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Healing begins after suicide

In the wake of an apparent campus suicide, Thanksgiving Break came at a fitting time for students dealing with the tragedy. “Everything was a little more tense after it happened,” Jeff  Schieferle Uhlenbrock, the residence hall director of Geisert, said. “It was nice to have…

Recent campus suicide may spark discussions about mental health

The director of wellness programs said she hopes students and faculty will be more open to conversations about suicide and mental health after the apparent campus suicide. “I think there’s just a stigma about mental health that keeps people from having these types of conversations,”…

Athletes should act as campus leaders, role models

About two weeks ago, Operation Campus/TAP issued 65 drinking tickets at a party on Main Street. The tickets themselves aren’t something that should be ignored, but the more pressing issue is that 39 of those ticketed are student-athletes. In addition to that, the party was…

Graduate finance program introduced

Finance students can now apply to the master’s of science in quantitative finance program and stay at Bradley to complete their graduate work. Professor of finance and quantitative methods Phillip Horvath is in charge of getting the new program up and running and said he…

Bradley ready to weather winter weather

Grounds Crew prepared with snowplows, salt spreaders to deal with this year’s snowfall on campus The first winter weather advisory for the Peoria area was issued this weekend, making some students’ journeys back to campus after Thanksgiving Break difficult. “At points I could not even…

Student Senate re-evaluates idea to put kitchens in dorms

The idea to build kitchens in the dorms came about a few years ago as part of a Student Senate resolution, but the executive director of Residential Living and Leadership said there are some issues with the idea. “Probably three or four years ago, a…

What’s wrong with football these days?

It could be that Brett Favre is playing in New York instead of the NFC North, or it could be the fact that we have seen more commercials featuring Peyton Manning than highlights. Or, as much as it pains me to say, it could be…

Four-band concert rocks students at Civic Center

It started with gay porn on the drum-set and condoms on the microphones, and the pranks didn’t stop there. Wednesday’s OneRepublic concert, featuring Augustana, The Spill Canvas and The Hush Sound, seemed just as much like a bunch of friends joking around together on stage…

AIDS counselor spreads message of hope, prevention

Patrick McGee said there is an epidemic in our world, an epidemic that is completely preventable – AIDS. “We can wipe this disease off the face of the Earth,” the American Red Cross-certified AIDS counselor said. That was his message to a group of about…

Dominguez signs 14 in first year as baseball coach

First-year Bradley coach Elvis Dominguez has recruited enough players to fill up the diamond and have a full five-man rotation for next year. Dominguez and his staff worked together to bring in 14 recruits ranging from seven states including New York and Florida. “You’re dealing…

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