A Letter to the Peoria Public, My family spent Easter, like most families, eating loads of food, enjoying the fresh spring air and chasing plastic eggs around the back yard. But unlike the usual family update conversations of every years reunion, we talked about crime. We spoke of the constant attention and focus Peoria...
Underage drinking has been a well-known leading problem in the youth population today. Many underage drinkers end up in disastrous circumstances that lead into serious issues such as alcohol poisoning, high-risk sexual offenses, suicide, homicide and the issue of dependence on the substance. In the year 2013 Illinois alone had $2.8 billion in underage...
In college basketball, great coaching can mean the difference between great success and massive failure. Where would Michigan State be this year if not for Tom Izzo? Or Wichita State with Gregg Marshall? VCU with Shaka Smart? Many of the teams in this year’s NCAA Tournament need to make the investment in order to...
Between October 2013 and March 2014 8 million people signed up for the new government backed health insurance plan, Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act. While this may seem like a good number, when you compare it to the United States total population, 318 million, Obamacare applicants only applied for two and a half...
If you were one of the more than 5,700 people, on average, who made the trip to Carver Arena for one of Bradley’s basketball games this year, it wouldn’t have been too difficult to notice there were a lot more empty seats than there used to be. Bradley’s attendance has been a hot-button issue...
By Bahnt Freiberger Over 57 million people around the world currently subscribe to Netflix. The online streaming service has come a long way from just DVD rentals, becoming one of the largest providers of online media content in the world. Last Friday’s launch of Daredevil, beginning a partnership with the lucrative Marvel franchise, only...
Tuition is currently expected to rise once again at Bradley University after its department of Student Financial Services released payment information for the 2015-2016 academic year on its website. The fees posted on the website are not yet official, as the university’s Board of Trustees must vote to finalize them. If approved, Bradley tuition...