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Mike HaggertySTAFF WRITER

This IssueFraternity SuspensionZaang WebsiteSustainability Update

Club Updates ..................5

Food Dude: Eric RipertPart II ................................6

BUB Fashion Show ......7

Vagina Monologues ....7

For Your Entertainment:Demetri Martin ............8

Hoobastank Review .....9

Speech RecognitionSoftware Review ..........9

Mistress of Issues: Busy Schedules ............10

Notes from Abroad .....11

The Perfect Investment,Part II ...............................12

Women’s Basketball ..15

Men’s Basketball ..........16

Police Log 2 Cartoon 3 Editorial 3 Voices 8 Horoscopes 10 Games 13 Falcon of The Week 16

Dan MericaSTAFF WRITER

James MaloneSTAFF WRITER

Revisiting sustainability efforts

For all those Bentley stu-dents who think that IT 101is the most pointless andirritating course you have tot a k e , j u s t w a i t t i l l G B201….just kidding. In this

constantly evolving worldinformation and technologyare two of the most impor-tant things to people, gov-ernments, business, etc. Oneexample of some studentstaking advantage of theircourses in information tech-

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Zaang is an up andcoming website that has justrecently been created by af e w c o l l e g e k i d s f r o mSyracuse University. It isessentially a blogging web-site specifically aimed at col-lege students. It is a websitethat allows students whohave questions about virtu-ally anything and ask themto a community that canunderstand their situationsas they are in a similar typeof environment.

When you log on to Zaang,you will come to a home pagethat has about 10 questionsthat have been recentlyasked by fellow Zaang mem-bers, or even yourself if you

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SGD suspended for underage drinking allegations

Starting in 2008, Bentleylaunched a series of programsdesigned to enhance sustain-ability here on campus. Theprograms included the intro-duction of recycling binsthroughout the campus as wellas more energy efficient light-ing in Morison. Since the intro-

duction of such programs,Bentley has become increas-ingly dedicated to providingmore outlets for sustainabilityin hopes of not only helpingthe environment, but spread-ing awareness. An improvedrecycling system is just one ofthe new and interestingadvancements that Bentleyhas in store for this year.Looking down the road of2009, a number of new initia-tives will be put place in hopesof reducing costly waste.

For March, ten students willbecome the first eco-represen-tatives here at Bentley nextweek. Their mission: to pro-mote green living. They will bemonitoring the recycling binsas well as using bulletinboards to spread awarenessabout sustainability and how

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Misuse of alcohol led to a Bentley investigation. Photo from media.collegepublisher.com

Sigma Gamma Delta, awell-known and influentialBentley fraternity that hasbeen on campus since 1965,has been suspended due toallegations that alcohol wasserved to minors at an eventon campus within the pastmonth, according to fraternityand campus sources whoasked not to be named.

Bentley University CampusPolice said they have inter-viewed leaders of the fraterni-ty as well as individualsinvolved in the incident whoare not part of the fraternitybut declined to discuss theirinvestigation.

A source familiar with thesituation, who spoke on condi-tion of anonymity, said “Thefraternity, as well as a fewindividual brothers” are beingaccused of “supplying alcoholto underage students.”

As a result of the ongoinginvestigation, Sigma GammaDelta “is currently suspendedas a student organization oncampus,” said the source, afact that was corroborated byseveral other campus sourceswho did not want to be named.

The accusations stemmedfrom an altercation betweentwo students not affiliateddirectly with Sigma GammaDelta. The Campus Policeinvestigation into the incidentis currently ongoing andCampus Pol i ce o f f i c ia lsdeclined to release furtherinformation at the time ofprint.

Christina Witkowicki, theDirector of Greek Life here atBentley, echoed the state-ments of most individualsinvolved by saying “Sincethere is an ongoing investiga-tion I wouldn’t want to com-ment on the situation untilthat investigation is complet-ed.”

When contacted, the stu-dent who filed the originalcomplaint, sparking this chainof events, said, “I would notlike to discuss this story.”While the student declinedcomment, he did say that,“SGD (Sigma Gamma Delta)had no involvement in the rea-son for filing the report.”

The President of SigmaGamma Delta, Eddie Nabistated, “As the head of my fra-ternity, all I can do is cooper-ate with administration andhelp the University completethe investigation. Until theinvestigation is complete, SGDis focusing on this weekend’scharity event, Airband.”

Though no final sanctionshave yet been levied againstthe fraternity or the specificbrothers involved, the BentleyUniversity InterfraternityCouncil Judicial Board processspecifically lays out eleven pos-sible actions taken against afraternity if an infraction ismade. Ranging from a repri-mand to permanent suspen-sion, all of these sanctions areavailable to the InterfraternityCouncil for any deemed infrac-tion of policy.

The Pres ident o f theInterfraternity Council, DanChristo, simply stated, “Froman IFC ( Inter fraterni tyCouncil) standpoint, theprocess is essentially a legalhearing.” Christo also statedthat, “Everything is not soblack and white. For example,asking a new member to makeyou a sandwich is hazing, and

physically beating a new mem-ber is hazing. It is unlikelythese two cases will have thesame severity of punishment.”

“Generally the governingcouncils seek to have educa-tional sanctions for memberchapters that break policies sothat those chapters, andmaybe other chapters in thecommunity, learn from theirmis takes , ” sa idWitkowicki, “For more seriouscases/violations, punitive sanc-tions may be imposed as well.”

In add i t i on t o theInter fraternity Counci lJudicial Board process, due tothe fact that it was an alcoholinfraction that took place oncampus, Campus Police arecurrently involved at thismoment.

Chief Ernest Leffler statedthat he would not be able tomake any comment on thedetails of the investigation butdid say that Campus Policeand the Bentley administra-tion “take any sort of alcoholviolation with the utmost seri-ousness, both by Greek andnon-Greeks and [that he] canguarantee that the laws ofBentley will be used in full.”

Lieutenant Bill Williams, ofthe Bent l ey Un ivers i tyCampus Police Department,who works directly with SigmaGamma Delta on events likethe upcoming A i rband ,lamented the fact that hecou ld no t p rov ide theVanguard with more detailedinformation, but stated that,

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POLICE LOG

CAMPUS NEWSPAGE 2 FEBRUARY 26, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Vandals Strike AgainOn Friday morning, Feb. 20, Campus Police wascalled to the Falcone Greenspace stairs for areport of vandalism, where apparently studentssmashed a television through a window. The offi-cer found a substantial amount of broken glassand a flat screen television lying on the stairwell,along with he student who reported the 6:45 a.m.incident. The student explained that he waslocked out of Falcone North, and as he was wait-ing to be let in, he heard a loud crash and ranunder the entry awning to shield himself from atelevision and array of beer bottles that vandalsthrew through a hallway window. No one washurt, and Facilities was called to clean up theresulting mess. No suspects were found and thecase is considered closed until new informationcomes to light.

At 11:17 a.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22, a studentcalled Campus Police to report a vandalism inci-dent. Officers who responded found that some-one had smashed a window and there was glassall over the stairwell. Vandals also discharged afire extinguisher, leaving quite a mess betweenthe glass shards and extinguisher foam. Facilitieswas notified and no suspects have been identi-fied, thus this case is now closed.

Sticky FingersAt 2:24 p.m. on Monday, the 16, Campus Policewas notified of an off-campus theft involving astudent’s Bentley-issued laptop computer. Thestudent had been staying at a hotel in New YorkCity when he reported to the police that his lap-top had been taken from his room. The studentwas told to speak with hotel management aboutthe situation, and to call Computer Services. Dueto sheer distance from Waltham to NYC, jurisdic-tional boundaries, and the lack of further infor-mation, this case is considered closed.

On Thursday, Feb. 19, Campus Police fielded acall at 2:29 p.m. from a male student reportinghis Bentley-issued laptop had been presumablystolen from his suite in Fenway. The studentmentioned to police that he had last seen thecomputer three weeks prior to reporting the theft(he uses a personal laptop instead), thoughnoticed it was missing only that morning around10 a.m. The student’s roommates told officersthat they knew nothing about the laptop and hadnot witnessed its theft. The student was advisedto contact Computer Services and this case isclosed until further information becomes avail-able.

Call in the MedicsIn the early morning of Saturday, Feb. 21,Campus Police responded to a call for medicalassistance at Forest Hall. Officers found a malestudent with a bleeding head wound lying on thefirst floor of the building. The student was awake,though noticeably intoxicated, and while receiv-ing medical treatment first noted that he “hadno idea” how he got bashed in the noggin. Upon

further prodding, the student admitted thatafter having several shots of vodka and fourbeers, a Kresge stairwell got the best of him,and he smacked his head off a step. The stu-dent was brought to the hospital for furthertreatment and will be charged with anUnderage Alcohol violation.

On the 24 at 9:57 a.m., officers fielded a call tothe Rauch Circle, where a female student askedfor medical assistance. The student complainedof severe knee pain and informed officers thataround 8:30 the previous evening, she fell onblack ice that covered the Lower CampusGreenspace, and suggested that she aggravat-ed a past knee injury. Officers transported thestudent to Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and uponinvestigation found that the ice blamed for theincident had fallen victim to warmer weather,and thus will not be judicially charged.

Honey, the Stove’s on Fire!On Sunday Feb. 22, Campus Police respondedto a fire alarm in the Boylston B building at 7:17p.m. The resident of the apartment that trig-gered the alarm told officers that he wasattempting to cook dinner when he reduced hismeal to a smoky crisp, hence the alarm.Waltham Fire Department was not called andthe student was told to vent his room by open-ing windows. He will be judicially charged withan Accidental Fire Alarm violation.

At 11:53 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, officersreported to Rhodes Hall in response to a firealarm. The alarm was found to be set off by astudent who set his morning eggs ablaze on thestove, and officers noted a strong scent of burnedfood in the apartment. Waltham FireDepartment responded to the call and the stu-dent will be charged with Accidental Fire AlarmViolation.

Vehicular NonsenseOn the 17 at 9:27 p.m., Campus Police had avehicle towed from the Farm Lot due to the carlacking a parking decal. The car was found tobe owned by a freshman student who hadalready been warned about the FreshmanParking Regulations, and told to remove his carjust the day before. Inadvertently, officers notedthat there was a container of alcohol in the truckof the vehicle, leading the student to be chargedwith an Underage Alcohol Violation on top ofthe Violation of University Rules and VehicularViolation.

Just after midnight on Friday, Feb. 20, CampusPolice received a call reporting a motor vehicleaccident on the North Campus Access Road.Officers responded and found a female student,with a male student as passenger, had beendriving out of the lot when the car spun out dueto icy conditions and the car had struck the curb.Due to the accident occurring on City ofWaltham property, Campus Police informedWaltham PD, who then responded and handledthe case.

NEWSBRIEFSThe Bentley Billiards Association, BBA will besending eight representatives to theACUI Region 1 9-Ball Tournament

The team consists of four men and four women:Brian Stathers, Nghia Nguyen, Owen Tryder,and Kevin Vaughn; Ravina Mutha, Jenny Tran,Amoula Hamdan, and Leana Wathey.

These Bentley students were the top qualifiers ina tournament held earlier this year to decide whowould represent Bentley.

The event is this Saturday, February 28 atFitchburg State College.

The Winners of this tournament will compete atthe National Level later this summer.

Event Webpage:http://region1.acui.org/region/01/programs/recre-ation.asp

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The Bentley Leadership Society and CRAZE willhost the

MARDI GRAS PARTYSaturday, February 28, from 9 a.m. to 2 a.m.

in the Back Bay.

There will be GREAT Raffle prizes including a$1000 DIRECT TV package, gift certificates tolocal restaurants and more!

Come enjoy food from Papa Gino’s and Chipotle,DJ music, and donate to the American Red CrossDisaster Relief Fund!

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Not your family doctor, but still working for youBeing away from home is

hard, but add being sick tothe equation and it’s Hell.It’s like adding insult toinjury when your tempera-ture is up, but Mom andDad are not there to waiton you or provide just themedicine you need,whether it’s aspirin ororange juice, or simplysome special treatment.

When you get a cold, thenatural thing to do is makethe drive to your familyphysician for a basic checkup, but students who livehours away from home-aren’t about make thattrip. Without that familiarsolution, it is natural forthe feelings of anxiety andstress to take over.

Luckily for Bentley stu-dents, The Center forHealth and Wellnessreplaces this family andphysician relationship withgrace. The Center is locat-ed in Rhodes Hall, and isheaded by Gerri Taylor, aregistered nurse, workingwith nurse practitioners,rotating physicians, a part-time nutritionist, an alco-

hol and drug preventionspecialist and a health edu-cator.

Not only does The Centerfor Health and Wellnesspractice women’s and men’shealth care and provideimmunizations for sick-nesses such as meningitisand the flu; the Center alsooffers lifestyle counseling,nutritional counseling, aswell as drug and alcoholeducation.

Their care is also person-alized to each student, pro-viding confidentiality andwell as caring gestures.“When I had the flu, theyfelt bad and gave me popsi-cles, Gatorade, and soda tohelp my symptoms,” stateda Bentley junior.

Frustration oftenabounds when it comes tothe healthcare providedhere at Bentley, as stu-dents are expecting thesame treatment theyreceive at home, fromfamiliar doctors who knowtheir names and prefer-ences, and this is some-what unfair to the Centerand its workers.

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Some of the most valu-able services that the cen-ter provides are the healtheducation services, whichrange from nutrition ses-sions to strees manage-ment classes, students canindulge in a overall health-ier lifestyle.

Despite having a patientlist of almost 4,000 under-graduates, the Centeraccommodates to virtuallyevery student’s needs.Their fast service andavailability for appoint-ments is helpful for stu-dents with busy schedules.

While the ability to make

appointments is there dur-ing the week, the fact thereis no weekend hours can beinconvenient for problemsduring the weekend.

By having a few hourseach weekend day, theCenter will be able to pro-vide more care, even whenclasses are not in session.

The services providedmay be unappreciated oroverlooked by some, but theCenter for Health andWellness is a vital part ofthe Bentley Communityand will continue to pro-vide essential services tothe student body.

The Center being per-ceived as “useless” by stu-dents is certainly anunwarranted generaliza-tion, and results most ofthe time from the servicesof the Center being mis-used, leading to this nega-tive perception. The Centershould be used as a guideto a healthier lifestyle,along with being a place togo when immediate treat-ment for illnesses is need-ed.

Actually making studentvisits more enjoyable seemsto be a common theme. “I’mnot usually a doctor person,but I’m happy I went,” saida Bentley sophomore.

Many students havenoticed recent changes inpatient care. “They saw mevery quickly, and made iteasy for me to make anappointment, even thoughit was flu season,” saidanother sophomore.

The Center may not havean answer to all your prob-lems but more often thannot, they will provide guid-ance on how to proceedwith treatment.

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CLUB UPDATESAttention sophomores!Important Upcoming Dates:All this week: sign and confirm roommates for Housing Selection!March 4th: Mock Interview Night from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. in Lacava 395Bentley Ball We took your feedback and made this year’s Bentley Ball better than ever!The Ball will be held on March 20th at the Westin Hotel.Transportation to and from the hotel will be provided.Dress is formal attire and there will be a cash bar for those 21+.Tickets are $30 and are always on sale through Bannerweb.

Tickets sold Wednesday from 12:45 p.m. - 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. in the Student Center! THIS IS THE LAST WEEK TO BUY TICKETS!HURRY UP! YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS OUT!

SASA Presents: KANGAN

Sunday, March 22, 2009 6:00 p.m.Executive Dining Room

Food and After Party included.Free with Bentley ID.

Sponsored by the StudentActivity Fee.

Bentley Association ofChinese Students

Lunar New YearCelebration

Friday, February 27, 20097 p.m., Back Bay

Free Food, Performances, & RafflesSponsored by your Student Activities Fee

The Bentley Racquetball Club will be hostingour second annual Spring Singles Tournament,with $150.00 in prizes to the top finishers.Registration must be completed by March 1. Emailtryder_owen@bentley.edu for more information!

“Integrity Among Us” David Gold Maggioli

When he walks into theroom you may not thinkmuch of him. He may be alittle too tall for his own good,and his calm attitude couldbe mistaken for sluggishdemeanor. Don’t let BillConnolly’s looks deceive you;he works so hard outside theclassroom he’d make MaxFischer from Rushmore looklike The Dude from The BigLebowski. Bill is not only fin-ishing up his junior year atBentley with flying colors,he’s majoring in marketingand double minoring in psy-chology and IDCC, but he’salso moving on up with classas well. Bill just became thepresident of his fraternity,Alpha Gamma Phi, and isalso the president of theAcademic Integrity Counciland the vice-president ofNASA Means Business. Howcan a guy stay on top of allhis priorities and have somany responsibilities? Bill,the modest man he is, prais-es the people he works with.“The way I look at it, I justbring a vision or a goal ofsomething I want to see hap-pen. But the people withinthe clubs are the people mak-ing it happen.” Don’t let Bill’s

humility fool you, I spokewith the vice-president ofAlpha Gamma Pi, BryantRoche-Bernard, and he wouldnot stop raving about the dif-ference Bill makes when hesteps up for the leadershiprole.

Being the president of theAcademic Integrity Councilyou would have to assumethis guy has integrity, andyou’re right- he does. One ofhis biggest goals with theorganizations he’s involved inis to spread more awarenessof the AIC. He wants peopleto know his organization isn’tfilled with the kind of kidswho, way back in your highschool English class, wouldtell on you if they catch youwhispering during a test.When I asked h im whatqualms he has about cheat-ing he said, “In the end cheat-ing only hurts yourself, andit ref lects poorly on ourdegree and on the people whowork hard to earn it.” Luckilywe don’t have to absentmind-edly nod our heads in agree-ment; his argument doesmake sense. When you’repaying to get educated it iscounter-intuitive to cheat.

It’d be nice if no one cheat-ed, but we all know it hap-pens. The key is trying to getit to stop. Bill’s goal to getcheating to stop is by usingintegrity as a device to con-vince people it’s not right tocheat. Bill wants to instillintegrity on all ends of thecampus. It won’t be the eas-iest task for him, but what islife without its challenges?Besides, “Integrity,” Bill says,“is doing the right thing whenno one is watching.”

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Grεεk SpεakBrad Updegrove (Sigma Gamma Delta)

On Friday, February 27, at9:00 p.m. in the ExecutiveDining Room of the LaCavaCampus Center , S igmaGamma Delta presents the18th Annual Airband. It’s anight filled with raffles, auc-tions, dancing and a live DJ.

Airband is SGD’s annualphilanthropy event that givesBentley students the chance tobid on incredible items. Eachyear, dozens of local business-es donate various items to theevent to be sold in a live auc-tion. This year is no different,with items ranging from neonbar signs and free tasting atthe Harpoon Brewery inBoston, to brand new Sidekickcell phones and tickets to theBoston Celtics. More popularitems, donated by BentleyUniversity, include first pickin the housing lottery, first,second, and third pick in classregistration times, a universalparking pass, and dinner withPresident Gloria Larson.

S igma Gamma De l taScholarship Chair and JuniorChris Barry commented say-ing, “My hope is that this yearis as successful as last yearwas. We raised a great deal ofmoney for a scholarship fundthat we [the brothers of SigmaGamma Delta] take a lot ofpride in.”

Airband was created in1988 as a live concert with pro-ceeds benefiting the AnthonyC. Cupero Scholarship fund.The fund was set up in hisname after a tragically fatalautomobile accident took thelife of Anthony C. Cupero, aSigma Gamma Delta brother.

Over the years the eventhas evolved into a live auction

as it remains. Still, the pur-pose of the night remains thesame. Since 1991, SigmaGamma Delta has raised over$200,000 with all proceedsgoing directly to the endow-ment. Last year alone the auc-tion raised approximately$14,000.

In addition to the live auc-tion held through the night,raffle tickets will be soldthroughout the event andlucky ticket holders will havethe chance to win various

prizes as tickets are drawnthroughout the night.

One of the more popularparts of the night is the annu-al sorority dance competition,held at intermission. Duringthis time, each sorority willperform on stage and competeto become 2009 AirbandChampions.

Doors for the event open at8:30 p.m., and the entry fee is$5 per person. Come by forwhat promises to be a funnight.

Sigma Gamma Delta Presents Airband

Photos provided by Allison Bressaw

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CAMPUS LIFEThe Food Dude

Interview: Chef Eric Ripert, Part IIBy:

Tom Hoeler

As continued from last issue, aninterview with Chef Eric Ripert.

FD: Getting away from thebusiness stuff. I’ve been ontoyour blog (aveceric.com)quite a bit and I’ve watchedall your little cooking videosprobably 10 or 20 times,because I really enjoy them.I know that you are workingon a television show for thefall, what can you tell meabout that? How it got start-ed and why you decided todo one.

Chef Ripert: I decided to do a TVshow because I think-the showis going to be on PBS,-it gives usa lot of freedom about creatingthe show that we want. It willbe done in three parts. The firstpart wi l l be shot atLe’Bernardin. The second partof the show will be me travelingand on location and findinginspiration. And then the thirdpart will be cooking at home,something I would have foundon trip and in relation toLe’Bernardin as well. That is theshow we are finishing right now,that will be aired in September.

FD: On the show will you becooking exclusively with thetoaster oven as you do in theonline videos?

Chef Ripert: Oh no, no, no it’s aregular kitchen.

FD: I was really surprisedwhen I first watched one of

your web videos and sawthe toaster oven. Where didthe decision come from touse a toaster oven, ratherthan conventional oven, Iread that your wife wasinvolved?

Chef Ripert: She was cooking athome for my son with the toast-er oven. One day I came homeand I saw it, and I was verydoubtful and then I was pleas-antly surprised, that it’s a greatappliance. She really is the onethat inspired me.

FD: That means a lot of meand the rest of the collegekids who you know live in alittle ten by ten closet boxand don’t have a lot of roomfor anything more than atoaster oven and maybe amicrowave.

Chef Ripert: You can do quite alot with it.

FD: So switching gearsagain, I have a few semi ran-dom questions, aimed at try-ing to get to know moreabout you. Most of the peo-ple who read my columnknow you from your guestspots on Top Chef. We allenjoyed the last one youwere on when you madethem peel eel and things likethat, that was really fantas-tic.FD: What leisure activitiesdo you like to do when youaren't cooking and working?

Chef Ripert: I love skiing, I lovehiking. I love music.

FD: What does it mean toyou when you read fromRestaurant magazine haveone of the top twenty restau-rants in the world!? What doyou feel when you hearthat?

Chef Ripert: Obviously we enjoycompliments, but we don’t cook

for compliments and though thecompliments come we don’tfocus on it. It’s not like we aredoing something expecting acompliment or a good review.Everyday what we focus on isabout cooking a good meal forour clients. That really is thefocus that everyone should have.I don’t think about complimentsand reviews and things likethat… If I may make an analo-gy, it’s like asking an actor if he’sasking for an Oscar. No, he actsbecause he loves acting. Now ifhe gets an Oscar he’s obviouslyhappy, but it’s not the main goalor his purpose.

FD: If you had a last meal,you had access to any possi-ble ingredient and tech-nique, basically anythingyou wanted. What wouldyour last meal be?

Chef Ripert: There is a bookcalled My Last Supper, I said inthat book…and I reconfirm that,I would love to have very beau-tiful shaved black truffles on topof bread. And a good bottle ofBordeaux. It’s very simple butwith a magic ingredient. I loveblack truffles, so that would bemy last meal. And it doesn’tinvolve too much cooking, butstill.

FD: Do you have any secretfood indulgences that mightsurprise people? I doubt youenjoy going to McDonald’sand ordering off the dollarmenu.

Chef Ripert: That I don’t. I lovedark chocolate. And, I lovesweets; I eat a lot of candies.

FD: How much cooking doyou do at home?

Chef Ripert: I cook on the week-end. We go out one night andthen I cook on Sunday. My styleat home is very home cooking. Ido a lot of braised meat. It’s verywintery, very homey.

FD: I read that a few yearsago you made a meal for aman who was losing hissense of taste?

Chef Ripert: Yes, well it was notsure. He was about to get anoperation, but that operationhad a risk to destroy his tastebuds.

FD: Did you feel any sort ofpressure that you could bemaking one of last thingsthat this person ever tastes.

Chef Ripert: Yea, I didn’t reallyfeel pressure. I felt a lot of pleas-ure cooking for that person. Iwas like, wow we’re gonna havefun, and we’re gonna make youhave fun with us.

FD: I had theorized that youwould like to be really fastso that you could cook thir-ty different things at once.

Chef Ripert: If I was twentyyears younger I would say that,but at my age you are not thatfast and you don’t want to bethat fast. [Laughs].

FD: Where is your favoriteplace to eat in New YorkCity.

Chef Ripert: Balthazar, down-town. I love going there, its verycasual, and has a good atmos-phere and very consistent food.I love to go eat Japanese, and inthe c i ty we have a lot o fJapanese restaurants.

FD: So my last question. I’vealways tried to teach peopleto cook, or write aboutteaching people to cook andget involved. But what arethe most important things ifyou want to teach someone,or want to learn to cook thatyou need to have to justlearn to make somethingbasic like scrambled eggs?

Chef Ripert: Well, you start with

the right ingredients. You haveto search for the right ingredi-ents. That is rule number one.And I would say I think thatknife skills are probably themost important technique youmust master before you move onto more complicated techniques.And I give you an example. Ifyou do a dish and you drop in itsome big chunks of onions, whenyou bite into the dish suddenlyit’s ruined because everythingtastes like onion. But if you havethe right knife skills you can cutthe onion in such a tiny piecethat it will compliment the foodyou are cooking and not destroyit. So therefore, knife skills arevery important.

FD: That is certainly goodadvice. I think learning tocut, learning to dice is prob-ably the hardest thing I everhad to learn

Chef Ripert: But you will neverregret it.

FD: No, no I never do. It’sprobably the best thing I cando. So anyways I wanted tothank you again, everyoneI’ve told was really excited.It’s been a real pleasure andhonor to speak to you.

Chef Ripert: Thank you.

On the phone Chef Ripertexudes the kind of confidenceyou’d need to reach the levels ofsuccess he has, while remainingpretty modest about his accom-plishments. Anyone who hasseen him on television knows hehas a fairly strong Frenchaccent. But it isn't the stereotyp-ical pretentious somewhatnasally accent we see on televi-sion and portrayed in movies.It’s deeper, smoother almostsuave in a way. Someone com-mented to me that it’s “manlyFrench." I'm not exactly surewhat that means but it seems tomake sense for one of the bestChefs in the country.

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have posted questions.You then have the ability tosearch for specific questionsor just to click on one thatcatches your interest. Fromthere you can either providesome of your own input onthe subject matter, or justbrowse the answers that arealready provided and learnsomething new.

Questions include askingthings about relationships(birthday/Valentine’s Daygifts), good websites to getcollege books for cheap, goodworkouts/pre and post workout rout ines , and manymore.

I f you are stumped onsomething, there’s a good

chance that someone onZaang will read your ques-tion and have some goodfeedback for you.

However, information isn’tthe only thing you can getfrom being an avid user ofZaang; you can also make alittle cash on the side. Theway this works is like this:Everyday you are allotted anallowance of Z-dollars (youstart with three and canincrease that by earning Z-dollars yourself) that you cangive to other users who postwhat you consider to be help-ful answers. You can givethem to any user (exceptyourself) for any question,not just a question that youhave asked.

At the end of each month,Z a a n g c a l c u l a t e s a nexchange rate between Z-dol-lars and US dol lars andposts it on the website. Youcan easily withdraw yourfunds via PayPal. If you’reskeptical about how Zaangmakes money, currently youcan see ads on their websitethat are through GoogleAdvertising. I have talked toone of the creators of thewebsite (a friend from myhome town) who specializesin IT and he has told me thatthey plan to increase adver-tising income and hopefullyomit Google (the middleman) to further increase rev-enue.

As the site grows in popu-

larity, this plan seems moreand more likely as Zaanghas thus far witnessed agreat turnout.

Zaang is the perfect exam-ple of the integration ofinformation technology intothe business world. Theses t u d e n t s u t i l i z e d t h e i rknowledge of IT to start uptheir own business, and thenused their knowledge of busi-ness to maintain a healthy

and profitable business. Currently Zaang is only

open to schools in the Bostonarea, but is going national ina little over a month. It isdefinitely worth your time tocheck out this new website.Not only is it something thatcould serve as yet anotherprocrastination tool whenyou’re studying, but it alsocould put some extra cash inyour pocket.

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Zaang: make cash fast

Geico’s not the only way to make money. Photo from www.quotesmarter.com

THE VANGUARD FEBRUARY 26, 2009 PAGE 7

CAMPUS LIFE

Outside LaCava, musiccould already be heard fromthe pre-party of the BUBFashion Show.

The Executive DiningRoom was transformed intoa trendy fashion spot, wherethe room was dark and filledwith people as well as thesound of hip-hop music.

A long, white runway randown the center of the room.People filled the seats oneither side of the runwayand on the two balconies.

The crowd’s anticipationbuilt up as they waited forthe show to start. Finally,the lights dimmed and theannouncers came out tointroduce themselves andexplain the idea behind theshow.

The show was conductedlike an airplane ride, whichI thought was very creativeand e f fec t ive . The BUB“plane ride” took us to ninedifferent destinations aroundthe world: Tokyo, Africa,Paris, London, New YorkCity, Los Angeles, India, LasVegas, and Boston. The fash-ions at each of these stopsreflected the specific culturethere.

The first stop was Tokyo.To the beat of loud technomusic, models came out oneby one to display the colorfuland eccentric clothes. TheTokyo fashion was loud andbold, with bright neon pinkleggings, mixed patterns,and modern graphics on t-shirts.

Next stop: Africa. Theclothing here reflected tradi-tional African patterns, suchas colorful stripes and geo-

metric shapes. The women wore loose

dresses, and the men woreloose shirts. The colors werebright, and mostly featuredshades of orange.

In the famous fashion cap-ital , Paris , we saw chic ,sophisticated lines on thedresses and skirts. Therewas a strong trend of blackon white.

In another great fashioncity, London, the clothingwas more casual than moreformal Paris. There were alot of ruffled shirts worn overshort-shorts.

Next, we arrived in NewYork City. New York wasunique in that the modelswore the same t-shirts andsported jeans. Instead ofsimply marching down therunway, the models per-formed a well-choreographedwalk that flirted along thelines of a dance. The moveshad definite attitude, whichreflected the atmosphere ofNew York City.

In the middle of all thefashion, we experienced “tur-bulence” when the StepTeam came out on to therunway and performed adance. This was a great sup-

plement to the already the-a t r i c a l f a s h i o n s h o w .Bentley’s Step Team showedoff all their coolest moves onthe runway.

As the show continued, wemoved to Los Angeles wherethe clothing was very sweetand girly. There were a lotof fri l ly, tutu skirts anddresses. Many of the pieceswere lace-up in the back fora corset feel. Some of theprevai l ing colors in LosAngeles were bright pinksand purples.

India, one of my personalfavorites because of the col-ors and sequins, showedmany traditional Indianmen’s and women’s dress.The tradition, however, wasgiven a modern twist onsome pieces.

For example, one of themodels wore tan beige dresspants that had the straightlines of Indian men’s pants.On top of that, he wore aplain white shirt under ajacket that looked Indian inthe cut, but modern in thesimplicity. There was a lineof sequins running down thefront of the either side of thejacket, which gave it a moremodern feel.

Las Vegas focused moreon the ornate jewelry thanthe clothes. Models wore all-black outfits, and they allhad long, bold necklaces orearrings on.

We finally arrived back inBoston, which was casuallike London. However, thiscity was one of my favorites.

The models wore trendy t-shirts and extremely shortskirts.

The t-shirts were mostlyworn belted or under vests.A l s o , t h e f o o t w e a r w a sunique, because the modelswore colorful, trendy sneak-ers as opposed to the tradi-tional sky-high heels.

Overall, it was a greatshow! The theme was a per-fect complement to Bentley’semphasis on the globalizedeconomy. Getting to knowfashion of different culturescan be a way to understandthose cultures.

The show reflected theemphasis that this schoolplaces on mult icul turalawareness and tolerance.The show was a great effortto mix fashion into a busi-ness school, and the fashionitself was inspiring as well!

B.U.B. Fashion Show brings audience around the globeEvelynn SidiropoulosSTAFF WRITER

Photo by Evelynn Sidiropoulos

The Vagina Monologuescreated a buzz on campus forweeks, and whether you hadseen the performance beforeor had no idea what it wasabout, or had simply seen theadvertisements around cam-pus, you were curious. A redhue glazed over the faces ofthe audience last Wednesdaynight while the actressesprepared to come on stage.

The show took severalweeks of preparation witha u d i t i o n s s t a r t i n g i nNovember and practicesbeing held af ter WinterBreak.

Megan Parkinson, juniorat Bentley and producer ofthe Vagina Monologues,describes the show’s mainf o c u s : “ T h e V a g i n aMonologues is a forum abouta taboo topic, the vagina,t h a t m a k e s i t o k a y t oacknowledge that it is actu-ally there.”

The idea began with awoman activist of the 1970snamed Eve Ensler. She went

across the country and inter-viewed numerous womenabout their vaginas andasked how they felt aboutthem and what they thoughtof them. It eventually trans-formed today into a perform-ance of many vagina storiest h a t i s n o w c e l e b r a t e dnationally throughout collegecampuses around Valentine’sDay.

In a monotone voice, apublic radio announcer camethrough the speakers to startthe show with its openingslide show. The slide showconsisted of various inter-views with groups of peoplearound Harvard Square.

Those interviewed wereasked what they thought oftheir vaginas, what theirvaginas would wear, andwhat their vaginas wouldsay. Of course the few boysthat were asked during thei n t e r v i e w s h a d t r o u b l eanswering the questions, butthe audience got a laugh attheir responses.

As the monologue portionbegan, the actresses were setup on bleacher platforms

wi th red shee t s d rapedaround the stage. All of theactresses were dressed inblack with a complementaryred clothing article or jewel-ry piece. The color red wasprevalent throughout theshow both figuratively andliterally with the descriptionof the vagina ’s physicalappearance, the reference torape and blood, the angrytones of some monologues,and the passion displayed byeach actress for their accom-panying monologue.

The monologues showedthe vagina in various lights.On one hand, some of themonologues represented thedarker side of being a womanwith issues involving rapeand stereotypes. FreshmanChristine Malloy, who con-tributed to this year’s per-formance as a co-chair of theshow and also an actress,performed the monologuetitled, “My Vagina Was MyVillage.”

This monologue told thestory of a woman amongmany in Bosnia that wasraped and mutilated by sol-

diers during a war. The audi-ence captured the woman’sdisturbing tale throughMalloy’s emotional perform-ance. As the most poignantmonologue o f the show,Malloy recognized the deepemotional connection sheneeded to perform the storyand the uneasiness and sad-ness that many would feelduring her act. She says, “Mymonologue is a more subduemonologue with a very mov-ing message, but the girls dodread i t when I have torehearse mine!”

On the other hand, theVagina Monologues alsoaddressed the humorous andless bashful side of being awoman with the monologues,“My Angry Vagina” and “TheVagina Workshop.” Thoseparticular monologues keptthe audience roaring lineafter line. The audience wasenlightened and surprisedwith a multitude of trivialfacts throughout the showthat gave the audience a newsense of the word, “vagina”.

Dr. Shelia Moeschen, agender studies professor here

at Bentley as well as the fac-ulty advisor for the Women’sCenter, was able to partici-pate as one of the actressesd u r i n g t h e V a g i n aMonologues. Dr. Moeschenacted the monologue titled,“The Flood” which told thehumorous story of a modestolder woman who was ques-tioned about her vagina.When Dr. Moeschen wasasked about some of the suc-cessful features of the show,she replied, “The success ispartly due to the new casteach year.

B u t t h e V a g i n aMonologues is a celebrationof more freedom and moreacceptances in our cultureclimate, and it perceivesthese issues in a positivelight.” The women inter-viewed about the show allmentioned the comfort andacceptance they felt in theirown body after participatingin the show. The VaginaMonologues helps open theeyes of the public to women’sissues as well as those issuesof the transgender, gay, andlesbian communities.

Vagina Monologues bring discussion, laughter about womanhood, sexLeslie DiasCAMPUS LIFE EDITOR

Bentley fashion models walk the catwalk.

Cultural dress from each stop was on display. Photo from www.trucityvibes.com

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

During FamilyWeekend, what wereyou most excited toshow your parents?

VOICES

CHRISTINE MALLOYCLASS OF 2012MANAGEMENT

“I was really excited tobring my Mom intoBoston and show heraround.”

Photos by Bree Johnson

SUCHARITA MUKKERJEECLASS OF 2011ACCOUNTING

“I was most excited toshow my parents and mybrother the library andthe trading room. I thinkthose are probably themost important parts ofthe university.”

MEGAN BLIERCLASS OF 2012MARKETING MAJOR

“I was excited to bring myMom to the basketballgames…they were prettyballer.”

MO OFFREINSCLASS OF 2010MARKETING

“I was excited go to Mike’sPastries with my Mom…wewent there right after wewent ou t t o d inner inBoston.”

SARAH ANTOCCI &SARAH ADAMSCLASS OF 2012ACCOUNTING

“We went to dinner withour parents at our favoriterestaurant in Boston. Itwas their first time meet-ing and they hit it offgreat! We’re going to turnthis into a tradition!”

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Important Things withDemetri Martin

When I first heard thatDemetri Martin was gettinghis own show, this struck meas good news. Personally, I’vealways found him to be a like-able, somewhat awkward indi-vidual whose standup wasalways funny and original. So,following this logic, this showshould already be better thananything Carlos Mencia hasever done.

If you’ve never seen orheard of Demetri Martin, hisComedy Cent ra l ca reerincludes a Comedy CentralPresents special, segments onThe Daily Show, and “DemetriMartin: Person.”

He presents his jokes in avery straightforward, it-is-what-it-is format, and many ofhis jokes revolve around cleverobservations made in everydaylife. In addition to regularstand-up, there is almostalways a portion that involveshis trusty art pad and easel,and some parts where he(somewhat unnecessarily)plays guitar and harmonicawhile telling his jokes.A briefsampling for the uninitiated(taken from his These AreJokes album):

“I went into a shoe store andsaid, ‘Hey, can I get those in a10?’ And the guy said ‘Sure,’and he went in the back. Acouple of minutes later hecame out and goes, ‘I don’thave a 10, but I have a 9’…Great, because while you werein the back my toes were sev-ered off. Normally it would beretarded for you to say a num-ber less than the one weagreed on, but given my veryrecent accident, you’re righton.”

“Whenever I see an autobi-ography for sale in the book-store, I just flip to the aboutthe author section.”

“I got some new pajamaswith pockets in them, which isgreat because before that, Iused to have to hold stuff whenI slept.”

With these credentials andjokes gracing his résumé,Demetri Martin seems quali-fied enough to entertain theworld for a half-hour eachweek. Playing off his seemingfasc inat i on wi th nouns(arrows and subtitles fre-quently reference irrelevantthings on screen, such as “per-son,” “pointer,” “allies”), eachshow has its own specificfocus. The first week was enti-tled “Timing,” the second,“Power.” Accompanying himon his journey is his regulararsenal of stand-up, drawings,and guitar, as well as the newaddition of several skits eachepisode.

After having watched thesefirst two shows, there are sev-eral areas where I thoughtthis show succeeded. Mostimportantly, what DemetriMartin does best remains – weget several new drawingsevery week as well as freshstandup that relates to thetheme. Clearly (and wisely),they’ve opted to leave most ofthe show up to Demetri him-self, and this is apparenteverywhere from the charac-ters he plays in the skits, tothe interludes. I’m unsure asto if he’s the only writer at thispoint, but if there are othersinvolved, they clearly grasphis character.

Additionally, I thought thisshow was more or less the per-fect length. Whereas hour-long episodes would probablyrun a bit dry, especially giventhe focus on a single topic,these shows are brief andenjoyable. And although someparts are inevitably hit ormiss, the different portions ofthe show are brief and variedenough to keep things inter-esting throughout.

While I did like what I’veseen so far, I was unable toshake the feeling that theseshows were not as funny ashis earlier material, but I sup-pose that is to be expectedgiven the added pressure ofhaving to come up with new

jokes at a much more rapidpace. Additionally, I thoughtthe skits at this point weretypically the weakest portionof both shows. While somewere funny, others just

weren’t, leaving me with theoverall impression that theseskits just were not as good ashis other methods of deliveryare.

Another thing that poppedinto my mind was the concernas to whether or not he wasthe type of person that wouldattract the viewers similarComedy Central comic-basedshows have. Dave Chappellehad that immediate, “in yourface” persona combined withthose laugh-out-loud skits thatjust drew people to him. Andeven though I don’t find CarlosMencia particularly funny,there is no denying he has aboisterous, made-to-rant onTV sor t o f pe r sona l i t y .Demetri Martin, on the otherhand, is a quite a bit moresubdued, so it makes mesomewhat uncertain if he hasthe ability to draw in thosewho have never seen himbefore and/or those who aren’taccustomed to his style ofhumor.

As with any TV show, thereis also a decent uncertaintyfactor, having only run for twoshows thus far. Therefore, I’mcurious to see what will hap-pen as the show progresses.On one hand, I worry that theevery-week grind while proveto be too much output, and thequality of jokes will start todecline. On the other though,I have hopes that he’ll adaptto this new format, and hisskits will get funnier overtime. This really could goeither way.

In the end, I thought thesefirst two episodes were good,but also certainly not great ashis previous efforts. I likeDemetri Martin in general,and this is certainly way bet-ter than half the shows thatend up staying on ComedyCentral for way too long (seeDrawn Together, Mind ofMencia). His style of humormight not appeal to everyone,but if you’ve enjoyed any of hisolder offerrings, there is noreason you shouldn’t check outImportant Things.

7/10Important Things with

Demetri Martin airs everyWednesday at 10:30 P.M. onComedy Central.

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For Your Entertainment By: Matt Weisse

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTTHE VANGUARD FEBRUARY 26, 2009 PAGE 9

It was only last week thatBoston’s new and improvedH o u s e o f B l u e s o nLansdowne Street opened itsdouble doors to the public.

With over 50,000 squarefeet of limited and VIP seat-ing, this new addition to theHouse of Blues chain drawsin fans of every kind of music.The Music Hall was full oflife this past Monday, whenrock bands Hoobastank, 3Doors Down, and Safety Suittook the stage.

Triple Grammy NomineeHoobastank is currently ontour f o r i t s new a lbum,For(n)ever, featuring theirnew single “My Turn.” WhileHoobastank’s first two multi-platinum albums Self-TitledDebut and The Reason roseto top of the charts when theywere released, the band hashigh hopes for similar successfrom their new album.

Taking over the stage asthe main act on Mondaynight were the members ofHoobastank including leadvocalist/rhythm guitaristDoug Robb, drummer ChrisHesse, lead guitarist Dan

Estrin, and Jess Charland onBass. At the concert, theband especially got the crowdgoing when they performed“My Turn,” and the crowdwent into an uproar whenthey heard the few first notesof “The Reason.”

Hoobastank mixed up theevening by adding in a few“sing along” covers of songss u c h a s “ D o n ’ t S t o pBelieving” by Journey and“Another Brick in the Wall”by Pink Floyd. When thecrowd started singing along,energy flooded through thebrand new concert hall.

It was a great way to intro-duce variety into the per-formance and allow Boston toget a feel for the exciting newvenue.

The band also introducedinteraction with the crowdwith their most requestedsong on the new album, “MyTurn.” In an interview withChris Hess, he said that “MyTurn” is one of his favoritesongs to play at concertsbecause “Doug really gets thecrowd involved…He gets thethings going with the guysvs. the girls.” A small compe-tition between the male and

female vocals singing in theaudience allowed for thecrowd to interact and becomea part of the act.

The new single “My Turn”is not only known for itsinteractive characteristic atconcerts, but also online aswell. The “My Turn” musicvideo is the first of its kind,an interactive video mediumwith the look and feel ofonline gaming, allowingviewers to control what is onthe screen.

E a c h m e m b e r o fHoobastank performed indi-vidually in front of a greenscreen when creating the

video so that they can switchinstruments, costumes, char-acters, and scenarios. Thev i d e o c a n b e s e e n a tMyturn.Hoobastank.com. “Itis a known fact that nobodywatches television to seemusic videos now,” Chrissays. “They use the internetand YouTube, so we just fig-ured that at this day and agewe should make a video thatwas geared towards theinternet…make it interac-tive.”

Hoobastank has come along way since they began asa small band originating inLos Angeles.

Coming to Boston for thefirst time in years to be greet-ed by hundreds of roaringfans was a pleasant surprisefor the west coast band, andtheir excitement carried overinto their music on Mondayevening. After such a tremen-dous concert they will nodoubt continue to be success-f u l o n t h e i r t o u r o fFor(n)ever.

After its grand openingonly a week ago, The Houseof Blues also shows promisefor a successful integrationinto the heart of Boston asone of the main concert ven-ues.

House of Blues opens its doors to rock band HoobastankBree JohnsonPHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

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One of the cooler featuresof computers in recent yearsis the advent of speech recog-nition software, which allowsyou to “talk” to your comput-er. Until now, it’s been rele-gated mostly to the realm ofdictation. All of our laptopsactually come with this soft-ware built into the Windowsoperating system; however,few, if any of us, ever boot itup or take the needed timeto train it.

N u a n c e s o f t w a r e i sattempting to change atti-tudes toward speech recogni-tion with its new DragonNaturallySpeaking software.At the most basic level, itlooks like another in a longline of dictation software, butthere’s a lot more to thisproduct than that.

Aside from dictation, thesoftware is built to allow youto verbally interact andinstruct your computer witha long list of commands thatare customized for many dif-ferent types of programs andapplications. For example,with a few simple commandsyou could open Outlook, cre-ate a new email, assign arecipient, give it a subjectname and then type out the

body and send it using onlyyour voice. There are com-mands for Word, Outlook,Excel, Internet Explorer,AOL, and others. If you getstuck you can say “Help” andit will bring up a list of com-mands for that specific pro-gram you are using, which isgreat since you’ll probablyforget the commands thefirst few times.

The dictation itself thoughworks like a charm. Rightout of the box, after installa-tion the software makes youdo about 5-10 minutes oftraining. It also gives you aton of options to pre-setabout your accent or vocab-ulary. They even have a

“teens” vocabulary option,though the instruction man-ual is entirely unclear as towhat that setting means.After just a few minutes oftraining, the accuracy of thesoftware was already milesahead of whatever Windowshas been able to accomplish.

One cool feature is that,after your initial voice tests,the software has an optionalstep to scan your computerand further “learn” yourwriting style by scanningdocuments in your emailsand folders. It will actuallygo through papers you’vewr i t ten and learn moreabout how you write. Thiswill improve its accuracy of

words in context when youspeak. This can take up tohalf an hour, but in my testit took only 10 minutes. Youcan setup an automat icschedule for this which isreally helpful in reducing theburden on the user to manu-ally teach the software reg-ularly.

Another cool tool is thetranscr ipt ion tool . Thisal lows you to speci fy anaudio file that Dragon willactually “listen” to and tran-scribe into a document foryou. This works great if yourecord a speech or some-thing; however, the productstill will only be trained toyour voice, so while tran-

scribing an interview wouldbe perfect it doesn’t workvery well since the softwarehas issues distinguishingbetween more than one per-son. Still, it holds promise ifyou wanted to speak somen o t e s t o y o u r s e l f o n arecorder to have typed uplater.

I dictated most of this arti-cle using the software. Therewere very few instanceswhere I found an error. Themost difficult part is learn-ing to speak punctuationmarks so that the softwareknows where to place them.For example, having to say“period” at the end of a sen-tence. There is an auto punc-tuation mark tool that youcan use but it is not entirelyaccurate. It basically guesseswhere it should input thepunctuation. After just a lit-tle practice, adding thingslike periods and commas waseasy. However, more com-plex punctuation marks likeexclamations, semicolons, orparentheses takes morework. I found that the bestpractice was to backtrackthrough the piece once fin-ished and insert any complexpunctuation or formatting(italics, bolding, etc) manu-

Dragon NaturallySpeaking: an improved method of talking to your computerTom HoelerSTAFF WRITER

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(Continued on Page 14)

Hoobastank put on a great show Monday at the House of Blues.

Dragon’s new software is more than just a dictation program.

COLUMNSPAGE 10 FEBRUARY 26, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Aries (March 21-April 19): Open up yourdoors and windows to air out your room.Nobody wants to be the sick kid on SpringBreak.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Clear out thegarbage that is stinking and clogging upyour life this week. In the end, you’ll be leftwith a fresh point a view, and a lot lesscockroaches. .

Gemini (May 21-June 21): Conquer oneof your fears before leaving for SpringBreak, otherwise you may be bringingunnecessary baggage that you will proba-bly get charged for.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Make sure topack a plan B if you plan on going any-where this week. Sources say your mainmeans of communication may just be onthe fritz.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Make sure to sur-round yourself with browns and orangesthis week, it’ll bring you quite the luck…ora giraffe.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be wary of theadvice you give, some people are unwillingto hear the good or bad advice that you aregiving. Test the waters first.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Listen to yourparent’s suggestions this month; they couldend up landing you an unexpected job….ora date.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): Be consciousof the old people in your life this week, theirwisdom may give you a much needed pick-er-upper or some nice cookies.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22- Dec. 21): Don’t letlife get you down this week. Sit back witha tub of ice cream and watch some of yourfavorite movies. Vacation is coming soon!

Capricorn (Dec. 22- Jan. 19): Goodthings come in three and fours, so thisweek, don’t just buy one pound of cheese,buy at least three, maybe even four! Enjoy!

Aquarius (Jan. 20- Feb. 18): Watch outfor the holes around your life this week;you’re clumsy nature this week will haveyou virtually falling in every single one ofthem.

Pisces (Feb. 19- March 20): Take timeout for yourself this week. With stress lev-els high and busy schedules, you need tojust prioritize. Don’t burn out too quickly.

HOROSCOPES

The columns found in this newspaper are writtenby individual authors and do not reflect the opin-ion of The Vanguard, its Editorial Board mem-bers, or Bentley University. Comments resultingfrom the columns can be directed to the authorand/or The Vanguard.

Brian CeciVanguard Staff Dear Mistress,

There is so much to do oncampus, between clubs, sports,and my friends. There is also aton of stuff to do in Boston andaround Waltham. I love all ofthis stuff and really enjoy beinginvolved in clubs as a memberand as an executive boardmember. I have a part-time jobas well because I need moneylike most college students do.However, doing all this stuffhasn’t left me that much timeto do homework or go to class.Do I have to give up some of thethings I like to do for stuff I real-ly don’t?

~Class vs. My Life

Dear Class vs. My Life,It probably doesn’t seem like

a hard decision when choosingbetween class and anotheractivity, especially when theother activity seems more funor will earn you money. Collegehas so much to offer, as youhave found out, beyond just anacademic experience. However,this academic experience is theultimate purpose for you beinghere.

Time management is reallyimportant when you are tryingto take advantage of all that col-lege has to offer and enjoy yourcampus life. You might not

have to give up the things thatyou are currently doing if youschedule things correctly. Forexample, try to schedule yourpart-time job during hours thatclasses aren’t being held. Youcan also utilize the various syl-labi you have from your classesto plan for exams or projectsahead of time.

Good time managementskills don’t often come natural-ly; take advantage of the assis-tance provided by AcademicServices and AcademicAdvising on campus. They canhelp you work on managingyour time effectively. There isthe possibility that you are justdoing to many things that willmake it difficult for you to excelin everything you are takingpart in. Make a list of every-thing you are currently involvedin and prioritize what is themost important.

You might have trouble atfirst trying to figure out whatexactly is the most important.Even if something like classesisn’t something you necessarilyalways enjoy, it still should takea high priority. Think aboutthings not only in terms ofwhether you like them or notbut about what these thingsmean for your life now and inthe future. This doesn’t mean

that the only important thingsare achievement and academicbased, your personal life andthe activities you enjoy for funare important too.

Scale back on things that youdon’t actually enjoy or can dowithout. Don’t be afraid to turndown another executive boardposition or invitation to anotherevent. Chances are that if youare too busy you won’t be ableto devote enough attention to anew position or to truly be pres-ent at an event. If you classesstill seem to be a problem, itmay be time to evaluate whatabout the courses bothers you.It might be time to consider anew major or to try preparingfor a class differently. Takingclasses that you are interestedin and being prepared for all ofyour classes might make it eas-ier for you to do well.

Have a question? Email theMistress atMistressOfIssues@gmail.comYou can also Instant Message aquestion to the screennameMistressOfIssues on AOLInstant Messenger. Names havebeen changed to protect privacy.This column is for entertain-ment purposes only and is notmeant to replace professionaladvice.

Mistress of IssuesLet the Mistress help you!

By: Nicole Darvirris

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NOTES FROM ABROADQuestion #5: Are there any holidaysor customs native to your hostcountry that you have experienced?Any holidays in the future that youare looking forward to? Is the cele-bration different in your host countrythan it is in the United States?Stacie HenryPAMPLONA, SPAIN

A c o m m o n t h e m e i nSpanish holidays seems tobe: why just have one day ofcelebration when you canhave a week? The majority ofholidays in Spain have to dowith Catholic celebrationsand saint days. The week ofCarnaval, the week of HolyWeek, and the week of SanFermines are just someexamples of holidays that Iwill get to experience inSpain.

There are also many morecelebrations that are big incertain cities in Spain, someof which I plan to travel tosee.

For example, Carnaval isgoing on right now, and cel-ebrations for Carnaval haveb e e n g o i n g o n i n c i t i e sthroughout Spain all week.Carnaval is celebrated the

week before Lent begins, andincludes things such as par-ties, parades, dances, andcostumes . We went to aparty put on by the commu-nications department of ouruniversity, and many peoplewore masks as they dancedand partied the night away.Unfortunately, Pamplonadoesn’t have some of the bet-ter Carnaval celebrationscompared to other cities inSpain, such as Madrid orGranada might.

Carnaval seems to be anunimportant holiday, but funnonetheless. I would call itthe Mardi Gras of Spain.

The hol iday that I amlooking forward to the mostwould have to be Pamplona’sf a m o u s h o l i d a y , S a nFermines, or more universal-ly known as the Running ofthe Bulls. This holiday takesplace starting at noon on

July 6 and runs until July14. I even decided to stay anextra week and a half afterthe end of my exams just sothat I could experience whatis supposed to be an amazingonce-in-a-lifetime event.

San Fermines is supposedto be crazy, with tens to hun-dreds of thousands of peoplef lood ing the smal l c i ty .Fireworks are shot off everynight, and early every morn-ing there is the running ofthe bulls in the streets.

While I would never actu-ally want to participate inthe running of the bulls, Ican’t wait to watch it! Theentire week is completely

filled with parties, parades,and all sorts of entertain-ment.

Holidays in Spain seem tobe a much bigger deal thanthe hol idays in the U.S.Various cities in Spain are

usually known for havingexceptional celebrations ofdifferent holidays. I haveheard stories about someamazing holidays, so I guessI’ll just have to travel aroundto find my favorite.

Photo by Stacie Henry

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BUSINESS

The last article on perfectinvestments covered a little bitof investment theory. In theworld of theory and philosophyperfection can be achieved (effi-cient markets anyone?), butwhen it comes down to the“practice,” perfection is only adream. In the value school ofinvesting, the perfect invest-ment comes along when a greatbusiness (think Coca-Cola), withelite management (think HenryFord or Bill Gates), is selling atan extremely generous price.The great thing about this idealinvestment is that one willnever have to sell their stake ifthe business and managementremain strong. Enough with thetheory, let’s talk practice!

It is important to know twothings about the potential “per-fect investment.” Don’t bebiased, so read with an openmind, maybe do some of yourown research. Second, try tounderstand a company becauseif you can’t understand a com-pany, stay away from it! Aninvestment in a company maypossibly produce great returns;but if you do not understandwhat you’re investing in, it is notinvesting, it is speculating, so trynot to speculate.

The BusinessAn up and coming stock is

Greenlight Capital Re (GLRE).GLRE is a specialty propertyand casualty re insurer .Reinsurers offer protection toinsurers. If an insurer facesmany claims and/or catastroph-ic losses, it could be detrimentalto the business, which is whythey usually pay reinsurers toprotect them. In short, reinsur-ers insure insurers: it’s a trans-fer of risk. Reinsurers can make(or lose) money in two ways.They can profit if an insurancecompany they protect avoidscatastrophic losses, if this hap-pens the reinsurer pockets themoney they are paid to protectinsurers. If an insurer experi-ences losses, though, the rein-surer will have to pay out moneyto the insurer, in this case thereinsurer money.

A reinsurer can also makemoney by investing. When areinsurer is paid for protectingan insurer it can invest thismoney in bonds, stocks andsome alternative investments.If they can make money on theirinsurance contracts and invest-ments, the business could growat an abnormal pace; but toachieve this growth, exceptionalmanagement is a necessity.

The ManagementWhen evaluating a business’s

management, two factors are

critical: management’s align-ment with shareholders andtheir past performance.Compensation in the financialservices industry has comeunder intense scrutiny lately.Large bonuses and compensa-tion packages were unwarrant-ed in the industry, and it allcame from shareholder pockets.GLRE’s management is notagainst bonuses or modest com-pensation packages, as long asit does not destroy shareholdervalue.

GLRE’s management is paidwhen they perform; compensa-tion is evaluated on a three yearbasis (emphasis on the long-term) and is based on the prof-itability of the business. Notonly does GLRE have a faircompensation program, but itsmanagement owns over 20% ofthe company- the chairman ofthe company, David Einhorn,owns about 17% of the compa-ny. Do you think that manylarge U.S. banks would havetaken excessive risks if the man-agement had controlled a largeinterest in the company?

Past performance is notalways a good indicator of thefuture, but if one evaluates howthe performance was achieved,one could determine how thefuture performance will turnout. GLRE’s reinsurance busi-ness has a short history, sincethe company was formed in late2004. The reinsurance businesshas been modestly profitable,achieving a 7.8% margin on itscontracts in 2007; but it is stillvery small, with 2007 reinsur-ance earnings of $7.64 million.It is safe to assume that GLRE’sreinsurance business will eitherbe modestly profitable or break-even in the near future, butmanagement’s incentive tomake the business more prof-itable could prove beneficial toshareholders in the long run.

It is difficult to analyze man-agement’s talent when theirtrack record is short and thebusiness is premature. This isthe case with GLRE’s reinsur-ance business, but it is not thecase with its investment per-formance. GLRE’s investmentportfolio is managed by DavidEinhorn. Einhorn has manageda fund since 1996 and has pro-duced annualized returns in the20% range.

Every year since GLRE wasformed, Einhorn has producedremarkable returns for the com-pany’s portfolio by outperform-ing the S&P 500 Index by about11% per year. Einhorn hasachieved this performance bybuying strong and undervaluedstocks, while shorting weak andovervalued stocks. By doing this,GLRE’s investment portfolio

will have minimal risk to thedownside, but strong potentialto the upside.

2008 was a tough year for themarkets and the economy, butGLRE investment portfolio out-performed the markets by over20%. This year Einhorn hasbuilt an early lead on the mar-kets by outperforming the S&P500 by over 9% in January. It isimportant to emphasizeEinhorn’s skill as an investor,because it is a big component ofthe investment thesis. Einhornpredicted the current economiccrisis almost two years ago andhe profited from his predictionby shorting Lehman Brothersand many other troubled finan-cial institutions. Einhorn is avery ethical, talented andrespected investor; his merepresence adds much value toGLRE.

The PriceAnyone can find a great busi-

ness with the best managementin the world and still managedto lose money if the company isovervalued in the market. Forexample, since 1998 Coca-Cola’searnings have grown over 70%and its dividends per share havegrown over 100%; but the com-pany’s shares have fallen 30%in the last ten years. When valu-ing a business, it is important tobe very conservat ive .Conservatism gives investors amargin of safety if they are

wrong in their valuation.It is important to be very con-

servative when valuing GLRE.First, don’t attribute any valueto the reinsurance operations,because the reinsurance busi-ness is st i l l premature .Predicting the company’s oper-ating earnings is extremely sub-jective and if we can’t predict theearnings we can’t confidentlyvalue the business, so just takea pass. Without the reinsurancebusiness, all that GLRE has leftis its investment portfolio, andthis we can value. According tothe company’s last quarterly fill-ing in September, GLRE’sinvestment portfolio - whichincludes the company’s cash,equity investments (long andshort), bond investments andother investments - is valued atapproximately $991.72 million.From the end of September upto the end of January, GLRE’sportfolio has declined by 4.73%,which would then value theportfolio at $944.79 million.

Some might end their valua-tion there, but it would not beconservative. Since the economyis extremely weak and the mar-kets are not particularly doingwell, so you might depreciate aportfolio by 20%, which wouldthen value the portfolio at$755.83 million. Now let’s sup-pose that after the portfoliodeclined 20% we find out thatGLRE’s reinsurance managers

did not prove to be great deci-sion makers and caused thefirm to lose $155.83 million. Allwe have left now is $600 million,which should do it. After valu-ing the business one must com-pare value with price. AsWarren Buffett once said, “Priceis what you pay. Value is whatyou get”. GLRE’s shares endedlast Friday’s trading session,February 20, at $13.12, whichgives the company a marketvalue of $475.80 million, a dis-count of over 20% of our valua-tion.

GLRE’s undervaluation bythe market presents very littledownside to the stock price, butvery strong upside. Many busi-nesses might be undervalued inthis market, but few provide thefavorable risk reward scenariothat GLRE’s stock price does.With great management led byEinhorn and a strong business,GLRE could become a “com-pounding machine” for its share-holders. A good book is FoolingSome of the People All of theTime, by Einhorn, to anybodywho wants to learn more aboutEinhorn and his mind blowingexperiences as an investor.

Full Disclosure: At the time ofwriting, Francisco OliveraDubón was long shares ofGreenlight Capital Re, and hadno position in Coca-Cola. Hispositions might change at anytime.

The perfect investment, Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. (part II)Francisco Olivera DubónSTAFF WRITER

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CAMPUS LIFE

anyone can change t obecome more environmentallyfriendly. Expectations are highfor the program, and there arehopes to eventually have onerepresentative in each resi-dence hall on campus.

Next, the construction of asolar panel wall on the exteri-or of the Dana Center isplanned for this upcomingsummer. The wall will bemade of metal and will beplaced 68 inches above theground. It will cover the southside of the building and looklike an “accordion of light”according to Kerri Roche, theassistant director of sustain-ability and energy here atBentley.

Also planned for this sum-mer, but with less certainty, isthe construction of solar pan-els on the roof of the DanaCenter to preheat the air in aneffort to heat the pool. Theproblem with such construc-tion is that, unlike the wallpanel, in order to place panelson the roof, the entire roofwould need to be replaced. Forthis addition, costs and timeare main concerns, especiallywith the recession that has

already forced Bentley to cutback spending. This project ismay be suspended until amore favorable economic cli-mate develops.

September 15, 2009 marksthe two year anniversary ofPresident Gloria Larson sign-ing the American College andUniversity President’s ClimateCommitment (ACUPCC).Under the commitment, thefifteenth would also be the daywhere Bentley needs to meetthe goals set in the agreement;ergo, Bentley must achievecarbon neutrality by this date.In layman’s terms, this meansthat the net carbon emissionscannot exceed what is con-tained or offset. The entire sus-tainability department will beworking fervently throughoutthe summer to meet this goal.

Perhaps the least cost effec-tive objective on Bentley’s listis a reusable mug program tocelebrate Earth Day 2009.Though only a concept as ofyet, the idea would be to offerreusable/recyclable mugs thatstudents and faculty could useat places like Einstein’s andDunkin Donuts. If implement-ed, the program would bothencourage students to be more

environmentally friendly andoffer an incentive to celebratethe day.

Overall, sustainability willbe making large strides dur-ing 2009 whether it is in theform of a metal solar wallattached to the Dana Centeror a reusable mug. While theseimprovements and changeswill help Bentley to become amore environmentally soundinstitution, the importance ofsuch advancements truly liesin their teaching capabilities.Ms. Roche stressed the impor-tance of changing to becomemore environmentally sustain-able and then using ourachievements as a “teachingtool” for the entire communi-ty. She said, “We are proudwith the progress we’ve made”but that there are definitelyimprovements that need to bemade, with some being rightaround the corner.

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Recycling updatemanually.Some of the things that

plague the software are thesame issues that speechrecognition software hasalways had. You have to bein a relatively quiet area orelse the software will beimpacted by backgroundnoise (sorry no listening tomusic or watching televi-sion). Also, using speech soft-ware in a crowded area isjust kind of weird. No onewants to hear you tellingy o u r c o m p u t e r t o g o t owebmd.com to check yoursymptoms. And despite howgood the recognition is, everyonce in a while you will comeacross a phrase that seemsto stump the program andyou’ll be forced to repeat itseveral times to get it to reg-ister.

The professional versionretails at around $900 withfull access for voice com-mands for any software. The“plus” version includes bothdictation as well as the abil-ity to create custom voice

commands retails at $150. Itwill also let you interact withprograms, but some areexcluded that would be inthe professional version (likePowerPoint) . I f you justwant the dictation abilities,the most basic plan is only$50.

In the end, it’s hard to rec-ommend the software almostbased solely on the price.Most users are going to belooking at the $150 version,but a t that pr i ce po int ,unless you really need tomultitask in your job, I’m notsure it’s worth it. Yes, thevoice recognition and dicta-tion are superior to whatev-er your current operatingsystem comes pre-packagedwith, but the rest of the func-tions, while quaint, still don’trise about the level of novel-ty. If you really want to usespeech software, your bestbet might be to just spendmore time training the onethat comes with your com-puter and save yourself somemoney.

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Sigma Gamma Delta“when I was made aware of

the incident, I contacted theE-Board of Sigma GammaDelta and within three min-utes, everyone was madeavailable to the detectives. Icouldn’t ask for a better rela-tionship with the presidentand his E-Board.”

Williams went on to sayhow cooperative and under-standing the brothers were ofthe investigation and thatthey complied with every-thing asked by the police.

While alcohol was part ofthe issue regarding the accu-sations under investigationand Christo does concede that“many of our social events doinvolve alcohol,” he also point-ed out that fraternities andsororities are “no longer hav-ing alcohol present at philan-thropic events, or sponsoringPub nights. Additionally, thispast weekend Phi SigmaSigma and Alpha Epsilon Piheld an alcohol-free socialevent.”

W i t k o w i c k i e c h o e dChristo ’s sentiments byaddressing the fact that whilemost part ies on campusinvolve alcohol, not all eventsby Greek Life involve alcohol.She also added that the Greekcommunity at Bentley isworking together to orches-trate a way to deal with“unfair stereotypes.”

Nabi also commented onthe stereotypes that fraterni-ties and sororities have oncampus, stating that fraterni-ties “often carry an unfair andnegative public image due to

the influence of media andmovies like Animal House.However, here at Bentley,Greek organizations take phi-lanthropy and communityservice very seriously.”

When asked how she feltGreek Life in general was per-ceived at Bentley and whatthe relationship betweenGreek Life and the adminis-tration was like, Witkowickistated that “I believe theadministration of Bentley,along with the leadership ofthe fraternity and sororitycommunity, are workingtogether to ensure the frater-nal organizations on this cam-pus are strong and are bene-fitting the institution and itsstudents.”

Witkowicki went on toaddress the fact that Bentleyhas an obvious interest inensuring a good relationshipwith Greek Life and theirestablishment of a positionwithin the Office of StudentActivities to direct the GreekLife Program shows that.Witkowicki bluntly stated, “Ifthe University wasn’t inter-ested in working with the fra-ternal organizations on cam-pus, that wouldn’t have hap-pened. I think that says a lotright there.”

Sigma Gamma Delta’s sig-nature yearly fundraiser,Airband, will continue asscheduled at 9:00 P.M. onFriday, February 27 in theLaCava Executive DiningRoom. The fraternity wasgiven special permission tohold the event, despite thesuspension.

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Dan RyaboyMANAGING EDITOR

RECENT RESULTS

Baseball (1-6)

at Saint Leo (2/18) L 8-7 (11 inn.)at Florida Tech (2/20) L 2-0at Florida Tech (2/21) L 9-2at Florida Tech (2/22) W 11-10 (11 inn.)

Hockey (17-14-1; 15-10-1 Atlantic Hockey)

Mercyhurst (2/20)# L 6-4Mercyhurst (2/21)# W 3-1

Men’s Basketball (24-4; 18-3 NE-10)

at Southern Connecticut State (2/18)* W 64-56Pace (2/21)* W 85-77 (OT)

Men’s Indoor Track

Northeast-10 Championships (2/21) 7th of 8

Men’s Swimming (8-4)

No Events Scheduled

Women’s Basketball (18-10; 14-7 NE-10)

at Southern Connecticut State (2/18)* W 65-50Pace (2/21)* W 80-69

Women’s Indoor Track

Northeast-10 Championships (2/21) 5th of 8

Women’s Swimming (6-6)

New England Div. II-III Championship 2nd of 22

* Northeast-10 Game

# Atlantic Hockey Game

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Sudoku Solutions

Streaking Falcons earn bye in conference tourney

There are certain land-marks in the Falcons season:opening game, first confer-ence game, mid-way point oft h e s e a s o n , a n d f i n a l l yFamily Weekend.

Fami ly Weekend onlymeans one thing to the play-ers, coaches and fans: tourneytime. Family Weekend is atime where everyone glancesat the standings and takesinventory of positioning.

This year the Falcons havebeen up and down and rightnow the Falcons are on one oftheir upswings winning fiveout of six games. Currentlythe Falcons sit second in theNE-10 tied with AIC andStonehill, one game ahead ofboth Pace and Assumption.

The Falcons find them-selves in this favorable posi-tion after defeating the PaceSetters by the score of 80-69this past Saturday on FamilyWeekend.

The Falcons impressiveoffensive attack was led bys e n i o r f o r w a r d K r i s t yMcLean who scored a teamhigh 20 points, McLean hasbeen a rock in the Falcon line-up this season putting upnumbers making her worthyof a 1st team all conferenceselection.

The Falcons came into thecrucial weekend tied forfourth in the conference butwith the win coupled withlosses by AIC and Stonehillthe Falcons find themselvestied for second. The position-ing is important as the topfour seeds will get a bye inthe first round along withhome court in the quarterfi-nals of the NE-10 tourney.

The game against Pace wasof monumental importanceand the Falcons held a tenpoint lead early in the second

half but the Setters would notgo down easy using a 13-2run to take their only lead ofthe second half at 48-47.

The Falcons, using thesame resilience they haveshown all season, counteredwith 9-1 run of their own, inwhich the Setters were heldscoreless for four and a halfminutes. The run which wasfueled by Kim Brennan andC o l e t t e J o s e y g a v e t h eFalcons a 56-49 lead with justunder 12 minutes left in thegame.

The Setters would onceagain provide to be a toughout as they climbed withinthree points of the Falcons onmultiple occasions, with thefinal time being with just overeight minutes remaining inthe game, but the Falconsused a 13-3 run to open a 75-62 lead with 2:46 remaining.Brennan had six of the 13,a n d f r e s h m a n f o r w a r dLauren Massie helped outwith four

Brennan and Josey eachfinished with 15 points, andeach helped out in other waysas well. Brennan had fourassists and four steals, andJ o s e y p r o v i d e d s e v e nrebounds, four steals and twoblocks. Bentley also received10 points from junior postKelly Barrett.

Both teams were veryimpressive from the field asthe Falcons shot a blistering54% from the field while theSetters shot 52%. The differ-ence in the game came offPace turnovers as they com-mitted 23 of them leading to27 Falcon points.

The Falcon playoff faithwould be decided a short twodays after as the Falcons hitthe road to take on bitterrival Assumption. The gamewas of huge significance; awin and the Falcons receive a

bye and host a quarterfinal atthe Dana Center, a loss andthe Falcons would have tohost a first round game.

The Falcons responded ina huge way defeating theGreyhounds 71-60. The wingave the Falcons a home dateagainst a to be determinedopponent on Tuesday March3.

The Falcons got off to avery quick start grabbing a 5-0 lead early and holding on tothe lead to the last few sec-o n d s o f t h e h a l f w h e nAssumption took a 31-28 leadinto the half.

The Greyhounds wouldhold the lead for the firstseven minutes of the secondhalf, the lead would peak at8 with 16:54 remaining in thegame.

The Falcons would bebehind for the last time with13:29 remaining in the gamewhen Assumption held on toa 42-41 lead, after that pointthe Falcons would extend thelead all the way to seven withjust over 10 minutes remain-ing in the game.

Assumption would not godown quietly cutting the leadto four with nine minutes leftin the game, but that deficitwould be as c lose as theGreyhounds would get withthe Falcons pulling awaydown the stretch.

The Falcons were lead by adominating performance byColette Josey who poured ina season high 25 points whilegrabbing 11 rebounds. Theonly other Falcon in doublefigures was senior swingmanKristy McLean.

The Falcons finish the reg-ular season 19-10 including a15-7 conference record, nowthe Falcons look to postsea-son play with a chance toregain their supremacy atopthe NE-10.

The Falcons used efficient half court offense to shoot down Pace. Photo by Bree Johnson

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FALCON OF THEWEEKKaduboski Named Falcon of the Week

Sophomore Anne Kaduboski of the women’s swimmingteam has been named the Falcon of the Week. Kaduboski hadan outstanding weekend at the New England IntercollegiateSwimming and Diving Association Championships, winningtwo gold medals and medaling in the other five events shecompeted in.

Kaduboski won the 100 butterfly in a school and pool record57:38 seconds. She won the 200 butterfly in a meet and poolrecord 2:05.28.

She took home the silver medal in the 50 butterfly and waspart of two silver medal relay teams in the 200 freestyle andthe 800 freestyle. Her relay teams also won bronze in the 200medley and the 400 medley.

Kaduboski was named the Northeast-10 Co-Women’sSwimmer of the Week on Monday.

Robbie LaBrieSPORTS EDITOR

5The Falcons clinched their fifth

straight regular season NE-10 titlewith a win this past Saturday againstPace.

Did you know the Falcons are thefirst team in NE-10 history to win fivestraight regular season titles?

SPORTSFalcons claim fifth straight regular season crown, look to NE-10 tourney

Senior Lew Finnegan has been a consistent force all season for the Falcons. Photo by Bree Johnson

The Falcons establishedthemselves as the team to beatback in the beginning ofFebruary when they took downthe team sitting atop theNortheast-10 conference stand-ings not once, not twice, butthree times in a single week.They knocked off Stonehill, whowas in first at the time, thenMerrimack who had taken overthe top spot, then UMass-Lowellwho almost defended their leadin Waltham, but lost in the finalminutes.

Now Bentley has set an NE-10 record in becoming the firstteam to ever capture fivestraight conference titles. Lastweek’s wins over SouthernConnecticut and Pace combinedwith a UMass-Lowell losslocked up the unprecedentedtitle for Bentley.

This year’s crown was theunlikeliest of at least the lastthree years. Keeping in mindthat the Falcons went undefeat-ed the last two seasons, theBentley men got off to a verymild start this year, losing threeconference games in the firsthalf of the season to SouthernNew Hampshire, New Havenand Stonehill.

But s ince that loss toStonehill, which also happenedto end the Falcons’ 42 gamewinning streak at home,Bentley has torched every oppo-nent who has been unluckyenough to cross paths withthem. They won 15 out of 16games to close the season, fin-ishing strong against SouthernConnecticut State, Pace anddropping the season finale toAssumption.

However, the hot streak wasnot easily maintained at theend. The Falcons had to fight itout starting on February 18,when they went down to NewHaven, Connecticut to take onSouthern Connecticut State inwhat should have been a verylopsided game in favor ofBentley. But the game ended upbeing anything but lopsided, asthe Owls brought their “A”game.

Southern Connecticut has

been one of the few teams in theNE-10 to get consistentlypushed around all season. Theysit in last place in the confer-ence, five games behind NewHaven who finished in 14, sec-ond to last. But they didn’t playlike a cellar dweller teamagainst Bentley, as they helddown a three point lead at halftime and a two point lead at themidpoint of the second half.

Unfortunately for SouthernConnecticut, the underdog storyreally was just too good to betrue. Jason Westrol, LewFinnegan, Brian Tracey andcompany proved to be too muchfor them to handle. Down 44-42midway through the secondhalf, Bentley decided enoughwas enough and went on an 11-0 tear comprised of six pointsfrom Tracey, three from TomDowling and two fromFinnegan.

This was the key stretch inthe game, where the Falconsreally took control and estab-lished a 53-44 lead. However,Southern Connecticut did notgive up, fighting to get it back toa five point game with a minuteleft on the clock. But this iswhen the Falcons did whatthey’ve done to so many teamsover the course of this streak;

they suffocated their opponentswith rebounds and free throws.

Tracey went to the line first.He hit the first free throw andmissed the second, butFinnegan grabbed the reboundand was immediately fouled.Then the two played a little rolereversal as Finnegan hit thefirst and Tracey grabbed theboard off the missed secondshot. He got the ball off to MikeQuinn, who stepped onSouthern Connecticut’s throatsby draining 4 from the line inthe final 22 seconds to end thegame.

Jason Westrol paced theFalcons throughout the game,pouring in 22 points to go alongwith seven assists, six reboundsand four steals. Brian Tracey ledthe charge at the end though, tomake his total 13 points for thegame. Finnegan and Quinnscored eight and nine respective-ly.

If the Falcons thought thegame against the Owls wastough, they had no idea whatkind of challenge they were upagainst in a family weekendmatchup with Pace inWaltham. While seniors LewFinnegan, Michael Sikonski,and James Oberg brought flow-ers to their moms at the begin-

ning of the game, it was sopho-mores Brian Tracey and TomDowling and junior JasonWestrol who led the charge afterthe tip.

It was a back and forthmatchup that provided Bentleystudents and their families witheven more excitement than theycould’ve dreamed of. There weremultiple lead changes through-out the game and by the end of40 minutes; there was still nowinner with the game tied at 69.

Pace’s Laurence McGhee,who shined all game, knockeddown a three with 20 secondsleft to knot it up, and Bentleywas unable to capitalize on thefinal possession of regular time.

By the end of the game, itwas evident that team work,depth and passion are thethings that have put the Falconson top this year. At one pointBentley held a ten-point lead inovertime, and eventually lockedit up to the delight of the crowd,85-77. The Falcons again hit

almost every free throw andlocked down on defense in theend to extend the streak to 15.

Tom Dowling and BrianTracey led the team in scoringwith 18 apiece, but it was anight in which nobody in partic-ular took the game over, butrather the whole team steppedit up to come out on top. Juniorguard John Brandt was one ofthose role players who came upbig, as he scored nine points togo along with a career-high 11rebounds.

Just to prove that the Falconscan get it done in a number ofdifferent ways, this was a nightwhere the starters went apedestrian 17 of 48 from thefield, while Tracey and Brandtcombined to go 9 of 14 comingoff the bench. The Falcons arehard to beat because if you tryto shut down just Westrol orFinnegan, they can beat you inso many other ways, with somany other guys.

And even then, Westrol andFinnegan could probably stillbeat you. Westrol didn’t have abad day himself. All he did wasput up a nice double-double with17 points and a career high 13boards.

Despite a tough loss againstAssumption on Tuesday, theFalcons are still entering theNE-10 tournament as hot asany team in the conference, andthat is scary.

Bentley will get a bye in thefirst round and will play theteam with the lowest seed toadvance through that round,most likely somebody towardsthe bottom middle of the confer-ence.

The regular season has cometo a close and now we will findout if the Falcons have what ittakes to make a run in March.It’s a whole different game, butif the Falcons keep playing theirbrand of basketball, they will behard to beat.