The next generation of technology has arrived, and Bradley University is getting in on the ground floor. Internet2, which will come to campus in January, will run hundreds of times faster than anything we've ever known, and it brings with it capabilities only able to be explained in high-tech jargon. That's not to say we're against research.
Research has great value.
As Congressman Ray LaHood said, research is the way to advance any field, the way to improve any aspect of our lives. Universities play a rich and prominent role in the world of research, as a place where great minds gather to confer and develop. Students come to Bradley for its small-school atmosphere. It has a good reputation for academics, with small classes taught by actual professors, not TAs. Bringing Internet2 to campus could go a long way toward expanding Bradley's horizons.