Andres Diaz describes himself as a big dreamer. Three weeks ago, he declared his candidacy for mayor of Peoria. In the first week, he said the campaign received over $1,000 in donations. “For a local guy with no endorsements from elected officials or anything else,…
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President Stephen Standifird’s June 2 statement to students, which was titled “Bradley University statement regarding racial tensions and violence” was 264 words long, excluding the introduction and signature. The follow-up apology to the statement, issued three days later after students and alumni took to social…
Following a statement on June 2 to all students regarding nationwide protests and looting in the wake of the death of George Floyd, university president Stephen Standifird released an apology on Friday afternoon. After a wave of criticism over the first statement, the new president…
Bradley will plan to resume on-campus classes for the fall semester of the 2020-2021 school year, according to a press release sent out by the university Monday afternoon. The release states that the university will be working through a series of plans to reinstate safe…
The 2019-2020 school year will always be remembered by its abrupt ending due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there were many other notable events that took place, from the men’s basketball winning its second consecutive Missouri Valley Conference to the string of…
Jeffrey Blade, the CEO of Matilda Jane Clothing, was appointed as the next chief financial officer (CFO) by Bradley’s incoming president Stephen Standifird as his first hire. He will assume his position starting on May 1, when Standifird also enters his dual presidential duties. Blade…
As student belongings have remained in residences since spring break, the university has been promising information on how students can proceed with moving out of their residence halls. Some students started moving out of residence halls when the university gave the option to retrieve items…
I’ve decided to write an edition of the mascot amendments yet again. In my first series of suggestions, published in March of 2019, I outlined how Kaboom! lacked a fitting costume, and recommended a slimmer version as a way for him to be more interactive…
At his press briefing on Thursday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker announced that he will sign an executive order next week to extend the state’s stay-at-home order through Saturday, May 30, with some adjustments. The extension, effective May 1, will include new modifications that will require…
Bradley’s incoming-president Stephen Standifird will assume the position early and join the current president Gary Roberts in dual-presidential duties in response to obstacles the university faces due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Board of Trustees announced via an email on Monday afternoon. Standifird was originally…