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CAB hosts Bo BurnhamSpring Comedy Show features talented students and famed comedians

By Brenna O’Connell &

Sindhu PalaniappanVANGUARD STAFF

See SGA, Page 7

By Jon McColganVANGUARD STAFF

The Student Government

Association (SGA), whose mem-

bers are elected to represent

undergraduates in dealings with

the administration and which

calls itself “the voice of the stu-

dents,” has met for several

weeks in closed, private discus-

sions regarding a significant elec-

toral restructuring involving

their executive leadership, and

has taken what appear to be

unusual steps to keep students

in the dark.

SGA serves as a public entity

for students and has its mem-

bers directly elected by students

each April for the following year,

and any major changes to SGA

could directly impact all students

across campus.

The organization holds public

meetings on Tuesday nights,

which is noted to students

Lindsay Beauregard/THE VANGUARD

“GreekLife” titlechanges toavoid con-fusion

Bentley University has

officially changed the term

“Greek Life” to “Fraternity

and Sorority Life” on its

campus. The name change

was implemented in order to

better reflect the actual

activities and proceedings

associated and involved with

sororities and fraternities.

There had been a discrep-

ancy as to whether or not

Greek Life was an organiza-

tion associated with Greek

culture and ancestry.

“ T h e n a m e c h a n g e t o

Fraternity and Sorority Life

was established as a result

of feedback received from the

Bentley community mem-

b e r s , ” s a i d L a i - M o n t e

Hunter, the new Greek Life

advisor. “When information

pertaining to fraternities

and sororities was distrib-

uted from our office, the

interpretation was that it

targeted individuals of Greek

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

By Lacey Nemergut

NEWS EDIToR

Burnham combined his YouTube acts, stand up and improv on stage.

Thanks to CAB and Comedy

Chair patrick Maguire, this

year’s Comedy Show was an

unforgettable one. The main

attraction was YouTube sensa-

tion Bo Burnham, along with

Comedy Central opener Shane

Mauss and two Bentley stu-

dents, Brandon Schug and

Joshua Seiden.

The show opened with

Seiden, a freshman and pledge

of Alpha Epsilon pi, fusing beat

boxing and juggling together to

get laughs from the audience. A

Marketing major from Long

Island, his nerves weren’t preva-

lent because he was so excited to

be on stage. His comfort in the

limelight showed that, even

though his experience had only

been a few kids’ birthday parties

and talent shows.

The second student opener

was junior Brandon Schug. His

self-proclaimed “social awkward-

ness” served him well in his com-

edy style. Schug is a Marketing

major from Connecticut who put

himself out there by opening for

two big comedians like Mauss

and Burnham. Making rounds

in comedy clubs in the area, such

as the Middle East Restaurant

and Nightclub, Schug says per-

forming in front of his peers is a

unique experience. Doing a

stand up routine and playing a

little bit on his feet, Schug real-

ly got the audience laughing

with his unique sense of humor.

Mauss, a seasoned comedian,

was on next. Since he caught his

big break in 2007, Mauss has

been featured on Comedy

Central, The Tonight Show with

Conan O’Brien and Jimmy

Kimmel Live, as well as festivals

across the world. At first, Mauss

seemed to test the waters with

his audience, but as his bit pro-

gressed, it was clear he was

more confident and took risks;

well, as confident as a self-dep-

recating comedian can be.

He loves to save “the edgy

Men’s & Women’s Basketball continue to dominate playoffs

Dan Merica/THE VANGUARD

By Robbie LaBrieSpoRTS EDIToR

runs in their respect ive

Northeast-10 tournaments

and beyond.

The women’s team has

completely stepped out of the

men’s shadow and created

their own identity as a hard-

nosed team that can beat

you inside or kick it out and

suffocate you with the three-

ball.

Their two freshman for-

wards, Jacqui Brugliera and

Lauren Battista, along with

Kim Brennan have combined

for dominance in conference

play.

M e a n w h i l e , t h e m e n

haven’t missed a beat after

losing last season’s Division

II player of the year in Jason

Westrol. Brian Tracey, Mike

Quinn and Tom Dowling

have provided senior leader-

ship and kept the success

coming for Bentley, as they

try to book another trip to

Springfield.

Bentley, the UConn of

Division II, has won both of

their opening round games

in the NE-10 tournament

and now both teams will

take on Saint Rose in the

semifinals with the men

playing on Thursday and the

women playing on Friday,

both at the Dana Center.

See articles on Pages 14 & 15

If you haven’t been paying

attention to Bentley basket-

ball this year, you are miss-

ing something special that’s

happening right now as both

the men and women are in

position to make serious

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Lacey nemergut

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Sindhu Palaniappan

Lindsay Beauregard

Phillip St. Pierre

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Jeff Breault

greg Kokino

Brandon Schug

Maria diLorenzo

Judy rakowsky

Judicialaction Summary

Total number of cases: 4Total number of individuals involved (violators): 11Number of individuals dismissed from responsibility: 1Number of individuals referred to Judicial Board: 1 Number of educational sanctions given: 13

(includes referrals to Alcohol Education)Cash total of fines given for the week: $625Number of Work Sanctions assigned: 0Number of students placed on warning 10Number of Parental Notifications: 0Number of individuals put on Residential Probation: 3

(Loss of 15 Housing Credits)Number of individuals put on Disciplinary Probation: 0

(Loss of 30 Housing Credits)Number of individuals put on Suspension (Housing): 0Number of individuals put on Suspension (University): 0Number of individuals expelled from University: 0

Provided by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs

02.23.2011-03.02.2011

Passing Showers

On thursday, february 24 at 5:40

p.m., a student in Miller called in

reporting a leaky dorm ceiling. He had

no clear lead as to where the dripping

was coming from, but he anticipated

that a lengthy shower may have been

being enjoyed directly above. facilities

were notified and the rainy conditions

soon passed.

Smooth Criminal

On thursday evening at 6:54 p.m.,

officers received a call that things were

not all well in the lobby bathroom on

the first floor of the Bentley Library.

recent activity resulted in a large clog-

ging problem in one of the stalls. It was

almost the perfect crime.

Infestation

On february 24 at approximately

10:30 p.m., a student called to report

ants crawling ferociously in her room.

Lucky for her it was in her room, not in

her pants.

Cab Fare Evasion

On friday, february 25 at 12:19

a.m., officers received a call from a

hard-working member of the local

transportation community that two

female students had ran out of his cab

without paying their $47.05 fee. the

driver reported that they had sprint-

ed into the fenway building as soon

as he pulled up, almost as if it was

planned.

Officers spoke with students in the

area to see if anyone had seen the mad

dashers and might be able to identify

the two parties, but they were unable

to find anyone who could provide this

information. the driver was told that

he would be contacted if any new leads

were found.

Cab Fare Evasion: Bentley

Students Wouldn’t Do That Twice,

Right?

On Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m.,

the station received a visit from an

irate taxi driver explaining a situation

he was having with a Bentley student.

according to reports, earlier in the

night the two had formed an agree-

ment that the male student would be

transported to and from the city for a

flat rate charge each way. as the driv-

er pulled into their final destination on

campus, the student mentioned that

he had no cash and would have to go

into the atM before he could pay him.

trusting that he would return, the

driver agreed.

unfortunately, something must

have come up, because the male stu-

dent never came back with the cash.

Having his contact information, the

clever driver gave him a call but was

immediately sent to voicemail, which

he carefully listened to and extracted

the student’s name, enabling the offi-

cers to identify the student. the stu-

dent will be making some sort of reso-

lution for this issue, and he will be judi-

cially charged with larceny and viola-

t ion of university rules .

PolicelogFoolish Freshmen

On february 23 at 10:12 a.m., offi-

cers spotted a vehicle in the trees park-

ing lot with no trace of an authorized

sticker. after some investigative work,

the car was determined to be owned by

a freshman student. Knowing this first

year student was way out of line, the

tow company was swiftly notified. the

student will be charged with vehicle

violations, as well as being uncoopera-

tive with personnel. It turns out he had

approached the station the week before,

but was denyed the decal.

Snack Attack

a sergeant responded to a call last

Wednesday at 9:15 p.m. about a vend-

ing machine that had been left open on

the first floor of Smith. Hungry lurkers

took advantage of the plethora of free

treats until officers were able to arrive

and label the machine as “out of serv-

ice.” dispatch contacted P&J Vending

to advise them of the situation.

The Forbidden Forest

at 1:30 a.m. on february 23, while

a Bentley officer was out and about on

patrol, two drunken gentleman were

in the midst of a fantastic journey down

forest Street. according to local wit-

nesses, the pair of males were proceed-

ing down the street in a drunken stupor

and didn’t seem to have a clue as to

where they were going.

Once the Bentley officer exited his

vehicle and spoke to the dynamic duo,

one of the males tried to explain that

he lived on Lower Campus and was

simply making the trip back to his

dorm room on foot. However, since the

two students were actually headed in

the direction of north Campus instead

of Lower Campus, the officer decided

that a public intoxication charge was

in order.

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem

On Monday, february 21 at 4:42

a.m., officers were dispatched to Slade

Hall in response to a report of some-

one who had passed out in the

women’s bathroom. Once the officers

arrived on the scene, they were met by

a staff member who said that the

passed out person had shown no signs

of movement so far and was missing

his shoes. fortunately, the officers

were able to use their expert training

to awaken the fallen young man and

immediately began to ask him ques-

tions in hopes of figuring out how he

had gotten there.

according to the sleepy student, he

was “visiting a female friend,” but had

forgotten the room number. after a few

more minutes of deliberation, the offi-

cers decided that since the male was

fully coherent, the best course of action

would be to help him find his shoes and

send him on his merry way to fenway.

By Chad Arrendell,Raymer Maguire& Katie CavanaughVanguard Staff

THE VANGuARD MARCH 3, 2011 PAGE 3Campus Life

By Matthew SommaVANGuARD STAFF

Jell-O Wrestling raises money for Waltham YMCA

Alpha Gamma Pi (AGP)

brother Edmund Mendrala

had this to say in regards

to AGP’s upcoming Jell-O

Wrestling competition:

“AGP is the bee’s knees.”

Eight 50-gallon trash

barrels worth of green Jell-

O stood before the crowd

on Saturday, February 26.

The brothers of AGP had

spent over a day building

the structure that stood in

all three Back Bay Rooms

in the Student Center, and

an additional three hours

setting it up earlier that

evening. The 15 pounds of

Jell-O, costing over $700,

was contained by a wooden

ring that was 12 feet long,

9 feet wide and 5 feet high,

with padding around the

entire perimeter with mat-

tresses and tarp.

The purpose? An annual

event that the brothers of

AGP have honored since

the 80s, which has been

performed at Bentley for

the last nine years.

AGP brother Jason

Lavardera said, “Once a

year, we give the entire

campus the opportunity to

enjoy a great Greek Life

event.”

And a great event is

what it turned out to be,

with the crowd full and the

tickets selling out to a total

of 250 people early in the

night. The brothers had

been selling tickets all

week for $5 in advance,

and $7 at the door that

night. In addition, they

also sold raffle tickets for

$1, the winner of which

would have the opportuni-

ty to be one of three judges

to determine the winners

of each round. All the

money raised would go to

AGP’s local philanthropy

partner, the YMCA in

Waltham.

6 p.m. hit and the com-

petition was on with seven

teams of two girls, each

competing for the title of

Jell-O Wrestling champi-

ons. Each matchup had

two rounds, and a third if

necessary, to determine

the winner, who would

have bragging rights for

the entire year. The rounds

were fierce and the crowd

cheered on the competitors

as they approached the

final round.

However, competitor

Emily Rome took a nasty

fall in her semi-final

round, injuring her leg.

Alison Kearns, fellow

sorority sister of Rome’s

and competitor for another

team, took over in the final

round with Rome’s team-

mate Nicole Coolbirth.

The final matchup was a

tough decision for the

judges, as Coolbirth and

Kearns went head-to-head

with opponents Kirsten

Dean and Bridget Long.

Eventually, the victors

emerged covered in green

gelatin.

After her matchup,

Nicole said, “It was a Phi-

Sig team effort. We might

have been the smallest

team, but we had the

largest hearts.”

The results were as fol-

lows: 1st Place – Nicole

Coolbirth, Emily Rome and

Alison Kearns (Replacing

Rome) from Phi Sigma

Sigma. 2nd Place – Kirsten

Dean and Bridget Long

from Gamma Phi Beta.

Nathan Marchand/THE VANGUARD

The Jell-O wrestiling set-up tookover a day to prepare.

Nathan Marchand/THE VANGUARD

250 people came to watch thenine-year-old event.

Koumantzelis in dire

need a of renovationances - SASA uses it for

Diwali, and FYS uses it for

plenary sessions.

It’s time for the

Koumantzelis Auditorium

to enter the 21st century

and become yet another

part of Bentley that we’re

proud to show off. It’s

absurd that Bentley needs

to hire outside help for a

basic comedy performance

because our speakers and

sound system are inade-

quate. Although the light-

ing in Koumantzelis is pret-

ty terrible as well, that

seems to be a function of

both a terrible space with

low ceilings and stage and

underutilization of the

space.

On the days that the

space is utilized, it serves as

an embarrassment to the

entire Bentley community.

The fact that the closest

available bathroom during

events, which regularly

causes visitors to get lost, is

in the basement on the

other side of the building is

a terrible embarrassment.

One would assume that

after a pipe burst in

Lindsay and thousands of

dollars in equipment and

classrooms that

editoriaL

Koumantzelis might have

been fortunate enough to

get some updating out of the

deal as well, but apparently

not. While buildings around

it have been updated in the

last decade (Smith was built

in 2002, the Library in 2006

and the Lower Café in

LaCava and Seasons have

been updated in the past

two years), Lindsay, and

especially Koumantzelis,

have been neglected.

Bentley doesn’t have a

large function area for the

school to embrace the arts

and performances. Even

though Koumantzelis is

larger than the Wilder

Pavilion, the Center for

Business Ethics regularly

hosts their keynote speak-

ers in Wilder because it is a

better venue. Bentley

shouldn’t have to decide

between enough seating

and a strong venue. There

should be a venue on cam-

pus with enough seats to

accommodate all who want

to attend which and is a

strong venue to host even

Warren Buffet. It’s time for

Bentley to step up and

update the area of the cam-

pus which is most in need of

updating.

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After Bo Burnham rocked

the Koumantzelis

Auditorium this past

Sunday, it was a shock to

find out that he is one of the

few comedians who hasn’t

made fun of the venue he

has performed in. Everyone

from Bentley’s own

Brandon Schug to nation-

wide headliner Stephen

Lynch has made fun of how

embarrassing the auditori-

um is.

With on-campus rooms

like the CMT and the

Trading Room, the state of

disrepair of the auditorium

is embarrassing. With

creaky old seats, some bro-

ken ones, half with desks,

half without, the auditori-

um looks like it hasn’t been

renovated since the 1980s,

and it looks as if it’s the old-

est, most rundown part of

the entire campus.

When Bo Burnham had

his comedy show on campus

this weekend, Bentley’s

facilities were inadequate

for his performance, and

CAB was forced to out-

source the sound needs for

his performance. It’s not as

if the auditorium isn’t used,

especially when APO uses it

for their bi-annual perform-

Letter to the editorDear Editor,

All students received an

invitation this week from

the Counseling Center and

the Peer Educators to the

second annual Fat Talk Free

week of events. What is “fat

talk?” It surrounds us.

How many times have you

heard someone complain

that some item of clothing,

or a certain color, or a hori-

zontal stripe makes them

look fat? Many students

plan on avoiding meals prior

to a night of drinking in

order to “cancel out” the

calories from alcohol - a

practice so common, the

media has dubbed it

“Drinkorexia.” And fat talk

is not only negative; any

talk that reinforces the thin

ideal and body dissatisfac-

tion can be fat talk.

How often have you

received or made the com-

mon compliment, “You look

great; have you lost weight?”

Yes, women talk fat more

than men, but the

unhealthy obsession with

body image and weight is

not exclusively a woman’s

issue. Men are increasingly

impacted.

Fat talk, like most habits,

goes unnoticed. But its

effects are quite noticeable.

The emphasis on the unat-

tainable thin ideal creates,

at the least, body dissatis-

faction and, at the worst,

extreme self-loathing. More

importantly, the thin ideal

contributes to an environ-

ment conducive to the devel-

opment of eating disorders.

At Bentley, we know from

NCHA survey data that 66

percent of our female stu-

dents are trying to lose

weight, despite the fact that

only 29 percent consider

themselves to be slightly

overweight, and 2 percent

very overweight. Dieting

does not cause an eating dis-

order. But the pervasive and

distorted desire to lose

weight when one is not over-

weight becomes part of the

social environment that

strongly contributes to dis-

ordered eating.

We hope you can attend

FAT TALK EXPLAINED

tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. in the

EDR. The Peer Educators,

along with FIRE and

Panhel, promise an interest-

ing collage of movie clips,

dance performances and a

special opportunity to hear a

Bentley graduate explain

her journey to recovery from

an eating disorder while a

student here. Please join us!

Dr. Brenda Hawks

Associate Director of

Counseling

Quotesof the

Week

“I’m super-bitchin’ [and] I don’tbelieve myself to be an addict.”

-Charlie Sheenon CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight

while carrying test results thatdeclared him drug-free.

“It’s kind of a win-win situation.Except for the animals, of course.”

-George Gravesof the USDA, which is killing birdsand mice in Afghanistan before they

get sucked into jet engines.

THE VANGUARD MARCH 3, 2011 PAGE 5News & Campus Life

By Sindhu PalaniappanCAMPUS LIFE EDITOR

Students present cases for cash prizes in Business Bowl

The 14th Annual Bentley

Business Bowl was held on

Saturday, February 26 from 8

a .m. – 5 p .m. on Upper

Campus. The event is co-spon-

sored by the Bentley Student

Chapter of the National

Association of Black Accounts

(NABA), the President’s Office,

Career Services and Corporate

Relations, the Departments of

Accountancy and Management

and the McCallum Graduate

School.

At 8 a.m., the Executive

Dining Room in LaCava was

filled with students from every

class code, ranging from fresh-

men to graduate students,

preparing to compete against

their fellow classmates. Over

300 students participated in

the competition. Video cameras

milled around, taping parts of

the compet i t i on f o r the

Admissions Office to use to pro-

mote activities at Bentley. By

midday, approximately 90

judges, consisting of profession-

als from the business commu-

nity, alums, faculty, staff and

60 volunteers, were preparing

to hear the presentations and

to provide feedback to the stu-

dents.

Freshmen, sophomores and

juniors are given two cases,

while seniors and grad stu-

dents are given one more

involved case. The times for

presentations are divided as to

ensure everyone has equal

time to prepare. Teams of four

or five students of the same

class code present to three

judges and are ranked accord-

ing to their grade level. Each

team receives feedback from

the professionals after their

presentation.

After the presentations,

judges also participated in the

networking and awards pro-

gram, where the winning

teams were announced and

raffles were drawn.

Barrett Mononen, an alum-

nus of Bentley and a judge

from EMC, said, “The interac-

tive portion was by far the best

part. I graded sophomores and

I was so impressed with their

level of professionalism and

their unbelievably feasible

solutions to some of these

cases.” Other judges and pro-

fessionals concurred; they were

simply “blown out of the water”

at how well the students were

at deciphering and presenting

cases on their feet.

In addition to judging and

networking, sponsors provided

prize money and gifts that

were raff led off . Liberty

Mutual was a corporate part-

ner, and they devoted time and

energy, as well as employees,

for the entire day. Other spon-

sors inc luded Ke lmar

Associates, KPMG and Blue

Cross Blue Shield. Donors

included Boston Scientific,

Deloitte, EMC, Ernst & Young,

Grant Thornton, McGladrey,

PWC and Waldron H. Rand

Company. Raytheon provided

Bentley with ethics cases.

Needless to say, there were

many supporters in the corpo-

rate world, since many spon-

soring companies, especially

Liberty Mutual, recruit at

Bentley.

Gerly Adrien, president of

the Bentley Chapter of NABA,

opened and closed the event,

commenting on how this year’s

program was “one of the best

yet,” and how it was so reward-

ing for her to help organize

such a successful event in her

last year at Bentley.

One of the first-place win-

ners in the senior level ,

Schantelle Henry, said that the

Business Bowl is “one of those

rare events where a l l o f

Bentley comes together. In one

word, it was refreshing.” Some

students, like sophomore Ryan

Clare, agreed with the employ-

ers in that “the the feedback

was the best part. It’s a real

learning experience.”

Junior Greg Kokino expand-

ed “upon abilities learned at

Bentley, and then had the

chance to apply them in a real

life setting as opposed to a

classroom.”

The Winners are as follows:

Freshmen

Michael Ahrendt , Jared

Brown, Nicholas Chrysanthos,

Juliet Dilillo

Sophomores

Andrew Cullivan, Elizabeth

Curatolo, Stephanie Depaolo,

Pat McGoldrick, , Emily

Wanless

Juniors

Cody Clarkson, James Cruise,

Andrew Fox, Brett Kirkland,

Justin Temple

Seniors

Wondha Cadet, Schantelle

Henry, Sahardeed Isa, Hamza

Issack, Adriana Phillips

Graduate

Emira Ajeti, Neel Bhalaria,

Turn Chugh, Tanushee Jain,

Bijal Saurastri

GREEKContinued from Page 1

ancestry.”

Emily Meltzer , Greek

Council president and a

member of the Alpha Phi

sorority, said, “Yes, I do

believe it is a necessary

change because ‘Greek Life’

can be a misleading title to

those who don’t know what it

is.”

E m i l y c o n t i n u e d t o

describe a reasonable sce-

nario: “If a freshman from a

different country comes to

school at Bentley and sees

ads for Greek Life, they may

assume it is a club for Greek

students, which is not the

c a s e a t a l l . C a l l i n g i t

‘Fraternity and Sorority Life’

will increase curiosity and

possibly interest. One of the

girls in my sorority who is

from a different country had

to Google ‘sororities’ before

she s igned her b id card

because she had never heard

of them before.”

This phenomenon is occur-

ring beyond Bentley campus

and throughout the nation.

“ T h i s n a m e c h a n g e t o

Fraternity and Sorority Life

is very common at universi-

ties across the country as a

result of growth in the field

of Student Affairs,” said

Hunter.

The Of f i ce o f Student

Affairs is currently updating

the Bentley website and any

associated department docu-

ments that are distributed to

students and parents in

order to reflect this name

change.

Some students don’t see

the need for the name change

and foresee potential nega-

tive implications from the

new name. Jessica Pieri, vice

p r e s i d e n t o f C h a p t e r

Operations on the e-board for

Alpha Phi, said, “I do not feel

this was a necessary change.

I actually don’t like the fact

that it’s being changed from

‘Greek Life’ to ‘Fraternity

and Sorority Life’ because

Greek Life on Bentley’s cam-

pus is a big community, and

I feel as though this new

change breaks us up between

the girls and the guys.”

When asked whether or

not the use of Greek letters

and names might generate

the same misconception that

the phase “Greek Life” had,

Hunter said, “It’s possible

however Greek symbols are

used by many organizations.

It is the responsibility of that

organizat ion to educate

members on the usage of

such symbols”.

“Chapters are continuing

to operate business as usual,

by hosting educational work-

shops, philanthropic and

social events in an effort to

develop its members and

reach the at-large student

body,” said Hunter.

Students competed against each other inthis year’s Bentley Business Bowl.

Melissa Huston/THE VANGUARD

PAGE 6 MARCH 3, 2011 THE VANGUARdBusiness

By Phillip St. PierreBUSINESS EdITOR

FullDorm in full gear; improving & making new additions

Launched only six months

ago, Fulldorm seems to have

kicked into full gear, and its

active user base is continuous-

ly growing.

The platform has not only

b e c o m e p o p u l a r a m o n g

Bentley students and faculty;

it is also causing a stir and

gaining the interest of other

universities in the Boston

area.

Je f f We iss , Fu l ldorm

founder and recent Bentley

alumnus, is ecstatic about the

direction Fulldorm is heading

in.

Not only has Weiss created

a classified platform that

replaced the former “Harry’s

List” Bentley offered, but he

has also taken it to the next

level, adding features that

make Fulldorm unique from

any other platforms offered.

This semester, Fulldorm

has focused on improving its

user interface, making it eas-

ier for students to navigate

around the site.

They have grown their user

base by almost 400 percent by

expanding onto the Boston

University campus, adding

new features to their offerings

and starting to build a sales

team comprised entirely of

students.

When Weiss was asked

about what he’s offering his

sales team, he said, “Not only

are we offering students an

opportunity to build their core

marketing and sales skills,

but we’re giving them a rea-

son and a chance to go out in

to the local community and

network with local business

owners.”

“One of our sales tech-

niques requires the students

to learn and understand how

each business is run so they

can offer a custom marketing

campaign that suits each

business individually,” he

said. “And of course we’re

offering them competitive

compensation.”

With new features that

include dorm deals which

offer students deals to local

businesses, a Business Plan

Submission which offers stu-

dents the opportunity to

upload their business plans

a n d a v i d e o o f t h e d a y ,

Fulldorm is growing at a fast

pace by many standards.

What’s next for Fulldorm?

“We want to focus on the fea-

tures we currently offer,” said

Weiss. “It’s one thing to offer

the right features to your

users, and it means so much

more when you improve them.

There are so many opportuni-

ties right now, but it’s impor-

tant we stay focused on our

features and our users.”

Weiss also explained that

he is pursuing other schools

in the Boston area, and he

h o p e s h e c a n e x p a n d

Fulldorm’s user base even

further.

Students interested in

interning with Fulldorm

should s imply c l i ck the

“Contact us” button at the bot-

tom of the page and then click

“Join the team.”

There you can f ind an

overview of the type of interns

Weiss and his team are look-

ing for, as well as instructions

on how you can apply.

FullDorm allows students to sell items to other students withtheir convenient online service.

Courtesy of fulldorm.com

By Justin TempleVANGUARd STAFF

“The top social-networking

service in the world’s biggest

Internet market was created

by graduates of a prestigious

university to help students

communicate with each

other. And it’s not Facebook,

I n c . , ” s a i d M a r k L e e o f

Bloomberg.net, Hong Kong.

This service is actually

RenRen.com, the Chinese

version of social networking

sites like Facebook.

In the wake of the box

o f f i c e h i t T h e S o c i a l

Network, Facebook is sure to

be in the back of everyone’s

minds, regardless of whether

you use the website or not.

With worldwide users soar-

ing past 500 million and a

recent company valuation of

$63.7 billion, Facebook is an

Internet behemoth just wait-

ing to crush any competitor

bold enough to cross its path.

But wait… China has

something to say on the mat-

ter, and with over 1.3 billion

cit izens, they should be

taken seriously.

In 2009, the Chinese gov-

ernment banned access to

Facebook and Twitter, mak-

ing it all but impossible for

citizens to utilize these serv-

ices. Yes, Virtual Private

N e t w o r k ( V P N ) a l l o w s

Chinese Internet users to

“circumvent the firewall”

imposed by the government,

but such a process results in

significantly diminished con-

nection speeds.

So, how can Chinese citi-

zens satiate the ever-grow-

ing, ever-expanding human

need for digital connection

and pseudo social interac-

tion? The People’s Republic

of China provides an answer:

RenRen.com.

Facebook’s popularity and

lure remain potent, and

RenRen.com has seized the

opportunity to satisfy this

demand.

“Renren.com leads China’s

surging social networking

market with more than 160

million registered users,”

a c c o r d i n g t o A n a l y s y s

International in Beijing.

With social networking giant

F a c e b o o k h e l d a t b a y ,

RenRen has been able to fos-

ter significant growth in the

Chinese marketplace since

its conception in 2005.

The social networking site

was created by graduates of

Ts inghua Univers i ty in

B e j i n g u n d e r t h e n a m e

Xiaone i . com, or “ ins ide

school.” The company has

since changed its name to

RenRen.com, which means

“everyone.”

The real value of the com-

pany lies in its ability to

grow and expand, thus pro-

viding an increasingly large

platform on which advertis-

ers can reach out to larger

target audiences than ever

before.

A c c o r d i n g t o S t e v e n

Chang, CEO for China at

Zenith Optimedia, the media

unit of Publicis Groupe SA,

“Advertisers have really

warmed to the new social

networking sites very quick-

ly… A lot of advertisers are

willing to do business with

the new social media sites

because many of them actu-

ally use the services.”

Let’s go back to the quote

presented at the beginning

of this article. This quote is

a little misleading. Upon

first reading it appears to

claim that RenRen is cur-

rently the “top socialnet-

working service.” But if we

compare it specifically to

Facebook, we see 160 million

users versus 500 million

respectively, so that inter-

pretation would be false.

The real importance of

this quote is that RenRen is

the preeminent social net-

working site in China, “the

world’s biggest Internet mar-

ket.” China’s population is

somewhere north of 1.3 bil-

lion people.

Obviously, not all Chinese

citizens can be expected to

use a service like RenRen,

but as it stands Facebook’s

total membership is less

than half of China’s popula-

tion alone…and they don’t

have access to the Chinese

market!

We determined that the

primary value of Facebook

resides in its abilities to

grow and to attract advertis-

RenRen: The social network in China taking the place of Facebookers. Based on these criteria,

RenRen has a claim on an

untapped market larger

than the population of the

United States and Japan

combined.

T h e y h a v e s e e m i n g l y

unlimited growth potential.

In terms of attractiveness to

advertisers, Chang makes it

clear that advertisers are

very willing to do business

with social networking sites.

Fortunately for RenRen,

they hold the number-one

spot in the world’s largest

Internet market, making

them the most visible and

ultimately the most attrac-

tive to advertisers.

Keep your eye out for a

RenRen.com IPO. Barring a

recall of Chinese government

regulations of Facebook and

similar sites, we can expect

exciting earnings growth in

the future. Will China decide

to allow Facebook into the

country? Nothing is certain.

Read more articles on eco-

n o m i c s , c h e c k o u t t h e

Economics-Finance Society’s

website at student-organiza-

tions.bentley.edu/ecofiblog.

Courtesy of cache.daylife.comRenRen is overtaking Facebook as a wide-ly popular social network in China.

PAGE 7 MArCH 3, 2011 THE VANGUArdBusiness & news

Not YourUsual Business

ByKat Webber

Group work is a way of life at

Bentley University, which isn’t

a problem if you have a workable

group. However, that is not

always the case when placed

into a group of random peers.

When it comes to group con-

flict, not many of us know how

to deal with it effectively. So,

unless you’re taking a conflict

resolution or interpersonal rela-

tions class, here is part one of

two of some helpful tips for set-

tling group issues without tears,

hurt feelings or bloodshed.

The number-one thing that

Bentley students struggle with

is the ability to confront other

people in a manner that is not

affronting but simply assertive.

Being assertive is different from

being confrontational; it is a way

to express your needs without

forcing them onto others. For

example, if you would like to do

a project differently from the

group, explain why you think it

should be done that way, rather

than insisting that your way is

best.

The most important thing to

remember is to keep the lines of

communication open between all

group members, no matter how

uncomfortable it may be. You

may not want to talk about a

bad situation or bring up a prob-

lem, but talking and compromis-

ing is better than avoidance.

Bentley students also tend to

set up an environment which is

not conducive to asking for help.

We should be more open with

our peers; that way if there is a

problem, it can be faced by the

entire group, not just by one per-

son. We should not be afraid to

brainstorm or throw out ideas,

even if they end up being cre-

ative failures.

We also need to actively listen

to one another’s needs and cre-

ate a plan which utilizes the best

abilities of each individual,

accomplishing the goals agreed

upon by the group. Each of us

should make sure we under-

stand what is expected, and if we

cannot meet the standards, we

should be able to approach our

team honestly and without hos-

tility.

Guidelines or norms should

be set in a group from day one,

and at the very least informally

agreed upon. Each person must

be responsible for something and

have a way to be held account-

able for their responsibility. It is

important that everyone in the

group knows their roles and

where each person stands in

relation to the completion of the

project.

Stay tuned for next week’s

topic, which will be slacking

group members and how to com-

promise.

SGAContinued from Page 1 tions would remain for direct

student election.

“This change helps avoid the

snag that often surfaces around

election time – where many

positions run uncontested and

students are, as a result,

deprived of a choice,” said

Kearney. “Internal elections will

almost certainly be contested

and attendance will, of course,

be open to the entire student

body.”

Critics could counter this

point by arguing that this

change would automatically

deprive students of their direct

choice, but Kearney did provide

reasoning for the restructure,

noting that study abroad often-

times prevents qualified candi-

dates from seeking election, and

that “SGA is most effective

when its ties to the student body

aren’t impeded by a rigid hier-

archy.”

The Vanguard did learn from

a source within SGA, who

requested to remain anony-

mous, that the restructuring

vote has been tabled for next

week’s general board meeting.

No drafts of the actual restruc-

turing plan have been made

public to the student body.

On Tuesday, SGA convened

in a public session as usual, dur-

ing which SGA restructuring

was announced as a major dis-

cussion point. In the first four

minutes of the meeting, SGA

asked both a Facilities adminis-

trator and the only student in

attendance (this Vanguard

reporter) to leave.

SGA’s constitution says, “A

meeting or portion of a meeting

may be closed to non-members

of SGA at the discretion of the

president when he/she deems

necessary.” Kearney said, “SGA

felt it was important to develop

a clear proposal before submit-

ting it for student input. That

proposal will be presented at our

meeting on Tuesday, March 8,

which will be open to all stu-

dents, [as well as posted online].”

SGA has gone into executive

sessions in their past two meet-

ings. This was not posted in the

minutes, a move which was

never specifically explained by

SGA leadership beyond

Kearney’s previous statement.

This includes last Tuesday’s

meeting, despite SGA leadership

saying that the meeting was

being closed for “restructuring

talks.”

Most entities reserve execu-

tive sessions for personnel and

litigation matters.

It remains unclear why exec-

utive sessions are necessary,

since most SGA board meetings

are sparsely attended by stu-

dents, despite invitations for stu-

dents to “come have your voice

heard.”

through the Bentley Events

Outlook calendar. However,

SGA has recently closed portions

of its public meetings to students

and other “non-members” with-

out disclosing at the time why

they needed to meet privately.

SGA President Michael

Kearney, when asked about how

SGA was actually restructuring,

said, “The restructure will in

many ways follow the format

used currently by the Class

Cabinets: The student body

elects all SGA senators, and

internal elections will determine

who holds leadership positions

in areas such as Student Affairs

or Academic Affairs, etc.”

In effect, this move would

remove the majority of SGA

executive board positions from

public election, including the vice

presidents of Academic Affairs,

Information Technology,

Student Affairs ,

Marketing/Communication,

Facilities/Sustainability and pos-

sibly Internal Affairs. Under this

draft proposal, students would

have much less direct control

over the executive branch of

their government.

However, Kearney did fur-

ther explain that “top leadership

positions, like that of the presi-

dent, will remain directly elect-

ed by the student body.” He did

not mention what other posi-

What do you scream atyour computer when it

crashes?

Voices

PAgE 8 MArCH 3, 2011 THE VANgUArD

By dina durutlicPHOTOgrAPHy STAFF

Features

From Nick Hornby, the

author of About a Boy, comes

a type of coming-of-age novel

- if you can come of age when

you’re positively middle-

aged. Centered on three

main characters, Juliet ,

Naked tells the story of a

has -been s inger named

Tucker Crowe and the effect

he has on people after most

of the world has forgotten

about him.

Crowe was a somewhat

popular singer/songwriter

back in the 1980s who mys-

teriously disappeared from

public view one night after a

concert. His final album

Juliet was considered his

greatest success, telling of

found, lost and unrequited

love. Though he and his

music have been largely for-

gotten by the modern world,

a s e l e c t n u m b e r o f

“Crowologists” still discuss

his music and sightings

online.

Duncan is one of those

people who considers himself

the foremost Crowologist

and an expert on everything

concerning Crowe. He checks

the online message boards

constantly and owns every

single Crowe concert record-

ing available.

Annie, Duncan’s girlfriend

of 15 years, has never quite

understood Duncan’s obses-

sion with Crowe. She is also

starting to wonder why she

has remained with a man for

15 years who has no desire

to get married or have chil-

dren (after all, his Crowe

obsession is child enough for

anybody).

Her job isn’t the greatest,

either - working at a sleepy

museum in rural seaside

England was never her idea

of a career choice.

O n e d a y , a p a c k a g e

arrives in the mail addressed

to Duncan. Annie opens it to

find a new Crowe album

entitled Juliet, Naked. The

CD contains acoustic, unre-

leased versions of the iconic

songs of Juliet. Of course,

Duncan loves the album, and

online he proclaims it the

greatest recording of the cen-

tury. Feeling frustrated,

Annie writes a response, crit-

icizing Duncan’s views and

the album itself.

In a rural Pennsylvania

town, far away from Annie’s

world in England, Crowe

h i m s e l f r e a d s A n n i e ’ s

response to Duncan’s loving

praise o f Juliet , Naked .

Intrigued by Annie’s hon-

esty, Crowe e-mails her and

they start an online friend-

s h i p , u n b e k n o w n s t t o

Duncan.

After a strangely relieving

break -up wi th Duncan ,

Annie and Crowe decide to

meet after a strange turn of

e v e n t s b r i n g s h i m t o

England to meet with one of

his children. After a stint in

the hospital, meetings with

host i le ex-wives , and of

course, an encounter with

D u n c a n , C r o w e m a k e s

efforts to restart his life

while Annie does the same.

Overall, this was an excel-

lent novel. Hornby’s dry

humor and unexpected plot

twists make for an entertain-

ing yet gripping read. The

structure of the novel switch-

es between points of view as

well as style. Some of the

chapters are preceded by

fake Wikipedia entries, con-

cerning Crowe, his original

Juliet album and the subject

of the album, Julie Beatty.

The excerpts provide quick,

humorous background infor-

mation, which saves time for

plot within the actual chap-

ters.

One of my favorite aspects

of Juliet, Naked was the con-

trast between the artist,

Tucker and the enthusiast

Duncan. What Crowe saw as

a restroom in Minnesota

after a concert (which was

coincidentally his last con-

c e r t ) , D u n c a n a n d t h e

Crowologists saw as a life-

changing restroom which

somehow influenced the end

of Crowe’s career. On the

Tucker Crowe pilgrimage

tour of the U.S., the restroom

is a must-see.

Though I can’t personally

relate to the experiences of

the characters, each of their

mid-life crises make for an

interesting plot. When you

think about it, realizing that

you have wasted the past 15-

20 years of your l i fe is a

rather serious psychological

and emotional issue. But

Hornby sti l l manages to

weave humor into almost

every passage, while allow-

i n g f o r a f e w s e r i o u s ,

thought-provoking moments

throughout.

The novel is a tongue-in-

cheek way of saying that it’s

alright to really start living

midway into your life - bet-

ter than not at all.

rating: 5 out of 5

steven lOng

Class Of 2012

COrpOrate finanCe and

aCCOunting

“I really don’t have prob-

lems with my laptop.”

tim famOlare

Class Of 2013

COrpOrate finanCe

and aCCOunting

“‘Blue screen of death

again?!’”

laura arCagni

Class Of 2012

Humanities

“My computer doesn’t

break. I have a Mac.”

Kelsey lavOine

Class Of 2014

COrpOrate finanCe and

aCCOunting

“I’d probably just slam it

shut.”

Jim O’COnnOr

Class Of 2012

finanCe

“‘F!#$*&@ back up to the

help desk...’”

Between the LinesBy

Olivia Leclair

Juliet, Naked discusses the lives of aformer singer and his biggest fan.

Courtesy of riceingenue.com

Author Nick Horby has also writtenother novels, such as About a Boy.

Courtesy of img.listal.com

THE VANgUArD MArCH 3, 2011 PAgE 9Features

What PC game didyou love as a kid?

Voices

By emily silverPHOTOgrAPHy EDITOr

emil iliev

Class Of 2014

undeCided

“World of War Craft.”

emily maHer

Class Of 2012

eCOnOmiCs finanCe

“Sims.”

JHan frias

Class Of 2012

marKeting

“Grand Theft Auto.”

aBBy mixer

Class Of 2014

marKeting

“Backyard Baseball.”

Cindy HO

Class Of 2014

COrpOrate finanCe and

aCCOuntimg

“Counter Strike.”

A true blast from the past

and an intended modern-day

John Hughes film, Take Me

Home Tonight details a wild

party and the antics of three

friends on a summer night in

1988.

Starring Topher grace,

Teresa Palmer, Anna Farris

and Dan Fogler, the film is a

raunchy yet romantic comedy

that will entertain both guys

and girls alike.

Matt Franklin (grace), a

recent MIT grad, faces the

problem of many recent college

graduates: He has no life plan

and no direction in life. To pass

the time, he works at Suncoast

Video in the mall until the

fateful day his high school

c rush Tor i Frederk ing

(Palmer) comes into the store

and changes everything.

Although Take Me Home

Tonight was a fun, easygoing

comedy, it had a serious side,

as well. Many of the characters

come to the realization that

they are officially adults and

hitting what grace calls “sec-

ond puberty.”

Even though the transitions

between the comedic and seri-

ous scenes are sometimes lack-

ing, the outrageousness and

hilarity was enough to keep

my attention.

I had the opportunity to join

other students and interview

grace and Palmer about the

characters they played, as well

as grace’s participation in the

writing and production of the

film.

What I got out of the inter-

view was more than just a for-

mal meeting; I had a real con-

versation with both of them as

we discussed everything from

the weather in Boston to the

real meaning behind the

movie. They were both so down

to earth, and during our dis-

cussion I could barely contain

my laughter.

One of the funniest and

realest moments was grace

discussing the elements of the

film. “About 90 percent of that

raunchy mix went into the

film. you should say there’s

plenty of titties and cocaine in

the movie.”

The rest of the interview fol-

lowed along the same casual

yet hysterical lines.

Kaity Hooper: As co-produc-

er and co-writer, how did you

come up with the idea for this

movie?

topher grace :

Unfortunately, I never had a

night l ike this . But I do

remember in my early 20s that

feeling of ‘what if tonight

changes everything?’ And I

wanted to roll with that and

work with my peer group.

Those John Hughes things in

the 80s, they were all in one,

raunch and romance and com-

edy AND they were starring

these ensembles of young peo-

ple. So that was my idea.

KH: What was the feel the cast

wanted this movie to have?

teresa palmer: We wanted

it to feel like a movie that was

really made in the 80s. Like we

had put it away in a vault and

we pulled it out and brushed

the dust off and just pushed

play. It feels vintage, and I

think we managed to capture

that.

KH: Can you relate to the

character you play in the

movie?

tg: Um, well, I worked at

Suncoast Video for two years.

I thought I’d just watch movies

all summer – and then they

played the same movie over

and over again, which was

Space Jam, and I’ve watched

that about 3,000 times. But,

you know, an 80s movie start,

it has to be in a mall - and also

Suncoast Video is hilarious.

KH: Teresa, what made you

want to play this role?

tp: The script was really quick

and fast-paced, and it was

hilarious. It actually takes me

a lot to laugh.

KH: I know your character was

a little more toned down than

some of the extras, but still,

how was it getting into cos-

tume?

tp: It was really interesting

actually. I was born in 1986, so

I didn’t get to experience that

time, and when we first start-

ed doing rehearsals we didn’t

know how big to go. We real-

ized that the lead characters do

have to be somewhat attrac-

tive, and the hair…just had to

be tamed back!

But the gold, sparkly vin-

tage dress was so amazing. We

definitely wanted Tori to look

like the golden girl, so we

thought it’d be fitting to have

the shiny, gold dress.

It was such a nice outfit to

wear throughout the entire

film – that doesn’t usually hap-

pen, so I was very happy about

it.

KH: What do you want people

to take away from this movie

when they walk out of it?

tg: It is tough when structure

ends, you know – middle

school, high school, college,

then you have no more struc-

ture. Literally, it’s like a 360

degree turn - you can do what-

ever you want. And it’s ok not

to know what it is you want.

By Kaity HooperVANgUArD STAFF

A candid interview with actorsTopher Grace & Teresa Palmer

Topher Grace acted in, co-producedand co-wrote the film.

Courtesy of cinemawallpaper.com

Take Me Home Tonight opens in theaterson March 4.

Courtesy of filofelia.com

PAgE 10 MARCH 3, 2011 THE VAnguARdFeatures

If you’re looking for a sexy,

fun and sizzling performance,

look no further; the Broadway

and world renowned show

Burn the Floor is coming to

Boston for one week only! The

expert dance crew is ready to

dazzle Bean Town with its

energized performance, which

has been coined “Ballroom.

Reinvented.”

Burn the Floor features

Anya garnis and Pasha

Kovalev from Season 3 of So

You Think You Can Dance,

along with 18 or so other

dancers. The cast is composed

of champion dancers who can

boogie and shake their stuff

for a solid two hours. In total,

the dancers have more than

100 dance titles and have

come from all over the world

to work together.

flanked in sparkles and

glitz, they shimmy, shake and

move like it’s nobody’s busi-

ness. Their liveliness is incred-

ible, and it’s obvious that they

take all of their excitement

and energy and transfer it to

the audience.

The sneak peak clips on

Burn the Floor’s official web-

site show an electrifying med-

ley of the dances put to pump-

ing music. It’s seduction and

a mad party wrapped in a

two-hour performance.

T h e s h o w c a n o n l y b e

described as ballroom at its

finest, combining Latin and

Ballroom dances to create an

exhilarating show meant to

thrill and excite. These dances

will take the audience on a

journey, exposing them to

dances from all around the

world.

dance styles include the

Jive, Samba, Paso doble,

Tango , Mambo, Rumba,

Swing, Cha Cha and many

more. It’s Dancing Like the

Stars and So You Think You

Can Dance on steroids. It

brings a whole new meaning

to Ballroom and completely

redefines the standards and

expectations of dance.

When critics are asked to

describe the show, their praise

jumps off the page. They say

it’s highly polished with the-

atrics to the highest degree. It

has also been described as

pulse-pounding, intoxicating-

ly sensuous, audience-daz-

zling and overall just a knock-

out performance.

Take the advice of The

London Evening Standard:

“don’t think twice. Just go.”

All of the reviews speak high-

ly of the dazzling performance

as a whole, the dancers, the

dances and the music. Roma

Torre of NY1 described it as

“hot hot HOT!” and News of

the World called it “a sizzling

hot dance spectacular.”

Many, including Jennifer

Armstrong of Entertainment

Weekly, say it’s the hottest

show in town, as it is “down-

right sexy! A polished produc-

tion with classy costumes and

stunning vocals.”

Take the advice of these

critics and just go. Take a

night off from work, take some

time to relax and treat your-

self to a night out in Boston.

Student rush tickets are a

great way to experience

B r o a d w a y w i t h o u t t h e

expense, so grab a few friends,

go out for dinner and see the

show.

Lucky for us poor college

students, the expensive tick-

ets , which normally run

around $80 a piece, are being

offered at the box office for $26

with a valid student Id.

These student rush tickets

are available for performances

Burn the Floor dance show coming to Boston; tickets selling fastBy Lindsay BeauregardfEATuRES EdITOR

on March 8-10 and the 13th

and can be bought through

March 7 at the Colonial

Theater, 106 Boylston Street.

unfortunately, the limit is

two tickets per student Id and

you must pay in cash, so make

sure you plan accordingly.

There is only a limited

number of tickets available

and they are going fast.

You can stop by the theater

during normal office hours -

Monday-Saturday 10:00 a.m.

- 6:00 p.m. - to buy your tick-

ets.

Burn the Floor is a stunning and sexy show that

has received positive reviews.

Courtesy of 944.com

Cedar Rapids, a new com-

edy starring insurance sales-

man Tim Lippe (Ed Helms),

is definitely a film worth see-

ing. The story depicts Lippe

as he leaves his small town in

Wisconsin to attend an insur-

ance convention in Cedar

Rapids, Iowa.

What unfolds in this under-

rated comedy is a charming

story about the loss of inno-

cence and the testing of per-

sonal boundaries.

Lippe is forced to leave his

small-town life in order to

attend an insurance seminar,

where he attempts to win the

prestigious 2-diamond award.

Lippe’s naïve views about life

are confronted when he meets

dean Zigler (John C. Reily) at

the seminar.

Zigler introduces Tim to

new life experiences and

eventually opens Tim’s nar-

row mind to the world. Lippe

begins to see not only new

opportunities in his life, but

also the corruption in the

insurance business that he

once idolized.

A very significant part of

the movie is the way the var-

ious dynamics of the moods

play into the flow of the script.

The theme at the beginning

can only be described as

Midwestern, small-town inno-

cence which encompasses

simple-minded perfection and

incorruptibility.

As the movie progresses,

the mood and theme also

change and evo lve wi th

Lippe’s new experiences and

outlook on life. As Lippe

begins to slowly transform,

the mood of the film portrays

the excitement and fear he

goes through, ranging from

cheerful and funny to dark

and gloomy.

The film is especially dis-

mal at the end when Lippe

begins to feel lost in his new

world. At this point, the film

is significantly darker and

causes the audience to fully

identify with Lippe’s charac-

ter and his feelings. The direc-

tors and writers make the

moodfeel real, giving the audi-

ence a chance to connect with

Lippe on a personal level.

now that I’ve talked about

the gloominess of the movie,

it needs to be stated very

clearly that this is a hilarious

movie. I spent the majority of

the film laughing, thanks to

the excellent jokes and out-

standing writing. Most of the

jokes were fresh and original,

always coming naturally and

never forced.

Another factor that makes

the film so enjoyable is the

bevy of recognizable faces,

including Sigourney Weaver

(Alien, Avatar), Kurtwood

Smith (That 70’s Show ) ,

Stephen Root (Office Space),

Anne Heche (Hung), Alia

S h a w k a t ( A r r e s t e d

Development ) and Is iah

Whitlock, Jr. (The Wire).

The only complaint I have

about Cedar Rapids would be

Cedar Rapids dark at times, but has heart & familiar facesBy Eric SibigaVAnguARd STAff

about the two main actors, Ed

Helms and John C. Reily. In

this film, they are basically

portraying the same charac-

ter they always are in movies,

and they do not branch out or

bring something new to their

characters. It’s like Helms is

playing both Andy from The

Off ice and Stu from The

Hangover in Cedar Rapids,

and Reily is just being the

goofy persona that he is in all

of his movies.

However, the characters

still manage to seem fairly

original because of the solid

writing and interesting plot.

Overall, the actresses and

actors help create a hilarious

movie through great jokes

and one-liners. One of the

funniest parts of the movie is

when one of the straight-laced

insurance salesmen pretends

to be a gangster to intimidate

a gang of hillbilly partiers.

Through all of the humor

and laughs in the movie, the

one thing which is very preva-

lent is the amount of heart in

the script. I truly felt for

Lippe, and even though he

was a slightly ridiculous char-

acter, I could identify with

him as a human.

The film doesn’t try to be

overly melodramatic, but it

still manages to provide solid

emotions while also providing

plenty of laughs for the audi-

ence. Cedar Rapids features many well-known, talented

actors and actresses.

Courtesy of netkushi.com

Rating: 4 out of 5

The VAngUArD MArCh 3, 2011 PAge 11Columns

Courtesy of everykindofmom.com

You know, i find the entire

saga o f Four loko a b i t

s t r a n g e . i n a m a t t e r o f

weeks, an obscure fruity bev-

erage with enough alcohol to

placate your average rhinoc-

eros and caffeine to wake up

the dead went f rom the

w e i r d c o l o r e d c a n w i t h

anime-style writing on it to

a n a t i o n a l s e n s a t i o n

embroiled in controversy.

hell, it was mentioned in

every newspaper and late-

night comedy program, and

it even inspired about 50

videos on College humor, all

in about 14 days.

To be clear, this drink was

never popular for its taste.

Yes, i know some of you have

tried to explain your obses-

sion with it because “it tastes

as good as Kool Aid” or “it’s

so good!” - but it’s not. Motor

oil and battery acid have the

same consistency as that

malt beverage, and i assume

they are just as corrosive too,

but in al l seriousness, i

couldn’t have imagined such

a fervor over a beverage

swiftly culminating in it not

being sold anymore…pretty

much anywhere.

now i know all the argu-

ments for the drink being

outright dangerous, and i

actually agree with it for the

most part, even having writ-

ten an article about that

very subject earlier this year.

hav ing “en joyed” a f ew

myself , the drink is l ike

sucking down a six pack

a l o n g w i t h a q u a r t o f

Mountain Dew while having

a gym sock stuck in your

mouth, and you will proba-

bly regret the experience

either within a few hours or

definitely by the morning.

A n d t h e f a c t t h a t t h e

drink’s can was apparently

aimed at a younger audience

with its brightly colored can

and fruity “goodness” (i’m

not so sure about this part),

probably didn’t help Four

loko’s cause.

in fact, after looking into

this, i haven’t found anoth-

er product that went down

as fast as Four loko did

without a major recall for

toxicity or disease, signifi-

cant defect or the words

“new Coke” in its marketing

scheme. Was the fervor over

the drink warranted?

T o b e h o n e s t , w h i l e i

already acknowledged that i

agree that the drink was

dangerous, i also have a

problem with the idea that

th is dr ink posed such a

threat to the existence of col-

lege students that the drink

had to be banned on planet

ear th . Come on , you ’ re

telling me this drink was so

bad for us that it shouldn’t

be sold? is it any worse than

pouring vodka (especially

that fine cocktail rubinoff)

into a can of red bull? not

really, no.

i assume an argument like

this would be countered by,

“but Jon, this is much more

conven ient , po tent and

cheaper than other alcohol-

caffeine combinations!” And?

look, i’m fine with you slap-

ping a huge government

warning on it, taxing it to

death or even demonizing it

with anti-drug commercials

featuring the broken lives of

teenagers and their dis-

traught parents, but pres-

suring vendors and banning

the drink is going too far.

The drink was created for

the market of college stu-

dents without much money;

it’s not about to be served at

a fine restaurant or even a

respectable bar, though the

bar does serve Jack & Coke,

right?

There are a number of

dangers that college stu-

dents are exposed to today,

and beyond cocaine and

heroin, most of them aren’t

banned.

Yes, cigarettes aren’t sold

on most college campuses

anymore in the north, but

Four lokos were never sold

on campus, and don’t try to

tell me cigarettes aren’t as

bad or something stupid like

that… Cigarettes kill you in

a slower fashion, but are

addictive, expensive (try 2

packs a day, or even a pack

a d a y … . y o u ’ l l b e o u t o f

money quick) and dangerous

to others as well as the user.

Fast food is another, and

A Fireside Chat: The Death of Four Lokos ByJon McColgan

many colleges have such

establishments as a part of

their meal plans.

i think we’ve forgotten

t h a t p e o p l e n e e d t o b e

responsible for their actions,

including college students,

who are on the doorstep of

adulthood, and while i think

Four lokos were a bad idea

to begin with, the product

was not toxic nor is there

evidence that it was specifi-

cally aimed at young people

anymore than the Keystone

and bud light commercials

that only show off young peo-

ple.

A colorful can and fruity

flavors (Smirnoff ice & Three

olives Vodka has the same

flavors by the way, with the

latter even having bubble

gum vodka) are not enough

to prove it was aimed at a

13-year-old.

Which brings us to my

final point: Why the hell was

the firestorm over the young

person piece of this in the

first place? i’m supposed to

be upset that a fruity can

worth five beers was able to

be drunk by high schoolers?

how about the fact that they

w e r e d r i n k i n g a t a l l ?

Shouldn’t that be what our

senators and state govern-

ment officials are battling?

i know underage drinking

happens every day right here

at bentley, and it’s now a

part of the college experience

for many across the country,

but why were those charged

w i t h t h e c r e a t i o n a n d

enforcement of law crying

about one drink over the

simple idea that they should-

n’t have any alcohol, let

alone a specific brand? That

just puzzles me.

Notes from AbroadBy Alec MikelsCoPenhAgen, DenMArK

in Denmark, the typical

routine for students consists

o f w a k i n g u p f o r c l a s s ,

spending time in the library

and possibly going to the

gym.

Afterwards, most students

go to the grocery store to buy

food for dinner for the next

few days. The end of the day

includes cooking, relaxing

and spending time with your

buddies.

Adults with jobs usually

run on a nine-to-five sched-

ule with the same ordeal of

purchasing dinner every few

nights.

There are no economies of

scale here, so buying food at

the grocery store is a hassle

because it only lasts about

four days (milk only comes in

o n e - l i t e r c o n t a i n e r s ! ) .

nonetheless, home cooking

is the main method for food

consumption as there are

few restaurants in the area.

T h e m e t r o , o r T , g e t s

packed from 8-10 a.m. and

from 4-6 p.m., when students

are going to/from class and

when adults leave/arrive

from work.

As i mentioned, the one

big difference is the food con-

sumption. Pizza, shawarma

and falafel shops line every

street, as a $6 pita is a com-

mon quick bite.

There are very few restau-

rants, if any, but of course

they still have McDonalds

and burger King - what

country doesn’t?

The social nightlife is also

very different as pre-gaming

starts around 10 p.m. and

bars don’t get busy until

after 11 p.m.

Starting at 11 p.m., you

can only imagine how late

the night runs. Some bars

don’t close until 8 a.m. it is

very common to stay up this

late (early) and then go to a

bagel shop and grab a bagel

for breakfast before heading

to bed at 9 a.m.

All in all, the Danes follow

a punctual schedule that is

as prompt as in the States.

Despite the negative effects of Four Lokos, drinkers need tobe responsible for their own decisions.

Question: “Describe the typ-ical daily routine for some-one from your host country.What is very different, andwhat is the same from yourexperiences in the U.S.?”

By Courtney GallagherMelboUrne, AUSTrAliA

The dai ly rout ine in

Melbourne is similar to my

experience in the U.S. A big dif-

ference would be when people

go out at night. The bars are

open much later and we gener-

ally leave the village around 11

p.m. and stay at the bar until 2-

3 a.m. Meals are generally at

the same time or slightly later

because there is no rush to eat,

then we get ready and go out by

10 p.m. This makes the atmos-

phere a lot more relaxed.

Courtesy of technorati.com and tzimg.comAlthough daytime activities are similar in Denmark, thenightlife begins much later on.

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The columns found inthis newspaper are writ-ten by individual authorsand do not reflect theopinion of TheVanguard, its EditorialBoard members, orBentley University.Comments resultingfrom the columns may bedirected to the authorand/or The Vanguard.

By Franziska & JohannaGriecci

April’s AdviceYour Questions Answered!

ByApril Gammal

cholesterol (“good” choles-

terol), lower your blood pres-

sure, reduce your risk of type

2 diabetes and eventually

enable you to fit yourself into

those jeans you’ve got hiding

in the back of your closet.

Maybe it will be acceptable

to take the shuttle if it is

pouring rain outside, but if

it’s a nice day, then you had

better be walking up those

stairs to class. It’s mandatory

exercise… Do it.

Oh yeah, and be sure not

to step in any geese crap on

the way up. See the response

above.

migrating Canadian geese

that can’t hold their liquor.

Question: I live on Lower

Campus and I always miss

the shuttle going up. What

can I do?

I have a short and simple,

four-letter word solution to

y o u r c o m p l e x p r o b l e m :

WALK! Going to class is

probably a five-minute walk,

and there is absolutely no

reason not to walk. It is not

only good exercise, but it will

help clear your head before

class. It drives me crazy how

many people I see using the

stair master at the gym and

then refuse to walk up the

Smith stairs to class… Um,

really?!

Alright, now that you’re

walking to class, try not to

get stuck behind someone on

the phone or texting because

then you get stuck walking

extra slow behind them or

you have to speed-walk past

them and it looks like you’re

impatient.

Also, not to go all science-

crazy on you, but walking can

help your health in many dif-

ferent ways. It can help lower

your LDL cholesterol (“bad”

cholesterol), raise your HDL

Move your singing out of theshower to realize yourAmerican Idol dreams.

The way you keep your GPAsteady can only be describedas Supernatural.

You may have been told toCurb Your Enthusiasm, butdon’t let the downers get toyou!

If school feels like a day atThe Office, just wait until youget out into the real world!

You are very lucky that youget to surround yourself withsuch a large group of Friends.

Saying you like Star Trekisn’t a date-killer, but comingdressed in character mightbe.

Keep working out at the gymand you’ll have the strengthof Two and a Half Men.

This week may be a toughweek for you, but remember:You are a Survivor!.

Today you will be full of Glee,so don’t resist the urge to ran-domly break out into song.

Resist the urge to spreadrumors today; nobody likes aGossip Girl.

Your sense of justice makesyou a firm believer in Lawand Order.

Stop fist-pumping; you arenot a part of the cast of JerseyShore!

Aries(March 21-April 19)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Gemini (May 21-June 21)

Cancer (June 22-July 22)

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Virgo(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Libra(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

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Q u e s t i o n : I t s e e m s a s

though every time I leave my

apartment lately I have to

dodge crap and empty beer

bottles. What is going on?

Thank you for your ques-

tion. I will try to address this

with as much reverence as it

deserves. After much inde-

pendent research and discus-

sions with University Police,

it seems there are two possi-

bilities. First, both problems

emanate f rom the same

source. Second, the problems

arise from different sources.

My research reveals that

t h e c r a p m o s t l i k e l y

emanates from undocument-

ed aliens from our northern

border. These two-legged cul-

prits obviously don’t have

any respect for Bentley stu-

dents. After many hours of

surveillance, I observed these

culprits waddling around

campus, lurching from side to

side as they move forward.

This waddling is a sure sign

of intoxication.

The only other possible

source of the empty beer bot-

tles is wayward Bentley stu-

dents, a theory I don’t believe

for one minute. Therefore,

the conclusion is obvious.

What you have been dodging

has been l e f t beh ind by

Courtesy of indianphotgraphy.net

This is my third column

for The Vanguard thus far,

and I still haven’t heard from

The Washington Post or The

N e w Y o r k T i m e s a s I ’ d

expected to. But hey, we all

know the third time’s the

charm, so look out for my

name next time you’re perus-

ing the stocks page of the

Times, showing off your GB

s k i l l s t o y o u r f r i e n d s .

First up: “You Forgot the

Blueberries.” I saw the video

after a bro suggested it to me

recently, and I was about

ready to grill him for the

c o m p l e t e w a s t e o f t i m e

watching little girls make

fruit salad until boom, chick

is on the ground with yogurt

and fruit all up in her face. I

guess that’s what she gets

for trying to be a backseat

fruit salad chef.

That’s about all there is to

say about this video; any-

thing else and I’d be wasting

your time, just like the first

98 percent of this video will.

I encourage you to stick in

there for the ful l thing,

though; the face smashing is

w e l l w o r t h t h e w a i t .

Next is another video all

a b o u t f o o d . F a m o u s

YouTuber MrChiCity3 gives

us an extensive explanation

of how keeping a stocked

fridge will give you luck with

the ladies. The secret- stock-

ing literally nothing but

drinks. Water and Vitamin

Water for the health chicks,

Smirnoff Ice for the high-

maintenance chicks, Cherry

Coke for the bros and freeze

pops for the chick’s kid that

keeps blocking your…game

spitting.

He also goes off on a tan-

gent about snacks for the

heftier crowd, but at that

point I had lost interest.

Let’s be honest, YouTube

v ideos shou ld rea l ly be

capped at four minutes.

Moving on, we have “Dom

Mazzetti vs. Four Loko.”

Dom basically gives a casual

recap of an average night

after pre-gaming with Four

Lokos. While it might be

offensive to some as Dom

talks about his friend dying

of hypothermia after jump-

ing in a river and parking a

car behind an ambulance, he

presents the information fac-

tually. I’m sure it is indeed

factual; it was a Four Loko

night, after all.

The line that will undoubt-

edly stick with you in the

end, though, is, “Bronx Zoo

murdered a panda. Just

punched him softly until he

died.” Again, probably exces-

sive, probably true. Four

L o k o , y o u a r e m i s s e d .

I r ea l l y d idn ’ t f e e l l i ke

searching for anything else

new, so I figured I’d offer a

throwback this week. After

some debate, I decided on

“David After Dentist.” With

a healthy 82 million views,

this kid definitely has the

record for “most fame result-

ing from incredibly high hal-

lucinogenic rant.”

It’s videos like this that

have the kids on the streets

licking toads and taking eye

shots just to try to feel like

David. If YouTube wants to

keep inappropriate videos

off, they really should start

with this one. It just screams

bad influence. That would

actually suck, but I’m trying

to make a point here.

Besides, no one wants to

see David lose his world

record. He doesn’t look like

he’s going to be setting any

other records this lifetime,

anyway. He just doesn’t seem

like the go-getter type; only

pansies sit in the backseat.

The migrating Canadian geese havebeen leaving their mark at Bentley.

By Dan Binder-BrantleyInternet Celebrities

Courtesy of media.tumblr.com“You Forgot the Blueberries” has a sur-prising ending that makes up for the rest.

THE VANGUARD MARCH 3, 2011 PAGE 13Columns

Elephant in the Room By Sean Harrington & Brian Shea

R e g a r d i n g t h e r e c e n t

union issues in Wisconsin,

what should be done with

public-sector unions?

Sean Harrington: Ahh yes:

CHANGE. These six letters

are polit ical gold. Heck,

President Obama won an

entire election by shoving a

vision of it down our collec-

tive throat. Now do not get

me wrong, I love me some

good change to the way we

do things; it is exactly what

improves our society and

helps us to be the best coun-

try in the world (which I,

unlike some people, believe

we are). The elimination of

public sector unions from

America, as favored by one

FDR, is a change that will

g o a l o n g w a y t o w a r d s

majorly improving our coun-

try.

Let us consider exactly

why the public sector exists

in the first place. The public

sector, or those aspects of

the economy run primarily

by the government, is in

place to provide services

that are of such vital impor-

tance that they must face no

risk of failure in a capitalist

market. This includes police,

fire and safety personnel,

teachers, public registration

and other government work-

ers.

Employees for these posi-

tions are fully aware that, as

long as the government

exists and has a semblance

of legitimacy, their positions

are not in danger. The law

requires that these positions

be filled, so there is virtual-

ly no risk of their elimina-

tion. Their industry is a

mandated monopoly.

Now here comes the issue:

When these employees are

al lowed to unionize and

negotiate with the govern-

ment for increased benefits,

they face no fear of having

their jobs cut, like they do in

the private sector. If a pri-

vate sector union pushed too

far for benefits, the corpora-

tion would simply fire the

union workers and hire

other employees.

Since close to 50 percent

of all public employees are

currently part of a union

(compared to only 10 percent

of private workers), the gov-

ernment has its back to the

wall. It cannot fire half of its

employees because then it

w o u l d b e v i o l a t i n g

Constitutional duty. So, pub-

lic unions always win.

And guess who pays? We

do. The government is forced

to increase taxes to finance

the greed of the public sector

unions, who are capitalizing

on their monopolistic stran-

glehold on their respective

industries.

By making these public

unions illegal, we would be

saving our taxpayers money

at a time when they need it

most. Let the public employ-

ees earn their money like the

rest of us. How do you like

THAT change, America?

Brian Shea: What if I told

you that you have been

charged wi th a he inous

crime, and you are due in

court in a week? You would

probably be pretty upset,

right? Naturally. You are

innocent, and shouldn’t have

to deal with scum like me

trying to ruin your life. Now

picture this : You aren ’ t

allowed to have a lawyer to

defend you in your trial.

That shouldn’t be a big deal,

should it?

Well, Wisconsin Governor

Scott Walker would probably

have no qualms with this sit-

uation. After all, it mirrors

the current circumstances in

his home state, where he is

trying to abolish collective

bargaining with public sec-

tor unions in order to get rid

of government pensions.

However, he’s not after

those 2 percent of public

workers (including him) who

have pensions of $100,000 or

more. No, to save the econo-

my, he’s reaching into the

pockets of the $20,000 pen-

sion people. That’s the best

way to help our economy –

take money from middle

class workers, and leave rich

guys alone.

Some people claim that

government workers get too

many benefits nowadays, so

they don’t need unions any-

more. This is simply faulty

log i c . Le t ’ s s t i ck t o the

Wisconsin example. The

cheeseheads that work for

the state government have a

salary 14.2 percent lower

than their private sector

counterparts. Are they not

entitled to benefits that may

help to narrow this gap?

If public sector unions are

abolished, government work-

ers wi l l have next to no

power in negotiation. Unions

deal with grievances, and

provide workers with a voice

that would otherwise be too

silent to hear. One cannot

expect a single worker to

legitimately challenge an

entire government. It takes

an organized effort. Knowing

this, would it be anything

but tyrannical to forbid

workers from organizing?

In order for any employer-

employee relationship to

work, each side must wield

a certain amount of power.

Just look to our government,

which has a system of checks

and balances that prevent

any branch from becoming

too powerful. If public sector

unions are abolished, gov-

ernment workers won’t see

any more checks, and they

won’t have any more bank

balances.

Courtesy of dispatch.com

A conservative and a liber-

a l , w h o h ap p e n to be

roommates, weigh in on

current affairs.

Wisconsin unions are under attack.

PAGE 14 MARCH 3, 2011 THE VANGuARDSportS & FeatureS

Falcons own the Knight & defeat St. Michael’s

The Dana Center was filled

with white on Monday night, as

the Bentley Men’s Basketball

team used their home court to

their advantage as they took

home a 67-54 victory over the

St. Michael’s Purple Knights.

But the score does not do St.

Michael’s justice, as the Purple

Knights had the lead for most of

the game before the Falcons

came rolling back.

Bentley was more physical

throughout the game, some-

thing that St. Michael’s was

unable to match. While the

Purple Knights were working

the outside game, the Falcons

were controlling the offensive

boards in order to get some more

easy shots which they were able

to capitalize on all game long.

The teams went into the lock-

er room after the first half with

the Purple Knights securing a

33-30 lead. The Knights had the

bulk of their scoring (30 points)

between two players. Bentley

was able to shut these two play-

ers down in the second half,

which was a key to their success.

The Knights controlled the

first half by the success they had

from behind the arc. They shot

8-14 from three in the first half,

compared to 1-9 for the Falcons.

In the second half, however, the

Purple Knights looked like

Purple Princesses with their

shooting. The Knights went 1-

10 from the 3-point line in the

second half, and were unable to

catch up once they gave Bentley

the lead.

Bentley fell behind early in

the second half, and trailed 41-

33 before going on an 11-2 run

to capture the lead, which they

never gave back. St. Michael’s

continued to shoot poorly after

the run, and were unable to get

close enough down the stretch

to make the game a contest.

Senior forward Brian Tracey

showed why he was recently

named to the All-Conference

team, as he posted his sixth dou-

ble-double of the season. Tracey

finished the game with 18 points

and 11 rebounds while playing

all but one minute of the game

to show his leadership and

determination to move on in the

tournament.

Tracey, with his 18 points,

moved into a tie with Jamie

Baker for 14th place on

Bentley’s all-time scoring list

with 1,460 points. Bentley’s all-

time leader in minutes played,

graduate student Mike Quinn,

tallied his 224th career three-

pointer in the game.

Senior guard Tom Dowling

showed he was ready to play

with his powerful dunk to start

the scoring for the Falcons in the

game. He continued to hit big

shots throughout the night, and

finished the game with 12 points

of his own, putting his career

total over 1,100 points.

Sophomore Dan O’Keefe

came off the bench to score 9

points and play hard-nosed

defense on St. Michael’s to con-

By Louis ShermanVANGuARD STAFF

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

tain the Bentley lead down the

stretch. Freshman Jasper

Grassa also came off the bench

to score 9 points on the night,

hitting a pair of 3’s and 3 big free

throws from the line after being

fouled behind the arc.

The key for Bentley in the

second half was their ability to

contain the Knights’ top per-

formers of the first half. They

were able to use the advantage

of Tracey in the paint to their

advantage, which St. Michael’s

did not have an answer for.

Bentley outshot the Purple

Knights 50-36 percent in the

second half, and 44-42 overall.

Bentley controlled the rebound-

ing game, with the advantage

at 34 to 28 in that department.

The Falcons were also able to

get 18 points from turnovers,

compared to 7 by St. Michael’s.

Bentley students came out to

support their team by sporting

white shirts, an initiative to

“white out” the opponent.

Students who came in a white

shirt were placed into a raffle for

the first pick in housing for next

year. A freshman won the raf-

fle. I know what you are think-

ing - anarchy.

Bentley will return to the

court on Thursday night to face

a number-four-seeded Saint

Rose team that the Falcons

already defeated 83-60 earlier

in this season. This game will

also be in the Dana Center at 7

p.m.

COMEDYContinued from Page 1

stuff for young college audi-

ences, since comedy clubs and

bars are an entirely different

animal.” By the end, Mauss was

tackling asshole jokes and

drunk texting, which turned out

to be a great segue to the outra-

geous Bo Burnham. On March

9, Mauss will reunite with

O’Brien for the first time since

O’Brien’s new show.

When Burnham f irst

appeared, his introductory

music blared, setting the tone.

The intense music and his

moves were enticing, awkward,

creepy and dangerous, in that

order.

In a sit-down interview after

the show, Burnham shared the

inspiration and reasoning

behind his flamboyant, provoca-

tive show.

Throughout high school,

Burnham was a thespian at St.

John’s Prep in Danvers, MA. In

middle school, he was an ana-

lytical mathlete (a la “New

Math”), eventually abandoning

that in favor of a self-proclaimed

“lazy route.” While not necessar-

ily a “loser” in high school, he

did identify with that group.

“I mean, I was never pushed

into lockers or anything, but I

really hate the same people los-

ers hated,” he said. This is

reflected in his victimization of

himself in many of his pieces.

“Art is dead,” he said. “99 per-

cent of people don’t care about

the goodness of some act, but

just the profit.” It’s this passion

that fuels him to work so furi-

ously at having a genuine show

of entertainment value.

“Sometimes I don’t know why I

get so much praise; it feels like

I’m robbing people… Of course

this show was free for you guys.”

Everything Burnham does

and says comes from his philos-

ophy and ultimate vision for his

craft. Influenced by counter-

parts in Europe, Burnham is in

search for the ultimate theatri-

cal experience. It is neither the

rapping nor the singing that is

his true passion, but instead

writing – this is evident in his

witty comedic style. He admits

that his earlier work may have

been crude and offensive in

order to get a few laughs, but

now he realizes that was a

cheap way to go about it.

“Anyone can get up there and

say, ‘Snuggies,’ and have the

crowd laughing without even

saying a joke,” said Burnham.

But he is concerned with earn-

ing his laughs. “Comedy is

about not getting what you

thought you got. It’s like the

Senior G Brian Tracey posted his sixth

double-double of the season.

The Falcons received another victory

after holding off the Knights 67-54.

King Lear model,” (the higher

something is, the harder it falls).

“If I can take something sacred

and dark and make people

laugh, that’s an accomplish-

ment.”

With that being said, “There

is definitely a moral compass to

comedy,” said Burnham. This

led to his own realization that,

for example, his Helen Keller

jokes were just too easy and in

poor taste.

Presently, he adamantly

defends his material, saying

that nothing is meant to offend.

“It’s about understanding the

truth of what I’m saying.”

When asked about his jour-

ney from the humble confines of

his bedroom on YouTube,

Burnham compares it to “being

a really tall midget”(whatever

that means). The biggest chal-

lenge he had was transforming

his style to performance-friend-

ly material.

Burnham is known for his

incredibly witty jokes, which

usually require thought to

process and understand. On

YouTube, viewers have the lux-

ury of watching videos multiple

times, reading along and laugh-

ing once it all comes together.

In live performances, however,

the absence of such things

forced Burnham to revamp his

style. Instead, he “piles jokes on

top of jokes,” so that the listen-

er will catch maybe one out of

every three jokes, but are still

laughing anyway.

Burnham appreciates the

respect that the Bentley com-

munity showed him. He hates

nothing more than drunken

hecklers, although they keep

him on his toes. Improvisation

is a huge part of his appeal – as

evidenced by his interactions

with Bentley Police Officer

David.

“Making the show something

different keeps me from killing

myself, and the audience feels

good knowing they saw some-

thing unique,” said Burnham.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARD

Mauss, who opened for Burnham,

will be on Conan on March 9.

Lindsay Beauregard/THE VANGUARD

RecentReSUltSResults from 2/23-3/1

Hockey (10-17-6, 9-13-5 AHA) Result

at Holy Cross (2/25)# L 4-3

Holy Cross (2/26)# t 3-3 (ot)

Men’s Basketball (21-6, 18-4 NE-10)

at Stonehill (2/23)* W 52-51

Saint Michael’s (NE-10 Quarters) (2/28) W 67-54

Men’s Track and Field

New Englands (2/25-2/26) 30th

Women’s Basketball (23-4, 19-3 NE-10)

at Stonehill (2/23)* W 59-47

Southern N.H. (NE-10 Quarters) (3/1) W 83-61

Women’s Track and Field

New Englands (2/25-2/26) t-25th

*Northeast-10 Game

# Atlantic Hockey Game

March 3 Men’s Basketball vs. Saint rose (Semis) 7:00 pm

March 4 Women’s Basketball vs. Saint rose (Semis) 7:00 pm

March 5 Men’s Basketball -Championship (tentative) 1:00 pmHockey vs. Sacred Heart (First round) 7:05 pm

March 6 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Le Moyne* 12:00 pmWomen’s Basketball -Championship (tentative) 1:00 pm

March 8 Women’s Lacrosse vs. Bloomsburg 4:00 pm

March 11 Men’s Lacrosse vs. C.W. post 4:00 pm

*Northeast-10 Game

UpcomingSchedUle

tHE VANGUArd MArCH 3, 2011 pAGE 15SportS

don’t look now, but there’s

a new powerhouse basketball

team on campus, and it’s the

Bentley women’s team.

For years, the Falcon faith-

ful watched both the men and

women enjoy considerable suc-

cess, but it has been the men

earning all the glory and acco-

lades, while the women just

contended year in and year out

and they weren’t really talked

about.

But this season seems like

a changing of the guard, or the

freshmen forwards you might

say, as the Lady Falcons are

cruising through their NE-10

competition, mostly on the

backs of the strong play by

their freshmean forwards, as

well as their overall team

depth and commitment to

defense and hard work.

Bentley won seven of their

last eight games in the regular

season, with the only loss

being an overtime thriller

against Franklin pierce. they

entered into the NE-10 tour-

nament hot, and they carried

that momentum over into their

first round matchup against

Southern New Hampshire.

the Falcons hosted the

penmen at the dana Center

on tuesday and had no trou-

ble right from the beginning

handling the Southern New

Hampshire attack, controlling

the game basically from start

to finish.

the Lady Falcons held a 45-

28 lead at halftime on 75 per-

cent% shooting, and it was just

more of the same for both

teams as the Falcons rolled to

an 83-61 victory to advance

into the semifinals of the tour-

nament.

Bentley received solid pro-

duction from their entire line-

up and saw five players reach

double figures. Senior guard

Kim Brennan led the way with

20 points on 9-of-12 shooting.

Jacqui Brugliera was in foul

trouble for much of the game,

but Shatasia Kearse stepped

up and had a great game for

Bentley, scoring the second

most points of any Bentley

player with 14 on 6-of-6 shoot-

ing, and also grabbing 11

rebounds.

Junior guard Courtney

Finn’s performance stood out

as well as she drained 3three

treys and grabbed 9nine

boards.

Freshman forward Lauren

Battista and junior guard

Katherine Goodwin also

reached double figures for

Bentley, scoring 12 and 10

respectively.

it was an outstanding effort

for Bentley, proving that they

can get production from the

entire lineup if necessary.

For much of the season, it

has been Bat t i s ta and

Brugliera putting up the

gaudy numbers along with

Kim Brennan. But in this one

it was the role players who

really stood out, like Finn, who

went through stretchesd

where she grabbed every

rebound and couldn’t miss a

shot, and Kearse, who was a

dominant presence down low

while keeping SNHU star,

Julia Houghtaling in check for

most of the game.

the win was huge, but it

was against the ninth seed in

the conference. the Falcons

will now need to prove they

can win big games against

teams who have actually done

something this year.

Next up for Bentley will be

Saint rose, who defeated pace

in overtime on tuesday night

to advance.

Saint rose will certainly be

coming into the game with

plenty of energy and momen-

tum, as they should be fired up

afteroff the big win over the

Setters.

the Falcons finished atop

the NEortheast-10 standings

this season with a 19-3 confer-

ence record and a 23-4 overall

mark, while Saint rose fin-

ished fourth with a 16-6 record

in conference play and a 21-6

record overall.

this will be a huge upgrade

in the talent of Bentley’s oppo-

nent compared to the Southern

New Hampshire matchup, and

it will be interesting to see how

the Falcons are able to respond

to the added pressure of a

tough opponent and another

round further in the tourna-

ment.

the semi f ina l s game

against Saint rose will take

place on Friday in the dana

Center at 7 p .m. Should

Bentley find a victory on

Friday, the conference cham-

pionship game will happen on

Sunday at the home of the

highest seed, which would be

Bentley if they win. the win-

ner of the Bentley/Saint rose

game will take on the winner

of the Assumption/Franklin

pierce game, which is also on

Friday.

the Falcons have certainly

proven that they have what it

takes to go all the way, both in

talent and in effort, but now

they need to prove they can do

it in clutch situations if they

want to get through the confer-

ence tournament and beyond.

By Robbie LaBrieSportS Editor

Lady Falcons driving past competitionTeam surpasses Southern New Hampshire to reach NE-10 semis

Courtesy of Sports Information OfficeJunior G Katherine Goodwin scored

10 points against the Penmen.

Tomer Gat/THE VANGUARDSenior G Kim Brennan led the Lady

Falcons with 20 points.

Falcon Fact

The Bentley Women’s Basketball team dominated

Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday, earning an 83-

61 win. Efficiency was the name of the game. and in

the first half alone the Falcons shot 75 percent from

the field.

Did you know that the Falcons set an NE-10 tourna-

ment record with a .625 field goal percentage in the

game? The Falcons will now look to take on Saint rose

in the semifinals on Friday in Waltham, and a repeat

performance would certainly be helpful.

pAGE 16 MArCH 3, 2011 THE VANGUArDSportS

The Bentley Ice Hockey

team may not have finished

quite the way they wanted to

in their last weekend of play,

but they will get a chance to

prove that they are con-

tenders this weekend when

they open up the Atlantic

Hockey tournament with a

first-round matchup against

Sacred Heart.

B e n t l e y t o o k o n H o l y

Cross this past weekend, the

third best team overall in

Atlantic Hockey and the first

seed in the East region of the

tournament.

Despite being way behind

Holy Cross in the standings,

the Falcons held their own,

earning a tie on Saturday in

Watertown and only losing

by one goal in the Friday

g a m e w h i c h w a s i n

Worcester, MA.

Friday’s matchup was a

hard fought game that went

right down to the wire. The

game was knotted up at

three apiece with about

seven minutes left when

Holy Cross finally found the

g a m e w i n n e r , a n d t h e

Crusaders went on to secure

the 4-3 victory.

At the 4:21 mark of the

first period, Holy Cross got

o n t h e b o a r d f i r s t , b u t

Bentley quickly responded

w i t h s e n i o r B r a n d o n

Graffunder scoring his first

career goal at 15:22. The

game entered the first inter-

mission tied at 1-1.

Holy Cross scored the next

2 goals of the game to earn

themselves a 3-1 lead mid-

way through the second peri-

od, but the Falcons did not

roll over.

Sophomore Brett Hartung

sniped a shot straight past

the Holy Cross netminder to

get the Falcons back within

one at 14:33 in the second

period. It was 3-2 Holy Cross

heading into the third peri-

od.

Just 2:08 into the third

period, senior Erik peterson

flipped a pass across the

crease to freshman Brett

Gensler, who one-timed it

into the back of the net for

his 13th goal of the season

and the game-tying tally, to

make it a 3-3 score.

Holy Cross found a way to

get another goal, however,

and Bentley went home with

nothing to show for their

solid effort against a quality

Crusader team.

Both teams travelled to

Watertown on Saturday for

the second leg of the home-

and-home series, and this

game went a bit better for

Bentley.

But it didn’t start off well

for the Falcons. In fact, it

looked as if it was going to be

a blowout for Holy Cross,

who held a 3-0 lead in the

third period, but the Falcons

proved that they have the

heart of a championship con-

tender by rallying and earn-

ing the tie and the point.

Holy Cross scored 2 goals

in the first period and one in

the second, while Bentley

was blanked for the first two

periods, putting the Falcons

down 3-0 after the second

intermission.

Senior Dustin Cloutier

kicked off the Bentley scor-

ing with a power play goal at

10:35 in the third period.

It only took less than a

minute for the Falcons to

prove that the first goal was-

n’t a fluke, as sophomore

Dan Koudys hit Herbie Kent

with a pass that Kent buried

in the back of the net to

bring the game within one at

3-2.

Both teams went cold after

that second goal, however,

and it looked like Holy Cross

was going to come away with

the victory.

Bentley pulled their goalie,

Joe Calvi, with 1:35 left and

Holy Cross still up 3-2. It

looked like Holy Cross was

going to ice the game with an

empty netter, but Cloutier

was there to block the shot

before it reached the net.

With 22 seconds left, Holy

Cross was called for icing

and Cloutier won a faceoff in

the Bentley offensive zone.

Gensler took possession of

the puck and h i t sen ior

Jeremy robert with a pass

near the net that robert

knocked in to tie the game at

three apiece with 18 seconds

left.

The tie was nice to pick

up, but the Falcons had

already secured their spot in

10th place in the conference

and fourth place in the East

region behind only Holy

Cross , Connect i cut and

Army.

E a r n i n g s e c o n d w a s

Bentley’s main goal, but they

ended up finishing a point

behind Army in the race for

third place, while Holy Cross

and UConn separated them-

selves as the only two East

powers to keep up with any

of the teams in the West.

The Falcons will now take

on Sacred Heart, the 11th

best team in Atlantic Hockey

and the fifth seed in the East

region.

Bentley finished the sea-

son at 9-13-5 in conference

play, which equated to 23

points, and a 10-17-6 record

overall. Meanwhile, Sacred

Heart fared much worse

despite being behind only

one place in the standings,

earning merely 16 points off

of a 5-16-6 record in confer-

ence play and a 5-23-6 record

overall.

The Falcons will then go

on to play either Holy Cross

or UConn in a best of three

series, depending on who

wins the matchup between

A r m y a n d A m e r i c a n

International, which is the

battle of the 3 vs. 6 seeds in

the East region.

The game with Sacred

Heart will take place on

Saturday in Watertown. The

Falcons need to come out and

play with the same tenacity

that they showed in the

comeback t ie wi th Holy

Cross.

Bentley has proven at

times this season that they

can play with any opponent,

but they will need to show

more cons istency to get

through Saturday and con-

tend with whoever they play

in the quarterfinals.

Anything can happen in

the playoffs; don’t count the

Falcons out, especially if they

can catch lightening in a bot-

tle and start playing their

best hockey now.

By Robbie LaBrieSporTS EDITor

Falcons to play Sacred Heart in opening round of playoffsBentley closes the season 10th in the Atlantic Hockey Conference after tying senior-night game

After a 3-0 deficit, Bentley rallied in the final minutes of the thirdperiod to tie with Holy Cross in their final regular season game.

Emily Silver/THE VANGUARD

Falcon

oF the

Week

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Sophomore Runner

Amy Varsell

Sophomore Amy Varsell of the Women’s Track

and Field team is the Falcon of the Week. Varsell

broke the school record in the 800 meters for the

third time in a 10-day period at the New England

Women's Indoor Track Championships at Boston

University on February 26.

Her time of 2:11.73 is the fifth best in Division

II this season and earned her All-New-England

honors. She finished fourth in the race.

Varsell broke the 17-year-old record at the

Northeast-10 Championships on February 17 with

a time of 2:15.35, and bested that time eight days

later in the prelims of the New Englands, clock-

ing in at 2:14.24.