The Student Activities Budget Review Committee is accepting applications from student organizations looking for funding. Each semester, full-time students pay a student activities fee of $35. Next year, the fee will increase to $65 a semester. This means there is a projected funding of $580,000…
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Two weeks ago, the Scout sports editor, Alex Mayster, wrote a column about his top-10 favorite sports movies of our generation. While I was reading it, I couldn’t help but be appalled when I saw the movie “Fever Pitch,” starring Jimmy Fallon, was in the…
Each year, hundreds of college juniors across the nation compete for roughly 60 awards offered by the Harry S. Truman Foundation. This year junior triple major in political science, economics and rhetorical studies, Patrick Campbell is among the many finalists. The Truman Scholarship was founded…
Senior baseball player and political science major Grant Escue grew up in a sports-oriented family. With family members playing sports in college and some at the professional level, Escue could not escape his destiny in athletics. “My dad played high school baseball and I have…
“New In Town,” directed by Jonas Elmer, is a standard, formulaic romantic comedy. Co-written by “Sweet Home Alabama” writer C. Jay Cox, “New In Town” is a must-see for chick-flick fans. It all starts when Lucy Hill (Renee Zellweger), a rising star in her company,…
After being approved in October, the new sports communication major has already generated more than 60 applicants. Director of Admissions Marketing and Communication Tom Richmond said this is a good number for a new program. In comparison, well-established majors such as advertising and public relations…
The softball team was limited to just one day of action at the Razorback Invitational last weekend after the second day of play was canceled because of cold weather in Fayetteville, Ark. Before Saturday’s games were called off, the Braves suffered a pair of losses…
I think every American boy from age eight to 10 is obsessed with kung-fu. From “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” to the Super Nintendo classic “Street Fighter,” martial arts seems to be the pinnacle of refined cool. So as I picked up “Yoshimi Battles the Pink…
Today, many student will begin celebrating Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and many Bradley students will join them. “A lot of people come up from Southern Illinois University, Illinois State, Bradley and a bunch of places,” freshman U of I student…
The women’s basketball team fell back into a tie for fourth place in the Missouri Valley Conference standings after suffering a pair of conference losses last week. The Braves (19-8 overall, 10-6 MVC) were coming off a highlight week after knocking off league-rivals Creighton and…