THE GATEPOST VOLUME 85 • ISSUE 1
FSUGATEPOST.COM
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Ram Revealed By Jessica Duff News Editor FSU administrators, donors and alumni held a ceremony in Crocker Grove to formally reveal the new bronze ram statue, as a representation of the university’s spirit, on Sept. 8. The statue cost $55,000 and was paid for entirely through private and alumni donations, according to Eric Gustafson, Executive Director of the office of development and alumni relations. “You go to Penn State and they have the lion. … At UCONN, everyone pets the head of the Husky on the way into graduation. It’s just part of the campus tradition,” said Gustafson, “I think a lot of our alumni saw that and said, ‘I wish we had that when I was there.’” President F. Javier Cevallos said he is “delighted” to have the statue on campus. He attributed the idea for the statue to two alumni, Janina and Nancy Swiacki, who are part of
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Erin Fitzmaurice/THE GATEPOST From the left: Richard Logan ‘70 Chair of the Board of Trustees, Nancy Swiacki ‘68, Janina Swiacki ‘67, the artist’s son, Chris Williams the artist, President F. Javier Cevallos, Robert Richards, Jr. ‘83
West Hall opens its doors to students
Campus police officer arrested for exposing self to student worker
By Bailey Morrison News Editor
ByAlexandra Gomes Editor-in-Chief
FSU’s new residence hall, West, opened for the fall 2016 semester. The overall cost was $44 million with construction costs of $37 million, according to Dale Hamel, executive vice president. The project was financed through a revenue bond which will be repaid to the Massachusetts State College Building Authority. The scheduled payment for the 2017 fiscal year is $2.88 million, he said. He added the project came in “under budget” which allowed for landscaping and reconstruction of Maynard Lot. A grand opening event open to students, faculty and staff will be held on Sept. 28 at 4:30 p.m., said Hamel. Construction took approximately 18 months and progressed on time, Glenn Cochran associate dean of students and director of Residence Life and Student Conduct said in an email. The building was designed by Architectural Resources Cam-
By Bailey Morrison News Editor
Athena Venetsanakos/THE GATEPOST West Hall was built in 18 months and cost $44 million.
bridge (ARC) and constructed by Consigli Construction Co, Inc. The residence hall was designed to meet green standards. The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) program, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), guided building design and construction to ensure that LEED standards were met, Cochran said. Though West has not completed the LEED Gold Certification, it is expected to be completed in
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FSUPD Officer Wilter Dormevil was arrested Saturday afternoon, Sept. 3, after allegedly masturbating behind a student desk worker’s chair in the University’s police station. He is charged with open and gross lewdness, lewd and lascivious conduct and intimidation of a witness. Dormevil also allegedly ejaculated on the backside of the desk chair, a clipboard he was holding and papers on top of a desk, according to Framingham police. He has since been banned from FSU’s campus and placed on administrative leave, according to FSU President F. Javier Cevallos. He said in an email, “The alleged actions of one individual should not cast a shadow on what I consider to be an outstanding department, led by Chief Medeiros. The members of the FSU Police Department are dedicated to the safety and security of our community and they continue to have my
full support.” The victim was working writing parking permits when she felt “continuous” movement behind her, according to police. When she turned around, she saw Dormevil masturbating his erect and exposed penis. Dormevil acted as if the incident had not occurred, according to police, and asked the victim what was wrong with her. He also asked her, “Do you even understand English?” When she returned to her desk, Dormevil “whispered” to her that he was sorry and that, “This didn’t happen.” She then asked another student desk worker, who was working in the adjacent I.D. office, to switch with her. After the victim told her fellow desk worker what had happened and he observed semen on the chair she had been sitting in, he brought the victim outside with him where they called Framingham police. Cevallos said, “We regard the safety of our students, faculty and staff as paramount, and we will continue to hold our officers’ conduct to the
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