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March 26, 2021

University President F. Javier Cevallos announces retirement

By Ashley Wall Editor-in-Chief

By Ashlyn Kelly Asst. News Editor

By Steven Bonini Staff Writer

FSU President F. Javier Cevallos.

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Concerns raised about racism, COVID-19, life on campus

By Dan Fuentes Asst. News Editor

By Haley Hadge Staff Writer

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regarding the current racial climate, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and concerns about student and academic life.

Racism SGA President Olivia Beverlie raised a question regarding the state of anti-racism initiatives on campus.

“I would like to know what each individual department on campus is doing to incorporate anti-racism in their curriculum,” she said.

Constanza Cabello, vice president for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement, said her office has

asked every department to report on their strategic planning efforts with the goal of creating a catalog of anti-racist work completed throughout the year.

There have been campus-wide departmental conversations on anti-racism where they have been developing a “common language” and a “shared language around this work,” said Cabello.

She said a question that needs to be asked is, “What are our policies or

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Six outstanding women honored at the Women Making History Now ceremony

By Emily Rosenberg Asst. Opinions Editor

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SGA hosts Administrators’ Forum

A board of 14 FSU administrators met with students over Zoom to address their questions and concerns during the Administrators’ Forum held by SGA March 23.

Attendees could submit questions anonymously.

A number of students and anonymous attendees brought up issues

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FSU President F. Javier Cevallos announced his retirement in an email to the Framingham State community March 25.

“Last night I informed the Board of Trustees of my plans to retire next year, in August 2022, at the end of my eighth year as President of this wonderful institution,” said Cevallos in the email. “This is not a decision that I take lightly, but I believe it is in the best interest of the University.”

According to Cevallos, the decision to retire was influenced by a number of factors.

“We all look forward to retiring one day, and so, that’s part of it. I’m obviously getting to the age of retirement.

“But I actually started thinking a

FSU honored six exceptional women with the Women Making History Now Award at a virtual event organized by the Center for Inclusive Excellence and the Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement March 23.

The award recognizes women in leadership who have made significant contributions to their professions and communities and have also served as role models.

The Women Making History Now ceremony has become an annual event held since 2016 during Women’s History Month. The event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are 24 past recipients.

This year’s honorees included Colleen Coffey, Dr. Beverly Edgehill, Patricia Hohl, Tiffany Lillie, District Attorney Rachael Rollins, and Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito.

President F. Javier Cevallos, Framingham Mayor, Yvonnne Spicer, and members of the FSU community were

there to celebrate the achievements of the honorees.

To welcome guests, Cevallos said, “We know that throughout history, the work of women was never recognized ... We want to do the opposite.

We want to recognize the women that are making the work now, that are an inspiration for our society - for our community.”

Spicer congratulated the women on their successes, saying she was honored to bring them greetings from the City of Framingham.

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Rich Davino

Director of Career Services and Employer Relations

By Ashlyn Kelly Asst. News Editor

What is your professional and educational background?

I graduated from SUNY Plattsburgh with my bachelor of arts in speech communications and minor in psychology.

After taking some graduate classes, I went back to SUNY Plattsburgh to complete my master’s degree in … counseling, with an emphasis in college student affairs. And so in a professional background, I’ve been in higher education as a staff member for probably just over 25 years. I started off in residential life.

I then morphed into Career Services. I then walked into a combination of career services that I did academic advising with graduate students and doctoral students. … I did a lot with internships. … I worked at Seton Hall University in New Jersey for five years in career services. I then moved back to Massachusetts and I worked for Boston University for about a year and a half doing the academic advising piece. Then I worked at a place called Framingham State University from 2007 to 2012. I left Framingham State and worked at Dean College doing the internship and career services piece for two and a half years. And then I worked at Becker College for five years doing Career Services. Now I’ve had the good fortune of returning back to Framingham State in the role that I had in the office that I had.

What brought you to Framingham State?

It was an opportunity because at that time I had been an associate director at a few different places. So, part of it was an opportunity to become a director. On the attraction side … being a product of state school education, I really identified with a lot of amazing things that go into being a first generation state school graduate and I wanted to be in a position to give back. I felt like I could identify with students. In some ways, I can identify with everybody in the same way. In some ways, at that time I felt like I kind of get this. The second trip around, it was a little bit different. I’m eight years removed from Framingham State. I feel like I’ve grown my skill set a lot - taking on internships in a totally different way, taking on academic advising in a completely different way, and still really appreciate the whole state school piece and what that can help students achieve. So that’s certainly a part of it and part of my makeup and part of my mindset. But I also know Framingham State has changed a lot. A lot of upper administration has changed.

The commitment in trying to get better

Courtesy of Framingham State at it every day and we’re not there yet, but the commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and anti-racism is not something you see at every school, especially the anti-racism piece. Those were all things that were important to me, are important to me, and drew me back into wanting to apply.

What is your role at FSU and what does your job entail?

I am the director of Career Services and Employer Relations so my job is multilayered. The overarching piece of it is to oversee the Career Services Employer Relations Office, the operation, which means supervising six other folks - an office manager, an internship coordinator, career counselors. … It’s to deliver on the idea that we want to help students try to figure out how to make their major, their concentration, their minor, their passions make sense or connect them to what comes next. Each member of my staff has a piece of that in different ways engaging with employers and encouraging them to take on FSU students either as interns, volunteers, entry level employees. … My specific responsibility to summarize it - get specific - is everything from engaging with those employers to overseeing the office to meeting with students directly. …

It keeps me grounded. It makes me understand what students are looking for from the office, what joys they’re having, and what struggles they’re having.

It also helps me connect with my staff.

If I’m meeting with students and they’re meeting with students, I know what their jobs are like and I think that’s really important for me to understand what they do on a daily basis. Plus, honestly, it’s a lot more fun than looking at budgets, spreadsheets, reports, and all the other things I need to do.

What do you like most about your work?

I love watching students succeed.

If I’m a part of that, that’s great, but I don’t need to be a part of that. I really like witnessing it. I love when a student writes that resume and thinks it’s really good and all of a sudden they apply somewhere and they get interviewed.

I had been working with a student, reached back out to kind of get an update wondering how things were going and he was overjoyed on the fact that he just landed an internship after going through a whole interview process. He was worried about getting an internship for the summer. It really needed to be a paid internship. He really needs to earn credit because it’s a part of this curriculum. … That to me is why I do what I do. That’s his success. He did all of that. … I wasn’t sitting with them during the interview process. So that’s awesome.

What is your number one piece of advice to students?

Allow us or someone you trust to help you along your career journey. Do a little something every day to try to identify what you’re passionate about and what you can see yourself doing as that first job after you graduate. Along the way, I think it makes those tough times of, “Wow, this class is really hard,” or “There’s so much else going on in my life, what am I even doing here?” or “I’m not sure if I’m gonna even make it to next week, forget about the end of the semester,” [easier] when you start to sort of see a vision of your future. … It really helps serve as an internal motivator to keep going and get there. Find that support however you can find it, hold on to those people, and, hopefully, also be that support for other people.

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Effective change is enacted when policies and practices are assessed, she added. These meetings are “leading us to a place where we can engage in some really thoughtful policy review.”

Her department has received a $62,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, which will fund a racial equity policy institute this coming summer where these departmental conversations on anti-racism will be continued, said Cabello.

“If we don’t understand race and racism, then we can’t be anti-racist,” she added.

Ellen Zimmerman, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs, said she has received feedback from students that there is a need for more faculty of color that represent the student body.

There are three methods of response the University is implementing to address this “legitimate desire to have more diverse faculty,” said Zimmerman.

In order to broaden the search pool, Zimmerman has directed all of the departments to conduct a “full search” of those positions, she added.

In April, there is a four-day conference of the “largest gathering of minority doctoral scholars in the country,” where the deans will be recruiting for the open positions, she said.

There will also be one person to serve as the “equity anchor,” said

Zimmerman - someone who is “dedicated to making sure that the search committee members are always looking at all of these materials through an equity lens, so that we don’t advantage certain candidates over others.”

One anonymous attendee asked, “Why do some [FSU police officers] wear Blue Lives Matter masks on campus,” and what kind of message does that communicate to students?

Community Resource Officer Katelyn Kelley said, “In terms of whoever is wearing [that], I can’t answer for them. I would say maybe they’re taking pride in being a police officer.

That’s just that’s my guess.”

Dale Hamel, executive vice president, said, “While that’s a statement that people are free to make - not while they’re on duty and in a uniform here on campus. So, the police chief did follow up on that individual, and they truly are taking it seriously.”

COVID-19 Another anonymous attendee asked, “Is there any information on how the fall semester will look in terms of getting back to some sort of normal, especially in terms of clubs and how they’re able to operate in the fall?”

Ilene Hofrenning, director of Health Services, said, this depends on what percentage of the community is vaccinated. “The more people we have vaccinated on campus, the more we can have gatherings and classes and that sort of thing.”

Students can pre-register on the FSU COVID-19 page and will receive the vaccine when they are eligible, said Hofrenning.

Courtesy of Framingham State Constanza Cabello, vice president for diversity, inclusion, and community engagement.

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“April 19 is when everybody in Massachusetts will be eligible for the vaccine,” she said.

Hofrenning added, “It sounds like over the next month, supplies could increase. There might be a possibility that we could administer vaccines before students leave for the summer.”

SGA Senator Eryca Carrier asked, “How can we decrease anti-vax rhetoric on campus? I’ve heard of one professor in particular implying that students ought to be skeptical of the vaccine.”

Hofrenning said, “Vaccine hesitancy is pretty common. We saw that even with the flu vaccine when the flu vaccine was mandated this year for the first time. There was a lot of pushback about that.”

She added, “Starting in April, we’re going to be spearheading a campaign about the vaccine with facts so people can understand its safety, its effectiveness, and why it’s important for them to get it.”

Lorretta Holloway, vice president of enrollment and student development, said, “We’ve also talked about, in both the COVID oversight team as Courtesy of Framingham State well as the COVID testing logistics Lorretta Holloway, vice president of team, the specific resistance to vaccines by communities of color, be- enrollment and student development. cause of the historical systemic racism in the health industry.” nation of Facilities and Campus PoStudent Life lice, so maybe do both.”

Another anonymous attendee Hamel also suggested having a asked, “Has there been any progress campus safety walk. on more funding being put toward Ward asked about “planning for the Counseling Center? The hours classes for the fall” and class regisdo not work for every student’s sit- tration. uation. I would love to see that deZimmerman said, “More than partment have more help in funding three-quarters of the fall classes are and for students seeking counseling going to have at least a component services.” of on-campus classes. Most of those Holloway said the Counseling Cen- will be fully face-to-face, actually.” ter funding last year was increased.

She added, “We had 12% of our “We were able to add a contractor classes on campus this spring, and that we did not have before,” she add- it’s going to be at 84% in the fall. So, ed. “We can include the contractor, you know, it’s a huge difference.” for example, to be able to do some Zimmerman said that this is protelehealth appointments in the eve- vided “the vaccine rollout goes well.” nings, to try to accommodate some of the needs. I know there was concern [McKenzie Ward is the Opinions about the restriction of the hours.”

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President retirement continued from page 1 lot about what is happening at the University and what is going to happen in the next couple of years,” he added. “Next year, we have the end of our strategic plan that was 2017 to 2022. That strategic plan is a really important document that the college president can guide and lead and use to shape the duration of the institution, the duration of the University.”

Cevallos said if he continued to serve as President, he would have to “leave one or two years” into the next strategic plan.

Another factor in his decision to retire was the negotiation of new faculty union contracts, which begins this month.

According to Cevallos, “We have a wonderful relationship with our union here.” However, he said “negotiations and bargaining processes are always confrontational by nature.

That process will be completed by the end of the academic year.”

Cevallos said the new president will not have to “worry about bargaining with a union” during their first year. Rather, they will have three years to develop relationships with faculty and staff.

He said, “As you can see, all these things are kind of lining up. It was time to either decide to stay here for 10 more years or let the next person come in. And that’s why I decided to retire.”

Cevallos said he chose to announce his retirement now, rather than wait until the fall, to give the institution enough time to plan.

“I think it’s only fair,” he said.

According to Cevallos, The Board of Trustees will organize a search committee consisting of students, faculty, administrators, and staff.

He said announcing the decision now will also allow for the Board of Trustees to “plan, prepare, and be organized come September when everybody comes back.”

This way, they will be able to begin the search process in the beginning of the fall, rather than having to wait until November or December.

Cevallos said, “It didn’t make sense to delay announcing the decision. I know that by announcing it now, I am helping the Board and the institution move forward with the search process.”

Some highlights of Cevallos’ presidency include the acquisition of the Warren Center, the merging of the Danforth Museum with the University, and the construction of West Hall.

“It is not my work,” said Cevallos.

“It is the work of my team and the work of the institution.”

Cevallos said he was proud to witness the naming of Miles Bibb Hall, formerly known as North Hall, during his time as president.

He said, “It’s a team effort. It was a student-initiated process. It showed how our students were so concerned and so engaged and so committed to recognizing the legacy of our African

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American traditions.”

Cevallos added, “I would be a lot happier if we could have closed the achievement gap, and everybody was graduating at the same rate.

But I think that we’re putting things in place that will help that happen at some point in the next couple of years.

“So, I’m very optimistic about it.

Those are things that I’m really proud about. I’m also very proud about our student body overall.”

Collaborative, which is something that I’m really proud of. We try to reach out to younger students and families and make college possible for them and put them on the path to college.”

He said Latinx students in Massachusetts are attending college at a lower rate than other demographics.

“We have to turn that around, and that’s what we’re trying to do. So that challenge, it’s still there. It’s not solved. Hopefully this fall, we will

learning of Cevallos’ decision was “sad for us and happy for him.”

She said, “He has been a strong leader for FSU and I wish him and his wife much success in his retirement and I look forward to engaging in plans with the University as we move through the presidential transition.”

Nowak Borrego said the moment that most resonates with her is when Cevallos publicly declared FSU as an anti-racism community, asking community members “to commit to anti-racist education and practices.”

“President Cevallos, thank you for your service to and leadership of Framingham State University students, faculty and staff and the larger Framingham and Massachusetts higher education communities,” she said.

Ellen Zimmerman, interim provost and vice president of academic affairs, called Cevallos “supportive” and a “truly kind mentor.”

Zimmerman said it was a challenge starting her new position as interim provost last spring as the University moved toward remote learning, adding she couldn’t have done it without Cevallos.

“He and the rest of the Executive Staff have been wonderful to work with from the very beginning,” said Zimmerman. “President Cevallos has been a visionary leader for FSU.” She highlighted Cevallos’ work with anti-racism initiatives, calling it “a product of his vision for FSU to become a truly inclusive and equitaGatepost Archives ble university.”

She said, “It is also an example of President F. Javier Cevallos at the Henry Whittemore Library’s 50th anniversary. how he listens, always, to FSU comCevallos said running the Univer- have a rebound in enrollments,” said munity members and responds to sity during the COVID-19 pandemic Cevallos. “So we’ll see what happens what he hears,” adding the University has been “intense.” in the fall. I’m always optimistic. I has been “fortunate” to have him as “As president, I have both an in- think that we will have a lot more President. ternal and an external role. I spent students coming back.”

Executive Vice President Dale a lot of time traveling to meet with Kevin Foley, Board of Trustees Hamel said, “It’s been great to work alums, doing all sorts of activities. I chair, said Cevallos has “been a great with Javier. He’s a great individual was traveling to events. That certain- leader for the campus. … He’s just a but a very good president as well as ly disappeared completely,” he said. great all-around person and leader. very collaborative. He’s been very Cevallos added the opportuni“It’s been a really stressful time, student-focused in every discussion. ty to attend University events also but I think that he’s been able to do “The more recent terminolostopped due to COVID-19. a great job as far as managing that.” gy is that institutions need to be“As an administrator, I love going Foley also praised Cevallos’ lead- come more student ready. Well, that to sporting events. I love going to ership on racial equity and diversity has been his focus even before that student activities. I love going to lec- issues. watchword became so popular, and tures, to movies, to so many things He said when the University had all of the decisions that we contemthat make campus life exciting. All of “situations of racism on campus,” plate as an executive staff … focus on that is gone,” he said.

Cevallos was the first to “take lead- the students. So, I think that will be Cevallos added the pandemic ership” and declare the acts were his legacy,” Hamel added. brought a “level of stress” because wrong as well as inform the commuConstanza Cabello, Vice President the decision to reopen or close the nity what steps the University would of Diversity, Inclusion & CommuniUniversity was a “decision about take. ty Engagement, said, “It’s going to health.”

Foley said FSU has been “very, very be a huge loss for our campus and I He said, “I’ve been in higher edu- fortunate to have someone of Presi- think we have extremely big shoes cation for 40 years. This is my 19th dent Cevallos’ stature. to fill. While I am sad for me and for year as a college president. I have “People recognize his abilities and our campus, I’m extremely happy for made many decisions on budgets just how compassionate and friendly him.” and buildings. Decisions that involve he is and how much of an impact he Cabello said she appreciates that health have never been things that I has made as far as the region as well Cevallos does not avoid talking about had to deal with. as nationally.” diversity, inclusion, and equity.

“Knowing that somebody can get Foley is grateful it will be a year “He never hesitates to get a camill because of the decisions that you and a half before Cevallos officially pus email out or to put his stance out make is truly stressful.” retires. there on the values of our campus,” Along with the pandemic, Ceval“I’m happy for him, but I know she said. “He’s absolutely grounded los said the University faces the chal- that the campus will certainly miss in our values around anti-racism, dilenge of declining enrollment due to him,” he said. versity, inclusion, equity, and he unFSU’s demographics.

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recognized how significant that moment was for all of us.”

Kolodny said she wishes “Dr. Cev-

dan said President Cevallos has been “a tremendous advocate for Framingham State University,” adding

apologetically supports them. … He’s very vocal with where he stands and where the leadership stands on these matters.”

Cabello said being able to work for a Latino president such as Cevallos has meant a lot to her as a Latina herself.

“I never thought I’d ever work for somebody who shares my racial identity,” Cabello said. “I have so much pride that I am on his executive staff and on his executive team because he has set an example for all leaders, but I think particularly for Latinx leaders in the academy.”

Cevallos has served as a mentor to Cabello during their time working together, she added.

“I often share this idea of mentorship or sponsorship, like a mentor or somebody who gives you good advice like telling you what you shouldn’t do and is there for you,” Cabello said.

Gatepost Archives “They give you opportunities to lift you up and that’s exactly what Presi- President F. Javier Cevallos at a Board of Trustees meeting. dent Cevallos has done for me.

“He found ways to … lift me up not allos the very best in his retirement.” that “his deep respect for students, only as a member of the FSU commuHistory Professor Jon Huibreg- faculty, and staff in our community nity but as a Latina. On a personal tse said Cevallos has been president is evident in everything he has aclevel, those are the things I appre- “during some very challenging times, complished at FSU over the last sevciate most about him - beyond just not only the pandemic, but also the en years. him being an amazing campus leader, hate crimes that occurred a few years “He will be sorely missed,” said and being a phenomenal president, ago.”

Sheridan. and being so level-headed, kind, and He said, “No president is going to Political Science Professor Chriscompassionate.” please everyone,” but he thinks Cev- topher Latimer said Cevallos “always Some FSU community members allos has done “very well in those responded no matter how small the were surprised when they opened trying situations. problem.”

Cevallos’ email this morning.

“I am sorry he’s retiring but comHe added it is rare “when a presiRachel Lucking, assistant dean for campus engagement, said, “It was not the message I was expecting to read!”

Lucking said, “However, I read his thoughts about our community and I could tell he had put much consideration into his plans.

“I have always felt President Cevallos has led us with grace and patience you don’t find within all people - especially during such pivotal moments in history,” she said.

David Baldwin, associate dean of students, also said he was surprised

by Cevallos’ announcement.

He said Cevallos was “always supportive of the events that I coordinated. … It was always a joy to have [Javier] attend.”

Education Professor Kelly Kolodny said she is “grateful for his work Gatepost Archives at Framingham State and for all that he has done to help our surrounding President F. Javier Cevallos at a Board of Trustees meeting. communities.”

Kolodny recalled a time when she pletely understand his reasons, and dent of an institution answers directwas working at the Brophy School hope his last year is less tumultu- ly.” during her sabbatical and Cevallos ous,” Huibregtse said.

Joseph Adelman, associate procame to meet a group of fifth graders.

Richard Beckwitt, professor of bi- fessor of history, said, “We will ab“The fifth graders loved hearing ology, said he will “miss Cevallos as solutely miss President Cevallos. He about Dr. Cevallos’ experiences that president,” calling him “thoughtful, has been a strong advocate for the led him to become a university presi- calm, and caring.” public mission of Framingham State, dent,” she said.

Beckwitt also highlighted Ceval- an effective supporter of the human“They listened intently as he los’ anti-racism work, adding he has ities, and a champion of students.” shared a story about a person who “worked hard to add an internationAccording to Hamel, the Universiheld a bird in her hands. This story al perspective to the University and ty will hire a search firm to aid in the connected with ideas about the deci- he has taken seriously the need to hiring process. He said, “The Board sions we make in our lives,” she add- re-examine our practices and priori- of Trustees will decide the individued. “I remember watching our fifth ties in the light of anti-racism.” als who will participate in that search graders while he told that story and History Professor Bridgette Sheri- committee.”

Concerning the hiring process, Cevallos said he hopes the Board of Trustees will “get organized in terms of the paperwork part during the next month and a half or so.”

He added the next president would “be on board at some point in the summer of 2022.”

Cevallos said his goals for the remainder of his presidency include “making sure that the transition is very smooth.”

He said he will “work with the Board and with the campus community in any way that they think is appropriate for me to be involved in the process and certainly, when the next president is elected, working with that individual in any way that I can to make sure that person comes in and is successful as soon as they arrive to campus.”

For his retirement, Cevallos said he plans to stay in the area. “We certainly like the MetroWest, so we are going to be somewhere in this region because we love it here.”

He said once he’s settled, he’ll look into part-time opportunities.

“I don’t think that I want to go back to work full time - that’s why I’m retiring. But I don’t want to be sitting on my hands doing nothing, either.”

In his email, Cevallos said, “The hardest part of leaving Framingham State will be transitioning away from the daily campus life and the many great people Josée and I have come to know as colleagues, friends and neighbors over the years. This last year has been challenging for all, but it has also shown the resilience, commitment, and energy of the entire campus.”

Reflecting on his statement, Cevallos said, “When we talk about fRAMily … The atmosphere, the friendliness, the environment that we have here is unique and we are small enough that we know a lot of the people, we know the faces.

“That camaraderie that you have on campus is something that makes it very enjoyable. We are a very high-quality institution. Our faculty members are doing amazing work and this is just something that I am always in awe of,” he said.

“Our student body is great. You work hard, you respect the community, and we all try to work together to make this a better place for everyone.

That’s something that makes it [FSU] a very special place.”

[Cara McCarthy and Brennan Atkins contributed to this article]

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By Donald Halsing Associate Editor

By Leighah Beausoleil News Editor

By Kathleen Moore Design Editor Over 6.7 million new COVID-19 infections were reported worldwide based on data from various sources taken March 24.

Just under 490 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally.

Framingham State University administered 916 tests within the past week, and 4,108 tests within the past 30 days, according to the COVID-19 data page on the FSU website.

Four positive tests were returned within the past week, according to the page. The 7-day negative test rate was 99.56%.

One positive case was self-reported by a student within the past week. Four positive cases were self-reported by students within the past 30 days.

Three students were isolated on campus and one individual was isolated off campus. Five students were quarantined on campus and one person was quarantined off campus.

A total of 4,033 negative, and 11 positive results, were returned in the past 30 days. The 30-day negative test rate was 99.73%.

Cumulatively, 7,375 Framingham residents, 10.80%, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The City of Framingham reported 1,429 active cases.

There were 372 new infections, 200 new recoveries, and seven new deaths reported since March 11. The number of people infected grew by 165, or 2.36%, over the past two weeks.

Approximately 19% of those who have tested positive remain infected.

Just over 77% have recovered and approximately 3.2% have died.

The overall death rate from COVID-19 in Framingham is 0.35%.

Cumulatively, 584,024 Massachusetts residents, 8.47%, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Massachusetts Department

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of Public Health estimates there are 27,374 active cases.

There were 21,630 new infections, 11,338 new recoveries, and 456 new deaths since March 11. The number of people infected grew by 9,836, or 1.75%, over the past two weeks.

Approximately 8.1% of those who have tested positive remain infected.

Just under 90% have recovered, and approximately 2.8% have died.

The overall death rate from COVID-19 in Massachusetts is 0.24%.

The New York Times reported that cumulatively, 3,131,419 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Massachusetts. According to the Times, 30% of the population has received at least one dose, and 16% has received two doses.

Cumulatively, 30,005,928 United States residents, 9.09%, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The New York Times reported 79,440 active cases.

There were 856,548 new infections and 16,451 new deaths since March 11.

The number of people infected grew by approximately 840,451, or 2.88%, over the past two weeks.

[Editor’s note: No recovery data has been reported by the John Hopkins

Coronavirus Resource Center at the U.S. level since March 6. Calculations were made using data collected March 3.]

Just over 62% of those who have tested positive remain infected. Approximately 36% of the population has recovered, and 1.8% have died.

The overall death rate from COVID-19 in the United States is 0.17%.

The New York Times reported that cumulatively, 130,473,853 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the United States. According to the Times, 26% of the population has received at least one dose, and 14% has received two doses.

Cumulatively, 124,682,421 people globally, 1.61%, have tested positive for COVID-19.

The New York Times reported 558,770 active cases.

There were 6,703,793 new infections, 3,910,362 new recoveries, and 123,873 new deaths since March 11.

The number of people infected grew by 2,669,558, or 2.26%, over the past two weeks.

Just over 41% of the world’s population that has tested positive remain infected. Approximately 57% of the

population has recovered and 2.2% has died.

The overall death rate from COVID-19 globally is 0.04%.

The New York Times reported that cumulatively, 488,950,448 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered globally.

Data sources: Framingham State University City of Framingham Mass. population: U.S. Census Bureau – QuickFacts Massachusetts U.S. and World population: U.S. Census Bureau – U.S. and World Population Clock Mass. data: WCVB Channel 5 Boston, Mass. Dept. of Public Health U.S. data: CDC, New York Times World data: WHO, Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Recovery data: Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center Active Cases: New York Times Vaccination Data: New York Times *Calculations for new infections, recoveries, deaths, and infected population size change are made using both data from this week and last week’s data published in The Gatepost. New data collected Wednesday before publication.

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OP/ ED THE GATEPOST EDITORIAL

In solidarity with the APIDA community Last week, President F. Javier Cevallos sent a campus-wide email addressing the recent increase in bias incidents against the Asian American population in the United States.

Unfortunately, racially motivated hate crimes against the Asian, Pacific Islander, and Desi American (APIDA) community is not a new phenomenon.

However, since the COVID-19 virus began spreading across the globe, the APIDA community has been subject to “a surge in xenophobic discourse, descrimination, and physical violence,” according to Cevallos.

This prejudice didn’t come out of nowhere it’s just become more visible due to social media and people using their platforms to harm communities they may view as an “easy target.”

President Donald J. Trump, for example, fanned the anti-Asian rhetoric by dubbing COVID-19, which originated in Wuhan, China, the “China Virus.” By making remarks such as these, people such as Trump aided in creating an atmosphere where Asian hate has become more acceptable.

According to a recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ tweets resulted in an increase in anti-Asian tweets and likely encouraged racist attitudes. On the night of the murder of eight individuals in the Atlanta Spa Shooting, six of whom were Asian women, Trump refered to COVID-19 as the “China Virus” on Fox News.

Flagrant racism results in social media becoming dominated by the words of the ignorant and the hateful.

America has a deep history of hatred against Asians and Asian Americans, and it is often taught to us through a whitewashed version of our country’s history.

In 1882, the United States passed the “Chinese Exclusion Act,” which banned Chinese immigrants.

During WWII, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which “relocated” Japanese Americans to internment camps out of fear they might have connections to the Axis Powers.

During the Cold War, Asian Americans were often falsely labeled Communist sympathizers.

While these events may be in the past, the blatant xenophobia and racism the APIDA community faces is not.

According to The New York Times, Asian Americans were targeted in nearly 3,800 bias incidents in the United States in the last year.

These incidents included being coughed on, being blamed for the COVID-19 pandemic, and being told to “go back to their island.”

Hate crimes against Asian Americans have been escalating so rapidly since the pandemic started that the Chinese community accounts for 42.2% of reported bias incidents, according to The New York Times.

According to the United States Census Bureau, 5.9% of the United State’s population identify as Asian and 0.2% identify as Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander in 2019.

Given these statistics, APIDA citizens are clearly impacted by hate crimes and bias incidents at disproportionate levels.

As a society, we must be doing more to support the APIDA community. This means taking time to educate ourselves on how to no longer be bystanders to hate. Instead, we must teach ourselves how to intervene to stop anti-Asian and xenophobic harrassment.

To be active and better allies, we need to be taking time to do our own research on how we can each support and uplift the APIDA community. Hollaback, a website dedicated to fighting harassment, is partnering with Asian Americans Advancing Justice to launch bystander intervention training that will be free.

As a University, it is imperative that we continue to address these incidents and provide support to our students who belong to the APIDA community while continuing our anti-racist work each and every day.

As President Joseph R. Biden said in his statement on the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, “Every person in our nation deserves to live their lives with safety, dignity, and respect.”

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One of the 97%

By McKenzie Ward Opinions Editor

Phone? Check.

Wallet? Check.

My pink pepper spray canister that I have carried with me since I was 15? Check.

On March 3, 33-year-old Sarah Everard was walking home from Brixton in England at 9 p.m. when she suddenly disappeared, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

Seven days later, police found human remains in a wooded area, and just two days later, they confirmed the remains belonged to Sarah, according to the WSJ. She did everything women are told to do when walking alone - walked on busy main streets and talked on the phone with someone.

Despite doing everything she was taught to do, Sarah never made it home that night.

She was murdered.

According to the WSJ, her alleged killer is Wayne Couzens, a police officer – an individual tasked with keeping those like Sarah and I safe when walking home.

Who are women supposed to trust when an individual whose career was centered around protecting others, is allegedly the reason Sarah did not make it home on March 3?

Her death set off worldwide mourning and outrage. Following her death, hundreds of individuals attended a vigil in South London Park which was later broken up by Metropolitan Police who claimed it violated social-distancing laws, according to The New York Times.

For me, her death was personal.

Because I could have been Sarah.

Any of us women could have been Sarah.

Every time I walk across the FSU campus alone, even when it is light out, I’m constantly looking over my shoulder and tightening my grip on my key that I keep firmly grasped in my hand in case I need to use it to protect myself.

When I walk from the McCarthy Center to Corinne Towers Hall at night, I am constantly wondering, “Am I going to make it back safe?”

The 900 feet from the McCarthy Center to Towers can feel like miles when you are constantly wondering if you’ll make it to your bed at night.

Women have been conditioned to constantly fear for their lives, and rightfully so. We grow up being told to wear flats as it is easier to run from an attacker in flat shoes.

Send our location to a friend so they can see where we are at all times. Carry a weapon whether that be our keys, pepper spray, bear mace, or a gun.

For as long as I can remember, I have been scared and I have reason to be.

Since Sarah’s disappearance and death, women have used social media to share stories of harassment and assault by men and a study was published that 97% of women ages 18 to 24 in England have experienced sexual harassment, according to The Guardian.

When seeing these stories all over my Instagram feed, Twitter feed, and TikTok For You page, I no longer felt so alone with my own experiences of sexual harassment and assault. But while I no longer feel alone, I have never been so angry.

I am sick of women being told that we need to restrict our freedom in order to survive.

I should get to enjoy an early morning stroll by myself without the fear of being assaulted.

No 15-year-old should have to say to themselves, “I should start carrying pepper spray with me at all times.”

When this statistic began to be posted all over social media, I saw, “Not all men.”

We know it isn’t all men.

But it is all women who fear for their lives every single day.

If I have a daughter, I dread the day that I will have to sit her down and hand her, her own pink canister of pepper spray and warn her of the dangers of walking down the street when the sun sets and lampposts twinkle in the darkness lighting the way.

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OP/ED

Grace in the age of cancel culture

By James Barraford Staff Writer

After using an anti-Semitic term while livestreaming a video game, Meyers Leonard will no longer play for the Miami Heat.

A trade was made with the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was waived from the team March 25.

It is imperative as a society, that we begin to question why anytime a person makes a mistake, our first instinct is to cancel them.

The Miami Heat released a team statement, which unequivocally denounced the use of such language.

Meyers released a statement, apologizing for using the offensive term.

“The words used by Meyers Leonard were wrong and we will not tolerate hateful language from anyone associated with our franchise,” the statement said.

Twitter was left ablaze. Another rising star needed to be dragged down to perfect our broken society.

On March 10, Julian Edelman, wide receiver for the New England Patriots, did something unusual for the world of Twitter.

He offered mercy.

On Wednesday’s post, Edelman reached out to Leonard with his own statement.

“So, we’ve never met I hope we can one day soon,” Edelman said. “I’m sure you’ve been getting lots of criticism for what you said. Not trying to

add to that, I just want to offer some perspective.”

Edelman said he doesn’t believe he used the pejorative term with malicious intent.

“Casual ignorance is hard to combat and has greater reach, especially when you command great influence,” Edelman said.

He concluded the statement with an offer.

“I’m down in Miami fairly often,” Edelman said. “Let’s do a Shabbat dinner with some friends I’ll show you a fun time.”

Edelman could have said nothing.

Or he could have joined the chorus.

He had no obligation to Meyer.

Instead, he offered Leonard a chance at redemption.

I hope that Leonard accepts the offer. Hopefully it will be a bright day in a dimming world.

Is it possible that sometimes people aren’t necessarily evil when they say ignorant things?

What does it say about us as a country that our first impulse is to “cancel?”

Can you cancel a life?

Leonard apologized the same day and took accountability for his actions. No other accusations have been leveled against him.

What if we could sit with ignorance with assertiveness and grace.

My hope is that he will have another opportunity to play basketball.

I hope he won’t be defined by this bad moment.

The anti-Semitic slur that Leonard used was totally unacceptable. A meaningful punishment of some sort was required.

His removal from the team will not make the world a purer place.

As Charles Barkley put it simply on TNT’s, Inside the NBA, “He made a huge mistake.”

“We live in a society today,” Barkley said. “They call it the cancel culture, when everybody says something stupid or dumb, we want to end their life.”

“I’m not a big believer in that,” Barkley said.

In the rush to become a tolerant society, have we forgotten to be forgiving of mistakes?

What’s interesting about Barkley’s statement is how he made reference to death when it came to cancel culture.

We want to end their life. Life as they knew it.

While some examples of cancellation are completely acceptable – Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, etc – at some point, we must draw a line to distinguish between criminals and dumb choices.

Our society feels the desire to

lay waste to those who have royally screwed up.

There are many reasons we have arrived at this moment. Powerful figures have often hid behind their prestige and bank accounts to avoid facing the gavel of justice.

Yet, is there not a way to confront this reality without becoming what we hate?

Edelman not only showed compassion - he gave clear boundaries.

Endless rage, as I am beginning to understand myself, will not bring about a fairer world.

Maybe our redemption can be gained when we give a hand to those who have fallen.

Education reform starts with our teachers

By Brennan Atkins Editorial Staff In December 2020, President Joseph R. Biden said at a public education forum, “Teaching to a test underestimates and discounts the things that are most important for students to learn.”

However, in February 2021, Biden contradicted himself and announced that standardized testing for public schools would continue despite being canceled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Department of Education conveyed that results from the tests wouldn’t be held against schools.

However, some educators are understandably frustrated with the Biden administration.

Standardized testing is a faulty indicator of student success as it fails to account for the variables that may be preventing students from thriving in an academic environment. Administering the same test to every student may seem fair on paper, but that fails to consider difficult living situations, racial prejudice, and economic barriers.

Aspects of a child that only teachers are able to see.

There has been an ongoing conversation among parents, teachers, and lawmakers about the need for standardized testing and what role it plays in a child’s education.

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students were being over tested. But he, like Biden, did not back up his words with actions.

In 2002, President George W. Bush enacted the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), which gave the government more control in determining what would be on the test, as well as holding schools and teachers responsible for lower test scores by threatening education institutions with harsh financial punishments.

In 2015, this evolved into the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which maintained the strict standardized testing model without harsh punishment. Instead, schools that were flagged for falling behind would be given additional funding to boost standardized testing scores.

This is funding that is often spent on new teaching programs, textbooks, and any latest trend with promises to improve student scores. If these are sold to the public as effective tools in increasing student scores, then why haven’t we seen the results?

The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reports that math scores across the United States have stagnated since 2015, and reading scores as far back as 1998. Only about a third of students are considered to be “proficient” by NAEP standards.

Not to mention the fact that NCLB

and ESSA have systematically ignored teachers whose classes fall outside the content of the test - why should the funding of an art class be dependent on whether students placed well in math?

For the last 20 years, lawmakers have spent an exorbitant amount of money on attempting to produce better scores from students, rather than stepping back and asking if the test itself is the problem.

Instead of directing funds toward standardized testing, lawmakers need to shift the focus from a school district’s average test score to services that will provide a well-rounded education for each individual.

Standardized testing has created an environment in which we focus more on a student’s future than recognizing the subtle accomplishments of everyday learning. Teachers want a relationship with their students. They want to nurture a student’s interest and lead them toward a path to success.

Our current education model fails to reward teachers for wanting this, and students are the ones facing the consequences. Respect the teachers in your community, as low test scores can be completely independent of their diligence and willingness to engage with their classes.

Standardized testing is deeply

rooted in today’s curriculum, and a focus on becoming a “college-ready” student is implanted into children at an incredibly young age. If a student were to show proficiency in an area that falls outside the curriculum, there would be no way to communicate that knowledge through a test.

The only people who can truly foster a child’s interest to learn are the teachers themselves.

In fact, a University of Chicago study titled “High School GPAs and ACT Scores as Predictors of College Completion” suggested that a student’s GPA may be more accurate in determining whether they are college ready as opposed to standardized testing.

Recognizing the true potential of American teachers is among the many steps toward educational reform.

A test score doesn’t notice if a student is struggling with food insecurity.

A test score doesn’t see if a student can’t concentrate.

A test score doesn’t recognize a student who excels in something other than math, science, or English.

The relationship between student and teacher is both invaluable and underappreciated - we need to put a student’s education back in the hands of the people who truly know how to help them best.

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Campus Conversations

How do you feel about FSU President F. Javier Cevallos announcing his retirement?

By Donald Halsing, Associate Editor

“I do feel sad because he’s been here for a while, and I know he’s been taking good care of our school. But I’m happy that he gets to do something else and leave the school in good shape.”

“I hope he enjoys retirement. I hope he stays safe.”

-Eric Qua, sophomore

-Emily Newcomb, sophomore

-Tayla Surprenant, freshman

“I’m not really too sure how to feel or think about it, because I just heard about it earlier. It’s a little sad because he’s been here the whole time I’ve been here.”

-Alex Hooper, junior

“I was pretty sad to hear that he was leaving because I feel like he genuinely cares about our students. I felt like he genuinely cares about us, so I’m sad to see him go.”

“It is quite a shock to see, because I’ve seen that he’s done a lot for the school.

It’s kind of sad, but I think he’s going to be moving on to greater things in life.”

-Olivia Alexander, freshman

“It’s a shame. For the small amount of time that I’ve been here, it’s been pretty cool. I’m sad to see him go.”

-Tadiwa Chitongo, sophomore

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SPORTS

LAX to the max

By Danielle Achin

Sports Editor

It’s been an active few weeks for the FSU women’s LAX team who made their debut on the Rams’ field once again.

Juniors ara alermo and Jordyn O’Boyle are ecstatic to celebrate the team’s victories beginning their season - against Johnson and ales niversity, - , and eene tate College, - . alermo is from Mashpee - she connected with the sport in the seventh grade after joining a club team at Boston Laxachusetts.

I played soccer my whole life and then in seventh grade I discovered lacrosse and I loved it and continued to play, she said. acrosse was always my main sport.

O’Boyle is from averhill and has been committed to the sport since the third grade switching between lacrosse and basketball throughout high school. he plays for ’s field hockey team as well.

One of my friend’s older sisters at school played lacrosse and he told me to just show up to one of their practices and I did, she said. I’ve played ever since then.

There has never been a benching like the one the CO I - pandemic delivered to the sports world in .

Over sports programs across the NCAA, NAIA, and NJCAA have since been cut, dropped, or suspended.

Much-anticipated games were lost due to schedule revisions and cancellations, resulting in the women only playing four games total last season.

“It was the same no matter what school you were at. It was very sad be-

ing canceled because you worked so hard in the fall to build everything up to get to the spring and you actually want to play. o just have that taken away from you, it was just a surprise honestly, alermo said. aving transferred schools to ramingham, this is alermo’s first year playing as a Ram. As an attacker, she has accumulated shots, draw controls, and a total points scored so far in her season. o many emotions were going on because the seniors weren’t able to have their season, O’Boyle said. e’ve always been a very strong team. oing into last season, we were ranked as No. in the pre-season poll, we were just looking forward to all that was going to happen.

O’Boyle plays defense - so far she has rolled in ground balls, and turnover for her season.

As the sports world seemed to end before it began, both juniors couldn’t stress enough just how psyched they are to be playing as a team once again.

I think everyone is happy things are finally getting back on track, slowly, but getting there, alermo said.

The team is set on making sure everyone stays safe and healthy in order not to jeopardize the rest of their season. heir new routine for game days consists of the women first meeting with the athletic trainers to get their temperature taken and show their green card to prove they are not e periencing CO I - symptoms. But after these tedious tasks, you can find these Rams having a socially-distanced dance party in the lobby before heading to the field for warmups. he team gets tested every ues-

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day and hursday to be cleared for hursday’s and aturday’s games and having scheduled game days for the team means there’s a pregame bagel run ritual for these two friends.

O’Boyle said although they have to accommodate the mandated rules, such as wearing masks at practice and spacing out their bags to avoid close contact during breaks, the intensity of practices has never changed - their strength speaks volume on the field. alermo added, e have such a chemistry on the field, so it’s good to be playing together and actually playing against someone else. e’ve been playing against ourselves since the fall. he is grateful to play lacrosse and field hockey. hey help her with time management and help her make friends with her teammates.

O’Boyle said she admires her teammates’ laughter and energy given they are together each day and said they have come back stronger than before making sure they have stayed in contact. hen we need to be serious, we’ll be serious, but there’s always something good going on having your teammates put a smile on your face, she said. I think everyone is hungry to win. he team is more than ready to keep putting their time at work in practice on the field.

I think everyone is hungry to win, O’Boyle said. e were ready to do it last year and were ripped of the opportunity, and everyone that is still here is ready to work hard. he women said no one loves the game of lacrosse more than ead Coach James Rippey. his is his ninth

season coaching and has kept the team optimistic through this uncertain time. e wants what’s best for us. e puts everything he can into the game and into our practices. e puts his whole heart out for us. e never lets us settle, O’Boyle said. alermo said, e’s one of the people in the world who knows everything about women’s lacrosse if you ask him. e’s always there for us if we need him and that’s a nice feeling to have, she added.

Both student athletes take away the biggest lesson they have learned from the sport and their coach as well ith hard work, you get what you put in.

Bringing back the season means bringing back that sense of normalcy the team and everyone has been missing. Encountering the chaos they faced, the women commented on their e periences as student athletes last season and looked ahead to future seasons.

O’Boyle said, Before everyone would just hear it but now that we have all gone through it you have to play every game and practice like it’s your last. Just like last year no one knew that was going to be our last game of the season. alermo said, ake it in, everything.

Once that time runs out, it runs out.

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ARTS & FEATURES

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ARTS & FEATURES Christa McAuliffe

More than just the teacher in space

By Caroline Gordon

Editorial Board

By Emily Rosenberg

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eople know Christa McAuliffe as eacher in pace. he boarded the Challenger pace huttle in - which e ploded seconds after taking off killing all seven astronauts. hat they don’t know much about is her personal relationships and connections with students.

Arts Ideas and I hosted Judith alaora via oom on March to perform the one-woman show, C A EN ER oaring with Christa, which details McAuliffe’s life as a mother, teacher, and aspiring astronaut. er self-written show first premiered in at the ramingham illage all and was brought back for the th anniversary of the Challenger e plosion. he show began with alaora in a classroom where she deducted points off her students’ final grades for incorrectly spelling her name. he encouraged students to confidently know their peers’ names as well.

I want my students to do their best and I’m never going to say, Oh you’re a C student in English, you’re never going to be a poet.’ No. ou have to dream. e all have to dream. reaming is O she e claimed. he added, I want my students to learn as much as they can from seeing and doing as they learn from listening and reading. he scene shifted to alaora, portraying McAuliffe, inviting a student’s father into her classroom. he father had trouble finding work due to his inability to uently speak English. he offered to give him free English lessons after school hours, on one condition his son would stop missing school.

In another scene McAuliffe talked to a student who would be leaving her class for a new school. he reassured the student she would communicate with the new teachers to ensure he had the support he needed. he promised that his new teachers would trust him.

Ne t, the show continued with her bringing students on a field trip to the BI Museum in ashington, .C. a trip she called insane and brave. he scene switched to a living room where McAuliffe said she was having a Bicentennial baby, but didn’t know what she was doing. o, she decided to keep a journal, a practice she learned from rofessor aglet when she was a the

student at C. McAuliffe learned about the pioneer women who kept track of everything they saw and without their journals, they would not know anything about their journeys.

Maybe when my child is born and maybe when they get older… maybe I can hand them my journal, just like rofessor aglet taught me, and I can hand them a little piece of my life she said. alaora sang a lullaby as the scene shifted to her holding baby cott. he ne t portion of the show detailed how two years after cott was born, the McAuliffes moved to Concord, New ampshire during the Blizzard of ’ , despite her husband teve’s initial resistance after being offered a job with the ederal efense epartment. cott and I are going to live in Concord, New ampshire. ou can live wherever you want. uess who wins that argument she asked. oon after the move, their daughter Caroline was born in August . he scene changed to alaora on a job interview over the phone. he answered the uestion, hat do you hope for your children with or them to learn the skills they would need to live in space cities, which I believe NA A is close to creating. he then summarized her educational history on the phone call. In addition to graduating from Framingham tate, she got her master’s from Bowie tate College, a small and predominantly Black school in Maryland.

It Bowie tate College was e actly what I wanted. It was just like ramingham tate because I could work closely with my professors, she said.

McAuliffe decided to teach high school after teaching junior high for seven years at an inner-city school in Maryland followed by one year in Concord. his little lady got a job teaching at Concord igh chool she e claimed.

McAuliffe would teach history, law, and government. he school told her if she did well in her first year, they would let her create her own class, which she had been thinking about ever since she was a student at Framingham State.

McAuliffe wanted to teach classes that showed her students ordinary people can have an e traordinary impact on society. he program fast-forwarded to , the year McAuliffe welcomed Concord igh students into the class she created called he American oman, where she discussed ally

Top left - right: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, and Judith Resnik Bottom left - right: Michael J. Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ronald E. McNair Ride - the first American woman who ventured into space.

In this class, McAuliffe instructed her students to keep journals to document their work throughout the semester, but also to use them for writing down personal feelings.

She encouraged her students to attend ramingham tate, and re ect on the journals to help them decide who they want to be. he ne t scene was alaora filling out her application after hearing President Regan announce the country would permit a teacher to go into space.

I write, and I write, and I re-write, this application five times. he essay uestions are coming out of my ears, she said.

Out of the , teachers who submitted applications to be the first teacher in space, McAuliffe and si others were accepted as finalists for the program. he show moved ahead to June , , the night before McAuliffe traveled to ashington, when a suicidal Concord igh chool student showed up on her doorsteps. he picked up a phone to call the student’s parents and a doctor while she dismissed her husband’s concern of the legal implications she might face if she helped the girl. ell, sue me she said.

After helping the student, she traveled to ashington, .C., where she had si days to present herself to the NA A election Committee.

After the si days, I crawl into bed

with my husband and I’m about to go to sleep and I get a phone call - I made the top she e claimed.

In a scene the finalists were told they would find out who won on live along with the rest of America. hey disagreed with this method, so NA A told the finalists first that McAuliffe had won.

The crew consisted of engineers Ron McNair, Judith Resnik, Ellison Onizuka, regory Jarvis, astronauts Mike mith and ick cobee, Christa McAuliffe, and her backup Barbara Morgan. he scene shifted to alaora getting her picture taken prior to boarding the space shuttle and answering uestions regarding training. he used the analogy from he izard of Oz of the icked itch of the est melting to describe the feeling of being in NA A’s - , a supersonic jet trainer. he e perience felt like her body was melting away. he final portion of the show included a man’s voice echoing through the phone. NA A wanted to help McAuliffe develop the lessons she would teach in space. alaora yelled back at the man’s voice, eachers don’t use scripts, they use lesson plans. I am a teacher. I need a lesson plan and I need students If you want a teacher to y, let a teacher y

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From educators to puppeteers

FSU education students bring magic to preschoolers

By Ashley Wall

Editor-In-Chief tarting as fur, felt, and hot glue, student-made puppets were transformed into creatures of color and personality to enchant the preschoolers at the Centers for Early Childhood Education and teach them lessons on diversity, inclusion, and acceptance. or the first time, students in the pring C reschool Curriculum Integrating Math, cience, ocial tudies, and Art course, taught by Education rofessor aura udock, performed puppet shows this past week for the preschoolers.

According to alerie ytholt, director of the Centers for Early Childhood Education, the Centers serve as on-campus field placement sites for early childhood education students. owever, due to the CO I pandemic, visitors are not allowed into the Centers. udock said she had to rethink how her students would interact with the preschool classrooms because they were re uired to work remotely with the children instead of interacting in person.

In order to have an “embedded e perience with the Early Childhood Centers on campus, udock developed an interactive group project in which her students designed, created, and performed a puppet show for children.

According to ytholt, puppets serve as a creative way to teach children life lessons without reading a book or talking about them.

A puppet is actually saying the same things, but children listen more to the puppet, said ytholt. he idea of doing a puppet show came to udock while she was volun-

teering at the Centers reading aloud to the children. hen I was doing my particular read aloud in early January, it kind of dawned on me that my read aloud was very performative. And, it dawned on me that the children were engaging, udock said. er inspiration for the show came from her love of Jim enson and esame treet. he said, ith esame treet’ being an icon of early childhood, I just

were similar.

According to ane, the students were able to pick from three puppet styles a monster, sock-puppet, or human style. ane said udock encouraged her students to select their eye-popping and vibrant fabric colors from a large online selection. tudents were also able to use fabric that was donated to the fashion design and retailing department by alumni.

Once the students selected their

“I responded right away. It was very exciting. She [Hudock] sent me pictures of puppets that she had in mind, different styles that she had in mind. And then I looked at those images and sort of broke them down and created patterns for shapes that were similar.”

- Laura Kane, Fashion Design and Retailing Professor put two and two together with that performative visual aspect of childhood and the learning that can happen. he group assignment consisted of constructing a puppet as well as creating a curriculum to go along with the show. udock set ambitious and fun goals for her students. he said, I wanted to see the process behind the creation of that curriculum so that they’re better able to develop a preschool curriculum that’s very student centered, developmentally appropriate, and engaging. udock said when she wrote the puppet show project into her syllabus, she had no e perience with puppet making.

“I knew that I was going to have

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to be a couple of weeks ahead of my students in thinking through the puppet making, udock said. I thought, Oh, this would be really easy.’ he said she realized she was out of her wheelhouse while trying to follow a ou ube video on how to construct a puppet. rom there, she reached out to professors in the fashion design and retailing department to see if anyone would be interested in collaborating on the project.

udock met with ashion esign and Retailing rofessor aura ane to brainstorm ways to bring the puppets to life. According to udock, ane welcomed the challenge.

The two communicated through email and oom in order to share resources and discuss the puppet-making process. udock said, he ane is so incredibly talented and was really able to pick up what the vision was and then see that through.

Concerning the collaboration, ane said, I responded right away. It was very e citing. he udock sent me pictures of puppets that she had in mind, different styles that she had in mind. And then I looked at those images and sort of broke them down and created patterns for shapes that

puppet style and color choices, udock and ane created supply packets for the class to pick up. hose who couldn’t make it to campus received their packets in the mail.

Each packet included colored fur, cut pieces of foam, the student’s selected fabrics, hot glue, felt, and cardboard for the puppet’s construction.

Emily arker, a junior early childhood education major with a coordinate major in child and family studies, said being able to select her own fur colors made the process very interactive. e had a lot of say in what we wanted, so that was really awesome, Parker said.

Parker and the members of her group performed a show for the preschoolers on how to make friends.

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Puppet Show Continued from page 12 he said, I hope they got out of it a lesson of being able to include new people into a group and make friends.

“There was one situation in our show where one child wanted to play one thing but the other puppet wanted to play something else. here was that interaction where it’s O to not want to play what your other friend is playing right now. ou can play something else. arker added she hopes her group’s show taught the children a lesson on being kind to other people. anisha Jean, a junior child and family studies major, said, he process of creating a puppet was very interesting because it is made from scratch. I have this monster-like fur, and cutting that was really hard to do. he added another challenging part of making her puppet was using the provided foam to shape the head and glue it. he said, It was just a lot of sewing. I had a lot of fun doing it.

Jean said working with her group to create a curriculum and corresponding script was an amazing process. e already knew what we wanted to do. e rolled it out really easily and I love our script overall, she said. he said her script teaches children

to be themselves.

Abby ydon, a sophomore early childhood education major with a coordinate major in child and family studies, said she felt stressed when first learning about the assignment.

It seemed like it’d be a really hard and draining process to actually put together this puppet. But once I started doing it and followed the steps to making it with my group, it was actually kind of fun, ydon said. he said her group chose to teach the preschoolers about social and emotional learning. heir main focus was on how to learn about and deal with emotions.

It was really fun picking an emotion for each of our puppets, ydon said. he group selected a name and color for each puppet which corresponded to the emotion they portrayed.

My puppet is purple and blue, and their emotion is nervous. Their name is Cloudy, ydon said.

Another puppet in the group was characterized as a happy puppet named unny.

In the future, ydon said she hopes to use puppets in her own classroom.

I never really learned about puppets and how they are used in classrooms. I think I would definitely use this in a classroom of my own because

it really got the kids e cited and wanting to learn by using the puppet. aley teiner, a junior child and family studies major, said she thought the puppet-making process was a lot easier than she e pected. he said the hardest part of the process was putting the final touches on her puppet to ensure it was ready for its curtain call. teiner’s group chose to teach the children about culture. here are a lot of ways you can go about that. Culture is not just about how somebody looks. here are other things in culture that make us all different, and that’s O , teiner said. e all tried to introduce food from our cultures that nobody has really heard about.

I hope that kind of opens their minds to at least try new foods, too, she added.

Although only some groups have had the opportunity to perform so far, ytholt said the puppets are outstanding. he added, he children were just amazed when they saw the puppets. or those hoping to create a puppet of their own, ane said, efinitely check out some ou ube videos. here’s some fantastic puppeteers out there who made some very thorough video demonstrations. I would

not have been able to do this project without them. ane said creating a puppet allows for many opportunities to e press one’s individual sense of style. uppets can really be a fun little side project - anywhere from cutesy kids’ puppets to very crazy avant-garde-style puppets, ane said. ince the puppet show was such a success, ytholt hopes to collaborate with the education department and fashion design and retailing department on future educational projects. ytholt said the artistic elements of the puppet shows, including their scripts, conte ts, and puppet personalities, allow for engaging performances for both the audience and performers. udock said she is going to welcome feedback from the preschool teachers and debrief with them following her students’ performances.

I think it’ll be a positive e perience. And if it is, then I would love to continue this in future semesters, she said. udock added, I think it just opens up so many doors of possibility for ways that we can think about learning.

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Women Making History Now continued from page 1 In the words of Coretta cott ing omen, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, then I believe you must become its soul, picer said.

“Women have contributed to every facet of society, and each day we shatter glass ceilings to step into our power, she added. I stand on the shoulders of many women, and their efforts have afforded me a place in time. he space I occupy in history motivates me to lift up the generation behind me. picer closed her speech by saying her e pectation is to make sure women are doing their best.

Coffey was the first to accept her award.

Coffey is the e ecutive director of the Metro est College lanning Collaborative C C . he C C’s goal is to build educational opportunity and success for all students and families. pon accepting her award, she thanked resident Cevallos, her family and the women she leads at the C C. ith her leadership, the collaborative has grown from one member to and is now serving underserved students from eight different school districts.

Coffey’s career started in atin America directing community development and educational projects and she then taught at Mar uette niversity. he also founded the irtual ual Immersion roject where universities in Latin America and the United tates engaged in collaborative learning partnerships.

It’s been an incredible pleasure to grow as much as I have as executive director of the C C, she said. It’s a role where I feel I have gotten to use everything I have ever learned and e perience toward the greater good of the community.

She added that as a woman there are three fundamental skills that she and the women at the C C use on a daily basis - imagination, persistence, and translation.

Coffey said at the C C, they value translation because many of the women speak second or third languages and come from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. he said most of what they build is not easy to fit and it certainly doesn’t belong in a traditional way.

“Imagination is underrated. We never stop seeing what is there, what could be or should be there. e are constantly fighting for what should be, Coffey said. ersistence - there are always reasons to not continue a project but we always find a way to make it happen.

Edgehill’s work has been in transformative leadership, and organizational strategies. he is a former panelist for the hite ouse ellows program and she has most recently been honored by the omen of ar-

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vard Club as one of Boston’s In uential omen. he has also led the leadership development organization, he artnership, Inc. as president and CEO where she designed revenue generating talent management and leadership solutions and has also collaborated with arvard Business chool to develop

work done at oices Against iolence. he said people on the front lines of the office are uite literally saving lives.

A big part of the work is making history now aspirational where we imagine a world without violence, ohl said. e also work to change the cultural norms that support op-

her first supervisor told her that she needed to find a way to make space at the table because no one would hand it to her. She said it’s not about making space for yourself at the table, it’s about relationships and the decisions that happen at the table when you’re with others. illie also emphasized the impor-

“A big part of the work is making history now aspirational where we imagine a world without violence. We also work to change the cultural norms that support oppression and violence in our society.”

- Patricia Hohl, Women Making History Now Honoree leadership development programs.

She said the award reminded her that life is a journey and all of us have to make our way by walking.

Edgehill also said success is about having an impact.

Over her journey, she said has come to demonstrate five key themes - knowing your mindset, going from strength to strength, leveraging disorienting moments, that you don’t walk alone, and keeping perspective.

Often we live in a zero sum society, Edgehill said. Oftentimes our orientation is looking at the things we don’t do well. he added, Although it is important to understand what your weaknesses or your opportunities are, it is e ually important to understand what your strengths are and build on those and seek to go forward.

Edgehill said that some of the most powerful lessons have come from leveraging disorienting moments.

It’s one thing to have a plan or set out to achieve goals but guess what sometimes things happen, she said. he shared that along the way to success, her intentions have been met with opposition, including people who have claimed she was not ualified. hat set her back. owever, she said, e can always leverage those disorienting moments, we can learn from them - and pull out the silver lining. ohl is an attorney with over years of nonprofit management e perience and is the director at oices Against iolence in ramingham, a service to protect people against se ual and domestic violence. rior to directing oices Against iolence, ohl received her J. . from uffolk niversity, worked as a national training and technical assistance provider as part of an Office on iolence Against omen, and served on the Metro est Commission on the Status of Women. pon accepting her award, ohl highlighted the importance of the

pression and violence in our society.

At oices Against iolence if we have helped one person be more safe, then that is what matters, then we are making history now, she added. iffany illie serves as the director of Community Resource evelopment for ramingham ublic chools, where she manages the Out of chool ime rogram for , students and employees. he department works with local non-profits.

Before working at Community Resource evelopment, illie worked with O , Inc., CA, irls INC., and the City of Cambridge. he said she is passionate about Out of chool ime. I think it gives students time to find what they are passionate about and discover their interest, try and fail, and keep going. hat for me is what leadership is about. illie said that when she was ,

tance of moving away from the idea of the perfect leader. At the table where decisions are made, authenticity is great. Being a leader is knowing when to step up and step back, she said. aking office in January , uffolk County istrict Attorney Racheal Rollins is the chief law enforcement official for Boston, Chelsea, and Revere, and is also the first woman of color to hold the position in Massachusetts. he oversees appro imately , cases per year. ith a pledge to correct racial and ethnic disparities, and reduce incarcerations, Rollins implemented a policy of dismissing or diverting certain low-level misdemeanor charges.

Acknowledging that these offences are not typically of criminal intent, but of mental illness, she seeks to provide them with treatment, while holding them accountable.

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Women Making History Now continued from page 14 hough Rollins was unable to attend the ceremony, a pre-recorded speech was presented. he said that just as Black history is our country’s history, and cannot be relegated to one month, women’s history is also our country’s history.

Rollins added women all have their own perspectives, and she cannot speak for all women. his is why we each need to lead because who we are will always inform what we do. he said that she believes women have a tremendous capacity to lead and that empowered women empower women. he referenced amala arris as the first female vice president and said she’s sure arris feels the great magnitude and responsibility of that achievement. ou don’t shatter glass ceilings without getting a few cuts.

As uffolk’s first woman .A. and Massachusetts’ first woman of color .A., I feel the pressure. I feel the pressure of enacting the change I promised. I know the stakes are high, Rollins said. But, I take comfort knowing women have a uni ue ability to drive for change.

nfortunately, Rollins’ speech disconnected due to technical difficulties before she finished. he last recipient, aryn olito, the nd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts began her second term in January working alongside ov.

Charlie Baker. er work focuses on bipartisanship, housing production, improving bicycle lanes and sidewalks, and addressing climate change. olito is also the chair of the overnor’s Council to Address e ual Assault and omestic iolence and cochair of the EM Advisory Council to inspire students to follow paths into those careers. he noted the e ual Assault and omestic iolence Council has intiated a public awareness campaign that is aimed at helping young people - in particular girls - understand what a healthy relationship is to better prepare them for the ne t steps in life. uring this pandemic, when more people have been uarantined and isolated, and tied more to their home - for those individuals who are in a violent relationship, it has been particularly challenging, she added. e continue our efforts there. olito also highlighted a million fund that was given to ,

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“As Suffolk’s first woman D.A. and Massachusetts’ first woman of color D.A., I feel the pressure. I feel the pressure of enacting the change I promised. I know the stakes are high. But, I take comfort knowing women have a unique ability to drive for change.”

- Rachael Rollins, Suffolk County District Attorney small businesses, many led by wom- ipating in forums. en. he said they put all their blood, onight as we come together, we sweat, and tears into their dreams to are looking for more ways where we make sure they can get through this can empower women to find the very challenging time, she said. om- best opportunities to make sure their en-owned businesses are a big part of future is as bright as it can be, olito the fabric of our commonwealth. said. olito also thanked for being a partner to the EM Council in helping students understand the importance of EM education and partic- CONNECT WITH EMILY ROSENBERG

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and Suspended Landscapes Both Wonderscape and Suspended Landscapes are on display until Sept. 12 at the museum.

The new exhibitions opened March 20.

Wonderscape is a group exhibition throughout the museum created by Adria Arch, Dana Filibert, Nancy Hayes, Alyssa Minahan, and Neil Wilkins. Lori Schouels’ Suspended Landscapes is on display in the Weinberg Family Gallery.

The Danforth Art Museum is open Thursday through Sunday from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made at danforth.framingham. edu/visit/ and admission is free for FSU students and employees.

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