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Freshman Karragan Coggin “Between Two Ferns” movie review. helped volleyball to its first Page B1 MVC win. Page A7 Vol. 124 | No. 5 | October 4, 2019 The Scout @bradley_scout BUPD releases A jam-packed week security and fire safety of homecoming report for 2018 BY COLE BREDAHL Editor-at-Large The Bradley University Police Department published its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, also known as the Clery Report, for 2018 on Monday. The report showed statistics consistent with last year, but saw slight increases in motor vehicle theft and drug arrests. There were also slight decreases in the number of rapes and burglaries reported. The report is required by federal law according to the Clery Act, which requires all colleges and universities to keep and disclose information about crimes on and near the campus area, categorized by type of crime and location in the past three years. In the report, all crimes are categorized into five sections: criminal offenses, hate crimes, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) offenses, arrest and referrals. Each has detailed subcategories. All crime statistics are classified into on-campus (including residence halls), on public property within or immediately adjacent to the campus and in or on non- campus buildings or property that the Finalists for homecoming king and queen were announced at yesterday’s homecoming pageant. photo by Haley Johnson institution owns or controls. The report BY VERONICA BLASCOE the event went well. came storming back … I think we played pretty includes Bradley’s campus in Peoria, as Copy Editor “We have four events this semester, but this well. Losing to full-grown adults by six; that’s well as the campus in Los Angeles used for one was a lot of our time and effort,” Stower not too bad.” the Hollywood Semester. Homecoming Week has begun at Bradley, said. She and her partner Abby Peterson Yesterday, the Homecoming Pageant packed Reported criminal offenses were rape, and several events have already taken place. On planned the event and picked the questions. the student center ballroom. fondling, robbery, burglary and motor Sept. 27, students braved a torrential downpour On Wednesday, students gathered in the Finalists included senior nursing vehicle theft. to attend the Painting of the Lydias in the Markin Recreation Center basketball court to majors Alexus Petrella and Allie Pesche, In the 2018 calendar year, there were basement of Markin Recreation Center. The watch Bradley Bowl VII. The staff vs. student senior chemistry major Kayla Lippincott, five reports of rape, all of which occurred winner will be revealed at the Lighting of the football game was two-touch, but a few players senior animation major Don Stone, senior in residence halls. Compared to 2017, there “B,” and awarded a free pizza party. ended up on the floor and one student almost civil engineering major Rhome Apton and were six rapes reported, five of them This Tuesday, ACBU hosted trivia night crashed through the equipment room doors mechanical engineering major Nikkoh occurred in the residence halls. in the Alumni Center. More than 15 teams during the course of play. The small space Mendoza. The homecoming king and queen The Clery Act defines rape as “the were asked five rounds of questions on topics facilitated interceptions and kept the game will be crowned at tomorrow’s soccer game. penetration, no matter how slight, or the ranging from Bradley history to space to Mason moving briskly until the eventual staff victory. There are still plenty of homecoming vagina or anus, with any body part or Ramsey. The winner was team “Titanic Swim “It was a bunch of fun,” said Alex Nguyen, a festivities yet to occur. Tonight features the object, or oral penetration by a sex organ Team,” followed by team “Money” and “The sophomore manufacturing engineering major. annual Lighting of the “B.” At noon tomorrow, of another person, without the consent of Scout.” Prizes were given to the top five teams. “A little disappointing that the students lost but the homecoming parade will travel from the victim.” “We figured we got knocked after the first they tried their hardest.” Elmwood Ave. to Glenwood Ave. Homecoming round,” one of the winners, senior special Double political science and history major Week will end with the Bradley soccer game education major Rachel Romero, said. “And Zane Judd agreed. against Drake at 7 p.m. in Shea Stadium. see REPORT then they announced us in first place.” “They really had us in the first half,” Judd, Page A2 ACBU coordinator Audrey Stower thought who played on the student team, said. “We A2 THE SCOUT October 4, 2019 NEWS BRIEFS POLICE REPORTS Ideas for societal change • At roughly 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 29, a female customer at the Dollar Students can win up to $4,000 cash at the Social Impact Challenge for creating the best idea Tree believed she had been given incorrect change. She retaliated that provides a positive social impact to kids, families and the environment. There is $10,000 by stealing candy and struck a worker when they attempted to total in prizes for the top three competitors. To enter, email a five pages summary of your stop her. The customer’s sister got out of the car to deescalate the idea to Kenneth Klotz at [email protected] by Oct. 6. situation when the customer got into her car and fled, leaving her Fair for majors and minors sister shoeless outside the store. BUPD drove the sister home and From 3-5 p.m. on Oct. 7 in the Renaissance Coliseum, the Smith Career Center and the arrested the customer. Academic Exploration Program will be hosting the 21st annual majors and minors fair. Faculty from nearly every academic department will be available to discuss major and minor • An employee at Campustown Liquors told an unruly male options. All undergraduate students are welcome to attend. customer to leave at approximately 11 p.m. Sept. 27. The customer refused and grabbed the employee’s arm. Officers arrived and Bradley Chorale shows off talent arrested him. At 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 10, the Bradley Chorale will hold their talent show in the Dingeldine Music Center. Admission is $5, and all of the proceeds will go toward the Chorale’s tour of • On Sept. 28, a female student reported she was concerned about Prague in the summer of 2020. For more information contact Cory Ganschow at cganschow@ some text messages she had received from a male student. She bradley.edu. believes he has misinterpreted her intentions and wanted this to Peoria’s haunted history be known. On Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Caterpillar Visitor’s Center, the Peoria Historical Society will host a tour of Peoria’s most haunted places. They will be talking about stories that have involved • On Sept. 30 a male staff member was concerned about a visiting curses, graves and legends that have been passed down through generations. cousin who had been missing for much of the day. The cousin was found to have fallen in the river near the 100 block of Main Founder’s Day convocation Street and was rescued by police. The male had religious objections At 10 a.m. today, Oct. 4, the 123rd annual Founder’s Day Convocation will be held in Dingeldine to getting in a squad car, so Peoria police walked with him to Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Ave. The annual celebration commemorates the UnityPoint Health Methodist Hospital. vision, wisdom and leadership of Lydia Moss Bradley, who founded Bradley in 1897. Faculty, staff and alumni will be recognized for their contributions to the university and the newest • At approximately 6 a.m. Sept. 30, a female had taken money out class of Bradley centurions will be announced. of an ATM when a male she had spoken with earlier snatched the money from her purse and fled eastbound. BUPD is currently Alumnus Robert H. Michel Book event investigating the incident. A presentation on the newly published book entitled “Robert H. Michel: Leading the Republican House Minority” will be held Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center Peplow Pavillion. The Honorable Ray LaHood will be in attendance. REPORT number was constant in 2017. Under Illinois state law, dating continued from page A1 violence is always classified as domestic violence. Thus, there are There was one reported fondling no reported instances of dating in 2018 after none in 2017 and four violence. reports in 2016. There were five arrests for drugs One case of burglary was and two arrests for alcohol in 2018. reported, compared to 2017, when Additionally, there were 96 there were four burglaries on referrals to the university for alcohol, campus. an increase from 90 in 2017. There was an increase in the There were no hate crimes number of motor vehicle thefts from reported in 2018. one on campus in 2017 to three in Also in the report is all reported 2018. fires in campus buildings. In 2018, VAWA offenses include domestic the only fire was a Feb. 20 grease fire violence, dating violence and at the Student Apartment Complex. stalking. The act applies to all The Clery Act does not require the genders, not just crimes against university to publish crime statistics women. in the community surrounding the There were four reports of university. The report also contains domestic violence on campus in policies and procedures for victims 2018, with three of them reported in of crimes to report. the residence halls. There were also The full security and fire safety six reports of stalking, two of which report is available http://bradley.