Postponement of election results shows Senate’s lack of power. As the chairman of Student Senate’s Election Subcommittee, and moreover as an elected representative of Bradley’s student body, I am extremely displeased with the manner in which the administration handled the runoff elections. While I respect…
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I have seen firsthand that although the Wall of Stereotypes has the best of intentions, it often reinforces stereotypes instead of breaking them down. I have nothing against Student Senate or any of the people involved in the planning and execution of the wall. It…
Last week, the Scout reported that university administration planned to meet with representatives from the Student Environmental Action Coalition and the Sierra Club to consider making campus carbon neutral. From where we sit, there are few projects that more deserve the full attention of the…
The recent student election saw a very low voter turnout, and for good reason. The tactics used to get people to vote this year were very ill-conceived. Primarily, I am talking about Student Senate holding the campus hostage with “MMMbop,” the musical equivalent of getting…
With the recent events surrounding the student body officer elections, I have a few things I’d like to say, 1. Everyone that did something to negatively impact the voting: what you did completely deteriorates the integrity of the elections. These are serious positions on campus,…
On Tuesday, many students were probably surprised to open their inboxes and find more than 100 e-mails from people they didn’t know. The e-mails started as one e-mail that urged students to vote for the red ticket in the student body officer elections, but it…
As the war in Iraq continues and the United States and the world slump further into the recession, the media and many Americans are overlooking the war in Afghanistan. Although the death toll of 824 is not as large as the war in Iraq’s, Afghanistan…
In an attempt to get more people to vote, Student Senate refused to stop blaring Hanson’s “Mmmbop” in the Michel Student Center and all over the quad until 1,500 votes were reached. But even after polls closed and the bop stopped, not even 1,500 students…
Editorial board endorses four candidates for student body officer elections This year, 11 students are vying for student body officer positions on Student Senate. Three tickets have emerged, and one student will run as an independent. Graduate student Jordan Ticaric, junior Jade Peters, junior Trisha…
When Green Day’s “American Idiot” was released in September 2004, I had no idea how bad my life was about to get. When the album first hit stores, I, like many other Green Day fans, rushed out and bought it, tore it open and actually…