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Triple murder in Waltham alarms Bentley DiLorenzo Students reflect on the safety levels on campus in regard to local homicides

By Ali Farooqi Vanguard Staff

On Monday, September 12, Waltham Police responded to a report of a triple homicide at 12 Harding Avenue in Waltham, MA. The police found the bodies of Brandon Mess, 25, Eric Weissman, 31, and Raphael Teken, 37, in Mess apartment at 2:25 p.m.

Thomas LaCroix, the Waltham Police chief, reported that the victims knew their assailants and that the attacks were not random.

When questioned as to whether these men were still See HOMICIDE, Page 5

Former director of Student Activities embraces new role

By Lissie Martin Vanguard Staff

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The homicides occurred in one of the victim’s houses on Harding Avenue in Waltham.

New model of Bentley shuttle bus catches fire None of the passengers were harmed, but students were not notified

By Lacey Nemergut newS editor

On September 7, the evening before the start of the Bentley fall semester, one of the newest model shuttle busses caught fire on the intersection of Forest and Beaver Street just outside of Bentley campus.

None of the 20-30 passengers riding the bus at the time of the incident was hurt by this unexpected occurrence.

“University Police responded to the intersection of Forest and

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Beaver Street and discovered a small fire occurred in the driver’s compartment of the Bentley Harvard Square shuttle bus, and the driver attempting to extinguish the fire with a fire extinguisher,” said Ernest Leffler, University Police chief.

“Shortly thereafter the bus was engulfed in flames.”

It was later determined that the cause of this accident was an electrical malfunction with the heating and air conditioning University Police responded to the fire on the corner of Beaver Street and Forest Street.

See FIRE, Page 5

In July, Maria DiLorenzo, former director of Student Activities and Family Programs, became the new director of Spiritual Life.

This opportunity came about this past summer when Father Claude Grenache resigned from his position as director. Although the decision was not an easy one, this transition will allow her to see Bentley from a different and exciting perspective.

She is incredibly excited about this new role and the chance it will give her to talk with students on a deeper level.

“I look forward to reconnecting with why I went into higher education,” said DiLorenzo.

In her previous role, DiLorenzo was responsible for overseeing the staff in

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Diversity Council awards mini-grants to students

By Sindhu Palaniappan CaMpuS Life editor

“Bentley students have these great, really innovative ideas,” said Henrietta Genfi, assistant director of the Advising Center. “A grant could help them back that.”

A Diversity Mini-Grant, that is – something awarded by the school’s Faculty and Staff Diversity Council.

These grants are an opportunity for the Bentley community to receive money to

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help with diversity initiatives on campus. A grant can help fund the experience of finding a way to involve staff and students in a cultural experience, or something new and innovative.

Bentley has been offering these grants for four years now, making them open to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff and alumni. The students are allowed the opportunity to read and discuss with each other in an open and infor-

mal setting. It’s something that isn’t offered often at a school like Bentley.

Many new experiences have been made possible by the grant. For example, a group of RDs took students to multiple African American museums and held open discussions.

Exchange students from Brazil set up a Brazilian fair, where staff and students could enjoy Brazilian food, hear speakers and see demonstrations. One year,

Genfi and Kevin Piskadlo, dean of Academic Services and director of the Academic A d v i s i n g C e n t e r, t o o k a group of students to New York City to see Broadway’s In the Heights. They looked at what it was like to live in the Hispanic projects, and then went to Washington Heights afterwards.

Genfi shared her perspective on the progress report and final presentation to the

charge of Greek Life, performing and visual arts, student organization management and travel, club sports, Spring Day, Commencement Week, Orientation, Family Orientation and spirit initiatives. She also advised the Senior Class Cabinet, the Association of Bentley The Activities and Vanguard, and she also served as a liaison to the Office of Alumni, Parents and Friends.

DiLorenzo has a back-

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Police log STEP, Drop, Roll An officer responded to a call from Falcone West regarding an activated fire alarm. Rumors swirled that the flames were caused by the FIRE Step Squad. When questioned, members of FIRE would not release a statement, but merely performed a sizzling routine to Billy Joel’s We Didn’t Start the Fire. However, the truth soon came to a boil: Easy Mac, the villain of microwaves everywhere, was indeed the culprit yet again. Step on, FIRE, step on.

Flush Out of Options Late one evening, authorities were notified of a rather sticky situation in Forest Hall. An unidentified number of students had reportedly locked themselves into a bathroom. Unable to escape this toiletic trauma, the group was forced to wait…together…in a bathroom…with only each other…until “help” arrived.

Needless to say, the group was pooped after this embarrassing ordeal. The students showered their rescuers with praise upon seeing them plunge through the door.

Pee-cing Out Falcone West, making some major news this week, was the site of a somewhat misguided potty break. An unidentified male was seen publicly relieving himself all up on the side of the building, in

plain sight of a University Police Officer. This person was discovered to be a visitor to the Bentley campus (clearly Falcons are much too classy for hooliganity). These reporters recommend that this bro hit up the bathroom rager with those kids in Forest next time. Residents of Falcone West, it looks like urine for a rough year.

Bus on Fire Officers responded to the corner of Forest and Beaver Streets, where 25-30 Bentley students were standing outside of a malfunctioning Harvard Square Shuttle Bus. Smoke appeared to be emanating from the front of the bus, a result of an electrical fire in the dashboard area.

Within minutes, the fire spread and engulfed the entire vehicle in a whirling dervish of hellish fumes and fiery fury. Waltham Fire responded and extinguished the flames within a few scorching minutes. Thankfully, all occupants were evacuated safely. FYI: Harvard Square is only about a seven-mile walk.

Dude, Where’s My Room?

A disheveled caller reported to University Police that a mysterious male party had been knocking on her door for some time, refusing to leave. Upon further investigation, the male claimed that he thought he was knocking on the door of his own

room. It’s cool, man - those darn door numbers, decals, locations and locking devices throw everyone else off, too.

Birds and Some Bees Quite a buzz was created last week when University Police were notified of hornets infesting a room in Slade Hall. The hornets were congregated in a dorm that was blasting Wiz Khalifa’s smash hit Black and Yellow. Facilities swarmed quickly to the scene and raided the insects, which have been rerouted to Babson Park, MA where they will carry out a sting operation.

These Cabs Go to 11 A caller to the University Police Station reported a group of four taxi cabs idling outside of Collins Hall, reportedly making an excessive amount of noise and driving the caller crazy. Speculation abound that the wheels were in motion for a taxilicious race around College Drive, first one to LaCava winning a crispy chicken sandwich. However, the brakes may have been put on this operation by a rush of seniors in need of rides to the Skellig. University Police reported that the area was clear upon arrival. Good news - more crispy chicken for the rest of us.

Your Kid is Getting Alder University Police received a phone call two weeks ago from a distressed

parent of a student living in Alder Hall. The caller seemed perturbed that he had not spoken with his son in a few hours. However, before an officer reached Alder Hall, the caller reported having reached his son.

Crisis averted. Thank goodness.

Last Friday Night Officers responded to a call reporting a loud ruckus outside of Copley North and Fenway Suites.

The situation, they discovered, was rather explosive: An unidentified number of Copley North residents were found detonating fireworks in a Katy Perry-inspired celebration.

These guys tried to own the night like the 4th of July, but instead they feel like plastic bags drifting through the wind, wanting to start again.

Although their fireworks went “BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!” new additions to these boys’ judicial records will make them go “AH! AH! AH!” DOCUMENTED FRESHMAN PUKE COUNT: This new section of the Police Logs will be devoted to keeping a running tally of all documented freshman yaks. To date, our count is 11. We will keep you informed on the weekly and cumulative totals as the year progresses.

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Total number of cases: Total number of individuals involved (violators): Number of individuals dismissed from responsibility: Number of individuals referred to Judicial Board: Number of educational sanctions given: (includes referrals to Alcohol Education) Cash total of fines given for the week: Number of Work Sanctions assigned: Number of students placed on warning Number of Parental Notifications: Number of individuals put on Residential Probation: (Loss of 15 Housing Credits) Number of individuals put on Disciplinary Probation: (Loss of 30 Housing Credits) Number of individuals put on Suspension (Housing): Number of individuals put on Suspension (University): Number of individuals expelled from University: Provided by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs

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Her Campus for college women is up and running

By Lacey Nemergut News editor

Her Campus, an online magazine designed to provide indispensable content and information for college women across the nation, has made its way to the Bentley campus. This innovative feminine literature first appeared in September 2009 as the brainchild of three Harvard undergraduate women who fully shaped the idea and ran with it.

The magazine, which is currently circulating through 54 campuses, focuses its content on topics including style, beauty, health, love and career essentially the basics of a woman’s college experience.

Kathryn Burgner, a Bentley junior majoring in Marketing with a double minor in IDCC and Gender Studies, officially launched Her Campus Bentley as a sub project of the newly established Women’s Center on September 13.

“I want to bring Her Campus to Bentley because the gender ratio at Bentley (60 percent men/40 percent women) is definitely a challenge for female members

of the Bentley community,” said Burgner.

“Her Campus Bentley will serve as a resource and creative outlet for women at Bentley, as well as a link between genders at Bentley.”

“We are so excited about the addition of Bentley to the Her Campus team and thrilled to be working with someone as talented as Kathryn Burgner,” said Brittany Lewis, branch manager for Her Campus Media.

The magazine, via Her Campus Bentley’s Facebook page and communications, reached out to eager writers over the summer.

“It was new and interesting and I liked the looks of all the other schools that were on the national website,” said Stephanie Hazelton, newly elected executive vice president of Publicity for her campus. “I thought it would be fun to get it off the ground here.”

Her Campus Bentley serves as a means not only to publish useful content for the curious female student, but also to showcase writers’ talents.

“The objectives of HC Bentley include providing

a creative and accepting platform for both women and men to utilize,” said Burgner. “Additionally, HC Bentley will work with Her Campus Media to give Bentley students a space to nationally showcase both themselves and their work pertaining to their experiences at Bentley.”

“The reason I joined Her Campus was to give incoming and returning Bentley students the tricks of the trade that I have learned through my two-plus years at Bentley,” said Ashley King, a junior and HC writer.

Anticipated content for the magazine will focus on Bentley’s specific dynamic: A business environment.

“Many of our articles will focus on women’s experiences in the business world and their careers after Bentley,” said Burgner.

“Our ‘Campus Celebrities’ section of the site will focus on current students, faculty, staff and alumni that have success stories to share with Bentley students.”

Despite overall focus on women’s preference and targeted content, the site hopes to draw male attention, as well.

Above, Her Campus Bentley recruits new members prior to its launch.

“We are trying to have a guys vs. girls column, so it’s not by any means just limited towards women,” said Hazelton. “I think as of right now, because it

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just launched, they’re a little bit confused as to what we actually do, but as soon as the site takes off, there should be a lot of positive feedback about it.”

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Quotes of the Week “It is the biggest moment in my career.”

-Simon Cowell on his new American version of The X Factor. *The Vanguard’s editorial as well as the editorial cartoon are proposed at each Editorial Board meeting. They are represented as being the opinions of the Board as a whole, although drawn by individuals, and not the Bentley community.

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Advice to the Class of 2015 Welcome to Bentley, Class of 2015! We’re sure you’ve heard lots of different advice on the college experience from friends and family, but we thought it would be important to give you advice from the people, both current students and alumni, who have lived it. If they could go back and do things differently, what would they change, and what would they do over again the exact same way?

Foster relationships with professors.

Professors are your biggest asset both on and off campus. Show up at their office hours, even if you don’t have any questions or need help with the material.

Cultivate your relationships with your professors and they will not only help you out inside the classroom, but they will also go above and beyond when you need them outside of the classroom.

Many professors still maintain contacts outside of the “Bentley Bubble” and can often help you find your dream internship, write a phenomenal letter of recommendation for you or help you land that internship you’ve been interviewing for.

Oftentimes, professors also attend industry networking events or get e-mails about jobs in the industry, so talk

to them often and use them as a resource in your job search.

Take chances and learn to accept failure.

Many Bentley students are risk averse, and rightfully so. It’s something almost all of us are conditioned to be as we grow up, but maybe it’s not necessarily a good thing.

College is the last real time any of us have a safety net below us with which we can fail into with minimal consequence. Take advantage of the one pass/fail course you can take at Bentley and take a difficult class which stimulates your mind.

Take courses you’re curious about, and be willing to accept that it’s ok not to get a 4.0 in every class you take.

While it may give your GPA a small hit, your willingness to take risks will be a great story to share in your job interviews.

Network, network, network.

Meet as many people as you can - you never know who will come in handy down the road. Attend those corny networking events that Career Services puts on. You can take all the help you can get in the job hunt.

While some people will be able to just walk into an

interview and land a job, most people don’t have 4.0 GPAs or are presidents of four different clubs on campus.

Meet with the recruiters and follow up with the afterwards, look on LinkedIn for connections who work at your “dream company” and leverage them to help you land that job at Apple or Google.

Bentley is very political – get on people’s good side.

You’ll quickly learn that everything at Bentley is highly political, and it will often come down to who you know on campus and who owes you a few favors.

Do you need a favor from Mail Services? You better hope you’re on Matina’s good side. Do you go to Lower Café in LaCava often? Treat the cooks right and you’ll start getting a fresh batch of fries or some extra food whenever you show up.

Do you need help booking a room or need another lastminute favor for an event?

You better be on Paul Stanish’s good side, or otherwise he’ll likely be too busy to help you out. While this isn’t something obvious, treating Bentley employees nicer will help you stand out and will also earn you a few favors when you really need them.

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-Chuck Grassley, U.S. senator and senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, on a recent report describing the Department of Justice’s wasteful spending.

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HOMICIDE Continued from Page 1 at large, he did not respond.

Investigators are waiting for autopsies to determine the cause of death. However, news media claims that a police officer said that the victims’ throats were slashed and that the bodies were covered in marijuana.

Bentley students responded to the topic of campus safety in the wake of this horrendous crime. Chris

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tion.

Kartik Devineni, a freshman, said, “Yeah, I feel safe on campus because we have a private police force that ensures that all students are safe in their dorms,” he said.

“When I first heard about the murders, I was kind a surprised since I’m not from around here so I don’t know about the crime in this area.

It’s a horrible thing, but I feel safe on this campus.”

Mitch Bloomberg, a junior, said, “It’s generally a safe campus. You know, we have police and everything - there hasn’t been an incident in Bentley in a few years.”

Some students, like Dane Solberg, a freshman, did not see a connection between the recent homicides and campus safety.

“Drug-related violence in the United States is not new, so it doesn’t really change my opinion about campus safety,” said Solberg. “I still feel safe. Yeah, it’s surprising it’s nearby, but you know we are close to Boston so it’s going to happen, and it’s not the last time.”

The autopsies are still being done, but no further information has been released on the crime at this time.

Continued from Page 1 units. Paul Stanish, associate director of the Student Center, reassured students.

“I want to assure all members of the community that we work with a company that has a great safety record. This fire was a rare occurrence. As with any incident involving student services, we are reassessing protocols and procedures,” said Stanish.

Students voiced their concerns about why they were not made aware of this incident through the Bentley e-mail system.

“I should have been notified because it’s a public safety issue,” said Brian Shea, a sophomore. “If a bus catches fire then students have a right to know.”

The incident required immediate attention by not only University Police, but also by Waltham local authorities, namely Waltham Fire, AMR Ambulance and Waltham

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“Waltham Fire extinguished the flames and the bus was towed from the scene,” said Leffler. “A back-up bus arrived within 30 minutes to get passengers to their destinations.”

“In this specific case, we are working closely with the vendor to evaluate all aspects of the service, including maintenance checks, driver training and rider safety,” he said. “In this incident, all protocols were followed by both the company and the driver.”

Though nobody was hurt by this sudden episode, many students voiced their opinion about the issues of safety.

“I feel a little bit less safe on the new busses now, “said Brian Shea, a sophomore. “I’d probably feel safer on an older bus.”

“I feel safe because they caught it and got everyone off before anyone could get hurt,” said Julia Osborn, a sophomore.

“But I think they should make sure it doesn’t happen again.”

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Orihuela, a sophomore, voiced concern.

“It’s kind of scary because it’s like three miles away from our school,” said Orihuela. “It’s kind of alarming I guess because this school is supposed to be a really safe school.”

Bentley students, though shook up by the incident, still have confidence in the police force, that is well trained in emergency responses and crime preven-

Bentley students still express confidence in campus safety measures.

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Market Overview: Markets up in Europe Quantitative Easing: What it is & how it works By James Pini Business staff

By James Pini Business staff

With recurrent talk of “Quantitative Easing,” or “QE,” in the news ever since the Federal Reserve came out with a plan to buy $600 billion more in treasury securities last August, dubbed “QE II,” it is somewhat surprising that many people don’t quite understand what the central banking policy tool exactly is.

Many of its supporters are irritated when politicians and pundits call it “money printing,” as if dollar bills are actually being spent into the economy. And many of its detractors are just as adamant that “money printing” is a correct analogy. As with most arguments, both sides have some valid points.

During normal monetary policy operations, the Federal Reserve affects interest rates by increasing or decreasing levels of bank reserves. To increase reserves, the Fed buys assets – usually U.S. government debt (Treasury Securities) – from banks; to decrease reserves, it sells Treasuries to banks. Bank reserves consist of electronic money held at the Fed and physical cash held at individual banks. They are lent out into the economy when a bank makes a loan.

The more reserves banks across the economy have, the lower any one of them can charge for an interest rate on loans that are made. It is important to understand that fresh bank reserves are not part of the money supply in a real sense because no individual can spend them for goods and services. It is only after banks make loans that the money supply is increased.

For example, since August 2008, right around the time the Fed began taking decisive action during the finan-

cial crisis, until August 2011, just a month after QE II ended, total U.S. bank reserves increased from $97 billion to $1.722 trillion, a 1675-percent increase. In that same period, M2, the common measure of money supply, grew from $7.791 trillion to $9.545 trillion, only a 23-percent increase.

Clearly, bank reserves are not always fully correlated to money supply growth.

Here is the point that QE defenders should want the general public to know: QE is effectively the normal monetary policy process, described above, to lower interest rates.

The Fed buys assets from banks in order to increase reserves and to increase bank lending. The only difference is that nominal interest rates can’t really go much lower, so they call it “QE” instead of “lowering interest rates.”

Still, those who want to call QE “money printing” are right in that its ultimate goal, bank lending, is effectively the “money printing.”

In a fractional reserve banking system, money creation occurs at the point where money is borrowed from banks; money “disappears” when it is paid back to banks. Hence, if the ultimate goal of QE is to create money, they say it should be called just that. And it did increase the money supply by 23 percent.

When it comes down to it, the argument seems to boil down to semantics. But it has the unfortunate effect of creating even more confusion over an already confusing monetary system that individuals and investors ought to have a solid understanding of. Regardless of the policy debate as to its economic desirability, those that want to call QE “money printing” should explain that it isn’t quite as simple as it sounds.

Last year the Treasury went through the second round of QE (QE2).

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Headlines out of Europe were the main driver of stock market action last week. The S&P 500 was up 5.4 percent, and the Dow Jones was up 4.7 percent, as previous fears of an imminent Greek default were postponed, and news steadily broke over various government responses.

On Monday, investors maintained a cautious outlook partly due to concerns over French banks, Société Générale, Crédit Agricole and BNP Paribas, which have significant exposure to Greek debt.

Investors correctly anticipated a credit rating downgrade, which came on Tuesday, for the banks, but the downgrades were less severe than feared.

According to The Wall Street Journal, total French bank exposure to Greek debt is about €65 billion.

In addition, investors learned early on in the week of a continuing lack of access to U.S. dollars for European banks. This was yet another sign that Europe’s financial system is not fully prepared for a Greek default.

Coupled with the fact that world economic growth continues to fade, and politicians and central bankers everywhere are finding it increasingly difficult to enact stimulative policies, investors are growing concerned that another severe recession is right around the corner.

On Tuesday, though, Chancellor Angela Merkel, German head of government, indicated that Germany remains committed to preventing a Greek default.

This was welcome news to the markets, as previous reports out of Germany showed politicians and voters growing frustrated with having to backstop repeated aid to Greece.

A lawsuit within Germany, which was eventually rejected, had challenged

With the worsening economic conditions in Europe, political unrest has been on the rise.

the legality of the European Central Bank (ECB) beginning to buy Spanish and Italian debt.

In recent months, the EU has been trying to increase the powers of its European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to do just this.

However, as individual country governments have been working to ratify the move, the ECB has controversially stepped in to do the job temporarily.

By Thursday, investor fears were alleviated further when it was announced that the ECB, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank of Japan would coordinate with the Fed to provide banks unlimited access to U.S. dollars through the end of the year.

Despite a general consensus that the move does not solve any structural problems within the financial system, stocks rose in Europe and in the U.S. on Thursday and Friday.

All eyes are now on what the Fed will do at their twoday meeting this week in

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response to what most economists agree is at least a “soft patch” in the U.S. economic recovery.

Few investors and economists expect any more traditional “Quantitative Easing” (QE), as nominal interest rates are already extremely low.

Most expect what has come to be called “Operation Twist,” a policy named in the 1960s when the Fed originally tried it. Basically, the Fed would try to lower longerterm interest rates by selling short-term treasuries and buying longer-term U.S. treasuries.

Like traditional QE, this is supposed to increase lending and investing in the economy. Still, most economists believe that it will have marginal impact because long-term interest rates are already quite low.

Other policy options include reducing the rate of interest paid on bank reserves held at the Fed and targeting a specific inflation or employment rate.

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SwoopTEXT making it easy for groups to stay connected

By Sindhu Palaniappan Campus Life Editor

A big problem at universities across the country is a poor system of instant communication.

S u r e , t h e r e ’s e - m a i l a n d Facebook, but if you need to reach a large group – say, your e-board – right before a meeting to alert them that there has been a room change, it’s pretty much impossible.

Michael Keaton (Princeton ’11), along with Brian Jacobson (Bentley ’12) and Michael Perl (Princeton ’11), realized this major issue and decided to tackle it head on. What they came up with was a brand new platform called SwoopTEXT, which gives students and faculty alike instant and mass communication.

They first realized the issue during Keaton’s and Perl’s time at Princeton, and figured that the staff and faculty could really use a mass text message system to organize their senior events, like commencement, for example. Thomas Dunne, P r i n c e t o n ’s dean of Undergraduate Student Life, was all for it; after one e-mail out to the senior class about the new platform, about 50 percent of the seniors signed up for and loved it. Starting this year, Princeton groups and events will operate fully on this student-run, start-up communica-

tion platform.“All students need is text capability. SwoopTEXT doesn’t exclude those without smart phones or constant access to the internet,” Keaton said.

“And it syncs to your Google or Outlook calendar automatically,” said Jacobson.

Not only is there a calendar of events function and a communication function, but each school on the platform also has a virtual Activities Fair posted throughout the year.

“Princeton only has one Activities Fair a year and Bentley only has two,” Jacobson said. “This way, students who are apprehensive about approaching a table at the fair can check out a group and its events online through SwoopTEXT any time of the year.”

The Explore Your Campus feature allows you to request to join or follow groups on campus, as well as view any events and write-ups they choose to make public. Since the Activities Fair aims for members instead of followers, it’s perfect for both students and organizations to get involved and promote themselves outside of their core membership.

There are some key advantages to communicating through the platform, too. First and foremost, it’s easy and user friendly, and students general-

ly use text messaging more than e-mail, Facebook or Twitter.

“Texts have their own inbox,” said Keaton. “They are immediate and succinct messages you can access without a smartphone or an app or Internetcapable phone.”

The best part is that all numbers and information remain private. Numbers are encrypted, so leaders can send out notifications through text, but they can’t access your personal information.

“Students do things that are last minute or spontaneous, and this makes communication much easier,” said Keaton. “Say tennis practice gets pushed back because of the weather here’s an easy way to alert everyone.”

There are different tiers of power on this system – you can be a leader, a member, or a follower. So, whether you’re a captain of a team, a member or a fan, there is news and event information for everyone, as well as a means of communication from captain to members and/or captain to fans.

SwoopTEXT allows you to sort by year and by gender, and it has the capability to make custom sub groups so you can send out the right information to the right people quickly and efficiently. There are built-in privacy features that allow stu-

SwoopTEXT gives users the ability to send mass texts online.

dents to choose in what format and how often they receive communication.

“We’re just trying to create one centralized place where students can access everything at once,” said Jacobson on the topic of integrating social media with SwoopTEXT. “There’s a problem when there isn’t one centralized interface.”

Princeton is using Swoop TEXT this year for all of their events, and student governments from state schools as well as the top 10 universities in the country have requested accounts and trial versions.

Bentley administration is in the process of working with the SwoopTEXT founders this

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semester.

“What we’ve noticed is that there seems to be a strong pull from all sorts of different organizations - athletes, theatre arts, Greeks and so on - so we’ve built something that can add value regardless of organization structure,” said Keaton.

You can register for free at swooptext.com with an e-mail address and a cell phone number, both of which stay private to other members.

Contact Brian Jacobson at jacobso_bria@bentley.edu or Michael Keaton at mkeaton@swooptext.com for more information, and stay posted for more information about SwoopTEXT at Bentley.

Swoop That: A California start-up that’s making waves

By Brenna O’Connell Vanugard Staff

For those of you who have used the Bentley Barnes & Noble bookstore website to shop for textbooks, you know the convenience of being told what books are needed for your specific course and section and to be able to checkout with just one click. Now, John Simkin of Swoop That has brought this convenience to the World Wide Web. Now available at 2,347 schools, Swoop That allows students to integrate their course schedules with the service to scour the Internet for the cheapest prices for new, used, rental and digital textbooks.

Simkin, a recent graduate of Harvey Mudd College in Southern California, came up with this idea while in school pursuing his degree in engineering. He found out firsthand the painful prices of his major’s textbooks, and he recognizes that all students face this.

“It doesn’t matter what your major is, everyone has expensive books. There has to be a better way,” said Simkin.

“There’s a lack of price transparency online.”

Another service that is offered on Swoop That is student exchange. This puts students in touch with others on campus free of charge, giving them the option of dealing directly with one another. The whole goal of Simkin’s brainchild is to provide full disclosure to an otherwise elusive and shrewd industry.

Upon entering the website, simply type in “Bentley University.” There, you will automatically be brought to the dropdown menus to select your courses. Also, at the top, there is an option to switch gears and sell textbooks. Just like the Bentley bookstore site, enter the term, department, course and section for each course in your schedule.

After adding all of the courses, click “Find Books” and be prepared to save money. At the top you will see all of the packages, so you can conveniently get all of your books from one vendor, and being partners with over 1,500 of the nation’s largest retailers, the savings opportunities are endless. At the same time, you can hand-

pick different vendors for each textbook to compare best prices.

Swoop That is so sympathetic to the college student’s problems that they have also offered an easy and effective way to fundraise for your organization on campus. Your organization can build its own website on Swoop That for a textbook and product search engine – for free! The rest is up to you and your promotion

skills. Organization members, friends and family members use the search engine while your organization earns cash back on every transaction.

There are no fees or risk of losing money.

Swoop That has been compared to Kayak, but for textbooks instead of travel packages. They are not selling the books, they are just providing the convenience and the information.

Running solely on small commission made from each transaction, Swoop That remains ad-free. In fact, the company gains no monetary benefit from the student exchange service.

As of 2010, Swoop That was the largest aggregate of course data in the country, and with 13 million students’ support and 2.43 million unique courses, the real question is, why haven’t you checked it out yet?

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What was the best thing you did over the summer?

kRisTen sLOan CLass Of 2014 aCCOunTanCy “I went to Bermuda with my family.”

CHaRLes Tiu CLass Of 2012 MaRkeTing “I flew back to Hong Kong to work and see my family.”

saRaH adjORLOLO CLass Of 2013 C OMpuTeR i nfORMaTiOn sysTeMs “I went to the beach in Rhode Island.”

sHOndeLL BuTLeR CLass Of 2014 Cfa “I choreographed for a dance team and performed shows in Rhode Island and Connecticut.”

Hemingway took over my summer. I didn’t mean for it to happen, but there are some things in life you just can’t control. After a visit to Key West and a tour of his house there, Hemingway crept his way into my house (maybe he was a stowaway in the trunk of the car). Copies of A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises started floating around, and suddenly the world seemed interested in him again.

As fate would have it, one of the summer’s must-read novels turned out to be one about Hemingway and his wife Richardson. Richardson was the first of Hemingway’s four wives, and they spent most of their married life together in Paris. She is thus known as “the Paris wife” to bookworms and historians alike. The Paris Wife, by Paula McLain, chronicles their romance and life together.

Richardson is a quiet, single woman who is prepared for a life without a husband or a family. Her mother deems her too fragile for social life and keeps her close and in the house. After her mother’s death, Richardson isn’t quite sure of what to do with herself. That is, until she meets the younger, dashing Hemingway Hemingway, who steals her heart.

After a whirlwind romance, the two marry and live in poverty as Hemingway struggles to develop his writing career. It’s important to note that during the time of Hemingway’s and Richardson’s marriage, prohibition was in effect in the United States. Because of this, a large portion of writers and artists, later referred to as “The Lost Generation,” moved to Paris and created a community there.

Hemingway and

The Paris Wife chronicles the romance between Hemingway and Richarson.

Richardson follow the trend and move to Paris, and they soon become embroiled in that society, which is filled with authors like Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald (prepare yourself for some extensive name dropping).

They have a son, John Richardson, and Hemingway’s career starts to take off.

The twist of this historical fiction novel is that you know the ending before you even begin. Hemingway’s and Richardson’s marriage is headed nowhere good, and it ends in divorce and a new wife for Hemingway. The novel also covers the time period in which The Sun Also Rises was written. The writing of this book causes yet even more drama between the couple (as you’ll read as soon as you run to the library to get this book).

Despite the marital drama, don’t expect a whole lot of

Cassie LaROCque CLass Of 2015 undeCided “I participated in a triathlon.”

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Richardson was the first of Hemingway’s four wives.

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action in this novel. The plot moves rather slowly and is predictable all around.

Richardson is not a sparkling, witty heroine by any means - she is really more solid and dull (I found myself wishing very often that she would grow a backbone). I wouldn’t hold this against McLain, though, since this is a work of historical fiction.

For further reading on the topic, I’d recommend Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast, a posthumously published autobiography of his time spent in Paris with Richardson. Because I’m that type of nerd who likes to do unnecessary research, I read A Moveable Feast after my mom got it from the library.

I’d say that A Moveable Feast was one of the stranger Hemingway works I’ve read.

It really had no chronology at all, and was an abstract collection of his memories.

Richardson was a very minor player- the book basically gave me a very clear picture of what Hemingway did while Richardson was at home all day with the baby.

The most interesting parts of the book were those featuring F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda. Boy, were they crazy! It almost made me want to reread The Great Gatsby…but the research trail had to end somewhere before things got out of control.

Back to the topic of this review, I did enjoy reading The Paris Wife. It was well written and stayed as close to history as history would allow. It was a great, light summer read (but hey, it would work for fall, as well), and was filled with plenty of drama, romance and intrigue.

Rating: 4 out of 5

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The Life is Good Festival: A good time for all

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What advice would you give freshmen?

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The Life is Good Festival is a one-of-a-kind fundraiser full of music, optimism and relaxation. One-hundred percent of the profits will be put toward the Life is Good Playmakers, a program devoted to helping kids overcome life-threatening conditions.

T h i s y e a r ’s f e s t i v a l i s being held this Saturday and Sunday, September 24 and 25, at Prowse Farm in Canton, Massachusetts. It features three stages of music for over 20 musical guests to spread their good vibes. The musical genius on the bill this year include Ray L a m o n t a g n e , T h e Av e t t Brothers, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Ingrid Michaelson,TristanPrettyma n, Zee Avi and countless more.

Along with the wonderful musicians, there are numerous activities and events to attend in between sets.

There are games and activities for all ages, including seed spitting contests, bocce, sack racing, tug-o-war, face painting, rock climbing and many more.

To accompany these activities, there’s also a BMX Stunt Show, Chillville – a comfy seating area filled with books, blankets and chairs to relax, a tent for guitarists to show off their talents on Martin guitars and even a dog show for the canine lovers.

One of the coolest attractions besides the music is the Art for All Mural, an art project which makes it possible for each individual to leave his or her mark on the festival. Each person can paint a tile of a predetermined color.

This tile will then be added to a mural specifically designed for the festival.

Overall, the festival appears to be a good time full of relaxation (which every college student needs), music, happiness and on top of all that, it’s all for a good cause.

Through ticket sales

TaMMie ViCenTe CLass Of 2014 MaRkeTing “Don’t take too much on. Make sure you have time to yourself.”

CHRisTOpHeR sCHuMaCHeR CLass Of 2014 finanCe “Get some sleep.”

Ray Lamontagne is one of the many artists performing in Clinton this weekend.

(donations are made in lieu of a service fee) and donations, the festival coordinators hope to raise $1 million for kids. Over the past three years, the program has helped more than 70,000 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 life-threatening challenges.”

If you’d like to be a part of the festival, tickets are still available through the Life is Good website. Single day tickets priced at $65 can be purchased, or you can buy a two-day ticket for $120.

If you’re feeling ambitious, you can also set up a fundraising page. Those who raise more than $150 will

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receive great perks and privileges, such as free swag, at the concert. A donation over $500 gets you backstage passes and other perks like meet and greets with the artists, and obviously the satisfaction of being a really good person.

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 y o u c o m m u t i n g b y c a r.

Unfortunately, as stated on the website, parachuting onto the festival grounds is highly discouraged and motorized helicopter beanie hats have not been invented yet and therefore are not the best mode of transportation.

For more information about the festival, tickets, cause or the Life is Good c o m p a n y, visit lifeisgood.com/festivals/.

BRian HasBROuCk CLass Of 2012 MaRkeTing “Try new things and find what you like.”

gaBRieLa LeOnaRdO CLass Of 2014 MaRkeTing “Don’t stress out.”

Rey fRies CLass Of 2012 ManageMenT “Bentley gives a lot of work. Push through and do everything that is asked of you.”

By emily silver Over the past three years, the program has helped over 70,000 children.

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MixFest a rocking reunion for Boston area college students

By Meghan Ryan Vanguard Staff

It seemed too good to be true when the announcement first came across the radio - MixFest, a concert sponsored by pop station Mix 104.1, would be free this year.

Even with the free admittance, MixFest did not disappoint with the lineup. On the bill were Javier Colon, Michelle Branch, Sara Bareilles, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and Lifehouse. For a cash-strapped college student looking for entertainment, it was the ultimate deal.

Glancing across the Arthur Fielder Footbridge to the Hatch Shell, it appeared as if the entire college population of the greater Boston area had been at the concert at some point in the day.

The festival was designed so people could come and go with ease, without having to wait in long lines. Because of this setup, concert goers were able to come

and go as they pleased, some coming at 3:30 p.m. for The Voice winner Javier Colon, while others arrived on the scene at 7 p.m. to hear Lifehouse.

Though the festival was clearly marketed toward college-age people, the event was family friendly. Kids’ concerts started before the main events at 2 p.m.

Throughout the park, there were many parents with strollers and older couples well beyond their early 20s.

With a firm ban on alcohol, the atmosphere was much more subdued than such affairs normally are. Though there were a number of Boston policemen and policewomen around, I didn’t observe a single incident in which they were called upon to address conduct that was unbecoming for this great event. It was a low key and relaxing concert.

The music at the event was impressive, to say the least. Due to a GPS-related incident, I didn’t arrive in time to see the first

three acts, Javier Colon, Michelle Branch and Sara Bareilles. Although I missed the performers, I heard that they all put on incredible performances.

Luckily, I arrived just in time to witness the amazing Grace Potter and the Nocturnals strut on stage. The Vermont native Potter and her band gave a spectacular performance. Potter belted out her rock hits with enthusiasm that was felt from the stage to the outer edges.

As they performed many of their hits, including Paris (Ooh La La), I noticed numerous concert goers enthralling themselves into her electrifying performance. Grace Potter and the Nocturnals is definitely a band to pay attention to on their rise to fame.

For the finale was Lifehouse, the perfect ending to the night.

As they came on stage to a cheering crowd, lead singer Jason Wade belted a little ditty of “Hello, ladies and gentleman,” welcoming everyone in the audi-

ence to their part of the show.

The band played crowd favorites, such as Hanging by a Moment, First Time and Whatever it Takes. They got the crowd on their feet and created a sing-a-long, and of course the cell phones waved across the night sky to the ballad You and Me, and fists pumped in the air to Halfway Gone.

Like many Boston events, MixFest ended too early. For college kids, the night was very young and they wanted more.

The crowd was not eager to leave and lingered by the stage as Mix 104.1 DJs wrapped up

and how her faith played a role in that. As director of Spiritual Life, she wants to encourage students to think about spirituality and recognize Bentley as a safe place for doing so.

“Outside of the walls of a university, it can be hard to find a place where you can try so many different things without major consequences,” she said.

DiLorenzo said that her

This year’s MixFest lineup did not disappoint.

the evening. Next year, MixFest could possibly add more events after the show to truly add to the experience for the college kids.

As MixFest was one of the first large-scale events to hit Boston since move-in day, the concert was highly successful.

Many students from around the area were brought together by the lure of free music and a fun night to reconnect.

To Mix 104.1 and all the corporate sponsors who brought about MixFest 2011, my sincere thanks, you created a night to remember.

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DILORENZO Continued from Page 1 ground in theology and spirituality, so when Father Claude Grenache resigned from his position, she wanted to help and decided to apply for the job. During the process, she became very excited at the idea of working with students in a different way.

She considers the staff members at Student Activities to be a “dream team.” Her coworkers’ encouragement to follow her passion gave her the courage to make this tough choice, and she will forever be grateful for their support.

“Although it was an incredibly difficult choice to leave Student Activities, I knew that this opportunity was not one I could pass up,”

said DiLorenzo.

As Director of Spiritual Life, DiLorenzo will concentrate on facilitating interfaith opportunities for Bentley’s students, staff and f a c u l t y. S h e w o r k s w i t h members of the Spiritual Life team, which includes Protestant, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu advisors, to offer students opportunities to practice their faith. She helps coordinate worship services and also serves as the advisor for Catholic students, which includes working with the Catholic Campus Connection.

DiLorenzo admits that while her four years of college were not her best, they were her most informative.

She learned a ton about herself, who she wanted to be

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“It’s a great opportunity to be able to explore the diversity around this area, and at the end of the day, the work isn’t that bad at all,” said Genfi.” I’ve done it – you just need to report on what you’re doing, and then what you’ve done. You aren’t doing any extra research; you’re just presenting what you’ve done so far.”

The Diversity Council is looking for students who want to pursue something with a passion; an event that will go beyond just funding for ethnic food, but instead a project that is creative and will impact the Bentley community.

“I know there are some wonderful ideas out there to be shared with the Bentley community, and I have truly enjoyed the opportunity to evaluate and award minigrants,” said Melissa Sawyer, senior associate director of Undergraduate Career Services. “At times it was challenging to narrow down who should receive grants. I look forward to that ‘problem’ again.”

For more information, contact the Diversity Council at GA_DiversityMiniGrants@bentley.edu. The application for a Diversity Mini-Grant can be found at h t t p : / / c a m p u s life.bentley.edu/cultural-spiri t u a l life/diversity/faculty/minigrants.

goal in this new job “is to make sure community members see me as a resource to help foster the spirit as a core component of student development, along with the mind and the body.”

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Notes from Abroad Question: “What has been the most shocking difference or change you’ve experienced abroad compared to the u.S.?”

By Justin Lawlor dublin, ireland

Converse with a Dubliner, and it is immediately apparent that he or she not only has great pride for Dublin, but also for the country of Ireland.

The Irish folk are deeply connected with their ancestors and their nation’s history. They know who they are and where they come from; they embrace their cultural identity and carry forth the traditions of the land. Such traditions are evident in the national cuisine, the conversation style and word choice and the leisurely pace of life.

The Irish folk are cultured, and rather than trying to define their national identity or living rigidly so as not to step over a cultural tenet, they simply go about living.

For the Irish, culture is life and their lives need not be defined.

It has come to me not as a sudden shock, but as an unfolding realization, that I find myself hesitant to state my American nationality.

Somewhere along the lines, I picked up the notion that it’s unhip to be an American we’re uptight, prefer quantity over quality and above all else, we don’t know how to live. I’ve been told that Americans lack culture.

Yet as I go about in the city of Dublin, and my eyes become less dull of my own tendencies, routines and preferences, I realize that these habits are my culture. Every little detail, from my wardrobe selections to my manners in handling silverware, is a reflection of the American tradition.

This American culture is not something to be ashamed of or claim is non-existent.

Rather, our culture is something to value and to embrace, just as the Irish folk do. The realization of my own cultural anxieties is something that I aim to move beyond in the months to come. When asked of my origins, I will confidently state that I am a Bostonian and an American, and that I embody everything that goes along with such titles.

By Catherine Samellas theSSaloniki, greece

Upon arriving in Thessaloniki, I could see a change of lifestyle among the people of Greece. Fully skinned animals hanging in the market place, stray dogs strolling on the marble streets and the abundance of cafes located on every corner - it has a generally relaxed atmosphere, that is, when a riot is not in the air.

I was fortunate to have planned my train from Athens to Thessaloniki the day after George Papandreou, the Greek prime minister, spoke, which resulted in planned riots by the people. While I was in Athens, I caught a glimpse on the television of the city I would shortly be living in with angry citizens knocking over railings and getting slightly violent. This did not sit well with my father.

The political turmoil and the involvement the Greeks have shown to the most recent changes had been the most shocking change from America, where political riots have fizzled

Above is St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland.

September 22, 2011 since the 60s.

Aside from Saturday’s events, I’ve been in Thessaloniki for three days and have not witnessed one taxi. A nation-wide taxi strike has arisen and has had a huge effect on all of the people in Greece. This means that I had to lug my bulky suitcases onto the overcrowded bus - not a pleasant experience.

In general, apart from the political drama, the differences I have experienced have been good ones. The daily routine differs from those I have maintained in America. For instance, classes begin at 11:00 every morning. This is a great relief from Bentley’s rough 8:30 a.m. classes. Lunch is the main meal of the day and is eaten around 1 p.m. Following the great lunch is a “quiet time” from 3 to 5 p.m., and this was when my roommate and I got our first warning (whoops!).

I look forward to more cultural changes, both positive and negative, while in Thessaloniki, and I am sure I will encounter them, especially with this political crisis underway.

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By Tim Doherty dublin, ireland

Luckily, Ireland isn’t too much of a culture shock. It feels as though I’m in an American city, so there aren’t too many shocking differences for me. I would say that the hardest thing to get used to is thinking in terms of the euro vs. the dollar.

We will be walking down a street and see something for 5 euros and think that it is fairly priced, but in reality it’s about $7.25, and that really adds up quickly.

It is also weird to think of myself as the international student. Having been born in America and having gone to an American school, it isn’t a huge transition from high school to college in terms of daily life.

In Ireland, being the international student is a weird feeling.

Everyone can tell we are Americans here and it sometimes can get uncomfortable.

Luckily, the Irish are great people.

Classes are also a lot different. Going from a class size of 25 people to a class of 100 really changes the classroom dynamic.

Also, European students don’t raise their hands when they are answering a question. All of the American students will raise their hands when they have something to say, and the Europeans find this unusual.

I was hoping to also be able to find my favorite drink Rubi Delight over here, but apparently Ireland isn’t Americanized enough to have such a great beverage. Most of what we find is Coke and 7Up.

Relive the amazing experience of The Lion King in 3D

By Jessica Hughes Vanguard Staff

Disney is back again! But this time, it’s not the debut of a new movie. It’s the reviving of the classic The Lion King. After restoring many popular movies from our childhood years, the company decided to re-introduce the all-time favorite with a slight twist – 3D. With the rerelease of The Lion King 3D, everybody, both young and old, can experience the magic and “feel the love tonight” with some of Disney’s most loveable characters. This past Friday, September 16, movie theaters all across America graced us with the presence of a classic movie.

College students flocked to the theaters to witness the movie come back to life, as it is one of the most beloved movies from our childhood.

Just as Timon, Pumba, Simba and even the cackling hyenas won our hearts back in 1994, they did it all over again in this theater experience. The Lion King is larger than life on the big screen and will have everyone

The Lion King has recently been revamped into a 3D feature film.

laughing and singing along to the catchy songs.

For those who have yet to experience ‘the circle of life,’ the movie is only in theaters for two short weeks. For those who are unaware of the plot, it is the basic storyline of Hamlet with some minor changes - it’s set in Africa and it’s about lions.

And the rest goes a little like this.

Simba the lion cub is introduced as the prince, the lucky son of King Mufasa.

Throughout the beginning of the movie, Simba enjoys the joyous, carefree lifestyle of a young, playful cub, surrounded by friends and his beloved parents. His comfortable home and beautiful environment leaves him happy and satisfied.

But like most movies, the plot takes a tragic turn when Simba’s vicious uncle Scar takes the life of Mufasa in order to gain control of the kingdom. Simba mistakenly assumes he is at fault for his

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father’s death and is driven out of the kingdom by the corrupt Scar.

Poor Simba, still only a cub, is left to fend for himself in the wild, though thankfully he meets some exciting new friends, Timon the meerkat and Pumba the warthog. The duo show Simba a carefree jungle-style life and teach him the ways of hakuna matata – it means no worries!

Simba grows up in the jungle unaware of the woes

in his kingdom until one day when he bumps into his old friend Nala. As they are in the midst of falling in love, Simba is visited by his father’s spirit. He asks his son to try to win back the kingdom and revive the place that he once called home.

Simba is faced with a lifechanging choice: He can either remain happy with his new friends in the wild, or he can attempt to save his kingdom and fulfill the destiny which his father wishes.

Well, what happens next?

For those who may have forgotten, make sure you find the nearest movie theater this weekend. And for those who have not yet seen it, what are you waiting for?

The movie is for all ages, young and old, so grab your little sister or bring your parents because this is an experience you don’t want to miss.

So, put on your 3D glasses, tune up your singing voices and give yourself a much needed study break for ninety minutes and enjoy one of Disney’s most memorable flicks: The Lion King.

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Horoscopes By Vanguard Staff

Aries (March 21-April 19)

An old acquaintance will attempt to reenter your life.

Make sure to reply to them in a timely manner.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Depend on a friend's advice to take a new course of action to solve a problem.

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Communication will go far for you in the coming week.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Do not hesitate to make a big decision for fear of choosing wrong.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This week, your stubborn ways are in the right. Stick to your ways and eventually they will come around.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

April’s Advice

Your Questions Answered!

The purpose of this column is to give advice on issues relevant to Bentley students.

So, if you have any questions or concerns, or would like advice on any issue that can be addressed in a public forum, please send them to April at gammal_apri@bentley.edu and you may see it in a future issue of The Vanguard.

Keep in mind that your question will remain anonymous.

Hopefully, you will find this column both entertaining and useful.

Question: How do I make a good first impression with my professors?

How many of you have either experienced the following situation or have witnessed someone experience it?

It’s five minutes until your class and you are still in your dorm room shoving your notebooks, books, pens and pencils into your bag. You run out the door and begin your trek up the dreaded Smith stairs.

You reach the top, find your classroom and attempt to slip in unnoticed as the clock reveals that you are ten minutes late.

Nothing feels better than knowing that at the end of the year, when I graduate, my parents will fly all the way from Hong Kong (it’s an 18-hour flight!) and celebrate this oncein-a-lifetime moment with me.

That’s golden.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Your school and social schedule is taking its toll on you. Consider cutting back on your hectic life.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

You’re already stressed due to your lack of time management. Try to complete your duties in a timely manner.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

There is no easy way out, so go with your gut and success will follow.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Stand up for yourself to assert your independence.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Head out this weekend with the goal of meeting as many new people as you can.

Glancing around the room, you shuffle to the back and slide into your seat, trying to stifle your heavy breathing while the guy on your right smirks and the girl on your left gives you an irritated look as she tries to take notes.

One of the most irritating things to a professor is showing up to class late. Not only does it disrupt the class, but most professors know they are traveling at least an hour to get to class, while you have to walk 5 or 10 minutes from your dorm room.

If they can be on time, so should you.

If you bring your laptop to class, only use it for taking notes.

Professors aren’t stupid and realize that if you never look up from your laptop that you are probably on AIM, checking Facebook, reading or writing e-mails or playing games.

Other things to avoid are falling asleep, putting your head on the desk, texting, looking at the clock and packing your books up 10 minutes before the period ends. Keep in mind that even though you may only have your professors once for a class, you should keep communication lines open between the profes-

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Interview for Senior Spotlight Name: Charles Tiu Major: Marketing and Global Perspectives Hometown: Hong Kong, China What are you involved in at Bentley?

Last semester, I was a part of Faith – Your Promise to Japan, the organization made to raise funds for Japan after the horrible earthquake, tsunami and near-nuclear meltdown.

Currently, I am the co-chair of the Bentley Cultural Council, an umbrella organization spearheading the collaborative efforts of all cultural organizations on campus.

I am also the vice-president of Give ‘N Go. Lastly, I am a Resident Assistant positioned in Stratton’s Wellness and Green Housing. This will be my third year as an RA, and I’ve definitely grown a lot thanks to this role.

What are you looking forward to this year?

What are your plans for the future?

I plan on doing the Fifth Year MBA program at Bentley next year. Then I’ll be packing my suitcases and flying back to Hong Kong to find a job.

I love marketing, product development and technology, especially gadgets like tablets, so I’ll be looking for job opportunities at Google, Microsoft, Apple and other computer companies.

What is your favorite event on campus?

It’s impossible to say that there’s a favorite event on campus, but if I had to pick one, it’d be the Career Fair. I know, it’s weird, most people would find it to be such a stressful time.

Personally, I’m an international student with a Marketing major, so I’m a double minority and things can be quite tough.

But, I mean, how often do you get to see thousands of people all dressed so nicely in a gym?

Not to mention all the freebies you can get, all the people you can meet and all the opportunities that are pretty much served right up to you. It’s pretty sweet and I wish it could happen more often.

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Be sure to participate and make a good impression.

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sors you have liked. In the future, you will need recommendations for jobs and internships, either on or off campus.

If they remember you as the kid who showed up late playing solitaire on your laptop, they will either write a mediocre recommendation or not write you one

at all.

Remember, these professors teach because they like college students and enjoy sharing the knowledge they have spent years gaining. Take advantage of their knowledge and expertise - you may actually learn something.

Senior Spotlight

Resist the urge to take the easy way out of a situation.

The quick gains will be short lived.

Work on enriching your life through new friends and academic studies.

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Presented by The Senior Year Experience Committee

What are your goals for this year?

I have a few goals: Get my organization, Bentley Cultural Council, recognized on this campus and host some great programs, make Give ‘N Go an even bigger success than it was last year, get accepted into the Fifth Year Program, find an internship for the summer and be happy and have fun!

How are you feeling about graduation?

To be honest, I’m not really feeling it yet. There’s still a whole year before us. Though I must say, I can’t help but smile picturing my parents’ faces when I envision myself walking across the platform, shaking hands and finally getting my degree.

For me, it’s a celebration of four years’ “hard work” in college, but for my parents, it’s a celebration of four long years of only seeing their son once a year and of many, many years of hard work in granting me the opportunity to go to college.

Any advice to seniors/ words of wisdom?

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.”

“Your greatest regrets will not be the ones that you tried, but the ones that you didn’t try.”

What can Bentley do to help you this year?

Well, I could list a few things,

like cutting down on tuition?

That would really help. Or, Bentley could help advertise Give ‘N Go so that we get greater involvement in donating to charity. That would be nice.

Oh, and can I please switch laptops? The new laptops freshmen and juniors get look so sweet! I’m so jealous!

What is the most valuable lesson you have learned at Bentley?

This is a really tough question. I’ve learned a lot of things here, some through classes and some through working with people in student organizations. I have to say that the most valuable lesson I learned is that life’s greatest regrets are not the goals you failed at accomplishing, but the goals you never bothered trying.

There are so many possibilities out there just staring right back at us, and if you try hard enough aiming at the moon and fail reaching it, well, at least you ended up amongst the stars.

What’s there to lose?

The columns found in this newspaper are written by individual authors and do not reflect the opinion of The Vanguard, its Editorial Board members, or Bentley University.

Comments resulting from the columns may be directed to the author and/or The Vanguard.

COluMns

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SepTember 22, 2011

Internet Celebrities

Above is Dom Mazzetti in one of his videos.

YouTube. We have all wasted more hours than we’d like to admit watching absolutely pointless videos for the sake of a good laugh.

There are even millions of videos out there that are not only pointless, but they don’t even make us laugh. Every now and then, however, a video comes along that leaves viewers nationwide laughing hysterically.

For those of you who didn’t read my column last year, I’ll be writing about these gems bi-weekly. Make sure

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to check out my column all semester if you like my writing or feel bad for me because I’m writing an article that will likely be read by approximately 19 people, at least half of whom are friends of mine that have been forced into reading it by yours truly.

To kick things off with a bang, I knew I wouldn’t look any further than Dom Mazzetti. Because this article is being read primarily by freshmen, too naïve to understand that I don’t

actually know how to write, I figured I’d cite one of Mazzetti’s newest videos, Dom Mazzetti vs. Freshmen.

Mazzetti is a video blogger with no fear of conquering controversial topics and expressing the real truth. In this video, he pulls out all the stops.

First, Mazzetti covers the hot-button topic of binge drinking in college, summarizing the attitudes of many freshmen with the following proverb: “Am I an alcoholic because I drink every night even though I don’t want to?

Technically, yes. Am I having a better freshman year than you? Definitely, yes.”

After rambling for some time about drinking his own weight in whey protein on a daily basis in order to gain the freshman 15 in his biceps, the ever controversial topic of skipping classes comes up.

Mazzetti first provides a pie chart which indicates a 1-percent commitment to class attendance, with Facebooking and trying on hats consuming 15 percent on the same chart.

Clearly, Mazzetti is a bet-

By Dan Binder-Brantley ter prepared freshman than I was. His justification for his rather low commitment to classes? “Classes are like abortions. You have the option.”

While one might disagree initially with Mazzetti’s commitment levels, logic like this will leave even perfect attendance award winners questioning the value of their First Year Seminar courses.

Mazzetti may not have the attitude to get the grade, per say, but quotes such as those I have graciously provided for my readers prove he is the wise well beyond his frosh status. To learn more from this modern-day genius, search Dom Mazzetti on YouTube.

Because I am far too lazy to search YouTube for more than 45 seconds in deciding what to write about, I’ll spend the rest of my article discussing other highlights from Mazzetti’s blog repertoire. So, if you were offended by any of his comments that I previously showcased, now would be the time to flip to the Police Logs and frown at the unbearably irresponsible behavior of Bentley stu-

Scratching the Surface: A Backbone Lost

In the midst of a conservative Congress, President Obama needs to put his foot down.

The backbone was one of the greatest evolutionary mutations in the Earth’s history. Without it, the composition of every animal you can name or think of would be starkly different. If anything, the most familiar animals we know wouldn’t be the same: Humans.

Imagine us moving around as alien blobs with our nervous system randomly floating around. It seems that for the evolutionary development of humanity, a backbone is necessitated. With such obvious reasoning for the backbone, it strikes me to find that our President, Barack Obama, doesn’t seem to have one.

From the start, the former

professor sought a very professorial technique to getting things done: Allow “the students” to begin discussions and only guide them in the right direction. This was his approach to the healthcare debate some years ago by allowing Congress to start the debate.

More recently, he has chosen to be more compromising to his executive leadership against a Republican-influenced Congress. When the Bush tax cuts were set to expire, he “compromised” on a key political promise by extending them because the newly elected Republicans were feeling powerful.

When the government was on the brink of shutdown,

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Republicans refused to let ground again, and the President compromised.

When the U.S. Treasury was set to no longer be able to pay its dues in full, Republican staunchness was most pronounced; here, the President buckled as well.

The unwavering Republicans were even so eager to reject any compromise by the President that, for the first time in history, a Presidential request to address a Joint Session of Congress late this summer was rejected by the Speaker of the House.

The eagerness of Republicans to regain political prowess after the Bush administration shouldn’t be

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dents. (What a bunch of punks.)

In Mazzetti’s most popular video, he describes the effects of Four Loko and how it influenced him in visiting the Bronx Zoo, where he softly punched a giant panda until it died. This doesn’t seem like something he should be sharing over the Internet, but Four Loko may also have had some influence on his decision to share.

Chances are he is unaware that he shared this information; no one remembers a Four Loko night.

A personal favorite moment of mine can be found when Mazzetti discusses the life of a meathead.

“Before I started lifting, I was like a 120-pound virgin,” Mazzetti says. “Now, I’m like, still a virgin because of violent steroid abuse.”

Clearly there are upsides to the meathead lifestyle, but I’m not sure he makes a great case for it here.

That’s all for this week.

Follow me on Twitter @DanBBrantley if you like what you read.

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laughed at because it is only reasonable. What should be laughed at is a President who promised to be a compromising and understanding leader and bring about fundamental change.

The two are incompatible when juxtaposed to each other. To bring about fundamental change means to push your ideals as strongly as you can in the face of opposition.

To compromise is to break from your fundamental ideals in order to resolve the issue.

Today, we see Republicans that are illogically uncompromising and a President that is illogically knee-buckling.

The poison of our political discussions (discussions that shouldn’t be the norm) has saturated the bed of the President so much it seems he has no fight left in him.

In his bid to seem more presidential, reasonable and responsible (all of which he should be), he has given up too much for too little. The Bush tax cuts shouldn’t have been extended in full (thankfully they will soon expire), and the healthcare debate should have been led from the start by the President.

A government shutdown would have looked bad for the President, but no one is ignorant of the fact that the Tea Party is the extreme rightwing driving force pushing the Republicans to take illog-

ical stances. The blame would have fallen both ways, but then again, government could always be fixed.

Finally, Obama was responsible to not allow the government to miss its financial obligations (although Republicans were just as nervous of bad press as the President was). Here, he should have been more forceful on increasing taxes.

Discussing the date of his speech would bear no purpose than to stoop to the disgusting lower dens of radical Tea Party extremists. A date?

What’s in a day? It was just another slap in the face of a President they don’t like because they failed to prove he wasn’t a citizen of the United States.

With every new conservative victory came another crack at the spine of our President, and with every new swing it becomes more difficult to regrow. Extreme conservatism can only be fought by liberalism that is ground in firm, and when necessitated, staunch reasoning.

Obama’s speech to Congress was the right start, not in content (that is debatable), but in tone and forcefulness. For the sake of this country, for the sake of our future and for the sake of basic reasoning, let us pray he grows a backbone soon.

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Men’s soccer improves to 2-1-1

By Matt Gustus VANGUARD STAff

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Women’s soccer looks to improve their 3-3 record.

Lady Falcons off to fast start

By Louis Sherman VANGUARD STAff

The 2011 Bentley women’s soccer season looks promising this fall, as the team has already surpassed their win total from last year, and then some. Now in the correct conference, the Falcons have been able to accumulate three wins in their first six contests, which is a 300percent increase from last season’s total already.

The Lady Falcons made a statement in their first contest that there was not going to be a repeat performance of last year, as they routed Dominican College of New York 7-0 on September 1 here in Waltham.

Sophomores Sydney Spiegel and Patty McAllister each had 2 goals for Bentley on the day. Juniors Julie Pomponi and Molly Alfieri, as well as sophomore Chelsea Owens, also scored for the Falcons, as they had 30 shots on the day.

After a loss to UMass Lowell, Bentley went on to defeat Le Moyne and St. Michaels, both 2-1. Bentley was able to come from behind against Le Moyne, something that they struggled with last season.

Junior Deidre Leary and sophomore Jenna Skagerlind each scored in the last 20

minutes of play to overcome a 1-0 deficit to Le Moyne.

Leary scored in the 73rd minute to even the score, and Skagerlind put Bentley ahead for good with a 30yard strike in the 87th minute.

In the game versus St. Michael’s, Pomponi shined once again as she scored 2 goals for the Falcons, just 3 minutes apart from each other. Pomponi scored in the 43rd minute to even the score at 1 going into the half.

She then came out of the half and scored again in the first minute to give Bentley a lead that they would not give up.

Freshman goalie Christiana Hynds has continued where recent graduate Kara Smith left off in net. Hynds has consistently kept the Falcons in games and looks to be a key contributor moving forward, as no opponent has scored more than 2 goals on Hynds, and that only happened once.

Looking forward, Bentley is currently ranked #10 in the East region, but with more solid play, they could move up those rankings and have a legitimate shot at going far beyond the regular season. Upcoming games for the Lady Falcons include Franklin Pierce (9/21), Merrimack (9/24) and Dowling (9/27).

Women’s soccer is currently ranked tenth in the East.

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The Bentley Falcons’ men’s soccer team defeated NE-10 rival American International College on Sunday with a score of 2-0. The Falcons were knocking on the door early, with some good scoring chances from sophomores Jordan Bridge and Cody Osgood.

Sophomore Justin Cirasola put Bentley on the board with a goal in the 23rd minute. A corner kick from Bret Kuchenbecker was volleyed over by Louis Boisvert to Cirasola, who shot it mid-air into the back of the net.

The score would remain the same going into halftime. In the 53rd minute, Michael Dias took an incoming cross from Jordan Bridge and buried the ball just inside the right post with a diving header. The goal was Dias’ first career goal as a Bentley Falcon.

Possession throughout the game was slightly in favor of the Falcons. Bentley outshot AIC 14 to 5 (7 to 1 shots on goal) and had 10 more corner kicks.

The win puts Bentley’s record at 2-1-1 (1-0 NE-10).

Their scheduled NE-10 opener against Stonehill was postponed on Wednesday September 7, so Sunday’s game officially opened conference play for the Falcons.

In their season opener, the squad tied Wilmington (Del.) 11 with the lone goal coming from freshman Louis Boisvert.

Wilmington scored in the 19th minute to put the Falcons down 1-0. Just seconds before halftime, Boisvert beat the Wilmington defense to score Bentley’s first goal of the season. Neither team scored through the second half and two overtimes, resulting in the game ending in a draw.

Bentley’s second game of the season was a bit easier, as they cruised past Bloomfield College. Goals from Boisvert, Matt Solomon and Brennan DaCosta all came in the first half in the 20th, 25th and 40th minutes respectively. The game

went from bad to worse for the Bloomfield Deacons in the 51st minute when Captain Terry Gibbs was given a red card for an over aggressive tackle.

Bentley’s only other game thus far this season was against C.W. Post. Bentley started out the game with a quick goal from junior Weston Zeiner in the 12th minute.

C.W. Post, ranked 15th in the nation at the time, was kept off the board until the 75th minute of the game. A second goal by the Pioneers in the 85th minute put them ahead for good.

Bentley will look to keep pace with the rest of the NE-10 as conference play starts to heat up.

Players celebrate after scoring a goal against American International.

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Jamaal Charles is destroying my GPA Fantasy football can easily consume your life Sunday morning, 8:27 a.m.: I wake up to a spinning room. I chug two bottles of water and go to the bathroom. Come back to the room and chug one more bottle of water.

8:31 a.m.: My head hits the pillow and I’m back to sleep.

Fantasy football can probably consume anybody’s life.

No matter if you’re a CEO of a major company, a construction worker or a middle school kid, there is no better feeling than trash talking your best friend and no worse feeling than getting stomped by some kid who will never let you hear the end of it.

rECEnt rESultS Results from 9/12-9/20

Field Hockey (3-4, 2-0 NE-10) at Stonehill (9/17)* Assumption (9/20)*

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12:26 p.m.: I wake up again, put on my Rob Gronkowski jersey and trudge to Seasons. I eat mashed potatoes and bacon that tastes like paper while watching pregame.

12:42 p.m.: I get back to the room and adjust my fantasy lineups, making sure there are no surprise injuries. I now have no intentions of moving for seven hours straight. I then send a message to Touchdown My Pants that I’m going to destroy him this week.

1:04 p.m.: Pats are on and StatTracker is fired up. I am dead to the world.

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Result

By Robbie LaBrie

Ok, here’s the shot out of a cannon. If you could pick one, either your favorite football team winning the Super Bowl or your fantasy team winning the title, which would you choose? It’s a tough question to answer, but there is a correct answer.

Seeing the Patriots win another Super Bowl would be great. There’s no better feeling than your team winning a title, and we’ve seen our share of them in Boston.

But your fantasy team is so much deeper than that.

Your fantasy team is your livelihood, it’s your baby.

There’s only so much trash you can talk to Jets fans if the Pats win a game. If your fantasy team wins, that’s you. Yeah, maybe it was Adrian Peterson that scored all the points, but you were the one smart enough to trade for him. You did that.

The bottom line is if your team wins the Super Bowl, you can say, “Yeah, alright we did it.” But if you win your fantasy league, you can turn to your friend next to you and say, “Suck it, I’m better than you!” Isn’t that what sports are about?

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W 2-0 W 3-0

Football (2-1, 1-0 NE-10) at Stonehill (9/16)*

W 31-12

Golf NE Intercollegiate Championships (9/18-19) 6th of 15 Men’s Cross Country Shacklette Invitational (9/10) UMass-Dartmouth Shriners Invitational Men’s Soccer (2-1-1, 1-0 NE-10) No. 15 C.W. Post (9/14) American International (9/18)* Men’s Tennis ITA East Regional (9/17-19)

L 2-1 W 2-0

No team result

Women’s Cross Country UMass-Dartmouth Shriners Invitational Jamaal Charles’ season-ending injury will affect many fantasy football teams.

That being said, the college fantasy league just takes things to a whole new level. Just like you play FIFA or NHL until your eyes bleed or you lose your voice from yelling profanities at the refs, you play fantasy football hard and you play with a cold-blooded passion that only somebody with way too much competitive drive and way too much free time can.

This is why fantasy football is such a cruel thing for your typical Bentley student, just trying to live his life. It falls squarely over one semester, placing itself in perfect position to give you a huge self confidence boost when your team is winning and you can be the one talking shit, or to provide you with countless nights of little sleep trying to figure out whether Dexter McCluster or Thomas Jones will get more carries replacing Jamaal Charles (f*ck Jamaal Charles).

4:12 p.m.: Pee. The fact of the matter is that your fantasy football team can really make or break your semester. Some fantasy teams are good and the people who own those teams are winners. Some fantasy teams are not good and the people who own those teams can be freely ridiculed by the winners and need to spend all their extra time on fantasy football instead of doing things like homework and bathing.

Your fantasy football team can do wonderful things for your overall quality of life. It can give you more self confidence after you have a big comeback win over the guy in your league who never

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shuts up. This newfound confidence could inspire you to do great things, like ace a test or out-drink your friends, which in turn gets you more chicks.

On the other hand, having a bad team can just ravage your semester. I’m talking like terrible self-pity, sleepless nights, hours on end trying to fix your team, terrible grades, drop out of school, never get a job, live with your parents forever kind of destruction.

7:37 p.m.: I look outside and notice that it’s dark out. I tell everyone how awesome I am for starting Steve Smith over Marques Colston. I proceed to think about how I should just become a fantasy football expert for a living. My roommates talk about how their teams did this week, but I don’t listen.

Who wants to hear about somebody else’s fantasy football team? I prepare for my upcoming comas on Sunday and Monday night.

Do yourself a favor, just to make your life much better this semester. Take out your injured players, make golden free agent pickups and find the mentally weak guy in your league and grind him down until he trades you Tom Brady for Tim Tebow and Plaxico Burress.

Because if your team sucks you might as well just buy a soccer jersey, drink fruity drinks and tell everyone you never cared about football in the first place.

Sometimes in order to save your semester, denial is so much better than facing reality.

Women’s Soccer (3-3, 2-2 NE-10) At Mercy (9/13) At New Haven (9/17)* Women’s Tennis ITA East Regionals Volleyball (6-4, 1-1 NE-10) Assumption (9/13) Georgian Court (9/16) Molloy (9/17) Queens (9/17)

6th of 7 3rd of 34

7th of 37

L 1-0 L 1-0

No team score

W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-1 W 3-1

*Northeast-10 Game

upComing SChEdulE Sept. 23 Football vs. Saint Anselm*

7:00 p.m.

Sept. 24 Field Hockey vs. Adelphi* Women’s Soccer vs. Merrimack*

1:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.

Sept. 27 Men’s Soccer vs. UMass-Lowell*

3:30 p.m.

Sept. 29 Men’s Soccer vs. Stonehill*

3:30 p.m.

Oct. 1 Football vs. AIC*

7:00 p.m.

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Falcons run over Skyhawks during conference opener

after three games, the Falcons share the top spot in the ne-10 conference

By Ben Klein Vanguard Staff

With an even record (1-1), the Bentley Falcons’ football team traveled to Stonehill for their first Northeast-10 matchup of the season. The Falcons defeated Stonehill 2717 on the last game of the season in 2010, and it was more of the same this time around as the Falcons took home a 3112 win.

This was the third game of the season for the Falcons, following up a strong start with a conference win.

Bentley opened the season with a 50-3 win over Maritime (N.Y.). The Falcons started strong and never let up, outscoring Maritime 43-3 after the first quarter. Graduate QB Bryant Johnson threw for 200 yards and three touchdowns while the run game was huge, seven players combining for 213 yards and a touchdown.

The Falcon defense, led by LB Blaine Hopwood with 9 tackles, held the Maritime offense to 69 net yards. Senior DB Brad Poirier picked off his first pass of the season in the victory.

The second game of the year against West VA Wesleyan was a different story as the Falcons dropped a 28-23 game.

Adam Neugebauer threw for 340 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. Johnson had another good game, adding 3 more touchdowns to his season total (6), but Bentley couldn’t capitalize on turnovers by the Bobcats.

Bentley was outgained 396296 in their first loss of 2011.

The Falcons had no problem bouncing back in their very next game this past Saturday when they went to Easton, MA to take on Stonehill. The Skyhawks were also 1-1 coming into the game, defeating Curry and then losing an overtime thriller to Pace.

Stonehill started the game

Senior Bobby Tarr was awarded the Golden Helmet after his outstanding performance at Stonehill.

with a big drive on the ground, rushing for 33 yards on 6 plays. Back-to-back incomplete passes by Stonehill QB Logan Meyer forced a 34-yard field goal to give Stonehill a 3-0 lead.

Bentley didn’t answer back until their second drive when Bobby Tarr took over. On their second first down of the drive Tarr ran through a gap up the middle for 78 yards. On the next play, Lorenzo Warren ran the ball in for a 5-yard touchdown, giving the Falcons a lead they wouldn’t relinquish.

The Falcons’ next drive would prove to be just as successful. Both Johnson and Tarr led the offense down the field. A fumble by Johnson nearly killed the drive for Bentley, but he managed to recover the ball before Stonehill could get to it.

Johnson came into the Stonehill game needing only 52 more total yards to amass 6,000 for his career. He accomplished this feat later in the drive when he hooked up with WR Sean Cross for a 15-yard touchdown, finishing a 91-yard drive. Johnson becomes only the fourth quarterback in Bentley history to have over

6,000 career yards.

“Bryant Johnson has developed into an exceptional college QB, especially for the style of offense that we run,” said Head Coach Thom Boerman. “He understands the Spread Offense and the ball-control aspect of our strategy. He takes what the defense gives him and does not try and force the ball. He is athletic, smart and a team leader.”

“When I took over as Head Coach three years ago, he was the first player I met with. I told him I believed in him and I certainly trust him with the football,” said Boerman. “He was the NE-10 MVP last season for a reason, and I think he is on track to perform at an even better level this year.”

With a 14-3 lead in the second quarter, Stonehill needed to get another score. After a quick first down by the Skyhawks, Bentley took a timeout. On the very next play, Meyer pulled off a reverse flea flicker that went for 43 yards down to the Bentley 7-yard line. Meyer threw his first touchdown of the game three plays later to Daniel Oakes. The extra-point

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Bentley’s quarterback Bryan Johnson is now tearing it up for the fourth straight season, and he reached all kinds of milestones against Stonehill last Friday.

Did you know Johnson is now third all-time in passing touchdowns with 48? He took over the number three spot this past weekend, while also becoming the fourth player in Bentley history to reach 6,000 career passing yards and also surpassing 500 career-pass completions. .

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was then missed wide to make the score 14-9.

Bentley responded to Stonehill on the next drive. A roughing the passer penalty gave Johnson and the Falcons great field position. After a run

by Tarr and two passes completed for 17 yards, Johnson faked a handoff to Tarr and ran the ball to the end zone for a 29 yard score.

Meyer would lead Stonehill down the field with only a few minutes left in the first half.

With 8 seconds left on the clock Stonehill decided to go for it on fourth down, being too far away for a field goal. Meyer dropped back and threw a strike right into the arms of Bentley CB Aaron McFadden for an interception, ending the half 21-9.

Coming into the game Bobby Tarr only had 84 yards in the first two games combined. At the end of the half he had already ran for 110 yards and caught two passes that went for 42 yards. Tarr would finish the game with 212 total yards.

“Our run game planning is predicated on 3 things, our opponents’ strengths and weakness, our RB capabilities

and field position,” Boerman said. “We have some good backs on this team, but Bobby [Tarr] is the most experienced so he always figures in our game planning. I expect him to build on this week’s outstanding performance and be better next week.”

The Falcons and Skyhawks traded field goals in the third quarter with Bentley leading 24-12 going into the fourth.

Bentley would increase their lead at the start of the fourth quarter when Johnson hooked up with WR Wade Critides for a 34 yard touchdown. The touchdown was setup by Tarr, who had a 38yard run during the drive.

Stonehill was unsuccessful in a late game comeback as Bentley defeated the Skyhawks 31-12.

“Every win is important,” Boerman said. “The NE-10 is getting stronger and stronger.

Every week is a fight to win the game. Obviously, getting the first league win is big, but so is this week’s game with St. Anselm and next week’s game against AIC.” “I remind my team almost every day, it’s a ladder and every rung is important,” he said. “It is all league games for us the rest of the season, so we approach each week the same.

We know what we have to do and we are working very, very hard each week to win.”

Johnson finished the game with 204 passing yards and 2 touchdowns. His 8 touchdowns on the season lead the NE-10.

On the ground, Johnson added 44 yards and a touchdown.

Blaine Hopwood (13 tackles) and Paul Tizzano (10 tackles) both had great games, while Anthony Carter added 2 sacks for the Falcons defense.

The win improves Bentley’s record to 2-1 on the year, tied for best in the NE-10. The Falcons will host Saint Anselm on Friday, September 23, at 7 p.m.

Senior Running Back Bobby Tarr Senior running back Bobby Tarr has been named the Falcon of the Week. Tarr had an outstanding game last Friday as the Falcons ran past Stonehill 31-12 in the Northeast-10 opener for both teams.

Tarr ran for a career-high 170 yards on just 16 carries (10.6 avg) and caught two passes for 42 yards, giving him 212 all-purpose yards. The rushing total is the most by a Falcon since 2003 and the all-purpose yards the most since 2005. The highlight of his night was a 78-yard run, the longest in Bentley’s varsity history.

For his efforts, Tarr was awarded the Gold Helmet by the Girdiron Club of Greater Boston, given to the top Division II-III player in New England for that week. For the season, Tarr is averaging 83.3 rushing yards per game (4th in the NE-10) and 6.9 yards per carry (2nd in NE-10) for the 2-1 Falcons, who host Saint Anselm Friday night.