It’s that time of year when attention goes from the hardwood to home plate, from slipping on ice to sloshing through puddles and from blasting the heat in below-zero temperatures to wondering when the air conditioning is going to be turned on in the dorms.…
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Let’s be honest – I never wanted to write for a newspaper. But somehow I ended up here, and I love it. And over the past two years, it has taught me a lesson I did not ever think I would learn from a newspaper.…
The last Bradley University mascot survived just six basketball seasons. On Jan. 22, 1994, Bradley introduced the Bobcat as the university mascot. This was after the Native American mascot Brad E. Lee was retired following the 1987-88 season, due in part to its racist nature…
It’s not that it’s anyone’s fault. The weather is terrible, and the world keeps turning regardless of Mother Nature’s whims. We’re expected to ride out the storm like everyone else because no one else gets to stop because of the weather. And if the roads…
When I was little, my parents gave me everything I needed and few things I wanted. They gave me a bed to sleep in but an 8 p.m. bedtime that often had me falling asleep with light still peeking through the curtains. They gave me…
The new mascot has a lot of his- tory to live up to, and it’s not going to be easy. Bradley’s gargoyle mascot will be revealed during the Feb. 22 men’s basketball game. As the uni- versity gears up to advertise the gargoyle, I decided…
For this week’s editorial, we weren’t inspired by something we saw firsthand but by a letter to the editor. Pegi Meyer began working at Bradley in 1984, and served as the director of the Michel Student Center for 18 years before retiring in 2005. She…
Bradley University is in trouble. Our esteemed “best value” college experience is in jeopardy of being crushed by the poor fiscal decision-making of a few. I’m speaking, of course, about the recent awareness of how money is being misspent by the university’s administrative offices and…
I’m so very disappointed at the lack of students at the Bradley home basketball games the past few years, but this year is the worst ever. Yes, we’ve not had a great winning year, but don’t students realize that their attendance and cheering for the…
There’s this thing called seasonal affectiveness disorder. What it means is that some people become depressed during the extreme seasons, i.e. summer and winter, usually due to the lack or overabundance of vitamin D. So we’re not talking about the “oh no, it’s raining outside,…