Dave Pelzer, award winning author of the novel “A Child Called ‘It,’” gave Bradley students uplifting and motivational advice Wednesday night in the Student Center Ballroom. “If you walked in with your tissues thinking, ‘Oh my God, he’s going to make me cry,’ you walked…
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Even with the new option of Main Street Commons, more underclassmen will live on campus next fall. “Nine hundred and fifty students are currently registered to live in residence halls, which is slightly up from last year,” said Vice President of Student Affairs Alan Galsky.…
After 43 years on the Hilltop, Family and Consumer Sciences professor and department chair Nina Collins is retiring at the end of the semester. “It’s really hard to summarize 43 years up into just a few memories,” she said. “The best part of my job,…
Both textbook rentals and e-textbooks at the Bradley Bookstore gained popularity this past year and more titles will be offered next semester. For the first time this fall, the bookstore began renting textbooks and Store Manager Paul Kroenke said it was a great success. “Rentals…
1. Death of BU baseball player The campus community was shocked when junior baseball player Phil Kaiser died of an undiagnosed heart condition in October. While watching a DVD, Kaiser’s girlfriend noticed he appeared to be sweating, gagging and bloated. He was pronounced dead in…
Next fall a select number of incoming freshmen will be given the opportunity to live in what some consider luxury. As part of a student developmental study, Bradley has extended the opportunity to incoming freshmen to live at Main Street Commons. Vice President of Student…
Student Senate passed a resolution last week in hopes of encouraging the university to step up and help greek chapters find funding for state-mandated sprinkler systems. The resolution passed last week, though the university administration has not seen it yet. It calls for interest-free loans…
As a kid, one of the most exciting times in grade school was a roller-skating party. Whether a school-sponsored event or a birthday party for a friend, excitement rose with every lace of the skate (mine were purple Princess Jasmine ones.) But after grade school,…
As I walked into the dance room for Zumba Tuesday night, it wasn’t hard to guess what the instructor was thinking. It was pretty safe to say this girl in dingy fake converse sneakers and mismatched navy athletic pants and black sweater had probably never…
In the first minutes of The Weeknd’s “House of Balloons” you get the feeling what you’re hearing is something new. On the song “High For This,” a spaced-out kick-snare beat leads way to a dubstep chorus as The Weeknd’s yet unnamed lead man soars over…