From the monthly archives:

December 2006

Why the Boston Celtics stink, and how to fix them

December 14, 2006 Sports

The Boston Celtics roster is like an expensive suit on a teenage kid. Wally Szczerbiak and Paul Pierce make the team look pretty, but when that jacket comes on, what’s left is a plethora of young mediocre talent.

Kendrick Perkins, Tony Allen, Allan Ray, and Leon Powe are what they are: career bench players.

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10-0 start puts Bentley #4 in national standings

December 14, 2006 Sports

Coming off an impressive win on Tuesday against bitter rival Bryant, the Falcons looked to keep their undefeated season going on Saturday against a game Stonehill Skyhawks team in Easton, MA.

In their game against Bryant, the Falcons were led by the offensive attack of junior forward Nate Fritsch and senior forward Jeff Holmes.

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Are we all really fans or just fanatics?

December 14, 2006 Sports

Who were the first sports fans?

It’s hard to say, but given that the word fan comes from the Greek word for fanatic, its likely that the first true sports fans came during the early Olympic games as they cheered on their brethren for national or rather provincial pride.

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Despite down year for football, the future looks bright

December 14, 2006 Sports

This season for Bentley Falcon football was a high-speed rollercoaster ride. There were epic highs, as well as crushing lows. At points throughout the season, it looked as if they couldn’t be stopped, while in others, they looked like they were nothing more than an average Division II team.

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Opinion

December 14, 2006 Op-Ed

There are times in college when I become extremely stressed out by the overwhelming school work I have. My teachers always seem to schedule exams at the same time, my job has become a hassle, and I try to balance some sort of social life on top of everything.

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Editorial

December 14, 2006 Editorials

After three years of working for The Vanguard, it appears that it is my turn to write a farewell letter to the Bentley community.

To be honest, I really have no idea how I ended up becoming the Editor-in-Chief anyway. I came into my freshman year hoping to become more involved in activities than I had been in high school.

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Police Log

December 14, 2006 News

Monday, December 5 1:16 p.m.: Campus Police investigated a report that Facilities, while working on repairing damage from a burst pipe in a room in Boylston A, had noticed and recovered a banquet table. The residents that were initially interviewed stated that they didn’t know where the table had come from; another resident told police the next day that someone at a party had brought it in from the hallway, and agreed to face responsibility.

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Falcon Society soliciting nominees for induction

December 14, 2006 News

Do you know a student that you think is worthy of “Bentley’s highest honor”? Is there a student you have known that you think has contributed a considerable amount to Bentley College?

If so, the Bentley Falcon Society is looking for nominations. The Falcon Society was founded in 1964 by former Bentley student and faculty member William Dandes.

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Bystanding

December 14, 2006 Columns

I graduate in about a week. It’s really tough to think about leaving college and finally getting a job. One night last week I just lied awake, wondering if I had the knowledge to succeed out in the real world.

And then I remembered that I had years upon years of lessons on the real world.

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Mistress of Issues

December 14, 2006 Columns

Dear Mistress of Issues, I think that I’m going to be extremely bored over winter break. I do a ton of stuff while I’m here and didn’t really think about the entire month of January. I’m sure that I will get sick of just hanging around my house pretty fast.

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A “Little” Perspective

December 14, 2006 Columns

So this is it. We are all starting to pick up our studying games and hoping that all those hours of class start paying off. We have already started buying our coffee, getting our decent supply of energy drinks, creating a midnight snack pile for long study nights, and started valuing that wonderful experience called sleep.

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