February 23, 2018

THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s independent student newspaper

Volume 86 • Issue 17

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February 23, 2018

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Students enjoy an unexpected 70-degree day in February on the North Hall lawn.

Spicer and Santiago chosen to be commencement speakers

SGA increases overall student organization funding

By Cesareo Contreras Editor-in-Chief

By Jillian Poland News Editor

Framingham Mayor Yvonne Spicer and Massachusetts Commissioner of Education Carlos Santiago will be the commencement speakers at this year’s graduation ceremonies at the DCU Center, according to Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Linda Vaden-Goad.

Spicer will give the undergraduate commencement address, while Santiago will be giving the graduate commencement address.

Vaden-Goad informed the FSU community about the decision in a campus-wide email on Feb. 13.

In January, Spicer was sworn into office as Framingham’s first mayor.

She is the first popularly elected African-American woman to serve as mayor in Massachusetts history.

In a statement, President F. Javier Cevallos said, “Dr. Spicer’s historic election captivated our community and her commitment to public service and education are inspiring. I know our graduates will be excited to hear from her.”

Before becoming Framingham’s first mayor, Spicer served as a vice president at the Museum of Science in Boston.

Santiage was appointed commissioner by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker in 2015. He is responsible for “providing overall direction to public higher education in Massachusetts and helping shape

SGA allocated a combined $136,318.28 to three student organizations, including itself, during the second session of its annual budget meeting on Feb. 16.

Between the two sessions of the budget meeting, SGA allocated a combined $332,131.03. This is an 11 percent increase from the $299,566 SGA allocated during the budget meeting last year.

During Friday’s five-hour meeting, representatives from WDJM, the Hilltop Players and SGA presented their Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budgets for approval.

SGA President Kyle Rosa and Student Activity Treasurer Sarah Horwitz presented six budgets that combined fund SGA operations, club trips, All-University Banquet and other student activities. They requested a total of $102,650.28, an 18 percent increase from what was allocated during last year’s budget meeting.

After reviewing all the budgets, SGA allocated itself $104,650.28, a 21 percent increase from what it allocated itself during last year’s budget meeting.

SGA allocated $53,139.08 for its general budget. This budget goes toward operations, including club supplies, Sam the Ram’s payroll, CollegiateLink and a $4,200 Thomas Ames Scholarship for the SGA pres-

See GRADUATION page 4

See BIG BUDGET page 3

News

Opinions

Arts & Features

YOUNG-IN KWON pg. 2

MORE GUNS MORE PROBLEMS pg. 7

DACA DISCUSSION pg. 10

TESL GRANT pg. 5

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR pg. 9

ROBBIE’S COMIC CORNER pg. 13

Sports WOMEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS TWO SEED IN MASCAC pg.18 JD MARTINEZ TO THE RED SOX pg. 16

INSIDE: OP/ED 7• ARTS & FEATURES 10 • SPORTS 15

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Editorial Board

Gatepost Interview

Editor-in-Chief Cesareo Contreras Associate Editors Bailey Morrison Kayllan Olicio

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Young-In Kwon

Fulbright Scholar Chemistry and Food Science Department

News Editors Jillian Poland Shanleigh Reardon

By Mackenzie Berube Staff Writer

What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?

Asst. News Editor Nadira Wicaksana

Why did you choose your career path?

Arts & Features Editor Andrew Willoughby

In 1969, I was born in Chulwon, South Korea, very close to the DMZ (Demilitarized Zone). At that time, the GDP per capita of South Korea was around $1,500 - below that of current Congo in Africa ($1,794 in 2017). Then, Korean President Park Chung-hee had pronounced on TV that technology is a unique way to survive in this world since we as Koreans do not have any natural resources other than human resources.

This touched my mind and was a chance for me to change my dream to become a scientist. In high school and college, I liked any field of study, such as math and biology, which always gave correct and clear answers without vague conclusions. Since my major was microbial engineering in graduate school, I had real interest in fermentation and purification (microbes never complain, they are free to get and can give high value-added products by using steam and electricity). Therefore, I decided to work in a pharmaceutical company for eight years as a senior researcher for developing/screening novel compounds, resulting from fermentations. Finding new bioactive compounds is one of the best work subjects for me and can lead to the development of solutions for patients and unhealthy people.

Then I joined the Hannam University in Korea to transfer all my experience to young Koreans.

Of course, it is my family, my wife and two sons, who are a graceful gift from God. Furthermore, I have two important accomplishments in my life. One is my Ph.D. completion at UMass Amherst, and the other is the receipt of the Fulbright Scholarship.

Getting a Ph.D. in the U.S. was a challenge for me as an Asian student coming from a poor country.

The award of the Fulbright Scholarship was a great honor and reward for the hard work over the past years from both myself and close collaborators.

Asst. Arts & Features Editors Zach Colten Cameron Grieves Tessa Jillson Allison Wharton Sports Editors Jose Carrasquillo Matt Ferris Asst. Sports Editors Liam Gambon Richard Tranfaglia Camille McKenzie Photos Editors Allie Gath Amanda Martin Asst. Photos Editors Corey McFeeley Madison Rosbach Staff Designer Cara McCarthy Opinions Editor Lizzy Stocks Staff Writers Brennan Atkins Noah Barnes Stephanie Bennett Mackenzi Berube Aaliyah Colon Christina Fazio Dan Flahive Caitlin Frias Thomas Maye Nick Murphy Staff Photographers Oscairy Tavarez Staff Illustrator Raysam Donkoh-Halm Advisor Dr. Desmond McCarthy Assistant Advisor Elizabeth Banks Administrative Assistant Gwenyth Swain 100 State Street McCarthy Center Room 410 Framingham, MA 01701-9101 Phone: (508) 626-4605 Fax: (508) 626-4097 gatepost@framingham.edu

What do you like best about working at FSU? FSU is well organized … and also very open and keen to col-

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laborate with local communities and industries, especially in the department of chemistry and food science. This environment gives me the opportunity to think of two essential things: time preference and future value. Sharing the information and global networking is necessary to survive in the modern world situation. Since we have different resources and cultural backgrounds in South Korea and USA, it is very important to establish the way of collaborating for the best future of both countries. No matter what we have or don’t have, we will face many similar challenges in the near future, such as resource depletion, weather changes, pollution, etc. Therefore, it is essential for the current generation to well understand each other and share resources/knowledge/technology together. ... I have learned and will do my best to find a way to address these challenges through teaching and interacting with the young generation of U.S. students here at FSU.

Do you have any advice for students who are considering STEM majors?

I do not know why the young generation is a little hesitant about STEM majors. To study STEM, students do not need strong memory power or to deal with complicated machines, as most of them think. Since, for the young generation, it is very easy to understand and use smart phones such as iPhone and Galaxy, most equipment related to STEM is much easier to operate than these phones, and I am confident that the young generation of students can easily adapt to them. We do not need to remember all the textbooks and references in STEM, but spend more time to learn how to apply the existing knowledge and principles. Since I was able to succeed in the field of STEM, I am confident that all young generation students have better potential and a stronger foundation than me to succeed in this field.

[Editor’s Note: This Gatepost interview was conducted via email.]

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Big Budget Continued from pg. 1 ident.

SGA allocated itself $10,000 for SGA outreach programs, which include hospitality tables, stress relief bags and homecoming shirts.

This is double the amount SGA requested last year. Horwitz said they had to request more money throughout the year to fund outreach and have so far spent $11,000 for FY ‘18.

Horwitz also introduced a new budget item of $350 to provide food and supplies for Presidents Council, a meeting for all campus club presidents organized by the SGA Vice President.

Presidents Council attendance has been historically low, but current SGA Vice President Jack Capello said he has made the meetings mandatory and more accessible. He said now approximately 40 people attend each meeting.

Senators debated whether $350 was adequate funding for the meetings, which can take place two to four times a semester. Senators argued more money would be needed to provide food for the attendees since the meetings typically take place during a free period students use to eat.

Senator Danielle Shaw said she believed “coordinating” food for the event would make it much more presentable.

Rosa said Presidents Council still runs without money being allocated to the event, but more money allows the event to be a greater success.

Senator Kirsten Hoey made a motion to allocate $1,400 to Presidents Council, $1,050 more than was requested. The motion passed with 19 for, four opposed and one abstaining.

SGA allocated $6,200 for its training budget. It increased the budget by $2,200 in order to fund training sessions throughout the year and to afford an overnight trip for its Leadership Weekend.

Senators said an overnight trip would create a better environment for bonding.

SGA allocated $10,125 for its diversity budget, a 131 percent increase from FY ‘18. The budget is intended to promote co-sponsorships between SGA and other clubs, organizations and offices across campus.

Horwitz said the diversity account has never been more active, which is why they are requesting more money for FY ‘19. Some examples of co-sponsorships funded by the diversity account include the No Hate T-shirts, the “Ramtastic” condoms and The Gatepost’s trip to accept Society of Professional Journalists awards last year.

SGA allocated $1,750 for its be-

This was the last budget meeting for many senior eBoard members.

nevolence budget. This funding goes toward seven $250 stipends for its Benevolence Awards. This is one more award than in previous years. The theme of the seventh award has not been chosen yet.

SGA allocated $12,700 for its All-University Banquet, a 12 percent increase from FY ‘18.

Nine hundred dollars for a photo booth was cut from the budget before it was presented to SGA. Horwitz said, “This is not definite in any way, but there have been past issues with photo booths in terms of different behaviors being used, where SILD, in the future, might cut them completely because of different things that have occurred with them.”

SGA allocated $20,736 to its travel and conference budget, a 26 percent increase from FY ‘18. This budget is used to fund student conference trips throughout the year, as well as SGA’s trip to the American Student Government Association (ASGA) conference.

Senators debated the efficacy of SGA’s trip to the ASGA. While Rosa said the conference was a valuable learning experience, eBoard members who went to the conference did not believe it was useful.

Student Trustee Karl Bryan said, “Going to this conference, I can tell you that it is absolutely useless. … I think that having on-campus training for our next eBoard would be a much better use of time and resources.”

Social Events Coordinator Hailey Small and Class and Club Treasurer Molly Fennessey both agreed the conference did not provide them with any applicable training because other schools run their SGAs very differently from FSU. Small said, “It can very quickly turn into a $1,342 mistake.”

Parliamentarian Ben Carrington and Secretary Bridget Green said the conference would offer important training for a new eBoard members.

Senator Seth Signa said, “What I’ve seen is three eBoard members who have said this is not worth it and two who have defended it but - with all due respect - didn’t go.”

SGA allocated $1,342 for the conference, pending the eBoard be given the freedom to choose a better suited conference if possible.

The Hilltop Players requested $17,350, a 15 percent decrease from FY ‘18.

Vice President Samantha Durrance said they are cutting their Upright Citizen’s Brigade event due to low attendance. The Upright Citizen’s Brigade is an improv comedy group.

Durrance said, “It was so much money for so little reward.” Removing this event cut $4,600 from the Hilltop Players’ budget.

The Hilltop Players added a new recruitment event this year called the Hilltop Social. During the event, which is open to all students, attendees can have snacks and watch a filmed version of whichever show Hilltop will be putting on that semester.

Durrance said many people who came to the event this year joined the Hilltop Players because they were able to see the show and talk to directors ahead of auditioning.

Hilltop requested $1,400 for this event. The representatives said they were open to suggestions from SGA members because, as the event is so new, they do not know if $1,400 will be enough to fund food and film rights for an event each semester.

Hoey asked if any of the Hilltop representatives knew how much was spent on the first Hilltop Social.

Durrance said, “Currently, we do not know that. … It’s kind of hard, because we’ve recently gone through a big change in leadership, so we’re kind of still a little bit in the dark on what we spend.

But hopefully in the coming time

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we will figure that out.”

After some debate about the cost of such events, Horwitz said, “So, this might be going out on a limb on my part, but I believe what you have here sounds great, and I feel like it’s probably good enough for one Hilltop Social for either the fall headliner or spring headliner.”

She added, “However, I do believe you have the capability if you wanted to do socials also for maybe your minor shows. I think that would be an awesome way to gain new members as well.”

Horwitz made a motion to allocate $2,800 for Hilltop Social events.

Some Hilltop members began crying when offered this amount.

Hilltop Treasurer Tiffany Santiago, fighting back tears, said the Hilltop Players work really hard and often have to fight to get funding. “You don’t know how much this means to us.”

Senate Chair Mike O’Brien also became emotional and joked, “You guys are good.”

SGA voted to allocate the full $2,800 to the Hilltop Players, increasing their overall budget to $18,750.

WDJM was allocated $12,918 after SGA cut $60 from its promotional items line to comply with the $1,500 cap for club promotional items.

To finish the meeting, O’Brien asked everyone to stand and give Horwitz a round of applause for a well-organized budget meeting.

This was Horwitz’s last annual budget meeting as treasurer, as she will graduate this spring.

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Graduation Continued from pg. 1 state-level policies that maximize the benefits of higher education to the Commonwealth and its citizens,” according to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education website.

Santiago has been featured twice in Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States - once in 1996 and again in 2011, according to the website.

Cevallos said, “Commissioner Santiago’s advocacy on behalf of students, particularly those from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds, has been crucial in extending the promise of a college education to more people in Massachusetts. We are honored to have him speak to our graduate students.”

In an email to The Gatepost, Santiago said he was “delighted and honored” to be asked to speak at this year’s commencement.

“This is a time to celebrate the achievements of students and a time to acknowledge the support of family, faculty and staff that contributed to that success,” he said.

Spicer could not be reached for comment by the time of publication.

Earlier in the school year, graduating seniors voted for the speakers in a survey distributed by members of the Commencement Committee, which started planning the list of potential speakers early last fall.

The Commencement Committee is made up of SGA class officers and various faculty volunteers from a number of offices on campus, including the English department, the Alumni Association and SILD. Vaden-Goad serves as committee chair.

From the results of the survey,

the committee discussed which candidates were the most popular and which reflected the committee’s chosen theme.

Director of Communications Dan Magazu, who is a member of the committee, said Spicer was chosen because she embodies the ideals of this year’s themes of diversity and inclusion.

“She was right at the top of our list,” he said.

Senior Class President Brian Leonard said the committee thought those themes “would be a good focus, especially after all the hate crimes that happened last semester. We wanted to find someone who can touch upon what happened and be a part of the healing process for our FSU community.”

Vaden-Goad said other options for the undergraduate speaker included talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza and Jon Favreau, who is a former speechwriter for President Barack Obama.

Options for the graduate speaker included Spicer and Congresswoman Katherine Clark, Vaden-Goad said. According to Executive Vice President Dale Hamel, the University will be spending approximately $27,000 less on this year’s commencement compared to last year.

Last spring, the University spent approximately $204,000 to hold commencement at the Village Green in Framingham, Hamel said.

This year, Hamel estimates the University will spend $177,000 to host it at the DCU Center in Worcester.

Hamel said given the DCU Center layout, the University is saving money by not needing to hire extensive security. The University also will not need to rent a tent, which he said took up a major portion of last year’s costs.

“Because of the way it’s laid out

The DCU Center has the capacity to seat 14,800 people.

“FSU’s first semester this year was marked by several racist incidents which remain, to the best of my knowledge, inadequately addressed - and to be spoken to by her will be good for us as a way to normalize seeing a black woman in a position of leadership and impact.”

- Dana Lobad, senior

at the DCU Center - there’s like three ways in and out. It requires a lot less police officers,” he said.

Given the two speakers live close by, the University will also not need to fund their travel expenses, Hamel said. Commencement speakers are also not paid, and instead receive honorary degrees from the University.

Cevallos announced the change in venue early last semester in a campus-wide email, citing the results of a 2016 commencement-location survey as the main reason for the change in location.

In the survey, students were given three options: keep commencement at the Village Green, move it to Bowditch Field or move it to the DCU Center in Worcester.

According to Cevallos, students overwhelmingly wanted to move commencement to the DCU Center. When it was held at the Village Green, graduating students

could only invite a limited number of guests. At the DCU Center, they could bring as many as they would like, he said.

Cevallos said while he understands that it’s unfortunate that commencement will no longer be held near campus, the University had “to be realistic about what ... would be the best venue for our students.”

Senior Andrew Carden said he wished graduation continued to be held close to campus.

“I personally would have liked it if they kept it on or close to campus because that’s most likely more convenient for everybody,” he said.

Senior Dana Lobad said she is excited about the change in venue and is looking forward to hearing Spicer speak.

“FSU’s first semester this year was marked by several racist incidents - which remain, to the best of my knowledge, inadequately addressed - and to be spoken to by her will be good for us as a way to normalize seeing a black woman in a position of leadership and impact.”

Senior Matt Banks said he was initially disappointed that commencent was moved, but since he hasn’t seen the DCU Center yet, he has yet to form a strong opinion.

He does, however, hope more people will be able to attend given the arean’s size.

“I hope that, since it’s now at the DCU Center, it will be easily accessible to everyone.”

Vaden-Goad said, “For me, commencement is the most important celebration of our University. It’s a symbol to us all that we’ve come together to do something important.”

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FSU receives $1.5 million grant to train teachers in ESL

By Nadira Wicaksana Asst. News Editor Fifty-two graduate students began training in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) this semester as part of a program funded by a grant from the United States Department of Education (DOE).

Framingham State received the first portion of the $1.5 million grant at the start of the semester.

The University will the receive the full amount over the course of five years.

The 52 candidates are divided into two cohorts of 26 students each. They were recruited from public school faculties in Framingham, Milford and Waltham.

The candidates will participate in a fully funded, four-year program to complete a master’s of education with a concentration in TESL. Mary-Ann Stadtler-Chester, the chair of FSU’s world languages department, teaches graduate-level TESL courses in addition to French and Mandarin Chinese classes.

She wrote and submitted the funding request for the grant to the DOE. She said grants that have a “catchy title” are more likely to stand out from other applications and named it PROPELL - which stands for Promoting Reading and Oral Proficiency in English Language Learners.

She said FSU competed against other universities for the grant, including Harvard University, Fitchburg State University and the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst.

“In fact, there were only two universities in Massachusetts that got the grant - one was us and the other was Lesley,” Stadtler-Chester said. “So, we’re really happy.”

She added she chose the Framingham, Milford and Waltham public school districts not only because of the high number of English Language Learners (ELLs), but also because of FSU’s close proximity and “easy commuting distance” to each.

Stadtler-Chester works closely with the ESL directors of each district, who act as the “go-betweens” for FSU and their districts. She coordinated with them in the fall 2017 semester to encourage the prospective graduate students to apply.

“They had good qualifications and had already been screened by the school district,” Stadtler-Chester said of those she admitted into the program.

According to Stadtler-Chester, all degree candidates are K-12 teachers, who teach a range of subjects.

“Some of them are regular classroom teachers. There are a couple reading specialists. There are a few that are ESL teachers already. There’s a phys. ed. teacher.

There are a few teachers that are in family and consumer sciences.

There’s someone who’s a technical support person for the school.

It’s a variety - the majority of them are classroom teachers.”

Stadtler-Chester added she

of encompassing many different professional and demographic backgrounds.

“We worked with school principals to be far-reaching in our recruitment efforts and get the most diverse group of teachers,” Carney said.

Carney said all the teachers from Waltham Public Schools completing the program are either classroom teachers or paraprofessional educators.

Stadtler-Chester said not only is the cost of tuition for the graduate students fully covered by the grant, but students are also given a stipend for educational materials and professional development workshops for their colleagues and the parents of ELLs. “It’s often a problem that the parents don’t speak English, so they can’t help the kids at home with the homework. They don’t feel comfortable with participating in the school activities, like PTO and those sorts of things, because of the language barrier,”

“They’re a really, really good group.

They’re really enthusiastic - everybody had questions, talking to each other and sharing ideas. It was really dynamic.”

- Mary-Ann Stadtler-Chester, world languages department chair

tried to evenly pick the degree candidates from all levels of public school education - elementary, middle and high schools.

Catherine Carney, the administrator of English Language Learning for Waltham Public Schools, said they recruited teachers for the program with the intention

Stadtler-Chester said.

The degree program is designed to take approximately three-and-a-half to four years to complete, as it is on a part-time basis. The fifth year of funding from the grant will support professional development workshops or teaching practicums for

the participants who have not yet received their teaching licenses, according to Stadtler-Chester.

The teaching practicum includes supervised student-teaching in classrooms, she said.

“Teachers, once they get their preliminary license, have five years to get their master’s degree.

Some of them just want to get their master’s degree, because they have to get a master’s,” Stadtler-Chester said. “Others want to get their master’s degree and also get certified to teach.”

According to Stadtler-Chester, the graduate students are required to complete 10 courses in order to receive their degree.

Three are education core courses required for every master’s of education student regardless of concentration. The core courses include Language Development and Communication.

The other seven are courses needed to satisfy the TESL concentration. According to the FSU website, these include classes focused on aspects of English linguistics - such as morphology and syntax - while others focus on the teaching of second language acquisition skills.

Stadtler-Chester invited the two cohorts to come an orientation on Jan. 11. Fifty of the 52 degree candidates attended. She thought the event was “really successful.

“Usually, you don’t get almost 100 percent,” Stadtler-Chester said. “It was really well attended.”

She added, “They’re a really, really good group. They’re really enthusiastic - everybody had questions, talking to each other and sharing ideas. It was really dynamic.”

Stadtler-Chestersaid she believes the program will create a “ripple effect” in Framingham and surrounding communities.

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SGA looks to end harassment in the FSU gym

By Shanleigh Reardon News Editor SGA created an ad hoc committee to address sexual harassment in the University’s gym during its weekly meeting on Feb. 20.

Senator Alex Backer was chosen to chair the committee by President Kyle Rosa.

Backer gave a presentation about the behaviors he has observed in the gym and ways he plans to address inappropriate treatment of women in the gym. His plans include hosting an informational table in the gym, inviting relevant speakers to campus and creating a survey and poster campaign about gym etiquette. Backer hopes to include Dean of Students Meg Nowak and sexual harassment and bias experts Laura Sanscartier and Jackson Katz as speakers.

During the Treasurer’s Report, Sarah Horwitz reported the reserves account is currently $855,540. Earlier this semester, senators raised concerns about the account total after Horwitz made a motion to move $117,273.23 from the reserves fund to the unallocated fund without revealing how much would be left in the account.

She added $100,000 is considered a healthy amount to keep in the unallocated fund and fund has “taken a while to build up.”

Also during the meeting, Horwitz led an activity to help remind SGA members they are important and valued student leaders.

“I want everyone to want to be

here,” said Horwitz. “Hopefully, this activity will bring the support and bring the excitement back to SGA.” Horwitz wrote the name of each SGA member on posters that were hung up around the Alumni Room.

She asked members to walk around the room and write something positive on everyone’s poster. The goal of the activity was to show everyone that they are appreciated, she said.

Three clubs made funding requests during the meeting.

The Equestrian Club was allocated $1,717.50 for 30 people to attend a trail ride at Bobby’s Ranch in Westford, Massachusetts. The trip is planned for March 24.

The Marketing Club, FWRD!, was allocated $2,017.85 to hold their second annual FRAMpalooza event.

The event is planned for April 24 on the North Hall lawn from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Anime Club was allocated $5,116.75 for 50 weekend passes to Anime Boston. Anime Club President Kelsey Garavanian said students must take University transportation during the first two days of the event. For the third day, students have the option of driving themselves.

Senator Stephanie Bennett asked how the club will make sure students use University transportation if students can go alone during the third day of the event.

Garavanian said students must check in as a group during the first two days and if they choose to attend on Sunday, they will not be representing FSU.

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Bennett continued to question how the club will enforce this policy if students will have their passes after attending the first day of the convention. Senate Chair Mike O’Brien had to cut off Bennett’s line of questioning when the time allotted for questions ended.

The funding request was approved. Bennett was the only senator to vote against the request.

During the President’s Report, Rosa shared feedback from SILD about concerns raised during previous open forums about decreased seating in the commuter café. SILD said they were working to improve seating options in McCarthy and urged students to utilize other seating areas in Hemenway Hall and Annex.

Rosa said he also heard back from the Health Center regarding extending operating hours to the weekends. He said he was told this

would not be financially viable for the Health Center, but FSUPD offers free round-trip taxi vouchers to an urgent care clinic for students who need immediate medical attention on the weekends.

During Karl Bryan’s Student Trustee Report, Bryan announced that he and Rosa had recently attended a conference of SGA presidents and student trustees at Worcester State where they learned FSU’s SGA is a model for other schools.

Bryan said the students who attended the conference discussed offering in-state tuition rates to DACA students.

Senator Kirsten Hoey gave the U-Rock Award to Backer.

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Students deserve transparency In the Feb. 2 issue of The Gatepost, we reported the FBI was never involved in the investigation concerning the spree of hate crimes that occurred on campus last semester.

While we have yet to find a record of the University deliberately stating the FBI was aiding the University in the investigation, we at The Gatepost believe the University wasn’t as transparent as it should have been in explaining the FBI’s involvement in the investigation, both to the student body and the local media.

Students were first informed the University had reached out to the FBI in a campus-wide email sent

by FSU President F. Javier Cevallos on Nov. 1.

“University police have requested the assistance of the FBI to further evaluate the racist messages and handwriting. Currently ongoing,” the email read.

While Cevallos’ email clearly states it was a request, a month later, local media news organizations reported the University had enlisted the help of the FBI, running misleading headlines that made it seem as though the FBI was actively involved.

“FBI helping investigate racist notes at Framingham State University” read one Fox 25 headline.

“Framingham State Brings in FBI to Investigate Racist Incidents,” read a headline from Boston Magazine.

We understand the University cannot control how the local media reports on a story, but it would have been wise of President Cevallos to send another campus-wide email to students informing them in more detail exactly how involved - or not involved the FBI was in the case.

While we recognize the University has been largely transparent about the investigation, not responding to these news reports was a mistake. Many students were appalled to find out that the FBI was, in fact, not involved.

They feel as though they were being lied to.

Additionally, after the Board of Trustees meeting at which interim chief diversity and inclusion officer Millie González announced the FBI was not involved in the investigation, there was no email sent out to students to update them about this new development. Students had to rely on The Gatepost to learn that the FBI wasn’t involved in the investigation at all.

In the future, we hope University administrators do their best to be transparent about investigations of all kind occuring on campus.

We understand that it’s frustrating for administrators to navigate the red tape of the difficult and volatile investigation at hand.

It’s frustrating no one has come forward about the hate crimes.

It’s frustrating that there hasn’t been assistance from other law enforcement agencies.

It’s frustrating that after six hate crimes, there is no resolution.

But administrators must remember that the hate crimes have impacted our entire community and everyone is frustrated. Students, faculty and members of the MetroWest area should be able to expect clarity and transparency from the administration.

If administrators cannot be trusted to be honest with the community about investigation developments, positive or negative, it will be much harder for students, faculty and staff alike to trust the narrative administrators choose to share.

FSU’s motto is Live to the Truth after all.

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More guns, more problems

By Elizabeth Stocks Opinions Editor

One week after 17 students and staff died in a school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, President Donald Trump met with students and parents at the White House and said, “If you had a teacher who was adept at firearms, they could very well end the attack very quickly.”

That must be the $30 million NRA endorsement talking.

Once again, arming teachers and adding more concealed weapons to the classroom is sadly the proposed solution to ending school shootings.

Because stricter gun laws just won’t do the trick.

Criminals will go to extreme lengths to buy guns from the black market or deep web, but would apparent-

ly never attempt to steal one from their own school.

While it seems like Trump’s proposal to arm “adept” teachers will go over just as well as Mexico paying for the wall, states like Kentucky and Florida are actually considering arming teachers.

I’m not a teacher, but most of the ones I know signed up to educate, not take a life while on the job.

Currently, there are no federal laws restricting guns on college or university campuses and only two federal laws regulating the possession of firearms in or near K-12 schools, according to Giffords Law Center.

It’s disheartening to think that school shootings are so commonplace in this country, teachers are expected to kill, but lawmakers are not expected to regulate the sale, transfer and possession of firearms.

In reference to liberals call-

ing for stricter gun control the vice president of the NRA Wayne LaPierre said, “They hate the NRA. They hate the Second Amendment. They hate individual freedom.”

I do not hate the NRA, the Second Amendment or individual freedom.

I’m just sick and tired of reading about children being murdered by gunmen in schools.

The Second Amendment clearly states, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

I do not wish to infringe upon anyone’s right to bear arms, just so long as they have earned that right.

Campus Conversations How effectively do you think the University is using email to share messages with students?

By Nadira Wicaksana and Corey McFeeley

“Pretty effectively. I receive emails “Marginally so. If I send an email to a professor, I’ll get a response pretty much every day.” between five to seven hours.”

-Holly Reusch, senior

-Patricia Bianco,

senior

“Effectively. I check it two to three “It does a good job of getting information to students.” times a week.”

-Stephen Dickson, junior

-Richard McKeen, sophomore

“It depends on the professor and how often they check it.”

-Victoria Brown, junior

“Personally, I have not received a few key emails I would have liked to receive, but on a scale of 1-10, I would say 6.”

-James Longnecker, junior

Op/Ed submissions reflect the opinions of their authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of The Gatepost or its staff.

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Stop blaming video games

By Thomas Duda

Staff Writer

I like games.

As a 28-year-old male, I’ve largely spent most of my life behind a screen playing numerous types of video games, and some of them have been gratuitously violent for either sake of commentary or just good ol’ stress relieving.

In all this time, I have never experienced aggression or a slide toward depravity.

Instances of dying playing “Dark Souls” and its spiritual successor “Bloodborne,” of course, do not count in this regard.

Simply put, I have not gone on a rampage and imbibed on a “culture of death” such as that described by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin following the recent Parkland Shootings.

The good governor has gone into the political toolbox and pulled out a crosshair to slap onto video games despite it having gathered dust since 2013 when former President Barack Obama called for government research into the effects of violent video games.

None were found, and the issue’s been put to bed until now.

Bevin was reported to have also said, regarding games and this culture of death, they are “garbage. It’s the same as pornography.

They have desensitized people to the value of human life, to the dignity of women, to the dignity of human decency. We’re reaping what we’ve sown here.”

This is idiotic and sadly ironic, given the recent smear of the survivors as actors by some members of the Republican party. I would

rather not hear a peep about human decency out of anyone’s lips right now unless they’re willing to look at their own party first.

As to this laying the blame for a massacre at the feet of video games, well, this is a pathetic distraction from a serious problem that ignores research and common sense.

First, let’s think about the number of gamers present around the country and in most schools. A Rolling Stone article about the entire issue made a good estimate of how probably 70 percent of the male student body in any given school plays violent video games, so we already have a staggering number.

Now, if Gov. Bevin was right about them being to blame, we would be having deaths spike up to a ridiculous number. Although I would argue we’re past the threshold for acceptable loss of life in any capacity.

There is also the simple fact that this topic has been researched repeatedly since

Columbine and again after Sandy Hook. It should be noted after the latter event, Wayne LaPierre, vice president of the NRA, put the blame on video games and called its industry a “shadow industry,” so this isn’t a new dance by any means.

Research largely states that there is no correlation to violent video games and the destruction we’ve seen displayed by the responsible parties. Any signs of aggression are largely fleeting and do not incur long-term personality shifts and were compared in one article to the stimulus one gets hearing an irritating noise.

Studies cited by USA Today have shown that countries that spend “the most on games percapita have lower gun-related murder rates than the USA.” So, let us end this idiotic song and dance and get to the real issues that are playing out here in our country.

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Letter to the editor In response to your recent article, “Gatepost survey finds opioid crisis has impacted one in three students,” I want to thank The Gatepost for conducting this important survey across our campus. I found the data you collected to be very informative, and I will use it to shape future substance abuse programing on our campus. Abuse of opioids in any form is dangerous, highly addictive, and all too often fatal. Your story sheds light on the impact this epidemic has on our community.

Students can be reluctant to talk openly about substance use.

Their stories are deeply personal, and often involve feelings of shame and stigma. In addition, drugs are illegal, FSU has a zero tolerance policy and students might feel nervous opening up about a habit they think could get them in trouble. In many cases it’s the people who need help the most that are the least likely to get it.

As a practitioner, it is difficult to know who needs help because there are students spread out

across our community who we may never see. Opioid use is very serious, and experimentation can quickly lead to addiction. If you or someone you know needs help I assure you that there are people here on campus who will assist you in any way we can.

There are resources available to students in the Counseling, Health, and Wellness Center in Foster Hall. There are also resources available through the state which can be found on their site https://helplinema.org or by calling 1-800-327-5050.

As fellow students, you have a unique opportunity to genuinely connect with each other. You share things with your friends that you may not share with staff, faculty, or your family.

This is obvious by the success of the Gatepost opioid survey, where you solicited the input of 500 students, many of whom shared the intimate details of their substance use.

Others shared stories of how they have been impacted by a friend or family member’s struggle with opioids. This epidemic impacts

all of us in different ways. If you have an opportunity to help someone, I encourage you to do so. Research shows that peer to peer interactions can be very powerful. In the face of something as serious as the opioid epidemic your support toward one another could be very influential in helping those who may need help.

Please look for upcoming education on opioids in March.

We will host a film screening on March 1 at 7 p.m. in The Forum of “The Hungry Heart.” The Film has won several documentary awards for its honest look at prescription drug abuse and opiate addiction through the work of a pediatrician attempting to help youth in his community. The film is open to everyone, and will be followed by a discussion. In addition we will host an opioid educational table in McCarthy Center on March 7 from 12 to 2 p.m.Educational materials on opiates will be available including information about treatment options. Wellness staff will be available at the

Letter to the editor I was very disheartened and deeply disappointed that my name was not on the signed faculty letter in the Feb. 9 issue of The Gatepost.

I thought I had signed the letter, but apparently, I had put my name on another list consisting of faculty wanting to take part in organizing on the campus to discuss how we can support our students through these upsetting racist occurrences.

I’m wondering if other faculty members were confused by this as well, because several names were missing from the list that should have been on it.

It is extremely important to me that my students know that I support them and that I abhor the hateful

and cowardly acts that have occurred.

I’m sure other people who work at this institution feel this way as well. I can’t imagine any professor who works here who wouldn’t want his or her name to be on the letter expressing solidarity against hate crimes, for that matter.

It is essential that our students know that we hear them, respect them and value them.

Ruth Scotch VL Art and Music Department

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table to answer questions.

If students have interest in getting more involved in the health outreach and substance abuse programming on campus your input is welcome. Feel free to stop by the Wellness Office at any time. Additionally, I invite you to apply for the SEALS peer health educator program. For more information and the application, call 508-626-4693 or visit Wellness Education/ SEALS on RAMlink. Each year we hire a group of peers to assist with campus-wide programming. This is a paid leadership position on campus. Your ideas and input are valuable and your involvement can have a powerful impact on our campus community.

Thank you again to The Gatepost for your excellent work on this issue.

Sincerely, Joy LaGrutta Coordinator of Alcohol & Drug Education Center for Wellness

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ARTS & FEATURES Discussing DACA

Recipient, activist and lawyer call for immigration reform

Amanda Martin / THE GATEPOST Left to right: Palloma Jovita, Hendel Leiva and Jason Giannetti prepare to speak at Thursday evening's DACA-focused event in the McCarthy Center Forum.

By Zach Colten Asst. Arts & Features Editor

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n the large white projection screen behind the stage in the Forum, quotes from local college students from Framingham State, MassBay and other schools were displayed while approximately 75 audience members entered the room on Feb. 22.

These quotes described the experience of being a DACA recipient, with several expressing frustration about the continuing “talk” of protection for the 800,000 DREAMers, children brought to the United States by undocumented parents.

Other recipients described their experiences growing up in this country as difficult, often being made to feel “different” for their lack of citizenship status. Some saw DACA as a “trap,” not truly doing enough to help immigrants.

The resounding theme of these student messages was hope for positive change. None of the students blamed their parents for taking them to this country for the hope of a better life and opportunities to succeed. According to these quotes, most immigrants want to overcome false stereotypes, and show that they have just as much to offer as any other citizen of the United States.

The event, “And Now What? The Present and Futures of ‘DACA-mented’ Youth,” was organized primarily

by Framingham State senior Palloma Jovita as part of the Arts & Ideas series, focusing on “Duty and Dis-

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obedience.”

Jovita has been involved in the American immigration system almost her entire life, as her family immigrated to the U.S. from Brazil when she was 5. During her talk, Jovita described the harsh obstacles she and her family were forced to overcome in pursuit of a brighter future. “When we first arrived, we came straight to Framingham.

We lived in a basement where we all shared a mattress, and stayed there for about a year. … Over time we moved again and again. Today, my parents have been able to buy a house, and I’m very proud of both of them,” she said.

Much of the event consisted of a podcast conversation between Jovita and Hendel Leiva, a filmmaker and immigrant rights activist whose past experiences of participating in racism and discrimination against immigrants led him to create the film “From One Mistake: How Immigration Became My Very Personal Fight.”

During the conversation, Leiva asked Jovita about an incident involving a police officer who responded to a call from Jovita’s father, after their car had been broken into. Jovita explained the impactful moment occurred when she was only 11, and taught her early on “what her status meant in this country.”

“Naturally, he called the cops,” she said. “But when the cop got there, he didn’t even look at the car.

He just looked at us, and told us to go back to wherever we came from,

and if we called again, he would call ICE on us. Then he just left.”

Leiva compared this racist act to one in his hometown of Long Island, New York, where a police sergeant was pulling over undocumented immigrants and stealing money from them. Leiva noted how events like these “lead to a fear of authority.”

Jovita also spoke about sexual harassment that she experienced at almost every job she held growing up, and the dehumanizing ways employers can use the status of undocumented workers as leverage to keep them silent in cases of harassment.

She said, “I feel like a lot of times, especially minority women, they go through sexual harassment, but they feel like they’re too scared to come forward because if they do, they might be deported or seen as a victim.”

Despite her long struggle, Jovitasaid she has been able to overcome her obstacles, and has worked relentlessly to advance herself in school and in her career. She said DACA helped her do what she really wanted, which was getting an education, “I wouldn’t be sitting where I am today if it wasn’t for DACA.” After the podcast concluded, local immigration lawyer and former FSU instructor Jason Giannetti took the podium to discuss the current state of DACA and what civilians could do to help keep it alive for DREAMers.

Giannetti identified President Donald Trump as the sole figure to blame for much of the renewed de-

monization of undocumented immigrants. “[Trump] has said, ‘Oh, Congress will figure it out’ by the March 23 deadline. But Congress hasn’t figured it out … at least in part because he has been tweeting all during their open session of debate, undermining any possible progress or compromise.”

Freshman Zain Said said he thought it was “informative,” and coming from a family of Egyptian immigrants, he wanted to come to the event to bring new information back home. “Information is power.”

Jovita said the event went “really well, and that happened because of the people who came - the support. … We had talked for over a year to plan this event, and I wanted to make it really big. … I couldn’t be happier with how it went. I loved our speakers.”

The message Jovita wanted to leave the audience with most of all was the need for a change in attitude toward immigrants.

“Don’t forget, immigrants are people. We have feelings. We have dreams. I want to do better for my future. I want to make a difference,” she said.

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Interview with Hendel Leiva and Jason Giannetti

By Cesareo Contreras Editor-in-Chief [Editor's Note: Immigration lawyer Jason Giannetti and filmmaker and immigration activist Hendel Leiva spoke to the The Gatepost before their presentation on Thursday, Feb. 22.]

What motivated you to discuss immigration reform professionally?

Giannetti: I have a lot of clients that require DACA, and under Obama, that was a great boon for them. Under the new administration, I got asked by a number of organizations, colleges, universities, nonprofits ... to talk about what’s happening, because there was a lot of misinformation, confusion and fear. This is maybe the fifth or sixth organization I’ve spoken at in the last four or five months.

Leiva: So, I’ve been an immigration activist for the past five years, right out of graduate school. My main motivation for learning about immigration was the classes I took at the University of Albany - learning about the patterns of migration and the national immigration conversation. Also, because when I was in high school, I was involved in a bias incident against the day laborers in my community, where we drove by in a car yelling racial stuff at them. And so, it’s my personal responsibility to fight for, and protect, immigrants from other people like me targeting them, especially during such a toxic moment in our nation’s discourse on immigration.

During your presentation in the Forum, a clip from your documentary, “From One Mistake,” will be shown. Can you discuss what you wanted to portray when making the film?

Leiva: What I wanted to portray was that in a time that is so divided, we all need to take personal responsibility. Not everybody is going to use their personal story for advocacy, but we need to start somewhere to have a full conversation around immigration, because we are so divided between the left and the right.

Ultimately, it falls back down on us to envision what kind of America we want to see. Do we want to see an America where people are driving by and yelling “build a wall” or “get out of our country” or “Trump, Trump, Trump” to people who aren’t even doing anything to them?

It’s about personal responsibility in this moment of American politics.

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Can you explain how your profession as an immigration lawyer has influenced your perspective on the DACA program?

Giannetti: I get to see it from the inside out in two different ways. In one way, I see and have to keep track of what is going on with the law and that is fluctuating pretty frequently.

And another way is through these personal stories these people come to me with. So, I see who they are.

Who their families are. What their concerns are. I get, on a daily basis, a snapshot of what we are going to see in the film we are going to watch today.

Given what is going on in the government, why do you think conversations like the one you are going to have in the Forum tonight are so vital?

Giannetti: I think they are vital because knowledge is power on one hand. It’s important to know what the law is. It’s important to know what is happening. It’s not only vital we have these conversations, but we are seeing these conversations pop up more and more organically. Organizations like Framingham State are doing these, and I feel it is interconnected with a lot of things that are happening. I think that the #MeToo movement, Colin Kaepernick, the whole protest is all connected. ... Another way to look

at it is through the lens of psychology. There’s a term called horizontal violence where somebody who’s been abused by somebody in power, that person who is the abuser can’t be touched by the person who is abused. So, the abuser will take out violence horizontally. Recently, I heard somebody adapt this and call it horizontal action, so that when the top person is creating these kind of oppressive situations, we might not be able to individually, or even in small groups, take that top person out, but we can act in a horizontal way and get our peers to get energized and do things.

Leiva: I think we are so divided because there are no real stories being distributed from the progressive left, which is the part that I’m from. Tonight, you are going to hear a real, authentic, heart-wrenching story of the son of an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, the son of a woman who had to find her way through paperwork to become a U.S. citizen and that son becoming someone who would participate in a bias incident. I’m not the only person in this nation with this kind of story. There are thousands of people who have gone on with their lives, gone on with their professions and had this kind of story in their background. My purpose is to lift up that type of narrative that hasn’t been heard before, but at the same time, though ... on my immigration pod-

cast that I have on iTunes, I interview people who have DACA, who have TPS, who have some kind of connection to the national conversation and I uplift them as well to show a full, well-balanced story of someone who is suffering through today’s immigration policy and how people can contribute to alleviate that suffering.

What do you hope audience members learn after your presentation? What do you think would make it a success?

Giannetti: I hope that anything they take away from it would make it a success - if they walk away from it learning something new. I think that it’s a success already in that we’re having these conversations.

There is so much misinformation and fear. If we can alleviate that in any way, that would be great.

Leiva: For me, if people in the audience walk away with some connection to either my story or the story of the DACA recipient who is speaking tonight and find just a thread of commonality that these stories will stick with them past this event. I’m hoping that people take this one grain of salt of inspiration ... and do something with it.

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Colton's Couture Bean Boots

By Colton Madore Staff Writer According to a survey distributed by The Washington Post, February is ranked as one of the worst months of the year.

I highly agree with this.

Even though the days are getting longer, with a minute or two of extra sunlight tacked on to each passing day, the warm days of spring still seem so far away, especially with the prediction of another six weeks of winter from our friend the groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil.

The months of January, February and even March are filled with cold and often unpredictable weather. One day you can step out into a snowstorm, and the next is either a monsoon or sunny with a high of 70 degrees. This my friends, is the lovely and strange weather of New England.

To those lovers of fashion, including myself, the weather can often make us feel defeated as we don’t know how to coordinate with the selfish New England weather. So, how do we make these months more bearable and fashionable, you may ask?

Bean Boots!

They are the typical snow boots that many can be seen wearing not only around campus, but throughout the Northeast.

Bean Boots, also known as the original duck boots, are beautifully crafted to fit comfortably for those long and dreary winter days. L.L. Bean created the famous Bean Boots back in 1912 when the founder of the company, Leon Leonwood Bean, returned from a hunting trip with cold, wet feet and an idea to create a boot containing rubber bottoms with soft leather uppers. Bean Boots are still popular to this day and the company has crafted many different styles to capture the eyes of many.

You may be wondering how to wear these weather-versatile handcrafted beauties. My personal favorite is to wear them with a pair of medium-washed jeans, a soft flannel, a parka and sometimes even a beanie, especially for those snowy days.

The best thing about Bean Boots is the fact they can be worn by anyone of any gender in rainy or snowy weather.

Senior Jessica Fournier said, “I love to wear [Bean Boots] with black leggings and thick wool socks to ensure my feet are warm. I also like to throw on an oversized crew-neck sweater and my favorite forest green jacket.”

With the high popularity of Bean Boots, L.L. Bean often cannot keep up with producing them and customers often have to wait months for their arrival.

The good news is there are other alternatives. Retailers such as Sperry have created a look-alike pair of Bean Boots, specifically duck boots, to entice those who do not want to wait for actual L.L. Bean Boots.

The best thing about Bean Boots is they easily make any outfit complete. They also have a charming New England vibe many have grown to love.

So, what do you think? Will you be rocking Bean Boots before it’s too late?

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JPEGMAFIA's experimental magnum opus Deathbomb Arc

By Andrew Willoughby Arts and Features Editor Almost every track on Baltimore rapper/producer JPEGMAFIA’s- colloquially known as Peggy - fourth studio album, “Veteran,” begins with a sample of a woman stating, “You think you know me.”

A fitting sentiment, since Peggy subverts expectations with nearly every song.

The album's opener sports a melodic mellow synth lead that goes against everything the experimental producer has laid out on his previous releases, most notably 2016’s “Black Ben Carson.”

This immediately transitions into “Real N**a,” which prominently features an utterly insane vocal sample lifted from the beginning of ODB’s “Goin’ Down.” The looped vocals are then accompanied by an 808 drum beat.

Peggy’s experimental production style is far from the only highlight on the record - simply the fact he’s even able to flow on these beats is impressive in itself.

A standout song in this vein is “Germs.”

How Peggy stays on beat along with the squeaky synths and the stretchy, slow-moving bassline is a mystery to me.

But it works.

His range of vocal styles is on par with the variety of his production. From the calm and collected flow he spits on tracks such as “I Cannot F*****g Wait Until Morrissey Dies” and “My Thoughts on Neogaf Dying,” to his smooth singing voice on “Thug Tears” and his aggressive near-yelling on “Rainbow Six,” JPEGMAFIA proves he can rap in pretty much any style.

While the production on this album is nothing short of experimental, Peggy implements a few familiar aspects here and there. The omni-present triplet flow, popularized by Migos pops up on a few tracks on “Veteran.” However, JPEGMAFIA acknowledges this flow is played out on the

track “DD Form 214.”

That’s one thing that makes Peggy so special - his willingness to experiment with familiar sounds, while also letting his listeners know he’s fully aware of the direction hip-hop is going. He’s trying to steer the ship in a new direction without alienating everyone.

“Rainbow Six” is one of the three songs with featured artists on the 18-track album. Peggy doesn’t need to rely on other people to make a great record, but he also proves he’s able to produce for fellow rappers such as Yung Midpack, who sound at home on his off-kilter beats.

JPEGMAFIA packs his lyrics full of references to video games, film and pop culture. He tackles plenty of hard topics such as anxiety and panic attacks, but is also no stranger to familiar themes such as hating on President Trump or braggadocio.

While many of his topics aren’t completely original, Peggy always brings his own brand of witty humor.

If he doesn’t like someone, JPEGMAFIA isn’t afraid to go all out on them - the aforementioned Morrissey and Trump, but also Lena Dunham, Varg Vikernes, Pitchfork, the alt-right and plenty others are called out for their unsavory behavior on “Veteran.”

With this album, Peggy manages to make one of the best experimental hiphop records in recent memory. He mixes the truly weird with some familiarities of modern rap in what will be a memorable album for any rap fan.

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Grade: A Familiar and foreign at the same time.

JPEGMAFIA solidifies himself as one of the best experimental rapper/producers out there.

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Robbie’s Comic Corner - “Slam!”

By Robert Johnson Jr. Staff Writer The sport of Roller Derby - at least from the episodes of “Rollergames” that I watched two summer ago in my basement, and from following the Worcester Roller Derby team on Facebook - is freakin’ awesome.

“Slam!” is a comic book series that combines the badassery of the women featured in real-life Roller Derby teams, like the aforementioned Worcester Roller Derby team, and the over-the-top ridiculousness of “Rollergames,” albeit on a much more toned-down, more realistic level and not as rooted in ’80s culture.

“Slam!” is a modern-day story for the sport.

With such talent as writer Pamela Ribon (Disney’s “Moana” and the upcoming “Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2”) and Illustrator Veronica Fish (Archie issues #5-#9 and Spider-Woman issues #10-#17), readers are in for a treat on every page.

“Slam!” showcases the chronicles of two women in their 20s

- Jennifer Chu and Maise Huff, as they discover the joys and oddities of being roommates, as well as learn about Roller Derby from a spectator’s perspective and answer the call to get acquainted in the Fresh Meat Orientation, after much pestering from the Eastside Roller Girls, their local team.

From then on, they are no longer just Jennifer and Maise, but they become “Knockout” and “Ithinka Can,” respectively, on the derby track.

However, their success is not instantaneous.

Ribon quickly informs the audience this is not a story where the protagonists are masters of the sport from the get-go, but are characters rooted in humanity they have to practice and exercise like every other person who answered the call, in real-life Roller Derby and in the fictional world of “Slam!,” as well.

Simply put, these players are not super-powered derby geniuses.

Knockout and Ithinka Can get beaten up and thrown around a ton in the first couple issues, but it is all a part of the learning process,

as they both quickly realize. That is one thing I really like about this series compared to other sports-related comics of its kind. It shows the strenuous training regiments of a sport as contact-heavy as Roller Derby is, and the heart required to endure such punishment, even in the jaws of defeat.

On top of the realistic depictions of training, what also caught my eye was the attention to detail that Ribon put into describing certain Roller Derby terms that casual fans - or those willing to get into Roller Derby - could understand, thanks to Fish’s supplemental illustrations.

Sure, a hardcore Roller Derby fan can understand what a “jammer” does, or what a “panty” is in derby terms without needing to look at a reference guide on some random person’s Pinterest board, as you do, but new readers can get caught up to speed on how to “pop a squat,” derby-style, in no time.

Regarding the topic of illustrations, Fish gives the world of “Slam!” a vibrant, new-age look, full of color and charm. This not only applies to the characters and

their designs, but the scenery that surrounds the characters from page to page. Everything is lovingly detailed and skillfully drawn.

The conflicts in the plot, much like Roller Derby rivalries in real life, are full of taunts and aggression between teams, but the conflicts have personality and a sense of uniqueness about them.

The same can be said about the characters. No character feels generic - none of the characters feel like they were just drawn in just to be drawn in at random. Each character is as unique as the helmet she wears, and the story she tells.

“Slam!” is just another independent comic to some, but, to me, a fun, compelling, modern look into one of the biggest new sports of the past 20 years from a female perspective - one that we need in the media today.

If you enjoy “Slam!,” check out the continuation seen in “Slam!

The Next Jam.”

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

ALBUM REVIEW

The word is good!

“Black Panther”album brings out the big shots

By Zach Colten Asst. Arts and Feature Editor

With the strike of a match and an intense crescendo of strings, leading to a cut to silence and a light piano melody tinged with sadness, Kendrick Lamar sets the tone immediately on his curated collaboration album, released Feb. 9 to accompany Marvel’s smash hit “Black Panther.”

Whatever you thought yourself in for, now is the time to start changing your mind.

The first track on the 14-song collaboration, titled “Black Panther,” finds Lamar comparing his own position as a superstar from Compton, California to that of T’Challa, the powerful young king of Wakanda, portrayed in the film

by Chadwick Boseman: “King of my city, king of my country, king of my homeland.”

An uplifting horn section fades this song into the pounding beat of “All the Stars,” vocally driven

by SZA, singing the chorus, “This may be the night that my dreams might let me know / All the stars are closer, all the stars are closer.”

While Lamar may want to “talk about love,” as he raps on “All the Stars,” several of the songs take on a more hardened, sinister ap-

By Brennan Atkins & Noah Barnes Staff Writers Since the release of “Captain America: Civil War,” Marvel fans have been highly anticipating the release of Black Panther’s very own movie. Fans were even more ecstatic at the announcement “Creed” director Ryan Coogler was making the film. “Black Panther” is the final movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) before the release of “Avengers: Infinity War.” This film features one of Marvel's most star-studded casts yet.

Chadwick Boseman returns as the king of Wakanda himself, T’Challa. His performance in the movie is fantastic - it does the royal feline-fighter justice as an adaptation of the comics.

The antagonist of the movie is played by Michael B. Jordan, and is known as Killmonger.

Despite such an inviting name, he delivers one of the stronger performances in the film, which is

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proach. A good example is “Paramedic,” a slapping salutation to the streets of Northern California.

Lamar kicks the track off aggressively before passing the mic to Bay Area super group SOB x RBE. The four-member rap squad, led by rappers Yhung T.O. and Slimmy B, sound right at home, almost jostling each other to get at the mic, alternating between harsh bars and minimally autotuned singing, which fit in nicely on the song. Yhung T.O. sings in verse four, “I was raised by my grannie and the gangsters, / So at 8 I made the choice I'ma forever be a G.” One of the most interesting parts of the album I noticed after seeing the film last Friday was the integration of the album’s music into the film itself. One of the signature sounds on many songs was a low, suspenseful plucking noise, which was also used to build tension or transition between scenes in the movie.

Further, many scenes featured songs from the album in the background. For instance, during a party scene in the film, the album’s closing track, “Pray for Me,” featuring Toronto megastar The Weeknd, can be heard softly setting the mood while the action takes place.

Another scene, a high-speed car chase, utilizes the intense, bass-driven track “Opps,” featuring Vince Staples and Yugen Blakrok, a female emcee from Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Blakrok, who considers herself a disciple of the golden era ’90s hip-hop, idolizing acts such as Wu-Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest, delivers one of the most thought-provoking and technically impressive verses on the album.

She raps, “I move like a millipede / When I flex them tendons like rubber trees / Young Millie Jackson back to the s**t / Mouthpiece drawn, got a verbal armory…”

Just as the “Black Panther” film broke box office presale records, the album has seen plenty of its own success. Riding the number one spot on Billboard’s Hot 200 List through the weekend and selling 154,000 copies, according to Nielsen Music, “Black Panther” the album is poised to maintain that spot through its second week.

This figure underestimates the album’s immediate pervasiveness, however, as Nielsen calculates much of the album’s success based on streams - which the songs have collectively accumulated over 190 million since its release.

This album, much like the film,

to be expected as he has worked with Ryan Coogler twice before.

This isn’t to say that the rest of the cast isn’t good - Andy Serkis from the “Lord of The Rings,” Lupita Nyong’o from “12 Years a Slave” and Daniel Kaluuya from “Get Out” all work very well as supporting roles and keep the film fun, but also add dramatic undertones.

The visuals in this movie are different from the typical MCU film - there is more of a focus on the cinematography than the visual effects. There are some genuinely beautiful shots in the movie, colors are vibrant and it has a unique style that differentiates from other Marvel entries.

Unfortunately, the visual effects are less than stellar. The ships, animals and some of the buildings are lackluster, and at times can take you out of the movie completely. However, when they do end up using practical effects, it balances out some of the more CG-filled moments.

The soundtrack is refreshing.

Recently Marvel incorporated many classic rock songs into their soundtracks, so to have a hiphop/rap soundtrack is new and exciting.

The characters in the film all have goals they must reach and obstacles they must overcome.

T’Challa knows his ultimate goal is to serve and protect the people of Wakanda. However, he has trouble doing this without the assistance of his father, who was previously king.

Killmonger is one of the more interesting MCU villains, showing a side not seen in Ultron or Red Skull. The film shows his past and what makes him who he is today.

This justifies everything he does throughout the movie, and his intentions are very clear.

Ryan Coogler did a very good job in contrasting these two characters. In the end, these two are what really make the movie pop, and they’re incredibly enjoyable.

In the last couple years, Marvel has really stepped up its game.

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” “Spiderman: Homecoming” and

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is important because of its message and its diversity. By employing artists across genres and subgenres of hip-hop, R&B and pop, the album shows the representation of multiple voices can be, and should be, a formula for massive success.

Grade: A+ Stars from around the globe combine to craft the sound of Wakanda.

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“Thor Ragnarok” have shown its quality control has gone up exponentially in this last decade.

While there are some problems with visual effects and some odd character choices, “Black Panther” has definitely solidified its spot as one of Marvel's greatest hits.

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Grade: AThe King of Wakanda’s first solo entry is another Marvel hit!

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Men’s basketball drops their final three games of season

Corey McFeeley / THE GATEPOST Cameren McCloud-Thomas (15) drives to the basket against MCLA as James Purcell (21) looks on.

By Camille McKenzie Asst. Sports Editor On Saturday, Feb. 10, the Rams hosted the Bridgewater State Bears in a league game.

The two seniors, Kenny Seitz and Benjamin Roache, were honored for their work on the team prior to the Rams’ last home game.

Although the Rams kept the game close, coming within reach of the lead several times, they could not outscore Bridgewater. The Bears gained another win, finishing the game 69-64.

This win boosts the Bears to 15-8 for their overall record and 8-2 in the MASCAC. Three players for Bridgewater hit double digits. Rocky DeAndrade, Dimitri St. Louis and Rayshon Ward led in scoring for the Bears each with 17, 15 and 11 points, respectively.

Four players for Framingham hit double digits, leading with Charles Valbrun who earned 18 points for the Rams.

Manny Payton followed with 13 points and Kenny Seitz and Lorenzo Fernandes also put up 10 points for the team. Rayshon Ward worked for 12 rebounds for the Bears. Roache and Trevor Manyak both earned five rebounds for the Rams.

This loss for the Rams drops their overall record to 6-18 and their league record to 2-9.

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On Saturday, Feb. 17, the Rams traveled to North Adams to take on the MCLA Trailblazers for their last regular season game of the year.

The Rams went into halftimeleading 33-32. Payton was helpful for the team earning 13 points in this half.

The Rams’ lead in the first half was short lived. The Trailblazers increased their lead throughout the second and finished the game 68-54 to take the win.

This win improves MCLA’s regular season records to 9-15 overall and 6-6 in the conference. This also places the Trailblazers in the third seed for the upcoming MASCAC championship beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 20.

Noah Yearsley and Adam Conquest led in scoring for the Trailblazers with 15 and 14 points, respectively. Conquest also led in rebounds, with 11 for the team.

Payton and Valbrun led in scoring for the Rams. Payton put up two more points in the second to finish the game with 15 points. Valbrun earned 14 points for Framingham.

Valbrun and Roache both earned seven rebounds for the Rams.

This loss for Framingham drops their regular season records to 6-19 overall and 2-10 in the MASCAC. The Rams earned the sixth seed in the MASCAC championship.

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Ferr or Foul: Red Sox land J.D. Martinez

By Matt Ferris Sports Editor After a month-long stalemate, it appears as if the Boston Red Sox and free agent slugger J.D. Martinez have finally come to terms on a contract.

Though the Red Sox have yet to make it official, ESPN’s Pedro Gomez reported on Monday that the two sides finally reached an agreement, taking the best hitter off the free agency market.

The reported deal is worth $110 million over five years, which is a big downgrade from the seven-year, $200 million contract Martinez and his agent, Scott Boras, were seeking.

This will be a nice pickup for the Red Sox, who will finally get a true power hitter to replace David Ortiz, something they’ve been lacking since his retirement in 2016.

Martinez has been one of the most consistent hitters in baseball over the last four years. He is coming off his best season as a pro, when he hit .303, with 45 HRs and 104 RBIs in just 119 games.

Martinez is expected to slide into the role of designated hitter, considering the Red Sox already have one of the best defensive outfields in the MLB. We’ve already seen what Martinez can do in a hitter-friendly park last year when he was traded to Arizona midseason.

In just 62 games with the Diamondbacks, Martinez hit a whopping 29 HRs, including the game when he tied an MLB record with four home runs in one game.

Considering Martinez is going to one of the most right-handed friendly ballparks in the MLB and is strictly focusing on hitting this year, a big season could be in store for the star.

While the signing still doesn’t make the Red Sox offense better than their big-time rivals, the Yankees, Boston has better starting pitching than New York and a comparable bullpen.

The race for the AL East could be a fun one to watch play out over the course of the season.

And with both teams loaded for the upcoming season, we could see the playoff rivalry reignited.

The Yankees and the Red Sox haven’t met in the postseason since 2004, the year the Red Sox historically came back from a 3-0 series deficit to beat New York in the ALCS. But this season, the two teams look destined to meet back up in the ALCS, which would be very good for baseball.

With MLB ratings down over the past few years, a Yankees-Red Sox rivalry might be exactly what the league is looking for.

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points, respectively. Valbrun got 11 rebounds for Framingham.

MCLA took the win, 63-52, ending Framingham’s season. MCLA will move on in the championship to play the second seed, Bridgewater State.

Framingham’s final overall record for the 2017-18 season was 6-20.

The Rams returned to MCLA to play the third seed in the MASCAC tournament in what resulted in Framingham’s last game of the season.

The Trailblazers started off strong, scoring seven unanswered points to begin the game. Tyri Hampton ended the run with a jump-shot three minutes into play.

MCLA went on to score another 13 unanswered points before Framingham’s next basket.

Although Framingham had some MCLA 63 runs at catching up to MCLA, they FRAMINGHAM STATE 52 trailed by about 10 points for a majority of the game.

Yearsley shined for the Trailblazers, scoring 19 points for the team. Keiland Cross worked for 12 rebounds for MCLA. CONNECT WITH CAMILLE MCKENZIE Seitz and Payton earned 14 and 10 cmckenzie@student.framingham.edu

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Players of the week

Women’s basketball closes out regular season with win

By Liam Gambon Asst. Sports Editor

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Mary Kate O’Day recorded her fifth double-double of the season scoring 18 points while grabbing 10 rebounds.

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On Saturday Feb. 17, the Framingham State Rams won their last game of the regular season in a road matchup against MCLA. The Rams came out on top in the first quarter as they outscored their opponents 21-11. Framingham was led by Lauren Donahue who scored six points in nine minutes. Raegan Mulherin contributed five points in the quarter.

Both teams scored 13 points in the second quarter, making the score 34-24 in favor of the Rams going into halftime. Mary Kate O’Day scored eight in the quarter. She was the only player on the Rams to make a field goal in the quarter.

Framingham stretched their lead out in the third quarter, outscoring MCLA 18-13 to make the score 52-37 before the final quarter. Emily Velozo led the team with seven points, Tiphani Harris followed her with five points.

In the fourth and final quarter of the game MCLA outscored Framingham 15-10, but ulti-

mately came up short losing 62-52.

O’Day led all scorers in the game with 18 points and collected 10 rebounds. Mulherin scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Harris recorded another double-double on the season as she dumped in 11 points and crashed the boards for 10 rebounds. Velozo also scored 11 points and added in five rebounds as well as a game-high five steals.

The Rams finish up the regular season with a 15-9 record overall and 9-3 in the MASCAC, which is good enough for the second seed heading into the MASCAC tournament.

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Manny Payton scored 15 points to go along with four assists and two rebounds against MCLA.

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Charles Valbrun had 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting while also grabbing two rebounds against Bridgewater State.

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Hockey’s season over as they fail to reach the MASCAC tournament

By Richard Tranfaglia Asst. Sports Editor Framingham lost its ninth-straight game on Feb. 15, falling to UMass Dartmouth by a score of 10-1.

The Corsairs’ offense came out firing, scoring six goals in the first period. Jonathan Ruiz and Connor Court each scored before the third minute of play.

Five minutes later, Dillon Radin made it a 3-0 game. Mike Stones scored the Corsairs’ fourth goal on their first power play of the day.

Jeff Kirkwood and Kris Holmes scored the last two goals of the period.

In the second period, Ruiz scored two of the three goals UMass scored, to achieve a hat trick on the day.

Casey Shea scored the other goal of the second, converting on a breakaway while down a man.

In the seventh minute of the third, the Rams finally got on the board.

Jake McKinnon scored on a wrist shot.

Brendan McDonough added an insurance goal late in the third to reach the final margin.

The Corsairs outshot the Rams 41-27. Ruiz led with five shots while Walker Hamilton led the Rams with seven.

The Rams changed goalies three times in the game. Greg Harney started the game, who was then relieved by Dom Montecalvo, and later was replaced by Adam Calabrese, who finished the game. The goalies combined for 31 saves. Drew Michals made 26 saves for UMass.

The Rams move to 3-18-2 on the season and 2-14 in the MASCAC.

UMASS DARTMOUTH 10 FRAMINGHAM STATE 1 In their final home game of the season, the Rams honored their five seniors - Jake McKinnon, Derek Ridgway, Zach D’Errico, Tyler Colacchio and Jake Sartorelli - in a senior day ceremony.

The Rams lost the game to No. 15 Plymouth State, 7-1.

Hunter Gunski scored the first goal of the game at the 5:02 mark, giving the Panthers a 1-0 lead.

Matt Siegal tied the game just two minutes later on a wrist shot.

The Panthers took the lead again in the ninth minute of the first on a power play goal by Tim Perron, and did not look back.

Just 31 seconds into the second period, Ryan Stevens made it a 3-1 game.

J.R. Barone scored short-handed to extend the Panthers’ lead to three.

Plymouth scored three more unanswered goals in the third period to reach the final margin. Chris Zuccaro and Ludvig Steenberg each got a tally, and Stevens got his second of the day.

The Panthers outshot the Rams 47-25. Colacchio led the Rams with seven shots and Barone led with six shots for Plymouth.

Calabrese made 40 saves and took the loss. Evan Morelli made 24 saves in the win.

The Rams fall to 3-19-2 on the season and 2-15 in the league.

The Rams closed out the regular season with a 3-1 loss to Salem State.

PLYMOUTH STATE 7 FRAMINGHAM STATE 1 Brandon Wolfe got a quick score for the Vikings, just two minutes into the game.

The game was a defensive battle until the third period.

Siegal tied the game for Framingham a minute into the third.

The Vikings took the lead at the 13:27 mark, when Michael Casale scored off the pass from Parker Wood.

Mackenzie Cook added an empty-netter with 30 seconds left to reach the final margin.

The Vikings outshot the Rams 49-25. Casale led with 10 shots, while Colacchio led Framingham with three.

Harney made 46 saves in the loss and Jason Pucciarelli made 24 saves for Salem.

The Rams end the season on an 11-game losing streak and finish with a 3-20-2 record. They also finish with a 2-16 record in the MASCAC.

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20 | PHOTOS

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Sudden sunlight strikes FSU

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Framingham State students ventured outside as they enjoyed record-high temperatures on Wednesday, Feb 18.

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