Volume 89 • Issue 20
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April 2, 2021
Studying on a sunny Sunday
Cara McCarthy / THE GATEPOST
Left: Hanna McMahon, Jenna McMahon, and Chyna Malik studying on the North lawn March 21.
News ALL UNIVERSITY MEETING pg. 5 AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT pg. 6
Opinions
A FOUL PLAY FOR THE NCAA pg. 9 ‘MS. ROSENBERG’ pg. 10
Sports
Board of Trustees meeting focuses on anti-racism and enrollment strategies By Ashlyn Kelly Asst. News Editor By Steven Bonini Staff Writer The Board of Trustees discussed the white supremacist decals found on campus, the University’s anti-racist initiatives, and new enrollment marketing strategies during its meeting March 24. Constanza Cabello, vice president for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement, touched on the
MEN’S LACROSSE pg. 11
Arts & Features FSU WOMEN DOMINATE STEM pg. 12 MANCUSO SCHOLARSHIP pg. 17
anti-racism efforts.” Cabello said departments have been meeting to have anti-racism conversations, using “four guides for departments to engage in conversations around anti-racism - really building our collective capacity to talk about this work and to be informed about this work.” To build on these conversations, the University applied for a higher education innovation grant from the Department of Higher Education and received $62,000 “to run a multi-day
See BOARD OF TRUSTEES page 7
The Armenian perspective The impact of geopolitics, press and media, and trauma By Leighah Beausoleil News Editor
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white supremacist decals found on campus and said she was “not necessarily surprised” this group - Patriot Front - came to campus, but said she is “concerned. “I think we all share the concern that this type of messaging has no place at FSU,” said Cabello, praising President F. Javier Cevallos for his email to the campus community. She said the investigation into finding the individuals who brought the decals to campus is ongoing, and “if nothing else, it provides us even more ammo to double down on our
As part of the Global Studies Lecture Series, a group of panelists met for “The Never-Ending Story: Artsakh and Azerbaijan” event to discuss and raise awareness about the tragedies that took place in Armenia, Artsakh, and Azerbaijan. This event was jointly sponsored by the Political Science Department and the Global Studies Program. The panelists were introduced by the event’s host, Natalie Chaprazian,
a senior global studies and early childhood education major. The panel was comprised of the following four individuals: Rich Èlmoyan who is a geopolitical analyst at San Francisco State University. His instagram is @relmoyan. Henry Theriault who is president of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and professor and chair of the Philosophy Department at Worcester State University. Fred Tatlayn who is a social media influencer known as @Goliath.the. Great on Instagram. He also has a
bachelor of science in biopsychology from University of California, Davis. Natalie Kazarian is a licensed marriage counselor and family therapist specializing in family work and trauma. She resides in California and also runs an education Instagram page, @nataliekazarianmft, focusing on psychology and advocacy. Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh, is a territory located between Armenia and Azerbaijan that has been disputed between the two states for decades. The aim of the
See ARMENIAN PERSPECTIVE page 13
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