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Schedule of Events During Bentley 2008
 

Sunday, June 8
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Check In  (Mitchell/Twin Towers Dormitory)
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Introductions and ‘Icebreakers’ (Kellogg Center)
Time devoted to meeting the Co-Directors, Staff Assistants (SAs) and fellow Operation Bentley students
5:45 – 6:45 p.m. Dinner (Lower Baldwin Cafeteria)
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Orientation and Program Overview (Bobbitt Aud.) Drs. Al Pheley and William Rose, Operation Bentley Co-Directors and SAs
Making Camelot Work -– How to Use Parliamentary
Procedure; the Art of Role-Playing;  The Jobs of the Mayor, Manager, Council and Planning Commission
8:45 – 9:30 p.m. Review Session with SAs
9:30 p.m. Study Time - Do your program reading! Be prepared for tomorrow’s simulation!
Monday, June 9
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall--Sit with members of your SA group)

8:45 – 10:45 a.m.

Camelot I – Local Government Simulation (Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)

11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Camelot II – Local Government Simulation (Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall - Sit with members of your SA group)

1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

Speaker: Hon. David Landry, Mayor of Novi, MI (Bobbitt Auditorium)

2:30 – 4:45 p.m. Camelot III – Local Government Simulation (Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)
5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Review Session with SAs

6:00 – 6:45 p.m.

Dinner (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)

7:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Recreation (Dow, pool 8-9)

9:30 p.m. Study Time
Tuesday, June 10
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast – Lower Baldwin Dining Hall
8:45 – 10:45 Camelot IV (Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)
11:00 – 12:00 p.m. Camelot V (Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)
12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)

1:00 - 2:15 p.m. Speaker (TBA)
2:30 – 4:00 p.m. Camelot VI – Final Session and Debriefing (Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.

Recreation (Athletic field, canoeing & sports equipment)

5:15 – 6:00 p.m.

Picnic (Quad)

6:15 – 7:45 p.m.

State Issues and Instruction on Bill Writing (Bobbitt)

8:00 – 9:45 p.m. Party Caucuses and Preparation for Gubernatorial Debate (Robinson)
10:00 – 11:00 p.m. Study Time
Wednesday, June 11 -- Trip to Lansing
7:00 – 7:30 a.m. Breakfast – Lower Baldwin Dining Hall
(NOTE EARLY BREAKFAST TIME)
7:45 a.m.

Board buses in front of Baldwin Dining Hall

8:00 a.m.

Buses Depart for Lansing

9:15 a.m. Meeting (TBA)
10:00 a.m. Senate Gallery
11:30 a.m. Meeting (TBA)
Noon

Capitol Tour

12:30 p.m.

Lunch (with your Student Assistant)

2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

Hall of Justice Security Clearance Process

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Supreme Court
3:45 p.m. Board Buses and Return to Albion College
5:45 – 6:30 p.m.

Dinner (Lower Baldwin)

6:45 – 8:00 p.m.

Gubernatorial Debate and Vote (Bobbitt Auditorium)

8:15 – 8:45 p.m. Review Session with SAs
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Recreation and Free Time (Dow Center, pool 9-11) 

Thursday, June 12
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)

8:45 – 9:30 a.m.

State of the State Address (Bobbitt Auditorium)

9:45 – 12:00 p.m. State Party Caucuses and Committee Sessions(Putnam 255/257 & Palenske 225/227)
12:15 – 12:45 p.m.

Lunch (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)

1:00 – 2:15 p.m. Speaker (TBA)
2:30 – 6:00 p.m. State Legislative Simulation – Committees as Needed (Norris 101/Towsley Lecture Hall)
6:15 – 6:45 p.m.

Dinner (Lower Baldwin)

7:00 – 9:00 p.m. TBA
9:00 – 11:00 p.m. Recreation and Free Time (Dow Center, pool 9-11)

Friday, June 13

8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast  (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)
8:45 – 11:45 a.m. State Legislative Simulation – Committees as Needed (Norris 101/Towsley Lecture Hall)
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.

Lunch (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)

12:45 – 2:00 p.m. Speaker (TBA)
2:15 – 4:45 p.m. State Legislative Simulation (Norris 101/Towsley Lecture Hall)
4:45 – 5:00 p.m.

State Simulation Debriefing (Norris 101/Towsley Lecture Hall)

5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Recreation and Picnic - Planned Softball game, Soccer Game & Volleyball (Athletic Field – canoeing, sports equipment)
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Free Time
9:30 – 12:00 a.m. Dance and Game Night  (Kellogg Center – ‘The Stack’)
Saturday, June 14
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast  (Lower Baldwin Dining Hall)
8:45 – 9:45 a.m. Study Time
10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Operation Bentley Examination (Norris 101/Towsley Lecture Hall)
11:45 a.m. Picnic Lunch, Check-Out, and Farewells (Mitchell/Twin Towers)


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