By Nikolaj Zandvliet Babson College is once again highlighting its role as a member of a global society. Besides being the number one entrepreneurship college in the country, and having the status as one of the world’s best business colleges, Babson wants more. For a long time, one main way for Babson students [...]
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Struggling for a Visa/Green Card
By Nikolaj Zandvliet How important visas are when it comes to gaining employment? What kind of Visa do I need when I am working? Or studying? How in the world do I even get one? There are vast amount of questions that can be asked about the Visa or employment process in the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Do You Know What Your (Copy)Rights Are?
While it might be hard to imagine, Blackboard has the potential to have just as many illegally copied materials as you might find on other much more publicized platforms for media distribution such as Kazaa, Limewire and hosting websites such as Mediafire and Megaupload. How can this be? One may ask this because, of course, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »RENT performed at Regis College and College Students Get Discount Tickets
Open Fields presents Rent; School Edition! Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award winning musical, RENT, will be performed by the talented teenagers of Open Fields Community Theater. Under the direction of Keith Greenfield and trained by Adam Kantor, the show’s Broadway star, the cast is thrilled to present this touching and topical story to local audiences. In [...]
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by Vicki Truong We all know the importance of community service, but it is not always in the forefront of our minds. Darline Lefevre (2011) says, “Students want to volunteer but we tend to get wrapped up in our hectic schedules. We just need a reminder.” As fellow Babson students, we can certainly vouch for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »CAB Spring Concert Search: Where are the Female Artists?
This morning Mark Hewitt, advisor to Babson’s CAB (Campus Activites Board) and Student Leadership and Activities Coordinator, sent out a survey regarding CABs events on campus. Of particular interest was the section for Spring Concert Suggestions. Last year, CAB brought State Radio and DropKick Murphys. In the recent past, Common and Third Eye Blind have [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winter is Upon Us!: Unseasonably cold weather leads to early ski area openings
by Dan Muise If you’ve ever: 1)Gotten excited when it snows even though classes will never be cancelled for an inch of snow that melts within the hour 2)Spent more than $100 on ski/snowboard equipment in the summer even though there isn’t any snow on the ground 3)Put your skis/snowboard on inside your dorm [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25: Another Notch for Babson
By Kirsty StPierre Being named on BusinessWeek’s annual Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 list, now in its fifth consecutive year, is a high achievement for any up-and-coming entrepreneur. But for Babson students, it might be considered to be adding yet one another achievement under their belts. The list is run by asking BusinessWeek’s readers to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Fall Rocket Pitches
By Nikolaj Zandvliet Fifty nervous faces and fancy sports coats walked into the auditorium on the Friday morning of October 30th. The Rocket Pitch event that was organized in Olin Hall at Babson College was a small event for some, and a big deal for others. Mr. Gautam Tambe, the man in charge, had managed [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Win a Roundtrip airline ticket!
How To Play: 1. Pick up a print copy of the FREEP located in Hollister, Reynolds or Horn. Or use this document 2. Use the paper to identify the pictures of the 10 students and list their home country. 3. Turn the paper into Dean Hanno’s Office in Hollister 106 or email babsonfreep@babson.edu by 4pm [...]
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