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OCT. 15 , 2007 EDITION .

PRINT EDITION KEY HEADLINES: Team BU beautifies campus; women's summit brings sepakers and inspiration to local ladies; Fine Arts department offers new program; Career seminar gives advice to jobseekers; Denise West appointed executive director of university relations; Round with Religion gives students opportunity to explore variety of issues; ResLife has new Web site; Finding ways to embrace green living; Movie review: Resident Evil: Extinction; Album review: New Amsterdams' At the Foot of My Rival; Bake sale to benefit The Candor D.C. convention trip; Bee Movie creating a buzz; Short story "Rescued"; Book review: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman; poetry; Opinions--Are We Getting Dumber?, Where Do You Get Your News?, Books Too Expensive for Average Student and Cigarette Tax; Athlete of the Week--Nora Becker, Cross Country; Sports--volleyball, football and soccer

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FAMILY WEEKEND EVENTS: Students and family members enjoyed a fun filled week of activities, all culminating with the victorious football game on Saturday. Photos by Heather Nelson, Katie Buell, Fadi Shihadeh and Erin O'Kane.

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USC researcher and author discusses the need of organizational change

By David Arnone
Adult Accelerated Arts Writer

Aristotle once said “change in all things is sweet.” On Oct. 13, Dr. Christopher Worley from the University of San Diego, presented “Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness” at Birk’s Tellabs Lecture Hall as part of Benedictine University’s Contemporary Trends in Change Management Lecture Series.

“Dr. Peter Sorensen has brought us these lecture series since 1975,” said Dr. Sandra Gill, Dean of the College of Business.

An expert in achieving organizational development, Worley has not only taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of San Diego, but he has also been a former director of the Master of Science in Organization Program (MSOD) at Pepperdine University. Worley has written articles, books and book chapters that address these issues that relate to organizational development.

“His work in books is groundbreaking,” said Dr. Gill.

In his lecture, Worley discussed in depth how an organization can achieve worldwide success in a demanding and changing competitive market. Worley stressed the “built to change” theory in the lecture. Worley’s discussed how organizations must use new technologies and innovating experimentation that will advance their performance. Stagnant ideas and minimal risk only lead to the status quo.

During his years as a consultant, Worley has primarily focused his attention to strategy formulation and implementation, organization design, and the longitudinal evaluation of strategic change. Over the past 30 years, these lecture series have brought in over 75 globally recognized scholars and consultants.

“Everything you do within the past 40 years created a prelude to the fifth decade,” said Sorensen, department chair and professor of Master of Science in management and organizational behavior.

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The Rescue (continued from page 14 of The Candor)

By Katherine Braun
Guest Writer

With this thought she had caged herself, like a dangerous animal, into her room and now, for the first time in nearly an hour, she moved: Her hand slid hesitantly into her black messenger’s bag lying beside her and, with shaking fingers, she extracted the menacingly sharp knife she had grabbed from the kitchen on her way upstairs.

“Ring….ring!” The girl nearly jumped three feet in the air and dropped the knife with a loud clatter from her unsteady fingertips. She had completely forgotten that her cell phone was still on. She swiftly rummaged though her bag and flipped open its metallic red top.

“Hello?” Her greeting sounded more like a question.

“Umm… hi. This is Josh… We sit next to each other in biology and I helped you when you fell today. I… I normally don’t do this type of thing but… ahhh… I was just wondering if you would like to get lunch with me tomorrow- but only if you want to,” Josh rushed through his last few words.

The girl slowly pulled the phone away from her ear in disbelief. She blinked a few times, shook her head, and then, still in shock, replaced the phone to her ear and hoarsely whispered, “I would love to.” And at these simple words Silence had no choice but to let his victim go.

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