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See STEREOTYPES, Page 5See FROLF, 4

MALARIABentley againstMalaria raise fundsand buy nets forfamilies in africa.

6 TECHWhat does yourphone say aboutyou?

13MOVIE TOURthe tour features famous Boston sets.

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HUMANITY EULOGY Scratching the Surface delves globally.

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Above, is an aerial view of the “Bentley Links,” Frolf course.

One Less looks toshift student attitudesThe new program highlights theeffect of having “one less” drink

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GrooveBoston tears up BentleyCAB breaks Halloween tradition with mobile nightclub

By Alyssa Neshe

Vanguard Staff

On Saturday, October 30,

GrooveBoston came to Bentley

University. Despite an early

winter storm on Saturday,

causing last-minute changes

to the precisely planned event,

the dance was a raging suc-

cess.

Ranging from full-body cow

sui ts to p i rates to Buzz

Lightyear costumes, Bentley

students attended the dance

in their best costumes ready

for what GrooveBoston had in

store for them - a night to

remember filled with dancing

to great remixes such as Katy

Perry’s Last Friday Night. All

the fun started after braving

the snow, of course. With

many students running to the

dance in their full costumes,

not many were bundled up

enough for the cold; as expect-

ed, the cold was a small price

to pay for the biggest event of

the semester. Many waited in

line excitedly to get their offi-

See ONE LESS, Page 5

Courtesy of Brian Shaw Photography

the aspects that are being

improved are consistency in

photos and the phrasing in the

signs.

Kane reviewed last year’s

results in order to improve.

She admits that some of the

Stereotype campaign success

gives way to second launchMovement continues to expand and improve

By Lou ShermanVanguard Staff

This year marks the second

annual Stereotype Campaign

brought to campus with the

original idea stemming from

Tumblr. The real and tangible

campaign, spearheaded single-

handedly produced by junior

Ali Kane, is sponsored by

Diversity Mini-Grants.

Last year, it was cospon-

sored by APO and PRIDE as

an initiative leading up to the

first performance of The

Laramie Project. With more

funding and a bigger plan for

the future, the initiative looks

to continue to open people’s

minds and eyes.

In a move forward, some of

the health, financial and inter-

personal effects that one less

drink can have.

Members of the of the pro-

gram include Jessica Greher

Traue, Nina DeAgrela, Jessica

Kenerson, Paul Stanish,

Do re e n F lo y d , De a nna

B ust e e d a nd Ma rg a re t

Fitzgerald. This movement

was inspired by a presentation

about the impacts of drinking

last January, in which mem-

bers recognized that although

a lot of focus was put on work-

tomer gat/tHE Vanguard

By Tomer GatManaging Editor

GrooveBoston overcame Mother Nature to

give students a show to remember.

Last Wednesday, October

26, students walking into the

Student Center for dinner

were greeted by a sculpture of

21.5 pizza boxes, figures climb-

ing a m o unt a in w i t h

“President’s List” on its peak

and a money tree. These art

pieces are one of many facets

of the One Less movement, a

collaborative effort between

Student Af fairs and the

C e nt e r f o r H e a l t h a nd

Wellness to inform students of

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The Harry’s Pub’s entrance was adorned with

empty pizza boxes and money trees.

Are you DTF? Down to Frolf, that is

Courtesy of allison Kane

By Brenna O’ConnellVanguard Staff

Have you ever been walking

to Seasons when all of a sudden

a frisbee comes rolling up past

you, spins around and falls to a

stop? You then turn to see where

this came from and you see a fel-

low student with their hand

raised, yelling to you. Do you

throw it back, ignore it or just

throw it in the opposite direc-

tion? You wonder, why are they

aiming at me? Well, they are not;

they are playing the new

Bentley craze known as frolf.

Frisbee golf (frolf) is a sport in

which players throw a frisbee in

an attempt to hit a target “hole”

in as few “strokes” as possible.

Traditional frolf courses go

through densely wooded areas,

and players use a range of

“clubs” (driver, putter, etc.) with

different weights. Here at

Bentley, for safety reasons, stu-

dents use regular, plastic frisbee

discs on a nine-hole course

through campus.

Former Bentley students Joe

Stokes and Garrett Thomas

have been credited with creating

“Bentley Links” course some

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Judicial action Summary

Total number of cases: 31Total number of individuals involved (violators): 58Number of individuals dismissed from responsibility: 1Number of individuals referred to Judicial Board: 1 Number of educational sanctions given: 33

(includes referrals to Alcohol Education)Cash total of fines given for the week: $1,375Number of Work Sanctions assigned: 3Number of students placed on warning 37Number of Parental Notifications: 1Number of individuals put on Residential Probation: 3

(Loss of 15 Housing Credits)Number of individuals put on Disciplinary Probation: 0

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10.26.2011-11.02.2011

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Last Monday, University Police

high-tailed it to Jennison, where

they were notified of a dog running

loose in the academic building.

Police were dog tired searching for

the pup, only to find out that they

worked like dogs for nothing: The

owner was a lucky dog and had

already found the shifty Shih Tzu.

Police promptly called off the dogs

and went back to living a dog’s life

fighting real crime. You know, they

say every dog has its day, and last

Monday the top dog was right here

at Bentley, wagging the tail that

is our school’s police force. At least

throw them a bone and let them

pet you next time, huh Bingo?

Thanks, dog.

All of the Lights

At 7:06 p.m. on October 21,

Facilities was notified about the

l ights being out in the Dana

Center gym. This was no coinci-

dence, as both of the Bentley’s var-

sity basketball teams had just con-

cluded their practices. Both the

gentlemen and lady Falcons are

predicted to win a lot of games this

year, so it was no mistake that

they were shooting the lights out.

These humble reporters recom-

mend that we get some backup

generators before the season

starts, or else the Dana Center

might challenge the Boylstons for

the overall Blackout Challenge

lead.

Running Amok

University Police received a call

last Saturday from a student who

was reportedly lost after going out

exercising. An officer was dis-

patched to retrieve the student and

bring her back to campus. Ok,

freshmen, here’s a hint to running

i n W a l t h a m : D o n ’ t r u n i n

Waltham. In the off chance you

don’t end up as a piece of road kill

on Lexington Street, you are most

likely going to find yourself on

some random, one-way side road

that has neither a name nor any

remnants of street lines. Walking

past the grunting gym goons to get

to the treadmills doesn’t sound too

bad now, does it?

Wait, What?

At 11:44 a.m. on Friday, October

21, Police apprehended a chainsaw

that was sent to the mailroom.

Yikes.

Pee Owed

Police was notified of a male

party urinating on the Bentley

University entrance sign at 10:35

p.m. on October 21. This deeply

troubles us . The Ubiqui tous

Urinator, star of the Police Logs a

fortnight ago, was detained last

week. However, it seems like his

message lives on.

We’ve heard of people [synonym

Police log

for “pooping”] on Bentley before –

for its male/female ratio, for its lack

of a liberal arts focus and for its

crazy amount of stairs – but we’ve

never heard of anybody peeing on

Bentley. Literally, that’s what this

kid was doing. He was relieving

himself on the very symbol of the

institution that hardworking stu-

dents pay over $200,000 to have

access to. Have some class, man -

find a toilet (or, in your case, maybe

a fire hydrant).

Bryant’s Best

Last Friday evening, a caller

reported discovering a male passed

out in the lounge of the Fenway

Apartments. When University

Police arrived at the scene, the

male was very agitated, shouting

at officers and students alike. It

became evident very quickly that

the party, a student of the presti-

gious Bryant University (pfft), had

been drinking (we suspect he had

just finished his first beer). It’s ok,

bud. You can kick and scream all

you want. Bentley can’t accept

everyone that sends an application.

We would be mad too if we were

stuck at a second-rate business

school somewhere in Rhode Island.

Sucks to suck.

Hole-way Activities

At 2:38 a.m. on October 25, an

officer reported a large hole in the

wall of a second-floor hallway in

Falcone West. Apparently, the

damage was consistent with some-

one being pushed through the wall.

This reminds these reporters of one

of our favorite pastimes: Watching

h u m a n T e t r i s o n Y o u T u b e .

Obviously, the residents of Falcone

West weren’t quarrelling, they

were being resourceful in emulat-

ing one of their favorite Japanese

game shows. If you haven’t seen

this before, watch it online. It’s

awesome. People try to fit their

bodies into weird shapes to get

through a hole in the wall.

While these Bentley students

may have been misguided in their

choice of wall, they were nothing

but revolutionary with their activ-

ity innovation. Note to Campus

Activities Board: Bring human

Tetris to Spring Day this year. You

won’t be disappointed, and neither

will the residents of Falcone West.

FRESHMAN PUKE COUNT:

Last week produced only two

more first-year vomiteers, bring-

ing the yearly total to 29. Not bad,

freshmen, you appear to be getting

a little classier. Next week, we’ll

see how you handled the ghouls

a n d g o b l i n s o f y o u r f i r s t

Halloweekend. Only time will tell

if you’ve changed for good…

Sean Harrington

and Brian Shea

Vanguard Staff

the VaNguard NoVember 3, 2011 News

By Ali FarooqiVaNguard Staff

Bentley team represents at Deloitte FanTAXtic Competition

On October 21 and 22,

Bentley University compet-

ed for the very first time in

the Deloitte FanTAXtic

competition in Boston,

placing second in the

regionals. They also won

an award of $200 per stu-

dent, as well as $2,000 for

the Bentley Accountancy

Department.

The Bentley team was

comprised of team leader

Alexa Kaklamanos,

Moussa Hassoun, Jessica

Borgonzi, Kaitlyn Hooper,

Kara Stark and faculty

coach Professor Tracey

Noga.

Bentley University was

one of 40 schools compet-

ing. Bentley was one of 90

teams since schools were

allowed up to two teams.

The Deloitte FanTAXtic

competition is a real-life

simulation of a business

case presentation with a

tax emphasis, where teams

are given a business case

two weeks prior to the com-

petition and have to criti-

cally analyze the business’s

strategies. They have to

come up with not only the

smartest recommendations

for that business, but also

those with the greatest tax

savings.

They are supposed to

present their recommenda-

tions in a 10-15-minute

presentation to a mock

board of directors, role

played by Deloitte profes-

sionals.

After their presentation,

they hold a Q&A where the

mock board of directors cri-

tiques their recommenda-

tions; the teams are expect-

ed to adequately defend

their recommendations,

even when they go against

the views of the board of

directors. The Deloitte

Professionals judge the

team on its presentation,

recommendations and

defense.

Out of the 90 teams com-

peting, nine teams pro-

gressed beyond regionals to

the National Competition

in Texas, and nine other

teams received regional

honorable mention. The

Bentley team was one of

the latter.

Team members

expressed their gratitude

about receiving regional

honorable mention.

“I really enjoyed the

Deloitte tax case competi-

tion,” said Kaklamanos. “It

was a great experience in

terms of practicing the

presentation, research and

group collaboration skills

we learn at Bentley (espe-

cially in GB301). We had

an excellent team of stu-

dents and I am very proud

of our accomplishment of

receiving honorable men-

tion.”

“We were very satisfied

with the results, especially

since this is Bentley’s first

team in this competition,”

said Hassoun. “Placing sec-

ond in regionals was a com-

plete honor, one that all of

our members are happy to

be a part of. Hopefully this

is a good stepping stone for

future Bentley teams to get

the number one spot and

move on to nationals in

Austin Texas.”

Hooper expressed the

difficulty of the challenge.

“At first, I was a little

hesitant about the level of

research that would be

required, but looking back

I think we all did a great

job,” said Hooper. “The

presentation came out

amazing and it was a won-

derful networking experi-

ence to go and interact

with Deloitte professionals.

Every member of the team

was so supportive and

helpful, which I think was

a large factor in our suc-

cess. A lot of hard work

went into the case competi-

tion and I am very proud of

our placement.”

Borgonzi said that the

Deloitte competition “was a

great way to apply the con-

cepts we learn in class to

real-world experiences.

Our team was able to come

together very well, and I

believe it was through our

strong teamwork that we

were able to win second

place in the competition.”

“As far as our tax compe-

tition it was a learning

experience and a great way

to broaden our knowledge

of the tax profession,” said

Stark. “Working on a case

simulation allowed us to

apply what we have

learned in the classroom to

real world tax situations.

The five of us had a won-

derful time networking

with Deloitte professionals

and benefitted a great deal

from the expertise of our

faculty advisor, Professor

Noga. It was all around a

worthwhile experience and

something Bentley should

continue to participate in

the future years.”

Professor Noga, the fac-

ulty advisor, said, “Bentley

will participate next year

and I am confident we will

have a national finalists

team. Hopefully some of

our younger members will

participate again next year

and lead the team.”

Courtesy of Professor NogaThe students from Bentley placed sec-ond in the regional competition.

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Noteworthy Bentley professorsing Milton Friedman,

Myron Scholes and Paul

Krugman.

Scott Sumner, another

economics professor, main-

tains his blog

TheMoneyIllusion, regular-

ly receiving responses from

Paul Krugman and the

Reserve Bank of New

Zealand and drawing cover-

age from Bloomberg.

Further, he also worked on

the idea for NGDP target-

ing for the Federal Reserve,

which they are now consid-

ering adopting.

You can also look at Dr.

Gregory Hall, a psychology

professor at Bentley who

has been working on an

anti-bullying initiative for

local schools. With the help

of honors students, he has

worked with local schools

and parents to help combat

cyberbullying, a recent

trend that has been impact-

ing schools on a national

level.

Although he’s not a pro-

fessor, Dan Everett, dean of

Arts and Sciences, has

quite the extensive resume.

Everett is one of an esti-

mated less-than-400 total

speakers of the Pirahã lan-

guage across the globe. He

editorial

has lived for extended peri-

ods of time in the Amazon

jungle, perfecting his lan-

guage skills with Pirahã. If

you were looking for a real-

life Bear Grylls, Everett is

likely the closest you’ll find

on campus.

Although no student of

Professor Willett will deny

that she is a passionate pro-

fessor, but what many stu-

dents don’t realize is the

depth of her experience

throughout the accounting

and finance fields. Based on

her LinkedIn profile, she

was an assistant director of

an accounting unit with

Travelers Insurance and

also a Treasury Manager

for the USA subsidiary of

AstraZeneca. If you want

someone from whom you

can learn about the func-

tions of the Treasury,

Willett is probably one of

the best possible people to

learn it from.

Even without the

resources and facilities of

larger universities, Bentley

has some great professors

Students benefit from hav-

ing professors that conduct

their classes without teach-

ing assistants and are made

available to all students.

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With only about 4,000

students at Bentley, there

are many things that the

larger universities may be

able to offer that Bentley

simply can’t compete with.

We may not have the divi-

sion-one athletics with the

massive arenas and mas-

sive fan base.

We also don’t have the

m u l t i - m i l l i o n - d o l l a r -

salaried coaches that bring

our teams to nationally tel-

evised titles year after year.

Nor do we have the major

research institutions which

may cure cancer or create

the coolest technology year

after year.

However, we do have

some amazing, frequently

overlooked professors who

bring great experience and

expertise to the table.

For example, take

Professor Dhaval Dave, an

economics professor who is

presently a research associ-

ate at the National Bureau

of Economic Research

(NBER), the largest non-

profit economic research

organization in the country.

NBER has been fortunate

to count 19 Nobel Prize

winners for economics

amongst their staff, includ-

Quotes of the

Week

“It misjudged what cus-

tomers would bear. It was

the wrong fee at the

wrong time.”

-Mark Schwanhausser,

a banking analyst with

Javelin Strategy & Research,

on Bank of America's deci-

sion to cancel its planned $5

debit card fee.

“I can’t believe she is the

world’s 7th billion.”

-Camille Dalura,

mother of Danica, one of the

world’s symbolic 7 billionth

babies, who was born just

before midnight on Sunday

in the Philippines

“Twenty-four boxes of

cake mix in your luggage.

It just seemed extremely

unusual.”

-Ed Griffith,Miami-Dade State Attorney's

Office spokesperson, on air-port luggage inspectors' dis-

covery of 30 lb. of cocainehidden in cake-mix boxes; the

suitcase belonged to awoman traveling from

Jamaica to London with astopover in Miami.

THE VANGUARD NoVEmbER 3, 2011 pAGE 5CAmPuS LifE

ONE LESS

ing with the 20 percent of stu-

dents who are considered to be

high risk alcohol consumers, it

is the 60 percent of students

who are moderate consumers

that incur the majority of the

negative alcohol-related conse-

quences.

“We consider One Less to be

a ‘movement,’” said Greher

Traue. “Because, ultimately, as

a result of the program, if a stu-

dent chooses to consume one

less drink per occasion, or one

less occasion per week/month,

or students’ knowledge or atti-

tudes shift, then it is a move-

ment in a positive direction.”

According to a survey con-

ducted last week, half of the

1,150 respondents who choose

to drink think that there are

things about their drinking

behaviors that can change.

“It is our hope that students

each interpret One Less in

their own way,” said Greher

Traue.

One way that students are

doing this is through the cre-

at ion of One Less s igns.

Students took a picture with

their sign describing the effect

that one less could have on

them. Some of these include “I

choose one less drunk text” and

“One less night of forgetting”.

“I’m a strong supporter of

this movement,” said sopho-

more Idhira Taveras, one of the

students collecting One Less

signs in Smith this week. “It

could save somebody’s life.”

“I think it’s great to see that

the Administration has taken

the initiative with this move-

ment , ” sa id junior J im

Collins. “It shows that they not

only want to acknowledge this

issue, but also help students

find practical ways to choose

one less.”

Other than the artwork dis-

played in the Student Center,

One Less has also launched a

website which gives more infor-

mation to students regarding

ways to consume one less

drink. The website includes

links to alcohol calorie counters,

alcohol cost calculators and lists

some easy ways to monitor and

choose one less.

Students can view the art

pieces as well as join the move-

ment and create their own One

Less signs next week in the

Dana Center on Monday

November 7 and Wednesday

November 9 during the activi-

ty periods and from 2-4 p.m.

The Student Center was filled with variousartwork displays for the movement.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

Southwest Airline held a

contest four weeks ago called

t h e “ 3 0 M i l l i o n P o i n t

Giveaway,” and Bentley’s

own Evan Honeyman, an

avid fan and shareholder of

the company, decided that he

needed to ge t invo lved .

Included in this contest’s

prize is the opportunity to

become Southwest’s Chief

Reward Officer, a position

responsible for nationally

promoting their loyalty pro-

g r a m c a l l e d “ R a p i d

STEREOTYPESContinued from Page 1 Kane. But in order to main-

tain its important message,

variation and a constantly

fresh take on the idea will be

needed.

You may have remembered

the posters around campus,

breaking down stereotypes.

PRIDE handled this in promo-

t ion and support o f The

Laramie Project, a play depict-

ing the horrific hate crime of

a Matthew Shepard from

Wyoming. However, the poster

campaign was not limited to

sexual orientation; it worked

to break all stereotypes, from

jocks to fashionistas. In the

eyes of many, the most notable

and powerful one was of then-

freshman Hilary Greene hold-

ing a sign stating, “Not all

teen moms are drop-outs.”

“It may lose its effect if it’s

every year – stereotypes

change, Bentley’s climate

changes,” she said.

In order to keep the inter-

est and potency of the cam-

paign, more faculty and stu-

dent involvement is necessary.

You may remember during

one of the freshman seminar

plenary sessions you were

shown pictures of various peo-

ple and you made assump-

tions based on stereotypes you

already had. Kane believes

that the campaign should be

carried on in that manner.

That way, there are more per-

sonal connections among dif-

ferent members of the Bentley

community, creating more

substance in the message.

B e o n t h e l o o k o u t f o r

posters – maybe you’ll see

some familiar faces bravely

breaking ground and speaking

out against stereotypes.

Rewards.”

After submitting a resume

and answering a few out-of-

the-ordinary questions from

Southwest (“If you were an

animal, which one would you

be and why?”), Evan found

out that he was a finalist. As

a finalist, he needs to submit

a two-minute video attesting

to his capabilities of being a

good CRO in a fun and cre-

ative manner. The Bentley

community has been nothing

b u t s u p p o r t i v e , a n d

Honeyman expresses his

gratitude and appreciation

for it.

Southwest Contest

Continued from Page 1

One student made a sign reading“One Less Drunk Text.”


photos were “poorly lit or over-

exposed.”

“We’re going to be doing the

photos outside or in well-lit

rooms,” said Kane.

In addition to the consisten-

cy, there will be a push to visu-

ally stimulate the viewers.

Kane believes it will be more

effective if the subjects “wear

things that are depictive of

their stereotype – something

that makes us think that they

are rejecting it or how ridicu-

lous it is.”

The future looks bright for

this message. As a junior,

Kane must look to the future

livelihood beyond her stay

here at Bentley.

“I hope that someone will

pick it up and turn it into

some sort of tradition,” said

By Sindhu PalaniappanCAmpUS LifE

Evan Honeyman participated as a finalistin Southwest Airline’s contest.

Emily Silver/THE VANGUARD

NoVEmbER 3, 2011 THE VANGUARDCAMPuS Life

By Sindhu PalaniappanCAmpUs LifE EDiToR

Bentley Against Malaria aims to bring aid to families in Africa

Bentley Against Malaria is

a new campaign which, along-

side the Council of Charitable

Acts (CCA), is working to

send bed nets to children and

to families in Africa to protect

them against Malaria-carry-

ing mosquitos. Bentley has

r e g i s t e r e d a t e a m w i t h

“Against Malaria,” and is

working to raise awareness

through Facebook, Twitter,

and those neat little posters

seen around campus.

Against Malaria is an

international organization

that provides families with

nets at no charge – so far they

have put in place 1,735,224

nets and counting. They have

over 450,000 donors, and

their goal is to make that

number in the millions. They

also sponsor fundraisers and

partner with distributors to

make the process more effi-

cient. They have just recent-

ly passed the seven-million-

dollar milestone in donations

and they plan to keep raising.

Recent reports indicate that

infant mortality due to malar-

ia is falling, from the largest

cause to the third largest,

showing that these nets truly

do make a difference at such

little cost to us.

“Estimates put the deaths

from malaria between one

and three million people every

day, and there is still no vac-

cine for it ,” said Moussa

Hassoun, the Bentley student

who is spearheading the cam-

paign. “The best way to stop

the spread is to take preven-

tative measures by blocking

out mosquito infections in the

first place – by covering resi-

dents when they sleep.”

The nets are just $5 each,

and each net lasts for two

years. One-hundred percent

of all donations go to funding

the nets themselves, and they

are sent and installed for free

by the Red Cross Foundation

periodically.

“We are aiming to raise

anywhere between 6-10 thou-

sand dollars through selling

merchandise and having open

donations,” said Hassoun.

“We’re also looking for differ-

ent organizations to host

events with, such as RAs,

RHA, Class Cabinet and

Panhellenic Council, to name

a few.”

They are planning on sell-

ing t-shirts, carnival cups,

cantines, bracelets and sun-

glasses, among other things.

The inspiration came from

something Hassoun did a few

years ago with his family.

“We started our own group

on the site to raise funds – at

the time it was formatted in

the form of a competition

between teams,” he said. “The

team has been extremely

organized and helpful in fig-

uring out exactly how and

where we want to spend the

money we raise – this is, ulti-

mately, to help those dying of

malaria since no vaccine has

been released.”

The campaign is always

open to students looking to

get involved – the group is in

talks with a large number of

student organizations to get

different campus departments

involved.

As Hassoun said, “Social

responsibility is one of the

main teachings of Bentley,

and this would work perfectly

in line with that mantra.”

C o n t a c t

[email protected]

for more details.

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By Sindhu Palaniappan

CAmpUs LifE EDiToR

Culture Fest 2011, a 10-day

celebration of different cultur-

al backgrounds, kicks off this

Saturday. This year is bigger

and better than before, with a

full 10 days of events and more

campus department involve-

ment.

“There’s something for every-

one!” said Brianna Morrissey,

a junior who is very involved in

the planning process.

Culture Fest begins this

Saturday in Koumantzalis with

SASA’s annual Diwali perform-

ance – a festival of colors and

dance. The theme for this year’s

show is “My Big Fat South

Asian Wedding,” and it fea-

tures everything from classical

to modern fusion dance.

The week continues with

lunch and the band Rumba

Africa at seasons on November

7, followed by the Red for Africa

Campaign later in the day.

Throughout the week there will

be a station in Seasons serving

cultural dishes from Africa,

China, India, Guatemala and

Thailand.

Since the food is probably

one of the best parts of any

given culture, in addition to a

new stat ion at Seasons ,

throughout the week the lan-

guage departments will be

holding cooking periods. From

sushi making to Spanish cook-

ing to Chinese culinary, stu-

dents and faculty from differ-

ent language departments will

be hosting these mini cooking

shows for all students to

attend.

The week also features some

great informational sessions –

from studying abroad to facili-

tated discussions about health

and beauty around the world.

There is also a talent show on

November 10 for students to

highlight some of their cultur-

al talents.

The 10-day celebration ends

on November 15 with the ever-

popular Food Festival, featur-

ing foods from all around the

world, the band Los Sugar

Kings and hungry Bentley stu-

dents.


Culture Fest begins Saturday

Against Malaria has placed 1,735,224nets and counting.

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the Vanguard noVember 3, 2011 BuSInESS

America, once the image of

prosperity, success and inter-

national affluence, is becoming

sen i l e and decrep i t .

Blasphemy, you say - and you

are more than welcome to dis-

agree - but many parts of the

world are now forging ahead

in technology, innovation and

standards of living. I am in no

way anti-American, but what

is America still best at?

Directly quoted from a

recent post in the Harvard

Business Review, “Consider

this thought experiment. If

you were really, really, really

rich — say, not just part of the

routinely opulent 1%, but a

card-carrying member of the

eye-poppingly decadent .01%

— what part of your life would

be American? If you had the

money, I’d bet you’d drive a

German car, wear British

shoes and an Italian suit, keep

your savings in a Swiss bank,

vacation in Koh Samui with

shopping expedit ions to

Cannes, fly Emirates, develop

a palate for South African

wine, hire a French-trained

chef, buy a few dozen Indian

and Chinese companies, and

pay Dubai-style taxes.”

The message behind this

quote is that if one could afford

it, the niceties and luxuries one

associates with him or herself

would likely not be American.

Take a look at a select few

of the more recent and bizarre

examples of American “inno-

vation” and “ingenuity”: Spray

cheese, designer diapers, 5,000

TV channels, oxymoronic

“healthcare” and motor vehicle

companies that woke up only

on the brink of their demise.

It is no wonder that, if given

unbounded economic freedom,

we would not associate our-

selves with America. Sure, per-

haps you would choose our mil-

itary, Google and the iPhone

over all other substitutes, but

is there much more?

What happened to America?

It is not expansion and global-

ization, or the fear of “spread-

ing ourselves too thin” that

erased the history of American

excel lence , but rather a

haughty arrogance coated with

the icing of denial. Modern

America has perfected the art

of mega-financing and ‘mess’-

producing, with side effects

that may include unemploy-

ment, stagnation, and colossal

debt.

Mediocrity, backed by a lit-

tle muscle and confidence, may

have been a recipe for success

in grade school, but upon one’s

entrance into higher education

and subsequently, the “real”

world, it is the sharper, quick-

er, and wiser individuals that

tend to prosper.

Like it or not, America is no

longer the sharpest, quickest,

or wisest. With past cities of

grandeur such as Baltimore

and Detroit having areas

beginning to resemble Kabul

and Peshawar, it is impossible

to ignore that we are no longer

the best at everything under

the sun, and what we are good

at isn’t nearly good enough for

the 21st century.

Despite America’s huge

deficit, dreadful trade balance,

and dearth of exports, the

above only touches on the

superficial, the hyper-con-

sumerism society that we have

become. America may still lead

in terms of where one chooses

For those who can afford luxuries, fewchoose American products or services.

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to live, to start a business, to

raise a family; these parts of

many of our lives may be fun-

damentally American. Higher

education (quality rather than

access), science, computing

R&D, finance (from sovereign

and corporate debt to angel

investors) and a variety of

other ultra-high-value-added

services are still helmed by

America.

To be certain, there is rot

and decay here in America, but

that rot and decay exists

everywhere. That gleaming

new Emirates fleet parked on

the tarmac at the oh-so glori-

ous Dubai International

Airport is just a superficial

consumer experience. It does-

n’t mean that life is actually

good there.

However i f the recent

“rumors” and “s igns” o f

America’s imminent demise

are worth a bit of our atten-

tion, perhaps it’s time to diag-

nose the depth of the hole we

have dug ourselves into and

realize that America may need

a gentle reality check.

Few economists are ever

inclined to notice Austrian

Business Cycle Theory (ABCT)

because the school of thought

arose from accepts an economic

methodology that is incompati-

ble with today’s common schools

of thought.

Nevertheless, the Austrian

School of Economic Thought has

recently gained more attention,

from both supporters and oppo-

nents – due to the fact that

many of its adherents predicted

the recessionary consequences

of the housing bubble as early as

2001.

Since I’m writing this article,

you might guess I’m sympathet-

ic to the school as a whole – and

I am – but I don’t believe it

should prevent someone who

isn’t from considering ABCT on

its own merits. As an example,

even someone like John Hicks,

the economist who helped inter-

pret John Maynard Keynes’ The

General Theory for the rest of us

and set the standard IS-LM dia-

gram that served most econom-

ics students for many years,

gained some appreciation for the

theory later in his life.

To begin to understand the

theory, you might start by ask-

ing the question: “Is there any

connection between demand for

consumer goods, and the

demand for ‘partially-finished’

consumer goods?” In other

words, “Is the ratio of wooden

consumer products to lumber

arbitrary?”

Austrian economists say it is

not arbitrary. To them, there is

a very real and systematic inter-

dependency throughout all types

of production, so much so that to

understand how the economy

really works, you can’t rely on

highly aggregated “total output”

models that many schools of

thought do. Instead, you need to

work with models that disaggre-

gate the production structure,

and specifically in terms of time.

Time refers to how long it

takes a particular good until it

is fully consumed. So for exam-

ple, iron ore is usually very far

away in time from being con-

sumed. This is sometimes

referred to as a “higher-order”

good. A partly-assembled toast-

er is closer in time from being

consumed–often called a “lower-

In 2001, the Austrian School of EconomicThought predicted the housing bubble crisis.

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order” good.

Austrians say the natural

process of economic growth

occurs in two phases: First, peo-

ple save more of their incomes,

which causes an increase in the

production of “higher order”

goods, while concurrently the

production of “lower-order”

goods (including consumer

goods) shrinks temporarily. It

is only after a period of time that

more consumer goods come to

the market, a direct consequence

of the consumers’ willingness to

save during the production

process.

The key is that during the

“period of production”, con-

sumers are consuming less–oth-

erwise the necessary labor and

resources presently being used

in the “lower-order” sectors can’t

be released to be made available

for the new “higher-order” pro-

duction. And it is this time-con-

suming dynamic that simply

looking at the GDP, which

measures yearly output of “fin-

ished goods”, doesn’t really

catch.

To get to the point, Austrians

argue that artificial and signifi-

cant credit expansions stimulate

the production of more “higher-

order” goods than can be sup-

ported by consumers–who are

actually consuming more due to

lower interest rates and tem-

porarily greater incomes. This is

an unsustainable dynamic since

firms are acting as if the con-

sumer goods industry is shrink-

ing; they are boosting invest-

ment in “higher order” goods

production as if more resources

are going to be made available

when resources leave the sup-

posedly shrinking late-stage

industries.

In reality, because consumers

aren’t consuming any less, these

resources will never become

available, and eventually the

structure of production needs to

correct itself. To the Austrians,

the “boom” of the business cycle,

induced by artificial credit

expansion, is actually the prob-

lem; it is the recession that is the

unavoidable consequence.

Accordingly, Austrians argue

the pre-2008 boom in the

American economy was precise-

ly this unhealthy dynamic–the

expansion of the “time structure

of production” in an artificial and

unsustainable way. I don’t have

the space here to sufficiently pro-

vide their empirical evidence

that illustrates it, but I would

put forward a couple points:

The housing sector–consid-

ered a “higher-order” goods

industry since it might take 100

years to ful ly consume a

house–began its expansion dur-

ing the late 1990’s. It just so hap-

pens that the money supply

noticeably began to take off in

1995. And secondly, as men-

tioned above, the Austrian

school was calling the housing

bubble a housing bubble as early

as 2001. The majority of econo-

mists rejected that notion as late

as 2007.

In America, hyper-consumerism doesn’t indicate product qualityBy Jasper HuangVanguard Staff

The Austrian Business Cycle Theory: Unpopular and largely unknown

By James PiniVanguard Staff

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jail?

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By nathan MarchandPhotograPhy Staff

fEAtuRES

If you’re my friend and

know me personally, then you

knew this article was bound to

pop up sooner or later. I admit

wholeheartedly that I am a

dedicated K-POP fanatic, and

I’m not even Korean. But I

guess you don’t have to be if

this “Hallyu Wave” – a term

to describe how K-POP is tak-

ing over the world – was able

to sell out Madison Square

Garden. I personally went to

this concert, and let me say

that yes, there was a good

amount of Asians of all types

attending and even some non-

Asians. The Hallyu Wave

must be taking over.

Now, if you haven’t hopped

on the band wagon, K-POP

stands for “Korean Pop.”

R e m e m b e r t h e d a y s o f

Christina Aguilera, Backstreet

Boys and N*Sync? Well, that

is pretty much what K-POP is,

except they add way more of

the Korean language and

they’re just better performers

comparatively. Why? Well, I’m

probably biased, but they are

much better dancers and

singers than Britney Spears,

which is probably why they

have become so popular.

Even if they are speaking a

different language, K-POP

success ful ly in f i l t rated

A m e r i c a n c u l t u r e f r o m

YouTube music videos. They

sold out concerts not only dur-

ing their Asian tours between

Seoul and Manila, but also in

Europe from London to Paris.

Sweeping the world, the

famous SMTown has taken

over NYC, a long awaited

show that many Americans on

the East Coast were dying to

attend.

Famous record label SM

Entertainment is known to

cultivate renowned Korean

artists, including the long-run-

ning Girls’ Generation and

BoA, both of whom have

debuted in the United States

with catchy English music.

BoA is especially considered a

legend on the other side of the

planet, and she’s breaking

through the United States

media scene debuting her self-

titled English album featuring

a duet with Sean Garrett in I

Did It for Love.

Recently, Girls’ Generation

captured the audience in

Madison Square Garden

announcing their release of

their new English track called

The Boys and performed it

live. Obviously, the music

industry is welcoming the

Hallyu Wave here in the

United States. Considering

Teddy Riley arranged and

composed the song for the girl

g r o u p t o b e r e l e a s e d

November 19 as their first

English single, K-POP must

be on the rise.

Of course, there are those

Korean boy groups that make

American girl fans faint at the

sight of them. The biggest

group of the label is Super

Junior, who rushed into fame

with their famous song enti-

tled Sorry, Sorry. Even my

extended Filipino family

knows the dance to the chorus

of that song.

One of the bigger boy band

groups of the record label,

Super Junior was definitely a

favorite with the female audi-

ence. They performed most of

their greatest hits, including

unexpected guests Henry and

Zhou Mi from sub-group

Super Junior-M, to perform

their latest Mandarin-Chinese

hit Perfection. It proves to

show that K-POP artists are

definitely hitting all the stops

when diving into other Asian

cultures including creating

Chinese sub-groups and

remaking their Korean hits

into Japanese singles.

The main event for me was

SHINee, a five-person male

group with their own individ-

ual skills. They definitely stole

the show when SHINee mem-

ber Key performed multiple

times with other members of

the SMTown family, showing

off his triple-threat skills of

rapping, singing and dancing

– and he speaks awesome

English that made every sin-

gle girl go wild.

T h e m o s t m e m o r a b l e

moment that SHINee had to

offer was their Lucifer per-

formance – Onew brought his

smooth vocal style accompa-

nied by Taemin’s admirable

hip-hop dancing and Minho’s

rapping ability. Korea’s most

popular member Jonghyun

belted out his amazingly

strong vocal skills and brought

the whole show together. The

end of the song was the high-

light of the show when each

member was tethered up the

in air with a brilliant flashing

lights, smoke and indoor fire-

works.

Reading this right now you

might be thinking who came

up with all these lame names

– SHINee? Super Junior?

BoA? I agree. The names are

pretty lame and I’m not afraid

to admit it. The talent, howev-

er, is definitely there. And

they ’ re not bad- look ing

Koreans, either, which is most

likely a big contributor to their

fame.

MiKE RAvESi

CLASS of 2012

CiS

“Burgling the streets of

Waltham.”

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DAwn RECio

CLASS of 2014

ACCountAnCy

“Stealing a bunch of

camera equipment from

a huge studio.”

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“Public drunkenness.”

ChELSEA DuhAiME

CLASS of 2015

CoRpoRAtE finAnCE AnD

ACCountinG

“Speed ing t oo many

times.”

KEvin RAvESi

CLASS of 2014

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“Shooting fireworks at

cars.”

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Super Junior is a big hit with thefemale audience.

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what class do youmost want to take at

Bentley?

voiCeS

By Emily SilverPhotograPhy editor

niCoLE ChEn

CLASS of 2015

MARKEtinG

“Effective Speaking.”

ChRiS Jo

CLASS of 2014

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“Upper level market-

ing.”

JESSiCA nGo

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“Interpersonal

Relations.”

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“Business Processing

and Communications

Infrastructure.”

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MARKEtinG

“E-marketing.”

On October 31, after exact-

ly 72 days of marriage, Kim

K a r d a s h i a n a n d K r i s

Humphries called it quits.

S u r p r i s i n g ? T o m o s t o f

America, not at all, but accord-

ing to Yahoo.com, Humphries

w a s “ b l i n d s i d e d ” b y

Kardashian’s decision to end

their marriage.

A c c o r d i n g t o E ! ,

Kardashian cited “irreconcil-

able differences” in her Los

Angeles Superior Court

d ivorce f i l ing . She sa id

Monday morning, “After care-

ful consideration, I have decid-

ed to end my marriage. I hope

everyone understands this

was not an easy decision. I

had hoped this marriage was

forever, but sometimes things

don’t work out as planned. We

remain friends and wish each

other the best.”

Although Miss Kim is obvi-

ously done with her marriage,

Humphries is not ready to call

it quits.

“I love my wife and am dev-

astated to learn she filed for

divorce,” he said on Monday.

“I’m committed to this mar-

riage and everything this

covenant represents. I’m will-

ing to do whatever it takes to

make it work.”

According to TMZ, the first

to report the divorce news,

Kardashian is not seeking an

annulment, but she is polite-

ly asking her husband to foot

his own legal fees.

Although the marriage last-

ed a mere two months, the

couple does need to be given

some credit. They did beat

Britney Spears’ marriage to

her childhood sweetheart

Jason Alexander, which last-

ed for a mere 55 hours. On the

other hand, One Tree Hill co-

stars Chad Michael Murray

and Sophia Bush still beat the

K Krew by three months.

M a n y s p e c u l a t e a s t o

whether the whole marriage

was a sham put on for an

advertising stunt, while oth-

ers believe the 31-year-old

Kardashian was just trying to

“keep up with” the other

Kardashian sisters. Twitter is

blowing up with tweets by

shocked fans, marriage jokes

and hashtags galore. One

example is #kimkmarriage-

wasshorter, which resulted

with “than Michelle’s verse in

a Destiny’s Child song,” and

“than Voldemort’s nose.”

While most used Twitter to

show of f their Kimmy K

humor, a select few used the

social platform to commiser-

ate with the heartbroken

Kardashian.

@KourtneyKardash tweet-

ed , “Our s i s ter i s go ing

through a difficult time, but

we’re a close family and are

sticking together like always.”

A few minutes later, the

Kardashian sister also tweet-

ed, “We appreciate everyone’s

k i n d n e s s a n d s u p p o r t .

@KimKardashian, we love

you.”

Sister Khloe also showed

her support: “Reading some

these comments r so hurtful.

Im grateful 4our fans who

understand & r being respect-

ful. Hate is disgusting. Love is

everything.”

Ryan Seacrest, producer of

K e e p i n g U p w i t h t h e

Kardashians, has been in

touch with Kim Kardashian

and will continue to keep in

touch over the course of the

divorce. According to USA

Today, the split should be fair-

ly easy, and the Kardashian

brand will be preserved in its

golden state.

Ironically, E! was playing

Kim’s Fairytale Wedding the

night of the announcement,

while the E! news ticker gave

information about the impend-

ing divorce. The “fairytale

wedding,” which took place

back in August, cost more

than $10 million. However, the

Kardashian Empire did make

money off of the event. The

special episode has reached

more than four million view-

ers and has frequently been on

repeat on E!’s channel.

Knowing the Kardashians

and their ability to televise

any part of their lives, we can

only hope that there will be a

d ivorce ep isode : “Kim’s

Fairytale Divorce: A Dramatic

Affair with the Kardashians.”

By Lindsay Beauregard

featureS editor

Kim K’s marriage was shorterthan the tilapia line at Seasons

Kardashian filed for divorce after just 72 daysof marriage to nBA star Kris humphries.

Courtesy of usmagazine.com

Courtesy of manifestopart2.com and bleacherreport.comSurprisingly, the marriage actually lasted longer

than some hollywood couples.

noVember 3, 2011 the VanguardFeaTures & News

Ever wondered what it’s

like behind the scenes of a

movie, or pondered how and

where all the movie magic is

created? If you’re curious,

then a Boston Movie Tour is

an activity you should con-

sider.

Thanks to the company

O n L o c a t i o n T o u r s ,

Bostonians are able to trav-

el all around Boston and

visit actual sites where pop-

ular movies and television

clips were filmed. The three

hour adventure is loaded

with fond memories of past

favorites, as well as surpris-

es about up and coming

movies filmed in the area.

The tour guide reveals

interesting information

about each of the movies he

mentions, giving the group

some of the secrets involved

in the production of the clas-

sics.

The tour begins on the

Boston Commons, where you

meet your tour guide and

your fellow group mates. The

guide then leads you to the

shuttle bus, while revealing

some movie sites along the

w a y . W h o w o u l d h a v e

thought that the rugby scene

f rom The Depar t ed was

filmed right in the middle of

t h e B o s t o n C o m m o n s ?

Another show that frequent-

ly filmed in the area was

called Boston Common, fea-

turing The Hangover star

Zach Galifianakis.

Once on the tour bus, the

guide points out film sites

while presenting the movie

clips on the television at the

front of the bus. The tour

proceeds to Beacon Street,

where clips of Alec Baldwin

are shown, and then to the

Suffolk University campus to

show Matt Damon’s apart-

ment in The Departed.

Next up: The Back Bay,

where scenes from Fever

Pitch were created, as well

as many c l ips f rom The

Boondock Saints. Following

the Back Bay is Copley,

which was used as the back-

drop for the popular Disney

Channel show The Suite Life

of Zack and Cody.

Thornton’s Flower Shop

from the hit movie The Town

is the next stop. The flower

shop is a real business in the

South End of Boston, and it

looks just like it did in the

film. While on location, tour

participants have the chance

to speak to an employee,

allowing the group to hear

about the experience of hav-

ing a popular movie being

made at the shop

Tour participants are able

to have another interactive

experience at the L Street

Tavern, located in South

Boston. The tavern was used

as the bar in Good Wi l l

Hunting. The business is

very popular, and a picture

o f the cast o f the movie

h a n g s o n t h e w a l l a s a

reminder of the bar’s “15

minutes of fame.”

T h e t o u r c o n t i n u e s

throughout the North and

West ends of Boston, even

taking a stop in Charlestown

– the main backdrop for the

film The Town. From the

bus, you are able to see even

more sites from The Town,

including the projects area,

the graveyard and even the

garden where Ben Affleck

buried the money. At that

point, more sites and secrets

are revealed, such as loca-

t i o n s u s e d i n N a t i o n a l

Treasure, Blown Away and

21.

A great aspect of the tour

is the discussion of movies

currently being filmed in

Boston. During the most

recent tour, the guide men-

tioned that Ryan Reynolds

was in town for his upcom-

ing movie RIPD. Although

the tour did not actually see

him, the guide mentioned all

the sites at which he was

filming, giving the group a

mini-preview of what to

expect.

Overall, the interactive

Spend a Saturday afternoon exploring the movie magic of Boston

By Jess HughesVanguard Staff

tour is an exciting experience

that truly makes for a great

afternoon. Between reminisc-

ing about scenes from the old

flicks and riding around in a

comfortable tour bus watch-

ing movie clips, the tour is

an awesome experience that

could appeal to anyone.

Visit bostonmovietours.net

for more information.

The movie tour explore the sites around Boston

where famous movie scenes were filmed.

Courtesy of flickr.com

the Internet and social media

have become integral in a world

where public revolt and protests

are normal occurrences. People

use social media platforms not

only to socialize, but also to

speak out and show their sup-

port for events and businesses.

The scope of these social

media sites have remained nar-

row: Facebook for socializing,

LinkedIn for business and

Twitter for mass media. Now,

however, a bold new site aims to

take on the big names in social

media, and combine everything

into one.

UNTHINK, a recently

launched social media site,

strives to improve the Internet

experience. Promising increased

security measures that directly

aim to bash Facebook’s ever-

changing privacy policies,

UNTHINK wants users to keep

the different aspects of their lives

separated. To do this, your

“suite”, their version of a profile,

is divided into four streams:

social, iUNTHINK, lifestyle and

professional.

The social stream is where a

user can interact with friends,

like a Facebook newsfeed,

whereas the professional stream

is more like LinkedIn where you

can interact with business asso-

ciates or colleagues.

Next, the iUNTHINK stream

is a public feed that allows users,

globally, to interact with each

other using a Twitter-esque

hashtag system to identify com-

mon words and phrases.

Lastly, the most interesting of

the streams, the lifestyle stream,

allows users to interact directly

with businesses, however due to

the site still being in beta, this

feature is still unavailable.

The interaction with business-

es is something UNTHINK

hopes to integrate into the entire

site. Companies can create their

own “stage,” instead of a suite,

where they have their own set of

streams: Lifestyle, to interact

with consumers, Business-to-

Business, to interact with fellow

companies, and Jobs, to post job

listings and details. UNTHINK

believes this will provide busi-

nesses with a different way to

connect with consumers and cre-

ate a more personal experience.

The coolest part about these

streams is that each one is con-

nected to a separate personal

page. This means you can set

multiple profile pictures and

show different information to dif-

ferent people. For example, if

you don’t want your boss to see a

profile picture on your social

suite, you can make it so that

they only see your professional

suite.

What UNTHINK essentially

wants to offer is a way out of

Facebook for those who have

been frustrated with the con-

stant changes and privacy

issues. It’s a bold service that

isn’t scared to openly insult its

competitors through commer-

cials and advertising tactics such

as “UNTHINK Facebook.” The

only question is, though, will this

catch on?

Google+ and MySpace, two

huge companies, have failed to

take down Facebook, so it seems

as though UNTHINK is trying

to do something many people

fear is impossible. UNTHINK

believes that, by listening to the

voice of the people and giving

them what they want, they can

convince the eight hundred mil-

lion Facebook users to make the

switch.

Their main weapon in this

social media battle is their

approach to keeping private

information, well, private. The

controversy over how Facebook

sells user information to compa-

nies has fueled UNTHINK

developers to create a new way

to advertise, without the annoy-

ing sidebar ads. Their service

allows users to either pay $2 a

year to use UNTHINK, or they

can have a company of their

choice sponsor their profile

through the iEndorse program.

iEndorse makes it so that

anyone can choose a company

that represents them and

become an advocate for that

brand. The service is a clean,

simple way to bring in ad rev-

enue and only takes up a small

portion of a person’s suite, in

addition to allowing users to

express themselves in a unique

way.

If you want a renewed social

media experience then consider

joining UNTHINK. Though

Facebook has made drastic

changes in the past few months,

such as the new timeline feature

or the ‘improved’ chat sidebar, a

lot of people are still frustrated

with the inconsistency of the site.

UNTHINK promises to keep a

stable environment that can,

hopefully, grow into something

that can rival these big compa-

nies.

Is it time to “UNTHINK Facebook”? By Devineni KartikVanguard Staff

Right now, UNTHINK is in

its beta phases, so make sure to

sign up as soon as possible if you

want to receive an invite code

and test out this innovative new

service.

GrooveBoston photo-shoot

pictures taken with their

friends in their full costume.

There i s no doubt the

dance was a success, but

many students who did not

receive wristbands were not

given the opportunity to be

part of the event fun with

their peers. The non-trans-

ferrable t ickets made i t

impossible for those who

decided not to go to the dance

give their unused ticket to

someone who wanted to

attend.

“I had to unexpectedly go

home for the weekend, but I

had reserved a wristband for

[the dance],” said Ashley

Perssico, a freshman. “I wish

I could have somehow given

my ticket to someone else, or

at least cancelled my reser-

vation. There were so many

people who could have gone

instead.”

John Coville, who did not

reserve a wristband in time,

said, “I knew a few people

that dec ided a f t e r they

reserved their ticket they did-

n’t want to go, or something

else came up instead.”

Those students who did

not reserve a wristband in

time had the opportunity to

win them at various events,

such as the men’s soccer

game and the men’s hockey

game the day before the

dance.

CAB and all of the volun-

teers put in a lot of effort to

make last minute changes to

bring the dance together

before the storm hit campus.

The process of receiving

wristbands was quick, and

many agreed that it was a

good idea to have students

leave the Back Bay with

their wristbands on.

Other than wristbands

being non-transferrable,

there were hardly any com-

plaints about the dance.

F r o m t h e m o m e n t o n e

walked into the Dana Center

and received their glow stick,

there was an unavoidable

excitement. Students compli-

mented the job well done by

CAB and the members of

GrooveBoston.

“It looked better than I

had expected i t to . And

everyone looked like they

were having a blast,” said

Kim Nassif as she reflected

on the large screens, the DJ

and the lights that were used

to turn the gym into a club

scene. “I definitely want

[GrooveBoston] to come back

[to Bentley] next year!”

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Here in Ireland, there are a

number of holidays across the

calendar year, some of which

are only celebrated here and

others are celebrated world-

wide, but have their roots in

Irish history. The two specific

holidays I’d like to mention

a r e A r t h u r ’ s D a y a n d

Halloween.

On September 22, at 17:59,

Ireland celebrates the birth of

one of their most prized and

famous companies: Guinness.

We Americans were informed

of the holiday by our interna-

tional advisor, and of course

by all of the window advertise-

ments, that Arthur’s day was

not to be missed as a premier

cultural event. We really did-

n’t know what to expect, but a

holiday dedicated to a brewing

company sounded worthwhile.

Basically, Arthur’s Day is a

country-wide dedication to

Guinness and its founding in

1759 , and pubs a l l over

Recently, The New York

T i m e s r a n a n O p - E d

Contributor article by Mona

Simpson, Steve Job’s sister,

as a eulogy. In it, Simpson

recalls the life of a man who

is considered a genius in

some respects, and a mad-

man in others. Here, I’m hop-

ing to replicate that Eulogy,

but to the rest of humanity.

I’ve known humans for as

long as I can remember.

Born into a human family in

New York, I interacted with

my human siblings, but soon

we were taken to a far off

c o u n t r y a c r o s s o c e a n s ,

nations and seas: Lebanon.

For 10 years, as a human

I played, studied, fought,

crushed on and danced with

other humans. Non-human

things like bugs made me

cringe, and furry animals

didn’t quite seem to fit into

my comfort zone. I loved

humans.

After that , my human

family and I traveled back to

the United States and have

since resided in this human

country f o r f i ve human

years. I can’t possibly picture

my life any other way.

Despite our col lect ive

influence on, and interaction

with, other humans, for too

long we’ve been ignorant of

each other’s state. Who of

y o u k n o w s w h a t h a s

occurred in the Congo? In

Somalia? Who amongst you

understands the strife of the

Palestinians? Or the cause of

the Arabs in Egypt? Which

one of you understands the

tears of joy of Tunisia voters

at their first election day in

decades? Who sees the tears

of sorrow of protesters beat-

en in Bahrain with full U.S.

support?

Am I the only one that

hears the cries of children as

their parents are dragged

away by police in Iran and as

women are whipped in Saudi

Arabia? Surely you can all

hear it, too. Their screaming

is so loud! How could you

ignore it?

It seems the problem isn’t

that you can’t hear, it’s just

that you don’t want to. Far

worse than listening and not

acting, you choose to change

the channel and ignore the

call to action for the comfort

of your smiling friends and

comfortable couch.

Why would you choose the

dreadful and seemingly

hopeless view of children

drinking dirty water while

living in a garbage dump to

those of green fields, smiling

students, friends and family?

It certainly seems reasonable

to turn the channel.

For this reason, this eulo-

gy is for humanity. Despite

our growing interconnected-

ness and ability to converse

with one another, humans

show ambivalence when

addressing global problems

that need staunch position-

ing.

Goodbye to the next gener-

ation of kids being killed in

Syria. Goodbye to the yet-to-

be raped v i c t ims in the

Congo, the starving families

in Somalia and the drowned-

out communities in flood

areas across the world.

I b i d f a r e w e l l t o t h e

dreams of independence of

t h e P a l e s t i n i a n s , a n d

farewel l to the peace in

Israel. Adieu to the reconcil-

iation in Afghanistan and

political discussion in Tibet.

Adios to the 3,000 killed in

Syria, and let’s bring flowers

for the next 3,000.

Let’s flip the channel away

from human rights activists

in Russia and Africa. Let’s

watch Beyonce’s baby-bump

and try figuring out if it’s

real or not. Let us surround

ourselves by nice and com-

By Cole Anderson

DUbliN, iRElAND

By Moussa Hassoun

fortable things, as we all do,

to ignore the Asian children

living on less than $1 a day.

We’ve had great days as a

species, but not many more

to come. The only way we

can change our future is to

show more compassion for

those living under worse con-

ditions than our own. We

need to address global pover-

ty and inequalities of all

sorts.

Yes, the chal lenges of

humanity are steep, and it

isn’t practical to ask for mas-

sive change by the end of this

article, but we can all start

in the most basic way: NOT

flipping the channel. Not

turning away from the beat-

en protesters.

It can all start with the

click of a button, but only if

you will start to listen and

not intentionally block them

out. For humanity’s sake, I

hope this Eulogy is laughed

at decades from now, but I

fear that it won’t be. So con-

tinue to ignore “politics and

news” and pride yourself

over it; surely we are all bet-

ter off.

Notes fromAbroad

Question: “Are there anyholidays that you have

experienced or are lookingforward to experiencing?”

By Allie Esposito

MANCHEsTER, UNiTED KiNGDoM

Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire

Night is comparable to our

Fourth of July in the United

States. It does not celebrate

any sort of revolution or inde-

pendence, but it does have a lot

of fireworks! It will be celebrat-

ed next week, on November 5.

Despite its rough history, Guy

Fawkes Day is now celebrated

as a social, positive day usual-

ly centered around bonfires,

fireworks and large social gath-

erings.

The movie V for Vendetta is

based upon the failed plot

which inspired Guy Fawkes

Day. Guy Fawkes was found

and arrested in 1605 for guard-

ing a massive amount of explo-

sives under the House of Lords,

more commonly referred to as

Parliament. The holiday is to

celebrate the spared life of

King James I. Prior to the

twentieth century, the “holi-

day” came with intense reli-

gious undertones – people

would burn displays of the

Pope in the name of “papalism”

– an anti-Christian term con-

cerning those who follow the

Christian religion and its

teaching. Since then, the vio-

lence has been dealt with and

Guy Fawkes is now thought of

as more o f a State

Commemoration day.

All across England on this

day, people will gather both

privately and in large public

areas usually around a mas-

sive bonfire. There will be tons

of fireworks shot off at all times

of the night to represent the

explosion that could have been.

In addition, some people may

burn replica-dolls of Guy

Fawkes; both as a celebration

of his failure and as a reflection

on previous celebrations.

While I am not totally sure,

I don’t think business close or

people take school off. It is

more of a night time holiday

focused around celebration and

partying. This holiday is awe-

some because it seems to cap-

ture much of England. It is an

old country with traditions and

rituals but they also are very

straight-forward and don’t

really care much about overly

intimate details. This holiday

is just that, rooted in the past,

but honestly, simply just a

night to party that their king

in the 1600s got to live anoth-

er day. So, if you haven’t got-

ten a chance to see V for

Vendetta, definitely go out and

get it for your next movie night.

Many people aren’t aware of what lies outside of their comfort zones.

Ireland are full of lively music

and locals, sharing the cele-

b r a t i o n o v e r a p i n t o f

Guinness. We all joined in the

festivity and at 17:59, the

entire country gave a toast to

Arthur Guinness.

The second holiday I want

to mention is Halloween. Now,

many people trace its origins

to Roman times, but we are

told here in Ireland (and by

research) that Halloween

a c t u a l l y b e g a n a s

the Celtic festival of Samhain

(pronounced “ sow-an” ) .

Halloween is actually still a

day away, but already the

locals are dressing up and

wandering around the Dublin

city center.

The other night, we went to

TGI Fridays for some tradi-

tional American food, and all

of the local waiters and wait-

resses were dressed in full cos-

tume. Here in Ireland though,

the celebration is a bit differ-

ent. I was told by a local that

America “commercializes” the

holiday, and here it’s more like

Scratching the Surface: Eulogy for Humanity

a traditional festival. There

are many planned events

(most of which are for chil-

dren), and haunted tours

throughout the city and coun-

tryside (many Dubliners

retreat to a more traditional

scare outside of the city).

Schools close on Monday,

October 31 for the holiday, and

locals gather for scary movies

and Halloween parties.

After Arthur’s day, I will

definitely see what Halloween

here in Ireland is all about.

We’ve been told by friends

that, even though we didn’t

bring costumes abroad, we

s h o u l d j u s t “ d r e s s a s

Americans.” I will certainly

take that into consideration,

but for now, enjoy the holiday!

Cole Anderson/THE VANGUARDArthur’s Day celebrates the birth ofArthur Guinness.

November 3, 2011 THe vANguArdCOLuMNSHorosCoPes

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By Franziska & JohannaGriecci

April’s AdviceYour Questions Answered!

By April Gammal

Undergraduate (Day and

Evening) Student Main

Menu , h i t Reg i s t ra t i on

M e n u , s e l e c t A d d / D r o p

Classes and then type in all

of your CRN numbers.

Oh oops, you cannot regis-

ter for two of your classes

because they are already

filled….now what?! This

would be a good t ime to

panic. I’d suggest making

multiple schedules to avoid

this problem.

Even if you are not satis-

fied with your schedule, you

can always drop by the reg-

istrar’s office after you reg-

ister and they may be able to

get you into the classes you

need…especially if you look

cute and smile a lot.

other hand if they appear to

brush you off, seem to be too

busy to talk to you, or don’t

seem too friendly, then you

can make your decision with-

out reservation.

The very first place I’d

check out is the Office of

Academic Services which is

located in LaCava 298. You

can either make an appoint-

ment or just stop by during

walk-in hours. Advisors will

be there to help you choose

and plan out your classes

efficiently. Make sure you

come with your Degree Audit

Summary (DAS) which you

can find on MyBentley.

Many students work in

this office so there is a good

chance that at least one of

them has taken the classes

you are considering. So try

to plan your schedule ahead

of time and make sure you

are taking classes which will

be best for your major.

You have to take many

general requirements so you

might as well have them

double count for an LSM if

you would like to pursue a

double major: This is some-

thing the Office of Academic

Services would help you fig-

ure out.

5…4…3…2…1….GO! Go

to MyBentley, type in your

username and password

(don’t mess up), click on

Student Services, and then

M a i n M e n u , s e l e c t

Since you drive inMassachusetts, road rage isinevitable. Make sure thewindows are up when youcurse.

You like to travel in style,which probably explains whyyour luggage matches yourouterwear.

Studying the pattern and for-mation of migrating bikerscan be an enjoyable hobby foryou.

That advice about lookingboth ways before you cross astreet? It’s still pertinent andtrue.

Given your feline nature, per-haps you should avoid allforms of water transit.

As you drive to and fromschool today, watch out foroblivious pedestrians.

Like your favorite beer, youlike to keep your travelingdestinations domestic.

I see you doing lots of travel-ing…but only because yourclasses are so far apart.

The winds of change are com-ing. I could go into detail, butI don’t want to ruin the sur-prise.

Remember: A missed flightmight not be a disaster but agolden opportunity for adven-ture.

Ever get the feeling likeyou’re stuck in the waitingroom of life? Me too! Weird,eh?

If you find yourself soaringabove the clouds, you’reeither in love, dreaming or onan airplane.

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)

Question: Registration is

coming up and I’m unsure of

what classes to take. My

advisor isn’t too helpful. Is

there anyone else I can get

advice from?

You’re right, registration

is right around the corner

and choosing classes for next

semester can be an over-

whelming process. While

flipping through the regis-

tration booklet, you will find

many sections of the same

class… So which professor

should you take?

Many students will hop

onto their computers and

browse the site, ratemypro-

fessors.com, which some-

times provides good profes-

s o r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s .

However, these recommen-

dations can certainly be mis-

leading. A few students may

have done poorly in the class

due to their own lack of

effort and decided to trash

the professor on the website.

So don’t take the words on

that site as gold and change

your entire schedule because

o f a f e w b a d r e v i e w s .

Instead, go see the professor

yourself and talk to them

about their class. If they

seem welcoming, willing to

talk to you and fr iendly

enough that you’d feel com-

fortable during office hours

then they may be a good pro-

fessor to consider. On the

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Alumni Experience

Name: Alexandra Polito

Year Graduated: 2011

Major: Management

Minor: Marketing

Where has your Bentley

degree landed you

today?

Right back at Bentley!

After a few months of work-

ing full time doing business

d e v e l o p m e n t f o r a w e b

design firm in the Boston

area, I realized it just wasn’t

for me.

I reconnected with my

Bentley roots and came back

as the assistant director of

Participation and Student

Phonathons.

What did you needlessly

worry about in your final

undergraduate year?

To be honest , I ’m not

much of a worrier, so I guess

the biggest thing I worried

about was how I wasn’t wor-

ried or stressed out like my

friends. Looking back, there

are probably some things I

should have worried about a

little more…

What was the most valu-

able lesson you learned

during your senior year?

How to savor the moments

- I always thought it was

cliché that time goes by fast,

but senior year really made

me realize just how fast. I

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

moment and seize opportu-

nities, because you don’t

know when you’ll have them

again.

What is your favorite sen-

ior year memory?

I would say the entire

Bahamas trip was amazing,

but my favorite parts of sen-

ior week were the nights in

Trees. Just being back where

you started with the friends

you started it all with makes

you realize how great the

ride has been.

How do you stay connect-

ed to Bentley today?

Well, I work here! Since

I’m here all the time, it is

easy for Bentley to stalk me,

haha. But really, I’m in the

Young Alumni Association

Courtesy of Alexandra Polito

which is a great resource of

people who have graduated

less than 10 years ago.

I’m also taking graduate

classes, so I see a lot of peo-

ple I graduated with in the

fifth-year program.

What are your “words of

wisdom” for the Class of

2012?

Very few things are per-

manent in life, so don’t sweat

it. Yes, finding a job is huge,

and finding one you’ll like is

even bigger, but here’s the

thing - sometimes it’s hard

to know exactly what you

want to do, so try things. At

the very least, you’ll figure

out what you don’t want to

do, and that’s a step in the

right direction.

Presented by The Senior Year Experience

Committee

Registration isn’t as bad as somepeople make it out to be.

The Vanguard noVember 3, 2011 Columns

whether an evolutionary trait

or societal expectation, we now

even evaluate a person based on

their cell phone.

What was once used strictly

for raw communication, mobile

phones have morphed into

handheld computers capable of

connecting to the world through

our fingertips. They are an

accessory attached at the hip of

every text-sending teenager and

stand for something more than

just another phone.

Choosing a phone should not

be taken lightly. Two-year con-

tracts lock users in and force

By Zack Hoffmann

them to live with their choice

until a renewal 18 months later

helps subsidize a new one. For

most of us, that means that our

selection determines whether

we are given a world of conven-

ience or one filled with night-

mares.

They also say that birds of

feather flock together. While it

may seem far-fetched, it seems

as if mobile users of one phone

actually do possess similar

traits. Like the divide between

Mac and PC users, these com-

monalities help shape the mar-

keting strategy for the compa-

nies selling their phones.

Many people generally

assume that people who opt for

the iPhone are creative, and

those who choose Android are

more tech savvy. But the tech

blog Hunch did a survey among

their users and found out there

is data behind these stereotypes.

iPhone

The iPhone represents you -

the suave kid on the block. The

trend setter who knows what is

timelessly cool, whose taste in

music is fresh and eclectic, and

what everyone else will be lis-

tening to in two weeks. When

you say Casablanca, they say, “I

think this is the beginning of a

Healthy Hart: Zumba or Pilates, Anyone? By Angela Hart

Celebrities and fitness

experts talk about a lot of fit-

ness trends that seem as

though they cost a lot of

money and involve a lot of

time; some examples of these

would be Zumba and Pilates.

The truth is that anyone can

participate in these classes.

I f you l ike fast -paced

music and dancing, you may

love Zumba. Zumba is a

Latin-inspired dance craze

that’s becoming extremly

popular throughout the U.S.

Most gyms have incorporat-

ed Zumba as one of the main

classes they offer to their

members.

Depending on the teacher,

the songs may vary, but

most include a large range

f r o m D i r t y D a n c e r b y

Enrique Iglesias to Living

L a V i v a L o c a b y R i c k y

Martin, and some teachers,

mine included, would always

add a Pitbull song.

Many people think that

Zumba needs to be done by

p e o p l e w h o a r e f o r m e r

dancers or people who are

e x t r e m l y c o o r d i n a t e d .

Although this helps, it’s not

necessary. In the classes I’ve

attended, there is a large

range of participants. The

first class I ever went to was

with soccer moms who want-

ed to do something active.

The second class I went to

included a former profes-

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

w o m e n w h o h a d n e v e r

danced before in their lives.

This was comforting because

the people there don’t care if

you miss a step or turn the

wrong way; everyone is

there for the same reason -

to have fun and burn some

calories.

Pilates may be a little

more challenging. If you are

someone who hasn’t been

working out on a regular

basis, then you may want to

ease your way into a Pilates

class. Simply put, think of a

set of exercises that centers

on the core postural muscles.

When doing Pilates, one

tends to do fewer reps and

fewer variations due to the

fact that each movement one

does uses a lot of muscle

groups which are effective in

smaller increments. At the

end of class, you will feel

which muscles you worked.

J o s e p h P i l a t e s , t h e

founder of Pilates, guaran-

tees, “In 10 sessions you will

feel the difference, in 20 ses-

sions you will see the differ-

ence and in 30 sessions you

will have a whole new body!”

Unfor tunate ly , these

c lasses tend to be more

expensive (such as $30 to

drop in or a $60 private les-

son) than a Zumba or Yoga

class (which is about $10 to

$15), because in order to

work out, you need to use

one of the studio’s Pilates

machines.

In a way, you are paying

to “rent” the machine for the

next hour. If you ever have

the chance and funding,

though, i t i s something

worth trying.

While some of the classes

are expensive, others are

not. There are also different

varieties of Pilates. Some

c l a s s e s d o n ’ t i n v o l v e

machines, such as a TRX or

Bare Classes (which are in

the same price range as

Zumba and Yoga - $10 to

$15). Bare classes also offer

some variety including Bosu-

Ball-Barre classes.

For those of you who have

large enough space on cam-

pus and an understanding

roommate, you could buy a

DVD online to try it in your

own room before going to a

class. Some people, under-

standably, don’t want to go

to a class with a lot of people

who have been doing some-

thing for a long time. It’s

intimidating to go to any

gym or class where there’s

someone who knows the next

step before the teacher even

d e m o n s t r a t e s i t . E v e n

though it is intimidating to

try something new, you may

end up liking it a lot.

Courtesy of fitbottomedgirls.com and pilatesbodyx.com

Tech Talk: What Your Phone is Saying About You

beautiful relationship.”

They are 37 percent more

likely to have a graduate degree

and 27 percent more likely to

live in a city. They tend to have

traveled more extensively, vaca-

tion more often using their fre-

quent flyer miles and make

more than $200K a year.

Twenty-two percent prefer a

sleek device that does a few

things. They are leaders, and

more likely optimist and extro-

verted. Their tastes include

sushi, salted caramel ice cream

and abstract expressionistic art.

And they are more than 100 per-

cent more likely to be Mac users.

Android

The Android stands for all

things technical. Those who use

them were the so called nerds of

high school, who are able to spot

a fellow Trekie 3 sectors away.

But all those nights spent cod-

ing away and studying for AP

Calculus has paid off because

Google gave them the keys to

technological nirvana.

They don’t care if their device

isn’t as pretty as others; they

want to get things done as

quickly as possible. They have

unlimited access to everything,

and they actually have the app

market to satisfy any craving.

They are more likely to be

pessimists and introverted, and

71 percent say they tend to fol-

low rather than lead. They trav-

el out of the country less and

prefer to eat General Tso’s

Chicken and Cheesesteak. They

like Lord of the Rings and How

I Met Your Mother, preferring

street art to anything in a muse-

um. And they are more than 100

percent more likely to be a

Windows user.

BlackBerry

These people are the business

vanguards. They want to be

taken seriously and have the

resume to back it up. They see

iPhone users as the lackadaisi-

cal children that never grew up

and Android users as the tech

department geeks that make

physics jokes to pass the time.

Despite e-mail being the main

form of the business world, the

real reason they love their phone

is for BlackBerry Messenger.

Like iPhone users, they

tend to live in the city, are well

travelled and liberal. And like

Android users, they tend to be

introverted, more pessimistic

and practical. But they are

much more refined than either

of the other two and won’t let

them forget it.

Courtesy of chimac.netThe type of phone you have cantell a lot about you.

Zumba and Pilates classes are great workouts that anyone can enjoy.

They say never to judge a

book by its cover, but every day

we make assumptions about

others we have never met, based

merely on the visual cues they

present to us.

Everything we do or say

speaks volumes about our per-

sonalities. From the way we

dress, to the food we choose to

eat and even the people we asso-

ciate with, others view and judge

us based on our choices. Despite

being programmed since kinder-

garten not to assume things

about others, most of us do with-

out even batting an eye. And

noVember 3, 2011 the VanguardSPortS

three years ago. This course has

nine holes designed to challenge

players to throw around trees

while avoiding water hazards

in order to hit the holes, which

are trees and posts.

Bentley Links has official

rules attached which are gen-

erally followed. One rule is that

drivable roads are considered

water, so that players aren’t put

into the position of being in

danger of traffic.

Bentley Links has been con-

sidered to have an unfair

advantage towards males, who

generally throw farther than

females, thus making them bet-

ter at the game. Because of this,

there have been Ladies’ Tees

created to keep the game fair

for all. Females play frolf just

as often as males, so the addi-

tion of the tees was helpful.

For those few players who

find the course to be too easy,

there have been Masters’ Tees

created to make the course

more challenging. The Masters’

course includes more water

hazards and the tee boxes are

set farther back, but with the

same Pars for each hole.

Since its inception, frolf at

Bentley has been a huge hit.

First adopted by Bentley

Ultimate Society (BUS), the

Ultimate Frisbee club on cam-

pus, frolf has recently gained a

significant amount of interest

from non-ultimate members.

Last Spring Day, CAB set up

a Frolf tournament for prizes.

The tournament was extreme-

ly successful, with over 40

teams of two coming out to

play. BUS holds multiple frolf

tournaments within the club

over the school year. Every

spring, the team holds a three-

round, stroke-play tournament

similar to the PGA Tour’s

Masters.

Junior Kevin “Little Foot”

Sparacino says he plays a

round at 4:20 on pretty much

any day that isn’t raining.

“It is always a safe round

then, and we finish the round

at a perfect time to beat the din-

ner rush,” said Sparacino, who

cannot wait for living on cam-

pus over the summer, when he

can frolf every day on the clear

campus.

Sophomore Mackenzie

“Bridge” Magner, whose team

won the Spring Day tourna-

ment last year, plays frolf

almost every night of the week

around midnight.

“We started playing night

frolf to have something fun to

do at night,” said Magner. “It

adds another aspect to the

game. Plus, there aren’t many

people around who you could

possibly hit.”

There is some controversy

concerning frolf on campus, as

students walking around cam-

pus during a round often feel

FROLFContinued from Page 1

Football shuts out Pace

Bentley football stopped their

three-game losing streak with a

28-0 victory over Pace this past

weekend. A week earlier,

Bentley fell to the University of

New Haven in an offensive out-

burst. The Falcons were down

45-31 with five minutes remain-

ing but were only able to cut the

lead to 45-38 before the final sec-

onds ran out, handing them

their third straight loss after

starting the season 4-1.

Pace opened the game poorly,

going three and out on their first

drive before surrendering the

ball to Bentley. After two rush-

ing plays, QB Bryant Johnson

launched a pass downfield to

WR Bill Kiley for a 56-yard

touchdown. Johnson threw

another touchdown pass to WR

Wade Critides on the next

Falcons drive.

The Bentley defense stopped

Pace again on their next drive,

taking over with just a few min-

utes remaining in the opening

quarter. After running almost

nine minutes off of the clock on

17 plays, Johnson threw anoth-

er touchdown to Critides.

Bentley scored one more time

before the half, when RB Jack

Pizzotti capped a 97-yard drive

with a 10-yard touchdown run.

The Falcons shut down the

Pace offense throughout the sec-

ond half and kept them scoreless

in a 28-0 victory. Pace only had

46 passing yards and 36 rushing

yards in the game.

The run game for Bentley was

huge, mainly due to the snowy

conditions in Pleasantville, NY.

The Falcons gained 237 yards

from the run game on 57

attempts. RB Bobby Tarr led the

team with 101 yards, his fourth

100-yard game of the season. His

728 rushing yards on the season

puts him in third place in the

NE-10.

Wade Critides now has 64

receptions and 790 receiving

yards this season, putting him

in first and second place in the

NE-10 respectively.

Bryant Johnson finished the

victory with 156 passing yards

and three touchdowns on just 10

passing attempts. He is current-

ly tied for first place in the NE-10

with 23 passing touchdowns,

which is a new career season-

high. Johnson has also now

thrown for at least 2,000 yards

in each of the last three seasons,

needing only 313 more yards for

a new career season-high.

Bentley, now 5-4 on the year

and 4-3 in the conference, is

ranked fourth in the NE-10. The

Falcons will host Assumption

College (4-4, 3-3) this Saturday

at 1 p.m. in the regular season

finale.

By Ben Klein

Vanguard Staff

Fourth in NE-10 with one game leftlike they are under high risk of

injury from the flying discs.

Truthfully, if players are expe-

rienced enough and competent

towards others, there isn’t

much risk of injury while play-

ing frolf.

Junior Rae “Chip” Berube

said she started playing frolf to

improve her throwing for

Women’s Bentley Ultimate

Society, but now she just plays

for the fun of it.

When asked about whether

frolf is a danger to the Bentley

community, Berube said, “By

now, I feel like people have seen

us playing enough to recognize

what is going on.”

Junior Amber “A Little High,

A Little Lo” said she played frolf

often last spring. Lo believes

that frolf is not dangerous.

“If anything, it’s painfully

addicting,” she said. Lo also

said that every time she wishes

to frolf, she sends out a mass

text to 10-15 friends who also

enjoy frolfing, and the respons-

es are always positive.

Bentley Links is a creation

that all of Bentley’s communi-

ty can enjoy. It doesn’t require

you to be good at throwing a

Frisbee, and the course is usu-

ally completed in about 45 min-

utes or less. So the next time

you see a Frisbee flying through

the air as you walk to class, you

will know it’s just part of a

game, and they are not out to

hurt you.

rECEnt rESultSResults from 10/26-11/1

Result

Field Hockey (9-9)

AIC (10/26) (NE-10 First Round) L 3-2 (ot)

Football (5-4, 4-3 NE-10)

At Pace (10/29)* W 28-0

Hockey (1-5-1, 1-0 AHA)

Clarkson (10/28) L 3-2

Clarkson (10/29) T 2-2

Men’s Soccer (9-7-2, 7-5-1 NE-10)

Southern Conn (10/28)* L 2-1

At So. New Hampshire (11/1) (NE-10 Quarters) L 2-1

Men’s Swimming (1-0)

Batterman Relays (10/22) No team score

At Le Moyne (10/29) W 161-119

Women’s Soccer (6-10-2, 5-8-2 NE-10)

So. New Hampshire (10/26)* T 4-4 (ot)

Saint Rose (10/29)* L 9-0

Women’s Swimming (1-0)

Batterman Relays (10/22) No team score

At Le Moyne (10/29) W 153-132

Volleyball (12-14, 7-7 NE-10)

At AIC (10/28)* L 3-2

So. New Hampshire (11/1)* W 3-1

*Conference Game

November 4 Volleyball vs. New Haven* 7:30 p.m.

November 5 Football vs. Assumption* 1:00 p.m.

November 6 Men’s Basketball vs. Bishop University 4:00 p.m.

November 9 Swimming vs. Gordon 6:00 p.m.

November 11 Hockey vs. AIC* 7:05 p.m.Men’s Basketball vs. Felician 8:00 p.m.

November 12 Men’s Basketball vs. Bloomfield 8:00 p.m.

*Conference Game

upComing SChEdulE

thE Vanguard noVEmbEr 3, 2011 pagE 15SPoRTS

This is probably an issue

in baseball that deserves far

more than 600 words o f

attention, but we have yet to

give any attention at all to

the whole Red Sox melt-

down/clearing house of Theo

and Francona.

The f i r s t th ing t o ge t

straight is that drinking in

the clubhouse and eating

fried chicken did not cause

the Red Sox to collapse in

September . I t certa inly

makes a nice little story and

is a good symbol of the lack

of caring or competitive drive

the team possessed, but it’s

not the cause.

Babe Ruth notoriously ate

hot dogs and drank beer in

between innings. Tim Raines

had to slide head first when

he slid into a base so he did-

n’t break the cocaine vials in

his back pocket. David Wells,

El Guapo and CC Sabathia

certainly aren’t pictures of

fitness. Baseball players sim-

ply don’t need to be that well

condit ioned and a l i t t le

chicken and beer consumed

by three players doesn’t lead

t o a 7 - 2 0 r e c o r d i n

September.

The problem with the Red

Sox is something that has

stemmed way deeper than

conditioning or even the

September collapse.

As everyone knows, Theo

Epstein was bred and devel-

o p e d a s a B i l l y B e a n e

“Moneyball” type general

manager. That is to say he

relies heavily on computers

and stats to make his deci-

sions.

Theo Epstein’s problem

(and it may be an organiza-

tional problem rather than

just his problem personally)

is that they have put way too

much faith into a computer

telling them how good each

signing will be, rather than

looking at other important

elements, like competitive-

ness of players and club-

house leadership.

They made what seemed

like sound signings, but

when it came down to it, the

team couldn’t win games.

Rather than figuring out

how to win, they only figured

out how to accumulate tal-

ent.

What many people fail to

take away is that Moneyball,

at its core, is not really about

how you should use comput-

er programs and stats geeks

to build your team. It’s not

about getting players with a

high OBP or staying away

from guys who steal bases or

not drafting college players.

Sure, maybe those things

can work, but the true phi-

losophy that made Bil ly

Beane’s Oakland A’s success-

ful in the “Moneyball Era”

was value. He found positive

traits in players that were

undervalued by every other

team, so he was able to get

more for his money than

everybody else.

When you sign a guy like

Carl Crawford, his stats may

look great on paper. Carmine

(Theo’s trusty computer)

may tell you he’s a perfect

fit. But then you look at his

value. Is he worth over $20

million per year? Never.

And this is what leads to

such disappointment for Red

Sox fans. We see the amount

of money they are paying for

players every year and they

just get such little value out

of it.

Is the era of stats geeks

r u l i n g t h e g a m e o v e r ?

Probably not, but now that

everyone has their stats guys

and teams are on the same

level, analyzing a player’s

performance on paper no

longer gives you an edge.

The value there is gone.

There will certainly be a

new hidden value some-

where in the game that

someone will find. Maybe it

will be scouting or another

player attribute like fielding

that will become underval-

ued to the point that it can

be exploited. But without a

doubt, the Moneyball Era as

we know it is dead and gone

and if Theo wants to have

any success with the Cubs,

he better figure that out

quick.

By Robbie LaBrie

SportS Editor

Theo and the death of MoneyballComputer models no longer give MLB teams an advantage

Courtesy of boston.comThe Red Sox issues this year were caused bythe team’s reliance on computer models.

Courtesy of aceshowbiz.comThe movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hilldiscusses Billy Beane’s Moneyball hypothesis.

FalCOn FaCt

Bentley Men’s Basketball has been ranked #2 in the

Northeast-10 Preseason poll. The Falcons won their

sixth regular season conference title in seven years in

2010-11, but they will have to fight to repeat.

Did you know the Falcons lost four of five starters

from last year’s team? Sam Leclerc is the only remain-

ing regular starter, while guys like Greg Jacques, Mike

Torpercer, Jasper Grassa, Dan O’Keefe, and Kevin

Kettl will be the names to watch for with expanded

roles coming into the season.

nOVember 3, 2011 the VanguardSPortS

The Bentley ice hockey

team opened up its Atlantic

Hockey schedule last week

with a sol id win against

Sacred Heart, starting the

season at 1-0 in conference

play. Their recent games have

also included three non-con-

ference games: One against

Quinnipiac and two against

Clarkson.

Bentley continued its five

game road trip with a game

at Quinnipiac University.

Quinnipiac came out hard

and fast, scoring six minutes

into the contest. Bentley

responded with a goal of their

own by sophomore Brett

Gensler six minutes later.

Then, with just over two

minutes left in the first peri-

od, Quinnipiac scored their

second goal of the game on a

power play. The next two

periods were controlled by

Quinnipiac, who scored two

goals in each period.

Bentley then traveled to

Sacred Heart University to

play in their first Atlantic

Hockey game of the season.

The game was neck and neck

until the Pioneers scored their

first goal 11 minutes in. The

Falcons responded quickly,

scoring a goal of their own

thirty seconds later.

Sophomore Brett Gensler

got credit for the goal, which

was his second in as many

games. In the final minutes of

the first period, junior Brett

Hartung put Bentley ahead

for its first lead of the game,

and gave Bentley momentum

going into the first intermis-

sion.

Eleven minutes into the

second period, junior Dan

Koudsy added to Bentley’s

lead. Koudsy knocked the

puck past the defense in the

neutral zone and set himself

up with a breakaway, which

he put home glove side.

Also scoring in the second

period for the Falcons was

freshman Brett Switzer, who

scored his first two career

goals within four minutes of

each other. The second of his

goals was the product of a

face off win by teammate Alex

Grieve and assists from Steve

Weinstein and Brett Gensler.

Splitting the two goals by

Switzer was a goal by Sacred

Heart’s Brian Sheehan, which

came on a power play with

under two minutes left in the

period. With the score 5-2 at

the end of the second period,

P i o n e e r g o a l i e A n d r e w

Bodnarchuk was benched in

favor of sophomore Chris

Paliafito.

The third period was more

of the same, with Bentley

scoring two goals to Sacred

Heart’s one. Once again it

was Dan Koudsy scoring his

second goal of the game, and

putting the Falcons up 6-2.

After a Sacred Heart goal

from Sheehan, his second of

the game, Bentley’s Alex

Grieve scored the game’s final

goal, ending the game 7-3.

The win was Bentley’s first

of the season, and their only

conference game thus far in

the season.

Last weekend, Bentley

hosted Clarkson in a two

game set in the comfort of the

John A. Ryan Arena. The first

game of the back to back saw

the Golden Nights score twice

in the first ten minutes to

take a comfortable lead. Goals

came from Nick Tremblay

seven minutes in and Ben

Sexton one minute later on a

power play.

Bentley came back with a

goal midway through the sec-

ond per i od , cu t t ing the

Clarkson lead to one heading

into the final period. Scoring

on the play for the Falcons

was senior Tyler Quartuccio,

knocking home his first goal

of the year. Assisting on the

play was Brett Switzer and

Brett Gensler.

A Clarkson goal in the

fourth minute from Allan

McPherson was matched by a

Bentley goal in the ninth

minute from junior Brett

Hartung. In the final min-

utes, a desperation move by

the Falcons to pull goalie Kyle

Rank in favor of an extra

attacker was unable to pro-

duce a game ty ing goal .

Bentley dropped their home

opener 3-2, despite outshoot-

ing Clarkson 35-28 for the

game, and 24 -14 in the sec-

ond and third period com-

bined.

Game 2 of the back to back

set ended slightly better for

Bentley. In this game, it was

Bentley who struck first on a

power play goal from Mike

Switzer six minutes into the

game. With the one man

advantage, Switzer took a

slap shot from the blue line

and found the back of the net.

The Falcons’ lead would stand

for the rest of the first period.

However, Bentley’s lead

would vanish in a hurry.

Clarkson responded immedi-

ately, scoring on a power play

just 36 seconds after the puck

dropped to resume play after

intermission. Another Golden

Night goal four minutes later

put Bentley behind for the

first time all game.

Relief didn’t come for the

Falcons until halfway through

the third period, when Brett

Hartung scored his second

goal of the weekend. The goal

for Hartung tied up the score

at 2-2, which is how the score

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

buzzer. Clarkson had the

majority of the opportunities

in overtime, including one

power play, but was denied by

Bent ley goal ie Branden

Komm.

The tie put Bentley’s record

at 1-5-1 (1-0 Atlantic). The

n e x t t w o g a m e s f o r t h e

Falcons are this weekend

when they visit conference

opponent Canisius for a two

game trip.

By Matt Gustus

Vanguard StaFF

Hockey wins Atlantic Hockey opener against Sacred HeartAfter a tought start, Bentley looks ahead to a busy November featuring six conference games

Bentley will continue to play on the roadwith only one home game this month.

Courtesy of Sports Information Office

FalCOn

OF the

Week

2

Graduate Quarterback

Bryant Johnson

Graduate student quarterback Bryant Johnson is

the Falcon of the Week for the second time this sea-

son. In his second to last career game, Johnson led

Bentley to a 28-0 victory over Pace on Saturday in

the snow.

He attempted just 10 passes, but completed seven,

and three of those were for touchdowns, two to Wade

Critides and one to Bill Kiley. He accounted for 181

total yards, 156 through the air and 25 on the

ground.

With one game left in the regular season, Johnson

is second in the NE-10 in passing yards (2123), tied

for first in TD passes (23) and second in completion

percentage (65.6%) among starters. The Falcons will

host Assumption on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for Senior

Day.

Junior F Brett Hartung’s goal put Bentleyin the early lead against the Pioneers.

Courtesy of Sports Information Office

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