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V. 82, Issue 19, April 16, 2015 Volume 82, Issue 19 Smithfield, RI April 16, 2015 Inside The other side of Jack: Suzy Welch By Molly Funk Editorial Assistant & News Editor this Many are aware of Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric, and were looking forward to his visit to Bryant on April 13th, 2015. Many forget about his equally edition impressive wife, Suzy Welch, former editor- in-chief of The Harvard Business Review. Born in Lexington, Massachusetts, Suzy attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Harvard College, and then Harvard Business School, where she graduated in the top five percent of Business: her class. The secret to Welch’s As stated in her biography, Suzy began her career as a reporter for the Miami Herald, wealth then turned to the Associated Press. Using her business degree, Suzy also worked for the management consulting firm Bain & Company in Boston. She then rose to the editor-in-chief of the Harvard Business Page 5 Review until 2002. Currently, Welch is an active writer working with her husband to publish a weekly column in The New York Times answers to readers’ questions. to effectively balance work and life, as well as entitled “The Welch Way”. The column Suzy is a regular columnist for O, The how to manage career challenges. Speaking Sports: discusses in a cut-throat approach the Oprah Magazine. Her columns discuss how directly to this is Welch’s book Spring 2015: baseball specifics about business and career success as See “Welch”, page 3 is back Credibility crisis: Rolling Stone and UVA By Allie Miller Staff Writer In November 2014, Rolling Stone published ‘A Rape on Campus’ which recounted a University of Virginia student’s alleged violent gang rape at Page 7 the campus’ Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house. Upon further investigation, the credibility of the story was completely damaged, ultimately leading the Opinion: magazine to retract it. According to Rolling Stone, Bryant goes MADD the story was written by their for mocktail hour writer Sabrina Rubin Erdely in collaboration with the survivor of the alleged rape, a UVA rising junior now known to millions Page 10 of readers as “Jackie.” Erdely, who specializes in stories about crime, was referred to the student by Emily Renda, a UVA staff member and rape survivor Variety: dedicated to sexual violence Accolades for issues at the university. While Erdely has been Furious 7 the face of this Rolling Stone credibility crisis, she is hardly the only person to blame. Erdely was one of many members of the Rolling Stone team who believed Jackie’s story, which included editors and a fact-checker who unsure of how to spell his last point that she contacted her victims of sexual violence. But spent over four hours on the name, and that is when Erdely principal editor. The story has instead, many are concerned phone with Jackie going over became suspicious, as stated since been officially retracted, that this very public false rape her story. It was unfortunately in the report compiled by The and the magazine has formally allegation has created a negative after the story was published that Columbia University Graduate apologized to readers, members perception about women Erdely first questioned Jackie. School of Journalism, ‘A Rape on of Phi Kappa Psi, and the UVA reporting sexual violence. This During the entirety of Campus: What Went Wrong?’ community. fabricated rape allegation may the investigation and writing she thought “how could Jackie This journalistic blunder has make it more difficult to involve process, Jackie refused to give not know the exact name of been investigated by various college students in progress Erdely the name of the man someone she said had carried news outlets, journalism groups, against sexual assaults on who orchestrated the supposed out such a terrible crime against and even the Charlottesville, VA campus. Page 13 gang rape, referring to him only her – a man she professed to fear police department who found no Although a terrible mistake, as a lifeguard. After the story deeply?” evidence to support the Rolling Rolling Stone has handled the was published Erdely finally Upon further conversation Stone report. difficult aftermath responsibly. In convinced Jackie to share the with Jackie, Erdely’s doubts Erdely’s initial motive for the addition to removing the article name with her. But Jackie was became more serious, to the article was good – to support See “Credibility”, page 3 page 2 News April 16, 2015 Bursting the Staff ‘Bryant Bubble’ Matt Gillen & Kat Larsson Co Editors-in-Chief Web Editor: Daniel Chan Editorial Assistant & News Editor: Molly Funk Opinion Editor: Autumn Harrington Variety Editor: Sarah Rudkin Paul McCartney Sports Editor: Kaitlyn Graham John Lennon Business Editor: John Logan Copy Editor: Sarah Rozenburg Advisor: Susan Zarnowski Lennon was an avid writer of short There is a conspiracy theory that the Technical Advisor: Larry Sasso stories and poetry. He published Paul McCartney you saw performing Business Managers: Paige Rovnak, Jillian Bonafede three books: In His Own Write, at the Grammy’s a few months ago is A Spaniard in the Works, and not the original Paul McCartney. 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