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PagE 2 aPrIL 29, 2010 tHE VanguardNews

Great balls of fire!Officers were dispatched to Orchard

South for a fire alarm friday evening

around 10 p.m. upon arrival at the room

that set off the system, the officer found the

door open. He walked into the kitchen and

found a pot still smoking on the stove.

Concerned the pot might still be on a heat-

ed surface, the officer lifted the pot and

started to move it to another burner when

the lid slipped. this caused oxygen to flow

into the pot where dying sparks from a

grease fire were suddenly ignited erupting

into an enormous fireball three-feet high

and singeing the officer’s face and arm. the

cop leapt back, dropping the pot and run-

ning out of the kitchen as the sprinklers

came on. He quickly radioed to dispatch

that the pot had exploded and that there

was a fire.after checking that the fire had

been extinguished, the officer was treated

for his burns and facilities arrived to turn

off the sprinkler and clean up the water.

due to the volume of water used to put out

the fire, rooms two floors below were also

flooded and students were instructed to

stay with friends for the night so the water

could be cleaned up. the student who ini-

tially started the fire alarm by cooking

french fries will be charged with fire alarm

cooking accidental.

Banner burglar strikes!Wednesday morning, a staff member at

the Student Center called in to indicate

that a vinyl banner had been stolen from

outside the building. the large Spring day

banner was valued at $150. Cameras on

campus showed it went missing between

11:56 p.m. and 11:58 p.m. the footage

shows only an unidentifiable person in a

black hoodie. no further footage was locat-

ed that could Id the scoundrel.

Why not just put the cuffs onyourself?

While on an afternoon drive on Spring

day, the chief of police noticed a student

standing in the middle of the street near

Boylston a yelling, swearing and waving a

can of Busch Light beer. the student was

wearing a t-shirt indicating he was in a fra-

ternity, which he ripped off upon seeing the

chief approaching. He then took out a bag-

gie from his pocket containing marijuana

and threw it on the ground. this strange

behavior resulted in the student receiving

an underage alcohol violation, drug posses-

sion, and disorderly conduct.

Cinderella Struggleboata female student was observed strug-

gling to enter the Birch entrance of trees

Saturday afternoon. the student was only

wearing one shoe and was attempting to

swipe in using a glucose testing meter.

When officers approached, she informed

them that she was fine and that she hadn’t

consumed much alcohol. due to her inabil-

ity to balance, her slurred speech, and the

failure of several field sobriety tests, she

was taken into protective custody. She will

be charged with an underage alcohol vio-

lation and protective custody.

Lost streaker nailed by bike copat 12:22 a.m. Sunday morning, officers

received a report from a horrified security

guard. the temporary security officer

reported that a male streaker was just

heading toward falcone.

a bike officer was the first to report to

the scene and he found the male wander-

ing around falcone East. the streaker, who

appeared to be locked out of the building,

was naked except for his sneakers. as the

officer approached, he noticed that the

streaker was bleeding profusely from a

wound on his knee.

the cop dismounted and told the male

to stop and identify where he should be.

the student slurred, "I don't know." the

officer then asked where his clothes were

and he again slurred, "I don't know." the

officer, tired of the view, gave the student

a pad of gauze to hold over his endowed pri-

vate parts while the questioning continued.

When asked what his name was, he held

his hands out and pleaded, "Officer?" the

officer, frustrated at this point, asked the

student where he lived. the student

informed him that he lived in fenway and

pointed at falcone East.

the interrogation continued as a crowd

gathered around the spectacle of a student

holding gauze over his junk being ques-

tioned by a bike cop. the student eventu-

ally admitted that he was only 18, gave offi-

cers his real name, and admitted that he

lived in Slade.

a friend of the student then approached

the scene and attempted to convince the

officers to not arrest the naked freshman.

the officer stated that due to his high level

of intoxication, which rendered him unfit

to care for himself, he had to be taken into

protective custody. the officer also threat-

ened to take the poor kid to jail naked if

someone didn't supply him with a pair of

shorts. the friend,quickly brought out a

pair of shorts.

the embarrassed freshman was then

handcuffed and taken to Waltham Police

department for the night. He will be

charged with an underage alcohol violation,

public intoxication, and a protective cus-

tody violation.

By Gaelen Austin-LaFrance& Garren HilowVanguard Staff

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tHe VANGuArd APriL 29, 2010 PAGe 3News

Renowned Dr. Oz headlines Bentley/TIME Leadership Forum

“there’s a fine line between

leading and hallucinating,”

said dr. Mehmet oz, guest

speaker at the 6th Annual

Bentley Leadership Forum

held on April 22nd at the

dana Athletic Center. “the

difference of course is that

other people can see you lead.

so many of us get so far ahead

of the curve that we’re not

bringin7g people with us,”

continued dr. oz.

the Bentley Leadership

Forum featured progressive

leaders who are making a dif-

ference in healthcare, environ-

mental change, commitment

to society and acting responsi-

bly, corporate philanthropy,

and leadership development.

A renowned cardiothoracic

surgeon, dr. oz is best known

as the host of the dr. oz show

and has made multiple

appearances on the Oprah

Winfrey Show.

“Good leaders emotionally

connect with the people who

work with them,” said dr. oz.

“they don’t have to lead by

example, but they lead

because they do things that

you think need to be done and

you trust them to continue to

do that.”

in an interview with dr. oz,

he discussed some of the eat-

ing habits that college stu-

dents experience and the

choices they face when looking

for healthier food alternatives.

“i’ve always felt that the

cost difference between eating

right and eating on the cheap

is in pennies, not dollars,” he

said. “we waste more money

than the difference between

those two. A cup of coffee costs

more than the difference

between what it would cost

you to have a great meal and

a poor meal.”.

He explained that another

problem is “the ease of fast

food.”

“You’ve got to go out and

have pizza, it’s college. And

you’re going to have a beer, i

hope,” said dr. oz. with a

smile. “it’s more about taking

more of the simple decisions

that you do wrong and mak-

ing those easier to do it the

right way.”

“[Making these simple deci-

sions] allows yourself the free-

dom to deviate when you

would normally deviate. if you

got sandwiches in your dorm

room and it’s eight in the

morning and you’re really,

really hungry, that’s what

you’re going to eat,” he contin-

ued.

during his speech, dr. oz

also spoke of an organization

which he helped found called

HealthCorps. According to the

HealthCorps website, the

organization aims to “fight

obesity and mental resilience

crisis by getting American

students and communities

across the country to take

charge of their health.”

in regards to this, dr. oz

said, “HealthCorps was craft-

ed because we realized the

real battles will take place in

the back rooms of schoolyards,

schoolrooms, the hallways

outside the classrooms. that’s

where the real conversations

take place that change how

you behave.”

“[the organization] came

out of a lot of people thinking

deeply about a program that

might actually work,” he went

on. “Not the whole solution,

but it would put men on the

ground where, if there were

thoughts that needed to be

expressed, they could be

spread.”

HealthCorps offers stu-

dents an opportunity to

become leaders in educating

others “through school-based

peer-mentoring, community

activism, and advocacy.”

“At the end of the day, the

best definition i’ve heard of

successful political leaders,

which is probably a good defi-

nition for a lot of leaders, is,

“At night when you sleep, and

you’re not paying attention,

you’ll trust they do what’s best

for all. it may not be best for

you, but it’s best for all.” And i

think that’s what a true

leader does,” dr. oz conclud-

ed.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARDDr. Oz served as the key note speaker at the

Bentley/TIME Leadership Forum.

By Andy ZhongNews editor

ABA Year in Review: Improvements, suggestions and progress

After a year of much

reform and progress, tyler

williams, president of

Association of Bentley

Activities (ABA), is pleased

with how the organization

has worked to improve the

student experience at

Bentley. Because williams

is graduating next fall, he

was unable to run for

reelection, since the ABA

constitution clearly states

that the presidential posi-

tion requires service of one

full year.

this past academic year,

ABA worked on some major

projects, such as the Club

sport Moratorium, in addi-

tion to creating changes to

its constitution in an

attempt to improve the effi-

ciency and communication

of Cluster representatives

to student organizations.

“i think overall, ABA was

very functional this year,”

said williams, who

assumed the role of presi-

dency early last semester

when his predecessor,

Jacob Graham, left a vacan-

cy in the highly influential

student organization.

Perhaps the most notable

policy created by ABA this

year was the introduction

of the Active organization

Policy. the Active

organization Policy “will be

used to identify struggling

organizations and give

[ABA] an opportunity to

help them out,” explained

williams. with over 100

student organizations on

campus, it becomes difficult

for ABA to address each

and every organization’s

needs. the Active

organization Policy looks

to tackle this issue.

Although williams is

pleased with ABA’s

progress, there is still much

room for improvement.

williams stated, “the one

thing i think we still need

to work on is external

awareness. we still need

students and student

organizations to under-

stand who we are and what

we do.”

the club-recognition

process is a lengthy one and

requires a lot of dedication.

“we look at each organiza-

tion holistically and try to

look at the student organi-

zation community as a

whole,” said williams. “As

each of our Cluster

representatives represents

the organization communi-

ty as a whole, we try to pull

viewpoints from every

angle in order to make a

decision. it’s never easy to

deny an organization, but

we give everyone an oppor-

tunity to appeal and still

become recognized,” he con-

tinued.

throughout this past

year, many Bentley stu-

dents have stepped up in

terms of creating their own

clubs on campus. some of

the organizations approved

this year included Bentley

African Association,

Bentley student Artists,

and, according to williams,

“close to 20 other potential

organizations currently

moving through the recog-

nition process.”

when asked whether

williams believes that ABA

has achieved many of its

goals it set out to do at the

beginning of the year,

williams responded, “i

would say we did.”

He went on to say, “we

revised the constitution

and went through some

necessary internal restruc-

turing to make us more effi-

cient in our decision mak-

ing and productivity. i

think it shows in the

amount we accomplished

this semester and moving

forward you will see more

ABA publicity and aware-

ness. overall, i am very

happy with this semester

and this year as a whole,”

concluded williams.

with all these new

changes, williams expects

communication and knowl-

edge between the organiza-

tions and ABA to improve

over the next year.

“i just really want to

thank the Cluster

representatives for all the

hard work they’ve put in

this semester,” he said. “it

has been a pleasure work-

ing with them and i hope

they enjoyed their time on

the board.”

By Andy ZhongNews editor

ABA has made great strides this school year. Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

Courtesy of blog.zap2it.comDr. Oz’s show is on FOX at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Letter from the Editor: Thank You, Goodbye & Welcome

To the Bentley Community,

It is stunning how fast this

year has flown by! During my

first semester as the Editor in

Chief of The Vanguard, we’ve

seen Project Haiti launch and

raise tens of thousands of dol-

lars for Haitian relief, our first

campus stabbing incident, and

more major renovations to

campus dining facilities.

Our Men’s Basketball team

returned to the Final Four

while CAB announced a

Spring Day so popular that

the event sold out to Bentley

students alone. And who can

forget the April Fools’ edition

finally resurfacing?!

I am indebted to our fine

staff and Editorial Board for

creating an amazing set of edi-

tions this semester and I could

not be more excited to get back

to work in August in an effort

to continue producing the

newspaper this community

deserves. No Editor in Chief

can produce this paper alone,

and I have been blessed with

an incredibly strong team that

gives 110% each and every

week. From our production

team and business operations

staff to our writers, columnists

and photographers, I believe I

have never seen such collabo-

ration in this organization and

I am grateful for such commit-

ment.

I must also give a special

thanks to our advisors, Judy

Rakowsky & Maria

Dilorenzo, who work tireless-

ly on our behalf, as well as to

all of the organizations and

offices we report on and work

with for all of their assistance

with our reporting. We could

not be successful in what we

do without your help.

We will continue to report

on the issues that matter to

you, with the successes on our

campus as well as the mis-

takes and failures that are

noteworthy. We will continue

to promote free speech and

expression, and petition on

behalf of the student body as

well as the community as a

whole in the name of trans-

parency and information. We

serve to provide you, our read-

er, with accurate, timely and

relevant information. We will

make mistakes, but always be

prepared to correct them.

Of course, our Editorial

Board will continue to face

criticism from just about every

source imaginable; students,

friends, family, administra-

Editorial

tion officials, supervisors,

alumni…the list goes on and

on of those who have written

in and will continue to write,

and we frankly couldn’t thank

you enough for your feedback.

We grow through criticism,

whether it be on our website

through online comments,

letters to the Editor, Op-Ed

submissions or even just a

comment while one of us

walks across campus, and we

will always endeavor to

improve our publication,

because it is truly your publi-

cation. The Vanguard exists

for this community, not the

other way around.

I am deeply saddened to see

the Class of 2010 graduate,

even though they will be mov-

ing on to the wonderful and

challenging opportunities

they’ve earned for themselves.

Our publication is losing dedi-

cated leaders who have made

this newspaper great, and we

will never be able to replace a

lindsay Sauvé or Dan

Ryaboy, the cornerstones of

The Vanguard in terms of

work and fun or Dan Merica,

our brilliant journalist we will

someday see as Press

Secretary to the White House.

To these three, thank you for

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Features Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ian Markowitz

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*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.

Letter to the Editor: BBM Continues to be Success

Dear Editor,

On behalf of the Bentley

University Residence Hall

Association and BEAR I

would like to thank the com-

munity for coming to support

Breakfast by Moonlight on

Monday, April 26, 2010.

The event, first started in

1991 has been held 38 times

and continues to be a great

success with faculty, staff but

most importantly Bentley stu-

dents. Without your support

and enthusiasm for the event,

it would not be nearly as suc-

cessful. We had a turnout of

about 800 participants this

year. As never before we went

through 24 boxes of Tater

Tots, 3,000 pancakes, and

pounds of sausage, eggs and

waffles.

Once again, Sodexo was

more than generous donating

the breakfast for Bentley stu-

dents. Without their donation,

RHA wouldn’t be able to

donate all of our collections to

a non-profit servicing the

greater Waltham area. The

overarching theme of

Breakfast by Moonlight is to

provide a safe environment for

Bentley students on the last

night of classes before finals.

Due to the excitement of this

event within the Bentley com-

munity, many come out not

only for breakfast but for a

greater good in the communi-

ty.

This year, the theme of

“lumberjacks” certainly

accomplished that with

almost everyone dressing up

in plaid, outdoors gear, among

other props! From Paul

Bunyan making an appear-

ance, seeing faculty and staff

bust a move, to Breakfast by

Moonlight’s very first dance

off, everyone who attended

had a great time and agreed it

was the perfect way to end a

very stressful semester.

This year we raised $ 1,400

for All Out Adventures. The

non-profit organization pro-

motes health, community, and

independence for people with

disabilities and their family

and friends through outdoor

recreation.

All Out Adventures does

some truly amazing things

that we want to contribute to

such as allowing the organiza-

tion to keep their programs

open to people of all ages,

experience levels, and abilities

with either no cost to partici-

pants or a very nominal fee.

RHA is very excited to be

making a visible difference in

our community by hosting just

this one event on campus.

Again I would like to thank

you all for coming out, because

without you this event would

not be possible.

Marc Santilli

Bentley University RHA

President

your help, your guidance, your

friendship and your commit-

ment. You will be sorely

missed by this organization

and me personally.

To the rest of the Class of

2010, I wish you the best of

luck in your future endeavors.

Bentley has prepared you well

to make a difference in your

community and world.

To the Class of 2014 receiv-

ing this edition at Orientation,

look through these pages and

see the world you are enter-

ing. Over ten years, Bentley

has transformed into a world

class university that you are

now tasked to not only main-

tain, but push to the next

level. Do not wait to make

your mark here on campus

and get involved; run for

Student Government or join

your Hall Council, express

your passion through music,

art or dance, form an intramu-

ral team or a new organization

altogether. We at The

Vanguard would love for you

to join us as well, whether it

be as a writer, photographer,

or columnist for traditional

newspaper work or on our

business operations side,

working to manage, support

and expand the largest for-

profit organization on campus.

No matter what you choose

to do, know there is a place for

you here on campus and you

have some rather large shoes

to fill…get moving.

I wish you all, on behalf of

our Editorial Board, a safe,

enjoyable and relaxing sum-

mer. See you in September!

Sincerely,

Jon McColgan

Editor in Chief

THE VANGUARD APRIL 29, 2010 PAGE 5Viewpoints

Senior Goodbye: A Voice is a Terrible Thing to Waste

For the last four years, I have

had the distinct privilege of

being one of the many news cor-

respondents on The Vanguard

staff. Covering stories ranging

from Greek Life to Sodexo, from

Bentley’s hook-up culture to

SGA, I have been gifted with

the opportunity to get a brief

look at many of the subsets of

the Bentley community that

make it what it is.

While I would like to be able

to say that my stories have

changed Bentley, in a way, I am

more proud to say that the work

that I have done through The

Vanguard has changed me

even more. Being privy to the

experiences that The Vanguard

has provided me with has truly

defined my college career, and

while I have been left with a

great deal, two salient ideas

remain at the forefront.

My time here has provided

me with a unique and compre-

hensive view of the place that

many of us call home. Whether

it was interviewing students

anonymously or sitting in the

center of the Bubble gathering

group information, it became

clear to me that as Bentley stu-

dents, we all have opinions and

we all have stories to tell.

Journalists are meant to

bring those stories to bear and

while I have enjoyed doing that,

for the good of the University, I

believe it is important that stu-

dents realize they need nothing

more than their voice to get

their story out there. That is the

first thing I have taken away

from The Vanguard.

At times, Bentley comes

across as a muted campus, not

particularly vocal about any one

issue. I reject the belief that it

is because we all don’t care; apa-

thy is not an acceptable excuse

or answer. During my fresh-

man year, a senior told me, “It

is because they don’t listen,

that’s why I don’t care.” This

quote has stuck with me to this

day.

While at times it may seem

that administrators and staff

don’t choose to listen to student

input, my four years of experi-

ence have proven this to be

false. There are hundreds of

administrators and staff that

deeply care about the students

and their concerns, putting

aside other duties to rectify

injustices.

While they may be willing to

help, some administrators do

have headphones on and are

unable to hear anything more

than the most vocal students.

My advice to those of you who

don’t feel listened to is simple:

Raise your voice. Do it respect-

fully, but if you demand atten-

tion, you will get noticed.

“Decisions are made by

those who show up,” wrote

author Aaron Sorkin, and noth-

ing could be truer here at

Bentley. If you continue to show

up, voice your opinions effective-

ly and speak for what you

believe in, it would be impossi-

ble for you not to have a hand

in the dec is ion .At The

Vanguard, I have viewed my

role as being the arrow that

pointed the issues on campus

that needed to be addressed.

Whatever it was, I hoped to pro-

vide unbiased, knowledgeable

coverage of an issue, bringing it

to bear in a very public way.

While I believe this has been

accomplished, none of it would

have been possible without the

help of hundreds of people. The

list of those people who I need

to thank would truly take this

entire publication. My editors,

my fellow writers, my friends,

people I have interviewed, peo-

ple who questioned me and yes,

people who yelled at me, you all

deserve a great deal of thanks.

My final lesson from The

Vanguard stems from all those

I need to thank. The truth is, no

one is a “se l f -made

man/woman,” because it truly

isn’t possible. Everyone is given

help by someone in their lives

and shaped into the person they

are because of this influence.

My advice is to continue to lis-

ten to those people and hope

that their numbers grow. I

would rather be a successful

man who got a lot of help than

an unsuccessful, self-made

man.

I would even say listen to

your detractors. Someone who

was upset with me about a

Greek Life article once wrote

that I need to “take a journal-

ism 101 class.” While I don’t

think this is what he intended,

I took his advice to heart and

will be attending American

University next year to get my

Masters in International

Broadcast Journal ism.

Whoever you are, thanks for the

advice.

On May 16, when I look back

at Bentley, I will do so knowing

that the people here are some

of the most outstanding, intu-

itive and caring people that I

have ever met in my 21 years of

life. It has truly been an honor.

Thank you for everything.

Dan Merica

News Correspondent

Letter to the Editor: InDefense of SGA Report

Dear Editor,

First of all, as a member of the

Food Service Advisory Board,

you have been involved with

attempts to improve the quality

of food on campus. How can you

question that Seasons’ quality is

not a top concern for students?

The SGA Sodexo Quality

Improvement Report encapsu-

lates the overarching concerns

of students regarding dining in

seasons, not only capturing the

complaints but their hopes for a

better dining experience. Your

efforts to highlight the “flaws” of

the SGA report, work that col-

laborates with the conversations

of the FSAB, is shameful.

It has been emphasized that

the “admirable goal” of this

report is to act as a starting point

to making improvements to the

quality of the food – with which

we have not fallen short. And

although intended as a starting

point, many changes have

already occurred – not stagnat-

ed, several are in progress, and

many are hopes for the future.

With those improvements

that have already been made,

we have received incredibly pos-

itive feedback and gratitude

from students. So while a report

designed to improve a major con-

cern for students on campus

may have its minor flaws, its net

impact to our students has been

favorable.

While statistics may seem like

an easy means for gathering

feedback, that is not always the

best way to present student

needs and wants. The report is

designed to express how stu-

dents feel about their dining

experience – an important fac-

tor that cannot be presented

with numbers and percentages.

While Sodexo utilized a survey

in 2008, as students we are able

to talk to our peers on a person-

al level and emphasize their

needs and wants by how they

describe their hopes for a better

dining experience.

It’s extremely disappointing

to hear, and even worse to read,

from a fellow student leader that

the commitment and dedication

by my organization is “one of it

its most meaningless works to

date.” This report has been the

first piece of work on campus I’ve

seen that has involved a signifi-

cant amount of time, effort, and

true understanding of student

needs – and one that we have

been able to see immediate

results.

Along with the challenges we

have faced regarding communi-

cation, as recorded numerous

times throughout this particular

issue, gathering and sharing

feedback with administration

and Sodexo is commendable on

the parts of my colleagues.

In an effort to fill half a page

of your newspaper, you have

attacked an organization actu-

ally dedicated to improving the

quality of life for students. As

you so eloquently wrote, “busi-

ness students at a top 25 busi-

ness institution should know

better.” It’s a shame that the

relationship built between the

SGA and the Vanguard

throughout the year has to end

on such a sour note.

We expect more from our uni-

versity newspaper. Don’t you??

Puja Shah

President of SGA

Editor’s Note: Jon McColgan,

the Editor in Chief, is a member

of the Food Advisory Service

Board. However, Editorials that

appear on Page 4 are the work

and collective opinion of the

Editorial Board, not the sole

work or opinion of the Editor in

Chief.

Have an opinion onsomething you canarticulate in 800

words or less?! Writeyour thoughts and

submit your Letter tothe Editor to

GA_Vanguard@bentley.edu.

We’re here to printyour voice!

PagE 6 aPrIL 29, 2010 tHE VanguardCampus Life

Colleges Against Cancer runs a successful Relay for Life

as said by Kelsey Halloran,

the secretary of Colleges

against Cancer (CaC), “Cancer

never sleeps,” and neither did

participants at this year’s

relay for Life, who spent their

night rallying against cancer.

Hosted by Bentley’s CaC

and made possible with the

help of the american Cancer

Society, who was represented

by Jamie Pernaa, Bentley’s

relay for Life took place last

weekend at the dana Center.

With over 500 participants, it

was a great success and has

increased CaC’s total contribu-

tion to the fight against cancer

to around $28,000.

“the overall purpose and

goal of relay for Life is to bring

a community together to sup-

port everyone who has ever

had to hear the words, ‘You

have cancer.’” said alex Polito,

President of CaC. “It is an

event dedicated to remember-

ing loved ones who have lost

the battle with cancer, to cele-

brate the lives of those who

have survived or are battling

cancer, to fight back against

cancer by fundraising, and to

hope that someday there will

be a cure,” Polito continued.

freshman Mark Wagoner

shared his story: “When I was

nine years old and in the

fourth grade, I began to get

severe headaches day in and

day out… they found a tumor

about the size of a quarter.

they did a biopsy and removed

half of the tumor.” He contin-

ued, “I have been in remission

for nine years and realize every

day of my life how lucky I

am…Whatever we can do to

find new treatments, help

those fighting, and try to elim-

inate cancer through research

and supporting each other

through events like this, we

will do it. We will fight back.

We will beat cancer! this is

why we relay!”

following Mark’s speech,

the relay began, which consist-

ed of the participants continu-

ously walking around the track

in order to symbolize the nec-

essary ongoing fight against

cancer. traditionally, survivors

take the track first, and then

caretakers, whom assist and

aid those who are unable to

fight against cancer on their

own. finally, all of those who

support the fight against can-

cer are to take the track.

Participants walked and were

also invited to enjoy festivities

held all night.

With excellent perform-

ances from the Bentley Jazz

band, Katie auger, dJ Sid, dJ

francesco talarico, and the a

Capella group, music went on

all night to complement a fun

and exciting atmosphere. the

dana Center gymnasium was

filled with booths selling mer-

chandise, food, drinks, and

apparel. for example, one of

the tables sold raffle tickets to

win red Sox vs. Yankees tick-

ets aside the red Sox dugout.

furthermore, CaC organized

fun activities throughout the

night, such as a frozen t-shirt

competition, dodgeball tourna-

ment, 90’s trivia, carnival

hour, wiffle ball, and a crowd

favorite, musical chairs. for

participants who stayed

throughout the night, they had

the chance to win prizes that

were given away about every

half an hour.

a large number of Bentley

athletes and members of greek

Life contributed time and

money in support of this event.

“greek Life is always getting

involved in one way or anoth-

er around campus, but having

sisters that have had loved

ones with cancer made this

charity that much more impor-

tant to help raise money for

this cause,” said Morgan

Curanyi, a member of Phi

Sigma Sigma. “during this

event, I realized how many

people were affected by cancer,

whether it was directly or

through a loved one that had

battled through it, and how

important it is to help out in

any way possible” she contin-

ued.

“It was an outstanding

event, and it was important to

support and rally for such a

cause. Everyone should defi-

nitely consider participating

next year. We can definitely

continue to make an impact if

we all come together,” com-

mented Matt Leibowitz, a

Bentley Soccer player.

taking place halfway

through relay for Life, the

luminary session was an unfor-

gettable experience. following

cancer survivor Mary Louise

Pauli touching the crowd with

her personal experiences about

beating cancer, participants

were invited to light glow

sticks and walk around the lit-

up track in the dark. the par-

ticipants began taking laps

around the track in a certain

order depending on how they

were impacted by cancer. for

example, survivors went first,

cracking their glow sticks and

starting to walk. after a few

laps, participants were asked

to place their glow sticks in cer-

tain boxes to designate why

they were at relay. the choic-

es were “to remember, to cel-

ebrate, to hope, or to fight

back.”

“the most memorable part

of any relay for Life for me is

always the luminary ceremo-

ny because I th ink that

although relay is about hav-

ing fun and enjoying the night,

it is also important to take the

time to remember why we even

have a relay and reflect on all

of our family and friends that

survived or died of cancer,”

said Kayla Cina, treasurer of

CaC. “It really is an impres-

sive and amazing ceremony to

witness and be a part of,” she

concluded.

“the event turned out far

better than I could have ever

imagined. I would like to thank

everyone that helped, because

without them I could not have

hoped for such an excellent

event,” said Polito. Halloran

added, “It is hard to encourage

college students to stay the

whole night, especially on a

friday night, but our turnout

this year was greater than in

previous years. the event

chairs and committee mem-

bers worked hard to plan dif-

ferent activities throughout the

night to keep it interesting for

everyone.”

the fight against cancer

does not end here. for those

interested, donations to this

year’s relay for Life can be

made through their website at

relayforLife.org/Bentley. to

get more actively involved with

relay and the planning aspect,

please check out Colleges

against Cancer meetings,

tuesday nights in the Back

Bay at 9 p.m.

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Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the September 14, 2000 issue.

The official opening of the

Smith Academic Technology

Center will be hold on Friday,

September 22nd beginning at

2:30 p.m. There will be a thir-

ty-minute dedication ceremo-

ny followed by Ambassador-

led tours and reception end-

ing at 6:00 p.m.

The dedication ceremony

will include speeches by

President Joseph Morone and

John T. Collins, Chairman of

the Board of Trustees; and

remarks by Robert F. Smith,

Trustee.

T h e S m i t h A c a d e m i c

Technology Center, which

completed construction in the

summer of 200, is a four-

story, 75,000 square foot

building that resides between

Lindsay Hall and Jennison

Hall.

The center features a 45-

seat financial Trading Room,

a 24-seat financial Trading

Room, a 24-seat Design and

Usability Testing Center, a

24 -seat Comput ing and

Networking Lab, a 45-seat

distance education classroom,

as well as 28 classrooms, 14

group-study rooms, and four

seminar/conference rooms.

“There’s a wonderful coin-

c idence o f t iming, ” sa id

Morone. “The very month

that we open our technology

showcase, US News publish-

es a new set of rankings that

clearly identifies Bentley

College as one of the leading

schools in the world, in busi-

ness education for the infor-

mation age.”

Smith Center plans its grand opening

By Valerie BrusgulisFORMER NEwS EDiTOR

Courtesy of stateuniversity.com

The name for the center

was given to Norman S. and

Lida M. Smith, after parents

Robert and Miriam Smith

dedicated $10 mill ion to

Bentley College in March of

1999 for the integration of

information technology and

business education.

Robert smith graduated

from Bentley College in 1953,

has been a Bentley College

trustee since 1985, and was

chairman from 1990 to 1994.

Morone added, “The dedi-

cation ceremony represents

our chance to thank Bob and

Miriam Smith; to give back to

them, in the form of gratitude,

a small piece of what they

have given to all of us.”

Community under constructionBy Sahory MontillaFORMER NEwS EDiTOR

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

September 6, 2001 issue.

The Miller Parking deck was

completed as scheduled on Labor

Day weekend despite construc-

tion delays during the summer

and amidst a sea of controversy.

Contrary to some rumors cir-

culating around campus,

Bentley did not build the park-

ing deck, or the new Copley

dorms, without the proper per-

mits. According to Robert

Barnett, the Vice President for

Planning and Construction,

Bentley College has obtained “all

appropriate” licenses and per-

mits to build on Bentley proper-

ty.

The reason for the delay of the

parking deck was due to the

absence of a field storage permit,

as well as an effort to work with

community neighbors and to

respond to their questions and

concerns.

Barnett said that the specific

issue with the neighbors was a

“lack of understanding to what

was being built.” Barnett also

said that the neighbors all had

“legitimate questions” and con-

cerns regarding how the build-

ing would affect the community

and were cooperative in meeting

with Bentley to work and

answer any questions. Once all

was cleared, construction

resumed in time for opening on

move-in day.

Many students have had

reservations about the parking

deck being built in front of a dor-

mitory building. The reasoning

for its placement, according to

Barnett, is that the land in front

of Miller was the most logical

place to build because it would

be less costly to the college, and

would require fewer alterations

in landscaping.

The new Copley dorms were

also completed on schedule.

According to Barnett, there were

several inconveniences in the

“11th hour,” right before open-

ing. The issue was one that city

officials had with some of the

designs of the building.

The issues were unexpected

because the plans for Copley had

been approved and completed

long before city officials came in

to examine the building. David

Hennessey, Associate Dean of

Residential Services, want stu-

dents and faculty to know that

each new project has passed

inspections, according to code; at

no point did Bentley violate

building laws.

Students wondering about

what wil l happen to the

DaVincent’s farm area should

know that there will be six new

tennis courts, a new soccer field,

a new softball field and an eight-

lane track up by early

November.

Regarding the new Student

Center, Barnett said that the

building “will be ready for a

January opening, and that work

will continue throughout the

fall.”

Future plans to expand

Bentley include the building of

a sidewalk on the south side of

Beaver Street as well as a new

building, yet to be determined,

and athletic training centers, to

be built in over a 20-acre span,

now currently known as the

Army Corp of Engineers.

Courtesy of Bentley.eduDespite prior thoughts, Bentley con-

struction finished on time as scheduled.

THE VANGUARD APRIL 29, 2010 PAGE 9DecaDe of News

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

By Joshua Marine

FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF

Bentley Community under-

stand the events that unfolded

before millions of Americans

on Tuesday.

Professor Rick Frese, who

teaches international politics,

told the audience that the ter-

rorist attacks were the first

assaults against the continen-

tal United States since the

War of 1812, and that the

event is one “that unifies gen-

erations.” Professor Greg Hall,

Chair of the Behavioral and

Political Sciences Department,

said that “society’s collective

Seasons Dining Room was expanded

to accomodate 500 people.

Bentley campus unites in response to September 11

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the September 13, 2001 issue.

“At a collective level, we are

all trying to make sense of

this, groping for answers to

something that seems too hor-

rible to fully comprehend,”

said Bentley College President

Joseph Morone about the

events that occurred this past

Tuesday.

Since the tragic incidents of

Tuesday, September 11, many

of the students, faculty, staff,

and administrators of Bentley

College have reacted to the

events.

According to Kathleen

Yorkis, Chief Student Affairs

Officer and Dean of Student

Affairs, the reaction of most

students is “one of disbelief.

The response is anger, horror,

sadness.” Many students have

family, friends, and acquain-

tances that were in the New

York area at the time of the

attack, or that were affected

in another manner . J i l l

Barnes, a senior marketing

major, described Tuesday as

“a day that I will never forget.”

After the terrorist attacks

had occurred, all classes at

Bentley were cancelled. In the

afternoon hours of Tuesday,

members o f the Bent ley

Community joined together on

t h e G r e e n s p a c e f o r a n

I n t e r f a i t h S e r v i c e .

Represented at the Service

were some of the many reli-

gions that are on campus.

According to Barnes, the

Interfaith Service “was a great

way to show our support to

our country and the friends

and families that need us.”

In addition to the Interfaith

Service, additional religious

services were held in the

evening. Additional services

continue throughout the week

(see Services on page 2).

On Wednesday, a panel of

Bentley faculty members

addressed a full Koumantzelis

Auditorium to lend their

expertise in helping the

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in the

January 31, 2002 issue.

Quickly becoming the cen-

ter of student life at Bentley,

the new Student Center is set

t o be inaugura ted th i s

Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

The Student Center Grand

Opening commences with a

ribbon cutting at the West

Entrance and continues

throughout the day with tours,

music, food, and other events.

The new Student Center,

completed for the Spring

semester, has become a focal

point of the student communi-

ty at Bentley. The total cost for

the Student Center Project,

including the new Beaver

Street entrance, is $22 million.

According to Gary Kelly,

Associate Dean of Student

Affairs, “the Dining Room

seems like it is the ‘new place

to be.’ The atmosphere of the

room has been terrific.”

Jeremy Paulin, a junior

Management major, said “I

By Joshua Marine

FORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF

Community welcomes new student centerlove the location of the new

Student Center, I can smell

what's cooking in the Cafe

each night right from my

room. There is no better place

for it. We should all be very

appreciative of this tremen-

dous addition to our campus.”

The new Student Center

br ings together var ious

aspects of Student Life into

one building. The entire

Center is approximately

70,000 square feet, roughly the

size of the Smith Center.

Included in the Center is the

new Seasons Dining Room

with accommodations for 500

people (as compared to the old

Upper Café with maximum

seating of 450).

In addition, student organi-

zations’ offices are now cen-

trally housed in the “Bentley

Bubble.” Previously in the

LaCava Campus Center there

was space for 14 student

organizations; the new Bentley

Bubble has space for 23 organ-

izations, including a lounge

area and reception desk in a

central location.

The design of the Bubble

encourages organizations to

collaborate, and, according to

Kelly, “the student organiza-

tions are starting to work

together in the Bubble.”

In addition to the Bubble,

other fixtures making the

move to the Student Center

include the 1917 Tavern,

which has increased its capac-

ity from 70 to 100 people.

Additionally, a new Recreation

Room provides pool tables,

video games, and a wide-

screen television. A Living

Room on the second floor of the

Center provides a relaxing

atmosphere and fireplace for

students to meet.

Student life offices also

moved into the new Student

Center , in c lud ing

International Services, the

Multicultural Center, and

Student Life (formerly Student

Activities and Student Affairs).

A Sacred Space on the third

floor of the Student Center

welcomes all faiths.

Although the major con-

struction work on the building

is complete, “the contractors

will be in doing some touch-

ups for the next few weeks,”

said Kelly. Additionally, “the

major landscaping job that

needs to be done cannot be

started until March at the ear-

liest.”

According to Kelly, “after

only a week, I think that the

building has been a huge hit

with students.”

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARDThe Student Center is home to student organi-

zation offices. Seasons and much more.

sense of safety has been vio-

lated.”

O n e o f t h e m e s s a g e s

stressed during the panel dis-

cussion was the hostile reac-

tion of some students against

specific nationalities. “It’s so

important at times like this

that we not only rally behind

our nation, but that we do so

together, as one community,”

said Morone.

The events held on Tuesday

and Wednesday represent

only a small fraction of the

relief and support programs

planned at Bentley. Soon after

news of the tragedy spread,

Yorkis said that she was con-

tacted by students wishing to

donate blood to compensate

for the shortage in New York.

A blood drive, sponsored by

Circle K, is scheduled for

Wednesday, September 26 in

the Collins Hall Function

room from 10:00 am to 3:00

pm.

In addition, the creation of

a memorial space is in the

works, according to Doreen

Floyd, Assistant Director of

Student Organizations and

Leadership Development.

“Efforts are underway to cre-

ate a memorial space at the

college where students, facul-

ty, and staff can leave candles,

f lowers , poetry or other

expressions of concern for

those affected by the events of

September 11, 2001.”

While the college is taking

steps to ensure the emotional

well-being of those in the

Bentley Community, the

future repercussions of the

terrorist attacks are uncer-

tain.

According to Yorkis, “stu-

dents should be very focused

on their responsibilities to

their friends, family, classes,

and themselves, but should be

equally aware of all the events

taking place in the world.”

If one thing is certain,

Morone said, it is that “all of

this reminds us that what is

most important in our lives is

our relationships with out

family and friends and col-

leagues.

Courtesy of preciousholidays.files.wordpress.comThe terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001

were devastating to families around the world.

PAGE 10 APrIL 29, 2010 THE VANGUArdDecaDe of News

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the November 21, 2002 issue.

one of Bentley’s technolog-

ical marvels is undoubtedly

the core of the Hughey Center

for Financial Services, more

commonly referred to as “The

Trading room.” This high-

tech space in the Smith

Center is an example o f

Bentley moving to the next

level; one of the reasons why

Genuity says on its website

that “Bentley College is quite

possibly the most wired small

college in the country.”

Competition to Bentley

exists, and the most recent

competitor is Bryant College,

which recently opened their

own information and technol-

ogy center, the George E.

Bello Center for Information

and Technology. Included in

this new 71,000 square foot

building, costing $27 million,

is the Financial Markets

Center, Bryant’s equivalent to

the Bentley Trading room, as

well as a new library and a

cyber café. The construction

of the facility was made pos-

s ib le by Bryant ’s s ingle

largest donation to the school,

a $5 million gift from finan-

cier George E. Bello.

In comparison, the Smith

Technology Center at Bentley

is just under 73,000 square

feet and cost $20 million. The

construction of the Smith

Center was in large part

made possible by a $10 mil-

lion gift from the Smith fam-

ily.

Both Bryant and Bentley

are raising money as part of

a capital campaign, with

Bryant aiming to raise $35

million and Bentley $100 mil-

lion. In attempts to bring the

best and brightest to their

respective school, each insti-

tution will be using that

money for facility improve-

ments, to create additional

financial aid opportunities,

and for other strategic pur-

poses.

Bryant students can make

use of 26 student worksta-

tions inside of the Financial

Markets Center, and can use

nearly all of the same pro-

grams that are available here

at Bentley, including reuters,

First Call, and Crystal Ball.

The Bryant center does not

have any Bloomberg termi-

nals at present.

with the creation of its own

mock trading floor, Bryant

joins only a handful of schools

with such a center, including

names such as Bentley, MIT’s

Sloan School of Management,

the University of Texas, and

Carnegie Mellon.

when asked if the new

Bryant trading room would

pose a challenge to Bentley,

Patrick Gregory, director of

the Trading room, responded

that “having the facility isn’t

enough; integration is what

defines its usefulness.” what

makes Bentley’s trading room

unique he says is “the breadth

and depth of information

available and its level of inte-

gration into the curriculum.”

Incoming freshmen students

experience the trading room

during First week in an

approach that Gregory says is

“to develop marketable skill

sets that will benefit the stu-

dents regardless of their cho-

sen major.”

Currently, the Bryant trad-

ing room offers only 3 classes

this semester, according to

Asli Ascioglu, the director of

the Financial Markets Center

at Bryant College. Ascioglu

says that Bryant is “working

on developing the curriculum

to include the new center.”

The only classes offered are

for finance and financial serv-

ices majors. They plan to

“phase the center into the cur-

riculum,” says Ascioglu, focus-

ing first on finance related

classes. Next semester at

Bryant the center will offer 5

total, semester long classes.

B r y a n t c u r r e n t l y h a s a

$50,000 grant f rom The

N a s d a q E d u c a t i o n

Foundation to help it develop

its curriculum for the center.

Ascioglu notes that, “while

I did not personally visit the

Bentley trading room, some-

one from the Bryant develop-

ment office did.”

Bentley’s trading room fea-

tures 45 student workstations

on the main floor and 12 in

the business suite, as well as

a Bloomberg terminal in each

location. The business suite

is primarily designed for over-

flow when the main floor

reaches maximum capacity.

The main floor also features

two Trans-Lux data walls,

two picture walls, and three

ticker tapes. with the cre-

ation of the Smith Center,

Gregory comments “we were

able to learn from the old

Trading room.”

Bentley Trading Room bigger and better than the competitionBy Chris RobertsForMEr EdITor IN CHIEF

The Trading room earned

national recognition when it

was the topic of a CNBC fea-

ture on September 19, 2001,

where it was cited as “one out

of ten in the country, and by

far the largest.” In addition,

Gregory, in Bentley’s “Hands-

on High-Tech” brochure,

reminds both current and per-

spect ive students of the

Trading room’s prominence,

noting that “executives at a

growing number of Boston-

area companies, including

John Hancock Financial

Services and ArrowPoint

Communications, have used

the Trading room to track the

initial public offering (IPo)

when their respective compa-

nies went public.

The Trading Room is part of every

student’s education at Bentley.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in a

2002 issue.

This fall, Bentley will be

o f f e r i n g a B a c h e l o r s o f

Science in Management at

the Bahrain Institute of

Banking and Finance.

The Institute has already

outsourced their MBA pro-

gram at dePaul University of

Illinois, and their executive

training program at the

darden School, in Virginia.

The Bahrain Institute was

impressed with Bentley’s

ability to integrate business

and technology in an under-

graduate environment.

Bentley has not estab-

lished a branch campus in

Bahrain, but has established

a prescribed series of cours-

es. The students accepted

i n t o t h e p r o g r a m a r e

required to visit Bentley for

two summers, in order to

take advantage of the facili-

ties and elective courses

offered here.

The Bentley admissions

staff oversees the acceptance

of the students. Bentley’s

goal is to accept twenty-five

students into the Bahrain

Institute of Banking and

Finance program during the

Fall 2002 term, and eventu-

ally hopes to have up to 170

students involved.

The Bahrain Institute of

Banking and Finance is

located in the Middle East,

and is within close proximity

of the Persian Gulf , and

Saudia Arabia.

The program is directed by

r o b e r t M i n e t t i , V i c e

President for Institutional

Advancement at Bentley

College. Minetti explains

that there a number of rea-

sons for this initiative.

“This program allows us to

advance our ability to offer

education by means of dis-

tance learning capabilities.

we also hope to increase the

communication between the

Gul f and Bent ley . I t i s

important that both Arab

and American people begin to

understand each o ther .

Eventually, we hope to estab-

lish a Center for Middle East

Culture at Bentley,” said

Minetti.

Bentley wants to utilize

this opportunity to close the

distance between Bahrain

and Bentley. They hope to

create programs that will

allow students to study in

Bahrain for a semester, and

faculty to do research and

teaching at the Institute.

Minetti also stresses the

importance of distance edu-

cation. “we want to engage

in innovative methods on

how education can be deliv-

ered. It no longer needs to be

confined to the classroom. It

may be possible to have a

Bentley professor teach GB

101 from Bahrain for six

weeks, while American class-

es are joined through the

Internet. The Professor than

returns to Bentley to teach

Bentley establishes distance learning capabilities in BahrainBy Natasha SamuelForMEr NEwS EdITor

the rest of the course, while

Bahrain students are virtu-

ally connected to the class-

room. The capabilities and

potential are really limitless.”

Bentley’s interest in dis-

tance education, as well as

the Middle East, has come

from the feedback and evalu-

ations of international stu-

dents who come to Bentley to

study. Their specific criti-

cism included the completion

of coursework.

Students from the Middle

East were assigned projects

that asked them to market

products to an American

audience.

Students, who are expect-

ed to return to their home-

land, want to learn how to

market to an entirely differ-

ent culture. It is not relevant

for these undergraduates to

deal with examples that they

do not understand, or cannot

apply.

Essentially, the involve-

m e n t i n t h e B a h r a i n

Institute of Banking and

Finance is a means to edu-

cate individuals for the glob-

al economy.

Bentley will also be offer-

ing two new courses in on

campus including the Arabic

l a n g u a g e , a n d I s l a m i c

Banking. The school also

hopes to develop further ini-

tiatives in Kuwait, as well as

India.

Bentley University and Bahrain University

will team up to offer students a unique degree.

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THe VANGuArD APrIL 29, 2010 PAGe 11DecaDe of News

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the February 6, 2003 issue.

Bentley’s Study Abroad

program is gaining momen-

tum and popularity with stu-

dents, with the college cur-

rently having the largest

number of students studying

abroad this semester at 155.

Jilly Perry, the Director of

the Cronin International

Center, says that these stu-

dents abroad represent “a

30% increase over the last

few years.” The most popu-

lar countries to visit “are still

english speaking, western-

ized countries,” she says,

with 54 students studying in

Australia and 27 in england.

Perry attributes the surge

of participation in Study

Abroad to a combination of

“word of mouth” and “the

fact that international news

and events are more preva-

lent. more students have to

face the fact that there are

international events. They

are seeing first hand the

effects of our bad economy on

the world, as well as how a

situation like enron affects

world markets and overseas

investors.” She adds that

students are now realizing

that “business is internation-

al” and they have to have

“exposure” to that.

W i t h i t s o w n S t u d y

Abroad program, Bentley is

actually a Study Abroad

leader, as Perry estimates

that only “60% of schools

have their own study abroad

program.” She holds a great

level of optimism for the

future with the “hope to get

50% to 60% of students going

abroad.”

Due to the situation with

Iraq, and possibly a develop-

ing con f l i c t w i th Nor th

Korea, the idea of being

abroad raises questions for

some parents and students.

Perry notes that most of the

programs students are par-

t ic ipating in are in “the

safest places, in our ally

countries.” In case of a cri-

sis, the college has its own

risk management Team

which evaluates any threats

to the security and safety of

students studying abroad.

“A war with Iraq will not

necessarily halt the pro-

gram” says Perry, but she

will be closely watching any

communications from the

State Department.

For those who are inter-

ested in the possibility of

studying aboard, the finan-

cial costs of doing so are

nearly equivalent to a semes-

ter at Bentley. The student

would pay his or her normal

tuition, and then would be

responsible for paying their

housing costs abroad, as well

as for any discretionary

funds that they want to

bring.

Short-term study abroad

options also exist for stu-

dents interested in studying

abroad during the winter,

spring, or summer break.

“There isn’t the immersion of

a semester abroad,” says

P e r r y , “ b u t y o u g e t a n

intense look at the country.”

Perry invites any interest-

ed student, or any student

with questions, to the Study

Abroad Fair that will be held

on February 12th , f rom

12 :00 to 3 :00pm, in the

G r a d u a t e C o m m o n s i n

Adamian. This fair will pro-

vide students with a chance

Study Abroad gains popularity with studentsBy Chris RobertsFOrmer eDITOr IN CHIeF

to meet with staff from the

Study Abroad Office and to

find out answers to any of

their own questions.

When asked what the

m o s t c o m m o n t h o u g h t s

about the program were

from returning students,

Perry said that the students

“may complain about a few

small things like food, but in

the end wouldn’t change

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the January 29, 2004 issue.

Whi le many s tudents

spent their winter break vis-

iting friends and family and

vacationing in the warm com-

forts of southern destina-

tions, a group of thirteen

Bentley students and three

faculty members opted to

brave the wind, snow, and

sub-zero temperatures and

travel to an underprivileged

city in Connecticut to do a

week of community service

w i t h t h e H a b i t a t f o r

Humanity organization.

The group, which was com-

prised of students from all

four classes, was a part of

Bentley’s first ever Winter

Alternative Break.

The trip, which took place

during the last week of their

vacation, was designed to

give students a constructive

alternative to the traditional

break activities.

The students traveled to

Bridgeport, Connecticut

where they had the opportu-

nity to work with the local

Habitat for Humanity chap-

ter.

Habitat for Humanity is a

national non-profit organiza-

t ion that works to bui ld

affordable housing for those

who do not have the financial

resources to otherwise pur-

chase a home.

Throughout the course of

the week the team of stu-

dents worked from 8:00 a.m.

to 4:00 p.m. daily on a vari-

ety of projects.

Specif ical ly the group

worked to fully insulate two

newly erected homes, and fin-

ish insulation on another

that was nearing completion.

It was while working on the

latter home that the trip

came to a climax for fresh-

men, Andrea Leonard. “One

afternoon while we were

breaking for lunch we had

t h e c h a n c e t o m e e t t h e

woman who was going to be

moving into the home we

were working on,” she said,

“I can’t describe the feeling I

got when I saw the smile on

her face and the true excite-

ment she had knowing that

in just a few days she was

going to be moving into a

house she normally would

not be able to afford. It was

an amazing feeling.”

Throughout the country

the Habitat organization has

been instituting a new initia-

tive where they are building

retail stores where they sell

new or lightly used housing

fixtures and furnishings, all

of which have been donated.

The money raised from the

sale o f these i tems goes

towards helping the chapter

to build more homes.

In addition to working on

just the homes, the students

a lso worked des ign and

organize Bridgeport’s new

“re-Store.”

The students designed a

store layout, built displays

and moved the furnishings

and fixtures.

However, the trip was not

just about work and service.

According to chaperone Paul

Students give up break to build homes with Habitat for HumanityBy Stephen KennedyFOrmer NeWS eDITOr

S t a n i s h t h e t r i p r e a l l y

evolved into two separate

entities. One being the actu-

al community service, but the

other being the experience of

learning about a new city and

communi ty and coming

together as a group, forming

new relationships and learn-

ing about one another.

“The greater Bridgeport

community really opened up

to us and welcomed us,”

Stanish said, “But in addition

we got to see the impact we

could have on a community

and on one another. We were

a group of sixteen individu-

als who had never worked

together before and we came

together as a cohesive group

to make a huge impact on

Bridgeport and one another.

It was quite overwhelming.”

Chaperones Liz Dunne

and Father Clause Grenache

seconded Stanish’s comments

saying how remarkable it

was to see the group devel-

oped such a closeness in such

a short period of time.

T h e B e n t l e y S e r v i c e

Learning Center in collabo-

ration with the Spiritual Life

Center works to run multiple

alternative breaks through-

out the year. If interested in

participating you are encour-

age to contact Liz Dunne,

Father Claude Grenache, or

Pau l S tan i sh v ia Lo tus

Notes.

Bentley’s Alternative Break in Connecticut was

more than just building houses.

Courtesy of Habitat for Humanity

Rome, Italy is just one of the many locations Bentley

students travel to through the Study Abroad program.

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PAGe 12 APRiL 29, 2010 THe VANGUARDDecaDe of News

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the March 4, 2004 issue.

The relatively calm winter

has been good news for the

contractors of the new build-

ing on lower campus, which

is still slated for completion

by the beginning of August.

The five-story building

w a s r e c e n t l y c r o w n e d

Fenway Suites through a

c o n s e n s u s d e c i s i o n b y

administrative personnel in

several departments. in

keeping with the Boston

theme of many residential

halls and rooms on campus,

several names suggested

pertained to this theme. But

Fenway got the nod after

having been the runner up a

few years ago when the

Copley suites were being

named.

Beginning in the Fall 2004

semester, Fenway will pro-

vide on-campus residents an

additional 286 beds in 67

suites. Students will live in

two-, four-, or six-person

suites . The four -person

rooms will consist of either

two doubles or a double bed-

room and two single bed-

rooms. The six-person suites

contain two double bedrooms

and two singles.

“We have a lot more sin-

gles (about 106) than we

have had in the past,” noted

John Shenette, executive

D i r e c t o r o f F a c i l i t i e s

Management.

Having approximately the

same amount o f square

footage as the two Copley

buildings combined, the inte-

rior of the new suites will

resemble those of its two

closest neighbors. The rooms

will contain windows in all

of the bedrooms and common

rooms. each will have pri-

vate access to the toilet,

shower, and sink. Standard

furnishings include beds,

couches, tables, and a refrig-

erator/microwave unit. The

hall also contains two eleva-

tors, game room, and laun-

dry room, all located on the

first floor.

The two biggest differ-

ences between Fenway and

the Copleys are the designs

of the function meeting room

and study areas. The meet-

ing area, on the fifth floor of

Fenway connects to a porch

with a view of the athletic

fields, and also includes two

bathrooms, a kitchen, an

exclusive elevator. it will be

able to hold 80 to 85 people

for a dinner setting.

Fenway’s study rooms are

on the northeast and south-

west corners of every other

floor. each will have direct

access from the floor above

Fenway: New suites in the works for September ‘04By Keith Carroll

FoRMeR MANAGiNG eDiToR

via stairwell. The unique-

ness of these rooms is char-

acterized by the fact that the

ceiling of each study area is

twice the height of a normal

room and contains a window

spanning the entire height of

the rooms.

“ T h e v i e w s f r o m t h i s

building are unbelievable,”

stated Shenette, remarking

on the large windows and

the overall height of the

building, which will allow

some residents to take in a

sporting event from the com-

fort of their common room.

Currently, the construc-

t i on c rew i s work ing t o

sheetrock the interior, begin-

ning with the second and

Bentley revolutionizes Harvard’s case-method

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the April 22, 2004 issue.

For years colleges and uni-

versities from across the

nation have been using the

case-method model intro-

duced by Harvard University.

its goal: to provoke independ-

ent thinking and introduce

real world applications of

course material.

Recently, Bentley Associate

Professor of Management

Alan N. Hoffman saw a need

for this theory to be expand-

ed upon.

With a little support from

the Bentley administration

a n d t h e B o s t o n B e e r

Company, Hoffman created

MG755: Special Topics: The

organizational Life Cycle —

The Boston Beer Company

Brewers of Samuel Adams

Boston Lager.

The graduate course, cur-

rently being offered to 36

Bentley students, revolution-

izes the Harvard model .

instead of selecting numerous

and varied companies and

o r g a n i z a t i o n s t o s t u d y

through “cases,” MG755 takes

the reverse approach and

studies just one company

from its inception to its cur-

rent industry status. The

company selected for this rev-

o l u t i o n a r y c o u r s e w a s

Boston’s own Boston Beer

Company.

“The class is about taking

a look at 20 years of a compa-

ny’s evolution and growth

over the course of a semester

— the product just happens to

be beer,” said Hoffman. “By

the end of the semester our

students will have a solid

understanding of how one

company has navigated

through its challenges in a

highly regulated and compet-

itive industry. it’s a great way

to learn how businesses real-

ly operate.”

The course focuses on inno-

vation, and it is this same

innovative spirit that drove

Hoffman to create its curricu-

lum. According to Hoffman,

nothing like this has ever

been tried before.

“one of the roles of any col-

lege or organization is to inno-

vate,” he said, “over the past

four years there have been no

real changes in the teaching

tools utilized by today’s col-

lege professors. My hope is

that course will change that

through offering this innova-

tive new strategy to teaching,”

he said.

The course, which meets

once a week on Thursday’s

from 7:30 to 9 p.m., not only

studies the Boston Beer

Company but is actually

taught by its executives. Nine

Bentley professors instruct

the course every other week.

The weeks in between are

taught by eight representa-

t ives of the Boston Beer

Company, like founder Jim

Koch.

An MBA class, MG755 cov-

ers issues including entrepre-

neurship, operations manage-

ment, financial operations

and the initial public offering,

marketing and public rela-

tions, organizational struc-

ture and change, ethics, law

and responsibility, and strat-

egy and innovation. The

course was also supplement-

e d b y a t o u r o f t h e S a m

Adams Brewery in Boston.

The course allows students

to hear about the actual key

decisions that the company

made and the process used in

making them as well as the

alternatives that they consid-

ered.

“We have seen first hand

the values and vision of the

company,” said second year

MBA student Jessica Hays.

“Perhaps the most valuable

lesson i have learned is that

you cannot be successful on

your own; you must surround

yourself with talented people

in order to allow yourself to

see the big picture. Without

hesitation i would say this is

the best class i have ever

taken in terms of enjoyment

and knowledge gained.”

This original approach to

the case-method is creating

q u i t e a b u z z . R e c e n t l y

Newsweek magazine pub-

lished an article highlighting

Hoffman’s brainchild and the

Boston Globe has contacted

him regarding a potential

story covering the innovation.

Hoffman hopes the model

is one that will be further

developed and utilized at

other institutions for higher

learning. He would also like

to see the model applied to

undergraduate level courses.

By Stephen Kennedy

FoRMeR NeWS eDiToR

Bentley’s MG755 class was based on Harvard University’s case-method model. Courtesy of blogspot.com

Pictured above are the Fenway Suites, Bentley’s newster dorms.

third floors. They are also

constructing the rubber

membrane roof of the build-

ing and are beginning to

install windows. The hot

water heater was recently

installed, and the exterior

brickwork is about 80 per-

cent complete. By the end of

the month, they hope to have

the masonry finished and

have sheetrock completed on

the fourth floor. The hope is

that al l o f the windows,

brickwork, and roofing will

be done by mid-April , at

which time the external site

work is set to commence.

When Fenway is complet-

ed, the additional beds will

eliminate the need for the

Windsor Apartments. “We

plan to have all our residents

in college-owned housing in

the Fall 2004 semester” stat-

ed David Hennessey, the

a s s i s t a n t d e a n o f t h e

Residential Center. This will

leave the Hardy Apartments

as the only off-campus hous-

ing option for resident stu-

dents.

The suites should also be

able to reduce the need for

some of the forced triples on

campus as well as assist in

re-opening some lounge

spaces in Miller and Slade

Halls. The suites will be

available for students to

choose from at the housing

lottery this spring.

Jon McColgan/THE VANGUARD

the VANGuArd APriL 29, 2010 PAGe 13DecaDe of News

By Jenny CantwellFormer News editor

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in the

November 11, 2004 issue.

Bentley recently announced

the new

tomorrow25

p r o g r a m ,

which aims

to recognize

the next gen-

erat ion o f

leaders.

the pro-

gram wi l l

conduct an

international

search for 25

exceptional

high school

j u n i o r s .

“we’re look-

ing for stu-

dents who

are making things happen in

their schools and communities

and who may be the business

leaders of tomorrow,” said

Andrea shaw, the director of

market ing Programs at

Bentley.

“the tomorrow25 will be 25

outstanding young leaders of

tomorrow who demonstrate ini-

tiative, citizenship, intelligence,

technological savvy, cultural

awareness, social responsibili-

ty, a passion for the real world

of people and organizations,

and a commitment to making

positive things happen in their

communities or schools,” said

shaw.

Bentley designed and spon-

sored tommorow25 in collabo-

rat ion with swardl i ck

marketing Group and TIME

magazine. “As a world leader in

business education, we believe

that we are strongly positioned

to identify and select our orga-

nizational leaders of tomorrow,”

said shaw.

the tomorrow25 program is

Tomorrow25 Campaignpart of Bentley’s new market-

ing campaign. “it’s defiantly

‘Business in a whole New

Light’,” said shaw. “the inter-

national exposure of this high

profile program – focusing on

our business leadership, ethical

and social responsibility focus,

and liberal arts education – will

drive Bentley’s position in the

corporate arena.”

tommorow25 is also affiliat-

ed with Bentley’s new partner-

ship with TIME magazine.

TIME is collaborating with

Bent ley on the Bent ley

Leadership Forum, which

includes tommorow25.

students may be nominated

by teachers, administrators,

guidance counselors, communi-

ty leaders, parents, or fellow

students. students may not

nominate themselves.

the selection process will

begin with a nomination. A per-

son wishing to nominate a stu-

dent must submit information

relevant to the selection crite-

ria and write a statement

explaining: “why i believe this

student’s behavior, involve-

ment, activities, character,

skills, abilities and leadership

suggest that he/she is likely to

be a leader of tomorrow.”

A group of 50 finalists will be

chosen by the tommorow25

National Advisory Board,

which was established by

Bentley. students will be

judged on a variety of criteria:

demonstration of initiative and

leadership in their schools or

communi-

ties; demon-

stration of

good cit i -

z e n s h i p ,

e t h i c a l

behavior,

s o c i a l

responsibil-

ity; a solid

academic

r e c o r d ,

demonstra-

tion of spe-

cial abilities

or specific

accomplish-

ments.

“ i t i s a

holistic process; the individuals

will be evaluated on many crite-

ria, including academic and out-

side activities as well as com-

munity service, in the evalua-

tion process,” said shaw of the

selection process for candidates.

the 50 finalists and their

schools will be notified by

Bentley by February 15, 2005.

students may then submit fur-

ther letters of reference or other

supporting documents. the

Advisory Board will then make

final selections based on further

review of the 50 candidates.

the selected tommorow25

leaders will be invited to

Bent ley for the Bent ley

Leadership Forum, all expens-

es paid. the forum will be spon-

sored by Bentley in collabora-

tion with TIME magazine, and

is scheduled for may 10, 2005.

recognition awards will be

awarded to the chosen 25.

To nominate a student for the

Tomorrow 25 program go to

bentley.edu/tommorow25 and

fill out a nomination form.

The TIMEmagazine spread in the October 2004 issue.

Bentley & TIME introduce a new recognition program

Courtesy of TIME

CP & Res Life welcome facility

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the February 3, 2005 issue.

on January 13, Campus

Police and residence Life

moved into their newly con-

structed two story office build-

ing.

the new facility was built

for many reasons including

the growing lack of space for

the police department.

“we’ve outgrown the old

faculty. our department has

nearly tripled in size. we’ve

h i r e d n e w p e r s o n n e l ,

increased the number of sup-

port staf f , ” said Lt . Bi l l

williams.

residence Life was also

pressed for office space. “they

killed two birds with one

stone,” said williams.

on July 6, Campus Police

moved out of their old location

to a temporary location in the

Brookside deli. Now six

months later, both depart-

ments are enjoying their new

space. residence Life is on the

top floor of the new building,

while Campus Police inhabit

on the lower level.

“we love it. it’s absolutely

beautiful. everything about it

is great,” said williams of the

new building. “we have had

lots of favorable feedback. A

lot of the community has

come down and taken tours

through the building. we

haven’t had an open house

yet, but we anticipate that

will have one in conjunction

with res Life.”

the brand new building

contains many new features,

such as central air condition-

ing and a new communica-

tions center. the move into

the new building went very

smoothly, and has been a pos-

itive experience for both

departments. “we haven’t run

into any problems yet. But as

with any new place, we can

expect to run into some small

p r o b l e m s , ” e x p l a i n e d

williams.

the new joint offices have

allowed Campus Police and

residence Life to facilitate

better communication. “res

Life and CP, we’ve always

had a strong working rela-

tionship, which is one of the

reasons why we share the

s a m e b u i l d i n g , ” s a i d

williams.

Both offices share a confer-

ence room on the second floor

and hold many meetings

together. “it gives us an

opportunity to stay in touch

with res Life on a daily basis,

where as before we had to go

from one building to another.

we participate in a lot of their

hiring and interviews for

resident directors so it’s good

to have mutual space,” said

williams.

the new facility provides

spacious offices and meeting

rooms for the police depart-

ment. there are private

administrative offices for the

Chief of Police and his admin-

istrative assistant, lieu-

tenants, the administrative

sergeant, patrol sergeants,

detectives, it data coordina-

tor and the campus parking

and access coordinator. A sep-

arate computer desk area also

provides a place for officers to

do their daily reports.

“it’s a mutual benefit for

everyone here to have the pri-

vacy that we need to get our

work done,” said williams.

the building also provides

a new central filing system.

“we had nothing like this

before. it used to be that all of

our 2001 cases would be piled

on top of each other in a card-

board box. Now we have the

adequate space to organize

and hold the files. it’s a dras-

tic improvement on our old

system,” said williams.

Among other amenities of

the building is an interview

room, used for talking with

any students that might be

involved in a case on campus,

a locked evidence room, a new

kitchen area, and a role call

room where officer’s shifts are

changed three times a day.

For the convenience of stu-

dents, a new id card room

has been added for replacing

lost of damaged student ids.

The new Campus Police station and Residence

Life office opened for business. Before the move,

both offices were housed in the first floor of Collins.

By Jenny CantwellFormer News editor

Keith Carroll/THE VANGUARD

PAGe 14 APriL 29, 2010 tHe VANGUArdDecaDe of News

By Keith CarrollFormer editor iN CHieF

Collins Hall to undergo major construction

Collins Hall will undergo

significant renovations dur-

ing the next few months,

with the bookstore, mail-

room, and the Cutting Crew

to move in by september,

along with a dry cleaners

and a dunkin’ donuts.

Now that Campus Police

have moved from the old

Brookside deli and into their

n e w b u i l d i n g w i t h

residential Life, prepara-

tions are under way for a

major revamping of the first

floor of Collins Hall.

the bookstore wi l l be

among the most notable

changes to the first floor. it

w i l l r e s i d e w h e r e t h e

B r o o k s i d e d e l i a n d

Cof feehouse used to be .

Barnes and Noble, which

runs the bookstore, is in

charge of designing the new

store.

their plans are to remake

the campus store in the style

of their retail stores. soft

lounge seating in the trade

book area, which will be next

to the fireplace, is among the

improvements.

in addition to the ameni-

ties featured in the current

bookstore, Barnes and Noble

will also create and operate

an enhanced convenience

store, which will be open

later in the evening than the

bookstore.

Barnes and Noble “made a

promise that the convenience

store will be your corner

store,” said Julie Britt, the

director for Purchasing and

Contract services at Bentley.

the store is expected to carry

all the products that the cur-

rent bookstore sells, with a

few more additions. Falcon

Funds will still be accepted.

the placement of a full-

service dunkin donuts next

to the bookstore will be the

most notable addition to the

school, bringing another

major franchise to campus.

though the franchisee for

the store is still being decid-

ed, this store is expected to

hold late hours.

A dry cleaners will go in

next to the dunkin donuts.

it will carry out the typical

operations of most similar

shops. the current clothes

washing business housed in

Collins will remain in oper-

ation after the renovations

are completed.

the middle of Collins Hall

will become an extensive

mail room that will feature

a package pick-up/drop-off

area where the function

room used to be and a mail

room where the office of

residential Life used to be.

“every [resident] student

will have their own box” to

keep for their entire stay at

Bentley College, said Paul

C l e m e n t e , t h e V P f o r

Business and Finance. “it

will be similar to a munici-

pal post office,” added Britt,

noting that they may also

have a stamp machine in the

area for when the package

room is closed.

other additions to the first

floor include the Cutting

Crew hair salon, which will

be located across the hall

f r o m t h e l a u n d r y r o o m

(which will remain in its

place), and a public restroom

for all stores.

Although the current hall-

ways will remain intact,

access to the stores and the

post office will be open to the

public during operating

hours, with no card needed

to get into the first floor

entrances. “it will be a place

of circulation,” remarked

Britt, explaining that the

stores should all be intercon-

nected.

it should be noted that a

Bentley id will still be need-

ed to access the residential

part of Collins Hall. Access

points will be installed at the

elevator, at the far end of the

hall, and at the normal spots

outside the building. “Public

access will be stopped when-

ever you get into l iv ing

areas,” said Clemente.

the other floors of the hall

will also receive attention

over the summer, with basic

repairs, painting, and touch-

ups taking place. there are

also plans in the works to

improve the path between

the student Center and

Collins Hall to make the cen-

ter of campus more closely

connected.

Other Construction

Projects

t h e N o r t h C a m p u s

residential Hall is current-

ly in the process of becoming

“weather tight,” and is still

on schedule to open for the

fall semester. the hall will

house 118 graduate and

undergraduate students and

will be a “quiet” hall. A sep-

arate housing lottery will be

held on tuesday, march 29.

Currently in the design

phase are the renovations to

the dana Center and the

Baker Library, which should

b e g i n i n t h e n e x t t w o

months. Both projects are

slated to be completed in

January. the library will be

housed temporarily in the

current bookstore site during

its renovation. the dana

Center renovation will fea-

ture a two-level fitness cen-

ter and an expanded food

court, while the Library will

gain a Cybercafe among

other features.

on lower campus, the City

of waltham is planning to

install a traffic light and a

four-way intersection at the

junction of Forest street and

Beaver street sometime in

the next couple months.

Upon its completion, Bentley

will start the Lower Campus

landscaping project, turning

most of the current roadways

into pedestrian walkways,

with trees lining the area.

the parking lot in front of

orchard south wil l also

become a green space.

only emergency vehicles

will be allowed to access the

walkways, in adherence to

the chief of the waltham

Fire department. “the chal-

lenge is to make them look

like paths” while keeping the

roadways wide enough to

accommodate fire trucks,

noted Clemente. student

vehicles may be able to use

the paths during the move-

in and move-out periods of

the academic year.

After the dust settles on

these projects, the adminis-

trators are looking forward

to seeing the campus organ-

ized into three distinct zones:

academic, residential, and

athletic. they also hope that

the changes will invite com-

muter students to visit the

other areas of campus. “it is

truly becoming a walking

campus,” said Britt.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

March 24, 2005 issue.

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the December 8, 2005 issue.

Bentley is now offering two

new programs of doctorate

study so that graduate stu-

dents can now earn a Phd.

the two Phd programs are

offered in Accountancy and

Business, and were designed

to not only help students to

build an in-depth under-

standing of the chosen sub-

ject area, but also focus on

business, technology, and

society. “the focus is busi-

ness technology in society

and it brings together all of

these topics of distinction as

students will study in-depth,”

said susan Newell, Bentley’s

Phd program director..

Bentley chose to move

towards the Phd program as

the next l og i ca l s t ep in

Bentley’s growth. “to move

forward as an institution, a

doctoral program seemed

necessary,” says Newell,

“Bentley has grown from an

accounting school to a full

four year undergraduate

intuition, and then followed

by adding a graduate mas-

ter’s program. Adding a doc-

toral program is the next

obvious step.”

required core courses for

the Phd in Business are

microeconomic theory, the

Psychology and sociology of

work, and organization and

information systems. the

core required courses for the

Phd in Accountancy involve

Financial Accountancy,

Auditing, Assurance, and

managerial Control systems.

B o t h P h d p r o g r a m s

require students to also take

four specialized courses to

meet their focused interests.

each program will be specif-

ically designed for each stu-

dent by working closely with

their personal advisor.

students in the program

can choose to focus their

research on a number of dif-

ferent topics relating to busi-

ness. these research topics

focus on business, technolo-

gy, and society – such as

Business, it, Globalization

and Global Commerce, ethics

and social responsibility,

and Liberal Arts in relation

to business.

According to Newell, these

are topics that have always

been a part of Bentley’s mis-

sion and are relevant to busi-

ness study. “the research is

relevant to understanding

problems that businesses are

having and how to solve

these problems,” explained

Newell.

Phd candidates will have

access to all of Bentley’s aca-

demic and technological

resources including the ACe-

LAB, Center for marketing

technology, trading room,

CLiC lab, among others.

Faculty – professors and

advisors – in the program are

all highly experienced as

Bentley professors and are

experts in their fields. All pri-

mary advisors must hold

Phd degrees.

to apply for the program

applicants should have a

master ’s degree from an

accredited school, preferably

an mBA. Applicants must

submit a GmAt and toeFL

( for non-engl ish nat ive

speakers) scores, a three to

five page statement, a pro-

posal of doctorate work, as

well as three letters of recom-

mendations. the statement

of intended research will help

the students to be matched

with an appropriate advisor

explained Newell.

to gain acceptance into the

program applicant’s master’s

program GPA must exceed a

3.3. Bentley is also looking

for candidates with GmAt

scores at or above 650 and

toeFL scores at or above

600. Having some work expe-

rience before applying for the

program is recommended,

though it is not mandatory.

“my hopes are that we are

able to attract some interest-

ing students that will doing

some rigorous and interest-

ing research that will not

only improve Bentley’s out-

side reputation but will also

increase the vibrancy of

research inside the institu-

tion,” said Newell of accept-

ing students into the pro-

gram.

students accepted into the

program are eligible to apply

for a student stipend of up to

$21,000 per year as well as

tuition expenses and health

i n s u r a n c e p r o v i d e d b y

Bentley. students receiving

stipends must maintain a

good academic standing in

the program and cannot

work during the academic

year.

By Jenny CantwellFormer News editor

PhD programs in Accountancy and Business introduced

The ground floor of Collin’s Hall will be

completely revamped.

the VAnGuArd APriL 29, 2010 PAGe 15DecaDe of News

Bentley Library undergoes $16 million renovation

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the March 23, 2006 issue.

the signature look of the

Bentley campus is the clock

t o w e r a t o p t h e l i b r a r y .

however, for the entire aca-

demic year to this point,

Bentley’s most noticeable

monument has been bereft of

some of its grandeur. the

library has undergone a

tremendous reconstruction

to update and outfit it to

meet the growing demands

of Bentley’s ever increasing

student population

For the entire year, the

whole of Bentley has waited

eagerly for the reopening of

t h e l i b r a r y . S t u d e n t s

g l a n c e d e a g e r l y a t t h e

library on their way to class-

es. they watched as piece by

p i e c e , t h e l i b r a r y w a s

rebuilt from the ground up.

Yet, all that time waiting

definitely paid off. the new

library is a stunning exam-

ple of the effort that Bentley

College continues to put into

improving the lives of its stu-

d e n t s , b y c o n t i n u a l l y

upgrading its facilities to

stay on the cutting edge

technologically and academ-

ically.

Among the new amenities

of the library are the group

study rooms which allow

ample room for students to

study in groups or hold GB

meetings. these rooms are

outfitted with room monitors

which al low students to

reserve them.

however, there are also

plenty of study carrels and

tables available, ensuring

that every s tudent who

n e e d s s p a c e t o s t u d y ,

whether alone or in a group

wil l have it available to

them. the addition of the

library space allows for stu-

dents to be more efficient in

their work, rather than try-

ing working in cramped

quarters among other stu-

dents. Such was the case

b e f o r e t h e l i b r a r y w a s

opened, but now that it has

that should no longer be a

problem.

even more important than

the new study areas are all

t h e r e s o u r c e s t h a t t h e

Bentley student body now

has at its fingertips. Because

of the construction, it was

hard for students to get

books, access dVds and

VhS tapes , and consult

other resources. now that

the library is open, students

have access to all of these

materials and more, includ-

ing a room for microfilm and

microfiche viewing.

the Library is part of a

massive reconstruction proj-

ec t that the co l lege has

undertaken. Along with sev-

eral of the dorms and the

dana Athletic Center, the

library has been updated to

accommodate the growing

student body as the school

continues to expand.

on tuesday, at the grand

opening, students flocked to

view the new building and

w e r e a m a z e d a t a l l t h e

improvements. As one stu-

dent, freshman Jesse Lyons

described it, “the new library

is classy, exceedingly nice,

and makes my tuition worth-

while.”

All group study rooms

were quickly reserved, and

students wasted little time

in making use of the expand-

ed study areas, and the new

einstein Bros. Bagels café.

With the completion of the

library, the remodeling of

the campus is nearly comple-

tion. As Bentley continues to

grow toward fitting its pro-

posed image of the “business

university”, it recognizes the

need to have the very best

technology and academic

resources available to its stu-

dents.

Along with the trading

room and center for market-

i n g r e s e a r c h , t h e n e w

Library is a testament to

Bentley’s continuing effort to

stay at the forefront of tech-

nology and give the students

thegreat opportunity for suc-

cess beyond.

By Tom HoelerFormer editor in ChieF

Bentley celebrated the Library’s grand re-opening on Tuesday. Courtesy of Dan Harrow

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the September 21, 2006 issue.

the dana Center renova-

tions are complete and a

highly anticipated addition

to Bentley’s campus is final-

ly finished. the renovations

include a state of the art fit-

ness center, renovated ath-

lete’s gym, two new food ven-

dors with inside and outside

service windows, a four-sided

flat screen television with

digital scrolling marquis sus-

pended from the ceiling, an

indoor seating area, trophy

displays, additional rest-

rooms, and a Booster Club

area.

the project cost $12 mil-

lion, but as dr. Kathleen

Yorkis, Vice President of

Student Affairs, states, “it

was worth it.” Beginning

during the summer of 2005,

the renovation was designed

b y J e f f r e y m i l l m a n

Associates with Add, inc.

“the student’s response has

been stronger than ever

imagined, ” sa id Yorkis ,

“there was a huge wow fac-

tor. the athletic department

deserves a lot of credit for

m a k i n g s u r e t h e d a n a

C e n t e r a n d a t h l e t i c s

occurred without interrup-

tion in spite of the construc-

tion. Students also deserve

recognition for adapting to a

difficult situation.”

According to Kevin Loftus,

Assistant Athletic director

at Bentley , the or ig inal

building was constructed

around the early 1970’s and

was designed for a commuter

based student population

that was a lot less involved

than Bentley ’s students

today. today, 500 out of

Bentley’s 4,000 undergradu-

ate students are involved in

athletics. “For example,”

says Loftus, “the turf field is

used over 50 hours a week

and was used a lot less in the

past. By adding lighting to

the field we are able to have

athletes on the field at any-

time, whereas before we

relied on daylight.”

With better facilities and

a new athlete’s gym, there is

the possibility that this could

contribute to enhanced ath-

letic recruitment. “Athletes

look at Bentley as a whole

and the dana Center reno-

vations are just one of the

many reasons an athlete

would come here. it con-

tributes to the dynamic of

student life,” said Loftus.

Senior footbal l player

Bryan Larrabee commented

that having an athlete’s gym

will not only attract better

athletes during recruitment

but will also help improve

athletes already at the col-

lege. he is impressed with

dana Center renovations

and has high hopes for its

effect on the atmosphere at

the gym. “Before i t was

mostly very serious people

working out and that may

have been intimidating. now

there is more space and you

don ’ t have to wai t f or a

Bentley’s Dana Center renovations, a $12 million success By Tom HoelerFormer editor in ChieF

Meal choices are endless with the addition of new fast food on campus.Courtesy of Enas Alnajjar

What has been yourgreatest accomplishment

here at Bentley?

Voices

PAGE 16 APRIL 29, 2010 THE VANGuARd

By tomer gat and Dan ryaboyVANGuARd STAFF

Features

Since this is my last article, I

was told I could write about

whatever I wanted. I considered

a lot of ways to go out with a

bang, but in the end I decided to

reminisce and talk about my

experiences here at The

Vanguard, in true senior fash-

ion, despite how lame that may

seem.

Really, I’ve enjoyed my time

writing for this paper. Sure,

there were some times I got e-

mail-yelled-at for missing a

deadline because I’m a procras-

tinator, and there were other

times it was truly frustrating

when I knew I had an article

due and nothing to write about,

but the overall experience was

a good one, and here are a few

of the reasons why:

The freedom to write about

whatever I want is awesome.

Many of my friends think it’s

odd that a college student would

willingly write essays in addi-

tion to their regular school work.

But those friends are missing

the point; writing under one’s

free will is actually quite enjoy-

able. Writing gets a bad rap

from 12-plus years of forced

papers on the Civil War and

Pride and Prejudice. When you

finally get the chance to express

your feelings on movies you’ve

watched and albums you love,

its way more interesting.

Additionally, it encourages

you to look at things in a deeper,

more critical light, and when

that happens, you never know

what you might find that you

could have missed before.

I got some really sweet bene-

fits, too. Not to rub it in every-

one’s faces right now, but as a

senior, I’m going to rub it in

everyone’s faces right now: I

talked to Paul Rudd and Jason

Segel as they drank beers at

Fenway. I got an iPod shuffle on

the house. I went to movie pre-

miers and felt like I was a

celebrity. I listened to music

weeks before it came out, legal-

ly, on custom-fitted earbuds. Life

is good.

And as an added bonus, on

some weeks someone might

actually read what you write.

Who doesn’t love a little ego trip?

I could go on, but if you’ve

read this far you’re probably

wondering, “Why is he telling

me this?” And the answer to

that is simple. Somewhere

there’s a freshman, sophomore,

or maybe even a junior out there

who’s always considered writing

for The Vanguard. Maybe you

need a resume booster. Maybe

you want some free stuff. Maybe

you need an artistic outlet in the

land of income statements and

net present values. Or maybe

you just like to write. But if

you’re one of those people, I real-

ly encourage you to give it a

shot, even if it’s just for a week

– who knows, you might actual-

ly find it enjoyable.

Thank you to The Vanguard

for giving me a creative outlet

as well as free stuff. Thank you

to The Vanguard staff who put

up with my late submissions

and the fact that I still double-

space after every period. And

thanks to anyone who’s ever

taken the time to read an arti-

cle I’ve written.

On a final note, if you are

looking for more reviews and

commentary on music, movies,

and culture , check out

thingsyoucandotocats.com,

where I will be posting from

time to time, as will several

other writers more talented

than myself.

Thanks again and have a

good summer!

-Matt

Mark sassi

Class of 2010

eConoMiCs-finanCe

“Winn ing Fenway

Bentley.”

For Your Entertainment By

Matt Weisse

Throughout his years here at Bentley, Matt Weisse has had positivefeedback on earbuds and Coldplay music, to name a few.

Courtesy of frayedlaces.blogspot.com & latenighttales.co.uk.

Meagan laMBros

Class of 2010

Marketing

“Living with Colette

Josey for four years.”

Darryl laforest

Class of 2010

ManageMent

“Becoming football co-

league champs senior

year.”

aMy Mullen

Class of 2010

MatheMatiCal sCienCes

“Not getting eaten by a

BEAR.”

Derek Breen

Class of 2010

MatheMatiCal sCienCes

“Winning the ‘Hartnett

Team Award’ for the best

business plan and presen-

tation in GB 301.”

Weisse has also given constructive ctisicism on movies and shows,such as Couples Retreat and Family Guy.

Courtesy of drafthouse.com & bikyamasr.com

THE VANGuARd APRIL 29, 2010 PAGE 17Features

What will you missmost about Bentley?

Voices

By Dan MericaVANGuARd STAFF

Starcraft 2: Coming soon following betaBy David entin

VANGuARd STAFF

Stardust 2 is in beta now, but shows promise

for being a successful game.

Courtesy of wordpress.com

The Terrans, Protoss, and Zerg races return in this sequel, with each group havingunique and interesting characteristics.

Courtesy of wallpaperez.net

In the same ve in that

chess would be considered a

sport, Starcraft must also fit

the mold, although it had the

good decency to amend its

title to E-Sport. And the title

is not one loosely earned;

now 12 years after release, it

still sees massive player vol-

ume at all hours of the day,

a boast not even Halo 3 can

m a t c h . B l i z z a r d

Entertainment is the firm

behind Starcraft, Diablo, and

the oversaturated Warcraft

titles, and without fail, they

release critically and com-

mercially lauded classics.

Starcraft 2 was first proudly

teased, then the development

house released concepts and

sample videos out of loyalty

to one of the strongest fan

bases in the world, and now,

only a season or two from

anticipated release, Starcraft

2 is in beta.

The purpose of the beta is

to hone and refine the title

from quality to perfection,

and with millions of play

testers running endless

strategies supported by innu-

merable hardware configura-

tions, the game is bubbling

with potential. I was lucky

enough to be passed on a key

for the beta and took on play

as eagerly as any other 12-

year Starcraft fan would.

The nostalgic familiarity

brings a smile to the face.

The game has sprouted a

third dimension and unit ani-

mations, strategies have

been expanded, and the clas-

sic soundtracks for each

playable race have been

replaced, yet the end result

is undeniably Starcraft.

The three races of Terrans,

P r o t o s s , a n d Z e r g h a v e

returned with a plethora of

new units and a refined and

uniquely tailored visual look.

The Terrans are the humans

and feel efficiently utilitari-

an, with plumes of smoke

and powerful yet purposeless

motion in their units. The

Protoss are a dignified and

religious alien race that

demonstrate grace and disci-

pline and come with a pol-

ished sheen. As for the fear-

some, insect-like Zerg, the

ent i re ly b io log i ca l race

demonstrates a disgusting

organic growth that genuine-

ly feels unstoppable when

massed together.

The units are the game’s

highlight, with vastly unique

troops operating in highly

specified disciplines, and

always leaving the player

with the good sense to scout

with the advantage. The

characters are imbued with

humor and charm. Yes, even

the insects are likeable to a

degree.

T h e T e r r a n r a c e h a s

a lways been a persona l

favorite, with most of their

characters filling the quasi-

space hick personality trend.

They have clueless yokels

piloting massive machines of

war, with the notably hilari-

o u s e x c e p t i o n o f t h e

Schwarzenegger inspired

pilot of the massive walking

tank: The Thor.

The ebb and flow of skir-

mishes are perfect, with

small engagements taking

glancing blows at one anoth-

er, while massive clashes

play out with all the fiery

and chaotic fury they pos-

sess. The game is still under-

going thorough balancing,

and with the patches up to

10, the changes are begin-

ning to feel less extreme and

more cosmetic, suggesting

that we just might be seeing

this incredibly promising title

on store shelves in the com-

ing months.

Starcraft 2 has left an

unending excitement within

me. despite the notable slow-

down that I experienced on

the Bentley laptops, the title

runs on decent graphical set-

tings with only minor slow-

d o w n o c c u r r i n g d u r i n g

moments of extensive activi-

ty on the battlefield. Look out

for the closing of the beta,

which will be one of the final

steps before the long overdue

release of the successor to

one o f the most popular

games ever made.

Pete sullivan

Class of 2010

aCCountanCy

“Skipping class on week-

days to go golfing with

my roommates.”

aleX hoDge

Class of 2010

MatheMatiCal sCienCes

“Joe Sent Me, Skellig,

New Landing, Margs,

Jakes… but no t

Legends.”

yiyi Xia

Class of 2010

eConoMiCs-finanCe

“I am going to miss the

spontaneity of everyday

college life.”

allie MCManus

Class of 2010

Marketing

“Being a walk across the

Greenspace from my

closest friends.”

annie lastowski

Class of 2010

aCCountanCy

“The Vanguard… how

will my life continue?”

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Vanguard Staff

April’s AdviceYour Questions Answered!

By

April Gammal

Columns

Question: I really love tanning

during the summer and I will

frequently go to the beach so that

I can tan. It makes my skin look

healthy, but I’ve also heard that

it damages the skin. So, how

much damage am I doing to my

skin and should I cut back on

how much I tan?

I hate to break it to you, but

tanning is one of the worst

things you can do for your skin.

I know that a dark glow to your

skin is considered beautiful and

youthful and that many young

adults go to the beach for the sole

reason to tan, but I also know

that these avid young tanners

will pay for this “beauty” as they

grow older.

Forget what the media leads

you to believe about what is

beautiful. Your skin tone is beau-

tiful just the way it is – don’t ruin

it or change it for anyone. So, my

advice to you is to stop tanning

all together and start protecting

your skin.

No one wants to look old and

wrinkly - at least I don’t think

anyone does. Sun exposure is the

fastest way to age your skin. It

can lead not only to skin cancer,

but also to pre-mature aging,

wrinkles, age spots, and the pro-

liferation of moles. According to

an article published by the FDA,

more than 10,000 people die

every year die due to skin can-

cer.

Keep in mind that the dark-

er your tan, the worse the skin

damage. So, how can you protect

your skin? Sunscreen. You

should use a sunscreen with an

SPF of at least 15 every day to

protect against UVA and UVB

rays. UVA rays are simply the

longer wavelengths, while UVB

refer to shorter wavelengths.

Many moisturizers and foun-

dations have sunscreen built into

them. Just build it into your rou-

tine every morning to put on

sunscreen before you go outside.

It is important to realize that

just because you do not burn

does not mean that you are not

damaging your skin.

All skin types are susceptible

to skin damage. However, those

individuals who have lighter

skin are more susceptible to

damage.

What if it is a cloudy day?

Then you should still wear sun-

screen because the rays from the

sun are able to penetrate the

clouds and affect your skin.

Also, note that lotions,

creams, and vitamins will not

rejuvenate damaged skin, and

you can never undo the sun

damage you have created after

bathing in the sun for hours on

the beach. This does not mean

that you cannot go to the beach;

it simply means that you should

protect your skin while at the

beach.

I hope this helps and that you

will start taking care of your skin

because you only have one

chance to preserve its beauty

and youthfulness.

Aries (March 21-April 19): Act with cau-

tion in the near future; what you may see

as a huge and new opportunity may in fact

be the biggest mistake of your life.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): One person

is doing their best to obstruct you.

Maintain your composure and ignore their

interference. Your persistence will over-

come adversity.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): Look lively,

the summer is upon you. Soon you will be

done with school and enjoying the warmth.

Strange cosmic energy surrounds your

aura; a sign will soon reveal itself to you.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Laughter is

the cure for what ails you. The next week

will prove stressful so make sure to sur-

round yourself with funny people. Soon

your summer will begin; the stars tell me

you can expect only good times ahead.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t stress

about your roommate situation for the next

semester. There will always be something

you don’t like about them.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Insist on set-

ting realistic goals for yourself this vaca-

tion. Too often you strive to start too many

projects and do not finish any. One step at

a time is your best course of action.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Fortunate cir-

cumstances will surround you today.

Make sure to be careful not to push your

luck as there may be unpleasant conse-

quences down the road. If you use your

judgment and do not get caught in the

moment, you will be fine.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): If you are

planning on travelling abroad next semes-

ter, you should think twice about buying

that ticket.

S a g i t t a r i u s ( N o v . 2 2 - D e c . 2 1 ) :

Reconciliation with an old friend will prove

easier over the next week. Don’t blow it.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Unique

cosmic patterns are developing around

you. Previous failures may be feasible now

with your new energy. Make the most of

your situation while the cosmos focus on

you.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Learn to

take a break from your hectic schedule

even when you perceive there is no time.

Your rest will allow you to better concen-

trate on the work at hand when you return

to your studies.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Each task

before you is going to feel more and more

difficult. Push yourself harder than you

usually do to achieve the outcome you

desire. Relaxation is but a stones throw

away.

Courtesy of wordpress.comTanning is one of the worst thingsyou can do to your skin.

PAGE 20 APRIL 29, 2010 THE VANGUARDDecaDe of News

By Tom HoelerFORMER EDITOR IN CHIEF

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the sum-

mer 2007 issue.

The original notice was, well,

innocuous to say the least. A

simple email. A message from

Terry Carlton, Chairman of the

Board of Trustees. “Please gath-

er for an impromptu Town

Meeting this afternoon…” was

all it said. There was no men-

tion of a reason. Yet, virtually

all those who read the email and

prepared to attend the meeting

knew exactly what it concerned.

A collective smirk rose from the

denizens of Bentley College as

the 4:00pm hour approached.

There was a restless tension

inside o f Koumantzel is

Auditorium as administrators,

faculty, members of student life,

residential services, undergrad-

uate admissions, career servic-

es, the office of study abroad;

graduate students, undergrad-

uate students and many more

filled the seats.

Terry Carlton then took the

stage and stood at the podium.

With a big smile on his face he

opened the meeting by explain-

ing to the crowd that the meet-

ing was indeed for the reason

that all of the audience mem-

bers supposed it was about. He

said “I get to make the

announcement which I’ve been

waiting to give for 2 years now.”

After that, he explained that

over the weekend he had indeed

signed a contract with the new

President of Bentley College.

The announcement garnered a

strong ovation of clapping and

cheering from those in atten-

dance, as the search which had

spanned the better part of two

years had now come to a close.

reviewing in depth 154 of them.

With all of those candidates to

consider, the committee utilized

all the time they needed to come

to the right decision and find the

best fit for the college.

So who is the new President

of Bentley? Her name is Gloria

Larson. She takes over as the

7th President in Bentley’s his-

tory, succeeding Joe Morone

who stepped down nearly two

years ago. She is the first

woman to hold the office of

President of Bentley.

Her professional background

is as such. She is a lawyer, in the

state of Massachusetts (also a

member o f the Bar in

Virginia)and currently serves as

the co-chair of the Government

Strategies Group at Foley Hoag.

The decision, took the search

committee the better part of 21

months to reach. Or as Terry

Carlton put it, “if you look at the

[Boston] Globe it says 18

months, by my calendar its 24

months, but I tell people that its

12 months”. Regardless of the

exact length of time, finding a

President for Bentley was never

about expediency.

The search committee was

comprised of 20 members. There

were representatives from

alumni, students, faculty, the

administration and the board of

trustees, including Cynthia

Deysher and Mark Skaletsky

who were the co-chairs of the

committee. They received close

to 300 submissions for candi-

dates and ended up actually

She has an extensive and distin-

guished background which also

includes work on the campaign

of new governor Deval Patrick

in both a business advisory

board and the transitional team.

As well as positions as Secretary

of Consumer Affairs and

Secretary of Economic Affairs

for former governor Bill Weld.

She completed her under-

graduate degree at Vassar in

New York before going to law

school at the University of

Virginia.

President Larson will be liv-

ing in the Presidential residence

on campus, along with her hus-

band and two Labrador retriev-

ers . Chairman Carlton

explained that because the job

of being President is a “24/7 job”

that it was a definite require-

ment that the new President

would have to live in the resi-

dence.

At a second town meeting,

held the very next day,

Chairman Carlton again took

the stage, but this time he was

not alone. Gloria Larson was

introduced officially as President

and she took the podium to say

a few words. At the end of her

brief speech in which she

thanked many members of the

community and administration

she smiled widely to the crowd

and said, “I’m going to be, not

just Bentley’s biggest fan…but

your most vocal fan, and I

haven’t even gotten started yet!”

While President Larson will

soon take over as the leader of

Bentley, she does not actually

start until August (Terry was

mistaken when he said July 1)

first. It cannot be understated

that the work done by the mem-

bers of the Bentley cabinet,

inc luding al l the Vice

Presidents, as well as all the

deans and administrators and,

of course, Terry Carlton and the

Board of Trustees, was impres-

sive. At a time when the college

did not have a President, there

was never a moment when

Bentley or any of these people

wavered. The school has only

improved in the 18 months

between Presidents. And while

he was never the actual interim

President of the school, at times

when situations dictated a sin-

gular face or voice represent the

school; Chairman Carlton was

more than equal to the task. All

while still holding a day job and

running the Board of Trustees.

So while the school moves for-

ward, it must never be under-

stated the tremendous debt that

the members of the Bentley

community owe, not just to the

search committee, but to all

those who endeavored and

worked so hard to keep Bentley

at the level of excellence that it

has grown accustomed to. In

fact, President Larson had so

much praise for the work of the

administrators that she joking-

ly asked “do you even need a

President!?”

Chairman Carlton ended his

remarks with a plea to all the

members of the Bentley commu-

nity. “You all have a job now” he

said. “You need to ask yourself,

what can I do to make her

[President Larson] successful?

What can I do to help her?”

Clearly, despite Bentley now

having obtained its “face,” the

job of running the school and

maintaining the level of excel-

lence that Bentley has reached

in the last few years still falls on

the shoulders of everyone

involved, and not just new

President Gloria Larson.

Gloria Larson to become seventh President of Bentley

Courtesy of John ApuzzoGloria Larson is the first woman to serve asPresident of Bentley.

By Tom HoelerFORMER SPORTS EDITOR

Bono, Oprah, and Bentley try to save the world

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in the

November 30, 2006 issue.

Bentley students are no

strangers to activism. From

the outside, some might think

that a college built on the prin-

ciples of business might lack

the activist aesthetic, but noth-

ing could be farther from the

truth. As evidenced by the

recent creation of the Bentley

College against Cancer organ-

i za t i on and the Great

American Smoke-out which

just recently took place here on

campus, social and political

activism are not outside the

realm of the Bentley student

community.

Continuing in what is

becoming a growing tradition,

several organizations on cam-

pus, including the South Asian

Student Assoc ia t i on ,

Portuguese Across Continents,

The International Student

Association and Black United

Body, are collaborating in rais-

ing awareness and money for

combating HIV/AIDS in

7. The PUB event will be held.

If you are interested in getting

more information about the

event or want to contribute in

some way, then you can con-

tact Vinay Gokaldas or any of

the Presidents of the organiza-

tions that are involved in the

event.

part enclosed in our small col-

l ege in Wal tham,

Massachusetts, we too are

capable of contributing to the

greater good and the better-

ment of others.

The selling of T-shirts will

begin on December 1 and run

through Thursday December

ness for the growing AIDS epi-

demic in Africa.

As always, it’s a testament

to the integrity of the student

body here at Bentley that

events such as these are

becoming more frequent. We

do well to remember that

though we sit, for the most

Africa.

The event will start during

a weeklong t-shirt selling cam-

paign where each of the organ-

izations involved will be sell-

ing red t-shirts to raise money

for both AIDS research as well

as for a school in Ghana for

orphans whose parents have

died from AIDS. This is not

unlike the RED campaign that

is being co-run by rock star

Bono and Oprah.

The event will culminate

with a large gathering in the

Bentley PUB where there may

be possible performances by

the Step Squad and an African

ensemble. However, there def-

initely will be food, drinks, and

a video presentation about the

HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa.

All of this is aimed at raising

awareness for this serious

issue.

The clubs are hoping for a

strong turnout not only at the

event but with the t-shirt sell-

ing as well. They are hoping

for most of the student body to

purchase and wear a t-shirt on

the day of the PUB event in a

sign of solidarity and aware-

tHe VaNGUarD aPriL 29, 2010 PaGe 21DecaDe of News

traffic was stopped on

Bentley’s roads monday after-

noon as more than 100 students,

faculty, and staff, all dressed in

black and escorted by Campus

Police, marched from LaCava to

the Greenspace to protest the

recent events in the Jena Six

trial. Black United Body invit-

ed the Bentley community to

come out to show their support

for the six black male students

anthem and asked for donations

to help fund the legal fees for the

Jena Six. the protest also includ-

ed a presentation by faculty and

staff guest speakers and a per-

formance by the Bentley Step

Squad.

although the Jena National

Day of action protest occurred

on September 20, Black United

Body organized its own protest

on monday to make sure that

the Bentley community is aware

of this injustice. Black United

Body President ariana Jackson

says that holding a Bentley ver-

sion of the protest held on the

from Jena High School in Jena,

Louisiana who have been

charged with battery and mur-

der charges after a school fight

with two of their white class-

mates. in order to promote

awareness of this racially

charged trial, Black United Body

members handed out informa-

tive flyers on how to help the six

black male students, known as

the Jena Six, who were initially

charged with second-degree

attempted murder. at the

protest held on the Greenspace,

Black United Body opened with

the singing of the Black National

20th to raise awareness of the

situation in the Bentley commu-

nity was very important to Black

United Body. “We are standing

by our organizational mission

statement by promoting and

spreading awareness of the Jena

Six trial,” said Jackson.

Black United Body advertised

the event and raised awareness

about the facts of the Jena Six

case and the trial by posting fly-

ers and sending emails to the

Bentley community.

many students, when they

heard about the injustices that

have occurred in Jena, respond-

ed by participating in the march

or donating money to the cause.

Sophomore omar Quintero

received an email about the

protest and wanted to help raise

awareness for this tragedy. “i

thought the situation was unfair

even before i heard the entire

story, and when i heard all of the

details of the case, i felt com-

pelled to go to the protest

because it is a cause worth rais-

ing awareness for ,” said

Quintero.

the trouble in Jena,

Louisiana began over a year ago

at Jena High School when two

black high school students sat

under a tree that was tradition-

ally reserved for white students.

the next day, white students

hung three nooses from the tree.

When the white students only

received a light punishment for

their actions, the black commu-

nity protested and racial ten-

sions in the community mount-

ed. this noose incident was the

catalyst in setting off the ensu-

ing troubles at the high school

where the black student popula-

tion is only 20 percent.

the final event occurred on

December 4, 2006, when a white

student was beaten up by a

group of black students after he

taunted a black student and

used racial slurs. although the

white student suffered no life

threatening injuries, the District

attorney charged the six black

students with second degree

attempted murder.

Now, six black male students

who were accused of beating a

white student outside the school

face up to 100 years in prison

without parole. they now sit

behind bars awaiting sentencing

but their supporters are doing

whatever they can to correct

their unjust charges and free the

Jena Six.

Black United Body will be

selling ribbons for $1 each to

raise money for the Jena Six

Defense Committee, which rais-

es money for the Jena Six legal

defense.

Editor’s Note: This arti-

cle was originally pub-

lished in the October 4,

2007 issue.

By Kristen McMullenFormer StaFF Writer

Courtesy of Jeannette BuntinOver 100 people turned out for the march on Monday.

Bentley students & staff march in support of the Jena Six

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the February 28, 2008 issue.

Note: Although school health

officials have released informa-

tion on the identity of those

affected to the Bentley commu-

nity, the Vanguard has chosen

to omit this information out of a

respect for privacy.

this past thursday, the

Vanguard learned that a fresh-

man student had been hospital-

ized with bacterial meningitis.

Campus officials were quick to

notify the Bentley community,

while Kathleen Yorkis, Vice

President for Student affairs,

sent an e-mail to the student

body late thursday evening to

break the news and provide

information on the signs and

symptoms of meningitis. an

information session was held in

the Back Bay for students

Friday afternoon. The

Vanguard has learned that the

student was a female freshman

student living in oak Hall.

Student Health Services con-

tacted the massachusetts

Department of Public Health on

thursday to inform them of the

infection. State law requires

that all communicable diseases

be reported. the massachusetts

Department of Public Health

then worked with Bentley’s

Student Health Services and

the Waltham Health

Department to ensure that any-

one who had close contact with

the infected student was put on

antibiotics, and to monitor for

additional cases of meningitis.

the massachusetts Department

of Public Health’s chief medical

officer, Dr. alfred Demaria,

worked closely with the school

and assures us that a secondary

case of meningitis usually would

have occurred within four days

of the initial infection, and that

any threat has therefore passed.

Bacterial meningitis is an

infection of the meninges, the tis-

sue surrounding the central

nervous system, including the

brain and spinal cord.

meningococcal disease, the com-

mon form of bacterial meningi-

tis, is caused by the Neisseria

meningitides bacteria. it is

spread only through saliva; in

an e-mail sent to the campus,

Geraldine taylor, Director of

Student Health Services and

assistant Dean for Health and

Prevention, explained that the

bacteria causing meningitis

“does not live on doorknobs or

any surfaces or in the swimming

pool. the campus environment

is completely safe.” However,

meningitis can be passed

through contact with the saliva

of an infected person, such as

through kissing, sharing a

drink, silverware, or cigarettes.

Students who may have attend-

ed classes or social functions

with someone who has menin-

gitis are not at risk.

Symptoms of a bacterial

meningitis infection are severe,

and can include fever, a stiff

neck, severe headaches and

nausea, mental confusion, sensi-

tivity to light, and purple rash-

es. taylor encourages students

to “boost their immune systems

by getting enough sleep, eating

a balanced nutritious diet,

decreasing stress, decreasing or

avoiding alcohol use, decreasing

or avoiding smoking and avoid-

ing sharing any drinks, food,

utensils, smoking materials, lip-

stick, toothbrushes - anything

which involves the possible

exchange of saliva.” She further

cautions against sharing drinks,

a common practice which can

help the spread of meningitis.

according to the

massachusetts Department of

Public Health, approximately

2,600 people are infected with

the vaccine, Student Health

Services is able to provide the

vaccine to any student who

needs it.

although this marks the sec-

ond case of bacterial meningitis

at Bentley this year, health offi-

cials are quick to explain that

the cases are unrelated and do

not indicate an epidemic. “the

Department of Public Health

has assured us that there is no

relationship between the two

cases of meningitis and that in

fact, this is like lightning strik-

ing the same place twice—

extremely rare,” taylor wrote in

an e-mail to students. the first

case this year occurred last

semester, taking the life of a

freshman student.

Donna rahmin further

explained that, in the past

decade, three other schools have

had more than one meningitis

infection in an academic year,

although it was not immediate-

ly apparent which schools were

involved.

Editor’s Note: Although not

published in the original article

due the chronology of the stu-

dent’s illness, she has made a

substantial recovery after hospi-

talization, and will hopefully

return to Bentley this coming

Fall for her sophomore year.

meningococcal disease each year

in the United States. in recent

years, fewer than 40 infections

have been reported annually in

massachusetts. Donna rahmin,

a spokesperson for the

massachusetts Department of

Public Health, says that about

20 of those infections occur on

college campuses each year.

Statistically, winter sees the

most infections. Nationwide,

approximately 10 to 15% of

those with meningitis die, and

between 10 and 20% of sur-

vivors face serious complications

such as loss of limbs or develop-

ing problems with the nervous

system or brain.

Students new to college dor-

mitories are at an elevated risk

of contracting meningitis,

according to the massachusetts

Department of Public Health.

For this reason, state law

requires that students living on

campus must receive a

meningococcal vaccination.

However, state law allows this

vaccine to be waived in certain

situations, and past shortages

of the vaccine have also compli-

cated matters. Geraldine taylor

said that all but 23 of Bentley’s

freshman students have

received the vaccination, and

that, despite past shortages of

Second case of meningitis reported on Bentley campus in single yearBy Matt WagnerFormer StaFF Writer

PAGe 22 APRIL 29, 2010 THe VANGUARDDecaDe of News

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

October 8, 2008 edition of The

Vanguard.

In the wake of the announce-

ment that Bentley had achieved

university status from the

Massachusetts Board of Higher

education, some questions still

remain, particularly in the

minds of Bentley students,

about what it means for them

and for the school itself now and

into the future. In an interview,

Provost and Vice President of

Academic Affairs Robert

Galliers explained the process

to become a university, and

addressed concerns by students

confused about the need for the

school to become a university

and what he finds exciting about

the name change.

Older students will remem-

ber hearing about the possible

move to university status sever-

al years ago and throughout

their time at Bentley in the form

of various emails, announce-

ments, and even a survey.

Provost Galliers was able to

shed more light on the process

harkening all the way back even

to 1974, when the graduate

school was established a mere

three years after the school

changed its name to Bentley

College. While having a gradu-

ate school is a requirement by

the state of Massachusetts to

achieve university status, it is

not the only one. As the Provost

explained, “You also need to

have two distinctive PhD pro-

grams. Those were introduced

in 2005.” He went on to add that

the movement to university sta-

tus “really started to build up

momentum when we intro-

duced the PhD programs.”

A call to the Massachusetts

Department o f Higher

education (formerly the Board

of Higher education), looking for

more information corroborated

the Provost’s comments and

yielded the following:

The Degree Granting

Regulations for Independent

Institutions of Higher education

provide the following definition

of a university: “A university

must meet the requirements of

a four-year or senior college,

must provide graduate pro-

grams in two or more profes-

sional fields, and must provide

programs leading to the doctor-

al degree in two or more fields

of study. A university must

clearly identify graduate stud-

ies as a distinct element within

its organization and must pro-

vide the additional faculty, facil-

ities, and resources necessary to

support graduate programs.”

even though it is a step up to

become a university, some have

lingering concerns or apprehen-

sions about the name change.

Junior Lauren Pettiglio is excit-

ed but says she had some slight

reservation. “Part of me is sad

because Bentley College indi-

cates something smaller and

close knit, but I am also excited

to embrace the prestige of being

a university.” Provost Galliers,

understands those and similar

concerns but said that the focus

of the university has not shifted

away from a focus on “attention

to students and innovations in

relation to curriculum.” He

added that a continued focus on

teaching and learning were “not

only [for] the students but the

faculty are continually learning

to keep up to date in their fields”

as well.

For some students, most

specifically those who find them-

selves having already graduated

from the institution, with diplo-

mas from “Bentley College” on

their mantels, feelings may be

mixed. However the Provost

saw no reason why alumni

should feel anything but than

great pride in their alma mater.

He has spoken with members of

an international alumni council

for the school and found many

were “really excited that their

alma mater was called Bentley

University.”

While some concerns remain,

student reaction to the name

change generally has been pos-

itive. Students flocked down to

the Greenspace and in front of

Rauch late last week to cele-

brate the name change and

receive their first “Bentley

University” t-shirts. ”

Freshman Mark Savage was

particularly excited about the

change as well. “I feel like it’s a

great achievement for the

school, and it will open up more

opportunities in the future.”

The benefits of the change,

reach well beyond merely updat-

ing resumes new t-shirts and

other aesthetic changes. The

name change speaks to the ris-

ing quality of the school, as the

Provost explained. “We have

been developing Bentley as an

institution for more than a

decade. The quality of the stu-

dents has improved year [after]

year. It’s pretty difficult to get

into Bentley these days. It’s

tough, you have to prove your-

self. Same is true with faculty.

We get a very large number of

job postings for faculty, and we

can be very selective as far as

who we choose for faculty. That

will continue and be enormous-

ly beneficial in that regard.”

Bentley College becomes Bentley UniversityBy Tom HoelerFORMeR eDITOR IN CHIeF

Molly Delaney/THE VANGUARDNew banners around campus celebrate the name change.

By Dan MericaNeWS CORReSPONDeNT

Online bathroom wall hits Bentley, campus concerned

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

October 30, 2008 edition of The

Vanguard.

Gossip.It is prevalent in much

of what we deem as culture and

for many, has become part of

everyday life. Recently though,

gossip once viewed from afar, is

hitting close to home for many

students at Bentley.

Hiding behind a veil of

anonymity, gossip forum sites

are a new phenomenon to the

internet. While they offer posters

the ability for totally anonymous

free speech about “what matters

to them, in a manner that they

deem acceptable”, many of its

detractors say that the anonymi-

ty just heightens the likelihood

of hate speech.

The site that has affected

Bentley the most is Juicy

Campus. As the sites FAQ page

indicates it is a site that pledges

to “comply with lawful subpoe-

nas because we have to, but if

some university President called

us asking for a favor, we’d tell

him to go screw himself,”

“It takes a lifetime to build a

reputation, but at the same time,

a reputation can be destroyed in

an instant on many Internet

sites,” said a visibly upset

Kathleen Yorkis, Vice President

of Student Affairs.

In a recent mass email from

Yorkis, the Bentley community

was warned about the dangers

of irresponsible internet usage

and the repercussions from dis-

seminating hateful speech.

“Like any technology, the

internet can be misused,” read

the email, “Because of its

anonymity and accessibility, it

can be used to disseminate hate-

ful, hurtful and inappropriate

expressions… Hate and intoler-

ance have no place at Bentley.”

After receiving emails from a

number of Bentley students who

were collectively concerned

about Juicy Campus, together,

Yorkis and President Gloria

Larson found it necessary to

take steps to respond to these

concerns.

Working together with cam-

pus offices and organizations,

including Student Government

Association, Bentley is currently

attempting to respond to stu-

dents concerns, by monitoring

the site and talking to students.

They have also talked to other

colleges and institutions that

have found themselves in the

same situation.

“What they have shared with

us is that usually when a school

gets named on a site, there is a

high amount of activity that hits

fast and furious but is present

for usually a month and then

fades away,” said Yorkis.

While the administration

hopes to see the popularity of

sites like Juicy Campus slip into

the ebb and flow of the internet,

many students are left with the

reputation being attacked and

questioning what their rights

really are.

Gossip web sites, that offer

people the right to participate in

free, anonymous speech, are pro-

tected under Communications

Decency Act of 1996. The section

states “no provider or user of an

interactive computer service

shall be treated as the publish-

er or speaker of any information

provided by another information

content provider.”

Michael Fertik, founder of

John Apuzzo/THE VANGUARD

reputationdefender.com reiter-

ated, “Legally, Juicy Campus is

fully, absolutely immune, no

matter what it runs on its site

from users, just like AOL is not

responsible for nasty comments

in its AOL chat rooms.”

While filing suit may not be

an option, college and universi-

ty campuses are in a unique

position.

With many schools, including

Bentley, using one broad inter-

net service for the entire cam-

pus, there has been precedent at

other universities for sites to be

blocked if they are deemed

unwanted or unnecessary. In

February of this year, the stu-

dent government at Pepperdine

in Malibu, California passed a

resolution imploring the admin-

istration to restrict Juicy

Campus. Similar bans have

been addressed at Colombia,

Yale and by Greek organizations

at all ten University of California

campuses, though at this time,

none have censured Juicy

Campus.

This trend is also true at

Bentley, where there is no simi-

lar plan in the works.

“I don’t think that’s the right

approach,” said Judith Malone,

General Counsel for Bentley,

“Students come here, 18 plus

years old, they are about to go

into the adult world, and they’re

not going to be blocked from stuff

out there.”

THE VANGUARD APRIL 29, 2010 PAGE 23DecaDe of News

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARDThe Mongolian Grill was a major addition to

the dining plan this year.

Students’ Project H2O works to improve lives in NepalBy Jessica GranvilleSTAFF WRITER

Courtesy of Project H2OMillions of Nepali citizens suffer water shortages.

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in the

April 9, 2009 issue.

Project H2O embodies

Bentley University’s ideology to

mix liberal arts with a core busi-

ness program. Bentley sopho-

more Ankur Agrawal’s chem-

istry c lass , NASC 122:

Environmental Chemistry, last

semester catalyzed his entrepre-

neurial vision as he tested sam-

ples of water around Boston for

signs of pollution.

As a class requirement, he

was asked by Professor Elva

Wohlers to investigate informa-

tion about water from his home

country of Nepal and came

across many devastating aspects

of the Nepal economy. While

doing research on the country

and its resources, he was able to

find out that a vast percentage

of Nepal’s drinking water pro-

duced a high content of arsenic

which is toxic and highly detri-

mental to a person’s health, con-

tributing most often to death.

A shortage of safe drinking

water is prominent in many of

Nepal’s rural villages, and a

large proportion of Nepal’s pop-

ulation lives below the national

poverty line. This catastrophe

rendered an epiphany for

Agrawal, and he strived to

uncover a resolution to this

international predicament.

Upon return from winter

break, Agrawal, now a senior at

Bentley, brainstormed the idea

of a fundraiser. After a candid

discussion with friend and

Bentley junior Vinay Gokaldas

(Founder, Bentley Red for Africa

Initiative & Project H2Os graph-

ic designer), Agrawal finalized

the design for Project H2O,

whose mission is to raise funds

which he will directly donate to

two NGO’s, the NGO Forum

Nepal and NEWAH (Nepal

Water for Health). He vows to

work by these companies to

ensure that all of the proceeds

are invested properly to provide

clean drinking water to villages

in Nepal.

Agrawal has come up with

many ideas and activities to gain

revenue for his project.

He has specifically contacted

companies such as Microsoft and

Liberty Mutual, obtaining vari-

ous goods to raffle off, and the

money from the raffle tickets will

be given to these NGOs. He

accessed these goods by submit-

ting business proposals to these

top-tier companies, which eluci-

dates how our General Business

classes are actually implement-

ed into real-life scenarios.

Project H2O recently held a

FIFA tournament and profitably

raised about $360, where

Agrawal and his co-partners sold

music CD’s produced by Outré, a

company of music artists which

is promoted and founded by

another Bentley student, Rafic

Ghandour.

Outré has created an innova-

tive song on Nepal “Paani

Bokera,” which was played at

the event.

Many other events have been

planned including an outdoor

concert this Spring Day. The

Spring Day Committee will

charge now merely dollar for a

wristband, to which the proceeds

will go directly to Project H2O.

Hopefully, Bentley’s student

population will find donating

merely one dollar to be advanta-

geous for it will provide safe

drinking water to many rural

villages in Nepal, and plausibly

save lives overseas.

He plans to raise funds

through the concert as well,

where the outdoor concert will

provide Bentley musicians a

place to perform; this has never

happened before! Definitely take

some time on Spring Day to

check them out.

To take part in the initiative,

there are many co-sponsored

events around campus to attend,

and there are CD’s up for pur-

chase. Agrawal has come up

with an innovative idea, explor-

ing Bentley’s talent to find cre-

ative and gifted bands and indi-

viduals to record to a mixed CD.

Purchasing this CD for only

five dollars allows you to explore

Bentley’s musical talent, as well

as contribute to an excellent

cause. Another way to contribute

to Project H2O would be to

make small contribution via

their website ,

www.bentleyH2O.com.

The efforts of Project H2O

look to produce favorable results

in the future, for Project H2O

has already had a drastic impact

on the Bentley community, and

on Nepal itself.

Agrawal is setting an exam-

ple as a true entrepreneur, on a

mission to expunge toxic waste

from Nepal’s drinking water and

provide them with water which

is safe.

Dining experience faces significant overhaulMeal Plans totally reconfigured from block to weekly, Seasons Dining Hall to add new Mongolian GrillBy Jon McColganEDITOR IN CHIEF

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in the

April 16, 2009 issue.

Students at Bent ley

University can anticipate sig-

nificant changes to their dining

experience on campus next fall.

A complete overhaul of the

board meal plans, major reno-

vations to Seasons Dining Hall

and the Student Center, as well

as possible changes to other

dining venues are planned.

The meal plans, which were

re-designed only a few years

ago to a block system without

“meal swipes” at venues and

facilities other than Seasons,

face restructuring to a new for-

mat.

Students next year will

receive weekly allowances of

meal swipes for Seasons, rang-

ing from 5 meal swipes a week

for the apartments-only plan to

unlimited swipes in the new

Super Value plan.

The middle plans include 10,

15, and 17 swipes a week, with

varying amounts of discre-

tionary dollars.

The swipes would not roll

over, which means that if a stu-

dent did not use all of their

swipes in a given week, those

swipes are eliminated and the

new week ’s set beg ins .

Discretionary dollars would

remain in a semester-block for-

mat that students can spend at

will at dining venues through-

out campus.

According to Dining Services,

the Super Value plan, which is

the new unlimited swipe plan,

provides students with a 20%

discount at other dining venues

on campus (excluding Dunkin

Donuts in Collins Hall), along

with $25 more discretionary per

semester than the current

unlimited block plan.

Ronald Ardizonne, director

of Housing & Student Systems,

helped design the new plans in

partnership with Sodexo, and

commented that “Students will

actually see a net increase in

swipes over the course of

semester, and the new plans

give students an additional

meal plan to choose from.”

Meal plan prices have

increased by the 3-4% that

President Gloria Larson pre-

dicted in a letter to parents last

month, with plans rising by

$130 to $180 in price.

Another major meal plan

policy shift being made is pro-

viding freshmen students next

year an option for their meal

plan in the very first semester.

Kathleen Yorkis, vice presi-

dent of Student Affairs ,

explained in an e-mail to The

Vanguard, “One of the most fre-

quent concerns from first year

students in particular was the

lack of choice in meal plans.

Currently all first year students

are required to be on the ‘unlim-

ited’ meal plan. Part of this is a

licensing issue from the City of

Waltham, part of this is inten-

tional on Bentley’s part.”

“The unlimited plan affords

students the most flexibility in

figuring out and adjusting their

eating patterns. However, the

new plans will allow first year

students an additional option

for their first year, which is

what many have asked for,”

sa id Yorkis . “The other

expressed desire is discre-

tionary money. The new plans

offer the same and in some

cases increased amounts of dis-

cretionary money.”

The incoming freshmen class

would be able to select from

either the Super Value or Value

17 plans, while upperclassmen

living in halls or suites would

need to select the Value 10, 15,

17, or Super Value plans. Value

5 is available only to students

living in an apartment.

Seasons Dining Hall with

the rest of the second level of

the Student Center will under-

go dramatic renovations to

include a new Mongolian Grill,

which is a venue similar to the

popular restaurant Fire & Ice

in Harvard Square frequented

by Bentley students.

The installation of the grill

would occur over the summer,

and John Beigbeder, the

Operations Manager for Sodexo

at Bentley articulated that “The

grill would be a part of the

board plan and be included in

a swipe, just like pizza and the

salad bar available in the cur-

rent servery.”

Plans have been commis-

sioned by Bentley from the

architecture firm that designed

Fire & Ice in Harvard Square,

and the Grill will most likely be

placed in the current TV sitting

area in Seasons. The 1917

Tavern (“the Pub”) and Games

Room would be reconfigured,

and more stool-like seating

would be added outside of the

dining hall for Harry’s.

Andrew Shepardson, dean of

Student Affairs, informed The

Vanguard that despite rumors

that the Grill would put the

Pub in jeopardy, “The Pub and

Games Room will still exist. We

have not seen the final draw-

ings, however, the latest ver-

sion that has been presented

creates a more cohesive flow

between the Grill, the Pub and

the Games Room by opening up

the space. The Pub will still be

open for programs and alcohol

service on Thursday, Friday

and Saturday evenings.”

When asked if the installa-

tion of the Mongolian Grill

meant other dining services in

Seasons would be cut ,

Shepardson responded, “No, in

fact students on the board plan

will experience enhanced fea-

tures with the addition of the

Mongolian Grill. Sodexo in

partnership with Bentley has

worked hard to introduce new

programmatic features to

Seasons (Global Chef, Plated

Dinners and the Balanced

Way) as well as providing a

greater variety of offerings.”

These changes are a part of

a major master plan being

developed by Sodexo and

Bentley to overhaul the entire

dining experience on campus.

Vice President Yorkis said,

“Bentley is committed to

reviewing the meal plans on an

annual basis – realizing that

student trends and desires

change it is important to stay

current with what students are

looking for in a meal plan.”

PAGE 24 APRIL 29, 2010 THE VAnGUARDDecaDe of News

Administration to curb amount of campus giveawaysTight budgeting for organizations sighted; Change to Bentley culture intendedBy Dan MericanEWS CORRESPOnDEnT

Free t-shirts have been a popular Bentley

tradition for many years, as seen above.

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

October 29, 2009 issue.

In a time of tight budgets,

clubs and organizations are

striving to curtail the number of

give-aways to Bentley students.

However, to some administra-

tors, cutting giveaways is more

than just a budget remedy, it is

a necessary change to the

Bentley culture.

“Bentley students go crazy for

t-shirts,” said Jessica Kenerson,

program coordinator for Student

Activities. “I personally have no

problem giving Bentley students

something at an event, but I

don’t want to give away some-

thing they are just going to

throw away the next day.”

To some students, the cut-

backs have been apparent,

while others haven’t noticed.

“Somehow at Bentley we have

enabled a culture where you

need an incentive to go to some-

thing,” said Maria DiLorenzo,

director of Student Activities

and family Programming. “It is

unfortunate, you wish there was

a natural desire without the

incentive.”

Kenerson echoed DiLorenzo’s

sentiment, stating “all govern-

ing bodies are stressing putting

focus more on the event, not just

the giveaway.”

Giveaways are not specific to

just athletic events, like many

students believe. Everything

from the Career fair to senior

meetings, from Homecoming to

the Activities fair has a compo-

nent of free giveaways.

Many students believe that

free giveaways are part of the

Bentley culture, something they

are entitled to. “My tuition con-

tinues to go up and the free give-

aways have gone down,” said

senior Kristine Clements, “I

don’t think that’s fair.”

There was no true start date

to giveaways at Bentley, with

countless events tracing a his-

tory of using them to draw in

students. While the amount of

giveaways was on the rise two

years ago, the last two years

have signaled a shift in policy.

Arguably one of the most pop-

ular types of giveaway is at ath-

letic events, with the ever-pop-

ular falconSpirit Superfan T-

shirt being the main draw. “The

Superfan shirt is like your pass

to get free giveaways,” says

Christine Palumbo, associate

director of Student Activities,

“We give them out at all differ-

ent events.”

Superfan t-shirts are given

away at a number of Bentley

sporting events and acts as a

pass for other giveaways. When

a student wears a Superfan t-

shirt to sporting events, more

give-aways are available to

them, ranging from other t-

shirts to food.

Even with the popularity of

Superfan events, Palumbo

noted, “The whole culture of giv-

ing stuff away has gone down;

it is not half of what it used to

be. Some feel that they may

have lost something somehow,

but the reality is that they

haven’t, the money is still being

used in different ways.”

When asked where else the

money is being spent, Palumbo

pointed out that money that

would have been spent on give-

aways is now being spent on the

event itself.

It is not secret, however, that

clubs and organizations budg-

ets have been affected by a

downturn in the economy.

“We have to give fewer give-

aways,” said Kenerson, “it’s as

simple as that, there is less

money in the budget and not

just for CAB.”

“Well, it makes sense to make

cuts,” said senior Megan

Higgins, “we shouldn’t be wast-

ing our money on free give-

aways when there certainly

could be uses for the money…

like paying for my financial aid.”

Other initiates have given

Bentley students the opportuni-

ty to return their free give-

aways. Last year, Maria

DiLorenzo and representatives

in the Service Learning Office

organized a fundraiser that

asked students to donate at

least one t-shirt with some sort

Jon McColgan/THE VANGUARD

of Bentley insignia.

“We felt that every Bentley

student had at least one t-shirt

that they didn’t wear,” said

DiLorenzo. While most stu-

dents brought one or two t-

shirts, according to DiLorenzo,

some students brought bags,

with one senior donating 25

Bentley t-shirts.

T-shirts went to local causes

like Sandra’s Lodge and other

charities, with many others

going to the Bentley-supported

orphanage in Ghana.

The question that many

involved are left asking them-

selves, from students to staff, is

whether free giveaways work.

“Do they get people at events?

Yes. Do they keep people at

events? no,” lamented

DiLorenzo, “It gets students to

line up to show up and get their

free t-shirts and then they will

often leave the event instead of

staying and enjoying.”

To Palumbo, it’s not about the

events, but about the effect give-

away’s have on students. “You

really see the ugly side of

Bentley when we have give-

aways,” said Palumbo, “People

argue. People are mad. People

get aggressive.”

“I think there is a fine line

between being excessive and

being spirited and I feel like we

are starting to figure out where

that is,” said Kenerson, “We are

still trying to get our footing

with that.”

Project Haiti launches here on campusStudents & the administration look to make a difference in national earthquake disaster

By Kim SokVAnGUARD STAff

Roahan Kapoor/THE VANGUARDFrom President Larson to performer Adam Payne, Bentley seems ready for action.

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

March 4, 2010 issue.

In the wake of the tragedy

that has unfolded from the dev-

astating Haiti earthquake,

members of the Bentley commu-

nity have come together to initi-

ate a plan of relief, action, and

hope: Project Hait i : The

Redevelopment.

“Project Haiti is a fundraiser

campaign, launched by the stu-

dents of Bentley University with

the mission to raise funds that

will be invested in providing

relief to the victims of the disas-

trous earthquake in Haiti,” cites

Project Haiti’s official website,

projecthaiti.engiteering.com.

Project Haiti will involve

three main events: the Launch

Event, the Carnival Event, and

Spring Day. The Project will also

receive contributions from small-

er events and donators through-

out the semester. Developers of

the campaign hope to pool all of

the money and allocate it into

immediate relief as well as into

redevelopment through mirco-

financing. To kick off the project,

the Launch Event took place in

the Wilder Pavilion on March 1.

“Our community should not

only pledge to a better place for

us, but also pledge to a better

place for the world,” Project

Haiti team member Tyler

Williams noted before introduc-

ing President Gloria Larson.

“Our hearts go to all of those

who have lost loved ones and to

those who continue to struggle,

needing help, relief, and shelter,”

said President Larson. She then

commented on Bentley students’

support of Haiti, stating, “I am

proud of so many people step-

ping forward to reach out to fam-

ilies in Haiti…I am proud to be

a member of an immense com-

munity.”

President Larson went on to

say how the raised funds will go

towards ShelterBox. This non-

profit organization uses 90 per-

cent of its proceeds towards

sending disaster relief packages,

which areassortments of 10-per-

son tents, cooking and utilities

supplies, tools, blankets, water

purification systems, and other

life-saving provisions. President

Larson remarked how

ShelterBox reflects an important

business concept, “tangible,

time-sensitive results.”

“As of now, we hope to raise

$30,000,” Haiti team member

Dan Merica later commented.

“We have set our goal high,

for we feel it is important to set

an example and put forth our

best efforts to reach this goal.”

“The objective for the micro-

finance is the redevelopment

aspect of our project,” explained

another Haiti team member,

Aayush Agrawal. “Once the big

organizations, cameras, and

businesses leave Haiti, mirco-

financing will provide entrepre-

neurs resources in order to

develop the Haitian communi-

ties and economy. It will bring

Haitians back to their state and

help them grow,” Agrawal con-

tinued.

Merica explained how “when

a home gets destroyed in a disas-

ter, the inhabitants do not need

shelter and relief in a few days

or weeks; they need it the next

day.”

For more information on

Project Haiti, please visit the

Project’s website.

Congratulations to the 2010-2011Resident Assistants!

aldergregg Bucci

Stephanie WilliamsJoselinda Correia

Birchdesiree daniels

Steven CostaKristin Chan

CedarJames Cruise

Sarah lacailladeJosh McKinnon

elmChris Collins

Michael ravesiElena Berezovsky (HRA)

Miquel Mora

MapleJamie Carrilloemily MaherCarl Forziati

Oakruan O’Keefe

Michael Magiloryan Vermette

Spruceravina MuthaJake CapistranChristina gangi

MillerChris Schoder

peter JurikBrianna Morrissey

lakeya gravesJordan McCarthy

adam BesselJessica ngo

Conor Finnertydavid pereira

SladeChris parmanand

Katie augerJeffrey robertVann Taylor

Ryan Olson (HRA)Malini Samtani

Taylor guayJoseph nascembeni

James germain

Fenway

Yash Vazirani

Jonathan Carison

Cynthia lam

eric ndungru

edith Joachimpillai

Mcgovern reynolds

antony Khalife

Charles Juliano

Orchard north

Richard Adjei (HRA)

elaine Carroll

Orchard South

daniel Christo

rosanna Mercedes

Megan Farnsworth

Copley north

Jon McColgan (HRA)

paige piper

Matthew gottlieb

akhil Chimnani

Copley South

iris leungMarc Chevaleau

angela diaco

elliot gordon

Cape/Castle/Stratton

Jen Johnson

Charles Tiu

Forest

daniel Brosnan

Katelyn doherty

afton dean

Mike Cincotta (HRA)

Jimmy Baw

Kiley Connolly

hima Chilakalpudi

levy Monteiro

Kresge

lauren albanese

Zach renschler

Jonathan rockett

Kelsey St. andre

Brenna Foley

richard pini

Falcone east

Keith dugas

Falcone north

robert Monticchio

emily Travers

Falcone West

Alexa Zozzaro (HRA)

Keisha Johnson

north Campus a

Tyler Carr

north Campus B

Steven harvey

north Campus C

lauren Westling

north Campus d

Joseph dzerjacz

rhodes

rebecca andrews

david Finch

Sandra lonescu

Justin Kemmerer

Boylston a

erica Smith

Boylston B

daniel Weidel

Collins

Emily Budlong (HRA)

Sam Streeter

dominique Miles

andrew leffler

pamela Cieslak

Tom hadala

The Vanguard april 29, 2010 page 25Residence Life

PAGE 26 APRIL 29, 2010 THE VANGuARDStudent Governance

Congratulations to the 2010-2011Student Leaders election winners!

Student Government Association

President: Michael Kearney

Executive VP: Erik Ginthwain

VP of Academic Affairs: Maggy Reynolds

VP of Diversity Affairs: Laura Cordero

VP of Internal Affairs: Kara Bohde

VP of Marketing & Comm.: Sucheta Desai

VP of IT: Corey Goodermote

VP of Student Affairs: Christopher Hayes

VP of Facil. & Sustain.: Christina Samellas

SGA Senators

Brian Bovino

Steven Correia

Aurielle Goldfarb

Olivia Jernsten

Austin Parker

Stephen Perkins

Jonathan Shih

Spencer Tirella

Coral Trivedi

Kerrin Welch

Sophomore Class Cabinet

Lindsey Albert

Patrick Maguire

Patrick McGoldrick

Katie Miller

Patrick Rielly

Shauna Sarsfield

Kim Sok

Junior Class Cabinet

Natalie Caldwell

Alecia Coleman

Ally Malonis

Bobby Reardon

Steven Varga

Amy Wagner

Lauren Zinn

Senior Class Cabinet

Michelle Barbino

Mary-Catherine Citarelli

Andrew Leffler

Crissi Mann

Marc Santilli

Puja Shah

Christopher Talevi

Association of BentleyActivities

President: Grace Seme

VP: Khaled Al-Amiri

VP of Org Recognition:Matthew Somma

Communications Director:Emily Strunk

Allocation and InternalAudit

Chair: Elise Hanaoka

AIA Liaisons

Michael Bloomberg

Josh Brooks

Ryan DeChance

Evan Honeyman

Ali Kane

Kyle Nives

Nick Sozio

Kaitlin Wallis

Ashley Wu

THE VANGUARD APRIL 29, 2010 PAGE 27DecaDe of SportS

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the March 20, 2003 issue.

Monday night the Dana

Center looked like a scene

out o f a mov ie : Bent l ey

College Police directing traf-

fic, cars from all over New

England, reporters and tele-

vision crews, and one thou-

sand screaming Bentley

fans.

The stage was set for the

Falcons Women’s Basketball

game aga inst Stonehi l l

Monday night for a trip to

the E l i te E ight and the

NCAA Division II Regional

Championship.

Entering the Dana Center

it seemed like every student

on campus was jammed into

the bleachers to witness a

truly unstoppable force, our

very own women’s basketball

team.

Blue and gold balloons

arched over the entrance to

the court welcomed fans as

Next stop for Bentley Women’s Basketball, Elite Eight

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

By Christopher Deptula

FoRMER STAFF WRITER

Women’s Field Hockey captures Division II National Championship

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

a fall 2001 issue.

The school record 22nd

v i c t o r y f o r t h e B e n t l e y

College field hockey team

was it’s most important, as

the Falcons captured their

f i r s t e v e r D i v i s i o n I I

National Championship in

front of a jubi lant home

crowd . Sophomores L i z

M c K e n n a a n d L a u r e n

Galenski each had a goal and

an assist in the 4-2 win over

E a s t S t r o u d s b u r g

University.

Bentley came ready to

play, as they got out to a 2-0

lead by halftime. After con-

trolling play for about eight

straight minutes, Kristyn

Bates tallied the first goal of

the game with 26:14 remain-

ing in the first half. A shot by

Carolyn Bolster sent East

Stroudsburg goalkeeper

Kelly Wagner sprawling in

front of the cage. Bates was

able to capitalize on the

scramble and pocket the first

goal.

Senior co-captain Alicia

Cabrera knew all along just

how important scoring first

was. "Before the game I had

a lot of confidence in my

team and knew how badly

we all wanted to win it. I

knew it would be huge for

either team who scored first,

so after we got the initial

goal I had a good feeling

about the whole game. I

think after we scored the

first one, we knew we could

do it again so we began a

very offensive game."

T h e W a r r i o r s o f E a s t

Stroudsburg attempted to

swing the momentum, as

they were able to pressure

the Falcons in their end of

the field after the Bentley

goal. However, Bentley was

undaunted and scored again

with 13:02 remaining in the

first half to increase the lead

to 2-0. Lauren Galenski fired

a free shot from just outside

the circle, which was deflect-

ed by Liz McKenna into the

top of the cage.

Momentum was clearly in

the Falcon's favor; the girls

of Bentley College showed

increasing energy in the first

half, as McKenna made a

head-first dive attempting to

save a ball from going over

the end line. Bentley had

another flurry with under

one minute to go in the first

half, but Wagner turned

aside a couple of shots and

B e n t l e y w a s u n a b l e t o

increase their lead going into

halftime.

The second half started

similarly for the Falcons, as

they tallied another goal

w i t h 2 8 : 5 4 r e m a i n i n g .

Galenski was the recipient of

a perfect pass out in front of

the cage from Bates, and she

fired a spinning shot that

struck the back of the goal,

increasing Bentley's lead to

3-0.

East Stroudsburg was able

to cut into the deficit just

over a minute later, howev-

er. Michelle Butkus scored

the Warriors' first goal of the

game with 27:40 on an assist

f r o m K a t e D i d e o n .

Sophomore goalkeeper Liz

Novis was able to keep the

Falcon's lead at two when

she came way out of the goal

to cut down several Warrior

shots in an impressive dis-

play of saves with 18:40

remaining in the game.

With just 13:49 to go in

the season, Bentley put the

game out of reach. Freshman

Kerry Kopec forced an East

Stroudsburg turnover on a

fine defensive play, and sent

a p a s s u p t h e f i e l d t o

McKenna. McKenna some-

how threaded the needle on

a per fe c t pass t o A l i c ia

Cabrera, who fired a shot

into the cage to make the

score 4 -1 . Sara Gorman

scored for the Warriors with

just 2:46 in the game, but

Bentley College had the

game, and their first Division

II National Championship,

locked up.

B e n t l e y c o a c h K e l l y

M c G o w a n a c c e p t e d t h e

championship trophy along

with her team in the post-

cheerleaders were entertain-

ing the crowd, the Falcon

was making the young fans

smile, and the pep band was

pumping even more life into

the already psyched crowd.

Both teams took the court

with a lot of energy. Both

Bentley and Stonehill com-

bined for just 50 first half

p o i n t s , h o w e v e r i t w a s

Bentley with the 6 point

edge, 28-22, going into the

half.

The second half showed

both the offensive and defen-

sive power of the Falcons.

After a quick two points by

Stonehill, Bentley ran the

floor going on a 9-0 run for

t h e n e x t f i v e m i n u t e s .

During the run, the Falcon

defense held Stonehill to

poor shots and sloppy pass-

es.

With leads as high as 24,

points the Falcons success-

fully slowed down the pace

of the game and eventually

won, defeating Stonehill by

a score of 66-44.

Holding Stonehill to just

44 points, 22 below their sea-

son average, the Falcons

made it look easy as fans

stood on their feet to cele-

brate during the final sec-

onds of the game.

Junior guard Keri Flynn

who had a game high 20

points led Bentley to the vic-

tory. Flynn’s performance

allowed her to break Kim

Penwell’s single season field

goal record of 228 with 230

thus far.

Flynn also came within

seven points of the Bentley

season record of (615) and

topped 1,200 for her career

(now with 1,219).

outstand performances

were also received by senior

center Sara Wright and jun-

By Joseph MarianoFoRMER SPoRTS EDIToR

ior forward Becky Davison

who both chipped in with

eleven points each. Wright

also helped the Falcons down

low with twelve rebounds,

which gave her an incredible

fifteen double doubles for the

season. Davison was three

for five from the three-point

line

Senior Liz Leonard helped

the cause with eight points

and eight assists, along with

Shevon Gibbons, who came

off the bench with seven

points and seven rebounds.

Sophomore guard Chanté

Bonds a lso came of f the

bench to score three points

and grabbed six rebounds

and had four assists.

F lynn was named the

Most Valuable Player of the

Northeast Regional, and

W r i g h t , D a v i s o n , a n d

Leonard were named to the

all-tournament team.

Third ranked Bentley will

next travel to St. Joseph,

Missouri , to take on the

1 8 t h - r a n k e d C e n t r a l

Arkansas at 7 p.m. CST on

March 26. Central Arkansas,

who is seeded number three

in the South bracket, beat

number one Arkansas Tech.

68-54, to advance to the Elite

Eight.

With much stamina and hard work the Lady

Falcons made it to the Elite Eight in 2003.

g a m e c e r e m o n y . F o u r

Bentley players were hon-

ored after the game as mem-

bers of the All-Tournament

team: juniors Kristyn Bates

and Diana DeMain, and sen-

iors Allyson Bunce and Alicia

Cabrera.

As one of two lone seniors

on the team, Cabrera real-

izes that winning the title in

her last collegiate games is

the best way to end her

career.

"I do not think there could

be a better way to end a

career on my home turn and

w i t h a N a t i o n a l t i t l e .

Personally, I am really proud

of my team this year and we

definitely could not have

made it without our coach

(Kelly McGowan) who is the

reason our program is so

strong."

For the field hockey team

to win a national champi-

onship is one thing, but to do

it in such a classy manner as

they did just makes an ever

better statement. Their

actions did not go unnoticed.

A c c o r d i n g t o B e n t l e y

College President Joseph

Morone, "winning a national

championship is a wonderful

accomplishment, but aside

from their winning record,

this team is also known for

its determination, team spir-

it and hard work. Anyone

watching this team, reading

about them in the Boston

Globe, or seeing them on the

local news, can't help but be

i m p r e s s e d , a n d t h a t o f

course, reinforces Bentley's

reputation as a school that

attracts first-rate student

athletes. This reputation

becomes a self-fulfi l l ing

prophecy."

This team made one final

statement: good guys do not

a l w a y s f i n i s h l a s t .

Congratulations!

Courtesy of Richard OrrThe Field Hockey team won the National Championship.

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Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in

the October 30, 2003 issue.

Sen ior ta i l back Andy

b r e d a b e c a m e b e n t l e y

College's all-time leading

rusher, broke another school

record with his fifth straight

100-yard rushing day and

tied another bentley record

by rushing for four touch-

downs as the 8-0 Falcons,

#19 in Division ii, celebrat-

ed Homecoming with a 62-0

rout of Division iii Plymouth

State Saturday afternoon

before 2,187 fans.

undefeated bentley, with

its 23rd straight win over a

new england opponent and

13th consecutive win at

home, scored on its f irst

seven possessions en route to

a 48-0 halftime lead. Five of

the Falcons' nine touch-

downs came off turnovers,

a n d t h e s h u t o u t w a s

bentley's 26th since 1990.

breda, who like most of

the bentley starters played

only the first half, gained

129 yards in 15 carries to

displace greg novarro (2,628

yards from 1990-92) as the

top rusher in the program's

history.

He currently has 2,661 in

529 carries, seven fewer than

novarro had. it was the sec-

ond time in his career that

he has scored four touch-

downs, a feat he had previ-

ously achieved nov. 16, 2002

at Stonehill.

breda's first tD was a 13-

yard run, two plays after a

short punt and a 15-yard

punt return by junior Mark

Sullivan had given bentley

the ball on the Plymouth 19.

Plymouth's next posses-

sion ended with an intercep-

t i o n b y s o p h o m o r e J e f f

Molesso, which he returned

six yards to the Panther 24.

After a 10-yard run by

breda, a sack and a Falcon

penalty, junior Marc eddy

connected with senior taj

Washington on a 31-yard

scoring pass, and less than

six minutes into the game, it

was 14-0.

breda rushed for two more

scores before the opening

quarter expired, both cap-

ping four-play drives that

started at Plymouth's 49 and

47 yard lines, respectively.

the first was a five-yard run

and the second covered 14.

bentley added three more

scores in the second quarter,

a 26-yard run by senior full-

back Patrick Kent, a nine-

yard run by breda that made

him the school's career rush-

ing leader and a 16-yard

pass by eddy to Washington.

eddy, who now has 23 tD

passes on the season and 77

for his career, finished nine

of 11 for 152 yards.

the last two tDs of the

second period came off take-

aways, a fumble recovery by

sophomore linebacker tom

Higginbotham and an inter-

ception by freshman Derrick

Marsan.

Following a scoreless third

period, bentley scored a pair

in the final stanza, a 25-yard

pass from sophomore Joe

burgoyne to freshman Kyle

goodwin and a six-yard run

b y s e n i o r f u l l b a c k t i m

o'Donnell, the first tD of his

career.

both times, bentley took

possession of the ball on a

fumble recovery, the first by

freshman Leo Latraverse

Record day for Breda, Bentley wins Homecoming 62-0By Richard Lipe

Contributing Writer

while playing the entire sec-

ond half, and junior Dallas

Mall topped eight bentley

receivers with four catches

for 81 yards.

Mall and breda both sur-

passed 3,000 career all-pur-

pose running yards, a mark

only two Falcons had previ-

ously reached in the pro-

gram's 32-year history.

Sophomore enzo tirino

booted eight extra points as

bentley topped the 60-point

plateau for just the third

time ever and the first time

in nine years.

in addit ion to the two

already mentioned, junior

Kyle York also had an inter-

ception for bentley, which

finished with six takeaways

and is now +16 in turnover

margin for the year.

P l y m o u t h S t a t e ( 0 - 7 )

received a big day from sen-

ior Jay Zinis, who saw action

on offense, defense and spe-

cial teams.

He caught five passes for

61 yards, had four kickoff

returns for 90 yards, a four-

yard punt return and seven

tackles.

bentley, the number two

team in the nCAA Division

ii northeast region, has a

b y e n e x t w e e k e n d a n d

returns to action nov. 8 at

Pace university.

and the second by classmate

Frederick Sabbs.

bentley amassed 27 first

downs while giving up only

five, and had a 494-104 edge

in total offense. the Falcon

offense was evenly split,

w i t h 2 4 4 y a r d s o n t h e

ground and 250 through the

air.

burgoyne completed eight

of 11 passes for 98 yards

Dowling outlasts Bentley in Five for NCAA Northeast Regional Title

Editor’s Note: This article

was originally published in the

December 1, 2005 issue.

Sophomore Justyna Michon

had 23 kills and junior irina

belozerova recorded 21 as top-

seeded Dowling College out-

lasted bentley in five games to

capture the 2005 nCAA

Division ii Women's Volleyball

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

Championship on Saturday

night at bryant university's

Chace Athletic Center.

Dowling, which earned a

trip to the elite eight (Dec. 1-

3), took the decisive fifth

game, 15-11, after the Falcons,

playing in their first-ever

regional final, forced it with a

30-26 win in game four .

bentley finished its season at

29-8.

bentley, which had been

swept by the golden Lions in

three games during the regu-

lar season, took the first game

30-26 but dropped the next

two 30-28 and 30-23 to fall

behind 2-1 in the match.

Senior captain Amber

gracey led bentley with 18

kills, 18 digs and three blocks,

and freshman Susan Harrahy

followed with 16 kills and 13

digs. Sophomore Christina

Sadowski put down 11 kills

and made six blocks, and

freshman tori Piskulick ran

the offense, with 42 assists.

in the opening game, the

Falcons used an 8-2 run to

turn a three-point deficit into

a 27-24 lead, with Sadowski

leading the way with two kills

and a block during the spurt.

With the lead at 28-26, kills by

gracey and Sadowski gave

bentley the win and Dowling

its first loss of the tournament.

the momentum carried into

the second game with bentley

using seven straight points to

open an 11-5 lead. Dowling

answered back wi th s ix

straight to completely erase

the advantage and eventually

went up s ix , 22 -16 . the

Falcons battled back to with-

in one before Michon provided

a match-tying kill.

After Dowling's win in

game three, bentley never

trailed in the fourth, a game it

broke open with a 9-1 run that

made it 25-13. the golden

Lions wouldn't go away, scor-

ing 12 of the next 14 points, to

get within two, 27-25. two

kills by freshman becca rector

helped to finish the victory for

the Falcons.

the golden Lions (31-8)

seized control of the final with

six unanswered points produc-

ing a commanding 10-4 lead.

they hit a sizzling .565 in the

game with 13 kills and no

errors.

Michon hit .449 in the

match with only one error in

49 attacks, and both Michon

and belozerova served three

of Dowling's 12 aces. Senior

Jana Cleveland registered 49

assists, and junior Marta

Slodnik topped the Lions

defensively with 19 kills.

it was the final career

match for four bentley seniors:

g r a c e y , l i b e r o K a t i e

Markstein, Kristen Johnson

and Jessica Lees. Markstein

had 23 digs, boosting her

school and conference record

career total to 2,289 (includ-

ing a bentley record 713 this

season). Johnson helped out

with 10 digs in her final action

as a collegian.

By Richard Lipe

Contributing Writer

Dowling won the fight in a heatedcompetition against Bentley.

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Courtesy of Richard LipeAndy Breda rushes for one of his four touchdowns

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Second straight perfect season leads to first ever Final FourBy Dan RyaboyForMer SPortS eDitor

Seniors Nate and Yusuf were the major catalysts

for the Falcons’ amazing seasons of perfection.

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the May

1, 2008 issue.

the Falcons are making it

tougher and tougher to come up

with an adjective for their suc-

cess. However, one word still

describes this team perfectly: his-

toric. this team will go down in

history as one of the best teams

in the history of new england

basketball. the Falcons set the

bar as high as possible last sea-

son, amassing 33 total wins and

advancing to their first-ever elite

eight, but this team surpassed

all those accolades by winning

34 games and advancing to the

Final Four.

the Falcons were once again

flawless in regular season play,

winning all of their ne-10 con-

ference games and any non-con-

ference foe that attempted to

defeat them. For a second

straight year, the Falcons went

unblemished through an

extremely tough regular season

and tournament in the ne-10.

the Falcons once again had a

very balanced team this season,

having four players score in dou-

ble figures. However, the two

clear leaders of this team were

the seniors; nate Fritsch and

Yusuf Abdul-Ali. Fritsch, an

incredible all-around player,

scored 13.1 points per game

while shooting 51% from the

field. Fritsch was second on the

team in rebounding, hauling in

5.5 boards per game; nate was

also the team leader in blocks,

amassing 30 blocked shots this

season.

Yusuf Abdul-Ali, the light-

ning-quick senior point guard,

was a steady and consistent con-

tributor for the Falcons all year

long. Yusuf averaged 11.9 points

per game, shooting an impres-

sive 48% from the field. Yusuf,

at 5’9”, was able to average an

impressive 4.1 rebounds and

amass 143 assists on the season.

After a successful freshman

campaign, Jason Westrol had a

breakout year for the Falcons as

he was the team’s leading scorer

at 15.1 points per game, shoot-

ing an impressive 52% from the

field. Along with being a scoring

threat for the Falcons, Westrol

was also their most prolific

rebounder, averaging 6.4

rebounds per game. Westrol

proved to be a sensational

defender as well as being far and

away the team’s leader with 75

steals.

Along with Yusuf, nate and

Jason, the steady hand of junior

shooting guard Lew Finnegan

played a large role in the

Falcons’ success. Lew averaged

13.9 point per game on 47%

shooting from the field.

the Falcons also received a lot

of talent and energy from the

freshman duo of tom Dowling

and brian tracey.

redshirt freshman Mike

Quinn also had a terrific season

for the Falcons, as in his first

action in collegiate basketball,

he nailed a team high 70 threes

this year. Quinn averaged an

impressive 7.6 points per game

on 36% shooting from the field.

Junior forward Mike Sikonski

added a lot of toughness to the

Falcons on the interior as he

played 14.2 minutes per game

scoring 4.5 points per game on

57% shooting. Mike was also sec-

ond on the team in blocks,

amassing 16 for the season.

this talented roster was able

to lead the Falcons to an unde-

feated season in the ne-10.

Despite the record saying zero

losses and the margin of victory

at a staggering 15.4 points per

game, there were definitely some

tests along the way for the

Falcons. the first big test came

at the Dana Center against

upstart Merrimack, as the

Warriors took the Falcons to

overtime before the Falcons

came out on top 85-82. in that

game, the Falcons got a com-

bined 64 points from Jason

Westrol, Lew Finnegan and

nate Fritsch.

the next big test for the

Falcons would come over winter

break as they squared off again

against a talented Le Moyne

team; the Dolphins also took the

Falcons to overtime and the

Falcons were once again able to

prevail 78-74.

the next test for the Falcons

came in one of the most memo-

rable regular season games all

year. the stage was set on

Family Weekend as the Falcons

took on bitter rival bryant and

the Falcons would once again be

pushed to the brink. in fact, Cecil

gresham hit a 3 point shot with

just over 8 seconds to play to give

bryant the lead, putting the

Falcons’ perfect season in jeop-

ardy. However, the Falcons

turned to Mr. big Shot and

Yusuf drove coast to coast and

made an incredible layup to give

the Falcons a 69-68 win.

the Falcons would go on to

win the ne-10 tourney with a

tough win over Le Moyne and by

beating Stonehil l and

Assumption fairly handily.

in the national tourney, the

Falcons got a big scare from

Merrimack once again as they

trailed the Warriors by 12 points

at halftime. However, the

Falcons dominated the second

half and won the game by 13

points. the Falcons would go on

to defeat bryant and

Assumption to earn a second

straight trip to the elite eight.

the national tourney put into

perspective the quality of the

ne-10 as the last four teams

standing in the northeast region

were all ne-10 teams.

the Falcons were able to be

the lone survivor of the four ne-

10 teams and advanced to the

elite eight where they took on

the north Alabama Lions. the

Falcons came out as the aggres-

sor and dominated on the offen-

sive end, putting up 102 points

and winning by a 102-92 mar-

gin. the Falcons were led by

Jason Westrol’s career best 26

points.

this set up a monster

rematch with the Winona State

Warriors, and the Falcons

seemed up to the challenge as

they held a 6 point lead at half-

time. the Falcons stood toe to

toe with the Warriors, but in the

last 8 minutes of the game the

Warriors made just enough

plays to beat the Falcons.

Despite the loss being disap-

pointing, it has to be put into per-

spective because the Warriors

went on to win the national

Championship. to add on to

that, the Warriors have won 2 of

the last 3 championships and

are 97-2 in the last three years;

the Warriors lost the 2 games by

a combined 3 points and are 2

plays away from being 99-0 and

3 time defending champions.

the Falcons have established

themselves as a national power-

house in D-ii and will be gun-

ning for a fifth ne-10 title next

year as the Falcons return a very

talented squad along with a very

formidable incoming class.

Bentley falls a mere game short of Atlantic Hockey crown

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

March 23, 2006 issue.

Holy Cross scored 4 power

play goals in a 5-2 win over

bentley in the Atlantic Hockey

Championship game Saturday

night at the Hart Center.

bentley, which had advanced

to the Atlantic Hockey

Championship game for the first

time in school history, fell short

of its first league championship

at the Division i level. the

Falcons ran out of steam after

posting back-to-back double

overtime wins in the first two

rounds of the playoffs, including

a 3-2 win over Mercyhurst the

night before. the Falcons were

done in on special teams as the

Crusaders converted on four of

nine power play opportunities

after bentley had held opponents

scoreless on 14 opportunities in

the previous two games of the

playoffs.

After a tight opening five min-

utes of play that saw the major-

ity of the play in the neutral

zone, bentley would create the

first scoring chance of the game.

A shot by Casey russell from the

right point was saved by tony

Quesada , but the rebound was

spilled back in front of the net

and ryan Mayhew fired a quick

shot just wide of the far post.

Holy Cross would score the

game’s opening goal with 7:46

remaining in the opening period

on the power play. Sophomore

Dale reinhardt got the puck

behind the goal and found tyler

Mcgregor, Atlantic Hockey

Player of the Year, on the

doorstep, where he shot past ray

Jean. bentley answered right

back with a goal from freshman

Dain Prewitt just 31 seconds

later. A rebound came back out

into the slot and ryan Lessnau

fired a shot that was deflected

by traffic in front of the goal.

With tony Quesada committed

to Lessnau’s shot, Prewitt slot-

ted home the loose puck into an

empty goal for a quick equaliz-

er.

the Crusaders would score

their second power play goal of

the period with 3:27 left in the

opening stanza to take a 2-1

lead.

Holy Cross would score the

first goal of the period on the

power play. napert-Frenette

fired a wrist shot over Jean’s left

shoulder and just under the

crossbar for his 15th goal this

season.

the Falcons would get back

within a goal 8:24 into the peri-

od as Jeff gumaer scored on

bentley’s two-man advantage.

the puck was cycled down to

gumaer to Quesada’s left from

the point and the freshman took

a shot from a tight angle that

was deflected by a Holy Cross

defenseman and beat Quesada

at the near post.

bentley’s momentum was

quickly extinguished as the

Falcons were whistled for anoth-

er penalty and Holy Cross would

score its fourth power play goal

of the night on its sixth power

play just midway through the

second period. Sean nappo and

Jon Landry broke into the

bentley zone on a partial two-

on-one for the goal.

nappo took a bentley

defenseman with him as he

curled into the left side of the

Holy Cross zone and hit nappo

in front of the net with a sharp

pass. nappo beat the bentley

defenseman trailing him to the

front of the goal and chipped a

shot over Jean to put Holy cross

up 4-2.

the Crusaders took a three

goal lead with 1:19 to play in the

second period. napert-Frenette

made a hard pass to the back

post for nappo, who saw the

puck bounce off his skate and

into the net over Jean. the goal

stood as nappo did not attempt

to kick the puck towards the

goal.

bentley inserted geordan

Murphy in goal at the beginning

of the third period to see if the

senior netminder could inspire

his teammates. Murphy played

well in goal, blanking the

Crusaders in the third period,

but Quesada was able to keep

bentley off the scoreboard as

well. Quesada finished the night

with 30 saves, while Jean set a

tournament record for minutes

played before being pulled at the

end of the second period.

Following the game sopho-

more defenseman Jaye Judd

and freshman tom Dickhudt

were named to the Atlantic

Hockey All-tournament team.

bentley finished its season

with 15 wins, which is tied for

the school record and its record

of 15-17-5 establishes bentley

best winning percentage (.472)

at the Division i level.

By Richard LipeContributing Writer

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This is the first Men’s Tennis title for the Falcons since 1996. Courtesy of the Sports Info Office

Mackenzy Bernadeau makesPanthers’ final roster

How a Falcon became a Carolina Panther:

- April 27, 2008: Mack drafted by the CarolinaPanthers in the 7th round, 250th overall

- July 25, 2008: Training Camp begins for theCarolina Panthers

- August 26, 2008: NFL rosters cut from 83 to75 and Mack makes the cut

- August 30, 2008: NFL rosters cut from 75 to53 and Mack makes the final cut

originally from the September 11, 2008 edition of The Vanguard

Mack seeing some preseason action. Courtesy of the Sports Info Office

Editor’s Note: This article was

originally published in the

November 5, 2009 issue.

For the second straight sea-

son the Falcons have captured

the NE-10 title in hostile terri-

tory. This year the victim was

Stonehill on their own home

turf, as the Falcons defeated

them 2-1, conquering their sec-

ond straight NE-10 title.

Before the Falcons had the

opportunity to take on the num-

ber one seed Stonehill in the

championship game, they had to

defeat bitter rival and third seed-

ed UMass Lowell.

The atmosphere before the

UMass Lowell game was electric

as the air was filled with antici-

pation of a memorable semi-final

matchup. The game did not dis-

appoint as it was a 70 minute all

out battle that left both teams

exhausted and bruised.

UMass Lowell came out play-

ing very aggressively and

seemed to control the play for

the first 15 minutes. At this

point, with 22 minutes remain-

ing in the first half, the turning

point of the game occurred when

the River Hawks were buzzing

around the Falcon net and put

a shot on net, but senior goal-

tender Alyssa Sliney was there

to make the save.

However, Sliney was hit in

the leg on the save and fell to the

ground, with incredible compo-

sure she covered up the ball, sav-

ing a sure goal. However since

Sliney covered up the ball the

River Hawks were awarded a

penalty stroke.

Kayla Littig attempted the

stroke, but she didn’t get much

on the shot and Sliney saved the

shot easily, preserving the score-

less tie. The game would remain

scoreless until 17 minutes

remained in the game.

The Falcons finally broke the

tie as sophomore Stephanie

Sideris netted her 10th goal and

third game-winner of 2009.

Following a scramble in front of

the River Hawk net, the mid-

fielder controlled a loose ball and

knocked it into the cage.

The River Hawks came into

the game as the conference’s best

offensive team as they netted 80

goals in 20 games this season.

The Falcons played incredible

defense all game long and were

able to shut down UMass

Lowell’s powerful attack.

Sliney narrowed the success

down to two keys as she said

“Two things: marking and cor-

ner defense, every girl stuck to

their assignment like glue and

we never broke down.” Sliney

finished the game with a season

high nine saves.

Along with Sliney’s incredible

effort in goal a lot of credit also

has to go to senior defender

Christina Lowe as she had the

incredibly tough assignment of

marking the best forward in the

league, Sammy Macy. Lowe

stuck to her hip all game long,

frustrating the talented forward.

Lowe acknowledged the River

Hawks talent as she stated “it is

a known fact that UMass Lowell

is an offensive power house.

Therefore our defense stayed

tight with our mark the entire

game shutting down any oppor-

tunity to score.”

Lowe talked about the deter-

mination of the Falcon defense

as she said “The girl you are cov-

ering cannot score if you are

marking them so close that they

cannot even move. We truly

worked as a unit.”

Along with Lowe, Jenna

Panzone, Kate Johnson, and

Mary Abraham make up the

Falcon defensive line that shut

down one of the best offenses in

the nation.

The Falcons did not have

much time to celebrate the vic-

tory as less than 24 hours later

they were back on the Stonehill

turf, taking on the number one

seed in the tourney.

The Skyhawks used the home

field advantage early in the

game as they pressured the

Falcons earning 4 penalty cor-

ners in the first 9 minutes of the

game.

However, the Falcons were

able to stave off the initial rush

by the Skyhawks and they start-

ed to take control of the game.

With less than 11 minutes

elapsed in the game, the Falcons

struck as senior midfielder

Allison St. Jean netted her

eighth goal of the season.

The Falcons showed no signs

of slowing up as less than nine

minutes later the Falcons found

the back of the net again. The

goal came off a corner that the

Falcons executed perfectly as

they passed the ball around the

arc, finally finding the stick of

freshman Nicole dion who net-

ted her ninth goal of the season.

The Skyhawks came out in

the second half playing desper-

ately, trying to even the score

but the Falcon defense was

stout, allowing only one goal,

despite facing eight corners and

six shots on net in the second

half.

The Falcons beat two of the

best teams in the nation on back

to back days in what was a phys-

ically and emotionally grueling

tournament. Sliney attributed

the Falcon ability to bounce back

quickly to two things, saying,

“We commit ourselves to achiev-

ing the physical fitness that this

game and this schedule requires,

but that can only take you so far.

in the end it came down to being

able to put the hurt and the tired

in the back of your mind and

focus on playing the game. Great

teams have to be able to do that,

because even by the end of a sin-

gle game, those issues can be a

problem. The team that over-

comes them the best will prevail.

Trust me, we’re hurting today.

We also have a great athletic

trainer, Meg Zajicek, who takes

great care of us and keeps us in

games.”

Along with their determina-

tion the clear key to the Falcon

success in this tournament was

the incredible play of their

defense. Senior midfielder and

the tournament ’s Most

outstanding Player Nicole

Murphy remarked “Throughout

the weekend our defense was

more than phenomenal. Their

tireless work game in and game

out has been the backbone of our

success.”

After taking a few moments

to relish in the incredible accom-

plishment, Sliney reflected on

what it means for the team to

repeat as NE-10 champs. “it’s

unreal. it’s the feeling you

dreamt of your whole childhood.

Most of us have worked our

whole lives to achieve this kind

of thing, and to fulfill that dream

is a feel ing that can’t be

described. To go to someone

else’s field and take the champi-

onship from them makes it even

better.”

Field Hockey repeats as NE-10 ChampBy Dan RyaboyFoRMER MANAGiNG EdiToR

Men’s Tennis winsfourth NE-10 titleBy Kyle MackCoNTRiBUTiNG WRiTER

T o p - s e e d e d B e n t l e y

University claimed its fourth

Northeast-10 Men's Tennis

Championship with a 5-0

win over second-seeded

Merrimack on Sunday after-

noon on the campus of rival

p o w e r h o u s e S t o n e h i l l

College.

Senior Lorenzo Cava and

freshman Rodrigo Ribeiro

helped deliver the title with

two wins each.

The Championship is the

program's first since 1996,

making it 14 years since the

last title.

T h e o t h e r t w o y e a r s

B e n t l e y w o n t h e

Championship were over two

decades ago, in 1989 and

1990.

After a perfect NE-10 reg-

ular season that saw them

go 11-0, the Falcons breezed

through the competition in

the conference tournament

the same way, winning each

match 5-0.

The Falcons' three doubles

teams again gave them a 3-

0 advantage heading into

singles, but Merrimack kept

each match close

Petar Golijanin and Sean

Pahler took Cava and soph-

omore Victor Suski to a

tiebreaker in the top-flight

match, but Bentley's team

prevailed 9-8 (7-4).

Sophomores Alec Spycher

and Zach Tuckman edged

R i s h i R a j p a l a n d L i a m

Hoare in the second-flight, 8-

6, and freshmen Rodrigo

Ribeiro and Lucas Wever

got the best of Max Eppley

and Tim McHugh in the

third-flight, 8-5.

Cava and Ribeiro took

care of their matches quick-

ly to give Bentley the 5-0

win.

Cava finished first, defeat-

ing Rajpal 6-1, 6-0 in the top-

flight.

Ribeiro cl inched it for

Bentley with a 6-1, 6-1 win

over Hoare in the fifth-flight.

Bentley is now 16-5 on the

year and Merrimack drops to

13-5.

Cava, Ribeiro and Wever

were also named to the All-

Championship team.

The Falcons earn the NE-

10's automatic bid to the

N C A A T o u r n a m e n t .

Currently ranked third in

the East Region, Bentley will

find out its final seeding and

first round opponent during

t h e N C A A T o u r n a m e n t

Selection Show, which is this

Wednesday at 7:00 p.m.

Note: The seeding for the

NCAA Tournament was not

available at the time of print.

RecentReSUltS

Results from 4/21-4/27

Baseball (20-21, 12-10 NE-10) Result

at Merrimack (4/22)* W 7-1

Merrimack (4/23) W 10-0

at New Haven (4/24) (dH)* L 7-0, L 6-2

at Southern New Hampshire (4/25)* L 7-6

Men’s Lacrosse (7-3, 6-2 NE-10)

at Saint Michael’s (4/21)* W 10-9

pace (4/25)* W 12-8

Men’s Tennis (16-5, 11-0 NE-10)

Adelphi (NE-10 Semifinal) (4/22) W 5-0

vs. Merrimack (NE-10 Championship) (4/25) W 5-0

Men’s Track

Stonehill invitational (4/23) 2nd of 5

Softball (12-19, 9-14 NE-10)

at uMass-Lowell (4/21) (dH)* L 9-8, L 10-3

at pace (4/24) (dH)* L 4-3, L 6-4

at Adelphi (4/25) (dH)* L 6-1, L 8-3

Merrimack (4/27)* W 4-3

Women’s Lacrosse (10-6, 7-3 NE-10)

AiC (4/25)* W 17-5

Women’s Tennis (10-9, 9-4 NE-10)

at Saint Michael’s (NE-10 Quarterfinal) (4/21) L 5-0

Women’s Track

Stonehill invitational (4/23) 6th of 6

*Northeast-10 Game

April 29

Baseball vs. Assumption* 3:30 p.m.

Softball vs. Merrimack* 4:30 p.m.

May 1

Baseball vs. St. rose (dH)* 12:00 p.m.

Softball vs. Le Moyne (dH)* 12:00 p.m.

May 2

Softball vs. Saint rose (dH)* 12:00 p.m.

May 4

Baseball vs. tufts 3:00 p.m.

*Northeast-10 Game

UpcomingSchedUle

tHE VANGuArd ApriL 29, 2010 pAGE 31SportS

this has been a season of

streaks for the Men’s Lacrosse

team, but this time they are

finally hoping they’ve hit a run

they can stay on, winning their

last two games over Saint

Michael’s and pace.

After getting off to a 5-1 over-

all start (4-0 in conference), the

Falcons dropped two games in a

row to Merrimack and Le

Moyne respectively, the two top

teams in the Northeast-10.

the Falcons played hard in

both games, going up against the

two teams to beat in the confer-

ence. While they showed they

have what it takes to compete

with the powerhouses, Bentley

came away with two losses.

Fortunately, Bentley

rebounded nicely with a couple

of wins and now sits back in

third place in the NE-10 stand-

ings, within range of Merrimack

and Le Moyne, should either

team falter during the rest of the

season.

the Falcons travelled to

Colchester, Vermont to try to get

back to their winning ways on

April 21. they got the victory,

but it didn’t come easy.

this match started slowly,

with Saint Michael’s netting the

only goal in the first quarter. But

the Falcons responded quickly,

going off with a flurry of goals to

earn a 5-3 lead at intermission.

the Falcons had expanded

their lead to 8-4 by the middle of

the third quarter, but Saint

Michael’s was not ready to give

up yet.the purple Knights

reeled off the next four goals in

the game, making it an 8-8 tie

about halfway through the

fourth quarter.

After the two sides swapped

goals, making it 9-9, sophomore

attack Brendan Grant mustered

some late game heroics for the

Falcons, finding the back of the

net with only 1:09 remaining in

the game. there would be no

more scoring while Bentley held

on to a 10-9 win.

Sophomore James reardon

led the charge for the Falcons in

the 10-goal effort, scoring four

himself, while senior Kevin

Gould helped out his teammates

with three assists.

the Falcons carried some of

that much needed momentum

over into the next game where

they took on pace at home in

Waltham.

pace sits in the middle of the

pack in the NE-10, so it was not

exactly slated to be an easy

game for Bentley, but they took

care of business.

Senior goalie Andy Collette

shined in this one, making 12

saves against the Setters, while

the offense was powered by a

balanced attack that saw four

different players score two goals

apiece.

reardon, Stephen Moulton,

Wyatt Couture, and Matt

Boilard each netted themselves

a pair of goals in the game that

the Falcons held control of most

of the way.

the Falcons led 4-2 at the

half, but at one point in the sec-

ond half, pace got the game as

close as 7-6. However, Bentley

managed to score the next three

goals to put it out of reach for

pace heading into the fourth

quarter.

the fourth-quarter defense

was solid and reardon and

Boilard each scored in the quar-

ter to help Bentley hold on for a

12-8 win.

James reardon was men-

tioned in the NE-10 weekly

Honor roll, which names the

best players of the week, for his

performances against Saint

Michael’s and pace.

the Falcons, now sitting in

third in the NE-10, will look to

finish strong in their last two

regular season matchups.

First, Bentley will take on

Saint Anselm in a game that

was supposed to be played ear-

lier in the year, but was post-

poned. Saint A’s is currently in

a three-way tie for fourth in the

conference at 5-3 in NE-10 play,

but they are coming in hot, hav-

ing won four of their last five

games. they will certainly be

looking to protect their house

when the Falcons travel to

Manchester.

the Falcons will then finish

their season with another away

match, this time against

Adelphi. Adelphi comes into this

game tied for fourth in the NE-

10, as well, and they have won

their last four games in a row.

So the Falcons now look to

one of the toughest two-game

stretches they have had to face

all year in order to keep their

seed in the NE-10 tournament.

the Falcons are not likely to

move any higher up the stand-

ings, with Le Moyne and

Merrimack playing great

lacrosse right now, but they

should be peaking back because

Adelphi, Saint Anselm and pace

are on their tails, and any of

those teams would love to move

into that three spot.

if the Falcons continue to play

the way they have this past

week and carry some momen-

tum into their last two games,

they should be able to hang on

and get ready to step up their

game for the Conference

tournament.

By Robbie LaBrieSportS Editor

Falcons back on track with pair of winsBentley Lacrosse looking to climb back up NE-10 standings

Courtesy of Sports Info OfficeGoalie Andy Collette helped bring the Falcons

to a win by making 12 saves against Pace.

Matt Allen has been a solid contributor on defense

for the Falcons in his four years here at Bentley.

Courtesy of Sports Info Office

FalconoF theWeek

Geiger Named Falcon of the Week

Freshman Cori geiger of the Women’s Lacrosse

team has been named the Falcon of the Week. geiger

was bentley’s leading scorer with seven goals and two

assists in helping the Falcons to two wins last week,

which extended their winning streak to five.

geiger scored three goals and notched two assists

as bentley picked up a 13-9 road win over Saint

Anselm on April 20. Last Sunday, she scored four

goals in a 17-5 win over AiC. it was the sixth time

this season she has scored at least four goals.

geiger currently leads the team in all three major

offensive categories with 42 goals, 25 assists and 67

points.

181

Charlie Pagliarulo has moved into fourth

among bentley baseball’s all-time hit leaders

with 211, and he is also closing in on the dou-

bles and triples records.

Did you know Pagliarulo is not the only one

tearing up the record books this season? brett

Damato is now the Falcons’ all time leader in

games played with 181, passing Steve gath’s

177 games from 2004-07.

PAge 32 APriL 29, 2010 tHe VAnguArDSportS

Winning has been synony-

mous with Men’s basketball at

bentley ever since Coach

Lawson took over the program

19 years ago, and the last four

years have epitomized that

winning tradition as the

Falcons posted an unbelievable

118-16 mark over that stretch.

there were many great play-

ers that donned a Falcon uni-

form over those four years, but

none ended their career with

the accolades of Jason Westrol.

i had the opportunity to talk

to him about his amazing

accomplishments in his four

years as a Falcon.

Dan Ryaboy: How impor-

tant has Coach Lawson and

the rest of the staff been in

your improvement as a play-

er?

Jason Westrol: on the

court he has the mentality of

working extremely hard to get

better every single day. He

instilled in us the mentality of

playing the same way every

day, whether it is at practice

or a tournament game. His

great coaching led to our great

success. He has helped us grow

tremendously both on and off

the cour t . He has had a

tremendous impact on us as

players, but much more impor-

tantly, he has helped us

mature as individuals off the

court and become better peo-

ple.

DR: Who were some of the

veteran players that helped

you adjust to the college game

your freshman year, and how

important was their guidance?

JW: i looked up to all of the

veteran players my freshman

year. they had been in the sys-

tem for four years, and i want-

ed to learn as much as possi-

ble. the veteran guys helped

me tremendously in transition-

ing from high school. they all

knew what it took to win and

get to an elite level and i just

wanted to learn from them as

much as possible. Fortunately,

some of us young guys had the

opportunity to step up and

play a role, and we helped to

contribute to the success to the

team.

DR: What were some of the

things you worked on in the

o f f season to cons tant ly

improve?

JW: i approached each off-

season looking to get better in

every facet of the game. one

aspect of my game that i was

always working on was the

outside shot so that i could

become a more consistent

shooter. Strength and condi-

tioning were key components

to work on every offseason in

order to be a stronger physical

mismatch for the guards i

played against. My goal was to

be as ready as possible and in

top shape on the first day of

pre-season.

DR: What is your most

memorable game during your

career?

JW: the game right after

Sean Williams had passed

away on January 13 against

American international

College. the tragedy helped us

come together so much as a

team and helped us get far in

the tourney.

We found out about Sean’s

passing when Coach called us

into the locker room, and that

was the last thing in the world

that we thought would hap-

pen. We all broke down in

tears. From that point on we

dedicated the season to him

and even though he wasn’t

with us physically, he was def-

initely here with us emotion-

ally. Sean’s passing helped us

realize how close we are both

on and off the court as a team,

and i t he lped us to p lay

inspired team basketball.

DR: What was the fiercest

rivalry that the Falcons have

had over the last four years?

JW: over the course of the

four years it had to be either

Merr imack or Stonehi l l

because, along with us, those

teams were at the top of the

Conference all four years, and

they competed at a high level

every time we took the court

against them.

DR: What does it mean to

you to be the main part of the

class with the most wins in

bentley History?’

JW: Coming into college,

you dream of winning as many

games as possible and to be

102 games over the .500 mark;

you can’t get a better experi-

ence than that. You have to

put the streaks in the back of

your head and approach every

day one game at a time. We

were just worried about win-

ning at that point because we

knew that the tournament was

one and done.

DR: What are your feelings

on being at the top of many

offensive categories in bentley

history?

JW: Most important are the

wins as a team. i was blessed

to have the chance to stay

healthy the whole time; i did-

n’t miss a single game my

whole career and a lot of that

was luck. i believe that my

career here was an example of

how hard work pays off and, as

a class, all of us seniors worked

so hard. Any of the individual

accolades i received are icing

on the cake.

DR: How were you able to

step up your scoring so much

in the second half of the sea-

son?

JW: With tommy

[Dowling] going down, i knew

i had to look to be more aggres-

sive and make as many plays

as possible. At times the team

looked for me to score, but the

team basketball we played at

the end of the year was what

really got us to the Final Four.

everyone stepped up and did

what they had to do for us to

win.

DR: What is some advice

that you have passed along to

the younger Falcon players

l ike br ian tracey , tom

Dowling, and greg Jacques?

JW: i would tell them to

approach the sport every sin-

gle day with the same mental-

ity; you don’t want to take any

days off because you will only

be cheating yourself if you

don’t work hard every day.

DR: Do you have any plans

to follow in the footsteps of

nate Fritch and Lew Finnegan

and continue your basketball

career after college?

JW: i recently signed with

an agent and we are talking to

a couple teams here for poten-

tial tryouts, and from these

tryouts i am going to try to get

my name out there and keep

playing basketball as long as i

can. i am currently working

out every day with the team

and playing pickup games

because my agent says the try-

out can come up at any time. i

see this as the one opportunity

left and i want to make the

most of it. now is not the time

for me to take any days off.

DR: What will you take

away from your experience of

playing basketball at bentley?

JW: this has probably been

the best experience i have ever

had. i wouldn’t trade this for

anything, like the close friends

i have made, especially the five

seniors in Frank Parelli, John

brandt, Dan McKenna, Alex

Hertz and Mike Quinn, who

will be back next season. Also,

to have a coach that cares

about you a great deal made it

a lot easier to come down to

the gym every day and give it

100 percent effort.

By Dan RyaboyContributing Writer

Westrol leaves an undeniable mark on Bentley Basketball The Vanguard Sports Writer of the decade sits down with the basketball player of the decade

G Jason Westrol will graduate after helping lead the

team to numerous victories over the last four years.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD