Posts Tagged ‘ COM 425 ’

A Call For Action

May 8, 2018
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BY KYLEE HIGGINS “Gary doesn’t care about black people.”   This sentence led the Bradley University community on a twisted scavenger hunt to piece together the spray-painted words, which were in six different locations on campus. The words, accusing University President Gary Roberts of racism, were discovered April 23 and were promptly power-washed away...

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Amber Williams: Living in the Spotlight

April 5, 2018
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By Aamir Mitchell Superstar Athletes, popular musical artists, anyone famous really, eventually gets tired of being the center of attention after so long. Ever since she was 10 years old, Amber has been the focus of every room she’s ever walked in.   The attention she gets is inherently different than anything experienced by...

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PROFILE: Ballet provides beloved community, sport for Iowa dancer

April 5, 2018
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BY: MADDIE GEHLING Trumpet lessons at four, then baseball at five. On Mondays and Wednesdays, cheer practice runs until 6 p.m. Driver’s ed classes start immediately after school. And somebody’s got to walk the dog. Activities keep every member of the Heying family busy, but they come and go. Only one thing has remained...

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PROFILE: Changes from past to present

April 5, 2018
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BY KYLEE HIGGINS   The lives of people around us are often viewed at surface level, but seeing people on a deeper level, everyone has their own story of how they came to be who they are today.   For Caleb Sager, a 20-year-old hospitality & culinary arts student at Lincoln Land Community College,...

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Profile: Banu Hatfield of Zion Coffee

April 5, 2018
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By Megan Lamont Nestled on the corner of Adams and Hightower in Peoria’s Warehouse District sits something of a millennial’s heaven. A crisp, minimalist coffee house with a succulent plant at every table. When the sun rises, the light reflects off the white walls in a way that almost blinds you while you sip...

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Making the Pay Grade

May 9, 2016
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Students pay the same amount to go to college no matter what their major is, but what they will earn once they graduate varies drastically. This article, CAR and timeline explore the relationship between rising college costs and the majors that make the investment worth it.

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Through The Smoke Screen: Bradley To Adopt New Smoking Policy

May 9, 2016
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By: Danealle Khaimskiy Bradley University’s anti-smoking regulations have a long timeline of events. Until recently, the only regulation stated that one cannot smoke within 15-feet of any academic building. Student Senate hopes the University Senate will motion to pass the law. Though when asked their opinion, Bradley students were not all for the idea of...

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After a nearly twenty-year battle, Bradley is going smoke free…once the logistics are all worked out

May 9, 2016
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In 1997, Melissa Sage-Bollenbach, then-wellness coordinator and later director of wellness, began an initiative through her office to combat smoking on campus in the fall of the 1997-98 school year, a fight she never expected to go nearly twenty years. In an effort to get students to kick the habit, Sage-Bollenbach’s office worked to...

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The Deaf Education Debate

April 30, 2016
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BY HOPE WEBB The scraping of chairs against the tile. The click of the chalk on the board. The slam of a book. The zipping of a backpack. A cough in the back of the room. Suddenly, everyone’s eyes are on you; you didn’t hear the teacher calling on you again.

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Millenials Paying the Price for Booze and Cigs

April 22, 2016
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Millenials Paying the Price for Booze and Cigs

“Millennials Paying the Price for Booze and Cigs” By Mónica Velázquez Find out why more and more younger people are buying more cigarettes and alcohol than in years past.

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Gun Violence in America – 2023

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Background It has been zero days since the last mass shooting occurred in the United States. According to the Gun Violence Archive, a not-for-profit...

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