On a steamy day in August of 1928, Jennie Meta Constance was fatally attacked on Northwestern University’s campus. She had been the head of the English department at Bradley for nine years prior to attending Northwestern to obtain her Ph. D. With the mugging having…
Posts published in February 2012
Bradley students and guests gathered for a benefit concert Saturday evening in Lydia’s Lounge hosted by the Bradley chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms. The concert featured nine community and Bradley musicians including Shoebox Stories, the BU Jazz Combo, Gretchen Wolking and the…
Bradley pitcher Joe Bircher may be the best athlete on campus, but you would never know it from talking to him. The 6-foot-4-inch senior from Omaha, Neb. has a quiet confidence and, despite individual success, always puts the team and program first. Bircher has been…
Junior psychology major Melissa Matheys spent last Friday night watching TV in her St. James Apartment as Cambridge Property employees sloshed through the sewage-soaked carpeting in her home. “Listening to the maintenance people walk around our apartment sounded like people walking through puddles outside,” she…
The Bradley men’s basketball team hasn’t shot the ball well all season and the theme continued Wednesday night in a 62-55 loss to Drake at Carver Arena. The Braves shot a dreadful 0-for-20 from the perimeter, connecting on no threes for the second time this…
On Oct. 30, 1999, a McDonald’s employee was robbed and fatally shot in the Main Street restaurant’s parking lot shortly after closing. The incident triggered fear throughout the Bradley community. Within three months, emergency blue light phones were installed on campus. Since its introduction in…
If the Bradley women’s basketball team took a step forward with back-to-back home wins two weeks ago, then it took a step backwards with two road losses last weekend. The Braves are on a six-game losing streak on the road, and have lost 14 consecutive…
Bradley is continuing its efforts to “go green” by installing electric charging stations for cars around campus. Senior Director of Public Relations Kath Conver said adding charging stations is part of the university’s sustainability initiative. “Bradley has installed three auto charging stations in the campus…
Occasionally my boyfriend and I have sex without a condom. Is pre-ejaculate something I should be worried about? Yes, it is definitely something that needs to be worried about. Men secrete a small amount of fluid prior to their climax. This fluid does contain sperm,…
I love sports. Where else can you find someone as surprising as Jeremy Lin? Name anywhere else where a 6-foot-3 Asian-American basketball player from Harvard, who has slept on his brother’s couch the past several months can tear up the NBA and break tons of…