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Pancakes, sausages & tater tots break the record for fundraising

February 23, 2012 Headlines

By Anh Duong RHA Breaking the Fund Raising Record though Breakfast by Moonlight! Last semester, The Residence Hall Association raised $2,086.53 from the 41st Breakfast by Moonlight event to donate to Chesterbrook, a Learning Center located in Waltham. With that number, last semester’s Breakfast by Moonlight officially became the event that collected the highest amount [...]

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Popping the Bentley Bubble

February 16, 2012 Headlines

Student organizations may need to make a move By Lacey Nemergut Dramatic office changes are underway on Bentley University Campus for the 2012-2013 academic year. After completion of the current construction in LaCava and future renovations in historic Lewis Hall, the counseling center will move to the Residential Center area, the Residential Center will move [...]

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Bentley students raising the Happy Planet Index: A new way to measure standard of living

February 16, 2012 Headlines

By Ana Agustina Porta Do you think positively about your future? Or, do you envision it as the famous apocalyptic movies? Over the years, people have focused on measuring others’ happiness based on things that aren’t really important to them, like their wealth. In reality, these measures of GDP and purchasing power parity measure production, [...]

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The man behind Bentley Memes

February 16, 2012 Headlines

By Jared Bilodeau Over the past week, the Bentley population has been swarming to one popular Facebook page – Bentley Memes. The page points out the quirks of Bentley and was created by our very own Conner Charlebois. Charlebois is a sophomore at Bentley who is majoring in Computer Information Systems. He created the page [...]

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Remembering Professor Yvonne Jeannine Yaw

February 9, 2012 Headlines

“The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct and the hands to execute” By Lacey Nemergut Yvonne Yaw, beloved teacher, colleague, and friend of the Bentley community, passed away at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday, January 31 at age 75 after a courageous fight with pneumonia and heart complications. President Gloria Larson addressed [...]

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Lurch forward, correct your math skills now

February 9, 2012 Headlines

By Ali Farooqi Professor Nathan Carter of Bentley University is in the final stages of designing a free, math software, Lurch to help students correct their math. Professor Carter has been working on bringing about Lurch for the past 10 years, with the help of his former Professor, Ken Monks at the University of Scranton. Professor [...]

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Shortages of books at the Bentley bookstore

February 9, 2012 Headlines

By Greg Donahue Shortages of books at the Bentley Bookstore have left a number of students wondering when their orders will be coming in. Coming into the spring semester, some students were forced to attend the first days of classes without their books. Such delays left students curious as to what the problem was. Regional Manager [...]

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Fight off student loans with a Bentley degree

February 2, 2012 Headlines

Bentley ranks #11 on Forbes’ “Colleges That Will Make You Rich” By Kristin Tomasi This past December, Bentley University was ranked eleventh place on the list of “Colleges That Will Make You Rich” after graduation, as produced annually by Forbes.com. The unique ranking focused on college graduates whose future endeavors exceeded expectations based on their school’s ranking [...]

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Parking fee coming this fall to Bentley campus

February 2, 2012 Headlines

Given the choice, students prefer to pay for parking over cable By Lacey Nemergut Last semester, Dean Andrew Shepardson notified the student population that necessary monetary changes would take place affecting either the student body’s cable usage or parking permission. In response to such a magnanimous potential change in student life, SGA and RHA sponsored forums, [...]

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Tenth annual AGP Jell-O wrestling was pinned as a success

February 2, 2012 Headlines

By Matt Somma After the Jell-O wrestling competition this past Saturday, Alpha Gamma Pi (AGP) brothers regarded the event as “the cat’s pajamas” for its success. It is a long standing event that for the last 10 years has been honored by the brothers of Alpha Gamma Pi as a tradition. At 7:30 p.m. on [...]

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World-changing news stories in 2011: A brief recap of events

December 8, 2011 Headlines

By Lesile Dias It is easy to be at Bentley and be consumed by the “Bentley bubble.”It can appear as though the world outside of the intersection of Forest Street and Beaver Street does not exist, and we go about our merry way up the Smith stairs and to the classes, people and drama that [...]

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Bentley seeks brand

December 1, 2011 Headlines

Marketing Bentley as more than just a business university By Alyssa Neshe Many find the task of describing Bentley University in one word to be difficult. David Perry, chief marketing officer of Bentley, spoke to the Student Government Association (SGA) about marketing the University in order to spread the word about the institution. The Marketing [...]

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