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15 schools to attend MAP grant summit

As Bradley students head home for Fall Break this weekend, a new group of students will flock to campus. Student Senate’s MAP grant summit will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Michel Student Center Ballroom, with student leaders from across the state discussing…

Anonymous writers create humorous blog

The anonymous bloggers at UnderTheHilltop.com have perfected the formula for witty, biting pseudo-news. With stories about vintage television shows, stereotypical Bradley student archetypes, a “Death to Smoochy” movie review and a preview of Bradley’s 2010 football team, the student-run blog is like a more local…

BU Who Knew? board game educates freshmen

In order to teach freshmen students in EHS 120 about Bradley’s history in a new, exciting and fun way, Julie Holmes of the Student and Young Alumni Programs created a trivia game for students to play with alumni. “BU Who Knew? is a game about…

Students choose to help with C.H.O.I.C.E.S.

When correctional prison officer Carl Cannon noticed an increasing number of inmates were adolescents, he decided the most effective way to combat that trend would be to give them hope. Cannon initiated a program where high school students from disadvantaged families in Peoria could be…

CampusTown Blockbuster to close its doors next month

Students looking to fill their nights with new releases and old favorites are going to have to venture farther off campus to do so. The CampusTown Blockbuster store will close next month. The last day to rent movies is Oct. 11. The shuttering of that…

Lawyer speaks for Proposition 8, discusses gay marriage

Univeristy of Louisville law professor Samuel Marcosson visited the Hilltop this week to give a speech about gay marriage and Proposition 8. Marcosson, a Bradley alumnus, compared the denial of gay marriage to the suppression of ethnic minorities. “When the government denies rights to a…

Bradley wraps up Homecoming fiesta

Homecoming 2009, dubbed “Fiesta de Bradley” stretched from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 with many events including the Founder’s Day ceremony, Alpha Epsilon Pi’s Foamcoming, Late Night BU and a tailgate party and pep rally that took place before the soccer game against Drake University.…

Quinn touts MAP benefits on campus

Gov. Pat Quinn spoke to a packed Hartmann Center Thursday morning to show his support for the reinstatement of funds for MAP grants. “We’re going to get a solution,” he said. “We’re going to come together … to get $200 million to make sure it’s…

Students fiesta until they siesta at LNBU

Last week’s fiesta-themed Late Night BU, the second of many scheduled for this year, marked almost a year since the program began with food and fun activities for Bradley students. As usual, Late Night BU provided students with games, food and activities as a free…

Accomplished alum tells story to students

Brad Cohen will never forget fifth grade. “I had a teacher who said ‘Brad, get up here in front of the class and tell them you’ll stop making those noises,’ “ he said. “So I went up there and told the class I’d stop making…

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