This semester, The Scout is introducing a weekly spotlight article featuring a student, faculty or staff member. Submissions will be accepted at http://www.bradleyscout.com/humans-of-the-hilltop/. In 1994, a freshman English major at Grand Valley State University began his college career, unsure of what the future held for…
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Although gladiator fights were common in the Coliseum of Ancient Rome, Bradley’s Renaissance Coliseum saw a different kind of fight during a high school basketball shootout last week. On Jan. 19, an incident broke out among attendees of the River City Shootout, an annual competition…
A new phone application called 7-Cups of Tea is offering therapy in the form of chat forums with trained students, graduates and professionals. The application offers chat forums covering topics such as depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder where users can speak freely. “At any given time,…
The Hartmann Center Gallery will display the work of Bradley’s art faculty. Art Department Chair Paul Krainak, associate professor Randy Carlson and professor Oscar J. Gillespie, among others, will present their work at the gallery. Work from all disciplines will be on display. The reception…
College students across the nation have united with a mission of putting a hat on every child battling cancer through the Love Your Melon Foundation. The campaign has spread onto Bradley’s campus, and an official campus crew was created over winter break by junior sports…
Although University President Joanne Glasser’s Jan. 23 retirement announcement prompted the Board of Trustees to begin searching for new leadership, another high-ranking official appears to be on his way out as well. The vice president for academic affairs and provost, David Glassman, has been seeking…
A group of students and administrators has been working behind-the-scenes to make campus more environmentally-friendly, so the sustainability committee was established in 2010 to structure environmental policies and encourage students to recycle. The committee meets biweekly to discuss sustainability issues such as waste reduction, using…
The Garrett Cultural Center hosted the Academic Reboot seminar, led by Turning Point Retention Program Coordinator Pam Miller Jan. 22. Tables for attendees were equipped with a weekly planner worksheet, a semester long planner and five day study day tip-guide. The study guide taught the…
Bradley and Illinois State University students rolled up their sleeves and put on their game faces to compete in the annual blood drive, the Challenge on 74, this week. From Jan. 27 to 30, Bradley students came to Markin Center in an effort to collectively…
Bradley was entered in a competition to win the STANLEY Security Together for Safer Schools grant for campus security improvements. According to Bradley University Police Department Chief Brian Joschko, the grant would allow financial flexibility to address important security needs, such as installing more card…