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SGA hosts forum

November 17, 2011 Headlines

Opinions voiced on proposed parking and cable fees By Lacey Nemergut On Monday, November 14, the Student Government Association (SGA) and Dean Andrew Shepardson held an open forum to gauge student response to potential fees for parking and cable. Shepardson presented a slideshow composed by Paul Clemente, vice president for Business and Finance, featuring relevant [...]

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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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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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SGA Speaks

October 7, 2010 Columns

By Kerrin Welch & Spencer Tirella On Friday, September 24, the Student Government Association had their annual retreat, which was held at the Connors Center in Dover, MA. The goal of the retreat was to familiarize new members with the organization, as well as establish which projects SGA will work on throughout the year. It [...]

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After successful year, outgoing SGA President reflects back

April 22, 2010 News

Written by: Dan Merica After a year of both challenges and successes, Puja Shah, President of Student Government Association, finds it difficult to leave the position she has decided not to run for again, but believes that her tenure as president “really set the student government up for the next year.” “It wasn’t an easy [...]

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Serious flaws in SGA report

April 22, 2010 Editorials

When you read any study that is designed to address an issue, what matters is not only the recommendations made or the conclusions drawn, but the data collected and analyzed. When you question a study, you question the data and its analysis, whether it be a Harvard Business case, 301 project or Wall Street Journal [...]

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SGA feels left out of the discussion for Lower Café

April 22, 2010 Headlines

Written by: Dan Merica With large-scale changes to dining options on campus, primarily the total renovation of the Lower Cafeteria in LaCava, one student who was tasked to monitor these changes and represent the student voice through both the Food Service Advisory Board (FSAB) and Student Government Association (SGA) is questioning whether the student voice [...]

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SGA Speaks CollegiateLink

April 15, 2010 Columns

Compiled by: Sucheta Desai For being such a relatively small school, I think we can all proudly say that our students are incredibly involved. From athletics to Greek Life, music and arts to academics, and cultural awareness to student governance, you name it, we have an organization for it. In the past, student organizations have [...]

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Smoking policy passes, Smokers forced to 25 feet

April 8, 2010 Headlines

No smoking is permitted near buildings Written by: Dan Merica The Student Government Association (SGA) unanimously passed a bill on Tuesday that effectively harmonizes smoking policies at Bentley, clarifying the rule that states no smoking can occur within 25 feet of campus buildings. While the bill does not require administrators to take the actions suggested, [...]

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SGA brainstorms with local schools

February 25, 2010 Headlines

Written by: Dan Merica On Saturday February 13, Student Government Association (SGA) hosted the second biannual Boston Inter-Collegiate Leadership Conference, a gathering that brought together student leaders from ten other schools in the area. The comprehensive agenda addressed a number of issues, including smoking policy, sustainability, budget cuts and Haiti relief efforts. Members of Bentley [...]

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SGA aims to bring back newspapers – Student survey reveals high demand for the return of program

February 25, 2010 Headlines

Written by: Brian Lofrumento The results are in: students want the Newspaper Readership Program back. Last week the Student Government Association (SGA) sent out a survey to students to get feedback about the controversial decision to cut the paper program, and the results overwhelmingly called for the program to be brought back. The survey results [...]

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No student response to SGA forum on academics

February 11, 2010 News

Written by: Andrew Hodgson On February 2, SGA held a student academic forum in the Back Bay. The forum was designed to gather concerns and input from the Bentley student body on a number of academic issues. However, since no students attended the forum, the SGA had to resort to discussing issues presented by its [...]

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