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Re-Brand 2.0: Back to the drawing board

By Lacey Nemergut newS editor

The Bentley University community, with a solid month of new brand-acclimation under its belt, is now bracing itself for further brand changes. The Administration, dissatisfied with the current

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logo, has decided to implement further changes in order to better align itself with the University and its preferences.

According to sources involved with the committee, the changes, though minor, sig nifica nt ly cha ng e t he appearance of the logo.

“The redesign that I saw had removed the lightning bolts, moved the clock tower slightly off-center to the left and had only one slightly larger falcon flying off, not two,” said a Bentley professor who had attended recent committee meetings. “The two-tone blue and silver around the shield, giving it a molded effect, has gone, with just light blue and white. Next to the clock tower is the date ‘1917’, and the time shown on the clock is now 8:15 [in response to Asian students’ concerns that showing four o’clock was bad luck as ‘four’ and

‘die/death’ sound the same in Chinese]. Along the top of the shield is the word ‘Paratus’ [‘Prepared’ in Latin]. The image of the clock tower is fringed with some foliage in white outline.”

There are a number of ideas that are being worked on, however, and it will not be clear what the final consensus is until it is officially released.

“I congratulate the Administration for having the courage to change direction on this,” said marketing professor Andy Aylesworth. “It is costing a lot of money, and others may have tried throwing more money at the problem rather than fixing the problem. I haven’t seen the new logo, so I can’t really comment on how well it does fix the problem.”

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Idea Factory: Dedicated to faculty research and progress

By Kristin Tomasi Vanguard Staff

The first issue of Bentley IDEAS, an online presentation of the research conducted and published by Bentley faculty, launched last month.

The concept for this initiative originated with Provost Michael Page; Professor William Wiggins, editor; and Gordon Hardy, content director.

The Bentley IDEAS website provides a brief summary of each piece of research completed by professors on a wide range of topics, including accounting, the arts and sciences, business, and pedagogy. In addition, each summary is accompanied by a video of the professor who authored the research in which

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he or she explains its purpose, methodology, and conclusions.

“Our faculty provide outstanding scholarly work,” said Provost Page. “However, this is not always clear to external markets. Their research often slow-

ly seeps its way out, and often the source gets lost. The idea is to let the source talk about his or her work in a more public and accessible format. In these

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Sumner is well known for his blog TheMoneyIllusion.com.

By Lacey Nemergut newS editor

Scott Sumner, Bentley University’s economics professor and author of the renowned blog The Money Illusion, may be partially credited with the Federal Reserve’s new approach to the nation’s current economic condition. Sumner, with a PhD from Chicago University, proposed Nominal Gross Domestic Product (NGDP) targeting.

“I saw the NGDP targeting idea as a natural progression from earlier monetarist proposals to target the money supply,” said Sumner. “It is a policy that keeps the total income in the economy growing at a steady rate (rather than just money), and does a good job of stabilizing inflation and employment, which is the Fed’s dual mandate.”

Before NGDP targeting, in Sumner’s opinion, policies failed to address the core problem.

“Current policies have produced the slowest NGDP growth (over the past four years) since the Great Depression,” said Sumner.

“The lack of spending and

income contributes to high unemployment.”

There is significant speculation fueled by professional organizations, including The Economist, Financial Times, The Atlantic, Slate.com and BusinessInsider, that Ben Bernanke’s, current chairman of the Fed, most recent announcement of QE3 (quantitative easing) is related to Sumner’s theory of NGDP. “Bernanke’s recent QE3 announcement moves policy slightly in the direction I proposed, by making the quantitative easy program ‘open-ended,’ which means it has no fixed termination date,” said Sumner. “They also promised to keep policy expansionary well into the recovery, which will at least slightly improve expectations for nominal GDP growth, and this encourages investment. It’s still not enough.”

However, Sumner spoke to clarify the correlation between Bernanke’s approach to the economy and his blog.

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PoliCe log officer was more than happy to provide the service rather than perform meaningful police work and did not roll his eyes and mutter something mean about the professor, who should just hold on to his stupid keys. But in all seriousness, how did he lock the door if the keys were inside? Is there a conspiracy?

Probably. We will keep you posted.

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two peas in a police car Waltham Police reports that they have one student under arrest for drinking in public and another for disorderly conduct.

Knowing that the dynamic duo probably had proud parents at home, the officer sent home a goldstickered arrest for each of them.

Guys, if we were you, we would check out if you can get course credit for those. Such fine work should not go unnoticed. if you can’t take the heat, don’t cook with it Our compliments to the chefs in Orchard North, LaCava and North Campus, who each set off fire alarms this week. Bravo! And don’t think we forgot about you, Falcone West. I remember that

one quite well. I can’t be too hard on this perpetrator because at that point I was just sitting comfortably on the couch and really wanted to move. wait, you don’t think…

On Wednesday, Sept. 26 at 12:59 a.m., Facilities was notified of an odor coming from the vents in Miller Hall. A mysterious latenight odor that would be coming from the vents of a freshman dorm building? Hmm...trying to think of what that could be. We got nothing. the keys to serving and protecting A security officer unlocked an office in Smith for a professor that had locked keys in the office. The

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Claustrophobic chaos On Wednesday at 3:45, Facilites was notified that students were stuck in an elevator in Jennison.

We have no idea if this is 3:45 a.m. or p.m., so this very well could have been in an insane elevator rager that rocked the building on every level! Oh wait, it was p.m., nevermind. Take the stairs, nerds.

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A little later, an unfortunate individual had the displeasure of vomiting in Collins Hall. The good news is that this answers the question of what that smell was, but the bad news is I now owe my roommate five bucks because I thought it was something dead.

Thanks. An intoxicated male was actively vomiting in Spruce even later. In his defense, puking is no easy thing to hide or keep down after walking four miles to his dorm room.

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haters gonna hate, traitors gonna trait On Thursday at 3:09 p.m., a student reported a lost Swiss bookbag.

We were going to remain neutral on this, but if the student had a little more Bentley pride and just used the Bentley backpack, this likely would not have occurred.

Traitors get what they get. population pukesville On Sept. 22, nausea struck late at night. Seriously, what is making everyone throw up? Is it Seasons?

Why is no one else concerned about mysterious vomiting?! Oh, it’s alco-

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The Brazilian economy as seen by Consul-General Barreto

By Francisco Salas Vanguard Staff

Last Thursday afternoon, the Consul-General of Brazil in Boston, Mr. Fernando de Mello Barreto, took to the stage as the opening talk of the Valente Center’s Fall 2012 Speaker Series in the Wilder Pavilion.

The Consul’s talk was centered on the Brazilian economy and the key challenges it faces in the future.

As the first speaker of the

series, Consul Barreto gave an honest overview of the Brazilian economy and social situation; he described the challenges the country faces as it prepares to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games. The first issue that Consul Barreto spoke about was inflation; Brazil has seen it all. During the 1980s Brazil endured hyperinflation, and the Consul spoke that in his youth he remembered that

people would buy as much as they could, because the next day prices would rise wildly.

He further highlighted that no one had an idea of what was the fair price of basic food staples. Brazil’s first step towards progress was getting a grip on inflation, which ended approximately in 1994. Along with controlling inflation was the issue of massive debt level, which Brazil tackled head-on, and in January of 2008, it became one of the few countries in the

Kelly A. Parisi February 22, 1991 - September 29, 2012 The Vanguard would like to express its deepest sympathies.

Kelly A. Parisi, age 21, of Billerica, MA passed away this past weekend. Kelly was the beloved daughter of John and Barbara Parisi of Billerica, and sister of Sean Parisi. John Parisi, ’80, is a graduate of Bentley.

Kelly was a senior here at Bentley, studying Corporate Finance and Accounting. She transferred from Providence College in Fall 2009.

Members of our Spiritual Life team and the Center for Counseling and Student Development are available to assist any member of the community through this difficult time.

world to be a creditor nation.

Over the past two decades, Brazil has enjoyed explosive growth, with world class manufacturing taking place, such as the car industry with German giant Volkswagen and Brazil’s Embraer whom is now a fierce competitor in the air transport industry competing with the leaders Boeing and Airbus. From the outside, it looks like Brazil is becoming a self-sufficient nation with technological capabilities and with newly discovered oil off the Atlantic coast, Brazil is poised to have unparalleled growth over the next decades to come, but it all has a big hiccup. Consul Barreto spoke of the growing demand for skilled workers, he said that these workers are in very short supply and the gains made in the past decade will be eroded if the educational gap is not closed.

Brazil was one of the last countries in the western hemisphere to end slavery, with the Golden Law in 1888; it has also dealt with a large population that lives in abject poverty.

At the question and answer session at the end of the lecture three questions stood out: the first was Q: “What employment areas do you [Consul Barreto] see growing in the future?”

A: Frankly, it is all going to be about skilled workers, engineers with a specialization in oil (the consul said jokingly).

Q: Do you believe that the oil industry is better privatized?

A: In Brazil we have a hybrid, it is called Petrobras; it has private investors and government investment, it has worked well for several decades, specializing in deep water exploration, and now with the discovery of new oil fields in the deep Atlantic, I see an opportunity for it to thrive.

Q: Your neighboring country Venezuela, who’s leaders President Chávez is seeking reelection for a third time on October 7; has made significant billion dollar investments in Petrobras, if President Chávez were to be defeated, how do you see relation between the two countries in the future?

A: Brazil is a country that strives for diplomacy as the answer to world problems, we have almost 10 neighbors and we get along well with all of them; we have not had a war in almost 140 years with the exception of our small participation in WWII on the Allied side. We expect to work well with Mr. Capriles if he is elected.

Entrepreneur Linda Mason scheduled to “wow” students as CWB speaker

By Brenna O’Connell CampuS Life editor

The Tufts Speaker Series is back at Bentley, courtesy of the Center of Women in Business (CWB), and they are starting it off with a powerhouse of a speaker on Wednesday, October 16 in Wilder. Linda Mason has fused smart business, strong ethics, and earnest social responsibility to lead her company, Bright Horizons, to its thirteenth appearance on Fortune magazine’s “Top 100 Companies to Work for in America,” earning along the way an award by Ernst & Young/USA Today as “National Entrepreneur of the Year.”

These awards are just a few among the whole host that Mason and her company have earned, but the proof is in the companies she has advised and the families she has served.

Through Bright Horizons, which is the largest worldwide provider of worksite child care and early development, Mason has opened 750 child development centers in the United States and Europe, ultimately touching the lives of over 80,000 families. Mason’s accolades and service speak

volumes to the amount of knowledge she has as a visionary and as a humanitarian. Regardless of gender, she is someone who exemplifies both doing well, as well as doing good in the world of commerce. So, everyone in the Bentley community should go.

Tatiana Casale, program assistant to the CWB, said, “[She] fits in well with the Bentley mission of ethics and social responsibility as well as the Center’s [mission].” The CWB addresses the conversation that needs to take place between employers and women. “We work with corporations and people in trying to help advance, promote, and retain women in companies.

We do lots of different events and workshops to educate companies on how to retain these high level women because there does come a point in a woman’s career when they just drop out…so we’re trying to help companies figure out a way to move past that,” said Casale. It is common for women to feel the need to choose between a career and a family, and the CWB has been taking the lead on the discussion. The issues and obstacles that plague women in the workplace are

what the CWB and Mason are battling.

This past summer, the Center had its Idea Exchange Launch, which gave women the opportunity to openly respond to how companies can help with the problem of women retention rates. “[These are] real life solutions to this problem, not just people talking about it anymore,” said Casale.

The CWB is here to serve the Bentley community as a whole. “Our focus right now…is to create student programs and get really good attendance and get our

name out there so students know where we are, what our mission is, and what we’re doing,” said Casale. In addition to the Tufts Speaker Series, the CWB will partner with PWC for an etiquette dinner in November, where students can learn the ins and outs of business dining. Another event is the innovative Brown Bag series, and the first of the semester was yesterday, October 3. These lunches are an informal conversation with the founding director Betsy Meyers. The conversation is directed to a topic, and yesterday’s was

about the different principles of leadership. The next Brown Bag conversation will be on November 14.

“We are here to serve the students and the external business community, but we really want the students to be involved in all of the events that we put on,” said Casale. The CWB is after superb quality, not quantity, of events, so don’t miss out! To sign up for the Center’s newsletter to stay up to date on events and happenings, sign up using your Bentley email at bentley.edu/centers/center-forwomen-and-business.

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Bentley is redesigning its logo. Again?

Get ready! Bentley’s marketing department is currently working on redesigning the Bentley logo.

Sounds familiar? That’s because after unveiling Bentley’s new brand and logo about a month ago and receiving mixed results, the powers that be have decided to alter the new logo with input from students and faculty.

The new logo will include a “we’re #1” foam finger, a “most prepared” coffee mug, and an “I heart learning” t-shirt.

Putting all jokes aside, the marketing department is putting a second effort into its design of Bentley’s shield.

Multiple professors who attended a meeting with the marketing department noted that removing one bird and lightning bolt, adjusting the shading, and having “prepared” written in Latin are some of the changes being considered.

To the Bentley’s credit, it has realized some of the problems that students and faculty take issue with, and is doing its best to make modifications. But here’s the problem: After spending so much money and

time to redesign the Bentley brand and give the school a new image, one of the major aspects of it is being re-redone.

Doesn’t this seem ridiculous and quite funny? It’s one thing to make a big deal about a new brand, but then to go and make changes after the big unveil doesn’t look too good to anyone, including prospective employers.

The idea for the new brand was to change employers’ perception of Bentley students. What does redoing the logo tell those employers? Oops, we should have done a better job; here’s a different one?

We’ll just have to wait and see what effects a new-new logo will have.

Aside from the ironic fact that the logo, which is supposed to be the new permanent image that competitors and potential employers link with Bentley, is being changed again, one wonders why the logo wasn’t shown to students and faculty before being finalized?

Yes, it makes sense to reinvent Bentley’s brand at the beginning of the academic year, but the rush

that was put on it will now cost a lot of time and money.

Many departments have already adopted the new logo, using it in their stationary and business cards.

Additionally, groups such as Undergraduate Admissions have created pamphlets and handouts all based around the new logo.

All of this will have to be redone, which will again take up a lot of time, money and effort.

Bentley should have waited longer to release the new brand. Getting more input from students and faculty once the brand was complete but before it was put into use would have saved resources and prevented the backlash the brand initially received.

We understand that Chief Marketing Officer David Perry and his staff have put a lot of effort into revamping Bentley’s image and increasing the value of our degrees, and we do give them credit for making adjustments after seeing student and faculty reactions, but was the rush to get the logo to the presses worth the cost and potential impact on Bentley’s

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BRAND Continued from Page 1 coordinator and project manager for Service Learning 2+2=5 said, “I don’t think we should have re-branded in the first place but I am glad they are working at thus one because it does not look good.

I would prefer they revert back to the old one. It was simple and classy and ultimately that is the kind of symbol I want on my diploma. It doesn’t make me feel good to see this kind of money spent on something that needs to be changed.

With tuition increasing every year, it’s a little disheartening to see money spent like that.”

“If we as a university are aiming for ‘nimble,’ then this is definitely a good step.

When you take an image that is treasured by many and you flip that image on its head, people may not flock to the bookstore with smiles on their faces. In this re-branding process, there was bound to be backlash,” said Brian Shea, president of 2014 Class Cab. “I, for one, am glad that Bentley is heeding the opinions of its stakeholders without resorting to crowdsourcing. Provided that the concerns of students, alumni, faculty and staff are all respected and considered, I believe that this will be a

beneficial endeavor. I also hope that we, as Bentley students, seek out the positive aspects of the new brand with as much fervor as we search for the negatives.”

One professor involved in the new re-branding meeting said, “It’s clear that David [Perry, the Chief Marketing Officer] has been gauging everyone and listening to everything. There is active debate which means people really care about it. There is an engagement of those unhappy and those involved that shows that there is healthy dialogue for the Bentley community.”

“We are revising the institutional shield logo – athletic shield is not changing – to address some concerns from students, alumni, and faculty,” said Perry. “With a subjective element like an ad or logo you may never get everyone to embrace it at least initially. Yet I do think it is important to address consistent issues or concerns.

In this case there are some revisions we are making that should address most concerns. We are working on the revised design and look forward to sharing it in a few weeks here in the Vanguard along with an update on other initiatives related to the brand.”

There was a wide range of

professor and student reactions: “I think it is good that the decision makers are listening to and responding to the significant concerns of various stakeholders to improve the outcome,” said one professor.

“It seems as though they’re changing everything to impress people outside of Bentley,” said an anonymous senior. “If they paid more attention to the curriculum and internal affairs, healthier more well-rounded students would speak for themselves, they wouldn’t need a new shield to catch positive press.” “[The shield] falsifies the legacy of the humble accounting school which Harry Bentley founded in 1917,” said one senior. “And there was nothing in the initial rebranding which expressly celebrated our unique status as a University that integrates the arts & sciences with a business education. When I was looking at colleges, one of the most disheartening things that I found about many of the institutions to which I was accepted was that business and arts & sciences were segregated into different schools. The most attractive thing to me about Bentley was and is the free-

dom our curriculum provides to combine a stellar business education with an exploration of the arts.”

“I completely agree that the logo needs to be changed, but shouldn’t the students, the faculty, and the alumni that are impacted by the new branding have a say in it too? I think everyone should be able to see it and critique it so we’re not completely vulnerable to the powers that be,” said a junior.

In addition to this confusion, there have also been concerns about the costliness

of another change.

“Just getting all those banners, corporate webpages, business cards etc. reprinted is going to cost a bundle,” said a professor.

“I think it shows that the original idea was not thought out properly,” said one senior. “It clearly wasn’t something the Bentley community wanted, but at least they’re listening now.”

Alyson Bisceglia, Tomer Gat, Mike Lovett and Sindhu Palaniappan of The Vanguard staff contributed to this article.

The clock tower in the new-new logo reads 8:15 instead of 4:00.

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La Cultura Latina starts celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month on Oct. 4

By Helia Azarakhsh VANGUARD STAff Bentley has a host of cultural organizations ranging from the Vietnamese Student Association (VSA) to the South Asian Student Association (SASA). There are about 14 cultural organizations on campus and if you go to Bentley you probably know about SASA’s Diwali or played a part in the International Student Association’s Festival of Colors. One organization that we want to bring light to is La Cultura Latina.

La Cultura Latina (LCL) is a Latin American organization that hosts events to bring awareness of their culture to Bentley’s campus.

They entice the student population by having delicious food and playing lively music.

In the month of September, they held Pastelito Night where they taught everyone who attended to make Pastelitos, which is a pastry filled with meat, chicken or ham and cheese.

They had so many people attend that they ran out of materials to make more Pastelitos.

La Cultura Latina hosts a number of campus-wide events to incorporate and encourage the celebration of Latin culture.

Currently they are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month which is held from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

Lucia Garcia, the president of LCL, said, “Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the past generations of Hispanic-American people who have had a big influence in our culture. One

such person is Selena Quintanilla-Pérez who was a top American singer in the 1990s. She was killed by her financial manager who had been embezzling money from her accounts.”

Ricky Martín is another notable figure celebrated this month. He is from Puerto Rico and is famous to this

videos, faculty explain why they completed their research and how it may affect the public, students, or the business community.”

Each research summary also features a link to the full article in the journal where it originally appeared.

“Each academic journal is written for a specific audience, and these people understand its language and recognize the importance of the author’s contribution,” said Page. “For other audiences, these journals have become relatively impenetrable and hard to get through. This doesn’t mean that the author’s work is not valuable and does not have an impact.”

The intent of Bentley IDEAS, therefore, is to make faculty research more comprehensive for a wider audience.

“I have been working for a while with Academic Affairs to promote research done by faculty,” said Hardy. “With Bentley IDEAS, this research is more accessible. We want to present the research in a way that people can understand. The goal is to translate these articles from high level scientific or academic research to tell a story about what it means and its practical application in the marketplace.”

“Bentley IDEAS is a way for Bentley to reach out to the

day. You most likely know who he is especially for his song Livin’ La Vida Loca.

Another important individual is José Martí, a political activist from Cuba who was exiled to Spain in 1883 for writing against the Cuban government. He lived for a while in New York and wrote about American life for Latin

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American newspapers.

To learn more about the cultures, past events and citizens who are from the Hispanic community visit hispanicheritagemonth.gov.

Another way you can learn more is by simply attending LCL’s Hispanic Heritage Trivia event held tonight, Oct. 4, in Harry’s Pub starting at 9:00 p.m. Come expand your knowledge of Hispanic culture and maybe win a prize! There will be prizes for the first place and second place winners.

LCL is also having Bring Your Flag Day on Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the Back Bay of the Student Center at 6:30 p.m.

“It welcomes people to bring in the flag of their country whether they are from Latin America or not,” said Garcia. “We have the entire room filled with flags and bring in a Latin DJ and have Latin performers.

People are also encouraged to join along and dance.”

If you are interested in learning more or joining La Cultura Latina, e-mail ga_lcl@bentley.edu. They recently organized a new marketing team that has spaces to be filled.

greater community,” added Wiggins. “It is a platform to share faculty research with not only the local but the national and international community.”

Page, Wiggins, and Hardy hope that Bentley IDEAS will drive greater engagement between professors and students, alumni, and the larger business community.

“Students who are personally engaged with these professors in class will see directly how their research impacts them,” said Page. “It opens up a rich dialogue between professors and students.”

Other students are also encouraged to become inspired by the research they find through Bentley IDEAS. The convenient format of the website is meant to give students who are not in class with these professors the opportunity to benefit from their research. Page therefore hopes that students will reach out to professors whose research interests them and engage in a further discussion. Perhaps then the student will raise new questions or begin his or her own research relating to the topic.

Wiggins added that he hopes Bentley IDEAS will pique curiosity and creativity within students.

In promoting faculty research, Page, Wiggins, and Hardy all discussed the importance of the concept of

the “teacher-scholar.” To fit this definition, Page explained that both teaching and completing research are necessary. However, he noted that the integration of teaching and scholarship is the crucial element.

“Often, the vehicle for this integration is the classroom,” he said. “That’s what we’re trying to encourage. Teacherscholars bring their methods and insight to their students and engage them in class.”

“Bentley values the teacher-scholar model very highly,” agreed Hardy. “Doing research keeps professors in the mix. They are contributing knowledge that they can pass along to students, which gets students used to the process of obtaining and understanding new knowledge. When they enter a job in their field, they will need more than just the fundamentals of a topic. They will need to be able to apply and adapt with changes in knowledge.”

Bentley IDEAS will release two editions each year, one in the fall and one in the spring.

The upcoming spring issue will contain about 12-14 new articles. The site will gradually build up a database of information, and visitors can already search through its archives by topic.

“This project comes back to the nature of being a student here,” said Page. “I have spoken with many alumni who

Continued from Page 1 Fed has adopted NGDP targeting (it hasn’t), nor have I directly influenced the Fed,” said Sumner. “Instead, it’s based on the fact that I started pushing for more monetary stimulus four years ago, when almost no one was talking about the idea.”

Following Sumner’s blog discussion, other notable economists began to advocate for the same approach.

Paul Krugman, Christy Romer, and Jan Hatzius publically voiced support for NGDP targeting and the theory became increasingly popular since.

“So in the blogosphere I’m seen as the one pushing hardest for the Fed to do more, and when they get more active I guess reporters connect that with my blog,” say they wish they engaged more and had gotten more out of their time here. I encourage students to look at Bentley IDEAS with this in mind.”

“One of the luxuries of Bentley is that we naturally attract students who know where they want to go in life,” he said. “However, students can become too focused. We hope to widen their perspective a bit more.”

The first issue of Bentley IDEAS can be found online at www.bentley.edu/ideas.

said Sumner. “But I doubt the Fed was directly influenced by my blog.”

Currently, due to his early recognition of the need to target nominal GDP, he is one of the most prominent economists on the subject.

“NGDP targeting is probably the hottest idea in macroeconomics right now, so that’s opened a lot of doors for me,” said Sumner. “I get many opportunities to write articles, do speaking engagements, etc.”

The idea was associated with a conservative perspective in the 1980s and 1990s.

However, now it is typically the conservative economists who have become skeptical and the liberals who have embraced the theory.

“I’m not sure why that is, perhaps partly because liberals are more in favor of policies that might be seen as improving the chances for President Obama to be reelected,” said Sumner.

Sumner has an encouraging outlook on the blogger sphere and speaks to its potential.

“Bloggers can have a huge impact on society. The wonderful thing about blogging is that there is a completely level playing field,” said Sumner. “I’m treated by other bloggers just like a professor from an Ivy League school.”

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The fate of Research In Motion: Hope on the RIM of Collapse

By Luke Heaney Vanguard staff

If one were to strip the company name of the headline second quarter GAAP loss of $235 million with year on year sales declines north of 30 percent, shareholders of said firm would likely not be too pleased.

However, when you are looking at the battered stock of Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry, it is grounds for a 20 percent pop in the stock.

Although these numbers still sound like a firm in a tailspin, their operating loss excluding net items was $.27 on a per share basis, which destroyed analyst consensus of a $.47 per share loss.

Furthermore the company actually stemmed the bleeding of their cash by actually managing an increase of $100 million to $2.3 billion.

To give some perspective on this cash pile, the entire market value of the company is about $4.2 billion.

The real question that needs to be raised here is how did they do this? While it would be nice to say that is was on the grounds of robust subscriber growth and new innovative products, much can be credited to a program they have implemented to dramatically cost costs across the company.

While this is critical to streamlining an efficient firm, they are still losing market share in North America.

Their CEO did point out emerging areas of operation such as India and South America actually showing growth and with their help actually grew subscribers from 78 million users to 80 million in the quarter.

Although this all is start-

ing to paint a slightly less grim picture for the firm, their long term outlook still remains uncertain at best.

The Blackberry 10 which is supposed to be the next generation of phones that will make their products competitive with the likes of Google and Apple has no firm release date. The only guidance the company gives is that the marketing costs and final production costs remain variable and will produce losses for the firm in the coming quarters.

This company’s fall from market leader to background market participant has been quick and scary. In 2008, this company’s stock traded at over $130 per share, it is now $8. At the end of the day, today’s news really can not overshadow the fact that the company has a long way to go to recapture their former glory.

Research in Motion has a market value of $4.2 billion.

RIM is now competing with near market saturation by the likes of Apple and Google. The iPhone 5 alone sold over 2 million phones in its first 24 hours. Regardless

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of what the product is, competing with that kind of market dominance with a product that does not even have a release date is a tough path to go down.

Bad reception: iOS6 maps disappoint iPhone 5 users

By Jasper Huang Business editor Whether you own an Android or an iPhone, you’ve probably heard of Apple’s recent foray into mapping technology with its release of its new smartphone operating system, iOS6. The Silicon Valley technology giant has swapped out Google’s triedand-true, reputable maps application for its own proprietary, in-house mapping application with the help of some companies including navigation and map maker Tom Tom NV. The public backlash and criticism over the new Apple maps, which looks like it has been released well before its final stage, has escalated so much that it has prompted an Apology from Apple CEO Tim Cook himself.

So what exactly is the problem with Apple maps?

According to the Wall Street Journal’s Geoffrey Fowler and Matthew Lynley, “Criticism poured in worldwide as users of the new Apple maps found misplaced location markers and bizarre satellite images … A marker for Stockholm, for example, was initially placed several miles north of the city. Now, it is correctly placed. But some images, including a 3D image of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, were still incorrectly portrayed.”

Online, Apple’s icon choice for the maps application has been poked at, since it looks as if the application is directing the user to proceed off the middle of a bridge onto US-280.

With Apple and Google’s rivalry only intensifying, this

misstep by Apple gives Google the perfect opportunity to strike at Apple’s iPhone stronghold. Sure enough, Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave his own opinion of Apple maps and said, “In my opinion, it would have been better to retain our maps.” Google also “published a blog post explaining how consumers can still use Google maps on the iPhone through the Web browser,” reports the Wall Street Journal.

Though Google’s online maps version is a far more rudimentary and watered down version of the maps application powered by Google maps found on previous iOS operating systems, it is still as robust as its application counterpart and often provides clearer satellite images and traveling instructions than Apple’s proprietary maps software.

Although public sentiment has been largely negative over Apple releasing an unpolished and less than perfect version of their maps software, Apple has handled the negative criticisms well and has already taken steps to improve their maps software. Mr. Cook has suggested that in the meantime, users t ry ot her m ap p ing services such as Bing, MapQuest, and Waze. “Mr. Cook essentially encouraged consumers to stick with the iPhone while Apple improved its mapping software,” says the Wall Street Journal.

Taking into account the big picture, though, mapping and navigation software is still GPS territory, and although smartphones are making their own foray into

turn-by-turn navigation technology, GPS’s will not yet be rendered obsolete in the near future. According to data from Apple, more than 100 million users have already installed iOS6, and despite

the hiccups in Apple’s maps application Mr. Cook is confident that “the more our customers use our Maps the better it will get.”

In any case, the maps application shouldn’t be the

dealmaker or breaker when you make your smartphone purchase or upgrade your operating system – although you might want to hold off on the iPhone 5 and iOS6 for now, if it is.

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By Radhika Bansil Vanguard Staff

“where would you like a faculty-led program to be and why?”

CASSiDy BoweRS ClASS of 2016 MAnAgeMenT “I would like to have a faculty-led program in Brazil because it has a growing economy and an interesting place in general.”

ARjun AgARwAlA ClASS of 2015 finAnCe “Switzerland or Luxembourg because they are two really cool countries that need to be explored. I want to learn about their cultures and how the countries operate.”

elAine gonCAlveS ClASS of 2015 MAnAgeMenT “I want to go to India because I feel like there is so much to learn from the culture, and there are so many business opportunities.”

john TAn ClASS of 2014 eConoMiCS-finAnCe “I would like to go to Brazil; I want to go see the Amazon Forest and River because there is lots of stuff to see within the country.”

It is safe to say that Demetri Martin is not your typical stand-up comedian. His lack of cracks at airplane food, minorities, and male genitalia combined with his generally laid back nature truly set him apart from his contemporaries.

In 2006, he released his special Demetri Martin. Person, starred in his own television show, Important Things with Demetri Martin, among other films, and also published a book. Now, six years later, Martin’s new special premiered last Saturday, Sept. 29, followed subsequently by CD and DVD release. Last week, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with him in a conference call.

Speaking with a comedian of his stature was quite the nerve-wracking venture.

Expecting a high and mighty man, well aware of his celebrity status, I entered the access code with sweating palms. The conversation, although brief, went in a direction quite contrary to my initial expectations. Quite lax and more down to Earth than I could ever imagine, Demetri Martin discussed the elements of his new special, his inspirations, and what he has planned for the future.

With regard to his new special, he spoke about how this one was fairly simpler than his specials in the past. He did not have any of his friends accompany him on stage; he did not do a tour, or have as many set pieces as in the past with the goal of focusing on the material itself and developing his act.

He wanted to get back to the core of stand-up comedy, just telling jokes, rather than making a complete production of it this time around.

Why this change? It had to do primarily with Martin wanting to challenge himself.

In Person, he noted that he played several instruments and controlled a slideshow with his foot. Though he was pleased that he pulled it off, he wanted to perform an act in

The distinguishing feature in Martin’s acts is his drawings.

which he could prove something to himself. His main goal is to introduce more variation in the actual joke-telling by coming up with different tags and approaches.

Others on the conference call noted that his shows were somewhat reminiscent of Andy Kauffman, and asked Martin if there was a challenge in producing material similar to Kauffman’s. The humble Martin responded that he’s not as “experimental or artistic as Andy Kauffman was in the 70s and early 80s.” Though he admired Kauffman greatly, he did not want to recreate what had already been done. He made a comment that his shows were not too “out there” or weird, and he prided himself on having a more low-key presentation.

When he first started, unfortunately, it was difficult for him to perform in clubs.

They wanted a more highenergy crowd pleaser, and Martin’s style was more laid back. “I’m lucky,” he said.

Now performing in theatres rather than clubs, he enjoys having his own vibe and not being pressured to follow the styles of others in the business.

Though his original goal was to primarily do stand-up comedy, Martin has recently become more interested in films-making them, shooting them, acting in them, and

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directing them. Though he has yet to truly break into the industry, Martin gets excited by the great opportunity they present. “It’s really different than doing stand-up and getting to work with people like Ang Lee and Steven Soderbergh,” he says. The thrill of working with people that are so good at what they do speaks to Martin’s need to challenge himself and become a student of the business.

A large distinguishing factor in Martin’s work is his drawings. Why these drawings? Martin loves the idea of reducing something bigger into simple elements. He’s currently developing a book, to be released March of 2013, called Point Your Face at This. With approximately 200 drawings with accompanying jokes and bits, he hopes to communicate his interesting ideas.

Communicating his interesting ideas is what Demetri Martin is most excited about in his new special. Since it has been six years since his last special, Martin is excited to share his new jokes that he wrote. “I’m proud of it,” he said. This particular special takes a break from the somewhat trite political humor that circles around the presidential campaign. He says his work is more escapist and not typical by design and is most definitely worth checking out.

DAnielle BApeS ClASS of 2015 CoRpoRATe finAnCe & ACCounTing “I am actually going with the school in May to China. It’s all about the developing countries; if you want to be a business person you have to look at the developing countries.”

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Martin’s new stand-up comedy special premiered on Sept. 29.

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Looper provides unexpected thrill

By Radhika Bansil Vanguard Staff

The year is 2044. Time travel has been invented, but immediately made illegal. It is near impossible to dispose of a body. That being said, mobs of the future send targets 30 years in the past where a designated assassin, a Looper, kills them and then burns the body.

This process continues until the day the Looper’s future self is sent back to be killed by his present self, closing the loop. The Looper then collects a large sum of money, and enjoys the next thirty years of his life.

Simple enough, right?

But wait, there’s more.

The twist occurs when Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) decides he likes living and has a problem with this idea of delayed suicide.

When sent back to be assassinated, he escapes his present self (Joseph GordonLevitt) to kill the relevant people, mere toddlers at the time, so that he and many others may continue to live in the future.

Looper circles around a cat-and-mouse chase between the present Joe and his future self while making profound statements on the vastly differing value systems resulting from the age gap.

Director Rian Johnson, during a conference call last week, said that he wanted to highlight the “I’m not going to turn into you, young manold man concept”. The execution of this very concept in the film posed ethical dilemmas of unprecedented levels in sci-fi movies.

Moral ambiguity is the name of the game. Is it okay for future Joe to kill children now, knowing what monsters they would turn into thirty years later?

Is it then wrong for the mother of this child to go to dramatic lengths to protect

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Gordon-Levitt and Willis star in Looper, which opened Friday, Sept. 28.

him?

Should the present Joe act to protect the child hoping that he may change or is that too big a risk to take?

“If I sense darkness for the sake of darkness, I disengage,” said Johnson regarding the inherent grim nature of the film. His goal was to show audiences the genuine moral choices the characters had to make and the consequences, both positive and negative, of these choices.

As one may have imagined, such an intricate story line presenting the grappling issues that it does, the idea for Looper was not one that conveniently “popped up”.

In fact, Rian Johnson initially had concocted this idea over ten years ago after the release of his debut film, Brick, which also starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

The character of Joe was written for Levitt and Bruce Willis was cast because, as Johnson puts it, “There’s something about Bruce Willis being Bruce Willis that just works for this part”.

When asked whether the end result was what he had pictured, Johnson joked, “Frame 3,192 was a little

mAGGie CoLLinS CLASS oF 2016 eConomiCS-FinAnCe “My uncle’s taking me to a Patriots game on Sunday.”

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off”, but noted that being flexible is a trait that every director must have. He emphasized that coming on set, he had to be able to roll with the punches and incorporate what the cast and crew brought to the table rather than simply delegate tasks.

His end goal, as is for any movie that he creates, was to make something that goes out on a limb that nobody has ever seen before. His goal was to make something interesting.

And interesting it most definitely is. Though it is a large-release film with a star-studded cast, Looper is not a film for everyone. For those looking to sit back and passively let the reel run, Looper is not the ideal pastime.

Many will struggle to make sense of the rather dense material that the film imposes. It is an intelligent film that challenges audiences not only to keep up, but to actively dissect the moral implications of each character’s actions.

To say that Looper will keep audiences at the edge of their seats is an understatement. They are in for quite a ride.

STeve SpiTTLeR CLASS oF 2013 ACCounTAnCy “Running in the New England cross country championship in Springfield, MA and spending the rest of break with family.”

ALexAndRA RAmiRez & SARiTA LiBeRmAn CLASS oF 2016 mARkeTinG & undeCided “We’re flying down to Miami and visiting family and friends, seeing Kascade in concert and bumming it on South Beach.”

nAThAn hopkinS CLASS oF 2014 mARkeTinG “I’m headed down to Wahington, D.C. with my roommate to visit some friends at Georgetown.”

AdAm CAi CLASS oF 2014 CoRpoRATe FinAnCe & ACCounTinG “I’m going skydiving.”

The plot produces ethical dilemmas that will keep audiences intrigued from start to finish.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower is not a chick flick

By Kelsey Miller Vanguard Staff

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a movie about a teenage boy starting high school. Does that bring back awful memories? Or has high school been the highlight of your life so far (which would be sad)? Well, wallflowers everywhere take note: Things will all turn out all right.

At least it did for Charlie (Logan Lerman), a super-shy high school freshman just trying to survive the experience—he literally counts the days until his graduation— until he meets Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller), two seniors who befriend him.

Sam and Patrick are blissfully uncaring about the socalled unspoken rules at their high school, choosing to listen to unpopular music and perform in Rocky Horror every weekend. In other words, they are the kids who gleefully shun their school’s expectations of them, as evidenced by the fact that Patrick is still in freshman shop class.

Of course, Charlie loves hanging out with the two of them, since he’s a bit of a misfit himself, and by hanging out with their group he experiences many of life’s

The main cast of the movie The Perks of Being a Wallflower includes Ezra Miller, Erin Wilhelmi and Emma Watson.

firsts, including the taste of a certain kind of brownie.

But while Charlie may be having fun with his new friends, it’s not all fun and games. Charlie wasn’t always an awkward loner; he used to be a normal kid. And while we try to figure out why he’s changed, we discover that life is not so rosy for Sam or Patrick either.

The many ups and downs of all of the characters are

resonant for anyone who suffered through high school; the good times are just as extreme as the bad ones. Or

same person who wrote the book all the way back in 1999—Stephen Chbosky.

Because of this the movie is

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extremely well-adapted from the book. If anything, the near decade and a half gave Chbosky more clarity with his work, for the movie’s plot is a lot cleaner than the book’s.

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The great thing about The Perks of Being a Wallflower is it’s really as much a movie for males as it is for females, if not more so. It’s really wit t y , which a ny one ca n enjoy, and because of the male protagonist (and male creator), the movie plays down the significance of amorous relationships which will inevitably lure more males to see it (if Emma Watson fails to accomplish that).

But that isn’t to say there is no romance in the movie.

It has just enough so that girls will stick around for the relationship between Charlie and Sam, and their boyfriends will enjoy “bro” moments between Charlie and Patrick (as well as the Emma Watson scenes, trust me).

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a really intense movie, and in that it accomplishes its goal. Anyone who watches the movie will remember just what it was like to grow up. Like Charlie you’ll leave the movie feeling infinite.

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Notes from Abroad Question: “What new perspectives have you gained about the u.S. while abroad?”

By Lindsay Beauregard Singapore

I have come to realize that the United States emphasizes being individualistic. Our country caters to the individual to make sure we get things the way we want them. For example, if you go to a restaurant, 99 percent of the time you can substitute sides and order meat at the temperature you want it. We are picky and want things our way.

Here in Singapore, it is totally different. You have to practically fight with people and ask repeatedly for a special order.

And being the stubborn American that I am, I don’t give up until I get what I want.

I have also realized that Americans are very good at communicating and understanding communication. We are critical thinkers and recognize and value how to ask and answer meaningful questions. We can carry on in-depth conversations without struggling to find the right words.

Although Singaporeans are not the best communicators and generally don’t understand new concepts like special orders, they are impeccable planners!

If the U.S. would take a mere 10 percent of Singaporean’s ability to plan, there would be no such thing as a two-hour wait during rush hour or traffic jams on Route 128.

Singapore’s intricate plans for its land are amazing, the Marina Bay area (hotel, Gardens by the Bay, Singapore Flier, etc.) had been in the government’s plans for 50 years before it was built and completed in 2010. And to add to that, the two motorways that cross behind the bay are being demolished and rerouted because the government doesn’t think it is aesthetically pleasing.

Also Singapore is incredibly clean. If America was this clean, I could drop a piece of food on the floor of the T and eat it without fear of some weird disease.

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This past Wednesday at 9 p.m., we saw both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney face off in the first presidential debate of the season.

It was the first time the two candidates have directly addressed one another in the other’s presence.

No longer will one candidate be able to make a statement about the other, without facing a real time reaction to it. The live show can sometimes put a damper on how creative a candidate gets in their statements

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By Jeff Breault BruSSelS, BelgiuM

When I landed in Belgium, it was pretty clear to me what makes it so different from the United States. No, it was not the fact that most Belgians know more about the U.S. election than the average American, nor was it the fact that they are much more efficient with disposing waste and using electricity, and it wasn’t the modest-sized cars that fill the streets. It was that people here don’t wear pajamas in public.

It was pretty clear that people take their appearance pretty seriously. There are several large shopping centers that offer apparel at all price ranges, and just like in America, people seem to enjoy shopping as a pastime.

Whenever I go out to school, the store or the park, people are dressed in rather appealing and presentable outfits. It dawned on me that I have not seen anyone wear their pajamas in public.

By Sean Harrington SeMeSter at Sea

Hello from Semester at Sea! The MV Explorer is currently steaming through the eastern Atlantic Ocean, en route to Ghana. We have just left Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which was a substitute destination for Casablanca, Morocco.

We had to abort our trip to the North African country following demonstrations outside the U.S. Embassy there. We were disappointed to miss out on Morocco, but we certainly appreciate the necessity of the decision.

As we depart Europe, the shipboard community is reflecting on the differing cultures and viewpoints of the European

Scratching the Surface: First Presidential Debate toward the other.

As with all debates, those statements are analyzed word for word by the fact checkers, who play an important role in keeping candidates accountable to the statements they make.

Their inherent purpose is to deny those running the ability to make inflammatory and false statements.

So don’t be shy; visit their websites. FactCheck.org and Politifact.com are some of the best known fact checkers. In addition, most of the news media outlets maintain their own fact-checking series (ironically, their inherent job is to fact check).

Perhaps as a sign of the media’s partisan nature, these fact checking organizations have gained prominence and are often cited by CNN or Fox News when they conclude that Obama’s statement about the deficit is false, or Romney’s statement about the economy is misleading.

They even check political ads

by PACs and SuperPACs, which are often separate from the can-

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didates and can make false or misleading claims. In addition, when your local representatives make statements of national importance, these guys will fact check them, too, and it’s all online!

Don’t underestimate just how many resources there are to scrutinize your leaders, the promises they make and the accusations they throw.

When the first debate began, these organizations were fact checking and posting to their websites on the spot. You could have waited a few hours afterwards to read the longer analyses of the debate (at this point, most have already released their findings).

In between Obama’s smooth talk and Romney’s promise to fact check the President, there is a lot that can be said to mislead you and I. Leave no statement unquestioned and no assertion of fact uninvestigated.

Important issues like the debt and deficit, economic growth and traditional social issues were debated. When discussing budgets, economies, debt and

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Thank you, Europe, for culturally forbidding such a preventable act of laziness. Really, it isn’t that difficult to put on a pair of jeans and a jacket to go out in public. Why hasn’t everyone in America seemed to figure that out? I know people will argue that wearing pajamas to class is more comfortable and is their constitutional right, but why not try to look a little bit more presentable and wear real clothes?

Of course I sit here writing this note in my pajamas, in bed, on an early morning as I contemplate all the real new perspectives I have gained of the U.S. Although there are many, it is hard to say what the U.S. should adopt, since everything relies so heavily on culture. My best advice to you, fellow Falcons, would be to study abroad and experience the world for yourselves.

nations that we visited.

Specifically, we have discussed the perspectives people in these countries have on the U.S. It is our conclusion that the vast majority of people we met had a positive viewpoint on Americans.

Many of our hosts loved to engage with students about current events and seemed genuinely interested in learning about the American mindset.

I found that much of the frustration toward Americans is focused around language. In non-English speaking countries, people become tired with Americans’ general lack of linguistic diversity. Americans sometimes act parochially in their treatment of language, assuming that everyone will

comprehend their forceful English demands.

In many instances, simply trying to speak the language is enough. Take one of my friends as an example: He is a useless Spanish speaker. Needless to say, traveling in Cadiz and Seville, Spain was a challenge for him. However, he tried his hardest to engage Spanish people in their native language rather than jumping to English/elaborate hand gestures.

His attempts, however sorry, seemed to work—people truly appreciated that he was willing to try to speak how they speak.

I feel that if more Americans were to adopt this attitude, much of the animosity toward the U.S. would dissipate.

By Moussa Hassoun deficits, numbers rule. The everyday American doesn’t have ready access to those numbers and at times all the math can seem confusing.

Don’t take it on yourself to decide if Obama’s statement that he created four million private sector jobs is true or not.

We aren’t economists to know if Romney’s economic plan will help the economy thrive.

These fact checking organizations cite reports from economists, sociologists and other professionals who do have the know-how to push the fluff aside and reveal the truth.

If this is the first time you’ve even heard that there was a presidential debate, then 1. You must watch the debate as a requirement and 2. Use these organizations to help better align you with the truth.

Personality, charisma, eloquence and presentation have been key factors of presidential debates since John Kennedy faced Richard Nixon in the first televised debate. Yet we know that if the facts aren’t by a candidate’s side, they can be

destroyed in argument. If the facts are by his side, a presidential hopeful can win over millions by making a strong argument for their candidacy.

2008 candidate Obama may have looked younger, sounded more inspirational and held the hype of the first black candidate endorsed by a major political party, but he used the facts to his advantage to build on the anger toward President Bush.

He had the death and cost numbers of both wars on his side. He had the economic numbers by his side. He had studies showing the deteriorated global image of the U.S. by his side.

His use of those numbers made a compelling case for his election. We’ve had eloquent candidates before we’ve had black candidates before. He combined those features with great use of the sociological, economic and military reports.

Facts ruled in 2008, and they will rule in 2012. For everyone’s sake, check them and call out the candidate who blows smoke to the truth, regardless of whether it is Romney or Obama.

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Aries (March 21-April 19)

Senior Spotlight

Even if you’re busy, make time for romance. You don’t have to spend a lot of money; just give it your full attention. And service is the key.

Taurus Plan on staying close to home this weekend, and you’ll find you can accomplish amazing things, not necessarily all by yourself. Get help.

Gemini

What is your advice to seniors/words of wisdom?

Live it up! You only get one senior year at college, so do as much as you can, while you can (within legal boundaries)!

(May 21-June 21)

You’re calmest when you’re deeply engrossed in new material. That fidgety feeling you sometimes get just seems to fade away. Relax, and soak up the information.

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

You’re back in charge of the situation and not a moment too soon. A slightly different approach will work to achieve your objective.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

You’re under some pressure to finish up the projects you’ve already started. If you can’t remember what all of them are, don’t worry. Someone will remind you.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Your friends can teach you all kinds of interesting things.

Don’t be afraid, but do be alert.

Being smart is good, but it’s not enough. You’ll also have to be quick. Luckily, you can.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Don’t agonize over the restrictions you’re laboring under.

You’re good at working within the system, and you’re getting even better.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

The highway beckons, but gas is expensive. No problem. You can go by bike, roller blades or even thumb. If all else fails, hoof it.

Capricorn

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Call upon your private contacts (people who owe you favors) to help you get everything you need without going into debt.

This’ll be fun.

Aquarius

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Conditions look good for seeing new places and meeting with friends. It’s also a good time to solidify a partnership that will endure. Does that give you any ideas?

Pisces

(Feb. 19-March 20)

An unusual assignment is coming your way. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to pay very well.

It’s more likely you’re saving money by not digging into your savings. Well, a penny saved counts.

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How are you feeling about graduation?

Excited. Nervous. I have mixed emotions about graduation because the past four years have flown by so quickly. I’m excited to start the next chapter in my life, but nervous because it means I have to enter the “real world.”

(April 20-May 20)

When you’re shopping for household items, do the research, and find the best.

You’ll spend a little more at first but a lot less over time.

But you already know that.

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Interview for Senior Spotlight Name: Jourdan Chan Major: Finance, LSMGlobal Perspectives Minor: Computer Information Systems Hometown: Middletown, NJ What are you involved in at Bentley?

I am a Brother of Delta Sigma Pi, a Peer Leader for the ALANA Experience Program and an Office Assistant at the Residential Center.

What are you looking forward to this year?

I am looking forward to the Commencement Week Activities to celebrate with the Class of 2013!

What are your plans for the future?

Find a job, graduate, backpack through Europe and start working.

What is your favorite event on campus?

My favorite events are Food Fest and the Diwali Show.

What are your goals for this year?

My goal for this year is to finish my college career on a strong and positive note, but still have fun in the process.

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.

What can Bentley do to help you this year?

Continue to contribute to my development as an individual. I learn something new from every event that I attend, so keep planning a variety of events because they are all beneficial in different ways.

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

Networking plays a big role in life. It’s not always about what you know, but who you know. Putting yourself out there and meeting people is half the battle.

Chan’s most valuable lesson from Bentley is the importance of networking.

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Healthy Hart: Spotlight on Whole Foods

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How you look on the outside starts with how you feel on the inside. Checking out Whole Foods Market, with more healthy products than I originally intended on purchasing, I picked up a Body Care and Wellness pamphlet. It actually contained quite a few helpful hints: Stay hydrated, requiring over 64 ounces of water a day.

Add extra energy by adding some whey protein to a shake.

I also recommend if you eat oatmeal, to add a dash. Whey protein can help you get your proper nutrition whether you’re someone constantly on

the go or just a selective eater.

Eating antioxidants can help avoid skin damage.

Everywhere you turn in Whole Foods, there are signs, helpful flyers and willing staff employees to answer questions. It is easily one of my favorite places to shop, having everything one needs for a healthy lifestyle.

Whole Foods’ Motto in regards to their product standards is: “We carefully evaluate each and every product we sell. Our body care vendor partners are encouraged to use plant-based and naturally-derived ingredients, pure essential oil fragrances, gentle preservations, and nonpetroleum ingredients. None of our personal care products have been tested on animals.

We are committed to highquality body care products and research driven dietary supplements with a proven track record. We feature supplements that are free of artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated oils.

Products on our shelves are reviewed for compliance with applicable regulations.”

Whole Foods Market Core Values are: “We sell the high-

est natural and organic products available. We care about our communities and our environment. We create win-win

a promise to only stock the best fish from the best sources around the world. By having high standards, Whole Foods’

customers receive healthy options and benefits.

There are numerous healthy options in stock. They carry Kashi cereal, Late July, Stonyfield, Earth Balance and more. One of my favorite brands, which they exclusively carry, is 365 Everyday Value, which has all the necessary items one would need to stock their refrigerator and shopping carriage.

They sell everything from

The International Report: Here Comes Brazil In light of the visit to Bentley of Fernando de Mello Barreto, the Consul General of Brazil, to speak on campus as part of the Valente Center’s Fall 2012 Speaker series, an internationally tinged illumination of Brazil is necessary. The British Prime Minister David Cameron’s trip to Brazil last week to boost trade links and secure deals for British companies illustrates the regard in which the Brazilian economy is held. Statistically overtaking the United Kingdom as the world’s sixth largest economy in March of this year gave the Brazilian economic story an attention garnering headline.

Brazil’s yearning for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council demonstrates a serious belief that it is a major player on the international stage. Economy, influence and relations with other countries often serve as good barometers to judge a country’s international status.

As you read this, the Brazilian economy is admittedly on holiday. The rapid economic growth first under Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and partly under Dilma Rousseff means that a 2012 GDP growth rate revision from 4percent to 1.6 percent is poor, especially when the

2010 and 2011 growth rates were 7.5 percent and 2.7 percent, respectively.

The downward trend is obviously linked to the global economic downturn, which has left no country unturned. However, other BRICs have had higher growth rates than Brazil.

The glass can also be viewed as half full. The easing of public sector centric policy in infrastructure, loosening of protectionist measures and steady attempts to move Brazil away from relying ominously on commodity exports and trading for income and towards more value-added economic processes will boost the economy in the long run.

Internationally, Brazil has been increasingly dynamic.

At the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it has been trying to end the European hegemony at the head of the widely despised organization. It has also been trumpeting the view that emerging countries which have more relevant experience in development economics should have more of a say than Europe and the United States.

Brazil’s historic and cultural links with Africa, in addition to a shared climate, mean cooperation is done with ease and little suspi-

By Angela Hart

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partnerships with our suppliers. We promote the health of our stakeholders through healthy eating education.”

These core values are reflected in Whole Foods’ seafood section. Their goal is to educate people about current issues. They are currently discussing methylmercury, a form of mercury, mostly found in fish, that can be harmful if consumed in large amounts. Whole Foods makes

toppings to prepared meals; organic relish, light canola mayonnaise, organic steak sauce, organic olive oil, and organic balsamic vinegar, to organic snacks, coconut and almond milk.

Another brand I highly recommend is Back to Nature, which offers cookies, granola and crackers. They may be healthy food choices, but they retain all of the flavor one would expect of a high-sugar snack.

If you have a sweet tooth, there are “plain vanilla” organic wafers, sweetened with organic cane sugar and finished with the classic flavor of organic vanilla extract.

Another option would be ginger snap cookies, real ground ginger, sweet molasses, a snappy texture and under three dollars for an entire box.

These are snacks that you won’t feel guilty about later.

Please note that there are always online deals and coupons to print out at wholefoodsmarket.com/coupons and wholefoodsmarket.com/wholed eal.

For locations, questions or general curiosity, visit wholefoodsmarket.com.

By Kevin Laryea

Brazil has a significant role in peacekeeping and reconstruction missions around the globe.

cion. The Portuguese-speaking African countries have seen cooperation with Brazil skyrocket since 2003.

Brazil’s very significant contributions to international peacekeeping and reconstruction missions, especially in Haiti and Lebanon, as well as its centric nature in the increasing America/Europe vs.

China/Russia issues mean it is mostly positively enhancing its reputation.

In South America, Brazilled initiatives to connect South America through transport links, energy projects amongst other things, has been both praised and opposed. Economically, the plans are widely backed, especially by the left-leaning

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presidents of other countries in the region who know the benefits to their economies will be immense.

However, environmentalists and indigenous communities are unhappy about the cumulative billion-dollar projects. The effect on the Amazon and the forced migrations that the projects cause mean that some people will be severely affected by the projects. The imperialist image that inhabitants of some Latin American countries have of Brazil, due to the projects being substantially controlled by Brazil and seemingly strategically benefiting Brazil more than any other Latin American countries, could be contentious in the near

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future.

With the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics to be hosted in Brazil, the potential for increased living standards for Brazilians is huge. The investment, infrastructure and country promotion needed for both events to be successful mean the average Brazilian should be much better off in 2016.

This, coupled with the spotlight that these events will put on Brazil, mean that Brazil’s geopolitical influence and importance will significantly increase. The foreign policy and economic decisions taken by Brazil’s leaders will have increasing effects both for Brazil’s near 200 million people and the rest of us.

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McQueen led Bentley finishes fourth at NE-10 Championships

By Ian Giancursio Vanguard Staff

The Bentley golf team saw its reign as Northeast-10 champion come to an end last weekend, as Adelphi University won the tournament with first and secondplace finishes.

Adelphi, winner of three of the last four NE-10 championships, once again emerged victorious as a result of strong efforts from its top golfers.

Freshman Ryan Snouffer finished first overall to earn medalist honors and led Adelphi to the title. Following

Snouffer was teammate Louis Kelly, who finished just two strokes behind to place second.

Snouffer was able to pull away from the rest of the field on the last day with a score of 70, an impressive feat against such imposing competition.

He finished with a one-under, 143 overall. Kelly, the 2011 conference champion, battled Snouffer to the very end, but came up just short with a second round score of 71 to finish with a 145 overall.

The Falcons managed an impressive showing as well, albeit in a fourth place finish.

Bentley senior co-captain Dan McQueen entered the last day of the tournament in a threeway tie for first place with Snouffer and Roman VenturaCamp of American International.

McQueen’s first round score of 73 helped the Falcons to an opening day round of 306 which was enough for third place behind UMass-Lowell and Adelphi.

Unfortunately, Bentley was unable to overcome its fivestroke deficit and finished fourth overall. McQueen, however, propelled the Falcons with a final round score of 74

McQueen finished first for Bentley, and third overall, with a score of 147.

Matt Michel, who finished fourteenth, and McQueen have led the Falcons all year as team captains

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to finish in third place with an overall score of 147, just four strokes behind the leader. His play earned him first-team All-NE-10 honors. Although they did not win, Bentley still put forth an impressive effort and showed the NE-10 that the Falcons are a threat to win any tournament.

Last weekend’s tournament also saw a complete team effort by the Falcons, as three golfers finished in the Top 20.

In addition to McQueen, senior co-captain Matt Michel

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and junior Harry Kirkpatrick battled their way into the Top 20, exhibiting exceptional resolve and poise. Michel finished with an overall score of 155 to place 14th and Kirkpatrick managed to tie for 15th with a score of 156. This was an especially impressive feat, as Kirkpatrick jumped three spots from his openinground 18th place finish.

The Falcons’ next tournament is the Saint Rose Fall Shootout, scheduled for October 13 and 14.

Falcons fall to UMass-Lowell and get upset by New Haven

By Emily Ellis Vanguard Staff

The men’s soccer team faced two tough competitors this past week, and didn’t have much success. The men traveled to UMass-Lowell last Tuesday and came up short in a 3-0 match.

The River Hawks scored twice in the first 17 minutes and tallied a third goal in the 89th minute. Each goalkeep-

The Falcons hope to make a strong run into the postseason.

er made four saves, however UMass had twice as many shots on goal. The River Hawks are now fourth in the Northeast-10 conference with a 7-0 record.

Senior forward Brennan DaCosta explained that the score was not an accurate reflection of the game.

“Everyone who stepped on the field came on and contributed in a positive way,” said DaCosta. “We fought

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hard in the second half and had numerous chances to get back in the game, but couldn’t finish our chances.”

Bentley hosted New Haven on Saturday and DaCosta got Bentley an early lead with a goal only 36 seconds after the opening whistle blew.

New Haven quickly answered in the second minute putting the ball past senior goalkeeper Alex Pilitsis.

Sophomore forward Michael Kahn and freshman forward Scott Levy each netted goals of their own in the first half.

A fourth goal in the beginning of the second half seemed to secure Bentley with a 4-1 lead over New Haven. Yet, the Chargers countered with back-to-back goals in a five-minute span to tie the game.

No goals were scored in the two 10-minute overtime periods and the final whistle was blown, signaling a 4-4 tie.

“Our whole team was playing well,” said DaCosta.

“Towards the end of the game, we had a few mental lapses which caused a few goals. We tried battling back after they tied it up, had many chances but couldn’t find the game winning goal.

Our team has come back

After the two losses, Bentley fell to 3-5-1.

from being down many times.

I always have faith in this team.”

Bentley is now 3-5-1 overall and 1-4-1 in the Northeast-10–tied with Merrimack for fifth place in the conference.

Although their record doesn’t show it, the Falcons will do their best to clinch a spot in the playoffs, according to DaCosta.

“When times get tough we are able to come together as

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one to fix our problems; it’s not always easy, but we’ll find a way to get it done,” said DaCosta.

“I have a great deal of faith in this team, because no one quits and I feel like now is our time to turn this season around and make a run at the playoffs.”

The Falcons play next at Le Moyne on October 6 at 1 p.m. and will host Southern New Hampshire on October 9 at 3:30 p.m.

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Bentley to participate in Catamount Classic

By Benjamin Klein

Vanguard Staff

Senior co-captain Julia Powell has been the starting goalie for Bentley field hock-

rECEnt rESultS Field Hockey (4-5, 1-1 NE-10) Result at Assumption (9/28) Football (4-0, 3-0 NE-10) Stonehill (9/28)*

Men’s Soccer (4-3-2, 2-2-2 NE-10) at UMass-Lowell (9/25)* New Haven (9/29)*

Proceeds from the Catamount Classic support cancer research and care.

round of the NE-10 Championship.

The Falcons would take an early lead, but Adelphi was much too strong and Bentley was eliminated, 6-4. They did, however, put pressure on Adelphi, firing 47 shots and forcing opposing goalie Eric Janssen to make 20 saves.

Of the five games that Bentley did come out on top, one was against the aforementioned Southern New Hampshire. Southern New Hampshire would take a 3-1 lead going into the second quarter, but Bentley fought back to score five goals and hold a one-goal lead at halftime. Southern New Hampshire would respond with two goals in the third, but the Falcons advantage of

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opportunities in the final quarter to pull ahead and eventually win, 10-7.

Bentley is expected to field a very young team this upcoming year, as they did last season (27 lowerclassmen and 18 upperclassmen), but one upperclassman to look at is senior midfielder Steve Caditz. Caditz finished four on the team in points last season as a junior with 19 (15 goals and four assists). He could be the one who takes the Falcons deep into the NE-10 Championship this upcoming season.

The first step to having a great 2012-13 campaign, however, is getting off on the right foot against Springfield and Southern New Hampshire on Sunday.

ey over the past three seasons and is a big reason of why the Lady Falcons have been so successful. The Lady Falcons are 4-5 (1-1 NE-10) through their first half of the

Goalie Julia Powell is a major contributor to the Lady Falcons’ success.

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2012 season and have a good chance of playing for the Northeast-10 championship.

“We started the season out with a number of tough games,” said Powell. “We get to see those teams again starting this week and I am looking for a different result for the conference games. I have high expectations and confidence in our team to perform.”

Bentley is currently 1-1 in NE-10 play, but they have played the least amount of games of any team in the conference. There’s still plenty of time to contend for a playoff berth and Powell is looking forward to play against two conference rivals this week.

“I am definitely looking for us to contend for a conference title,” said Powell. “Right now, Merrimack and Lowell are our biggest competition and we get to face them both again this week. We are a different team than when we first saw them and I am excited for strong game. The most important thing for us

L 2-1 (ot)

W 17-7

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Powell prepared to take on competition

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The Bentley men’s lacrosse regular season schedule doesn’t start for a while, but they’ll be playing for a cause this upcoming weekend. The Falcons will be one of 18 men’s teams participating in the 2012 Catamount Classic Lacrosse Tournament—Lacrosse for a Cure.

The tournament is being held for the fifth consecutive year and all proceeds from the event will support genitourinary and women’s cancers research and care at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The event was started back in 2008 by University of Vermont head coach Ryan Curtis and his wife. Over the previous four years, the event has raised nearly $120,000.

Although participants are just looking to help make an impact, the Falcons will also be looking to win each of its matchups. Bentley is scheduled to play a pair of games on Sunday, the first at 12 p.m. against Springfield and then again at 4 p.m. against Northeast-10 foe Southern New Hampshire.

Bentley was able to win just five games last season, but did start to play better late in the season. They went 4-2 over a six-game span during the second half of their schedule, led by senior attackers J.D. Ayer and Brendan Grant. The Falcons would fall to Adelphi 17-4 in their regular season finale, but looked to upend them in a rematch during the first

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4th place

L 3-0 T 4-4 (2ot)

Men’s Tennis (2-0, 2-0 NE-10) at Le Moyne (9/27)*

W 9-0

Women’s Soccer (3-4-2, 1-4-2 NE-10) Franklin Pierce (9/26)* at Pace (9/29)*

L 2-0 L 3-1

Women’s Tennis (4-0, 4-0 NE-10) Assumption (9/25)* at Le Moyne (9/27)* at Saint Rose (9/28)*

W 9-0 W 9-0 W 8-1

Volleyball (5-9, 1-2 NE-10) at Nyack (9/28) at Pace (9/29)*

W 3-1 W 3-1

*Conference Game

upCOmIng SChEdulE Oct. 4 Women’s Tennis vs. New Haven* Field Hockey vs. UMass-Lowell*

3:30 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

Oct. 6 Women’s Soccer vs. Adelphi

1:00 p.m.

Oct. 9 Men’s Soccer vs. Southern NH*

3:30 p.m.

Oct. 10 Women’s Soccer vs. UMass-Lowell*

3:30 p.m.

Oct. 12 Men’s Tennis vs. Saint Anselm*

3:30 p.m.

Oct. 13 Field Hockey vs. Assumption* Football vs. New Haven* Volleyball vs. Franklin Pierce*

10:00 a.m.

1:00 p.m.

7:00 p.m.

*Conference Game is to take every game as it happens and every opponent as the most important game of the season.”

The Lady Falcons lost back-to-back games to Merrimack and UMassLowell in September by scores of 4-1 and 6-0, respectively. Bentley will still be sending out its usual lineup, but there’s something about the opposing teams that Powell feels the team can take advantage of.

“Both Merrimack and Lowell have given up more goals in the last three games than they have all season,” said Powell. “I think we are seeing them both at the right time. As long as we capitalize

on our opportunities and hold it down on defense we will be in for some solid games this week.”

With eight games left on Bentley’s regular season schedule, the team needs to be focused now more than ever. They’ll have some tough competition down the stretch, still having to play the Top 3 teams in the conference, and can’t afford any slip-ups.

“We need to focus on playing Bentley field hockey and not the opponent we are facing,” said Powell. “As long as we stay together as a team and continue to push each other I think the rest of the season will go the way we want.”

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Boerman has Falcons off to a fast start; hopes to keep success rolling

By Matt Gustus Vanguard Staff

Bentley football is off to a 4-0 start, including winning their first three games in Northeast-10 Conference play. With wins over Pace, West Virginia Wesleyan, Assumption and Stonehill, the team has positioned itself in a three-way tie for first place in the NE-10.

Head coach Thom Boerman, now in his fourth year in that role, has been with the program for more than 20 years. Since 1986, Boerman has been working on the defensive side of the ball, coaching the defensive backs as well as serving as assistant coach. In the 2008 season, he took full control of the defense while serving as defensive coordinator for the season.

A year later, when the head coaching position became available, Boerman

was selected and made a smooth transition into the role.

Boerman’s experience working with defenses at the collegiate level is reflected in the way this year’s defense is performing. The Falcon defense is ranked sixth in Division II in total defense, and has been impenetrable on the ground, ranking fifth in the country. In the NE-10, the team is first in both total defense and pass defense.

For the team as a whole, Coach Boerman sets high standards. Going forward, consistency and maturity are things he hopes the team can improve even further upon as the season progresses.

“What you look for as a coach is consistency, so you know what you have,” said Boerman. “I want the guys to develop this consistency and continue to mature as a football team. If they do that, we’re going to be fine.”

When asked how this year’s team compares to Falcon teams in the past, Coach Boerman responded in a way most football coaches would.

“How do you compare your children?” Boerman joked.

“Every team is different.

Every year is a new dynamic; it’s a very fluid thing. Ask me again in six weeks.”

While the team has been off to a tremendous start, they still have some challenging tasks ahead. After traveling to St. Anselm’s (0-5, 04 NE-10) this coming Saturday, the team will come back home for a very important battle with nationally ranked No. 6 New Haven (40, 3-0 NE-10). However, while the New Haven game will have tremendous effects on the NE-10 standings, the team is only focused on the task at hand.

“This year, especially, has been week to week,” said

Head football coach Thom Boerman keeps the team focused on individual games.

Boerman. “We don’t talk about an opponent…or any goal other than winning ‘this game’. It’s the oldest cliché in sports. When you win, everyt hing t a kes ca re of itself.

“Four years ago, we preached National playoffs; that was the goal,” said Boerman. “We looked past a

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team that really cost us that opportunity. I vowed I would never do that again.”

The philosophy of staying in the moment has served the team well this year. In the competitive NE-10, every game is important and no team can be overlooked, or else the season could go down the drain.

Hynds keeps Lady Falcons close, but Bentley loses fourth straight game

By Billy Fitzhenry Vanguard Staff

The Bentley women’s soccer team dropped two tough games the past week, losing to Franklin Pierce 2-0 on Wednesday and 3-1 to Pace on Saturday, giving the Lady Falcons a four-game losing streak.

The Lady Falcons were put in an early hole against Franklin Pierce when freshman Hannah Weagle scored in the 38th minute to give the Ravens a 1-0 lead. Senior forward Laura Muise tried to rally the Falcons by putting two great shots on goal, but Franklin Pierce goalkeeper Casey Edwards saved both attempts.

Bentley had a spectacular chance to tie the game in the second half when junior mid-

fielder Chelsea Owens took a shot 15 yards away from the goal. Alas, the ball sailed just above the crossbar and the Lady Falcons never threatened again. Weagle put the game away in the 71st minute when she scored for a second time to give Franklin Pierce a 2-0 lead. Bentley sophomore goalkeeper Christiana Hynds had a great game in goal, stopping seven of the nine shots she faced.

On Saturday, Bentley got off to another slow start against the Pace University Setters, conceding the first two goals of the match.

Sophomore Jillian Ferro scored her fifth goal of the season in the 21st minute for Pace to give them the early 10 lead. Freshman Brittany Trymbulak followed that goal with one of her own in the

31st minute to put Pace ahead 2-0.

There was no more scoring until the 84th minute when Bentley freshman forward Sam Ford scored the first goal of her career to bring the Lady Falcons to within one goal of salvaging a tie.

However four minutes later, Ferro netted her second goal of the game to put Pace in front 3-1 and squash any hopes of a Bentley comeback.

Hynds had another solid game in net, stopping six of the nine shots taken by Pace.

Junior forward Sydney Spiegel and Muise led Bentley in shots taken during the game with two apiece.

The loss to the Setters pushed the record of the Falcons to 3-4-2 on the year and to 1-4-2 in Northeast-10 conference.

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The men’s tennis team defeated Le Moyne 9-0 last week as senior Rodrigo Ribeiro was a winner in singles and in doubles play.

Ribeiro was later named the Northeast-10 Men’s Tennis Player of the Week for his efforts in the victory. Bentley has now won two matches by scores of 9-0 this season.

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Hynds stopped six of nine shots during the game against Pace.

The Lady Falcons will look to put an end to their losing streak on October 2 when they travel to New Hampshire to face NE-10 foe

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Southern New Hampshire.

On Oct. 6 the team comes back home to play another conference game against Adelphi.

McQueen Named Falcon of the Week Senior Dan McQueen of the golf team is the Falcon of the Week. McQueen finished third individually at the Northeast-10 Championships, played at the En Joie Golf Course in Endicott, N.Y., to earn first team All-Northeast-10 honors.

McQueen shot a three-over 147 at the two-day tournament which concluded Monday. He finished four shots by winner Ryan Snouffer of Adelphi.

McQueen opened with a 73 on Sunday to finish day one in a three-way tie for first, before shooting a 74 on Monday.

As a team, the Falcons finished fourth this year after winning the 2011 NE-10 Championship.