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Alert emails meant to prioritize campus safety warnings

In lieu of foreWarn texts, the university police department has looked to emails to inform campus of recent robberies. The emails, or Timely Warning Alerts, are sent out to notify students, faculty and staff about incidents that represent a serious or continuing threat to the…

Student activity fee increase proposed for fall of next year

Director of Student Activities Michelle Whited is proposing a $40 increase in the student activities fee in response to the economy. Whited said the cost of bringing large concerts to campus continues to rise. “Travel, hotels, flights, gas and other accommodations are becoming more expensive…

Taking Back Sunday is no sell out

Concert ticket sales in the new arena decreased 55 percent from last spring’s Jason Derulo and Mike Posner concert, selling 2,516 tickets, to Saturday night’s Taking Back Sunday performance, which sold a total of 1,134 tickets. “We definitely didn’t have the same attendance as shows…

Is journalism a waste of tuition?: media experts say “no”

Bradley students had the opportunity to hear about the future of media from local experts last Thursday in the GCC. The State of the Media Industry panel discussion featured panelists representing Central Illinois Business Publishers, the Peoria Journal Star, Triad Broadcasting Company and WTVP public…

Pi Beta Phi moving to Fredonia

The Pi Beta Phi sorority will finally take up residence on Fredonia Avenue next fall after 20 years of waiting. A groundbreaking ceremony took place Saturday at the future site of the home on the corner of North Institute Place and Fredonia Avenue, with current…

New BU tradition is beginning to take fire

This year’s combined Homecoming and Parents Weekend kicked off with a bonfire Friday night at Meinen Field that ignited school spirit. “I’m glad that Bradley is trying to start a Homecoming tradition,” said senior family and consumer sciences major Laura Poglitsh. “I hope that more…

Bradley fuels up with BBQ

Bradley held its annual BBQ on the Quad last Friday, serving hamburgers, baked beans and more for students on the Olin quad. “It’s a fun way to mark a special event on campus,” Director of Student Activities Michelle Whited said. “We don’t do many BBQs…

Geisert update

The improved Geisert cafeteria has been in service for over a month now, and so far it seems things are going well. “Overall I think things are going really well,” said manager Mary Smith “Numbers have been way up.” In fact, the numbers have been…

Students working with IDOT to create memorial

The Illinois Department of Transportation has offered the civil engineering and construction department a unique opportunity. “IDOT approached the CEC department and asked if Bradley students would like to get involved in designing [a] memorial wall for fallen IDOT employees,” American Society of Civil Engineers…

Students seek to update BU fight song

Sophomore industrial engineering major Andrew Mills and mechanical engineering major Eric Currier said the Bradley fight song is outdated and virtually  unknown throught campus, and they are hoping to change that. The current lyrics refer to football with lines such as “march down the field,”…

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