Despite efforts to replace Blackboard with a new program by fall, students will have to wait another year before all classes are switched to Sakai. Although the goal early last fall was to complete the switch this spring, the move is taking longer than expected,…
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An author and professor will visit Bradley to discuss the ways the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 have changed the way our society is policed. Professor of criminal justice and police studies from Eastern Kentucky University Vic Kappeler will present the speech “Policing in the…
Student Senate approved the Student Activities Budget Review Committee’s budget for 2009-10 on Monday with only one senator voting against it. Wassim Elhouar, the senator who voted against the $207,199 budget, said it spent too much on certain events. “There were a couple places where…
Some students may find class registration more difficult this semester because of cutbacks being made in the tight economy. “There has been some consolidation of class offerings, depending on the college and the department,” said Robert Bolla, interim provost for vice president of academic affairs.…
During the spring months, fraternities and sororities all over campus work with the surrounding community to support local and national charities. “For instance, Kappa Delta canned at Wal-Mart and they also had the Daggerman competition and a pancake breakfast,” Associate Director of Fraternity and Sorority…
When Lauren Polak went into the Registrar’s Office to request transcripts, she was surprised to hear it would cost her $105 for seven transcripts. “I had just been in there a few weeks before, and it was only $4 in office to pick them up,”…
Voters in Peoria County narrowly approved a sales tax referendum that will go toward the Peoria Riverfront Museum. The referendum won by 410 votes, receiving about 60 percent of the votes in the city and about 40 percent of votes in the county. Brad McMillan,…
Ten to 12 more families with Bradley students have asked for an increase in financial aid this year, but the director of financial assistance said the university is able to accommodate them. “Back in the fall when it became clear that this economic downturn was…
Student Senate has worked to expand hours to include select Saturdays, Ticaric said The Bradley bookstore has added hours on Saturdays, but it will not be open every Saturday. “The Student Senate wanted the bookstore to be open every Saturday, but for right now it…
Support from BU students lacks, Smith falls short In the elections for Second District Peoria City Council, Curphy Smith didn’t garner enough Bradley student support at the polls and fell to incumbent Barbara Van Auken. Van Auken got 1,388 votes, enough to defeat her opponent…