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tHurSday, noVEMBEr 3, 2011VoLuME Lii iSSuE Vi WWW.BEntLEyVanguard.CoM
Police Log 2 JAS 2 Cartoon 4 Voices 8 & 9 Horoscopes 12 Falcon of The Week 16
See STEREOTYPES, Page 5See FROLF, Page 14
MALARIABentley againstMalaria raise fundsand buy nets forfamilies in africa.
6 TECHWhat does yourphone say aboutyou?
13MOVIE TOURthe tour features famous Boston sets.
10
HUMANITY EULOGY Scratching the Surface delves globally.
11
Above, is an aerial view of the “Bentley Links,” Frolf course.
One Less looks toshift student attitudesThe new program highlights theeffect of having “one less” drink
See GROOVE, Page 10
GrooveBoston tears up BentleyCAB breaks Halloween tradition with mobile nightclub
By Alyssa Neshe
Vanguard Staff
On Saturday, October 30,
GrooveBoston came to Bentley
University. Despite an early
winter storm on Saturday,
causing last-minute changes
to the precisely planned event,
the dance was a raging suc-
cess.
Ranging from full-body cow
sui ts to p i rates to Buzz
Lightyear costumes, Bentley
students attended the dance
in their best costumes ready
for what GrooveBoston had in
store for them - a night to
remember filled with dancing
to great remixes such as Katy
Perry’s Last Friday Night. All
the fun started after braving
the snow, of course. With
many students running to the
dance in their full costumes,
not many were bundled up
enough for the cold; as expect-
ed, the cold was a small price
to pay for the biggest event of
the semester. Many waited in
line excitedly to get their offi-
See ONE LESS, Page 5
Courtesy of Brian Shaw Photography
the aspects that are being
improved are consistency in
photos and the phrasing in the
signs.
Kane reviewed last year’s
results in order to improve.
She admits that some of the
Stereotype campaign success
gives way to second launchMovement continues to expand and improve
By Lou ShermanVanguard Staff
This year marks the second
annual Stereotype Campaign
brought to campus with the
original idea stemming from
Tumblr. The real and tangible
campaign, spearheaded single-
handedly produced by junior
Ali Kane, is sponsored by
Diversity Mini-Grants.
Last year, it was cospon-
sored by APO and PRIDE as
an initiative leading up to the
first performance of The
Laramie Project. With more
funding and a bigger plan for
the future, the initiative looks
to continue to open people’s
minds and eyes.
In a move forward, some of
the health, financial and inter-
personal effects that one less
drink can have.
Members of the of the pro-
gram include Jessica Greher
Traue, Nina DeAgrela, Jessica
Kenerson, Paul Stanish,
Do re e n F lo y d , De a nna
B ust e e d a nd Ma rg a re t
Fitzgerald. This movement
was inspired by a presentation
about the impacts of drinking
last January, in which mem-
bers recognized that although
a lot of focus was put on work-
tomer gat/tHE Vanguard
By Tomer GatManaging Editor
GrooveBoston overcame Mother Nature to
give students a show to remember.
Last Wednesday, October
26, students walking into the
Student Center for dinner
were greeted by a sculpture of
21.5 pizza boxes, figures climb-
ing a m o unt a in w i t h
“President’s List” on its peak
and a money tree. These art
pieces are one of many facets
of the One Less movement, a
collaborative effort between
Student Af fairs and the
C e nt e r f o r H e a l t h a nd
Wellness to inform students of
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The Harry’s Pub’s entrance was adorned with
empty pizza boxes and money trees.
Are you DTF? Down to Frolf, that is
Courtesy of allison Kane
By Brenna O’ConnellVanguard Staff
Have you ever been walking
to Seasons when all of a sudden
a frisbee comes rolling up past
you, spins around and falls to a
stop? You then turn to see where
this came from and you see a fel-
low student with their hand
raised, yelling to you. Do you
throw it back, ignore it or just
throw it in the opposite direc-
tion? You wonder, why are they
aiming at me? Well, they are not;
they are playing the new
Bentley craze known as frolf.
Frisbee golf (frolf) is a sport in
which players throw a frisbee in
an attempt to hit a target “hole”
in as few “strokes” as possible.
Traditional frolf courses go
through densely wooded areas,
and players use a range of
“clubs” (driver, putter, etc.) with
different weights. Here at
Bentley, for safety reasons, stu-
dents use regular, plastic frisbee
discs on a nine-hole course
through campus.
Former Bentley students Joe
Stokes and Garrett Thomas
have been credited with creating
“Bentley Links” course some
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MANAgiNg EDiTOR gENERAL MANAgER
Tomer Gat John Karakelle
COPy EDiTOR
NEWS EDiTOR
SPORTS EDiTOR
CAMPUS LiFE EDiTOR
FEATURES EDiTOR
BUSiNESS EDiTOR
PHOTOgRAPHy EDiTOR
ONLiNE EDiTOR
EDiTORiAL DiRECTOR
DiRECTOR OF PRODUCTiON
DiRECTOR OF ADvERTiSiNg
DiRECTOR OF MARKETiNg
JOURNALiSM ADviSOR
STUDENT LiFE ADviSOR
Alyson Bisceglia
Lacey Nemergut
Robbie LaBrie
Sindhu Palaniappan
Lindsay Beauregard
Phillip St. Pierre
Emily Silver
Brian Fuerst
Ian Markowitz
Jeff Breault
Greg Kokino
Brandon Schug
Judy Rakowsky
Nicole Chabot-Wieferich
Judicial action Summary
Total number of cases: 31Total number of individuals involved (violators): 58Number of individuals dismissed from responsibility: 1Number of individuals referred to Judicial Board: 1 Number of educational sanctions given: 33
(includes referrals to Alcohol Education)Cash total of fines given for the week: $1,375Number of Work Sanctions assigned: 3Number of students placed on warning 37Number of Parental Notifications: 1Number of individuals put on Residential Probation: 3
(Loss of 15 Housing Credits)Number of individuals put on Disciplinary Probation: 0
(Loss of 30 Housing Credits)Number of individuals put on Suspension (Housing): 0Number of individuals put on Suspension (University): 0Number of individuals expelled from University: 0
Provided by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs
10.26.2011-11.02.2011
Who Let the Dogs Out?
Last Monday, University Police
high-tailed it to Jennison, where
they were notified of a dog running
loose in the academic building.
Police were dog tired searching for
the pup, only to find out that they
worked like dogs for nothing: The
owner was a lucky dog and had
already found the shifty Shih Tzu.
Police promptly called off the dogs
and went back to living a dog’s life
fighting real crime. You know, they
say every dog has its day, and last
Monday the top dog was right here
at Bentley, wagging the tail that
is our school’s police force. At least
throw them a bone and let them
pet you next time, huh Bingo?
Thanks, dog.
All of the Lights
At 7:06 p.m. on October 21,
Facilities was notified about the
l ights being out in the Dana
Center gym. This was no coinci-
dence, as both of the Bentley’s var-
sity basketball teams had just con-
cluded their practices. Both the
gentlemen and lady Falcons are
predicted to win a lot of games this
year, so it was no mistake that
they were shooting the lights out.
These humble reporters recom-
mend that we get some backup
generators before the season
starts, or else the Dana Center
might challenge the Boylstons for
the overall Blackout Challenge
lead.
Running Amok
University Police received a call
last Saturday from a student who
was reportedly lost after going out
exercising. An officer was dis-
patched to retrieve the student and
bring her back to campus. Ok,
freshmen, here’s a hint to running
i n W a l t h a m : D o n ’ t r u n i n
Waltham. In the off chance you
don’t end up as a piece of road kill
on Lexington Street, you are most
likely going to find yourself on
some random, one-way side road
that has neither a name nor any
remnants of street lines. Walking
past the grunting gym goons to get
to the treadmills doesn’t sound too
bad now, does it?
Wait, What?
At 11:44 a.m. on Friday, October
21, Police apprehended a chainsaw
that was sent to the mailroom.
Yikes.
Pee Owed
Police was notified of a male
party urinating on the Bentley
University entrance sign at 10:35
p.m. on October 21. This deeply
troubles us . The Ubiqui tous
Urinator, star of the Police Logs a
fortnight ago, was detained last
week. However, it seems like his
message lives on.
We’ve heard of people [synonym
Police log
for “pooping”] on Bentley before –
for its male/female ratio, for its lack
of a liberal arts focus and for its
crazy amount of stairs – but we’ve
never heard of anybody peeing on
Bentley. Literally, that’s what this
kid was doing. He was relieving
himself on the very symbol of the
institution that hardworking stu-
dents pay over $200,000 to have
access to. Have some class, man -
find a toilet (or, in your case, maybe
a fire hydrant).
Bryant’s Best
Last Friday evening, a caller
reported discovering a male passed
out in the lounge of the Fenway
Apartments. When University
Police arrived at the scene, the
male was very agitated, shouting
at officers and students alike. It
became evident very quickly that
the party, a student of the presti-
gious Bryant University (pfft), had
been drinking (we suspect he had
just finished his first beer). It’s ok,
bud. You can kick and scream all
you want. Bentley can’t accept
everyone that sends an application.
We would be mad too if we were
stuck at a second-rate business
school somewhere in Rhode Island.
Sucks to suck.
Hole-way Activities
At 2:38 a.m. on October 25, an
officer reported a large hole in the
wall of a second-floor hallway in
Falcone West. Apparently, the
damage was consistent with some-
one being pushed through the wall.
This reminds these reporters of one
of our favorite pastimes: Watching
h u m a n T e t r i s o n Y o u T u b e .
Obviously, the residents of Falcone
West weren’t quarrelling, they
were being resourceful in emulat-
ing one of their favorite Japanese
game shows. If you haven’t seen
this before, watch it online. It’s
awesome. People try to fit their
bodies into weird shapes to get
through a hole in the wall.
While these Bentley students
may have been misguided in their
choice of wall, they were nothing
but revolutionary with their activ-
ity innovation. Note to Campus
Activities Board: Bring human
Tetris to Spring Day this year. You
won’t be disappointed, and neither
will the residents of Falcone West.
FRESHMAN PUKE COUNT:
Last week produced only two
more first-year vomiteers, bring-
ing the yearly total to 29. Not bad,
freshmen, you appear to be getting
a little classier. Next week, we’ll
see how you handled the ghouls
a n d g o b l i n s o f y o u r f i r s t
Halloweekend. Only time will tell
if you’ve changed for good…
Sean Harrington
and Brian Shea
Vanguard Staff
the VaNguard NoVember 3, 2011 Page 3News
By Ali FarooqiVaNguard Staff
Bentley team represents at Deloitte FanTAXtic Competition
On October 21 and 22,
Bentley University compet-
ed for the very first time in
the Deloitte FanTAXtic
competition in Boston,
placing second in the
regionals. They also won
an award of $200 per stu-
dent, as well as $2,000 for
the Bentley Accountancy
Department.
The Bentley team was
comprised of team leader
Alexa Kaklamanos,
Moussa Hassoun, Jessica
Borgonzi, Kaitlyn Hooper,
Kara Stark and faculty
coach Professor Tracey
Noga.
Bentley University was
one of 40 schools compet-
ing. Bentley was one of 90
teams since schools were
allowed up to two teams.
The Deloitte FanTAXtic
competition is a real-life
simulation of a business
case presentation with a
tax emphasis, where teams
are given a business case
two weeks prior to the com-
petition and have to criti-
cally analyze the business’s
strategies. They have to
come up with not only the
smartest recommendations
for that business, but also
those with the greatest tax
savings.
They are supposed to
present their recommenda-
tions in a 10-15-minute
presentation to a mock
board of directors, role
played by Deloitte profes-
sionals.
After their presentation,
they hold a Q&A where the
mock board of directors cri-
tiques their recommenda-
tions; the teams are expect-
ed to adequately defend
their recommendations,
even when they go against
the views of the board of
directors. The Deloitte
Professionals judge the
team on its presentation,
recommendations and
defense.
Out of the 90 teams com-
peting, nine teams pro-
gressed beyond regionals to
the National Competition
in Texas, and nine other
teams received regional
honorable mention. The
Bentley team was one of
the latter.
Team members
expressed their gratitude
about receiving regional
honorable mention.
“I really enjoyed the
Deloitte tax case competi-
tion,” said Kaklamanos. “It
was a great experience in
terms of practicing the
presentation, research and
group collaboration skills
we learn at Bentley (espe-
cially in GB301). We had
an excellent team of stu-
dents and I am very proud
of our accomplishment of
receiving honorable men-
tion.”
“We were very satisfied
with the results, especially
since this is Bentley’s first
team in this competition,”
said Hassoun. “Placing sec-
ond in regionals was a com-
plete honor, one that all of
our members are happy to
be a part of. Hopefully this
is a good stepping stone for
future Bentley teams to get
the number one spot and
move on to nationals in
Austin Texas.”
Hooper expressed the
difficulty of the challenge.
“At first, I was a little
hesitant about the level of
research that would be
required, but looking back
I think we all did a great
job,” said Hooper. “The
presentation came out
amazing and it was a won-
derful networking experi-
ence to go and interact
with Deloitte professionals.
Every member of the team
was so supportive and
helpful, which I think was
a large factor in our suc-
cess. A lot of hard work
went into the case competi-
tion and I am very proud of
our placement.”
Borgonzi said that the
Deloitte competition “was a
great way to apply the con-
cepts we learn in class to
real-world experiences.
Our team was able to come
together very well, and I
believe it was through our
strong teamwork that we
were able to win second
place in the competition.”
“As far as our tax compe-
tition it was a learning
experience and a great way
to broaden our knowledge
of the tax profession,” said
Stark. “Working on a case
simulation allowed us to
apply what we have
learned in the classroom to
real world tax situations.
The five of us had a won-
derful time networking
with Deloitte professionals
and benefitted a great deal
from the expertise of our
faculty advisor, Professor
Noga. It was all around a
worthwhile experience and
something Bentley should
continue to participate in
the future years.”
Professor Noga, the fac-
ulty advisor, said, “Bentley
will participate next year
and I am confident we will
have a national finalists
team. Hopefully some of
our younger members will
participate again next year
and lead the team.”
Courtesy of Professor NogaThe students from Bentley placed sec-ond in the regional competition.
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Noteworthy Bentley professorsing Milton Friedman,
Myron Scholes and Paul
Krugman.
Scott Sumner, another
economics professor, main-
tains his blog
TheMoneyIllusion, regular-
ly receiving responses from
Paul Krugman and the
Reserve Bank of New
Zealand and drawing cover-
age from Bloomberg.
Further, he also worked on
the idea for NGDP target-
ing for the Federal Reserve,
which they are now consid-
ering adopting.
You can also look at Dr.
Gregory Hall, a psychology
professor at Bentley who
has been working on an
anti-bullying initiative for
local schools. With the help
of honors students, he has
worked with local schools
and parents to help combat
cyberbullying, a recent
trend that has been impact-
ing schools on a national
level.
Although he’s not a pro-
fessor, Dan Everett, dean of
Arts and Sciences, has
quite the extensive resume.
Everett is one of an esti-
mated less-than-400 total
speakers of the Pirahã lan-
guage across the globe. He
editorial
has lived for extended peri-
ods of time in the Amazon
jungle, perfecting his lan-
guage skills with Pirahã. If
you were looking for a real-
life Bear Grylls, Everett is
likely the closest you’ll find
on campus.
Although no student of
Professor Willett will deny
that she is a passionate pro-
fessor, but what many stu-
dents don’t realize is the
depth of her experience
throughout the accounting
and finance fields. Based on
her LinkedIn profile, she
was an assistant director of
an accounting unit with
Travelers Insurance and
also a Treasury Manager
for the USA subsidiary of
AstraZeneca. If you want
someone from whom you
can learn about the func-
tions of the Treasury,
Willett is probably one of
the best possible people to
learn it from.
Even without the
resources and facilities of
larger universities, Bentley
has some great professors
Students benefit from hav-
ing professors that conduct
their classes without teach-
ing assistants and are made
available to all students.
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submitted by readers of the newspaper, and do not necessar-
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With only about 4,000
students at Bentley, there
are many things that the
larger universities may be
able to offer that Bentley
simply can’t compete with.
We may not have the divi-
sion-one athletics with the
massive arenas and mas-
sive fan base.
We also don’t have the
m u l t i - m i l l i o n - d o l l a r -
salaried coaches that bring
our teams to nationally tel-
evised titles year after year.
Nor do we have the major
research institutions which
may cure cancer or create
the coolest technology year
after year.
However, we do have
some amazing, frequently
overlooked professors who
bring great experience and
expertise to the table.
For example, take
Professor Dhaval Dave, an
economics professor who is
presently a research associ-
ate at the National Bureau
of Economic Research
(NBER), the largest non-
profit economic research
organization in the country.
NBER has been fortunate
to count 19 Nobel Prize
winners for economics
amongst their staff, includ-
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wrong time.”
-Mark Schwanhausser,
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world’s 7th billion.”
-Camille Dalura,
mother of Danica, one of the
world’s symbolic 7 billionth
babies, who was born just
before midnight on Sunday
in the Philippines
“Twenty-four boxes of
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-Ed Griffith,Miami-Dade State Attorney's
Office spokesperson, on air-port luggage inspectors' dis-
covery of 30 lb. of cocainehidden in cake-mix boxes; the
suitcase belonged to awoman traveling from
Jamaica to London with astopover in Miami.
THE VANGUARD NoVEmbER 3, 2011 pAGE 5CAmPuS LifE
ONE LESS
ing with the 20 percent of stu-
dents who are considered to be
high risk alcohol consumers, it
is the 60 percent of students
who are moderate consumers
that incur the majority of the
negative alcohol-related conse-
quences.
“We consider One Less to be
a ‘movement,’” said Greher
Traue. “Because, ultimately, as
a result of the program, if a stu-
dent chooses to consume one
less drink per occasion, or one
less occasion per week/month,
or students’ knowledge or atti-
tudes shift, then it is a move-
ment in a positive direction.”
According to a survey con-
ducted last week, half of the
1,150 respondents who choose
to drink think that there are
things about their drinking
behaviors that can change.
“It is our hope that students
each interpret One Less in
their own way,” said Greher
Traue.
One way that students are
doing this is through the cre-
at ion of One Less s igns.
Students took a picture with
their sign describing the effect
that one less could have on
them. Some of these include “I
choose one less drunk text” and
“One less night of forgetting”.
“I’m a strong supporter of
this movement,” said sopho-
more Idhira Taveras, one of the
students collecting One Less
signs in Smith this week. “It
could save somebody’s life.”
“I think it’s great to see that
the Administration has taken
the initiative with this move-
ment , ” sa id junior J im
Collins. “It shows that they not
only want to acknowledge this
issue, but also help students
find practical ways to choose
one less.”
Other than the artwork dis-
played in the Student Center,
One Less has also launched a
website which gives more infor-
mation to students regarding
ways to consume one less
drink. The website includes
links to alcohol calorie counters,
alcohol cost calculators and lists
some easy ways to monitor and
choose one less.
Students can view the art
pieces as well as join the move-
ment and create their own One
Less signs next week in the
Dana Center on Monday
November 7 and Wednesday
November 9 during the activi-
ty periods and from 2-4 p.m.
The Student Center was filled with variousartwork displays for the movement.
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Southwest Airline held a
contest four weeks ago called
t h e “ 3 0 M i l l i o n P o i n t
Giveaway,” and Bentley’s
own Evan Honeyman, an
avid fan and shareholder of
the company, decided that he
needed to ge t invo lved .
Included in this contest’s
prize is the opportunity to
become Southwest’s Chief
Reward Officer, a position
responsible for nationally
promoting their loyalty pro-
g r a m c a l l e d “ R a p i d
STEREOTYPESContinued from Page 1 Kane. But in order to main-
tain its important message,
variation and a constantly
fresh take on the idea will be
needed.
You may have remembered
the posters around campus,
breaking down stereotypes.
PRIDE handled this in promo-
t ion and support o f The
Laramie Project, a play depict-
ing the horrific hate crime of
a Matthew Shepard from
Wyoming. However, the poster
campaign was not limited to
sexual orientation; it worked
to break all stereotypes, from
jocks to fashionistas. In the
eyes of many, the most notable
and powerful one was of then-
freshman Hilary Greene hold-
ing a sign stating, “Not all
teen moms are drop-outs.”
“It may lose its effect if it’s
every year – stereotypes
change, Bentley’s climate
changes,” she said.
In order to keep the inter-
est and potency of the cam-
paign, more faculty and stu-
dent involvement is necessary.
You may remember during
one of the freshman seminar
plenary sessions you were
shown pictures of various peo-
ple and you made assump-
tions based on stereotypes you
already had. Kane believes
that the campaign should be
carried on in that manner.
That way, there are more per-
sonal connections among dif-
ferent members of the Bentley
community, creating more
substance in the message.
B e o n t h e l o o k o u t f o r
posters – maybe you’ll see
some familiar faces bravely
breaking ground and speaking
out against stereotypes.
Rewards.”
After submitting a resume
and answering a few out-of-
the-ordinary questions from
Southwest (“If you were an
animal, which one would you
be and why?”), Evan found
out that he was a finalist. As
a finalist, he needs to submit
a two-minute video attesting
to his capabilities of being a
good CRO in a fun and cre-
ative manner. The Bentley
community has been nothing
b u t s u p p o r t i v e , a n d
Honeyman expresses his
gratitude and appreciation
for it.
Southwest Contest
Continued from Page 1
One student made a sign reading“One Less Drunk Text.”
Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD
photos were “poorly lit or over-
exposed.”
“We’re going to be doing the
photos outside or in well-lit
rooms,” said Kane.
In addition to the consisten-
cy, there will be a push to visu-
ally stimulate the viewers.
Kane believes it will be more
effective if the subjects “wear
things that are depictive of
their stereotype – something
that makes us think that they
are rejecting it or how ridicu-
lous it is.”
The future looks bright for
this message. As a junior,
Kane must look to the future
livelihood beyond her stay
here at Bentley.
“I hope that someone will
pick it up and turn it into
some sort of tradition,” said
By Sindhu PalaniappanCAmpUS LifE
Evan Honeyman participated as a finalistin Southwest Airline’s contest.
Emily Silver/THE VANGUARD
pAGE 6 NoVEmbER 3, 2011 THE VANGUARDCAMPuS Life
By Sindhu PalaniappanCAmpUs LifE EDiToR
Bentley Against Malaria aims to bring aid to families in Africa
Bentley Against Malaria is
a new campaign which, along-
side the Council of Charitable
Acts (CCA), is working to
send bed nets to children and
to families in Africa to protect
them against Malaria-carry-
ing mosquitos. Bentley has
r e g i s t e r e d a t e a m w i t h
“Against Malaria,” and is
working to raise awareness
through Facebook, Twitter,
and those neat little posters
seen around campus.
Against Malaria is an
international organization
that provides families with
nets at no charge – so far they
have put in place 1,735,224
nets and counting. They have
over 450,000 donors, and
their goal is to make that
number in the millions. They
also sponsor fundraisers and
partner with distributors to
make the process more effi-
cient. They have just recent-
ly passed the seven-million-
dollar milestone in donations
and they plan to keep raising.
Recent reports indicate that
infant mortality due to malar-
ia is falling, from the largest
cause to the third largest,
showing that these nets truly
do make a difference at such
little cost to us.
“Estimates put the deaths
from malaria between one
and three million people every
day, and there is still no vac-
cine for it ,” said Moussa
Hassoun, the Bentley student
who is spearheading the cam-
paign. “The best way to stop
the spread is to take preven-
tative measures by blocking
out mosquito infections in the
first place – by covering resi-
dents when they sleep.”
The nets are just $5 each,
and each net lasts for two
years. One-hundred percent
of all donations go to funding
the nets themselves, and they
are sent and installed for free
by the Red Cross Foundation
periodically.
“We are aiming to raise
anywhere between 6-10 thou-
sand dollars through selling
merchandise and having open
donations,” said Hassoun.
“We’re also looking for differ-
ent organizations to host
events with, such as RAs,
RHA, Class Cabinet and
Panhellenic Council, to name
a few.”
They are planning on sell-
ing t-shirts, carnival cups,
cantines, bracelets and sun-
glasses, among other things.
The inspiration came from
something Hassoun did a few
years ago with his family.
“We started our own group
on the site to raise funds – at
the time it was formatted in
the form of a competition
between teams,” he said. “The
team has been extremely
organized and helpful in fig-
uring out exactly how and
where we want to spend the
money we raise – this is, ulti-
mately, to help those dying of
malaria since no vaccine has
been released.”
The campaign is always
open to students looking to
get involved – the group is in
talks with a large number of
student organizations to get
different campus departments
involved.
As Hassoun said, “Social
responsibility is one of the
main teachings of Bentley,
and this would work perfectly
in line with that mantra.”
C o n t a c t
Hassoun_mous@bentley.edu
for more details.
Malaria is best prevented by block-ing mosquito infections.
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By Sindhu Palaniappan
CAmpUs LifE EDiToR
Culture Fest 2011, a 10-day
celebration of different cultur-
al backgrounds, kicks off this
Saturday. This year is bigger
and better than before, with a
full 10 days of events and more
campus department involve-
ment.
“There’s something for every-
one!” said Brianna Morrissey,
a junior who is very involved in
the planning process.
Culture Fest begins this
Saturday in Koumantzalis with
SASA’s annual Diwali perform-
ance – a festival of colors and
dance. The theme for this year’s
show is “My Big Fat South
Asian Wedding,” and it fea-
tures everything from classical
to modern fusion dance.
The week continues with
lunch and the band Rumba
Africa at seasons on November
7, followed by the Red for Africa
Campaign later in the day.
Throughout the week there will
be a station in Seasons serving
cultural dishes from Africa,
China, India, Guatemala and
Thailand.
Since the food is probably
one of the best parts of any
given culture, in addition to a
new stat ion at Seasons ,
throughout the week the lan-
guage departments will be
holding cooking periods. From
sushi making to Spanish cook-
ing to Chinese culinary, stu-
dents and faculty from differ-
ent language departments will
be hosting these mini cooking
shows for all students to
attend.
The week also features some
great informational sessions –
from studying abroad to facili-
tated discussions about health
and beauty around the world.
There is also a talent show on
November 10 for students to
highlight some of their cultur-
al talents.
The 10-day celebration ends
on November 15 with the ever-
popular Food Festival, featur-
ing foods from all around the
world, the band Los Sugar
Kings and hungry Bentley stu-
dents.
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Culture Fest begins Saturday
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the Vanguard noVember 3, 2011 Page 7BuSInESS
America, once the image of
prosperity, success and inter-
national affluence, is becoming
sen i l e and decrep i t .
Blasphemy, you say - and you
are more than welcome to dis-
agree - but many parts of the
world are now forging ahead
in technology, innovation and
standards of living. I am in no
way anti-American, but what
is America still best at?
Directly quoted from a
recent post in the Harvard
Business Review, “Consider
this thought experiment. If
you were really, really, really
rich — say, not just part of the
routinely opulent 1%, but a
card-carrying member of the
eye-poppingly decadent .01%
— what part of your life would
be American? If you had the
money, I’d bet you’d drive a
German car, wear British
shoes and an Italian suit, keep
your savings in a Swiss bank,
vacation in Koh Samui with
shopping expedit ions to
Cannes, fly Emirates, develop
a palate for South African
wine, hire a French-trained
chef, buy a few dozen Indian
and Chinese companies, and
pay Dubai-style taxes.”
The message behind this
quote is that if one could afford
it, the niceties and luxuries one
associates with him or herself
would likely not be American.
Take a look at a select few
of the more recent and bizarre
examples of American “inno-
vation” and “ingenuity”: Spray
cheese, designer diapers, 5,000
TV channels, oxymoronic
“healthcare” and motor vehicle
companies that woke up only
on the brink of their demise.
It is no wonder that, if given
unbounded economic freedom,
we would not associate our-
selves with America. Sure, per-
haps you would choose our mil-
itary, Google and the iPhone
over all other substitutes, but
is there much more?
What happened to America?
It is not expansion and global-
ization, or the fear of “spread-
ing ourselves too thin” that
erased the history of American
excel lence , but rather a
haughty arrogance coated with
the icing of denial. Modern
America has perfected the art
of mega-financing and ‘mess’-
producing, with side effects
that may include unemploy-
ment, stagnation, and colossal
debt.
Mediocrity, backed by a lit-
tle muscle and confidence, may
have been a recipe for success
in grade school, but upon one’s
entrance into higher education
and subsequently, the “real”
world, it is the sharper, quick-
er, and wiser individuals that
tend to prosper.
Like it or not, America is no
longer the sharpest, quickest,
or wisest. With past cities of
grandeur such as Baltimore
and Detroit having areas
beginning to resemble Kabul
and Peshawar, it is impossible
to ignore that we are no longer
the best at everything under
the sun, and what we are good
at isn’t nearly good enough for
the 21st century.
Despite America’s huge
deficit, dreadful trade balance,
and dearth of exports, the
above only touches on the
superficial, the hyper-con-
sumerism society that we have
become. America may still lead
in terms of where one chooses
For those who can afford luxuries, fewchoose American products or services.
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to live, to start a business, to
raise a family; these parts of
many of our lives may be fun-
damentally American. Higher
education (quality rather than
access), science, computing
R&D, finance (from sovereign
and corporate debt to angel
investors) and a variety of
other ultra-high-value-added
services are still helmed by
America.
To be certain, there is rot
and decay here in America, but
that rot and decay exists
everywhere. That gleaming
new Emirates fleet parked on
the tarmac at the oh-so glori-
ous Dubai International
Airport is just a superficial
consumer experience. It does-
n’t mean that life is actually
good there.
However i f the recent
“rumors” and “s igns” o f
America’s imminent demise
are worth a bit of our atten-
tion, perhaps it’s time to diag-
nose the depth of the hole we
have dug ourselves into and
realize that America may need
a gentle reality check.
Few economists are ever
inclined to notice Austrian
Business Cycle Theory (ABCT)
because the school of thought
arose from accepts an economic
methodology that is incompati-
ble with today’s common schools
of thought.
Nevertheless, the Austrian
School of Economic Thought has
recently gained more attention,
from both supporters and oppo-
nents – due to the fact that
many of its adherents predicted
the recessionary consequences
of the housing bubble as early as
2001.
Since I’m writing this article,
you might guess I’m sympathet-
ic to the school as a whole – and
I am – but I don’t believe it
should prevent someone who
isn’t from considering ABCT on
its own merits. As an example,
even someone like John Hicks,
the economist who helped inter-
pret John Maynard Keynes’ The
General Theory for the rest of us
and set the standard IS-LM dia-
gram that served most econom-
ics students for many years,
gained some appreciation for the
theory later in his life.
To begin to understand the
theory, you might start by ask-
ing the question: “Is there any
connection between demand for
consumer goods, and the
demand for ‘partially-finished’
consumer goods?” In other
words, “Is the ratio of wooden
consumer products to lumber
arbitrary?”
Austrian economists say it is
not arbitrary. To them, there is
a very real and systematic inter-
dependency throughout all types
of production, so much so that to
understand how the economy
really works, you can’t rely on
highly aggregated “total output”
models that many schools of
thought do. Instead, you need to
work with models that disaggre-
gate the production structure,
and specifically in terms of time.
Time refers to how long it
takes a particular good until it
is fully consumed. So for exam-
ple, iron ore is usually very far
away in time from being con-
sumed. This is sometimes
referred to as a “higher-order”
good. A partly-assembled toast-
er is closer in time from being
consumed–often called a “lower-
In 2001, the Austrian School of EconomicThought predicted the housing bubble crisis.
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order” good.
Austrians say the natural
process of economic growth
occurs in two phases: First, peo-
ple save more of their incomes,
which causes an increase in the
production of “higher order”
goods, while concurrently the
production of “lower-order”
goods (including consumer
goods) shrinks temporarily. It
is only after a period of time that
more consumer goods come to
the market, a direct consequence
of the consumers’ willingness to
save during the production
process.
The key is that during the
“period of production”, con-
sumers are consuming less–oth-
erwise the necessary labor and
resources presently being used
in the “lower-order” sectors can’t
be released to be made available
for the new “higher-order” pro-
duction. And it is this time-con-
suming dynamic that simply
looking at the GDP, which
measures yearly output of “fin-
ished goods”, doesn’t really
catch.
To get to the point, Austrians
argue that artificial and signifi-
cant credit expansions stimulate
the production of more “higher-
order” goods than can be sup-
ported by consumers–who are
actually consuming more due to
lower interest rates and tem-
porarily greater incomes. This is
an unsustainable dynamic since
firms are acting as if the con-
sumer goods industry is shrink-
ing; they are boosting invest-
ment in “higher order” goods
production as if more resources
are going to be made available
when resources leave the sup-
posedly shrinking late-stage
industries.
In reality, because consumers
aren’t consuming any less, these
resources will never become
available, and eventually the
structure of production needs to
correct itself. To the Austrians,
the “boom” of the business cycle,
induced by artificial credit
expansion, is actually the prob-
lem; it is the recession that is the
unavoidable consequence.
Accordingly, Austrians argue
the pre-2008 boom in the
American economy was precise-
ly this unhealthy dynamic–the
expansion of the “time structure
of production” in an artificial and
unsustainable way. I don’t have
the space here to sufficiently pro-
vide their empirical evidence
that illustrates it, but I would
put forward a couple points:
The housing sector–consid-
ered a “higher-order” goods
industry since it might take 100
years to ful ly consume a
house–began its expansion dur-
ing the late 1990’s. It just so hap-
pens that the money supply
noticeably began to take off in
1995. And secondly, as men-
tioned above, the Austrian
school was calling the housing
bubble a housing bubble as early
as 2001. The majority of econo-
mists rejected that notion as late
as 2007.
In America, hyper-consumerism doesn’t indicate product qualityBy Jasper HuangVanguard Staff
The Austrian Business Cycle Theory: Unpopular and largely unknown
By James PiniVanguard Staff
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jail?
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By nathan MarchandPhotograPhy Staff
fEAtuRES
If you’re my friend and
know me personally, then you
knew this article was bound to
pop up sooner or later. I admit
wholeheartedly that I am a
dedicated K-POP fanatic, and
I’m not even Korean. But I
guess you don’t have to be if
this “Hallyu Wave” – a term
to describe how K-POP is tak-
ing over the world – was able
to sell out Madison Square
Garden. I personally went to
this concert, and let me say
that yes, there was a good
amount of Asians of all types
attending and even some non-
Asians. The Hallyu Wave
must be taking over.
Now, if you haven’t hopped
on the band wagon, K-POP
stands for “Korean Pop.”
R e m e m b e r t h e d a y s o f
Christina Aguilera, Backstreet
Boys and N*Sync? Well, that
is pretty much what K-POP is,
except they add way more of
the Korean language and
they’re just better performers
comparatively. Why? Well, I’m
probably biased, but they are
much better dancers and
singers than Britney Spears,
which is probably why they
have become so popular.
Even if they are speaking a
different language, K-POP
success ful ly in f i l t rated
A m e r i c a n c u l t u r e f r o m
YouTube music videos. They
sold out concerts not only dur-
ing their Asian tours between
Seoul and Manila, but also in
Europe from London to Paris.
Sweeping the world, the
famous SMTown has taken
over NYC, a long awaited
show that many Americans on
the East Coast were dying to
attend.
Famous record label SM
Entertainment is known to
cultivate renowned Korean
artists, including the long-run-
ning Girls’ Generation and
BoA, both of whom have
debuted in the United States
with catchy English music.
BoA is especially considered a
legend on the other side of the
planet, and she’s breaking
through the United States
media scene debuting her self-
titled English album featuring
a duet with Sean Garrett in I
Did It for Love.
Recently, Girls’ Generation
captured the audience in
Madison Square Garden
announcing their release of
their new English track called
The Boys and performed it
live. Obviously, the music
industry is welcoming the
Hallyu Wave here in the
United States. Considering
Teddy Riley arranged and
composed the song for the girl
g r o u p t o b e r e l e a s e d
November 19 as their first
English single, K-POP must
be on the rise.
Of course, there are those
Korean boy groups that make
American girl fans faint at the
sight of them. The biggest
group of the label is Super
Junior, who rushed into fame
with their famous song enti-
tled Sorry, Sorry. Even my
extended Filipino family
knows the dance to the chorus
of that song.
One of the bigger boy band
groups of the record label,
Super Junior was definitely a
favorite with the female audi-
ence. They performed most of
their greatest hits, including
unexpected guests Henry and
Zhou Mi from sub-group
Super Junior-M, to perform
their latest Mandarin-Chinese
hit Perfection. It proves to
show that K-POP artists are
definitely hitting all the stops
when diving into other Asian
cultures including creating
Chinese sub-groups and
remaking their Korean hits
into Japanese singles.
The main event for me was
SHINee, a five-person male
group with their own individ-
ual skills. They definitely stole
the show when SHINee mem-
ber Key performed multiple
times with other members of
the SMTown family, showing
off his triple-threat skills of
rapping, singing and dancing
– and he speaks awesome
English that made every sin-
gle girl go wild.
T h e m o s t m e m o r a b l e
moment that SHINee had to
offer was their Lucifer per-
formance – Onew brought his
smooth vocal style accompa-
nied by Taemin’s admirable
hip-hop dancing and Minho’s
rapping ability. Korea’s most
popular member Jonghyun
belted out his amazingly
strong vocal skills and brought
the whole show together. The
end of the song was the high-
light of the show when each
member was tethered up the
in air with a brilliant flashing
lights, smoke and indoor fire-
works.
Reading this right now you
might be thinking who came
up with all these lame names
– SHINee? Super Junior?
BoA? I agree. The names are
pretty lame and I’m not afraid
to admit it. The talent, howev-
er, is definitely there. And
they ’ re not bad- look ing
Koreans, either, which is most
likely a big contributor to their
fame.
MiKE RAvESi
CLASS of 2012
CiS
“Burgling the streets of
Waltham.”
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DAwn RECio
CLASS of 2014
ACCountAnCy
“Stealing a bunch of
camera equipment from
a huge studio.”
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“Public drunkenness.”
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CLASS of 2015
CoRpoRAtE finAnCE AnD
ACCountinG
“Speed ing t oo many
times.”
KEvin RAvESi
CLASS of 2014
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“Shooting fireworks at
cars.”
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Super Junior is a big hit with thefemale audience.
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Girls’ Generation recently released their English single, The Boys.
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what class do youmost want to take at
Bentley?
voiCeS
By Emily SilverPhotograPhy editor
niCoLE ChEn
CLASS of 2015
MARKEtinG
“Effective Speaking.”
ChRiS Jo
CLASS of 2014
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“Upper level market-
ing.”
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CLASS of 2013
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“Interpersonal
Relations.”
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CLASS of 2014
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“Business Processing
and Communications
Infrastructure.”
Jui MEhtA
CLASS of 2013
MARKEtinG
“E-marketing.”
On October 31, after exact-
ly 72 days of marriage, Kim
K a r d a s h i a n a n d K r i s
Humphries called it quits.
S u r p r i s i n g ? T o m o s t o f
America, not at all, but accord-
ing to Yahoo.com, Humphries
w a s “ b l i n d s i d e d ” b y
Kardashian’s decision to end
their marriage.
A c c o r d i n g t o E ! ,
Kardashian cited “irreconcil-
able differences” in her Los
Angeles Superior Court
d ivorce f i l ing . She sa id
Monday morning, “After care-
ful consideration, I have decid-
ed to end my marriage. I hope
everyone understands this
was not an easy decision. I
had hoped this marriage was
forever, but sometimes things
don’t work out as planned. We
remain friends and wish each
other the best.”
Although Miss Kim is obvi-
ously done with her marriage,
Humphries is not ready to call
it quits.
“I love my wife and am dev-
astated to learn she filed for
divorce,” he said on Monday.
“I’m committed to this mar-
riage and everything this
covenant represents. I’m will-
ing to do whatever it takes to
make it work.”
According to TMZ, the first
to report the divorce news,
Kardashian is not seeking an
annulment, but she is polite-
ly asking her husband to foot
his own legal fees.
Although the marriage last-
ed a mere two months, the
couple does need to be given
some credit. They did beat
Britney Spears’ marriage to
her childhood sweetheart
Jason Alexander, which last-
ed for a mere 55 hours. On the
other hand, One Tree Hill co-
stars Chad Michael Murray
and Sophia Bush still beat the
K Krew by three months.
M a n y s p e c u l a t e a s t o
whether the whole marriage
was a sham put on for an
advertising stunt, while oth-
ers believe the 31-year-old
Kardashian was just trying to
“keep up with” the other
Kardashian sisters. Twitter is
blowing up with tweets by
shocked fans, marriage jokes
and hashtags galore. One
example is #kimkmarriage-
wasshorter, which resulted
with “than Michelle’s verse in
a Destiny’s Child song,” and
“than Voldemort’s nose.”
While most used Twitter to
show of f their Kimmy K
humor, a select few used the
social platform to commiser-
ate with the heartbroken
Kardashian.
@KourtneyKardash tweet-
ed , “Our s i s ter i s go ing
through a difficult time, but
we’re a close family and are
sticking together like always.”
A few minutes later, the
Kardashian sister also tweet-
ed, “We appreciate everyone’s
k i n d n e s s a n d s u p p o r t .
@KimKardashian, we love
you.”
Sister Khloe also showed
her support: “Reading some
these comments r so hurtful.
Im grateful 4our fans who
understand & r being respect-
ful. Hate is disgusting. Love is
everything.”
Ryan Seacrest, producer of
K e e p i n g U p w i t h t h e
Kardashians, has been in
touch with Kim Kardashian
and will continue to keep in
touch over the course of the
divorce. According to USA
Today, the split should be fair-
ly easy, and the Kardashian
brand will be preserved in its
golden state.
Ironically, E! was playing
Kim’s Fairytale Wedding the
night of the announcement,
while the E! news ticker gave
information about the impend-
ing divorce. The “fairytale
wedding,” which took place
back in August, cost more
than $10 million. However, the
Kardashian Empire did make
money off of the event. The
special episode has reached
more than four million view-
ers and has frequently been on
repeat on E!’s channel.
Knowing the Kardashians
and their ability to televise
any part of their lives, we can
only hope that there will be a
d ivorce ep isode : “Kim’s
Fairytale Divorce: A Dramatic
Affair with the Kardashians.”
By Lindsay Beauregard
featureS editor
Kim K’s marriage was shorterthan the tilapia line at Seasons
Kardashian filed for divorce after just 72 daysof marriage to nBA star Kris humphries.
Courtesy of usmagazine.com
Courtesy of manifestopart2.com and bleacherreport.comSurprisingly, the marriage actually lasted longer
than some hollywood couples.
Page 10 noVember 3, 2011 the VanguardFeaTures & News
Ever wondered what it’s
like behind the scenes of a
movie, or pondered how and
where all the movie magic is
created? If you’re curious,
then a Boston Movie Tour is
an activity you should con-
sider.
Thanks to the company
O n L o c a t i o n T o u r s ,
Bostonians are able to trav-
el all around Boston and
visit actual sites where pop-
ular movies and television
clips were filmed. The three
hour adventure is loaded
with fond memories of past
favorites, as well as surpris-
es about up and coming
movies filmed in the area.
The tour guide reveals
interesting information
about each of the movies he
mentions, giving the group
some of the secrets involved
in the production of the clas-
sics.
The tour begins on the
Boston Commons, where you
meet your tour guide and
your fellow group mates. The
guide then leads you to the
shuttle bus, while revealing
some movie sites along the
w a y . W h o w o u l d h a v e
thought that the rugby scene
f rom The Depar t ed was
filmed right in the middle of
t h e B o s t o n C o m m o n s ?
Another show that frequent-
ly filmed in the area was
called Boston Common, fea-
turing The Hangover star
Zach Galifianakis.
Once on the tour bus, the
guide points out film sites
while presenting the movie
clips on the television at the
front of the bus. The tour
proceeds to Beacon Street,
where clips of Alec Baldwin
are shown, and then to the
Suffolk University campus to
show Matt Damon’s apart-
ment in The Departed.
Next up: The Back Bay,
where scenes from Fever
Pitch were created, as well
as many c l ips f rom The
Boondock Saints. Following
the Back Bay is Copley,
which was used as the back-
drop for the popular Disney
Channel show The Suite Life
of Zack and Cody.
Thornton’s Flower Shop
from the hit movie The Town
is the next stop. The flower
shop is a real business in the
South End of Boston, and it
looks just like it did in the
film. While on location, tour
participants have the chance
to speak to an employee,
allowing the group to hear
about the experience of hav-
ing a popular movie being
made at the shop
Tour participants are able
to have another interactive
experience at the L Street
Tavern, located in South
Boston. The tavern was used
as the bar in Good Wi l l
Hunting. The business is
very popular, and a picture
o f the cast o f the movie
h a n g s o n t h e w a l l a s a
reminder of the bar’s “15
minutes of fame.”
T h e t o u r c o n t i n u e s
throughout the North and
West ends of Boston, even
taking a stop in Charlestown
– the main backdrop for the
film The Town. From the
bus, you are able to see even
more sites from The Town,
including the projects area,
the graveyard and even the
garden where Ben Affleck
buried the money. At that
point, more sites and secrets
are revealed, such as loca-
t i o n s u s e d i n N a t i o n a l
Treasure, Blown Away and
21.
A great aspect of the tour
is the discussion of movies
currently being filmed in
Boston. During the most
recent tour, the guide men-
tioned that Ryan Reynolds
was in town for his upcom-
ing movie RIPD. Although
the tour did not actually see
him, the guide mentioned all
the sites at which he was
filming, giving the group a
mini-preview of what to
expect.
Overall, the interactive
Spend a Saturday afternoon exploring the movie magic of Boston
By Jess HughesVanguard Staff
tour is an exciting experience
that truly makes for a great
afternoon. Between reminisc-
ing about scenes from the old
flicks and riding around in a
comfortable tour bus watch-
ing movie clips, the tour is
an awesome experience that
could appeal to anyone.
Visit bostonmovietours.net
for more information.
The movie tour explore the sites around Boston
where famous movie scenes were filmed.
Courtesy of flickr.com
the Internet and social media
have become integral in a world
where public revolt and protests
are normal occurrences. People
use social media platforms not
only to socialize, but also to
speak out and show their sup-
port for events and businesses.
The scope of these social
media sites have remained nar-
row: Facebook for socializing,
LinkedIn for business and
Twitter for mass media. Now,
however, a bold new site aims to
take on the big names in social
media, and combine everything
into one.
UNTHINK, a recently
launched social media site,
strives to improve the Internet
experience. Promising increased
security measures that directly
aim to bash Facebook’s ever-
changing privacy policies,
UNTHINK wants users to keep
the different aspects of their lives
separated. To do this, your
“suite”, their version of a profile,
is divided into four streams:
social, iUNTHINK, lifestyle and
professional.
The social stream is where a
user can interact with friends,
like a Facebook newsfeed,
whereas the professional stream
is more like LinkedIn where you
can interact with business asso-
ciates or colleagues.
Next, the iUNTHINK stream
is a public feed that allows users,
globally, to interact with each
other using a Twitter-esque
hashtag system to identify com-
mon words and phrases.
Lastly, the most interesting of
the streams, the lifestyle stream,
allows users to interact directly
with businesses, however due to
the site still being in beta, this
feature is still unavailable.
The interaction with business-
es is something UNTHINK
hopes to integrate into the entire
site. Companies can create their
own “stage,” instead of a suite,
where they have their own set of
streams: Lifestyle, to interact
with consumers, Business-to-
Business, to interact with fellow
companies, and Jobs, to post job
listings and details. UNTHINK
believes this will provide busi-
nesses with a different way to
connect with consumers and cre-
ate a more personal experience.
The coolest part about these
streams is that each one is con-
nected to a separate personal
page. This means you can set
multiple profile pictures and
show different information to dif-
ferent people. For example, if
you don’t want your boss to see a
profile picture on your social
suite, you can make it so that
they only see your professional
suite.
What UNTHINK essentially
wants to offer is a way out of
Facebook for those who have
been frustrated with the con-
stant changes and privacy
issues. It’s a bold service that
isn’t scared to openly insult its
competitors through commer-
cials and advertising tactics such
as “UNTHINK Facebook.” The
only question is, though, will this
catch on?
Google+ and MySpace, two
huge companies, have failed to
take down Facebook, so it seems
as though UNTHINK is trying
to do something many people
fear is impossible. UNTHINK
believes that, by listening to the
voice of the people and giving
them what they want, they can
convince the eight hundred mil-
lion Facebook users to make the
switch.
Their main weapon in this
social media battle is their
approach to keeping private
information, well, private. The
controversy over how Facebook
sells user information to compa-
nies has fueled UNTHINK
developers to create a new way
to advertise, without the annoy-
ing sidebar ads. Their service
allows users to either pay $2 a
year to use UNTHINK, or they
can have a company of their
choice sponsor their profile
through the iEndorse program.
iEndorse makes it so that
anyone can choose a company
that represents them and
become an advocate for that
brand. The service is a clean,
simple way to bring in ad rev-
enue and only takes up a small
portion of a person’s suite, in
addition to allowing users to
express themselves in a unique
way.
If you want a renewed social
media experience then consider
joining UNTHINK. Though
Facebook has made drastic
changes in the past few months,
such as the new timeline feature
or the ‘improved’ chat sidebar, a
lot of people are still frustrated
with the inconsistency of the site.
UNTHINK promises to keep a
stable environment that can,
hopefully, grow into something
that can rival these big compa-
nies.
Is it time to “UNTHINK Facebook”? By Devineni KartikVanguard Staff
Right now, UNTHINK is in
its beta phases, so make sure to
sign up as soon as possible if you
want to receive an invite code
and test out this innovative new
service.
GrooveBoston photo-shoot
pictures taken with their
friends in their full costume.
There i s no doubt the
dance was a success, but
many students who did not
receive wristbands were not
given the opportunity to be
part of the event fun with
their peers. The non-trans-
ferrable t ickets made i t
impossible for those who
decided not to go to the dance
give their unused ticket to
someone who wanted to
attend.
“I had to unexpectedly go
home for the weekend, but I
had reserved a wristband for
[the dance],” said Ashley
Perssico, a freshman. “I wish
I could have somehow given
my ticket to someone else, or
at least cancelled my reser-
vation. There were so many
people who could have gone
instead.”
John Coville, who did not
reserve a wristband in time,
said, “I knew a few people
that dec ided a f t e r they
reserved their ticket they did-
n’t want to go, or something
else came up instead.”
Those students who did
not reserve a wristband in
time had the opportunity to
win them at various events,
such as the men’s soccer
game and the men’s hockey
game the day before the
dance.
CAB and all of the volun-
teers put in a lot of effort to
make last minute changes to
bring the dance together
before the storm hit campus.
The process of receiving
wristbands was quick, and
many agreed that it was a
good idea to have students
leave the Back Bay with
their wristbands on.
Other than wristbands
being non-transferrable,
there were hardly any com-
plaints about the dance.
F r o m t h e m o m e n t o n e
walked into the Dana Center
and received their glow stick,
there was an unavoidable
excitement. Students compli-
mented the job well done by
CAB and the members of
GrooveBoston.
“It looked better than I
had expected i t to . And
everyone looked like they
were having a blast,” said
Kim Nassif as she reflected
on the large screens, the DJ
and the lights that were used
to turn the gym into a club
scene. “I definitely want
[GrooveBoston] to come back
[to Bentley] next year!”
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Here in Ireland, there are a
number of holidays across the
calendar year, some of which
are only celebrated here and
others are celebrated world-
wide, but have their roots in
Irish history. The two specific
holidays I’d like to mention
a r e A r t h u r ’ s D a y a n d
Halloween.
On September 22, at 17:59,
Ireland celebrates the birth of
one of their most prized and
famous companies: Guinness.
We Americans were informed
of the holiday by our interna-
tional advisor, and of course
by all of the window advertise-
ments, that Arthur’s day was
not to be missed as a premier
cultural event. We really did-
n’t know what to expect, but a
holiday dedicated to a brewing
company sounded worthwhile.
Basically, Arthur’s Day is a
country-wide dedication to
Guinness and its founding in
1759 , and pubs a l l over
Recently, The New York
T i m e s r a n a n O p - E d
Contributor article by Mona
Simpson, Steve Job’s sister,
as a eulogy. In it, Simpson
recalls the life of a man who
is considered a genius in
some respects, and a mad-
man in others. Here, I’m hop-
ing to replicate that Eulogy,
but to the rest of humanity.
I’ve known humans for as
long as I can remember.
Born into a human family in
New York, I interacted with
my human siblings, but soon
we were taken to a far off
c o u n t r y a c r o s s o c e a n s ,
nations and seas: Lebanon.
For 10 years, as a human
I played, studied, fought,
crushed on and danced with
other humans. Non-human
things like bugs made me
cringe, and furry animals
didn’t quite seem to fit into
my comfort zone. I loved
humans.
After that , my human
family and I traveled back to
the United States and have
since resided in this human
country f o r f i ve human
years. I can’t possibly picture
my life any other way.
Despite our col lect ive
influence on, and interaction
with, other humans, for too
long we’ve been ignorant of
each other’s state. Who of
y o u k n o w s w h a t h a s
occurred in the Congo? In
Somalia? Who amongst you
understands the strife of the
Palestinians? Or the cause of
the Arabs in Egypt? Which
one of you understands the
tears of joy of Tunisia voters
at their first election day in
decades? Who sees the tears
of sorrow of protesters beat-
en in Bahrain with full U.S.
support?
Am I the only one that
hears the cries of children as
their parents are dragged
away by police in Iran and as
women are whipped in Saudi
Arabia? Surely you can all
hear it, too. Their screaming
is so loud! How could you
ignore it?
It seems the problem isn’t
that you can’t hear, it’s just
that you don’t want to. Far
worse than listening and not
acting, you choose to change
the channel and ignore the
call to action for the comfort
of your smiling friends and
comfortable couch.
Why would you choose the
dreadful and seemingly
hopeless view of children
drinking dirty water while
living in a garbage dump to
those of green fields, smiling
students, friends and family?
It certainly seems reasonable
to turn the channel.
For this reason, this eulo-
gy is for humanity. Despite
our growing interconnected-
ness and ability to converse
with one another, humans
show ambivalence when
addressing global problems
that need staunch position-
ing.
Goodbye to the next gener-
ation of kids being killed in
Syria. Goodbye to the yet-to-
be raped v i c t ims in the
Congo, the starving families
in Somalia and the drowned-
out communities in flood
areas across the world.
I b i d f a r e w e l l t o t h e
dreams of independence of
t h e P a l e s t i n i a n s , a n d
farewel l to the peace in
Israel. Adieu to the reconcil-
iation in Afghanistan and
political discussion in Tibet.
Adios to the 3,000 killed in
Syria, and let’s bring flowers
for the next 3,000.
Let’s flip the channel away
from human rights activists
in Russia and Africa. Let’s
watch Beyonce’s baby-bump
and try figuring out if it’s
real or not. Let us surround
ourselves by nice and com-
By Cole Anderson
DUbliN, iRElAND
By Moussa Hassoun
fortable things, as we all do,
to ignore the Asian children
living on less than $1 a day.
We’ve had great days as a
species, but not many more
to come. The only way we
can change our future is to
show more compassion for
those living under worse con-
ditions than our own. We
need to address global pover-
ty and inequalities of all
sorts.
Yes, the chal lenges of
humanity are steep, and it
isn’t practical to ask for mas-
sive change by the end of this
article, but we can all start
in the most basic way: NOT
flipping the channel. Not
turning away from the beat-
en protesters.
It can all start with the
click of a button, but only if
you will start to listen and
not intentionally block them
out. For humanity’s sake, I
hope this Eulogy is laughed
at decades from now, but I
fear that it won’t be. So con-
tinue to ignore “politics and
news” and pride yourself
over it; surely we are all bet-
ter off.
Notes fromAbroad
Question: “Are there anyholidays that you have
experienced or are lookingforward to experiencing?”
By Allie Esposito
MANCHEsTER, UNiTED KiNGDoM
Guy Fawkes Day or Bonfire
Night is comparable to our
Fourth of July in the United
States. It does not celebrate
any sort of revolution or inde-
pendence, but it does have a lot
of fireworks! It will be celebrat-
ed next week, on November 5.
Despite its rough history, Guy
Fawkes Day is now celebrated
as a social, positive day usual-
ly centered around bonfires,
fireworks and large social gath-
erings.
The movie V for Vendetta is
based upon the failed plot
which inspired Guy Fawkes
Day. Guy Fawkes was found
and arrested in 1605 for guard-
ing a massive amount of explo-
sives under the House of Lords,
more commonly referred to as
Parliament. The holiday is to
celebrate the spared life of
King James I. Prior to the
twentieth century, the “holi-
day” came with intense reli-
gious undertones – people
would burn displays of the
Pope in the name of “papalism”
– an anti-Christian term con-
cerning those who follow the
Christian religion and its
teaching. Since then, the vio-
lence has been dealt with and
Guy Fawkes is now thought of
as more o f a State
Commemoration day.
All across England on this
day, people will gather both
privately and in large public
areas usually around a mas-
sive bonfire. There will be tons
of fireworks shot off at all times
of the night to represent the
explosion that could have been.
In addition, some people may
burn replica-dolls of Guy
Fawkes; both as a celebration
of his failure and as a reflection
on previous celebrations.
While I am not totally sure,
I don’t think business close or
people take school off. It is
more of a night time holiday
focused around celebration and
partying. This holiday is awe-
some because it seems to cap-
ture much of England. It is an
old country with traditions and
rituals but they also are very
straight-forward and don’t
really care much about overly
intimate details. This holiday
is just that, rooted in the past,
but honestly, simply just a
night to party that their king
in the 1600s got to live anoth-
er day. So, if you haven’t got-
ten a chance to see V for
Vendetta, definitely go out and
get it for your next movie night.
Many people aren’t aware of what lies outside of their comfort zones.
Ireland are full of lively music
and locals, sharing the cele-
b r a t i o n o v e r a p i n t o f
Guinness. We all joined in the
festivity and at 17:59, the
entire country gave a toast to
Arthur Guinness.
The second holiday I want
to mention is Halloween. Now,
many people trace its origins
to Roman times, but we are
told here in Ireland (and by
research) that Halloween
a c t u a l l y b e g a n a s
the Celtic festival of Samhain
(pronounced “ sow-an” ) .
Halloween is actually still a
day away, but already the
locals are dressing up and
wandering around the Dublin
city center.
The other night, we went to
TGI Fridays for some tradi-
tional American food, and all
of the local waiters and wait-
resses were dressed in full cos-
tume. Here in Ireland though,
the celebration is a bit differ-
ent. I was told by a local that
America “commercializes” the
holiday, and here it’s more like
Scratching the Surface: Eulogy for Humanity
a traditional festival. There
are many planned events
(most of which are for chil-
dren), and haunted tours
throughout the city and coun-
tryside (many Dubliners
retreat to a more traditional
scare outside of the city).
Schools close on Monday,
October 31 for the holiday, and
locals gather for scary movies
and Halloween parties.
After Arthur’s day, I will
definitely see what Halloween
here in Ireland is all about.
We’ve been told by friends
that, even though we didn’t
bring costumes abroad, we
s h o u l d j u s t “ d r e s s a s
Americans.” I will certainly
take that into consideration,
but for now, enjoy the holiday!
Cole Anderson/THE VANGUARDArthur’s Day celebrates the birth ofArthur Guinness.
PAge 12 November 3, 2011 THe vANguArdCOLuMNSHorosCoPes
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By Franziska & JohannaGriecci
April’s AdviceYour Questions Answered!
By April Gammal
Undergraduate (Day and
Evening) Student Main
Menu , h i t Reg i s t ra t i on
M e n u , s e l e c t A d d / D r o p
Classes and then type in all
of your CRN numbers.
Oh oops, you cannot regis-
ter for two of your classes
because they are already
filled….now what?! This
would be a good t ime to
panic. I’d suggest making
multiple schedules to avoid
this problem.
Even if you are not satis-
fied with your schedule, you
can always drop by the reg-
istrar’s office after you reg-
ister and they may be able to
get you into the classes you
need…especially if you look
cute and smile a lot.
other hand if they appear to
brush you off, seem to be too
busy to talk to you, or don’t
seem too friendly, then you
can make your decision with-
out reservation.
The very first place I’d
check out is the Office of
Academic Services which is
located in LaCava 298. You
can either make an appoint-
ment or just stop by during
walk-in hours. Advisors will
be there to help you choose
and plan out your classes
efficiently. Make sure you
come with your Degree Audit
Summary (DAS) which you
can find on MyBentley.
Many students work in
this office so there is a good
chance that at least one of
them has taken the classes
you are considering. So try
to plan your schedule ahead
of time and make sure you
are taking classes which will
be best for your major.
You have to take many
general requirements so you
might as well have them
double count for an LSM if
you would like to pursue a
double major: This is some-
thing the Office of Academic
Services would help you fig-
ure out.
5…4…3…2…1….GO! Go
to MyBentley, type in your
username and password
(don’t mess up), click on
Student Services, and then
M a i n M e n u , s e l e c t
Since you drive inMassachusetts, road rage isinevitable. Make sure thewindows are up when youcurse.
You like to travel in style,which probably explains whyyour luggage matches yourouterwear.
Studying the pattern and for-mation of migrating bikerscan be an enjoyable hobby foryou.
That advice about lookingboth ways before you cross astreet? It’s still pertinent andtrue.
Given your feline nature, per-haps you should avoid allforms of water transit.
As you drive to and fromschool today, watch out foroblivious pedestrians.
Like your favorite beer, youlike to keep your travelingdestinations domestic.
I see you doing lots of travel-ing…but only because yourclasses are so far apart.
The winds of change are com-ing. I could go into detail, butI don’t want to ruin the sur-prise.
Remember: A missed flightmight not be a disaster but agolden opportunity for adven-ture.
Ever get the feeling likeyou’re stuck in the waitingroom of life? Me too! Weird,eh?
If you find yourself soaringabove the clouds, you’reeither in love, dreaming or onan airplane.
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Gemini (May 21-June 21)
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
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Question: Registration is
coming up and I’m unsure of
what classes to take. My
advisor isn’t too helpful. Is
there anyone else I can get
advice from?
You’re right, registration
is right around the corner
and choosing classes for next
semester can be an over-
whelming process. While
flipping through the regis-
tration booklet, you will find
many sections of the same
class… So which professor
should you take?
Many students will hop
onto their computers and
browse the site, ratemypro-
fessors.com, which some-
times provides good profes-
s o r r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s .
However, these recommen-
dations can certainly be mis-
leading. A few students may
have done poorly in the class
due to their own lack of
effort and decided to trash
the professor on the website.
So don’t take the words on
that site as gold and change
your entire schedule because
o f a f e w b a d r e v i e w s .
Instead, go see the professor
yourself and talk to them
about their class. If they
seem welcoming, willing to
talk to you and fr iendly
enough that you’d feel com-
fortable during office hours
then they may be a good pro-
fessor to consider. On the
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Alumni Experience
Name: Alexandra Polito
Year Graduated: 2011
Major: Management
Minor: Marketing
Where has your Bentley
degree landed you
today?
Right back at Bentley!
After a few months of work-
ing full time doing business
d e v e l o p m e n t f o r a w e b
design firm in the Boston
area, I realized it just wasn’t
for me.
I reconnected with my
Bentley roots and came back
as the assistant director of
Participation and Student
Phonathons.
What did you needlessly
worry about in your final
undergraduate year?
To be honest , I ’m not
much of a worrier, so I guess
the biggest thing I worried
about was how I wasn’t wor-
ried or stressed out like my
friends. Looking back, there
are probably some things I
should have worried about a
little more…
What was the most valu-
able lesson you learned
during your senior year?
How to savor the moments
- I always thought it was
cliché that time goes by fast,
but senior year really made
me realize just how fast. I
l e a r n e d t o l i v e i n t h e
moment and seize opportu-
nities, because you don’t
know when you’ll have them
again.
What is your favorite sen-
ior year memory?
I would say the entire
Bahamas trip was amazing,
but my favorite parts of sen-
ior week were the nights in
Trees. Just being back where
you started with the friends
you started it all with makes
you realize how great the
ride has been.
How do you stay connect-
ed to Bentley today?
Well, I work here! Since
I’m here all the time, it is
easy for Bentley to stalk me,
haha. But really, I’m in the
Young Alumni Association
Courtesy of Alexandra Polito
which is a great resource of
people who have graduated
less than 10 years ago.
I’m also taking graduate
classes, so I see a lot of peo-
ple I graduated with in the
fifth-year program.
What are your “words of
wisdom” for the Class of
2012?
Very few things are per-
manent in life, so don’t sweat
it. Yes, finding a job is huge,
and finding one you’ll like is
even bigger, but here’s the
thing - sometimes it’s hard
to know exactly what you
want to do, so try things. At
the very least, you’ll figure
out what you don’t want to
do, and that’s a step in the
right direction.
Presented by The Senior Year Experience
Committee
Registration isn’t as bad as somepeople make it out to be.
The Vanguard noVember 3, 2011 Page 13Columns
whether an evolutionary trait
or societal expectation, we now
even evaluate a person based on
their cell phone.
What was once used strictly
for raw communication, mobile
phones have morphed into
handheld computers capable of
connecting to the world through
our fingertips. They are an
accessory attached at the hip of
every text-sending teenager and
stand for something more than
just another phone.
Choosing a phone should not
be taken lightly. Two-year con-
tracts lock users in and force
By Zack Hoffmann
them to live with their choice
until a renewal 18 months later
helps subsidize a new one. For
most of us, that means that our
selection determines whether
we are given a world of conven-
ience or one filled with night-
mares.
They also say that birds of
feather flock together. While it
may seem far-fetched, it seems
as if mobile users of one phone
actually do possess similar
traits. Like the divide between
Mac and PC users, these com-
monalities help shape the mar-
keting strategy for the compa-
nies selling their phones.
Many people generally
assume that people who opt for
the iPhone are creative, and
those who choose Android are
more tech savvy. But the tech
blog Hunch did a survey among
their users and found out there
is data behind these stereotypes.
iPhone
The iPhone represents you -
the suave kid on the block. The
trend setter who knows what is
timelessly cool, whose taste in
music is fresh and eclectic, and
what everyone else will be lis-
tening to in two weeks. When
you say Casablanca, they say, “I
think this is the beginning of a
Healthy Hart: Zumba or Pilates, Anyone? By Angela Hart
Celebrities and fitness
experts talk about a lot of fit-
ness trends that seem as
though they cost a lot of
money and involve a lot of
time; some examples of these
would be Zumba and Pilates.
The truth is that anyone can
participate in these classes.
I f you l ike fast -paced
music and dancing, you may
love Zumba. Zumba is a
Latin-inspired dance craze
that’s becoming extremly
popular throughout the U.S.
Most gyms have incorporat-
ed Zumba as one of the main
classes they offer to their
members.
Depending on the teacher,
the songs may vary, but
most include a large range
f r o m D i r t y D a n c e r b y
Enrique Iglesias to Living
L a V i v a L o c a b y R i c k y
Martin, and some teachers,
mine included, would always
add a Pitbull song.
Many people think that
Zumba needs to be done by
p e o p l e w h o a r e f o r m e r
dancers or people who are
e x t r e m l y c o o r d i n a t e d .
Although this helps, it’s not
necessary. In the classes I’ve
attended, there is a large
range of participants. The
first class I ever went to was
with soccer moms who want-
ed to do something active.
The second class I went to
included a former profes-
s i o n a l d a n c e r a n d t w o
w o m e n w h o h a d n e v e r
danced before in their lives.
This was comforting because
the people there don’t care if
you miss a step or turn the
wrong way; everyone is
there for the same reason -
to have fun and burn some
calories.
Pilates may be a little
more challenging. If you are
someone who hasn’t been
working out on a regular
basis, then you may want to
ease your way into a Pilates
class. Simply put, think of a
set of exercises that centers
on the core postural muscles.
When doing Pilates, one
tends to do fewer reps and
fewer variations due to the
fact that each movement one
does uses a lot of muscle
groups which are effective in
smaller increments. At the
end of class, you will feel
which muscles you worked.
J o s e p h P i l a t e s , t h e
founder of Pilates, guaran-
tees, “In 10 sessions you will
feel the difference, in 20 ses-
sions you will see the differ-
ence and in 30 sessions you
will have a whole new body!”
Unfor tunate ly , these
c lasses tend to be more
expensive (such as $30 to
drop in or a $60 private les-
son) than a Zumba or Yoga
class (which is about $10 to
$15), because in order to
work out, you need to use
one of the studio’s Pilates
machines.
In a way, you are paying
to “rent” the machine for the
next hour. If you ever have
the chance and funding,
though, i t i s something
worth trying.
While some of the classes
are expensive, others are
not. There are also different
varieties of Pilates. Some
c l a s s e s d o n ’ t i n v o l v e
machines, such as a TRX or
Bare Classes (which are in
the same price range as
Zumba and Yoga - $10 to
$15). Bare classes also offer
some variety including Bosu-
Ball-Barre classes.
For those of you who have
large enough space on cam-
pus and an understanding
roommate, you could buy a
DVD online to try it in your
own room before going to a
class. Some people, under-
standably, don’t want to go
to a class with a lot of people
who have been doing some-
thing for a long time. It’s
intimidating to go to any
gym or class where there’s
someone who knows the next
step before the teacher even
d e m o n s t r a t e s i t . E v e n
though it is intimidating to
try something new, you may
end up liking it a lot.
Courtesy of fitbottomedgirls.com and pilatesbodyx.com
Tech Talk: What Your Phone is Saying About You
beautiful relationship.”
They are 37 percent more
likely to have a graduate degree
and 27 percent more likely to
live in a city. They tend to have
traveled more extensively, vaca-
tion more often using their fre-
quent flyer miles and make
more than $200K a year.
Twenty-two percent prefer a
sleek device that does a few
things. They are leaders, and
more likely optimist and extro-
verted. Their tastes include
sushi, salted caramel ice cream
and abstract expressionistic art.
And they are more than 100 per-
cent more likely to be Mac users.
Android
The Android stands for all
things technical. Those who use
them were the so called nerds of
high school, who are able to spot
a fellow Trekie 3 sectors away.
But all those nights spent cod-
ing away and studying for AP
Calculus has paid off because
Google gave them the keys to
technological nirvana.
They don’t care if their device
isn’t as pretty as others; they
want to get things done as
quickly as possible. They have
unlimited access to everything,
and they actually have the app
market to satisfy any craving.
They are more likely to be
pessimists and introverted, and
71 percent say they tend to fol-
low rather than lead. They trav-
el out of the country less and
prefer to eat General Tso’s
Chicken and Cheesesteak. They
like Lord of the Rings and How
I Met Your Mother, preferring
street art to anything in a muse-
um. And they are more than 100
percent more likely to be a
Windows user.
BlackBerry
These people are the business
vanguards. They want to be
taken seriously and have the
resume to back it up. They see
iPhone users as the lackadaisi-
cal children that never grew up
and Android users as the tech
department geeks that make
physics jokes to pass the time.
Despite e-mail being the main
form of the business world, the
real reason they love their phone
is for BlackBerry Messenger.
Like iPhone users, they
tend to live in the city, are well
travelled and liberal. And like
Android users, they tend to be
introverted, more pessimistic
and practical. But they are
much more refined than either
of the other two and won’t let
them forget it.
Courtesy of chimac.netThe type of phone you have cantell a lot about you.
Zumba and Pilates classes are great workouts that anyone can enjoy.
They say never to judge a
book by its cover, but every day
we make assumptions about
others we have never met, based
merely on the visual cues they
present to us.
Everything we do or say
speaks volumes about our per-
sonalities. From the way we
dress, to the food we choose to
eat and even the people we asso-
ciate with, others view and judge
us based on our choices. Despite
being programmed since kinder-
garten not to assume things
about others, most of us do with-
out even batting an eye. And
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three years ago. This course has
nine holes designed to challenge
players to throw around trees
while avoiding water hazards
in order to hit the holes, which
are trees and posts.
Bentley Links has official
rules attached which are gen-
erally followed. One rule is that
drivable roads are considered
water, so that players aren’t put
into the position of being in
danger of traffic.
Bentley Links has been con-
sidered to have an unfair
advantage towards males, who
generally throw farther than
females, thus making them bet-
ter at the game. Because of this,
there have been Ladies’ Tees
created to keep the game fair
for all. Females play frolf just
as often as males, so the addi-
tion of the tees was helpful.
For those few players who
find the course to be too easy,
there have been Masters’ Tees
created to make the course
more challenging. The Masters’
course includes more water
hazards and the tee boxes are
set farther back, but with the
same Pars for each hole.
Since its inception, frolf at
Bentley has been a huge hit.
First adopted by Bentley
Ultimate Society (BUS), the
Ultimate Frisbee club on cam-
pus, frolf has recently gained a
significant amount of interest
from non-ultimate members.
Last Spring Day, CAB set up
a Frolf tournament for prizes.
The tournament was extreme-
ly successful, with over 40
teams of two coming out to
play. BUS holds multiple frolf
tournaments within the club
over the school year. Every
spring, the team holds a three-
round, stroke-play tournament
similar to the PGA Tour’s
Masters.
Junior Kevin “Little Foot”
Sparacino says he plays a
round at 4:20 on pretty much
any day that isn’t raining.
“It is always a safe round
then, and we finish the round
at a perfect time to beat the din-
ner rush,” said Sparacino, who
cannot wait for living on cam-
pus over the summer, when he
can frolf every day on the clear
campus.
Sophomore Mackenzie
“Bridge” Magner, whose team
won the Spring Day tourna-
ment last year, plays frolf
almost every night of the week
around midnight.
“We started playing night
frolf to have something fun to
do at night,” said Magner. “It
adds another aspect to the
game. Plus, there aren’t many
people around who you could
possibly hit.”
There is some controversy
concerning frolf on campus, as
students walking around cam-
pus during a round often feel
FROLFContinued from Page 1
Football shuts out Pace
Bentley football stopped their
three-game losing streak with a
28-0 victory over Pace this past
weekend. A week earlier,
Bentley fell to the University of
New Haven in an offensive out-
burst. The Falcons were down
45-31 with five minutes remain-
ing but were only able to cut the
lead to 45-38 before the final sec-
onds ran out, handing them
their third straight loss after
starting the season 4-1.
Pace opened the game poorly,
going three and out on their first
drive before surrendering the
ball to Bentley. After two rush-
ing plays, QB Bryant Johnson
launched a pass downfield to
WR Bill Kiley for a 56-yard
touchdown. Johnson threw
another touchdown pass to WR
Wade Critides on the next
Falcons drive.
The Bentley defense stopped
Pace again on their next drive,
taking over with just a few min-
utes remaining in the opening
quarter. After running almost
nine minutes off of the clock on
17 plays, Johnson threw anoth-
er touchdown to Critides.
Bentley scored one more time
before the half, when RB Jack
Pizzotti capped a 97-yard drive
with a 10-yard touchdown run.
The Falcons shut down the
Pace offense throughout the sec-
ond half and kept them scoreless
in a 28-0 victory. Pace only had
46 passing yards and 36 rushing
yards in the game.
The run game for Bentley was
huge, mainly due to the snowy
conditions in Pleasantville, NY.
The Falcons gained 237 yards
from the run game on 57
attempts. RB Bobby Tarr led the
team with 101 yards, his fourth
100-yard game of the season. His
728 rushing yards on the season
puts him in third place in the
NE-10.
Wade Critides now has 64
receptions and 790 receiving
yards this season, putting him
in first and second place in the
NE-10 respectively.
Bryant Johnson finished the
victory with 156 passing yards
and three touchdowns on just 10
passing attempts. He is current-
ly tied for first place in the NE-10
with 23 passing touchdowns,
which is a new career season-
high. Johnson has also now
thrown for at least 2,000 yards
in each of the last three seasons,
needing only 313 more yards for
a new career season-high.
Bentley, now 5-4 on the year
and 4-3 in the conference, is
ranked fourth in the NE-10. The
Falcons will host Assumption
College (4-4, 3-3) this Saturday
at 1 p.m. in the regular season
finale.
By Ben Klein
Vanguard Staff
Fourth in NE-10 with one game leftlike they are under high risk of
injury from the flying discs.
Truthfully, if players are expe-
rienced enough and competent
towards others, there isn’t
much risk of injury while play-
ing frolf.
Junior Rae “Chip” Berube
said she started playing frolf to
improve her throwing for
Women’s Bentley Ultimate
Society, but now she just plays
for the fun of it.
When asked about whether
frolf is a danger to the Bentley
community, Berube said, “By
now, I feel like people have seen
us playing enough to recognize
what is going on.”
Junior Amber “A Little High,
A Little Lo” said she played frolf
often last spring. Lo believes
that frolf is not dangerous.
“If anything, it’s painfully
addicting,” she said. Lo also
said that every time she wishes
to frolf, she sends out a mass
text to 10-15 friends who also
enjoy frolfing, and the respons-
es are always positive.
Bentley Links is a creation
that all of Bentley’s communi-
ty can enjoy. It doesn’t require
you to be good at throwing a
Frisbee, and the course is usu-
ally completed in about 45 min-
utes or less. So the next time
you see a Frisbee flying through
the air as you walk to class, you
will know it’s just part of a
game, and they are not out to
hurt you.
rECEnt rESultSResults from 10/26-11/1
Result
Field Hockey (9-9)
AIC (10/26) (NE-10 First Round) L 3-2 (ot)
Football (5-4, 4-3 NE-10)
At Pace (10/29)* W 28-0
Hockey (1-5-1, 1-0 AHA)
Clarkson (10/28) L 3-2
Clarkson (10/29) T 2-2
Men’s Soccer (9-7-2, 7-5-1 NE-10)
Southern Conn (10/28)* L 2-1
At So. New Hampshire (11/1) (NE-10 Quarters) L 2-1
Men’s Swimming (1-0)
Batterman Relays (10/22) No team score
At Le Moyne (10/29) W 161-119
Women’s Soccer (6-10-2, 5-8-2 NE-10)
So. New Hampshire (10/26)* T 4-4 (ot)
Saint Rose (10/29)* L 9-0
Women’s Swimming (1-0)
Batterman Relays (10/22) No team score
At Le Moyne (10/29) W 153-132
Volleyball (12-14, 7-7 NE-10)
At AIC (10/28)* L 3-2
So. New Hampshire (11/1)* W 3-1
*Conference Game
November 4 Volleyball vs. New Haven* 7:30 p.m.
November 5 Football vs. Assumption* 1:00 p.m.
November 6 Men’s Basketball vs. Bishop University 4:00 p.m.
November 9 Swimming vs. Gordon 6:00 p.m.
November 11 Hockey vs. AIC* 7:05 p.m.Men’s Basketball vs. Felician 8:00 p.m.
November 12 Men’s Basketball vs. Bloomfield 8:00 p.m.
*Conference Game
upComing SChEdulE
thE Vanguard noVEmbEr 3, 2011 pagE 15SPoRTS
This is probably an issue
in baseball that deserves far
more than 600 words o f
attention, but we have yet to
give any attention at all to
the whole Red Sox melt-
down/clearing house of Theo
and Francona.
The f i r s t th ing t o ge t
straight is that drinking in
the clubhouse and eating
fried chicken did not cause
the Red Sox to collapse in
September . I t certa inly
makes a nice little story and
is a good symbol of the lack
of caring or competitive drive
the team possessed, but it’s
not the cause.
Babe Ruth notoriously ate
hot dogs and drank beer in
between innings. Tim Raines
had to slide head first when
he slid into a base so he did-
n’t break the cocaine vials in
his back pocket. David Wells,
El Guapo and CC Sabathia
certainly aren’t pictures of
fitness. Baseball players sim-
ply don’t need to be that well
condit ioned and a l i t t le
chicken and beer consumed
by three players doesn’t lead
t o a 7 - 2 0 r e c o r d i n
September.
The problem with the Red
Sox is something that has
stemmed way deeper than
conditioning or even the
September collapse.
As everyone knows, Theo
Epstein was bred and devel-
o p e d a s a B i l l y B e a n e
“Moneyball” type general
manager. That is to say he
relies heavily on computers
and stats to make his deci-
sions.
Theo Epstein’s problem
(and it may be an organiza-
tional problem rather than
just his problem personally)
is that they have put way too
much faith into a computer
telling them how good each
signing will be, rather than
looking at other important
elements, like competitive-
ness of players and club-
house leadership.
They made what seemed
like sound signings, but
when it came down to it, the
team couldn’t win games.
Rather than figuring out
how to win, they only figured
out how to accumulate tal-
ent.
What many people fail to
take away is that Moneyball,
at its core, is not really about
how you should use comput-
er programs and stats geeks
to build your team. It’s not
about getting players with a
high OBP or staying away
from guys who steal bases or
not drafting college players.
Sure, maybe those things
can work, but the true phi-
losophy that made Bil ly
Beane’s Oakland A’s success-
ful in the “Moneyball Era”
was value. He found positive
traits in players that were
undervalued by every other
team, so he was able to get
more for his money than
everybody else.
When you sign a guy like
Carl Crawford, his stats may
look great on paper. Carmine
(Theo’s trusty computer)
may tell you he’s a perfect
fit. But then you look at his
value. Is he worth over $20
million per year? Never.
And this is what leads to
such disappointment for Red
Sox fans. We see the amount
of money they are paying for
players every year and they
just get such little value out
of it.
Is the era of stats geeks
r u l i n g t h e g a m e o v e r ?
Probably not, but now that
everyone has their stats guys
and teams are on the same
level, analyzing a player’s
performance on paper no
longer gives you an edge.
The value there is gone.
There will certainly be a
new hidden value some-
where in the game that
someone will find. Maybe it
will be scouting or another
player attribute like fielding
that will become underval-
ued to the point that it can
be exploited. But without a
doubt, the Moneyball Era as
we know it is dead and gone
and if Theo wants to have
any success with the Cubs,
he better figure that out
quick.
By Robbie LaBrie
SportS Editor
Theo and the death of MoneyballComputer models no longer give MLB teams an advantage
Courtesy of boston.comThe Red Sox issues this year were caused bythe team’s reliance on computer models.
Courtesy of aceshowbiz.comThe movie Moneyball starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hilldiscusses Billy Beane’s Moneyball hypothesis.
FalCOn FaCt
Bentley Men’s Basketball has been ranked #2 in the
Northeast-10 Preseason poll. The Falcons won their
sixth regular season conference title in seven years in
2010-11, but they will have to fight to repeat.
Did you know the Falcons lost four of five starters
from last year’s team? Sam Leclerc is the only remain-
ing regular starter, while guys like Greg Jacques, Mike
Torpercer, Jasper Grassa, Dan O’Keefe, and Kevin
Kettl will be the names to watch for with expanded
roles coming into the season.
Page 16 nOVember 3, 2011 the VanguardSPortS
The Bentley ice hockey
team opened up its Atlantic
Hockey schedule last week
with a sol id win against
Sacred Heart, starting the
season at 1-0 in conference
play. Their recent games have
also included three non-con-
ference games: One against
Quinnipiac and two against
Clarkson.
Bentley continued its five
game road trip with a game
at Quinnipiac University.
Quinnipiac came out hard
and fast, scoring six minutes
into the contest. Bentley
responded with a goal of their
own by sophomore Brett
Gensler six minutes later.
Then, with just over two
minutes left in the first peri-
od, Quinnipiac scored their
second goal of the game on a
power play. The next two
periods were controlled by
Quinnipiac, who scored two
goals in each period.
Bentley then traveled to
Sacred Heart University to
play in their first Atlantic
Hockey game of the season.
The game was neck and neck
until the Pioneers scored their
first goal 11 minutes in. The
Falcons responded quickly,
scoring a goal of their own
thirty seconds later.
Sophomore Brett Gensler
got credit for the goal, which
was his second in as many
games. In the final minutes of
the first period, junior Brett
Hartung put Bentley ahead
for its first lead of the game,
and gave Bentley momentum
going into the first intermis-
sion.
Eleven minutes into the
second period, junior Dan
Koudsy added to Bentley’s
lead. Koudsy knocked the
puck past the defense in the
neutral zone and set himself
up with a breakaway, which
he put home glove side.
Also scoring in the second
period for the Falcons was
freshman Brett Switzer, who
scored his first two career
goals within four minutes of
each other. The second of his
goals was the product of a
face off win by teammate Alex
Grieve and assists from Steve
Weinstein and Brett Gensler.
Splitting the two goals by
Switzer was a goal by Sacred
Heart’s Brian Sheehan, which
came on a power play with
under two minutes left in the
period. With the score 5-2 at
the end of the second period,
P i o n e e r g o a l i e A n d r e w
Bodnarchuk was benched in
favor of sophomore Chris
Paliafito.
The third period was more
of the same, with Bentley
scoring two goals to Sacred
Heart’s one. Once again it
was Dan Koudsy scoring his
second goal of the game, and
putting the Falcons up 6-2.
After a Sacred Heart goal
from Sheehan, his second of
the game, Bentley’s Alex
Grieve scored the game’s final
goal, ending the game 7-3.
The win was Bentley’s first
of the season, and their only
conference game thus far in
the season.
Last weekend, Bentley
hosted Clarkson in a two
game set in the comfort of the
John A. Ryan Arena. The first
game of the back to back saw
the Golden Nights score twice
in the first ten minutes to
take a comfortable lead. Goals
came from Nick Tremblay
seven minutes in and Ben
Sexton one minute later on a
power play.
Bentley came back with a
goal midway through the sec-
ond per i od , cu t t ing the
Clarkson lead to one heading
into the final period. Scoring
on the play for the Falcons
was senior Tyler Quartuccio,
knocking home his first goal
of the year. Assisting on the
play was Brett Switzer and
Brett Gensler.
A Clarkson goal in the
fourth minute from Allan
McPherson was matched by a
Bentley goal in the ninth
minute from junior Brett
Hartung. In the final min-
utes, a desperation move by
the Falcons to pull goalie Kyle
Rank in favor of an extra
attacker was unable to pro-
duce a game ty ing goal .
Bentley dropped their home
opener 3-2, despite outshoot-
ing Clarkson 35-28 for the
game, and 24 -14 in the sec-
ond and third period com-
bined.
Game 2 of the back to back
set ended slightly better for
Bentley. In this game, it was
Bentley who struck first on a
power play goal from Mike
Switzer six minutes into the
game. With the one man
advantage, Switzer took a
slap shot from the blue line
and found the back of the net.
The Falcons’ lead would stand
for the rest of the first period.
However, Bentley’s lead
would vanish in a hurry.
Clarkson responded immedi-
ately, scoring on a power play
just 36 seconds after the puck
dropped to resume play after
intermission. Another Golden
Night goal four minutes later
put Bentley behind for the
first time all game.
Relief didn’t come for the
Falcons until halfway through
the third period, when Brett
Hartung scored his second
goal of the weekend. The goal
for Hartung tied up the score
at 2-2, which is how the score
w o u l d r e a d a t t h e f i n a l
buzzer. Clarkson had the
majority of the opportunities
in overtime, including one
power play, but was denied by
Bent ley goal ie Branden
Komm.
The tie put Bentley’s record
at 1-5-1 (1-0 Atlantic). The
n e x t t w o g a m e s f o r t h e
Falcons are this weekend
when they visit conference
opponent Canisius for a two
game trip.
By Matt Gustus
Vanguard StaFF
Hockey wins Atlantic Hockey opener against Sacred HeartAfter a tought start, Bentley looks ahead to a busy November featuring six conference games
Bentley will continue to play on the roadwith only one home game this month.
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FalCOn
OF the
Week
2
Graduate Quarterback
Bryant Johnson
Graduate student quarterback Bryant Johnson is
the Falcon of the Week for the second time this sea-
son. In his second to last career game, Johnson led
Bentley to a 28-0 victory over Pace on Saturday in
the snow.
He attempted just 10 passes, but completed seven,
and three of those were for touchdowns, two to Wade
Critides and one to Bill Kiley. He accounted for 181
total yards, 156 through the air and 25 on the
ground.
With one game left in the regular season, Johnson
is second in the NE-10 in passing yards (2123), tied
for first in TD passes (23) and second in completion
percentage (65.6%) among starters. The Falcons will
host Assumption on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. for Senior
Day.
Junior F Brett Hartung’s goal put Bentleyin the early lead against the Pioneers.
Courtesy of Sports Information Office