Volume 90 • Issue 16
FSUgatepost.com
February 18, 2022
Stuffed bears bring bliss to FSU students
Maddison Behringer / THE GATEPOST (Left) Freshman Jackson Cudmore, sophomores Carsten Harinxma-Toelg, Hunter Dansereau, and Aidan Murray, freshmen Ainsley Cacciapouti and Adrianna Puccio, and sophomore Cat McHale making teddy bears at FSAB’s Stuff-A-Bear event Feb. 13.
News RAMS RENEW SPACE pg. 3 LAUNDRY pg. 6
Opinions
SGA allocates $369,642 for FY23
Organizations asked to make budget cuts for second year in a row By Steven Bonini News Editor By Haley Hadge News Editor By Sophia Harris Asst. News Editor
PAID INTERNSHIPS pg. 7 HALEY’S COMIC pg. 8
Sports
SGA allocated a total of $369,642 in funding for organizations Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) budgets during its annual “Big Budget” meeting Feb. 11. This allocated amount is down approximately 5.5% from the FY22 allocation of $391,275.15.
By Ryan O’Connell Asst. Arts & Features Editor
ICE HOCKEY pg. 10
Arts & Features NEW LIBRARY COORDINATOR pg. 11 ‘SMILING FRIENDS’ REVIEW pg. 14
Group Three consists of eight organizations, including Anime Club, ASL Club, Comic Book Club, Fashion Club, History Club, The Onyx, Outing Club, and Pride Alliance. Group Four consists of 18 groups, including Active Minds, Aspiring Health Pros, Best Buddies, Christian Fellowship, Communications Club, English Club, Gaming Club, Glee Club, Green Initiative, iGNITE, Justice. Unity. Inclusion. Community. Equity. (J.U.I.C.E), Math Club, Nutrition Club, the Psychology Club, Students Against Destructive Deci-
See BIG BUDGET page 4
Students express trauma, humor, and childish memories at Juried Students Art Exhibition By Emily Rosenberg Arts & Features Editor
Danielle Achin / THE GATEPOST
A total of $26,418 was left in unallocated funds. Each organization is separated into a group, making for a total of five groups. Group One consists of four organizations, including The Gatepost, SGA, Framingham State Activities Board (FSAB), and WDJM Radio 91.3. Group Two consists of seven organizations, including Afro-Caribbean Dance Group (ACDG), Black Student Union, Brother 2 Brother, Dance Club, The Hilltop Players, Motivation. Intersectionality. Solidarity. Sisterhood. (M.I.S.S.), and Ski & Snowboard Club.
Students and members of the Framingham community mingled at the Mazmanian Art Gallery’s reception for the annual Juried Students Art Exhibition Feb. 5. Twenty FSU students including parttime, full-time, and graduate students displayed artwork of all mediums. This year the show was juried by
Lynne Cooney, director of exhibitions and galleries at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly. Cooney selected the artwork as well as the four prize winners, said Ellie Krakow, director of the Mazmanian Art Gallery. Third Place went to Danielle Ray for her sculpture “Untitled.” In a description read by Krakow, Cooney said it was picked because she was “impressed by the sense of motion and grace in the sculptures as well as the playful interactions between the pieces.” Second place went to Dillon Handy for his felt sculpture of a pencil “Macro Golf Pencil.” It was picked for its “light-
hearted sense of humor” and attention to detail, Krakow said. First place was given to Diana Azen, who did not attend the event, for “Melt Man.” It was picked because Cooney enjoyed the “intimacy of the scale” and “delicately textured mark” which she thought “expressed a very powerful and relatable sentiment,” said Krakow. A final award was given to Indigo Tree-McGrath, an art Education graduate student, for her work “Ignominious Collection of the Overwhelmed.” The award was given to the artist for embodying this year’s Arts & Ideas
See MAZ GAL page 12
INSIDE: OP/ED 7 • SPORTS 9 • ARTS & FEATURES 11