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The challenges and successes
The uncertain future of
of opening a restaurant during
study abroad COVID-19
Vol. 125 | No. 1 | May 2nd, 2021 The Scout @bradley_scout
COVID-19 EDITION
Dear reader,
This edition serves to encapsulate the virus-plagued 2020-2021 school year. Faculty, staff and students
alike were forced to adapt quickly amidst the constantly-changing local, state and national landscape.
This edition could never fully reflect the impacts that COVID-19 had on the campus community.
Nevertheless, we hope to present a well-representative perspective.
Results from Bradley’s vaccination clinics
from mild to severe, consisting emailed students to inform them body aches after several days, also advised students to be
BY SAM MWAKASISI
of experiences including swelling, that vaccinations were also open to but no cases required medical proactive and responsible about
Assistant News Editor pain, redness, fatigue, head or staff, faculty and family members attention. balancing both priorities.
body aches and nausea. over 18 years old, alongside those Higgs also assured that taking “Please consider your final
Following the opening of “You may have some side without appointments (referred to medication for the second dose’s exam schedule when scheduling
COVID-19 vaccine distribution effects, which are normal signs that as “dose savers”) at a select time. side effects was recommended your second dose; you might
in Peoria County, the continuing your body is building protection,” According to Health Services after receiving it, as the effects are want to consider getting it after
rollout of the vaccines officially the CDC website stated. “These director Jessica Higgs, the ultimate to be expected. your finals are complete,” the
made its way to Bradley in the side effects may affect your ability turnout of the two days was “There is a rumor floating that email said. “While important, a
past few weeks — alongside side to do daily activities, but they administering 745 vaccine doses. you cannot take medication such vaccination is not an excuse for
effects important to consider as should go away in a few days.” The university’s email on April 13 as Ibuprofen or Tylenol with the missing or rescheduling a class or
finals week rolls around. Bradley issued an email to added that 411 of the doses were vaccine,” Higgs said in an email final exam.”
On April 5, all Illinois residents students on April 1 announcing delivered on the first day. interview. “There is no problem Even with the university’s
16 and older in Peoria County the eligibility, in which the Higgs further addressed the with taking Ibuprofen or Tylenol recommendation, Higgs
became eligible to receive the university stated that while they vaccinations’ side effects, an for the sore arm, body aches or confirmed how Health Services
COVID-19 vaccine. Earlier could schedule a vaccination in increased area of public concern as fever that may accompany the would respond if cases of students
prioritization was reserved for the surrounding area, Health they have increased in accessibility, shot. These are all normal immune becoming ill from side effects
students in medical or childcare Services did not have vaccines to particularly due to effects reported reactions [which] means the during finals did transpire.
positions alongside frontline administer directly on campus at after second doses. vaccine is doing its job.” “We will be very … happy to
workers, and subsequently, people the time. She stated that only two As the Moderna vaccine issued discuss any concerns any students,
with medical conditions became On April 9, another email from patients of the 745 doses required by the Markin Center is a two-dose faculty and staff have with the
eligible. the university announced that the assistance in the first 15 minutes process, with 28 days required timing of the vaccine and their
At this time, the Centers for Markin Center would host clinics following administration and that between each, dates for the second ability to complete their finals and
Disease Control and Prevention for students to receive one of 1,000 both felt normal after an additional dose will coincide with finals projects on time,” Higgs said.
stated that while they were largely doses of the Moderna vaccine by 15 minutes. She further said that week, and the email announced For additional information
non-substantial, possible side appointment on April 12 and 13. a handful of students voiced an ongoing effort to adjust vaccine about the vaccine, visit the Peoria
effects from the vaccine ranged On both clinic dates, Bradley complaints of effects including scheduling. However, the email City/County Health Department.
A2 THE SCOUT April 30, 2021
NEWS
A guide to the three main vaccines
muscle pain, chills, fever and vaccine that requires only one used, Higgs said. what we’re doing. It doesn’t take
BY VALERIE VASCONEZ
nausea. dose. “[The CDC and FDA are] not as long to develop because we
News Editor Pfizer is an mRNA vaccine. An A viral vector injection, Higgs going to just go, ‘OK, it’s here have an idea how they work.”
mRNA, as Higgs said, tells cells in said, is usually a virus that causes and back,’” Higgs said. “There’s Even with quick development,
Since COVID-19 surfaced,
the body to duplicate the COVID- no harm to the human body that going to be more information Higgs said the vaccines went
there have been scientists and
19 spike proteins. The change is is filled with the genetic code of about what happened and also through multiple trials to ensure
researchers around the world
recognized in the body and the the COVID-19 virus. The body some limitations on who should their effectiveness. There were
working to develop vaccines. The
body will learn to attack the virus will again attack the virus and get it would be my guess.” 4,000 participants in the trial
vaccines that have been approved
with both shots. recognize how to handle the virus. period. Testing in multiple parts
for emergency use by the U.S.
The CDC further defined an As the CDC described, viral Allergies of the globe, such as England and
Food and Drug Administration are
mRNA vaccine’s function as vector injections “contain a While the CDC stated that Israel, saw high rates of success,
Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson &
“[containing] material from the modified version of a different people with allergies to eggs, according to Higgs.
Johnson.
virus that causes COVID-19 that virus than the one that causes preservatives and latex don’t have While there are a variety of
The Centers for Disease Control
gives our cells instructions for how COVID-19. Inside the shell of the to worry about that appearing on side effects, such as the ones
and Prevention had approved all
to make a harmless protein that is modified virus, there is material the ingredients list, there’s still listed before, the side effects may
three for distribution to the public
unique to the virus.” from the virus that causes COVID- a chance for serious reactions to outweigh the symptoms of the
in a rank that would prioritize
19.” occur. virus, Higgs said.
those in certain occupations or
Moderna As of April 13, the use and Higgs said that polyethylene Those that are generally healthy
health statutes. The CDC advised
The mRNA vaccine, Moderna, distribution of the Johnson & glycol and polysorbate — two may see less of these effects with
that people should get the first
is given in two doses just like the Johnson vaccine has been paused. chemicals in the vaccine — are COVID-19, but there are others
vaccine available rather than
Pfizer treatment, but calls for doses In a joint statement form the what could cause complications that could see fatality when
waiting for a certain brand.
to be spaced out by around 28 FDA and CDC, six cases out of when receiving a dose. diagnosed.
While there may be doubts about
days. It was reported to have a 94 the nearly seven million already “There really aren’t that many “I know, those in the college
the vaccines or misinformation
percent efficiency rate in its clinical vaccinated had blood clots in people that can’t get the vaccine,” age may say, ‘Our age group never
spread about vaccines, Bradley’s
trials, according to the CDC. their brain. The six cases were all Higgs said. “Those are both really got sick in the first place, so
Health Services director, Jessica
Moderna has similar possible women with ages ranging from chemicals that are used to make it doesn’t make any difference,’”
Higgs, shared information about
side effects compared to Pfizer. women from ages 18 to 48. the vaccine and they’re in a few Higgs said. “But … the relief to be
the injections.
The CDC recommends applying The treatment that would other injectables, mostly cancer able to hug your grandparents and
a cool and wet cloth over the usually be prescribed to these treating drugs. For the most part, not be worried about making them
Pfizer injection site and using the arm blood clots were found uneffective, it’s a fairly rare allergy.” sick is huge.”
The Pfizer vaccine, Higgs said. The COVID-19 strain that was
with the injection to reduce pain.
manufactured by Pfizer, Inc. and While it is temporarily taken out found in England has affected
Drinking fluids and dressing
BioNTech, is given in two doses.
lightly to reduce fever discomfort of the pool of potential vaccines, it Doubts of the vaccine the youth at the same rate, Higgs
The second dose should be given may not be forever. While there may be people said. Getting the vaccination could
is also recommended.
21 days after the first injection. “It’s very possible that if they on the fence about getting the prevent a rise in mortality among
Moderna was the vaccine
Pfizer is currently the most do approve it ... there’s going to be vaccine, Higgs said she and Health youth and possibly even see
Bradley received from the Peoria
effective vaccine in the U.S., with some limitations, specifically [in] Services are listening closely to society go back to normal.
Public Health Department to give
the CDC reporting a 95 percent the 18-45 female age group,” Higgs what students may worry about “The idea of getting back to
to students on campus from April
efficiency rate when in clinical said. “They put some restrictions the injection. normal, the idea of hanging out
12 to April 13.
trials. around it, or they may not. They “There’s some hesitation with friends and doing the things
The CDC listed possible may say it’s so rare that it really because the vaccine was developed that college kids get to do … I
reactions to the vaccine, including Johnson & Johnson isn’t outside the realm of normal.” so quickly,” Higgs said. “Some of think we’re all ready to go back
pain, redness and swelling at Unlike the previously Scientists should be looking that is because we’re a lot smarter to the things that make college
the injection site. Body reactions mentioned vaccines, the Johnson into alternative treatments or if than when we developed vaccines college,” Higgs said.
include tiredness, headache, & Johnson vaccine is a viral vector this vaccine can continue being 60 years ago, so we actually know
Senior Column
Plans fall through
It’s hard to believe it’s been four years Junior year was surprisingly very until COVID-19 prevented me from doing
since my life truly began. I was 17 with eventful — in the beginning, at least. I everything I once enjoyed and took me out
a list of dreams. My plan was to pursue was roommates with a new friend and of my element.
my degree in journalism, and potentially our relationship was flourishing. I even Now that it’s been over a year in
minor in creative writing, so I could start landed an internship that I genuinely the pandemic world, I have picked up
my journey as an author. enjoyed. This was also the year that I many hobbies, some of which have
My freshman year was easily the partied like my life depended on it. completely obliterated my original plan.
most traumatizing experience I’ve ever All that came to a halt when I had to At this point, I’m not sure if I want to
had. I experienced my first-ever mental get an emergency surgery. Things became be a photographer. I loved the idea of
breakdown. I cut off all but eight inches even worse when my recovery time aesthetics during quarantine so much that
of my hair and was the spitting image of overlapped with Arch Madness. This was I developed some skills to increase social
Lord Farquaad for a good four months. my first time going as the photographer, media engagement. Now, I think I want to
That was also the year Nasjay Murry died, and there was no way I was missing that pursue a career in social media marketing,
and at that moment I knew whatever idea opportunity. which has nothing to do with my “plan.”
Kayla Johnson I had of college had gone out the window.
Nothing was ever the same.
So there I was, hobbling around the
Enterprise Center with a donut pillow
This story was chaotic and eventful,
but it’s mine. Over these four years, I have
kejohnson3@mail.bradley.edu
By my sophomore year, I had joined in one hand and my camera dangling learned that there’s no such thing as a
Sports Photographer the Red Sea, The Scout and a couple of from the other. Despite the pain, that plan, just ideas.
other organizations. I only had a few unforgettable experience made me realize After writing this reflection, I am
friends, but they were just enough for I didn’t want to be a writer — I wanted to shocked. I am nothing that I wanted to
First, I’d like to say that college is me. Even though everything was going be a sports photographer. be when I was a freshman. However, I am
nothing like the movies. right, I was having an identity crisis. I Everything was on the up until everything that I wanted to be as a person.
I imagined that I’d have this huge had no idea what I wanted to do and who COVID-19 ransacked the country and the I have the greatest friends who have kept
friend group who would hang out and take I wanted to be. Because of this crisis, I rest of the world. All of a sudden, I was me grounded as well as a supportive
random road trips to the city. I thought I’d hardly remember sophomore year. All I back at home, falling asleep on Zoom family. I love who I am now and can’t wait
be on the verge of starting my career by remember is coming home that summer, wondering when the grocery store was to see what’s ahead for me.
now with some internships under my belt, getting a car and working nearly every going to get their next shipment of tissue.
and neither are the case at all. day to pay off my tuition. I never really focused on my mental health
April 30, 2021 THE SCOUT A3
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A timeline of sports during COVID-19
BY LARRY LARSON It’s often said that sports never stop. That wasn’t the case during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as sports
fans know all too well. Here’s a look at some of the sports events that shaped the first year of the ongoing pandemic on
Sports Editor and off Bradley’s campus.
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The uncertain future
of study abroad
orientations, registrations and
BY ELLIE HAWKINS
other planning for their programs
Copy Editor abroad as they would for a
As COVID-19 spread across normal semester, but Stinson is
the world in March 2020, students also encouraging them to make
studying abroad were forced to a backup plan in case they are
leave countries they planned to unable to travel in the fall.
spend the semester in and return Stinson always encourages
home unexpectedly. students to make alternative
What hopeful students, plans so they are prepared for
as well as Kathleen Stinson, all unexpected events that
administrative coordinator of may prevent them from going
The challenges and successes
study abroad programs at Bradley, on their planned trips, but she
didn’t know at the time was has emphasized it during the
that the opportunity to spend a pandemic.
of opening a restaurant during
semester learning in a foreign Colton Wilder, a junior music
country would be coming to an and middle school education
indefinite end. double major, was set to leave for
COVID-19
Since that mid-semester change, Japan just a few weeks after word
there hasn’t been much stability in of the pandemic got to the U.S
future plans. The study abroad to further his studies and assist
office canceled the May interim in teaching students English in a
local school. BY MALLORY CLARK
of 2020 and the May-term and
January interim of 2021. Stinson “Vividly, I can remember Contributor
said this was a decision made by preparing for the Bradley
Symphony Orchestra dress The pandemic has caused some businesses to shut their doors for good. The economic recession left
the Bradley administration and
rehearsal and my phone blowing restaurants that bustled with customers to be nothing more than pick-up spots for delivery drivers. However,
the study abroad office, citing a
up with emails [on March 1st] … some businesses opened or had their start in the pandemic.
lack of safety and an abundance
of restrictions in the locations in hearing that my program might be
which the trips were planned. cancelled,” Wilder said.
Students who want to go on Within six days, his program
semester-long trips are responsible was completely canceled and he
for much more of the planning enrolled in a similar program in
of their trips during any year, as Copenhagen for the fall semester
opposed to May-term and J-term of 2020. This program was soon
classes that are planned by the cancelled as well.
study abroad office. As a result, “I was not only frustrated,” The beginning of the pandemic Dang Banh Mi & Poke in Co-owner Dan Stambaugh
students have been much more Wilder said. “I was crushed.” forced restaurants and businesses Campustown has also been has been working hard to satisfy
hopeful, yet have no clear vision Wilder is now set to go to to close their doors just as the navigating the pandemic, and customers after reopening Ernie’s
about the future of these programs. Copenhagen in the fall of 2021, Boyds were working hard to open Nhung Dang, the wife of the owner, Dairy Dream earlier this month
For this reason, many students and if this program is cancelled, theirs. has experienced it firsthand. after years of operation in Peoria,
who had planned to go abroad this he will be out of time in his college Alicia and Azadia Boyd After a short soft opening on experiencing difficulties with
semester inevitably ended up not career to study abroad. opened their restaurant, Wing March 12, 2020, the restaurant was supplies and employment as costs
being able to. With lots of help from Stinson Work, in June of 2020 — almost required to close its doors and have increased 30 percent.
“Programs were set to run … and the program in Copenhagen, three months later than originally only serve carry-out and delivery With rising food prices
but actually, what happened to Wilder is confident his experience planned. service. and higher minimum wage,
the students this spring is the abroad will happen. He has picked Alicia Boyd, owner of the “I still remember that day; it Stambaugh has had to make some
university administration pulled up extra hours at work, applied for Wing Work restaurant in the was such a unique situation,” adjustments. The new procedures
the plug on study abroad,” Stinson various scholarships and received Northwoods Mall, faced quite a Dang said. that ensued have been demanding
said. “It was just, overall, the different types of funding for the few challenges while the world After having to remove dine- for the restaurant.
pandemic and the liability that experience and hopes all this work was on lockdown. in options, the restaurant was “Rethinking how you are going
[Bradley] might be responsible for. and stress will pay off when he “We ran into issues because struggling to get up and running to do things with masks, hand
That’s the main concern that I’m finally gets to go. places like the sign store stopped again. sanitizers and such has been a
aware of.” “Hopefully, all of this hard production, [so] we couldn’t get a “It was hard for us to get our challenge,” Stambaugh said.
As of right now, small groups work will pay off when [I] study sign,” Boyd said. “A lot of places name out there and let people However, Stambaugh has
of students are planning to go abroad in the Fall… third time’s were not answering their phones know we exist,” Dang said. “For a learned lessons from the pandemic.
abroad for the fall semester 2021 to the charm,” Wilder said. … we had to stay on our toes and new restaurant with no customer “We are a cook-to-order place,
countries such as Denmark, Ireland Stinson said at least 20 students constantly call people.” base, it was even harder during so it takes a little longer and
and England. While Stinson are interested in going abroad in It was frustrating for Boyd to COVID-19.” people have a lot more patience
and the students are remaining the spring of 2022. continually delay their opening Despite the marketing since 2019,” Stambaugh said.
hopeful, they are planning for both “Hopefully, by then the worst day. challenges during a pandemic, the With lots of positive reviews
the best and the worst. will be over,” Stinson said. “I know “That was the scariest part; that slow start was beneficial. Their on Facebook and eager customers,
“We haven’t had any there’s a lot of students that are was the toughest part,” Boyd said. team was able to address the kinks Stambaugh is hoping that his great
cancelations or heard anything yet brokenhearted about everything. “We had to continue just to stay of its workflow process, namely team will keep Ernie’s up and
… we know the student demand is We know it’s going to get back hopeful.” having only carryout, to make running.
there and students are just dying to normal at some point. We’re Fortunately, Wing Work has operations more efficient and train “In the future, I want to keep
to go,” Stinson said. crossing our fingers it’s sometime found some success along the way great employees. the employees I got,” Stambaugh
Students are continuing with soon.” and has found loyal support in the It has been a little over a year said. “We have a real good crew
Peoria community. since Dang Banh Mi & Poke has right now with good kids that
“Our biggest success has been opened and the owner has high want to work. I want to keep that
the way people have embraced us hopes for the future. tradition and hire local.”
We Would Your Follow as a family,” Boyd said. “The way “I am hoping we can get more
that people wanted to support and customers and tell people that
help a business … this town has there is a poke and boba restaurant
Facebook: really come together during the in Peoria,” Dang said.
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pandemic.”
Wing Work is looking into
finding a second location
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Senior Column
A peaceful farewell
eyed kid looking to be a smashing success. hit hard. I can still remember the feeling with me for the rest of my life.
I put myself 100 percent into schoolwork, of disappointment wash over as I was If I could go back in time to my
Greek life and being of service to almost looking in the mirror, knowing that was freshman year in 2017, I would give that
anyone I considered to be a friend at the not me. That was not the person I knew I young kid a big bear hug and tell him this:
time. I was doing so many things, but I was inside. It made me cry. “All the pain and challenges ahead will
had no idea what direction I wanted to go. I was blaming others for my not end you. It will create new chapters in
I would soon realize that I was burning unhappiness, when deep down I knew your life that are going to make you wiser,
the candle at both ends; I was trying to be that it all stemmed from the choices I kinder and stronger.”
everything to everybody. was making in my life. I had to change It has been one heck of a journey these
As sophomore year rolled around, it all my attitude, habits and people whom I past four years and I would not change one
came to a head. I was inviting negativity was giving unnecessary time and effort thing about it, from the stuffy University
Conor McEntee from others into my life, letting them towards. Once I swallowed that hard pill, Hall dorm room my freshman year to my
cmcentee@mail.bradley.edu determine my self-worth. I dealt with this everything became so much clearer. turbulent sophomore and junior years,
Copy Editor by avoiding responsibilities and going out As this unprecedented senior year to the wonderful professors at the Slane
every weekend to excess while playing occurred, I finally felt like me again. I College, to my rowdy Sigma Chi brothers
immature games with myself and the stopped beating myself up for past and my lovingly dysfunctional Scout
people I cared about. I was in a state of self- mistakes, and learned that one person’s family. It has all made me who I am today
pity and utter confusion about who I was view of me did not dictate my self-worth. and I am forever grateful for it all.
and who I wanted to become. This vicious I also realized that success is defined on While I will miss everyone and
The end of my four years at Bradley is
cycle continued into my junior year. my own terms and not anyone else’s. I everything at Bradley, I am looking
finally approaching. These years would
Then, COVID-19 happened, made the most of this year that would not forward to the new chapter ahead. Thank
be best described through the words of
forcing me, as it did with everyone across have been possible if it had not been for you for everything.
author Charles Dickens: “It was the best of
the globe, to be with myself, void of all that rough one-and-a-half-year period. I
times, it was the worst of times.”
the distractions that kept me from doing failed a lot, but I learned some meaningful
In the beginning, I came in as a wide-
so. One day, the truth finally hit me and lessons from each failure that will stick
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OPINION
THE
Students’ Views
STREET
What are the pros and cons of online learning?
PROS CONS
“I like online classes because if I have an early class, I don’t have to “I have group chats for my classes, but it’s more of discussing lectures
wake up early (I’m a morning showerer) and get ready and go to class, I and less of hanging out. in middle school & high school I met my best
can just roll out of bed & open my laptop. I also like how the exams and friends through in person classes. Obviously, this year, I made friends
homework assignments are online, so I can do them at my own pace. regardless, but it was definitely harder.”
Taking tests in person has never been my favorite thing.”
KYLIE BJES
Freshman, Nursing
“A big pro is online classes are being able to sleep a little bit longer for “A con for me, though, is losing the personability of the classroom
the morning classes because I don’t need to get ready and walk across element. It’s harder to form relationships with my professors and
campus. classmates through a screen.”
KAMRYN SAMOSKA
Sophomore, Psychology
“Pros: Being able to study on my own terms in my own house is “Cons: If WiFi isn’t working, it makes it much harder to be a part
definitely something I enjoy. Accessing class is that much easier.” of class. It’s also frustrating not being able to know your classmates or
being able to see your professor in person.”
SHERIDAN HURTIG
Senior ,Television Arts
“Pros: Being able to study on my own terms in my own house is “Cons: If WiFi isn’t working, it makes it much harder to be a part
definitely something I enjoy. Accessing class is that much easier.” of class. It’s also frustrating not being able to know your classmates or
being able to see your professor in person.”
SARAH SAMUEL
Graduate Student, Accounting
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THE
Professors’ Views
STREET
What are the pros and cons of online learning?
PROS CONS
“Live delivery of courses also makes interactive demonstrations
possible, which can really enhance the material, especially in a class
“The cons of online classes are best summarized as lost engagement.
like Brain and Behavior [PSY201]. The necessity of working online, on
There is a noticeable and very real benefit to sharing a space, where
the other hand, has motivated me to be more creative in my delivery,
we enjoy much more of an exchange than the one-way transmission
making use of supplementary video recordings summarizing
of information.”
primary literature, and posting much more comprehensive and well-
organized resources.” JOSEPH HARRIS
Assistant Professor, Psychology
“The shift to online teaching has forced instructors to try new “As a developmental psychologist who studies social interactions
formats and technology that they otherwise may not have used and communication, I can definitely say the immediate drawback
before. While there has certainly been a learning curve in this of online classes is the negative impact it can have on student
process, the ultimate benefit has been the opportunity to re-evaluate engagement. That’s why something as simple as turning on a camera
the content of our courses and, in some cases, transform and innovate during a Zoom meeting can make a huge difference. Sometimes we
our teaching practices.” just need to see another face to feel connected.”
VALERIE SAN JUAN
Assistant Professor, Psychology
“The cons are many. The biggest is the lack of interaction, not
just in class itself, but in the hallways and those few minutes before
“The only pro is that online is a way to keep students and faculty and after class. That’s when we can really get to know our students
safe.” and they can get to know us better. Those online classes where I had
students I’ve taught before the pandemic were so much better than
those with new-to-me students.”
KEVIN CAPIE
Instructor, Journalism
• Remote learning has allowed us to adapt safely as needed to • I miss the opportunity to talk to students just before or after
stem the spread of COVID, without hardly missing a beat. class, to find out where they’re from, what their plans and
It’s an amazing time to be alive! hopes are, and so on.
• The commute is pretty easy. • The majority of students in my classes do not have their
cameras on, and I don’t mandate they do. But I do miss
• I still get to wear a shirt and tie :) seeing their faces.
CHRISTOPHER MARSH
Instructor, Advertising
“Learning new, remote teaching technologies has been helpful. “From an instructor’s perspective, it is very difficult to assess a
Many of these technologies will be utilized to enhance my teaching student’s understanding remotely. The lack of direct interaction with
after we return to in-person learning. Several of these technologies students represents a challenge to both the instructor and student.
provide students with the opportunity to review lectures multiple In order to enhance student understanding I’ve had to provide
times compared to in-person lectures representing a single exposure additional remote interactions with students to help clarify complex
to lecture content.” topics and understanding.”
CRAIG CADY
Associate Professor, Biology
Editorial
Dealing with the side effects of Moderna
With the first round of nausea and chills, in addition Avoid strenuous Stay hydrated Take the day off Get lots of rest
campus vaccines occurring to the arm soreness associated activity Dehydration may exacerbate Since predicting your body’s As college kids, it isn’t always
last week, many students are with shots. Overworking your body with symptoms like headaches and reaction to the vaccine is easy to get a full night of sleep.
preparing for their second dose Luckily, there are several a weakened immune system is exhaustion. Drinking water impossible, it’s best to be However, if you don’t take the
during finals week. things you can do to prevent never a good idea. Take a rest before and after injection is one prepared. If you have classes time to care for your body
Already, the second shot of these symptoms according to day and spend time focusing of the best ways to avoid these the day after receiving the prior to the vaccine, you will
Moderna has earned notoriety bestcare.org. on your health. Your body will symptoms. In order to stay vaccine, notify your professors pay the price later. In the days
for its extreme side effects. thank you later. hydrated, it’s also best to avoid that you might be feeling ill. leading up to the second shot,
Many students have missed the consumption of alcohol. Don’t push yourself too hard; aim to get a full nine hours of
class and several professors Since alcohol is a diuretic, it exercise self-compassion. sleep.
have canceled classes because naturally dehydrates the body. Additionally, try to schedule
of these side effects. your appointment on a day
Vaccine recipients have where a final is not due in the
reported muscle pains, next two days, so you have
headaches, fever, exhaustion, ample time to focus on your
physical health.
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THE SCOUT Senior Column
Management
Editor@BradleyScout.com
The beauty of losing control
Editor-in-Chief Haley Johnson
Managing Editor Angeline Schmelzer
News
News@BradleyScout.com
notebook, and I started planning. our Zoom calls to former nights around
News Editor Valerie Vasconez the table in the office and felt resentful
In psychology, the term “locus of
Assistant News Editor Sam Mwakasisi about this contrast.
control” describes the extent to which
Copy Editors Conor McEntee When cases rose on campus in
we, as humans, feel we can control our
Ellie Hawkins September and the university announced
outcomes. Having an external locus of
control is to believe we are powerless restrictions were to remain after the all-
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to our environments, our situations. student quarantine, two very important
Sports@BradleyScout.com
By contrast, having an internal locus realizations surfaced to me.
of control is to believe we hold inside First, I needed to stop waiting for
Sports Editor Larry Larson
ourselves the ability to impact our “normal.” Second, I was missing out on a
Assistant Sports Editor Joey Wright
circumstances. lot by doing so.
Since entering Bradley, I lived my life It was through months of anguish
Voice
with a firm belief in my internal locus of and waiting for the world to return to
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control — that my efforts would culminate normal that I realized I was neglecting the
Haley Johnson in an established pattern of success. For present by harboring the past. There was
Voice Editor Jade Sewell HcJohnson@mail.bradley.edu example, If I studied five hours for my a certain beauty in letting go of my sense
Assistant Voice Editor Daniel Kerns
Editor-in-Chief stats exam, I’d get an A. If I chose to join of control, in forgetting about the way
Greek life, I’d socialize more. If I research things are supposed to be and the way life
Design and prepare for my interviews, I’ll land should be lived.
When I was asked to be the next the internship. My mind was a well-oiled Sometimes we stayed on the Zoom
Graphic Editor Kyle St. John Editor-in-Chief last February, I was machine of input and output functions. calls just to joke around, despite it being 1
absolutely paralyzed by the question. This all changed in March of 2020. a.m. We played virtual Jeopardy and Mad
Digital I sat across the table from the then As university emails, event Libs. We laugh-cried at each others’ April
– Managing Editor and Editor-in-Chief cancelations and internship terminations Fool’s Day stories. I experienced these
Content Manager Ben Sullivan — probably the most dedicated, punctual, flooded my B-mail, I was left scrambling moments for what they were instead of
Google Calendar-scheduling, room- for my locus of control. This feeling what they would have been, and I found
Photo commanding individuals I’ve ever met, wasn’t exclusive to me though; it was felt so much happiness there.
Photo@BradleyScout.com aside from professors. across the globe. As I write this column, I am in isolation
I watched these two work tirelessly, For months, I felt as though everything for COVID-19; you could say it’s certainly
News Photographer Morgan Patrick balance meetings with administration, we put into our life before the pandemic a way to pay homage to our COVID-19
Sports Photographer Kayla Johnson recruit at job fairs, conduct hours of was lost to our external circumstances edition. Right now, I battle the same sense
countless interviews, pull overnighters — birthdays, holidays, jobs, the college of powerlessness I experienced when this
Podcast with graphic designers and wake up at experience. I felt entirely powerless. all began. Despite this circumstance, I am
Podcast@BradleyScout.com 6 a.m. every time someone slept through The ideas and training I prepared for able to remind myself that while I cannot
distribution. They somehow did all this back in February in order to lead The always control the outcomes, I can still be
and more without breaking a business Scout became almost entirely irrelevant present. I can be thankful for an editorial
Advertising casual dress code. Seriously, I can count in our sudden shift to digital publications. team that shows up outside my window
Ad@BradleyScout.com on one hand the number of times I saw The office we’d come to know as a place with posters and gifts in a way that is
Tony Xu in a T-shirt. of laughter, obnoxiousness, helpfulness, unique to this year. Time is too precious
Advertising Manager Jalen Craglione Squeezing my hands into tight little sleeplessness — but ultimately to lose in comparisons.
Advertising Representative Marilyn Gutierrez fists at that table, I was grappling with a togetherness — suddenly had a capacity To Angeline, my favorite little planner:
question of my own: how in the hell am I limit of four. Know that my experience was much
going to do that? I’ll be honest; I was not optimistic different from Tony’s and yours will be
Adviser
So, I took a deep breath, a pen, a about this year, despite the tone I knew I much different from mine. No matter
had to take in leadership. I kept comparing where it takes you, remember to enjoy it.
Chris Kaergard ckaergar@bradley.edu
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A8 THE SCOUT April 30, 2021
NEWS
Timeline of COVID-19 communications at Bradley
BY ANGELINE SCHMELZER
Managing Editor
As the pandemic progressed
with evolving information from
around the world, Bradley had
to adapt, sometimes shifting its
messages a few times in the same
week. The university continued
to keep students and faculty
informed of campus operations
and provided information and
additional sources about COVID-
19 guidelines, symptoms and
vaccines.
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Timeline of COVID-19 communications at Bradley cont.
A10 THE SCOUT April 30, 2021
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2020-2021 COVID-19 cases in review
which were too many positive steady increase in cases. percent positivity rate the week On Jan. 12, the university
BY HALEY JOHNSON
tests to self-isolate, not screening On the week of Sept. 3, the of Sept. 24 after 23 cases resulted announced an initial two-week all-
Editor-in-Chief fast enough or lack of personal average positivity rate rose to 8.33 from 256 tests. campus quarantine to begin the
protective equipment (PPE). percent after 18 of 216 tests were The rest of the fall semester’s second semester. During this time,
In mid-summer, the university In-person learning was positive. weekly positivity rates did not the university planned to test more
announced its plans to return to only possible so long as Illinois As a result of this spike, the surpass 5.84 percent, which was students — with a target of 500 —
campus in the fall of 2020, along remained in Phase 4 of Gov. university enacted an “all-student reported on the week of Nov. 12. in anthe effort to better assess the
with schools like Illinois State Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan. quarantine” from Sept. 8 to Sept. Second semester: relatively low prevalence of COVID-19 following
University and the University of These considerations were to be 23 in which all in-person classes rates the extended winter break.
Illinois system. On July 29, the compounded with external factors were to be conducted online According to University Quarantine restrictions,
university released its COVID-19 in the Peoria area like availability and students were to leave their Spokesperson Renee Charles, the including the delay of in-person
surveillance testing procedures. in the local hospitals, the rise of flu- residences only for essential Virus Response Team felt it had a classes, were lifted on Feb. 8 after
The goal was to randomly select like illnesses, the rise of positive errands. firmer grasp on effective strategy only two positive cases from 498
anywhere from 250 to 300 students cases, shortages of PPE and the The rate nearly doubled on the and implementation after the first tests the week of Jan. 28 and one
each week to undergo nasal swab inability to keep testing people. week of Sept. 10 at 14.46 percent, semester. positive case of 580 the week of
testing in order to gauge the First semester: an initial spike when 47 of 325 tested positive. The “We learned some valuable Feb. 24.
prevalence of COVID-19. Those During the first full week of the escalation reached its peak — and lessons from the past year and The semester’s first six weeks
selected each week were notified fall 2020 semester, the university the highest positivity rate as of heard loud and clear from students of positivity rates did not exceed
via email if selected and were then tested 349 students and nine tests publication — the week of Sept. 17 how consistency was important,” one percent. As of publication, the
expected to book an appointment returned positive for COVID-19, at 16.40 percent. Charles said. “Our entry strategy highest recorded weekly positivity
online through Bradley Health making the average positivity rate Cases dropped significantly of tight restrictions at the start and rate during the second semester
Services at no cost. 2.58 percent. during the all-student quarantine. then loosening for the spring was was on April 1 at 4.35 percent after
The July 29 email also included The following weeks saw a The uUniversity reported an 8.98 derived from these lessons.” 17 of 391 students tested positive.
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Top five biggest mistakes
recorded on Zoom
BY JADE SEWELL Pink penis sculpture appears in BBC news segment.
Voice Editor On Jan. 26, BBC viewers got more than they bargained for when they tuned into a
segment about job struggles in the pandemic. Yvette Amos, the interviewee, had left
With many Zoom lectures being recorded and the false sense of privacy that comes with her dildo on the bookshelf behind her, and many were quick to take to social media to
attending class and working in one’s own home, many people have committed egregious comment on it. One user stated “Yvette Amos, national hero. She knows a bookcase isn’t
errors while participating in virtual meetings. just for decoration. When in need, we all turn to our bookcases.” Amos’ mistake was our
comedic gain and served as a good reminder to check our surroundings before turning on
our camera.
Attorney stuck as a kitten in court. Students send “private” chats in virtual classrooms.
In February, lawyer Rod Ponton entered a court hearing on his secretary’s computer. To While this crisis isn’t unique to one student or instance, the discovery that chats are not
his horror, he was trapped in a kitten filter. “I’m not a cat,” Ponton clarified for the court. so private was a shocking reality for many. At the beginning of the pandemic, Faith Bryant
Judge Roy Ferguson of Texas’ 394th judicial district responded, “I can see that.” Although learned this the hard way when her professor sent her an email stating, “My class session
this situation was hilarious, the actual context of the case was quite serious: Ponton was is not the appropriate time to be sending messages like ‘I’m a bougie a**, ratchet a**, freak
representing the state of Texas in a case involving a person attempting to flee the U.S. with b****...’” While Bryant certainly wasn’t the only student to experience this, she did teach an
contraband and illegally obtained cash. This hilarious instance reminds all parents to check entire generation of college students to watch what they send on video conferencing apps.
their camera screen before entering important meetings.
The “New Yorker” suspends Jeff Toobin for
Woman resigns after using the toilet on Zoom. masturbating in a meeting.
Frances Cogelja, a trustee of the board of education in Hackensack, New Jersey, resigned Last October, reporter Jeff Toobin was caught masturbating on camera during an election
in November of 2020, shortly after using the restroom on Zoom without turning off her simulation. This meeting featured journalist Jane Mayer as establishment Republicans;
camera. The meeting’s participants, including the students present, all got a clear view Evan Osnos as Joe Biden, Toobin as the courts and Masha Gessen as Donald Trump,
of Cogelja using the toilet. After Cogelja finished, the board’s vice president Scott James- amongst others. Toobin, who thought he was off-camera, was clearly seen jerking off. He
Vickery addressed the lewd behavior. “As far as I’m concerned, while our teachers are later released a statement, saying “I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I
being professional, and you’re at home sitting on the toilet.” was off-camera. I apologize to my wife, family, friends and co-workers.” This should go
unsaid, but it’s important to refrain from “self-pleasure” when in the middle of a video call.
Some things can definitely wait.
Senior Column
Sunsets over the Murray Baker Bridge
colleges as a CS major. Then, through an old connection, it was easy to accept. memories I’ve made over the course of
competitive speech my senior year, I It would be easy for me to say this my five years here. All of the all-nighters
found my voice. I realized that I wanted school year wasn’t worth it. After all, I (regardless if they were in the library or
to become a journalist to speak for the didn’t get the extra year I thought I would, elsewhere), the one-off food runs and the
voiceless. my dream internship got canceled and I 2 a.m. porch talks will live in my heart
Knowing that Bradley’s got my heart broken. rent-free.
communications school had a great Despite all of that, this extra year As this sunset turns to dusk, I started
reputation, and having played sports taught me so much about what I want in to realize I may never talk to many of the
for the majority of my life, it was an my career, in my relationships and in my people I made so many of these memories
obvious choice. Upon arrival at freshman friendships. with again. So, I want to thank everyone
orientation, I decided to pick up a sports I learned that having conversations from The Scout, BUTV, Lambda Chi Alpha
Hernan Gutierrez communication major. with coaches and players, getting to know and anyone else who has loved me into
hgutierrez@mail.bradley.edu With two majors that had zero overlaps them and telling their stories is why I love this moment.
Sports Reporter in classes, I knew my junior year that I journalism. I learned that in relationships, My mental health has been the most
would probably need to stick around for people deserve communication just as volatile it has ever been this year. However,
a fifth year. much as they deserve space. I learned because of all of you, I have also felt the
One of my favorite views in Peoria While failing calculus twice and CS 102 that it’s okay to ask your friends for help most love I have ever felt.
is coming down the hill on I-74 during once should have told me this, it turns when you need it; that’s literally what Like many of you, my time at Bradley
sunset and crossing the Murray Baker out I wasn’t cut out for computer science. friends are for. Finally, despite all of my has not been easy. This school has given
Bridge. There’s something about seeing However, because of scheduling conflicts insecurities in these areas of my life, I me countless headaches, but I wouldn’t
the sun sinking behind the Twin Towers with classes, I would still need an extra started to learn that I am worth it. be the journalist or the person I am today
Place downtown that just brings me so year. With that said, soon, a sunrise will without it.
much joy. Now as the sun sets on my fifth year come where I am no longer a student on Our lives are filled with thousands of
I remember being at work last year and given how this school year has played the Hilltop. sunsets, some in the sky, others in our
when plans for the seven-month Murray out, I can’t help but ask myself, “Was this My college experience obviously careers and relationships. Sometimes you
Baker Bridge shut down were announced. year worth it?” goes beyond my fifth year, but this year can expect them at the end of the day.
I thought to myself, “Good thing I won’t Before the pandemic hit, I justified has been so consequential to who I am Other times you can’t expect them, like the
be around then.” taking this extra year by looking at the fact becoming. I don’t regret the victory lap last goodbye to an old friend.
Funny how that worked out. that I’d get an extra year of the “college one bit. When you come across one, be sure to
In high school, I thought I wanted to experience.” Coupling that with taking In my closing weeks on campus, I take a moment and admire it.
study computer science and applied to classes that I knew I’d love and reigniting can’t help but be nostalgic over all of theYou can also read
