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Bentley’s Moot Court team exceeds finals and advances to nationals

December 2, 2010 Campus Life

Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan Four teams from Bentley University competed in the American Collegiate Moot Court Association Eastern Regional Tournament this past weekend in Fitchburg, MA. Forty teams competed in total, representing Holy Cross, Princeton, Syracuse, the College of New Jersey, SUNY Cortland and SUNY Albany, Merrimack, Patrick Henry, Bridgewater State and Fitchburg State. Even [...]

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Speech & Debate Society holds annual political debate

November 18, 2010 Campus Life

Written By: Sindhu Palaniappan After being rechartered to become the Bentley Speech and Debate Society (formerly the Bentley Debate Society) decided to host the Democratic Republican Debate last Wednesday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in the Back Bay. This debate is an annual event which was stopped in the past because of the passion and [...]

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Nonprofit minor proposed to debut in Fall 2011

November 11, 2010 Campus Life

New nonprofit related courses to be added throughout curriculum in addition to existing electives Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan Pending official approval by the faculty Curriculum Committee here at Bentley University is the new Nonprofit Organizations Minor. Ten percent of organizations in the United States are located in the Nonprofit sector, and this percentage is rising [...]

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Culture Fest Kick Off Set

November 4, 2010 Campus Life

Written By Sindhu Palaniappan Culture Fest 2010 is right around the corner, with the kick off during our 2:10 p.m. activity period this Monday, November 8! Stop by the MCC lounge on the top floor of the Student Center to see what’s going on. Each year Bentley celebrates Culture Fest, a week-long festival that celebrates [...]

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Women’s Rugby sits undefeated thus far

October 28, 2010 Headlines

Blaney leads talented Lady Falcons to playoffs in first season as head coach Written by: Sindhu Palaniappan Women’s Rugby had an impressive 5-0 winning streak this season, and it is one of the few Rugby teams to go into the playoffs undefeated thus far. Women’s Rugby is a club sport here at Bentley, but in general [...]

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Service Learning holds conference for aspiring leaders

October 7, 2010 Campus Life

Written By: Sindhu Palaniappan “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader” – John Quincy Adams, as cited in the introduction to Bentley’s Leadership Conference held this past Saturday in the Executive Dining Room. Bentley’s Service Learning Department put the conference together for high [...]

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Surf school startup: Worth the challenge

September 23, 2010 Campus Life

Written By Sindhu Palaniappan What did you do last summer? Started my own business, no big deal. For sophomore Benjamin Fowler, a Finance and Global Perspectives double major here at Bentley, this was actually true. Ben started his own surf instruction school – Sacred Surf School – down in Cape Cod, and said that he [...]

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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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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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