to have cemented its status…
Posts published in September 2010
Over-the-top controversy is to MTV’s Video Music Awards as dull monotony is to the Oscars. Maybe the two pulled a “Freaky Friday,” and this year’s Oscars will be more engaging because the VMAs, usually gasoline to the tabloid rumor mill’s fire, was nothing more than another drawn-out, self-indulgent award…
Students crossing Olin Quad last Friday may have seen a familiar sight – members of Delta Upsilon jumping on a trampoline. Although some may have just assumed they were doing it for fun, DU was raising money for an important cause. Jump for St. Jude…
Bradley is taking the lead in integrating full service community schools with the Peoria community. The full service community schools project, started in 2006, is an effort to enrich not only students’ education, but the welfare and stability of the families and neighborhoods. This initiative…
Information Resources and Technology has spent the last five years telling students with AT&T service to get rid of it and switch to a different provider. Not any more. “AT&T service has always been awful on campus,” Associate Provost for IRT Chuck Ruch said. “We’ve…
Nine years ago, Eastern Illinois University student Shannon McNamara was brutally murdered in her apartment. Since then, her sorority sister, Erin Weed, has been speaking at college campuses across the country to prevent such a tragedy from occurring a second time. This week, Weed came…
Sophomores looking to move out of the dorms next year only have a few options. Off-campus apartments, houses, the new Main Street Commons and St. James are about the only places students can go. The St. James Apartment Complex is available to upperclassmen, and students…
Six years ago the late Sen. Robert Byrd attached one somewhat irrelevant sentence to the Omnibus spending bill. That sentence created Constitution Day, requiring publicly funded universities across the country to in some way celebrate the Constitution. Bradley observed it on Wednesday, featuring a handful of speakers and an…
After two busy weekends, men’s recruitment came to a successful end this past Sunday. Associate Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life Jesse Koch commented on this success. “We had 282 men sign up for formal recruitment, with 195 men accepting a bid,” Koch said. “That enrollment number puts…
Finding a job following college can be a daunting task to many. With a bad economy, many layoffs, budget cuts and businesses closing constantly, one cannot be blamed for being scared of life after college. Fortunately, Bradley and the Smith Career Center realize the challenges students face and…