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This IssueBentley Business Bowl

“Safe Rides”

Income Tax Basics

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

“How We Decide” ..........6

Food Dude: Top ChefCommentary .....................7

For Your Entertainment:MSTRKRFT.......................8

This Month at Bentleyin Photos ............................9

Fasta Pasta ......................9

Mistress of Issues:Girlfriend Envy ...........10

Notes from Abroad .....11

Look into Dividends ...12

Ice Hockey ......................14

Men’s Swimming ..........14

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

Melody ShekariSTAFF WRITER

Leslie DiasCAMPUS LIFE EDITOR

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2009VOLUME XLVII ISSUE VI WWW.BENTLEYVANGUARDONLINE.COM

TTHEHE VVANGUARDANGUARDSSERVINGERVING BBENTLEYENTLEY UUNIVERSITYNIVERSITY SSINCEINCE 19631963

Photo from www.miller-mccune.comA solution to drinking and driving.

A solution to the search for a “safe ride” home

It’s the end of a Saturdaynight- you’re out of money, it’slate, and you just want a safe,easy way to get back on cam-pus. What should you do?

Students often take a cabback to campus but can’t pay;but at other universities, reli-able rides are just a phone call

away. These universities are start-

ing to take action in providingsafe transportation for stu-dents going off-campus on theweekends. Started in 2006, theUniversity of Connecticut’sGuard Dogs are a group of stu-dents that provide rides onFriday and Saturday from 11p.m. to 3 a.m.

Students call the Guard

Dogs phone number, and adriver will bring students totheir homes as long as it’swithin four miles of campus.The program is sponsored bythe school as well as local com-panies and bars. They advo-cate that their program is stu-dent-run and non-judgmentalabout alcohol use, which ishow they are unique fromother services run by campuspolice.

Kansas State Universityalso has a program calledSaferide.Their purpose is toreduce student drunk drivingby providing a safe ride home.The taxis are available at adesignated taxi station or byphone, and as long as one per-son in the party shows theirschool ID, the taxi will drop itspassengers off at any addresswithin the city limits.

In the past, c it ies l ikeWashington D.C. and NewYork City have also hostedprograms with free cab ridesup to a certain amount, but

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Business Bowl brings competition and cash

On February 28, studentsgathered in the ExecutiveDining Room of to receive theircase assignments for the annualBentley Business Bowl. Eachclass was assigned a specific caseand each team of five was givenfour to six hours to research andprepare a presentation with aproposed solution. Participantsare allowed to use any resourceor media on campus with theexception of a member of anoth-er team.

For the lower classes, casesinvolve a series of ethics prob-lems, while seniors and gradu-ates had more complex businesssituations.

Twelve years ago, TheBentley Business Bowl wasstarted by professor RichardCross of the accounting depart-

ment. Jeanne DiBona, the headof career services and one of theorganizers of the bowl, statedthat “this campus wide eventhas really evolved. Now theyincorporate all majors, they real-ly want everyone involved.”

Originally the event was sole-ly sponsored by the BentleyChapter of the NationalAssociation of Black Accountants(NABA), but this year thePresident ’s Off ice , theDepartment of Accountancy,and the Corporate RelationsOffice also sponsored the event.

Each team is scored by agroup of judges that are evenlysplit between business recruitersin the Boston area and Bentleyalumni.

DiBona stated “The main cri-teria judges look for are how rel-evant and realistic the solutionsare to the case, how professionaland effective the presentation is,

and the active participation ofeach group member. “

There is one winning teamselected from each grade. Eachmember of a winning senior orgraduate team receives $350,while juniors are given $250,and freshman and sophomoresare awarded $200.

There are also money prizesfor the second and third placewinners as well as a complemen-tary prize for all participants.Raffles throughout the day arean added bonus.

After each team of students

presents their case to the judges,everyone meets back in theExecutive Dining Room for thereception and announcement ofthe winners. While talking to agroup of students at the recep-tion, each agreed that “it’s agreat opportunity to work witha team to solve real world busi-ness problems, but the mostworthwhile part of the entire dayis getting to network withrespected business leaders andalumni which can become excel-lent contacts for me in thefuture.”

Sarah AdamsSTAFF WRITER

BAP and accounting professors show students income tax basics and tips

Freshman here at Bentleyusually have little job expe-rience and even less experi-ence with filing an incometax return.This makes it agood idea to attend eventssuch as the Tax WorkshopEvent, hosted by Beta AlphaPsi and the Department ofAccountancy. The sessiongave any student, no matterhow much tax experiencethey had, the tools to tacklea W-2 and 1040 tax return.

The presentation, direct-ed by Professors ArthurReid, Mark Nixon, and TracyNoga, explained the logicbehind an income tax return.Here are the key pointersfrom those who know best.

Professor Reid, head of the

Accounting Department, anenthusiastic and tax lovingteacher at Bentley, began byoutlining the simple compo-nents of filing an income taxreturn. You take the grossincome subtracted by a per-son’s deductions and thentax it. Then, he got into morespecifics about the deduc-t i ons . He descr ibed theimportance of a person’s fil-ing status and how thisaffected what kind of deduc-tions the taxpayer received.

As Professor Reid touchedupon the deductions, he alsodirected us to an area of anincome tax that may be aconcern to a number of col-l e g e s t u d e n t s w h i c h i sexemptions. He explained tous that our parents receive

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Congratulations to our winnersFreshman winners: Ross Milne, Layne Sadler, Cody

Clarkson, Chris Higgins, Brett KirklandSophomore winners: Anton Sadovnikov, Monil Kothari,

Keith Dugas, Robert Antoniak, Jacob GrahamJunior winners: Abigail DeMusis, Megan Hill, Victoria

Patterson, Stephanie WrightSenior winners: Megan Czasonis, Timothy LaBelle,

Andrea Haskell, Brian Morin, and Pablo ParejaGraduate winners: Justin Chase, Kunal Patel, Fred Yeon,

John Zsittnik, and Binoy Mehta

Feature above: James Haight, Carlo Ingato, Grace Karon, Greg Bucci, and Aaron Cote (left) winners claiming their prizes (right) .

POLICE LOG

CAMPUS NEWSPAGE 2 MARCH 5, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Fire AlarmTuesday, just before noon, Campus Police wasdispatched to Rhodes Hall for a fire alarm call.Officers detected an odor of burnt food in the hall-way in question and Waltham Firemen con-firmed the cause of the alarm was due to cook-ing. The room resident will be charged with anAccidental Fire Alarm Violation.

TheftOfficers reported to the Library at 11:45 a.m. lastWednesday to take a report from a Hurley staffmember regarding a possible theft. The staffmember indicated that there were several per-sonal items missing from a custodial closet in thelibrary. Among the items taken were a blouseand a pair of gloves. Several members of the cus-todial staff have access to the closet and the caseis considered closed unless further informationcomes to light.

Motor VehicleSaturday at around 1:30 p.m., an officer took areport from a student who had come into the sta-tion indicating his rear license plate had beenstolen off his vehicle. He knew the plate was therethe day before and noticed it missing around thetime of this report. The student didn’t have anyidea who might have taken the plate. Upon fur-ther investigation, officers found that the licenseplate number the student had given was not reg-istered to the car they had photographed. Thestudent explained he had purchased a new carand hadn’t received the new plates yet so he hadput his old car’s plates on in the mean time. Hehad paperwork to verify this and was advised tocontact the proper authorities to acquire the newplates. The case is closed unless further informa-tion comes to light.

MedicalOfficers were dispatched Wednesday morningat 9:45 a.m. to perform a medical evaluation ona student. The student informed officers he hadbeen feeling ill since earlier in the morning andfelt dehydrated. He was transported to the hos-pital for further treatment.

Friday night, just after 8 p.m., Campus Policearrived at Miller Hall for a well being check of astudent. The student reported having severestomach pains when he woke up and then decid-ed to call after the pain returned later in the day.An ambulance was called and the student wastransported to the hospital.

Suspicious BehaviorCampus Police were dispatched to Fenway HallSaturday at 1:16 a.m. for a report of a fight inprogress. Upon entering the building they noticeda student exiting the elevator with multiplescratches on his face. Officers attempted to obtaininformation from the student but he was uncoop-erative with the investigation. They then metwith a staff member who informed them he had

observed a fight in progress that moved fromthe hallway into a nearby dorm room where itbroke up. After interviewing a room resident,officers concluded that the resident’s friend hadcome to visit with three guests and while theresident was in another room, he heard a loudcrash and returned to the common area to findhis 42” plasma television removed from the walland broken on the floor. The friend and gueststhen ran from the room. Due to an ongoinginvestigation the case is considered open andfurther information will be reported as it comesto light.

Sunday night, just after 8:30 p.m., CampusPolice took a report from a student of suspiciousactivity in Spruce Hall. The student indicatedshe had been visited by three male Brandeisstudents who said they were on a scavengerhunt for their fraternity and needed a pictureof a Bentley student with their ID. She agreedto have her photo taken and the three malesremained in the room and socialized with thestudent for several minutes. After they left, thestudent was advised by her parents to reportthe incident. The three males were later trackeddown and investigated. They informed officersthey were visiting a Bentley student and pro-vided a name of the student. Officers informedthe group that they were not allowed to wan-der the campus unaccompanied and wereallowed to leave.

Alcohol ViolationSaturday, just after midnight, Campus Policearrived at Fenway Hall for a report of an intox-icated female. They met with a staff memberwho reported seeing a female leaning againstthe wall of a hallway for support. Upon ques-tioning the student, they found her consciousand alert and she informed them that she, “hada few drinks,” but couldn’t remember where.After determining she was stable under her ownstrength, she was released to the custody of asober friend and will be charged with anUnderage Alcohol Violation.

Officers were on an unrelated call at 2 a.m.investigating a suspicious odor in Slade HallSaturday morning when they observed a femalestudent that had apparently urinated on her-self. She appeared unsteady on her feet, smelledstrongly of alcohol and had a glassy look to hereyes. The female student made her way to herdorm door and propped herself with her fore-head on the door while she unsuccessfullypunched in her combination. When officers ques-tioned her she was unable to give them anyinformation about her identity or where she hadbeen. A second student passing through the hall-way identified the student and informed offi-cers the female student had been at a fraterni-ty party before returning to the dorm. Due tothe student’s level of intoxication and failure tocomplete a field sobriety test, she was placedinto protective custody. She will be charged withUnderage Alcohol Violation and ProtectiveCustody.

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Dealing with stress woes effectively before breakWhen your desk is too

messy to work at, your eye-lids close against your will,and when it seems like the“To-Do” list will neverend…that’s when youknow spring break is justaround the corner.Professors love to pack onthe work during the homestretch before students cansink their toes into beachsand or pack their cars tovisit family. It is inevitablethat everyone is going to beoverwhelmed and over-worked often in our lives,and that is why downtimeis absolutely necessaryfrom this point on.

The papers will be writ-ten, the presentations pre-sented, and all the otherdeadlines will be met. Butfor some reason every timea due date comes up, stu-dents tend to stress them-selves out over whetherthey will finish in time andmanage to ace the class, orat least pass.

Eventually it becomesclear that during the primeyears of their lives, stu-dents should not have to beconstantly stressed andovertired. Exhibiting traits

such as being upbeat, posi-tive, social, and successfulare essential to enjoyingcollege and getting themost out of this unique,once in a lifetime opportu-nity. Sacrificing thesetimes for stress, paranoia,and sleepless nights seemslike an easy solution, but itis not the way to go.

Consider strategies suchas aromatherapy, workingout, playing games, musictherapy, taking a walk, oreven sex to reduce stress.These activities are provento relax the body as well asthe mind.

Watching your diet alsocomes into play for ongoingstress relief with actionssuch as eating a balanceddiet, reducing caffeineintake, and drinking inmoderation. “Reading agood book is a great stressreliever because studentsnever have time to read forpleasure,” says IsysJohnson, a sophomore atCornell University.“Reading helps to take mymind away from realityand just relax.”

Writing things down in a“To-Do” list or in an agen-

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over in a world where sofew exist.

Whereas the monoto-nous pages in text bookswill put students to sleep,laughter and jokes cansometimes be just theboost they need to bringback the energy that comeswith optimism and an openmind. It seems like ourcampus was filled withthese things right afterwinter break, everyoneready to take on anothersemester of higher educa-

tion. A few months and hun-

dreds of flipped pageslater, however, these ener-getic students are few andfar between. It may bethat they are in theLibrary waiting atEinstein’s for a warm cof-fee or in their dorm nap-ping. It is necessary, dur-ing these long winter days,to take time in our sched-ules to treat ourselves withdowntime, sleep, andlaughter.

da can become part of adaily routine and crossingoff finished tasks is quiterewarding.

Time management and aclean work environmentalso add to a stress-freelifestyle. Watch out forover committing as well,because much too oftenstudents fall in the trap oftaking on too much fortheir already tight sched-ules. Avoid added stresseswhenever possible, such aslosing an ID or forgettingyour 201 textbook under apile of clothes.

Take five minutes out ofyour day to pick up thedirty clothes off of yourchair and sit down for asnack. Whenever I come into a room and see cluttereverywhere, it adds to theclutter that is already inmy brain.

But if you come in toyour room and can liedown on a neat bed andlook over at a clear desk, itmakes you feel like you atleast have somethingunder control. After all, itis nice to take advantage ofthe situations and environ-ments you have control

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CLUB UPDATES

BEAR Outdoors Club is a new club on campus gearedtowards outdoors activities. BEAR expects to hold events suchas barbecues, s’mores night, and scavenger hunts on-campus.The club has already held off-campus excursions to Boston RockGym and has gone mountain biking. In the near future, expecthiking, camping, kayaking, or basically any outdoors activity!BEAR is a non-exclusive club and pending recognition fromBentley. People from all over the world come to New Englandto experience the great outdoors; join BEAR and take advan-tage of going to school in one of the most amazing areas!

Have an issue? Want something new on campus? Let us know!

Come to our general board meetingsTuesdays at 5:10 p.m. in the Back Bay

Stop in our office in the Bentley BubbleSGA members hold office hours to assist any students needs

Visit our Website!http://student-organizations.bentley.edu/sga/index.html

SASA Presents: KANGANDate and Time: Sunday, March 22 2009 @ 6 p.m.

Venue: Executive Dining Room (LaCava Campus Center)Food and After Party included. Free with Bentley ID.

Sponsored by the Student Activity Fee.

Congratulations to the Dance Team!

Bentley Dance Team is heading to the National Collegiate Dance & Cheer Competition in Daytona,Florida April 8th. Come see them perform during the basketball games for a preview of theirnationals routine!

BBA Members Place at ACUI 9-Ball TournamentOwen Tryder

Eight members of the Bentley Billiards Association competed at the ACUI Region One 9-Ball Tournament this pastweekend. The event, attended by colleges and universities from the New England area, was held Saturday atFitchburg State College.

Kevin Vaughn ’09 won the competition in the Men’s bracket with a record of 5-1. After being sent to the loser’sbracket by Andrew Griffin of WNEC in the first round, Kevin came back to win five straight matches in a race-to-five format. Kevin ultimately defeated Griffin twice for the title of champion.

Leana Wathey ’10 placed second in the Women’s bracket, receiv-ing a medal for her accomplishment. Her tournament record thatday was 2-2 with her championship loss coming at the hands ofKristine from Fitchburg State.

Both Kevin and Leana will represent the BBA and Bentley atthe National Collegiate 9-Ball Tournament this summer.

Closer To Home…At the BBA Invitational 9-Ball Tournament this past Monday,Bofan Xia took 1st place winning a pool cue; Nghia Nguyenplaced 2nd taking home a set of billiard balls, and formerPresident Andrew Innocent took 3rd place. Congratulations toall who qualified!

Channel 3 is now...Bentley Entertainment NetworkNew BSTV Episode out this week

New Movies this month: Iron Man, Semi-Pro, Nick and Norah’s InfinitePlaylist, Lakeview Terrace, Hancock, RocknRolla,Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Coach Carter

Check our website for schedule http://student-organizations.bentley.edu/tv/channel-schedule/

Airband Auction Winners:

3rd pick in course registration – Aurielle GoldfarbMolson Ice golf bag & Snowboard – Paul Oberlies

2008 T-Mobile Sidekick – Josh RangerBudweiser Neon Package – Casey Zmudzinksi

Universal Parking Pass – Vinay GokaldaStella Artois Beach Umbrella & Modello Neon Sign – David Holzer

Rolling Rock Guitar & Jack Daniels’ Wooden Sign – Preston CarboneBass Ale Cooler – John Morrissey

2nd Pick in course registration – Carlo IngatoCoors Light Neon – Timo Hartmann

Red Sox Tickets – Gabriel BensonNexcastle Ale Neon & Mirror – Chris Barry

1st Pick in Course Registration – Katie Phillips Date w/ Jaimie Curtin – Danielle BentzDate w/ Danielle Bentz – Alex Danehy

Date w/ Rick Milley & Brad Updegrove & 10 person van for night – Ashley Platt1st Pick in Housing – Casey Zmudzinski

Congratulations!

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NEWSAuthor Jonah Lehrer discusses reason and emotion in decisions

This past Thursday in theWi lder Pav i l i on , JonahLehrer spoke about his newbook, How We Decide. Thebook takes an in-depth look atthe decision making processeso f the mind . I t s eeks t oexplain the balance betweenemotion and reason and howboth are utilized by the brainto make decisions. In his lat-est work, Lehrer speaks to theintricacies of the mind andthe effects of dopamine.

In How We Decide Lehrerpresents the reader with aseries of real life stories aswell as clinical researchexamples which are bothenthralling and at times sus-penseful. These reports andstories support Lehrer’s con-tention that emotion and rea-son are both integral compo-nents of the decision makingprocess. The conclusion thatLehrer reaches is that emo-tion can be just as useful asreason because emotion isderived not from the abstractbut from dopamine. How WeDecide depends on how wellwe are able to distinguishbetween emotion and reasonand choose the appropriateresponse for a given situation.

The idea for the book firstcame to Lehrer while on amission to retrieve a box ofCheerios. Upon reaching the

Cheerios section in the super-market, he was unsure aboutwhich variety to purchase.Amidst his ruminations, herealized how much time hadelapsed since he first set outon his quest. The decisionmaking process intrigued himand so he decided to researchthe process and write aboutit.

On Thursday Lehrer spokeabout the focus of the book,which is dopamine the neuro-transmitter, and how this istruly the control center fordecision making. Lehrer dis-cussed with us the benefitsand disadvantages of usingdopamine as a medication forcertain forms of Parkinson’sdisease. On one hand thed r u g r e p l e n i s h e s t h o s edopamine neurons that arekilled by the disease.

On the other hand, the

dosage constantly needs to beincreased in order to compen-sate f o r the increase indestroyed neurons as the dis-ease progresses. This overstimulation can lead to a gam-bling addiction, which it doesin approximately 10% ofpatients receiving the treat-ment. The patients feel a needto be rewarded, somethingthat is strongly correlatedwith dopamine and thus, theyseek reward in places likecasinos or race tracks. Thevictims constantly seek tounderstand how they are win-ning when in actuality it isjust luck of the draw.

Lehrer spoke to us about a55 year old English teacherwho received treatments ofdopamine.

He explained that her dailyroutine consisted of going tothe track when it opened andthen a convenience store afterthat to play the slots andfinally when the store closedat 3 am she would return toher house to gamble on theInternet. She went throughthis cycle for several daysbefore collapsing only toregain her strength and beginthe dismal cycle once again.Her need for reward resultedin the ruination of her life andthe inability to make choicesbecause she was controlled by

the addiction. A vast portion of Lehrer’s

book is devoted to explaininghow that “gut feeling” weexperience is a lot less gutand a lot more brain. Thatfeeling when we know some-thing is wrong but cannotexplain it is actually a mes-sage from dopamine neuronsin the brain which transmitsignals to our body telling uswhether we should be anxiousor afraid. These signals thenpresent themselves in theform of bodily indicators suchas sweaty palms or a sweatyupper lip.

A cognitive psychologistnamed Gary Klein steps in atthis point and after reviewingtapes of the radar systemfrom weeks before discoverssomething: The airplanes thathad followed that track wereflying at a certain altitudecausing them to enter theradar immediately when theyentered the range. The mis-siles however, were flying ata much lower altitude andbecause of ground interfer-ence they did not enter theradar until three seconds intothe range. After weeks ofobserving the radar, it wasd e t e r m i n e d t h a t M i k eO’Reilly would have noticedany minor discrepancy even ifhe didn’t realize it, which he

didn’t . Fortunately , thedopamine neurons in hisbrain did take notice, andwarned him that there wastrouble.

Lehrer tells this story toillustrate that behind emotionis reason. Most presume thatemotion is void of reason andthat this “gut feeling” has nopractical usage. Lehrer how-ever says, “Your emotionsaren’t just impulsive…thereason we th ink that i sbecause we aren’t aware of allthe computations…. They aresubconscious.”

Dopamine has been direct-ly linked to “sex, drugs androck and roll,” and because ofthis it has gotten a bad rap,says Lehrer. Converselythough, he says, “The mind isa category buster…we aren’ttruly rational.” and becauseof this, dopamine is really oursaving grace. There is norationality in choosing regu-lar Cheerios as opposed toHoney Nut Cheerios. If we didnot have an internal firealarm to warn us when some-thing we couldn’t quite per-ceive was wrong, or if we wereincapable of being irrational,we would be impractical andincomplete human beings;human beings who could notmake decisions.

Mr. Lehrer is no strangerto the literary communityhaving written the New YorkTimes bestseller Proust Wasa Neuroscientist back inNovember of 2007. He gradu-a t e d f r o m C o l u m b i aUniversity and then went onto study at Oxford Universityas a Rhodes Scholar. He haswritten for several newspa-pers inc luding The NewYorker, Nature, The BostonGlobe, and The WashingtonPos t and has a l so madeappearances on NPR’s RadioLab.

James MaloneSTAFF WRITER

Photo by Taylor Guay (left) and www.amazon.com (right)“How We Decide” author Jonah Lehrer.

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COLUMNSThe Food Dude:

Top Chef 5 recap: Did they get it right?By:

Tom Hoeler

Last week one of Bravo’smost popular (and a FoodDude favorite) shows Top Chefconcluded its fifth season withHosea defeating Carla andStefan in the final showdown.The smiling everyman of achef defeated the quirky south-ern girl and his “nemesis”, theruthless European. These car-icatures of the individuals arewhat Top Chef does to its con-testants, either by design oraccident. Every year we getthe quirky, the common, andthe downright “evil” charactersthat we are supposed to loveand loathe.

This season tried to play upthe big struggle betweenHosea and Stefan, but honest-ly it was really the war thatnever was. This was Red Soxvs. Yankees pre-2004. A mas-sacre.

No contest at all. Stefanwiped the floor with Hoseaand the rest of the cast forabout 90% of the competition,before trailing off a bit at theend and ultimately allowing

Hosea to take the title of “TopChef” from him. Kind of likethe Red-Sox Yankees ALCS in2004…weird how that worksout.

For the second time though,in five seasons, the “best” chefdid not win. This happened inthe second season when Élan,the worst chef of all five win-ners thus far, defeated Marcel,Sam, and Elia. That seasonany of the other three couldhave been considered the bestchef (as well as Cliff who waskicked off the show for tryingto shave Marcel’s hair); how-ever Marcel and Sam clearlydistinguished themselves theentire season.

Seasons one, three and fourall ended up with the best chefwinning. Harold in the firstseason was spectacular all theway through; and his contin-ued success with opening hisrestaurant after the show is atestament to that. In seasonthree Hung abso lu te lydestroyed the field (more onHung ’ s dominance in a

minute). The show was overabout three weeks in; TopChef was just fulfilling its con-tractual obligations to Bravoby not declaring him the win-ner then. Stephanie in seasonfour was extremely consistentand precise, being declared theindividual winner of the elim-ination challenge four times.

This brings us to seasonfive. Stefan should have beenthe winner, plain and simple.This is not about who peopleliked more, or who you wouldwant to hang out with. This isabout who was the better chef.And there is no question thatStefan was the better and thebest chef this season. He hadfour individual wins in theelimination challenge and fourquick-fire wins, both of whichare tops all-time for Top Chef.He didn’t appear in the bottomuntil week ten (it’s a fourteenweek show).

Head judge che f TomColicchio disagrees with me.He was a strong proponent ofHosea winning out, and on hisBravo blog after the episodeaired he wrote the following;summing the finale up.

“Stefan made one strongcourse and two problematiccourses; Hosea made twoextremely strong courses andone that would have beengreat with more salt. Of thethree cheftestant finalists, thewinner was clear.”

Though it’s hard to arguewith that analysis…I willendeavor to.

The finale was closer thanChef Colicchio indicates formany reasons. First, Stefanshould be given more credit forhaving to deal with alligatoras the other two had simpleingredients to use for theirstarting appetizer.

They were right in notpenalizing Hosea for not mak-ing dessert, so that is a non-issue; even if some guestswould have “liked” to see adessert. The issue comes downto the voting and judging atthe end. In every episode ofTop Chef, these are the rules.All that matters is the dishmade for the challenge. Pastaccomplishments or failures donot matter, every challenge isseparate.

EXCEPT for the finale. Inthe finale, if it is close betweentwo chefs, the tiebreaker ishow the contestants did dur-ing the season. Guest judgeToby Young wrote in his post-finale blog that Chef Colicchioinformed him before the finalethat indeed this was the case.

So then how does Hosea endup winning? Despite their dif-ferences on who should havewon, both Young and Colicchiocommented in their blogs thatthe discussion about the win-ner lasted hours into theevening and early morning, soclearly this was not a quickdecision. There was no clearwinner. Yet, from everythingthat we saw on the episode itdoesn’t seem that the seasonperformances were taken into

account. Because if they were,Stefan wins period. End ofstory. No discussion, no argu-ing. This was Hung in seasonthree on steroids.

Stefan’s dishes were indeedlacking in the finale (except forthe squab). Even without tast-ing anything he made, thatdessert was a real throwawaydish. Hosea and Stefan bothhad “so-so” first dishes, andStefan had a better seconddish than Hosea. So if you givethem one win, one loss, andone tie each; I’d say we need togo to the tie-breaker andStefan wins based on overallperformance.

Hosea was good, but heneeded to be great in the finaleto overcome the Stefan jugger-naut. His meal needed to bemiles ahead of Stefan’s to win.If it had been, I’d have no issueand say he won. But it wasn’t.Again we look back to seasonthree and Hung, who waschallenged in the finale byCasey’s and Dale’s meals.

It was a pretty close finale;but Hung won out in partbecause of his season long per-formance. That template forjudging clearly didn’t carryover into this season.

Stefan ended up giving thefinale away instead of destroy-ing Carla and Hosea like heshould have.

But in the end, people loveto see evil defeated, and for theguy with the big smile to win.So maybe Top Chef did get itright. Maybe? Nah.

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an exemption of thirty fivehundred dollars for filing thetax return.

However, parents alsoreceive a thirty five hundreddollar exemption for eachdependent they claim. As col-lege students, we are catego-rized as dependents as long asour parents support us finan-cially in some way. Thismeans that when a studentfiles their income tax returnas a dependent, he/she willnot receive the thirty fivehundred dollar exemption,but their parents will receivean additional dependentexemption of thirty five hun-dred dollars. However, sever-al students suggested thatthey support themselvesentirely, and therefore, theirparents are not allowed toreceive the dependent exemp-tion.

Another important factor toconsider for deductions iswhether a person made over

five thousand four hundredfifty dollars. It is necessary tofi le a tax return for thisamount of income, and thetaxpayer is eligible to receivea thirty five hundred dollarexemption if they are notclaimed by their parents as adependent. Professor Reidalso went over the tax ratesfor taxpayers in the variousincome brackets. As students,we would most often fallunder the first tax bracket,and our income would betaxed 10 percent.

Next, Professor Noga wentover the 1040EZ form withthe group which gets its titlefor its simple nature. Thereturn is used for those filingan income tax return with nodependents. She also dis-cussed certain exclusionsfrom taxes including inheri-tances, gifts, life insurance,personal injury, workers com-pensation, and scholarships.However, interestingly, giftsover twelve thousand dollars

are taxed.She proceeded to look at

nonresident tax issues forinternational students whowould be filing income taxesfrom working in the UnitedStates. International studentsabide by their tax treaty thatis established between theirhome country and the UnitedStates. These tax treaties arealso important for studentswho are planning to workwhile they study abroad. Likeinternational students atBentley, study abroad stu-dents abide to the tax treatythat the United States haswith the host country.

As the last presenter ,Professor Nixon discussed afew final issues relating to fil-ing income taxes and alsoshared some insightful advice.First, he harped on the goldenrule of taxes. Even if you donot have the money to paythem, you still need to pay!He suggested that you shouldpay as much as possible and

then get a loan from the IRS.However, the more interest-ing piece of wisdom he sharedwith the group regarded theRoth IRA. This basically is aset up sav ings account .Professor Nixon eagerly pro-claimed, “It will make yourich!” and had us calculate thetotal earnings after forty fiveyears of potential workingwhich proved very hefty and

extremely worthwhile.With three experts from

the Accounting Department,the students attending theworkshop were receivedknowledgeable information onhow to file an income tax,what the income tax consistsof, what international stu-dents must do for incometaxes, and what great adviceto have for future savings.

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Income tax lesson

Photo from www.i.ehow.comTime is ticking to file your tax returns.

Top Chef’s finale had a close tiebreaker.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

What are your plansfor Spring Break?

VOICES

ROSE BARSUMIANCLASS OF 2012CORPORATE FINANCEAND ACCOUNTING

“I am going snowboard-ing in Vermont withmy family.”

Photos by Bree Johnson

GARRETT GORDONCLASS OF 2012UNDECLARED

“I’m going to Montrealwith a friend. It’s goingto be a good time.”

JEREMY LANGTONCLASS OF 2009MARKETING

“I am developing a severecase of senioritis and get-ting people together for aroad trip…I just don’tknow where yet.”

SEAN SMITHCLASS OF 2012FINANCE

“I am going backpacking inBrazil.”

LISA ANN LANDRYCLASS OF 2012MANAGEMENT

“I am going home andthen visiting somefriends at URI.”

PAGE 8 MARCH 5, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Album Review:MSTRKRFT – Fist of God

For a considerable period oft ime, i t seemed l ikeMSTRKRFT was largely knownas that group that had one halfof Death From Above 1979 in it.And to some extent, this isunderstandable – DFA 1979won a large following based onone awesome LP (and to a less-er extent, the subsequent remixalbum), and quite frankly madea ton of noise considering it wasonly two guys from Canada whodidn’t even use a guitar. Butthen (sadly) they broke up, andJesse F. Keebler moved on towork with DFA 1979 Producerand longtime friend Al-P (AKAAlex Puodzuikas), formingMSTRKRFT.

So then the question became,“Would MSRTKRFT ever gainthe following DFA 1979 had?”(at this point DFA 1979 stillwins a Google search resultscomparison by about a half-mil-lion more results). Part ofdilemma here I think is thatbesides consisting of Keebler,MSTRKRFT is much differentfrom DFA 1979. The latter wasdance-punk, while the former isfull-on electronic. This wasunderstandably a bit polarizingfor potential crossover fans –some liked this transition, whileothers were turned off complete-ly.

Despite a l l o f th is ,MSRTKRFT did gradually pickup speed and a decent following.Their first album, The Lookswas a solid offering of electro-dance, and while it wasn’t themost original example of this, itwas still a decent little album.Songs such as “Easy Love,” and“Work on You” were catchyenough, and from what I’veheard these guys put on a hellof a live show. In the almostthree years between The Looksand Fist of God, they remainedin people’s minds through anassortment of remixes that werereleased to varying degrees ofpopularity on the blogs.

When they released their“Bounce” single though lastyear, it took everyone by sur-prise. Featuring N.O.R.E.’s rap-ping, this song is a more or less

perfect blend of hip-hop andelectronic which simply sound-ed ready to be played at clubsand house parties alike. Andthe B-Side, “Vuvuvu” served tokeep those who enjoyedstraight-up electronic happy iswell. This release singlehand-edly got me, along with thou-sands of others, excited for thenew MSTRKRFT album.

So Fist of God is here, awk-ward album art and all. Andhonestly, I have mixed feelings.The f irst half of this CDabsolutely kills it. “It Ain’tLove” is a sweet opener featur-ing Lil’ Mo, “1000 Cigarettes” issimply filthy, for a lack of anoth-er word, and “Bounce” and“Vuvuvu” remain as good asthey did when they first cameout . And then there ’s“Heartbreaker,” the most inter-esting track on the album.Featuring John Legend (of allpeople), this track is destined toupset some people who feel thisdoesn’t fit at all, but personallyI really like the different soundpresented here.

Unfortunately though, thesecond half of the album justcan’t keep pace. It’s not bad, persay, but there are points whenone can’t help but feel as thoughit all starts to sound very simi-lar. The title track “Fist of God”is less than memorable. “WordUp” completely fails to take fulladvantage of having GhostfaceKillah to work with. And clos-er “Breakway” is a bit boring,and inexplicably makes youwait until the hidden track tohear the real highlight that isFreeway rapping over “1000Cigarettes.”

Ultimately though, I like theadded hip-hop element foundon this album. While someMSTRKRFT fans were disgust-ed by this change, I fullyapprove of them trying newthings to try and expand theirsound – this is much betterthan if they had simply tried torelease The Looks Pt. 2. It’s alsoimportant to note that this isn’ta complete departure either –the sound is still distinctlyMSTRKRFT, it just incorpo-rates new elements.

A final thing that’s important

to note is that Fist of God is notthe sort of album that is best lis-tened to sitting at your laptopand just listening through.Keeler and Al-P have construct-ed an album designed for clubsand massive dance partieswhere you are just surroundedby beautiful people (side note:unlikely to happen at Bentley).The massive synths and heavybass lines are designed to makeyou move, and if you’re lookingfor a good use for it around cam-pus, I found this album to be ahuge success when you needmotivation to run on the tread-mill.

Overall, this is an album thatshows MSTRKRFT evolvingand experimenting, and for themost part it works out for thebetter. There are some portionsthat drag a bit more, and sure,some of their previous followersmight be put off by the increasehip-hop presence, but these arestill minor complaints of anoverall good album. Definitelyworth checking out if you’re afan of the recent trend of com-bining electronic and rap.

Rating: 7/10

Try: “Bounce (ft. N.O.R.E.)”,“1000 Cigarettes”,“Heartbreaker (ft. JohnLegend)”

Fist of God is out March 17on Universal Records

Single of the week:Röyksopp – “Happy Up

Here”After making a decent living

off generally more downtroddenelectro-pop, Röyksopp have suc-ceeded in making a song that isas upbeat as its title might sug-gest. Bleeps and bloops danceback and forth over the bassline, covered by a soothingfemale vocal throughout. Tomake it even better, the musicvideo has an awesome SpaceInvaders theme. A thoroughlyenjoyable appetizer while wait-ing for their third album,Junior, to come out.

The “Happy Up Here” singleis out March 9, while Junior isout March 23 , both onAstralwerks.

MSTRKRFT (pronounced "Master-kraft") is an electronic music group from Toronto, Canada. Photo by themml.com

For Your EntertainmentBy: Matt Weisse

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENTTHE VANGUARD MARCH 5, 2009 PAGE 9

February: This month at Bentley

You may have seen theinfomercials: a woman strug-gling with broken ravioli inan overflowing pot, scrapingspaghetti off the bottom of apan, and burning herselfwhile straining macaroni.The solution offered? TheFasta Pasta.

T h e F a s t a P a s t a w a sdesigned through trial anderror by a couple who ques-tioned the inability to cookpasta in the microwave.Fifteen months, 985 poundsof pasta and 4 microwaveovens after first contemplat-ing the idea, the Fasta Pastawas deve loped ; an FDAapproved, microwavable con-tainer that allows you to cookvirtually any type of pasta inyour microwave.

To use the Fasta Pasta, youmeasure the amount of pastayou want, add the water tothe appropriate level, andcook as directed. The FastaPasta comes with a table ofmany common types of pasta,serving sizes, and the corre-sponding amount of timerequired to cook it. I usedwheel pasta, which, whencooked on a stovetop, is sup-posed to boil for 12 minutes.

With the Fasta Pasta,although there wasn’t a spe-cific time given for wheelpasta, I used the suggestedmeasurements for macaronipasta and the microwavetime was a total of 15 min-utes. This time coincides withthe largest serving size, 2cups, which provided enoughpasta for four meals.

The first problem I notedappeared when it came timeto microwave the noodles inthe Fasta Pasta. The FastaPasta was actually too big tofit in the microwave I origi-nally intended to use. It wasonly after removing the bot-tom wheel in the secondmicrowave that I could get itto fit without tilting. When aproduct is designed for use inthe microwave, it seems to becommon sense that it shouldb e a b l e t o f i t i n m a n ymicrowaves without issue.

After 15 minutes in themicrowave, it came time todrain the container. I placedthe top , which conta insstraining holes, onto the hotcontainer and then simplyflipped to strain. The contain-er was very hot, as warned onthe package, but you can holdit by the handles on the top.The commercial for the Fasta

Pasta claims that its reservoirdesign allows the water to cir-culate, and keeps the pastafrom sticking. The claim heldtrue in my case; none of thepasta stuck to the container.

The most important test, ofcourse, is the taste test. Thepasta came out surprisinglywell, perhaps a little more aldente than I would haveliked, but the directions saythat you can a l so add aminute to the given time forsofter pasta.

There was no conceivabledifference in the taste fromtypical boiled pasta. As far asmicrowaveable meals go, Iwas impressed with the qual-ity of the pasta. For a collegestudent with no cookinga p p l i a n c e s b u t t h emicrowave, the Fasta Pastais a great alternative to theusual cereal and Easy Macoptions typical to eating inyour room.

The makers of the FastaPasta also offer a small cook-book for an additional price,guaranteeing complete mealsin 15 minutes or less rangingfrom Cheesy Cajun ShrimpR o t i n i t o C h i c k e n a n dBroccoli Alfredo, providingquick and creative optionsthat utilize a variety of pas-

tas. In exchange for a trip tothe Falcon Mart or the localgrocery store, the Fasta Pastaenables you to have varietyand genuinely good pasta inyour dorm room.

Overall, the Fasta Pastapresents a good service for theprice. The going price is$12.95, plus shipping andhandling, providing a tastefulmeal option that can be usedmany times. The overallprocess is quick; the longestpasta option on the chartneeds only 17 minutes in themicrowave. The Fasta Pasta

is an absolute perk for a dormroom, but needs to be scaleddown to fit dorm microwaves.

When at home, and thetypical boiling option is avail-able, you can choose eitherway and take approximatelythe same amount of time andreceive almost identical tasteresults. The Fasta Pasta maynot perform as well as the slo-gan, “Cooks pasta perfectevery time,” but certainly fol-lows through on the generalfunction: cooking respectablepasta in the microwave.

Rating: 8.5/10

Photos by Bree Johnson

“As Seen on TV” series, Part I of IV: The Fasta PastaPaige RolandSTAFF WRITER

Photo provided by Fasta Pasta

COLUMNSPAGE 10 MARCH 5, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Aries (March 21-April 19): Don’t letyourself get talked into anything you areunsure of this week. It will turn out tentimes worse than you had ever imagined.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Rest andrelaxation is in your fortune, so be sure totake the next week all for yourself. Theweeks coming up may not be so kind.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): Find yourinner animal and let it go wild. A newchange in your life will lead you to an unex-pected occurrence.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Your friendscan handle more than you think they can,so share your feelings with them and you’llbe in better state of mind for Spring Break.

Leo (July 23 -Aug. 22) : With theLeprechaun season coming up fast, be sureto hold onto your four leaf clover becauseyour luck may just be going downhill fasterthan you'd hoped.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be sure to stickto your morals this week, because thisweek’s decisions will influence the rest ofyour life. You don’t want to end up likedried up Mischa Barton.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Make sure yousurround yourself with your best friendsthis week to help you with your problemsotherwise you otherwise you will crumblelike a poorly made architecture project.

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): Clean out thehazardous waste in your life in order tofully feel refreshed and happy. It may behard, but in the end it will be fully worth it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22- Dec. 21): Theupcoming week of relaxation will keep youfrom feeling like frayed and chewed upHobo Gloves. You deserve the rest, so takefull advantage.

Capricorn (Dec. 22- Jan. 19): Pack yourpencil holder this week, because when youget back you will receive an onslaught ofwork that will make you feel bogged downfrom the first day back. So be sure to enjoyyour time off now, because it won’t lastlong.

Aquarius (Jan. 20- Feb. 18): Dial awrong number this week, and the phoneoperator may just plug you into thewoman/man of your dreams. Give it a shot!

Pisces (Feb. 19- March 20): Balancingyour social life is the key to your happinessthis week. Be sure to keep your dates andaffairs in order to avoid your social lifebecoming Tic Tac Toe, three dates in a row.

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 of Issues,

I have always hung out withmy friends and their girl-friends. Sometimes the girlsare wicked annoying but usu-ally they don’t bother me.However, there is one girl whoI really like. The only problemis that, she’s dating one of myfriends. She is a cool girl butmy friend is always beingmean to her. Can I get her toleave my friend and go outwith me?

~Girlfriend Envy

Dear Girlfriend Envy,You have just described a

potentially sticky situation.There are stories about peopledating and even marryingtheir friend’s/sibling’s/room-mate’s ex but these rarely endwell. Not to mention that yourfriend is still currently datingthe object of your affection.

Is it possible that you maylike this girl just because sheisn’t the usual ones that youfind annoying? There is noth-ing wrong with being friendswith the opposite sex or get-ting along with your friend’sgirlfriend. Having everyone getalong certainly makes it easierto hang out but in this casehas presented some problems.

It seems as though youthink your friend doesn’t treathis girlfriend respectfully andthat you think you would bebetter. Unfortunately, youcan’t be the knight in shiningarmor to rush in and save her.Not all couples behave thesame way, but if you feel yourfriend has crossed the line itsokay to voice your concerns tohim.

However, you need to becareful how you approach himand do it in a way that is non-threatening. If you have rea-son to believe that things havereached an unhealthy or dan-gerous level, you need to speakto the appropriate people,through Campus Police, theCenter for Health & Wellness,or Student Counseling &Development.

Trying to break up yourfriend and his girlfriend is nota good idea. You will most cer-tainly lose a friend and noteven end up in a relationshipwith this girl. Breaking up thiscouple will likely cause resent-ment among some of yourfriends. Starting a relationshipwith someone after a break upis never easy, especially if youend up being the cause of thebreak up.

Should they break up on

their own, you have to decidewhether or not you feel datingthis girl would be acceptable.There are numerous factors toconsider and every situationand group of people involved isdifferent. I can’t tell you if yourrelationship would succeed ornot without knowing all of thedetails, if it even becomes apossibility down the road.

The most you can do in thissituation is to just be a friendto both your friend and hisgirlfriend. Don’t allow yourselfto become hung up on this girl;you could miss out on someoneelse whom you could have agreat relationship with. Datingis confusing enough as it iswithout adding in the addi-tional elements of friend’s ex-gir l fr iends and f ightingfriends.

Have a question? Emailthe Mistress at

MistressOfIssues@gmail.com You can also InstantMessage a question to thescreenname MistressOfIssueson AOL Instant Messenger.Names have been changed toprotect privacy. This columnis for entertainment purposesonly and is not meant toreplace professional advice.

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NOTES FROM ABROAD

While we study abroad toleave our comfort zones, wecannot abandon them entirely.Although we are physically inanother country, we are stillvery much mentally attachedto the ideals of home. We main-ly socialize, for example, withother Americans. We have metFrench friends but for somereason, usually end up goingout with other Americans.Because of our attachment tohome, it can be difficult to fully

assimilate into the life of a local.Consider our first bar expe-

rience in Rouen, we went to anIrish pub called O’Kallaghan’s.Wait a second, am I in Franceor back in Boston? While it isa ‘local’ bar, it was hardly a‘local’ French crowd. The feel-ing was more Faneuil Hall thandowntown Rouen; I think theymay have even servedBudweiser if I remember cor-rectly. Adjusting to the Frenchculture, it is difficult to give upthe Irish pubs we are familiarwith and switch to the more

chic French cocktail lounges.But, we will certainly neverbecome local if we stick toO’Kallaghan’s and the like.

Living with a host family, itis easier for me to assimilateinto the local life than it is forothers who live in a dorm. Thedorm is a prime example of thedifficulty an exchange studentencounters when trying to livelike a local because in Rouen,local students don’t live indorms. They either live withtheir family or rent an apart-ment with friends. Dorm stu-dents also do not have theimmediate connection to life inRouen that a host family gives.

My host family allows me tobetter experience the life of alocal. They give me the ‘insideinformation’ on Rouen. It wasthrough my host mother that Ilearned about the ballet inRouen. Students can go to theballet fifteen minutes before itstarts and buy tickets for only

five euros (tickets that normal-ly cost anywhere from twentyto seventy euros), which issomething most exchange stu-dents don’t know. If it weren’tfor my local connections, Iwould not have even known theballet existed and it ended upbeing one of my favorite expe-riences so far. The French arenotorious for their performingarts and I was able to experi-ence an amazing rendition ofCopelia, even better, I was ableto experience it at a reducedprice!

My favorite part of the localculture in Rouen is the caféexperience. I love going to acafé and ordering a tea and acroissant and spending hoursin the café either reading orpeople watching. At home, Iusually grab a coffee and abagel and run to class. Buthere, there are no classes to runoff to, the relaxed culture of thearea allows you to sit and enjoy

yourself as long as you wish. Iam really looking forward tospring when I’ll be able to sitoutside the cafes and enjoy mytea and croissant in the niceweather.

After two months in Rouen, Iam feeling more and moreassimilated with the locals.Between my visits to the caféand my trips to the ballet I’mbecoming so ‘French’, give me aberet, a baguette and a bottleof wine and I think the trans-formation might be complete.The first few weeks here, Iclearly stuck out as a foreignerbut now, I can walk throughthe town virtually unnoticed.Although I think it would bedifficult to entirely blend in as alocal, I could probably pass asone if I tried hard enough. And,that is, if I learned French a lit-tle better, because as of now,my French language skills aredefinitely giving me away as aforeigner.

Katie HooverROUEN, FRANCE

I am technical ly not alocal, and never will be forthat matter, but after livingin Budapest for a little overa month I am starting to geta s e n s e o f t h e ‘ r e a l ’Budapest. If you ever get thechance to visit what manypeople refer to as the “Parisof the East” keep in mindthis list that I created. It con-sists of ten things I believeevery visitor should know,but often doesn’t. So here is

goes:D o n ’ t c a l l t h e c i t y

Budapest. It is pronounced“Buda-pesh-t.” Hungarianswill get offended if you referto their city as Buda-PESTand it will further label youas a tourist.

Cal l a tax i be fore youleave. If you hail a cab on thestreet you will be ripped offguaranteed. Also, make surethat before you get into a taxithere is the number of thecompany on the top and side

of the vehicle.Don’t talk to locals about

p o l i t i c s . C u r r e n t l yHungarian politics are a sen-sitive topic and most peopleare not willing to talk aboutwho they voted for or whichside they support.

Eat Tutti Frutti! This is ac o m m o n c a n d y f o rHungarians, but is often notenjoyed by foreigners. It iscold cottage cheese coveredin chocolate. If you don’t likeit the first time try it againbecause it grows on you.

If you want to visit allinternational students onMonday night, you must goto Morr isons . Get therebefore 11:00 and receivethree free beers, but don’t getthere at 10:58 hoping toreceive them. There is a hugeline right before 11:00 and iti s a lmos t imposs ib l e t o

squeeze your way to the frontof the line for beer. Once thegong is hit, the beer is done.

Don’t just go for a tour ofthe Opera House, go for ashow! The inside is amazingand all the gold in the insideis real. Many tourists just gofor a tour of the beautifulbuilding, but don’t ever goback at night to see a per-formance. The performancesare relatively cheap andt h e r e a r e n o b a d s e a t sbecause it is a smaller per-formance hall.

Buda and Pest are two dif-ferent parts of the city andare separated by the DanubeRiver. Buda is the “romanticside,” filled with castles andcharming streets. Pest is theyoung and lively side, alsowhere most of the nightlightis located.

There are other towns

within Hungary that areworth travelling to. The pricef o r t r a v e l l i n g w i t h i nHungary is extremely cheapand well worth the time.

Hungary is near manywonderful countries andoften the cheapest form oftransportation is a new buscompany ca l l ed OrangeWays. They offer buses toplaces like Holland, Polandand Vienna.

One of the best views ofthe stunning Parliament onthe Danube River is on the 4or 6 tram. Most people are soaccustomed to the sight, butit is a breathtaking sightthat should be seen from afarto fully grasp its beauty.

There is so much to do inBudapest and it is a city likeno other. You will never runout of things to do or see!Viszlát (bye)!

Lauren BocskocskyBUDAPEST, HUNGARY

In my opinion, Pamplona isthe most beautiful city that I’veever seen. There are historicalbuildings, plenty of colors, andlots of green parks. Eventhough the city is very wellknown for the running of thebulls, there is still a lot to doduring the rest of the year. Thecoolest thing is, everywhere youwould want to go in Pamplona,you can walk or bike to. I’vefound more by walking aroundthan I ever would have takinga bus or other form of trans-portation to get to the touristyplaces.

The old part of the city,known as el Casco Viejo, wouldhave to be one of the best partsof Pamplona. There are a lot ofhistorical buildings, and you

can travel the route that thebulls take every year to thePlaza del Torros, where bull-fights are still held. The cityhall and cathedral are alsobeautiful places to visit andexplore. Then, only a few min-utes away is a long street that isnothing but stores and foodplaces, so the day we spent inthat part of the city was veryenjoyable.

My favor i te p lace inPamplona so far would have tobe La Ciudadela. It’s an oldfortress in the middle of the citythat has been made into a park.It’s gorgeous, fun to explore, andhas WiFi in the center. ThatWiFi was essential for us, sincethere is none in our piso. I neverrealized how imperative inter-net was to my life until I don’thave constant access to it. Now

Photo by Lauren Bocskocsky

that it’s warm out, you see lotsof people jogging, walking, orbicycling on the paths, and onSaturdays, we meet up there toplay Frisbee.

Spain wouldn’t be Spain ifpart of its traditions didn’trevolve around food. A verycommon and tradit ionalPamplona activity is to go to thebars for pinchos, also known astapas in most of Spain. Pinchosare basically appetizers thatfocus on traditional type of food,and different bars may special-ize in different types of pinchos.Locals will take a tour of thebars to find which one has thebest pinchos, and every yearthere’s always a competition.Also important to note is thatin Pamplona, you should neverask for sangria in the bars,because only tourists do, so all

you get is a bad drink with ahigh price tag. Instead, the tra-ditional drink is called calimo-cho, and is a mix of red wineand coke (which sounds gross,I know, but trust me, it’s deli-cious.)

One of the most importantthings to keep in mind as alocal, or even a tourist, is thatessentially everything is closedon Sundays. So it is best if youknow some Chino shops (so-called because they are owned

and run by Chinese people),because they are going to be theonly places open on Sundays.Chino shops can carry every-thing from food, to clothes, tobasically anything, really, andeverything you’ll find there willbe inexpensive. So knowingwhere one of these is that’s closeby is pretty important .Especially if you do your groceryshopping on Monday, and havealmost run out of food onSunday, like us.

Stacie HenryPAMPLONA, SPAIN

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BUSINESS

“Do you know the onlything that gives me pleasure?It’s to see my dividends com-ing in.”

-John D. RockefellerMany investors love divi-

dends and they can’t getenough of them. Receivingthat quarterly cash paymentis heaven for them. You can’tblame them, who doesn’t lovecash? Dividends can be greatand beneficial, but investorsmust be cautious. Investingwith a dividend mindset,though, could be very costly.

Let’s take a step back. Allelse being equal, if you hadthe choice of either investingin a stock with a 6 percent div-idend yield or a stock thatdoes not pay any dividend atall, which stock would youpurchase? If you chose the 6percent yield, there are somethings you should consider.

The conventional wisdomon dividend payments forsmall start-up companies andhigh growth companies, liketechnology companies, is thatthey should not pay dividendsbecause they need to use theirearnings to fuel the company’sgrowth. If these companiesuse their cash to reward theirshareholders their businesswould cease their expansionand its game over. On theother hand, most people (evenmanagement) believe that bigand/or “mature” corporationsshould pay good dividends on

the basis that growth will notbe in the business’ future.Since these large businessesare less likely to expand, theypayout their “excess cash” toshareholders because they donot need to reinvest much oftheir profits in the business.

Conventional finance oftenproves to be silly though.Corporations should neverpay dividends and here iswhy. This argument mightseem radical and absurd; butit is in the best interest ofshareholders. Cash is anextremely important strategicasset; management shouldnever take it for granted.

If a corporation is success-ful enough to earn excesscash, or cash that does notneed to be reinvested in the

business to continue its levelof production and growth,management should first lookat all of its options before pay-ing a dividend. Since manage-ment’s main objective is toenhance shareholder value,they must evaluate how divi-dends create value to share-holders on a relative basis.Besides paying dividends,management could choose toconserve the company’s cashby investing it in safe securi-ties, they can use the cash toexpand their business throughacquisitions, and/or they couldrewards shareholders byrepurchasing the company’sshares.

Let’s evaluate! When share-holders receive their dividendsthey are immediately taxed by

the government at a 15% rate(there goes some value). Afterthey are taxed they usuallyeither use the dividends tomaintain their standard of liv-ing or they reinvest theirmoney in the company.

Using dividends to main-tain one’s standard of livingadds value to one’s daily lifeand reinvesting the money inthe company is fairly logical(if the company is doing well,why shouldn’t investors rein-vest their profits?). Dividendsare of much value to share-holders, but they are not thebest value creators for them.

The best way to createvalue for shareholders withexcess cash is by preservingthe cash and waiting foropportunities to use it toarrive.

How can management pre-serve cash? If a company paysa dividend, management isbasically telling shareholders“here is check of X amount ofmoney, because we can’tinvest this money in the busi-ness to add more value to yourshares”; but they are wrong.If management simply holdsthe excess cash in insuredmunicipal bonds (which areextremely safe investments)they could earn a tax freereturn of over 4 percent onthat cash.

Investing the excess cash inmunicipal bonds, preservesthe cash and adds more valueto shareholders than thetaxed money that is reinvest-ed (the standard of livingissue will be addressed lateron).

What opportunities canmanagement take advantageof? If a company is earningexcess cash it means they aredoing well, so, if managementdecides to preserve excesscash, they can use their casheffectively to expand the busi-ness or reward shareholdersin times of economic distress.How can they expand?

When the economy is doingpoorly many businesses dopoorly, but those with muchcash can buy businesses at acheaper prices. Many compa-nies would love to acquiresome of its competitors atcheap prices, but they are usu-ally not able to do so whenprices become cheap becauseit is precisely when they arenot doing too well themselves.Companies with much cashdon’t have that problem!Wouldn ’ t i t be great forGeneral Electric, Citigroup orFord to be able to acquiremany of its competitors in thiscurrent economic environ-ment?

Once the economy recoversthey would have a bigger mar-ket share to earn more moneyfor shareholders. Those com-panies would love to be in theposition, but they are not.They don’t have the cash to doit and unfortunately, they

paid out big dividends formany years, what a waste ofmoney!

When stock prices becomecheap, management canreward shareholders in a veryefficient way by repurchasingthe company’s stock. Whenmanagement repurchases acompany’s stock, they arebasically returning the cash toshareholders through thestock because they increase allshareholders percentage own-ership of the business. Ifshareholder A owns 20 per-cent of X Corporation and XCorporation decide to repur-chase 50 percent of the com-pany’s shares outstanding,shareholder A would thenown 40 percent of the compa-ny if he/she does not sell anyo f h i s / h e r s h a r e s .Repurchasing stock is similarto a dividend payment, butstock repurchases couldreward shareholders exponen-tially and it is not taxed.

M a n a g e m e n t s h o u l dalways conserve excess cash,earning a good return on itwith safe investments, andwait for good opportunities toincrease shareholder valuewhen they arrive. If manage-ment is patient, they will beable to find good opportunitiesto put the cash to work.Shareholder value shouldalways be the priority; man-agement wi l l be ab le t oincrease shareholder value ata higher rate if they imple-ment the “conserve cash”strategy.

If shareholders need moneyto maintain their standard ofliving they should sell some oftheir shares in a company.Yes, if they sell some of theirshares they will be taxed ontheir gains and at a higherrate than the dividend tax.The cost of selling sharesthough, is low compared to theincreased return on invest-ment shareholders wouldreceive if management imple-ments the “conserve cash”strategy.

Moreover, if shareholdersdepend on dividends as asource of income, they eitherhave to invest in the best div-idend paying companies(which is not easy to deter-mine) or invest in an index,such as the S&P 500, thatpays a dividend.

The average person doesnot have the time or the toolsneeded to determine whichcompanies are the best divi-dend paying ones, and index-es, such as the S&P 500, usu-ally have lower dividendyields than the safest fixedincome securities- governmentbonds.

With that said, investorsshould never invest in divi-dend paying stocks if they willdepend on the dividend pay-ments, it’s simply not safe.

T h e b o t t o m l i n e :Dividends…they’re overrated.

The real question: should companies issue dividends?Francisco Olivera DubónSTAFF WRITER

they only allow passengersthat are over 21.

Although Bentley has a vari-ety of alcohol prevention pro-grams, including the requiredAlcoholEdu course for fresh-men, E-CHUG, an onlineresource for questions aboutalcohol, and wellness themeweeks that address alcohol-related issues, there is current-ly no program for intoxicatedBentley students to come safe-ly back to campus when social-izing off-campus. Althoughthere is a shuttle that leavesfrom Harvard Square onFriday and Saturday nights upto 3:00 a.m., it is not offered onThursdays, and many studentsgo into Boston rather thanHarvard Square and may notbe able to get back to the shut-tle on time.

Another issue is that manystudents, especially juniors andseniors, frequent Moody Streetand other parts of Waltham.Bars like The New Landing ,Skellig, and John Brewer’s aresome popular choices, but theissue of carpooling and parkinghas been a challenge for some.Students must arrange for acab there and back, or theyhave to find a friend willing to

go as the designated driver. Senior Andrew Barbieri

said, “Presently, I don’t thinkthere is a problem, however ashuttle provided throughBentley to Moody St. will bebeneficial in addition to the oneto Harvard square.” He eithercarpools with friends or bringsmoney for cabs when going tobars off campus. Other stu-dents mentioned that the logis-tics of having a program atBentley would get very compli-cated, as there is liability andother issues to consider.Despite these considerations,students generally thoughtthat having a program wouldbe helpful for students on theweekends.

There is an ongoing debateat many universities about themerits of these kinds of pro-gram. Some argue that thiswill help prevent drunk driv-ing- related incidents by pro-viding alternate transporta-tion. Others feel that a pro-gram like Saferide wouldencourage students to drinkand act irresponsibly. Thiscould result in accidents otherthan driving that can be aresult of heavy drinking. Theyargue that students should bemore responsible and bring

money to pay for a cab home. It is di f f icult to gauge

whether or not a program isneeded. There is no feasibleway to find out if students aredriving drunk back to campus,and although students wouldprefer to have a shuttle toMoody Street or Boston, theyare currently finding ways toget there. For birthdays andother special occasions, somestudents will rent a bus for thenight to safely transport themto a club or bar in Boston.Some events off campus alsohave the sponsor running ashuttle program with designat-ed drivers to get students toand from campus. Thesearrangements are isolated toparticular events, but theyensure that students get safelyto and from the events. Thequestion isn’t whether studentscan get back to campus fromother locations, but whether ornot the school should sponsora program.

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SPORTSFalcons looking ahead to Atlantic Hockey tournament; will face CanisiusRobbie LaBrieSPORTS EDITOR

Kyle Rank’s sensational freshman year has propelled the Falcons to a home playoff series. Photo from Sports Info Office

The Falcons have foughttheir way into a position theywere nowhere near last sea-son; toward the top of AtlanticHockey heading into tourna-ment time. Sitting in thefourth position in the confer-ence, Bentley will take onCanisius at home in the firstround.

Bentley’s hockey team fin-ished up their regular seasonschedule last weekend with atwo game set against theUniversity of Connecticut. Itwas a series that didn’t mat-ter too much in terms of con-ference seeding, and it was agood thing because the Falconsdid not put out a great per-formance against the Huskies.

UConn, who enters theAtlantic Hockey tournamentas the ninth seed, second tolast, hosted Bentley in gameone of the series. The Falconshad a rough time at Freitas IceForum, dropping the game 4-1to the Huskies.

Fortunately, Canisius alsodropped a game that night,clinching home ice for theFalcons in the first round ofthe tournament. This meantthat the Falcons were lockedinto the 4 seed and the UConnseries no longer meant asmuch.

Perhaps the worst part ofthis game was not so much theloss for the team, but the factthat the loss snapped fresh-man goalie, Kyle Rank’s win-ning streak of 8 straight. Rankhas had a stellar season, andwas recently named AtlanticHockey Goaltender of theWeek to go along with his fourRookie of the Week awards.

The game was mostly dom-inated by UConn the wholeway. Bentley senior forwardDain Prewitt’s goal in thethird period was the Falconsonly goal of the night. Thescore was Prewitt’s 17th of theseason, which leads theFalcons.

Although Prewitt was notvoted into the Frozen FourSkills Challenge, despite massvoting efforts from Bentleyfaithful, his 1.03 points pergame is good for seventh in theconference and the senior hasput up one of the best effortsin 2008-09 that Bentley hasseen.

Prewitt and the rest ofBentley’s seniors were honoredthe next night, when UConncame up to Watertown to takeon the Falcons on their seniornight.

Nick Moise, a Bentley sen-ior, made his first start of theseason in goal and performedadmirably. He recorded 28saves as the Falcons andHuskies finished in a 2-2 dead-lock. This was Moise’s fourthcareer start and it was fittingthat the senior would be theone to close one of the best sea-son’s Bentley hockey has everhad.

Sophomore Erik Petersonscored an early goal for theFalcons, and late in the sec-ond, freshman Herbie Kentknocked one past UConngoalie Beau Erickson to putthe Falcons up 2-0.

But in the third period,Bentley’s defense began to fal-ter a bit. They successfullykilled some penalties, but weregiving up too many shots andtwo of the UConn shots found

their way past Moise and intothe back of the net.

Moise and the defense wereable to keep his composure,however, and they did not letanything up in overtime.Unfortunately, the offense wasunable to generate and goalsand the game ended in a tie.

With that, Bentley finishedup the regular season with a17-15-2 overall record and a15-11-2 record in AtlanticHockey play. It was by far oneof the best season’s the Falconshave had in a long time.

Bentley now looks forwardto Canisius in round one of theplayoffs. It is a matchup of the4 and 5 seeds and it will beplayed in Watertown. AtlanticHockey is going with a newtournament format this yearthat will feature best two-out-of three quarterfinal series.

Bentley has met up withCanisius twice this year, bothtimes being two game series,and the results were very goodfor the Falcons. They sweptthe four-game season series,first taking down the Griffs inWatertown by scores of 4-3and 4-2, then going out toAmherst, New York and tak-ing care of business.

In this second series theFalcons scorched Canisius, 8-3. Bentley sophomore DustinCloutier scored a hat trick inthat game and also added twoassists to tally five points inthe game. Marc Menzione andAaron Stonacek each scoredtwo, while Prewitt, CaseyRussell and Ryan Kayfes alsohad great games and recordedmultiple assists.

Bentley followed up thisperformance the following daywith a seemingly merciful 4-3win. So while the Falcons havedominated the Griffs this sea-son, anything can happen inthe tournament. It does, how-ever , s eem to p lay in toBentley’s hand that it will bea best-of-three series becauseif Canisius somehow pulls outone game, the Falcons can stillwin the other two and moveon.

Should Bentley move on,they will likely go on to playeither #1 Air Force or #2R.I.T., assuming they make itthrough their quarterfinalmatches against low seeds.Either team would be a toughmatchup for Bentley or any-body else.

The tournament will be funto watch and if the Falconsjust play quality hockey likethey know how, they can com-pete with anybody.

Connolly, Laden capture gold at NEISDA Championships; Bentley finishes 2ndRichard LipeCONTRIBUTING WRITER

Sam Laden won a gold medal at the championships. Photo from Sports Info Office

Juniors Willie Connollyand Sam Laden capturedBentley University’s fifth andsixth gold medals of thew e e k e n d a s t h e N e wEngland Intercol legiateS w i m m i n g a n d D i v i n gAssociation Championshipsconcluded at Roger WilliamsUniversity Sunday night.

Both set school records enroute to their gold medalswith Connolly winning the50 yard backstroke in 24.54seconds and Laden the 200breaststroke in 2:07.79, anNCAA “B” cut time. Connollyimproved on the existingschool record by 0.12 secondsand Laden reduced his ownschool record in the 200breast by 2.16 seconds.

Those were two of f iveschool records broken onSunday and 13 during theweekend. In the final eventof the three-day meet, Ladenhelped Bentley set a schoolrecord in the 400 free relay,combining with senior NickMarkert and sophomoresEgen Ouellette and MattCesaro for a silver medal.Their time of 3:13.92 brokethe former standard by 0.37seconds.

Ouellette was part of eightof the 13 school records setby Bentley in the meet. Hebroke the school record in the100 free Sunday morning, aspart of the 400 free relay,and shaved nearly eight-and-a-half seconds off the exist-ing mark in the 1650 freewi th a t ime o f 16 :48 .22

Sunday night, a performanceg o o d f o r t h i r d p l a c e .Ouellette also set schoolrecords in the 200, 500 and1000 free during the week-end, and participated on twoother record-setting relays.

Bentley’s other Day 3 sil-ver was recorded by Laden inthe 100 individual medley,with a time of 55.15 seconds.Markert finished third in the200 breaststroke (2:17.18),Cesaro fourth in the 100 free(49.44) and freshman DaveCurran was fourth in the 50back (25.77).

As a team, Bentley saw itsfour-year reign as championc o m e t o e n d , w i t h t h eFalcons finishing second of13 with 552 points. KeeneState earned the team title,finishing with 629 points.

SPORTSTHE VANGUARD MARCH 5, 2009 PAGE 15

Dan RyaboyMANAGING EDITOR

RECENT RESULTS

Hockey (17-15-2; 15-11-2 Atlantic Hockey)

at UConn (2/27)# L 4-1UConn (2/28)# T 2-2

Men’s Basketball (24-5; 18-4 NE-10)

at Assumption (2/24)* L 79-78

Men’s Indoor Track

New England Championships (2/27-2/28) Did not score

Men’s Swimming (8-4)

New England Div. II-III Championships (2/27-3/1) 2nd of 13

Women’s Basketball (19-10; 15-7 NE-10)

at Assumption (2/24)* W 71-60

Women’s Indoor Track

New England Championships (2/27-2/28) t-26th

* Northeast-10 Game

# Atlantic Hockey Game

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

March 6 Women’s Basketball vs. Saint Rose 7:00 (NE-10 Semifinal if involved) 7:00

March 7 Men’s Lacrosse vs. C.W. Post 1:00

March 8 Women’s Basketball vs. TBA(NE-10 title game if involved and the higher seed) 1:00 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia 10:00

March 13 Hockey vs. Canisius (Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals) 7:05

March 14Hockey vs. Canisius (Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals) 7:05

March 15Hockey vs. Canisius (if necessary) 7:05

* Northeast-10 Game# Atlantic Hockey Game

Sudoku Solutions

Lady Falcons march on in NE-10 tourney

Make no mistake about it;a 20 win season is a significantmilestone in college basket-ball, but the Lady Falconfaithful have grown accus-tomed to this plateau. TheFalcons have reached thei m p r e s s i v e n u m b e r a nastounding 26 out of the last27 seasons.

The Falcons kept the streakgoing this past Tuesday asthey took down NE-10 new-comer University of NewHaven by a final score of 69-54, with the win the Falconsearn their right to play in anNE-10 semifinal on Fridaynight.

The Falcons were in for adogfight right from the open-ing tip as the University ofNew Haven Chargers openedthe game on fire scoring thefirst 6 points. The Falcons onlyneeded a few minutes to findtheir groove as they used a 7-0 run to take the lead at the14:55 mark of the first half.

Over the next six minutesof the first half the game wasback and for th with theChargers holding on to a slim21-17 lead with just undernine minutes remaining in thehalf.

Once again the Falconsresponded regaining the leadon a Meghan Thomann trifec-ta. The Falcons would hold thelead until 3:48 remaining inthe half when the Chargersregained a 1 point advantageat 27-26.

The rest of the half wouldbe a tight knit affair as theC h a r g e r s a n d F a l c o n s

exchanged buckets with theChargers taking a 35-33 leadinto the break.

The second half began justlike the first half ended, as theteams went back and forth,shot for shot, for five straightpossessions. The Chargerswould finally score consecutivebuckets to take a 44-41 leadwith13:45 left in the game.

The Falcons would regainthe lead for the third time inthe game with 8:54 left on thec lock , but th i s t ime theFalcons would secure the winwith an 11-0 barrage thatwould bury the pesky under-dog Chargers for good.

New Haven finished thegame shooting 37.7 percentfrom the field, 33.3 percentfrom downtown and 60 per-cent from the foul line.

The Falcons improved theirpercentages in the second halfand connected on 50.9 percentfrom the floor, 36.8 percentfrom downtown and 54.5 per-cent from the foul line. UNHturned the ball over 16 timesa n d c a u s e d 1 5 B e n t l e yturnovers. The Falcons outrebounded the Chargers 36-31.

Individually the Falconswere led by Kim Brennan,whose aggressiveness was keyin the deciding 11-0 run in thegame. Brennan finished thegame with 17 points and 4assists.

The Falcons got a spectacu-lar performance from juniorColette Josey who recorded adouble-double with 13 pointsand 10 rebounds, but hergreatest contribution was her4 second half blocks.

Kristy McLean was onceagain solid as she poured in 11points, pulled down 10 boards,and also recorded 4 thefts.Meghan Thomann also wasinstrumental in the Falconsvictory nailing three triples fornine points.

The Chargers used a fastpaced guard oriented offenseto give the Falcons some trou-ble early in the game werelead by Yasmin Ithier-Vicentywho scored 13 points, theChargers also featured LaurenHood and Nikki Carroll whoscored 12 points each.

With the win the Falconsadvanced to the NE-10 semi-finals on Friday night, andcoupled with a surprisingupset in which St. Rose tookout third seeded Stonehill theFalcons will actually host theGolden Knights Friday nightat 7:00 p.m. at the DanaCenter.

T h e K n i g h t s a n d t h eFalcons are familiar foes, split-ting the season series, and thelast time they met just overthree weeks the Falconsdropped a heartbreaking 80-76 decision to the Knights.

The game will rememberedfor two distinct moments; firstKristy McLean becoming the29th Falcon to join the 1,000point club, and second for theFalcon mascot giving theKnights a second attempt at afree throw that would prove tobe the game winning point.

There is a lot of history inthis rivalry and expect Fridaynight to be as intense as everwith as shot at the NE-10championship game on theline.

Kristy Mclean battled all night on the defensive end, shutting down the New Haven guards. Photo by Bree Johnson

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FALCON OF THEWEEK

Ouellette Named Falcon of the Week

Sophomore Egen Ouellette of the men’s swimming teamhas been named the Falcon of the Week. During the NewEngland Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving AssociationChampionships in Bristol, R.I., Ouellette set five individualschool records and helped set three more school records inrelays.

The individual records Ouellette broke, all of which werein freestyle events, were in the 100 (47.94, as part of the 400free relay), 200 (1:45.06 as part of the 800 free relay), 500(4:48.03), 1000 (10:01.01) and the 1650 (16:48.22).

Ouellette also helped the Falcons break the school record inthe 200 medley relay twice as well as the 400 free relay.

He took home the silver medal in the 1000, bronze in the1650 and four silver medals in the relays.

Robbie LaBrieSPORTS EDITOR

9:40.79

Last Saturday afternoon the quartetof Amy Papalia, Lindsey Kennedy,Maddy McDonnell, and BarbaraPowell set the Falcon record in the4x800 relay.

Did you know the previous record,set in 2002 was broken by more thana second?

SPORTSFalcons drop heartbreaker to St. Anselm in NE-10 quarterfinal

In the deep Northeast-10conference, even a middle ofthe pack team can play like achampion on any given night.O n T u e s d a y n i g h t , t h eFalcons ran into a middle ofthe pack team and it was justone of those nights. Too badit had to come in the quarter-finals of the conference tour-nament…

Saint Anselm has been agood team all year, but cer-tainly didn’t seem to havewhat it takes to make a runin the tournament. They went10-12 in the conference dur-ing the regular season and,even after an 81-65 beat downof American International inthe first round, didn’t seemcapable going much farther.

However, the Hawks cameinto Waltham with their A-game and they knocked offthe team to beat in a backand forth 88-85 game.

It was one of those gameswhere nothing fell for theFalcons, but you got the feel-ing that Saint Anselm wasnever going to miss a shot.The Hawks’ 5 ’10” juniorguard, Greg Vetrano deliv-ered dagger after dagger,nailing five threes on the wayto a career-high 27 points.

But no matter how manytimes Saint Anselm knockeddown a big shot or drew a bigfoul , Bent ley seemed tobounce back. It seemed like ifBentley only had a couplemore minutes on the clock,they would’ve bounced backagain, but it wasn’t meant tobe.

The Falcons got off to aquick 5-0 lead off five quickpoints from senior forwardLew Finnegan. The Hawksmanaged to get on the board,but Bentley was still in con-trol five minutes in, up 12-6.

Bentley managed to holdthe lead until a Saint Anselmthree with about 10 minutesleft in the first half put theHawks up, 21-19. The rest ofthe half was back and forththe whole way, with no teamever reaching more that a

Jason Westrol had a solid game, scoring 24 points and grabbing 8 boards in the Falcons loss. Photo by Bree Johnson

four point lead.By the break, we were look-

ing a tie ball game, 39-39.Finnegan and Brian Traceypaced the Falcons throughoutmost of the first half, scoringnine points each.

While the dance team didtheir thing at center courtduring half time, the crowdwas feeling anxious, but con-fident that the Falcons wouldeventually shake off theseseemingly inferior opponents.

Unfortunately the Hawkshad something else in mind.Things s tarted good forBentley as they jumped off toa 49 -45 l ead that Sa in tAnselm quickly cut into tomake it a two point, 49-47game.

But then the Falcons tookthe next two-plus minutes totry to separate themselvesfrom the Hawks. They wenton a 7-0 run that was punctu-ated by a Mike Quinn threeto make it 56-47.It looked likeSaint Anselm’s short livedhopes could be over. Theyweren’t.

The Hawks called a time-out to get their heads back inthe game, and it worked per-fectly. They buried two threesin a matter of 16 seconds to

bring the game back withinreach. The Falcons scored aquick two, but Saint Anselmanswered with a three and alayup off a turnover to makeit a time game, 58-58, with alittle over 11 minutes to play.

From here it turned into aback and forth basketballgame.

No team could grab a leadby any significant amount.Jason Westrol was playingwell on his way to a team-high 24 points in the game,while Tom Dowling’s hustlewas matched by few on thecourt.

The Falcons played theirgame, but this time the shotsand even the layups just did-n’t want to fall at their usualpace, or at least as much asthey needed against theHawk offense that was seem-ingly knocking down everyshot it saw.

With six minutes left ,Finnegan knocked down apair from the charity stripe todeadlock the game again, thistime at 73 apiece. Neitherteam was able to break away,and whenever the Falconswent on a run, Saint Anslemresponded with more threes.By game’s end, they had

knocked down 12 treys as ateam.

The two squads continuedto battle back and forth andwith about a minute left,Saint Anselm was clinging toan 85-83 lead, as Bentleywent into foul-mode. SaintAnselm’s Vetrano knockeddown one of two from the lineto stretch it to a three pointlead.

Westrol pushed the balldown court and drew a foul.He put away both shots tomake it a one point game, andFalcon fans could smell thecomeback, especially after theHawks missed their one-and-one from the free throw line.

Unfortunately, Bentleycould not capitalize on thefree possession and SaintAnselm grabbed the defensiveboard.

They followed that up byhitting both free throwsdespite the razzing from thecrowd, making it a three point

game again with 11 secondsleft.

Westrol brought the balldown and eventually it foundits way into Finnegan’s handsand he jacked up a three witha defender in his face. Itclanked off the edge of the rimand the #9 Hawks had offi-cially upset the Falcons.

It was a disappointing fin-ish for Falcons fans who arenow accustomed to seeingtheir team win every gameevery year.

However, Bentley was notthe on ly t op seed t o ge tknocked off in the quarterfi-nals of the Northeast-10 tour-nament. In fact, every quar-terfinal game on Tuesdaynight resulted in an upset,and the top four teams in theconference going home unsat-isfied.

UMass-Lowell, Stonehill,and Merrimack all lost, trulyshowing how much paritythere is in the conference. Ifanything, it is really a tributeto how difficult it was for theFalcons to run the table in theNE-10 the past two years.

To come out of there justwith the best regular seasonrecord is truly a feat, and itwill not be looked past whenit comes time to seeding in theNCAA Division II tourna-ment. Although Bentleybowed out of the conferencetournament early, the Falconswill certainly find themselveswith a place in the Northeastbracket, and they are wellprepared to make a run in thebig tourney.

Cinderella reigned supremeon Tuesday. Who knowswhich of the remaining NE-10teams will see the clock strikemidnight, but what we neednow is for Bentley to find theirglass slippers heading into thenational tournament. There’sstill plenty left to play for.