Declan Bradley
Programmer, writer, and aspiring data journalist, Declan is entering his second semester as an editor of the Quest excited to pursue new stories and new approaches to journalism. His experience includes four years at his high school paper and a summer mentorship with Julia Wolfe, Americas Graphics Editor at Reuters. His writing has appeared in Nightingale Magazine and been nationally recognized by the Associated Collegiate Press.
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Friday, 1 December 2023, 9:37 amOn The Morning Show, the cameras never stop rolling. The series came out swinging as a cornerstone of the newly minted Apple TV+ streaming service […] -
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Friday, 1 December 2023, 9:37 amOn Wednesday, a few hours before this letter was scheduled to go to print, a reporter alerted me to an anonymous Missed Connections post that […] -
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Friday, 1 December 2023, 9:30 amDear readers, This is neither a defense nor an apology. As an editor of the Quest, it is not my responsibility to defend my own […] -
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Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 11:27 pmAt 1:30pm on Thursday, November 9, approximately a hundred Reed College students, led by the Reed Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), walked out of […] -
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Saturday, 11 November 2023, 12:00 amThursday, November 9: Students march behind a banner reading “Intifada Everywhere” on Reed College’s campus. This is a breaking news story, full coverage is available […] -
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Sunday, 5 November 2023, 1:50 pmThe following story contains explicit descriptions of hate symbols. Reader discretion is advised. On the afternoon of Friday, November 3, VP for Student Life Karnell […] -
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Saturday, 4 November 2023, 4:57 pmAt the National College Media Conference in Atlanta this week, the Quest was honored to receive a best of show award for Diversity, Equity, and […] -
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Friday, 27 October 2023, 11:45 amAccording to leaked documents obtained by the Quest, the Reed IT Department was moving forward with plans to fix the systems flaw reported by the […] -
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Friday, 13 October 2023, 9:42 amIn the latest version of The New York Times’ College Access Index — released in early September — Reed fell to position #265 among the […] -
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Thursday, 28 September 2023, 9:03 pmOur coverage has a new hub. Follow live updates here. -
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Thursday, 28 September 2023, 7:31 pmReed Reactor is Thoroughly Protected, New Source Confirms September 29, 1:04 PM Quest reporters were approached by a new anonymous source associated with the Reed […] -
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Thursday, 28 September 2023, 5:49 pmEditors’ Note: The following story was scheduled to appear in print and online on Friday, September 29. On September 22, The Quest alerted IT in […] -
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Friday, 22 September 2023, 5:13 pmAt a student protest in the afternoon of Friday, September 22, Reed College House Advisors (HAs) announced that they plan to form a labor union. […] -
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Friday, 22 September 2023, 9:52 amBy Declan Bradley and Henry Kendrick President Audrey Bilger began the first faculty meeting of the 2023/24 academic year — which took place on September […] -
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Friday, 15 September 2023, 8:57 amBy Declan Bradley In early August, Quest reporters discovered from Reed’s Common App listing that the college had added a new essay prompt to the […] -
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Friday, 8 September 2023, 9:07 amFormer Director Rowan Frost leaves college after voicing concerns that administration was not “committed to supporting survivors”; students and staff acknowledge difficulty protecting confidentiality. After […] -
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Friday, 8 September 2023, 9:07 amWhy did Reed President Audrey Bilger take a 111% raise in 2021? She didn’t. In fact, the Quest has found no evidence to suggest that […] -
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Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 10:11 amWhen the Quest was first printed in 1913, the words “cut and paste” had a far more literal meaning — clips were fragments of newsprint, […] -
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Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 10:03 amOn August 17th, Reed President Audrey Bilger invoked the special authority granted to her under the community constitution to add a fifth policy clause to […] -
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Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 10:02 amWhen I first walked into Reed’s student publications office last fall, I was struck by the sheer number of words in the space. Teetering stacks […] -
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Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 10:02 amIn a particularly haunting scene of the Apple TV+ series Silo, a military interrogator makes his prisoner an offer. If she fails to cooperate, he’ll […] -
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Monday, 8 May 2023, 11:52 amStaff, faculty, and students have gathered at Eliot Circle to protest the college’s proposed changes to staff pay at Reed. Follow breaking news coverage. -
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Friday, 21 April 2023, 10:16 amThe April 17 faculty meeting opened on what college President Audrey Bilger called a “beautiful-ish” April day, with dozens of faculty in attendance in the […] -
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Friday, 14 April 2023, 8:44 amDownload for iOS Download for Android You’ve searched. You’ve scrolled. You’ve tried, hazily, to remember the URL for the Quest site, and then given up […] -
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Friday, 14 April 2023, 8:43 amAries (March 21 – April 19) Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Leo […] -
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Friday, 14 April 2023, 8:42 amCrime statistics collected from Reed’s online community safety blotter reveal a rise in CSO building patrols this semester, and, more concerningly, a slight but significant […] -
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Friday, 7 April 2023, 8:00 amThe new movie is a crowd-pleaser sure to delight old fans and newcomers alike I walked into the Cinemagic on Hawthorne prepared to hate Dungeons […] -
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Thursday, 6 April 2023, 10:24 pmOver the last several weeks, Reed College staff and faculty have raised ongoing objections to the college’s proposed changes to the staff compensation system, changes […] -
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Friday, 31 March 2023, 10:06 amOver the last several weeks, Reed College staff and faculty have raised ongoing objections to the college’s proposed changes to the staff compensation system, changes […] -
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Friday, 31 March 2023, 9:00 amWhy Staff Are Protesting > Faculty Objections > Staff Objections > HR’s Response > Monday’s Protest At an all staff meeting on Tuesday, college employees […] -
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Friday, 24 March 2023, 8:00 amAs our loyal readers know, the Quest publishes a Sudoku game with an editor’s time to beat every week. Yet, at editing night on Wednesday, […] -
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Friday, 10 March 2023, 11:01 amFor Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science Olive Franzese, there’s no place like Reed. Franzese graduated from Reed in 2017 with an interdisciplinary degree at […] -
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Friday, 3 March 2023, 8:05 amAt Senate public on Monday, senators discussed two ongoing legislative proposals, one put forward by SHARE (Sexual Health, Advocacy, and Relationship Education) that was discussed […] -
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Friday, 3 March 2023, 8:02 amIn 2022, US Congressional Candidates received $119,330,559 from their top donors. Where did the money come from? -
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Saturday, 25 February 2023, 3:13 pmSee my source code on GitHub. -
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Saturday, 25 February 2023, 3:04 pmRecently I found myself sitting in the Quest office (Quoffice, if you will), contemplating an increasingly sparse slate of news content, when I thought to […] -
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Saturday, 25 February 2023, 2:44 pmAries (March 21 – April 19) Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Gemini (May 21 – June 20) Cancer (June 21 – July 22) Leo […] -
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Friday, 17 February 2023, 8:01 amOn the afternoon of Tuesday, February 7, Ash Auer received an email from the Admissions Office stating that Vice President and Dean of Admission and […] -
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Friday, 17 February 2023, 8:00 amBy Declan Bradley See my source code on GitHub. -
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Friday, 10 February 2023, 8:00 amTo be clear, Netflix original The Old Guard is a ridiculous movie that has no reason to exist, but I love it anyway. Charlize Theron […] -
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Friday, 10 February 2023, 8:00 amThe Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has some big shoes to fill. The previous game in the series, The Legend of Zelda: Breath […] -
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Friday, 10 February 2023, 8:00 amAt Senate public on Tuesday, senators officially confirmed that the Restorative Justice board will not receive student body funds this semester. “We would like to […] -
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Friday, 10 February 2023, 8:00 amBy Declan Bradley See my source code on GitHub. -
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Friday, 10 February 2023, 8:00 amAs reported in Senate Beat in September, Senate has cited student sentiment as a primary motivator for their decision to withdraw funding from the Restorative […] -
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Friday, 3 February 2023, 8:00 amAs clandestine meeting places go, a laundromat was an unexpected choice. Yet that’s exactly where the Apple TV+ series Slow Horses, an adaptation of the […] -
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Friday, 3 February 2023, 8:00 amIn late July 2013, two agents of the British intelligence services entered the headquarters of the Guardian newspaper in London. Under their watchful eye, three […] -
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Friday, 3 February 2023, 8:00 amIn which each combatant fought in a minimum of at least three battles, with node sizes constrained for the sake of sanity. See my source […] -
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Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 6:24 pmAs announced at Public on Wednesday, Lennox Reeder has resigned from Senate. “We are another one down,” Student Body President Safi Zenger said. “Over the […] -
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Friday, 2 December 2022, 6:27 pmSenate Public on Wednesday once again began without quorum — in what President Safi Zenger called “perhaps the worst public I’ve ever seen” — with […] -
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Friday, 18 November 2022, 6:20 pmThis week on the entertainment column I thought I’d take a moment to review RF Kuang’s Babel — a tour de force release from the […] -
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Friday, 11 November 2022, 7:23 pmWhen I first heard that Mark Zuckerberg planned to throw his company headlong into building the metaverse, I was in disbelief. It was a wild […] -
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Friday, 11 November 2022, 7:22 pmFor such a short meeting of only sixteen minutes, Senate Public on Wednesday packed in a lot of updates for the student body. Most notably, […] -
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Friday, 4 November 2022, 5:29 pm“Let’s listen to the magical inside-out animal-shield man. He obviously has some good ideas.”It’s been a good year for speculative fiction. Even as early as […] -
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Friday, 4 November 2022, 5:27 pmIt’s come to this. I’ll be honest — when Elon Musk first announced his intention to buy Twitter back in April, I didn’t believe it. […] -
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Friday, 4 November 2022, 5:18 pmSenate public on November 2 was forced to begin without quorum once again, with only seven senators in attendance. President Safi Zenger expressed her intention […] -
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Saturday, 29 October 2022, 12:51 amSenate Public on Wednesday began in darkness: the SU lights had been left on dimmers and nobody could figure out how to turn them off. […] -
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Saturday, 29 October 2022, 12:33 amIt’s early October, and that means one thing: Comic-Con. In particular, New York Comic-Con, a weekend-long caffeine-fueled hype fest filled to the brim with cosplay, […] -
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Friday, 28 October 2022, 11:43 pmThe new show, streaming Wednesdays, understands that heroes can be flawed — and that’s a good thing.I’ll start with a confession: I didn’t watch The […] -
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Friday, 28 October 2022, 7:49 pmSenate Public on Wednesday once again focused on funding for Restorative Justice Coalition (RJ), which they decided to revoke two weeks ago. It also discussed […] -
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Thursday, 27 October 2022, 7:51 am“Thank you for your patience while remaining on the wait list,” read the note, posted without fanfare to the MIT admissions portal earlier that day. […] -
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Thursday, 27 October 2022, 7:45 amThe September 21st Senate Public meeting focused on funding and academics. Reporting for the Committee on Academic Policy, Senator Aidan Mokalla (‘25) shared that Theater […] -
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Monday, 3 October 2022, 11:37 pmEnough pessimistic fantasy — Apple TV’s ambitious alternate history drama is the best show you’ve never heard of, and it deserves to win the streaming […] -
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Thursday, 22 September 2022, 7:23 pmIn this week’s Senate Public, Student Body Senate made the decision to reduce or withdraw funding from Restorative Justice Coalition, Reed’s newest Student Accountability group, […] -
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Thursday, 22 September 2022, 7:21 pmContent Warning: Sexual Violence In last week’s Senate Public, much of the week’s business was concerned with how to respond to and prevent campus sexual […] -
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Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 4:05 pmThe new Netflix series, an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “unfilmable” comic by the same name, is 30 years in the making — and well worth […] -
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Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 3:59 pmThe first public Senate meeting of the year was held in the Student Union at 9 A.M. sharp on Wednesday morning. Despite the early start […]