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Jon McColgan

CollegiateLink swapped for pen and paper

April 14, 2011 Headlines

Student election nominations revert back to signatures By Jon McColgan Policies governing the upcoming student elections have shifted twice in eight days, and student leaders have been playing catch-up. Despite efforts for expanded use of the Internet in candidacy nominations, the Office of Student Activities announced through an e-mail Tuesday that candidates would only be [...]

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A Fireside Chat: More Than Our House Elves

April 14, 2011 Columns

By Jon McColgan A few weeks back in the edition of The Vanguard, you may have seen that the Editorial Board praised the fine work Facilities Management does on a daily basis to keep this campus’s lights on, sidewalks plowed and hallways de-vomited. I personally find that Facilities workers are perhaps the most underappreciated staff [...]

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A Fireside Chat: Finding a Mentor

April 7, 2011 Columns

By Jon McColgan At last week’s SGA meeting, a senator posed an interesting point to Bentley’s provost: Bentley should set up a mentoring system similar to the one at Northeastern for students to receive general advice and guidance. I couldn’t agree more; finding someone wiser and more knowledgeable than you to chat with, receive guidance [...]

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Bentley President defends Blue Cross vice chair role

March 24, 2011 Headlines

Larson says outside board services do not interfere with college presidency By Jon McColgan President Gloria Larson said she only devotes her free time to outside board service, defending her vice chairmanship on the board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, which has recently been a center of controversy over its public charity classification. [...]

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A Fireside Chat: Just Choose a Damn Seat Rebecca

March 24, 2011 Columns

By Jon McColgan I really could have written about anything this week, ranging from Charlie Sheen and the UCLA tart who hates Asians talking to the ongoing disasters plaguing Japan (I hear Ann Coulter has a solution!) or the ongoing joke that calls itself the Grand Old Party, but I’ve settled on something that I’m sure [...]

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Tuition increases by 3.5 percent once again

March 10, 2011 Headlines

CFO warns of tougher budget decisions on the horizon By Jon McColgan President Gloria Larson and the Bentley administration has announced that the Board of Trustees voted during its late February session to raise undergraduate tuition another 3.5 percent for the 2011-2012 academic year, which was the tuition increase last year, along with an average [...]

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SGA announces election restructure; seeks feedback

March 10, 2011 Headlines

By Jon McColgan The Student Government Association (SGA) has officially made public the actual restructuring plan for the election of its Executive Board, and has decided to wait two weeks for student feedback on its plan before moving forward with a vote that would amend the SGA constitution. The plan, which was developed in closed-door [...]

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A Fireside Chat: A Fully Stocked Cabinet

March 10, 2011 Columns

By Jon McColgan Most people who know me would agree that I have no patience for what I term “easy praise,” and I’m not about to win any awards for optimism or my rosy disposition. In reality, I don’t compliment something unless I find it worthy of a compliment, as I find honesty to be a [...]

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SGA leaders to be internally elected

March 3, 2011 Headlines

Restructuring plan kept private from students By Jon McColgan The Student Government Association (SGA), whose members are elected to represent undergraduates in dealings with the administration and which calls itself “the voice of the students,” has met for several weeks in closed, private discussions regarding a significant electoral restructuring involving their executive leadership, and has [...]

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A Fireside Chat: Like a Kid Again

February 24, 2011 Columns

Written By: Jon McColgan I don’t know about the rest of you, but lately I’ve found it easy to forget about how young we are. Faced with what seems like never ending class work, job pressures and other responsibilities, college students these days tend to have fully booked schedules, and while the majority of us [...]

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A Fireside Chat: A (Bieber) Spring Fever

February 17, 2011 Columns

Written By: Jon McColgan It’s that time of year folks. No, I’m not talking about Presidents’ Day or the post-Valentine’s Day bill period (though both are important holidays, so please don’t be offended that I’m brushing them aside), but a time of confusion, anxiety and curiosity. Still need help as to what the hell I’m [...]

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A Fireside Chat: A Spirit of Apathy

February 10, 2011 Columns

Written By: Jon McColgan Last week, I made the comment here that Bentley has arguably the most conservative-minded student body in the Northeast, and one of my colleagues made the point that I should qualify this assertion. So, later this semester I’ll be writing a news story as well as conducting a poll to see [...]

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