To the Scout Editor: Last week’s Scout joined other newspapers in listing the money reportedly spent in hiring Geno Ford as Bradley’s men’s basketball coach: $25,000 for the search company; an undetermined amount for buying out Jim Les’s contract; $300,00 per year for four years…
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You read on the front page today about Service on Saturday, a new program launched by the Lewis J. Burger Fellows. About 75 students headed into Peoria’s neighborhoods and gave a few hours of their weekend. It’s a nice thing to see, and it’s a…
The Scout’s editorial board – composed of the editor, managing editor news editor and head copy editor – interviewed all candidates for student body president and vice president. A majority vote was taken, and the winner of that vote was endorsed.We did not endorse in…
The Scout’s editorial board – composed of the editor, managing editor news editor and head copy editor – interviewed all candidates for student body president and vice president. A majority vote was taken, and the winner of that vote was endorsed.We did not endorse in…
Bradley is a great basketball school. Looking at the last few years, roughly 20, one might not see it. Sure, there were some good years. There was the 2005-06 Sweet 16 run. The next year we made it to the second round of the NIT.…
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This page hasn’t exactly been the bearer of good news this year. But with easily the most dysfunctional student senate in decades and dorms that are falling apart, it’s been a rough few months, and we wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we weren’t watching…
Finding love on a college campus is an experience so fascinating that the New York Times is willing to pay for a chance to pick our lovelorn brains. They did this three years ago as well, when they wanted to hear what love was like…
Student Senate this week approved a new Internal Affairs committee chairman. To the average student, this means very little. The position oversees, obviously, the internal workings of Senate. Beyond that, the chairman position isn’t of much concern to the student body at large. What should…
We would like to respond to the column in the Feb. 18 edition of The Scout, “Banning smoking in outdoor areas is absurd, unfair to smokers.” We feel it is important to shed light on the opposite view – one that supports smoke-free areas. The…