Oct. 29, 2021

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Volume 90 • Issue 7

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October 29, 2021

WDJM’s music in the moonlight

Nathan Rogers / THE GATEPOST (Left) WDJM’s Treasurer Jack McLaughlin, member Dillon Riley, and Secretary Ryan Reynolds dressed up for their Open-Mic Night Oct. 26. [Editor’s Note: Jack McLaughlin is a staff writer for The Gatepost.]

News STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS pg. 4 COVID-19 BY THE NUMBERS pg. 6

Opinions

“LOOK TWICE SAVE A LIFE” pg. 7 COMIC pg. 8

Sports

Student concerns addressed during Administrators’ Forum By Caroline Gordon Arts & Features Editor By Lydia Staber Staff Writer Students raised concerns about Wi-Fi, course registration, and current COVID-19 protocols during SGA’s Administrators’ Forum hosted via Zoom Oct. 26. President F. Javier Cevallos said the searches to hire a Vice President of Academic Affairs and a Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion, and

By Emma Lyons Asst. Design Editor

Arts & Features POETRY SLAM pg. 13 ‘PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’ pg. 14

February and April of the Spring semester. [Editor’s note: see “Vice President Cabello leaves FSU” in the Sept. 17 issue of The Gatepost for more details.] Patrick Laughran, chief information officer, addressed the quality of the Wi-Fi on campus. He said he wanted to take the opportunity to educate students about how Wi-Fi operates. There are three components to the network on campus: the connection to the internet, a

See ADMINISTRATORS’ FORUM page 5

Alvarado and McDonald connect nature and human culture By Ryan O’Connell Interim Asst. Arts & Features Editor

VOLLEYBALL pg. 9

Community Engagement (DICE) are delayed while the search for a new president is underway. Cevallos added the presidential search will conclude around the middle of December. “Vice president positions work very closely with the president. So, it only makes sense for me to wait until that person is appointed. They will have quite a bit of say in who the next two vice presidents are going to be,” he said. Cevallos said the two new vice presidents will be appointed between

The Arts & Ideas committee presented the Linda Vaden-Goad Authors and Artists Series, featuring Tim McDonald and Beatriz Alvarado on their respective works via Zoom, Oct. 26. Yumi Park Huntington, chair of Arts & Ideas, opened the event and dedicated it to Linda Vaden-Goad, former provost of Framingham State University. Vaden-Goad attended the event alongside many other FSU pro-

fessors and students. Park Huntington introduced Ellen Zimmerman, interim provost and vice president of FSU. Zimmerman said once again she was glad to welcome Vaden-Goad, who initially founded the Authors and Artists Series, before introducing the two speakers of the night. Zimmerman first addressed Tim McDonald, a professor of the art and music department, and an artist. The current academic year marks his 16th working at FSU. She added McDonald has earned two bachelor’s degrees in studio art and English from the University of Rhode Island. Zimmerman also said

McDonald earned his Master’s in Fine Arts from East Tennessee University. McDonald has been featured in several exhibitions on both a local and national level. Some of his work is currently being featured at MIT as a part of an exhibit about COVID-19. He will be featured in the Mazmanian Gallery from Nov. 18 through Dec. 10. The floor was then turned over to McDonald, who thanked Zimmerman for the introduction and Arts & Ideas for hosting the event. He went on to share his screen and began his presentation with a poem he had written inspired by his art titled “Saturday Morning.”

See ARTS & IDEAS page 12

INSIDE: OP/ED 7 • SPORTS 9 • ARTS & FEATURES 11


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