Quick, name a great movie that doesn’t have a villain. If you answered any Woody Allen or Wes Anderson movie, you would be correct, but I doubt many of you did. A vast amount of movies and stories need someone to root against to propel…
Posts published in April 2011
As Geno Ford settles into Peoria, he’s had no time to waste as he gets the roster set for next season. Previous coach Jim Les had signed four recruits to letters of intent and was returning all but two players next year. But as Ford…
Regret. When asked about my greatest fear in various get-to-know you circles over my 22 years, this has been the word resounding in the recesses of my mind. Although I never said it out loud, (because it was just that fear-inducing) it was a word…
In almost three weeks to the day this paper is published, my entire life will be up in the air. I don’t have a job secured. I know where I want to be, New York City, but I am unsure if or how I will…
Kicking and screaming like a mandrake ripped from its flower pot in some wizard greenhouse, I am being pulled out into the big bad world in a matter of weeks. No longer will it be viewed as impressive or acceptable to never sleep, encourage my…
Three years ago almost to the day, I was sitting in the admissions office at Roosevelt University. I was speaking with an admissions counselor, trying to figure out which of my classes from my first year at Bradley would transfer to the downtown Chicago school.…
Student Senate last week passed a resolution calling for the university to dole out interest-free loans a number of fraternity and sorority chapters that don’t have the funds to pay for mandatory sprinkler systems by Jan. 1, 2013. Fifteen of Bradley’s chapters must meet that…
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…
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…
A fundraising event last weekend proved that forty years later, the WCBU National Public Radio station still has thousands of loyal listeners keeping the operation afloat. “We fundraise twice a year, and we had one last week that brought in about $126,000, which is a…