Mill Street Sandwiches replaces Blimpie, offers variety of sandwiches and soups for students It was only 2000 when the ribbon was cut for the new Blimpie in the Michel Student Center. Less than a decade later, a panini press has replaced the microwave, and Mill…
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The Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity house on Fredonia Avenue was deemed uninhabitable after the furnace began emitting carbon dioxide on Jan. 18. Police were dispatched to the house in reference to a furnace exploding and smoke alarms going off, according to police reports. When police…
Bradley administrator appointed to committee that will improve Springfield A new effort to clean up Illinois politics is underway, and it will have a Bradley connection. Brad McMillan was recently appointed to serve on the Illinois Reform Commission, a 15-member committee created by Lt. Gov.…
New data suggests drinking behavior may change with time The number of drinking tickets given to students has decreased about 15 percent since the introduction of the Comprehensive Alcohol Action Plan. Recently released data, which also includes a lower number of student BAC levels and…
Although the recent economic downturn has caused many adults to lose their jobs and be unable to find new ones, students who work part-time on campus aren’t facing the same frenzy, Dawn Koeltzow said. Few, if any, part-time on-campus jobs have been cut, because budgets…
Open-door policies will no longer be only for professors starting next week. University President Joanne Glasser will open her door and her ears to any and all concerns students feel need to be brought to her attention. Speaking on her behalf, Assistant Vice President for…
A fight broke out during a party at the Garrett Center on Saturday night. At 12:35 a.m., police were on security detail for the party when they were made aware of a fight that was breaking out. As one officer was attempting to break the…
Upon Caterpillar Inc.’s announcement on Monday that it is cutting 20,000 jobs, spokesperson Jim Dugan said the outlook for the future is uncertain. “We have instituted a hiring freeze, which we announced in December, and it’s in response to the global recession, which is having…
The national unemployment rate rose to 7.2 percent in December of last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but Peoria may be faring better than the average town. “Peoria’s unemployment rate is 6.2 percent, which is not bad right now,” economics professor Kevin…
Ben Koch stood among more than a million people to witness history in the making as President Barack Obama took the oath of office. But if you were to ask Koch in November if he thought he would be witnessing a democrat take the White…