Christmas music and sprinkles compliment the aroma of freshly-baked bread and cookies at Debb Robbins’ Le Bakery. Located 10 minutes north of campus in the Metro Centre, Robbins has owned Le Bakery for six years. But Le Bakery has been rooted in northern Peoria for…
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Lydia Moss Bradley was more than a founder of a major academic institution. She was engaged in a multitude of business endeavors, ranging from real estate and farmland development to the finance industry. While some regarded Lydia as a recluse, she remained constantly busy. Every…
The 2016 presidential election had the attention of Bradley students and Americans across the country Tuesday night as Republican candidate Donald Trump defeated Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to become the president-elect of the United States. Election night kicked off on the Hilltop in the Michel…
Mariachi music emanated from Garrett Cultural Center last night as the Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority held an event in observance of the Latin holiday El Día de los Muertos or the Day of the Dead. The event, which celebrated the spirits of those who…
Adjunct theatre instructor and Bradley graduate Steve Warner has been providing students of all backgrounds with different perspectives on film since coming to Bradley in 2007. “[The job] was actually offered to a buddy of mine,” Warner said. “He had ended up getting an advertising…
Former congressmen Rich Stallings, a Democrat representative from Idaho, and Gil Gutknecht, a Republican from Minnesota, hung out on the Hilltop Monday in order to talk to students about the state of U.S. politics. At Q-and-A session called “Election 2016: The Evolution of American Politics,”…
Kenny’s Westside Pub may have left its former home on Farmington Road, but the pub’s food, live music and Irish flair have moved with it to its new location at 112 Jefferson Avenue in downtown Peoria. Featuring a spacious area for live music shows as…
The Wall Street Journal recently ranked Bradley sixth in the nation and first in Illinois for student engagement among all four-year universities. The ranking considered student-professor interaction, the number of projects that involved collaboration amongst students, the degree to which students were pushed to think…
Hillary got Trumped on tax policy BY KYLE STONE Looking past issues of personal ethical conduct, Donald Trump was the clear winner of the Oct. 9 debate. My statement is supported by both Hillary Clinton’s and the moderators’ focus on Trump’s tax history. Anderson Cooper…
A $1.19 million grant was recently awarded to Bradley associate professor of game design Monica McGill and Rochester Institute of Technology colleague Adrienne Decker to study and understand the long-term impact of pre-college computer activities. The grant, which is funded by the National Science Foundation,…