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BUPD police chief emphasizes card access, campus visibility

The police department’s new Chief of Police Brian Joschko moved in this summer, and his experiences at Marquette University have prepared him well for the position, he said. “Marquette and Bradley are very similar in that they are urban schools just outside of downtown, and…

Read this before telling the internet what you ate for breakfast

Regardless of age, it seems the majority of people these days are on a social networking site, be it Twitter, Facebook, Tmblr or something else I’ve possibly never heard of. The general point of all these websites is to connect with friends, old and new,…

College students can’t afford surprise costs

Let me start by saying I am a PC user. I always have been. I own a Mac, but that’s only because my last laptop crashed and I was used to using a Mac from my classes. But two years ago, if you had told…

Fewer freshmen, no doubts (about greek rush)

This fall Bradley was short of its goal to enroll # freshmen to the class of 2015, but members of InterFraternity Council and the Panhellenic Council are still optimistic about upcoming recruitment. Due to the fact that there are fewer freshmen in the class of…

Senate Pushes Loans for Greek Sprinklers

Student Senate passed a resolution last week in hopes of encouraging the university to step up and help greek chapters find funding for state-mandated sprinkler systems. The resolution passed last week, though the university administration has not seen it yet. It calls for interest-free loans…

Main St. Commons Open to Freshmen

Next fall a select number of incoming freshmen will be given the opportunity to live in what some consider luxury. As part of a student developmental study, Bradley has extended the opportunity to incoming freshmen to live at Main Street Commons. Vice President of Student…

Top 10 Stories of the Year

1. Death of BU baseball player The campus community was shocked when junior baseball player Phil Kaiser died of an undiagnosed heart condition in October. While watching a DVD, Kaiser’s girlfriend noticed he appeared to be sweating, gagging and bloated. He was pronounced dead in…

E-books and Rentals Expected to See Increase in Fall

Both textbook rentals and e-textbooks at the Bradley Bookstore gained popularity this past year and more titles will be offered next semester. For the first time this fall, the bookstore began renting textbooks and Store Manager Paul Kroenke said it was a great success. “Rentals…

FCS Department Chair Retires After 43 Years on the Hilltop

After 43 years on the Hilltop, Family and Consumer Sciences professor and department chair Nina Collins is retiring at the end of the semester. “It’s really hard to summarize 43 years up into just a few memories,” she said. “The best part of my job,…

Forty Sophomores to Live at Main Street Commons Next Year

Even with the new option of Main Street Commons, more underclassmen will live on campus next fall. “Nine hundred and fifty students are currently registered to live in residence halls, which is slightly up from last year,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Alan Galsky.…

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