When The Scout’s editorial board sat down to write this endorsement, the general consensus was to not endorse any candidate. But after much deliberation, we see only one real option: Hillary Clinton. We worried about Clinton’s secretive nature – but what politician isn’t, to an…
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A short month ago, on a bright Sunday morning, I took a familiar drive north to the village of Walnut. Although I had spent parts of my summers around the area, I walked into a building that I hadn’t been in before – the Walnut…
Halloween is the one night of the year when college students get to channel their inner kid again – we dress up and run around in costumes, we party and attend get-togethers and of course, there are actual kids to pass candy out to. And…
When presidential election season rolls around, the American public is treated to plenty of scandals and mud-slinging. But this time around, Republican candidate Donald Trump has been in full, inappropriate form throughout. This egregious behavior peaked a couple weeks ago when The Washington Post released…
When people used to ask me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I would tell them I wanted to have red hair. I wasn’t thinking of becoming an astronaut or a professional ballerina like most of my classmates. I wanted to…
Imagine this: Bradley University holds classes Dec. 24 and 25. Professors continue to lecture, assign homework and give exams – the works. Students are still expected to come to class and activities go on as usual. There would be an uproar. Students and faculty would…
It’s no secret that college is one of the most stressful times of anybody’s life, and with midterms upon us, these autumn weeks can feel like a heavy weight on students. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 34 percent of college students…
Elections bring out the best in people – citizens tune in to televised debates, do research on candidates and take to social media to voice their opinions. And rightfully so. This is an exciting time for America – we’re picking the leader of our country,…
I think it’s fair to say we live in a nostalgic age. It seems like half the movies and TV shows out today are reboots, revisions or throwbacks. One of our major political parties is constantly bellowing about how great America used to be. And…
Using the bathroom is a very serious issue. It may seem like a menial task our bodies simply must do, but to others it’s not so easy. If you aren’t one of us, then God has certainly blessed you. But if you’re a nervous pooper…