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CELEBRATING

50YEARS196 3 - 2 0 1 3THE STUDENT VOICE OF BENTLEY UNIVERSITY SINCE 1963

Courtney Finn (left) and Lauren Battista (right) both played an integral role

in the Falcons’ strong but unsuccessful game against Dowling.

Kevin Kettl

wins grant to

pursue the

Shooting

Touch agenda

By Zachary O’Malley

VaNgaurd STaFF

Courtesy of Sindhu Palaniappan Courtesy of Kevin Kettl

By Lacey NemergutNEwS EdiTor

Twenty-eight students gave their time and

energy to help deserving families.

Kevin Kettl , Bentley

University Class of 2012 and

current graduate student, was

granted $25,000 by Shooting

Touch to pursue a 10-month

international work program in

Rwanda, fostering a positive

influence and social change

through basketball.

Kettl created a video on

YouTube to present to the

Shooting Touch board of direc-

tors, featuring his actionable

plan for the organization.

“I wanted a good intro, and

using Flex was a way to show

my goofy side and get a little cre-

ative,” said Kettl, referencing his

use of the Bentley mascot in his

submission.

Kettle featured Flex perform-

ing a few basic basketball drills,

utilizing a background television

to break the continuous seven

minutes of himself in front of the

camera.

“Basically, it was a collabora-

tion of a lot of friends and fami-

lies ideas and I had a lot of help

along the way,” said Kettl.

Kettl first became involved

with Shooting Touch in a pur-

suit of an internship with

Reebok. The Director of

Basketball Footwear at the time

was Justin Kittredge. Though

Reebok didn’t offer a position at

the time, Kettl maintained con-

tact with Kittredge who would

later inform him about Shooting

Touch.

“I did the whole video on a

Courtesy of Sports information office

Students help build homes and change livesFalcons spend spring break in Florida with Habitat for Humanity

When’s the last time you

did something selfless, some-

thing for others, something

with far-reaching effects

greater than yourself? While

countless Bentley students

flocked to spring break spots

such as Panama City, Fla.,

28 Bentley students traveled

to sunny, South Florida with

decidedly different inten-

tions. This group chose to

devote their break to partic-

i p a t i n g i n B e n t l e y ’ s

Alternative Spring Break

trip with the Habitat for

H u m a n i t y o f C h a r l o t t e

County Florida.

Just like Bentley, numer-

ous colleges and universities

contribute teams to over 200

Habitat sites across the

nation during their various

spring breaks. This results

in an almost constant flow of

volunteer work being done at

sites by school groups during

March. Such was the case

See GRANT, Page 6

with Bentley’s project in

Punta Gorda, Fla., approxi-

mately two hours south of

Tampa. When the students

arrived on Sunday, some of

the work on the houses being

for the families to see, we

found messages that other

volunteers have left,” said

junior Stephanie Hazelton.

“It’s kind of nice to see how

their work really sets up for

the work we did. It’s nice to

see everyone coming togeth-

er for one interest.”

Despite being limited by

torrential rain on the first

day, the Bentley students

never failed to show initia-

tive, continuing to contribute

where they could inside the

house and applying siding to

the undercover portions of

the house’s exterior. Two

groups of Bentley students

even volunteered at Habitat

f o r Humani ty Re -Store

Centers, where donated

home furnishings are sold at

a discount to help fund the

building processes.

“A lot of people think that

Habitat just gives away the

homes, but in reality they

just sell them at a significant

See HABITAT, Page 6

built at the three Bentley

sites had already been com-

pleted.

“As we were c leaning,

painting and leaving our

own messages on the floors

By Matt GustusSPorTS EdiTor

For the first time in three

years, the Bentley women’s

basketball team will not be

in the Elite Eight, as the

team was upset in the East

Regional Final at the Dana

Center on Monday. The vis-

it ing Golden Lions from

Dowling College in Oakdale,

NY got out front early but

needed a put-back with five

seconds left to play to hold

on for the 53-51 victory over

the Lady Falcons.

The biggest factor in the

game by far was Dowling’s

six-foot-three senior center

Danielle Wilson, who was

voted the East Region’s Most

Outstanding Player. Wilson

is averaging 19.3 points and

an astounding 16.7 rebounds

per game in the NCAA tour-

nament, which includes a

dominant 23 -po int , 15 -

r e b o u n d p e r f o r m a n c e

against Bentley.

Of those 23 points, none

were bigger than the game’s

decisive two points.

With 34.7 seconds left,

Bent l ey jun ior f o rward

Lauren Battista tied the

game at 51-51 by hitting

one-of-two free throws. With

less than a five-second differ-

ence between the shot and

game clock, Dowling brought

the ball up court and took its

time to get a good look.

As the clock ticked under

10 seconds to play, the ball

was in Dowling senior guard

Connie Simmons’ hands

near the top o f the key .

Police Log 2 Tip of the Week 2 Cartoon 4 Voices 8 & 9 Notes From Abroad 13 Falcon of The Week 16

Paint Nite offers aunique social expe-rience

8 SOFTBALLFalcons incur loss-es in Florida butshow strong effort

15VERONICA MARSMovie raises production funds on Kickstarter

9

SOCIAL ENTERPRISEThe importance of this new business sector

14

Lady Falcons stunned by Dowling in Sweet 16

Using a screen from team-

mate junior forward Rekik

Worku, Simmons got to the

m i d d l e o f t h e B e n t l e y

defense, forcing junior for-

ward Jacqui Brugliera to

come out to stop her.

Brugliera, a strong defen-

sive player, came out aggres-

sive and was able to block

t h e S i m m o n s f l o a t e r .

However, the ball fell into

the hands of Wilson under

the hoop, who turned and

put the ball up and in over

the shorter Battista.

Down two with 5.4 sec-

onds left to play, the Falcons

quickly inbounded the ball to

s e n i o r g u a r d K e l s e y

Roberson, who took the ball

the length of the floor but

See LADY FALCONS, Page 6

PAINT &DRINK

march 21, 2013 the VanguardNews

Judicial action Summary

total number of cases: 6total number of individuals involved (violators): 8number of individuals dismissed from responsibility: 0number of individuals admitting responsibility: 8number of individuals referred to Judicial Board: 0 number of educational sanctions given: 10

(includes referrals to alcohol Education)Cash total of fines given for the week: $275number of work sanctions assigned: 0number of students placed on warning: 7number of parental notifications: 1number of individuals put on residential probation: 0

(Loss of 15 Housing Credits)number of individuals put on disciplinary probation: 0

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

Provided by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs

3.6.2013-3.19.2013

Stairy NightE a r l y i n t h e m o r n i n g o f

S a t u r d a y, M a r c h 2 , o f f i c e r sresponded to a report of a studentinjury. When officers responded tothe scene, they discovered that theinjured undergraduate had fallendown some stairs. This fellow mustbe a Zeppelin fan, because it’s pret-ty clear he was looking for his“Stairway to Heaven.” The inci-dent Led officers to the conclusionthat the student had been drink-ing. However, the student—let’scall him Robert— was able to Planthis feet and stand up straight, sothe responding officer—let’s callhim Jimmy— turned the Page onthe incident. The student rockedand rolled back to his dormitorywith only a few cuts and bruises.

Denture VentureBefore we officially left for

Spring Break, one Bentley studentwas already making trips to anexotic location; Newton-WellesleyHospital. An ambulance transport-ed said student to the hospital inthe midst of a basketball game.The kiddo was hit in the face whileballin’ out, and one of his teeth wasfallin’ out. Despite the catastroph-ic injury, the student perceived thisas a golden opportunity. Sadly, theTooth Fairy doesn’t pay extra forgrills – it is one flat rate. In theend, this was essentially a free cab

ride and (probably) another intra-mural foul that went uncalled.Lives are at stake here, kids…justsomething to chew on.

MercyOne Bentley student took Kanye

West’s advice a little too literallyl a s t w e e k : Wa l t h a m P o l i c eDepartment notified UniversityPolice of a car SWERVING nearcampus. Waltham Police informedthe school’s department that theerratic driver’s car was sporting aBentley University parking decal.WPD was advised of the student’soff-campus address and responded.This student is particularly fatu-ous because Bentley itself offers a“wild ride”: it’s called the HarvardSquare shuttle. I mean that thingis basical ly just a thri l l -r idethrough *beautiful* Watertown,dropping you (45 minutes later) int h e P e o p l e ’ s R e p u b l i c o fCambridge. I mean, why wasteyour gas money swerving aroundWaltham when you can do that forfree??? That’s as much of an adven-ture that you can ever ask for.What a goon.

Nabbed on North“North” is “up.” “Up” can mean

“high.” By the transitive property,that would mean that “North” is“high.” Well, leave it to SpringBreak room checks to prove the

Police log

transitive property! Residence Lifeof f i c ia ls went through NorthCampus A on Wednesday last week,and they were busier than a SpruceHall toilet on a weekend night. Inless than one hour, three rooms inNorth Campus A were documentedfor possession of drug parapherna-lia. It appears that this building isthe potspot for drug use at Bentley.After all, it is green certified. Theowners of the drug paraphernaliawill lose some valuable housingpoints at a very inconvenient time;however, they may have juste n o u g h c r e d i t s t o l i v e u p i nGreenLand again next year. And soit continues…

Toilet TroublesUniversity Police received a call

last week from a student complain-ing of a clogged toilet. For therecord: what in God’s name can thepolice do about a clogged toilet thatyou can’t? Are they going to beatyour poop with nightsticks and thencharge it with a judicial? Um, neg-ative. But I digress. This call wasparticularly interesting because itpertained to the Cedar Hall thirdfloor bathroom—a girl’s room. Sincefemales do not have the physicalcapacity to poop (it’s science), thesereporters are intrigued about whatcould have possibly caused this clog.Torn yoga pants? A Pretty LittleLiars Season 1 DVD set? A nude

photo of Taylor Lautner? Man, Ihope it’s the last one.

MulliganOn the evening of March 9, a

female officer was notified of anissue with the golf team. Someoneat the Police Station was able todriver down to the loft where theissue was. When she got there, sherealized that mediation wood bepretty rough. The situation start-ed off as some golfers trying to ironout their differences the fairway,but the area had become quite thehazard when one bogey got caughtin an unplayable lie. Eventually,with the assistance of the officer,the golfers were able to regrip andplay through their differences.Hopefully this sentiment will lastthroughout the hole semester, forewe’re on the back nine, anyways.

FRESHMAN PUKE COUNTIn a remarkable showing of grit,

toughness and general intestinaldiscomfort, this week’s count is 10!That’s right folks, 10 instances ofvomit found in freshman dormsover the past two weeks. That guyPat who told the Irish about Jesusand then magically got rid of all thesnakes would be very proud.

Sean Harrington

and Brian Shea

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By Lacey Nemergut

NewS editor

Student Alumni campaign aims to raise awareness and funds

Beginning Monday, March

25, the Student Alumni

Leadership Council is starting

its four-week student Annual

Fund campaign with a three-

day initiative to raise aware-

ness about student involve-

ment in annual giving.

Advised by Elisha Bender, the

Associate Director of Student

and Young Alumni

Engagement, the organization

has been the face of several

successful events since its

inception in the fall.

“To kick off our commitment

to providing ongoing educa-

tion, we have created a three-

day experience for students,”

said Bender. “The tables

around campus will provide

detailed information about

why your support is important

and why students should con-

sider making a gift.”

As further incentive to par-

ticipate, the tables will be

handing out giveaway items

with a tagline: “I <3 Bentley.”

On Monday, the organiza-

tion will flood the campus with

signs and information that

introduces facts about Bentley

as a nonprofit, indicating how

annual giving contributes to

its operation. Tuesday will

introduce the theme of appre-

ciation. The Student Alumni

Leadership Council will

encourage students to reflect

on what they value most about

their Bentley experience.

“We will ask students stop-

ping by our tables to take a few

minutes to write what they are

thankful for at Bentley, and

will post all these messages on

large foam boards at each of

our tables,” said Bender.

Finally, on Wednesday, the

Council will promote a student

participation campaign,

encouraging each student to

make a gift to the Annual

Fund. The Council recom-

mends that students begin

with a gift of at least $5.

However, if students con-

tribute $25 or higher, they are

permitted to donate in honor of

a faculty or staff person who

has inspired them while at

Bentley. As a further incen-

tive, any student who makes a

gift during the four-week stu-

dent Annual Fund campaign

will be invited to President

Larson’s house for an ice

cream party.

“Throughout this week, we

hope to spark interest in how

Bentley works,” said Bender.

“As business students, we feel

that it’s important for us to

understand and appreciate the

Bentley operating budget and

how our nonprofit works.”

Currently, Bentley’s tuition

accounts for 90 percent of oper-

ating expenses. Therefore,

without an adequate Annual

Fund, certain services and pro-

grams for students could be

downsized or even eliminated.

Furthermore, the alumni

participation rate is a key

measure in surveys conducted

by highly regarded reporting

agencies such as U.S. News

and World Report.

“Our alumni giving rate is

about half of the giving rate of

peer institutions, so we are try-

ing to increase alumni giving

by educating students about

the importance of giving back

while they are still on cam-

pus,” said Bender. “We are also

proud to partner with Gloria

on creating a culture of philan-

thropy here at Bentley, as

growing the Annual Fund is

among her top institutional

priorities in the next few

years.”

For more information, be

sure to stop by the tables on

campus next week or partici-

pate in the conversation

through social media: Twitter

@BentleySALC and

Facebook/Bentley Student

Alumni Leadership Council. If

you’d like to make a gift,

please visit

www.bentley.edu/studentgiv-

ing.

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Stop complaining—CAB works hard!name artists.

As much as CAB, the

administration, or the stu-

dents here hate to admit it,

Bentley is simply not well

known enough and does not

have the necessary student

population or funds to attract

the hottest artists.

Another instance of the

lack of appreciation around

Spring Day was the lambast-

ing of CAB’s reveal of the

Spring Day performers. An ice

cream truck was rented and a

large poster rolled down to

reveal the artists was met

with a lukewarm reception

from the students that were

at the reveal.

Although it wasn’t a beauti-

ful or spectacular reveal and

the artists weren’t the ones

many were hoping for have

you stopped to think about the

incredible amount of time,

planning and thought put into

the Spring Day event by

Bentley’s Campus Activities

Board?

Planning for the current

year’s Spring Day event start-

ed long before the school year

began. CAB members work

closely with the administra-

tion and the agencies associat-

ed with various performers all

year round to ensure the con-

tracts and logistical planning

can be completed in a timely

manner that way Spring Day

can go on without a hitch.

editorial

CAB works on all the plan-

ning, funding, advertising,

and attractions of Spring Day

while simultaneously juggling

events such as last semester’s

GrooveBoston concert, the

upcoming comedy show with

SNL’s Jay Pharoah, and

numerous other events

spread throughout the year.

CAB does all of this on a vol-

unteer basis, as it is a student

run organization, and often

they only get negative press

from students despite their

titanic efforts to bring fun

events to campus.

Remember, even though

Bentley is an institution of

roughly 5,000 students, cater-

ing to all the tastes of these

individuals is incredibly diffi-

cult and almost impossible to

satisfy in a balanced way.

CAB has put in a tremendous

amount of effort to make this

Spring Day spectacular as

they do with every other event

they put on.

Spring Day is a privilege,

not an entitlement – Bentley

and CAB do not need to put on

this spectacular spring festi-

val. And when Spring Day

finally comes around, all the

complaints seem to evaporate

and everybody has a good

time.

Bentley’s Campus

Activities Board deserves

more credit for what they do,

because they work hard.

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Bentley’s annual Spring

Day is just about a month

away – an annual celebration

here at Bentley University

filled with food, festivities,

and silly college-style fun.

Bentley and the Campus

Activities Board (CAB) work

together to coordinate and

pay copious amounts of

money in order to rope in

famous performers and

artists for the main attraction

of Spring Day, the afternoon

concert.

This year, famed rappers

Tyga and T-pain are making

appearances and there is no

doubt they didn’t come cheap.

Despite the extraordinary

planning and logistical efforts

by CAB and the Bentley

administration the general

atmosphere has been resent-

ful and chock full grumbles

and criticisms. Complaints

that CAB did not cater to stu-

dent tastes in music and the

choice of artists flooded the

academic buildings, dorms,

and social media channels

after the announcement.

Unfortunately, CAB was

unable to convince Armin Van

Buuren, Tiesto, Justin Bieber,

Avicii, Jay-Z, Macklemore or

whatever other current big

name artists students want-

ed. Bentley University is not

Penn State, or any other

colossal college that can

attract and afford to pay big

Quotes of the

Week

“I never knew a wienercould make me nau-

seous...I guess I just toldthe world that I’m

having a boy!”-Jessica Simpson

accidently announcingshe’s pregnant with a boy

on Jimmy Kimmel

“I’ve always loved thename ‘Rainbow.’ I’m not

worried about mydaughter being trauma-

tized!”-Holly Madison

former playmate, indefense of her decision to

name her daugher‘Rainbow’

“When my family is noteating pasta...we’re left

with that specifichunger that comes with

avoiding carbs!”-Gwyneth Paltrow

in the introduction of hernew cookbook, on her fami-

ly’s low-carb diet

the Vanguard marCh 21, 2013 CaMPuS LiFe

By Sindhu PalaniappanFormer editor in ChieF

Food Service Advisory Board and Seasons hosts Caribbean Food Night

During the first week of

March, the Food Service

Advisory Board teamed with

Sodexo and various students

to host a Caribbean Food

night at seasons. Earlier in

the semester, an email was

sent to the student body to

submit different recipes for

Caribbean dishes – the Food

Service Advisory Board decid-

ed on which ones to prepare

based on the feasibility of

cooking large amounts, and

then then worked on advertis-

ing the event.

J u n i o r L u c i a G a r c i a

explains that the FSAB is “a

board composed of students

and staff members. Any stu-

dent is welcome to join and

the group meets every other

Wednesday at 2 pm in Back

Bay C. Staff members that are

always there include: Doreen

Floyd , Mar ia Machado ,

Jennifer Murphy, who is a

nutritionist, and John Carney

a n d J a s o n L a P r a d e o f

Sodexo.”

The Food Service Advisory

Board tends to discuss issues

brought up to SGA concerning

the food on campus – issues

like the length of the lines at

Einstein’s, the temperature of

the food at Seasons, and the

availability of gluten free foods

on campus. Garcia said,

“FSAB also discusses and

organizes events such as

Thanksgiving dinner and sun-

dae night at Seasons, to name

a few.”

Made by Sodexo from stu-

dent recipes, Caribbean Food

night offered seasoned chick-

en and rice, shrimp balls, and

other cultural favorites.

Freshman Halle Prentice said

“my favorite part was the

singer with the steel drums.

He was wonderful and clear-

ly talented.” She added that

“the details made the meal.”

Music was provided by

Michael ‘Toby’ Tobas, a native

of the Caribbean Republic of

Trinidad and Tobago. Toby is

credited with being one of the

found ing v i s i onar ies o f

Calypso and Soul-Calypso

rhythms (also known as con-

temporary Kaiso and Soca

respectively). His experience

includes major folk and jazz

festivals and concerts, and has

worked on recordings, TV spe-

cials, jingles, and hotel enter-

tainment. He has worked

throughout the US, Canada,

Europe, and Japan.

“The chocolate rum cake

was delicious,” said freshman

Nicole Lee. She added that

they offered coconut pineap-

ple sauce to pair with the

meal and pineapple turnover

cake in addition to the dishes

mentioned before.

“The singer was multitask-

ing between playing the steel

drums and the maracas, and

the songs he played were def-

initely different to what we’re

accustomed to hearing,” said

Lee. When asked if there was

anything else she would like

to include about the dinner,

she said “Seasons should have

more dinners like this.”

“Even though it was rush

hour, it seemed like more peo-

ple had come out for dinner

that night than normal,” said

Prentice.

FSAB joins students and

Sodexo employees together

year round to work on differ-

ent events that are open to the

student body. “It’s good work-

ing with them as they really

listen to students’ feedback

and act upon it. They are con-

stantly taking initiatives to

better serve the student body,”

said Garcia.

Seasons served classic Caribbean dishes such as chickenwith rice, shrimp balls and chocolate rum cake.

The Service-Learning Center cordially invites you to participate in

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Courtesy of tobzmusic.comMichael ‘Toby’ Tobas provided music inSeasons for Caribbean Food Night.

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was not able to finish down

the other end as the clock

expired, putting an end to

the Lady Falcons’ season.

Dowling’s defense, which

ranks first in Division II in

points allowed and oppo-

nents field goal percentage,

came out very strong defen-

sively , forc ing the Lady

Falcons to miss their first

five shots of the game. Their

defense, combined with good

movement on the offensive

end a l lowed the Golden

Lions to stretch the lead to

17 in the first half.

After finding themselves

down only 10 at the break,

and having had very little

success in the first half with

g u a r d i n g t h e t o w e r i n g

Wilson, the Lady Falcons

switched things up and came

out in a 2-3 zone. The zone

turned out to be a great call

by the coaching staff, as the

Lady Falcons used a 17-2

run early in the second half

to take a two-point lead with

just over 11 minutes left to

play.

Over the next nine min-

utes, the game went back

and forth, with neither team

leading by more than two

points.

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Mac using IMovie,” said Kettl.

“It was a pretty tedious process

considering it was my first time

ever using a Mac. From the time

I found out I was a finalist in

mid-February until when I had

to submit the video by (March

1) I had to plan and put togeth-

er the whole thing (in two

weeks).”

Referred to as “The

Basketball Peace Corps”, the

Shooting Touch Sabbatical

Program encouraged applicants

to detail a “HELP Curriculum”.

“H: Health promotion and dis-

ease prevention. E: Education

in gender equality and leader-

ship. L: Learning basketball on-

court skills as well as strength

conditioning and nutrition. P:

Providing places of play (build-

ing courts, outdoor spaces and

community enhancements).”

Kettl faced stiff competition

for the grant award this year.

There were a total of 70 appli-

cants with six finalists that

could advance to the YouTube

submission face.

“I was selected, along with a

girl that played at Stonehill,”

said Kettl. “There was obvious-

ly intense competition for such

an incredible experience and I

feel so fortunate to be afforded

this life-changing experience to

With 2:20 left to play and

a one-point Dowling lead,

rebounding became an issue

for Bentley. On four straight

Dowling shots, the Falcons

were not able to come up

with any rebounds, which is

one downside to playing zone

defense . Four o f fens ive

rebounds by four different

Dowling players allowed

them to wind the clock all

the way down to 50 seconds.

Coming up big for the

Lady Falcons was Finn, who

took a charge to give her

team the ball . Down the

other end, Bentley gave

arguably one of the pro-

gram’s best all-time players

the ball to try and make a

play. Battista did just that,

beating the defender Wilson

to the hoop and drawing the

foul.

In the game, Finn led the

Falcons in both scoring with

15 points and rebounding

with 19 boards while playing

a l l b u t o n e m i n u t e .

Brugliera, who had a tough

night shooting, was the other

Bentley scorer in double dig-

its as she scored 11 to go

along with eight rebounds.

For the Golden Lions,

Wilson and Simmons both

recorded double-doubles.

Wilson was able to grab

seven offensive rebounds,

while Simmons accumulated

13 points and 11 rebounds

while playing the entire 40

minutes.

Before coming to Dowling,

Wilson had a very impres-

s i v e c a r e e r a t B a y l o r

University from 2006-09. In

her three years at Baylor,

s h e e a r n e d n u m e r o u s

awards, including being

selected to the First Team

All-Big 12 and All-Defensive

Team as a junior while aver-

aging close to a double-dou-

b l e . O n t h e s t a t s h e e t ,

Wilson set the record for

most blocked shots with 210

blocks while also scoring

over 1,000 points.

Now, with a three-year-old

child, Wilson has worked

hard t o ge t back on the

court, and is leading the

Golden Lions to their deep-

est playoff run in program

history.

I n a d d i t i o n t o b e i n g

n a m e d t h e M o s t

Outstanding Player, Wilson

was also one of five players

s e l e c t e d t o t h e A l l -

Tournament team. Joining

her were Bentley’s Battista

and Brugliera, Dowling’s

Simmons, and Stonehill jun-

i o r g u a r d M a r y L o u i s e

Dixon.

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LADY FALCONSmake a real impact using the

game that I love.”

Kettl, having minimal travel

experience given his intense

dedication to Bentley basketball,

is incredibly excited to pursue

the project beginning in October

in Rwanda.

“Having $25,000 can go so far

and do so much to bring togeth-

er people in the best way possi-

ble, through sports,” said Kettl.

“Shooting Touch is in Rwanda

for the first time this year and I

will be the second of a 3-5 year

commitment to try to generate

a real and sustainable program

there.”

Kettl plans to partner with

current organizations in

Rwanda to further develop clin-

ics that teach the game of bas-

ketball and promote a healthy

lifestyle. He is also looking into

building courts in areas that

have never been exposed to the

sport before.

“A mixture of my education

in the classroom and even more

so, on the basketball court has

taught me a tremendous

amount of values including

toughness, hard work, and lead-

ership,” said Kettl, speaking to

his preparatory experience at

Bentley. “I hope to use basket-

ball to do the same for those less

fortunate than me in Rwanda

and elsewhere.

d iscount , ” sa id s tudent

leader, junior Ryan Dowling.

“And because they have so

many houses being built at

once, each mortgage pay-

ment that new owners make

goes to funding the next

house that is being built and

so on.”

“Qualified participants

must show relatively good

credit and that they’ve been

employed for two years with

a steady income,” said fellow

s t u d e n t l e a d e r , s e n i o r

Sindhu Palaniappan. “And

you have to do 300 sweat-

equity hours. So basically

when we were working they

were working alongside us,

building a home for someone

else.”

There is a genuine and

almost palpable pride in

what the group had accom-

plished and the impact it

made on the families it was

providing homes to.

“Being able to see [the

family] go through the house

and get so excited at a clos-

et in the master bedroom, or

the son seeing what room he

was going to have and [indi-

cating to us] what color he

wants it painted, it made the

entire trip worth it,” said

junior Matt Rose. “It shows

you the impact of the hard

work you’re doing at the

h o u s e s a n d s e e i n g h o w

happy it makes them, it real-

ly puts everything in per-

spective.”

The students emphasized

the importance o f the i r

leader, Service-Learning

Administrative Assistant

Lynne Johanson, who they

collectively agreed provided

the leadership and dedica-

tion without which, none of

this could have happened.

Through the work and the

time spent with one another,

a group of strangers man-

aged to bond with one anoth-

er to create a cohesive team

of friends. For the student

leaders like junior Molly

Godfrey, the appreciation

reaches deeper the second

time around.

“Coming back as a leader

is a really unique experi-

ence,” said Godfrey. “The

second year, in addition, you

get to create the experience

for your group as a leader.

It’s incredibly rewarding

watching people that have

never met each other become

best friends in such a short

period of time.”

The bonding opportunities

for the volunteers seemed to

culminate with trips to the

beach and a Red Sox spring

training game, providing

meaningful and last ing

friendships. “I came back

with 27 new friends,” said

sophomore “Quiet” Wyatt

Allread.

Continued from Page 1

HABITAT

During their week spent volunteering, the students shared a unique

experience and formed many new friendships.

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By Catie BelloVanguard Staff

Olympus Has Fallen : Political thriller opens nationwide

Olympus Has Fallen, the

political thriller starring

Gerard But le r , Morgan

Freeman and Aaron Eckhart,

opens in theaters this Friday,

March 22. The film features

the fall of the White House—

code named Olympus—after

a slew of North Koreans

attack the national symbol of

democracy.

B u t l e r s t a r s a s M i k e

Banning, a Secret Service

agent who protected the

First Family for many years

before his term ended in

tragedy and a removal to a

desk job in the Treasury

Department. President Ben

Asher, played by Eckhart, is

meet ing with the South

Korean ambassador when

the White House goes under

attack. Following protocol,

the President and South

Korean ambassador are

taken to the underground

bunker.

Unfortunately, once the

group is safely inside, the

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Aaron Eckhart plays President Ben Asher, who is abducted by terrorists andmust be rescued by a disgraced secret service agent (played by Gerard Butler).

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head terrorist Kang reveals

himself among the ambas-

sador’s guard by killing the

Secret Service agents and

t h e a m b a s s a d o r . K a n g

promptly contacts the acting

president, Speaker of the

House Trumbull (played by

Morgan Freeman), in the sit-

uation room, threatening to

kill his hostages that include

the President, Secretary of

Defense, Vice President, and

Chief of Staff.

Meanwhile, the White

House is under full attack by

the North Korean terrorists.

Banning sees the attack from

his of f ice window in the

Treasury and rushes over to

the White House to help. The

Koreans manage to take

down every Secret Service

member and take control of

the White House before the

arrival of backup from the

mil i tary . Thinking that

everyone is dead, the terror-

ists continue with their

p l a n s . B u t t h e y d i d n ’ t

account for Banning.

With a stunning cast that

includes acting sensations

Gerard Butler and Morgan

Freeman, it’s no wonder that

Olympus Has Fallen has a

98-percent “want-to-see”

audience rating on Rotten

Tomatoes. Butler is particu-

larly powerful in his role as

a Secre t Serv i ce agent .

Olympus i s not short o f

action or gore, which is to be

expected in a movie about a

terrorist attack on the coun-

try. The action-packed, two-

hour movie will keep viewers

entertained.

“Who would be your

dream Spring Day

artist?”

VoiCes

MarCh 21, 2013 the Vanguard

By Melisa KocarslanPhotograPhy editor

fEaturES

A new pastime has begun

cropping up in cities around

the country, a creative event

that is gaining popularity in

B o s t o n . T h e c o n c e p t i s

extraordinarily simple; cus-

tomers buy a ticket to go to

a bar and make a painting

while they drink with their

friends.

Paint Nite is one of these

companies, like the Paint

Bar in Newton. The compa-

n y p a r t n e r s w i t h m a n y

restaurants and bars around

the city, from Watertown to

Kendall Square to the North

End, to allow customers to

come into the restaurant and

paint while they drink and

eat. The arrangement works

for everyone; the bars receive

more clients than they usu-

al ly would on a Monday

n i g h t ( o r m a y b e e v e n a

Friday night), Paint Nite

continues to make a profit,

and customers get to conduct

their weekly bar ritual and

go home with more than just

a hangover.

The great thing about

Paint Nite is that the compa-

ny ensures that each cus-

tomer walks away feeling

like they are an artist. Each

painting that is designed by

the company’s artists is sim-

ple to paint yet impressive to

view. Customers can easily

see that their efforts are

impressive, even if they have

had l i t t le exper ience in

painting.

Paint Nite has a reper-

toire of paintings that it

offers multiple times during

a given month. Customers

can visit the company’s web-

site and decide on an event

based on which painting

they would like to do, the

date or even the location of

the event.

Visitors to the company’s

websi te can quickly see

which paintings are con-

s u m e r f a v o r i t e s . M a n y

favorite paintings include

city skylines, sunsets and

even the TD Garden. Other

paintings include the quin-

tessential bouquet of flowers,

beach scenes and wine glass-

es. The wide selection of

avai lable paint ings has

something to offer for every-

one.

Paint Nite’s list of loca-

tions is nearly as impressive

as its variety of paintings.

Customers can choose from

around 39 locations in the

Boston area, places l ike

Regina Pizza and Ferrara’s

Kitchen in the North End,

Donohue’s, an Irish pub in

W a t e r t o w n , a n d L e s

Zygomates, a French Bar in

South Station. The eclectic

group of venues ensures that

customers will always have

an interesting atmosphere

for the night.

Paint Nite also keeps a

portfolio of artists on hand

who create certain paintings

that they then teach at their

events. Some artists have

had as many as 50 events;

customers can be certain

that their artist will be well

qualified and competent in

t e a c h i n g a g r o u p o f

painters—even if the group

is a little tipsy.

The company should not

be confused with its competi-

tor, the Paint Bar, the origi-

nal company that offered

“art as entertainment.” The

Paint Bar is slightly differ-

ent in the kind of paintings

it offers. The Paint Bar often

coaches its customers on how

to recreate paintings from

famous artists such as Van

Gogh. The Paint Bar is a lit-

tle cheaper than Paint Nite,

but it is offered in only one

location (Newton, and soon

on Newbury St.) and events

are usually sold two months

in advance.

If you act quickly, you can

buy a Groupon for a ticket to

a Paint Nite event for a 50

percent discount, dropping

the price to $22.

EriKSoN raMoS

ClaSS of 2016

aCCouNtaNCy

“My dream Spring Day

artist would be Drake

because he’s the best.”

luKE hEaNEy

ClaSS of 2015

aCCouNtaNCy

“I would want Lady Gaga

because she’s amazing

and she was born this

way.”

NaoMi lEuNg

ClaSS of 2015

fiNaNCE

“I would want Kendrick

Lamar because he is

coming out with awe-

some songs.”

BriaN grahaM

ClaSS of 2013

fiNaNCE

“I would want Justin

Bieber because I got the

fever.”

Sagar Shah

ClaSS of 2016

fiNaNCE

“My dream Spring Day

artist would be Chris

Brown becayse he’s a

great singer and I love

his music.”

By Kelsey Miller

Features editor

Paint Nite: Drinking Creatively

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“What is your favoritespring activity?”

VoiCes

By Melisa KocarslanPhotograPhy editor

JAMes rindo

ClAss of 2014

finAnCe

“My favorite spring

activity is playing

catch on the green

space.”

JAred dillon

ClAss of 2016

finAnCe


activity is going on

hikes with my dog.”

CrAig Cohen

ClAss of 2016

undeCided


activity is waiting for

those hot summerlike

days and tanning the

day away.”

MegAn glynn

ClAss of 2016

undeCided


activity is going on long

walks on the beach.”

AnArA BArluBAyevA

ClAss of 2016

finAnCe


activity is traveling.”

For those people living

under a rock for the past two

years, Kickstarter is the

groundbreaking website that

has brought the power of the

fan universe to solve the

problem of funding. By using

the website (and others like

Indiegogo), people who want

to make creative projects but

lack the funds can solicit

them from people they know

and the Internet.

The concept is very sim-

ple. Creators post a cam-

paign on the website where

they describe their project

and what the money raised

will go to the fund. Creators

post a goal that they must

raise before the project runs

out of t ime (the average

length for a project is 30

days).

Many may be surprised

that people are just willing

to give money to strangers.

This is certainly the case,

but most campaigns offer

rewards for people who con-

tribute certain amounts. For

ins tance , a backer may

receive a signed copy of the

book he is backing.

Some campaigns are more

successful than others, and

no campaign is a better

example of the crowdfunding

p h e n o m e n o n t h a n t h e

Veronica Mars Kickstarter.

Veronica Mars was a popu-

lar television show from the

CW that was cancelled after

only three seasons. It fea-

tured a high school girl who

solved mysteries as a private

investigator with the help of

her father, a detective.

While not the most suc-

cessful series , the show

developed a dedicated fan

base, which clamored for a

film after the series was can-

celled. The show’s creator,

Rob Thomas, wrote a script

for a film after the show was

c a n c e l l e d , b u t W a r n e r

Brothers decided they did

not want to make it.

Now, nearly a decade after

the series was cancelled, Rob

Thomas finally decided to try

for a film again. Instead of

using a conventional produc-

tion company, he elected to

go straight to the source; on

M a r c h 1 3 h e s e t u p a

Kickstarter and asked for

two million dollars to make

the movie.

It was fully funded in less

than 10 hours.

Fans from all over the web

came out to fund a movie

they had been waiting to see

for years. Part of the cam-

paign’s unbelievable success

is almost certainly due to the

interesting rewards for the

campaign’s backers.

For just $10, backers will

receive a PDF of the shoot-

ing script. Other rewards

include physical and digital

copies of the film a few days

after it is released, theatrical

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

backer’s hometown, a place

as an extra in the movie, a

speaking role in the movie,

and invitations to the pre-

m i e r a n d a f t e r p a r t y .

Backers will receive exclu-

sive T-shirts and signed

posters, even voicemails from

none other than Kristen Bell

h e r s e l f . S u c h c r e a t i v e

rewards could only mean

eventual success.

And the money just keeps

rolling in. Now, a mere five

days after it went live, the

campaign has raised over

$3.6 million. And it still has

25 days to go. The enormous

success of the campaign has

made fans of many other

series wonder if they can

e x p e c t a m o v i e o f t h e i r

favorite show in the near

future.

You can expec t t o see

Veronica Mars in theaters in

early 2014.

By Kelsey Miller

Features editor

Veronica Mars movie Kickstarterproject breaks records

Kristen Bell starred in the lead role oftelevision series Veronica Mars.

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that developed a devoted fan base.

MarCh 21, 2013 the VanguardBuSiNeSS

GNC has been a notorious

supplier of workout supple-

ments since the company’s

founding in 1935. Based out

of Pittsburgh, PA, the retail

g iant focuses on se l l ing

healthy and nutritional prod-

ucts that include a weight

loss, bodybuilding and natu-

ral focus. The company cur-

rently has over 4,800 stores

in the U.S. and locations in

48 other countries as well. So

as they pride themselves as

being “the largest global spe-

cialty retailer of nutritional

products” they are also fac-

ing allegations for being

responsible for the death of a

soldier.

According to the New York

Times, army private Michael

Lee Sparling took the GNC

product dubbed Jack3d (pro-

nounced “jacked”) before run-

ning a drill with his unit.

During that drill he report-

edly collapsed and went into

cardiac arrest. Later that

day, on June 1, 2011, the 22

year-o ld pr ivate passed

away. The young man was in

prime physical condition so

those close to him believe his

death was a direct result of

the product he took prior to

the drill; they believe it is the

only sensible explanation to

a healthy young individual

dying.

This is not the first time

GNC has been the center of

attention as it is its indus-

try’s leader. Experts have

been watching the company

closely since some believe it

is providing potential ly

harmful products without

warning about their risks.

Under federal law, supple-

ment makers are required to

put the ingredients they use

on the label, but they are not

required to prove their prod-

ucts are safe for human use.

This allows these companies

more leeway which has con-

sequences, specifically in the

case of Private Sparling. The

Jack3d he consumed was

supposedly responsible for

his rise in blood pressure

which led to his collapse.

Jack3d contains a stimulant

called DMAA (dimethylamy-

lamine) that helps the body

maintain and boost energy

throughout a workout.

Since 2009, the FDA has

received 80 reports of health

issues related to DMAA use.

T h i s s t i m u l a n t i s a l s o

banned in many sports ,

including Major League

Baseball, which, according to

critics, should be indicative

of its deficiencies. Moreover,

it is suggested that retailers

should be held more account-

GNC shows sales growth despite defective supplementBy Lubo SvetievVanguard Staff

able for the products that

they sell; that they should be

more aware of the responsi-

bility that they hold in trust-

ing their products to the use

of customers.

Since the tragedy, GNC

has been scrutinized for their

defective supplement and

has suffered a blemish in

their reputation of being a

trusted supplier. The ques-

tion remains, how will this

negative feedback on the

GNC sold product affect their

earnings? The answer is that

i t d o e s n ’ t . I n 2 0 1 1 ,

Americans spent about $30

billion on supplements.

Companies such as GNC

reported $24.9 million in

sales that year and in 2012,

they climbed sharply with a

23.4 percent increase. They

also had around a $2.4 billion

revenue and “27 percent of

the fast-growing sports nutri-

tion business.” In addition,

since 2011, GNC’s stock price

has increased twofold and its

market capitalization is

approximately up to $4 bil-

lion.

The giant is showing no

s i g n s o f s l o w i n g d o w n .

Nevertheless, consumers

should be more wary and

research their purchases so

that tragedies can be pre-

vented.

General Nutrition Centers, the Pittsburgh based health and nutrition

giant, has showed a twofold stock price increase since 2011.

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I t h a s b e e n o v e r t w o

months s ince the tragic

shooting at Sandy Hook

Elementary school launched

the nation into a heated

debate about firearm regula-

t i o n a n d g u n s ’ p l a c e i n

American society. Since

President Obama laid out

his plan for curtailing gun

violence in January, the dis-

cussion on gun control has

faded from the national dia-

logue. Looking back, it is

hard to recall how much of

that dialogue was substan-

tive. At its peak, the air-

waves were saturated with

vitriolic and exclamatory

statements from both sides,

with little hard facts about

the problems of gun violence

a n d c o u n t e r m e a s u r e s

against it reaching most

Americans.

So after all the rhetorical

lambasting, what concrete

steps have been taken to

curb gun violence? Sadly, not

many. The President’s wide-

ly debated 23 execut ive

actions signed on Jan. 16

were not the binding legal

actions they were thought to

be, but were more recom-

mendations for the course of

the federal government in

curtailing gun violence. Of

those 23, only three were

immediately acted out by

P r e s i d e n t O b a m a . T h e

remaining 20 have shown lit-

tle progress; some due to the

laborious process of passing

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

Congress, but others inexpli-

cably.

As of now, the Bureau of

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

and Explosives still has no

confirmed director. President

Obama’s nominee, current

acting director and U.S.

Attorney for Minnesota B.

Todd Jones, has not received

a confirmation hearing. The

proposed dialogue on mental

health, which was seen as a

critical component to helping

fight gun deaths, has been

almost silent aside from a

February editorial in USA

Today f rom Hea l th and

Human Services Secretary

Kathleen Sebelius.

In Congress, the amount

of discourse and action on

legislation to reduce gun vio-

lence has been scant, relative

to the amount of dialogue on

t h e i s s u e . T h e l a r g e s t

advances have come in the

past few weeks where the

Senate Judiciary Committee

has passed bills to end straw

purchases—legal purchases

of guns by people who hand

them over to those failing

b a c k g r o u n d c h e c k s—

enhance school safety initia-

tives, institute a new ban on

assault weapons and require

universal background checks

on all firearm purchases.

These votes were the first

Congressional actions on gun

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

Newtown shooting. Although

they are steps in the right

direction, these bills still

must face open votes in the

Senate, where it faces stiff

compet i t ion , and in the

R e p u b l i c a n - c o n t r o l l e d

House . House Minor i ty

Leader Nancy Pelosi has

publicly stated her opinion

that the proposed assault

weapons ban, which passed

last week, would not be

approved by Congress. These

political hurdles very well

may prove too great for these

pieces of legislation to over-

come, bringing proposals for

new gun regulation back to

the drawing board.

A s f o r C o n g r e s s i o n a l

act ion in mental health

reform, efforts have been

almost nonexistent. Rep. Jim

McDermott (D-WA) spoke on

the lack of action Congress

has taken with regard to

mental health saying, “I

don’t have any belief that

something’s going to come

out of here in 15 months.”

While Congress debates

new measures to limit access

to guns, firearm sales have

skyrocketed. Large weapons

manufacturers Smith &

Wesson and Sturm Ruger

have reported large increas-

e s i n s a l e s s i n c e t h e

Newtown shooting, with an

overall trend of increasing

sales over the past few years.

Smith & Wesson has stated

that it has not been able to

meet demand for its prod-

ucts, expanding production

capacity in March after pro-

ducing at full capacity for

four straight quarters.

With the increased sale of

firearms and the uncertainty

of Congressional action,

Gun control laws still fighting to be passed after NewtownBy Anthony MalatestaVanguard Staff

many states have made their

own attempts at gun legisla-

tion. But while New York

and Colorado have already

ratified their own new legis-

l a t i o n s , s t a t e s l i k e

Washington, New Jersey,

and Illinois have faced diffi-

culty in passing regulations

of their own. Conversely,

many states have proposed

legislation which would vow

to ignore any new federal

statutes on gun regulation.

The issue of gun control is

nuanced and complex, how-

ever it is an issue with seri-

ous and immediate impacts

on public health and safety.

The current opposition of

new gun regu la t i ons in

Congress simply doesn’t

match public opinion on the

issue. While the proposed

regulation requiring back-

ground checks barely passed

on a 10-8 vote, polling indi-

cates that 91 percent o f

Americans are in favor of the

measure. With public sup-

port for increased gun regu-

lation being a majority opin-

ion of Americans, govern-

ment action should coincide

with public opinion and act

to find lifesaving solutions to

a critical national problem.

Obama signed an executive order early this year

outlining his proposals to reduce gun violence.

Courtesy of csmonitor.com

Congress poses as the largest hurdle

for the propsed assualt weapons ban.

Courtesy of thefiscaltimes.com

MarCH 21, 2013 THe VanguardCOLuMNSHorosCopes

The columns found inthis newspaper are writ-ten by individual authorsand do not reflect theopinion of TheVanguard, its EditorialBoard members, orBentley University.Comments resultingfrom the columns may bedirected to the authorand/or The Vanguard.

By Vanguard Staff

Why It Matters: The Transformation of the Republican Party

By Jon Miksis

on American soil?

Rand’s stand frequently

alluded to the President’s con-

troversial ordering of a drone

strike on U.S. citizen Anwar Al

Awlaki in Yemen, for his lead-

ership role within al-Qaeda.

Paul utilized this example and

many others in order to artic-

ulate the potential abuse of

this unquestionably unconsti-

tutional power.

As a result of Senator Paul’s

principled stand the White

House released an affirmative

“no” to the question—the very

question that Rand Paul had

repeatedly asked the President

for months without a response.

But most importantly, Rand

Paul generated a sense of

transparency in the White

House regarding its interpre-

tation of the executive powers

defined in the Constitution.

In response to Paul’s fili-

buster Twitter erupted with

overwhelming support for his

l iber ty -or i ented cause :

#StandWithRand trended at

the very top for the duration of

the thirteen-hours.

More recent ly a t the

Conservative Political Action

Conference (CPAC), many

prominent leaders within the

party expressed their support

for the libertarian-minded

Republican—an unprecedent-

ed acceptance of what was for-

merly an unpopular faction

within the party.

In order to ensure that the

Republican Party will sustain

and thrive in the years to come,

they must continue to yield to

such change. And certainly not

President Obama’s false per-

ception of change promised

back in 2008.

effectively doing the same.

Fortunately for conserva-

tives, today’s unstable political

and economic environment,

much o f which has been

blamed on the President, has

given them a suitable opportu-

nity to make a last stand

against their liberal counter-

parts.

Heavy h i t ters in the

Republican Party, such as for-

mer presidential candidates

Mit t Romney and John

McCain have been labeled by

the Democrats and the liberal

media as out-of-touch wealthy

elites. Consequently, these

unfavorable images within the

party have given way to a new,

more promising movement:

encompass ing that o f a

younger, energetic, libertarian

perspective.

This ascending bloc within

the Republican base often

referred to as the “Tea Party”

now possesses more influence

than ever before— thanks to a

man who made a stand only a

couple weeks ago; a man

whose father happened to be

the father of the Tea Party.

This now-prominent figure is

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.

Two weeks ago, Rand Paul

initiated a 13-hour filibuster in

the Senate chamber where he

criticized the President’s

ambiguous drone policy. He

utilized this parliamentary

procedure in order to ask a

question to President Obama

on the issue of drones for all

Americans to consider: does

the President constitutionally

have the right to authorize

drone strikes on U.S citizens

Shoving problems out of yourway will not resolve them.Make a list, read it over, andtackle those issues one at atime and they will disappearbefore you know it.

Chart out your week aheadof time. Not only will organ-ization be your friend thisweek, but confusion will beyour number one enemy.

Hold on to your seat! Thisweek will be wild and fun -and you thought SpringBreak was intense!

Remember when you wereyoung? Act like it today!Sometimes a day of immatu-rity can help you relax as youget back to the grind.

Use plenty of exclamation

points this week, because

your enthusiasm will be

infectious!

Try to behave this week as areprimand is heading yourway. However, the worstthing you can do is hermityourself in your room - peo-ple will still want to bearound you.

Explore your creativeinstincts this week. Thatdoesn't just mean art - you'vegot all kinds of outside-the-box ideas that can be appliedto almost any area of yourlife.

Friends or family will look toyou to make an importantdecision this week. Whateverthe choice they will stillappreciate you, but don't berash lest you want them tobring it up later down theroad.

Are you nervous about anupcoming family gathering?That's silly -- they love you!

Romance is on your brainnow and whether you're sin-gle or not, you can't help butspice things up a little. If youknow what I mean.

Many different people will tryto put you down this week.Just remember that you havea lot of redeeming qualities,and that they're exaggerat-ing your faults.

School or work issues arepopping up today, whether ornot you're actually present.Be confident--you can workthem out!

Aries(March 21-April 19)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Having been defeated in

both the 2008 and 2012 presi-

dent ia l e l e c t i ons , the

Republicans have acknowl-

edged the crucial need to

rethink their party’s platform.

These consecutive setbacks

indicate that the GOP estab-

lishment has drifted away

from the ideals of a majority of

Americans; thus highlighting

the urgent need to appeal to a

d iverse ly unpara l l e l ed

American electorate of today.

In the wake of an era where

a rapidly-growing, young

demographic of Americans are

taking a keen interest in the

motions on Capitol Hill, it has

become imperat ive the

Republicans absorb these con-

stituents and their ideas into

the party.

The Democrats have been

utterly successful in embrac-

ing this new generation of

American voters, as seen in the

vastly liberal-dominated col-

leges and universities across

the country. It would be disas-

trous for the future of the GOP

if Republicans are incapable of

Alumni Experience

Alumni Spotlight

Bryan Brown – 2002

What made you decide to

attend Bentley?

I decided to attend Bentley

primarily because I knew I

wanted to do business. As a

high school senior, I couldn’t

explain what specifically I

wanted to do in business, but I

knew a career in business

appealed to me. Additionally, I

wanted to stay local to my fam-

ily, and have an opportunity to

continue playing sports in col-

lege.

Did you participate in any

clubs, sports teams or other

organizations?

I played on the football

team all four years. This com-

mitment to the football team

took up both fall and spring

semesters so I unfortunately

did not have as much time to

get involved in other Bentley

community organizations as I

would have l iked. I also

worked all four years at the

Dana Center.

What is your current job title

and who is your employer?

I am currently the Vice

Pres ident o f Mortgage

Lending with Guaranteed

Rate.

As an alumnus, what makes

you most proud of Bentley

today?

I am most proud of the

growth the college has under-

taken, and that Bentley has

maintained its status as one of

the best business schools in

the country.

How has your career devel-

oped since graduation day?

After college, I started my

career in the mortgage indus-

try as a Loan Officer - an entry

level sales position. I was for-

tunate to get promoted to var-

ious management positions

with three different mortgage

companies. In 2007 I opened a

branch of a mortgage compa-

ny with my business partner

and former Bentley graduate,

Shant Banosian.

Can you describe the transition

from college student to young

professional?

There was definitely a

maturing process that had to

take place, because your prior-

ities have to change from col-

lege to the real world. I was

fortunate to start my career in

sales, which I feel helped me

transition relatively easily

from college. Sales positions

are similar to college athletics

because you are constantly

held accountable to meet and

exceed goals. In order to be

successful you have to put in

the time and dedication to

developing your skills, sales

acumen and business acu-

men. Athletes at Bentley are

held accountable to the same

high levels of production both

Courtesy of Bryan Brown

on and off the field which

helped make the transition a

little easier.

Do you have any advice for

Bentley’s current students?

The advice I would give is to

get involved with different

organizations at Bentley. For

upper classmen, I would advise

them to get involved with

alumni as much as possible. I

have found that creating a

strong network of people has

been a huge asset in my career.

Grades are obviously extreme-

ly important, but I have found

that who you know can be just

as important as what you

know.

Presented by The Senior Year Experience

Committee

The Democratic successes in the 2008 and 2012 elections promted theRepublican party to rethink their platform.

Courtesy of Jon Miksis

the VanguarD FeBruary 28, 2013 page 13CoLuMNS

Studying abroad is full of

incredible experiences, so it

seems almost impossible to

pick just one or two. Instead,

I’m going to focus on a con-

cept that defines culture

everywhere you go: food.

My favorite experience has

to be eating the traditional

fare in each country I visit.

Whether it’s fish and chips in

England, tapas accompanied

by a glass of sangria in Spain,

or the seven course French

dinner extravaganza; each

meal brings a unique experi-

ence.

First and foremost, there is

the food itself; from fresh

seafood to pastries everything

is absolutely delicious. Even

the kebab - a sandwich made

of questionable mystery meat

– is delicious.

The saying is so true-

Europeans do not eat to live,

they live to eat. Rather than

filling up on preservatives

and artificial sweeteners each

meal is made with fresh, high

qual i ty ingredients and

The retailers are coming! This

is the message from commercial

property experts in Australia.

Zara, Topshop, Ikea and H&M

amongst a host of other interna-

tionally recognized fashion

retailers are scheduled to be hit-

ting Australian shores or

expanding their existing pres-

ence in the country in the near

future. This influx illustrates the

rude health of the Australian

economy.

The addition of 71,500 jobs to

the Australian economy this

February sounds good but not

excessively impressive, especial-

ly with an unchanged unem-

ployment rate of 5.4 percent.

However, the fact that

February’s job growth figures

meant Australia experienced its

largest rise in total employment

since 2000 is as one economist

said; spectacular employment

growth shows that economic

growth is significantly benefit-

ting citizenry.

The International Monetary

Fund has also confirmed that

the Australian dollar will be

added to its list of reserve cur-

rencies by the middle of 2013.

This move illustrates Australia’s

ability to easily weather the eco-

nomic turbulence that most

Western economies experienced

in the last five years.

The IMF’s reserve currencies

are usually seen as the safest,

most stable currencies and thus

Australia’s long term economic

outlook, from the point of view

of the International Monetary

Fund is quite healthy.

Australia’s low net debt - by

OECD standards - and triple A

rating makes the aforemen-

tioned forecast seem pretty

sound.

It is not all roses in Australia

however. The Treasury

Secretary’s announcement that

“one of the big challenges we

face is a massive hit to govern-

ment revenues” is a scenario due

to lower commodity prices on

international markets.

Australia’s appreciating cur-

rency means there are choppy

waters ahead for the Australian

government and possibly the

economy as a whole.

Adam Giles’ ascension to gov-

ernment head of the Northern

Territory, which is 30 percent

Aboriginal, was described by

Australian Prime Minister Julia

Gillard as “a moment in history

for indigenous Australians.”

The living standards and

rights of Aborigines has for years

been a delicate and contentious

issue in Australia. The indige-

nous population has only one

member in the 226 strong

Federal Parliament and is easi-

ly the poorest and most socially

disadvantaged group in

Australia.

Giles’ rise in combination with

February’s formal recognition of

Aborigines as the country’s first

inhabitants hopefully signals a

concerted effort to improve the

lives of indigenous Australians.

Immigration is another fiery

topic especially in Australian

politics. With the center left

Labor party trailing in polls for

the September’s general elec-

tion, Julia Gillard has been loud-

ly positioning herself and her

regime as strongly cracking

down on immigration and asy-

lum seekers.

Her rhetoric that the influx of

migrant workers must be cur-

tailed, especially in the mining

sector, has been received well by

some voters but has been criti-

cized by quite a few influential

stakeholders. Fears of antago-

nizing Asian trading partners

and assertions from executives

that migrants fix Australia’s

skills gap means that the net

effect of her nationalistic procla-

By Marcie Dineen

rouen, FranCe

mations on her re-election

chances is difficult to predict.

The transfer for medical rea-

sons of some asylum seekers

including pregnant women from

the Manus Island detention cen-

ter in Papua New Guinea to

Australia has reignited the

debate of offshore processing

centers which the Australian

government uses to try and con-

trol asylum seeking.

The transfer has seen

activists lambast the state of

these Australian controlled cen-

ters. Opposition figures and

refugee activists have been call-

ing for the closing down of these

reopened centers for some time

and this latest incident is only

likely to make their voices grow

louder.

Australia’s second place rank-

ing in the latest UN Human

Development Index contrasts

interestingly with a report that

has found one out of s ix

Australian children lives below

the poverty line. The two reports

must make Australians realize

current prosperity must not

allow complacency to creep in.

Notes fromAbroad

Question: What has beenyour favorite experience?

Why?gram for five euros (Erasmus

Student Network) to participate

in organized trips and activities.

The first trip I went on with ESN

was integration weekend in

Tarragona, a small city just out-

side of Barcelona. It was like

freshman orientation, but the

international version in a farm-

house/hostel in the countryside.

I met some really interesting

people from all over the world

(Italy, France, Switzerland,

Norway, Austria, Germany, UK,

Argentina, New Zealand,

Denmark, Netherlands and

some fellow Americans too.)

Before the weekend ended, we

experienced a typical Catalan

calçot – long green onion – BBQ.

If you ask me, they were nothing

special, but then again, I’m no

onion connoisseur.

It may be explained by my

Frankish origins, but I loved

Paris. While I didn’t see any

baguette-wielding, beret-wear-

ing accordion players, I experi-

enced the best the city had to

offer in the day and a half that I

was there and even got to go to

Versailles for an afternoon to see

the royal palace with my fellow

Bentley-compatriot, Stavan. As

well-known and Parisian as the

Eiffel Tower is, it really can only

be fully experienced in person

The Australian dollar will be added to the InternationalMonetary Fund’s list of reserve currencies in 2013.

enjoyed in the company of

others.

In addition to the food

there is the atmosphere;

pubs, restaurants and side-

walk cafes alike provide an

incredible opportunity to gaze

into the lives of the locals and

their culture. In Ireland, I

was able to witness live Irish

music and Irish dancing

while filling up on some stew

and cider and in Barcelona I

enjoyed paella over a football

match, witnessing the streets

erupt after a goal was scored.

E x p l o r i n g a n e w c i t y

means spending your day

misreading maps, taking

hundreds of pictures, dodging

the weather and walking for-

ever in hopes to soak up all

that the city has to offer and

the day usually comes to an

end at a restaurant.

At the end of these crazy

traveling days I often find

myself sitting in the middle

of a crowded restaurant, rem-

i n i s c i n g t h e s i t e s a n d

indulging in the delicious

local food when I realize how

incredibly lucky I am to be

sitting in that very seat.

M a r c h a n dvisited Paris.

By Nate Marchand

BarCelona, SpaIn

Ugh, these questions get more

difficult each week. I don’t have

favorites to begin with and now

I have to choose my favorite

experience while studying in

Europe…what a chore!

However, there are two experi-

ences that come to mind and

they didn’t even occur in

Barcelona!

The majority of students here

are part of third-party programs,

but Bentley students are direct

exchange, so I had to join a pro-

Dineen likes to explore the sites and attractions of

the cities she visits and also enjoys the new foods.

Courtesy of Dineen

By Emily Silver

FlorenCe, Italy

While it is nearly impossible

to deem one of all the incredible

experiences I’ve had to be my

favorite, one particular experi-

ence has yet to drop in the ranks.

I had been told by many people

that watching the sunset atop

Piazza Michelangelo was not

only incredibly beautiful but also

inexplicably remarkable and a

sight that had to be seen.

After overlooking the sugges-

tion for quite some time, I final-

ly decided to adhere. On my way

to the Piazza, I passed multiple

wine shops and could not resist

the temptation. While we were

on a tight schedule to arrive in

time to see the spectacle, we

quickly raced to the top of a very

steep hill, followed by the equiv-

alent of three sets of Smith

stairs, which was fairly miser-

able.

Once at the top, I was in awe.

Never had I been so shocked by

my inability to effortlessly reach

the top of a hill but more so,

what appeared before me—it

was picturesque. For the next

few hours, we sat, wine in hand,

watching the large orange col-

ored sun beam over the city until

the moon dominated the night

sky. While a sunset appears to

be beautiful in any context, this

was the most breathtaking sight

I had ever seen.

and the views from the top were

breathtaking, despite a slight

monsoon which actually worked

in our favor since there wasn’t

as long of a line.

I was forced to choose two

“favorites,” but I’m enjoying

every moment abroad in

Barcelona and outside the city.

By Kevin D. LaryeaThe International Report: Interesting Times for Australia

Courtesy of Marchand

MarCH 21, 2013 THe VaNguardColuMNS

els and/or marketplace solu-tions to address social prob-lems. It seeks to fill a dichoto-my between the businessesand the non-profits to createvalue to customers neithercan reach separately.

As it exists today, businesscan’t sell their products tolower income communitiesaround the world and remainfinancially solvent. Non-prof-its on the other hand are lim-ited in resources, reach, andscope because they rely heav-ily on donations and deal withextraordinary restrictions ontheir activities cultural, gov-ernmental, and political.

Finally, governments in

By Moussa Hassoun

many parts of the world donot address the needs of theirpeople, intentionally suppress,or act inefficiently when try-ing to solve them. As a result,these three organization typesdon’t address the needs ofsome of a vast number of peo-ple in the world despite thegreat demand in a wide vari-ety of areas such as education,water, food , and energyresources.

Enter the social enterprisethat can operate on smallerprofit margins by applying abusiness model to address asocietal problem such as foodinsecurity. Through cultural-ly sensitive and practical mod-els for revenue and expensesources and an effective logis-tics plan, these social enter-prises can properly addressthe needs of people gone longignored.

A notable example of socialenterprise is microfinancewhich comes in differentforms but essentially providesmicro-loans to individuals orgroups of individuals for veryspecific reasons like buying acow or starting a beadingbusiness.

These loans, usually nomore than $100, provide thecapital needed to low incomeindividuals to start their ownbusinesses when they would

Briefcase Banter: Are All Sports Truly Sports? By Nick Vasiliadis

There are few activitiesmore arbitrary yet more pas-s i onate ly r evered thansports. Sports are often seenas representative of cama-raderie between friends andare lauded as one of the bestoutlets through which to fos-ter healthy competition inyouths, coworkers, peers andfriends.

Sports are innumerable,and increasingly more arebeing created over time, cre-ativity and boredom. Thefocus of these athletic eventsoften differ vastly, as do theindividuals who favor them.In fact, sports have becomesuch a defining and intrinsicpart of our society that theydraw intangible boundariesaround and between fansand players who identifywith one over another, just afew or even none at all.

Before delving into theworld of organized athletics,i t ’ s i m p o r t a n t t o t r u l yaddress the meaning of a

“sport.” You’d think therewould be a single definitionfor what constitutes a sport,but it seems that the pres-ent classification is a fatherfluid.

In my opinion, a sport hastwo very simple fundamen-tal requirements: it must bean athletic competition, andi t must a lso be a game.Some things, like the eventswhich fall into the obtuserealm are gymnastics andtrack. They are athletic com-petitions, but they are cer-tainly not games. Others,like pool and bowling, aregames, but not athletic com-petitions. It’s certainly sub-jective, but I think that thisis a pretty reasonable set ofbrief criteria that we can useto settle some sport-relateddisputes.

Like golf, certain activitiesmight require an impressiveamount of skill, but I justwouldn’t call them sports.Unfortunately, this is oftenthe junction at which feel-ings are hurt and friend-ships are broken. When oneperson claims that someoneelse’s favorite hobby isn’t asport, suddenly it appears asthough the perpetrator isvindictively devaluing theactivity. Just because it isn’ta sport (or just becausesomeone doesn’t think it is)certainly doesn’t mean thatit’s not a valuable, challeng-ing, or competitive activity.

Even the most quintessen-tial of sports aren’t any bet-t e r t h a n t h e o n e s t h a tnobody respects—like ulti-mate disk. Just to help set-tle the score (or at the veryleast even the playing field)let’s knock some of the bigones down a peg. One of them o s t p o p u l a r s p o r t s i nAmerica, basketball, is agame affected primarily byan arbitrary physical attrib-ute that players can’t controlor change: their height.

Naturally, all sports relyon some inherent physicalcharacteristics which elevateonly a select few to glory; it’sjust surprising that one ofthe most popular sports inthe nation is affected so dra-matically by people who, oth-erwise, would have literallybeen the biggest losers in thegenetic lottery.

Moving on to baseball,America’s great oral cancer-causing pastime is easily themost contrived and regi-m e n t e d o f a l l s p o r t s .Ironically, the sport thatmost closely represents themodern American way oflife—one marked predomi-nantly by lethargy and druguse—is also the most com-munist.

Although soccer is a closesecond s ince i t involveswatching players run a fielduntil they exhaust them-selves, as a game, baseball isthe most robotic of all popu-

lar American sports.Baseball’s strictness is

matched only by its peculiar-ities and very subtle effemi-nacy, which its fans willvehemently deny.

A c lose competitor forbaseball’s wildly self-impor-tant rules award, football ishands down the quintessen-tial tough guy sport. Whenthese bravado-brandishinggoliaths aren’t busy beatingup soccer players or inflatingtheir half-rep bench prs, atleast they’re devoted to giv-ing back to the communityand making minced meat ofstandardized tests…just kid-ding.

It would only be fair toalso criticize soccer and hock-ey as well, but since both ofthose primary fan bases are

tucked away in America’shat and pants respectively,I’ll just gloss over them. Thenational media viewershipfor the MLS is about the sizeof Bentley’s campus, so Ithink I speak for all of uswhen I say nobody reallycares enough about soccer tofeel that it’s been slighted.

Hockey, although far morepopular than soccer withrespect to our own nationalleagues here in the USA, isabout as relevant in Americaas world soccer—hint: notvery.

But, since hockey fright-ens me, I will end with this:hockey fans are a truly mis-understood group, and I sin-cerely hope they eventuallyfind shirts of the appropriatesize.

Scratching the Surface: Social Enterprisehave never been provided itby mainstream banks. As theloans and their conditionshave been shaped throughtrial and error, today’s micro-loan institutions get a returnon nearly all of their initialinvestment and people getaccess to monetary resourcesthey otherwise wouldn’t have.

Other forms of social enter-prise are water credits, wherepeople get credits on theirmobile device to purchasewater after using certain fea-tures on their phone throughtheir phone line provider.

This plan has providedwater for countless peoplethrough a solvent businessmodel that benefits the phonecompany with more cus-tomers, the families withmore water, and the socialenterprise with a fulfillmentof its goal.

I sought to get involvedwith social enterprise at theHultPrize 2013 competition.This year Bentley’s teamdesigned a business model toaddress food insecurity. Ourmodel formed a group pur-chasing organization (GPO)that would pool together theresources of low incometraders in India to buy food inbulk at a reduced price. TheGPO would be coupled withcommunity kitchens that

would serve highly nutritiousmeals at an affordable pricewhile providing many timesmore in nutritional value, allwhile remaining profitable.

The niche market thatsocial enterprises seek toaddress is such an excitingone to potentially work in. Itsprimary goal is to create valuefor the customer which is thegoal of all business.

As students attending the“business university” let’sexpand the horizons of busi-ness as usual. Let’s investi-gate ways to make the world abetter place. Social enterpriseis a promising and quicklygrowing field that we shouldall take a look at as futurebusiness leaders.

Social enterprise is the application of businessmodels to address social problems.

There are almost too many sports to count—butwhen is a sport a sport?

Bentley touts itself as the“Business University” anddoes so rightfully as it blendsliberal arts and science withbusiness degrees.

As business students weshould keep our eyes open tonew developments in the mar-ketplace. As a result, Bentleyprovides a non-profit minorand integrates business ethicsin all majors.

There is a business sectorwhich is only a few years oldand has emerged and gainedtraction all over the world.That sector is social enter-prise.

Social enterprise is theapplication of business mod-

Courtesy of Moussa Hassoun

Courtesy of Nick Vasiliadis

the Vanguard marCh 21, 2013 page 15SportS

The Bentley softball team

traveled to Florida for Spring

Break, scheduled to play 10

games in six days. Over that

stretch, the Lady Falcons began

their season with four wins and

six losses. The Lady Falcons

played teams that were well into

their seasons and couldn’t quite

match the experience of their

competitors.

Bentley first faced Georgian

Court—who was playing its

twelfth game of the season—and

came up one run short, falling 4-

3, despite a solid effort from

freshman shortstop Alex Borreli,

playing in her first collegiate

game, who had two hits and two

RBI. Sophomore designated hit-

ter Alyssa Wagner and senior

second basemen Laura

McDonough both crossed home

plate to give Bentley a 3-1 lead,

but Georgian Court outhit

Bentley 11-5, eventually taking

the lead in the bottom of the

sixth.

Bentley tallied their first two

wins of the season on March 10

with victories against Bridgeport

and Alderson-Broaddus. Junior

outfielder Jackie Gauthier had

three of Bentley’s seven hits in

the game against Bridgeport

and McDonough had a trio

against Alderson-Broaddus.

Senior pitcher Carly Taitz ended

both games with a total of four

scoreless innings while sopho-

more pitcher Caitlin Betz only

allowed one hit and one walk

while striking out five of

Bridgeport’s batters.

In its fourth game of the year,

Bentley faced the team that’s

ranked No. 20 in Division II and

is now 10-3 in their season,

Molloy. McDonough, who drove

in a pair of runs against

Alderson-Broaddus, wasn’t able

to get the Bentley offense going,

though, as the Lady Falcons

were shutout against Molloy and

later in the day by Mercy.

Facing another team that was

already a month in to its season

and with 20 wins under its belt,

Bentley fell short to St. Leo, only

managing one hit all game.

Bentley’s scoreless streak, how-

ever, ended on March 14 with

back-to-back wins against Sioux

Falls and Bemidji State. The

Lady Falcons tallied seven runs

in both games, recording 10 hits

in each game as well. Senior

catcher Erica Thibodeau had

five hits and 3 RBI in the first

game against Sioux St while the

Lady Falcons continued the win-

ning way with four runs in the

fourth inning of the second

game, solidifying a 7-2 win over

Bemidji St.

The Lady Falcons fell twice

more in their last day in Florida

to Minot State and again to

Bridgeport. Bentley’s upcoming

doubleheader against Stonehill,

originally scheduled for March

19, has been postponed due to

snow and a makeup date has yet

to be announced. The Lady

Falcons are expected to travel to

Adelphi for a pair of games on

March 23 and to Pace the follow-

ing day for another doublehead-

er.

By Emily Ellis

Vanguard Staff

Florida sun not enough to help Falcons

Courtesy of Bentley tennis team

reCent reSultSResults from 3/8-3/18

Baseball (7-8) Result

Assumption (3/10) W 5-3

Bridgeport (3/11) W 17-1


Bridgeport (3/14) L 2-1

Pace (3/15) L 8-5

Pace (3/16) W 8-4

Golf

Bayside Resort Invitational (3/16-3/17) 6th of 13

Hockey (12-20-3, 10-14-3 AHA)

at Canisius (3/8) L 4-0

at Canisius (3/9) L 2-1

Men’s Lacrosse (1-1, 1-1 NE-10)

American International (3/17)* W 15-3

Men’s Tennis (3-8, 3-1 NE-10)

Detroit-Mercy (3/10) L 9-0

at Eckerd (3/11) L 6-3

Adelphi (3/12)* L 5-4

at Florida Tech (3/13) L 9-0

at Florida Southern (3/15) L 9-0

Oklahoma Baptist (3/17) L 7-2

Softball (4-6)

Georgian Court (3/9) L 4-3


Alderson-Broaddus (3/10) W 4-1

Molloy (3/11) L 4-0

Mercy (3/11) L 2-0

Saint Leo (3/12) L 7-0

Sioux Falls (3/14) W 7-6

Bemidji State (3/14) W 7-2

Minot State (3/15) L 4-3

Bridgeport (3/15) L 6-1

Women’s Basketball (30-2, 21-1 NE-10)

Franklin Pierce(NE-10 Semifinals)(3/7) W 74-55

Assumption (NE-10 Finals)(3/10) W 68-59

LIU Post (NCAA Quarterfinals)(3/15) W 68-57

Holy Family (NCAA Semifinals)(3/16) W 85-56

Dowling (NCAA Finals)(3/18) L 53-51

Women’s Lacrosse (2-1, 1-0 NE-10)

at Rollins (3/11) L 12-11 (2ot)

Lenoir-Rhyne (3/15) W 18-7

Le Moyne (3/17)* W 10-9 (ot)

Women’s Tennis (5-5, 5-1NE-10)

Adelphi (3/12)* L 7-2

at Florida Tech (3/13) L 9-0

at Tampa (3/14) L 8-1

at Florida Southern (3/15) L 9-0

Women’s Track and Field

NCAA DII Championships(3/8) No team score

*Conference Game

Mar. 23 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Molloy 1:00 p.m.

Mar. 26 Baseball vs. Assumption 3:30 p.m.Women’s Lacrosse vs. Saint Michael’s 7:00 p.m.

Mar. 27 Baseball vs. Stonehill 3:30 p.m.Men’s Lacrosse vs. Saint Anselm 7:00 p.m.

upCOmIng SChedule

The Bentley men’s and

women’s tennis teams both

endured a brutal spring break,

losing every one of their match-

es to fall to 3-8 and 5-5, respec-

tively.

The men’s team began its trip

with matches against Eckerd

and Adelphi, looking to build

momentum right from the

beginning with a victory.

Unfortunately, the Falcons

came out flat and were unable

to hold off the hard-hitting play-

ers from Eckerd, losing 6-3. One

of the bright spots for the

Falcons was the play of senior

Rodrigo Ribeiro, who won

matches in both singles and dou-

bles play. The other lone Falcon

victory was a singles win by jun-

ior Andrew Waddington in

fourth-ranked play.

Although it was not the start

they hoped for, Bentley intend-

ed to turn it around against

Adelphi. However, much like the

previous match, the Falcons

could not overcome the opposi-

tion, losing 5-4 in a nail-biter.

Once again, Ribeiro proved to be

the star of the team, recording

wins in both singles and doubles

first-ranked play. This time

around, Bentley managed a vic-

tory in second-ranked doubles

play as junior Jimmy Rindo and

sophomore Raghav Tanna

defeated Adelphi’s Bryan

Kallenburg and Sander

Brenner, 8-3.

Bentley’s next two matches

featured 9-0 shutout losses to

both Florida Tech and Florida

Southern. Sophomore Peter

Koopman recorded the only set

win against Florida Tech, while

Ribeiro nearly managed to

defeat Southern’s Emanuel

Lueber before suffering a close

loss. While the Falcons’ spring

break finale also ended in defeat,

the team was able to get on the

scoreboard, losing 7-2. The two

bright spots were dominating

victories by Waddington and

freshman Felipe Palacios in sin-

gles play.

The women’s team fared no

better on their trip, opening with

a 7-2 loss to Adelphi. Freshman

Catherine Gianino and sopho-

more Melanie Scott recorded the

only two wins of the day in

impressive fashion, winning in

second- and third-ranked singles

play 6-3, 6-1.

Mirroring the men’s team, the

women’s match against Florida

Tech resulted in a 9-0 shutout.

A series of crushing forehands

by Tech’s Kristina Huba did in

Bentley freshman Ludmila

Yamus in the first-ranked sin-

gles match, as she fell 6-0, 6-0.

Sophomore Stephania

Adondakis actually provided the

Lady Falcon’s best moments

with her back-and-forth, 6-4, 6-2

loss to Flavia Zisi Tegou that

nearly resulted in a victory.

The women’s team continued

to struggle in its next match ver-

sus Tampa, ultimately falling 8-

1. The Lady Falcons, however,

fought hard and managed a dou-

bles victory by the freshman duo

of Gianino and Britanni Hetyei

in the third-ranked match

against Nikol Williams and

Chloe Pereira.

The Bentley women closed

out their spring break stretch

with another 9-0 shutout loss,

this time to Florida Southern.

Bentley was unable to record a

victory, but came within a few

misplaced shots from a victory

by freshman Megan Garrow in

the sixth-ranked singles match.

The men’s team faces a series

of difficult upcoming matchups

in the next week, taking on

Stonehil l , Brandeis and

American International College

while the women square off

against cross-town rival

Brandeis on March 21 before

also traveling to AIC.

By Ian Giancursio

Vanguard Staff

Bentley tennis suffers winless Spring Break

Courtesy of Sports Information Office

FalCOn FaCt

In her team’s last two games, junior goalkeeper Ally

Dorman stopped 22 shots while leading the women’s

lacrosse team to a 2-0 record. That, along with her 7.63

goals against average and .579 save percentage helped

earn her earn Northeast-10 Goalkeeper of the Week

Honors.

In Bentley’s overtime win over conference foe Le

Moyne, Dorman came up with a huge save with 10 sec-

onds left to preserve the Falcons’ lead. With the two

wins, the team jumped up two spots to No. 7 in the

country.

MarCh 21, 2013 the VanguardSpORTS

It may have been a six-

game invitational with no

n a m e , b u t t h e B e n t l e y

Falcons baseball team sim-

ply called it batting practice.

On Sunday, March 10, the

Falcons’ baseball team began

i ts f i r s t o f s ix games at

Rollins College in sunny

Orlando, Florida.

Having just narrowly

escaped the foot of snow

released onto the Bentley

c a m p u s , t h e n o o n - t i m e

m a t c h u p a g a i n s t t h e

Assumption Greyhounds

offered a picturesque scene:

a lovely 79 degrees with the

Florida sun high overhead,

not a cloud in the sky.

The Falcons, however,

were not about to be out-

shone by the sun with senior

righty J.P. Ashline deliver-

ing a brilliant six-inning per-

formance, giving up just

three earned runs. Three

scoreless innings of relief

from senior pitcher Lamarre

Rey sealed the victory for

Falcons. Junior left fielder

Will Bermel provided the run

support, driving in three

runs of his own on 3-for-4 hit-

ting, leading the Falcons to a

5 - 3 v i c t o r y o v e r t h e

Greyhound while senior

infielders Logan Gillis and

Kevin Korwek added the

additional pair of runs.

Since transferring from

Fairfield University, junior

outfielder Tom Nagy has

handily established himself

as the Falcons ’ premier

power hitter. After starting

the season hot, Nagy seemed

to hit a power drought with

his last dinger coming Feb.

17 against the Rollins Tars

in Orlando. The cure? Simply

return to the scene of the

c r i m e . O n M o n d a y , t h e

Falcons took on a Bridgeport

(2-4) team hungry for a vic-

t o r y . W h i l e t h e P u r p l e

Knights at times seemed

sluggish and defeated, the

Falcons put on a spectacle for

the record books.

In what may s tand as

their best game of the sea-

s o n , B e n t l e y d e f e a t e d

Bridgeport easily, outscoring

them 17-1 in nine innings of

p u r e d o m i n a n c e . T h e

Knights went into an all-out

panic as they replaced every

positional player at least

once, in a futile attempt to

quell the Falcons surging

bats. The Falcons were led to

victory behind what could

only be described as a mag-

nificent seven-inning score-

less outing by senior lefty

Jeff Croteau, and a resur-

gence of slugging from Nagy

who went 4- for-6 with a

remarkable six RBI and two

home runs.

Now as scholarly Bentley

students, we’re all familiar

with the idiom that history

repeats itself. Bridgeport,

however, was apparently

u n a w a r e o f t h i s . S o o n

Wednesday , sophomore

pitcher Ryan O’Connor took

them to school. In his best

Croteau impression, the

southpaw delivered seven

innings of shutout baseball

while allowing just five hits

and striking out four. Fellow

sophomore Connor Root pro-

vided two innings of relief,

with Bridgeport’s only run

coming as a result of a throw-

ing error in the eighth. Nagy

continued to streak with

three RBI and a stolen base

on a perfect 4-for-4 hitting

demonstration. O’Connor

would lower his earned run

average to 2.70 as he evened

the Falcons’ record at 6-6 and

his own at 2-2.

After three games, the

Falcons had combined to

outscore their opponents 36-

5. A cool off was coming for

the Bentley bats, it was just

a matter of when. As it turns

out, the impending freeze

came the very next day. On

March 14, the Falcons took

on Bridgeport in the final

game of the series, looking to

sweep the Purple Knights

r i g h t o u t o f F l o r i d a .

However, despite a solid out-

ing from senior John Yohe,

going five innings and giving

up just a single run, the

Falcons could not overcome

their stifled bats.

Purple Knights pitcher

Brian O’Keefe produced a

premier pitching perform-

ance, striking out 10 and giv-

ing up just one run through

n i n e i n n i n g s . L u c k i l y ,

Bentley managed to break up

the looming complete-game

shutout when freshman des-

ignated-hitter Bryan Rocha

delivered an RBI single, scor-

ing junior centerfielder Sean

Keady.

The Falcons, having just

won three of their first four

games, were riding high

w h e n P a c e U n i v e r s i t y

moseyed into town on Friday.

To this author’s surprise, and

relative dismay for being

unable to utilize a precious

few salsa-related puns, Pace

had arrived from its campus

located in lower Manhattan

riding a six-game winning

s t r e a k i t s e l f . T h e

Pacesetters, having been

outscored 40-4 by Tampa in

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

Florida, appeared eager to

prove themselves on Friday

in the sunshine state.

Thanks to another solid

outing from Ashline, an RBI

by freshman Evan Mondor

and yet another moon-shot

f rom Nagy , the Falcons

remained tied with Pace

until the ninth. The inning

would prove eventful as Root

was roughed up for six runs

by the Pacesetters. Bentley

staged a valiant comeback

effort in the bottom of the

inning, scoring three runs,

but ultimately falling to Pace

by the score of 8-5.

Having set the Pace, as

they are wanted to do, the

Pacemakers appeared to be

resting on their laurels enter-

i n g S a t u r d a y ’ s g a m e .

Seemingly expect ing to

cruise to an eighth straight

win, Pace starting pitcher

Robert Rizzitelli threw a

meatball to the most danger-

ous hitter in the Falcons’

lineup. Nagy made him pay

for it with a two-RBI double.

Like blood in the water,

Keady and Korwek sensed

the weakness and struck for

two more runs each. The

Falcons would add two more

runs, sending Rizzitelli out of

the game after just five brief

innings of work.

Croteau provided seven

innings of pitching support,

giving up just three total

runs, improving his record to

3-1 and improving Bentley’s

overall record 7-8. And with

that, the Falcons end their

final trip to Florida with suc-

cess, going 4-2 in the six-

game stretch, managing to

average more than eight

runs per game, outscoring

opponents 49-15.

By Zack O’Malley

Vanguard StaFF

Falcons find success in beautiful weather over break with a 4-2 record

Sophomore pitcher Ryan O’Connorpitched seven scoreless innings.


FalCOnS

OF the

Week

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Women’s Basketball Team Named

Falcons of the Week

The women’s basketball team has been named the

Falcons of the Week. The Falcons won their third

straight Northeat-10 Conference tournament title

on March 10 with a 68-59 victory over Assumption at

the Dana Center. That, to go along with their NE-

10 regular season crown.

Bentley was then chosen to host the NCAA

Division II East Regional, and the Falcons advanced

to their third straight Sweet 16 and 19th in 26 years

by beating LIU Post and Holy Family in the first two

rounds. However, Bentley’s bid for a third straight

regional title and trip to the Elite 8 was denied by

Dowling, as the Golden Lions pulled out a 53-51 vic-

tory on Monday night.

The Falcons finish the season with a record of 30-

2.

Junior outfielder Tom Nagy wasBentley’s top offensive threat.


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