On Tuesday, you showed up to the polls in near record numbers. In Illinois alone, one in five people who voted was between 18 and 29 years old. Thank you. Your voices were heard loud and clear and you were decidedly in favor of Sen.…
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Campus is going greek this week. Bradley’s annual Greek Week activities took place this week and will wrap up this weekend. Greek Week serves as an opportunity for the greek community to work together. Although it is called Greek Week, the events are open to…
Students from three different political organizations came together Tuesday night waiting anxiously for the election results to arrive at the first ever Election Night Extravaganza. College Democrats initially organized the event because of the gravity of this election, and the event was attended by the…
UWIRE – Students gathered outside the Library Quad today to protest Proposition 8, the statewide ballot measure banning gay marriage in California which passed Tuesday night. Ashley Johnson, senior history major, said she opposed the measure since she is secure with her own marriage and…
Women finish 8th, men 9th in cross country’s final meet of the season Sophomore Lauren Fog led the women’s cross country team for the first time in her career as the Braves took home an eighth-place finish at last week’s Missouri Valley Conference Championships. Fog’s…
Last Friday, Crystal Mangum, the accuser in the Duke lacrosse case, re-opened a wound that was in bad need of healing. Alongside her agent, Vincent Clark, Mangum held a press conference to announce the release of her new book, in which she again claims that…
Get ready to rock. Despite worries there may not be a fall concert because of Robertson Memorial Field House’s demolition, the Activities Council has scheduled four bands to play the Peoria Civic Center Theater on Dec. 3. One Republic will headline and feature The Spill…
Barry Bonds There is no presidential candidate more qualified than the homerun king himself, Barry Bonds. If you think about it, Bonds has all the same characteristics as politicians. He already has the ability to blatantly lie to the public. His health care plan would…
As the largest demographic, you would think politicians would exploit us. Advertisers target us because they know we’ll purchase their products, and we do. However, politicians don’t spend a dime on us, probably because young people simply don’t vote. Last week, former MTV journalist Gideon…
Anna Weiss’ idea of creating a rock climbing club on campus became a reality last semester when she found out the Markin Family Student Recreation Center would house a climbing wall. “[The club] is a good way to find a climbing partner,” the junior art…