Volleyball player helps lead team and program to the next level The life of a middle blocker in volleyball is one filled with fast- twitch reactions, extreme focus and unbridled emotion. Megan Schmidt, Bradley’s senior middle blocker, stands close to the net, ready to pounce…
Posts published in September 2011
The Bradley Bookstore is now offering a lot more than textbooks. Last week, the first meeting for the newly formed Bookstore Advisory Committee took place. “The committee’s main purpose is to educate and inform the Bradley community of the operations, benefits, services and staff of…
When University of Illinois professor of atmospheric sciences Donald Wuebbles is asked if a warm day in December is supposed to be proof of global warming, he laughs. “A warm day in December is not global warming, it’s just a warm day in December,” Wuebbles,…
After winning the first set, the volleyball team dropped three straight sets to fall to its I-74 rival Illinois State Sunday afternoon. “It was all on us,” said junior defensive specialisr Allie Gardner. “We beat ourselves. We started off fairly confident, and we kind of…
“As Bradley’s campus expands, so does the average distance students have to walk,” Student Activities Graduate Assistant Kyle Malinowski said. “This growing distance poses as a greater threat to safety.” Malinowski is in charge of coordinating the university-provided shuttle service, or as he calls it…
Homecoming weekend will have a hefty agenda this year, and one of the most anticipated events will be the dedication of the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center. The Alumni Center has been in the works since 2006, and ground broke for the building in the fall of…
Walking through campus the night President Obama was elected, I could hear and feel electricity unlike anything my generation had experienced before. Students were shouting in excitement, chanting, “yes we can!” and just thoroughly filled with a sense that we had done something; we had…
Safety is important, on and off campus, and students should know what to do if or when they are in a situation where a crime is taking place. “No matter where a person is, safety is a shared responsibility,” Bradley Chief of Police Brian Joschko…
Swipe card access to Heitz Hall is one of many major renovations done recently on the building. Unlike other campus buildings, Heitz is unique because the swipe card systems are attached to each individual room on the first and ground floors, allowing students to access…
Imagine being a college athlete and getting a free college education, free housing, free food, and free travel in addition to many other perks. With all of this in mind, there is still debate on paying college athletes. Several scandals have shaken the college sports…