In 1896, the United States Supreme Court heard the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the first step on the staircase climbing toward the establishment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “He was seven-eighths white and yet one eighth was all it took,” said emcee…
Posts published in March 2014
We know that the Michel Student Center didn’t fail the Peoria City/County Health Department inspection. The facility is clean, and it’s more than safe to eat there. But if the Student Center food serving areas scored below an acceptable level for four times in a…
Going on the road has been an unfriendly experience for the men’s basketball team this season. Prior to their matchup against Drake on March 1, the Braves had gone 1-11 away from Carver Arena. The trend of losing continued as the Braves, despite once holding…
Don’t ever question whether Bradley students can break it down, because Lost Soles would definitely have something to say about it. If you’ve heard Jay Z blasting in the corner Markin dance studio, then you’ve heard the hardworking sounds of one of Bradley’s greatest clubs.…
It’s that time of year when attention goes from the hardwood to home plate, from slipping on ice to sloshing through puddles and from blasting the heat in below-zero temperatures to wondering when the air conditioning is going to be turned on in the dorms.…
Irish soccer player Austin O’Malley may have said it best when he said, “If you learn from a loss, you have not lost.” That would make the Bradley women’s basketball team undefeated. That’s not the case, however. The team split its two games last weekend,…
The Winter Olympics may have come to a close, but the interns have returned to open up about their experiences. For the second time, NBC selected Bradley students to intern at the Olympic Games, with the previous interns at the 2012 London Summer Games. Six…
Ties with The Crips, drug addiction, raising a daughter, introspection and re-evaluation; bucket hat-wearing party boy Schoolboy Q has a lot to say on his third studio album, and first major label release, “Oxymoron”. Coming in at a total of 19 songs (if you count…
These days it seems that creators of popular culture are either talked about and marketed like no other or relatively under the radar. Generally, humility seems to be lacking in the industry. Enter Pharrell Williams. Besides the crazy hat that he sported at the Academy…
Over the course of their presidencies, the 2013-2014 school year sorority presidents all dealt with at least one situation of sexual assault affecting at least one of their chapter members. They decided to take a stand and to take back the night. Take Back the…