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Colleges Against Cancer runs a successful Relay for Life

April 29, 2010 Campus Life
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Written by: Kim Sok As said by Kelsey Halloran, the secretary of Colleges Against Cancer (CAC), “Cancer never sleeps,” and neither did participants at this year’s Relay for Life, who spent their night rallying against cancer. Hosted by Bentley’s CAC and made possible with the help of the American Cancer Society, who was represented by [...]

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WBTY Radio experiencing rebirth

April 22, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan The Vanguard took a moment to sit down with President Mike Repsch and Music Director Nic Smits of Bentley’s WBTY radio station and found out a few interesting things. What is WBTY? The campus radio station, for those of you who don’t know, is 105.3 FM, even though you can’t really [...]

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Falcons rewarded for hard work

April 22, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palanippan The 39th annual Falcon Awards this past Thursday night recognized and honored many seniors and faculty while showcasing some of Bentley’s talent. The Skyline Trio was the house band, providing background music and contributing to the red carpet atmosphere, while the Bentley Jazz band took over after the ceremony and provided [...]

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A chat with BES

April 22, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan The Vanguard sat down with Bentley Entrepreneurship Society (BES) President Zakary Ewen, an Economics and Finance major and Global Sustainability liberal studies major, in order to learn more about BES. Tell us about BES BES was founded relatively recently in 2002, which makes it a fairly young organization. Our goal is [...]

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Freshman Phil Marquis crowned Mr. Bentley 2010

April 15, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Angela Diaco April Fool’s Day this year was by far the most entertaining yet. Junior Class Cabinet sponsored the Mr. Bentley Pageant, where a studly bunch of 12 Bentley men competed for the title. Part Ms. USA pageant, part American Idol, part Chip n’ Dales exotic dance show, it was an event to [...]

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Professor Profile: John Tommasi

April 15, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan Name: John Richard Tommasi What field does he teach? Mainly economics, for freshmen through seniors. He also used to teach GB 101 until the curriculum changed. Why did he choose teaching? Because it’s really fun and he genuinely enjoys it. He even tells his students than when he “gets up in [...]

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Women’s Center takes back night

April 15, 2010 Campus Life

Annual Take Back the Night event fights  back against sexual assault and rape Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan The Women’s Center hosted its annual Take Back the Night event this past Wednesday and this year was co-hosted by Delta Phi Epsilon and Campus Police. The event began at 7 p.m. when all of the attendees gathered [...]

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Diversity highlighted at Festival of Colors

April 8, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan While some students may think diversity at Bentley is rare, this wasn’t the case at the Festival of Colors Kick-Off last Sunday night. The International Students’ Association hosted and coordinated the event, which featured many different acts as diverse as the opening flag ceremony. According to the actual host of the [...]

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First Global Microfinance Summit held at Bentley

April 8, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan Seminar in Micro Lending, a new course first offered here at Bentley last year, paved the way to create a brand new organization here on campus. Spear headed by some determined and business minded individuals teamed with Professor Roy Wiggins, the group has become an established name on campus and in [...]

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Open Mic Night at More Than Words a unique event for all

April 8, 2010 Campus Life

From children to adults to seniors, entertainment can be found at bookstore’s fun annual event Written by:  Lily Ann Montemayor Every third Friday, More Than Words Bookstore on Moody Street in Waltham, MA holds a monthly Open Mic Night to showcase talent from musical performances to reciting poetry.  It is a great way for youth and [...]

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An Honorable Game

April 8, 2010 Campus Life

Sigma Pi student-faculty b-ball game to support S. Williams Foundation Written by: Andrew Hodgson On Sunday, April 11, Bentley and Sigma Pi will honor their founder and brother Sean Williams, who recently passed away over Winter Break. The event which is to take place in the Dana Center will be the first annual Sean Williams [...]

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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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