Walking through campus the night President Obama was elected, I could hear and feel electricity unlike anything my generation had experienced before. Students were shouting in excitement, chanting, “yes we can!” and were filled with a sense that we had done something; we had gotten…
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There have always been some implicit (and sometimes explicit) rules and guidelines for phone usage, and more specifically, text messaging. Most people realize it’s impolite or just downright rude to text during movies, performances and when spending one on one time with another person. And…
As a university, Bradley houses more than 90 percent of freshmen and more than 60 percent of its total undergrad population. And anyone planning on living somewhere for the next four years of their life are going to seek out something that’s safe and comfortable.…
I am the Critical Issues Coordinator of Bradley’s Activities Council and I want to express my disappointment that the advertisement for my event, “N*GGER W*TBACK, CH*NK,” was withheld from being published in The Scout. I understand that there were concerns with The Scout’s readers taking…
Walking through campus the night President Obama was elected, I could hear and feel electricity unlike anything my generation had experienced before. Students were shouting in excitement, chanting, “yes we can!” and just thoroughly filled with a sense that we had done something; we had…
You know how the story begins. You’ve seen it thousands of times in movies and TV shows. A coach offers a talented player a scholarship to play for their school. The coach takes a liking to the player and treats him like family. The coach…
I agree with The Scout’s editorial of Friday, Sept. 23, that there is no good reason for The Scout to receive only “sanitized” and “filtered” police reports of police activities on or near Bradley’s campus. I understand that the University administration wants to protect the…
With midterms fast approaching, students on campus are readying to face those dreaded subjects that never made sense during class. The hours spent cramming in the library are only going up, and students are putting in more hours than they have up till now. However,…
I’m a busy person. I feel like I am always on the run and never have the chance to stop and catch my breath. Because of this, by the time I have graduated from Bradley, I will have mastered the skill of multi-tasking. Last week,…
Transparency is the backbone of a successful campus police department. At least for the past forty years or so, the Bradley University Police Department granted The Scout access to photocopies of original police reports. We in turn have established a practice of leaving all names…