Police Log 2 Cartoon 3 Editorial 3 Voices 8 Horoscopes 10 Games 13 Falcon of The Week 16

Evelynn SidiropoulosSTAFF WRITER

This IssueBoston MarathonFalcon AwardsTKE Expulsion

Commencement ...............4

Club Updates ...................5

Alternative Textbooks 6

Wall Street 101 .............6

Food Dude: Biscuits ......7

Facebook vs. GPA .............7

For Your Entertainment:Harper’s Island ................8

Earth Movie Review ....9

Mistress of Issues:Addicted to coffee ......10

Notes from Abroad ....11

Film Festival ............. 12

Stereo Fiction ...............12

Women’s Lacrosse ....14

Baseball ...........................15

Club Hockey ...................16

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009VOLUME XLVII ISSUE XII WWW.BENTLEYVANGUARDONLINE.COM

Boston Marathon energizes city & studentsBentley contributes runners and volunteers for historic raceDan RyaboyMANAGING EDITOR

Photo by Mark TraegerThree of the Bentley participants after the race.

The Boston Marathon is notyour typical sporting event. It ismore of a 26.2 mile journey thatbegins on the streets ofHopkinton and winds throughAshland, Framingham, Natick,reaching the mid way point inWellesley, hitting HeartbreakHill in Newton, and concludingin the heart of Boston.

The event is much more thana competition, it is more a test ofwill and character as 22,000 rac-ers toe the starting line with onlya handful of them knowing theycould realistically win the event,yet each and every one of theracers hit the starting line withthe same enthusiasm.

The 113th version of the eventwas as exciting as it has been inyears. The women’s race was aninspiration to women all over theUnited States, as AmericanKara Goucher fought tooth and

nail to keep pace with SalinaKosgei of Kenya and Dire Tuneof Ethiopia.

In the end, Goucher lost theamazing race by 8 seconds toKosgei, but proved to so manythat anything is indeed possible.

The men’s version of the racewas as not as breathtaking asthe women’s version but DeribaMerga of Ethiopia put on a virtu-oso performance as he scorchedthe course to a finishing time of2 hours and 8 minutes.

America was just as proudlyrepresented on the male side asRyan Hall finished a veryrespectable third, one and a half

minutes behind Merga. Thesimultaneous third place finish-es by Americans represents thebest finish for American runnerssince 1985 and shows the brightfuture of the sport in the U.S.

Many sports fans are awareof the top three finishers on boththe male and female sides of therace, but the beauty of themarathon is that there is somuch more to the event thanjust statistics.

The fans who line the side-walks of the streets aren’t thereto see the top finishers; they arethere to cheer on everyday peo-ple accomplishing and incredi-

bly grueling task.These ordinary people from

all over the country and theworld gather on this day to testtheir will and determination onthe world-famous and gruelingBoston Marathon route. Even afew Bentley students decided totake on the colossal task of fin-ishing the course.

Kim Giles, a Bentley senior,was grateful for all the supportshe received “There wasn’t a sin-gle mile on the course that did-n’t have fans cheering everyoneon! It was impossible to not findthe inspiration to keep running.”Giles was not there to win therace, she was there to see whatshe could accomplish and thefans appreciated the effort.

Fellow Bentley senior andKimberly’s roommate AshleyReynolds was right along Gilessaying “I knew the crowds werecrazy, heartbreak hill was akiller, and was a feat that Iwanted to conquer.” Both of

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“It was definitely hecticand we worked extremelyhard, but it was a reward-

ing experience to help.”-Brian White

PRESIDENT, BETA ALPHA PSI

Award nominees, Bentleyadministration officials, and stu-dent leaders alike dressed intheir finest to attend the 38thAnnual Falcon Awards,Bentley’s very own award show.

The event was a spectacularconclusion to the year, commem-orating some of the people andorganizations that have helpedmake Bentley University anamazing school.

This recognition ceremonywas adapted from the formerannual Recognition Dinner,resulting in a more ceremonial

feel designed by MariaDiLorenzo, director of StudentActivities & Family Programs,and Jim Morris, assistant direc-tor of Student Activities anddirector of the Performing Arts& Lectures Program.

The new format included ared carpet garnished in blue andgold accent light, an accompany-ing band, and a reception follow-ing the ceremony rather thandinner during the awards pres-entation.

A welcoming address was pro-vided by Jessica Kobzik, theChair of the Recognition Dinner

and Vice President of Marketing& Communications for theStudent GovernmentAssociation (SGA), who statedthat “the purpose [of the FalconAwards] is to recognize the stu-dent leaders that make the cam-pus run.”

President Gloria CordesLarson came to the stage nextwith great enthusiasm, support-ing Kobzik’s comment duringher own remarks about theawards by calling them a recog-nition “for the incredible things[students] do outside the class-

Falcon Awards reward student leadership

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TKE permanently suspended

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Photo by Bree JohnsonThe student A Cappella group sang catchy tunes.

Dan MericaSTAFF WRITER

After standing before theThird Tier Judicial Board, fra-ternity Tau Kappa Epsilon hasbeen permanently suspendedf rom campus . TKE wascharged with two counts ofbehavior unbecoming to a stu-dent organization and onecount of illegal service of alco-hol to minors.

One count of behavior unbe-coming to a student organiza-tion and the one count of ille-gal service of alcohol to minorsoccurred at an off-campusparty on February 28, whereCampus Police detectives andWaltham Police broke up agathering of around 150 peo-ple.

In that incident, one TKEbrother was taken into protec-tive custody and one student,under the legal age for con-suming alcohol, was put intoprotective custody.

TKE submitted an appeal to

the Third Tier Judicial Boardon April 22 and the hearing forthat appeal is undeterminedat this time.

In an interview with TheVanguard , Chr i s t inaWitkowicki, director of GreekLife at Bentley, stated thatwhile the offenses of February28 were a factor, it was pastoffenses that led to their expul-sion.

“The decision from the hear-ing was on more than just oneincident and more on previousf ratern i ty i ssues , ” sa idWitkowicki, “especially sanc-tions that had never been com-pleted. Things they said theywere going to do have never

“There wasn’t a milewithout fans cheeringeveryone on! It was

impossible to not findthe inspiration to keep

running.”-Kim Giles

SENIOR PARTICIPANT

“I am curious to seewhat happens to other

fraternities in thefuture.”

-Frank ReimanPRESIDENT, TAU KAPPA EPSILON

POLICE LOG

COLUMNS / CAMPUS NEWSPAGE 2 APRIL 23, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Hit and runsOfficers made the trip up to the Miller Deckat around 8:15 p.m. Wednesday for a motorvehicle issue. The owner of a vehicle parkedin the deck indicated that they had parkedearlier in the day only to return later to finddamage to the rear bumper of the car. Thebumper had been hit forcefully enough tocause it to become concave. The owner hadno idea who might have hit them and the caseis closed due to a lack of suspects. Anyonewith information is encouraged to come for-ward.

Friday night, just after 9 p.m., an officer withan astute eye witnessed a disturbing event.A driver backed into a parked car whileattempting to maneuver his vehicle out of aparking space. The driver then faced a moraldilemma; to be honest, get out of the car, andexchange information with the owner of thehit car, or, hope nobody saw and drive awayquickly. Unfortunately, the driver chose poor-ly, and the officer stopped the non-Bentleystudent as he attempted to drive away. Thedriver with questionable ethics exchangedinformation with the other driver as instruct-ed by the officers.

Canada eh? Almost made it.Sunday night, at around 10 p.m., officers weredispatched for a report of an unconscious malein the stairway of Fenway Hall. When offi-cers arrived, the student was unresponsive.He had no ID, and when officers finally gothim to respond he was too sloshed to answerthe simplest of questions. The student wastaken into protective custody and given a freeride to the Waltham Police Department. Hewill be judicially charged with an underagealcohol violation and protective custody.

Injury reportOfficers arrived at the football fields lateTuesday night for a report of an injured rugby

player. The student heard his ankle popwhile playing and it was already swollen bythe time officers examined it. He was givenice packs and taken to the hospital for fur-ther evaluation.

While on patrol outside of the LibrarySunday afternoon, just before 2 p.m., an offi-cer was stopped by a student complaining ofan ankle injury. The student had twisted hisankle the night before while playing basket-ball but didn’t think it was in bad shape untilhe hiked up to upper campus and noticed itwas bruised and swollen the day of thisreport. He was taken to the hospital for fur-ther treatment.

Didn’t your mother tell you not to playon the stairs?At 1:14 a.m. last Friday, officers respondedto a report of an injury at Kresge Hall. Whenofficers arrived on the scene they found a stu-dent with a large amount of blood comingfrom a hefty laceration in the back of hishead. Officers sat the injured student on thestairs and questioned him about the blood.The injured student indicated it had hap-pened when he and his buddy were rough-housing in the hallway and he suddenly tooka tumble down the stairs. The student wastaken to the hospital for his injuries.

Enter SandmanLast Wednesday, at around 1:30 a.m., a stu-dent was at his car in the Miller Deck whenhe observed a late model SUV drive by hisfriend’s car promptly followed by a loudcrash. He hurried over to see what had hap-pened and saw that the windshield of hisfriend’s car was destroyed, the result of a 50pound sand bag being thrown through it. Ifanyone has information as to the where-abouts or motive of this perpetrator they call“The Sandman” please call the campus tipline. The case is closed due to a lack of sus-pects.

Gaelen Austin-LaFranceGarren HilowVANGUARD STAFF

On Tuesday, April 14, Delta Phi Epsilon (DPhiE) andAlpha Sigma Phi (ASP) co-sponsored a greek-wide eventin the EDR called Mr. and Ms. Greek Week. Each Greekorganization on campus was invited to submit contest-ants for the competition who would compete in variouspageant-like competitions in order to be crowned Mr. orMs. Greek Week. The event raised just over $1,000 dol-lars for the respective organizations as well as the AhavaKids Foundation. The night included not only the fineentertainment provided by the hosts (Kiersten Kilcullenand Sylvain Lucarelli) and contestants, but also numer-ous raffles and auctions of items donated by local busi-nesses and restaurants.

Out of over 20 contestants, Ryan Briggs (Alpha SigmaPhi) and Amanda Pluta (Alpha Phi) were crowned Mr.and Ms. Greek week. The second runners up were GeorgeHobson (Delta Kappa Epsilon) and Alison Bressaw (AlphaPhi), with third place going to Spencer McKenna (AlphaSigma Phi) and Courtney Charest (Gamma Phi Beta).Contestants were eliminated based on their performanceafter each round of the competition.

The first round was a trivia competition. Each contest-ant was given facts to be memorized about Delta PhiEpsilon and Alpha Sigma Phi. They were then tested ontheir knowledge and eliminated based on the number ofcorrect answers. Next was the fashion round. Contestantswere allowed to dress in whatever way they wanted aslong as they had a corresponding description that wasread by the hosts as they walked the red carpet. The thirdround was the talent portion where the top five male andfemale contestants showed the judges how much talentthey had. Finally, there as a round of interview question-ing where the audience and the judges learned a little bitmore about each contestant.

Delta Phi Epsilon and Alpha Sigma Phi were verypleased with the outcome of the event and are excited tohost the event in years to come.

Grεεk Spεak

Amanda SwansonDELTA PHI EPSILON

Bentley Ultimate Makes History

This past weekend, the Bentley University Ultimate Frisbee team qualified forthe New England College Open Regional tournament for the first time in it’s his-tory after finishing in 4th place at the Boston Open sectional tournament. Afterearning the 5th seed at the start of the tournament (highest pre-seed ever) due toits best season to date, the team went 3-0 in pool play on Saturday, which includ-ed its first victory ever against Boston College. On Sunday, the team qualified forRegionals by defeating Northeastern 15-7. The only losses of the tournament cameto Harvard and Tufts, two teams that are ranked in the top 20 in the nation. Bentleywill travel to Dartmouth College on May 2-3 to compete in the 16-team New EnglandRegional tournament, where the top two teams to prevail earn a bid to Nationals.

*The Vanguard’s editorial as well as the editorial cartoon are proposed at each Editorial Board meeting. They are repre-sented as being the opinions of the Board as a whole, although drawn by individuals, and not the Bentley community.

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Despite our headlines, Greek Life positively affects community With so much news and

scrutiny surrounding GreekLife and its organizationsthis year, we find it impor-tant to remind the Bentleycommunity that despite allthe bad, there is a good sideto “going Greek” and havingGreek organizations oncampus.

Depictions in popular cul-ture might tend to associatefraternities and sororitieswith alcoholism andpromiscuity, which certain-ly a warped view of GreekLife. with most classicexample in the last half cen-tury being the film AnimalHouse.

While there may be togaparties here and there, andthere certainly are socialevents with alcohol present,Greek organizations atBentley are not shootinghorses in the Dean’s office,or disrupting major eventswith acts of criminality.

In reality, Greek organi-zations are permitted oncampus for the benefitsthey bring students and thecommunity at large. Theseorganizations provide aforum for students to meetnew people and gain friends

that without this fraternityor sorority, you would per-haps never have met. Butthis forum of meeting newpeople doesn’t end with col-lege, as brotherhood andsisterhood is bestowed forlife, and opens doors interms of networkingthrough alumni.

Does this mean thatbeing in a fraternity orsorority automaticallyearns you a job that other-wise you could not haveearned?

Not necessarily, nor doesit mean you’re not qualifiedfor a job simply because younetworked to get it.Networking, as mostBentley students know, isvital in today’s businessenvironment, and GreekLife is one avenue towardthat advantage.

The brothers and sistersyou gain, the “big” and “lit-tle” mentor-mentees; theseare relationships that willsurpass commencement andmost likely evolve in life-long friendships.

On campus, Greek Lifeallows for students tobecome involved in some-thing they care about and

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RHA to holding positions asresident assistants,Admission fellows, fresh-man seminar peer facilita-tors, and orientation lead-ers. Greek students leave alasting impression on ourcampus through their hardwork and dedication to thecommunity, and this shouldnot be marginalized by theactions of a few Greeks whoact outside policy and thelaw.

It is also important toremember that a strongmajority of Greeks achievethe academic honors ofPresident’s or Dean’s listevery semester, and arenoted as those who havemastered teamwork anddiscipline in the classroom.While popular culture haslabled Greeks as drunkslackers, these studentswork even harder to man-age their massive extracur-ricular involvements alongwith their course load.

And let’s not forget all of

the fun events that Greekorganizations put on everyyear, from Airband andcomic hypnotists to Pubevents, Bentley’s ServiceDay, game nights, andsilent auctions, not to men-tion the weeklong celebra-tion Greek Week. Theorganization of Greek Lifeprovide entertainment andfun for Bentley students, inaddition to their averagesocial events.

Are there some issuesfacing Greek Life currently,particularly in terms of par-tying and alcohol? Perhaps,especially given this week’sfront page story, but thisEditorial Board, thoughdeeply committed to report-ing the news to this commu-nity, reminds you toremember that while a fewmembers of Greek Life aremaking bad headlines,Greek organizations atBentley are still a positiveand integral part of BentleyUniversity.

have become invested in,which is the purpose of cam-pus organizations in thefirst place: to become pas-sionate about somethingand invest yourself in it.

Once invested, the mem-bers of Bentley’s fraterni-ties and sororities performsthousands of hours of com-munity service to betterBentley’s campus, thegreater Waltham communi-ty, and even national chari-ties.

It is Greek organizationsevery year that raise themost funds at the CAC’s &RHA’s Relay for Life event,and it is Greek organiza-tions that conduct clothing,sneaker and food drives,fundraisers for theAmerican HeartAssociation, the NationalKidney Foundation, Up ‘tilDawn, Anthony CuperoScholarship Fund, amongother notable charities, andthis philanthropy teachesBentley students the impor-tance of charity.

Greek members are alsofound throughout the lead-ership of this campus aswell, from senators of SGAto the General Board of

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Spring Day!

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NEWSCommencement moves to South Campus; speakers announced

On Saturday, May 16, theClass of 2009 will gathertogether with faculty, family,and close friends to celebratethe end of their undergraduatecareers and the beginning of anentirely new chapter in theirlives.

This year marks a majorchange in the Commencementproceedings, as the ceremonywil l take place on SouthCampus, using the athleticsfields and Dana Center as ven-ues for the f i rs t t ime .Traditionally, the Library andUpper Campus quads wereused to host the ceremony, butwith a larger c lass , theCommencement Committeeand administration officialswished to move the ceremonyto a less-congested area of cam-pus.

According to Bentley’sCommencement informationposted online, shuttles will pro-vide transport from UpperCampus parking lots to theSouth Campus viewing area.

The crowd of nearly seventhousand will gather to watchtheir loved ones accept well-deserved diplomas and hearspeeches from prestigious lead-ers in business and entertain-ment.

Time Inc. Chairwoman andChief Executive Officer AnnMoore will give the commence-ment address to the undergrad-uate students, and worldrenowned jazz pianist Herbie

Hancock will be the keynotespeaker for Bentley’s 500 grad-uate students.

Sandra King, Bentley’s vicepresident of Marketing,Communication, and PublicAffairs, has overseen com-mencement ceremonies eversince she entered the highereducation field and is in chargeof the ceremony again in May.

When asked about howspeakers are selected, she said,“ I t var ies on the year .Sometimes it’s thematicallyconnected with the curriculumof the institution, and some-times it’s someone who, as aninstitution, we collectively haveadoration for, by the way theylead their life, or the way theyhave inspired people.”

“Ann Moore is an inspirationin so many ways. She has cre-

ated products that have sur-passed anyone’s expectations,and has succeeded in a fieldwhere the people at the top arestill mostly men. She has man-aged through some very chal-lenging financial times and shedoes it with professionalism,toughness, fairness and with asense of humor.”

Ann Moore does about twocommencement speeches ayear; however, interestinglyenough, she neither attendedher undergraduate ceremonynor her graduate ceremony.

“The first graduation I everattended was my son’s twoyears ago,” she said. “I found itmagical and it was so muchfun, which is why I enjoyspeaking at the ceremony somuch.”

Moore has had thirty-one

successful years in the cut-throat business world and lovessharing what has been her keyto success. “Match yourself withyour career choice. I didn’t goto Wall Street because I could-n’t see myself there. The pastthirty years has not felt likework because it’s what I ampassionate about. Thirty yearsfly by when you are having funand when your work is mean-ingful. It all starts with a self-assessment. Above all, youmust love yourself.”

Although Herbie Hancock isa jazz pianist, composer, andmusic impresario, Sandra Kingstates that he is a good choicefor business students. Kingdescribes Hancock as “a worldrenowned jazz pianist, singularin his skill, his involvement insocial enterprise, and social

responsibility to reach across tothe world. He continues to giveback to society by creatingbeauty and sharing his talentsfor the world. He has a veryimportant message to share.”

Ironically, Hancock neverattended his own graduation —he was a few semesters shortof graduating. Yet both speak-ers have incredible real worldexperience and truly motivat-ing stories to share.

King advised the 1500 grad-uating students: “Try toremember just one or twothoughts that the speakershave inspired you with. Youwon’t remember that day.Sometimes you are a bit dis-tracted during your graduationceremony, but you do hear themacro message; it is importantto go back and provide a micromessage. Periodically, go backand visit it at different periodsin your life; one day it will hityou and then you can trulyunderstand their message.”

In terms of how students feelabout the upcomingCommencement, senior DaveFinkelstein, marketing major,said it best with, “Although I’mexcited for graduation, the fouryears I’ve spent at Bentley havebeen the best four years of mylife; I wish I had four more.”

Bentley’s undergraduateCommencement will take placeon South Campus on theLacrosse field at 10:00 a.m. andthe graduate ceremony will beat 3:00 p.m. in the Dana Center.

Sarah AdamsSTAFF WRITER

room.” President Larson went on to

thank both the winners andnominees for “making it [their]mission to give something backto Bentley.”

The David A. Fedo Award forContribution to the Arts andSciences is commerated to theformer dean of Arts andSciences, and was given to seniorCaitlin McCusker, who majoredin Media and Culture, and con-tributed to a number of publica-tions. The award was presentedby the current dean of Arts andSciences, Dr. Kate Davy, who isleaving to become the provostand vice chancellor for academ-ic affairs at the University ofMichigan-Dearborn.

The Delta Sigma PiScholarship Key Award wasnext presented by Dr. JudithKamm, Associate Dean ofBusiness UndergraduatePrograms, and was awarded toJennifer Marsh, treasurer of theBentley Green Society, as thegraduating senior with the high-est grade point average.

The Staff Member of the YearAward was presented by PujaShah, SGA’s Vice President ofAcademic Affairs, to KevinPiskadlo, assistant dean anddirector of the AcademicAdvising Center. Shah notedPiskadlo’s “commitment to chal-

lenging and encouraging stu-dents to strive for success.”

Faculty Member of the Yearwas presented by MichaelKearney, SGA senator, to the“engaging and challenging pro-fessor” David Missirian of theLaw, Taxation, and FinancialPlanning department. for hisefforts to “endure the growth ofthe Bentley community beyondthe classroom.”

Unsung Hero Awards werethen presented by the division ofStudent Affairs , awarded to sen-iors Diana Ledger as a StudentCenter building managerandhead resident assistant, EdisonRua as the payroll coordinatorfor the Service Learning pro-gram, and Wei Ma, for hisnumerous contributions to theMulticultural Center andResidence Life.

The Diversity AwarenessAward was next given to theInternational Students ’Association for all the programsthe organization put on through-out the past year which havepromoted cross-cultural under-standing.

The Judi McPhail Award forOutstanding Treasurer wasgiven to second-time winnerAndrew Barbieri, Treasurer forthe Campus Activities Board(CAB) for overseeing the mostcomplex student budget on cam-pus.

Hailed for her “exemplaryleadership and vision” by presen-ters John Piga, Director ofResidence Life, and KristinTaschereau, residence director,for salvaging the North Campushall council into a major success,the Residence Hall Association(RHA) awarded its VicePresident Mellissa Murphy wasawarded the Residence HallAssociation MVP Award.

The Outstanding GreekLetter Organization Award wasgiven to Alpha Phi for their hardwork and effort in helping theircommunity, during which theygathered over 400 total hours ofcommunity service.

The OutstandingProgrammer Award, presentedby SGA VP of Student AffairsJennifer Leibowitz and assistantdean of Student Affairs DoreenFloyd, was given to sophomoreAndrew Leffler as chair of theCAB’s Bentley After Dark(BAD). Leffler has been electedpresident of CAB for next year.

Meanwhile, the OutstandingProgram Award was given to theSouth Asian Student Associationfor last semester’s presentationof Diwali, which provides thecampus with a unique glimpseof Indian culture.

The Outstanding SeniorAthlete of the Year is an honorbestowed to the male and femaleathletes that throughout their

Bentley careers have been sig-nificant contributions to theirteam, sport, and school. Themale award was earned byAnthony Canzoneri of the Men’sice hockey team and the femaleaward was earned by senioranchor Kristy McLean of theWomen’s basketball team. TheEdward J. Powers ScholarAthlete Award for both academ-ic and athletic success wasearned by the softball team’sAlexandra Hitchcock.

Dean of Student Affairs, Dr.J. Andrew Shepardson, thencame to the stage to sing thepraises of senior Cetan Tyler,who earned the Dean’s Awardfor his extensive involvement oncampus as a resident assistant,orientation leader, Admissionsfellow, and varsity football play-er.

For the final presentation,vice president of Student AffairsDr. Kathleen Yorkis, awardedThe Most Involved StudentAward to Stacy Ann Dell, whohas served as a Freshmen PeerFacilitator, resident assistant,and as the student liaison oncampus for Big Four firmKPMG.

Meanwhile, the OutstandingContribution to the BentleyCommunity Award was given toStephanie Riter, for toughspending decisions of our stu-dent activity fee funds and pre-

sentations to the Board ofTrustees as the Chair of theAllocations and Internal Audit(AIA) committee.

In addition to the wonderfulspeeches and awards, there weremany great performancesthroughout the evening. TheBentley Step Squad opened theshow with a performance thatwas certainly on F.I.R.E., whilesecond to perform were theWonder Girls, a team of singersand dancers who also performedat this year’s Festival of Colors.

The third performance wasprovided by Biz Raas, a colorfuldance group that also made anappearance at Festival of Colors,followed by the dance teamCRAZE, who dancied to two pop-ular hip hop songs of this season.

Toward the end of the cere-mony, the Bentley A Cappellagroup sang two upbeat andcatchy numbers for the audi-ence. Finally, Bentley Jazz Bandclosed the event while perform-ing during the refreshment por-tion of the night.

Overall, the awards celebrat-ed all the students and organi-zations that made the 2008-2009school year a memorable andexciting year.

The Vanguard AdvisorMaria DiLorenzo and CopyEditor Jon McColgan con-tributed information for thisreport.

(Continued from Page 1)Falcon Awards

Commencement will feature speakers Ann Moore & Herbie Hancock. Photo provided by Bentley, Time.com, & Wordpress.com

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CLUB UPDATES

The Bentley Panhellenic Council hosted its first annual PotluckDinner on Sunday April 5 in the Executive Dining Room in LaCava. This philanthropic event was put in place to raise moneyfor the Children’s Hospital. Each sister was encouraged to donateeither $5.00 cash or $5.00 worth of children’s toys, books, stuffedanimals, etc… Panhellenic’s Philanthropy Chair, KristyGonsalves, organized the event and was able to deliver over 20Easter baskets filled with toys for kids at the Children’s Hospitalin Boston. Chapter members also brought appetizers, entrées,desserts, and drinks and sisters from every chapter sat downand ate dinner with one another. This first annual PotluckDinner was a huge success as sisters from Alpha Phi, Delta PhiEpsilon, Gamma Phi Beta and Phi Sigma Sigma all contributedfood items as well as donations to the Children’s Hospital. TheBentley Panhellenic Council is hoping to keep this event a tra-dition as the years continue. Panhel is also working to involveall chapters in large charitable events, such as this, more oftento promote Greek Life on campus and to strive to achieve astronger, more united Greek community here at BentleyUniversity.

TheMath Club will be

having an event on Monday,April 27, at 6:30 p.m. in LaCava

325. The event will be a speaker,Bentley Professor Sam Woolford,who will make a short presentationabout his exper ience using

math/statistics in market ana-lytics and other consult-

ing projects.

SASACongratulations to the

New 2009-2010 E-board!

President: Ashish KumarVP: Pavan Patidar

Treasurer: Monil KothariEvents Coordinator: Sucheta DesaiPR Internal: Prarthana Nandwani

PR External: Aayush AgrawalWebmaster: Abhishek Sehli

And special congratulations for winningthe Most Outstanding Program of the Yearat the Falcon Awards for the second year in

a row! BEAR

BEAR, Bentley’s newly-recognized outdoors club, wantsyou to take advantage of New England’s great outdoors! Wewill be hosting a number of events, both on and off campus,next semester. Such events will include hiking trips, fieldday, indoor rock climbing, camping, and more. So getinvolved and get outside next semester – Join BEAR! If youwant to be added to our mailing list, please e-mail KellyOhara at ohara_kell@bentley.edu.

Freshmam Class CabinetThe final Freshman Class Cabinet

event is coming to the Greenspace thiscoming Tuesday. Free cotton candyand popcorn! Inflatables! Even freegive-aways! The event takes placefrom 1-4 p.m., so come out and cele-brate the last day of classes. If youhave any questions come find any oneof the Class Cabinet members and wewill be more than willing to help youout.

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CAMPUS LIFE

Many Bentley studentsmake the same pilgrimagetwice every semester to theBentley Barnes & Noble book-store, once to buy their vitaltextbooks, and a second trip tosalvage some cash from thebook by selling them back at afraction of their original cost.

Both buying and sellingtextbooks through the Bentleybookstore is the most commonavenue that students take but,with a little time and effort,students can easily save hun-dreds of dollars on a singlesemesters textbooks by explor-ing alternatives to the on-cam-pus store.

Barnes and Noble operatesmore than 600 bookstores,similar to the one at BentleyUniversity, on campusesnationwide, and any Bentleystudent can understand whythere is a great deal of moneyto be made. When I tried topurchase textbooks on my ownlast semester, I saved about$300 just by buying from otherbooksellers which I found onthe internet.Step 1: Look online forprices before you sell backyour books at the book-store

Look online to see whateach textbook is being boughtfor. There are several websiteswhich all buy textbooks backbut a few of the bigger ones are

Amazon.com, eCampus.com,and Abebooks (buyback.abe-books.com).

You may find for some text-books that you will get a bet-ter deal selling it back throughthe bookstore. There are somepopular books, one of theGB102 books for example, thatno one is buying back, andAmazon lists as used for justa few dollars. Step 2: Visit the Bookstore

Take whatever prices youwere able to find and visit thebookstore and try and sell yourbooks back. If you are able toget a higher price through thebookstore, then sell it back tothem and take the money theygive you.

If they aren’t buying certaintextbooks back or you found ahigher price online then holdon to the books to sell on yourown. Keep in mind that sellingthem on your own will involvea little bit of time and effort,but you will certainly reap thebenefits in the long run.Step 3: Sell the remainingtextbooks

Take whichever textbooksyou didn’t sell back to theBentley Bookstore and try tosell them online. There are afew websites which you canuse to sell your textbooks someof which are easier than othersites. One is Abebooks; anoth-er is Bigwords .com, and athird is Amazon.

Bigwords is essentially a

buyback search engine andcombs its network of buybackwebsites to gather the pricesat which different websites arebuying back each textbook.Bigwords also allows you toenter in all your textbooks andsearch them simultaneously.Depending on the companybuying back the textbooksthey may or may not pay forshipping to their warehouse.

Overall, I would suggeststarting your search withBigwords, and then progress-ing on to Abebooks, who paysfor your shipping, and then ifall else fails you can alwayssell the book on Amazon, andface their steep sales commis-sion fees. Step 4: E-mail your profes-sors for next semester

This is probably the easiestpart of the process for anyBentley student to do. Log onto MyBentley after you have

selected your classes and go tothe Courses & Grades tab tosee a list of all of your profes-sors.

From here, just e-mail allyour professors asking if theyhave the textbooks ISBN num-bers, edition numbers, etc.A l so , make sure t o a skwhether or not the textbookthey require is a Bentley spe-cific edition. Some of the text-books, like the GB 101 bookand the GB 201 book areBentley specific, but most ofthem are not.

The ones you can’t findthrough e-mailing your profes-sors, you can attempt to findby looking on the Barnes andNoble website.Step 5: Ask your friends

Before buyback starts at thebookstore, ask your friends ifyou can buy the textbooks offof them, or just trade text-books with them. Facebook is

a great way to do this too, postthe books you have on yourFacebook page and offer to sellthem to your friends. Step 6: Look Online andOrder

There are several websiteswhere you can go to find text-books. I would recommendusing bigwords.com becauseBigwords searches all themajor websites includingAlibris, Amazon, Half.com,and all the other major text-book resellers and gives you alisting of the results sorted byprice. The best time to do thisis a few weeks after finals end,when most students have got-ten out of school and sold backtheir textbooks. Step 7: Order the restthrough the bookstore

There are some books youhave to order through the bookstore, either because they areBentley specific editions orbecause you can’t find them forsale anywhere else. Step 8: Enjoy the moneyyou saved!

Put the money you savetowards your tuition, or buyyourself that Xbox 360 you’vebeen wanting for months, oreven head to the mall andspend it on whatever you wantto. Depending on your classes,you could save anywhere from$100 - $500+ just by putting ina little extra effort which willdefinitely pay off in the longrun.

Think outside the bookstore to save a bundle on textbooksIan MarkowitzA&E EDITOR

A camp devoted the basicso f Wal l S t ree t ? On ly a tBentley! Wall Street 101 is ac a m p r u n b y B e n t l e yUniversity that introduceshigh school students to thecomplex world of business,running from Sunday July 19to Saturday July 25 thissummer.

Dur ing th i s one weekcamp, students get to live oncampus and have a smalltaste of what the collegeexperience is here at Bentley.Members of the camp dine inSeasons, are given access tothe Dana Center’s facilities,and work in our various aca-demic facilities.

There are a variety of top-ics covered during the WallStreet 101 camp, includingthe basics of the NASDAQ,IPO, and the Dow Jones.What sets Bentley’s WallStreet 101 camp apart fromother business camps is theaccess to the Trading Room,which has been featured onCNBC and is nationally rec-ognized by business leaders.Students participating in thecamp take part in simulated

trading sessions and receivea top notch education in themultifaceted world of thestock market.

The camp is taught by agroup of Bentley finance stu-dents along with ProfessorRich Gibble from the TradingRoom. Students spend theentire week doing a varietyof hands-on-activities involv-ing such topics as the stockmarket as well as attendingcollege-level lectures on howto make smart investments.Although the camp is cen-tered on learning aboutfinance and accounting, stu-dents also get to spend a fewhours a day visiting popularBoston attractions, such astaking a classic Duck Tourride.

As an added bonus, stu-dents attend a workshopabout the college applicationprocess lead by Bentley’sadmissions staff. They areable to ask questions andtalk to students who havealready gone through theprocess, an experience whichcan bring much ease.

Jennifer Ehalt, the assis-tant director of undergradu-ate admissions and the campdirector, states that the

intention of the camp is to“encourage high school stu-dents to apply [to Bentley].It’s also used to generateinterest and try out finance.It can be hard to know as aseventeen year old if youhave an interest in financebecause it is such a complextopic.”

Most students that apply,Ehalt claims, “already havean interest in business. It’s apretty competitive applica-tion process. Last year therewere only forty-five spots forone hundred-forty appli-cants.”

In order to apply, the stu-dent must complete theirjunior year of high school byJune. Each applicant mustsubmit their transcript,grades, high school coursestaken, and a teacher recom-mendation.

Although the camp doesnot offer transferable collegecredit, it is a great way forthose with an interest inbusiness to get their feet wet.With Bentley’s state-of-the-art trading center and tripsto Boston Investment Firms,Wall Street 101 is a truly funand enriching way to learnthe basics of the business.

“Wall Street 101” welcomes HS studentsSarah AdamsSTAFF WRITER

Photo fromfrtim.files.wordpress.comThere are other options outside the bookstore.

THE VANGUARD APRIL 23, 2009 PAGE 7

COLUMNSThe Food Dude:

The Great Biscuit BattleBy:

Tom Hoeler

I love biscuits. Chances areyou do too. The perfect combi-nation of a great roll, a stoutmuffin, and a scrumptiouscookie. Biscuits mean weekendmornings at home makingbreakfast with your wholefamily.

Back in the days of old bis-cuits were a staple of morningmeals. It was completely natu-ral for families to break out theflour every morning and setabout making fresh biscuits forbreakfast.

Th ings have indeedchanged. These days, biscuitsat home are considered morefor special occasions or thosefew weekend mornings wheneveryone doesn’t have to rushout the door. Even worse thanthe stagnation of our biscuitintake is the fact that when wedo choose to serve them,instead of reaching for theflour, we reach for a smallmetal can.

And we all know who wehave to blame for that. Thatpuny little pale faced cousin ofthe gingerbread man. Boy, doI hate the Pillsbury Doughboy.

I know that’s a form of blas-phemy. I know people are ask-ing “how could you hate him,he’s so cute?”

I know, I know: everyonelikes to press his stomach sohe makes that annoying “hooohooo” noise or whatever it is.Frankly, he sickens me.

It’s because of him thatwe’ve allowed ourselves to giveway to strange unnaturalsounding ingredients, artificial

ual biscuits. Put cup down,twist quickly and pull up tomake the biscuit. **

Bake in oven on lubed bak-ing sheet until light goldenbrown on top (12-15 minutes)

**You can make about 6-7biscuits. Excess dough can bere-rolled to make more, but theconsistency will be denser themore you work with the dough

If you’re looking for somecool variation, use wholewheat flour, they’ll have anearthier denser flavor to themthat goes great with honey.And regardless of which flouryou use, mix in about a ¼ cupof cheddar or King’s cheese(German cheese available atany specialty store like Russo’sin Waltham) for some greatcheesy biscuits.

Next week, we come to theend of our culinary journey.Check back in seven to find outthe places where you canalways find me; and my #1Boston food destination.

you’ll never go back to “what’shis name” in the hat.

You want to impress yourfriends, or that special some-one? I can’t think of many bet-ter ways than by showing upat their door in the morningwith fresh homemade biscuits.Heck, you can even play offlike they were this BIG choreto make and that you slavedover baking them for hoursand hours, I don’t mind. You’llbe a big hero (and a liar), butthat’s not what’s important.What is important is thatyou’ve embraced the idea thatyou can make fresh bakedgoods at home.

Below are the ingredientsand directions for making thebiscuits. Before starting therecipe; a few things to keep inmind. First, ensure that thework area and your hands arewell f loured at al l t imesbecause the dough will be verysticky. Second, be sure toapply some pressure and twistquickly when forming theactual biscuits. Finally, makesure the butter is COLD. Thisis key to ensuring flakinessand texture. The chemistry istoo boring for me to explain;just trust me, cold butter iskey.

And yes, if you time it out,this recipe can easily be madefaster than 19 minutes. Myfastest time was 17 minutes,but I was consistently comingin at 18:30 on average. Thisrecipe was partially inspiredby Alton Brown’s and BobbyFlay’s biscuit recipes.

flavorings, and worst of alltrans fat! Like so many otherfoods, we seem content toallow biscuits to wallow inmediocrity all for the sake ofconvenience.

So I’m going to beat him athis own game. I’m going toshow everyone how to makef resh b i s cu i t s FROMSCRATCH and without anytrans fat. But it wouldn’t beenough to just come up with abiscuit recipe. Anybody can dothat. In order to show thatDoughboy who’s boss, myrecipe is not only better thanhis, it’s faster too.

That’s right; I said faster.My biscuits go from flour tofinished in less time than ittakes you to pop open the can,put the biscuits on a sheet andbake up in an oven. I could justpump the oven temperatureup a ton, but that would becheating. I want to beat theDoughboy without any tricksor gimmicks.

Quite the challenge I admit,but it can be done. The goal isto go from nothing to finishedbiscuits in LESS than 19 min-utes (average cooking time ofbiscuits taken from 4 differentPillsbury products). This is toprove once and for all that“pre-packaged stuff is justfaster” talk is not a validexcuse for why you wouldn’tmake them from scratch.

Seriously, I hate when peo-ple cut corners like that whenthey don’t have to. This recipeis easy, fast and once you’velearned to make your own;

Ingredients:2 ½c all-purpose flour,sifted2 ½ tsps baking powder½ teaspoon baking soda¼ teaspoon salt1 stick cold unsalted butter½ cup of buttermilk½ cup of creamAdditional flour for dusting

cooking surface and dough

Directions:Pre -hea t oven t o 375

degreesSift flour, baking soda, bak-

ing powder, and salt togetherinto a bowl

“Cut” the butter into themixture, using box grater or bycutting into tiny cubes. Worktogether with hands or fork tillmixture resembles coarsebreadcrumbs.

Add in buttermilk, mixtogether with hands to form adough

Turn dough out onto flouredsurface, it will be sticky.

Knead gently by hand andpress into about one inch thicksheet

Using a ring cutter or afloured glass, cut out individ-

Don’t even leave your dorm for biscuits. photo from www.kfc.com

The University of Ohiorecently conducted a study onhow student’s GPAs werea f f e c ted by the i r use o fFacebook, and the resultsmight surprise you.

The study shows that col-l e g e s t u d e n t s w h o u s eFacebook, “spend an averageof one to five hours a weekstudying, whereas nonusersstudied for 11 to 15 hours perweek,” according to the study.This discrepancy between thehours spent studying mayexplain why the users gener-ally have GPAs between 3.0and 3.5, whereas nonusershave GPAs between 3.5 and4.0.

Facebook.com has slowlygrown to be the most popularof the “social networking” sitesfound on the Internet. It is afavorite among college stu-dents and far surpasses bothMySpace and LinkedIn acrossthis demographic.

Students use the site tocommunicate with friends andsee what’s going on withintheir community, checkingtheir Facebooks several timesa day. Some students use itpassively while doing home-

work or studying, multitask-ing by using the messagingservice while attending totheir studies.

Upon investigating theeffect of Facebook on Bentley’scampus, it was found thatusers often go on for an houror more a day and use it tostay up to date on what’sgoing on in their network offriends.

In the words of one student,“It’s a great resource to findout what’s going on aroundcampus.” With group invitesand event invitations stream-ing in about different clubs,activities, and informationabout candidates for variousschool positions, it serves as astudent run supplement to theconstant e-mail blasts. It can

help students gauge whichBentley events will be wellattended and which will not.

Facebook can serve as avaluable resource for differentgroups trying to gauge inter-est in various activities, aswell as be used to obtain vol-unteers to take various sur-veys required for differentclasses at Bentley. Clearly,there are a lot of benefits tosocial networking sites, but anhour seems like a long time touse Facebook when there areso many other tasks to bedone, from reading to papersto projects.

Is Facebook turning into aprocrastination tool? Has itbecome something to do whenyou should be doing some-thing else? “Sometimes I find

myself going on Facebookunder the pretext of checkingon some important event ordevelopment and end up wast-ing a lot of time doing noth-ing,” says another Bentley stu-dent. This is the danger ofFacebook and is where it canlead to procrastination whichcan negatively affect yourschool performance.

In his IT101x class, BentleyProfessor Mark Frydenbergoften focuses on “Web 2.0”applications such as Facebook.Web 2.0 is a new type of pro-gram that integrates socialnetworks and other opent y p e s o f f o r u m s o n t h eInternet. When he was askedwhat he thought about theOSU study, Frydenberg said,“You could probably make thesame claim that students whospend too much time talkingon the phone, watching televi-sion, playing sports, readingemail, or doing other outsideactivities also spend less timestudying, and therefore getlower grades.

Today's students are multi-t a s k e r s . M a n y a r e o nFacebook at the same timethat they are in class, or haveit on while they are studying.The challenge is to be able to

focus and manage time, espe-cially in a world where peoplefeel a need to be constantlyconnected.” This observationeffectively summarizes thefeelings many students share.Sure it’s a distraction, butthere are a lot of other thingsstudents do than study.

W h a t c a n y o u d o i fFacebook is taking over yourlife? Some students use strate-gies such as turning off theirwireless while studying inhopes of deterring theirFacebook cravings. And onecan always quit “cold turkey”and deactivate their account.This might seem like a dra-matic step since the time onespends on Facebook could eas-ily transition into time spenton the phone or on e-mail asalternative ways to “stay con-nected.”

The good or evil of Facebookis really in the hands of theuser and it up to each individ-ual to assess their use ofFacebook and make sure it isused responsibly.

For some, Facebook is justa fun tool, but for others it isnear addictive. You mightwant to ask yourself if youruse of Facebook is worth earn-ing a lower grade.

Paul SmitsSTAFF WRITER

Recent study catches “facebooking” as silent GPA killer

Photo from www..files.wordpress.com Photo from www.babble.com

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

What do you think ofthe new changes to

Seasons and the mealplans?

VOICES

OLIVER WITT2010MANAGEMENT

“It sounds good, some-thing creative. And itsounds fun.”

SCHANTELLE HENRY2011IDCC

“I like the concept ofMongolian Grill, andalso how they’re open-ing up the StudentCenter to make it morecommunity oriented.”

AMANDA NORTHRUP2011MARKETING

“I feel like the MongolianGrill won’t be as goodbecause the quality of foodwill still be the same.In s tead o f spend ingmoney on a MongolianGrill, they should spendmore money on improvingthe quality of the food.”

MARK SAVAGE2012UNDECIDED

“As far as swipes go, is ittrue that if you don’t use it,you lose it?”

BEN SMITH2012UNDECIDED

“Anything is betterthan the Seasonsnow.”

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TV Review –Harper’s Island

I’m not really sure what itwas that drew me to Harper’sIsland, but if I had to guess,it had something to do withThe Mole. I used to love TheMole, and in particular thecelebrity version, becausethere was certain hilarity toall the deception involved.

Every episode, the entiregroup would screw them-selves over multiple times aseach player tried to act as them o l e , w h i l e f e w p e o p l egained any knowledge as towho the actual mole mightb e . E a c h w e e k S t e p h e nBaldwin would have no ideawhat was going on, the groupwould more often than notfail its challenges, and some-one would get killed off –what could be better?

While the competition,cash pr izes , and real i tyaspects are nonexistent,Harper’s Island still sharescommon ground in its finitenumber of episodes, thepremise that one by one thecast would be killed off, andthat those of us watchingwould attempt to figure outwho was pulling this off all-along. Seeing as I don’t havea whole lot else to do with mylife, this was reason enoughto give the show a chance.

Prior to its airing, CBSmade a considerable effort tohype the show up, and mar-ket it as “a 13 week mysteryevent,” although I don’t per-sonally know anyone elsewho watches it at this point.

Harper’s Island is, as onemight expect, the location ofthe show, and is based on thepremise that, several yearsago, six people were mur-dered there by a derangedkiller. This has since passed,a n d H e n r y D u n n(Christopher Gorham) hasreturned to the island for hiswedding, accompanied by hisfiancée, friends, and family.

However, (not) surprising-ly, another kil ler is now

afoot, and the show promis-es to kill off at least one per-son each episode.

The first two episodes arepretty much what one mightexpect, and follow a basichorror f i lm f ramework .Things start off friendlyenough, and we get to knowthe cast a bit. As the sub-plots get a little more in-depth, some early motivesappear here and there, and,of course, several of the char-acters meet an early end.

In relative terms, the act-ing is pretty good. I can’t saythere are any standouts atthis point, but given thestate of most horror moviesthat come out, I would haveto consider this acting a stepup from the majority of them(for some reason puttingParis Hilton in House of Waxcomes to mind).

The horror aspects aretired and true, mixing themock-suspense of “you thinkthis person is going to die butthey’re actually perfectlysafe” with “you thought thisperson was going to get theirlegs chopped off and that isexactly what happened,” andbalancing the creepy/sus-penseful moments with thejumpy “gotchas.”

As far as plot and charac-ter development goes , Ifound it to be surprisinglyintricate. The writing itselfis decent, but the individualstories and backgrounds ofnumerous characters go con-siderably in-depth, especial-ly when you consider 95% ofthem are going to get killedoff.

As it is now, I salute thiseffort to maintain a legiti-mate drama between thekillings, but it’s too soon totell if they end up going tocliché route, and end upkeeping all of the “developed”characters until the end any-way.

As a whole, the show isenjoyable enough that Inever got bored, although I

can’t say I was ever reallyscared either. At the sametime though, I don’t thinklegitimate terror was everactually their goal (especial-ly given primetimes inabili-ty to show R-rated killings),and instead focuses on theguessing game of who’s goingto get it next, and how is itgoing to happen.

It’s a twisted sort of funthat CBS encourages furtherby reminding you to go totheir website and play their“Pick the Victim” game withthe potential to win cash ifyou can do so correctly.

In all honesty, Harper’sIsland isn’t going to wow theworld, sweep the Emmy’s,and become the next “Lost.”It’s a show that is good butnot outstanding, yet stilldeserves some recognition.Its horror-mystery plot is achange of pace from televi-sions typical offerings, espe-cially when someone is pay-ing to produce the seven-teenth (!) Road Rules / RealWorld Challenge (Personalnote: WHY?).

Additionally, at only 13episodes over one season, itwon’t overstay its welcome -something TV shows in gen-eral seem to be quite fond ofdoing.

Ul t imate ly , Harper ’ sIs land doesn ’ t take i t ’ skillings too seriously, andfocuses on keeping the guess-ing game of who’s next /who’s going to survive / who’sthe killer in constant motion.It ’s a long shot from lifechanging, but it ’s a goodt i m e , a n d w i t h o n l y 1 1episodes left, what do youhave to lose?

In the end, it does exactlywhat it set out to do, andthat’s as good an accomplish-ment as any.

6.5/10Harper’s Island airs

Thursdays at 9 on CBS, andall prior episodes can current-ly be watched on CBS.com

For Your Entertainment By: Matt Weisse

A classic horror mystery comes to CBS. Photo from CBS.com

Bree JohnsonPHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTTHE VANGUARD APRIL 23, 2009 PAGE 9

Eric SibigaSTAFF WRITER

Earth takes spectacular Planet Earth documentaries to new heights

Did you l ike theBBC/Discovery Channel’s doc-umentary series, Planet Earth?Of course you did. It showedsome of the coolest animalsthat exist, and even when itwas only showing somethinglike a group of ants, it was stillamazing.

By combining incrediblevisuals and a great flow, theseries was something you need-ed to watch, especially if youhad an High Definition (HD)television.

Enter Earth, a movie usingthe same footage from PlanetEarth. This Disney film is fromthe newly-formed Disney stu-dio: Disneynature. This newaddit ion to Walt DisneyPictures planned its openingweek to coincide with the glob-al celebration of Earth Day.

Now, you may be wondering,if this is footage from PlanetEarth, why would I want to seethis movie? Well, first off, thisis the type of movie where yourexperience will become muchgreater by seeing it in theaters.

Nature is pretty cool regard-less, but when it’s on a screenthe size of a building, it’s

incredible, especially when shotlike this movie was. Also,Earth features the narration ofJames Earl Jones, one of thegreatest voice actors of ourtime.

Earth focuses primarily onthe story of 3 different animals:polar bears, African elephants,and humpback whales .However, it does feature a goodamount of other footage featur-ing cheetahs, wolves, and duck-lings. With the main animals,you really get a sense of a

story. The film follows the animals

for an extended period of time,showing the challenges facedthroughout the year. This doc-umentary feels much more likea regular movie that documen-taries tend to feel.

One of the major themes ofEarth is our impact on the livesof these animals. The animalspicked all show the effecthuman beings and theiractions have on these animals,whether it’s the polar bears

having the ice they stand onmelt, the rivers the elephantsdepend on flow differently, orrising ocean temperatureskilling plankton whales eat.

The documentary seems alittle preachy at times, but notenough to ruin the experience.

For those of you that sawPlanet Earth, you may remem-ber scenes where a predator

caught its prey, and you werethen shown a very bloody feast-ing. Remember, however, thatthis is a Disney movie, and israted G.

While the film does recog-nize that nature isn’t alwaysfriendly, it doesn’t give the fullrealism of the predator preyrelationship. This editing isn’tnearly enough of an issue toruin the film, but if you wantto see a more realistic view ofthis aspect of nature, watch theoriginal Planet Earth documen-taries.

Overall, the decision onwhether or not to watch this isa personal one. If you sawPlanet Earth, and are satisfiedwith that or didn’t like it, don’tsee this. However, if you didlike it or haven’t seen it, andare willing to spend money ona ticket, you won’t be nearlydisappointed.

Earth is a film for everyone,and you should definitely takeadvantage of it while it is intheatres. As it incredible to seein theatres, but remember, itwasn’t anything new.

Photo courtesy of Walt DisneyEarth focuses on three different animals, including polar bears.

3/5Falcons

them conquered the feat andwere greeted with rowdyapplause along the way.

The two girls were joined byone of their teammates on thesoccer team, Hayley Traeger,who summed up the dedicationit takes to run the marathon,“Running the marathon thisyear was also a great experi-ence because I shared it withAshley Reynolds and KimGiles. For the past three yearswe have been teammates onthe soccer team at Bentley andthis was a great memory wecould have before they gradu-ate this year.

“We have been trainingtogether and waking up earlytogether for three months,” con-cluded Treager. “Hopefully, inthe future we can continue to

run races together.”The training the three girls

went through clearly paid off asTraeger mused, “As far as theactual event, the 26.2 mileswent by pretty quick because ofall the cheering spectators thatwere not present during ourtraining runs. We also had a lotof family and friends along thecourse that we could look for-ward to seeing. Physically, itwas what I expected, but I wasready to stop running once Ireached 26.2 mark.”

What makes the marathoneven more special is that every-one involved feels the excite-ment whether they run the raceor not. There were severalgroups of Bentley students vol-unteering at various points ofthe race handing out wateramong other things to the run-

ners.Freshman Lauren Valerio

was on Mile 17 and she was inawe of the whole event, “Themarathon was truly an experi-ence today. I had never actual-ly seen the marathon and forth is to be my f i rs t rea lencounter with it was an honor.It was just great to see all thesupport from fans, familyfriends and even completestrangers for all runners to fin-ish. It was truly an inspira-tional experience.”

Fellow freshman PaigeRoland was also in awe of theenormity of the race, adding, “Icouldn’t believe the amount ofpeople involved, it seemed likethe race would never end.Volunteering at mile 17 wasgood, but I’m sure it would havebeen even more exciting to have

been at the finish line and seethe race come to an end.”

Many of those who havenever had the privilege to wit-ness the majesty are struck bythe great amount of support allthe runners get from strangers,but even veterans of the eventnever get tired of seeing theeffort of the runners.

“For the past two years, I’veparticipated in the marathon,and it continues to be a reward-ing experience. Seeing howdetermined and driven the run-ners are is always very uplift-ing, and really inspired ourwhole group. [The runners]were thanking us for volunteer-ing, and very kind when grab-bing water,” remarked LindsaySauvé, a junior and member ofBeta Alpha Psi.

Senior Brian White, also a

partcipating volunteer fromBeta Alpha Psi,”I think theoverall day was great. It is won-derful to see fifty plus peoplefrom our organization getinvolved with the Marathon insuch a big way. It was definite-ly hect ic and we workedextremely hard, but at thesame time, it was such arewarding experience to helpthe runners on their 26.2 milejourney.”

The best stories of themarathon always come fromthose who run the marathon forreasons that are so meaningfuland important “I started myrun next to a woman who wasrunning the marathon with ablind fold to support her sonwho was blind,” exclaimed Gilesas she witnessed one of the feelgood stories of the marathon.

Every year the marathon isa milestone event for Bostonbut more than ever this year itseemed to have a special feelhere as it was part of an incred-ible day. “What a great day forBoston, the running of the113th Boston Marathon, a winfor the Red Sox, a win for theCeltics, and a win for theBruins! I’m not sure it getsmuch better than that ! ”exclaimed Reynolds, summingup the incredible day perfectly.

April 20, 2009 will go downas a great day in Boston, andthe 113th running of the BostonMarathon will be rememberedas the highlight.

Boston Marathon(continued from Page 1)

Photos provided by Beta Alpha Psi Beta Alpha Psi was stationed at Mile 17, passing out water and Gatorade.

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Aries (March 21 - April 19): Be carefulwith the warm weather. Make sure you puton some extra sun screen or you’ll be look-ing extra crispy.

Taurus (April 20 - May 20): Start study-ing early to ease the pressure for upcom-ing finals. If not, you may end up sponta-neously combusting.

Gemini (May 21 - June 21): Deal withthe issues in your life upfront, don’t ignorethem, or you may be casting yourself outof a good time.

Cancer (June 22 - July 22): Stop hiber-nating and get out there and try somethingnew and exciting. It will open up yourgroup of friends to people you never knewyou would get along with.

Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22): Stop believingall the rumors and approach the situationyourself. Words are easily twisted, so seefor yourself what is really going on.

Virgo (Aug. 23- Sept. 22): Make sure todo some ridiculous things this week. Luckis in your favor so take advantage of itbefore things go sour.

Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): You may needto be a springboard for ideas that yourfriends are having. They trust your opin-ion so be ready to give some stellar advice.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): Around the24th you are going to land in a love rut, butdon’t worry things will be picking up foryou on the 27th when a perfect strangerwill spice up your life.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): Rent agood movie and take a break for a bit. A lit-tle rest and relaxation will do you good. Soget extra buttered popcorn and a giant sodaand enjoy.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): You aregetting mixed signals from a potential loveinterest but do not worry. They are justunsure as to how to express the same feel-ings that you are having. Go for it!

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): Accept thefact that there are things you are unableto change. If you do so, you will have aclearer mind and be able to move on andfocus on things that matter.

Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20): Do not wearjeans or any sort of jean material on the26th. The stars are saying that denim willbe the only reason your wishes on Sundaywill not come true.

HOROSCOPES

The columns found in this newspaper are writtenby individual authors and do not reflect the opin-ion of The Vanguard, its Editorial Board mem-bers, or Bentley University. Comments resultingfrom the columns may be directed to the authorand/or The Vanguard.

Brian CeciVANGUARD STAFF Dear Mistress,

I r e a l l y l o v e c o f f e e .Actually, love is not a strongenough word. I always buyat least 2 or 3 cups of coffeea day all over campus andmy roommate approachedme and told me to “get agrip.” I know it’s just coffee,but it hit me the other dayhow much I spend on i twhen I noticed how manyempty cups there were in mya p a r t m e n t . C a n y o u b eaddicted to coffee?

~Crazy about Coffee

Dear Crazy about Coffee,Chances are that you are

not actually “addicted” to cof-fee but may have becomeextremely comfortable withdrinking it as part of yourdaily routine as well as useto the caffeine (unless youare drinking decaf). Youshould proceed with cautionwhen attempting to makethis kind of change in youreveryday life.

If you are exhibiting phys-ical symptoms that you feelare pushing you to drink cof-fee, I suggest making anappointment with the Centerfor Health & Wellness or

your own personal physician.Whenever you are trying tom a k e s u c h a d r a m a t i cchange that will likely affectyour health it’s important toget professional assistance.

I t ’ s l i k e l y t h a t t h o s ea r o u n d y o u m a y h a v enoticed your habit, like yourroommate, well before youdid. However, you are luckyto have been able to realizeit for yourself. Try not to beupset with your roommatefor approaching you aboutthis, she is probably con-cerned and may not haveknown a better way to helpyou.

After consulting with amedical professional, youw i l l p r o b a b l y b e b e t t e requipped with methods tocu t back on your c o f f eeintake safely with a health-ier (and less costly!) alterna-tive. Should you still wishyou to drink coffee in small-er amounts, consider a coffeepot for your apartment.

Buying a coffee pot andcoffee is a lot cheaper thanpurchasing it ready-made allover campus. If you makepreparing coffee part of yourdaily routine, you will bare-ly notice the time it takes.Most major brands of coffee

are commercially availablein the grocery store at a frac-tion of the price.

You can easily purchaseflavored coffee or make yourown iced coffee just how youlike it in your room. Gettinga reusable coffee mug willkeep your drink cold or hotwhi le be ing more ear thfriendly than plastic or papercoffee cups.

Such an adjustment mayseem small but will make abig difference in how you feeland in how much you spend.Take it slow and get someprofessional advice on how toproceed . Ce lebrate th ischange with your new shinycoffee pot and thank yourroommate for her help! Justthink of all the time you’llsave by not having to wait inline…

Have a question? Emailt h e M i s t r e s s a tMistressOfIssues@gmail.com You can also InstantMessage a question to thescreenname MistressOfIssueson AOL Instant Messenger.Names have been changed toprotect privacy. This columnis for entertainment purposesonly and is not meant toreplace professional advice.

Mistress of IssuesLet the Mistress help you!

By: Nicole Darvirris

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NOTES FROM ABROADQuestion #12: Describe an experience in whichyou overcame a challenge abroad. What did youlearn from the experience?

For some reason, the mostdifficult experiences I’ve hadwhile abroad have to do withtraveling. First, just getting hereto Pamplona was an adventure.I faced a seven hour delay inPhilly, missed my connectingflight in Madrid, and the airlinelost my luggage.

To make matters worse,when I got here I found out thatI didn’t even have an apartmentto l ive in for two weeks.Needless to say, after anexhausting night and day, I wasnot in the best of states to han-dle the situation.

Luckily, I had a student inPamplona who helped me; hepicked me up from the airport,assisted me in talking to the air-line personnel about the lost lug-gage, and got me to a hostelwhere I could stay until I couldmove into the apartment.

My Spanish wasn’t the bestwhen I arrived, so I don’t knowwhat I would have done with-

out his help. Despite my not-so-auspicious beginnings, the worldlooked a lot brighter the nextday, when I got my luggage andcould finally settle in to exploremy new home.

From this experience, Ilearned to plan as much as pos-sible before traveling. I reallyshould have booked the hostelbefore leaving, but since I didn’tlearn about the fact that I could-n’t move into the apartmentright away until the day I wasleaving for Spain, I didn’t havemuch opportunity at that point.So I had to learn to be flexiblefor when things out of my con-trol upset my plans.

I have had a few other trav-el-mishaps during my timeabroad, as well. The weekendwhen Europe goes into daylightsavings time, I was in Barcelonaand Paris. What I didn’t realizewas that my cell phone for trav-eling abroad wouldn’t automat-ically change the time.

So I ended up waking up anhour late and missing my flightback to Barcelona. I then had to

fly in to Madrid, a city where Ihad never been before and did-n’t really know how I’d get backto Pamplona.

Again, I had to learn how tolet go of my control-freak ten-dencies and just go with theflow. There were times when Igot really frustrated and upset,but having a fit was no help. Ihad to calm myself down andcome up with contingency plans.Spain has given me a muchmore carefree attitude, especial-ly with regards to time.

Now, I figure somehow,sometime I can make it towhere I need to go, even if itmeans sleeping in a bus or trainstation, or waiting a few hoursfor the next available trans-portation. No trip goes withouta few mishaps along the way, soI can only hope that I learnedwhat I could from what hap-pened to me, so I can try andprevent it from happeningagain.

And, if I can’t prevent it, atleast I have learned how to dealwith it better.

Stacie HenryPAMPLONA, SPAIN

Packed in a small, brightred car were two Italian girls,one Brazilian boy and me.That day our internationalgroup rented a car, bought amap and started on our roadtrip to explore the townsaround Balaton Lake.

Hungary is a landlockedcountry, which makes thelargest lake in the country,Balaton Lake, a major area forwater sports, swimming, fish-ing or any summer activity.Since it isn’t summer yet, wedecided to stay on the northshore since it is where thecharming cities are, ratherthan the tackier summerresorts along the south border.

The entire trip was like amovie: windows down, singingalong to the radio and random-ly picking our next town by thesound of the name. However,the trip was a bit more chal-lenging than a drive aroundthe United States because wedidn’t know what to expectonce we got beyond Budapest’scity border.

Along the way there wereminor obstacles like figuringout how to pump gas to biggerones like finding directions ina village that only spokeHungarian and German.Although there were timeswhere we got lost or thingsdidn’t go exactly go the way weplanned, it often resulted in a

better outcome. Also, many people were

more than willing to helpwhen they could. One manfishing on a pier we werestanding on struck up a con-versation and proceeded togive us advice on what to doand see. Although he had trav-elled around the world hefound himself retiring in hishome country because he felt“that g-d was in a good moodwhen he made this part of theworld.”

That was a quote that real-ly summed up that momentwhen we were standing therelooking out into the water andat the surrounding scenery. Itwas someplace that you wouldexpect to see in Italy or Spain,but not Hungary. This gave usa unique perspect ive onHungarians, who often have areputation from being lessthan helpful, and Hungarianlife beyond the busy city.

The four of us came back toBudapest with new experi-ences, like horseback ridingand canoeing through a cave,in addition to a sense of accom-plishment. We navigated ourway through a foreign countrywithout modern conveniences,l i ke a GPS sys tem orMapQuest, and didn’t get dis-couraged when somethingwent wrong.

From now on, I will havethe confidence to go anywhereand travel without relying onanyone or anything else.

Lauren BocskocskyBUDAPEST, HUNGARY

Learning over Spring Break in Poland and IrelandKathryn BrewerDevon MaguireCONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Spring Break this year wasnot what most people would con-sider a “normal” spring break.The Global Studies Departmentgave students the opportunity tolearn about the history and geog-raphy of Poland and Ireland aswe traveled to many differenthistorical sites and beautifullocations.

For a week Europe hadbecome our classroom.In Poland,we were able to see the formercommunist headquarters. Wealso went on an all day walkingtour through the city, lead by ourtour guide Adrian Grycuk, whowas our local coordinator inPoland. We started the tour byseeing the main sites in Warsaw,which included a 45 minute tourof the Royal Castle.

We also went up to the 30floor of the Palace of Science andCulture building where we wereable to see the entire city. Aftergetting a panoramic view ofWarsaw, we saw “hiddenWarsaw,” which included theJewish Ghetto where some ofthe wall still stands. Before leav-ing for the trip we were requiredto watch Schindler’s List andThe Pianist.

During our tours we wereable to see some places that werefeatured in both movies. We vis-ited the site where the ChlodnaBridge, which connected thesmall and large ghettos to each

other, used to stand. This bridgewas featured in The Pianist. Wewere able to see the monumentof the Ghetto Heroes, which issignificant because it commem-orated the heroes of the Jewishuprising. We also had the oppor-tunity to see the Palace on theWater.

Not only was the Palace onthe Water beautiful, but sawabout four or five Peacocksroaming around the Palaceground.

Our next stop in Poland wasthe city of Krakow. We went tothe Podgorze district where wewalked to Schindler’s former fac-tory, which we learned will beopened in the fall as a museum.

We also had the opportunityto see the oldest Synagogue inPoland and then proceeded toMariacki Church where we wit-nessed the ceremonial openingof the Grand Altar. Up the streetfrom the Mariacki Church wasWawel Castle.

At Wawel Castle, we saw thecathedral, got a tour of the RoyalTombs and climb to the top of

the tower where we saw theZygmunt Bell. This bell is rungonly a few times a year, whensomeone important dies or onholidays. It is said that if youtouch the bell with your lefthand and make a wish, yourwish will come true, so of coursewe all took our turn makingwishes on the bell.

We also took a trip to thefamous Salt Mines of Poland.While at the Salt Mines we weregiven the opportunity to lick thewalls, floor or anything else thatwe wanted except the sculp-tures. We were about four hun-dred feet below the surface andsaw more than six sculptures.

On the second day in Krakow,we took a bus to Auschwitz andBirkenau where we had a guid-ed tour of the concentrationcamp. This was the most somberday of the entire trip. We hadbeen learning about the holo-caust throughout the class andwatched the two movies aboutit, but you never really under-stand how things actually wereuntil you see it in person.

The hardest rooms to seewere without a doubt the roomwith all the personal belongingsof the victims, including babiesand young children, and theroom filled with the hair of thevictims. While in Poland we alsogot to visit the Zywiec brewerymuseum. At the brewery wetoured the factory, saw the histo-ry of the company, received afree sample and glass of theZywiec beer and even participat-ed in some bowling.

Next, in Ireland, we didn’thave an official tour guide, butwe were lucky enough to haveDoreen McBride, a Bentley Staffmember, accompany us on thetrip. Doreen lived in Ireland fora few years and was able to showus around the city. We visitedthe Guinness factory where wedid self-guided tours of the fac-tory and at 10:30 am sampledpints of Guinness. We thenmade our way to KilmainhamJail, which is a significant site inIreland history and the upris-ings.

You cannot take a trip toIreland without seeing the beau-tiful countryside, so on our lastday in Ireland we took an eighthour bus tour of the WicklowMountains. We traveled up themountains and into the valleyswhere we were able to takegreat, postcard worthy, photos.We viewed the Guinness Estateand saw the spot where tworivers met.

For lunch, we stopped in avery small town in the countryside where we enjoyed tradition-al Irish stew and maybe anoth-er pint of Guinness. Our finalstop was to a wool factory. Wesaw how they made handmadewool sweaters and blankets andwere also given a chance to pur-chase some souvenirs.

Each year Bentley offers excit-ing short-term winter, springand summer experiential learn-ing opportunities in many placesincluding; Prague, Beijing,London, Accra, Berlin, Santiago,Krakow, Sao Paulo, Dublin,Shanghai and elsewhere.

Lauren & her roommate boating. Photo provided by Lauren Bocskocsky

Spring Break was full of beautiful views. Photo provided by Kathryn Brewer

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CAMPUS LIFEStereo Fiction: a fresh highlight of Bentley’s musical talent

Bentley’s musical talentseems to be growing at expo-nential speed; these artistsare eager and ready to showo f f w h a t t h e y ’ v e g o t t oBentley’s student population.A newly acclaimed hip hopband, Stereo Fiction, whichhas frequented around cam-pus (notably at the Pub andBentley’s recent Relay forLife) aims to add a whole newelement to ordinary hip-hopmusic.

This group which is com-prised of three main mem-bers: Jake Capistran (StoopKid) in charge of guitar andvocals, Mike Larsen (thePoet) who plays the key-board, guitar, and vocals, andRenelian Capitolian (REC-Less) who also sings andplays the keyboard, is gettingits name on the map with itsnew sound and beat.

Capistran and Larsen metrandomly during the fresh-

man First Week festivities asthey both found a commontalent in guitar playing, andhad been trying to put some-thing together for a while.When Capitolian finallyjoined the duo, they set out tocreate a new, invigoratingsound—“The New Roots” asLarsen puts it.

Evan Cook, the band’sinformal manager has been avital part of Stereo Fiction’ssuccess. He has helped withpromotion, printing, andmerchandise, as well as anavid supporter and groupie.

The group wants to show-case music that will appeal toall types of people, not justthose interested in the hiphop genre. Some may haveseen the band playing in thePub this past Thursday withsome additional members.

During that performance,the band had senior MattShuster accompanying theb a n d o n b a s s a n d D a v eBoudreau on keyboard, as

well as Drew Hammond, anon-Bentley student on thedrums. While the band isindubitably small, they takeon new members for live per-formances. The band is notsigned at the moment, yetthey hope to at ta in andaffirm a label in the future.

Their two months of com-munion as a band has farexceeded their expectations,for not only have they intro-duced their first EP, but theyhave also contributed toAnkur Agrawal’s, ProjectH2O, recording a track for

his mixed CDs for sale. Theproceeds from these CDsdirectly benefit the Nepalcommunity, as it is used toexpunge toxic waste fromtheir everyday drinkingwater.

T h e b a n d e n c o u r a g e severyone to head out on theGreenspace during nextweek’s reading day wherethey will be rocking out aftertheir performance on SpringDay. This performance willbe the last of the year for theband, yet they hope and planon initiating a variety of per-

formances next year, andpossibly over the summer.

The band has recentlydropped its first EP, and isselling them at “five dollarsa pop,” so if you are interest-ed in purchasing a CD youcan contact them at stereofc-tiontheband@yahoo.com orb y c h e c k i n g o u t t h e i rM y S p a c e a twww.myspace.com/stereofic-tiontheband. The EP is enti-tled, The Truth – EP and wasreleased on April 14. The EPcontains six tracks, many ofwhich they performed at theP u b o n A p r i l 1 6 w i t hElephant House.

The group of boys plans tomake merchandise for salevery soon so that their avidsupporters can sport StereoFiction apparel around cam-pus. The band overall aims toplease all music-lovers outthere by providing a fresh,new twist on hip-hop to themusic scene both here atBentley and beyond.

Jessica GranvilleSTAFF WRITER

All year long, Bentley stu-dents work hard to createtheir very own filmsm, get-ting the chance to showcasetheir work at the BentleyFilm Festival. This year’s fes-tival will take place nextTuesday night, April 28 in theWilder Pavilion.

This is the fourth film fes-tival that Bentley is hostingwhich is organized throught h e M e d i a a n d C u l t u r eDepartment. The BentleyFilm Company (BFC) is alsoinvolved in co-sponsoring theevent according to the BFCpresident, Stephen Falzone.

“We’re also going to behelping to judge the films,”says Falzone, “and we’ll begetting the word out thereabout the festival.”

One of the organizers of theevent, Professor ElizabethLeDoux, says, “Generally, theproduction faculty of theEnglish Department’s Mediaand Culture Program judgethe films.”

This includes hersel f ,Professor Jeffrey Stern, andProfessor Heidi Solbrig, inaddition to other professorsand BFC members.

The films are judged on avariety of criteria. “First andforemost,” says LeDoux, “welook for good storytelling.Whether a film is considereda narrative, documentary,experimental, etc., story-telling and making a connec-tion with the audience iskey.”

Students are also judgedon their use of basic film com-ponents, and on the skillsthey learned in media class-es. LeDoux says, “We certain-ly look at production values,such as cinematography, edit-ing, sound design, and the

like.”The awards are given in

many categories, some ofwhich include best cine-matography, editing, sounddesign, social issue documen-tary, animation, screenplay,and art design. “But at theend of the festival screening,”LeDoux says, “there is a ‘BestFilm’ award that is selectedby the audience.”

Anyone is eligible to sub-mit a film to be judged. Themajority of the submissionscome from students who arem a j o r i n g i n M e d i a a n dCulture.

However, students who aredoing the Liberal StudiesMajor in Media and Societyalso submit films, as well asmany students who are tak-ing Arts and Science elec-tives.

“We are certainly open andaccept work produced by theB e n t l e y S t u d e n t F i l mCompany and BSTV,” saysLeDoux, “as these studentorganizations with a mediafocus are essential to our com-munity-building around cam-pus.”

Unlike the InternationalFilm Series, whose themewas Love and Death in theMiddle East, the BentleyFilm Festival traditionallydoes not have a particulartheme for its entries to focuson. Students therefore submitwork on a wide variety offocuses, making the experi-ence broader and more excit-ing.

Last year’s winners, in fact,were diverse in theme, alldealing with different subjectmatter. In this way, the fes-tival attempts to foster indi-vidual expression. As LeDouxsays, “There is no particulartheme for the festival for wecertainly want to encouragestudents to find their own

Fourth annual Bentley Film Festival showcases student talentEvelynn SidiropoulosSTAFF WRITER

themes to work with.”The Media and Culture

Department relies on helpand support from differentstudent organizations to keepthe festival running and atthe level it performs, includ-

ing the Bentley Film Festival,A l p h a P s i O m e g a , a n dBentley Student Television.Bentley alumni also supportthe festival, and many will bein attendance at this year’sevent.

In LeDoux’s words, theoverall essence of the BentleyFilm Festival is “to encouragemedia literacy, a collaborativeenvironment, and creativeexpression across the cam-pus.”

See Stereo Fiction in the 1917 Tavern. Photo from www.benrley.edu

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SPORTS / NEWSFalcon Women rack up awards and victories on lacrosse fieldRobbie LaBrieSPORTS EDITOR

The Lady Falcons lacrosseteam has found success thisseason and lately they’ve beencarried by their star seniormidfielder Alyssa Ritchie.

Last week, Ritchie wasnamed Northeast-10 player ofthe week, while racking up 15goals and five assists in just aone week, three game span.

The numbers are simplyridiculous for Ritchie, andwhat’s more, they’ve comewith two Falcon wins and onevery close loss to a toughNortheast-10 opponent.

The week started withBentley’s win over SouthernN e w H a m p s h i r e o nWednesday , Apr i l 15 inManchester, NH. SouthernNew Hampshire, currentlysitting in third in the NE-10,one spot above Bentley, cameinto the game with only oneconference loss and a 9-3 over-all record.

The win, however, jumpedthe Falcons ahead of theSNHU Penmen in the confer-ence standings, although thisplace in the NE-10 would notlast to the end of the week.

The game started withSouthern New Hampshiretaking a quick 4-1 lead after12 minutes o f p lay . ButRitchie would have none ofthis, as she went on a tear andscored three straight unassist-ed goals, knotting the game at

4-4.Ten minutes later, Bentley

junior Michelle LaRosa scoredthe go ahead goal and Erica deSilvia expanded the lead to 6-4 just before halftime.

After the break, SouthernNew Hampshire brought thegame within one before theFalcons ripped off anotherstring of three straight goals.Jaclyn Griffin scored the firstone, and then Leigh Tedeschiand Ritchie found the net withthe next two, g iving theFalcons a 9-5 lead.

Southern New Hampshirewasn’t dead yet though, scor-ing three of their own to makeit 9-8. However, that would bethe last Penmen goal of theday, as Bentley shut themdown and went on to win thegame, 11-8.

Christina Gugliemo, theFalcons goalkeeper, had a niceday, making 12 saves, includ-ing two during the importantstretch late in the game whenthe Falcons only held the 9-8lead.

The very next day, theF a l c o n s t r a v e l e d t oSpringfield, MA to take onAmerican InternationalC o l l e g e . A m e r i c a nInternational came into thegame with only one winagainst NE-10 conferenceteams, and they would comeout of the game the same way.

Not only did the Falconss m o k e A m e r i c a nInternational, 21-4, but Alyssa

Ritchie made a little history,earning her 300th career pointin her co l l ege career a tBentley. Ritchie entered thegame with 296 career points,but the milestone was reachedt h a n k s t o t h e p o o r A I Cdefense.

The game started close,with the score at 3-3 early, butthe Falcons scored sevenunanswered goals before half-time intermission and held a10-3 lead at the half. TheFalcons would not let up inthe second half and the finalresult was a 21-4 slaughter.

Ritchie scored five goals inthe contest and her teammate,Lauren Canepa, scored five aswell to lead the team. JaclynGriffin and freshman TorreTaylor each recorded a hattrick themselves, scoring threegoals apiece. Ritchie also hadtwo assists in this game, giv-ing her seven total points andbringing the career total to303.

Ritchie, who already leadsBentley in all-time goals,assists and points, is only onepoint ahead of Stonehill sen-ior, Michelle Kelly, who has302 career points. The two willbe fighting it out down thes t r e t c h t o b e c o m e t h eNortheast-10’s all-time scor-ing leader. The current bench-mark was set by Stonehill’sKatie Lambert, who posted327 career points.

But on Sunday, Ritchie’smore important concern was

the Falcons matchup withMerrimack. The Falcons werehosting the Warriors whowere coming off a tough lossagainst out-of-conferenceDowling, and a fairly mediocreseason

It seemed like the Falconswould be able to take this one,but Merrimack disagreed.Bentley, who came in with afour game winning streak,faced a tough challenge fromthe Warriors all game long.Surprisingly, it was a gamewith only one lead change, butit was close the whole way.

The Falcons jumped out toa q u i c k 3 - 0 l e a d , b u tMerrimack fought to get it to5-4, and they would never givethe lead back. Bentley contin-ued to slip back, until it was10-7 late in the first half.

The Falcons scored threequick goals though, two byGriffin, one by Ritchie, to knott h e g a m e a t 1 0 - 1 0 , b u tMerrimack tacked on twomore before the halftime whis-tle to make it 12-10 at thehalf.

Neither team got a rungoing in the second half untilRitchie and Griffin put upmore back-to-back goals tomake it 14-14. But that’swhen Merrimack went on alittle tear and put up threegoals in a row, to make it 17-14.

Although the Falcons madeit very close, that ended upbeing all the Warriors would

need. Griffin scored her fifthgoal of the game, bringing thescore to 17-15, then seniorKim Morris scored to make ita one goal game, but that finalgoal never came.

Bentley had over sevenminutes to find that one lastgoal, but Merrimack playedtough defense and never letone slip by. With about 2:30left, it looked like Ritchie wasgoing to do it again, but hershot hit the post and bouncedaway harmlessly.

It was another game thatsaw Ritchie and Griffin scorefive goals apiece and Ritchie’scareer points total climbed to308, but the Falcons droppedto 8-7 overall on the seasonand 6-2 in NE-10 play.

Bentley currently sits infourth in the conferencebehind Stonehill, New Havena n d S o u t h e r n N e wHampshire respectively. TheFalcons will face a tough teston Wednesday when they takeon Stonehill, the top team inthe conference. They will thenplay their final regular seasongame against Saint Anselmwho is in the middle of theNE-10 pack.

If the Falcons can win theStonehill game, it will certain-ly bode well for their tourna-ment chances. The LadyFalcons are playing very welland now all they need to do iscarry that success into thetournament and they couldmake a deep run.

been done.”In 2005, according to TKE

President Frank Reiman, a fewTKE brothers were chargedwith being in a fight; TKE wasexpelled from campus for fiveyears. In their 2005 appeal,TKE submitted an 88-pagestrategic plan, which stated thatthe fraternity had to make fun-damental changes to TKE oncampus.

“My major argument fromthat is that the kids from 2005never implemented it and thisis the first time the school hasbrought it up in four years,” saidReiman, “I think the school hasa certain view of us and I don’tknow anything could have beendone to change it over the lastfew years but I can tell you forsure that the culture of theorganization has changed dras-tically.”

In a statement to TheVanguard, assistant dean ofStudent Affairs Doreen Floydmade it clear that although theoffenses of February 28 werepart of the hearing , it was thefailure to live up to the strategicplan and concessions thatadversely affected TKE’s case.

“If you fail to learn from mis-takes you have made in the

past,” said Floyd, “maybeBentley is not the right place foryour organization to be.”

Other administration officialsechoed Floyd’s statement.

“They just needed to be heldaccountable for previous actionsand previous sanctions,” saidWitkowicki. “The hearing boardthought that they have heardthis all before and nothing haschanged in the last five or sixyears, so for the health and safe-ty of the students of Bentley,this is just an organization wedo not want to work with.”

Reiman, who at the outset ofthe interview stated he could notbe as candid as he would likedue to the upcoming appeal,claimed inequality betweenpunishments by the JudicialBoard.

“I just think the school has seta precedent with other alcohol-related violations and if you lookat those cases our sanctionswere not in line with others,”said Reiman, “I am curious tosee what happens to other fra-ternities that have issues cur-rently or in the future.”

Reiman went on to say thatmany fraternities on campusare having issues with newlyenforced policies by the admin-istration and it is unfair Bentley

has suddenly begun to examineGreek Life in ways they didn’tin the past.

“I think there has been noguidance in the past and all ofthe sudden Bentley flips theswitch and enforces all the rulesand I think there needs to be acushion period with that sort ofchange,” said Reiman, “If theywant to make changes, I agreewith that, I just don’t like thatthey pick and choose what rulesto force and what not to forceand when to enforce them.”

In a March 26 interview withThe Vanguard, Witkowickialluded to the change in policy,saying that there would be moreeducation by the administrationinto what is acceptable, sustain-able behavior.

Witkowicki also stated that“the chapters have embracedthat” and that she was looking

forward to changing the cultureand educating in a way thatwasn’t done in the past.

In a subsequent April 21interview, Witkowicki againreferred to the changes, stating“It takes a long time to changethe culture. All the studentsneed to go through the processand the education before the cul-ture of any fraternity or sororityon campus can be changed.”

It is that process of educationand change in culture thatReiman said TKE would like tobe a part of.

“We would love to start oper-ating as a fraternity again butif the appeal doesn’t work, wewill have to play it by ear Iguess,” said Reiman, “I know forsure that the brothers and Iwere a little upset that we wereunable to be a part of thechanges and implementationsof policy on campus. We wouldhave liked to be a part of theeducation process at Bentley.”

With the appeal of the sus-pension, TKE’s suspension hasnot been put into place yet,meaning they will still be kepton the website and kept in allGreek Life literature at Bentley.After the appeal, though, if theircase is not reversed, Floyd madeit clear that they would no

longer be allowed to function oncampus.

However, if TKE does win theappeal they will have list of 19sanctions delegated by theirnational chapter that theywould have to uphold in orderto keep their charter, many ofwhich were in line with commonBentley sanctions. If TKE’sappeal is not upheld, they willhave no opportunity to imple-ment their national sanctions.

While the relationshipbetween the administration andGreek Life has been and willcontinue to be questioned,Witkowicki stated it is impor-tant to live up to the standardsthat many Greek organizationspride themselves on.

“Part of the core values is thatyou pledge yourself to a higherstandard, not just friendship butbrotherhood and sisterhood, ahigher connection, and a highercommitment to service,” saidWitkowicki, “and if you pledgeourselves to your higher ideals,why do we get angry when youare held to these higher stan-dards? If you say you are betterthan everyone else, you betterbe better than everyone else andyou can’t use that as an excuseas to why you are being lookedinto.”

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TKE Expulsion

“If you fail to learn frommistakes you have made

in the past, maybeBentley is not the rightplace for your organiza-

tion to be.”-Doreen Floyd

ASST. DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

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Robbie LabrieSPORTS EDITOR

RECENT RESULTSBaseball (21-18, 12-8 NE-10) at Tufts (4/14) L 4-3at Saint Anselm*(4/15) W 3-1at Saint Anselm*(4/17) W 3-0Pace*(DH)(4/18) W 8-0, L 4-2at Pace*(4/19) L 5-3

GolfUMass-Lowell River Hawk Invitational (4/19) 5th of 9

Men’s Lacrosse (7-2, 6-1 NE-10)at Assumption*(4/18) W 10-2

Men’s Outdoor TrackPrinceton Invitational (4/17) No Team ScoreFitchburg State Invitational (4/18) 3rd of 14

Men’s Tennis (11-7, 8-2 NE-10) No Matches Scheduled

Softball (17-17, 10-12 NE-10)New Haven*(DH) (4/15) L 4-2, W 2-0Saint Michael’s*(DH) (4/16) L 9-5, L 6-3at Saint Anselm*(DH) (4/19) W 7-6, L 4-2at Le Moyne*(DH) (4/20) L 11-2 (5), L 8-0 (5)

Women’s Lacrosse (8-7, 6-2 NE-10)at Southern New Hampshire*(4/15) W 11-8at AIC*(4/16) W 21-4Merrimack*(4/19) L 17-16

Women’s Outdoor TrackPrinceton Invitational (4/17) No Team ScoreFitchburg State Invitational (4/18) 3rd of 14

Women’s Tennis (12-7, 10-2 NE-10)Saint Anselm*(4/14) W 8-1at Assumption*(4/17) W 8-1

* Northeast-10 Contest

UPCOMING SCHEDULEApril 24 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Saint Anselm* 7:00

April 25 Baseball vs. Assumption*(DH) 12:00

April 28 Baseball vs. Southern Connecticut* 3:30 Men’s Lacrosse vs. TBA (NE-10 Quarterfinals) TBA

--OR--May 1 Men’s Lacrosse vs. TBA (NE-10 Semifinals) TBA

May 3 Baseball vs. AIC* 1:00

* Northeast-10 Contest

Sudoku Solutions

Falcons Baseball maintaining its place in NE-10

The Falcons are not lettinggo of fourth place in theNortheast-10 baseball stand-ings, which could be looked atas both a good thing and abad thing.

The good news for Falconfans is that they are still in aposition to go on a run and geteven as high as first in theconference, and even if theydon’t go on that run, theFalcon men will still be ing o o d p o s i t i o n f o r t h eNortheast-10 tournament.

Last week was a decent onefor Bentley. Tuesday, April14 , Bent l ey t rave l ed t oMedford to take on Tufts’squad.

This one was a heartbreak-ing loss for the Falcons, whorallied in the ninth to put upthe go-ahead run, only to seethe lead vanish, giving up tworuns in the bottom of theninth to lose, 4-3.

Freshman closer MattSherman got the loss, eventhough only one of the runswas charged to him. It wasthe first loss for the rightywho has performed very wellfor Coach Bob DeFelice so farthis season.

The next day, Bentleyturned things around a bit,beating Saint Anselm, 3-1 inManchester, New Hampshire.It was star sophomore out-fielder James Roche and sen-ior right hander Brett Fistesw h o l e d t h e c h a r g e f o rBentley.

Fistes tossed a seven hitterand went the distance in thisgame, while striking out sixand walking none. Roche,meanwhile, broke a 1-1 tie inthe top of the ninth with aleadoff homer to give Bentleya 2-1 lead.

The Falcons would go on toscrap out another insurancerun on a pair of singles, anerror, and a fielder’s choicethat allowed junior BrettDamato to score.

Two days later, Bentleywent back to Manchester totake on Saint Anselm again.This time it was sophomorerighty Rob Finneran who shutdown Saint A’s, striking out10 and recording his secondshutout this year in a 3-0Bentley win.

It was a 0-0 pitchers dueluntil the seventh inning,when Ross Curley, MikeD e C o s t e a n d G a r r e t tStenhouse all singled to loadthe bases. Then Damato cameto the plate and poked a sin-gle of his own to drive inCurley and DeCoste. Bentleyput one more on the board inthe ninth to finish of theHawks.

The next day, the Falconscame back home to take on

Eruzione has been solid for the Falcons this season. Photo from Sports Info Office.

Pace in a doubleheader thatsaw two different outcomes.Bentley dominated game one,taking down Pace, 8-0.

Freshman Dan Murphythrew an eight hit shutout inthe first game, improving to3-0 on the season, while jun-ior second baseman CharliePagliarulo paced the offensewith two singles, a double andthree RBI.

Pagliarulo opened thegame’s scoring in the firstinning, then hit a two rundouble in the second to givethe Falcons a 3-0 lead early.

The nightcap, however, hada much different feel, asPace’s Guiseppe Granittoshut down Bentley for 8innings to give his team a 4-0 lead heading into the bot-tom of the ninth.

It looked as if Bentley wasgoing to make a run whenStenhouse blasted a two-runhomer off the right field foulpole to make it a 4-2 game.But Pace brought in theircloser, who retired three offour batters to finish off theFalcons.

The following day, the twot e a m s t r a v e l e d o u t t oPleasantville, New York, thehome of Pace, to play onemore and finish out the series.Unfortunately, this one didnot fall Bentley’s way either.

It looked good after the topof the second, when Damatoblasted a solo homer, hiseighth of the season, andfreshman Mark Lane scored

on a double play to give theFalcons a 2-0 lead.

But by the bottom of thevery same inning, the outlookwas grim. Pace hit Bentley’sstarter, Jarrod Marchesi hardin the second, putting up fiveruns to grab a 5-2 lead. Thatwould prove to just about bethe end of the action in thiscontest.

Marchesi pitched well therest of the day and evenended up with an eight-hitcomplete game, only allowingtwo hits outside that dreadfulsecond inning. However, theFalcons would only providehim with one more run of sup-port, and the game was lost,5-3.

On Tuesday, Bentley’sgame with New Haven waspostponed due to rain, butthey will play New Haventwice in a row on Thursdayand Fr iday . A f te r that ,Bentley only has eight gamesleft.

They will play Assumptiont h r e e t i m e s , S o u t h e r nConnecticut twice, then they’llclose the season with threegames against AmericanInternational before theNortheast-10 tournament.

We are drawing ever near-er to the tournament, butthere is still plenty of baseballyet to be played in the regu-lar season and there’s a defi-nite possibility that we stillhaven’t seen the best theyoung Falcons baseball teamhas to offer.

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FALCON OF THEWEEK

Ritchie Named Falcon of the WeekSenior Alyssa Ritchie of the women’s lacrosse team has

been named the Falcon of the Week. Ritchie was named theNortheast-10 Player of the Week on Monday after an event-ful three games where she led Bentley to two wins and becamejust the fifth player in NE-10 history to score more than 300career points.

Ritchie had 15 goals and five assists during the week, scor-ing five goals in each game. She had seven points on five goalsand two assists in wins over Southern New Hampshire onApril 15 and AIC the following day.

Against AIC, she topped 300 career points, becoming thefirst player in school history to do so. Through Sunday, shehas 309 career points (185 g, 124 a) and is 18 points awayfrom breaking the conference career scoring record of 326.

Dan RyaboyMANAGING EDITOR

23:17Senior runner Melissa Nash closed

out her career as the number one NE-10f in isher a t the NCAA Div is ion I IChampionship with a time of 23 minutesand 17 seconds..

Did you know Nash finished 18 placesand 14 seconds better than her closestNE-10 competitor, Sarah Brassard?

SPORTSClub Hockey hopes to turn success into recognition from Bentley

The Club Hockey team captured the NECCHL crown this season. Photo provided by Chris DeCandia

The success of BentleyAthletics this year is unde-niable; a final four appear-ance by the f ield hockeyteam, a Northeast title forMen’s basketball, a 20 winseason for Women’s basket-ba l l , an AHA semi f ina lappearance for hockey, a topten ranking for the Men’sLacrosse team, and those arejust to mention a few.

However, there is one ath-letic team that is not seen inany of these accomplish-ments and that is the Men’sClub Hockey Team.

The team had a sensation-al year going 20-4 and cap-t u r i n g t h e N o r t h e a s tCol leg iate Club HockeyLeague (NECCHL) champi-onship, and yet there is noacknowledgement of the featofficially on campus.

The main reason for thisi s the fact that Bent leyUniversity does not recog-nize the team; therefore theteam is not allowed to useBentley’s name.

This in turn creates a lotof challenges for the team, assophomore forward ChaseCeliberti put it, “The factthat we don’t have Bentley’sname, you can’t get into agood league, which makestop teams less inclined toplay you.”

T h i s w a s s e e n i n t h eteams scheduling and trav-eling this season as theywent a perfect 12-0 againstNECCHL opponents includ-ing defeating MiddlesexCommunity College in thec h a m p i o n s h i p g a m e .However the team scheduledmany out o f c on ferencet e a m s s u c h a s B o s t o nUniversity, UNH, Harvard,Babson, Bridgewater Statea n d U n i v e r s i t y o fPennsylvania, defeating eachof them except BridgewaterState.

The team is able to play inthe NECCHL, despite thefact that they are not recog-nized by Bentley becausethere is no requirement in

that league to be recognizedby the school.

Despite the fact that theteam is not currently recog-nized by Bentley, the groupis a very motivated bunch asjunior Todd DeAngelo stat-ed, “It is a testament to theguys on this team, when ona Wednesday night at 11PMyou have 20 guys workinghard and playing a gamethey love and its only a prac-tice. It doesn’t get much bet-ter than that.”

DeAngelo mentioned thatt h e t e a m p r a c t i c e s o nWednesday nights at 11 p.m.at the Veterans MemorialSkating Rink on Totten PondRd.

The games for the teamsare usually held on Fridayand Saturday nights, whichfurther shows the dedicationand the love that the teamhas for the game of hockey,surrendering the most activesocial nights on campus.

Not only is the team dedi-cated, the bunch is a veryexperienced group of hockeyplayers as each o f themplayed all four years in highschool and have been play-ing the game since the age ofsix or seven.

The group knew that thiswould be a special for the

team as soon as they hit theice “Right at tryouts, we hadsuccess last year then wescored 17 goals in our firstgame.” junior Zak Cutlerreflected. Freshman SteveNagle had a similar senti-ment, “Our first real toughtest was UNH, and we shutthem out.”

It is easy to see why theteam has had such a greatrun of success and it all hasto do with team chemistry,with junior Billy Lydon com-menting, “The team cametogether right away, we allknew and liked each other.”Cutler added, “A lot of uswere friends before we start-ed the team, so we all cametogether right away.”

The players had many dif-ferent memories from thec h a m p i o n s h i p s e a s o nCeliberti put it as short andsweet as possible saying“Winning the cup” was thehighlight of the season forhim. Cutler made an inter-es t ing po int say ing , “ I tbrought back memories ofplaying high pressure gamesback in high school.”

The season was a tremen-dous success for the team,but every player to a teeagreed that gaining recogni-tion from Bentley is their

number one goal. “It wouldmake things a lot easier, wecould practice more and bein a better league,” Cutlerment ioned. Meanwhi le ,Celiberti added, “It would bea hundred times easier.”

Currently the team runsits own budget, where theyallocate how much moneyt h e t e a m n e e d s f o r t h eupcoming season. As of thisseason, each player pays afee of $400 to be on the team,the fee goes to various thingslike transportation and otherexpenses.

Many other schools thathave Division I hockey pro-grams also recognize andsponsor c lub teams, f orinstance the University ofNew Hampshire club hockeyt e a m g e t s a b u d g e t o f$65,000 on a yearly basis.

T h i s t y p e o f f u n d i n gallows them for more prac-tice time as well as allowingthem to compete in a morecompetitive club hockeyleague.

However, the team’s maingoal in getting recognizedhas nothing to do with fund-ing, as they are much morefocused on joining a morecompetitive league, so thatthe team could competeagainst top notch club teamson a nightly basis.

The team also believesthat the team would add alot to the Bentley communi-ty if they were recognized bythe school. Lydon stated “Ithink we can bring goodthings to Bentley, if we wereto be recognized.” The play-ers each believe that Bentleycan only benefit from recog-nizing the team, as they area hard working dedicatedgroup.

Each of the players have agreat passion for the game ofhockey and all admitted theyfaced a tough decision incoming to Bentley “A lot of uslove hockey, but we valueeducation a lot more,” statedCeliberti, who said he hadoffers to play Division IIIhockey but chose Bentleybecause of the level of educa-tion it offered.

Celiberti isn’t the onlyplayer who was in that simi-lar situation, and along withthat the fact that Bentleydoes not hold tryouts fortheir Division I hockey teaml e a v e s t h e p l a y e r s f e woptions when it comes to con-tinuing to play the gamethey love.

The team hopes that theirsuccessful year will lead toBentley accepting the teamas part of its athletic commu-nity. Zak Cutler put it in per-fect words: “We were a verysuccessful team and in orderto take it to the next level byentering a better league weneed recognition from theschool, allowing us to use theBentley name.”