December 15, 2017

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THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s independent student newspaper

Volume 86 • Issue 12

FSUgatepost.com

December 15, 2017

Hate crimes continue Additional security cameras installed in residence halls By Shanleigh Reardon News Editor

President Cevallos speaks to local news outlets at the healing service on Dec. 13.

News

Corey McFeeley / THE GATEPOST

A hate crime was reported to FSUPD by a resident assistant from Corinne Hall Towers at approximately 12:20 a.m. on Dec. 8, said Sgt. Martin Laughlin. This is the fifth hate crime being investigated this semester and the second to target this student, said President F. Javier Cevallos. All the hate crimes have targeted black students with racially-charged notes that have been placed near their dorm rooms. The most recent note read, “Still a n-word! Ha.” Laughlin said each of the crimes are being investigated individually and in the same manner. Cevallos announced the hate crime in a campus-wide email on Dec. 8. “I’m saddened to share that we received a report of racism on campus overnight targeting one of our students of color,” read the email. Carlos Barbosa, Jr., a first-year student and resident in Towers, was the target of the two hate crimes that have occurred in that building.

See HATE CRIME page 6

Student fee increases linked to union contracts

Teach-in changes perspectives on work/family dynamics

By Jillian Poland News Editor

By Andrew Willoughby Arts & Features Editor

The portions of the 2014-17 union contracts unfunded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts account for 80 percent of student fee increases across the state university system, said Vincent Pedone, executive director of the Council of Presidents (COP). There are three unions for state university employees: The Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA) for faculty and librarians; The Association of Professional Administrators (APA) for staff; and The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), which includes maintainers and some campus police officers. All of the unions bargain separately with the Board of Higher Education (BHE), an executive department that reports to the governor, to create a collective bargaining agreement (CBA), a document that determines the terms of employment. The terms include guidelines for salary increases, benefits and workloads. The collective bargaining agreements are typically valid for a three-year period before they expire and must be renegotiated. All three unions are currently in the process of bargaining new contracts, as the 201417 contracts have expired. Salary increases have become a point of tension between the BHE and the three unions as months have passed without any final agreements. MSCA members have pointed to the BHE and COP’s reluctance to provide what they feel is an adequate financial offer as a reason for the slow negotiation process. In a statement prepared for a BHE meeting on Oct. 31, Chair of the Council of Presidents Fred Clark said

By Tessa Jillson Asst. Arts & Features Editor

RETENTION pg. 7 HEALING SERVICE pg. 3

Opinions “DRY CAMPUS” COMIC pg. 10 BEWARE OF BOTS pg. 11

Arts & Features TASTE OF FRAMINGHAM STATE pg. 12 Into the Woods pg. 13

Sports WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WINS TWO OF THREE pg. 21 HOCKEY CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE pg. 20

See UNION CONTRACTS page 4

Approximately 70 classes at FSU participated in a campus-wide teach-in from Nov. 7 to Dec. 15 discussing themes of family diversity and change based on the photography exhibition, Showing (work x family). The foundation Working Assumptions debuted its 28foot, six-screen photography exhibition in the Mazmanian Gallery, opening the FSU community to participate in an active discussion about the interplay of private and public responsibilities centered around workforce and family life. The teach-in was choreographed in part by Framingham State Sociology Professor Virginia Rutter and History Professor Bridget Sheridan, who worked closely with Jane Gottesman, the director of Working Assumptions, to coordinate a multidisciplinary six-week series of events at the University. Sheridan said she and Rutter have been working on and organizing both the Mazmanian Gallery event and the teachin for approximately 18 months. Sheridan said Rutter had “seen a prototype of the exhibit in Washington, D.C.” in the summer of 2016. She brought the idea back to Framingham and the two immediately started “talks” with Working Assumptions about bringing the exhibition to FSU. According to Rutter, the teach-in cost the university around $5,000, which is relatively cheap compared to its “high impact.” The University paid for the travel of Working Assumptions experts, poster printing and catering. The installation was fully funded by the foundation. Rutter said her goal is “to help people notice that their

See SHOWING page 16 INSIDE: OP/ED 10 • ARTS & FEATURES 12 • SPORTS 20


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