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Bentley University adjuncts look to unionize Vote begins today; University takes formal stance against union action NEWS EDITOR

The work of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has made its way to Bentley campus, as adjunct professors begin to vote on creating a union for Bentley University Adjuncts. Such action would create a legal obligation for Bentley to negotiate with an adjunct committee on key issues. The initiative has been met with success in Washington DC, bringing adjunct unions to George Washington, American, Georgetown and Montgomery Universities.

SEIU has been particularly salient in national news, as it currently represents the McDonald’s employees across the country, protesting for a raise in wages.

“We are dedicated,” said adjunct Professor Joan Atlas, current representative of adjuncts on the faculty senate.

“We’re not just in for a se-

mester and gone. This is my 12th year at Bentley… I’m very experienced. I know how to teach Bentley students and I work extremely hard.”

Professor Atlas currently teaches Expository Writing 101 and 201, key entry level requirement

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Members of the Bentley community gathered in the Back Bay rooms of the Student Center on Tuesday evening to discuss the proposed renovation and expansion of the Student Center. More than 50 people attended the forum led by representatives from PERKINS + WILL, the architectural firm chosen to complete the project. PERKINS + WILL is based in Boston and has completed several architectural projects in higher education. Fast Company recently ranked the firm #5 on its list of “The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Architecture.”

The renovation and expansion of the Student Center aims to refocus the building on the needs and services of the student body. The Bubble was eliminated after the 2011-2012 academic year to house the Residential Center while renovations took place in LaCava Center. The Bubble

professors teach at multiple schools in any given semester.

“It is very exciting to be a pioneer in the effort to organize adjuncts in the Boston area,” said Doug Kierdorf, an adjunct professor in the History Department. “The problem for me and

The administration is subject to abide by the results of the pending vote, which closes October 3.

Student Center forum draws crowd, positive response

BY JEFF BREAULT

courses for all Bentley students.

Currently, adjunct professors make up approximately 40 percent of the faculty.

They receive $5,000 per semester course and are limited to teaching two courses per semester. Many adjunct

was supposed to be back this year, but budget constraints halted other renovations and the Residential Center was not able to vacate the space.

Since the elimination of The Bubble, students have voiced their concerns over the use of the building and its function as a true “student” center.

The new space creates a space for students to meet, relax and socialize. Office space will be dedicated to student organizations, similar to the old Bubble. Eight new study rooms—reflective of those in the library—will be available for students to reserve for group meetings. New dining options and configurations are also being proposed.

Both the interior and exterior will offer modern design and transparency. Glass, wood and other natural elements will tie the space into the existing Student Center and the surrounding environment outside.

The finalized proposal will be presented to the Board of Trustees on October 17.

a lot of adjuncts is you never know if you’re going to have work. I think if most students knew the terms of our employment, they would be appalled.”

“While all of us are doing this because we love teaching and interacting with our students, there is widespread dissatisfaction with our treatment,” said adjunct professor Elaine Saunders. “Better pay, benefits and job security for adjuncts will directly transfer to a rising quality of education for our student body. Also, we have had support from full-time faculty who care about the disparity because they know we are equally dedicated to our students.”

Supporters of an adjunct faculty union cite issues including low pay, lack of job security and minimal health care benefits. Bentley does offer participation in its health care plan for adjunct professors; however, they offer no payments.

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UTC sponsors Honors Program

BY LACEY NEMERGUT NEWS EDITOR

United Technologies Corporation (UTC) has become the first and only corporate partner to formally sponsor the Bentley University honors program, contributing $250,000 to the advancement and further development of the program, starting with the 2013 school year.

The funding will be allocated toward increasing resources for honors students, formally sponsoring events and supporting what is deemed the cornerstone of the Honors Program: academic excellence and student research. Students will have the opportunity to apply to be a UTC honors fellow, allowing them to engage in longer-term research project, whether in relation to their capstone projects or other complex, technical research projects. Traditional events such as the Honors Welcome Dinner and traditional semester events will also be supported.

“It is the hope that these high quality research projects will have

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Funding from UTC will support resources for honor students. the potential to be published in academic journals,” said Aaron Jackson, director of the Bentley honors program. “Supporting student research at a high level can really increase the prestige of the University and increases the value of a Bentley degree in so many ways for all our graduates, so this is an important initiative of the Program.”

The fund can also be used to augment certain honors classes, allowing instructors to have access to some funding to

take small groups of students off campus to certain businesses, cultural site, or other universities.

“The exciting part about our relationship with UTC is that they are involved in so many different types of businesses that the potential for integrating these types of experiences into our classes are limitless,” said Jackson. “And, UTC is incredibly motivated and excited to be working SEE HONORS, PAGE 6

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THE VANGUARD 50th EDITORIAL BOARD Bentley University, Waltham, MA 02452

Editor-In-Chief Managing Editor General Manager

Jeff Breault ‘14 Lindsay Beauregard ‘14 Brian Fuerst ‘14

Copy Editor

Nathan Marchand ‘14

News Editor

Lacey Nemergut ‘14

Campus Life Editor Features Editor Sports Editor Business Editor Photography Editor

zack O’malley ‘14 Vacant Matt gustus ‘14 jasper huang ‘15 melissa kocarslan ‘16

Director of Production and Layout

meagan kalpokis ‘15

Director of Advertising

kevin laryea ‘15

Director of Online Services advisor Journalism Advisor

vicky lin ‘15 Nicole Chabot-Wieferich Director, Student Activities George Donnelly Executive Editor, Boston business journal

Editorial CAMPUS EVENTS

Three events you don’t want to miss

1 2 3 Friday Night Football

Dress for Success

Day: Friday Time: 7:00 PM Location: Football Stadium OPPONENT: LIU Post

In preparation for the career fair, come see what “business professional” really means! Specialized for both men and women, and broken down by major.

S’mores & Scholars

Day: Sunday Time: 4:30 PM Location: Back Bay Host: Bentley Fashion Consultants

In preparation for the career fair, come see what “business professional” really means! Specialized for both men and women, and broken down by major.

Day: Monday Time: 7:30 PM Location: Collins Picnic Area Host: Greek Activities Council

Members of the Greek community who exemplify what it means to be a Greek scholar will discuss the relationship between Greek life and academics.

Editor’s pick Fall Career Fair Day: Wednesday, September 25 Time: 1:00-4:30 PM LocAtion: Dana Athletic Center Host: Undergraduate Career Services

Staff Writers Alex Delong ‘15, Emily Ellis ’15, Billy Fitzhenry ’15, Ian Giancursio ‘15, SEAN Harrington ‘14, Meghan Ryan ‘14, BRIAN SHEA ‘14 Columnists JULIE DELONGCHAMP ‘15, ANGELA HARt ‘14, Moussa Hassoun ‘14, KEVIN LARYEA ‘15, JoN MIKSIS ‘16 Production Assistant Amos Page ‘16

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Students who are seeking internships and/or full time positions should not miss our Fall 2013 Career Fair.

Representatives from over 150 corporations and over 1000 students participated in this event last semester.

Business attire (full suit) is required for this event.

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

New design. Improved content. Same name.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to an all new version of The Vanguard! We hope that you like our new look. Nearing the end of our 50th anniversary, we felt that it was the right time to refresh the entire feel of the paper.

When I took office as Editor In Chief in January, redesigning The Vanguard was the first item on my agenda. Over the past 4 months I have worked closely with my Director of Production and Layout, Meagan Kalpokis, to think of the strengths and weaknesses of The Vanguard and what we could focus on to make the paper better for the Bentley community. We hope that you will like the changes— both to the design and the content—that we have made.

A complete overhaul is not easy without the efforts of many groups of people. I want to thank the entire Editorial Board for supporting the redesign and offering input.

Our advisor, Nicole ChabotWieferich, has been my support system as I deal with the stress and tribulations that go into a student newspaper. Kelly Milligan and Claire Anderson from the Office of Marketing Communication have been a great resource and have helped guide us in the right direction.

My friends and family have listened to me talk nonstop about the redesign and my daily “Vanguarding”. To all of these people, I thank you for making the launch of this paper

a success!

We want the newspaper to be a resource for students, staff, faculty and alumni. We hope to provide information that you find useful and relevant. We always encourage feedback and would enjoy hearing your thoughts on our redesign by emailing ga_vanguard@ bentley.edu or posting on our Facebook page, facebook. com/bentleyvanguard.

I am proud to leave my mark on The Vanguard and the Bentley community. Before taking on the role as Editor In Chief I had never written a single article—production was my specialty. It has definitely been a challenge to lead a staff of

writers without any experience in the practice. I am happy, however, that I have been able to use my production skills and also develop my writing skills in this role.

I look forward to the next ten weeks as Editor In Chief. We are always looking for students to join our staff. If you are interested in writing, production, editing or photography we would like for you to join us! Our first general body meeting will be held on Sunday, September 22 at 7:00PM in Back Bay B. Regards, Jeff Breault Editor In Chief

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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT

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Olivia Leclair

MaJOR: IDCC LSM: ETHICS AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY HOME TOWN: Naples, FL

I am an Admission Fellow in the Office of Undergraduate Admission, a Peer Facilitator for First Year Seminar and Co-President of Her Campus Bentley. I am also in the Honors Program and serve on the Student Advisory Leadership Council for the Center for Women and Business.

Advice to seniors/ words of wisdom: Say yes. I’ve been offered so many opportunities in the past three years -- along with making some for myself -- and my college experience would have been unrecognizable without them. The lessons I learned from experiences like study-

could ever be better than Harry Potter, but I’m looking forward to seeing what this year holds!

What are you looking forward to this year?

I studied abroad last semester, so I am looking forward to simply being back on campus and enjoying all of the Bentley traditions one last time as a student.

To appreciate all of the little things that I’ve taken for granted over the years-- sitting out on the Greenspace on a warm day, feeling the burn on the last section of the Smith Stairs, seeing friends every day, the list goes on. Oh and to get a job!

What are your plans for the future?

How are you feeling about graduation?

Right now, I’ve got two very different ideas for my future; Option one is to enter the publishing industry and become a book editor or option two is to go into Admissions or Student Affairs and get a master’s degree. Hopefully I’ll decide by the spring. Any insights are always welcome!

I am definitely feeling very bittersweet. I’m looking forward to new adventures, but I am sad to know it’s almost time to leave my home away from home.

What is your favorite event on campus?

I’ve always loved Breakfast

by Moonlight -- something about eating tater tots and Frenchs toast sticks late at night never fails to thrill me. I’m not sure that another theme

What are your goals for this year?

For now, I’m looking forward to participating in all of the much-anticipated senior events and making this year the best one of all.

What can Bentley do to help you with this year?

All I ask is for the Bahamas trip to be as amazing as it’s always been (and I have full faith that it will be)!

STUDENT CONDUCT SUMMARY September 9 - September 18 24 Total Number of Cases 48 Total Number of Individuals Involved 0 Individuals Dismissed from Responsibility 48 Individuals Admitting Responsibility 0 Number of individuals found responsible by Conduct Board 22 Number of educational sanctions given 0 Number of Work Sanctions 4 Number of Parental Notifications $625 Cash total of fines given 31 Number of students given a Verbal Warning 9 Number of students put on Written Warning 7 Number of individuals put on Probation 1 Number of individuals put on Disciplinary Probation 2 Number of individuals who lost 15 housing credits 0 Number of individuals who lost 30 housing credits 0 Number of individuals put on Suspension (Housing) 0 Number of individuals put on Suspension (University) 0 Number of individuals expelled Provided by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs

HEALTH AND WELLNESS TIP OF THE WEEK: Arm yourself with a flu shot this year! Flu shots are safe and effective.

Come get your flu shot on Tuesday, September 24, 2013 from 2:00-6:00 pm in the Back Bay.

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Bentley students observe International Peace Day News editor

On September 21, the international community will recognize International Peace Day, the result of a 1981 unanimous vote by the United Nations General Assembly. Each year the day is dedicated to a global reflection on a collaborative focus on worldwide peace.

Secretary General Ban Kimoon has designated peace education as the official theme of this year’s peace day.

This year on Peace Day, Pax Populi, the major initiative of Applied Ethics, a federally registered nonprofit organization affiliated with Bentley, is raising awareness for an initiative for peace in Afghanistan. Pax Populi is Latin for “the peace of the people.” The initiative was given a Latin name to give the organization and its objective a more international appeal as oppose to a specifically American objective.

“We live in a very violent world and the way that we’re going to change this is by changing

our minds,” said founder and University Professor Robert McNulty. “A day like international peace day is important because it asks us all to reflect on what is peace and how can we help advance peace.”

Pax Populi is running an online program called Voices of Peace, collecting informational videos and inspirational photos from around the world.

Professor McNulty i s encouraging support for the Bentley community in order to promote cross cultural understanding and demonstrate to the Afghani people that we care about their struggle.

“The overwhelming majority of Afghans just hate this war,” said Professor McNulty. “They don’t want anything to do with it. The problem was there was a time in history when a relatively small minority took control of the country and they don’t want to give up.”

This initiative is similar to the proposal featured on

the company website for International Women’s Day, a promotion for the advancement of women in Afghanistan who have been marginalized in the past.

“It’s something that we as a university have an

opportunity to be… leaders, in terms of intellectual output but also in terms of moral leaders,” said Professor McNulty.

Pax Populi currently works to tutor motivated Afghani citizens via Skype in English, a language that can significantly advance their economic status,

opening up many opportunities for advancement. The tutor program began as a Bentley service learning program in 2010 and has since grown to 90 pairs of students, including volunteers from South Korea, Australia, France, Greece, Ireland and Saudi Arabia. Tutees range in age from 10 to mid-40s, including a member of parliament.

The nonprofit has also successfully raised adequate funds to bring over a young Afghani woman to study at Salem State College. Since her time here, she has worked hard to receive a sizable scholarship to Regis College where she is currently working on her degree. Though there are many motivated students who would greatly appreciate the opportunity to study in the United States, funding for necessary transportation and host family matches is limited by the size and scale of the organization.

Professor McNulty has also launched an initiative called the Bentley Business and

Peace Initiative, reminding citizens that business can be a force for peace if conducted ethically and responsibly. Each year the center organizes a conference sponsored by the State Street foundation, focused on addressing pressing global conflicts.

“Bentley students are very concerned with world affairs… this is definitely a big important global issue, said Professor McNulty. “As business gets in there, the more you give people good jobs, the less they feel their option is to go with the extremists.”

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Harry C. Bentley

There are so many reasons to celebrate Bentley this year. The Class of 2017 marks a milestone as Bentley’s centennial class.

The Vanguard continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary as the official student newspaper on the Bentley campus.

This semester we will be sharing noteworthy stories about Bentley’s past from the archives of The Vanguard.

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15 Years ago this week Originally published September 15, 1988

Smith Center breaks ground this fall

BY Stacey Hart News Editor

The groundbreaking for a new facility that will help Bentley’s effort to integrate business, information technology and the whole person, is Friday, October 23, from 11:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

The Norman S. and Linda M. Smith Academic Technology Center (Smith Center) will be a four-story building, covering 73,000 square feet, according to Director of Public Information Janet Mendelsohn. The hill between the Tree Dorms and Lindsay Hall will be the location of the Smit Center.

The area will be fenced off for safety during construction, but the stairs on the hill will still be accessible, according to Director of Facilities Planning and Construction Joe Lupi.

The construction will start the week of November 1 with the closing of the Service Road and cutting down trees. There will be some disruption during the construction, according to Lupi. For 40 working days constructions will be blasting, drilling and removing excess debris from the hill.

The hours of construction will be from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with one or two blasts occurring in the morning and afternoon. Lupi said horns will

be sounded before each blast to warn anyone in the area.

Although expected completion of the Smith Center is May of 2000, more construction will start after graduation in May 1999, accordin to Lupi. Next to the Smith Center, in what is now the Brook/Falcone parking lot, will be green space.

The Brook/Falcone parking lot will lose 110 parking spaces closest to Falcone, which is one reason for the stairs being built to the parking lot behind Miller Hall. Lupi said the stairs will provide easier access to the parking lot.

With less parking spots in the Brook/Falcone parking, Lupi

Even though they aren’t going to get real diamonds, the class of 1992 is Bentley’s 75th class. And to prove it, all freshmen will receive a T-shirt in the coming weeks from their Resident Assistants.

“For the next four years, they will hear themselves called the ‘diamond anniversary class,’” said Joseph Farragher, Director of Alumni Relations, whose department is paying for all of the shirts. “We wanted to create an identity with the freshmen, that their class is the 75th. And this is one way to establish that identity.”

The light blue T-shirts have a large white diamond on the front along with the words.

“Bentley College 75th Anniversary Class of 1992.” On the back, the shirt reads, “The Celebration Class.”

Bentley was founded in 1917 by Harry C. Bentley after he resigned from his position as Accounting Department head at Boston University.

The founding class consist-

ed of 30 B.U. students who wanted to continue studying under Bentley.

In February of 1917, Bentley and his students met in the evening at Huntington Chambers, on Huntington Avenue in Boston, using the same room as the Howell Women’s Whist Club.

In the spring of 1917, Bentley was convinced by some

New stairs make parking more accessible.

Originally published September 1963

Frosh class to celebrate anniversary Managing Editor

green space construction is expected to be finished by August 20, 1999. […]

50 Years ago this week

25 Years ago this week

Originally published September 15, 1988

BY David Bouvier

is still confident that students will be able to find parking in other areas on campus. The

students and teachers to open a permanent school, and after he moved to Tremont Street in Boston, The Bentley School of Accounting and Finance.

The following semester, there were 23 day students and 297 evening students. Today, there are over 1000 days students in the class of 1992.

Oh, by the way, tuition was about $200.

A message from President Morison and Dean Anderson To the members of the Bentley College Student Body:

Good luck in your efforts!

Many people are ready and willing to serve you.

Welcome to a significant year in Bentley College history. In June of 1964 we shall graduate the first class which will have earned the baccalaureate degree.

We are ready to challenge you. The faculty has been augmented and strengthened; extra-curricula activities have been diversified; we look to you to take advantage of the many opportunities which will be offered you to become a true professional in the Bentley tradition.

To quote a rather famous Bostonian, “We expect you to undertake the work and the digressions from work of the college year ‘with vigah.’”

Sincerely, Thomas L. Morison President Rae D. Anderson Vice President and Dean

Morison

The Bentleys return to New England Jennifer Richards and Paul Mahoney are the first freshmen to receive their 75th aniversary T-shirts. Distribution the shirts at center are Gabe Repassy, Director of Residence Life; Kathleen Yorkis, Dean of Student Affairs; and Joe Farragher, Director of Alumni Relations.

President Emeritus and Founder of Bentley College and Mrs. Bentley have returned from California and have taken up residence again in New England. They

are now living in the Beacon Hill district of Boston. We all welcome them back in our midst and wish them much happiness in thier present environment.

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Full-time faculty members receive assistance of 80 percent in health care costs under the same plan. The Organizing Committee surveyed current adjunct faculty, organizing priorities in categories of economic and non-economic issues.

The University has taken a formal stance against the union. However, the administration is subject to abiding by the results of the pending vote, which will be closed and counted after October 3.

“Currently Bentley is one of the few universities where adjuncts have representation on the Faculty Senate,” said a statement from the University.

“This reflects the University’s view that our adjuncts are an integral part of the Bentley faculty. If this petition proceeds to an election, Bentley adjuncts

will have the opportunity, after a full and fair discussion of the issues, to determine whether they want to be in a union.”

“I’m sure that the administration will negotiate in good faith,” said Professor Atlas.

“And I believe that the university does value adjuncts.”

Adjuncts first became popular in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s when there was a shortage of Ph.D’s. Hiring temporary professors seemed an adequate solution to the trending problem. However, the use of adjuncts, despite an increase in education, has persisted.

“I love working at Bentley and I love teaching,” said Professor Atlas. “I love the students and I love being part of the environment at Bentley. I consider all of that a privilege, but I do feel that adjuncts should be compensated better and that we should receive benefits.”

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“UTC has a long-standing relationship with Bentley University, with nearly 100 alumni in its ranks and several alumni and parents holding seniorlevel positions,” said Susan Brenan, Executive Director of Career Services and Corporate Relations.

“Its prestigious Financial Leadership Program recruits on campus each year resulting in five Bentley graduates from the Class of 2013 joining the company this year. Bentley also places it graduates into UTC’s Information Technology Leadership Program.”

Bentley’s relationship with UTC developed steadily over the years as Peter Longo, class of ’81 and the current Chief Financial Officer of UTC Propulsion & Aerospace Systems and Greg Hayes, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, both Bentley parents, worked to facilitate a relationship with career services.

UTC is currently recruiting for their Financial Leadership Program and various internship positions for the summer of 2014.

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Senior Class Cabinet welcomes back Class of 2014

BY ZACK O’MALLEY

current president brews his own secret recipe within the confines of the most heavily guarded house in America. Heck, beer has become synonymous with the American spirit as much as baseball, bacon and bald eagles. And of course, nothing says freedom like college.

So, was Old Ben asking us to express our patriotism? By Jove, I think he was.

On Thursday, September 12, the Senior Class Cabinet held

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Courtesy of Jeff Breault

Benjamin Franklin once said, “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” Of course, he wasn’t the only important man to advocate the consumption of the golden brew… just ask George Washington. Mount Vernon was home to one of the nation’s largest distilleries in our nation’s infancy. And today, our

Andrew Scopes provided musical entertainment for the night.

Food Service Advisory Board

BY ZACK O’MALLEY

Come share your ideas; what works well, how campus dining can better meet the needs of students. Learn about nutrition and eating healthy on campus. Learn about food allergies such as gluten.

By now we’re all at least partially aware of the events that transpired on the nights of September 2 and 4. In two separate attempted robberies, two Bentley students were assaulted by unidentified individuals of seemingly college age near the footbridge connecting the lower and main campuses.

The similarities and timing of these two incidents leads one to speculate about some sort of connection between the two, rather than chalking it up as pure coincidence. Nonetheless, any further publically-available details regarding the incident can be found in the e-mail sent to all students from Police Chief Ernst Leffler. Further conjecture as to why or how the two events occurred is best left to the investigation being conducted by Campus Police.

However, this is not to say that Bentley students shouldn’t have a say on the events that transpired, or the corresponding recent increase in Campus Police presence around the school. So we asked several of you to give us your reactions to the robberies and your opinion of the amplified police monitoring.

Of particular interest are the opinions of those students in just their first semester here

We want to hear from you!

Consider joining the Food Service Advisory Board (FSAB) meeting every other Wednesday at 2:00 pm. Meetings for fall 2013 to begin Wednes‐ day, September 25th, Student Center room 325.

FSAB is your chance to work directly with Sodexo management, Bentley staff and students on the Bentley Dining enhancements and program initiatives. Last year, FSAB brought you Recipes from Home contest, the return of Battle of the Chef, and Sundae Bar at the Mongolian Grill!

If you are interested in joining or would like more infor‐ mation, please email Maria Machado, Executive Assistant for Student Affairs at mmachado@bentley.edu

Members of Senior Class Cab welcomed peers back to campus. establishments as well as two $200 deposits for the senior class trip to the Bahamas won

by Alicia Papineau and Taylor Gallagher. Winner of a Target gift card, senior track star Jamison Bundy said, “Started from the bottom, now its senior year.”

A mass exodus quickly followed the raffle as many students headed to yet another pub, Skellig, to enjoy the

remainder of their Thursday night.

“While we have several more Pub Nights planned for the year,” says VP of programming Chris Orihuela “we hope that seniors will also attend our other programs such as the Mohegan Sun casino trip and the Senior Harbor Cruise.” The Mohegan Sun Casino, located in Montville, Connecticut, trip is scheduled for November 16.

Students respond to muggings

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the “Welcome Back Pub Night” in Harry’s Pub/Mein Bowl on campus for all the members of the Class of 2014. All seniors were welcomed to attend the event; however, only those over 21 were given a wristband and permitted to purchase alcohol.

Once inside attendees were welcomed by an array of food spread across several tables, among the favorites: wings, cookies and mozzarella sticks.

To accompany the food, beverage options included two beers on tap, red and white wine and several bottled beers including Sam Adams, Guinness and Shock Top. Despite being relatively understaffed, the two bartenders worked tirelessly to keep up with demand as more and more students funneled into the pub and long lines began to form both at the bar and out the door. Thomas Diorio, VP of Marketing and Advertising for Senior Class Cabinet commented on the event’s unprecedented popularity: “We were excited to have such a strong turnout for our first event of the year! We hope that the event set the tone for the rest of our senior year.”

Once near capacity, the event organizers began to raffle off a series of prizes including gift cards to various local

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First Pub Night draws large, energetic crowd; proclaimed best turn out since 2008

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at Bentley. “It’s a bit shocking because I didn’t expect something like this to happen within the first two weeks of school,” said freshman Tim Bolick, “I am a little more wary about these kinds of things because I know it can happen to anyone, anywhere.”

Sophomore Juan Jose was surprised at the events that took place, but had his own theory on the motive of the suspects: “At the same time, the fact that we’re on a college campus makes us a natural target for these kind of situations.

While the increase in the police force activity is certainly a good thing and will increase the general awareness of the community, this kind of thing can happen at any time, anywhere.”

In contrast, several students, such as junior John Schiano, have become vocal in response to the general level of increased security and crackdown on the social activities: “I like how there’s more police presence due to the recent muggings, but they should stay focused on crime on campus rather than impeding the social scene.” Others approve of the actions— they feel they are necessary for the safety of the Bentley community. “The muggings were frightening because we all like to think of Bentley as a safe campus, but this showed us that we need to be careful

at all times,” said junior Steven Maffiolini. “I think the fact that the entire campus received an email regarding the situation will scare off the perpetrators if they are students here, but the addition of security guards at night around campus is also a good feeling.”

Many students, myself included, have never once felt threatened while on campus.

To those who were on campus during the marathon-bombing Watertown ordeal it felt the entire student body was inside Fort Knox, with high security at every level of access across campus. We all know Campus Police has our best interests at heart in whatever they choose to do in a given situation. Senior Brian Shea echoes these sentiments saying, “No matter the day, event, or occasion, I think that students’ safety always has to be the number one priority. If the police department feels that increased police presence will further ensure safety, then I am absolutely all for it. In my four years at Bentley, I really haven’t heard of any muggings like the ones that Chief Leffler e-mailed us about. While I was taken aback by the email, it didn’t change my view of Bentley as a safe place to be.

Hopefully, the guilty parties are caught and no Bentley student has to deal with such events in the future.”

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CAMPUS VOICES

Life is Good Festival: “The Power of Optimism”

Falcons share their thoughts.

What are you looking forward to this semester?

Samuel Klau ‘17 MaJOR: Undecided

I’m looking forward to sports intramurals.

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Ricardo Sandor ‘14 MaJOR: Economics

I’m looking forward to senior year since I’ll have a lot of free time.

Ryan Kuschman ‘16 MaJOR: Finance

I’m looking forward to all the great campus activities going on this semester.

Melanie Lilly ‘15 MaJOR: IDCC

I’m very much looking forward to going to sporting events, especially my first Bentley hockey game.

Jack Johnson is set to play at the festival on Sept. 22.

BY LINDSAY BEAUREGARD Managing Editor

Let it fly! Burt and John Jacobs spoke the now wellknown phrase at the 2013 Commencement ceremonies last May. The Life is good brothers inspired not only the graduates, but the entire audience and Bentley community to spread “the power of optimism” and let their superpowers; creativity, courage, love, authenticity, gratitude and fun FLY! Unleash your inner Life is good superpowers this weekend at the Life is good Festival featuring the ever-chill Jack Johnson and Hall & Oates.

“Good vibes save lives” The Life is good Festival is a one-of-a-kind fundraiser full of music, optimism and relaxation where one-hundred percent of the profits are put toward the Life is good Playmakers, a program devoted to helping kids overcome life-threatening conditions.

This year’s festival is being held this Saturday and Sunday, September 21 and 22,

at Prowse Farm in Canton, Massachusetts. It features four stages of music for over 20 musical guests to spread their good vibes. The musical guests include Hall & Oates, The Roots, Amos Lee and Jack Johnson.

Along with the musical performances, there are numerous activities and events to attend in between sets. Arts and crafts stations will be scattered throughout the festival grounds, including an Art Mural for All -- a collaborative mural where YOU get to leave your own unique mark. The mural makes it possible for each attendee to paint a tile of a predetermined color to add to a mural specifically designed for the festival.

Numerous field games including bocce ball, sack races and the ever favorite G-Space activity, kan jam, will keep festival goers busy in between sets.

However, the chilliest station is the hammock zone, where you can lie down and be at peace with yourself and the music – the ultimate chill zone.

In between musical sets, find

tents set up by partners such as Clif Bar, Chipotle and Toyota.

Overall, the festival promotes all of the Life is good superpowers -- creativity, courage, love, authenticity, gratitude and fun. It also provides college students the chance to get off campus and relax (which every college student needs). And on top of all of that, all the profits are donated to a fantastic cause.

Through ticket sales (donations are made in lieu of a service fee) and donations, the festival coordinators hope to raise $1 million for kids. Over the past few years, the program has helped more than 130,000 children through the support of over 2,000 Playmakers – teachers, healthcare professionals and other volunteers who help children reach their full potential through joyful and enriching experiences.

The main focus of the organization is to help children through play and laughter. As the Playmakers’ tagline states, “Life can hurt. Play can heal.

Helping kids overcome lifethreatening challenges.”

If you’d like to be a part of the festival and the 60,000 other optimists, tickets are still available through the Life is good website. Single day tickets priced at $65 can be purchased, or you can buy a twoday ticket for $120.

Although the tickets are a bit more expensive, the proceeds go to a good cause and you have the ability to experience “over 20 bands and unlimited good vibes.”

Available by T, car, shuttle and bike, the concert is easily accessible and only 19 miles down 95 for those of you commuting by car.

For more information about the festival, tickets, cause or the Life is good company, visit lifeisgood.com/festivals/. #LIGFEST

Jackie Schile ‘17 MaJOR: Undecided

“I’m looking forward to intramural soccer.”

Courtesy of lifeisgood.com

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Hall & Oates will also be featured at the festival on opening day.

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Faster Wi-Fi creates opportunities for business and consumers

A new wireless standard, 802.11ac, is expected to triple the speeds of the previous version.

BY JASPER HUANG Business Editor

Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity is becoming more and more

widespread and common by the day. It used to be that only key business hubs and areas of dense traffic had WiFi hotspots. Even then, many

of these hotspots required consumers to sign onto a paid plan to get Wi-Fi use.

Nowadays, almost all public places from airports to your

local Starbucks or McDonald’s offer Wi-Fi and more and more places are offering this service for free.

To those unfamiliar with the technical jargon Wi-Fi has gone through many revisions.

As the universal standard for ‘wirelessly’ connecting to the Internet, Wi-Fi is currently in its fourth release, dubbed 802.11n. Later this year however, a new standard called 802.11ac will come to market. It is claimed that the new standard will be able to triple the speeds of 802.11n Wi-Fi, allowing consumers to download entire TV show seasons in a minute.

Despite the promising benefits of this increased speed, Internet service providers (ISPs) will be hard pressed to profit on this new technology in the near future. The

Group Experiences for 2013 Counseling Center Feeling like a Small Fish in a Big Pond? Many people come to Bentley with expectations about what college life is “supposed” to be. Often time expectations do not match reality. This discrepancy can lead to feeling out of place, lonely, confused, regretful, and depressed. Come talk with other students who are feeling the same way as you. This is a great group for freshman, transfer students, and anyone who has had difficulty finding their place here. Contact ksylvester@bentley.edu for more information.

Student Grief Group. Losing a parent, sibling, or other significant person in our lives is painful no matter when the death occurs. This group is for students who are dealing with a loss-either recent or longer term. Come meet other students and experience the relief of talking with peers who do understand because they too are coping with a loss. Contact bhawks@bentley.edu for more information.

Let’s Talk About It. This discussion group is for students with questions or concerns about their sexual identity or “coming out” during college. In a non-judgmental, supportive, accepting environment, students will connect with others who have similar questions or concerns. Contact dgracia@bentley.edu for more information.

Worry Workshop. Are you tired of battling anxiety and worry? Through training, learning new skills and peer support this workshop will teach ways of overcoming the anxiety that interferes with your ability to have a valued college experience. Contact pforkner@bentley.edu for more information.

Mindfulness for Work and Life (Graduate Students Only). This is a group designed for graduate students who would like to learn mindfulness skills that will assist them in attaining: stress reduction, higher relationship satisfaction, improved communication styles, and healthier lifestyle choices. Contact bhawks@bentley.edu for more information.

Standing Out: A Discussion Group for Students of Color. As a student of color, do you sometimes feel like a fish out of water at Bentley? Like your peers don’t understand you...look different than you…have different life experiences than you…talk and care about different things than you…don’t speak the same language as you… or make assumptions about you that aren’t true? Students from all ethnic, racial, and/or cultural backgrounds can come together in a safe space to discuss what it feels like to be a student of color on a predominantly white campus. Contact dgracia@bentley.edu for more information.

Please email the group leader or call the Counseling Center for more information: 781-891-2274

problem isn’t with whether or not ISPs can provide the speeds of 802.11ac, but in the cabling running between ISPs and their customers.

According to the Wall Street Journal, “the high cost of investing in new network equipment – which in most cases includes digging new routes for high-capacity fiber-optic cable – forces most Internet service providers to limit data speeds.”

Even though speed limits may crop up because of old cable infrastructure to consumer homes, the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi may still prove beneficial to consumers and businesses, especially to consumers that use the new standard in densely populated areas. The new wireless standard will operate on a band of the radio spectrum that is much less crowded that the frequencies that all other iterations of 802.11 releases use.

This will allow 802.11ac to be a much more stable and consistent wireless standard, enabling it to cut through all types of interference from microwaves to smartphones and other wireless enabled devices. Because of 802.11ac’s ability to successfully dodge interference from most wireless devices, businesses operating in cities and large office buildings will likely be early adopters of 802.11ac.

Even though the committee that puts together the official rules and standards of new Wi-Fi iterations has not published the official rules, plenty of hardware manufacturers are already rolling out products or are planning products that will already be 802.11ac compatible. Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 smartphone and HTC’s One smartphone, as well as some routers and high-performance computers are already sporting 802.11ac ready wireless chips. Forrester Research analyst Charles Golvin said, “by the end of 2014, pretty much every tablet you can buy will have ac built into them.”

In the consumer market, the new 802.11ac wireless standard will give product manufacturers another front to compete on as they try to best competitors with 802.11ac capability and advertised wireless speeds.

Bruce Kraemer, Chief of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) provided an interesting take on this new competitive “edge.”

Although product manufacturers use tall numbers to grab the attention of non-tech-savvy consumers, consumers will rarely see those types of performance figures in everyday use. Kraemer likened wireless speeds to sports cars and said, “How often do you drive [a sports car] 175 miles per hour? Once, maybe.”

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ALANAH JONES MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

SCOTT ROSS

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Adjusting to the history has been a major adjustment for me. Argentina was under a violent military regime between 1976 and 1983, which on its own is incredible to think about. Universities were closed and all political parties were banned thirty years ago with activists disappearing left and right.

Due to this, Argentinians still don’t trust authority. They are very skeptical of anything MIKE HOWE

TILBURG, NETHERLANDS

The biggest change I have noticed is transportation. In the Netherlands, almost everybody commutes via bicycle and cyclists have priority over pedestrians on the road. Every road has bicycle lanes along the sides, which are usually red bricks. In fact, some streets are only accessible by bike and automobiles are not allowed.

I have yet to see a large SUV traveling here and even the garbage trucks and transportation vans are a more compact than they are in the

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the government or massive corporations tell them. Complaining about politics is a national sport and wearing expensive brands is looked down upon.

In my city, Buenos Aires, they also have trouble trusting other citizens because of such a high crime rate. To trust is to put you at risk. The result of all this is an emphasized importance on family and friends, the only people Argentinians actually trust. They will happily sit around together drinking the tea-like national beverage

called “mate” for an entire afternoon. Every Sunday the city empties and friends make their way to the park for barbeques.

I live with a host family (including their 26 year-old son as it is typical to still live with your parents) and our family dinners can last up to two hours. I have come to realize that close personal bonds come before all down here, especially work.

If you like the sounds of this lifestyle, stop doing your work and go hang out on the green space with your friends while you still have the weather!

States. Additionally, most cars, even work vehicles, are equipped with manual transmissions. All of these aspects contribute to better fuel economy, which is necessary due to the price of gasoline, or petrol, as it’s called here. In Tilburg, petrol costs around €1.75 per litre. ($8.75 per gallon)!

So next time you want to complain about gas prices just be thankful you don’t live in Europe!

But there’s another reason why most students don’t own cars. In the United States, we can get our driver’s licenses as young as 16, but the Dutch

and most other Europeans cannot get their licenses until age 18. On top of this, the process of getting licensed is far more complicated and expensive. It’s no wonder why bikes are so popular!

Luckily, the Dutch rail system is very well-funded by the federal government and discounts are offered for students who are Dutch citizens.

The train is the most popular means of travel for distances too far to cycle and is also very clean and convenient. It is linked to other nations as well, so it’s possible to travel pretty much anywhere in Europe by train.

ROUEN, FRANCE

Courtesy of Mike Howe

though it is on the other side of the world, many things are similar. I have seldom been overwhelmed by culture shock or stuck between a language barrier.

However, there are a few little things that startle me now and again and remind me that I am a long way from Waltham. First, Australians are lovely, quirky people who have a nickname for everything! For example, consider this sentence, “Oi hey mate, I’m frothing to go to the footy this Saturday I reckon it’s gonna be a big night. You keen?” This means, “Sup dude, I’m really excited for the football game this Saturday. I think it’s gonna be a good one. Do you want to go?”

I would say I struggled more with a lingo barrier than a language barrier. After a while though, it begins to make sense and you love them even more for it.

Cheers from Australia!

Jones in Melbourne’s Chinatown.

KELSEY MILLER

In the Netherlands, nearly everyone travels by bicycle over short distances.

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been What has ocking the most sh you have difference abroad? experienced

Hi everyone! I’m Alanah and I am a junior, majoring in Economics-Finance with a minor in Marketing. I have been lucky enough to have spent the last two incredible months in Melbourne, Australia for my semester abroad.

I arrived here in July and I can honestly say that coming to Melbourne has been the best decision I have ever made and I am dreading leaving here in November. To those of you considering doing a study abroad program - stop thinking about it and do whatever you need to do to make it happen! I could never put a price tag on my experience so far and I think everyone deserves the opportunity to discover the world and allow it to teach you so much about yourself.

It is hard to say what has been the most shocking change for me in Australia. Al-

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Lack of efficiency! You’ve probably heard of the French bureaucracy (at least in passing), but it really does exist.

The French love doing things the hard way and that’s not even an exaggeration. During my first day of orientation, our academic advisor actually told us that if there is something simple, the French will deliberately make it more difficult. This is reflected in virtually every aspect of everyday French life. For instance, I don’t have a set class schedule; my classes change from week to week and oftentimes I won’t even have all of them in the same week (I still haven’t started my digital marketing class). Furthermore, I only have a schedule until the end of October! Which definitely makes planning trips more difficult…

And there are forms for everything. When I signed up

for my bank account, it lasted over two hours. My friends and I signed so many papers that by the end we just nodded and signed on the dotted line, because our brains could no longer process the French language (it was an interesting experience). Of course, registering and paying for just about anything in the country requires a French bank account. I just got my phone number today and I’ve been here for nearly three weeks.

Adapting to this bureaucracy has definitely been a challenge. While I may have grown up in the maximum efficiency and speed of the U.S., I quickly realized how much I took that for granted when I arrived in France. But it hasn’t been unbearable; now that most of the administrative duties are out of the way, it’s been a lot better. I’m really excited for the rest of my time in France!

Also, I’ll never underestimate the wonders of smartphones ever again. Au revoir!

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SCRATCHING THE SURFACE

Senior Year: Make the Most of It At last, we’ve arrived at the year filled with mixed emotions: senior year. Over the past 3 years, things have come and gone so fast we can barely count or even remember the memories. We’ve made many friends, worked hard in class, the field and student organizations. We have much to be proud of.

New organizations have sprung up in Greek Life, academic clubs and recreational areas. Our teams have excelled in basketball, swimming and track just to name a few. They make us proud to be Falcons! And most importantly we’ve built relationships.

We look at this year not as an opportunity, but as the end of a significant period in our lives and what lies ahead in the world beyond Bentley. As we look ahead; for some the job search will be the main priority, while others may look at grad school and for the lucky few, a job has already been secured.

We will enter environments where our college experience will become less significant over time despite its importance in our own growth and development. Every day that passes is one less day we will have with each other. Indeed, there are many reasons to be afraid, sad or intimidated.

However, as I look at my final year at Bentley, I tend to be

more optimistic and you should too. The job hunt will be tough, but with enough preparation and smart decisions, we can downplay our weaknesses and highlight our strengths to get the job.

Senior year is not the end of an era; it’s an opportunity that can be taken advantage of just like every other year since our convocation. Our senior year is the time that we get to define the campus, perhaps more so than at any other point in our Bentley careers.

While we remained powerless and lost for much of freshman and sophomore year, we were able to climb the ladder of student organizations and team leadership in our junior year.

However, seniors set the tone of Bentley’s spirit, campus and culture. The events we hold are almost completely in our hands as most of us are Presidents, Vice Presidents, Treasurers or self-starters of student organizations.

We define the experiences of the incoming class at sporting, academic and cultural events that could remain with them as a defining moment in their own time at this school.

In our final year, let us seek to create a better environment than the one we first walked into as there is always room for improvement! Let’s make Bent-

MOUSSA HASSOUN A senior majoring in Management. ley friendlier, more collaborative, more challenging, more supportive, more fun and more engaging.

Let’s outperform previous teams on the court, field or ice rink. Let’s win bigger trophies, solve bigger problems and become better people in the process.

Senior year is the diving board by which we launch ourselves into “the real world” and the bigger the push the farther we’ll go before diving into the pool and the farther we push, the larger gap we’ll build from our competitors.

Withhold the tears and sad thoughts as we plan out the best parties and rather than look at each day as the last of our experience, let’s look at each day as an opportunity to make the best of what we have together and make a difference with others around us.

To non-seniors reading this, make the best of the time you have here before you find yourselves in our shoes: surprised and confused about what to do but also remember to stay hopeful of your last year and the world beyond!

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9/4/13 2:28 PM

Under the Surface in Germany Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor for the last eight years, is widely expected to win a third term in Germany’s parliamentary elections on Sunday.

The predictability of the result shows how popular Chancellor Merkel and consequentially her policies are with the German public.

In an era where ‘popular’ and ‘politician’ can rarely coexist in the same sentence, this is admirable. The country itself is en-

joying an international reputation rise despite likely Greek feelings on that prospect. According to the BBC World Service’s Country Ratings Poll, Germany is the most positively viewed country in the world.

Germany’s robust economy through the Great Recession and its strong trade links with a myriad of countries are two major reasons for Mrs. Merkel and Deutschland’s high favorability.

At times like this, the problems

Germany has its share of problems despite its popular leader.

Germany is experiencing can seem non-existent. Thus, illuminating them is of some value.

The German economy will win the world’s most powerful woman another four year term. On the surface, it seems an impenetrable defense for her reelection.

Unsurprisingly however, there have been relative losers in this period of significant economic success. The absence of an official minimum wage (some sectors have an agreed legally binding minimum wage) means that in some industries, low wages are the norm.

Indeed, amongst EU countries that are part of the OECD, Germany has the 3rd highest percentage of low wage workers.

Despite reasonable welfare safety nets, some Germans are living from paycheck to paycheck and are a minor misstep away from needing help from charities or relatives.

A report at the beginning of August by Germany’s Federal Working Group for the Homeless announced that due to sharp increases in rents, growing poverty, a huge expansion of the low wage sector and the reluctance of local administrations to take measures to reverse a looming housing crisis, homelessness has been rising rapidly. Indeed, 38 percent of Germans say rising rents and property prices

and their consequences are their main concerns for the election.

The problems are not limited to the ‘lower end’ of the socio economic scale. There is an acceptance amongst business leaders in Germany that the demand for skilled workers exceeds the supply of them. It is estimated SME’s in Germany are losing 33 billion euros of potential revenue due to these shortages.

‘Energiewende’ the term given to Merkel’s energy transition has seen electricity and natural gas prices across Germany skyrocket. Energiewende aims to phase out nuclear power generation by 2022 and become make Germany significantly dependent on renewable energy sources. The widespread criticism of ‘Energiewende’ is based on the cost and unpredictability of success of such a major energy transition and the fact that the move is viewed as more political than practical. As if that was not enough, the energy transition has been mismanaged until now.

Concerns of civil society are illuminated by recent incidents concerning German nightclubs as people are being explicitly and implicitly denied entrance because of race. Cases in Hanover, Leipzig, Hamburg, Munich and Bamberg involving plaintiffs alleging racist reasoning for exclusion from nightclubs are in progress.

KEVIN D. LARYEA A junior majoring in EconomicsFinance.

This is just an example of the discrimination that exists towards minorities from homosexual teachers to ‘foreign looking’ night clubbers. Admittedly, the problem is not widespread but this is scant consolation to the distressed minorities.

In addition, German reporter Frank Jansen’s continuous work on right wing violence has proved that official counts have grossly underestimated the number of murders with a right wing motive. Racism cannot be totally eradicated by laws as attitudes are as, if not more important than laws here. However, laws and regulations can significantly help.

Currently in Germany, the expert view is that laws and regulations that prevent and curb racism are underwhelming at best.

On Sunday at a campaign event for Merkel’s CDU party at which the chancellor was present, a miniature drone under the control of the activist Pirate Party took flight causing a surreal, quite humorous scene as the drone crash landed. It is a reminder that despite the international headlines, not everything is golden and not everyone is happy.

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STATE OF THE UNION

The Situation in Syria Outside of our sheltered, stable campus lays a volatile world; a world influenced by good and evil, a world engaged in both peace and war.

Although we have our fair share of issues here at home, no plight or fear exceeds that of a child in the streets of Damascus at this very moment.

Over the past two and a half years, a vast civil war has engulfed the lives of every person who calls Syria home. A horrific combat scene where bombs and bullets rain from the sky is the harsh reality the Syrian people endure on a daily basis.

And now, with the recent escalation in Syria prompted by the

use of chemical weapons, the rest of the world eagerly awaits the response of the United States of America in order to see what happens next.

On August 20, 2012, President Barack Obama mapped out a “red line” that would provoke American military involvement in Syria. This “red line” was meant to demonstrate to the Syrian government that should they use chemical weapons against their own people; the strongest military force on the planet would take tough measures against them.

A year later on August 21, 2013, chemical weapons were unleashed in the Syrian capi-

Chemical weapons use in Syria has set the world on edge.

tal of Damascus and upwards of 1,400 civilian fatalities were recorded. With America’s credibility on the line, President Obama finds himself in a major predicament: should the United States act or remain idle in the wake of one of the biggest atrocities in recent history?

To further complicate matters, it is not entirely clear who used the chemical weapons in the first place. The United Nation’s investigation into the chemical weapon attack fell short of placing the blame on the Syrian Arab Republic, albeit most Western countries believe it was likely perpetrator.

Syrian President Bashar alAssad has also came out and denied allegations that his government had used the nerve agent Sarin against his own people. Therefore, there is no definitive evidence to suggest that it was the Syrian government rather than the opposition forces who initiated the deadly attack.

The current situation in Syria has also proven to be a highly divisive issue for the American public. Some high-profile politicians in both political parties have called for American military involvement in Syria, while a vast majority of Americans would prefer us to stay out of the problem.

Regardless of where you

stand on this issue, the facts speak for themselves: in the course of the Syrian civil war, close to 100,000 people have died and millions more have fled the country. The United States and the rest of the international community have a moral obligation to resolve one of the most horrifying and destabilizing conflicts in modern times.

However, it must be done so without haste; in a responsible and thoughtful manner.

With few options left on the table, the Russians and the Americans are currently forging an agreement to rectify the situation without the use of UN or unilateral military force. The agreement, which has not yet been finalized, ultimately calls for a UN mandate that places all Syrian chemical weapons under international control.

Syria would first need to compile a comprehensive list of its chemical stockpiles by next week. Then in November, international inspectors must be allowed into the country to ensure that all chemical production equipment is destroyed by the end of the month.

Finally, the last component of the agreement is that all chemical weapons must be destroyed by the middle of next year. If diplomacy fails, then military action in the form of missile or air strikes could be

JON MIKSIS A sophomore interested in finance. a realistic avenue that our government may choose to take.

Since the latter half of the twentieth century, the United States has had a controversial reputation for meddling in the affairs of the Middle East. In the past decade alone, the US has found itself engaged in two very unpopular wars, Iraq and Afghanistan.

If we are left with no other options in Syria and military force is the only viable path toward resolution, we must do so carefully and with good judgment. We cannot afford to resort to military intervention unless clear objectives are established and our allies are behind us.

The last thing America needs is another Iraq and the last thing the Syrian people need is a foreign power occupying their homeland. Hopefully in the coming days and weeks, government officials in Washington and around the globe will come together to avert yet another unpopular war. I am confident that our representatives are aware of these dangers and that peace will ultimately prevail.

Bentley University Fall Career Fair Wednesday, September 25, 2013 1:00-4:30 PM Dana Athletic Center Over 120 EMPLOYERS are registered & seeking to connect with Bentley students for internships and full time jobs.

See BentleyLink “events” “career fair” for list of attending companies.

Business attire is required. Bring hard copies of your resume.

We would like to thank the following companies for being career fair corporate sponsors!

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Nichols leads Lady Falcons in pursuit of Nationals men participants. Freshman Danielle Coskren finished 33rd overall in her college debut.

In the team’s second race at the Dartmouth Invitational, Dooley posted her best ever time for a 6,000 meter course, finishing second overall.

“I couldn’t have wished for more hard-working and talented individuals [on my team],” Nichols said. “However, to achieve our goals we need everyone on the team to push each other to strive for the best.”

The team is working on

building their depth in order to win at Regionals, where only the top three teams qualify.

Dooley commented that although Nichols has a lot of responsibilities organizing and running events for the team, “she stays true to herself and her unique personality, and can always make you laugh.”

Nichols concluded her interview joking that although they’re working hard towards their goal every day, “of course, we also do like to have some fun. Wednesdays we wear pink.”

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Senior captain Ashley Nichols is gearing up for her final season as a Falcon, something she’s been working toward since she was in fourth grade and first joined a cross country team.

This year, her team has the very realistic goal of winning regionals and then testing their strength at Nationals. Luckily, she has a solid team to back her efforts.

“I believe we have one of the best groups Bentley XC has ever seen,” said Nichols.

The team has been working all summer in order to have a strong debut in the fall. Throughout the offseason, Captain Nichols was responsible for reaching out to the team with training-progress updates as well as keeping up morale while individually training.

Teammate Tara Dooley noted that “[Nichols] definitely stepped up and took on the responsibility of leader for our team…she is a very supportive and encouraging teammate and friend.”

Nichols admires her team for working hard every day and always showing up ready to

compete.

“We have practice every Sunday morning, and no matter how much sleep our runners did or didn’t get, we all show up at 10 a.m. ready to run 10-20 miles,” says Nichols.

That is commitment.

Nichols continued by saying, “Coach Kevin Curtis and I believe that this women’s team has a real chance at making the NCAA National Championships this year.”

The team did not run their top four projected runners in their opening race at the St. A’s Invitational but had a strong showing from their underclass-

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Senior captain Ashley Nichols is responsible for tracking the training-progress and morale of the team.

Nichols is generous with praise and admiration for her team.

Offseason work leads to Northeast Challenge title

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Behind great performances across the board, the Bentley golf team recorded an early season win at the Northeast Challenge golf tournament over the weekend. Finishing with a team score of 597, the Falcons edged out second place Southern New Hampshire by two strokes to win the tournament.

Shooting well for the Falcons were sophomores Zach Pollard and Sal Visali, who placed third and fourth by shooting 147 and 148 respectively. Pollard came up big on day two, scoring a 71,

while Visali was consistent all weekend, shooting a 73 and 75.

After losing two of its top performers from last season, the Falcons will need different players to step up.

“We lost some good players but added some good ones as well,” said senior captain Harry Kirkpatrick. “Our expectations are the same ever year; to win the conference tournament and make it to the NCAA regionals in May.” As was evidenced by this weekend’s performance, the team as a whole is ready to fill that void and improve upon last year’s success. Each member of

Senior Ryan Hudson led his team day one with a career-low 72.

the team shot better than their 2012-13 average on both days, which was no surprise to Kirkpatrick.

“All of the team is required to play in individual tournaments over the summer,” Kirkpatrick said. “We had some extremely good play out of a few players. [Sophomore] Jack Zierolf and [senior] Ryan Hudson both made it to the finals of their club championships and [sophomore] Zach Pollard won the Tommy Keane Fourball in New Hampshire. [Sophomore] Tommy Ayres won his club’s match play tournament.”

Having completed two tour-

naments so far, the team is gearing up for the heart of their fall season. Next on the schedule is the Northeast-10 Conference Championships, an event at which the Falcons have had success. Over the past decade, the team has won the championship three times, including 2006, 2007, and 2011. Two years ago, the team took home first place as they dethroned the two-time defending champions Adelphi.

Hoping to regain the NE-10 title, the team put in many hours this summer perfecting their skills.

“Many of us practiced near

forty hours a week in preparation for the season,” said Kirkpatrick.

“The team is excited to play and to win. [We have] a good group of guys and I’m excited for the year.”

Kirkpatrick has had personal success at the event, including putting in a second place individual performance during the team’s championship victory in 2011.

The team will look to gear up for this year’s Northeast-10 Championships in the upcoming weeks. The event will be held on September 29 and 30 at Bretwood Golf Club in Keene, New Hampshire.

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BY BILLY FITZHENRY

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NE-10 STANDINGS

School NE-10 Overall LIU Post 1 0 0 2 0 0 American Int’l 1 0 0 1 1 0 Assumption 1 0 0 1 1 0 New Haven 1 0 0 1 1 0 Stonehill 1 0 0 1 1 0 Bentley 0 1 0 1 1 0 Merrimack 0 1 0 1 1 0 Pace 0 1 0 0 2 0 Saint Anselm 0 1 0 0 2 0 Southern Conn.

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Lirange is the second leading scorer in the NE-10 Conference.

Gina Lirange was credited with the assist for Talerman’s goal. Once again, sophomore goaltender Katie Kelley was stellar in net stopping all of the Owl’s shots to record her third shutout of the season.

This past Tuesday, the Falcons traveled to face St. Michaels in a non-league match.

Bentley got off to a slow start allowing St. Michaels to score the first goal as the Bentley defense was unable to corral a rebound which the Purple Knights smacked in to jump out to the 1-0 lead. The Falcons responded quickly though as sophomore forward Meghan Talerman threw the ball to the front of the Purple Knights net and Sally James tipped it in to tie the game at 1-1. There was no more scoring until the second half when St. Michaels scored yet again to go ahead 2-1. Gina Lirange netted her sixth goal of the year just five minutes later to bring the Falcons back into a tie with the Purple Knights.

However, with ten minutes left in the game the Purple Knights were able to knock in another rebound to put them ahead 3-2. Bentley was unable to score again before the

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The Bentley women’s field hockey team has started the season off on a tear winning three out of their first five games. In the past week, the Falcons have defeated both Franklin Pierce and Southern Connecticut State while dropping a close match to St. Michaels.

Against Franklin Pierce, the Falcons completely dominated the action, outshooting the Ravens 17-6 for the game.

Sophomore forward Sally James scored the first goal for the Falcons eight minutes into the contest to give Bentley the early 1-0 lead. Junior forward Gina Lirange added to the Falcon’s lead by scoring five minutes later off a beautiful cross by sophomore forward Leah Winer. Sophomore goaltender Katie Kelley stopped all six shot attempts by the Franklin Pierce squad en route to her second shutout of the season. A stellar defensive effort led by senior defenseman Mollie Ricker helped to frustrate the Ravens forwards all game long. Lirange capped the scoring for the game with six minutes left by netting her second goal of the match to push the lead to 3-0.

In their match against Southern Connecticut State, the Falcons were unable to convert on the many chances that they had in the first half.

Outshooting the Owls to the tune of 12-3 in the opening half, Bentley was unable to sneak any past the opposing goaltender. In the second half, the Falcons continued their shooting barrage and were finally able to get on the scoreboard. Gina Lirange scored thirty seconds into the second half as Sally James was able to find Lirange wide open by the side of the cage for the easy goal. Just ten minutes later, sophomore forward Meghan Talerman smacked one past the Owls goaltender to give Bentley the 2-0 lead.

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Mollie Ricker was critical in holding off the Ravens offense.

end of the second half and thus suffered their first defeat in over a week.

One of the biggest contributors to the Falcon’s fast start has been junior captain Gina Lirange. Lirange currently leads the team in goals with six on the year and in points with twelve. These stats make Lirange the second leading scorer in the NE-10 conference. Additionally, Lirange leads the team in shots with seventeen. Lirange was recently honored for her on field production when she was named the NE-10 Player of the Week. Lirange’s hot start to the season should not come as a surprise to anyone who has been following the field hockey team over the last few years. Lirange has been an integral part of the women’s field hockey team since she arrived on campus in 2011.

As a rookie, Lirange was named to the NE-10 AllRookie team due to her tremendous offensive production and clutch play. Of the three goals that she scored during her freshman year, two of them were game-winners.

Last year, Lirange was second on the team in scoring tallying eight goals and three assists.

In addition to her success on the field, Lirange also excels off of it. Lirange was named to the NE-10 All-Academic team last season due to her accomplishments in the classroom. The team will be relying on Lirange this year to increase her offensive production seeing that she is one of leaders on the team. So far she is on the right track.

After a tough 3-2 loss to St. Michaels on Tuesday, the Falcons play twice more in the upcoming week. The Falcons, currently ranked number 8 in all of Division II women’s field hockey, will be facing two conference opponents. On Thursday, Bentley plays Assumption at home while on Saturday the team travels to face American International.

School NE-10 Overall Stonehill 1 0 0 4 0 0 LIU Post 1 0 0 3 0 0 American Int’l 0 0 0 4 1 0 Assumption 0 0 0 3 2 0 Bentley 0 0 0 3 2 0 Adelphi 0 0 0 2 2 0 Merrimack 0 0 0 2 3 0 Franklin Pierce 0 0 0 1 3 0 Southern N.H. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mass.-Lowell 0 0 0 0 2 0 Southern Conn.

0 1 0 0 2 0 Saint Anselm 0 1 0 2 2 0 St. Michael’s 0 1 0 1 3 0

MEN’S SOCCER NE-10 STANDINGS School NE-10 Overall Merrimack 2 0 0 4 1 0 Stonehill 2 0 0 3 2 0 Southern Conn.

1 0 1 1 1 1 Le Moyne 1 0 0 3 1 0 Southern N.H. 1 0 0 3 1 0 St. Rose 1 1 0 3 2 0 Saint Anselm 1 1 0 2 2 0 Assumption 0 1 1 2 1 1 Mass.-Lowell 0 0 0 0 3 0 American Int’l 0 1 0 2 2 0 Franklin Pierce 0 1 0 1 3 0 New Haven 0 1 0 0 4 1 St. Michael’s 0 1 0 0 3 0 Bentley 0 2 0 1 3 0

WOMEN’S SOCCER NE-10 STANDINGS School NE-10 Overall American Int’l 2 0 0 4 0 0 Adelphi 1 0 1 3 0 1 New Haven 1 0 1 3 0 2 Franklin Pierce 1 0 1 2 1 1 St. Rose 1 0 0 4 0 0 Le Moyne 1 1 0 3 2 0 Merrimack 1 1 0 3 2 0 Saint Anselm 1 1 0 2 2 1 Stonehill 1 1 0 1 3 1 Pace 1 1 0 1 4 0 Assumption 0 0 2 2 0 2 Southern N.H. 0 0 1 3 1 1 Mass.-Lowell 0 0 0 0 3 0 Bentley 0 2 0 1 3 0 Southern Conn.

0 2 0 1 4 0 St. Michael’s 0 2 0 0 4 0

VOLLEYBALL NE-10 STANDINGS

School NE-10 Overall American Int’l 1 0 0 5 4 0 Stonehill 1 1 0 4 4 0 Franklin Pierce 0 0 0 4 0 0 Southern N.H. 0 0 0 4 1 0 St. Rose 0 0 0 4 1 0 St. Michael’s 0 0 0 7 2 0 Le Moyne 0 0 0 5 2 0 Southern Conn.

0 0 0 5 2 0 New Haven 0 0 0 4 2 0 Saint Anselm 0 0 0 4 3 0 Bentley 0 0 0 4 4 0 Adelphi 0 0 0 2 4 0 Merrimack 0 0 0 2 6 0 Pace 0 0 0 2 6 0 Mass.-Lowell 0 0 0 0 5 0 Assumption 0 1 0 3 5 0

MEN’S TENNIS NE-10 STANDINGS School NE-10 Overall Stonehill 1 0 0 2 0 0 Southern N.H. 1 0 0 1 0 0 Merrimack 0 0 0 1 0 0 American Int’l 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bentley 0 0 0 0 0 0 Franklin Pierce 0 0 0 0 0 0 Le Moyne 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Michael’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 Adelphi 0 0 0 0 1 0 Assumption 0 1 0 0 1 0 Saint Anselm 0 1 0 0 1 0

WOMEN’S TENNIS NE-10 STANDINGS School NE-10 Overall Adelphi 1 0 0 1 1 0 New Haven 1 0 0 1 0 0 Southern N.H. 1 0 0 1 0 0 Stonehill 1 0 0 1 0 0 Merrimack 0 0 0 1 0 0 American Int’l 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assumption 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bentley 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Michael’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Rose 0 0 0 0 0 0 Saint Anselm 0 1 0 0 1 0 Le Moyne 0 1 0 0 3 0 Franklin Pierce 0 2 0 0 2 0

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Falcons open season with win over Mercyhurst Team hopes to rebound from last season with one goal in mind: the NE-10 Championship

BY IAN GIANCURSIO A disappointing finish to the 2012 season saw the Bentley men’s football team come two close losses away from qualifying for a playoff berth has the team hungry for a shot at redemption, this time with only one goal: winning the NE-10 championship.

The first game of the season was a promising one, as the Falcons made good on opening the year with a renewed passion in their win at home over Mercyhurst, 17-16. The story of the game was the incredible play by junior running back Jet Kollie.

Playing his first game for Bentley since transferring from Lafayette College, Kollie ran over and around the Mercyhurst defense to the tune of 130 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns, the second coming with just under three minutes left in the game to give the Falcons a one-point lead.

Kollie’s touchdown proved to be the winning score as the Bentley defense managed to completely stifle Mercyhurst’s last four possessions. The last of these drives ended emphatically, as the Falcons stuffed Mercyhurst’s attempt on fourth and two with 34 seconds left to put the game away. The impressive showing by the Bentley defense was a collective effort, but was highlighted by senior Kyle Young, who recorded a careerbest 14 tackles, as well as senior linebackers Taylor Tavarozzi and Blaine Hopwood, who had nine and eight tackles, respectively. “[Mercyhurst] was a great test to see where we stood for our first game,” said junior receiver Jeff Hill. “Since they played a very cautious defense where they would drop eight into cov-

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The team is confident heading into the rest of the season after one win and one loss thus far. erage most of the time, our run game took off. The offensive line of Harry King, Ryan Anger, Chris Cadigan, Joe Morra and Jack Donovan paved the way for Kollie to have a great day rushing the ball. Our defense came up big and only allowed 16 points, which allowed us to win the game.”

The Falcons were unable to capitalize on this momentum in their second game versus Assumption, falling prey to a myriad of turnovers on the way to a 20-14 loss. The game actually began in promising fashion for the Falcons, as Bentley was able to tie the game 7-7 on a touchdown pass from Danny Guadagnoli to sophomore Chris Calvenese, his first career touchdown reception, midway through the second quarter. Right before the half, Guadagnoli again managed to find an open receiver for a touchdown, this time to sophomore Chris Walsh for his first career touchdown.

Bentley went into the half up by four, but the second half provided a change of fortune.

A fumble on the ensuing thirdquarter kickoff return led to an Assumption field goal and an

FALCON FACT:

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Junior middle blocker Savannah Dominguez set a new career-high with 18 kills last Saturday, leading her team to a close victory over Nova Southeastern.

Dominguez has played well so far this season, reaching double digit kills in six of the team’s eight games this season. In total, she leads her squad in kills (81) and points (107.5).

interception thrown by back-up quarterback Matt Montalto late in the third led to the winning score for Assumption, that being a 42-yard touchdown reception by junior receiver Eddy Frazier.

While just a six point loss, the real story of the game was the Falcons’ struggles with turnovers. In addition to two fumbled kickoff returns and two interceptions, Bentley mishit on three of their punts to provide Assumption with great field position throughout the game. The Falcons also had a field goal blocked and recorded 66 penalty yards.

Not all was bad for the Falcons, however. Overlooked in the disappointment of the defeat were Danny Guadagnoli’s admirable efforts, as he amassed 259 yards passing as well as a team-best 46 yards rushing to exceed 3,000 yards of total offense for his career. Additionally, sophomore Chris Walsh introduced himself to the NE-10 with four receptions for 62 yards and his first career touchdown.

Senior Taylor Tavarozzi led the defensive effort with nine tackles and 1.5 sacks.

The Falcons look to bounce

back Friday night in the final game of their three-game home stand against C.W. Post. Sitting at the top of the division with a 2-0 record, C.W. Post provides a perfect litmus test for the Falcons to see how well they match up against the top competition.

Having just rejoined the conference, C.W. Post presents an interesting challenge for Bentley in its quest to regain the NE-10 title. According to Hill, however, the team is confident of its abilities heading into the rest of the year.

“I think we are still in pretty good shape,” said Hill. “On offense we have a balanced run/ pass attack which will keep defenses on their toes and open up the play-action pass game.

Defensively, we returned just about our whole front seven, so we are going to be solid against the opponent’s run game.”

Head Coach Thom Boerman termed the team’s performance in the first two games as “Jekyll and Hyde,” but echoed Hill’s confidence when speaking about the outlook for the year.

“I think that we’re capable, we have a pretty good football team,” Boerman said. “We just

have to keep the effort and the energy and the determination going week after week.”

Boerman also highlighted players he believes are in line for dominant seasons.

“Danny Guadagnoli, I think he’s the best quarterback in the league, one of the best in D-II. I expect him to be that guy. Jeff Hill was a preseason All-American, so he needs to elevate his game this year. Chris Calvanese…we moved him from defense to offense this year and he’s really stepped up, so I expect some good things out of him. I also think Jet Collie’s going to be one hell of a player, we just need to get him back on track from the Assumption game.”

Boerman also presented his expectations for a defense with immeasurable potential.

“Defensively, we’ve got three starting linebackers returning, which is unusual… Blaine Hopwood, Kyle Young and Taylor Tavarozzi, I expect a lot out of them,” said Boerman. “We have this young man, Quincy Giles, who has stepped up his game quite a bit. We lost our safeties, the Hopkins twins who were five-year starters, [which are] tough shoes to fill, but AC Carter and Nick McCarthy are really starting to gel in the secondary.

The defensive line looks solid, [including] Bobby Richman, one of the best D-linemen in the league. Defensively we look very solid with a lot of very productive returning starters.”

When asked what the goal is for this year, Boerman wasted no time in giving the answer that appears to be the Falcons’ mantra for this season.

“We need to win the league.

The loss was a setback, but we’re still very focused on this as another league opponent. Let’s beat them and let’s win the NE10. That’s our goal.”

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Following an impressive season debut on Saturday, junior Tara Dooley has been selected as the first Falcon of the Week of the year. She was also recognized as the Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week in the Northeast-10 Conference for the fourth time in her career.

Dooley finished second to 2012 NCAA Division I national runner-up Abbey D’Agostino of Dartmouth in the Dartmouth Invitational at the Hanover Country Club, with her time of 21:03.36 a personal best by about 14 seconds. That was a time that was better than the winning time in last year’s NCAA East Regional and would have ranked in the top 20 at the 2012 nationals.

Dooley’s resume includes second-place finishes in both the NCAA Division II East Regional and the Northeast-10 Championships the last two years.

The women’s team returns to action Saturday with the Ted Jones Invitational at Central Connecticut State.