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Police Log 2 Cartoon 3 Editorial 3 Voices 8 Horoscopes 10 Games 13 Falcon of The Week 16
Matthew Sommastaff WrIter
This IssueMeal Plans
Ice Hockey
Culture Fest
Transgender ...................4
Urinetown ........................5
Senior Experience ........6
SGA Speaks ....................6
Food for Soul ......................7
Glutton Girl ...........................7
For Your Entertainment:
Gran Torino ....................8
Kellan Lutz Interview ...9
April’s Advice .............10
Vampire Archives .......11
Women’s Basketball ...15
Men’s Basketball ..........16
thursday, noVeMBer 19, 2009VoluMe xlVII Issue Ix WWW.BentleyVanGuard.CoM
Where is your meal plan money going?The discrepancy of price per swipe between value plans
Dan Mericastaff WrIter
Photos by Dan Merica
students with the Value 10
meal plan, which offers stu-
dents 10 swipes per week at
seasons dining hall, pay
more per swipe than a student
who pays out of pocket, accord-
ing to an analysis of figures on
the sodexo website.
students who reside in
apartments and are eligible for
a plan that offers five swipes
a week, a Value 5 plan, pay
$6.87 per swipe compared to
$11.83 per swipe for those
with a Value 10 plan.
If a student has no meal
plan and walks into seasons,
they pay $10.50 for lunch or
dinner and $7.50 for breakfast.
only students who live in
apartments are eligible for the
five-swipe per week or Value
5 plan, according to Bentley
rules. and only students who
live in campus apartments or
off campus can opt to not have
a meal plan.
Paul Clemente, vice presi-
dent of Business and finance,
recognized the difference and
pointed to their necessity in
the universities upkeep. “In
order to operate the university,
we have healthcare costs, util-
ity costs, financial aid, a lot of
expenses going up, and you
need to generate the revenue
f rom those c o s t s , ” sa id
Clemente.
Part of Bentley’s licensing
agreement with the city of
Waltham stipulates that all
students who do not have full
kitchens in their room must
have a certain level of meal
plan. In the current Bentley
meal plan system, that man-
date kicks in at the Value 10,
the lowest value anyone with-
out a full kitchen can have and
(Continued on Page 12)
“We try to improve theplan every year and I
believe we have met thatevery year.”
-Paul Clemente
VICe PresIdent, BusIness and
fInanCe
the Bentley hockey team
has kicked off the month of
november with some tough
conference games against their
division I atlantic hockey
rivals, air force and sacred
heart and came out looking
like a team that could be ready
to make a run in the confer-
ence this season.
the first two game series of
the month came on november
6th and 7th against air force
a t usaf academy in
Colorado. the falcons stepped
onto the ice at Cadet Ice arena
for the first game on friday
looking to upend the defend-
ing back-to-back atlantic
hockey champs and they near-
ly succeeded.
the falcons gave up a goal
just a minute into the game,
but 2 goals, 19 minutes and a
12-7 shot advantage later, the
falcons had dominated air
force in the first period, hold-
ing a 2-1 lead heading into the
first intermission.
freshman Brendan
hartung scored his first career
goal to knot it up at one apiece.
then junior erik Peterson
received a long pass from
sophomore trent Bonnett and
snuck a shot past the air
force goa l ie to g ive the
falcons the lead.
then in the second period,
the falcons extended their
lead to 3-1 when freshman
Brandon Bahnemann fed sen-
ior Justin Kemmerer a center-
ing pass that he put away to
extend the Bentley lead.
But air force fought back,
showing the kind of grit and
Hockey sits fourth in the conference
(Continued on Page 14)
Culture brings Bentley together
(Continued on Page 4)
Photo by Kevin ChenThe Falcon offensive attack has been effective this season.
Robbie LabriesPorts edItor
Culture fest ’09 is a week
built around giving awareness
to the different cultures
around the world that are rep-
resented on Bentley’s campus
by students, staff and faculty.
through a multitude of stu-
dents, organizations, and the
Multicultural Center, the
week contained a mix of
shows, events, and other activ-
ities all dedicated to giving dif-
ferent cultures their moments
to shine.
each event from november
7 to november 14 was met
with significant student
turnouts.
as director of the steP
program and the Program
Coordinator for this event,
Claudette Blot commented,
“Bentley, with a cause, is
unbelievable.”
Kicking off the first event of
Culture fest was the harvest
hall Charity 5K road race
which raised money for the
american red Cross. the cul-
tural entertainment for that
night was provided by sasa’s
diwali festival of lights
which featured a diverse mix
of dancing, music, and acting
as the participants laid out the
making of their next movie
“legally Brown.” freshmen
sadiq Khan said that he only
heard great things about the
diwali show last year so they
definitely had a lot to live up
to and a lot of pressure on
them.
Culture fest continued with
the “dare to dine” Cultural
dinner in the new Global
living Center (GlC), orchard
north, lounge. students were
“dared” to try new foods from a
variety of cultures, with all
“Bentley is just lendingme the space… I can tellyou right now, I do not
get all of that. I do not getall $4,320 or whatever a
meal plan costs.”-James Cornacchia
General ManaGer, sodexo
“Instead of focusing on
what the military can do
to win the war…ask what
ordinary people can do to
win peace.”
-Dr. Robert McNulty
Center of BusIness ethICs
Seasons is a large part of every student’s life, and their costs at Bentley.
Campus News
PAgE 2 NOVEMBEr 19, 2009 THE VANgUArd
Policelog
Don’t trust the mailmanA student was excited this week when
she received a greeting card from her
parents. To her dismay she realized the
card’s seal had been tampered with and
the cash she expected to be there was
gone. After calling home she confirmed
that her parents had sent cash and a few
other items with the card. Officers spoke
with the mail room staff and found that
there has been a recent wave of issues
with opened and beat up mail coming to
campus. The case is closed due to lack
of suspects.
Slade Hall resident called in to report
a problem with food on the staircase.
Facilities notified.
Like a squirrel hiding his nutsWednesday night, just before 9 p.m.,
officers observed a taxi pull up behind
Spruce Hall and let out a group of
males. One of the students removed a
green box from the trunk of the taxi and
began walking towards the Spruce Hall
door. When he noticed the officers he
turned and started walking towards Oak
Hall. On his trip between Spruce and
Oak he stopped behind one of the brick
pillars, set down the green box and
walked into Oak.
The officer got out of his car and found
a box of poorly hidden Heineken behind
the beam. When the student came back
outside he identified himself as a Bentley
student and the owner of the beer. The
student claimed that he did not know the
names of the people he had ridden with
in the cab and had met them at a party
at BU. He will be charged with an under-
age alcohol violation and for being unco-
operative with administrative personnel.
A resident in Birch Hall called into
the police station to report a problem
with graffiti on the walls.
Late night snackFriday morning, just before 3 a.m.,
campus police arrived on the scene of a
fire alarm in rhodes Hall. Upon reach-
ing the room that had set it off, officers
met with a room resident who explained
a burned grilled cheese was the cause.
The student will be charged with fire
alarm cooking accidental.
Case of mistaken identityWhile on patrol Monday just after
midnight, an officer noticed a decal on a
window of a vehicle that was in poor
shape. After running the numbers, he
found the decal belonged to another vehi-
cle entirely. The car currently sporting
the decal had no Bentley affiliation. The
owner of the disguised car was told to get
a visitor’s pass, and the student whose
decal he was borrowing will be charged
with a violation of college rules and for
being uncooperative with administrative
personnel.
People who live in screenedhouses shouldn’t throw stones?
Sunday at 1 a.m., officers received a
Gaelen Austin-LaFranceGarren HilowVANgUArd STAFF
call about students throwing rocks at a
window, causing a small tear in the
screen in Copley South. Upon arrival, the
officers met with a group of students out-
side the building who were convenient-
ly unaware of rocks being thrown at the
building. The group willingly dispersed
shortly after. Officers spoke with resi-
dent who stated she could not give a
description of the suspects. Facilities
Management was notified to replace the
screen.
Brutal attack outside of Slade2 a.m. Sunday morning, a visitor was
patiently waiting outside of Slade for his
friend. Two males approached and asked
him to swipe them into the building.
Since he was a non-Bentley student, he
explained he had no card to swipe them
in with. An argument ensued resulting
in the visitor being thrown to the ground
and punched several times, knocking out
one and a half of his two front teeth. He
was transported to the hospital for treat-
ment. Since the case is still under inves-
tigation, police are accepting any infor-
mation you may have to help find the
attackers.
Next time just make the walk ofshame
A facilities employee was surprised to
find a student sleeping near the eleva-
tor on the third floor of Copley North
Saturday morning at 9 a.m. Campus
Police arrived and shook the student
awake. The sleeping beauty was con-
fused to find himself being woken by
police in the hallway of his dorm. He
admitted that he had been drinking the
night before but had no memory of how
he got into the hallway. He was cooper-
ative with officers but will be charged
with an underage alcohol violation.
Sunday morning around 11 a.m., an
officer was dispatched to the Smith
Center for a trouble alarm. The officer
reported the “trouble” was due to a dirty
smoke detector.
Proud to be an AmericanEarly Friday morning, two drunken
students showed up at the police station
requesting officers’ assistance in sorting
out their issues. When officers began to
question one of the students, they found
him to be too drunk to answer ques-
tions. His only response to their ques-
tions came when he decided to proudly
recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
Though it was a noble effort, the stu-
dent’s bad balance and slurred speech
convinced officers he needed to be taken
into protective custody. The student’s
friends indicated he had been involved
in an altercation and been hit in the
head. The potential concussion alerted
officers that the student’s patriotism
might not have been the alcohol talk-
ing. When the ambulance arrived, he ini-
tially refused to get treatment but was
finally convinced after much discus-
sion. Our patriot will be charged with an
underage alcohol violation, endangering
health and safety/physical confrontation,
being uncooperative with administrative
personnel and protective custody.
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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.
As a college campus
striving for technological
innovation, Bentley is con-
tinuously updating their
facilities, and Bentley’s
Library is no exception.
Being the most prominent
place for students to study
for big exams and write
long papers, the Library
provides a comfortable and
quiet atmosphere to
accommodate Bentley stu-
dents.
After administering the
survey last year in order to
get ideas and hear the
opinion of the heaviest
users, the Library worked
diligently to satisfy the
students. From complaints
about the warm tempera-
ture to the dim lighting to
the Internet outages to
noise issues to the out of
date website, students
gave their opinion on all
aspects of the Library that
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weren’t on par.
Along with satisfying
those attainable needs of
the students, the Library
updated their website to
mirror the technical
advancement of the rest of
the campus. The website
provides everything there
is to know about the
Library. Its features
include a search for books,
DVDs, journals, and arti-
cles, access to interlibrary
Disclaimer: The opinions published in The Vanguard are
submitted by readers of the newspaper, and do not necessar-
ily reflect the views and opinions of The Vanguard and its
staff. We are not able to print any letters submitted anony-
mously.
loan books and databases,
and a function to reserve
group study rooms.
The website is a very
useful tool when it comes
doing research outside of
the Library itself as well.
Having all the online data-
bases easily accessible
from the website is a fea-
ture that more students
should take advantage of.
At times it does seem as
though the Library is over-
crowded, but if more stu-
dents took advantage of
the website they could do
work from there room,
eliminating the concerns of
an over-packed Library.
The website also informs
the campus of all the
Library’s amenities as well
as provides a communica-
tion feature via a messag-
ing function in order to get
in contact with a reference
librarian from a student’s
laptop. It is an easy to nav-
igate website that has been
updated and tweaked to
make it approachable for
all students and faculty.
That being said, the
website is clearly an
underused capability by
both students and faculty.
As an institution that is
continuously striving to
advance their research and
academic efforts, Bentley
must use their resources
more effectively.
From experience, stu-
dents have not always
been fully aware of the
Library’s services and web-
site and consequently have
not used the best resources
for their assignments.
Therefore, it should be the
responsibility of professors
from all departments to
encourage students to take
advantage of all that the
Library has to offer.
Through a massive col-
lection of books, resources
and an approachable and
knowledgeable staff to help
with references, students
can avoid using references
from junk websites such as
the infamous Wikipedia
that do not contain much
academic rigor.
When professors, stu-
dents, and the Library col-
laborate together, it cre-
ates a win-win-win situa-
tion.
The professor receives a
well-thought out paper
with obvious research and
analysis; the student is
enriched by the exposure
to more scholarly
resources, and the Library
is allowed to provide its
expertise to students.
Not only will professors
avoid getting papers with
lousy references, but if stu-
dents utilize the Library’s
reference and citation
help, professors will
receive properly cited
papers which will decrease
the rate of plagiarism.
The Library’s assets can
also be used by professors
as resources for their own
research and publication.
It is important to not
only give students the
opportunity to expand
their knowledge and
research, but also give pro-
fessors this opportunity for
their own discoveries and
studies.
After a revamp of their
facilities and offerings, the
Library has shown that it
is committed to serving the
needs of students and fac-
ulty, and therefore, the
campus as a whole should
utilize the attention they
are receiving.
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PaGe 4 NOVeMBer 19, 2009 tHe VaNGuarD
Alex Pangborn educates Bentley on transgender issues
in a world where diversity
has become so evident, thus
revealing its importance, trans-
gender activist alex Pangborn
spoke in hopes of educating the
Bentley community about trans-
gender issues through his per-
sonal experiences of being trans-
gendered.
the presentation took place
on November 12 and was co-
sponsored by the english
Department, P.r.i.D.e., and the
Distinguished Lecture Series.
there were about 60 students,
faculty, and guests in atten-
dance.
Dr. traci abbott, who is an
adjunct assistant professor for
the Bentley english Department
and teaches the transgender
Literature course here, intro-
duced Pangborn. “alexander
Pangborn has been in transition
for 10+ years and has been
active within the Queer commu-
nity for over 15 years…He has
spoken at a few colleges and pro-
grams on the topic of exploring
and understanding the queer
community.”
Pangborn started off by
emphasizing that he was not
speaking on the behalf of the
entire transgender community,
but rather reflecting on his own
experiences.
as a very young gir l ,
Pangborn was confused on why
she was attracted to other boys
and girls. after Pangborn
entered seventh grade, she knew
what it meant to be gay and
identified herself as gay. Keeping
the secret until her junior year
in high school, she finally came
out to his high school, family,
and friends.
Pangborn did not only come
to the realization that she was
gay; she also had thoughts about
being a transgender in college.
after hearing alex Myers, the
first openly transgender from
Harvard speak at Wheaton
College, where Pangborn attend-
ed, she began to seriously con-
sider being a transgender, for
she was constantly grappling
with the idea that she was real-
ly a male.
at the age of 21, Pangborn
finally had the operation to
become physically male and
came out to everyone that he
was a transgender. Similar to
when he came out for being gay,
Pangborn comments,
“eventually, it wasn’t a big deal.”
Pangborn then focused his
speech on the different issues
faced by transgenders in socie-
ty. the room gasped when he
mentioned how in a survey con-
ducted by Harvard and
Stanford, “1 in 1,000 people”
may be transsexual, in how they
have a desire to be another sex
or have actually had surgery to
change sex.
Pangborn views a large
majority of people as not being
born with or having a defined
identity when it comes to sex,
gender, and sexual preferences.
“Society is used to [put people]
down the line, but most people
do not fit completely down the
line,” Pangborn comments.
Senior Christine Varriale
reflects on his thoughts saying,
“He said ‘i don’t know who i am
and i’m ok with that’. it really
makes one think, ‘Do you even
have to identify yourself at all?
are labels like this necessary?’
He looked at this issue of how
people do not consider them-
selves as strictly male or female
and why in some instances they
are given a label anyway. as a
law, people are required to fill
out gender boxes on applications.
“it takes a small change to add
a small box for people to identi-
fy themselves for paperwork.”
Pangborn also mentioned
how bathrooms are not available
to transsexuals, commenting
“access to a clean, safe bathroom
is a right for everybody.”
Moreover, he felt that trans-
sexuals face issues with employ-
ment protection. Pangborn
notes, “97% of people [queried in
the Harvard survey] have expe-
rienced mistreatment and
harassment at the workplace.”
following the lecture, Vice
President of P.r.i.D.e., junior
David Leclair, commented, “alex
had some great things to say in
the lecture that many of us don’t
even consider when thinking
about or interacting with trans-
gendered individuals.
“Simple day-to-day activities
can become much more compli-
cated, and require much more
thought be put into them…you
may never know if you are talk-
ing to a transgendered person,
they just blend in with the rest
of us and try to live their lives
normally.”
Dr. abbott commented on the
event saying, “today’s event
demonstrates Bentley’s commit-
ment to issues of gender and sex-
ual diversity.”
Kim Sok
Staff Writer
Tweet this, Bentley: The effects of Twitter on a college campus
Numerous Bentley stu-
dents and faculty are just
being introduced to one of the
newer social media phenome-
nona—twitter. Many are
skeptical and more are not
using it to its full potential.
However, there is a lot the
Bentley community should
know before either embracing
twitter or kicking it to the
curb.
P r o f e s s o r e l i z a b e t h
LeDoux , d i rec tor o f the
english department’s media
and cu l ture program at
Bentley, encourages the use of
t w i t t e r i n h e r M a s s
Communication class this
semester although she herself
was a skeptic at first, stating
“i started using twitter main-
ly as a news aggregator. i got
all of my feeds in one place.
then i realized i could start
searching for colleagues,
media professionals and
organizations related to my
field, students and alumni,
and old friends that i hadn’t
spoken to in awhile. When i
discovered that many of them
were also using twitter, it led
me to becoming a follower to
those unknown to me who
also share my interests, such
a s o t h e r f i l m m a k e r s .
Collaborative ideas and dis-
cussion ensued with people
that are outside of my imme-
diate physical community.”
Bruce Weinberg of the
Marketing department recent-
ly finished traveling the coun-
try, interviewing a variety of
companies that currently use
twitter; he hopes to develop a
clearer understanding of this
form of social media. He has a
lot of insight to share on the
benef i ts o f profess ional
twitter accounts. “One of
twitter’s greatest benefits is
that it creates a channel for
businesses to engage in con-
versations with their cus-
tomers. it gives companies a
c h a n c e t o l i s t e n , ” s a y s
Weinberg. “Some companies
check up on themselves by
searching for their company
name on twitter to see what
people are saying about them.
By doing this, they can reach
out to those who are dissatis-
fied and try to solve the prob-
lem. it’s an effective tool for
customer service. another
way companies are using
twitter is to inform loyal cus-
tomers of sales and promo-
tions. Jet Blue has an account
especially for this purpose—
notifying people of cheap
flights at the last minute.”
Prof. Weinberg also notes
some of the ineffective uses of
twitter for businesses. He
emphasizes staying away
from corporate-speak. “You
want to be more casual and
relate to your customers.
When you don’t, you’re limit-
ing your ability to connect
w i t h s o m e o n e , ” s a i d
Weinburg.
He also recommends being
on your best behavior and
staying away from hot-button
topics such as politics and
money, advising to, “avoid
making assumptions. avoid
scams. and don’t constantly
push out information. You
have to take the time to reply
to people or re-tweet their
posts; it humanizes you, and
makes them feel appreciated.”
Professor Mark frydenberg
of Bentley’s CiS department
is amazed to see how far
twitter has come since he
began using it two years ago.
“i don’t think the creators of
twitter ever envisioned what
it would be used for today. it’s
being transformed in ways
that no one could have imag-
ined.”
Prof . frydenberg uses
tweetDeck, a platform for
computer desktops that shows
u p d a t e s f r o m t w i t t e r ,
facebook and MySpace all in
one place to keep track of his
direct messages, “mentions,”
and topics of interest. i asked
him how he manages the slew
of tweets from those he fol-
lows. “i think of it as a steam
of running water that i some-
times dip my cup into. the
r e s t j u s t f l o w s b y , ” h e
explained
M e g a n J o n e s o f
CollegeDegrees.com offers
some helpful tips for making
the most of twitter academi-
cally, which include chatting
with professors and fellow stu-
dents about your classes, set-
ting up alerts and reminders
so you don’t forget quizzes and
exams, and collaborating on a
project.
On that note, as a college
student, it’s important not to
get carried away with tweets.
Don’t write anything you
wouldn’t want your mom or
boss to read. When choosing
your username, think like an
adult. as Samuel Bradley of
t h e C o m m u n i c a t i o n s &
Cognition blog writes, “it’s OK
that you picked your aOL
screen name when you were
11, but i don’t want to be
tweet ing t o @ lovespup-
piesanddaisies. also keep in
mind that when it comes to
followers, it’s better to choose
quality over quantity, and you
aren’t obliged to follow every-
one who is following you.”
Of course, not everyone is
fond of twitter. Yves Smith,
writer of Naked Capitalism,
has an interesting critique of
twitter in his february 3rd,
2009 blog post: “So why do i
hate twitter? twitter is trou-
b l i n g l y r e m i n i s c e n t o f
Newspeak, the language being
developed by Oceania in
George Orwell’s 1984 to con-
trol thought. Orwell, in an
appendix, describes the prin-
ciples of Newspeak, and they
are directed towards simplify-
ing language so as to void it of
inconvenient (for the power
structure) propensities of
thought.
another critique in The
New York Times describes the
possibility of losing the abili-
ty to form legitimate relation-
ships: “if you’re reading daily
updates from hundreds of peo-
ple about whom they’re dating
and whether they’re happy, it
might…spread your emotion-
al energy too thin, leaving less
time for true intimate rela-
tionships.” an extreme critic,
alexander Zaitchik, feels that,
“it may not be true that only
morons are drawn to twitter,
but everyone on twitter
sounds like a moron.”
So, Bentley community, the
choice is yours—join twitter
or don’t, tweet every day or
once a month, follow your
friends or celebrities, family
members or @bentleyu, but
remember that twitter is
what you make of it.
Campus Life / News
Alisha Crete
Staff Writer
Image from www.twing.com
Simple symbol, but transgender issues are complex. Image from web4health.info
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Arts & EntErtAinmEnt
Urinetown is worth visiting
With all the talk over the past
few months of death panels,
socialism, and government reg-
ulation of everything from the
financial institutions we’ve
bailed out to healthcare, one
might think that spending time
watching a musical about gov-
ernment regulation of urination
would just be painful.
you’d be dead wrong.
Urinetown, a wonderfully
satirical piece that would please
George orwell at times, takes a
look at a world where a twenty
year drought has pushed the
wise old men in power to outlaw
private toilets as well as harsh-
ly punish public urination, lead-
ing to the set up of public ameni-
ties.
there’s a catch to this solu-
tion: politicians in the musical
world are apparently just as cor-
rupt as the ones in our reality.
you see, a rich robber baron has
hijacked this drought, financing
the public toilets through his pri-
vate corporation, generating his
own monopoly on the crappers.
Caldwell, who serves as the
antagonist in the tale, does not
come accessorized with a mono-
cle, cane, or sinister top hat, but
rather with a ruthless business
sensibility that puts him some-
where between John d.
rockefeller and Gordon Gekko.
His style of raise prices until the
consumer suffers unbearably,
then raise them further, pushes
the poor of the Urinetown world
to the edge.
Meanwhile, the poor of this
society are led to see Caldwell as
their “savior,” but he proves to
be anything but a messiah.
Strangely, the showing of this
musical on this campus could
not come a better time. With the
conclusion of America’s second
Gilded Age comes the canyon
between our rich and poor, and
the class struggle that ensues
from that canyon. Millions sit
unemployed while others roll in
billions, and the politicians seem
to only care about campaign con-
tributions…
But this is more than political
satire or a fresh way to look at
life in modern America. of
course, Caldwell has a well-man-
nered, slightly naïve debutante
for a daughter, who returns
home from university to be the
company’s newest copy-fax girl.
And of course, we have a likeable
hero, whose poverty has him
down but his dreams have his
head in the clouds.
Why not throw in a forbidden
romance?
However, three characters are
only the beginning of the story,
as this piece comes chalk full of
interesting, well developed, and
well-played characters that will
provide audiences with plenty of
production is funded in part by
the Student Activity Fee.
Urinetown is being presented
November 19, 20 & 21 at 7 p.m.
in Koumantzelis Auditorium.
reasons to laugh through the
evening.
the show draws you right in
with a full ensemble piece right
at the onset, and with catchy
tunes and some fine singing, the
actors in this satire are among
Bentley’s finest.
Having seen a dress rehears-
al early in the period theatre folk
call “Hell Week,” i can say that
the crew had their work cut out
to get the lighting and flow of the
show in order, but having seen
four fantastic shows come
together well by the thursday
opening, i stand supremely con-
fident that the minor kinks in
the show will be worked out.
At the end of the day,
Urinetown is fun, thoughtful
experience that masterfully
weds an age-old political strug-
gle between the haves and have-
nots and new age, intelligent toi-
let humor that all modern audi-
ences can appreciate and enjoy.
this show is well-worth the
trip up to Koumantzelis this
weekend, and will be the perfect
way to add humor and fun to
your night before heading else-
where for some other college
entertainment.
Urinetown, music & lyrics by
Mark Hollmann, book & lyrics
by Greg Kotis, is presented by
Alpha Psi Omega (APO), with
direction by SiouxSanna
Ramirez-Cruz and musical
direction by Jason Whiting. The
Doors open at 6 p.m. Admission
is free for Bentley students with
student I.D. and $5 for general
admission.
Rating: 3.5/5 Falcons
Jon McColganCopy Editor
PAGE 6 NoVEMBER 19, 2009 THE VANGUARD
Columns
Where has your Bentley
degree landed you profes-
sionally?
C R T C a p i t a l G r o u p i n
Stamford, CT as a VP in
Institutional Sales. I recom-
mend investment ideas and
trade convertible and high
yield bonds with institution-
al and hedge fund clients.
What was your favorite
course?
Tough question as there are
many great professors at
Bentley. I learned the most
from Honors Program cap-
stone research with Professor
Mike Quinn. It was a study
of the Chinese Yuan’s devia-
tion from the market-deter-
mined exchange rate. With
Quinn’s help, I developed a
forecasting model and con-
cluded that the Yuan was
undervalued. This is still a
relevant topic today as the
US tries to encourage China
to le t the currency rate
float/appreciate. I included
this work on my resume and
it was always a good topic
during the interview process.
M y q u e s t i o n s p r o b a b l y
a b s o r b e d 7 5 p e r c e n t o f
Quinn’s work week but he
was always willing to help &
I will always be grateful for
that!
Is there something that
you missed out on your
senior year and regret
now?
I should have traveled more
& volunteered in other coun-
tries before I started working
full time. The month I trav-
eled around Hong Kong,
Thailand, and Cambodia was
the best experience of my life.
Seeing the Angkor Wat tem-
ples, the different cultures,
and the variances in the liv-
ing standards was eye-open-
ing. I’m not sure why I was
in such a rush to sit behind
a computer screen for 10+
hours a day! We can work for
the rest of our lives!
What is your favorite sen-
ior year memory?
Bahamas class trip – hun-
dreds of friends on the beach,
does it get any better than
that?
How do you stay connect-
ed to Bentley today?
I stay connected to Bentley
in many ways – through
attending alumni events
hosted in NYC, by staying in
touch with Professor Rich
Gibble in the Trading Room
& other alumni, interviewing
Bentley alumni when we
have open positions at CRT,
and donating to the endow-
ment. I’ve also been back for
homecoming to cheer for the
Falcons!
Any “words of wisdom”
for the Class of 2010?
Get involved! Take advan-
tage of the resources, speak-
ers, and clubs at Bentley.
U s e t h e t r a d i n g r o o m .
Network. Visit professors
during office hours. Surround
yourself with people you hope
to stay friends with for the
rest of your life. When choos-
ing a career – go to every job
fair, take every interview you
can & explore all options. Be
flexible. Be motivated but
patient. Travel. Volunteer.
Senior ExperiencePresented by
The Senior Year
Experience Committee
Alumna Paula Witman, ‘06T h i s p a s t w e e k , t h e
S t u d e n t G o v e r n m e n t
Association was very excited
to be a part of Culture Fest.
Culture Fest featured a wide
assortment of events avail-
able each day. SGA was
excited to be a part of Food
Fest. SGA, along with other
organizations represented
throughout the Bent ley
Cultural Council, hosted a
tab le a t Food Fest . The
Executive Dining Room was
packed with students who
lined up from 5 p.m. until
the food was f inished at
around 7:30 p.m. After the
students piled food high onto
their plates, from lobster
ravioli to fried chicken, they
quickly made their way to
the SGA dessert table. Here
they were met by SGA’s E-
board and Senate standing
behind a table filled with an
a s s o r t m e n t o f R o c h e
Brothers delectable desserts.
After stopping by our table,
many students went on to sit
i n t h e E D R w i t h t h e i r
friends, enjoying their food
and the entertainment put
on by many of the different
organizations on campus.
Monica Mohan performed a
dance she had recently pre-
sented at Saturday night’s
D i w a l i c e l e b r a t i o n i n
Koumantzelis.
The Culture Fest commit-
tee also created a service
event to bring al l o f the
members of the Bentley com-
munity together for a com-
mon cause. Cans for a Cause
was an event in which 30
boxes were put all over cam-
pus for the weekend, in
hopes that students would
fill them with all of their
empty cans. The collected
cans will be redeemed and
donated to the Stephen
Lewis Foundation to help
find a cure for HIV/AIDS.
The Student Government
Association took on a big role
in the organization of this
event. Two of SGA’s project
groups, one dedicated to sus-
tainability and the other for
a Day of Service, spearhead-
ed the finding and labeling
of al l boxes. Sodexo was
extremely helpful in supply-
ing the boxes to collect the
cans. This act of community
service was small in action
by an individual student, but
was able to make a large
impact when students came
together. In looking back and
reflecting on the events as
t h e C u l t u r e F e s t w e e k
wrapped up, we could see
that both of these events
were very successful and
were enjoyed greatly by the
Bentley student body. SGA
was thri l led to have the
opportunity to be involved
with these events this year
and hopes to continue to stay
active in volunteering with
more events that bring our
diverse and cultural campus
together in the future!
SGA Speaks By: Monica Mohan &
Maggy Reynolds
The Wrap of Culture Fest
Photo provided by Paula Witman
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Campus Life / CoLumns
“Karat” and Pina Colada fla-
vors.
the shop also closes quite
early –usually around 9
p.m., which is when Harvard
Square begins bustling with
people on the weekends. all
in all, i do love how it is dec-
orated, but the quality of the
“gourmet cupcakes” is not
exactly the best.
Rating: 3/5
Next time when you’re out
for lunch and dinner, why
not stop at a bakery for some
delicious pastries after your
meal?
Glutton GirlBakeries�of�Boston
By:
Bonnie Li
met cupcake . Whi le the
designs are certainly cute
and adorable, the quality of
the frosting and cake itself is
definitely not worth the
three dollars that i paid for
it. the cupcakes are bland,
sugary and dry without
much taste. in addition, the
cakes are not moist, but
rather quite dense and hard.
However, the décor at the
r e s t a u r a n t d e f i n i t e l y
deserves a big plus, since it
is welcoming and beautiful
i n a p r i m e l o c a t i o n a t
Harvard Square. Of all the
cupcakes offered, the only
ones that are good are the
good bread, pastries, soup
and salads. this location at
fenway is spacious and nice
with free wifi, which are def-
inite pluses for a place for
lunch. the cinnamon crunch
bagel is simply divine and
one o f the bes t types o f
bagels offered, ever, but, as
with all bagels and breads
offered at Panera, they are
made of the best quality.
However, the wait for the
food is extremely long and
tedious; with an almost thir-
t y m i n u t e w a i t d u r i n g
lunch/busy hours –between
11 a.m. and 2 p.m. the pas-
tries are always great. the
p r i c e i s d e c e n t f o r t h e
amount served; it is enough
for one meal, and if you are
not a heavy eater, there will
be leftovers. the corn chow-
der is great and much better
t h a n t h e c l a m c h o w d e r
offered. in addition, if you
are not sure which bread or
bagel you would like, you can
ask for a small sample bite
before you decide to buy a
loaf.
Rating: 4/5
Sweet
10 Brattle St
Harvard Square
Cambridge
(617) 547-2253
the cupcakes are over-
priced at $3.25 for one gour-
Finale
30 Dunster St
Cambridge
(617) 441-9797
While the desserts offered
at finale and slightly over-
priced and expensive with an
uncreative menu at first
s ight , the r i chness and
creaminess of the confec-
tionaries make up for all
other faults at the restau-
rant. the chocolate molten
cake is one of the best ones
offered at any desert or bak-
ery place. the gelato, espe-
cially chocolate and vanilla,
was also rich and delicious.
the desserts are present-
ed in a beautiful manner by
the waiters and waitresses
at the restaurant. While is
décor is dark, there are a lot
of windows throughout the
restaurant to complement
the black and burgundy
leather interior. the sand-
wiches are also delicious and
offered a lot of choices for
vegetarians. Do be careful
when you go to finale, for it
is definitely not light on the
wallet.
Rating: 4.5/5
Panera Bread
401 Park Drive (at
Medfield St) ,Boston
(617) 247-0174
Panera Bread has gener-
ally produced consistently
i personally love going
into bakeries and dessert
locations after getting a good
meal. Here is a sampling of
the bakeries and “patis-
series” that i have been to in
this general area.
Au Bon Pain
1100 Massachusetts Ave.,
#15, Cambridge
(617) 354-4144
One of the best things
about au Bon Pain is that it
is opened until 2 aM every
night. thus, it is completely
possible to hop on the shut-
tle at night and head over for
a midnight snack of bagels,
desserts and coffee. the food
and drinks offered at au Bon
Pain are in general, very
g o o d a n d w e l l - m a d e .
However, they lack a certain
quality about them that
makes them unique and
screams aBP.
t h e b a g e l s a r e g o o d
because they are slightly
sweet and keep you full, and
it is not dry or too heavy.
the outside seating is won-
derful with granite tables
and nice setting. One com-
plaint i have of this particu-
lar chain of aBP is that the
place smells like cheese,
which is not exactly the most
pleasant scent for a café.
Rating: 3.5/5 Finale has n assortment of delicious desserts. Photo from gusto.com
“Food for the Soul” a great success for Global Living Center
“food , o ld people and
music br ings everybody
together…the right food that
i s ” s a y s S o p h o m o r e
Stephanie Mitchell as she
enjoyed savory bacon baked
beans.
M o n d a y n i g h t a t t h e
Global Living Center (GLC),
Orchard North, marked a
new wave in night life at
Bentley. “food for the Soul,”
as chefs Desiree Daniels and
Ma-Kirah Wilkerson called
it, attracted a crowd of 30
Bentley students for the
evening.
While listening to ain’t No
Women Like the One i Got
by the four tops, the chefs
served a menu of southern
fried chicken, southern fried
cat fish, corn on the cob,
bacon baked beans, maca-
roni & cheese , and corn
bread. for dessert the duo
made a delicious “better than
sex” cake. When asked why
it is called better than sex,
Desiree simply said, “try it
and you’ll find out.”
Since the initiation of
Orchard North ’s Global
Living Center, this event is
the first freshman program
held. Miller residential
assistants elaine Carroll
and Charles tiu created this
floor plan. “We wanted to
change our programming
models so that our residents
would be the leaders of the
program. Desiree and Ma-
Kirah were talking about
being home sick, so the idea
suit them well , ” Carrol l
added.
the atmosphere had a
strong tint of flavors flowing
about the GLC lounge. a
group of senior exchange stu-
dents, Cherie Ong, Vincent
Zheng and James Lin stated
that their f r iend angad
Sawhney told them to come
out.
angad was pleased that
they stayed and delighted
that he could shed light and
introduce a culture that is
new to them, “it’s our first
time having soul food, and
this definitely helps the
night life at Bentley.
it was the right amount of
care about. i’m very excited
to be here tonight”.
ra Carroll believes that
Soul food will become a tra-
ditional event. the end of the
evening consisted of tasting
the “better than sex” cake
and a screening of the film
Soul food.
Original. fellow texan,
Stephanie Mitchell said
the southern fried cat fish is
what brought her out,“it
makes me miss my Papa, but
the southern environment
brings back good memories.
Listening to uncle ruckus
telling us stories we don’t
food for the right amount of
people, but the more the
merrier.”
Jokes were shared and
laughter filled the air as
everyone waited for the pre-
pared food.
Junior Schantelle Henry
thought that the event was
very successful, stating, “it
feels good to reunite in the
middle of the semester to
e m b r a c e t h e a f r i c a n
american culture; hanging
out with people that make
Bentley feel like home away
from home is always a pleas-
ure”.
Carroll’s two residents of
Miller and chefs for the night
Daniels and Wilkerson are
natives of Dallas, texas.
“Watching Mama in the
kitchen definitely paid off,
we enjoy cooking it’s in our
blood” the duo stated. the
bacon baked beans was a hot
commodity at dinner.
Daniels said her recipe for
baked beans is about two
teaspoons of mustard, two
teaspoons of barbeque sauce,
black pepper and a can of
B u s h ’ s B a k e d B e a n s
Melissa HectorStaff Writer
Image from img.timeinc.netFried catfish was featured at “Food for the Soul.”
Arts & EntErtAinmEnt
PagE 8 noVEMBEr 19, 2009 thE Vanguard
Wal t kowa lsk i (C l in t
Eastwood) has just lost his
wife, and it quickly becomes
clear that she was one of the
few things he actually liked in
the world. a korean War vet-
eran and retired auto worker,
Walt is jaded, angry, and pes-
simistic. he lives in a rough
detroit suburb populated by
low-income families and gang
violence. Walt is a bitter racist,
and is particularly annoyed by
his hmong neighbors.
this is not to say anyone
else is much better in his eyes:
his relationship with his two
sons is practically non-exis-
t en t , and he i s equa l l y
unpleasant to the priest
(Christopher Carley), whom
his wife asked to keep an eye
on Walt. Even his barber, the
closest thing Walt has to a
f r i end ( o r even a s o c ia l
acquaintance), is subject to a
barrage of slurs and insults.
things don’t get any better
as the l o ca l as ian gang
attempts to recruit Walt’s
quiet young neighbor thao
(Bee Vang), and send him to
steal Walt’s 1972 ford gran
torino.
after the failed theft of his
car, and the increasing gang
harassment of his neighbors,
Walt begrudgingly begins to
interact with thao and his
friendly sister, sue (ahney
her), setting the stage for the
rest of the film.
the most standout aspect of
this movie is the acting. Vang
and hur were cast in Gran
Torino without any previous
film acting experience, and
you certainly could not tell this
based on the movie.
Equally stunning is that
Vang was only 17 when the
movie was released, hur only
16. Both play their roles with
a level of maturity and believ-
ability that far exceeds both
their age and their experience.
despite these excellent
newcomers, Eastwood is still
the star of the show here.
While i don’t think there are
many people out there who
doubt his ability to direct, it is
a pleasant surprise to see how
forceful an actor he can still
be, even at 78 (!) years old.
Eastwood has stated that this
is his last acting role, but
based on this performance he
appears as though he could
have several more roles left in
the tank , i f he were s o
inclined.
What makes Eastwood’s
acting and direction so impres-
sive in Gran Torino is what he
does with Walt’s character. it’s
not easy to transform a racist
old man who hates the world
into a sympathetic protago-
nist, but somehow he pulls it
off.
as far as the story goes,
Gran Torino is compelling
enough, although some view-
ers might be put-off upon
learning that this film is more
drama than action and ass-
kicking (viewers like my room-
mate – hi harris). Eastwood
is a storyteller, and focuses
more on the conflicts associat-
ed with relationships rather
than those associated with vio-
lence – and for the most part
this is effective since the pac-
ing is appropriate.
the only real complaint i
have is that this movie does
have a certain predictability
factor towards the end, but
this still doesn’t detract from
what is largely a satisfying
conclusion.
overall, Gran Torino is a
very good, if not great, movie.
admittedly this movie isn’t for
everyone (in particular, those
sensitive to or uninterested in
hearing racial slurs launched
liberally for 2 hours) but there
is a heart at the center of this
film.
the story and content here
are fairly unique compared to
most blockbuster films, and
when combined with the excel-
lent acting, Gran Torino
becomes one of the better
movies from 2008, and one
that is definitely worth check-
ing out.
rating: 4/5 Falcons
For Your EntertainmentBy:
Matt weisse
Gran Torino is finally out on DVD. Photo from imdb.com
Gran Torino Review
What is your favoritepart of Thanksgiving?
Voices
evelyn SidiropouloS
Class of 2012
idCC
“getting to see my family.”
lilly tillapaugh
Class of 2012
MarkEting
“My favorite part of
thanksgiving is the
Macy’s thanksgiving
Parade!”
Collin Brewer
Class of 2011
aCCounting
“the cranberry sauce!”
ava Byer
Class of 2010
CorPoratE finanCE &
aCCounting
“it’s officially the holiday
season and you can put
up decorations and start
listening to Christmas
songs.”
Biz Kratzert
Class of 2011
MarkEting
“stuffing and butternut
squash.”
Bree JohnsonPhotograPhy Editor Clint Eastwood plays a bitter racist towards his Asian neighbors. Photo from legalmoviesdownloads.com
Arts & EntErtAinmEnt
thE Vanguard noVEMBEr 19, 2009 PagE 9
Charismatic, witty, and
down-to-earth wouldn’t be the
first three words that come to
mind when describing most
young actors today, but kellan
lutz, who plays the role of
Emmett Cullen in the Twilight
franchise, proved to be all three.
the 24 year old actor who got his
start as an abercrombie & fitch
model made his big break last
year as a member of the famous
Cullen clan in Twilight.
With New Moon, the next
installment of the series, mak-
ing its big screen debut on
november 20, i was lucky
enough to be able to take part in
a roundtable discussion with
lutz that was every bit as excit-
ing as the movies themselves.
aF: as an insider, how do
you explain the Twilight
phenomenon?
kl: i wish i could. really i don’t
see it for what it really is, for
what an outsider would see it, i
wish i could step away from it,
but now we’re in this twilight
zone which has been a huge part
of our lives and will be for the
next couple years until we’re
done with all the movies.
hopefully, we’ll be doing
Breaking Dawn, although it’s up
to the fans obviously if they sup-
port New Moon and Eclipse. But
i think 5 years from now or 10
when it’s all said and done, we’ll
look back on all the fanmail and
scrapbooks and interviews and
watch the movies as movies.
i’m gonna sit there in awe of
this phenomenon that is
twilight. i understand it
because it hits on so many great
topics. i see firsthand with my
sister and mom how they con-
nect; it’s just a really good lesson
and it brings so many groups
together, and i see why the
demographics are from 8-80. it’s
bringing out everyone to the
movies.
More men are being hooked
on it because New Moon’s an
action movie. a lot of guys are
going to see it. i loved it.
Twilight, for me, i probably
wouldn’t have seen it if i wasn’t
in it or i didn’t have a sister who
needed me to drive her to the
movies. But filming Eclipse,
doing all the fight training we
did…it is a kick ass action movie
and guys are going to sit there
like
“yeah! Vampires, werewolves
and crazy vampires, come here,
girlfriend.” and all the anti-
Twilight girls are going to be like
“fine.”
aF: are there any draw-
backs [to being a part of this
franchise]?
kl: i don’t get to spend time
with my loved ones…my dog
and my family and friends. i
mean thank god they’ve only
taken 3 months to shoot and we
shoot them on the west coast. i
find myself shooting 6 day weeks
and only having sunday off. i’ll
book a ticket for that morning,
fly home for 12 hours, and book
a ticket that night to get back to
set for Monday morning just to
see my dog.
aF: what do you like to do
for fun?
kl: i find fun in anything, like
i even had jury duty. i was play-
ing football…i saw this old
grandpa dude, totally awesome,
he was such a stickler, sitting
there all pissed off and i folded
up a piece of paper and said
“hey, let’s see who can flick this
further” and he was having so
much fun and we started hitting
other people annoying them.
[laughs] i mean i have fun
doing anything.
a lot of times i’m by myself
and i’ll make up random games
or draw. i love painting and
drawing and being active out-
side. i have roommates who are
great and usually play whatever
i ask them to play.
all i need them to do it sit
around a table like this and roll
the dice. Monopoly i’ll move all
the pieces or, risk, i’ll move
them around and be like “where
do you wanna go?” they’ll call me
from the bathroom “ah, just take
over afghanistan.” i just love
doing anything, everything,
being outdoors is the best with
my dog, swimming…
aF: what can we expect
from Eclipse, from your
character specifically?
kl: a lot more of my character,
thank god. Because i haven’t
done anything in these movies
besides be a presence and i actu-
ally have great scenes with
kristen [stewart, who plays
Bella swan]. it’s fun making her
laugh because that’s what my
character does, make her laugh
when she’s not supposed to so we
have to reshoot the scene.
kristen’s awesome, just so
much fun to work with and so
easy to scare. i try to scare all the
girls on set. i’m like a big pres-
ence on the set, i’m tall and big
and wider. it’s fun to…or even
something i can just hide around
a corner and they’ll forget i was
even there and they’ll come
around, kristen especially, i’ll
jump out and she’ll spill her cof-
fee. it’s great. Eclipse is such an
action movie. all the stunts and
preparation that we all put forth
in making that movie, i can’t
wait to see the trailer. i’m really
excited for that movie. i did a lot
of stuff in it, so i’m happy.
aF: what’s the most outra-
geous thing a fan’s done to
get your attention?
kl: i guess, thrown stuff at me.
[laughs] it’s funny when girls
flash us but usually it’s never
been…actually, there was one
time when i was running with
my dog down my street and i
hear this car go past me and i
hear [makes the sound of
screeching brakes] turns around,
parks her car. “EMMEtt!” i
turn around and i’m like…then
you hear these flip flips. then
two seconds later this water bot-
tle streaming right past me. i
was like “did you just throw that
at me?” “i wanted you to stop,
say hi . ” i was l ike
“okayyyyy…great, thanks for
not hitting me.”
alysha Frankstaff WritEr
If you were Bill Belichick,
what would you have gone
for it on 4th and 2?
Voices
Joe MCKenna
Class of 2010
EConoMiCs & finanCE
“i run a double reverse,
flea-flicker pass, and hit
randy Moss streaking
down the side.”
JoSh BiCKFord
Class of 2011
MarkEting
“Punted the ball, you
should have faith in
your defense.”
Kelly MarKella
Class of 2012
undECidEd
“Even though i don’t
know much about foot-
ball, it was obvious to
go for it.”
John Brandt
Class of 2010
ManagEMEnt
“i would have punted,
but i respect Belichick’s
decision.”
Maryanne aCKaway
Class of 2013
undECidEd
“i would have punted
the living daylights out
of it.”
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PAgE 10 nOVEMBEr 19, 2009 THE VAnguArD
Aries (March 21 - April 19): This month,
you will have to make an important deci-
sion. remember to be true to yourself
when you choose a course of action.
Taurus (April 20 - May 20): You’ve been
putting so much energy into school and
your extracurriculars. Take time for your-
self and do something fun or relaxing!
Gemini (May 21 - June 21): You are used
to multitasking, but this month don’t let
your schedule get too crazy. You could miss
something important, so stay organized
and focus!
Cancer (June 22 - July 22): Don’t hold
back when something is bothering you this
month. All of that negative energy could
explode and have negative consequences,
so make sure to sort out your problems in
a mature and calm way.
Leo (July 23 - Aug. 22): Although you
crave attention, spend time this month to
help out your friends and family. It may
surprise you just how much stronger your
relationships with people will become.
Virgo (Aug. 23- Sept. 22): Open up to dif-
ferent experiences and ways of releasing
your energy. Try yoga or meditation; you
may find a new favorite hobby.
Libra (Sept. 23 - Oct. 22): This month it’s
time to stand up for those beliefs you’ve
been keeping inside. Forget what others
will think of you and make your inner
ideals clear to yourself and others.
Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21): This month
is a good time to accept a challenge that
comes your way. It will be a great way to
break out of your shell and make yourself
known to your colleagues.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21): As your
birthday approaches, maintain an open and
generous attitude and good things will
come your way. relax but stay focused.
Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19): You have
been working hard and saving your money,
and you may be looking for a place to spend
it. Save your earnings for something
important down the road instead.
Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18): You’ve had
a great idea for a long time now, and it is
time to begin working toward accomplish-
ing this goal. Don’t be afraid to involve oth-
ers in your endeavors.
Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20): Take advan-
tage of your overpowering energy this
month. You’ve been meaning to make a
change and now is the time to do it,
although you need to be respectful of oth-
ers’ feelings at the same time.
Horoscopes
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April’s AdviceThanksgiving Woes
By:
April Gammal
Question: While I am excited
about Thanksgiving, I’m also
dreading it. I always leave din-
ner feeling really full and like
I’ve eaten enough food to last
me three days. All my relatives
come over and bring something
different and I don’t want to
insult anyone by not trying the
food they brought. Is it possi-
ble to leave Thanksgiving din-
ner without feeling so full, but
also not insulting my relatives?
Ok, so this may not help
you feel any better but…the
average American consumes
more than 4,500 calories and
2 2 9 g r a m s o f f a t o n
Thanksgiving Day. You can
either choose wisely and take
control, or fail to keep the diet
you promise yourself every
year when the ball drops in
Times Square.
If you choose to take control,
I have some tips that should
keep your calorie intake from
exceeding over two days worth
of food during Thanksgiving
dinner.
1. Don’t go to Thanksgiving
dinner hungry: When you are
hungry, you tend to eat more
and faster. Make sure you eat
breakfast and lunch before
going to dinner. Keep in mind
that foods that are high in
fiber make you feel full very
quickly.
2. Fill your plate once: Take
what you want to eat at the
beginning of the meal and do
not put anything else on your
plate. This will prevent you
from taking just a little more
of this and a little more of that,
and then before you know it
you’ve taken another plate full
of food.
3. Choose the light meat:
When it comes to the turkey,
choose the light pieces over the
dark and avoid eating the
skin. Dark meat has about 75
percent more fat and 30 per-
cent more calories than the
light meat. Also, forget the
gravy.
4. Drink water: Drinking
plenty of water will help fill
you up and will keep your
body hydrated, unlike alcohol
and coffee which can dehy-
drate your body. Also, alcohol
slows the breakdown of fat.
Your body will break down
alcohol first instead of fat.
5. Chew your food slowly: It
takes 20 minutes for your
stomach to tell your brain that
you are full. So if you are eat-
ing quickly, it will be too late
before you realize that you are
full. Thanksgiving dinner is a
time to enjoy the company of
your family and friends. Focus
your attention on the conver-
sation and not just the food on
your plate. If you eat slowly
you will know sooner when
you are full and not later on
when you start to feel a little
sick and your buttons begin
popping off your pants.
6. Put your fork down every
time you take a bite: Finish
what is in your mouth before
you put anything else in it and
enjoy what you are eating.
7. Choose your dessert wise-
ly: There always seems to be
so many good items on the
table during dessert. If there
is any dessert with fruit, then
go for it. It will most likely
have fewer calories. While a
slice of apple pie contains
about 300 calories, a slice of
pecan pie has over 500 calo-
ries.
Many people think, hey it is
only one day so it should be ok.
If you make exceptions for
every holiday, celebration, or
special occasion that pops up
you will be making excuses
way too often.
I hope these tips will help
you make good choices this
Thanksgiving while still keep-
ing your relatives happy.
Happy Thanksgiving!
The purpose of this column
is to give advice on issues rel-
evant to Bentley students. So,
if you have any questions, con-
cerns, or would like advice on
a n y i s s u e t h a t c a n b e
addressed in a public forum
please send it to April at gam-
[email protected] and you
may see it in a future issue.
Keep in mind that your ques-
tion will remain anonymous.
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Arts & EntErtAinmEnt
The Vampire Archives provides stories for blood-sucking enthusiasts
everyone, it seems, is getting
into the vampire craze. What
Bram Stokerstarted hundreds
of years ago with his timeless
story Dracula, the world is still
enjoying today. there seems to
be no end to this amazing gen-
reof books, movies, series, and
even action figures. So, with all
the hype in the world about
vampires, it makes sense for a
work of facts and stories to be
published about the greatest and
most interesting bloodsuckers.
While edward Cullen and
angel didn’t quite make the cut,
The Vampire Archives edited by
Otto Penzler, is a collection about
past and present bloodsuckers.
Legendary authors such as
edgar allen Poe, Stephen King,
and anne rice, along with other
earlier and contemporary writ-
ers, share their tales about the
frightening and fascinating
world of vampires.
Because the book is such an
enormous complication, it’s hard
to determine which stories are
the best and brightest, which
ones should be read and which
ones can be passed over.
Different aspects of this volume
will appeal to every person that
has even a slight interest in the
world of vampires and maybe
even intrigue a few people who
find the whole vampire fad to be
annoying and passé.
Because it is a collection
instead of just one story, it is
quite a thick book, almost a
thousand pages long, and with
no pictures. each story has
something unique to offer in per-
spective, theory, or situation. for
instance, Bram Stoker is includ-
ed in this massive set with a
work entitled “Dracula’s Guest.”
it was originally intended to be a
chapter in the book, but was cut
and later published after the
death of Stoker.
“Dracula’s Guest” tells the
story of Van Helsing and his
misadventure to a cursed village
in Germany. Van Helsing wants
to explore a part of the country
which his driver tells him is
cursed; he proceeds to do so any-
ways amidst a snow storm and
becomes lost.
He is then overtaken by a
large creature which no one
knows what to think of, and
becomes indebted to the one per-
son he is hunting most ardent-
ly. While not the most important
story, it does offer some insight
into the mind and world of Van
Helsing and Dracula and should
be read in order to be fully appre-
ciated.
a surprising addition to this
collection is a story by ray
Bradbury entitled “the Man
Upstairs.” it is a tale about a
young boy who, intrigued by one
of the borders at his grandpar-
ents’ house, begins to investigate
the on-goings of the man life. He
begins to pester everyone with
questions and ideas and gains a
new perspective while peering
out a stained glass window.
What the boy finds is slightly
disturbing, much l ike in
Bradbury’s other works, and he
deals with it in his own fashion.
While the story does not fit the
usual mold of a vampire legend,
it is a nice insert to get readers
thinking about yet another facet
of the vampiric lifestyle.
The Vampire Archives is not
a book to be read straight
through from cover to cover, but
should instead be searched
through in order to find some-
thing which is the most interest-
ing to a particular reader.
Do not expect to be enter-
tained by all stories contained
within the binding, but some,
besides the classics, that should
not be missed include: “a
Mystery of the Campagna” by
anne Crawford, “Bite-Me-Not
or, fleur de fur” by tanith Lee,
and “Princess of Darkness” by
frederick Cowles.
With elements of romance,
fate, and mystery, The Vampire
Archives is sure to give anyone
a good chill or thrill, or at least
keep them occupied enough to
wait for the opening of New
Moon.
Rating: 4 out 5 Falcons
Kat WebberStaff Writer
Image from www.candlelightstories.comThe must-own for vampire fanatics.
PAGe 12 NOVeMBeR 19, 2009 THe VANGUARD
News
the most expensive plan
per meal.
Graduate student Owen
Bacewicz noticed continuing
changes to the meal plan in
his five years at Bentley and
decided to take a closer look
at the real costs of a meal at
Seasons. Bacewicz took the
annual cost of each meal
plan, subtracted the varying
discretionary money and
then divided that dollar
amount by the number of
meals per semester.
“I don’t think students
really understand what their
meal plans are paying for…"
said Bacewicz, “Being a stu-
dent here for five years, liv-
ing in Forest hall as an RA,
the meal plan is a big chunk
of students price tag, and I
just wanted to learn a little
about where the money is
spent.”
"With mandating that stu-
dents without kitchens have
to have a meal plan,” said
Bacewicz, “students lose any
bargaining power on that
side.”
According the breakdown
of numbers from the Sodexo
website, the cost per meal of
the Value 5, Value 10, Value
15 and Value 17 is $6.87,
$11.83, $8.36 and $7.78
respectively.
Ranging between $1,780
and $4730 annually, with
meal plans come a number of
swipes at Seasons, the cam-
pus dining hall, as well as a
specific amount of discre-
tionary dollars that can be
used at the five retail options
on campus.
The breakdown o f the
numbers exposed a large dis-
parity between costs per
meal of each plan. Speaking
a b o u t t h e $ 4 . 9 5 j u m p
between Value 5 and Value
10, Bacewicz stated, "The
jump up is at the minimum
requirement for suites and
the law Bentley abides by…
I see a possible issue but I
recognize the d ispar i ty
between the two. I think
there is reason behind it that
no one really understands."
Doreen Floyd, Assistant
Dean of Student Affairs
explained the large jump by
saying, “When you look at
the cost of each plan, you
can’t just look at the cost of
Seasons, you have to look at
the cost of the overall plan.”
The l owest mea l p lan
offered and one that is not
available to students who fall
into the mandated area, the
Value 5 Plan, according to
General Manager of Sodexo
James Cornacchia, is a “give-
away plan.” “Sodexo makes
no money off that plan and
neither does Bentley,” said
Cornacchia.
Bacewicz said the meal
plan set-up made him won-
der, “Where is the money
going?”
Cornacchia said, “The
answer is, I don’t have an
answer because I do not set
the prices.” He went on to
say, “When the prices get set
by Bentley, just the way the
math works out, that is the
way that prices work out.”
Prices for everything from
tuition to room and board go
through a long process of
evaluation before students
are notified of the change.
Once a group of Bentley
administrators, including
Vice President for Business
and Finance Paul Clemente,
student affairs, Sodexo and a
number of student commit-
tees decide on the meal plan
prices, the board of trustees
i s a s k e d t o v o t e o n t h e
changes and then the stu-
dents are notified.
“We try to improve the
plan every year and I believe
we have met that every
year,” says Clemente.
Sodexo, a multi-national
company that serves univer-
sities all over the world,
works with Bentley to give
input on the cost of meal
p l a n s . A c c o r d i n g t o
Cornacchia, “I get a daily
rate for each meal plan from
Bentley, so say there are
1000 people on this meal
plan, times a daily rate so I
g i v e t h a t d a i l y r a t e t o
Bentley and they come up
with the annual semester
charge.”
Sodexo, working as a for-
profit company, does not
receive all meal plan charges,
though with some of the meal
plan charge going back to the
university. “I need to make a
profit, it’s my labor, it’s my
food , ” sa id Cornacch ia ,
“Bentley is just lending me
the space… I can tell you
right now, I do not get all of
that. I do not get all $4,320
or whatever a meal plan
costs.”
Bentley on the other hand,
a non-for-profit university,
u s e s t h e m o n e y i n t h e
upkeep of the facility, which
c o s t s a r o u n d $ 8 . 0 0 p e r
square foot, according to
Clemente. “Anything that
doesn't go directly to support
the food you are receiving
goes to support student activ-
ities,” said Clemente, stating
that money raised from the
meal plan goes to things like
revamping the Student
Center and keeping up facil-
ities like the library and the
Dana Center.
“In addition, what goes
into the prices is more than
just the cost of food and what
S o d e x o c h a r g e s , ” s a i d
Clemente, “We have heat,
light, debt service on the
building and custodians.”
Since 2000, the average
annual Bentley meal plan
has gone up a total of $500,
f r o m $ 4 , 0 5 0 t o $ 4 , 5 5 0 .
Colleges in the area, as well,
have experienced the slight
increases; however, with the
rise in cost, Bentley still
stays near the median of
their competition. According
to an investment report sup-
plied by Clemente, meal
plans at Boston University
c o s t $ 4 , 0 0 0 , a t B o s t o n
College $4450, at Bryant
$4 ,700 and at Brande is
$4,900.
“We are simply trying to
maintain competiveness…”
said Clemente, “our goal here
is to maintain the greatest
possible services among a
broad spectrum of students.”
In order to serve more stu-
dents, Bentley and Sodexo
have incorporated a number
of retail options into food
services at Bentley. One of
the pitfalls of giving students
a number of options, in terms
of both hours and establish-
ments, is some of these retail
options, like A&W, do not
break even.
In light of the numbers
discovered, Bacewicz contem-
plated the idea that by charg-
ing a higher premium at
Season’s, Bentley and Sodexo
could possibly be propping up
what would be failing estab-
lishments without Bentley’s
help.
“We learn in the classroom
that unless you run your
operations efficiently, you
can’t make in the market
then you fall out and some-
one else comes in…” said
Bacewicz, “We pay for a meal
plan and what does that
mean? And if they are sup-
porting the failing establish-
ments on campus, what does
that say on the teachings in
the classroom?”
I n r e s p o n s e t o t h o s e
claims, Cornacchia did admit
that A&W was not a prof-
itable establishment, howev-
er, “if you are saying Bentley
is putting in money to keep
A&W profitable, that is not
the way it works.”
Cornacchia explained to
The Vanguard that when a
space becomes available at
Bentley, Sodexo calls in a
representative to take a look
a t t h e s p a c e a n d t e l l
Cornacchia and Bentley rep-
resentatives what is able to
fit in the parameters sup-
plied. Sodexo then buys the
franchise cost and establish-
es the option at Bentley,
charging Bentley for running
and supplying the establish-
ments.
While neither Floyd not
Clemente nor Cornacchia
would confirm that Bentley
will be removing A&W, all
addressed the fact Bentley
and Sodexo are looking at
options to what could go into
that space.
All administrators pointed
out the meal plan is more
than just Seasons and the
retail options, it is a part of
Bentley culture. Bacewicz
believes he is speak for stu-
dents, however, when he
states “If you are going to call
it a meal plan, that’s great,
but then tell us what you
mean by that, where is that
money going to go?"
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SportS / CampuS Life
determination that led
them to their conference
championships, as they beat
Bentley goalie Joe Calvi for
two more goals before the end
of regulation to take the game
into overtime.
Neither team was able to
put any goals together in the
bonus time and the game
ended at a 3-3 tie.
The Falcons certainly did
wel l to t ie a team of Air
Force’s caliber, but the blown
lead may have been slightly
disheartening and it was Air
F o r c e w h o t o o k a l l t h e
momentum into Saturday’s
game.
Sophomore goalie Kyle
Rank got the start in the net
for the Falcons and played
well, making 26 saves, but the
Air Force defense was too
much and didn’t allow a sin-
gle goal.
Air Force went on to win
the game 3-0 off two power
play goals and an empty net-
ter at the end, sending the
Falcons home on a loss.
Overall though, the Falcons
came away with some good
play against a tough team,
and their next game would
show that the Falcons really
can be a force to be reckoned
with.
Bentley came back home to
take on Sacred Heart in
another weekend series last
Friday and Saturday.
Maybe the Falcons offense
was a little upset about get-
ting blanked by Air Force and
t h e y t o o k i t o u t o n t h e
Pioneers, putting up six goals
in a 6-3 victory.
Seniors Marc Menzione and
Brendan Harrison each put
up two goal,s and sophomore
Aaron Stonacek and freshman
Joe Campanelli each tacked
o n o n e o f t h e i r o w n .
Sophomore Herbie Kent
recorded three assists to help
pace the offense as well.
Stonacek and Harrison led
off the scoring in the first peri-
od with a goal apiece, but
Sacred Heart scored one as
well to cut the Falcons lead to
2-1 heading into the second.
In the first four minutes of
the second, however, Bentley
scored two power play goals to
get their lead up to 4-1 before
Sacred Heart went off again
and scored another two in the
last 16 minutes of the period.
But the Falcons would not
allow the Pioneers to complete
their comeback as Bentley’s
defense held strong and
Menzione and Campanelli
scored goals in the last few
minutes to finally ice the
game.
Dan Koudys and Bobby
Preece each recorded two
assists and Calvi played well
in the net, making a career
high 44 saves.
In the next game against
Sacred Heart on Saturday, it
was Kyle Rank putting on the
goaltending clinic, as he made
32 saves and only allowed one
goal. Unfortunately for the
Falcons, the offense was only
able to muster one goal of
their own in 65 minutes of
play.
Sacred Heart scored the
first goal of the game in the
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Ice Hockey
f irst period and Bentley
responded just 34 seconds into
the second period. Kent took
a shot on the Pioneers net
that hit of f the post and
Campanelli was there to put
it away and tie the score up at
one.
However, that would be it
for the scor ing , and the
Falcons would be left to settle
for a win and a tie in the
home series against Sacred
Heart.
This puts the Falcons at 3-
2-2 in conference play and 3-4-
2 overall. Bentley has eight
points, leaving them tied with
Holy Cross for fourth place in
the Atlantic Hockey stand-
ings. Rochester Institute of
Technology and Air Force are
tied atop the standings with
12 points each and Canisius
sits in third with nine points.
The Falcons will next draw
Army, the current cellar
dweller in the Atlantic Hockey
standings, in another home
series next weekend.
The Falcons will then get
into some non-conference
games before getting into the
tough part of their schedule
where thye play a slew of
Atlantic Hockey games. That’s
where we’ll find out if this
team is really built to make a
run at the top spot in the con-
ference.
Culture Fest
proceeds go ing t o the
Lewis Foundation for Aids.
On that night, Operation
Christmas Child began in the
Sacred Space of the Student
Center. Students decorated
shoe boxes that were used for
small gifts and toy donations.
In order to add aesthetics
to the Culture Fest atmos-
phere, flags from around the
world lined the stairway to
S e a s o n s D i n i n g H a l l .
Deemed “The World Fair,” it
served as an opportunity to
encourage students to travel
to other countries.
Outside of Sandellas, stu-
dents were given the chance
to make identity squares in
order to define themselves
within their own cultures.
Around this station, the
culture photo contest was
displayed which featured the
unique and culturally fasci-
nating pictures that were
taken by students, faculty,
and staff while they visited
other countries.
As a more informative and
academic event of Culture
Fest, the presentation given
by Dr. Robert E. McNulty of
the Center for Business
Ethics demonstrated his case
about Peace in Afghanistan.
McNulty, who returned
from his trip to Afghanistan
this past September, resonat-
ed with the audience saying,
“Instead of focusing on what
the military can do to win the
war…ask what ordinary peo-
ple can do to win peace.”
One of the most popular
events of Culture Fest was
F o o d F e s t . T h e r e w e r e
approximately five to six
hundred students anxiously
awaiting and lined up out-
side to taste food from over
33 cultures. The different
food was presented by the
various cultural organiza-
tions on campus.
In addition to the food at
Food Fest, Red for Africa T-
shirts were being sold. All
contributions made from the
T-Shirts were donated to a
village in Africa which is
s p o n s o r e d b y B e n t l e y
University.
Another interesting cul-
ture event was the Native
American Display in the
Student Center. It featured
22 tables of ancient artifacts
and inventions by Native
Americans.
In addition to the display,
visitors were treated to a
pleasant atmosphere as live
bands played a mix of cultur-
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During the final days of
Culture Fest, students were
given the chance to aid in a
community service project.
Can’s for a Cause had placed
collection cans all around
campus asking students to
recycle their cans with all
proceeds going to the Lewis
Foundation for Aids.
The festival wrapped up in
the GLC, Orchard North,
lounge for its closing recep-
tion. This gave students who
participated in Culture Fest
the opportunity to turn in
photos they had taken dur-
ing the week (their “pass-
ports”) in exchange for raffle
tickets.
First place in the raffle
was awarded a flat screen
TV, and the other winners
were given other prizes such
a s a g i f t c e r t i f i c a t e t o
Margaritas.
With everything that was
presented during this past
week, organizers of Culture
Fest hope it has brought the
campus together as a whole.
Blot concluded, “We tend
to focus on our differences,
when we should focus on our
similarities.”
The Falcons have enjoyed success early in the 2009-2010 season. Photo provided by Kevin Chen
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prove our dominance this
year.”
The Falcons are deter-
mined to out-work their com-
petition this season as Coach
Barbara Stevens has clearly
instilled a dedication to hard
work and perseverance in this
team.
The Falcons will look to
hang their hat on hard work
in practice and on tough
defense and rebounding game
in and game out. Saia states,
“Keys to success wi l l be
defense and rebounding. We
want our defense to be aggres-
sive and a constant in every
game, and then the offense
will come.”
The Falcons were able to
execute all of these traits in
their season opening win
against Holy Family, as their
defense led directly to fast-
break baskets which took the
pressure off of the Falcon half
court offense.
With the season opening
win against a ranked oppo-
nent, the expectations are now
even higher than they were in
the preseason for the Falcons.
As Saia states, “Our expecta-
tions are very high. We expect
each other to work hard every
day in practice to get better
and get closer to a champi-
onship season. Our goals are
to be undefeated at home, win
the Northeast 10 regular sea-
son and tournament, as well
as get to an Elite 8 [game].”
Those goals are certainly
lofty, but with the depth and
skill that this team displayed
against Holy Family, and with
their belief in each other,
there is no reason to think
that the Falcons can’t make
all of these goals a reality.
have to come ready to perform
every single night because
teams 1-16 can beat anyone in
any given game,” remarked
Cara Hart. Hart, along with
the rest of the Falcons know
that there is no such thing as
a guaranteed win in the NE-
10, regardless of who the
opponent is.
Of course, despite the fact
that every team in the NE-10
is tough, there is no doubt
that certain games mean
slightly more than others.
“We do always look forward
to playing our rival school,
Stonehill, and the National
Runner Up of 2008, Franklin
Pierce, however, we do not
look past anyone because in
this league you would be fool-
ish to,” remarked senior cen-
ter Dedra Pritchard.
Stonehill is the pre-season
favorite to win the NE-10 and
Franklin Pierce is predicted to
finish third, with the Falcons
predicted to finish right in the
middle of those two talented
teams.
The Falcons know that the
key to success this season is
hard work . As Lambros
remarks, “We’re not necessar-
ily the most athletic team in
the league. We might not have
the most talent. So, a key to
our success lies in our effort
and attitude. Coach [Stevens]
is always saying that in order
to be a championship team we
need to practice like a cham-
pionship team every single
day.”
Hart echoes Lambros’ state-
ment, saying, “Most impor-
tantly, it is one day at a time,
who will fight the hardest in
practice and which team is
next for us to beat in order to
T h e L a d y F a l c o n
Basketball team is a model of
consistency as year in and
year out, as the ladies typical-
ly find themselves with 20
wins, sitting near the top of
the NE-10 standings.
This year should be no dif-
ferent as the Falcons enter the
2009-2010 season with sky-
h i g h e x p e c t a t i o n s . T h e
Falcons are predicted to finish
second in the very competitive
NE-10, only behind perennial
powerhouse Stonehill.
The Falcons’ season got off
to a great start as they took
care of nationally ranked Holy
Family this past Sunday
afternoon. The Tigers came
into the game garnering the
number 17 national ranking,
and they left the Dana Center
with a 72-61 season opening
loss to the Falcons.
The Falcons received a sen-
sational effort from junior for-
ward Elise Caira who finished
the game with a game high 21
points and also grabbed an
impressive 10 rebounds.
Along with Caira, junior point
guard Kim Brennan had a
very solid game finishing with
17 points.
The Falcons looked very
impressive in their season
opening win. They pushed the
tempo all game long, which
will be their mode of attack
this year, as senior guard
Meagan Lambros states, “In
the past we’ve been known to
play as more of a walk-it-up-
the-court team so that we
could pound it inside because
that’s usually where our
strength was. This year our
emphasis is on an in-your-
face, intense defense and the
result of that will be steals
and transition baskets.”
The Falcons will look to
push the tempo all season
long, and with the depth that
this team has at the guard
posit ion, inc luding Kim
Brennan, Meghan Thomann,
Cara Hart, Megan Lambros,
Ashley Saia, Kelsey Roberson,
Katherine Goodwin, and
Lauren Massie, the Falcons
will be able to speed up the
tempo all game long.
Senior guard and team cap-
tain Ashley Saia sees a fast
paced game as one of the
biggest keys to success for the
Falcons as she stated, “One of
our biggest challenges this
season will be to be able to
sustain a fast paced game for
40 minutes night in and night
out.”
The Falcons expect to be
one of the best teams in the
NE-10 this year, but by no
means are they overlooking
the level of competition in the
NE-10. “The Northeast-10 is
a very difficult league and you
High expectations for Lady Falcons in 2010
Caira had a career game against Holy Family. Photo From Sports Info Office
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FalconoF theWeek
Kearney Named Falcon of the Week
Senior outside hitter Alex Kearney of the Bentley
University Volleyball team has been named the Falcon of the
Week. Kearney became the program’s all-time leader in kills
last Saturday against Adelphi in the Ne-10 Playoffs with
1,434, surpassing Ne-10 Hall of Famer Maria Vicens’s mark
of 1,430 which she had held since 1989.
That same day, Kearney was named first team All-Ne-10
for the fourth consecutive year. This season, Kearney leads
the Falcons in kills (2.60 per set) and points (326), and is sec-
ond in digs, averaging 2.59, and aces (31).
She has helped lead Bentley, who is 17-12 on the year, to its
sixth straight NCAA Tournament appearance as well. As the
fifth seed in the east Region, the Falcons will play fourth-
seeded Adelphi on Thursday afternoon at 5:00 p.m.
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This past Sunday, junior Brian Tracey
pulled down a career high 18 rebounds in the
Falcons’ 76-66 win against Post University.
Did you know the record for most rebounds
in a single game at the Dana Center is 19?
The record was set by Al Grenfell on January
18, 1975 against the Assumption Greyhounds.
Westrol and the Falcons are poised for excellence again
Tracey had a sensational season opening game. Photo from Sports Info Office
Falcon fans are ecstatic as
Bentley basketball tips off the
start of their season. One of the
most renowned and successful
teams on campus, look for
Bentley to thrive once again
and continue their dominance
in the Northeast 10. There are
many changes on the team
from last year, but as long as
some players reach their poten-
tial the Falcons should have a
great chance to finish at the top
of the conference.
Bentley had an outstanding
season last year, owning a
record of 24-5, including a 15
game winning streak in the sec-
ond half of the season. The
Falcons ended up losing in the
first round of the Northeast 10
Playoffs, but made it all the way
to the Regional Championship
game before falling to a very
strong C.W. Post team.
Although the Falcons ended
their streak of Northeast 10 and
Regional Championships, there
cannot be any disappointment
in a season where the team only
lost five games. Coach Jay
Lawson said of last year’s fin-
ish, “We have had unique suc-
cess over the past few years,
and although last year we did-
n’t do well as the prior season, it
was still a special season for our
team, and I think we should be
happy.”
When talking with Coach
Lawson about the expectations
for this year, he explained that
the team has no set goals for the
year but to just come out and
play every game to the best of
their ability. He stresses that
the Falcons must play aggres-
sively but stay disciplined, and
do all the little things that will
lead to victory.
The reason Bentley has seen
so much success is due to the
fact that the team always has a
core group of players that play
hard, smart, and unselfish ball,
always putting the team ahead
of themselves.
The Falcons have three
returning starters from last
year, Jason Westrol, Mike
Quinn, and Tom Dowling, but
they lost a very large and tal-
ented senior class that had
much success. Looking at the
incoming freshman class, there
is no one who looks to play a lot
of minutes this year, but they
still contribute to the team and
will make a difference in the
future.
The Falcons are looking
strong once again this year and
have a group of guards that
have won more than anyone in
the league. This year’s senior
class has a 90-9 record and the
juniors boast a record of 60-8,
so expect a similar if not better
performance from the guards
who all have another year
under their belt.
The guards who will rotate
play include seniors Jason
Westrol and John Brandt and
juniors Mike Quinn and Tom
Dowling. The player who
stands out the most to lead the
team is Jason Westrol. Westrol
has had one of greatest careers
ever seen at Bentley and last
year’s leading scorer looks ready
to have an outstanding senior
season.
Westrol has proved that he
can put up numbers to lead the
team to victory, but what many
people don’t realize is how much
production Bentley has received
from the supporting cast of
guards as well. Coach Lawson
said of his guards, “Mike Quinn
is one of the smartest players
on the team and is a much qui-
eter piece of the puzzle than
people have realized, and
Dowling is a great returning
starter who just needs to
improve his consistency.”
The departure of Lew
Finnegan, one of Bentley’s most
prolific players over the past
few years, has left the team
with a hole to fill, so the Falcons
look towards some of their
young guns to step up this sea-
son in the forward position. This
is probably the only area of
question in Bentley’s lineup, but
as long as the forwards progress
into their roles, the Falcons
should not have much problem.
Junior Brian Tracey is look-
ing poised to have a great year
in his first season as a full time
starter, while junior Joe
Fremeau and sophomore Kevin
Kettl will complete Bentley’s
three man rotation at the for-
ward position. Tracey came off
of the bench last year but still
played a large amount of min-
utes, so expect a lot of produc-
tion from the junior this year as
he started off the season with a
bang.
In their first regular season
game against Post, the Falcons
looked to come out firing and
start the season strong with a
win. They succeeded, handling
their opponents in a 76-66 win
on Sunday in which Post never
had a lead the whole game.
Although Bentley did not shoot
as well as they would have
liked, their dominance in
rebounding kept the team
ahead.
The Falcons were unstop-
pable on the boards, outre-
bounding Post 54-36. 18 of the
rebounds came from Brian
Tracey, who finished with 23
points in an outstanding per-
formance in the season opener.
This is a great sign for Bentley
as the junior not only showed
he can handle a starting role
but proved he has the ability to
be one of the best in the league
at his position.
All-American Jason Westrol
also contributed with a game
high 26 points and climbed up
to 17 on Bentley’s all time scor-
ing list. Mike Quinn added 14
points and had some big shots
for Bentley late in the game.
Joe Fremeau also had a solid
game as he and Tracey con-
trolled the boards on both ends
of the floor.
This was a great all around
play for the Falcons as they
showcased a lineup that looks
to have much success this year.
Although the score was some-
what close due to a late rally by
Post, the game was controlled
by Bentley as they never played
from behind, even extending
their lead to 18 at one point.
Bent ley wi l l t ravel to
Merrimack on Wednesday and
look to knock off the one team
that was projected ahead of
them in the preseason ranks.
This was the first time that
Bentley was not chosen num-
ber one in 5 years, due to the
loss of such a strong senior class
last year, but if anything this
should just motivate the play-
ers more to go out and prove
they deserve it.
Jason Westrol had no prob-
lem not being picked number 1,
saying, “The fact that we are
not picked #1 is a good thing
because that just makes us
even more hungry to go out
there every day and fight to be
back on top. The Merrimack
game, to fans, is more than just
a regular game, but to us, it’s
just another game and we must
go out there and treat it the
same way we do every single
game.
The Northeast 10 is a very
deep and competitive confer-
ence, but lately Bentley has tri-
umphed going far in the league
and playoffs every year. This is
due to a very committed group
of players who know their roles
and perform at a very high level.
Said Jason Westro l o f
Bentley’s repeated success, “We
don’t take any team we face
lightly; we go out there and
treat every team with the same
respect because we know if we
don’t come ready to play, that
this conference is so competitive
that any team will be able to
beat us.”
This mentality is what keeps
Bentley ahead of the competi-
tion, because the Falcons
always play like the next game
is their last. As long as a few
players develop and take their
game to the next level, Falcon
fans should be ready for anoth-
er amazing season as Bentley
basketball is looking poised to
go far.