Though the freshman class is the largest Bradley has seen in recent memory, the percentage of returning students for the spring semester is at its second highest in a decade. The mid-year retention rate last year was at 96 percent, and this year it is…
The Bradley Scout
There’s calling your representatives, there’s writing your representatives and then there’s meeting your representatives. Three Bradley students and one administrator were able to do just that on Thursday when they traveled to Springfield as part of Private College Student Lobby Day. “It was very productive,”…
The annual Vagina Monologues performance will take place this weekend, and fundraisers this past week have led up to the show. Vagina Monologues Director senior Ariel Hartman said this event has been very successful in the past. Bradley raised about $3,000 for charities last year.…
Six Bradley students did their best to devour a mighty sub sandwich in the Guy (or Gal) vs. Grub competition at One World Cafe, and despite a rallying cry that “there can only be one winner,” three students walked away with the prize. The Association…
Islam Awareness Week was held in an effort to spread knowledge about the often misunderstood religion “Muslim Students Association gathers all Muslim students in Bradley and invites everyone to clarify the misconceptions in Islam, to enlighten and educate about what Islam is,” said Muslim Student…
Seventy-seven percent from the field in a half and 63 percent overall? For 20 minutes of basketball, it takes much more than luck to accomplish that. All season, Bradley fans have been wondering where this offensive talent has been. Ever since Jim Les took the…
Phillies While it may be trendy to pick a dark horse in this situation, it’s hard to ignore all of the light bulbs that have been going off at the Philadelphia Phillies’ spring training. With Roy Halladay, Cliff Lee, Roy Oswalt and Cole Hamels, the…
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…
Carbohydrates are necessary for bodily functions. They provide the fuel source for our brain, many important nutrients and the ever-so-important fiber for our bodies. Main sources of carbohydrates come from grains. Grains are the seeds of plants used to make flours, breads and pasta. They…