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Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day at U of I begins today

Today, many student will begin celebrating Unofficial St. Patrick’s Day at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and many Bradley students will join them. “A lot of people come up from Southern Illinois University, Illinois State, Bradley and a bunch of places,” freshman U of I student…

Pre-Law Center director greets BU

Even though she can’t move into her actual home yet, the new Pre-Law Center is up and running as of Monday when its new director, Maria Vertuno, started work. Vertuno received her law degree from the University of Notre Dame, and for 15 years she…

Activities Council searches for spring concert band

The Activities Council is tuning into students to see what band they want to bring to campus for its annual spring concert. Special events reserve fund coordinator for ACBU Kathleen McGing said the group has begun its search, but doesn’t have any band in mind…

Butts still not out on smoking restriction

Police begin effort to ticket bar owners who allow smoking A year after the passage of the Smoke Free Illinois Act, patrons still smoking in bars may have to finally put an end to their puffing.  Police have taken initiative to ticket bar owners and…

Caterpillar recalls not immediate

Although Caterpillar Inc. announced it may be able to recall employees if the economic stimulus package passed, it probably won’t happen until late 2009 or early 2010. “We’ll probably have to make more layoffs before we start hiring again,” said Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim…

Glasser healthy after cancer treatment ends

Joanne Glasser finished her breast cancer treatment just in time to celebrate in the women’s basketball team’s victory over Drake and take pride in the funds the team raised for the very illness she had just defeated. “I told coach [Paula] Buscher I wasn’t going…

Ruckus shuts down, students look elsewhere for tunes

Although Ruckus, a service that provided free music to college students, shut down earlier this month, other options are being considered to supply students their daily music fix. Executive Director of Instructional Technology and Media Services Nial Johnson said Bradley is looking into replacements for…

Students compete in alcohol-related game show

Students packed the Michel Student Center ballroom to watch their resident hall representatives compete in Booze-A-Palooza, an alcohol awareness event sponsored by The Association of Residence Halls  and Residential Life Every dorm participated in Booze-A-Palooza with resident advisers and assistant resident advisers serving as contestants. …

Lambda Chi receives charter, becomes fraternity

Members of newly chartered Lambda Chi Alpha were surprised on Saturday to be presented with the fraternity’s original charter for Bradley from 1939. “Everyone was shocked that we received the old charter, no one was expecting that,” Lambda Chi member Matt Depoister said. “Some peoples’…

Students find professors usually sit enough office hours

Utilizing a professor’s office hours can be crucial to a student’s success in class. The number of office hours a professor sits depends on the college and department they belong to, Assistant Vice President of Communications Shelly Epstein said. “Faculty are expected to have office…

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