THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF BENTLEY UNIVERSITYVOLUME XLVII ISSUE IV FEBRUARY 19, 2009

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Leslie DiasCAMPUS LIFE EDITOR

Melody ShekariSTAFF WRITER

All of your general educa-tion classes are in order andyou are really happy withthe way that your majorclasses are shaping up. Youare highly involved in multi-ple clubs on campus and youhave built up a great rapportwith your supervisors andprofessors, cementing a fewgreat recommendation let-ters.

Sounds like the situationmost Bentley students findthemselves in.

So with all this workingin your favor, do you reallyhave to worry about gettingan internship this summer?

In this dismal economy,

according to The Wall StreetJournal, the market for sum-mer internships is drying up,which means some toughsearching for some veryqualified students.

I t i s in th i s s cenar io ,where internships are toughto come by and many feeldiscouraged at their chances,that a “destination intern-s h i p ” p r o g r a m l i k eUniversity of Dreams is anappealing opportunity.

University of Dreams,which opened in 2000, pro-vides a package to prospec-tive interns that is trulyunmatched by any others e r v i c e . T h e y n o t o n l yrevamp your résumé andwork with you on interviewtechniques, but they contact

your prospective employers,vouch for your usefulness,find you a place to live, ironout your transportation andalso plan your weekend get-aways.

“Internships are no longero p t i o n a l ; t h e y a r e a nabsolute necessity,” saidNormington, “and I thinky o u n e e d t o l o o k a t a ninternship as an investment,just as a four year educationis an investment.”

And quite an investmentit is. With locations rangingfrom New York City and SanDiego, to Hong Kong andCosta Rica, the price tag oneach service ranges from$5,000 to $9,500.

It is exactly that price tag,however, that has many peo-ple crying foul.

“I think it’s just disgust-ing,” said Bentley juniorSharon Leonard, “I got myinternship by going fromcompany to company, per-fecting my résumé myselfand working through the dif-ficulties of interviews. Thefact that you can buy yourway into, that seems wrong.”

“It seems unfair that peo-ple who have more moneyc a n b u y t h e i r w a y i n t ointernships,” said MelodyShekari, Bentley junior, “it

sends the message thatmoney can buy you successand that is not a message weshould be proud of.”

Bentley freshman, DaveCurran , l aughed a t theproposition, saying he would,“absolutely never” ask hisparents to pay for this serv-ice, nor pay for it himself.

Though some Bentley stu-dents may feel this programj u s t d e e p e n s t h e g a pbetween the haves and thehave-nots, in a survey car-ried out by University ofDreams, it was clear thatthis program delivered in notonly job placement, but alsolife changing experiences. Ofall participants surveyed,85% said that the summert h e y p a r t i c i p a t e d i nUniversity of Dreams wasthe best summer of theirlives. 70% Said they wereasked to come back to internor interview for another posi-tion, while 30% of collegeseniors were asked to comeback for a full time position.

Clearly, those kinds ofresults are easily marketableto willing students.

Normington realizes thecompany has some skeptics,though, saying, “It’s conven-ient for people to say that

No change to marijuana policy, despite state law

Before Massachusettsbecame the twelfth state todecriminalize possession ofsmall amounts of marijuana,violators were arrested, suf-fered fines up to $500, put onprobation or sent to jail, andwere even subject to lose theirdriver’s license. However, dur-ing this past election a speedydecision to add Question 2regarding the decriminaliza-tion of a small amount of mar-ijuana has sparked a seriousdebate between supportersand opponents. Now, thosepersons caught with less thanan ounce of marijuana are nowrequired to pay a fine of $100with no cr iminal chargeattached.

But the more relevant ques-tion still remains, how has thedecriminalization law inMassachusetts a f fectedBentley students? Well, the

truth is, it really hasn’t. Afterspeaking with Director ofPublic Safety at Bentley, ChiefErnest Leffler, Bentley’s policyregarding the possession ofdrugs has not changed.

When asked what Bentley’spolicy is on the possession ofless than an ounce of marijua-na, Officer Leffler replies,“There has been no change toBentley’s policy on drug pos-session. It remains a violationof college policy to possessdrugs and those found in vio-lation of the policy will be sub-ject to judicial action throughthe Dean of Student Affairs’Office”

Although Bentley may notbe relaxing their policy ondrug possession, the good newsis that it has not proven to bea major issue during thisschool year. The number ofviolations has been minimal,and Officer Leffler states, “Wehave had about 20 incidents

involving reports of marijuanause since the start of the fall2008 semester, all of whichwere referred for judicialaction.”

On November 4, 2008, thedecriminalization of less thanan ounce of marijuana waspassed in Massachusetts witha victory of 65% yes to 35% no.However, laws regarding theacts of growing, trafficking,and driving under the influ-ence of marijuana still hold thesame punishments. In accor-dance to the new punishmentfor small amounts of marijua-

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Bentley in ONE Campus Challenge

Bentley has been a part ofthe ONE Campus Challengethis year, earning points byraising awareness of the ONEcampaign. On February 6, thePower 100 weekend summit,hosted by the ONE Campaign,was he ld a t GeorgeWashington University inWash ing ton D .C . GeryBotchoukova, founder ofBentley’s ONE chapter, led theeffort on campus to raiseawareness of global povertyand treatable diseases.

The chapter was startedafter Professor Deichmann of

the Global Studies departmentsuggested the idea , andBotchoukova decided to runwith it. She and campus lead-ers from the top 100 schools ofthe challenge met to discussimportant issues, includingpreventable diseases, the HIVepidemic, and extreme pover-ty. Present at the summitwere actor Anthony Edwards,Lauren Bush, members ofCongress, and leaders of inter-national organizations. Of theconference, Botchoukova said,“We all shared the same pas-sion for this cause…it was ablast!”

The Patriots’ Tom Brady(continued on Page 7)

Paying for an internship: the controversial alternative

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The costs do not end at simply a college education.

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POLICE LOG

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TheftWednesday afternoon, a call came into thestation from the University of Florida regard-ing a police report taken about a Bentley staffmember there who reported his Bentley-issued laptop stolen. The laptop had beentaken from the staff member’s rental car locat-ed at the University of Florida at the time.The laptop tag number was entered into adatabase that alerts authorities if someonetries to sell or pawn it. The case is closedunless further information comes to light.

Motor Vehicle IncidentWhile on patrol last Tuesday, at around 3:30p.m., an officer observed a motor vehicle withfreshman decals illegally parked in Lot 16 out-side of the Trees Complex. The day before,the same officer had given the vehicle’s ownera warning because the car had a flat tire andthe student agreed to have it moved to Lot 1within 24 hours. The vehicle had not beenmoved and then was then towed off campus.The owner will be charged with Violation ofUniversity Rules and Vehicular Violation.

A student entered the Police Station Fridaymorning just after 11 to report their vehiclehad been struck in the Farm Lot. The studentreported parking the car the day before andreturned the morning of this report to find therear bumper had been damaged on the dri-ver’s side. Photographs were taken and thestudent was advised to contact their insur-ance company. The case is considered closed.

ElevatorCampus Police were dispatched Saturdayevening just after 5 p.m. to assist someonewho had become stuck in an elevator inLindsay. The trapped individual was anemployee who was working at the time. Afterattempts to move the elevator failed, a facili-ties worker reset the power to the buildingand the elevator doors opened. The employeewas visibly upset but unharmed. The eleva-tor was shut down until it could be repaired.

Alcohol ViolationsFriday night at around 11:45 p.m., an officerobserved a male unsteady on his feet while onpatrol in LaCava. The officer followed themale who was headed toward the bathroomto make sure he was ok. The male partyinformed the officer he was on campus attend-ing an event but was not a student. He had astrong odor of alcohol on his person andslurred his speech. An ambulance was called

and took him to the hospital for further treat-ment.

Sunday morning at around 1:51 a.m., offi-cers were dispatched to Kresge Hall to aidstaff members who were having troublebreaking up a party. When the officersarrived, the staff members were speakingwith several people in the room. Aroundtwenty-five people were escorted out of thedorm. The room residents will be chargedwith an Illegal Party, Uncooperative withAdministrative Personnel, Noise Ordinance,and Underage Alcohol Violation.

Officers reported to Slade Hall Sunday morn-ing at 2:34 a.m. for a report of an extremelyintoxicated female. The student in questiongave officers a different last name than theone that appeared on the ID she had giventhem. A search of her purse revealed a secondID that had the original name she gave them.She was taken into protective custody andwill be charged with Underage AlcoholViolation and Protective Custody.

Taxi CabsSunday morning at around 1:30 a.m., offi-cers arrived at North Campus for a report ofa past assault involving a weapon and a cabdriver. The male informed officers he hadgotten a cab after leaving a bar in Boston andupon arriving on campus realized he didn’thave enough to pay for the ride. He indicat-ed the cab driver had then locked the doorsand threatened him with a weapon. The driv-er requested the student’s phone as collater-al while he went to get the rest of the money.The student gave the driver his phone andreturned shortly after with the rest of thefare. The driver gave the student’s phoneback and left. Cameras in the area wereunable to ID the cab company and a searchof the area did not come up with the taxi inquestion. The case is considered closed.

Also Sunday morning, just after 2, CampusPolice were dispatched to Orchard South fora complaint about another cab ride. The stu-dent informed officers that she had taken acab from a bar in Boston with friends andthe driver had given them a set price. Uponarriving on campus the driver demanded ahigher fee than he had originally quoted thestudents. After an argument, they ended uppaying the higher fee. The student wantedto file a report to make a complaint with thecab company but didn’t know what the driv-er looked like or what cab company it was.The case is considered closed.

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Career Fair: jobs are there, you just have to lookTowards the beginning of

each semester, the BentleyCareer Fair plays host to amyriad of companies. To thisfair, seniors, junior, sopho-mores, and even freshmanflock to look for jobs andinternships. You walk up tothe nearest booth that inter-ests you and begin to have achat with the recruiter stand-ing there. After a few minutesof talking you happen toinquire about an internshipfor the coming summer, onlyto receive the dreadfulresponse “sorry, we aren’t hir-ing.”

It is confusing, and evensometimes angering, to find acompany not hiring at a careerfair, which is what Bentleytries to avoid. Who wants to bewearing a suit in a hot sweatyroom, taking time out of theirbusy day (perhaps even miss-ing a class or two) to only getdisappointed with outrightrejection? Career Servicesrequires that a company wish-ing to attend the Career Faircome prepared with job orinternship opportunities.Thus far, there are 98 con-firmed companies with onlythree listed without specificjob or internship opportuni-

ties. So why all the talk around

campus about companies nothiring and students leavingthe Career Fair empty-hand-ed, semester after semester? Itsound as if the fears of compa-nies going to the Fair and notoffering any positions is morea myth than a reality.

A meeting with SusanBrennan, director ofUndergraduate CareerServices, and JenniferThibodeau, EmployerRelations Manager, shed newlight on the causes of thishighly circulated myth:

The first problem is mis-communication betweenemployers and fair-goers.Often, companies send divi-sion specific people to talkabout, for example, thefinance division or the mar-keting division of the compa-ny. These people are oftenrecently Bentley graduates orother representative whoknow nothing about the jobprospects of the companyapart from the division inwhich they specialize.

Second, not all the compa-nies come with opportunitiesfor every major. Part of theselection process is to create

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diversity among the compa-nies and the types of studentsthey are looking for.

Third, the volatile economyis making it much more diffi-cult to find a job or internship.The fact of the matter is thatthere are 4000 Bentley stu-dent foaming at the mouth forthe hottest Job or internship,and with only 100 or so com-panies present at the careerfair, there are bound to be dis-appointments.

Yes, the fair is a good way tolearn about the companiesand the programs they poten-tially offer, but it is called acareer fair for a reason: to finda career. Certainly the compa-nies are interested in findinggood Bentley students andgraduates to fill positions, butas these economic timesremain unstable, companiesare growing very cautious andshrinking business opera-tions, resulting in lowerdemand for new employees.

There is hope though. True,the economy is not doing aswell as it has but there arestill jobs to be had. By beingdetermined and creative,applicants can bypass thecareer fair turnaways andbenefit from the event.

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OPINIONObama’s stimulus will prolong

economic crisisAs Congress and President

Barack Obama struggle tostabilize the US economy, thebailout they crafted nears$787.2 billion which, as muchof the money will be borrowedfrom the Chinese govern-ment, will actually cost theAmerican taxpayers approxi-mately $1 trillion with inter-est. However, Americansshould not support the enor-mous spending “stimulus”package which will propel thenational debt to levels unseensince World War Two, andwould cost much more thanthe nearly $594 billion war inIraq.

President Barack Obamacharacterizes the bailout planas one which would “safe-guard the American econo-my”, “jump-start job cre-ation”, “ensure that marketsare stable, credit is flowingand families can stay in theirhomes.” However, economichistory points to the fact thatgovernment spending on suchan unprecedented level actu-ally prevents economic recov-ery. The last time that gov-ernment attempted to spendthe economy out of a crisiswas under Franklin D.Roosevelt in the 1930s.However, despite his whole-sale government interventionand all its “shovel-ready”infrastructure projects, percapita consumption, non-resi-dential investment, and totalhours worked, indicators of ahealthy economy actuallyremained below pre-Depression levels by 25%,60% and 21%, respectively.

Instead, all that occurredwas the single largest jump ingovernment spending in thehistory of the country. Nopromised spike in GDPgrowth, no expansion inemployment, no economicrecovery, just a Depressionprolonged by more than 10years. So what should

President Obama do? Insteadof emulating valueless tacticsof an age gone by, he shouldapply the methods withwhich Ronald Reagan solvedthe inflation and economicstagnation crisis of the late1970s to early 1980s.

The economic conditionsRonald Reagan faced at thebeginning of his first term,11.83% inflation, double digitunemployment, 16% interestrates, plummeting consumerspending, 1% productivitygrowth and a contractingGDP, constituted a crisismuch more dismal than therecession we face today.However, with his 25% mar-ginal tax rate cuts for allincome brackets, a more than10% reduction in governmentspending, a reduction of31.2% in government nonde-fense discretionary spendingand an aggressive anti-infla-tionary policy, PresidentReagan was able to success-fully steer the US economicrecovery in two years.

However, PresidentObama’s plan does the exactopposite. Already, thePresident talks about taxhikes starting in 2010 to payfor this “recovery” plan whichwill cause a spike of 81% ingovernment spending,greater than the one underFDR, and make our budgetdeficit the largest sinceWWII.

President Obama shouldstay true to the words in hisInauguration Address that“The question we asktoday…is not whether ourgovernment is too big or toosmall, but whether it works.”He should look beyond ideolo-gy, beyond Democratic Partypolitics, and adopt provenmethods of solving economiccrises to stem the one inwhich we find ourselvestoday.

Anton Sadovnikov

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Bentley Consumer Action Line: A Day in the Life of a Student Mediator

Most conversations about myon campus job proceed some-thing like this: You have a jobon campus. Awesome!!! Wheredo you work? Bentley ConsumerAction Line? What is that? Oh,well then, what do you do there?Oh, so you pretend to resolve dis-putes between imaginary peopleand fake businesses. Well, Iguess that is cool. Wait a second,why do you do that again?

For those of you who do notknow, the Bentley ConsumerAction Line does in fact workwith real people and real situa-tions. It is one of eighteen con-sumer authorized by theMassachusetts’s AttorneyGeneral’s Office that work toassist consumers in resolvingdisputes that they may havewith local businesses. It is theonly program in the state that iscompletely ran by students. Theconsumers feel that they havebeen cheated or deceived bythese businesses in some way.The consumers oftentimes areunable to work out their prob-lems with the businesses ontheir own accord, but still wishto resolve the situation and avoidthe costly fees associated withthe litigation process. This iswhere the Bentley student medi-ator is able to play a role in help-ing both the consumer and thebusiness to come together andsettle their dispute.

The mediation process is bestillustrated with use of an exam-ple. One consumer filed a com-

plaint with BCAL against a localgym. The consumer had pur-chased a trainer and gym mem-bership for her son at said gym.The training program was sup-posed to last for seven months.One month into the training pro-gram, the consumer’s son washurt in a non gym related phys-ical activity. The gym denied thewoman a refund for the sixmonths of gym membership thather son would be unable to com-plete as a result of his injury.The woman claimed that thegym was being unreasonable fordenying the refund of unusedmembership fees and that theyhad been uncooperative in try-ing to resolve the matter. ABCAL mediator worked over thephone with both the consumerand the business and was ableto secure the women a fullrefund for lost training sessionsplus a complementary fivemonth gym membership.

Bentley Consumer ActionLine has, since its inception in1993, secured approximately$675,000 in refunds for con-sumers. BCAL’s faculty coordi-nator, Professor John Hayward,oversees operations of the pro-gram, and Professor StephenLichtenstein also assists in itscoordination. The program hasa staff made up of both new andexperienced student mediatorsand is looking forward to anoth-er successful semester assistingthe local community. Studentmediators will be keeping youposted throughout the semesteras to their unique experiencesworking for the organization.

Attention Sophomores!Important Upcoming Dates:February 18th- “Times Up” 3 Part Workshop: Planning for the Unthinkable1-1:45 in Lindsay 27February 20th- Housing Deposit is Due

Clash of the ClassesThis Thursday at 7:00pm in the Dana CenterCompete in mini games and show school spirit for the chance to win amaz-ing prizes!There will be a DJ and dance performances along with great gift certificate andT-shirt give-a-ways!

Bentley BallWe took your feedback and made this year’s Bentley Ball better than ever!

March 20th at the Westin Hotel.Transportation to and from the hotel will beprovided.Dress is formal attire and there will be acash bar for those 21+.Tickets are $30 and are always on salethrough Bannerweb.Tickets will also be on sale in the StudentCenter every Wednesday from 12:45-2 and5-7 until March 4th!Don’t miss out!

Bentley Jazz BandThe Bentley Jazz Band will be playing their first gig of the

semester on Sunday February 22ndfrom 11:30-1 in Season’s Dining Hall.This is a family weekend goodbye brunchthat you will not want to miss!! Bring yourparents, family, and friends by for someomelets and great live music!!

Ski and Snowboard Club So far Bentley’s Ski and Snowboard Club has been to Killington,Sunday River, Bretton Woods and Wildcat. This weekend they areheading off to Sugarloaf with about 45 Bentley Students. UpcomingTrips: Day trip to Mt. Snow and Sunday River SPRING BREAK.There are still some spots leftfor the Spring Break Trip foronly $330. This is the cheap-est spring break trip out there!The SSC will be hosting elec-tions for new e-board membersafter spring break and may betaking a trip to Mt. Washingtonto ski Tucks. Feel free to emailga_skiclub@bentley.edu withany questions!

BEAR is a developing club on campus geared towards outdoors activities. In the future, we plan on hosting both on-campus and off-cam-pus events. From hiking, camping, and kayaking off campus to barbecues and outdoor sports on campus, BEAR desires to be a club whichanyone can join! We hope to attract new members who are excited about a particular field or anyone who is adventurous enough to attendall events! If there are any questions or desire to be on the e-mail list, please contact Courtney McShane at mchane_cour@bentley.edu.

Our first club trip is Thursday, February 26th, at 4 PM at Boston Rock Gym. It’s half off for college students so bring your ID!

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CAMPUS LIFE

When I started this column Ihad one primary goal: to getan interview with a real chefsomewhere and talk to himabout food and the culinaryworld. I didn’t care who it was;a celebrity chef the caliber ofBobby Flay or a line cook froma diner here in Waltham, MA.It didn’t make a difference tome, so long as I was able tomake a connection betweenthe cooking we all do at homeversus the cooking done in pro-fessional kitchens and restau-rants.

However, nothing could haveprepared me for the interviewI conducted last week, a one-on-one phone conversationwith Chef Eric Ripert.

Eric Ripert is the head chef atLe’ Bernardin, voted as the toprestaurant in New York Cityby Zagat the last four yearsand is number twenty on the2008 list of Restaurant maga-zine’s top fifty restaurants inthe world. He and his restau-rant have received multipleJames Beard awards (theOscars of the restaurantworld).

In what turns out to be themost exciting interview I’ve

ever had, Chef Ripert shares,among other things; his mem-ories of first learning to cook,what it’s like running a worldclass restaurant, the work hedoes with the City Harvestcharity (New York City’s foodrescue program), what kind ofmusic is great for cooking andeven what super power hewould want to have.

The Food Dude(FD): I readyou grew up first learningto cook in your grandmoth-er’s kitchen. It was muchthe same for me so I canimagine how much thatmeant to you. What do youremember most aboutcooking with your grand-mother?

Chef Eric Ripert: What Iremember is that she wascooking very simple food. Thatthe food had a lot of flavor, Ijust loved her food when I wasa kid and everything had a lit-tle mini ritual about it. Likewhen she would make a vinai-

grette, it would take forever tomake it and she would use afork and not a whisk, and shewould cut the garlic on her fin-ger, she wouldn’t use a cuttingboard. It was very simple cook-

ing, with simple techniquesbut it was very flavorful.That’s what I remember themost.

FD: What is the first dishyou ever learned to make,being able to produce itstart to finish by yourself?

Chef Ripert: That I don’tremember. Oh, I know what itwas. It was an onion tart,called Pissaladière a very typ-ical [dish] from Provence. Ilearned how to make thedough and then I learned tocook the onions and make ittogether. So that was my firstsuccess.

FD: When you are in thekitchen, how much timeare you spending doing thecooking yourself, versusjust expediting or beingaround ensuring that thestandards and quality ofthe restaurant are main-tained?

Chef Ripert: I spend quitesome time in the kitchen dur-ing service. However, I’m notin charge of the station at all.Not even only expediting, I’mmore walking in the kitchen

going through stations, talk-ing to the Chef who is expedit-ing. I’m always moving in thekitchen but not necessarilyproducing much.

F D : S o i n a n a v e r a g eweek…just kind of estimat-ing it seems you spendabout 50 hours a week inthe restaurant.

Chef Ripert: It’s more, it’salmost 60. 56 [laughs].

FD: What keeps you moti-vated and inspired everyd a y h a v i n g a l r e a d yachieved so much?

Chef Ripert: Whoever is in therestaurant industry for a long

time, really knows that theyhave a passion for either waycooking or being in the diningroom. But, you know, I’m liv-ing my passion so it’s not likeI’m counting the hours orthinking about it. I’m just com-ing here and it’s my life; it’swhat I enjoy doing.

FD: If you hadn’t become achef, do you have any ideaswhat kind of career pathyou might have taken?

Chef Ripert: I wanted to be aforest ranger.

FD: Was there any specialreason why that was?

The Food DudeInterview: Chef Eric Ripert

By:Tom Hoeler

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Marijuana

na, the law also states thatthose under the age of 18caught with less than an ounceof marijuana must attend andcomplete a drug awarenessprogram with communityservice. Failure to completethese programs will result ina $1,000 civil fine.

As a prominent factor to thepassage of the decriminaliza-tion law, the Committee ofSensible Marijuana Policy wasrespons ib le f o r put t ingQ ues t i on 2 on theMassachusetts ballot. As quot-ed in the Boston Globe, chair-woman of the Committee ofSensible Marijuana, WhitneyTaylor, complimented the vot-ers on taking such an initia-tive. She stated, “The peoplewere ahead of the politicianson this issue; they recognizeand want a more sensibleapproach to our marijuana pol-icy.”

The supporters o f thedecriminalization argue thatthe lessening of the punish-ment will allow law enforce-ment to focus on more crucialand violent crimes. In addi-tion, they are convinced thatthe decriminalization willresult in the state saving mil-lions of dollars in law enforce-ment fees.

Even after the passage ofthe new decriminalization law,

there are still plenty of oppo-nents. Many state officials andlaw enforcement units see alarge number of negativeeffects of decriminalization.Suffolk District AttorneyDaniel F. Conley commentedthat the passage of Question 2would, “turn our neighbor-hoods into the testing groundfor a radical drug legalizationagenda”. He also stated that,“Teen marijuana abuse hasbeen declining for years, andpassage would undoubtedlyreverse that trend”. Some offi-cials protest that the idea ofdecriminalizing even smallamounts of marijuana sug-gests a lax approach to drugpossession. Others predict anincrease in drug traffickingand use especially when mar-ijuana use has become verypopular. They also see a con-nection between those whohave a small possession ofmarijuana and those whopractice more offensive actssuch as dealing marijuana anddriving under its influence.

As Bentley remains strictwith their drug possession pol-icy, Massachusetts is hopingthat the decriminalization ofmarijuana possession lessthan an ounce will help thestate focus its efforts on morepressing issues and cut unnec-essary spending during a trou-bling economic time.

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Melody ShekariSTAFF WRITER

Inside a R.A.D. class: effective strategies for self-defense

The R.A.D. classes are off to a great start. Photo by Kosha Divatia

After researching theR.A.D. program, I was eagerto see what the class actual-ly entailed. I also wanted toknow why others take theclass.

Jessica Tokarz, OliviaDiLorenzo, Betsy Nally, andJenna Cavicchia are a groupof lively freshman that aretaking the course this semes-ter. Cavicchia said that afterseeing the emails for theclass, she thought it wouldbe a good idea to take it, andthe girls decided that theywanted to take the classtogether. DiLorenzo saidthat it was more comfortabletaking the class with friends,and in both classes I attend-ed, I noticed that most girlshad at least one friend in theclass with them. Nally alsocommented that “Everyoneshould do it,” and Tokarz

said she couldn’t wait to useher moves in the future.

According to the instruc-tors, no one that has gonet h r o u g h t h e c o u r s e a tBentley has reported havingto use the physical moves,

but past students have saidthat they use the risk reduc-tion strategies and haveeven gotten into the defen-sive stance. These strategiesmay have diffused the situa-tion so that physical attacks

haven’t been necessary. During the first class, I

was given a booklet withinformation for the course.The class went over some ofthe points, including how tobe more aware of your sur-

roundings. It really got methinking about how little Ithink about that. Being inthis safe bubble at Bentleyhas caused me to let downmy guard. It’s comforting tolive in here, but what hap-p e n s w h e n I l e a v e ?Hopefully, thinking aboutthis now will help me bemore safe and aware in thefuture.

The second c lass wasmore physical than the first.After learning the initialmoves in the f irst c lass,effective strategies were thefocus . We pract i ced ourmoves on instructors withpads, and they gave helpfulfeedback. I can confidentlysay that I know how to effec-tively knee someone in thegroin, but, hopefully, I won’te v e r n e e d t o d o t h a t . Ialready feel better about myability to protect myself, andI’m ready for the next class.

Paying for an internshipyou are just buying an

internship, when truly theprice for the program is notjust for the internship, it’sfor housing, food, activitiesa n d e v e r y t h i n g e l s e . ”Normington also pointed tothe fact, one again, that thisis an investment just likeany university degree is aninvestment.

Whi le the major i ty o fBentley students questionedreacted similarly to Curranand Shekari, there is nodenying that business for thecompany is booming.

According to Normington,2009 will be the best year forbusiness yet, with Universityof Dreams placing around2000 students into their dif-ferent programs. “I thinkpart of the reason why isbecause our name is gettingout there, through market-ing and word of mouth,”stressed Normington, “Andthen of course, number twois the economy. Access toopportunities is harder tocome by in this economic cli-mate.”

There were some Bentleystudents, when presentedwith the services Universityof Dreams provides and theirsuccess in the current econ-omy that look favorably onthe idea.

T h i a g o C a m a r g o , aBentley junior, stated that,“I understand that it’s unfairthat someone may not beable to pay for it, but if some-one can’t buy a car, but Ican, should I just walk to

work because they don’thave the same opportunity?”

Junior Austin Smith stat-ed , “ I don ’ t think that Iwould personally do it, butthat is partly because I havealready had an internshipe x p e r i e n c e . I c a n m o r eunderstand the person whois into their junior year andhasn’t yet had an internshipexperience paying for thisservice. That makes sense tome.”

Smith also noted that thistype of summer internship issimilar to prep school, inthat it is not required afterhigh school, but for someonewho feels they need the expe-rience, it is there for them.

While some students dis-agreed with one another,there was one constant toeach opinion. That this wasa service for rich kids andthe i r parents , howeveraccording to Normington,University of Dreams pro-grams are not filled withstereotypical well-to-do richkids.

“I would say the profile ofthe student who is doing ourprogram, is exactly the sameprofile of every student iny o u r u n i v e r s i t y , ” s a i dNormington,” I think it’s avery fair assessment to makethat if you are willing toinvest $100,000 in your fouryear education, by compari-son, getting a really greatexperience in a great intern-ship, it’s not an unreason-able investment. All of ourinterns realize that.”

University of Dreams,

which can be researched atwww.summerinternships.com, is very enthused by thesuccess they are seeing andit is clear that the companyhas somewhat profited fromthe downturn in both theeconomy and job market.

While some response tothis program has been nega-tive, there is a belief withinUniversity of Dreams, andespecially by Normington,that they should be looked atone o f many opt ions forprospective interns.

“To students we alwayssay, ‘We hope that you areusing a network, using thepeople you know. We hopeyou are going to your careercenter; use the resourcesthat they can provide you.Submit your résumé to anonline web forum. That’sgreat! Go do that!’ ”

While students at Bentleys h o u l d b e a w a r e o f t h ecountless offices and advi-sors that are available tothem in their quest to findthe perfect summer intern-sh ip , what Normingtonhopes is that, “We are justa n o t h e r o n e o f t h o s eoptions.”

Albeit, to many students,a pricey one.

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launched the 2nd annualONE Campus Challenge atthe beginning of the schoolyear, and since then, campus-es across the nation have beenearning points towards beingthe winner of the challenge.The ONE campaign believesin the power of young people,which is why they host thecampus challenge and reachout to college students.

Schools earn points throughweekly challenges and a vari-ety of activities, including sign-ing students up, getting theircampus ONE organizationmentioned in the media, andwriting letters to Congress.The top ten schools will beannounced on March 3rd, andeach will receive a $1,000grant to use at ONE eventsand programs on campus. Thewinner of the challenge will beannounced on April 7th 2009,and will host the grand prizeevent on their campus.

The ONE Campaign hasbeen so successful at Bentleythat it is ranked #16 of all col-leges nationwide. Bentley isjust ahead o f Pr incetonUniversity, Western KentuckyUniversity, and local rivalBrandeis University. WrightState University and BaylorUniversity have 1st and 2ndplace respectively. Bentley isamong the top schools in earn-ing points and raised up to11,000 points in just one week.Bentley currently has 431 stu-dent members online.

“We have a good chance ofbe ing t op t en , ” sa idBotchoukova. She asks that

students interested in thecause should sign up andinvite friends online andemphasizes that staff, family,and friends can sign up evenif they don’t go to Bentley.During the rest of the semes-ter, Botchoukova will be visit-ing classes and running ONEevents that anyone on campuscan be a part of.

ONE is a nonpartisan andnon-profit organization aimedat raising funds for and aware-ness of issues including globalpoverty, treatable diseases,and hunger in developingcountries.

Co-founded by Bono, BobbyShriver, and other campaign-ers, the high profile campaignhas received funding from theBi l l & Me l inda GatesFoundation and been repre-sented by a number of celebri-ty spokespeople. According totheir website, “One billion peo-ple live on less than dollar aday. One billion people lackaccess to clean water. Millionsof people in the poorest coun-tries die from diseases such astuberculosis and malaria –preventable and curable dis-eases that have been eradicat-ed in developed countries.”

The campaign hopes toraise awareness of this andincrease government fundingto address these problems.They encourage letters to rep-resentatives, having a pres-ence at political events, andwork with a number of govern-ment officials. These are indi-cations of the success of thecampaign, and they hope togrow and increase their efforts.

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ONE Campaign

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

If you could see ONEartist or band atSpring Day, who

would it be?

VOICES

GRACIE KARONCLASS OF 2012MARKETING, AMERICANPERSPECTIVES

"Parachute V.A. I sawthem per form lastmonth and they put ona great show!"

Photos by Bree Johnson

MARK LEORETTICLASS OF 2010ACCOUNTANCY

"Tim McGraw. Noquestion."

KRISTEN LAVALLEECLASS OF 2012MATHEMATICS

"I’m going to go with theCD I’m most obsessedwith right now…Akon.”

JP PASSEROCLASS OF 2009MANAGEMENT

“Taylor Swift. Come on,have you seen her?"

JESSICA BAHRCLASS OF 2012MARKETING

“Taylor Swift!”

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Album Review: N.A.S.A. – The Spirit ofApollo

N.A.S.A. really came out ofnowhere. As far as I can tell,almost no one knew anythingabout them six months ago,three months ago a few songsleaked onto the internet, andnow they are apparently work-ing with everyone from every-where, are perpetually gainingmomentum on the internet,and have released an albumthat can only be described as“epic” if nothing else.

N.A.S.A., as one might guess,is kind-of a terrible name tochoose because it makes youalmost impossible to Google.When you are competing withthe people who launch spaceshuttles and satellites intoorbit, your Wikipedia page ismore or less destined to playsecond fiddle. Despite these dif-ficulties, here is what I’ve beenable to gather about N.A.S.A.from their record labels web-page: N.A.S.A. stands forNorth America / South Americaand consists primarily ofSqueak E. Clean (AKA SamSpiegel) and DJ Zegon (AKA ZeGonzales), and Brazilian funkis apparently the main back-ground element here.

Personally, one of the firstthings that comes to mindabout the N.A.S.A. and theirdebut CD, The Spirit of Apollo,is that it is absurd. I don’tmean that in a negative or pos-itive way, but more as a matterof fact. One look at the coverreveals rockets and spacemenin front of a giant disco ball.Also, when you have troublecounting the number of otherartists featured on this album,you know you’re in for some-thing interesting. At my lastcount, there are 38 differentartists featured on here overthe seventeen tracks, and if youadd in Squeak and Zegon them-selves, you might as well makeit an even 40.

So I took all of this in, bracedmyself and actually listened tomusic presented to me. Whilethe initial leaks had showedpromise, I always had seriousdoubts at the ability to feature

such a wide range of differentartists over so many differentsongs and still present analbum that makes sense as awhole. Somehow, The Spirit ofApollo, is actually the moststunningly coherent blendsince Girl Talk was smashingsamples together for Feed TheAnimals.

From the intro, the albumleads into two songs featuringDavid Byrne’s singing as a sur-prisingly effective complementto the first six rappers featured.“Way Down” changes things upslightly with Barbie Hatch’sslower vocals on the hook, yetprovides a welcome shift. Andreally that’s a great way todescribe this album – welcomeshifts. None of it feels out ofplace, but with this manyguests, each of the tracksstands on its own and keepsThe Spirit of Apollo from get-ting boring – an importantaspect considering that 17tracks over almost an hour andfifteen minutes makes for avery long hip-hop album.

Squeak E. Clean and DJZegon prove to be adroit beatmakers throughout this album,and there’s something abouttheir style that feels both freshyet old-school at the same time.In a time when hip-hop seemsalmost overly saturated withfast-paced synthesizer -fueledbeats (see Timbaland) andvocodor-masked raps (see everypopular rap song of the pastnine months), N.A.S.A.’sBrazilian funk backing takesthis album in what feels like awelcome step back into thepast – the beats feel more nat-ural, and it’s pretty cool whenyou can actually identify therappers.

If that wasn’t enough, thisduo also proves to be ablematchmakers when it comes tothe artists featured here.When I listen to the Wu-Tangclan, I typically don’t think,“Wow, this would go great withthe Yeah Yeah Yeahs.” ButN.A.S.A. pairs the late Ol’Dirty Bastard with Karen O on“Strange Enough”, and theresult is just fantastic (I actu-ally didn’t realize what a fittingtitle that was until I wrote

this). On “Gifted,” Kanyesounds as though he was madefor the beat and has just wait-ing for Lykke Li to do a choruswith him his whole life. Andplacing Spank Rock withSantogold and M.I.A. on

“Whatchadoin?” makes mewonder why this matchup has-n’t happened earlier.

That said, The Spirit ofApollo isn’t perfect, though.There is a lot going on here,and it only makes sense thatsome of these songs are certain-ly better than others. Withsuch rampant experimenta-tion, it’s tough to win them all.It’s also a bit much to digest atonce. As I noted earlier, this isa very long album, and listen-ing to it all the way throughtakes some effort. And that 15minute closing track with thegap of silence between the“N.A.S.A. Anthem” and thehidden track just feels veryunnecessary.

Ultimately though, thisalbum is definitely worth a lis-ten. By sheer probabilityalone, given the amount ofthings here, you’re bound tofind at least one track you like,and probably more. There’salso something about thisalbum that just feels like analmost overdue change of pacefrom hip hop of late. It’srefreshing to know N.A.S.A. isunafraid to experiment, andcollaborations such as theseleave me feeling incrediblycurious as to what their nextalbum might sound like. Butfor now I’ll just enjoy this.

8.5 /10Try: “Gifted (feat. Kanye

West, Santogold & Lykki Li)”,“Strange Enough (feat. KarenO, Ol’ Dirty Bastard & Fatlip)”,“Way Down (feat. RZA, BarbieHatch & John Frusciante)”

The Spirit of Apollo wasreleased this Tuesday on ANTI-Records.

This weeks leaks:Simian Mobile Disco –

“Synthesise” / “10,000 HorsesCan’t Be Wrong” – SimianMobile Disco is back andpreparing a second album, butunfortunately if these twotracks are any indication, theyhaven’t added many new tricksto their arsenal. “10,000Horses” rises and falls, yet Ican’t shake the feeling I’m lis-tening to “Sleep DeprivationPt . 2 ” f or some reason .“Synthesise” has a video thatmight kill any epileptic view-ers, but musically I just havetrouble getting into it. I justhope the album as a whole hasa bit more variety to it.

The “Synthesise” single is outsoon on Beatport. The newalbum will drop sometime in2009.

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For Your Entertainment By: Matt Weisse

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Ian MarkowitzA & E EDITOR

Audiobone headphones: redefining headphones one jawbone at a time

There is nothing in thisworld as badly in need of aredesign as audio headphones.I am vocal in my distastetowards almost every head-phone ever created not fortheir sound quality but fortheir comfort. I bashed Apple’sheadphones when I reviewedthe iPod Shuffle and I recom-mended the Sennheisers I usewhen I published the HolidayGift Guide in December, but Istill have yet to find the holygrail of headphones. Youwould think that it wouldn’t behard to find, all I ask for iscomfort, sound blocking, goodsound quality, reasonableprice, and portability and Ihave yet to find headphoneswhich meet all of my criteria.The hardest part for compa-nies to excel in is the comfortdepartment.

Sound blocking is easy, thecompanies just find a materialto block the noise typicallyusing either foam or siliconerubber as their material ofchoice. I have always foundthis to be the most importantfeature because it allows youto truly hear the music with-out cranking the volume to fullblast when you’re in publicand b l owing o u t youreardrums. Sound quality andreasonable price tend to bedirectly correlated to oneanother so I usually try to finda middle ground at around $40where you get relatively inex-pensive headphones but still

good sound quality overall.Portability is also easy toaccomplish, I just ask that myheadphones not be bulky overthe ear headphones.

I was excited to try a com-pletely new concept in termsof headphones: headphoneswhich don’t go on or in yourear, but instead go outsideyour ear. They are calledAudioBone Headphones andthey are made by a new start-up called Game ChangerProducts. The AudioBoneheadphones utilize a technol-ogy which has been dubbedbone conduction and was orig-inally invented by Beethoven.The headphones work byusing the jawbone to conductthe sound waves to the innerear, bypassing the eardrum. Inessence, the AudioBone head-phones rest just forward of theear canal on the jaw bone andpump your music throughyour jaw bone.

When I first received theseheadphones, in the box therewas a no te f r om GameChanger letting iPod andiTunes users know they mighthave to increase their volume,

which I found a bit strange fora pair of headphones. The noteasks iPod and iTunes users toincrease the volume limit onthe songs because the head-phones require more power toget the sound waves to travelacross the bone into the innerear. Strangely though, theheadphones only come withinstructions for iTunes andiPod users, but the issueseemed to me to be pervasiveacross all portable music play-ers and all music software.

Wearing the headphones forshort periods of time is fairlycomfortable, but most peoplewould tend to wear these forextended periods of time,which I found to be increasing-ly uncomfortable the longeryou wear them. The reasoningbehind this is twofold. First,the design of the headphonesmeans the headphones com-press against the skull to keepthe headphones from movingaround on the head, which inmy tests it did a fairly good jobat. Regardless of how much Ibounced and shook of my headthe headphones barely moved.Second, the technology behind

the headphones requires the“speaker” to be pressed firmlyagainst the bone to maximizeconduction, which for extendedperiods of time becomes espe-c ia l l y uncomfor tab l e .Furthermore, because theheadphones require a littlemore “oomph,” they powerful-ly vibrate against the side ofyour jaw which, especially athigh volume levels can be veryuncomfortable.

Because this is a new typeof headphone, I can’t reallycompare the audio quality toother bone conduction head-phones, but the audio seemedalmost as clear as any otherpair of headphones. Also, theheadphones seemed to clearlyplay all different genres ofmusic from rock to pop to clas-sical to techno. A major advan-tage to these headphones isthat the headphones arewaterproof, so you can wearthem in the pool, in the show-er, even while you’re coveredin sweat working out at thegym. Furthermore, becausethe headphones conduct soundthrough your jaw bone, youcan listen to people talking

around you, or you can putearplugs in, and still hear themusic if you worked at a con-struction site for example.

Overall, I think that theheadphones do a good job uti-lizing bone conduction technol-ogy and keeping it in a simplepackage. I think that the prob-lem lies not in the headphones,but in the choice of technolo-gy. Bone conduction technolo-gy seems to be somethingwhich seems amazing in con-cept but in its implementationit doesn’t seem to quite beready for the mass market.Furthermore, the going pricefor the headphones is $179,which seems far too expensivefor what you get. The head-phones feel as if they are madesimilar to a $20 pair of head-phones you would get at CVS.

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New social site lets you exchange The Dark Knight for The NotebookTom HoelerSTAFF WRITER

Another in a long line ofsocial networking sites akinto Facebook, LendAround isan online community aimedat allowing its users to postcatalogs of their DVDs andthen lend them out.

After signing up you canfill out a profile with youraddress, general contactinformation, and what typesof movies you like and dis-like in general. Your addressis shown only to your friendson the site and is used whensomeone needs to mail you aDVD. After creating a profileyou can then begin addingDVDs to your page that yourfriends can borrow. The sitehas a very streamlined andsimple way to do it. You typethe name of a movie, forexample The Godfather .L e n d A r o u n d l i n k s t oAmazon.com and will pull allthe information for thatmovie including box art. Inmany instances it will pullseveral options that you willthen look over and choose tobetter refine your selection.

As previously mentioned,the system works really well.I was able to upload over 100

DVDs in a little less than 20minutes, but I was takingmy time. The system wasable to identify all of mymovies with a few excep-tions. Sometimes it didn’tfind the specific version ofthe film that I owned, or if Iowned a trilogy of films itdidn’t display them as a tril-ogy and I was forced to addthem individually.

LendAround does have asubmissions area for gener-al comments and bugs andencourages people to emailthem when something likethis occurs or their DVD isnot found so that they canupdate the system. The sys-tem also didn’t seem to haveany problems with any filmsthat were especially old orhad just been released.

Once you have a catalogg o i n g , p e o p l e c a n s t a r trequesting DVDs from youand vice versa. You simply

browse through a collection,find the DVD you want andsend in a request. You canactually request an individ-ual disk to borrow. So if youare catching up on Lost youcan request Season 2, DVDnumber 3 from the ownerwithout having to borrow thewhole season.

The owner can either denythe request or accept it .Accepting it prompts backthe users about where theDVD will be sent and howit’s going to be delivered. Thesite has a handy option toprint out an address labelwith the person’s contact infoon it for you to affix to them a i l i n g p a c k a g e .LendAround recommendsusing a plastic “clamshell” orDVD wrapper rather thansending the DVD in its box.As the site indicates, this canreduce the price of sendingthe DVD down to about forty

two cents for a first class let-ter.

When you are finishedborrowing it, a message willallow you to tell the ownerthat you are done and youcan arrange to either send itright back immediately, or ifsomeone else wants to bor-row that DVD from the orig-inal owner, you can justarrange to send it on to thenext person. It’s an extreme-ly user fr iendly system,about as difficult as taking abook out from the library.

In order to borrow a filmyou need to be friends withsomeone. However, this iso n e o f t h e a r e a s w h e r eLendAround still needs someimprovement. Currentlythere is no way to simplysearch for people on the siteand make a friend requestlike you would for Facebook.You can invite other people

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COLUMNSPAGE 10 FEBRUARY 19, 2009 THE VANGUARD

Aries (March 21-April 19): You’re try-ing to rekindle a past relationship witheither a friend or an ex, be careful theirprerogatives may be different than yours.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): This weekyour life may seem a little dull, try to spiceit up with a new restaurant, a new store,or even just some new clothes.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): Wow, this isa great week! You will get a tender mix oflove, luck, AND fortune this week, enjoyit, by Monday it will be all gone…for along while.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Stressing outover homework or a group project? Takea breather for yourself and enjoy a trip toyour favorite restaurant or just rent agood movie and enjoy yourself.

Leo (July 23-Aug 22): You’re strong andcharismatic personality will win you a hotdate next weekend, so be sure to be on thelookout for any takers!

Virgo (Aug.23-Sept.22): Be careful of theadvice and suggestions you give this week,the stars are saying your words aren’t asgood as you’d hope. Better luck next time,Dr. Phil.

Libra (Sept.23-Oct. 22): Decidingbetween an apple or an ice cream? Makesure to hit the gym to run into a new cutiein your life, he/she may just change it forthe better!

Scorpio (Oct. 23- Nov. 21): The snowmay be melting but you’re still acting coldat heart. Drop the icy front and allow peo-ple back in your life who have recentlyhurt you, it’s not worth the impendingblizzard.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22- Dec. 21): Enjoyyour post-sickness free time with somepersonal t ime. Go out and explore,Magellan, you may find something younever knew existed.

Capricorn (Dec. 22- Jan. 19): Stepdown from taking the alpha role thisweek, your roommates or group membersare close to putting your head in the toilet.Enjoy a breather, or just not being put intoa toilet.

Aquarius (Jan.20- Feb. 18): The weath-er is heating up and so is your tempera-ture; be prepared to spend the next weekunder the covers. Get the tissues andVick’s Vapor Rub ready!

Pisces (Feb. 19- March 20): You nevertake your horoscope seriously. Good luckwithout it this week. Maybe you shouldjust try Sudoku.

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,

I live in a room with fourother people and it seems to begetting pretty crowded. It’s notthe people that are taking upa lot of space, but everyone’sstuff! We have a ton of stuff forfive people and people justkeep bringing in more andmore. I know its little early tostart worrying about this butI’m not sure any of us will beable to move out with all of thiscrap everywhere. How can Iconvince everyone to stopbringing all this stuff back tothe room?

~Crap as far as the eye can see

Dear Crap as far as the eyecan see,

I think that you and yourroommates are facing a simi-lar issue to most college stu-dents, regardless of where theyattend or what time of year itis. College students simplyseem to amass a huge amountof stuff for the respectiveamount of people involved.

When moving from home toschool it’s not unusual to feelas if you need to be ready forevery possible situation andthat if you leave one thingbehind, it will be the one thingyou actually need. The other

mentality surrounding youraccumulation of stuff is thelack of time to clean anythingdue to busy schedules and thetendency to collect free or inex-pensive things, because theywere free or inexpensive.

Before you blame all of the“crap” on your roommates, lookaround your room and seewhat stuff is actually yours.There is a possibility that a lotof stuff is just out of place orrandomly jumbled together;organizing it all can help youwade through all of the stuffyou have. Knowing wheresomething is is just as impor-tant as having it; if you can’tfind it, the item is useless.

Another thing you can do toquickly put a dent in your everincreasing pile of stuff is todetermine what in your roomis trash. There is no use in sav-ing something that is brokenor that can’t really be used foranything. Removing all of thetrash can help you at leastmake a path to the door.

During your cleaning, try tonotice what items can be recy-cled or what could be donated.There is a chance that someitems you no longer need orwant don’t need to go to thedumpster, but instead can berecycled or donated. If you are

in need of money, consider sell-ing some of your stuff that isin a clean, useable condition.

After you have tackled yourstuff, and your portion of thecommon spaces, suggest toyour roommates that they dothe same. Not everyone willsee your point about how muchstuff there is, but remind themthat move out day will be heresooner than they think. No onewants to drag a bunch of stuffhome that they don’t want.

Another tip to make movingout easier, if you live close by(or just want to visit home nomatter how far away it is),pack up some of your less fre-quently used items and bringthem home. The resultingamount left in your room willbe a smaller and more man-ageable one the actual day youhave to move out.

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NOTES FROM ABROADQuestion #4: What has been yourbest experience with food? Whatsurprised you most about the localcuisine? Is there food you miss, ora meal you absolutely love fromyour host country?Liv ing abroad , you ’ re

bound to miss friends andfamily, it’s natural. Youdon’t, however, really expectto miss food. After my firstmonth and a half abroadthough, there are definitelycertain foods that I’ve begunto miss.

Although I don’t eat ahearty breakfast on a regu-lar basis at home, I knowthat there are at least tengood breakfast restaurantswithin a five mile radius ofBentley, should the need fora hearty breakfast arise.

On several occasions here,I’ve woken up with a desper-ate craving for a nice, greasybreakfast – eggs, bacon,home fries and toast.

Breakfast is good here butit’s not very filling, normal-ly just a piece of fruit, a pieceof bread and a cup of tea.

T h e r e i s , h o w e v e r , o n easpect of the French break-fast that I’ve grown veryfond of, Nutella. I’ve triedNutella before coming toFrance but now that I ’mhere, it has become a staplein my diet; I eat it on mybread every morning.

And, when I return hometen pounds heavier, it willmost likely be because ofNutella.

I a l s o m i s s a g o o dAmerican cup o f co f fee .G o o d b y e s a t i s f y i n g“American” coffee; I don’tnecessarily mean quality asmuch as I mean size.

Coffee is delicious here butthe biggest size I’ve everseen it come in is about halfthe size of a Starbucks small.Believe me: it just doesn’tcut it in the mornings.

While I’m missing certainAmerican foods now, I knowthere are many French foodst h a t I w i l l m i s s w h e n I

return home. I’ve grownvery fond o f the Frenchbaguette. I ’ve definitelybecome spoiled eating freshbread on a daily basis.

I’ve also grown very fondof French cheese. I used tothink Kraft was good quali-ty , with Cracker Barrelbeing the really good stuff. Iwon ’ t miss the sme l l o fFrench cheeses, but I willcertainly miss the taste.

I will also certainly missthe wine. French wine isfamous worldwide and withgood reason; it is absolutelydelicious. Because the wineis produced semi-locally, itcan also be enjoyed lessexpensively. A reasonably

good bottle of wine can bebought for four to five Euros.However, it is possible tofind an okay bottle of winefor about two Euros.

One surprising similarityb e t w e e n A m e r i c a n a n dFrench foods is the ham-burger; I certainly didn’texpect to be served ham-burgers in France.

French “hamburgers”aren’t called hamburgers butthey have essentially thesame taste, just served dif-ferently. Rather our famil-iar ground beef patties on abun with all of the “fixings,”my host mother frequentlyserves a ground beef pattyfor dinner sans patty and fix-

ings. The patty is usually fried,

as opposed to grilled, and isusually served with rice orpotatoes and a side of veg-etables.

French food, for the mostpart, is similar to the ham-burger example: same ingre-dients, different preparation.

Although I occasionallyget cravings for certainfavorite foods that aren’tavailable here, it hasn’t beena terrible adjustment tomake.

I think I will have a hard-er time adjusting back to lifewithout fresh bread, stinkycheese and cheap wine whenI return home.

Katy HooverROUEN, FRANCE

The biggest adjustment to lifein Spain so far has had to dowith the food. First of all, thetime schedule for meals are verydifferent from what I’m used toat home.

There’s breakfast at 9, pin-chos at 11, lunch at 2, and din-ner at 9 or 10. And if you’re eat-ing out, it is very hard to find aplace that is open outside ofthese hours. Lunch is thebiggest meal of the day, andsometimes you’ll be with friendsfor 2 hours, talking and relax-ing. We were given a 3 hourlunch at orientation, and noneof us knew what to do with allthat time!

The food here is delicious. Istayed at a hostel for the firstseveral days of this semester,and I tried a lot of the differentofferings that were available,often without knowing whatexactly I was eating beforehand,beyond that it was “fish” or“beef.”

If I remembered, I wouldlater Google the name of thefood to find out what exactly Iwas eating. There were plentyof times when I was probablybetter off not knowing, but thatcouldn’t diminish the fact that Ihaven’t found anything that Ididn’t like.

My favorite dish here so faris the ever-famous SpanishPaella. For those of you whomay not know what that is, it’sa type of fried rice with seafood,such as shrimp, mussels, andeven calamari mixed in.

Many of the other dishes I’vetried are very similar to what Imight eat at home: steak, bakedchicken, spaghetti, and friedfish. I have noticed, though, thatfor some reason, French friesseem to accompany many ofthese meals. One thing I willnever forget was when I orderedsome type of fish, and when I gotit, it still had a face. And thatface was looking at me. I ate it,and it was delicious anyways,but I made sure not to look atthat face.

In this part of Spain, thereare only a few desserts, andthere is little divergence from

what is traditional. There’s flan,ice cream, natilla, guajada (IGoogled this: I t’s a thick-setyogurt made from goat cheesemixed with honey. I was betteroff not knowing,) arroz con leche(a type of rice pudding,) andfruit.

I tried everything at leastonce, and all of it was very good.If I want something special, Ican always stop by a panaderíaand pick up a nice pastry filledwith chocolate.

I never have to worry miss-ing certain foods from home,because whenever I feel a littlehomesick, there’s alwaysAmerican fast food to fall backon.

I’ve already scouted out theMcDonalds, Burger King, PizzaHut, and KFC that are just afew minutes’ walk away. Forsure, I don’t miss Seasons’.

Stacie HenryPAMPLONA, SPAIN

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The Career Fair is approaching fast; now is the time to prepareChris ApuzzoBUSINESS EDITOR

It’s that time of year again,when the suit comes out and theink hits the paper, you becomeyour résumé. On Wednesday,February 25 in the Dana Centerfor the Career Fair and don’tmiss this great opportunity toget your name out to somefuture employers. Go down for acouple hours, maybe even twen-ty minutes, to get some experi-ence in the career seeking fieldand just the working world ingeneral.

Before you go down though,there are a couple things youshould remember when prepar-ing for the Career Fair; just acouple ideas to keep in the backof your mind as you are gettingready.

The first thing that youshould definitely consider whenprepping is to go to CareerServices and pick up one of theirbooks that lists all of the compa-nies that will be attending theFair. Under each of the compa-ny’s names, you will see what jobopenings they have and if whatthey have open interests you.The booklet will also tell youwhether the company hasinternships available, since somemight only be looking for fulltime workers. This is just some-thing to think about that mighthelp you narrow down what

companies you are looking at. Ifyou are only a freshman lookingfor an internship, it might be awaste of time to look into a com-pany who is only hiring full timeemployees.

Once you have a good graspof the companies that are attend-ing, it is a good idea to pickbetween five and fifteen that youare really interested in. It’s nevera bad thing to do research on thecompanies you are looking for-ward to talking with so make aneffort to write down some keypoints and have an understand-ing about what each companyhas to offer. Knowing somebasics is good if you are asked aquick question about the compa-ny.

Now that you have somebackground information on yourdesired companies, prepare andpractice your “elevator pitch,” ora thirty second speech (about

100-150 words) that you wouldsay to the CEO of a company ifyou were riding in an elevatorwith him and wanted a job, butonly had the elevator ride to con-vince him.

Another tactic to think aboutwhen preparing is the make-upof your résumé. It is importantto have an updated version ofrésumé with you, one that hasyour current G.P.A and not theone from freshman year firstsemester.

Don’t be afraid to go to careerservices to get your résumétweaked because your résumécan never be too perfect andimproving upon your résumé isalways important.

When printing out yourrésumé, it’s better to have toomany than too few and it neverhurts to put it on some higherquality résumé paper, which youcan pick up at most any station-

ary or office supply store. Alsodon’t forget a nice looking folderto carry along your résumés andto put in business cards that youmight accumulate throughoutyour fair going.

You might want to lie out theclothes that you are going towear the night before so youdon’t have to put on somethingfive minutes before the start ofthe fair in a panic. Don’t be shyto look good, to make a millionbucks you have to look like a mil-lion bucks.

These are all of the basicswhen preparing for the careerfair, but there also some littlehints that will help you out whenyou are actually at the fair. Firstoff when you get there and aremaking your nametag remem-ber write very legible and putthe tag on the left side of yourbody at a reasonable height. Youput it on the left so the person

you are meeting with can clear-ly read it when you are shakingtheir hand.

And of course there is just thehandshake in general .Everything you might haveheard about it is true. Theimportance of a firm hand graspwith good eye contact can makeor break and introductionbetween you and someone else.The “dead fish” handshake couldvery well kill what could havebeen a great opportunity.

Since time is an issue at anevent like this, you want to keepin mind how much you arespending waiting around to talkto a certain company. For exam-ple it might not be a good idea towait the whole time in line forone of the “Big Four” companies,then end up not talking to any-one else there.

Keep your options open, if youhave never had any work expe-rience you might want to startout with a smaller company tobuild up your résumé a littlebefore venturing into deeperwaters with one of the big four.Realizing this might help you inmaking a major career decision.

The Career Fair is a greatopportunity that everyoneshould try and take advantageof. It’s never too early to get yourname out into the working worldand with some preparation andpractice the career fair can be aninstant success for you.

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to the site via email and theywill immediately becomeyour friend. However if youwant to become friends withsomeone already on the site,you have to actually knowtheir email address. I sup-pose this a push for users tobe more selective about whothey lend DVDs to rathert h a n t h e “ g e t a s m a n yfriends as possible” thoughtprocess that seems to prevailon Facebook.

We are, after all, talkingabout people lending theirpersonal property out to oth-ers. Still, it’s slightly frus-trating and cumbersomewhen trying to add usersalready on the site.

Another thing the site iscurrently missing is a morerobust review and feedbacksystem for individual users.When you are done with aDVD and are ready to return

it, the site does ask you if theDVD was in good shape or ifit actually was an illegalcopy but that’s about it as faras review goes. I was hopingfor a feedback system akin towhat eBay uses, allowing meto not only rate the individ-ual on their timeliness butalso potentially report usersthat damage DVDs or out-right refuse to return them.If and when the site becomesmore populated, this will becritical to helping users beconfident that their proper-ty won’t be lost or stolen.

In using the site, it seemsas if the creators are beingpretty conservative in whatthe site actually does. It hasthe means for you to catalogy o u r D V D s a n d m a k erequests for borrowing, butaside from that really leavesthe rest up to you and theother users. There isn’t anysort of extensive “contract-like” system that you need to

fill out about exactly when,where and how the DVD isgoing to be delivered or theterms of how long the personcan have it, etc. It’s mostlythe basics, which actuallymakes the whole systemmuch easier.

In the future, some othernice updates might be mes-sage boards and chat roomswhere people could discussfilms and talk about lists oftheir favorite DVDs in a par-ticular genre.

Overall, LendAround is agood site, with a great con-cept, but it still needs a lit-tle polish. As a movie loverand someone with an exten-sive DVD collection it’s real-ly a treat to have a resourcelike this.

While the cataloging fea-ture is fantastic and easy touse, the rest of the site ispretty bare bones and attimes a little unwieldy tonavigate. I love the idea of

LendAround Review

Chef Ripert: I grew up in themountains in the south ofFrance, in the Pyrenees, I andlove hiking, skinning and fish-ing, and being in contact withnature and I always thoughtthat it would be a cool life.

FD: I don’t think that I andmost people would haveguessed that to be yourguess for another career.

Chef Ripert: [laughs]

FD: I guess if you can’t bein a kitchen cooking thengetting to hang-out outsideall day is not a bad secondchoice.

Chef Ripert: If I wouldn’t havebeen in the kitchen and livingmy passion cooking, I definite-ly would be living very close tonature.

FD: Obviously one of theprime things that you, yourrestaurant and all restau-rants aspire to have is real-ly fresh seasonal ingredi-ents that can really helpelevate dishes. What kindof advice would you give topeople who cook at home,or at school, and only haveaccess to large supermar-ket stores? How do you goabout finding those reallyfresh ingredients?

Chef Ripert: It’s true, that it isvery convenient and its easy togo to big supermarket and getyour supplies there. HoweverI feel that in every city, every

village, and every region. It’salways a better way of shop-ping and it’s about research-ing and finding the right placeand making the sacrifice tospend more time to find theright ingredients and also thefinancial sacrifice of payingmore money for the ingredi-ents. But quality ingredientswill ensure, ultimately, suc-cessful cooking. I always say,if you start with mediocreingredients or uninspiredingredients, you will alwayshave something uninspired ormediocre.

FD: To that point regard-ing ingredients . Withthings the way they areeconomically what kinds ofthings do you do at therestaurant to mitigate thehigh cost and st i l l dowhat’s best for the restau-rant?

Chef Ripert: First of all, wenever compromise on theprice. Whoever sells the ingre-dients, we don’t bargain theprice with them, that’s a rulethat we have. In this difficulttime, I think whoever is spend-ing money wants the maxi-mum for their money thereforewe are giving even more thanwe would usually, to counter-act the economic challenge.

FD: Why don’t you everbargain the price of ingre-dients?

Chef Ripert: My belief is thatyou should pay a fair price forthe best products. And this is

one way to show respect to apurveyor and he believes inturn that it pays off in the longrun-because if a purveyorknows he’s going to be paidfairly he’s more apt to give youthe best products.

FD: Do you ever alter theamount of an ingredientyou might be buying .Instead of buying tenpounds of something, willyou buy less?

Chef Ripert: We always buyaccordingly in good and badeconomy. We are very carefulwith the buying. And the factthat we are a seafood restau-rant, you know, we don’t buytoo much food. We have to buyfood for 24 hrs then theseafood gets spoiled. So wedon’t keep food here to long, sowe don’t buy too much.

FD: Switching over to thebusiness side of things.Aside from getting financ-ing; what is the most diffi-cult part of opening arestaurant?

Chef Ripert: To build a team.To build a team that is goingto be able to materialize yourvision. And then to have con-sistency, you have to be goodeveryday not one day.

FD: You have one of thebest pastry chefs in theworld and one of the bestsommeliers (wine steward)in the world. How do youattract the kinds of top tal-e n t t h a t y o u h a v e a t

Le’Bernardin?

Chef Ripert: First of all youpay them well, that’s veryimportant. And then you makesure that they are going to behappy, where they are andexpress themselves the waythey want to express them-selves. There is a lot of trust;there is a lot of delegationhere. I’m not saying to the pas-try chef how to make hischocolate, he knows how tomake it. And I support hisvision and we work togetheras a team. The same [is true]for the sommelier.

FD: On Reuters a few daysago, you talked about yourstaff and because of eco-nomic times that you werelooking for volunteers withscheduling?

Chef Ripert: Yes, because ittakes a long time to build ateam, and our team is loyal fora long time to Le’ Bernardin.And I don’t want to shrink theteam; I don’t want to have asmaller team. I want to keepthe team we have. Thereforewe have decided that insteadof laying off people, we wouldask for volunteers for extradays off or vacation, or takesome long weekends. Thatway we lower the percentageof payroll and at the sametime we keep everyone onboard.

FD: I assume that the teamhas taken to that idea verywell and that would besomething they would be

amenable to.

Chef Ripert: Of course. Theyare very happy about the deci-sion and are enjoying theirextra days off. At the sametime, they have a job and getto keep their benefits andeverything else.

FD: So something that Iknow is very near and dearto you is the work you dowith City Harvest. How didyou get involved with theCity Harvest program?

Chef Ripert: A friend of minewho used to work for city har-vest introduced me to them,and I love the mission of theorganization which his to feedhungry people in New YorkCity and basically what theydo is that they deliver leftoverfood from food companies,supermarkets, restaurantsand then redistribute the foodimmediately to shelters.

FD: Le’Bernardin haspromised to donate $1 foreach person who dinesthere for the rest of 2009 toCity Harvest . Has therecession impacted thatcommitment at all?

Chef Ripert: Oh no, we madethat commitment knowingvery well that it was a reces-sion out there. Next week: part two of thei n t e r v i e w w i t h C h e fR i p e r t . F i n d o u t h i sfavorite music to cook toand what super power hewould like to have.

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being able to rent and bor-row movies, for basicallypennies at a time, especiallywhen you cons ider thatLendAround will become agreat place to find rare oroutdated films that placeslike Blockbuster don’t carry.The site is still in a closedbeta, with feedback on bugsand the overall structure

(continued from Page 9) being collected regularlyfrom users, so by the timethe site officially opens andlaunches, some of the func-tionality and structure thatI m e n t i o n e d m a y h a v echanged.

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Baseball (0-3) at Rollins (2/14) L 8-2at Rollins (2/15) L 15-4at Rollins (2/16) L 9-3

Hockey (16-13-1; 14-9-1 Atlantic Hockey) #20 Air Force (2/13 )# L 3-2#20 Air Force (2/14 )# W 4-1

Men’s Basketball (22-4; 16-3 NE-10)Southern New Hampshire (2/10)* W 72-65Saint Rose (2/14)* W 93-61

Men’s Indoor TrackBoston University Valentine’s Invitational (2/14) No Team Score

Women’s Basketball (16-10; 12-7 NE-10)Southern New Hampshire (2/10)* W 72-61Saint Rose (2/14)* L 80-76

Women’s Indoor TrackBoston University Valentine’s Invitational (2/13) No Team Score

* Northeast-10 Game

# Atlantic Hockey Game

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

Feb. 20

Hockey vs. Mercyhurst # 7:05

Feb. 21

Women’s Basketball vs. Pace* 1:30

Men’s Basketball vs. Pace* 3:30

Hockey vs. Mercyhurst# 7:05

Feb. 28

Hockey vs. Connecticut# 7:05

* Northeast-10 Game

#Atlantic Hockey Game

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Falcons lose heartbreaker in “Pink Zone” game Dan RyaboyMANAGING EDITOR

As important as the con-ference match up against St.Rose was for the Falcons, thegame took a backseat to theannual “Pink Zone” game, asthe Dana Center usuallydecked out in blue and goldsaw sprinkles of pink allaround the stands.

With over 1,250 schoolsand organizations participat-ing, the Women’s BasketballC o a c h e s A s s o c i a t i o n ’ s(WBCA) Pink Zone initiativeis a global, unified effort forthe WBCA to assist in rais-ing breast cancer awarenesson the court, across campus-es , in communi t i es andbeyond.

The event was also cou-pled with Falcon AlumniDay, where players such asLauren Moore, Vanessa Lux,Ashley Bruton, among oth-e rs were spo t ted in thecrowd, the day itself was agreat success as the LadyFalcons rose close to $ 2,000for the fund.

With the Pink Zone initia-tive as the background, theFalcons battled Saint Rose inone of the most competitiveg a m e s o f t h e s e a s o n .U n f o r t u n a t e l y f o r t h eFalcons they could not pullout a victory falling 80-76 tothe Golden Knights of SaintRose.

Both teams were extreme-ly sharp offensively to startthe game as the teams com-bined for 23 points in thefirst 3:30 of the game. Atthat point the score was 12-11 with the Falcons in thelead.

The Falcons would thenratchet up their intensityand go on a 12-3 run extend-ing their lead to 24-14 about8 minutes into the game. The

Knights would immediatelyget back into the game witha 9-0 run of their own clos-ing down the Falcons lead to1 point.

The first half would endup being a game of runs asthe Falcons twice had 10-0runs, and Saint Rose wouldcounteract each of those runswith a 9-0 run and an 18-7run late in the first half, thescore at the half would endup being tied at 41.

The second half would bea nip and tuck affair thewhole way through as theteams combined for 11 leadchanges, and neither teamwould have a lead largerthan four points.

The lead for the Falconswould stand at two pointswith 59.3 seconds remainingin the game when SaintR o s e ’ s f o r w a r d A s h l e yAnderson went to the chari-ty stripe. What would occuris by far the most controver-sial play of the game.

Anderson , a 46% f reethrow shooter for the season,stepped up and rimmed outthe first free throw, but asshe was taking the shot Flexthe Falcon flailed his armsunder the hoop, a harmlessoffense in basically any bas-ketball arena, but on thisoccasion, the ref deemed thatAnderson was distracted bythe mascot.

A n d e r s o n w a s g i v e nanother attempt at the shotand she made it, and just ascalmly she sunk the secondfreebie and tied the game at76.

The Falcons would not beable to score another pointthe rest of the game withKim Brennan missing twolayups by literally centime-ters. Saint Rose would putthe dagger into the Falcons

for good with 16.3 secondsleft when Dana Brown hit amid range jumper to put theKnights up two.

T h e F a l c o n s K r i s t yMcLean had a momentousbasket in the game as with14:15 left in the game she hita mid range floater makingher the 29th Lady Falcon tojoin the exclusive 1,000 pointclub. McLean was rewardedwith a hearty standing ova-tion from the crowd.

McLean had another sen-s a t i o n a l g a m e f o r t h eFalcons as she poured in 22p o i n t s , g a t h e r e d i n 9rebounds and dished out 3assists. McLean buried fourthree pointers and was amajor spark in the Falconsjumping out early on theKnights.

Kim Brennan had anothersolid game for the Falcons asshe poured in 19 points whiledishing out 6 assists andcoming up with two thefts.

The only other Falcon indouble figures was AngelaManfredi, who chipped inwith 11 from the bench.

The Golden Knights werecarried on the broad shoul-ders of their senior centerLauren Revesz who finishedwith 26 points, 6 rebounds,and three assists. Andersonand Elizabeth Buckley alsofinished in double digits with12 and 11 points respective-ly.

The loss was a tough oneto swallow, as the Falconsdropped from a tie for thirdt o a t i e f o r f i f t h i n t h etremendously competitiveNE-10.

The Falcons have bouncedback from losses like thisbefore and this case shouldbe no different; look for theFalcons to regain their edgedown the stretch.

The Falcons dropped a tough physical matchup against St. Rose. Photo by Kosha Divatia

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FALCON OF THEWEEK

Nash Named Falcon of the Week

Senior Melissa Nash of the women’s track team has beennamed the Falcon of the Week.

Nash shattered her own school record in the 5,000 metersby 17 seconds with a time of 17:20.90 last Friday at the BostonUniversity Valentine's Invitational. Nash finished sixth over-all in a 61-runner field.

Her time improved upon the record she set just three weeksago on the same track, which before then had stood for sevenyears.

Nash’s time will also improve her position in 5,000 meterrankings for the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships,which she provisionally qualified for on Dec. 13 at the HarvardOpen.

Bentley’s next event is the Northeast-10 ConferenceChampionships on Feb. 21 in New Haven, Conn.

1,000This past Saturday against Saint

Rose, Kristy McLean became the29th Lady Falcon to tally 1,000 careerpoints.

Did you know Kelly Barker (1997-2001) is the Lady Falcon career lead-ing scorer with 1,800 points?

SPORTSFalcons extend streak to 13 with 3 regular season games to playRobbie LaBrieSPORTS EDITOR

The Falcons have chosen agood t ime to go on a hotstreak. Bentley men’s bas-ketball has now recorded thir-teen straight wins, all overthirteen conference oppo-nents. Not only have thewins come at a clutch time,but they have also been con-vincing victories, establishingthe Bentley men as the teamto beat in the Northeast-10.

Last week’s victories forBentley included a 72-65c o m e b a c k w i n a g a i n s tSouthern New Hampshireand an easy 93-61 win overSaint Rose, keeping theFalcons a game up on secondplace UMass-Lowell. Lowellpulled off two wins them-selves, over Stonehill andAssumption, to keep the gapslim.

The Falcons’ game againstSouthern New Hampshirelooked like it would be aneasy one on paper. SNHUhas sat around the middle ofthe pack in the NE-10 all sea-son, holding a record in theconference below .500 and anoverall record only slightlyhigher. But the Penmen outof Manchester, NH were theteam to snap Bentley’s 46-gameNortheast-10 conferencewinn ing s t reak back inNovember and this time theycame into Waltham firing,looking for their secondstraight win over the Falcons.

The first half was close thewhole way, with SouthernNew Hampshire holding a 38-35 advantage at the break.After halftime, the Penmenstill refused to back down.Midway through the secondhalf they held an eight pointlead over Bentley.

With about 10 minutes leftand the Falcons down 52-44,Coach Lawson’s squad dugdeep and showed SouthernNew Hampshire who wasboss. They went on a fiveminute 14-2 run, pullingahead 58-54. Junior guardJason Westrol started the runwith the first five points, andthen sophomore forward

Mike Sikonski poured in a season best 19 points against St. Rose. Photo by Kosha Divatia

Brian Tracey and senior for-ward Lew Finnegan kept itgoing with a few scores them-selves.

The game remained closeas Bentley took a 64-60 leadafter a Lew Finnegan three-pointer with about a minuteleft. The Falcons then pro-ceeded to suffocate SouthernNew Hampshire by hittingtheir free throws. They fin-ished the game by sinkingeight from the charity stripe;six by sophomore guard MikeQuinn and two by Westrol.

That key trey by Finneganmade his total 25 points forthe game, pacing the Falcons.Westrol put up 20 of his ownwhile Tracey and Quinn alsohad nice games that includedeight points each as well assix boards for Tracey. Juniorguard John Brandt also hada nice game for Bentley as hecontributed six points and sixboards off the bench.

The Falcons won this oneonly by a slim margin, but thenext game would be ratherd i f f e r e n t . I n a f i t t i n gValentine’s Day matchupagainst Saint Rose, the bigman, senior forward MikeSikonski, dominated the

action early and often.Sikonski’s 18 points was 13

better than his season aver-age. He was one of fourFalcons to score double digits,but shined brighter than therest, especially early on, scor-ing 12 points in the game’sfirst ten minutes. He wasleading the way and the restof the Falcons were following.

They got off to a quickstart, scoring the first sixpoints of the game. Theythen held a 13-4 lead after aJohn Brandt three five and ahalf minutes in. Saint Rosewould eventually make itcompetitive again, at least fora little while, cutting the leadto just seven with about fourminutes left until the break.

Unfortunately for the SaintRose Golden Knights, it wasthe Falcons getting all theValentine’s Day glory, as theywent on a 12-0 run to end theh a l f , w i t h W e s t r o l a n dSikonski combining for 8themselves to make it a deci-sive 44-25 game at halftime.And it didn’t stop there forBentley.

The Falcons continued todominate throughout the sec-ond half. They ripped off a 7-

2 run to open the half andmake it a 24 point game.Saint Rose got it to a 19-pointgame at one point but thatwould be as close as theycould get. By the end it wasa 32 point rout, 93-61 andBentley sent the GoldenKnights home rather tar-nished.

In addition to Sikonski’s 18points, five boards and 7-for-9 performance from the field,s o p h o m o r e g u a r d T o mDowling poured in 16 points;Jason Westrol filled the statsheet as usual with 15 points,eight rebounds, seven assists,and two steals; and LewFinnegan added 14 pointsand nine boards himself. Itwas just a solid all-aroundperformance by the Falcons,both offensively and defen-sively.

It was just the kind of winyou want to see late in theyear, as it seemed to solidify

Bentley’s place atop the con-ference. This week’s DivisionI I c o a c h e s p o l l h a s t h eFalcons continuing to climbthe ladder, going from 23rdlast week to 19th this week.The Falcons will certainly bea threat to any team nation-ally, but first their focus mustfirst be looking toward theend of the regular season andinto the conference tourna-ment.

Bentley finishes the regu-lar season with three gamesa g a i n s t S o u t h e r nC o n n e c t i c u t , P a c e a n dAssumption. While nothingi s t a k e n f o r g r a n t e d ,Southern Connecticut andPace should be wins. The for-mer has only one win in theconference all year while Pacehas been around the bottomof the pack this season.Assumption will be a bit moreo f a t es t , but they wererecently beaten by UMass-Lowell 65-53.

Come tournament time, itlooks as though Bentley willbe sitting at the top spot.Their conference record iscurrently 16-3, while UMass-Lowell is right behind at 15-4.UML will certainly be thebiggest challenge to Bentleyif they hope to claim the con-ference title, but Bentley gotthe better of both the teams’earlier matchups this year.

Stonehill, Merrimack andAssumption are sitting in thesecond tier of NE-10 teams,all tied at 13-6. Any of themcould also make a run in thetournament and put up agood fight.

Fortunately the Falconscontrol their own destiny forthe top spot , which wi l labsolutely be crucial. Winout and they have the one-game l ead over UMass -Lowell. Then from there,anything can happen.