Volume 4, Issue 3 November 2011 Bay State Beat

Your Official Guide to Student Activities since 2008

UPCOMING EVENTS You’re Invited To the President’s Inside this issue: October 31st—Habitat for Humanity Open Forum Bake Sale

November 2nd—DECA Meeting Upcoming Events in 1 When: November November 2nd—Make a Child Smile Wednesday Nov. 2nd History of Halloween 2 November 7th—14th—Turkey Where: 31 St. Basket Competition James Rm 230 and 231 Bay State Partners 2 November 14th—Fire & Ice Night with Our Place Time: 11:00 — 12:15pm

Career Services 3 LOOK FOR EVENTS IN THE Here’s your chance to share Corner what you think is working, UPCOMING WEEKS voice your thoughts for AES Travels to NYC 3 improvement, and listen to future plans for Bay State College! Happy Halloween from the Office of Student Affairs Page 2 Bay State History of Halloween Night

brought their traditions with them. The originally tradition of ghost and Originally Halloween was set for witches still exist today. Many people tend Americans started to dress up and to make a big deal out of this holiday November 1st, its marked the end go from house to house asking for whether its haunted houses, or other scary of the summer and the harvest and food or money which became the features associated with the holiday. the beginning of cold winter nights. “trick or treat” tradition. Halloween is considered one of The time of year is associated to the In the late 1800’s Americans America’s favorite holidays. October 31 is human death. In Ireland the Celts decided to make Halloween more when all the ghost zombies and werewolves believed that on October 31 the about the community and not so come out for a good scare. spirits came alive and roamed the much about ghosts and pranks. The *Courtesy of http://www.history.com/topics/ halloween Earth. community was encouraged to take Halloween didn’t come to anything death related to America until the late 19th century. Halloween out of the tradition. This When the Irish flooded America caused Halloween to lose more of its they tradition.

Safety Tips for Halloween Weekend

Halloween can be an exciting Safety Tips If your roommate(s) stay time of year especially in a city. When wearing a costume home make sure they know However it is important to be safe make sure if it something you where you are during the Halloween weekend are comfortable with especially if it is your first one in Boston. There are some safety If you go out in a group come Remember on Halloween you precautions that you should take back with a group can have fun, but it is important to be safe. into account when enjoying the Make sure your cell phone is holiday. charged before going out

If you go out make sure you know where you going

Brian’s Top Ten Bay State College Begins Kaitlyn’s Top Ten Scariest Movies Non-Scary Movies Partnership with Our Place 10. The Others 10. The Truman Show 9. Halloween Bay State’s student community service group, the 9. The Princess Bride 8. Paranormal Activity 2 Community O’s, decided at the end of last academic year 8. Life is Beautiful that they would like to focus their efforts for this year in 7. The Hills Have Eyes and around homelessness. In order to help bring about 7. Amelie 6. Nightmare of Elm Street that focus, they have decided to partner with Our Place, 6. Rain Man the daycare center for homeless children run by the 5. The Silence of the Lambs 5. Slumdog Millionaire Salvation Army in Cambridge. Megan Gelinas, the 4. The Shining president of the Community O’s, is completing an 4. Forrest Gump 3. Poltergeist internship there this semester. They are planning many 3. Hook community service projects in the coming months to help 2. Psycho this inspiring organization! Contact Megan at 2. 10 Things I Hate About You 1. IT [email protected] for more information and to 1. Love Actually help out! Volume 4, Issue 3 Page 3 Want to Get Involved? Career Services Corner The Career Services team can help you with Come to a Meeting! resume writing, work study, part time jobs and internships. Student Government Association: Call or email to schedule an appointment!

Meets every Monday at 5pm in 35 Doug Sherman Terri Mahn Comm Ave Student Lounge Career Services Advisor Career Services Advisor CJ & EM FD/M Community O’s: Meets every Tuesday 617-217-9230 617-217-9216 [email protected] [email protected] at 4pm in 35 Comm Ave Student Lounge Tom Corrigan Campus Activities Board: Meets Director every Tuesday at 5pm in 35 Comm Ave PTA, MA, HS, Nursing, ECE, BA, MGMT, HOSP & MKTG [email protected]

Audio Engineering Society Travels to New York

Bay State College Audio Engineering Society students attended the 131st AES Convention in New York this past week and it was a fantastic experience! Students helped loud speaker company PMC (Professional Monitor Company) set up their presentation rooms, and attended many lectures. Many professionals were met and amazing connections established. AES students also held an education table promoting Bay State College's AES organizations involvement in the Boston community. Some of the best news from this convention is that Bay State College was voted on by AES officials and we are now an officially recognized Chapter of the Boston AES Section! Bay State College's AES program is making great strides to be recognized in its community and expects to become further involved! Parker Woods, Bay State AES Representative

Bay State College complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. If you are a student who is seeking accommodations based on your disability, please contact the appropriate Disability Support Services Coordinator to discuss reasonable accommodations:

Karen Keough, MSW Sarah Wood, M.Ed. Cheryl Raiche, LICSW** Marcia Brathwaite Disability Support Services Coord. Disability Support Services Coord. Disability Support Services Coord. Disability Support Services Coord. Student Success Coordinator Student Success Coordinator School Counselor Student Success Coordinator BA, CJ, ECE, NUR, PTA programs EM, FM/D, HS, MA programs Day, Evening and Online Students Evening and Online Students 35 Commonwealth Ave., 1st floor 35 Commonwealth Ave., 5th floor 35 Commonwealth Ave., 2nd floor 31 St. James St. 617-217-9209 617-217-9246 617-217-9212 617-217-9436 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] **Students who have a psychiatric, emotional, or behavioral disorder must contact Cheryl Raiche.