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(Top Left) Trayvon Martin, whose death influenced the start of the Black Lives Matter movement.

(Top Right) Psychology Professor Robert Martin did a group experience with his students about privilege and inequality.

(Bottom Left) An image from one of the numerous Black Lives Matter protests that have occurred across the nation.

(Bottom Right) Biology Professor Bryan Connolly teaches students how plants can be used as “a tool for social change.”

By Michael B. Murphy Editor-In-Chief

By Alexandra Gomes Associate Editor

By Jennifer Johnson News Editor

By Julia Sarcinelli News Editor

By Bailey Morrison Assistant News Editor

In honor of Black History Month, FSU professors are currently engaged in a Black Lives Matter teach in across campus.

According to sociology professor and cocreator of FSU’s Black Lives Matter teach in Virginia Rutter, over 200 classes from 33 different disciplines are participating in the weeklong event. In an email, Rutter said the teach in would include over 2,000 students.

Departments involved in the teach in include Communication Arts, Fashion, Sociology, Biology, Physics and Criminology.

The Black Lives Matter movement was founded by activists Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza “in the aftermath of the Trayvon Martin decision, as a corrective to the sense, made sharper and sharper with multiple cases of shootings, that black lives don’t matter,” according to an informational sheet for the University’s teach in.

Additionally, according to the informational sheet, over 102 unarmed AfricanAmericans have been killed in 2015 alone.

President F. Javier Cevallos said in an

email, “As a university, I think the teach in idea is exactly the way to proceed: have an open and honest conversation about the events and the effect they have on us. By tying the diverse issues to different academic disciplines, we all learn how wide the impact they have on society. I am really thankful to the faculty that came up with the idea and to all who decided to incorporate the topic in their courses.”

He added a university is a “place to ex- See TEACH IN page 4

Inside The History of Hip-Hop: Byron Hurt Screens Doc at DPAC 13

The Mazgal Duo: Professors Milot and Anderson unveil art 10

Men’s Ice Hockey Glides into MASCAC Tourney 18

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Gatepost Interview

Editorial Board 2015-2016 Editor-in-Chief Michael B. Murphy

Associate Editors Melina Bourdeau Alexandra Gomes

Interim Associate Editor Brittany Cormier

News Editors Jennifer Johnson

Andrea Gorman Assistant Professor of Food and Nutrition

By Jessica Duff Staff Writer

Julia Sarcinelli Mark Wadland

Asst. News Editor Bailey Morrison

Arts & Features Editors Scott Calzolaio Kristen Pinto

Interim Arts & Features Editor Cesareo Contreras

Sports Editor Mike Ferris

Asst. Sports Editors Matt Ferris Amelia Foley

Opinions Editor Phil McMullin

Photos Editors Allie Card Brad Leuchte Darian O’Donnell

Asst. Photos Editors Erin Fitzmaurice Allie Gath Amanda Martin

Interim Design Editor Shayna Yacyshyn

Copy Editor Bobby Murphy

Staff Writers Jose Carrasquillo Cass Doherty Jessica Duff Maria Hornbaker Kate Shane Anthony Sheehan Shelby Wood

Staff Photographers Marissa Rousseau

Advisor Dr. Desmond McCarthy

What is your resume and educational background?

I’m in my third year teaching here.

I’m relatively new faculty, I guess.

Prior to teaching here, I was an adjunct here and at Johnson and Wales.

They have a culinary nutrition program. So I’ve taught in that program as well, but my primary career was as a clinical dietician working in hospital health care areas. I did that for almost 20 years. I always took students as part of that job. Whether it was interns or other students getting part of their experience, I just loved teaching the students and seeing those ‘a-ha’ moments. … In hospital settings, we typically help patients with chronic medical conditions follow different kinds of diets to help prevent further complications or help improve their medical conditions. ... I went to Boston University for my doctorate. I always joke that I’m trying to get a degree from every state. [I’m] done now!

How do you think working in a hospital setting differs from other practices?

The career of nutrition is so broad and varied that doing clinical work is only one tiny little piece of it. There’s food service, there is school nutrition, there is community nutrition.

We have students graduating out of this program and I tell them, ‘Forty percent of the jobs - ten years from now - don’t exist today.’ Even with the poor economy, the nutrition profession has been a growth opportunity. … I always like to reinforce to my students that there is job security.

Being in a hospital setting is different and it’s not for everyone. … Seeing the best and sometimes the worst of people. I always loved it - you learn something new every day. You don’t stop learning when you graduate. … We do a good job of exposing all of the students here to all of the varied careers. We actually have - at the end of March - a whole program on all of the different careers.

Assistant Advisor Elizabeth Banks

Administrative Assistant

What do you want your students to take away from your classes?

I have a diverse course schedule. I teach Food Culture and Society - nutrition 262 - that is a lecture and a cooking lab down in 209. They get to do some hands-on cooking techniques. Some students come in with a decent cooking background, but some have never picked up a wooden stick.

They burn the spaghetti. It’s to help level the playing field a little bit - introduce them to some basic life skills, some basic cooking techniques. … The class lecture is more diverse in looking at culture and different societies.

Last year, the campus had a program for faculty called ‘Widening the Circle’ that is promoting diversity in the classroom and how to incorporate and have difficult conversations around diversity and inclusion. So, I modified one of the projects that they have to do in the class. They have to create a menu for a family of four on food stamps for a week. This is one of their big projects in the course and so it’s a severalmonth project. … It’s challenging for them. I’ve added a diversity element to it now where they randomly pick out of a hat. Do they have a family with an Asian background or an AfricanAmerican background? One of the parents is obese and how do they handle that? Two moms, two dads. Food allergies. All kinds of different things - a kosher family that doesn’t have a car.

I tell them, “Your clients are not going to be just like you. How do you adjust and make a story around this family that’s realistic and is going to work for them?” They enjoy that. When I survey the students at the end of the course, one of the questions I ask them is, “What are you going to remember five years from now?” or “What was the assignment or project that you felt helped you the most?” and that’s the one that they always say will stick with them the longest.

Do you think you ate well as an undergraduate?

Do as I say, not as I do. … I didn’t have the freshman 10 – I had the sophomore 15 for some reason. Sophomore year kicked in where I had to really start buckling down and studying more, and so the physical fitness kind of went by the wayside. … I’m no exception just because I was studying nutrition at the time. No matter how hard we try, we all

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gain a few pounds over the holidays.

We make adjustments and we prioritize and we get right back on the bandwagon. One bad day doesn’t ruin your whole diet.

What’s one thing your students might be surprised to learn about you?

I play a few different musical instruments. Some of them know that I’ve done ballet, and I’m on the board of directors for ballet for the state of Rhode Island. I played the piano, I played the flute and in college, I played the bassoon. I know, band geek, right? ... I did it for my own enjoyment and I got to travel and perform all the way down to Philadelphia. It was a really good broadening-your-horizon kind of experience. I went to University of Rhode Island. Then I got my master’s at the University of New Haven. I was working full-time, and the company I was working for had tuition re-imbursement. … Good advice for students - find an employer with tuition reimbursement.

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SGA approves total budget of more than $400,000 for Fiscal Year ‘17

By Mark Wadland News Editor SGA allocated a combined $407,540.18 to six organizations, including itself, at its annual budget meeting on Friday, Feb. 19.

SGA allocated $182,544.25 for the Student Union Activities Board’s (SUAB) budget for Fiscal Year 2017.

SUAB’s budget will go toward events such as Bingo, Accepted Student’s Day, Casino Night, Family Fun Day and Fright Fest, among others.

When debating the budget of SUAB’s “big performer”, the group initially requested $46,728. SGA approved a budget of $54,428 - an increase of $7,700 from the initial request - for this event.

This would give SUAB $32,000 to book a performer, which is the typical booking fee for a big-name act, according to SUAB President Sarah Cowdell.

SGA allocated $50,972.43 for its general budget for FY ’17, which is an overall increase from last year’s allocation, according to SGA President Dan Costello. He added SGA requests money “on behalf of students,” not for the organization.

SGA allocated $17,063 for its travel and conference budget for FY ’17. This includes $4,170.40 for SUAB’s NACA Conference, $1,335.97 for SGA’s ASGA Conference in Boston and $11,556.63 in the travel and conference unallocated fund, which will be used for any club or organization that requests money from SGA’s Travel and Conference fund.

SGA approved $6,000 for its training budget, which will go toward training Senate and e-Board members within the organization, including $5,000 for SGA’s Leadership Weekend next fall.

SGA allotted $8,500 for its diversity budget. This money will enable SGA to co-sponsor on-campus events with other clubs and organizations throughout FY ’17.

SGA allocated $11,193 for the AllUniversity Banquet on Friday, May 5 of

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SGA hears budget requests from the Journal of Critical Thinking and the Wildlife Club at the annual budget meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 23. next year.

SGA approved $1,500 for its benevolence budget. This will fund the SGA Benevolence Awards during spring 2017. The benevolence awards honor students who excel both academically and in the FSU community.

SGA initially requested $4,000 to print copies of the student RAM Handbook. However, they determined the handbook is availalbe to students online, and so there is no need to print it.

Within the next few weeks, SGA expects to reach an estimate of how much money it will put into its unallocated fund. SGA determines this amount based on the number of incoming students next year, and SGA does not yet know how many new students will enroll in the fall.

SGA approved The Gatepost’s request of $39,652.50 for the newspaper’s budget throughout FY ’17.

SGA allocated $21,100 to the Hilltop Players for its FY ’17 budget, which will continue to fund Hilltop’s performances, such as improv, plays and musicals.

The Dance Team requested and received $16,450 for its FY ’17 budget.

With the approved budget, the Dance Team is now officially an organization. This budget will fund the team’s spring and fall semester shows, as well as a trip to a Celtics game sometime in November, among other events.

WDJM, FSU’s student-run radio station, requested and received $14,587 for FY ’17. This includes $1,125 for the fall festival, which will be held in late October or early November, as well as $6,000 for Fram Jam, $1,700 for promotional items and $2,600 for licensing and membership fees to comply with FCC regulations.

SGA BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS SUAB asked for $173,744.25 received $182,544.25 WDJM asked for $14,587.00 received $14,587.00 The Gatepost asked for $39,652.50 received $39,652.50 Dance Team asked for $16,450.00 received $16,450.00 Hilltop asked for $21,100.00 received $21,100.00 SGA general budget asked for $50,972.43 received $49,972.43 SGA Travel and Conference asked for $17,000.00 received $17,063.00 SGA RAM Handbook asked for $4,000.00 received $0.00 SGA Training asked for $6,000.00 received $6,000.00 SGA Diversity asked for $8,000.00 received $8,500.00 SGA Banquet asked for $11,193.00 received $11,193.00 SGA Benevolence asked for $1,500.00 received $1,500.00

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The Dance Team requested and received $16,450.00 at last Friday’s SGA’s annual budget meeting.

SGA Unallocated TBD based on number of incoming students in FY ‘17

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FSU FACULTY HOSTS WEEK-LONG - Continued from page 1 change ideas” and discuss issues facing society. “We are not an isolated institution, but part of a vibrant community, and it is important to provide opportunities to talk about what is happening in our nation.”

Sean Huddleston, chief officer of diversity, inclusion & community engagement, said in an email he believes the teach in will be significantly beneficial to FSU. He added the teach in has opened a campus-wide conversation on “contemporary social activism. The fact that over 90 faculty members from a multitude of academic disciplines found ways to connect discussions about the Black Lives Matter movement to their course content is remarkable, but also underscores the importance of intentional dialogue about equity and social justice. The classroom is one of the most effective spaces to have this dialogue, so I am pleased that the teach in came together so well.”

Professor Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz tied the Black Lives Matter movement into his class The Culture of Punishment by discussing mass incarceration.

He asked his students to create a pyramid that reflects the foundations of mass incarceration. Some phrases included in the pyramid are “systemic racism,” “targeting people of color [POC]” and “social inequality.”

According to Guadalupe-Diaz, mass incarceration starts with the imprisonment of African-Americans for nonviolent crimes.

“The American public is a very punitive, and pretty restrictive, kind of populace that we like to be tough on crime. … Why is it that we are like that?

Who informed us to be that way?”

The media is used to manipulate public opinion, said Guadalupe-Diaz, and in this case American citizens were fed images of inner-city AfricanAmericans in connection to crack cocaine.

This is when terms such as “welfare queen,” “crack whore” and “crack baby” were created. “All these things were highly racialized. They were sexist and they were patriarchal,” said Guadalupe-Diaz.

“We make up this narrative that blacks are using crack cocaine - that they’re responsible for crack-related violence in inner cities,” he said, adding the whole narrative ends up being a “farce.”

A result of this, Guadalupe-Diaz said, is society has changed the way information is shared, and citizens rely more on social networks for our news.

“You get to see stories that mainstream media doesn’t pick up, and that shows a pattern in televised news.”

One student said when Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in August 2014, she did not find out through the news - she found out on Tumblr and Twitter.

“It didn’t come from a news source,” she said. “It was straight from people.”

Guadalupe-Diaz said that is how the Black Lives Matter movement started - through Twitter and other social media platforms.

He added Black Lives Matter leaders are being monitored, and that it is not unusual for the American government to keep tabs on social movements.

One student said every movement is a result of “people being tired.” She added the Black Lives Matter move-

ment is a result of people witnessing black lives “not mattering.”

Another student said there have been far too many cases of AfricanAmerican men being shot by police in the news. “How are you going to incar-

However, “Today gave us a chance to make a direct connection to BLM which is something we have not done yet. I thought it was really valuable.”

Vandana Singh, associate professor and chair of the physics and earth

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Vandana Singh, associate professor and chair of the Physics and Earth Sciences Department, connected Black Lives Matter to climate change. cerate so many black people for these little petty things,” she said, and not punish the “people who are actually taking lives?”

Guadalupe-Diaz said America “leads the world in police-involved homicides,” and “police are more likely to shoot unarmed non-white suspects than armed white suspects.”

Senior Dale Schremser said it was “great” to learn about the Black Lives Matter movement in class “instead of looking on social media.”

Nick Applebee, a senior, said the movement “fit in really well with what we were talking about in this class overall.”

Junior Kenetra Hinkins said, “I think people hear Black Lives Matter and kind of think one way about the movement, and they only think about media portrayal. This kind of broke it down to

sciences department, started her Principles of Physics II class by discussing climate change. She then asked the students to think about how it could correlate to racism.

She said there is a notion that if something doesn’t affect you, it doesn’t matter. “[Climate change] is going to affect all of us, but the people that are going to be affected the most and first are the people who are in the tropics or people of color or people who are poor.”

Singh referenced the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as an example of “environmental racism.”

She added after the hurricane, public school systems were privatized, which affected poorer communities. Those communities were also the last people to receive aid.

Charles Elkhoury, a junior, said,

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Professor Desmond McCarthy discussed the short story “Blood Burning Moon” relating the text to the Black Lives Matter movement. what it really is.”

Guadalupe-Diaz said since his class is about mass incarceration, they have to address systemic racism regularly.

“The damaging effects on those who don’t have power and privilege appear to not affect those who do, but in the end, it always comes around.”

Singh said the reason why she decided to link this lesson plan as a part of the Black Lives Matter teach in is because she thinks “at least we can devote one 50-minute class” to the issue.

Singh asked students to read articles for class, including one about environmental racism. She said companies have to find places to dump waste products, and often target poorer communities where the residents don’t have the power or time to protest.

Another professor who participated in the teach in was Niall Stephens, professor of communication arts whose Cultural Aspects of Media Representation class discussed current events in pop culture in relation to Black Lives Matter.

The students were asked to get into small groups and discuss Beyoncé’s new song “Formation” as well as the implications of her newly-released music video.

Specifically, he wanted students to discuss the idea that people like Beyoncé “just can’t let America heal [and] keep ripping off the historical Band-Aid.” This is just one of the opinions which was expressed in the media following her Super Bowl halftime performance.

Stephens pointed out there is a dilemma surrounding race because it is socially constructed. “This is something that is made up. And when we talk about it, which I do think we need to do, which is why we are doing it in this class and in the community, I think we want to talk about it in a way in which we are not reproducing the problem.”

Sophomore Laura Brathwaite said her favorite quote is, “’The new racism is the denial of racism.’ … When people say that racism doesn’t exist anymore, it’s almost like they’re just so ignorant. … When people say they don’t see color it’s like, ‘Yes, you do.’”

Sophomore Christine Connolly said, “I wish the school had more events like this. I don’t like that it’s just during February because it’s Black History Month. It should be year-round.”

Senior Tremain Bell added, “ It’s important that people understand black lives do matter. And again, like we always talk about in class, it’s not that we are saying black lives are more important than white lives, or any other lives. We are just saying that our lives matter because it seems like no one else thinks they matter much right now.”

Professor Bryan Connolly began his Plant Physiology class by introducing the Black Lives Matter movement and why he chose to integrate it into his lesson plan.

Connolly said, “I’m interested in the social uplift of any group of people. I consider myself a person of the world.

“I am here not to just collect a paycheck. We [professors] aren’t here just to make a living - we want to make the world a better place. I hope [the students] are here for more than just [their] degree.

He joined the teach in to show students “people who have helped other people.”

According to Connolly, most people would not think of plants as “a tool for social change,” but that plants are “a fundamental building block” of all human life.

Connolly focused his lecture on two -See TEACH IN page 5

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The Black Lives Matter teach ins featured 90 faculty members teaching over 200 classes from over 33 different disciplines.

- Continued from page 4 important figureheads in the agricultural community who also had connections to important “racial change” movements - Dr. George Washington Carver and Dr. Wangari Maathi.

George Washington Carver was born into slavery and when slavery was abolished, his former masters raised him as their son. He eventually became the first black student to receive a Ph.D. from Iowa State.

Connolly said Carver was instrumental in “changing the lives of black Africans in the south.” Carver promoted the education of black Africans in the late 1800’s.

He explained to students Carver wanted to teach self-sufficiency to black students. Carver created the Jessup wagon, a mobile agricultural school that traveled around the South educating black Americans about farming and agriculture.

Carver was one of the first black men to testify in front of Congress when he spoke in support of a tariff on peanut imports from China.

The importation took jobs away from southern African farmers, according to Connolly.

Dr. Wangari Maathi, the founder of the Green Belt Movement and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, spearheaded economic and social change for women in Kenya.

At one point, Maathi had to leave Kenya because her radical political and social opinions resulted in her being added to a list of citizens the government planned to assassinate, according to Connolly.

He added Maathi, with assistance from the United Nations, was able to implement a program in which Kenyan women would be paid a stipend for planting and growing trees. The money they collected from this went toward other business opportunities and helped stimulate the economy of Kenya.

Kenya suffered from floods, droughts and deforestation for years, and with this program, Kenyan women were able to “revitalize the countryside.”

Connolly said this allowed for an

“economic uplift of Kenyan women.”

Although Maathi and Carver were not directly related to the topics in the Plant Physiology class, Connolly said, “An overarching theme I teach about is the connection between human interaction and plants.”

Connolly was involved in the teach in to raise awareness about the Black Lives Matter movement. “If I can help, why not? This is an act of solidarity that can help. I do have a different perspective of race. My mother is Asian and I grew up in a very white part of Vermont.

“These things shouldn’t be happening in this day and age. We’re not just here to get an education or do our jobs.

We’re here to learn and explore our personal boundaries.”

Another professor involved in the teach in was Psychology Professor and former interim President Robert Martin, who wanted to simulate a feeling of privilege and inequality during an in-class demonstration.

He split the students into small groups, and asked them to create a list of psychology terms they had studied and to outline the relationships among all of the terms.

He then asked that students design a mobile on which these terms would appear. The group which made the best mobile would supposedly receive ten bonus points on the next exam, according to Martin, to create incentive.

The students were unaware of the simulation.

Martin said, “The main thrust of the exercise is that each of the bags that the groups are getting have different amounts of resources in them. One group is getting a bag that is rich in resources - more construction paper, more dowels.”

He added, “It’s essentially setting up a condition of privilege or racism and looking at how people respond to that and how it makes them feel.”

According to Martin, “I would predict, or what I’m hoping to see, is that the groups who see themselves as poor in resources will have some resentment of the group that is rich in resources.”

As the groups began crafting their

projects and were given their allotted supplies, Martin asked one student from each group to walk around the room and take a look at what everyone was given.

Freshman Patrick Condon said, “What? Why do they get all of those supplies? That’s not fair.” His group had been given limited resources. The other students walking throughout the room agreed with Condon, aside from the ‘privileged’ group.

Junior Tess Gorman was part of the group which received an abundance of resources. After observing other groups, she said, “I feel pretty good about our mobile. I think we’re doing well with what we’ve been given.”

Martin gave students approximately half of the class time to plan and construct their mobiles. However, when the “privileged” group was nearly finished, he informed the rest of the class that the time to build their mobiles was over.

The class then spoke up as a whole and voiced their disapproval. After all the groups were given a chance to voice their opinions, Martin informed the class about the simulation he had set up.

According to freshman Megan Lepore, “While working, the groups noticed the supplies given to each group were unequal, which infuriated my group and most of the class. We felt we had to work harder just to be equal to their project and it was not our fault we were given less supplies.”

Lepore added, “I think this relates to the inequalities that African-Americans have faced because they have been discriminated against - something that they cannot control - and feel they have to try harder to feel socially accepted and not labeled by stereotypes.“ Martin said, “The whole point of this was to simulate - that is to create a situation where each of us could consider what it feels like to be presented with a task where the deck is uneven.”

Gorman said, “I think the exercise was really effective in showing prejudice in a classroom setting. Even though it was over supplies for a project, we could see how prejudice pre-

vailed.”

She added, “Since my group had all the supplies, we really didn’t see a problem because we were at the advantage, whereas some groups thought it was unfair because they had less than we did.”

Desmond McCarthy, professor and chair of the English department, spoke about the Black Lives Matter movement in his Modern American Fiction class in relation to a short story the class read.

The book assigned was “Cane”

by Jean Toomer, and the short story the class discussed, “Blood-Burning Moon,” was about an African-American woman who is pursued by a white male whose ancestors were slaveholders, and by an African-American man who is burned to death after fighting and killing the white man.

McCarthy prefaced the discussion with information on lynching and how it is an extra-judicial punishment by a mob which hung or burned people.

“It’s a way of exerting social control, of spreading fear,” he said, adding sometimes they would be great public events.

The Tuskegee Institute’s research found from 1880 to 1951, 3,446 African-Americans were lynched, along with 1,297 whites. However, McCarthy said this report does not account for people of other ethnicities, including Latinos and immigrants, who were lynched.

McCarthy said, “It’s a form of social control to send a message of violence so immediately and to have the entire community involved.”

The Ku Klux Klan played a significant role in perpetrating violence against African-Americans, and was responsible for many of the lynchings which occurred, according to McCarthy. They targeted leaders in the African-American community who were seen as powerful, along with Jews, Catholics and immigrants. He said by the 1920s, one estimate is that approximately 15 percent of people in the U.S. were part of the group.

He added, “It’s amazing how much of African-American literature was -See TEACH IN page 7

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SGA allocates nearly $1,500 to the Journal of Critical Thinking

SGA allocated $1,476.50 to the Journal of Critical Thinking to print its publication, as well as pay for promotional items, at SGA’s meeting Tuesday, Feb. 23.

The sum breaks down as follows: $937 for 100 issues of the Journal, $219.50 for 50 totes and $320 for 100 lanyards. These items will be distributed at Sandbox in the spring.

SGA allotted an amount not to exceed $1,400 to the Wildlife Club for its annual trip to the New England Aquarium in Boston on Saturday, April 23. No more than 40 people may attend. Tickets cost $10 per student and will be sold in the Game Room.

This trip will educate those attending about marine wildlife.

Initially, the club requested $1,078.

SGA increased funding to include the cost of an additional bus ($400).

In other news: • SGA Treasurer Patrick O’Connor said SGA will amend some budgets allocated during its budget meeting Tuesday, Feb. 16 over the next few weeks. He said SGA made minor mathematical errors when calculating the total sums of the budgets.

• O’Connor also said SGA’s eBoard voted to allocate an additional $39 to the Dance Team because of an unexpected increase in parking. The Dance Team’s travel and conference is this weekend, and so they could not meet with SGA next week.

• SGA Senator Sarah Cowdell said tickets to the semi-formal dance on Friday, March 4 are still available in the Game Room for $20 with an FSU ID. • Cowdell added SUAB’s big performer will be announced at Miss FSU on Tuesday, March 8 in DPAC.

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SGA’s Tuesday night agenda included allocating funds to the Journal of Critical Thinking and the Wildlife Club.

FSU must comply to 15 percent rule by next year

By Phil McMullin Editorial Staff Following the loss of an appeal filed by the Board of Higher Education (BHE) against the Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA), all state universities must be in compliance with the so-called “15-percent rule.”

The rule requires that no more than 15 percent of the faculty in state university academic departments may be part-time, with some exceptions. It was initially negotiated in 1986, but the BHE has been fighting the rule ever since. Last spring, the court ruled that all state universities must comply immediately.

The 15-percent rule does not apply to laboratory courses or departments with six or fewer faculty members. It does not apply to part time faculty who are replacing full time faculty mem-

said Donahue. “And, in ruling after ruling, the State Labor Relations Board has instructed the universities that they do have to abide by the language.”

After the court ruling, the union agreed to allow FSU two years for comply to the rule, according to Linda Vaden-Goad, vice president for Academic Affairs.

“It never occurred to them that they were going to lose the appeal, so no plans were in place,” said Donahue.

“This is one of the parts of the contract we were trying to get to, anyway,” said Vaden-Goad. When the courts ruled in favor of the union, the process had to be rushed. “It’s not been a choice of ours,” she said.

Vaden-Goad said the process is going well. Eight more courses need to be taught by full-time faculty members to comply with the rule. The departments

in daytime courses, which means extra course sections have to be taught.

“I had hoped we would be in compliance right now,” said Vaden-Goad.

“I’m hopeful we’ll be there in the fall.”

She added, “I really also want to pay attention to the small departments,” but the 15-percent rule has taken priority.

Donahue said some laboratory professors wished the 15-percent rule applied to their departments.

Carroll said the 15-percent rule is “excellent,” but added laboratories currently depend on visiting lecturers (VLs). She said the chairs of those department would like to have more fulltime faculty.

“The problem with using part-time folks to teach the labs is that we don’t pay them very much, so they’re not around for very long,” said Carroll.

“One wonders how many full-time faculty Framingham State could have hired and paid for with zero impact to student fees if they hadn’t expended all this time and money on a futile legal effort.”

- Psychology Professor Robert Donahue

bers on sabbatical.

Psychology professor Robert Donahue, president of the local chapter of the MSCA and vice president of the state-wide organization, said he has worked as an alternate on the MSCA bargaining committee for over seven years.

“For decades, the University has been expending a tremendous amount of time and money to argue that a language they agreed to in the contract - they don’t actually have to follow,”

of sociology and world languages each need one more course and food and nutrition need six more courses taught by a full-time professor.

Margaret Carroll, dean of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, said the challenge with bringing food and nutrition into compliance involves the high number of graduate students enrolled in the program. Because some graduate students are still in the process of obtaining the major they need, there is a high enrollment

Because part-time faculty often leave after a short period of time, the departments are left searching for new professors.

Dean of Arts and Humanities Marc Cote said departments with six or fewer faculty members might be “suffering” because of the 15-percent rule.

The smaller departments might have programmatic needs, but the focus has been on bringing larger departments into compliance.

Hailey Smith, a freshman, said, “It’s

definitely going to be harder for everybody.”

According to Donahue, Framingham State “was nowhere near as bad as some universities” and, since he was hired, has respected union contracts.

Vaden-Goad said no courses have been dropped altogether. “It hasn’t been like that,” she said. “We’ve worked together collaboratively on everything. … I value that.”

Although no courses have been cut completely, Cote said, “We’ve cancelled more classes than we have in the past.”

Justin Ng, a sophomore, said, “I don’t think cutting sections is the greatest idea. As a science major, we already don’t have enough sections to graduate on time. That’s not fair to us.”

Christie Corliss, a junior, said, “It’s pretty sad. I feel bad for the professors who have been doing a great job in their classes getting … cut because of a rule.”

Before the ruling, the Arts and Humanities Department had a gradual plan to increase full-time, tenure-track faculty. The ruling made it a priority.

“We didn’t have the budget,” said Cote.

The Arts and Humanities Department has become stricter in terms of enforcing class size limits. As a result, one section of Literary Study had to be cut, and the professor teaching that section was moved to another course.

“We had to think about other solutions to reduce the percentage of part-time faculty,” he said. “It became a little less about addressing programmatic need and a little more about addressing that 15 percent.”

He added, “I think it’s good from time to time to look at your programs and see if there is any glut. We’re trying to avoid student frustration as much as possible, but at the same time, we’re trying to be fiscally responsible.”

Donahue said, “One wonders how many full-time faculty Framingham State could have hired and paid for with zero impact to student fees if they hadn’t expended all this time and money on a futile legal effort.”

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Black Lives Matter Teach In - Continued from page 5

largely ignored throughout history.”

Jean Toomer’s “Cane” was considered a major text of the Harlem Renaissance, but it wasn’t until the late 1960s that the American public started taking a second look at it, along with works by other African-American authors, like Zora Neale Hurston, which often fell into obscurity, according to McCarthy.

He then explained how the Black Lives Matter movement started in 2013 in response to the acquittal of “self-styled community watchman” George Zimmerman for killing of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old AfricanAmerican boy.

“It’s basically saying that up to this moment in history, there are occasions where black lives are valued less than white lives,” said McCarthy, emphasizing that the movement is not saying that no other ethnicities matter, but their goal is to bring attention to how “black lives matter, too.”

He said, “There is really a sense that there is an inequality in the judicial system and political system and that African-Americans are treated much more harshly.” A number of national incidents involving young AfricanAmericans who have died in police custody or at the hands of police officers have further sparked the movement, including the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Tamir Rice and Freddie Gray.

Senior Lauren Hayes said, “I think this, also, is very relevant because I have heard people who have referred to the killing of these people as contemporary lynchings, because it’s the idea that someone is taking the power

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of justice into their own hands and deciding, ‘I think this person committed a crime, so I’m going to punish them the way I see fit without going to individual, institutional justice.’”

In her Gender Across Cultures class, Anthropology Professor Brandi Lyn Cutler incorporated Black Lives Matter into her class by discussing the

Megan Fuller, a senior, said every student has something he or she can glean from the Black Lives Matter teach in.

“This isn’t just a social issue, something sociologists should be concerned about - it’s something everyone needs to be concerned about and involved in,” Fuller said.

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Students create pyramid of the foundations of mass incarcerations in Professor Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz’s class, The Culture of Punishment. often-marginalized work of AfricanAmerican anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston.

Cutler asked her students to view a portion of filmmaker Byron Hurt’s documentary, “I am Man: Black Masculinity in America.” After the short screening, the class engaged in a discussion of the material.

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Jackson Stevens, a sophomore, said the teach in is an important experience for the FSU community as it raises awareness regarding the issues facing students of color. These issues, Stevens said, often go unnoticed by white students.

Although the University has held many Diversity Dialogues at which im-

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[Editor’s Note: Desmond McCarthy is the advisor to The Gatepost.]

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White Ribbon Pledge Table 9AM - 7PM MC Center Stop by the MC Center to take the pledge and end gender based violence.

Brave Space Training 1:30-2:30pm Alumni Room Refreshments Provided

Film Screening & Discussion: The Mask You Live In 7-9pm CIE (WL UM14) The Mask You Live In—A film exploring America’s narrow definition of masculinity and the pressures boys experience to become “men”.

Sponsored By: Health Services, SGA, & B2B

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portant issues are discussed with students, faculty and members of the administration, Stevens said he believed those events are not reaching enough people.

FSU’s Black Lives Matter teach in, he said, would expose a large number of students to a topic they would normally never contemplate.

Though he sees the teach in as a success, he said he worries what will happen after the month of February concludes.

“What will happen when Black History Month ends and the impact of [the teach in] fades away?” he asked.

“What will the University do, and what will we as students do? That’s what I’m most excited and nervous about,” he added.

Andrew Mades, a senior, described the teach in as “the most constructive way” to reach students who don’t believe the Black Lives Matter movement is important “and try to convince them to change their views.”

Mades added it’s important to create an environment on campus in which students with opposing views can have a “constructive dialogue and not be attacked.”

Cutler said prior to this week, she had thought of the different types of opinions students would have about the teach in and how it might be impossible to avoid offending some white students.

“You do have to make some people uncomfortable,” Cutler said. “Black people are forced to be uncomfortable all the time.”

Bystander Intervention Training 4:30-6:30pm CIE (WL UM14) Refreshments Provided

Self Defense Class* 7:00-8:30pm Alumni Room *To register please e-mail: Knicholas @framingham.edu Sponsored By: FSUPD & SGA

Documentary Screening: The Hunting Ground 5:30pm-6:30pm MC Forum Refreshments Provided The Hunting Ground— A film exploring rape and sexual assault on college campuses across the US. The film follows a group of college students as they seek justice and face retaliation and harassment.

The Hunting Ground Discussion & Open Forum on FSU Policies & Services 6:45pm-8pm MC Forum Sponsored By: SUAB & SGA

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OP/ED

The Gatepost Editorial

Black Lives Matter teach in a definite success Bravo, Framingham State faculty. Bravo.

No matter how FSU’s Black Lives Matter teach in turned out, one could never accuse the faculty-led educational event of being unambitious.

With 90 professors teaching 145 courses over the span of this week, the Black Lives Matter teach in could have easily devolved into an unorganized albeit well intentioned - mess.

Thankfully, we at The Gatepost can say with confidence that this teach in has been an unabashed success.

Numerous Gatepost editors attended multiple participating classes this week, and the general consensus is that the event has lived up to the hype.

Teach in co-organizer and FSU professor Virginia Rutter proved to be clairvoyant several weeks ago when she promised that the event would transform the entire campus into a classroom.

The ease and excitement with which professors were able to connect their classes to the Black Lives Matter movement proves just how relevant and influential the movement is.

We had our reservations about how certain disciplines - physics and biology, for example - would connect to the most important social movement in recent American history.

However, these FSU professors - due to their love of teaching and a passion for social justice - found ingenious ways to thread the Black Lives Matter movement into their curriculums.

One concern we at The Gatepost had about the teach in was what the student response would be.

However, Gatepost reporters discovered that students were appreciative and excited to have an opportunity to attend this University’s Black Lives Matter teach-in.

It’s one thing to be told that “black lives matter” - it’s another to be taught how those lives have positively, with profundity, impacted every possible facet of our American culture - be it science, mathematics, literature, film, fashion and anthropology.

Furthermore, several students remarked to Gatepost editors throughout the week that the only reason they felt comfortable discussing such a controversial topic as racism was due to the safe environment established in their classrooms by professors they have grown to know and trust serving as mediators.

Most surprising was hearing from several students who said they wished FSU would host more teach ins in the future.

It would appear FSU does have a politically engaged, socially conscious student body. However, many students seem to need a push in the right direction, and, gauging by the success of the Black Lives Matter teach in, that push has to come from their professors.

We at The Gatepost knew the success of the Black Lives Matter teach in at FSU would depend entirely upon the commitment of our professors.

However, we were never once concerned about the dedication of our faculty.

After all, if there is one bragging right this University has, it’s the intelligent and compassionate army of academics it has assembled over the years.

While a weeklong teach in exploring the importance of black lives is a crucial start, we at The Gatepost echo the sentiment shared by several of our fellow students we interviewed over the course of this week - let the end of this event be just a beginning.

Not an end.

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Free college?

Next fall, the University is launching the pilot program of a policy which will limit certain students who are employed on campus to 20 hours of work per week.

While this involves IRS regulations, it is also being championed by the administration as a way to keep students focused on academics - working too many hours can be a tiring distraction.

Those opposed to the rule say it is unfair to limit the hours of students who are working in order to put themselves through school.

There is something to be learned from both sides of the argument.

Education is the cornerstone of society.

Sometimes, our political discourse seems to forget there is already a public (socialist) system in place to educate our children through 12th grade.

Our society decided that, in order to have a well-functioning adult population, we must equip all children with a general understanding of the core subjects. This general understanding gave each generation the skills required to work and be engaged in society.

After 12th grade, high school graduates could decide whether they wanted to pay extra money for higher education. This option could benefit them in the long run, but if they opted out of attending college, they could still find job that provided a living wage that could support a family.

That was a long time ago, and society has changed. Many jobs require a college degree and the ones that don’t often do not pay enough to survive without assistance. It is becoming clearer with each passing year that college is no longer an option – it’s a necessity.

And that necessity is very expensive.

So the students who are opposed to the 20-hour limit are justified in their frustration.

They know that, in order to be comfortable later in life, they need to go to college. But many students at FSU don’t come from affluent families and they need to work throughout their college career in order to sustain themselves and afford tuition, housing and supplies.

At the same time, the administration is correct - it’s difficult to work over 20 hours a week and not let one’s academics suffer. So when the school employs students, it is understandable that the administration would stipulate that they want the student employees to put academics first and not overwork themselves for a paycheck.

I think society is slowly starting to realize this paradoxical issue. We already have a socialist educational system that encompasses the first 12 years of education - it’s time to extend that system to cover the next four.

If we can accomplish that goal, college will be accessible to all who wish to attend. They won’t have to worry about working more than 20 hours a week, and they will be able to focus on academics.

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wants to take the first step toward accomplishing this. He doesn’t want the government to cover all costs of attending college, but he would like taxes to pay the tuition fees for public colleges across the country. That seems like a common-sense step in the right direction.

If you’re affected by the 20-hour limit or concerned for those who are, be sure to vote on March 1st, and choose the candidate you think will work to move our society forward.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

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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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Mazgal displays faculty artwork

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Students observe the drawings by artist and Art Professor Barbara Milot.

By Scott Calzolaio Arts & Features Editor The Mazmanian Gallery is currently showcasing sculptures and drawings by two FSU professors.

Covering the back and right walls of the gallery are artist and Art Professor Barbara Milot’s ink drawing series “Empty Quarter.”

The subject of all the drawings is the abandoned and deteriorating Griswold Mill in Turners Falls, Massachusetts. Milot depicts the mill from several perspectives, exaggerating both the scale of the buildings and the density of the vinery that now grows out of some of its windows.

Milot said she found herself compelled by how constantly changing the state of decay is.

“When you see it over time decay, you’re watching this process occur,” she said.

“Because I see [the mill] every day, I am aware of its changing condition from season to season. It forces me to remember that nothing lasts - things just deteriorate at different rates. Perhaps I find beauty there because to do otherwise would be unbearable.”

Taking up the floor space and much of the left wall of the gallery, artist and FSU Professor John Anderson displayed his still-life wood sculptures of household items and things that normally find their way into the trash, such as empty yogurt containers and coffee cups.

Anderson encourages those who look at his art consider “how we look at things, and we see, and how they are two very different Things.”

“In a way, I want to sort of short-circuit that expectation that we have when we look at something.

I think upon close inspection the brain can tell that there is something off.”

Wood is Anderson’s primary medium in this installment. Most of which he carved - some, however, was found.

“I gravitate towards discarded materials gleaned from the refuse of everyday life,” he said in his artist’s statement. “I look for things that have history embedded into their DNA.” Anderson finds inspiration and materials in thrift stores, dumpsters and empty lots. On a ride home one day, he saw a weathered nightstand put out with the garbage on a side street. The moment he saw the piece of furniture, he knew he couldn’t just keep driving, he said, but at the time he was not quite sure

why.

“Why I needed to drag this home with me at that moment in time, I’m not so sure I can explain,” he said.

A twist in that nightstand’s fate has landed it as the centerpiece in this month’s gallery, titled “La Noche.”

Its drawer sits slightly open, causing viewers to instinctually peek inside, but resist opening it further. In the drawer, naturally strewn about are painted wood carvings of objects such as flashlights and other everyday tools.

Wood carvings of a coffee cup, a notebook, a wallet, a radio and a spoon with a used teabag sit on top.

The table is precariously perched on a bundle of kindling wood, playing into Anderson’s theme of disarray and instability, as well as matching the aesthetic he was pursuing.

“My decisions are often based off texture, color, shape. I also wanted it to be unstable. There’s also the potential of setting a fire and burning it.”

In the front of the gallery is Anderson’s sculpture, “In the Future We Will Build Our Shopping Carts Out of Sticks and Twigs in Order To Stock Up on The Bones of Our Children.”

The long title of the piece implies that in the future, our bones will be metal, and we will be part, if not all, machine.

Anderson used tree branches, cardboard, wire and paint to create the light-weight functional shopping cart. He kept the surreal images in the Mad Max series, as well very real images of war-torn Syria in mind when creating this piece.

This piece is not limited to any one interpretation, but Anderson suggests a juxtaposition between the scavenged materials used to create the cart and the American urge to fill the empty space within it, commenting on capitalism and consumerism.

“I see it as a matrix, I see a lot of things flow through this particular object.”

The gallery will be on display until March 25.

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(Left) Anderson’s shopping cart sculpture made of twigs.

(Right) “La Noche,” a still-life sculpture by artist and Art Professor John Anderson.

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ARTS & FEATURES

Beauty

by Bailey

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Suit Jacket Posse feels the Bern

5 tips for clear skin without going into credit card debt

By Bailey Morrison Editorial Staff Many TV advertisements and companies pledge to their customers their products are revolutionary and will change your skincare routine for life. For the low price of an arm, a leg and a year of waiting on tables, you can have skin just like: insert the relevant celebrity here. There is another way. I’ve combined years of listening to my mother and following strange DIY experiments online to compile a list of affordable and successful tips for clear skin!

1. MOISTURIZE: Whether you suffer from dry skin, oily skin or the hell of combination skin, moisturizing is important! You don’t need to waste $50 on a name-brand moisturizer that promises to magically reduce your age by 15 years. Stop by any drugstore and pick up a bottle of Clearasil (CVS, $6.99) and remember to moisturize twice a day!

2. TEA TREE OIL: If you are someone suffering from red, angry blemishes, tea tree oil is your new best friend. For years, people have used tea tree oil in Ayurvedic medicine and hair care, but it can be applied to skin care as well. Dilute with water in a small jar and you can make your own astringent. For more stubborn zits, dilute and apply directly to your face. People with sensitive skin: try applying to your hand before your face. Some people’s skin is too sensitive for tea tree oil (Walmart, $7.98). Disclaimer: it does smell strange. You’ll get used to it.

3. FACE MASKS: Face masks have recently become a fad at many stores where they sell other beauty products and can easily be reproduced at home. Bentonite clay is amazing for removing dirt and toxins from the skin.

By mixing tea tree oil, Bentonite clay and lemon juice, you can make a mask that clears the skin and leaves it soft and smooth.

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WITCH HAZEL: Witch hazel is an astringent that can help shrink pores and cleanse your skin. My mother, a stalwart believer in natural skin care and health remedies, swears by the stuff. Great for dry and oily skin, witch hazel should be used at night after removing makeup. Watch out for your eyes. It stings like a bitch (Target, $2.49). BONUS: squirt some in any face mask you mix up for a little boost!

5. GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT: Grapefruit has recently made an entrance in beauty products. It’s splashed across pale pink bottles of face wash and packages of makeup remover. To go directly to the source of the product, try grapefruit seed extract. This is especially helpful for that occasional blemish the size of a volcano and blackheads. The extract clears your skin and reduces redness.

Squirt a few drops onto a cotton ball, dip in water and apply directly to the blemish! (Amazon, $15.90). While it is more expensive and the bottle will seem small for the price. It is long lasting and can put an end to those days where you wish you were wearing a paper bag over your head.

Remember, kids: DRINK LOTS OF WATER. Skin care starts within the body! What goes into your body must come out!

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Jessa Pereira, Kyle Collins and Anthony Gabrielle perform in the Suit Jacket’s Posse’s first spring performance.

By Cass Doherty Staff Writer On Tuesday, Feb. 23, Suit Jacket Posse kicked off the semester with a new show, titled “Bern It Up or Bern It Down.”

James Buonopane, this semester’s show manager, started off the show by introducing the new cast, with newcomers Tim McDonnell and András Sévigny and returning members Kyle Collins, Anthony Gabrielle, Jessa Pereira and Captain Tyler DeMoura.

The Suit Jacket Posse gave an entertaining twohour show, with fan favorites such as Party Quirks, Switch, Words of Wisdom and Sports Narrator. One of the night’s funniest moments was during the skit Rotating Scene, where four cast members are given an answer to a question, and must use that answer while creating a scene.

Freshman Mike Terra said, “Tim McDonnell really stole the show with his guacamole dance,” a reference to McDonnell’s hilarious impression of Dr. Jean’s Avocado.

With the political theme in mind, the troupe had cutouts of Bernie Sanders, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush available to take pictures with. In one scene called “Narrators,” Gabrielle, Collins, Pereira and DeMoura acted out troubles on a road trip to Canada. Gabrielle brought the Bush cutout on-stage, prompting Pereira, who was narrating for Collins, to respond with, “I want him to be my dad, not you!”

Unlike many of their performances from last semester, Buonopane didn’t ask for many audience suggestions. However, there was still plenty of hi-

larity to go around. With scattered jokes referencing Harry Potter, Star Wars and the Grammy’s, the cast knew exactly how to keep the audience interested.

Junior Cindy Nelson said, “As someone who enjoys absurd humor, I have to say I love the shows.”

In “Oracle,” another popular skit, McDonnell and Gabrielle acted as one being, each answering a question posed by the audience with one word to create a whole thought. There were many questions about food, such as when a student asked if the Oracle liked gummy bears, to which they responded with a flat “No.” The next question, continuing the food trend, asked if they liked gummy worms. Their response: “They’re delicious!” Eventually, McDonnell and Gabrielle addressed the food questions, asking, “What is with the questions about food?” An audience member responded, asking if they were offended by food.

To close out the show, the cast performed World’s Worst. For this show, Buonopane asked the performers for the World’s Worst American Sign Language Teacher, Birthday Party, Plastic Surgery, Drug Dealer, Orgy, Assassin, Dictator and Belly Dancer.

When asked for the World’s Worst Dictator, Collins strutted across the stage, announcing, “I’m Professor Dolores Umbridge.”

DeMoura also gave the crowd a good laugh as he walked alone across the stage, humming the famous Charlie Brown Christmas theme, after being prompted for the World’s Worst Birthday Party. Sophomore Jace Williams said it was “Another great show by a great team!”

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FEBRUARY 26 2016

Professor Dave Merwin explains the history behind the Flint water crisis

By Alexandra Gomes Associate Editor The Flint water crisis, according to geography professor Dave Merwin, was the “perfect storm,” the result of independent events happening in order, culminating in this crisis.

Merwin explained the impact of these events during a Diversity Dialogue held on Wednesday, Feb. 24 to discuss the Flint water crisis in honor of Black History Month.

Lead contamination is the primary concern of the crisis, according to Merwin, because of the impact on cognitive development in children - especially children under six years old.

“Even at a small level, it can cause problems,” said Merwin, adding ADHD is speculated to be linked to exposure to lead.

By federal standards, lead levels higher than 15 parts per billion are “considered to be excessive.” According to Merwin, 513 homes out of 7,000 in Flint had exceedingly high lead levels.

Merwin used Google Maps to show how the homes with high lead levels coincide with the area of the city highly populated by African Americans and children.

According to Merwin, northern cities don’t usually have a large population of African Americans, but after the “great migration” - when large numbers of African Americans moved from the south to the north fleeing segregation and poor conditions - the city became one of the largest African American communities in the country.

“This is why what happened in Flint is so bad,” said Merwin. “Would this happen in many other cities throughout the country?”

Merwin said there are two issues that caused the lead contamination - the first being the pipes, which run from the water supply to the homes containing lead in them, and the city not knowing how many lead contaminated pipes there are.

Secondly, most homes in Flint were built in the 1940s or earlier, and the citizens are too poor to renovate and maintain them. “There is probably a high correlation between the age of the homes and where these high lead levels are occurring,” said Merwin.

Currently, the medium household income in Flint is $24,000 and 41 percent of citizens are below the poverty line.

“When I say that things are bad in Flint, they’re bad,” said Merwin.

To understand the crisis fully, said Merwin, one must understand the history of Flint as a city.

“The makings of this crisis, which is happening in 2016, really started in the 1970s,” he added.

Since General Motors was founded in Michigan, Flint was largely reliant on its auto industry. In the 1970s, auto factories started closing due to the oil crisis, according to Merwin. He added the Japanese auto companies started selling cars in America around this time, competing with General Motors.

“This is when the auto industry really collapsed in Flint,” said Merwin.

“This is where the jobs start to go down, and then the population went

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(Above) Professor Dave Merwin uses Google Maps to illustrate the expansive effects of the Flint water crisis.

(Below) Professor Catherine Dignam explains the chemical breakdown of the water from the Flint River. down because there were no jobs.”

When General Motors declared bankruptcy in 2009 and closed the factory in Flint, many citizens were out of work and could not afford to live there any longer.

As the population declined due to unemployment, many homes were left abandoned in Flint. Property values plummeted and since there were no citizens to tax, the city received little to no revenue through taxes, said Merwin.

“They cannot afford to run their city,” he said.

In 2011, according to Merwin, Flint was appointed an emergency manager to oversee the operations of the city by the governor of Michigan. The mayor and the city council had no authority.

In 2014, the emergency manager decided to switch Flint’s water supply from Detroit to the Flint River. Detroit was charging Flint for the water, and upping their fees each billing cycle by 20 percent - a cost Flint could not afford.

The Flint River was a temporary water source for the city, since a pipeline was being built from Lake Huron to Flint. However, the river is “notorious for pollution,” according to Merwin.

“For two years, people have been complaining about the water. This is not something new. We’re hearing about it like it just happened, but this is not something that just happened.”

The main problem with the water from the river is bacteria, said Merwin, and the city of Flint put chlorine in the water to treat the bacteria.

Professor Catherine Dingam explained how whenever chlorine interacts with water in which organic matter is present – such as a river - the result is trihalomethane, which is toxic.

“That doesn’t kill bacteria,” said Dingam. “It just floats around.”

She said the city has to “back peddle”

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and get rid of the organics in the water, which can be done by adding iron trichloride. However, once iron trichloride is added to the water, the pH of the water can no longer be maintained.

Dingam said because the pH of the water was off, the passivity layer of the pipes in which the water ran through was eroded and washed off, which then came out of citizens’ taps.

“Water is a very complex situation.

Every time you change one thing, another thing is influenced. You need to make sure by addressing one problem, you’re ready for the additional problems that are going on,” she said.

She added usually when a water source is changed, a city will consult chemical engineers to find out what kind of treatments the new water supply is going to need.

Merwin asked, “If they’re going to make such a drastic change of going from a safe water supply to one that is questionable, why didn’t they have a plan to deal with the potential consequences?”

One audience member said, “What you seem to be demonstrating here

is a classic example of environmental racism. Where particular policies are … basically saying, ultimately, the cost of black lives is not to exceed that of our financial needs as a city.”

Merwin said “there is no way” this kind of crisis would occur in wealthier cities because those citizens can afford to hire lawyers to fight for them.

He added Flint has moved its water supply back to Detroit and is no longer using the Flint River.

“But, the damage is done,” said Merwin. “People have been drinking lead-contaminated water for two years.”

Sophomore Jace Williams said they felt the dialogue was “super important” and they were “so glad someone is talking about this.”

Sophomore Jackson Stevens said he wished the dialogue connected more to race.

“I feel like it was very connected to poverty, which can often correlate with the race issue. I thought it was very informative, but it’d be nice if he addressed the race issue.”

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HIP-HOP HISTORY: BYRON HURT LEADS DISCUSSION ON CURRENT HIP-HOP CULTURE

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By Cesareo Contreras Interim Arts & Features Editor Award-winning filmmaker Byron Hurt led a discussion on Wednesday night in DPAC about current state of hip-hop and its intersection with socially aware music.

The discussion came after a screening of his 2006 documentary, “Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes.”

The screening and discussion was the fourth and final program in a series of events commemorating Black History Month.

In the documentary, Hurt focused primarily on understanding hip-hop’s misogynistic, homophobic and violent themes to try to answer one central question.

How is masculinity depicted in hiphop culture?

Speaking to a number of the hiphop historians, professors and rappers, Hurt went deep into the inner workings of hip-hop culture and its intersection with African American masculinity, shedding light on some of its most controversial aspects.

Following the screening was a lengthy conversation about the differences between socially conscious and mainstream hip-hop.

“My film deconstructs what was at that time mainstream hip-hop,” Hurt said. “There are rappers who do say positive and socially constructive things. So I’m curious to know, who are some of those rappers?”

Audience members were easily able to name a few familiar politicallyaware artists, such as Chance the Rapper, J. Cole and Common.

However, the conversation took a turn when sophomore Jackson Stevens asked Hurt why he believes socially aware rap isn’t part of mainstream hip-hop.

“I’m curious to know the answers and responses to the idea that conscious rap, or political hip-hop is so much more difficult to access,” Hurt said. “It’s less prevalent in the popular culture. ... What’s popular and current right now? ... And why are conscious artists less popular?”

For Cassandra Teneus, junior and Black Student Union president, the

problem is systemic.

“The way our country is built. It’s not built for a person of color to succeed. It’s built for a white person to succeed,” Teneus said. “So when you have intellectual people rapping and spitting out real stuff, nobody wants to hear that because it’s like, ‘I don’t want to hear about a radical black person. I don’t want to hear about a person of color that knows. No, I want you to sing. I want you to shake your ass. ... I don’t want to hear about why you love each other, about how you want to make things better, or make things difficult for us.’ Because in white peo-

“Back in the late 80s ... there were 15 Kendrick Lamars, right? If I were to ask you who is the most dominant female MC right now, who would you say, Nicki Minaj, right? ... Even in the mid-90s, there were like 10 popular female MCs if not more. So hip-hop has changed pretty dramatically from the time hiphop was pretty much at its apex and popularity. ... I can think of five really great artists who were as socially conscious if not more socially conscious as Kendrick Lamar. ... It’s just amazing that the industry only has space for one or two if you want to include J. Cole.”

The conversation pivoted when one

community to make sure positive music is brought to the forefront.

“I do think it’s incumbent for all of us to spread and share the music or whatever the art is of the artist who are pushing boundaries, and that create art that’s great, that’s excellent,” Hurt said.

“At the end of the day, as far as I’m concerned, I’m more interested and I’m more attracted to art that is going to inspire me, that’s going to challenge me, and that ultimately is going to transform me as a human being, right?

I’ll walk away from their art feeling as if my life could never be the same

“I do think it’s incumbent for all of us to spread and share the music or whatever the art is of artists who are pushing boundaries, and that create art that’s great, that’s excellent.”

- Byron Hurt, award-winning documentarian

ple’s eyes, or should I say racist white people’s eyes, this is their country and we’re just living in it.”

Monét Johnson, a sophomore, said it’s because black Americans are internally pressured to live a sort of “dual consciousness.”

People want to buy Future’s album because it flows well, Johnson said.

“But at the same time, it’s like, ‘If I don’t buy Kendrick’s album, I’m not supporting myself.’ ... It’s this pressure on you to be supportive of things that you feel about yourself. ... It creates a problem. If you’re listening to [Future] someone will come up to you and ask, ‘Why aren’t you listening to J. Cole?

Why aren’t you listening to Kendrick?’ ... There’s this pressure to enjoy one at the expense of the other.”

Hurt observed how radically the industry has changed. Stating that in the earlier days of hip-hop back in the late 80s, the genre was much more diverse both in ideologies and gender roles.

audience member asked Hurt how he felt about the police expressing their displeasure with Beyonce’s controversial Superbowl half-time performance.

Hurt responded by saying how in a lot ways, there is a lack of compassion in understanding the intention of movements such as Black Lives Matters.

“Black Lives Matter has been disruptive over the last six to eight months.

The power structure, and people that benefit from that power structure don’t like their lives to be disrupted, right? Most people who buy into racism don’t want to be challenged about their racism. ... I think what those police officers were doing ... they were sending a message if you speak against us we will not protect you. ... They’re trying to silence the voices of marginalized people.”

Raysam Donkoh-Halm, a sophomore, asked Hurt about the importance of social media and if he thinks it’s up to the

again.”

Donkoh-Halm said, “I thought it was great to have so many people who enjoyed hip hop today to watch a deconstruction of it and discuss it among other FSU students.”

Teneus said, “I think Byron Hurt raised controversial issues that have been in the American society forever and films like that help open up a new realm. Even though it’s 10 years old, it’s still going because the points brought up are still factual. They’re not just events that have curtailed people of color in the past. It’s continuing in the past, present and future.”

Johnson said, “I think it was fantastic, a great move by the diversity section on campus, and I think that we need to have more open talks about this because I think that race is talked about but not how the culture influences us. ... I think that having an open forum for that is really important.”

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Campus Conversations What do you think your pets dream about?

By Cass Doherty & Kate Shane

“My cat dreams about other families because it’s a stray.”

“My dog dreams about running around a nice, green field and sniffing everything.”

- Brian Bissonnette, freshman

- Alexa Rodriguez, freshman

“My pets dream about other pets.”

“They dream about running and no nightmares.”

-Summer Kelly, freshman

- Adam Tackes, freshman

“My dog dreams about rabbits and my cat dreams about static.”

“My dog dreams about playing with a tennis ball.”

- Valentine Eke, freshman

- Cari Schlossberg, freshman

Edited by Timothy E. Parker February 26, 2016 VEGGIE TALES By CarlaAzure ACROSS 1 Team’s setback 5 Adollar, in slang 9 River to the Rio Grande 14 Skip over 15 Big Southwestern cooking jar 16 Observe Yom Kippur, e.g.

17 Redhead, slangily 19 Third canonical hour 20 Bit of newspaper advertising 21 Held sway 23 One way to join metals 25 Ceramist’s ovens 26 Cardinals’manager?

29 “The Gold Bug” monogram 31 Missouri River tributary 34 Newspaper page 35 Sundance Festival site 37 Break-in indicator 38 Flier’s concern, for short 39 Cocoon critters 41 Language of SoutheastAsia 42 Cheapskate 45 Badly wound 46 Comic sketch

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Tote with effort Race on snow “CastAway” setting Drunk, in slang “Miracle On Ice” losing team Whom mentors mentor Dancer who got a head?

Dine at home Veggie-loving beetle Discharge, as lava Letters on a phone button, once Atiny amount Auto dealership department “___ went thataway!”

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Drain backup cause Life preserver stuffing Kneecap Adjective applied to Rome They’re all ears, practically Asingle time

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13 Bit of bird food 18 Metallic rock 22 Club section 24 Information item 26 It could be verse 27 Fiber-___ cable 28 Small-caliber weapon 30 Daddies 32 Thing to follow in the woods 33 Act theatrically 36 Japanese verse form 40 Delegate 43 Snooty sort 44 Lets up 46 Steak choice 48 Wooden hat-holder 52 Railroad terminal 54 Sank into the sofa 55 Chick’s pronouncement 56 “Muffin” starter 57 Frosh, in a year 59 Pastoral woodwind 60 Horn blower’s accessory 61 “Good grief!”

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Ferr or Foul?

NCAA needs to take action

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor On Feb. 24, the Arizona Wildcats traveled to Boulder, Colorado and faced off against the Colorado Buffaloes.

The Wildcats entered last week ranked ninth in the nation, while the Buffaloes remained unranked.

Arizona had a lot on the line. Having already lost to Oregon earlier in the year, the Wildcats needed a win to keep pace in the Pac-12 standings with the Ducks.

They couldn’t, and fell a game back in the conference and dropped their sixth game this year. For Colorado, the win meant a lot to the team, the school and the students. A big win over a storied program in its own building was exciting for the students and they followed suit with a lot of lesser schools after big wins and stormed the court.

When the clock hit 0.00, the students all filed out of the student section and onto the floor to celebrate with their fellow classmates without regard for who they were bumping into or colliding with. In many cases, the people being collided with were frustrated Wildcat players trying to get off the floor and back to their locker room.

After the game, Arizona coach Sean Miller expressed his displeasure in his postgame press conference, not about the game, but about the court being stormed.

Miller said, ““If 7-foot-2, 250-pound Kaleb Tarczewski gets bumped literally within three seconds of the game ending and he retaliates, what would be the response of our conference?

“If we lose, at least let us get off the court so that our guys aren’t potentially in a situation where a lawsuit could come. Because when that comes, then and only then will people pay attention,” he added.

Miller couldn’t be more correct College athletes are just kids and the frustration that comes in after a tough loss plus the immaturity that 18- and 19-year-olds is going to result in someone acting irrationally, throwing a punch and a student getting hurt.

The SEC has taken action in football, banning schools from allowing their students to storm the field and the rest of the NCAA should as well.

Miller may not have been successful on Wednesday in Boulder, but he was successful in communicating his message.

Court storming is dangerous and it’s going to take something bad for the NCAA and its conferences to pay attention and do something.

I’m with Miller. The NCAA needs to do something about court storming before it, the schools and the players have lawsuits filed against them because some immature, distraught kid got frustrated and threw a punch after losing an emotional game.

If the NCAA isn’t going to ban the practice of court storming, it at least needs to put some rules in place regarding it. Maybe those rules include getting the visiting players off the floor first, but whatever they are they need to keep the visiting players safe and get them out of that hostile environment.

One final note, you don’t see the Duke-, North Carolina- or Kansas-caliber teams of the league running out on the floor after the game.

They’re above that, and so should everyone else.

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Rams claim second seed in MASCAC Tournament

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Monta Connolly (5) fights for the ball in the paint in Framingham’s blowout win over Fitchburg State.

By Matt Ferris Asst. Sports Editor

The Rams took on Fitchburg State in a MASCAC game on Feb. 20 in their regular season finale.

The first quarter was all Rams, as they took advantage of the Falcon’s turnovers and missed field goals.

By the end of the quarter, it was 26-1. Quinn O’Connell led the way for the Rams, scoring 11 of her 13 points in the first.

The second quarter was much of the same. The Rams jumped out to another quick start in the quarter, and outscored the Falcons 21-2 to go into halftime with a 47-3 lead.

Framingham went on to outscore Fitchburg in both the third and the fourth quarters and went on to win by the final score of 83-24.

The 59 point win is the Rams biggest margin of victory on the season. In the win, Framingham shot 43 percent from the field compared to 12 percent from the Falcons. The Rams shot 33 percent from behind the 3 point line and forced 34 turnovers in the blowout.

The leading scorer in the game was Lauren Donahue. She scored a season-high 22 points, and also had seven steals.

Alycia Rackliffe and Monta Connolly both barely missed double doubles. Rackliffe went for nine points and grabbed 13 rebounds while Connolly also had 13 rebounds and scored eight points.

Raegan Mulherin pitched in 15 points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out three assists.

Tiphani Harris and Olivia Warila both came off the bench to contribute for the Rams. Harris grabbed eight rebounds and scored four points.

Warila scored seven points.

Framingham ended its season with a record of 18-6 and 10-2 in the MASCAC, locking up the second seed heading into the conference tournament.

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Quinn O’Connell brings the ball up the floor in the Rams win over the Falcons.

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Framingham drops MASCAC Tournament opener to Bridgewater

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Tim Mangano drives the ball to the basket in Framingham’s regular season finale against Fitchburg State.

By Jose Carrasquillo Staff Writer In the first game of MASCAC tournament Framingham traveled to Bridgewater State where they fell 6051 in a closely contested game.

Neither team led by double digits

the entire game. The Rams lost the turnover battle 16-10.

The Rams were led by Alexandre, who had a double double with 12 points and a game-high 14 rebounds.

McCarthy and Timothy Mangano contributed eight points each respectively in the loss.

Framingham State

By Jose Carrasquillo Staff Writer In the regular season finale, Framingham lost a close game at home to Fitchburg State. The game was closely contested the entire way, with the largest lead growing only to seven.

The Fitchburg Falcons dominated inside 28-18 points to carry them to a 60-53 win.

Tony Alexandre led the way for the Rams with 16 points and eight rebounds in the loss. Joe McCabe also contributed 14 points in the loss.

The two combined for over half the

The Rams tied the game after two jump shots from Mangano and McCarthy to tie the game at 45 with eight minutes remaining.

Bridgewater used a 9-1 run after the game was tied at 45 to seal the game after a 3-pointer made from Rocky DeAndre.

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The Bears were led by Fawaz Mass with 16 points and 15 points from DeAndre. With the win the Bears move on to the semifinal round of the MASCAC tournament.

With the loss the Rams season ends at 5-21 on the year.

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points, but it wasn’t enough to defeat the Falcons.

Framingham regained the lead with 13 minutes remaining after back-to-back 3-pointers from Tim McCarthy to spark an 8-2 run.

After the Rams tied the game again at 51-51 with four minutes remaining, the Falcons regained the lead and never looked back.

The Falcons were led by Jaleel Bell who had 19 points. With the loss, the Rams finish 5-20 on the regular season.

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Joe McCabe handles the ball on the perimeter against the Falcons.

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Framingham wins two of final three regular season games

By Amelia Foley Asst. Sports Editor Framingham State traveled to Amelia Park Ice Arena on Feb. 18 to face Westfield State in a MASCAC matchup.

Vaughn Guetens put the Rams on the board in the seventh minute of the game when Melvin Nichols won the faceoff and passed the puck to Cameron Coburn who assisted the goal.

Cam Klahre scored the next two goals extending the Rams lead to 3-0.

With under a minute left in the period, Keith Barnaby scored a fourth goal for the Rams.

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By Amelia Foley Asst. Sports Editor On Saturday, Feb. 20, Framingham honored their four seniors, Rick O’Connor, Melvin Nichols, Cameron Hoffman and Richard Hill before their last game at Loring Arena.

The first period ended 0-0 as neither team was able to score.

The Vikings scored two goals in the first half of the second period, giving themselves the lead.

Guetens put the Rams on the board

Salem State

The Owls dominated the second period scoring three goals in an attempt to make a comeback.

Nik Passero scored the first goal followed shortly after by a goal from Colby Daniels and another from Passero.

The third period was evenly played.

Passero scored a fourth goal for Westfield and evened the score.

With nine minutes left in the game, Framingham got the puck in Westfield’s end. There was a scramble in front of the net, but Tyler Colacchio was able to poke the puck past Owls goalie, earning Framingham the win.

Alessio Muggli made 32 saves in net.

Westfield State

in the 20th minute on a power play when he converted on a pass from Hayden Lyle.

The third period started slow until Cameron Moniz scored a third goal for the Vikings, extending their lead.

Colacchio scored five minutes later on another power play. He was assisted by O’Connor and Guetens.

Casey Miller scored the fourth goal for Salem with only two minutes left in the game on a power play.

The final score was 4-2 Salem. The Rams were outshot 42-29 and Muggli made 38 saves in net.

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The Gatepost Player of the Week

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Melvin Nichols, Rick O’Connor, Cam Hoffman, Vaughn Guetens and Mark Essery celebrate Senior Night together.

By Amelia Foley Asst. Sports Editor Framingham closed out its regular season with a 3-0 shutout against UMass Dartmouth.

In the first period O’Connor scored first for the Rams with an assist from Essery and Tyler Gmerek.

Essery scored a goal of his own in the last minute of the period when Ryan McDonough and Guetens assisted him giving the Rams a 2-0 lead.

The second period was dominated by the Corsairs as they outshot the Rams 17-3. However, they were unable to get a puck past Muggli and both teams remained scoreless.

The third period started slow. Cor-

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sairs continued to press Framingham’s defense but were still unable to score.

In an attempt to get a goal, UMD pulled their goalie in the last three minutes. O’Connor took advantage of the empty net and passed to Essery who was able to make the shot, ending the game 3-0 Rams.

Muggli made 42 saves, earning the shutout and his third win of the season.

Framingham closed the season 5-12-1 in the MASCAC and 6-18-1 on the season.

The Rams earned themselves the No. 6 seed in the MASCAC tourney where they will travel to face Fitchburg state, No. 3 seed, this Saturday the 27th.

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Vaughn Guetens Guetens tallied four points last week, including a goal against Westfield State, a goal and an assist against Salem State and an assist at UMass Dartmouth.

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National Performance of the Week Stephen Curry In his last five games since Feb. 19, Curry is averaging 36.6 points, including 51 against Orlando, on 56.0 percent from the field.

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- Born on May 30, 1991 - Member of the military - Has played on a FSU team for 3 years

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Storming the court is perfectly fine as is and the NCAA should leave it alone...

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The Chicago Blackhawks acquistion of Ladd makes them Western Conference favorites...

Dexter Fowler signing with the Cubs makes them the clear favorites to win the World Series...

Johnny Manziel will be on an NFL team next season...

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Mazmanian Faculty Exhibition Melina Bourdeau/The Gatepost

Professors Barbara Milot and John Anderson display their work linked by themes of entropy and natural decay. Milot sketched different perspectives and angles of an abandoned mill in the town where she lives. Anderson constructed scultpures of items including coffee cups, cameras and yogurt containers out of wood.