THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s independent student newspaper April 12, 2019
Volume 87 • Issue 21
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‘Humanities: I am Because We Are’ Graphic design and illustration seniors highlight the importance of community
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Seniors Gabrielle Raposo, left, and Kayla Normand, right, bond over their senior design projects.
By Tessa Jillson Arts & Features Editor Ubuntu - an African word meaning to be one in a group of strangers. This is the word that defines the senior graphic design and illustration class exhibition tagline, “I Am Because We Are,” said senior graphic design major Alexis Gomez. The exhibition, “Humanities: I Am Because We Are,” held in the Mazmanian Art Gallery April 9, showcased 15 students’ portfolio work, all connecting back to two key terms - culture and community. The students showcased were Gomez, Renee Marinone, Nathally Bastos, Samantha McQueen, Gabri-
elle Raposo, Kayla Normand, Bianca Lopes, Mark Giurguis, Chris Landry, Chris Delaney, William Pittman, Jorge Calvera, Michael Hendon, Mason Prentiss, and Dan Terrasi. “We wanted to do something powerful, something that may bring out the FSU community within all of us, and ‘I Am Because We Are’ represents what we do in our life. … We all share something in common, and what that is, is culture. Culture is our beliefs. Culture is us. Culture is our behaviors. Culture is what we do in our lives and why we do it,” said Gomez. He then read a poem by an unknown writer: “These interwoven veins / DNA / Double Helix / Microscopic / Binding us / All of us / Together / As one / Species / One race
/ Human / Me and you / Us / All / Through this common shared truth / All of us together / As one / Me and you / Ubuntu.” In addition to their portfolio work, each student’s bio contains a word in a different language that represents part of their heritage. Stephanie Grey, professor of art and the senior graphic design and illustration portfolio class, said the title “Humanities” is a “response to things that have been going on - on campus and in the world.” During Gomez’s speech, he thanked Grey. “For all that you do, your passion and inspiration you bring into class honestly rubs off on us. Without your help, this would have been impossible,” he said.
Gomez’s portfolio consisted of a Morgan Freeman portrait, a “Peoples” magazine template of Morgan Freeman, McAuliffe Center information posters, Gomez’s religious organization app called ONECOMMUNITY, and his proudest project - his personal logo for his freelance business, AGDESIGNS. He said he wanted his portfolio to consist of “varieties of diversity in terms of designing” to showcase what he can do as a designer using Adobe and Microsoft. Even though graphic design was at first just a hobby to Gomez, he said he “always had a passion for art.
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SGA speeds through changes to clubs’ constitutions Student organizations, including SGA, motion to pass multiple amendments By Ashley Wall Photos Editor Dance Team President Sydney Chase and Treasurer Samantha Benoit gave a presentation to SGA at its weekly senate meeting April 9. The presentation consisted of photos and anecdotes from their trip to the Jump Dance Convention in
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New York City. Chase said, “It was a pretty good networking event for us.” Education Club presented proposed changes to their current constitution. The first revision was found in Article II, which modified the purpose to be more inclusive of current club practices. Education Club President Jen-
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nie O’Leary said, “The officers and I edited the purpose to better reflect what we have been doing this semester and hopefully, what the club will continue to do in the future. “We previously had six positions, but we narrowed that down to four,” she said. “We took away the publicity coordinator and member at-large positions because our club is very small
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and we don’t have enough people to have that size of an eBoard.” The last proposed change was to Article XI. The change focused on the quorum and allows for a simple majority of members in addition to club officers at a meeting. SGA Parliamentarian Adam Scanlon moved to approve all proposed
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PROVOST CANDIDATES pg. 3
SEXETERA pg. 7
ASHLEY BENDICKSEN pg. 11
WOMEN’S LACROSSE pg. 18
MARK OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS pg. 5
ADMISSIONS SCANDAL pg. 8
BILLIE EILISH ALBUM REVIEW pg. 12
BASEBALL pg. 19
INSIDE: OP/ED 6 • ARTS & FEATURES 11 • SPORTS 16