Residents of the seventh floor of Geisert Hall had a bright idea this past week just in time for the holiday season. Feeling as though they were getting the short end of the holiday spirit stick, residents of Geisert seven, including sophomore civil engineering major…
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The director of wellness programs said she hopes students and faculty will be more open to conversations about suicide and mental health after the apparent campus suicide. “I think there’s just a stigma about mental health that keeps people from having these types of conversations,”…
Grounds Crew prepared with snowplows, salt spreaders to deal with this year’s snowfall on campus The first winter weather advisory for the Peoria area was issued this weekend, making some students’ journeys back to campus after Thanksgiving Break difficult. “At points I could not even…
65 students, including 39 athletes, were given tickets during a party Operation Campus/TAP issued a total of 65 drinking tickets, with 39 written to student athletes, at a party in the 1800 block of Main Street. The party, hosted Nov. 23, was allegedly part of…
Joanne Glasser’s mother used to always tell her “when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade.” That advice may be especially important for the university president as her recent breast cancer diagnosis presents her with challenges and obstacles. “I just look at it as a…
In the wake of an apparent campus suicide, Thanksgiving Break came at a fitting time for students dealing with the tragedy. “Everything was a little more tense after it happened,” Jeff Schieferle Uhlenbrock, the residence hall director of Geisert, said. “It was nice to have…
Finance students can now apply to the master’s of science in quantitative finance program and stay at Bradley to complete their graduate work. Professor of finance and quantitative methods Phillip Horvath is in charge of getting the new program up and running and said he…
The idea to build kitchens in the dorms came about a few years ago as part of a Student Senate resolution, but the executive director of Residential Living and Leadership said there are some issues with the idea. “Probably three or four years ago, a…
Patrick McGee said there is an epidemic in our world, an epidemic that is completely preventable – AIDS. “We can wipe this disease off the face of the Earth,” the American Red Cross-certified AIDS counselor said. That was his message to a group of about…
Some professors oppose a university-wide policy outlining reasons for excused student absences The proposed absence policy has yet to be mentioned to some teachers. The policy would excuse students for reasons such as university-sanctioned activities, serious illnesses, religious observances and legal obligations. It was drafted…