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Editorials

Collegiate rankings: Not as good as the real stuff

February 2, 2012 Editorials

Each year, parents and institutions alike are enthralled over the rankings put out by organizations such as The Princeton Review and U.S. News. Every parent wants to find the highest ranking school for their child, and every school wants to see itself at the top of the rankings. As popular as these rankings are, they [...]

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Letter to the Editor

December 8, 2011 Editorials

Dear Editor, As business students, I am sure we each recognize that December is one of the busiest times of the year. The season of gift-giving is about to begin, companies are looking to get out of the red and into the black, and students are ready for winter festivities. As the year approaches a [...]

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Notes from Abroad – London, United Kingdom

December 1, 2011 Editorials

Question: “What has been the most meaningful part of your time abroad?” By Nupur Bhandari I don’t even know how to begin answering this question. This study abroad experience has been one of the most amazing things I have ever done in my entire life. I have met so many amazing people here in England [...]

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Recognizing the work of AIA

December 1, 2011 Editorials

The Vanguard can often be quite critical of other student and administrative organizations on campus, particularly when we see room for improvement. Similarly, when the campus community feels that we are not living up to our expectations as the student newspaper, we expect students to be critical of us. While we are often quick to [...]

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Short-staffed professors

November 17, 2011 Editorials

At Bentley, it’s unlikely you’ll ever find a class on “The Philosophy of The Matrix” or “Harry Potter: Finding Your Patronus.” And while it’s understandable that a small university or college wouldn’t offer such unique electives, it’s still necesary to allow students to have the option of specific upper-level major electives. These electives are helpful in [...]

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Letter to the Editor

November 17, 2011 Editorials

The “No Love for Bachelor of Arts Majors” editorial in the November 10, 2011 issue of The Vanguard is a timely commentary on an important topic for Undergraduate Career Services. In fact, at the November 1, 2011 SGA meeting, I spoke specifically about the progress we have made in building programs for Bachelor of Arts [...]

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No Love for Bachelor of Arts Majors

November 10, 2011 Editorials

An overwhelming majority of Bentley students are business students who go through the whole GB curriculum, from the 100 level to the 400 level. After all, Bentley was originally the Harry Bentley School of Accountancy and Finance, which is likely why Accountancy and Finance are among the strongest and most popular majors at Bentley. Bentley [...]

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Noteworthy Bentley professors

November 3, 2011 Editorials

With only about 4,000 students at Bentley, there are many things that the larger universities may be able to offer that Bentley simply can’t compete with. We may not have the division-one athletics with the massive arenas and massive fan base. We also don’t have the multi-million-dollar-salaried coaches that bring our teams to nationally televised [...]

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Enough Organizations Already!

October 27, 2011 Editorials

There are a lot of benefits to attending a business school, including being provided with an education which will significantly benefit us and prepare us for entering the workplace. By paying hundreds of dollars each year as our Student Activity Fee, we each rightfully feel that we should be able to derive some value from [...]

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CollegiateLink finally leaves campus

October 20, 2011 Editorials

Student Life has regularly struggled with managing student organizations on campus in terms of verifying the number of active members and helping students find organizations that they are interested in. They thought they had found the perfect solution with CollegiateLink, which, from their website, looked like it would be the perfect cure to all of [...]

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CLIC lab: An invaluable campus resource

October 6, 2011 Editorials

One of the hallmarks of Bentley is that we’re surrounded by many high-tech facilities on campus, from the Trading Room managed by Mr. Gibble to the Center for Marketing Technology managed by Mr. Cross. One of the most often overlooked facilities at Bentley is the Center for Languages and International Collaboration, the room we all [...]

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Gloria: Thank you, thank you, thank you

September 29, 2011 Editorials

Dear Gloria, The last four years we’ve spent together have been quite enjoyable. I know you’re technically “President Larson,” but I feel at this point in our relationship that we’re now on a first-name basis. We’ve both come a long way over the last several years, and without each other, we likely wouldn’t be the [...]

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