Oktoberfest Sept. 19-22 Peoria is celebrating its 18th annual Oktoberfest beginning 5 p.m. Friday. Oktoberfest is a three-day celebration of German heritage with cultural exhibits, food, drinks and song. The Obenheimer Express Band will headline this year. Entry fees are $9 Friday, $7 before 5…
Posts published in September 2013
Student Senate’s first general assembly meeting of the academic year on Monday featured many empty chairs, but that did not stop the student representative body from focusing on the year ahead. As of Tuesday, approximately 20 of the 45 Senate seats remained open. Secretary of…
An officer saw a group of people, including a female student whose face was bleeding, in an alley in the 1600 block of Barker Ave. 11:30 p.m. Sept. 10. A male student said he gave the female a piggyback ride and he tripped on the…
Students anticipating an Activities Council Bradley University (ACBU) concert this semester will have to hold out for the spring. Director of Student Activities Tom Coy said ACBU reached out to several artists to perform this fall, but the most recent offer was struck down. “We…
It’s baklava, moussaka and philosophy for Turner Center for Entrepreneurship’s Director of Operations James Foley this week as he travels across the country to Thessaloniki, Greece. But the language of travel in Foley’s world is anything but Greek to the international business professor. Foley is…
With the ongoing Syrian crisis, a lot of hatred has rippled through the Internet this week, but no one would expect to see such ugly reactions to a beauty contest. Previously known as Miss New York, 24-year-old Nina Davuluri made history when she was crowned…
Along with students who are settling into their new spaces on or near campus, one Peoria Police officer is adjusting to his new home near Bradley as well. Peoria Police Officer Ryan Winkle is living in the West Bluff area at one of three locations…
College students may dominate Bradley’s campus, but the recent expansion of a Bradley music program is focused on Peoria area youth. For more than 25 years, Bradley’s Division of Continuing Education and Professional Development, in conjunction with Music Department Chair David Vroman, had coordinated the…