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The exhibit in Smith forces viewers to con-

sider what “beauty” really is.

LeadershipFloor for CBLparticipantsto locate inCopley South

By Alexander Grotevant

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By Yuriy IvanovVANGuArd StAFF

Nearly 300 students participated in the Bentley

Business Bowl this year.

With the understanding

that leadership and learning

are intrinsically tied togeth-

er, The Office of Residence

Life has created a new spe-

cialty housing option specif-

i ca l ly for the leaders o f

tomorrow. Building off of the

success of the women’s lead-

ership floor, a new Bentley

Leadership floor interwoven

with the Certified Bentley

Leader Program has made

its way to Copley South.

Kathryn Keyes, Assistant

Director of the Residential

Center, said the students

participating in the new

leadership floor would “net-

work, gain leadership skills,

bond with floor members

through intentional pro-

graming, informal conversa-

t ion and cont inue the ir

development in becoming

successful leaders both at

Bentley and beyond into the

workforce.”

As with all specialty hous-

i n g , a n a p p l i c a t i o n i s

required to request entry

into the exclusive and tight-

k n i t c o m m u n i t y . A d a m

Payne, Director of the CBL

Program, explained that “the

floor is open to current fresh-

man students that are either

currently enrolled in the pro-

gram, or will become aspir-

ing CBL students, as long as

they obtain status sometime

that year.” This broadens

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Students pledge to end fat talk on campusProgram brings awareness of the unattainable “ideal body”

This past Saturday, near-

ly 300 of Bentley’s under-

graduate and graduate stu-

dents took part in the 16th

annual Bentley Business

Bowl. Lasting nearly nine

hours, the all-day event was

extremely well organized

and turned out to be a great

success.

For anyone unaware of

what the Business Bowl is,

teams of four or five stu-

dents of the same class-code

level compete against other

teams of the same level. The

teams are given cases in

which they have the oppor-

tunity to apply their knowl-

edge of business to real-life

situations. All undergradu-

ate teams were presented

with two cases, while gradu-

ate teams were dealt a sin-

g l e , l o n g e r a n d m o r e

involved case.

Following a breakfast and

s h o r t o r i e n t a t i o n t h a t

mapped out the events of the

day, teams were given pack-

See LEADERSHIP, Page 6

ets with their respective

cases and schedules.

The two purely fictitious

cases given to undergradu-

ate teams were quite differ-

ent from one another. The

first of the two was actually

provided by Liberty Mutual,

a corporate sponsor of the

event. This case presented a

situation of insider trading,

oriented. Teams were asked

to provide a company’s own-

ers with advice on which

direction their business

s h o u l d g o . T e a m s w e r e

required to analyze the cur-

rent situation of the compa-

ny and formulate advice

based upon numerous stake-

holders’ interests as well as

past events that had impact-

ed the company’s financial

positioning.

Teams were given until

the afternoon to prepare pre-

sentations addressing each

case. All presentations were

to be delivered to a panel of

volunteer judges that had

real-life experience in the

business world. Interestingly

enough, about 70 percent of

the judges were Bentley

alumni themselves.

For undergraduates, each

of the two presentations was

to last no longer than 15

minutes and to be followed

by any questions the judges

may have had. Graduate

students, on the other hand,

See BOWL, Page 6

which all Bentley students

are well aware is a serious

lega l and eth ica l i ssue .

Essentially, each team was

asked to evaluate the situa-

tion and provide legal advice

to an individual who had

been exposed to insider trad-

ing in the workplace.

The second o f the two

cases was heavily finance-

By Brenna O’ConnellFOrMEr CAMpuS LiFE EditOr

This week marked the

Counseling and Student

Development Center’s annu-

al Fat Talk Free Week, co-

sponsored with the Center

for Health and Wellness and

t h e S t u d e n t - A t h l e t e

Advisory Committee (SAAC).

With 200 pledges to end fat

talk last year, this year’s

event is looking to break

that record.

Not surprisingly, if stu-

dents d id not f i rst hear

a b o u t t h e p r o g r a m o n

Facebook, Twitter or other

social media, their attention

was probably grabbed on

Monday on the third floor of

Smith. Large posters of male

and female models definite-

ly attracted the student pop-

ulation. The exhibit had dif-

ferent parts, each with a

purpose of raising awareness

of the unattainable “ideal

body.” The first panel talks

about the thin ideal for

women and the second deals

with lean ideal for men. The

next segment relays infor-

mation about how al l o f

those images in the maga-

zines and posters are all

altered and edited to produce

a distorted image of beauty.

“[That part] gives you a

good compare and contrast

for celebrities. Even George

Clooney was part of it…they

didn’t focus on his body; they

Police Log 2 Tip of the Week 2 Cartoon 4 Voices 8 & 9 Notes From Abroad 11 Falcon of The Week 16

SPECAEnglish and MediaStudies professormentioned by BenAffleck at Oscars

8 TENNISFa l c o n s l o o ktoward a strongseason after earlylosses

14VALENTE SEMINARSeminar to focus on democracy in Fall ‘13

5

WHY IT MATTERSNew column relates current issues to Bentley

12

Another successful Business Bowl

focused on his face…[to get]

rid of the wrinkles,” said jun-

ior peer educator Dawn

Recio.

The penultimate portion is

a mirror with facts of body

image and how it affects peo-

ple psychologically. The final

step is to take the pledge to

end fat talk, which promises

to refrain from fat talk of any

kind for a full 24 hours, and

if any friends are participat-

ing in any fat talk then they

will change the conversation.

“ O u r h o p e i s t o b r i n g

awareness to the campus

that it’s okay to love your

See FAT TALK, Page 6

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Judicial action Summary

total number of cases: 18total number of individuals involved (violators): 36number of individuals dismissed from responsibility: 1number of individuals referred to Judicial Board: 0 number of educational sanctions given: 31

(includes referrals to alcohol Education)Cash total of fines given for the week: $900number of work sanctions assigned: 0number of students placed on warning: 21number of parental notifications: 2number of individuals put on residential probation: 3

(Loss of 15 Housing Credits)number of individuals put on disciplinary probation: 2

(Loss of 30 Housing Credits)number of individuals put on suspension (housing): 0number of individuals put on suspension (university): 0number of individuals expelled from university: 0

Provided by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs

02.20.2013-02.26.2013

Police loga taxing ride

early last saturday morning, a

taxi driver contacted university

Police complaining of a stubborn cus-

tomer. the driver said he had a male

in his vehicle who wasn’t playing fair

by not paying his fare. the two had

j o urne y e d a l l t he wa y f r o m

Beantown, and it was not until they

were turning onto the campus that

the student began to argue with the

driver about the cost of the ride. the

student came on rather aggressively,

screaming expletives at the driver

and demanding to know “what lan-

g ua g e he wa s sp e a k ing in . ”

university Police arrived on the

scene, and quickly deemed that the

student, who (of course) did not go

to Bentley, was intoxicated and

needed to be placed in protective cus-

tody. It was later determined that

the student was from Connecticut

and was in this great state visiting

a friend. When these reporters con-

tacted Connecticutian authorities

about the potential charges for the

unruly individual, they responded:

“Yes, he will be charged with not

being eNouGH of an elitist prick.

We expect much more arrogance out

of our youth— that is an embarrass-

ment.”

van de-Built

While playing american’s pastime

down in God ’ s wa i t ing room

(Florida), the baseball team had a bit

of a mishap. the assistant director

of athletics called to report “acciden-

ta l damage t o a renta l van . ”

according to a report, the vehicle was

struck with an errant foul ball and

was left with a completely smashed

windshield. thankfully, no one was

injured in the incident.

sloppy in spruce

Now, it’s that time folks! time for

the next installation in the “Boy

Meets Newton-Wellesley Hospital”

series! this week, we travel all the

way to the end of trees to meet our

“brave” protagonist. university Police

discovered the student VoM-ing in

the spruce Hall bathroom, and he

admitted to having a little bit too

much to drink. Like all of our fear-

less heroes, this chap was placed in

protective custody and transported

to the hospital where he was placed

under supervision upon arrival.

on a separate note: do you think

they have a room put aside for stu-

pid, drunk college students over

there? I can imagine it: padded walls,

enya blasting through speakers, and

a viewing window for the doctors on

the night shift. that has to exist,

right? If not, you’re welcome for the

great idea NWH.

trees-passing

speaking of spruce, everybody’s

favorite middle-of-nowhere tree

dorm was vandalized two weekends

ago! two non-Bentley students were

said to be laughing as they ripped fly-

ers off bulletin boards in the conifer-

ous evergreen hall. they were evil

laughs, too. Like the sound of hyenas

laughing in The Lion King. these

hoodlums would not state who they

were visiting, but they were driven

to campus by the same person. they

were told to scram and to never show

their mean mugs here again. one

kiddo called his mom, who proceed-

ed to drive both of the crying boys

back to jail…I mean Babson.

Can you feel the heat?

on the evening of February 17,

facilities responded to the tree dorms

for a report of a heater making an

abnormal sound. When they arrived

at the room, they realized that the

room’s inhabitants, not the heater,

were making all sorts of animal nois-

es. Yeah. awkward. Freshmen, next

time you decide to create a petting

zoo in your room, be sure to put a tie

on the doorknob before you cock-a-

doodle-do it.

forest liars

on the sunday night before

President’s Day, facilities were noti-

fied of broken beer bottles in Forest.

upon arriving at the location, work-

ers asked a student if he knew where

the smashed glass was located. the

student replied, “If a beer bottle falls

in the Forest, and nobody is around

to hear it, does it make a sound?”

Noticeably irked by the student’s

cheesy philosophical inquiry, the

worker told the student that no such

event would ever happen at Bentley

university. after all, if a beer bottle

fell in Forest, the 220 sophomores liv-

ing in that one building would be

able to hear it through the paper-

thin walls. acknowledging defeat,

the student pointed to the second

floor and walked away, pondering

life’s great mysteries with each suc-

cessive step.

Crisis averted

Police received a number of 9-1-1

hangup calls on the morning of

February 18 . troubled , they

searched the number and found out

that the phone belonged to a student

living in Falcone east. Worried,

police officers quickly arrived at the

dorm room in question, where they

were greeted by the student’s fraz-

zled roommate. the roommate

explained the tragic situation. the

hanger-upper was in a bind. she did-

n’t know what to do. she was afraid.

she was alone. she was on her way

to Harvard square, and she wanted

to confirm the shuttle times. seeing

just how unimportant the 9-1-1 calls

actually were, the police officers let

out a good *facepalm* and returned

to the station.

a quick word on the shuttle times

– if you really need the shuttle to

come, it’s not coming.

freshman puke Count

Five.

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and Brian Shea

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New Undergraduate Admissions office opens in LaCava

The Bentley community

may have noticed a new addi-

tion to the LaCava building,

featuring its own appealing

side entrance. Bentley

University Undergraduate

Admissions, after a year of

preparation and construction,

has taken on an impressive

new look.

“As Bentley continues to

improve programs and infra-

structure, it became impor-

tant to have one central and

impressive location to wel-

come campus visitors such as

prospective students, employ-

ers, and alumni,” said Erika

Vardaro, Director of

Undergraduate Admissions.

The new visitor center has

a state-of-the-art appeal, cap-

tivating the attention of per-

spective students as they

arrive at the university for

the first time. The new space

contains flat-screen TVs,

iPads and a Bentley-cus-

tomized e-book.

The technological enhance-

ments are meant to “illus-

trate our four pillars in

action—academics, technolo-

gy, hands-on learning and

career services,” said

Vardaro. “The walls and hall-

ways are filled with photos,

quotes and messages high-

lighting our values.”

The new office opened just

in time for a high traffic

month of perspective stu-

dents. Vardaro indicated that

the busiest time for under-

graduate admissions, in

terms of perspective visitors,

is February and March,

bringing in approximately

400 to 500 students per

month. During these months,

admitted students often tour

the campus before making

their final decision. In 2012

alone, the campus saw

around 6,000 perspective stu-

dents and their respective

families.

The intent of the

redesigned space is to educate

visitors on Bentley’s mission

and overall sense of commu-

nity before they begin their

campus tour. Previously, per-

spective students and their

families would sit in the

lobby, possibility chatting

with a current student, and

wait for their tour. The new

space has taken the process

to a whole new level.

“Throughout the design

process, the total visitor expe-

rience was foremost in our

thoughts—to leave them with

a lasting impression,” said

Vardaro. “The old saying is

true: you never get a second

chance to make a first

impression. Our new space

really helps our visitors

understand what Bentley is

about.”

The community has

responded with sincere

excitement towards the new

addition to the campus. “Our

current students are envious

of the experience prospective

students now have,” said

Vardaro. “Prospective stu-

dents have no point of refer-

ence from old to new, but we

are encouraged by the way in

which students are using

their time in the visitor cen-

ter while waiting for their

information session or tour.”

Vardaro also noted a posi-

tive impact on the perspective

student experience. The

admissions office has record-

ed a definite increase in the

number of families who are

returning to the redesigned

office after their formal tour

or information session.

The Undergraduate

Admissions office expressed

excitement for the upcoming

summer. “Summer is also a

busy time for visits from per-

spective students and we are

excited about using the court-

yard near the entrance to the

visitor’s center during the

warmer months,” said

Vardaro.

U n d e r g r a d u a t e

Admissions would like to

attribute the success of the

new office to the collaborative

efforts of Enrollment

Management, Facilities,

Marketing Communications,

Purchasing and University

Police, among many others.

Melisa Kocarslan/tHE VaNgUardThe new Undergraduate Admissions office is designed to better reflectBentley’s mission and values than the old office in Rauch.

By Lindsay BeauregardMaNagiNg Editor

Students display work at Santander Scholarship Showcase

The Santander

Scholarship Showcase was

held in the EDR on Monday,

Feb. 26 and the reception

gave the 2012 scholarship

recipients the opportunity to

talk to students, Bentley staff

and Santander representa-

tives about their experience

abroad and present their

Cultural Investigation proj-

ect, which is a requirement

for all the scholarship recipi-

ents.

Presentations ranged from

posters to PowerPoints and

were set up around the

perimeter of the EDR.

Attendees were given the

chance to mingle and ask

questions of each project

before the presentations

began.

Natalie Schlegel, Director

of the Cronin Office on

International Education

introduced Eduardo Garrido,

Director of Santander

Universities, and the top two

scholarship students, Jezerc

Begaj and Michael Ahrendt.

Ahrendt and Begaj were cho-

sen to present their Cultural

Investigation projects.

Begaj and Ahrendt were

both presented with certifi-

cates from Garrido, who con-

gratulated them as well as

Bentley as a whole for doing

such a wonderful job in terms

of working on global relation-

ships. Garrido spoke about

the difference between trav-

eling and study abroad as he

believes studying abroad

truly helps create a global

mind. According to Garrido,

Bentley and the Santander

Scholarship Fund are pro-

moting “future leaders with

global minds.”

Begaj studied abroad in

Copenhagen, Denmark

because he wanted to know

“what makes the Dutch so

happy?” He drew inspiration

from Henri Cartier-

Bresson—the father of photo-

journalism—and presented a

photo essay which detailed

why the Dutch are so content.

Begaj touched on different

factors of happiness includ-

ing environmental structure,

like the abundance of bicycles

and the social structure,

specifically the healthcare

system. In his opinion, the

United States could take a

happiness lesson from the

Dutch and adopt a new

health care system in order to

propel to be more content.

Second to present,

Ahrendt, who studied in

Barcelona, Spain presented

on Catalonia—a nationality

within Spain—and Spain’s

relationship. As a student of

economics, he discussed the

importance of unity between

the two in order to build

Spain’s economy.

Although he understood

where the Catalonia nation-

alism was coming from he

said it is not feasible,

“Sentiment is justified but

not worth the strife.” He

summed up his ideas about

the current tension between

Catalonia and Spain when he

said, “It’s important for Spain

to unify in order to provide

examples to other countries

like Scotland and to build

their own economy.”

Schlegel encourages all

study abroad students to

apply as “you are only com-

peting with Bentley students

as opposed to competing at a

national level.”

The Santander

Scholarship is funded by the

Santander Universities

Study Abroad Scholarship

Fund and began at Bentley in

the summer of 2011.

According to Schlegel, an

average of 10 scholarships

are awarded each term and

overall a total of 67 scholar-

ships have been awarded.

The scholarship amounts

range from $1,000 to $5,000

depending on the Cultural

Investigation proposal and

financial need. All students

who are studying abroad for a

semester of an eight-week

minimum summer program

are encouraged to apply.

Courtesy of Nicole ChininisGarrido, Director of Santander Universities,presented certificates to the top two recipients.

Courtesy of Nicole ChininisRecipients presented their projects and net-worked with Santander representatives.

Is the Blackout Challengestarting to brownout?

focused on the more commontype of blacking out…

Not to mention there is lit-tle to keep residents motivat-ed once their fate has beendecided. If your building is inlast place after week two, youmight as well give up becauseyou have no chance of win-ning. So as residents feel dis-couraged and realize theyhave no chance to win the“awesome t-shirt” they stopconserving electricity becausethey know there is no rewardfor their efforts.

Wouldn’t it be better tohave a challenge that keepseveryone motivated through-out the duration of the com-petition so that it can serveits meaning? Perhaps group-ing buildings together by cat-egory (apartments, suites,dorms) would reduce thenumber of competitors tokeep the competition strong.Or maybe reducing thelength of the competitionwould make it more mean-ingful throughout its dura-tion.

It’s difficult to say if thechallenge even has an effecton the residents of the win-ning building. Does a shortterm challenge really affectthe way people act in the longterm? When the challengeends it’s hard to know if peo-ple still shut off their lights

editorial

and unplug their electronics. Perhaps efforts would be

more effective if they werefocused on shifting our habitsfor the long term throughmore effective programs. Weneed programs that are seri-ous about educating the com-munity and not ones that justhave catchy taglines aboutblacking out. It is clear thatthe Green Society has theresources, knowledge, andability to educate us aboutelectricity use—what mattersis the medium in which theinformation is delivered.

As the Green Society con-tinues its efforts to increasesustainability practices oncampus we wonder if theirefforts in the BlackoutChallenge are truly making adifference. A new, revampedprogram could create a moresignificant impact on the stu-dents and staff of the Bentleycommunity.

Sustainability is clearly animportant issue on our cam-pus particularly as we strivefor carbon neutrality by 2030.Cleary the BlackoutChallenge alone cannot occurfor another 17 years. TheGreen Society must think ofinnovative ways to communi-cate the importance of sus-tainability that does not justoffer the incentive of a free t-shirt and short term results.

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Each semester we look for-ward to the emails, posters,and signs with redundantsayings that allude to thekind a blackout many peoplefind themselves in on week-end nights. “I blackout,” “Ipledge to blackout,” and “Doyou blackout?” all give us anexcuse to giggle as we arereminded to shut off ourlights, unplug our electronics,and adjust our habits to saveelectricity.

But does it really work?Does the Blackout Challengereally educate us to changeour habits in the long term ordoes it simply entice us inhopes of receiving (another)free t-shirt?

At its conception, theBlackout Challenge was suc-cessful. A challenge betweenbuildings to see which resi-dents can make the most sig-nificant effort to reduce elec-tricity use. But how manytimes can the challenge reallytake place before the noveltywears off? Do residents stillget excited to participate?

Perhaps when the initialemail comes out students arebuzzed and excited, but bythe time the second weekcomes around everyoneseems to have forgotten aboutthe challenge. And by thefourth week—in the middle ofmidterms—everyone is

Quotes of the

Week

“Yes, I’m TeddyTurner. You can’t pick

your parents.”-Teddy Turner,

the Republican son ofliberal media mogul TedTurner, campaigning ina South Carolina GOPcongressional primary.

“If you want to pro-tect yourself, get adouble-barrel shot-

gun.”-VP Joe Biden,

saying there are superiorself-defense options to

AR-style rifles.

“The water did have afunny taste.”

-Sabrina Baugh,a guest at Los Angeles’Cecil Hotel, where the

body of a missingwoman was found at the

bottom of a rooftopwater tank.

the Vanguard February 28, 2013 Page 5CAmPuS LiFe

By Sindhu Palaniappan

Former editor in ChieF

Valente Seminar offers unique learning opportunity

If you’re looking for a class

to take this fall that doesn’t

f i t t h e r e g u l a r B e n t l e y

purview of courses – the

Valente Seminar may be an

option to consider . This

course is a regular three

credit course which meets

each Tuesday for a double

block; the class consists of a

small number of dedicated

students and multiple facul-

ty members who learn and

discuss a certain topic togeth-

er. The topic for fall 2013 is

Democracy in America, and

the course will be planned in

part by Marcy Crary of the

Management department,

R a n j o o H e r r o f t h e

Philosophy department, Fred

L e d l e y o f t h e N a t u r a l

Sciences department, and

Edward Zlotkowski of the

English and Media Studies

department.

Students attain the bene-

fit of becoming a Valente

Undergraduate Fellow; pro-

fessors partake in the course

purely for the love of learn-

ing, that is to say that there

is no compensation for pro-

fessors who take the course

but instead they do so to

learn and develop along with

the students. Needless to say

this is a unique course. There

are three main objectives of

the course: to have students

come to terms with a single

large complex concept, to

model the process of reading

difficult and complex texts

and to get students involved

in the process of discovering

and creating knowledge, both

as spectators and as partici-

pants alongside professors.

“The old saying goes, ‘Give

a man a fish; you have fed

him for a day. Teach a man

to fish; you have fed him for a

lifetime.’ Teaching students

to think and to own their

learning is analogous to this

in today’s business world,”

sa id Frank, who he lped

found the seminar . For

Frank, or Mike as he pushes

his students to call him, the

course is about two things:

the first being the opportuni-

ty to read things slowly and

really understand what they

mean, especially in terms of

the complex pieces involved

in the course. The second is

the chance to get to know

and talk to a number of inter-

esting students who have

chosen to challenge them-

selves.

“I also really, really love

the fact that faculty members

do this without getting paid

for it. Like me, they do it

because they think it mat-

ters, and because it is intel-

lectually fun and they care

about the students,” said

Frank. This course “creates a

much closer community of

learners than any other

course can,” he says.

“I’ve heard from other fac-

ulty members who have par-

ticipated in past Valente

Seminars that they really

enjoy the different format,”

said Crary, a professor that

is taking part in the upcom-

ing seminar this fall. “I think

students will enjoy this kind

of format that has both fac-

ulty and students learning

together – outside of the tra-

ditional roles we inhabit in

the ‘regular’ classroom.”

Professor Girish J. “Jeff”

Gulati, who has participated

in the course before, spoke

about the benefits of the

course. “Most of the materi-

als that we read are not in

any one person’s area of

expertise, so we are all in a

way students and engage

with the students as we

would our peers. The most

rewarding aspects of the

seminar was to get to know

12 students very well as indi-

viduals and see how they

grew more confident to break

out of their comfort zones to

tackle some very intense and

controversial subjects.”

P r o f e s s o r K r i s t i n

Sorenson, who also partook

in a previous session of the

seminar, spoke about how

the course can help prepare

students for graduate school

because of the way that it is

run. “Because the course is

run as a seminar, in many

ways it feels more like a

graduate course than an

undergraduate course. I

know of at least one student

who participated in the sem-

inar with me who plans to

attend graduate school and

earn a Ph.D. I would like to

think that our seminar was

at least one of her sources of

inspiration.”

She went on to talk about

how her biggest challenge

was learning how to co-lead

a course with three other pro-

fessors, who are usually in

complete control of their own

course and their own materi-

al. “However, the rewards far

outweigh the challenges. The

seminar in which I partici-

pated in fall 2010 turned out

to be one o f my favor i te

teaching experiences at

Bentley. Clearly, the stu-

dents and faculty were all

exc i ted to be there . The

enthusiasm was contagious,

and we had such interesting

discussions and debates.”

Tyler Durant, a former

student in the seminar ,

found it beneficial to interact

with professors from depart-

ments he wouldn’t have nor-

mally gotten the chance to do

so with. “Students who take

the seminar benefit because

they get to interact with pro-

fessors from other disciplines

that they wouldn’t otherwise

get to know. The discussion

based/seminar style isn’t

something you see too often

in Bentley classrooms. All of

the students are exceptional

students that make thought-

ful contributions to the class

discussions.”

“I do think that Bentley

students benefit from the

Valente seminar. One bene-

fit is being able to see how

ideas can be evaluated from

various perspectives by peo-

ple in different fields. As an

economist, the biggest chal-

lenge was in trying to look at

readings from the perspective

of someone in another field,

especially a field outside of

the social sciences. Not every-

one regards ‘the good life’ as

maximizing utility,” said

Professor Scott Sumner. “In

our class, two students were

picked each week to lead the

next week’s discussion… It

gave students a little bit of a

feel for what a graduate level

seminar is like.”

Any questions or applica-

tion submissions should be

directed to Mike Frank at

mfrank@bentley.edu.

The topic of the Valente Seminar during the Fall 2013semester is Democracy in America.

The class relies on discussion between students andfaculty to discover and create knowledge.

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body the way it is. Yes, it’s

okay to go on a diet and it’s

okay to go to the gym but in

a reasonable state where

you’re not reaching for the

unattainable,” said Recio.

T h e h e a l t h y v e r s u s

unhealthy diet and exercise

regimen lies in the intent

and motivation. For exam-

ple, if a female is looking to

be skinnier or a male is look-

ing to be leaner simply for

spring break, then that is

not a healthy manner. on

the other hand, if someone

wants to lower high choles-

terol, then healthier eating

habits and working out more

is the way to go about it.

It is a common belief that

females are more affected by

campaign ads, but this neg-

lects the very scary reality

that men are vulnerable and

believe with conviction that

the lean ideal is healthy and

necessary to be attractive.

“All of the guys that I spoke

BOWLContinued from Page 1

were given roughly 35 minutes

to present their single case to the

judges.

After all teams had finished

their presentations, all individu-

als involved in the day’s events

reconvened in the Lacava

center’s executive Dining Room

(eDR) for light snacks and the

award ceremony.

Representatives from the

impressive list of corporate spon-

sors announced the results and

cash prizes were awarded to

teams who placed either first,

second or third in their class-

code level. The first-place teams

for each class-code are as follows:

Freshman Level: Scott

Levy, Matt Miles , Nick

Hoffman, Steve Silva, Nick

Italia

Sophomore Level: Alex

DeLong, Radhika Bansil, Tyler

McAloon, Alex Spitzer, Jay

Janardhanan

to…really questioned ‘Why

is it unattainable? Why is it

unhealthy?’” said Recio,

“ T h e w a y y o u g o a b o u t

reaching that level of a body

is very unhealthy, constant-

ly thinking ‘I have to look

this way’ in order to be con-

sidered good-looking.”

There was a video played

on a l oop at the exhib i t

about how protein compa-

nies construct their adver-

tising. using airbrush, fake

tan and Photoshop to make

overweight men look slim-

mer and with many different

muscular dimensions, non-

F e d e r a l D r u g

Administration approved

companies get away with

taking the before and after

shots in the same day. Men

f i rmly be l i eve they can

attain that. The pledge does

not mean to hinder motiva-

tion, but rather it is intend-

ed to promote a healthier,

more act ive l i festy le as

opposed to a diet.

“The b iggest message

we’re trying to portray is

that you don’t have to look

that way. You should accept

yourself for who it is. And if

you want to be better, be

better. But don’t go about it

in unhealthy ways,” said

Recio.

The exhibit will be on the

third floor of Smith this

entire week.

Continued from Page 1

FAT TALKJunior Level: Ricardo

Martinez, Jose Daniel Torres,

enrique calderas, James

covino, Abraham Showaki

Senior Level : Alfonso

Martinez, erik Larsson, owais

Khan, William Ledley, Riley

Rogers

Graduate Level: Praveena

Mani, Amitav Khandelwal,

Kachi udeoj i , Divakar

Sankaran, Khaled Mahmud

undoubtedly, a lot of time

and energy had been invested

by Bentley faculty, student vol-

unteers, judges, other corporate

sponsor representatives and

many others to make the 2013

Bentley Business Bowl as great

as it was. Not only was the event

a great opportunity for students

to gain experience in a competi-

tive business setting, but it was

also an excellent chance to net-

work with business profession-

als and classmates who are driv-

en to succeed in the world of

business.

the number of possible appli-

cants to include any interest-

ed freshmen.

Payne continued on to high-

light that “having a common

space and common community

gives the opportunity to invite

people to come in for network-

ing events, corporate partners

and many others affiliated

with the cBL Program such as

alumni and even some upper

class students.”

This will be an eventful and

opportunity-filled floor, how-

ever, to whom much is given

much is expected and there

are no exceptions. Keyes noted

that commitment will be the

most important quality for an

applicant. Attendance at

events and cBL programs will

be stressed more than the

usual RA floor programs.

This may not be that ardu-

ous a task considering profes-

sionals from companies like

L ib er t y Mut ua l , Gra nt

Thornton and TJX will often

be presenting on leadership in

the corporate world—and per-

haps scouting for interns.

Keyes said that the speakers

would have “qualities we are

looking for in leaders. This is

who you want to be and how

you want to present yourself.”

The real world examples along

with mentorship from trained

cBL students and staff will be

a success tonic without a

doubt.

A wide variety of rooms will

be offered ranging from single-

person rooms to six-person

suites and applications are

still being taken. Those inter-

ested should reach out to

e i t he r A d a m P a y ne o r

Kathryn Keyes at Residential

Life with an application in

hand and enthusiasm in

heart.

Continued from Page 1

LEADERSHIP

“The biggest mes-

sage we’re trying to

convey is that you

dont have to look

that way... And if

you want to be bet-

ter, be better. But

don’t go about it in

unhealthy ways.”

-Dawn Recio PeeR eDucAToR

Melisa Kocarslan/THE VANGUARDThe Fat Talk Free Week exhibit challenges members of the community

to change the conversation of fat talk.

Courtesy of BUBMembers of the first place Senior team.

the Vanguard february 28, 2013 Page 7Business

By Kevin WhiteVanguard Staff

Microsoft becomes latest victim in tech company hackings

M i c r o s o f t C o r p .

announced Friday that com-

pany computers had been

breached in a cyber-attack

similar to those experienced

by Apple and Facebook in

the last month. A security

official from Microsoft post-

ed that “a small number of

computers, including some

in its Mac business unit,

were infected with malicious

software.” Microsoft also said

that there is no evidence cus-

tomer data was impacted.

The attack is one of three

major hacking reports that

have recently occurred. Both

Facebook and Apple released

statements in the past few

weeks that they had been

attacked by hackers. The

news is unusual for Apple,

who boasts their computers

are resistant to malicious

s o f t w a r e . R e s e a r c h e r s

believe hackers are begin-

ning to target Macs as they

have become more popular

in companies.

The same malicious code

commonly referred to as

malware, was used in both

the Apple and Facebook

hackings. Microsoft has

launched an investigation

but believes it was the same

attack. It is suspected that

many smaller tech compa-

nies may have experienced

the same attack, but won’t

come forward in fear of neg-

ative publicity.

According to Bloomberg,

the attack originated from

Eastern Europe or Russia.

The hackers used a website

frequently visited by app

d e v e l o p e r s c a l l e d

iPhoneDevSDK to host the

malware. Researchers are

calling the hack a “watering

hole” attack—dependent on

luring employees to the

source of the malware. Once

the employees accessed the

booby-trapped website, the

malware was downloaded on

their computer and a “back-

door” into the company’s net-

work is created.

The attacks, perhaps, sig-

nal a new phase of cyber

danger that companies will

have to defend against. In

the past, the fear was hack-

ers could gain access to cus-

tomer information and use it

for credit card numbers,

social security numbers and

other important information.

The Microsoft, Apple and

Facebook attacks had a dif-

ferent purpose. Hackers had

no interest in the customer

information—rather they

wanted to gain access to the

intellectual property held on

employee computers. Dan

McWhorter, a managing

director of threat intelligence

at the security research

team Mandiant warned

“Anyone that has intellectu-

al property that makes their

business work and makes

them run and makes them

more profitable is at risk.”

This new era of cyber-

crime could have very seri-

ous implications for compa-

nies. Generally financially-

motivated attacks, those

going for financial data and

trying to make money off it,

are easy to detect. When

inte l lectual property i s

stolen, there are no algo-

rithms in place to let the

company know. It takes com-

panies much longer to real-

ize they’ve become a victim

of an espionage attack.

The companies diminished

concerns about the impact of

the attacks on their day-to-

day activities. All have stat-

ed that no data appeared to

have been stolen. But the

events do speak to the vul-

nerability companies are fac-

ing in light of the developing

assortment of attacks. Apple,

Facebook and Microsoft are

some of the most sophisticat-

ed technology companies in

the world. If hackers can

break into them, the ques-

tion becomes, is any compa-

ny really safe?

Microsoft said that they believe no customer data was impactedby the recent breach of their computer systems.

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“Who or what should

have won an oscar that

didn’t?”

VoiCes

Page 8 February 28, 2013 the Vanguard

By olga KoshevaPhotograPhy staFF

FeAtureS

hAlle PrentiCe

ClASS oF 2016

MArKetinG

“I wanted the 9-year-

old Quvenzhane Wallis

f r om Beas t s o f the

Southern Wild to win

best actress.”

loren lunD

ClASS oF 2016

MAnAGeriAl eConoMiCS

“Leonardo DiCaprio

should have won an

Oscar because he was

great in Django.”

rAChel FeArn

ClASS oF 2014

FinAnCe

“I thought that Les

Miserables should

have won for best orig-

inal song.”

PAiGe DeMArCo

ClASS oF 2016

MArKetinG

“I wanted Silver Lining

Playbook to win, but

Argo did.”

Kevin DAly

ClASS oF 2015

ACCountAnCy

“I thought that The

Hobbit deserved to

win.”

Gerry Speca, beloved cre-

ative writing professor who

teaches drama and screen-

writing courses, got a pleas-

ant surprise Sunday night

when none other than Ben

Affleck thanked him in his

acceptance speech for Best

Picture for Argo.

Speca taught drama class-

es for high school, and while

a teacher there he taught

Affleck, as well as his broth-

er Casey and Matt Damon

(Affleck and Damon won

their first Academy Award in

1 9 9 8 f o r t h e i r o r i g i n a l

s c r e e n p l a y G o o d W i l l

Hunting).

Speca teaches drama,

screenwriting, critical think-

ing and writing, and commu-

nication courses, among oth-

ers, at Bentley. His courses

frequently fill out quickly

during registration. He also

advises students interested

in creative writing and other

English minors and majors.

In other Oscar news, Life

of Pi won many awards,

including Cinematography,

Directing, Original Score and

Visual Effects. It is no sur-

prise, considering the mysti-

cal elements of the story.

Ironically, the studio that did

the visual effects for Life of

Pi, Rhythm & Hues, declared

Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Industry employees in the

VFX area of f i lmmaking

have been outraged as what

they see as unfair distribu-

tion of profits for years now,

and this example did nothing

to assuage that anger.

Twi t te r a l so made an

Oscar appearance—like it

does at all big events—par-

ticularly during the appear-

ance of Kristen Stewart,

w h e n s h e a n d D a n i e l

Radcliffe presented the Oscar

for Production Design. Many

ridiculed her over the social

media site for her disheveled

hair, limp, and general air of

indifference. Of course, she

had been hobbling around on

crutches because of her sliced

foot, so it’s possible those

qualities had been the result

of another thing—pain.

Anne Hathaway also came

under fire for her emotional

Best Actress in a Supporting

Role acceptance speech.

Apparently the fact that she

was so overcome and happy

about winning for her consid-

erably difficult role in Les

Misérables was enough to

classify her as an amateur,

especially in addition to her

structurally suggestive dress.

Jennifer Lawrence has

had considerable trouble

with her gowns this award

season. Upon accepting her

Golden Globe award for her

r o l e i n S i l v e r L i n i n g s

Playbook the actress’ dress

malfunctioned, tearing apart

at the seam around her

thighs and momentarily

falling down. Last Sunday

the actress treated her face-

plant during her walk up the

stairs to receive her Oscar

with similar aplomb, saying

“You guys are just standing

up because you feel bad that

I f e l l , and that ’ s r ea l l y

embarrassing, but thank

you.”

L i k e m a n y e x p e c t e d ,

Adele’s “Skyfall” won Best

Original Song. The singer

accepted her Oscar and near-

ly dissolved into tears. She

had performed “Skyfall” for

the audience a while earlier.

Seth McFarlane also made

waves with his ongoing list

o f m i s o g y n i s t i c j o k e s .

Ironically, his attempt to not

be the “worst Oscar host

ever” during the opening

al ienated many viewers

because of an entire song

about actresses who have

shown their breasts in film—

none of them seemed too

happy about it, either. He

e v e n c u t d o w n J e s s i c a

Chastain for her role in Zero

Dark Thirty, in which the

actress played the woman

virtually solely responsible

for hunting down Osama bin

Laden.

Despite its ups and downs,

t h e A c a d e m y A w a r d s

remains one of the biggest

days in the film industry’s

calendar.

Read on below to find the

full list of winners:

Best Picture – Argo

Actor in a Leading Role –

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

Actress in a Leading Role

– Jennifer Lawrence, Silver

Linings Playbook

Actor in a Supporting Role

– Christoph Waltz, Django

Unchained

Actress in a Supporting

Role – Anne Hathaway, Les

Misérables

Animated Feature Film –

Brave

Cinematography – Life of

Pi

Costume Design – Anna

Karenina

Directing – Life of Pi

Documentary Feature –

Searching for Sugar Man

Documentary Shor t –

Inocente

Film Editing – Argo

Foreign Language Film –

Amour

Makeup and Hairstyling –

Les Misérables

Original Score – Life of Pi

Original Song – “Skyfall”

P r o d u c t i o n D e s i g n –

Lincoln

Animated Short Film –

Paperman

Live Action Short Film –

Curfew

Sound Editing – Skyfall,

Zero Dark Thirty

S o u n d M i x i n g – L e s

Misérables

Visual Effects – Life of Pi

Adapted Screenplay –

Argo

Original Screenplay –

Django Unchained

Courtesy of insidemovies.ew.com

Prof. Gerry Speca taught Ben Affleck, Casey Affleckand Matt Damon when they were in high school.

Courtesy of today.com

Seth McFarlane was criticized for his per-

formance as host of the Academy Awards.

By Kelsey Miller

Features editor

Highlights from 85th Academy AwardsBentley professor gets shout out from Ben Affleck

the Vanguard February 28, 2013 Page 9features

“What would you buywith your income tax

return?”

VoiCes

By Melisa KocarslanPhotograPhy editor

Brendan CliffOrd

Class Of 2016

undeCided

“I would buy a com-

plete DVD set of The

Good Wife.”

JulizaBetH CedanO

Class Of 2015

ManageMent

“I would want to pay

for my spring break

trip.”

Justin leis

Class Of 2015

finanCe

“I would buy gifts

for all the wonderful

ladies in my life.”

geOrge COllins

Class Of 2013

Cis

“I would buy a new

speaker for my room

because I blew out

the old ones.”

Bernadette HOPen

Class Of 2016

ManageMent

“I would save up for

a new car.”

Most people love pizza,

and the denizens of pizza

parlors in Harvard Square

are no exception. If you’re

looking to grab a quick slice

or sit down for a great meal,

be sure to keep these three

places on your list.

Pinocchio’s

Of course, no article about

pizza in Harvard Square

would be complete without

Pinocchio’s, which has been

around over 30 years. The

restaurant is famous for

catering to the late-night

pizza cravings of Harvard

students and the public. The

tiny restaurant is brightly

painted with scenes from the

Disney movie as well as

framed pictures of famous

p e o p l e e n j o y i n g t h e i r

P i n o c c h i o ’ s s n a c k . F o r

instance, you can see a pic-

ture of Mark Zuckerberg

proudly displayed in front.

And for any Suits fans out

there, Pinocchio’s is featured

on an episode of the show

when a charac ter asks ,

“Where is the best place in

Harvard to get pizza? It’s

when he was 17, and Mike

Keon, who once built a pizza

oven from a 55-gallon oil

drum and then taught the

citizens of Tanzania to make

pizza.

Allen and Keon knew that

they wanted to take some-

thing that was common—

pizza—and make it truly

u n c o m m o n . A n d b y a l l

accounts, Otto Pizza is the

perfect example of that. At

and Spicy Pulled Pork with

Scallion and Herb.

While it is expensive by

the slice, full pies aren’t too

bad at Otto. Splitting the pie

between three or four friends

may get you a better deal,

and you’ll benefit from a

freshly made pizza.

Cambridge, 1.

Cambridge, 1. is an estab-

lishment located on Church

Street in Cambridge, very

c l o s e t o t h e o l d A M C

Harvard Square Theatre

that just closed. It is open

until midnight every day.

The restaurant specializes in

thin-crust and charcoal-

grilled pizzas, boasting that

c u s t o m e r s “ l o o k i n g f o r

refined, adult-like pizzas can

find comfort in Cambridge,

1.”

The restaurant offers a

wide variety of pizzas, all

containing ingredients of the

highest quality. Customers

c a n o r d e r p i e s w i t h

Portobello, roasted onion and

asiago, or fresh lobster ,

roasted corn, scallion and

cilantro. Cambridge, 1. also

offers soups, salads, pasta

and dessert for customers to

eat, so you can still stop by if

you aren’t in the mood for

cheesy goodness.

Crit ics and customers

alike are quick to praise

Cambridge, 1. It received the

Best Thin Crust Pizza in

2008 from Boston Magazine,

w h i c h a l s o s a i d “ A t

Cambridge, 1. a devotion to

simplicity makes the food

soar.”

By Kelsey Miller

Features editor

Harvard Square: A pizza lover’s mecca

Pinocchio’s has large serving sizesthat are relatively inexpensive.

Courtesy of pinocchiospizza.net

Pizzas at Cambridge, 1. consist of highquality ingredients on a thin crust.

Courtesy of cambridge1.us

Otto’s is pricey, but offers a largevariety of unusual flavors.

Courtesy of ottoportland.com/cambridge

Pinocchio’s of course.”

Pinocchio’s specializes in

Sicilian pizza, which means

that it is made into a square

pizza pie that has really

thick dough. While many

people can stuff away three

or even four slices of pizza in

one sitting, they would be

hard-pressed to accomplish

such a feat with Pinocchio’s

p i z za . Even be t t e r , the

restaurant recognizes that

many college kids—even

those at Harvard—are hard

up for cash. Two huge pieces

of pizza are only $5.

Pinocchio’s is open until at

least 1 p.m. every day except

Sunday. It is located across

the street from the Staples in

H a r v a r d S q u a r e a t 7 4

Winthrop Street.

Otto Pizza

Otto Pizza is located at

1432 Mass Ave, which is

r i g h t a c r o s s f r o m t h e

Harvard Square T stop (the

entrance near the CVS). The

restaurant first opened its

doors in Portland, Maine in

2009 by Anthony Allen, who

started his first pizza store

$3.50 per slice, the pricey

pizza comes in all kinds of

exotic flavors and combina-

tions of ingredients.

Fan favorites of Otto’s

pizza definitely include the

Mashed Potato, Bacon and

Scallion pie, as well as the

Butternut Squash, Ricotta

and Cranberry (particularly

good). And of course, the

Three-Cheese Tortell ini

pizza is truly delicious; the

restaurant literally plops

tortellini on top of the pizza

sauce. Other flavors include

Apple, Bacon and Red Onion

Page 10 february 28, 2013 the VanguardFeAtures

Praised by Obama himself

as one of his favorite shows,

i n t e r n a t i o n a l t h r i l l e r

Homeland has accumulated

more than a million viewers

around the world in its first

two seasons. Based on the

Israe l i s e r i es Hatuf im ,

Homeland tells the story of

prisoner of war Nicholas

Brody (Damian Lewis) who

w a s c a p t u r e d i n

Afghanistan.

After eight years of tor-

ture, humiliation and isola-

tion, Sergeant Brody is found

and brought back to his

homeland as an honored

hero. It isn’t that easy, how-

ever . CIA of f icer Carrie

Mathison (Claire Danes)

ra ises suspic ions about

Brody being brainwashed by

Al Qaeda into becoming a

traitor.

W h i l e C a r r i e h a s n o

chance in convincing her

boss David Estes (David

Harewood) to put war hero

Nicholas Brody under sur-

veillance, the show goes

along as she secretly spies on

the man with the help of

S a u l B e r e n s o n ( M a n d y

Patinkin) her mentor.

W r i t t e n b y H o w a r d

Gordon and Alex Gansa and

produced by Fox 21, the sto-

ryline of Homeland chroni-

cles Carrie’s long investiga-

tion to answer suspicions of

whether sergeant Brody is a

brainwashed terrorist.

Homeland created contro-

versy when it depicted cor-

ruption within the hierarchi-

cal divisions of the CIA.

Examples of this are when

Carrie starts her unautho-

rized surveillance of Brody

and later on in the show

when vice-president William

Walden publically lies and

approves an special opera-

tion, which strikes beside a

school in Afghanistan and

kills around 80 children, an

operation Walden created

just to promote his political

career. Lending him a hand

and portraying how corrup-

tion is transmissible, David

Estes covers up the true rea-

sons behind his decision.

With a close look into the

CIA’s hierarchies, Homeland

gives its viewers a chance to

question the state’s security

and the efficiency of one of

the most powerful intelli-

gence agencies in the world.

One might wonder if there is

a link between fiction and

reality because of this show

Homeland also combats

stereotypes about Islam. CIA

a g e n t D a n n y G a l v e z o f

Guatemala and Lebanon

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showed up as being gay, a

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advantage of his position.

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spr ing f or season three

which is expected to have 12

episodes, just as the previous

two seasons have had. Fox

has announced that season

three will be premiering

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I always forget how muchI miss hearing English everytime I go to a new country.It’s a great experience to beable to experience a new cul-ture and feel what it’s like tobe the “outsider”.

Not knowing any Italiandef initely makes thingsharder to adjust to. I stillcan’t walk into a restaurantand order my food (luckily, Ihave my friends for that!)

Putting all this into per-spective, my favorite trip has

The Netherlands deserves

more attention than it gets.

The world’s seventh biggest

exporter is rarely the subject

of major international news.

Given the biggest most recent

Dutch story in the interna-

tional scope was the abdica-

tion of Queen Beatrix, one

may wonder whether the

Netherlands is particularly

active in the international

arena and economic climate.

As an export driven econo-

my, international relation-

ships are very important to

the Netherlands. The Dutch

government has highlighted

Asia as fertile ground in terms

of economic trade growth.

Frans Timmermans, the

Dutch Foreign Minister, high-

lighted this on his recent visit

to Indonesia whose trade with

the Netherlands is worth a

more than $3 billion dollars.

Timmermans’ meeting with

A S E A N ( A s s o c i a t i o n o f

Southeast Asian Nations) and

Secretary-General Le Luong

Minh discussed political and

social issues like Myanmar,

human rights and education

w h i c h h i g h l i g h t e d t h e

Netherlands’ interest in being

geopolitically important in the

region. It must be noted that

the relationship between Asia

and the Netherlands is mutu-

ally beneficial.

The Dutch economy is also

a recipient of massive foreign

direct investment and Asia

accounted for more than 50

percent of 2012 investment,

which totaled more than $1

billion. Dutch bilateral trade

with China increased more

than 21.3 percent in 2012

reaching a staggering $68 bil-

lion. Europe’s largest port is

s i t u a t e d i n R o t t e r d a m ,

Netherlands which is strate-

gically and economically ideal

for the country. All this partly

explains why exports have

continued to rise despite the

Dutch economy ailing in near-

ly every other area.

T h e D u t c h C o u n c i l o f

State’s approval of the nation-

alization of SNS Reaal, the

country’s fourth largest lender

perfectly illustrates the chal-

lenges facing the Dutch econ-

omy. The cost of the takeover

could exceed $5 billion, a nec-

essary expenditure to prevent

a significant deterioration of

confidence in the Dutch finan-

cial system according to

Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the

Dutch Finance Minister.

Consumer confidence is at

its lowest level – negative 44

points - and record bankrupt-

c y f i l i n g s b u t t r e s s

Dijsselbloem’s point. Despite

Dutch unemployment rates

being significantly lower than

in other OECD countries, 7.5

percent unemployment is poor

especially when combined

with other gloomy indicators

like a 10 percent fall in house

prices. This is all a signal that

aggregate demand in the

economy is low.

Necessary budget cuts

worth around $20 billion have

also seen government costs

thrust into the spotlight. One

of the government’s largest

expenditures is welfare costs,

more specifically pensions.

The Netherlands is often men-

tioned by welfare system

experts as having one of the

world’s best pension pro-

grams.

Mercer rates its retirement

income system as the second

b e s t i n t h e w o r l d .

Unsurprisingly cutbacks are

will hit pensions hard and this

has brought the issue of care

for the elderly to public atten-

t i o n . T h e E u r o p e a n

By Ann Situ

miLan, itaLy

By Kevin D. Laryea

Commission’s referral of the

Dutch government to the EU

Court of Justice for discrimi-

natory practices towards

Dutch pensioners not residing

in the Netherlands will slight-

ly complicate the govern-

ment’s attempt to trim and

reform the pension system.

The Dutch economy has

some analysts worrying that

the Netherlands may follow

Britain and lose its triple A

credit rating; a rating which

is becoming more and more

rare in Europe. Depending on

whom you listen to, the main-

t e n a n c e o r c u t i n t h e

Netherlands’ EU rebate and

the country’s slow transforma-

tion into a mini tax haven for

some multinational companies

means that Dutch relations

with the EU should be inter-

esting to watch over the com-

ing months.

The hope is that the cycling

capita l o f the world has

enough endurance and skill to

ride out this obstacle course.

Notes fromAbroad

Question: “What hasbeen your favorite trip

so far? Why?”

By Christopher Jo

CopEnhaGEn, dEnmark

Next week, I will be going ona five-day trip around Lapland,the northern region of Norway,Sweden and Finland which lieswithin the Arctic Circle. WhileI have not made this trip yet, Iam looking forward to it for afew reasons.

I am travelling with a groupwhich consists of mostly ofexchange students from theNorwegian School of Economicsand University of Bergen(Norway). Meeting more stu-dents from around the world isa valuable experience in its ownright.

On the way to Lapland wewill pass through Stockholm,Kiruna, Narvik, Fauske,Trondheim and Oslo. We willprimarily be traveling byovernight train and occasional-ly a cruise across smallerstretches of water. As far aslodging goes, we will be stayingin hostels in rooms of 3 to 4 peo-ple.

Along the way, we will havethe opportunity to see the elu-sive Northern Lights. Otherinteresting points of the tripinclude a husky sled ride andsnow scooter tour to visit theSámi - Indigenous people ofLapland - and their reindeerfarms. We will also take a visitto the Ice Hotel, which is abuilding carved entirely out ofblocks of ice.

Scandinavia as a whole is awonderful place with some ofthe happiest people in the world.Northern Europe offers numer-ous unique outdoor activities aswell as many less traveled des-tinations and I look forward toexploring this area next week.

medieval street plan.In just three short days I

learned how difficult a lan-guage barrier can be. Fromgetting our Metro tickets toordering food at a restau-rant, everything took a bitmore effort. It was exhaust-ing to feel lost so often –think Lost in Translation.Pointing and smiling werethe universal signs that Irelied on throughout theweekend.

It’s not hard to fall in lovewith a city that loves itsfood. The rich smell of butterwafts out of every bakery.The wine (only two euros ab o t t l e ) a n d t h e c h e e s e(Camembert) lived up toevery expectation, as did myFrench onion soup. Quite fullof culture and food, I took along nap on the train back toLondon.

Budget cuts worth about $20 billion have brought lightto government costs in the Netherlands.

def inite ly been going toLondon. The night before myflight, I was freaking outabout the language barrier.Then it hit me, there wasn’tgoing to be one!

W h e n I l a n d e d , I w a secstatic to hear so muchEnglish! I wasn’t afraid ofg e t t i n g l o s t o r w a l k i n garound by myself because Iknew I could actually ask fordirections. Aside from theEnglish, I also got the chanceto spend the whole weekendwith one of my best friendsfrom Korea. What’s not tolove about London?

Meanwhile in the Netherlands

Ann was excited to visit London because sheknew there would be no language barrier.

By Gerard Fischetti

London, EnGLand

There ’s so much hypeabout going to Paris. Afterspending my fall semestertravelling around the UK, Iwas ready to conquer conti-nental Europe - shoutout toEddie Xu who was my travelbuddy for the weekend.

We found a Groupon thatincluded train, hotel, break-fast and a river cruise on theSeine – a fantastic deal. Iplanned a pretty rigorousschedule, but this allowed usto hit all the main points: theLouvre, Versailles, NotreDame, Ei f fe l Tower, theSacre Coeur Basilica, MoulinR o u g e , a n d t h e A r c d eTriomphe. It was nice to visita city where urban planningwas a priority, unlike Londonw h i c h s t i l l f o l l o w s a

Fischetti spent a weekend in Paris, where he

learned the challenges of the language barrier.

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By Vanguard StaffWhy It Matters: Drones, the New Frontier By Jon Miksis

simply attending a family bar-beque—unaware that a govern-ment agency one-thousandmiles away could be surveyingyour every move— is no longera far-fetched scenario. It is esti-mated that upwards to 30,000drones will be hovering thrudomestic skies by 2015: who isto say that none of these aero-nautical mechanisms will beabused?

When addressing the issue ofdrones, it is important to realizethat this emerging technologywill undoubtedly do a lot of goodfor society. Ten years from now,perhaps it will be drones insteadof ambulances and their EMTswho will be the first-respondersto an emergency situation.

As we have seen with our mil-

itary, unmanned aerial vehicleshave helped put our brave menand women out of harm’s way.But at what cost will we compro-mise the very framework of ourbrilliant democracy, the USConstitution, for the sake ofsecurity? Unless lawmakerstake firm action in the comingmonths and years to strictly reg-ulate the use of drones in USairspace, George Orwell’s visionof 1984 could become a not-so-distant reality.

Next time you are walkingfrom the Student Center backto your dormitory, be relievedthat the campus police are notcovertly monitoring your everymove from a drone-craft one-thousand feet above yourhead…yet.

Aviation Administration (FAA)report that was released lastweek, 1,428 drone licenses havebeen issued to “public entities”since 2007. This number maynot appear to be alarming—thatis, until you take into account allof the federal agencies anddomestic municipalities thathave access to them. What start-ed out as a recreational, remote-control hobby has sharply trans-formed into one of the mostpressing privacy issues of ourtime.

The Fourth Amendment,which guarantees a fundamen-tal right to privacy for law-abid-ing citizens, is the basis for mostdilemmas over the use of drones.The thoughts of swimming inthe pool in your backyard or

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try, you’ll come up empty

this week. Stick with it,

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Money woes that you

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You wi l l encounter a

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Get a move on with some

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running out!

Explore the things that

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rewarded.

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Why It Matters is a biweeklyreport on the state of affairs out-side the conventional thoughtsof Bentley students. Outside ofour sheltered, stable campus liesa commodious yet volatile world– a captivating arena that onemust venture with a critical eye.

Imagine a futuristic worldwith every comprehensible,metallic gadget at your finger-tips. Imagine a world dominatedby hordes of revolutionary air-craft, some resembling birds andinsects, which you would onlyexpect to see in a sci-fi movie.This world should not be diffi-cult to envision as it is rapidlybecoming our own.

Unmanned aerial vehicles,commonly known as drones, areswiftly becoming a precious com-modity for governments, organ-izations, and civilians alike.From law enforcement agenciesto universities, these airbornemachines armed with sophisti-cated surveillance systems arenow at the vanguard of publicpolicy.

According to a FederalDrones are airborn machines that allow for surveillance of areas.

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to make many enemies The

use of foreign aid to help

empower people around the

world is a positive step to

improve America’s relations

and build connections.

Former Secretary of State

Hi l lary C l in ton was an

emphatic supporter of Smart

Power – a mix of hard and soft

power that sought to use force

when and where necessary

b ut use a id a nd hum a n

empowerment to bring about

the change when the military

couldn’t. In this context, using

the 150 Account as a tool of

foreign affairs is immoral and

it emphasizes how important

U.S. foreign aid can be.

Unfortunately at a time

where budget cuts are deemed

inescapable because of the

debt built up over long periods

of time with yearly budget

deficits, Congress is looking

f o r p ro g ra m s t o cu t .

Representatives have been

looking at the foreign aid to

meet their desire to reduce

spending and aren’t very far

from public opinion.

The overwhelming majori-

ty of Americans support cuts

in foreign aid despite their

moral and strategic impor-

tance. This is mostly a result

By Moussa Hassoun

of a misconception about how

much foreign aid is actually

distributed and how it is used.

According to a World Public

Opinion poll, the average

America believes that foreign

aid accounts for 25 percent of

t he f e d e ra l b ud g e t .

Unfortunately it only takes up

1 percent of the total federal

budget. If the public demands

it and Congress seeks it, budg-

et cuts that address the real

fiscal issues must be made.

Depending on the final deal

made, hundreds of thousands

of people would lose access to

global health programs for

HIV/AIDS treatment, leading

to tens of thousands of deaths.

Nutrition programs and anti-

malaria initiatives would be

restricted in their already

tight budgets to meet their

goals.

Of course, every interest

group will argue their budget

is extremely important and

shouldn’t be compromised, but

the federal government will

never get it’s wallet in line by

targeting the smallest expens-

es. Such a strategy is akin to

a family with thousands of dol-

lars in expenses deciding to

cut the very small donations

of a few dollars they make to

Briefcase Banter: OBSESSIONS By Nick Vasiliadis

Sometimes being obsessed

with something can be a pro-

ductive outlet. If you are, say,

obsessed with technology, you

can use that fascination to your

advantage by pursuing a lucra-

tive career as a professional

nerd, eventually becoming one

of those lauded gentlemen who

“does computers” for a living.

If you are obsessed with a

sport, you can affix yourself to

that pipedream until the end of

college when you realize that

you’ll never be genetically

blessed enough for the big

leagues—but at least you exer-

cised by accident for several

years.

If you’re obsessed with fash-

ion, you can become a fashion

consultant for people who actu-

ally mean something, and live

your life surrounding yourself

with individuals who pay large

sums of money not to put on

their own pants.

Some obsessions, conversely,

are v iewed as severe ly

unhealthy. Being too obsessed

with alcohol or gambling, for

example, will eventually

destroy all your finances, rela-

tionships, dignity, and poten-

tially your life. Being obsessed

with video games will do the

same things, but people will

both judge and pity you less. A

fascination with material

objects, like your car, will make

you look like an arrogant

jerk—unless it’s a really nice

car, in which case having a per-

sonality probably didn’t come

standard on your model any-

way.

Obsessing over a certain per-

son will net you a restraining

order and the scathing disdain

of your contemporaries, unless

of course that person is

Beyoncé, in which case you’re

in good company of similarly

inclined cultists who watched

the Super Bowl halftime show

chanting incantations and

clawing at the sofa without

blinking.

What I mean to say is the

ways our obsessions are cate-

gorized is totally unfair. Our

own manic desires are judged

less on how they make us feel

as they are on how they affect

the people around us and

whether or not they deem our

infatuations to be productive or

romantic.

A beggarly man might have

an alcohol problem, but if he’s

drowning in Gray Goose

instead of cheap peppermint

schnapps, the problem isn’t so

much his addiction as it is how

he affords to maintain such a

refined disease. If a woman is

obsessed with men, we might

condemn her promiscuous and

deem her unfit to enter into

proper society, but if a woman

is, say, obsessed with Beyoncé,

suddenly girls run the world.

Regardless of how you per-

ceive your own addictions, there

are plenty of people out there

who are doing it for you, and

many of them are probably just

jealous that you have a really

enticing hobby and they don’t.

Sure, many drug addicts are

self-loathing wrecks, but I’ll bet

if you removed the stigmas we

use to ostracize them, they’d

just be consistently high and

very unproductive.

If a habitual pill popper and

a psychotically infatuated

anime fan both function as pro-

ductive members of society and

their addictions don’t negative-

ly interfere with their own lives

why do we reproach one addict

and ignore the other? If you lis-

ten to Beyoncé’s entire discog-

raphy daily and laud her as a

deity, are you merely a passion-

ate fan or perhaps a deluded

sociopath who would benefit

from restrictive clothing and a

soft room?

So if your own unique hob-

bies are resulting in more pleas-

ure than pain, just remember

to keep your cigarette smoke

away from the little ones, your

Asian knife collection tucked in

the back corner of your parents’

coat closet and think twice

before you try to convince any-

one that Beyoncé is the great-

est human being of all time.

I know you want her life so

badly you’d literally eat

babies for it, but she’s already

been ousted as a cyborg so it’s

not really a level playing field.

Luke Skywalker did the robot

hand/ daddy issues thing first

and he did it way better any-

way—you don’t fool me with

those hips.

Scratching the Surface: 150 Account

charity all while assuming

that is the solution to the prob-

lem.

The military almost always

operates above budget, fund-

ing projects it doesn’t need,

and operates on the assump-

tion that Congress will never

reduce funding because they

have the politically and cultur-

ally powerful claim of nation-

al security threats in a post-

9/11 world. In addition, Social

Security and Medicare stimu-

late older voters while the pro-

grams are set to be insoluble

for future generations. This

causes large delays in reforms

and creates distractions where

representatives seek to slash

less than 1 percent of the

budget to make up for the 850

billion dollar deficit the feder-

al government currently oper-

ates under.

We can solve the budget

problems we face without giv-

ing up on the long term posi-

t ive re lat ionships bui l t

through forieng aid and smart

development programs. The

next century will see the rise

of Africa and the continued

rise of Asia beyond China.

Let’s ensure that we invest

in the people that will be

regional and global power-

houses before they hold our

bomb dropping ways over

our heads.

Courtesy of Moussa Hassoun

The 150 Account is the US

International Affairs Budget

that the US uses to send out

foreign aid to other countries.

The fund sends money to vital

programs like PEPFAR and

the Global Fund to fight AIDS,

Malaria, and Tuberculosis.

These programs have given

more than eight million peo-

ple life-saving medication. In

other words, our budget allo-

cation for foreign aid literally

saves lives.

The importance of this aid

is also strategic. The US has

dropped more bombs in the

past decade than any other

nation in the world causing us

Courtesy of uganda.peacecorps.govPEPFAR helps educate children ofAfrican countries on AIDS and Malaria.

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Bentley puts forth valient effort, but falls to MIT and Babson

The Bentley men’s tennis

team experienced a bitter-

sweet series of matches last

w e e k e n d a s i t b a t t l e d

valiantly, but ultimately

c o u l d n ’ t d e f e a t M I T o r

Babson, falling to 3-2 on the

young season.

The Falcons headed into

winter training in high spir-

its after an impressive fall

season in which the team

posted a 3-0 record in match

play.

“When we got back from

the break, we had workouts

three times a week to help us

get back in shape,” said sen-

ior Rodrigo Ribeiro of winter

training. “We also started

the tennis practices at the

Waltham Athletic Club to

help us prepare for these

first two matches.”

Bentley was picked No. 2

in the Northeast-10 presea-

son poll, making them one of

the heavy favorites coming

i n t o t h e s e a s o n .

Unfortunately, neither the

preseason confidence nor the

beginning of spring could

b r i n g a v i c t o r y , a s t h e

Falcons fought hard but

came up just short in their

match Feb. 21 against MIT,

losing 6-1.

While they did not win,

Bentley did receive notewor-

thy efforts from a few play-

ers. In doubles match-play,

the duo of Ribeiro and fresh-

man Kamil Pilch battled toe-

to-toe with the MIT team of

Edwin Zhang and Curtis

Wu, l o s ing 8 -5 . S ing les

match-play saw even more

heated battles, as the third-

ranked match between MIT’s

Kevin Wang and Pilch came

down to the wire before

Wang pulled away to win, 6-

3, 6-1.

R i b e i r o r e c o r d e d t h e

Falcons’ single win of the

day, defeating Zhang in a

thrilling battle featuring

both schools ’ top ranked

players. Both players drove

the ball incredibly well, com-

bining powerful forehands

with swift backhands in an

attempt to knock the other

off balance. However, it was

Ribeiro who displayed the

most impressive skill, as he

came away with the victory,

7-5, 6-2.

The Falcons next match

came against Babson two

days later, and although it

ended in a 6-3 loss, the day

did not disappoint. In a riv-

eting top-ranked singles

match, Ribeiro overcame a

flurry of amazing shots from

Babson’s Roberto Perez to

record the victory, 6-4, 2-6,

6-3. Seeking to avenge his

By Ian Giancursio

Vanguard Staff

Bentley will play Eckerd and Detroitin Florida on March 10.

Runners break school and personal records at NE-10 Championships

By Zach O’Malley

Vanguard Staff

This past weekend, the

Bentley men’s and women’s

track and field teams trav-

eled to the New England

Championships at Boston

Univers i ty ’ s Track and

Tennis Center. For a number

of students-athletes, doing

t h e i r b e s t w o u l d b e a n

understatement with sever-

al achieving personal bests

in their individual events.

Freshman Sean Nee post-

l oss aga inst MIT, P i l ch

defeated Mitchell Henry in

three sets to regain his win-

ning ways. Both Ribeiro and

Pilch recorded victories in

top-ranked doubles play as

well, teaming up to defeat

Babson’s Ramone Doyley

and Connor Defiore 8-5. The

Falcons also received good

efforts from their second-

and third-ranked doubles

teams, but ultimately could

not achieve victories.

Although it was not the

expected start, Ribeiro is still

upbeat and excited for the

ed an impressive time of

2:31.18 in the 1,000-meter

run, a personal record that

was good enough for fourth

among all Division II ath-

letes. In his last indoor track

meet at Bentley, senior Sean

Maguire did not disappoint,

breaking the 15-minute

mark in the 5,000 meter race

with an amazing time of

14:55.13, placing second in

his heat.

Junior Eric Kennedy felt

noticeably right at home on

BU’s track, finishing with a

time of 22.03 in the 200-

meter dash, improving by

two tenths of a second upon

the school record he set just

a month ago on the same

track.

Not content with simply

owning the school record,

senior Caitlin Fahey broke

her own record by more than

eight full seconds with a

time of 4:49.36 in the mile

race, finishing fourth overall

and first among Division II

athletes. In addition to earn-

ing All-New England honors,

F a h e y a l s o m a n a g e d t o

break another record in the

4x400 relay with fellow sen-

iors Andrea Crowley and

Melissa Kimball and fresh-

man Kendall Pratt.

“I’m thrilled with my race

at New England’s ,” said

Fahey. “I knew I was capa-

ble of running a fast time

with the high level of compe-

tition, but was pleasantly

shocked when I crossed the

finish line. I am looking for-

ward to be able to race the

top milers in Division II at

Nationals next weekend.”

Junior Ashley Nichols and

freshman Dusty Rose Sacco

also succeeded in achieving

personal bests, Nichols run-

ning the 5 ,000-meter in

18:22.97 and finishing fifth

among Division II partici-

pants, and Sacco running the

800-meter in just 2:26.04,

finishing second.

On a cheerful note, senior

Craig Robinson continued

h i s upward t rend s ince

returning from a hip injury

with a solid time of 3:12.00

in the 1 ,200-meter run,

despite it not being his pri-

mary event.

After racing in the dis-

tance medley relay himself,

junior Conor Higgins offered

his words of encouragement.

“We had a lot of people that

were injured, and a lot of

people that have gotten sick

after cross country, so [the

indoor track season] is real-

ly about performing your

best to get ready for a great

o u t d o o r s e a s o n , ” s a i d

Higgins, “In the end if you

look at track as one season,

with indoor prepping you for

outdoor, I think we’l l do

great.”

upcoming season.

“My expectations for our

team are really positive for

this season,” said Ribeiro. “I

expect we’ll make it at least

to the conference final and

that hopefully we can win

the NE-10 conference again.

Personally I’m striving to

win all of my conference

matches, a job easier said

than done, but I’m playing

well, so that’s what I have to

expect from myself.”

Bentley travels to Florida

on Mar . 10 f o r matches

against Eckerd and Detroit.

Senior Rodrigo Ribeiro achievedBentley’s single win against MIT.

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Freshman Connor Hitchens set apersonal record in the triple jump.

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Senior Caitlin Fahey broke her own milerecord by more than 8 seconds.

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THE VANGUARD FEbRUARy 28, 2013 pAGE 15SPorTS

Five days after taking over

as No. 1 in the country, the

Bentley women’s basketball

team lost their first game of

the year t o then No . 14

Stonehill. The loss dropped

the team to No. 3 in the coun-

try.

T h e g a m e , p l a y e d a t

S t o n e h i l l ’ s M e r k e t

Gymnasium, began with the

Skyhawks jumping out to an

11-point lead just seven min-

utes in . An ensuing 8 -2

Falcon run cut their deficit to

five, but Stonehill responded

well, pushing the lead up to

16 late in the first. At the

half, the Falcons found them-

selves down 39-28.

The big difference in the

half was each teams’ shoot-

ing. The Skyhawks shot 57

p e r c e n t f r o m t h e f i e l d ,

including 87 percent from

three, during the first 20

minutes while the Falcons

were held to a low 33 percent

on 9-of-27 shooting.

In the second half, the

Falcons looked to come out

s t rong and cu t in to the

Stonehill lead. However, the

Skyhawks continued their

hot shooting by making their

first six shots en route to

their biggest lead of the

game, 19.

From there, the Falcons

turned up the heat and start-

ed to close the gap. With just

over one minute left in the

game, the Falcons found

themselves down only six

and with the ball. However,

they were unable to cut the

lead down any more. Five

Skyhawk free throws in the

last 50 seconds put the game

out of reach and the Falcons

dropped their first game of

the season by a score of 73-

66.

Despite outrebounding

Stonehill 44-34, the Falcons’

poor shooting proved to be

critical. The Falcons man-

aged to make only 3-of-24

three point attempts while

shooting 34 percent overall.

The leading scorers for the

Falcons were junior forward

Lauren Battista and senior

guard Courtney Finn who

each scored 16 points and

recorded two steals. The two

also grabbed eight and nine

rebounds, respectively.

For Stonehill, three play-

ers scored double-digits,

including a 17-point perform-

ance from sophomore guard

Amy Pelletier. Off the bench,

she hit 5-of-6 shots, includ-

ing 3-of-4 from downtown,

and was perfect from the

line.

In the USA Today Coaches

Poll, Stonehill jumped from

No. 14 to No. 11 with the

upset.

While the game ended the

Falcons’ hopes for an unde-

feated season, there were no

playoff implications for the

game. The Falcons had pre-

viously locked up the top

seed for the Northeast-10

tournament and have the

inside track to be the top

seed in in the East region for

the NCAA Women’s Division

II Tournament. Similarly,

the Skyhawks had second

place in the NE-10 locked up

before the game.

On the court this season,

Battista is averaging 14.1

points and 6.8 rebounds per

g a m e . H o w e v e r , m o r e

impressively, she was select-

ed to the 2013 Capital One

NCAA Division II Academic

All-America first team. With

h e r 3 . 9 4 G P A a n d h e r

impressive success on the

court, Battista was one of

five players honored. Joining

her are two players from

Ashland University, as well

players from Pfeiffer College

and Michigan Tech.

For the Nor theas t -10

Championship, Bentley will

host games for as long as

they stay alive. The Lady

Falcons’ first game will be

Sunday, Mar. 3 against the

winner of a play-in game on

Friday.

L o o k i n g a h e a d t o t h e

NCAA tournament, the first

set of East regional rankings

w a s r e l e a s e d l a s t

Wednesday. The Falcons sit

atop those rankings with

Stonehill right behind them

in second. UMass Lowell,

Assumption and Franklin

Pierce are the other NE-10

teams currently in the top

10.

With Bentley and Ashland

losing in back-to-back weeks,

the only remaining undefeat-

ed team in Division II is

Clayton State University. A

common name at the top of

the national rankings, the

Lakers are looking to catch

some of the same magic that

helped them win the 2011

National Championship. Two

years ago, they finished the

season at 35-1 with a 19-

point victory in the champi-

onship game.

L o c a t e d i n M o r r o w ,

Georgia, new No. 1 Clayton

State is a member of the

Peach Belt Conference. The

team is eighth in the country

in points allowed per game

(52.4 ppg) while scoring

almost 74 points per game.

By Matt Gustus

SpoRTS EDiToR

First loss drops Lady Falcons to No. 3Bentley set to host Northeast-10 quarterfinals Sunday

Melisa Kocarslan/THE VANGUARDThe Lady Falcons spent five days as No. 1in the country before losing to Stonehill.

Melisa Kocarslan/THE VANGUARDPoor shooting was a critical factor inthe game lost against Stonehill.

REcENT RESUlTSResults from 2/20-2/23

Hockey (12-15-2, 10-11-2 AHA) Result

Sacred Heart (2/22)* T 6-6 (ot)

at Sacred Heart (2/23)* L 3-1

Men’s Basketball (8-15, 6-13 NE-10)

at Franklin Pierce (2/20)* W 66-60

at Stonehill (2/23)* W 66-63

Men’s Tennis (3-2, 3-0 NE-10)

at MIT (2/21) L 6-1

at Babson (2/23) L 6-3

Men’s Track and Field

New Englands (2/22-2/23) No team score

Women’s Basketball (24-1, 20-1 NE-10)

at Franklin Pierce (2/20)* W 74-63

at Stonehill (2/23)* L 73-66

Women’s Tennis (5-1, 5-0 NE-10)

at Babson (2/22) L 6-1

Women’s Track and Field

New Englands (2/22-2/23) T 27th

*Conference Game

Mar. 2 Men’s Lacrosse vs. New York Tech 1:00 p.m.Hockey vs. AIC* 7:05 p.m.

Mar. 3 Women’s Bball (NE-10 quarterfinals) 3:00 p.m.

Mar. 7 Women’s Bball (NE-10 semifinals) 3:00 p.m.

*Conference Game

UpcoMiNG ScHEDUlE

In its last 10 games, Clayton

State has won by at least 13

points and has scored 80 or

m o r e i n s e v e n o f t h e m .

During their senior night last

Saturday, they recorded

their biggest blowout of the

season, beating Georgia

Southwestern 91-43.

Clayton State senior guard

Drameka Griggs is sixth in

the country in scoring with

19.4 points per game and is

the only player on her team

averaging in double figures.

During her team’s champi-

onship run, she played an

important role as a scorer off

the bench. In the Southeast

Regional final, she put in 22

points and helped her team

advance. This year, she is

looking to have an even big-

ger role in leading her team

to the title.

Also, Ashland University,

who had been No. 1 in the

country until their Feb. 14

loss, got back on track with

wins by 26, 13 and 31 points

in its last three games.

As mentioned earlier, the

Lady Falcons will begin

their playoff run Sunday at

the Dana Center . From

there, the NE-10 semifinals

and finals will be the follow-

ing weekend.

Melisa Kocarslan/THE VANGUARDBentley will host NE-10 Championshipgames for as long as they stay alive.

FAlcoN FAcT

The women’s basketball team scored 100 points in

their regular season finale Tuesday against UMass-

Lowell. The win brought the Lady Falcons to 25-1 on

the season. It was the first time the team reached triple

digits since 2001.

The team will be watching Friday night’s play in

game between Adelphi (14-12) and American

International (14-12), as the winner will travel to the

Dana Center Sunday at 3 pm for quarterfinal action.

PAGE 16 FEbRUARy 28, 2013 THE VANGUARDSpoRtS

The Bentley Falcons men’s

hockey team had an up-and-

down stretch of games recent-

ly as they won a game, tied

two more and lost one over

the past two weeks. During

that stretch, Bentley faced off

twice against both Army and

Sacred Heart in home-and-

away series.

In the first contest against

Army, the Falcons jumped

out to an early lead as sopho-

more forward Alex Grieve

lifted a shot past the blocker

of the Black Knights goal-

tender to put Bentley ahead,

1-0, halfway through the first

period. Just six minutes later,

sophomore forward Brett

Gensler added to the Bentley

lead when he took advantage

of a 2-on-1 opportunity to

score his eighth goal of the

season.

Army closed out the first

period with a goal of its own

to bring the score to 2-1. In

the second period, junior for-

ward Jared Rickord scored off

of a faceoff to give the Falcons

a 3-1 lead. Junior forward

Andrew Fitzstephens netted

the first goal of his career two

minutes into the third period

to push Bentley’s lead to 4-1.

Army, however, fought back

scoring two quick goals to

tighten the game at 4-3. No

further goals were allowed by

Bentley and Gensler added

an empty net goal at the end

of the game to give Bentley

the 5-3 victory.

In the fo l lowing game

against Army, junior goalie

Branden Komm had a spec-

tacular day in net, making 54

saves in the contest as the

two teams played to a 2-2 tie.

The Falcons grabbed the

early lead in the game as

Gensler blasted a shot past

the Army goaltender to give

Bentley a 1-0 lead. In the sec-

ond period, sophomore for-

ward Alex Kubiak scored his

first goal of the season to give

the Falcons a two-goal advan-

tage. Towards the end of the

second period, the Black

Knights scored two goals just

a minute apart from one

another to tie the game at 2-

2. From the third period on,

the game turned into the

Komm show as the goal-

tender stopped 21 shots com-

bined in the third period and

overtime to preserve the tie.

Over the past weekend, the

Falcons faced off against

Sacred Heart in a clash of

conference foes. In the first

game, the Pioneers wasted no

time in grabbing the lead,

scoring 30 seconds into the

game. Kubiak was able to tie

the game just before the end

of the second period, pushing

a shot past the Sacred Heart

goaltender. However, with 38

seconds left in the first peri-

od, the Pioneers scored anoth-

er goal to give them the 2-1

lead. Sacred Heart carried

the momentum from the first

period goals into the second

period as they scored two

more goals to increase their

lead to 4-1.

Two minutes into the third

period, the Pioneers scored

yet another goal to give them

the 5-1 advantage. At this

point it would have been

understandable if the Falcons

had simply called it a night

and accepted defeat. Instead,

though, the Falcons scored

five straight goals to give

themselves the 6-5 lead.

Junior f o rward Jared

Rickord started the rally by

scoring his second goal of the

season three minutes into the

third. Two minutes later,

sophomore forward Brett

S w i t z e r a n d f r e s h m a n

defenseman Michael Reardon

scored a pair of goals just 30

seconds apar t f r om one

another to cut the lead to one

goal at 5-4. Junior forward

Justin Breton tied the game

up at 5-5 with a shorthanded

breakaway goal. Gensler

capped the scoring barrage by

knocking in a rebound at the

top of the crease to give the

Falcons a one-goal lead.

Alas, Bentley was not able

to hold the lead as Sacred

Heart scored with three min-

utes left to tie the game at 6-

6. With neither team scoring

in overtime, the Falcons had

to settle for a 6-6 tie even

after their incredible come-

back.

In the series finale against

the Pioneers, the Falcons

were unable to muster much

scoring as they fell to Sacred

Heart 3-1. Neither team was

able to score in the first peri-

od, but in the second, Sacred

Heart scored two goals .

S e n i o r f o r w a r d J o e

Campanelli breathed some

life into the team as he scored

at the beginning of the third

period to bring the Falcons to

within one goal of the lead.

Sacred Heart , however ,

quickly answered with a goal

of its own and played great

defense the remainder of the

third period to snuff out any

chance of another comeback

by the Falcons.

Bentley closes out its reg-

ular season this week against

American International, look-

ing to pick up two victories in

order to improve its playoff

seeding. Bentley currently

sits in eighth place in the

Atlantic Hockey Association

standings, which means the

Falcons would face Canisius

in the first round of the con-

ference playoffs. However,

the Falcons could improve

their seeding with two victo-

ries due to the fact that they

are only three points behind

s e v e n t h - p l a c e R I T . O n

Friday, the Falcons travel to

face the Yellow Jackets at

t h e i r h o m e a r e n a . O n

Saturday, the team wil l

return home to play their

final game of the regular sea-

son.

By Billy Fitzhenry

VANGUARD STAFF

Hockey has up and down week, looks to end regular season strong

Bentley will finish its regular season againstAmerican International this week.

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Fahey Named

Falcon of the Week

Senior Caitlin Fahey of the women’s track and

field team is the Falcon of the Week. Fahey broke

her own school record in the mile at the New

England Championships last weekend with a time of

4:49.36. She bettered the record, set earlier this

month, by eight seconds.

That time earned her all-New England honors and

was good for fourth in the race, behind three Division

I runners. It was the second fastest time run in

Division II during this indoor season.

Fahey also helped break the school record in the

4X400 relay along with Andrea Crowley, Melissa

Kimball and Kendal Pratt. They ran a time of

4:02.09, beating the previous record by almost a sec-

ond.

Freshman defenseman Michael Reardon scored two goals within30 seconds to cut the lead in the game against Sacred Heart.

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