From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Dance crew competition

March 28, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Angela Diaco Last Thursday, I was watching brightly attired brothers and sisters stretch, dance, and socialize to the beat of Ke$ha and Lil’ Wayne. High school dance recital? Glorified circus? No! It was Bentley’s Best Dance Crew competition held in the EDR on March 18. The event, sponsored by BSTV and Alpha Phi, [...]

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Bollywood Blowout: Great success

March 28, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan This past Saturday night, the South Asian Student’s Association went over the top with hosting their spring show, Bollywood Blowout. The event was held in the candlelit EDR complete with a lit stage, hand-made decorations, catered ethnic food, and of course a cash bar. Since it was a charity ball, audience [...]

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More Than Words, a crucial part of the journey to success for some students

March 28, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Lily Ann Montemayor More Than Words Bookstore in Waltham, MA continues to support troubled youth and help prepare them to pursue and achieve their goals and ambitions. This includes More Than Words alumni Gordon Doristin. Currently, thanks to the Transitions Program provided at More Than Words, Doristin is attending Dean College as a [...]

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Enough with the signatures

March 28, 2010 Editorials

There comes a time in everyone’s Bentley career when you feel like the number of e-mails you are sending out, and your obvious importance, requires you to take a few shortcuts and permanently affix a signature to the bottom of each e-mail that comes from your “midas-esque” fingers. The thing about signatures, though, is that [...]

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Christine Polumbo takes over as Director of New Student Orientation

March 28, 2010 News

Written by: Brian Lofrumento A key component of any college experience is orientation, and Bentley University’s own new student orientation program has recently undergone some changes. The biggest change of all is that there is a new Director of New Student Orientation as Christine Palumbo has taken the reins of the program. Palumbo is no [...]

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News Briefs

March 28, 2010 News

Project Haiti The Effort Doesn’t Stop with A Night for Haiti!! Project Haiti will continue its efforts in fundraising and awareness and we hope that you will continue this process with us. www.bentley.edu/projecthaiti Thank you to all of you who bought a package, came to the event and spread our cause. Without you, none of [...]

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Police Logs

March 28, 2010 News

Written by: Gaelen Austin-LaFrance & Garren Hilow Vertigo A staff member called into the University Police to report vomit in Forest Hall starting in the stairwell and ending on the fourth floor Thursday morning. Facilities Management was notified for a cleanup. Those aren’t raisins… On Tuesday night, a resident in Orchard South Apartments called in [...]

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Students clean campus – Administration turns to student leaders for help

March 28, 2010 Headlines

Written by: Dan Merica In a move to stymie vandalism and littering on campus, Student Affairs has asked a number of student groups to participate in an on-campus cleanup program each Saturday morning. The move has split the leadership of different groups, with some questioning whether asking student leaders to help is an effective, sustainable [...]

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Bentley’s off to the FINAL FOUR! – Falcons earn electric victory over #4 ASU, 67-64, to return to semifinals

March 28, 2010 Headlines

Written by: Jon McColgan Bentley Men’s Basketball team has done it again, returning to the DII Final Four for the second time in three years after defeating the fourth ranked DII team in the nation, Augusta State University, 67-64. It was truly a site to see, with perhaps the most excitement Falcon fans have enjoyed [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Italy

March 18, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Describe an experience in which you overcame a challenge. What did you learn from the experience? Written by: Alfred Amasanti The greatest challenge I’ve faced in Italy was something so mundane that I would have never thought it would take me more than a month to solve: opening a bank account. My parents thought [...]

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Notes from Abroad – Italy

March 18, 2010 Notes from Abroad

Question: Describe an experience in which you overcame a challenge. What did you learn from the experience? Written by: Jen Vida In Italy, the relationship between young woman and older men is a little different than in America. One day I was sitting outside, and an old man caught my eye as he struggled to [...]

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