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Merrimack College Merrimack ScholarWorks The Beacon College Publications & Events 2-27-2009 The Beacon - Vol 7 No. 9 - February 27, 2009 Merrimack College Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/beacon Part of the Communication Commons Recommended Citation Merrimack College (2009). The Beacon - Vol 7 No. 9 - February 27, 2009. Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/beacon/41 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the College Publications & Events at Merrimack ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Beacon by an authorized administrator of Merrimack ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. The student newspaper of Merrimack College Established 2001 Vol. VII, Number 9 Friday, February 27, 2009 www.merrimackbeacon.com Santagati Sedated By Courtney Cutler Finally, that dread - Photography Editor ful week of classes is over. Maybe you had a huge exam that you studied all night for or a presentation you worked really hard on. The weekend could not come any sooner. It is Friday night and what are we thinking? It is party time! But not for Santagati residents. Due to the excessive amount of damage that has been caused to the building, registered event privileges have been suspended until after Spring Break. In addition, RA’s and Merrimack Police will be cracking down on unregistered events and the noise level during quiet hours. Administration hopes this rule this will send a message to students that this destructive be - havior will not be tolerated. If Santagati resi - dents fail to comply with the rules, on- and off-campus guest privileges may also be revoked for a period of time, or possible harsher punish - ments if damage worsens. A little harsh you say? Well, let us take a look at some of the facts. Broken windows, smashed glass bottles, broken exit signs: you This razor-sharp exit sign is one of many across the Merrimack campus name it; it has been destroyed in Santagati. One ~Photo by Courtney Cutler~ of the cleanest and newest buildings on the Mer - riod of time. “That’s not what I want to see hap - own pockets. In the state of our economy these rimack campus, Santagati’s floors can be found pen. Responsible individuals should get the days, who has extra money to throw around? covered in trash and broken glass on a typical brunt of the cost. This is not what we expect of If you witness any type of damage, feel free Friday or Saturday night. There are currently Merrimack students” Assistant Dean of Stu - to give Police Services or Sean Curran a phone two signs posted on the third floor notifying stu - dents Donna Swartwout told us. call – you can remain anonymous and the dam - dents of the most recent damages adding up to These destructive residents may not fully un - age cost will go to that responsible student. $830. Say goodbye to your one hundred dollar derstand all the damage they are causing. After This recent punishment affects all Santagati damage deposit. a few exit signs, the money really starts to add residents; even those who did not break glass However, Santagati is not the only building up. Because no student generally comes forward bottles or hit an exit sign. It is unfortunate we to have damages – Ash, Monican, the Town - to admit their guilt, the costs are divided up and all must suffer for the actions of a drunken few. houses, the Apartments – exit signs and glass must be paid by all building residents, regard - So next time you think about smashing a win - bottles are getting smashed all over campus, and less of whether you participated in the destruc - dow or throwing your beer bottle down the stair - those residents will also have to pay. Three exit tion. Although this may seem unfair, it is the well, please refrain…it is probably time to go to signs and a door were broken last weekend in only way to get things repaired. Also, if the dam - bed, kids. Ash alone, resulting in off-campus visitor privi - age exceeds our one hundred dollar deposit by leges being revoked from Ash residents for a pe - the end of the fiscal year, it must come from our Professor Spotlight: Brandy Benedict By Joe Bonano her doctorate in applied mathemat - May of 2002, Dr. Brandy headed to senior year at Oxy, she studied Staff Writer ics at North Carolina State Univer - North Carolina, where she would abroad at the University of Glasgow sity in July of last year. earn a M.S. in Applied Mathemat - in Scotland where she claims she She looks forward to pushing Presently, her favorite color is ics with a concentration in Compu - had one of the best times of her life. snow off her car, her favorite ice orange, she enjoys Indie music and tational Mathematics in December From when she was in first cream is Baskin Robins World Class her favorite bands include Belle and of 2005. grade, winning an award for au - Chocolate, but only with rainbow Sebastian, Radiohead, and Maids of At only 28 years old, Dr. Brandy thoring a book on the water cycle to sprinkles and she used to work at a State. has never taken any time off from solving seemingly unending long di - movie theater. Any guesses? Originally from Sacramento, her education and is one of the vision problems on her whiteboard Brandy Benedict or “Dr. California, Dr. Brandy earned a youngest professors at Merrimack. and now, teaching at the college Brandy,” as she would like to be B.A. in mathematics with minors in However, as she has worked so level, it’s clear Dr. Brandy has a called, joined the Merrimack com - physics and chemistry from Occi - hard—spending ten consecutive passion for education. munity this past August and began dental College or “Oxy” in nearby years in school—she didn’t neglect teaching classes in September. Los Angeles. opportunities to have fun. At only 28 years old, she earned After graduation from Oxy in During the fall semester of her See PROFESSOR SPOTLIGHT p. 4 SubmisCsioons.n.....t....e......n.....t....s Page 2 In This Issue! School News........................Page 3 Relay for Life Importance of Protein Baseball Team Health and Fitness..............Page 6 goes on retreat Entertainment.....................Page 7 Page 4 Page 6 page 10 Opinion.................................Page 8 Sports...................................Page 10 Page 2 The Beacon February 27, 2009 Editorial Board Editor in Chief Michael Salvucci Submissions Photography Editor F Courtney Cutler Notes from Abroad By Shannon Nickerson Angers, city of Angers rents bikes for free to cated is crepes and galettes. Crepes Staff Writer France is students with french bank accounts. tend to be filled with a variety of F Copy Editor Abigail Clark located The traffic here is also much more sweet things (jams, fruits, nutella), just an hour and a half TGV ride aware of bikers and pedestrians than while galettes are filled with more A from Paris. It is a city about the size the traffic in the states. savory foods (ham, cheese, veggies). News Editior of Portland, Maine. The weather The architecture of Angers is a mix We have now been in Angers for Kyle Neary here is a lot warmer than New Eng - of old cities and modern buildings, about a month. I have visited 5 dif - T land. It’s only February and I dont which makes scenery very interest - ferent cities besides Angers. Nantes . need to wear more than a light jacket ing. There are many gorgeous foun - and Le Mans are both towns that are S most days. A river splits the city; on tains and statues scattered close to Angers, so we took day trips one side is the centre ville, the other throughout the squares. There are there. I found that Nantes had more side is more subur - to do and see ban. than Le Mans, There are four stu - though both were N dents here from Mer - interesting. Staff rimack and one Mont St. Michel graduate of Merri - and St. Malo O Michael Annetti mack that lives here. were also towns Joseph Bonanno Dominique Biliato, that we took a Katelyn Morrell, day trip to that C Robert Braczyk Julie Burgholzer Calvin Burgett, and was hosted by John Connolly me, Shannon Nicker - the CIDEF pro - A Marki Conway son are the current gram. Mont St. Alicia Cyr students. Rebekah Michel is one of Poteat is the gradu - the prettiest E Courtney DeSisto ate of Merrimack and places I have Jeff LeBlanc is currently enrolled ever been and I Timothy Linehan B in an English teach - recommend that Eileen Milligan ing program at a if anyone has Shannon Nickerson high school on the time, they Christopher Powell other side of the visit this Lauren Reilly river. Centre ville is a maze of small also some beautiful town. St. E Ashley Sarris streets that all connect at large parks in the city. My Malo is a Bryanna Violette squares. In one corner of the centre favorite so far is the short distance Molly Warren G ville is the chateau. Parc de Balzac, from Mont St. The chateau is now a museum, but which is located Michel and is it is amazing to live only 2 blocks right on the bank of also very pretty. E away from a castle! There are resi - the river. The Both towns are dences and foyers (dorms) all over trails in the park on the coast, and L the city; ours happens to be right are wide and St. Malo has a near centre ville and the train sta - nicely groomed, great beach.