The saying goes: “To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.” And for the past 17 years, the people of Peoria and the Central Illinois community have been the beneficiaries of that hope. Nowadays, our national news cycles seem…
Posts published in “Letters to the Editor”
The Provost, in a meeting with Student Senate, stated that [the administration] did not consult with any students in deciding to prevent a pass fail option. Even worse, that [they] did not think that students could make educated choices about making use of a pass…
At the turn of the 20th century, physics was not central to the American higher education mission. According to David Cassidy (A Short History of Physics in the American Century, Harvard UP, 2011), “American contributions could not compare with [European] achievements” (7). Not only were…
March 3, 2020 Letter to the Editor & Open Letter to the Board of Trustees and Administration: Three to four years ago, BU began a “salary-equity-initiative” targeted at closing faculty pay gaps against peer institutions and comparative faculty positions. The salary initiative was long overdue,…
The decision to build a new Business and Engineering Complex on campus is an exciting development for everyone in Peoria. But with this new building also comes a potential loss. Is everyone aware that WCBU-FM will be forced to move from its studios in Jobst…
An Open Letter To Bradley University Students, Faculty and Staff, It has been brought to our attention that a student has been discriminated against for listening to music of his native language, and unfortunately, this is an occurrence that is not new to any minority…
The World Languages and Cultures Department is appalled by the alleged racist behavior of a faculty member towards a student. It is incomprehensible that in the twenty-first century in an institution of higher education such as Bradley University, which actively encourages and supports diversity, such…
To the Editor: Thanks to reporting in The Scout (10/19/18) by Cole Bredahl and Haley Johnson, we’ve heard that a deplorable objection was made to music with Spanish lyrics on campus. As a department, we embrace Bradley’s core value of “an inclusive identity whereby we…
Dear Members of the Bradley Community: I want to salute AJ Lamb for his courage and insight shown in his senior column in the April 13 issue of the Scout. According to multiple sources including the National Institutes of Mental Health, depression is the most…
The students of Bradley have recently been called blind frogs who never look up from their phones in a PJ Star article. I wanted to provide a student prospective of the jay walking issue. I believe that student jaywalking is a non issue at Bradley.…