1. Death of BU baseball player The campus community was shocked when junior baseball player Phil Kaiser died of an undiagnosed heart condition in October. While watching a DVD, Kaiser’s girlfriend noticed he appeared to be sweating, gagging and bloated. He was pronounced dead in…
Posts published in April 2011
Next fall a select number of incoming freshmen will be given the opportunity to live in what some consider luxury. As part of a student developmental study, Bradley has extended the opportunity to incoming freshmen to live at Main Street Commons. Vice President of Student…
Student Senate passed a resolution last week in hopes of encouraging the university to step up and help greek chapters find funding for state-mandated sprinkler systems. The resolution passed last week, though the university administration has not seen it yet. It calls for interest-free loans…
As a kid, one of the most exciting times in grade school was a roller-skating party. Whether a school-sponsored event or a birthday party for a friend, excitement rose with every lace of the skate (mine were purple Princess Jasmine ones.) But after grade school,…
As I walked into the dance room for Zumba Tuesday night, it wasn’t hard to guess what the instructor was thinking. It was pretty safe to say this girl in dingy fake converse sneakers and mismatched navy athletic pants and black sweater had probably never…
In the first minutes of The Weeknd’s “House of Balloons” you get the feeling what you’re hearing is something new. On the song “High For This,” a spaced-out kick-snare beat leads way to a dubstep chorus as The Weeknd’s yet unnamed lead man soars over…
Summer break is almost upon us, though the weather says otherwise, and there’s no better way to prepare for it than by scheduling all the important entertainment events. Here are some we deem calendar-worthy. “Friends with Benefits”From where we stand, original films are not to…
The Bradley baseball team extended its season long losing streak to five games in a 10-9 loss to Southern Illinois Edwardsville Wednesday night. It was the Braves fourth straight loss at O’Brien Field. Last weekend Bradley was swept in three games by I-74 rival Illinois…
Two years removed from winning the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, the Bradley Braves softball team has stumbled all the way to the bottom of the MVC. Riding an eight-game losing streak, the Braves find themselves 1-13 in conference and 8-34 overall. “People can look at…
Red Sox No team has been more surprising in all of baseball this year than the Boston Red Sox, and it isn’t because they’ve been good. After the major offseason acquisitions of Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, the Red Sox figured to be one of…