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Student unhappy about Campus Police response to Facebook post

By Kaila Braley Editor-in-Chief

An FSU student who was questioned by two Campus Police officers during an investigation into charges of cyberbullying alleged that her rights and livelihood were threatened during the encounter.

Victoria Dansereau, a junior psy-

chology major, said she has called the American Civil Liberties Union in order to hire a lawyer to investigate whether to take legal action against at least one officer who questioned her, and is planning on filing a Title IX complaint.

Dansereau is one of many students who have been questioned by

Campus Police about the alleged cyberbullying of two students who posted a photo on Instagram of themselves dressed in controversial Halloween costumes. In the photo, the female student wore makeup that made her look as if she had a black eye, and the male student posed with his fist raised - Continued on page 3

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“whose books have contributed to such beautiful and interesting children’s literature in such lasting ways.

“Second, this is our 175th-anniversary celebration of the founding of our university,” she said, “and for that reason, it causes us to take a step back, think about our founding, and what the purpose was at that time, and how that purpose continues to resonate with our vision and this festival tonight.

“Third, this is … the inaugural Swiacki Children’s Literature Festival.”

Anne Frank, who wrote her diary entries about her experiences while she was in hiding from Hitler and his crusade of prejudice, would never know of her influence on Rachel Scott’s decision to record diary entries that are affecting the world today.

Rachel’s Challenge, an organization spreading the words and challenges proposed by Rachel Scott, the first casualty of the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, started a chain reaction in DPAC last night.

“One of Rachel’s goals [the fifth challenge] was to create a chain reaction of kindness and compassion that would triple all around the world,” said Eliana Reyes, the speaker representing Rachel’s Challenge.

Reyes noted that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. could have possibly influenced the term “chain reaction,” when he said, “the chain reaction of evil must be broken.”

Reyes guided the audience through Rachel’s Five Challenges: look for the best in others, dream big, choose positive influences, speak with kindness and start your own chain reaction.

Sam Joseph, a junior psychology major, personally identified most with Rachel’s first challenge to look for the best in others.

“Rachel’s Challenge was very touching and I plan on taking her story with me to help make a difference by being nice to others and seeing the good in everyone,” said Joseph.

Scott’s second challenge, “dream big,” asks participants to chase goals that have been initiated by their dreams and to keep a journal of their personal story. A serious mood developed when

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Psychology club and SGA host kindness fact and

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Annual children’s literature festival brings award-winning writers to FSU

By Kristen Pinto Assistant Arts & Features Editor

Noted children’s authors/illustrators Steve Jenkins and Mark Teague spoke of the writing and drawing process last Thursday at Framingham State’s newly renamed “Swiacki Children’s Literature Festival.”

The event began in the afternoon with a book fair and book signing in the McCarthy Center. Guests were given the opportunity to purchase a variety of books by both Jenkins and Teague.

Among these were some of their most popular books, including Jenkins’ “Eye to Eye: How Animals see the World” and Teague’s “Funny Farm.”

The evening continued with a dinner in the Forum, followed by presentations by the two authors.

Linda Vaden-Goad, vice president of Academic Affairs, introduced the speakers and described this festival as significant for three reasons.

“We have the pleasure of listening to and interacting with two award-winning writers and illustrators,” she said,

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Op/Ed: Cevallos 6

Football earns MASCAC Championship title 12

Distinguished Faculty of the Year 10

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Editorial Board 2014-2015 Editor-in-Chief Kaila Braley

Associate Editor Joe Kourieh

News Editor

James M. Sheridan Jr. Assistant Editor Mark Strom

Arts & Features Editors Brad Leuchte

Sara Silvestro Assistant Editors Scott Calzolaio Kristen Pinto

Sports Editor Lauren Campbell

Assistant Editor Mike Ferris

Jennifer Johnson Opinions Editor Mark Wadland

Photos Editors Melina Bourdeau

Danielle Vecchione Interim Photos Editor Jeff Poole

Web Editor Jill Chenevert

Design Editor Brittany Cormier

Staff Writers Danielle Butler

Cesareo Contreras Corin Cook

Hadley Cook

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Alexandra Gomes Cameron Grieves Andrew Mades Phil McMullin Chris Monroe Ryan Normile

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Kyle Torres Staff Photographers Jennifer Wang

Gatepost Interview

By Mark Strom Assistant News Editor

Can you briefly describe your resume and educational background?

Yeah, I come from undergraduate, University of Utah in Salt Lake City, in music composition and I did work in piano performance as well, and then a master’s degree in music theory and composition at the University of Louisville, Kentucky.

And then I did my Ph.D. in music theory and composition at Brandeis University just down the road from here.

What sparked your interest in music?

I was brainwashed at a really early age. I come from a musical home.

My dad’s a music educator, so he played the piano, taught the piano, composed, taught high school choir, musicals, voice students. My oldest sister plays the piano - she’s a music educator now. My other sister - violin. Another - vocalist, horn player, guitar, I come from a pretty big family, but there’s just music always going. And so, I never felt any pressure to do anything musically, but I did when I started playing piano on my own. My dad didn’t say, “You need to learn the piano,” or anything. And then I started making things up - improvising. And that’s what struck my interest in being a composer. There’s one moment in particular that I remember, that I can really pin down as when I wanted to write music. And that was, I think I was around 14 or 15, and I remember I was at my high school library going through the library catalogue, and I found a brief biographical sketch or something, I can’t remember. I remember what it looked like. It was about Aaron Copland and saying that he wanted to become a composer and he made this choice when he was in his teens, like he was 14 or 15, and I remember thinking at that time, “Yes! That’s what I want to do!”

You teach Jazz as one of your classes, correct?

Kyle Torres

Yes, I teach a survey course that introduces Jazz and its history.

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Why Jazz?

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Actually, to be honest, it’s because when I came here, I came here as a V.L. teaching some of the more classically oriented classes like Romantic Music class, Classical Baroque class, Music Appreciation and Music Theory class. But it’s primarily because they needed someone to teach the Jazz class because unfortunately, you may be

Christian Gentry

Assistant Professor of Music aware of this, this position used to be held by the late Professor Ed Melegian. There’s a long history here of teaching jazz because he was a jazz performer himself - a pianist.

So my background in jazz is a little more oblique. I’m not a trained jazz musician, but I know its history rather well and I know the performance practice of improvisation through composing and through an experimental improvisational band that I play in every once in a while - we have like two gigs a year, it’s not like a big thing. So it’s because there was a need to be filled and I brushed up on my knowledge a little bit more, started really, really investing a lot of time into it, and that’s why. Out of practicality. It needed to be taught.

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Do you think every student should take a music class at some point during their college career?

Oh, definitely! I think it should - obviously, like I have skin in the game and I think that students should, because, not as a way to kind of, “Oh it’s nice to get cultured,” and all of that, but I actually think it’s an integral part of the world in which we live. I think every student should be involved with music in some degree or another, primarily because you take a small survey of anybody that you know, and you won’t find anyone that actually hates music.

So why I think people should take it is to explore this idea of why do we like music, what makes us like it and how can we explain this experience in a more rigorous way, so that then when you experience music after you take a course that I teach or that Professor Burke teaches, that it wasn’t just like a one-off, like, “Oh, that was cool. I learned that.

That’s great, I forget about it.” It’s actually something that then your

ears are totally changed when you hear the music, and not only do you appreciate it more, but you actually get more out of the experience and you’re more skeptical of what you’re listening to, and you’re more aware of the process that goes into what you’re listening to. The reason why everyone should take it, is because music is in everybody’s life - it’s a part of everyday life.

What advice would you give to your students?

As far as life?

As far as life, or anything. Or maybe if they’re not sure about music.

Well, let me start with life. As an advisor as I feel like if you really, really like something, like if and you feel a great passion for it, first of all, really dig in and try to understand what this “thing” is about.

Why do you want to do it? And if you can’t find the answer, and you still want to pursue a life passion, really look closely at the consequences. Oftentimes, what people do is, when they have to make a decision for a major, they start to weigh things in the balance. “What can I do with it? What can I do with this degree?” And what they mean by “do” is, “What kind of job can I get?” And what they mean by “What kind of job can I get?” is “What kind of lifestyle can I live?”

Do you see what I mean? It’s like this causal chain of decisionmaking. And unfortunately, a lot of these decisions are based upon some sort of unforeseen future lifestyle. And if you want a particular lifestyle and you feel passionately that that will make you happy, well then follow it. But if you feel passionately about something and you start to see that the lifestyle won’t be luxurious or whatever, don’t let that hold you back. I guess that’s what I would say.

Don’t treat something you’re passionate about as a hobby because that will not make you happy. What makes you happy is if you treat your passion as your life’s work.

So, however that applies to music - I mean, we don’t have music majors here, but there’s a lot of people who are interested in music and Dr. Burke and I both are really trying hard with the support of our department to make music a bigger thing, and give people more opportunities, so that they continue that path in some sort of way, and so they don’t have to just abandon it.

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toward her.

Danerseau said she saw the photo after hearing about the Halloween costumes from a friend and then searching for the photo on Instagram. She then posted a status on Facebook that said, “A girl at my school dressed up for Halloween as ‘a domestic violence victim.’ I hope you know that you’re disgusting to the core for a) sexualizing domestic violence, and b) making it comedic in the same breath. You’re clearly going somewhere in life.”

Dansereau said she was called on Saturday morning and asked to come to the Campus Police station “immediately.”

When she was taken into a room to be questioned, she said she felt the officers were “hostile” toward her. According to Dansereau, the two officers had printouts of her Facebook post, as well as other information about her from her Facebook profile page.

Dansereau said the conversation started with an officer saying, “‘You can’t do this. This goes beyond your freedom of speech. You don’t know this girl, so you have no right to say anything.’”

She added that the officer leading the questioning said it was “suspicious that I hadn’t commented on any other person’s costume.”

Dansereau alleged that the officer added, “‘Oh, you’re a women’s right advocate - you don’t think any other costume was demoralizing? Because other people were dressed like skanks.’”

Dansereau also said the officer told her she was a “poor excuse for a women’s rights advocate” and what she had written on Facebook was “harassment.”

She said she felt intimidated when an officer told her that Dean of Students Melinda Stoops was planning on meeting with her for “disciplinary reasons.”

Dansereau contacted Stoops that day and spoke to her on Monday.

According to Dansereau, Stoops didn’t know anything about her meeting with Campus Police.

Stoops told a Gatepost reporter, “I had no plan to meet with any of the students that Campus Police intended to speak with about this incident,” and added that it would have been “atypical” for her to be involved in a situation like this. If there were a student policy violation, the police officers would forward the report to the Student Conduct Office, which would not involve her, she said.

“It’s possible that Campus Police misspoke and referred to me, when maybe they were thinking someone from Student Conduct would be meeting with the person, but I can’t speak to that for sure, because I wasn’t there,” Stoops said.

Dansereau said an officer also said she would “most likely lose all” of her on-campus jobs because

she “can’t act this way as a representative of the school.” Dansereau said she began to have a panic attack and started crying and breathing heavily during the interview with Campus Police. She said she relies on her jobs on campus to both afford school and help support her family.

She said she told the police officers that she is prone to panic attacks because of past domestic abuse, and she offered to show them her medical and psychiatric

campus.”

A Gatepost reporter contacted Medeiros requesting an interview Wednesday, but he did not respond before the publication of this article.

While Dansereau said she thought that Medeiros was very professional, she is still planning to file a Title IX complaint against the officers who questioned her and is attempting to hire a lawyer.

“I’m not taking any of this lightly,” Dansereau said.

Images courtesy of Victoria Dansereau

Pictured above are screen shots of the initial Facebook post that Dansereau was being questioned about, and a subsequent post about student rights. records to prove it. She alleged the officers gave her some tissues and continued with the interview.

She alleged she was told by an officer to take her post down from Facebook, which she did in the police station. She also alleged that she was told the police report would indicate that she was remorseful and this may help her keep her jobs.

Dansereau said Stoops told her only her employers have the authority to decide whether she would be fired. As of Wednesday, Dansereau said none of her employers had taken any action toward suspending or terminating her employment.

Dansereau, accompanied by Director of the Multicultural Center Kathy Martinez, met with Chief of Campus Police Brad Medeiros to discuss the encounter.

Martinez said, “I just want to mention that the actions of one officer or two do not necessarily reflect on everyone. And I do think, at least, after today’s meeting, that Chief Medeiros did handle this portion well.”

Dansereau said she told Medeiros that she felt the officers had threatened her job security, and “he seemed a bit confused as to why that was a tactic that they had used, because it [the Facebook post] has nothing to do with my positions on

Student Press Law Center Attorney Advocate Adam Goldstein said that in order to make a legitimate claim for a cyberbullying investigation, the harassment would have to be “so pervasive and so disturbing” that it interfered with the students’ education.

The alleged censoring of Dansereau’s Facebook post “is illegal,” Goldstein said. “It’s not the Facebook State Police Department.”

He added, “Even if everything these people are telling us is true, this is not a crime, so why are we investigating it?”

Stoops said FSU doesn’t have a specific cyberbullying policy, but it falls under the harassment policy, which includes electronic means. The policy states that harassment includes: “Intimidation, invasion of privacy, verbal abuse, or any conduct constituting harassment, abuse or threats to the wellbeing of a person or group.”

The second facet of this policy includes, “Harassment and/or intimidation of persons involved in a campus disciplinary hearing” or of authority figures “who are in the process of discharging their responsibilities.”

It also includes the use of “fighting words,” which means words which are likely to “provoke an immediate violent reaction.”

Martinez helped Dansereau look up the school’s policy on cyberbullying as well as other policies.

Martinez went with Dansereau to her meetings with Stoops and Medeiros. Martinez said that her “job here, first and foremost, is to support students. … My job is to be here for you, to help you out as much as I possibly can, but also to, I think, look at policies and think about them.”

She added that it’s important for students to understand their rights when being questioned by police officers. She said that students do not have to go to the police station when asked, and can ask to be recorded if they want to be.

Alanna Griffin, a senior criminology major, said she was also asked to come in for questioning

by Campus Police. She missed the officer’s call, and when she called the office back, she was informed that her phone call was being recorded.

Griffin had posted a screen shot of the Instagram photo on Facebook with a comment that she couldn’t recall exactly, but she remembered she said that the costume was a bad idea. She said the post did not include names or tag the students.

She said the police officer she spoke with said she had freedom of speech and could post what she wanted to, but asked her to take down the photo.

Griffin said she took it down to be cooperative and that it didn’t bother her to remove it. She said the interaction with the officer also did not concern her, even though she was confused how Campus Police found her post. Griffin does not have an on-campus job.

President F. Javier Cevallos said that because this is a personnel concern since both the officer in question and Dansereau are employees of the school, the administration isn’t able to comment.

He added, however, that “the moment that you have a formal complaint against anyone, but particularly when it is a police officer, you have very specific protocol that you have to follow. … The complaint has to be investigated.

There are no two ways about it.”

He said that generally speaking, the person in question can get union representation and the Chief of Campus Police will delegate someone to investigate the claim.

“You have to look at all angles and talk to as many people as needed, and then they will make a decision based on the facts. It’s a very clear and a very legal process.”

However, Executive Vice President Dale Hamel, to whom Campus Police reports, said if there were a complaint filed, the investigation would not be handled by FSU Campus Police. “The Campus Police doesn’t investigate themselves.

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By Joe Kourieh Associate Editor

News

Campus Police question Gatepost editors about articles

Two Gatepost editors were questioned by Campus Police on Saturday, Nov. 8 and Monday, Nov. 10 regarding the contents of a news article and an opinion piece published Nov. 7.

Both pieces addressed a photo of controversial Halloween costumes worn by two FSU students allegedly depicting an abusive couple.

Arts and Features Editor Sara Silvestro, who was off campus for the weekend, said she received a phone call on Saturday from FSU Campus Police Officer Kate Gagnon, who asked about “the article with the Instagram photo in it.” Silvestro said she had seen the photo through its circulation on social media, and added that she had written an opinion piece on the topic but did not write the news article. She said she suggested Gagnon should speak with the editor-inchief instead.

After Silvestro confirmed that she knew and had spoken to the male student in the photo, Gagnon allegedly asked whether Silvestro had told him she was not going to write an article about the incident for the newspaper.

Silvestro explained that she had told him she did not write or make any decisions regarding the news article, but had decided to write an opinion piece related to the incident.

According to Silvestro, Gagnon told her that the two students in the Instagram photo were being bullied on campus. Silvestro said the officer questioned her about her intention in writing the concluding paragraph of her piece, which asks “where these young students’ minds were.

“I don’t know their pasts. I don’t want to call them names and be hateful. That is not my point,” Silvestro wrote in her op/ed. “I would like students, parents, faculty, anyone and everyone to think about their actions and words before they act - to think

about their comments in defense of an offensive insensitive photo, and to think about their words, comments and actions around others.”

Silvestro said she told Gagnon that she stood by her piece and “used this incident as a lesson to others to be aware of their comments and actions.” She then repeated that Gagnon should be discussing the matter with Editor-in-Chief Kaila Braley, and the conversation ended.

Later that day, Braley returned a

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Instagram photo. Braley replied that she had. Braley said Gagnon then asked why she had not included information she was given by the student’s mother. Braley replied that the mother had asked to remain off the record - therefore, no information she provided could be included in the article as there was no one to whom it could be attributed. Gagnon replied that the information provided by the student’s mother “would have changed the tone of the article,” but that Gagnon

Certainly, if the police interviewed [Gatepost staff] about an article and its content, it’s not appropriate.

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President, Framingham State University voicemail from Gagnon, in which Gagnon had said she needed to “touch base about a few things that have occurred this week.”

Braley, who was also off campus for the weekend, agreed to meet with Gagnon when she returned to FSU on Monday, and asked if Gagnon could indicate what the meeting was about.

Gagnon responded that she could not say because the phone call was being recorded, but said it was about information that had not been included in the news article Braley wrote, and some information that was possibly misleading, according to Braley.

According to Braley, during the meeting on Monday, Gagnon asked her if she had been contacted by the mother of the female student in the

“knows it’s our right to make those choices,” according to Braley.

Braley asked if the student’s mother had complained about the news article, and Gagnon replied, “Not specifically about the article,” according to Braley.

At the end of the meeting, Braley asked on what grounds campus police had questioned Silvestro about her opinion piece. According to Braley, Gagnon replied that she could not talk about an ongoing investigation.

According to the Student Press Law Center’s website, school officials cannot “discipline staff members [of student newspapers] or take any other action that is motivated by an attempt to control, manipulate or punish past or future content.”

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SPLC Attorney Advocate Adam Goldstein said it is illegal for school officials to attempt to censor or influence content that does not present any criminal threat. He added that a newspaper article or opinion piece cannot be considered as targeting or bullying individuals who are not specifically named and threatened.

Executive Vice President Dale Hamel, who oversees Campus Police, said he was not involved in the investigation at the time. However, he said that, had he been involved, he would not have given any directions to Campus Police because “it is their prerogative to lead their own investigation.”

He added that he believes the questioning of Gatepost editors was most likely about confirming facts.

University President F. Javier Cevallos confirmed that the administration understands the legal rights of student journalists.

“Certainly, if the police interviewed [Gatepost staff] about an article and its content, it’s not appropriate,” he said, adding that it may have been a mistake by the investigating officers because of their ongoing investigation of bullying, and because their “training is an ongoing aspect.”

When asked what action the administration would take if this type of behavior by campus police occurred again, Cevallos said that “every case is different,” but added, “Campus Police has a very important role” but the officers should “never be involved in judging the content [of a newspaper] unless it is something that is threatening to the community.

“It is a learning opportunity in many ways,” Cevallos said, noting that “freedom of expression is one of the things that we cherish in this nation more than anything else.”

Campus Police Chief Brad Medeiros did not respond to multiple requests to comment or be interviewed about these incidents.

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There is a separate approach that we would then take,” which would be led by the general counsel’s office.

Hamel said he hadn’t heard about a formal complaint being filed.

He added, “If she [Dansereau] did something that was questioned, it would become a personnel matter and we don’t speak to personnel matters.” Hamel added that the student’s status as an employee may have affected the way she was questioned by police. “Your duties as an employee are different than your duties as a student.”

He gave the example that if a student obtained information while on the job, it would become a big-

ger concern.

Stoops said if student workers “violate some condition of the job,” this would be handled by the office which employs them.

She added that as long as students aren’t violating policies or harassing anyone, their freedom of expression should be protected.

“Going back to the rights of the individuals - going back to the original Halloween costumes that were offensive - I would agree that those were inappropriate costumes. However, the students who wore those costumes violated no policies and they had the right, in terms of freedom of expression, to wear those costumes - just as the people who were upset by those costumes had the right to say they were upset

about it.”

Cevallos said, “We can all learn from what happened. First of all, we have to keep always in mind that freedom of expression is one of those things that we cherish in this nation more than anything else.

And actually, freedom of speech exists precisely to protect speech that can be deemed offensive, or annoying or bothersome or troublesome,” referencing the Halloween costumes.

“We all as a campus have to learn that whatever we do has consequences,” he added. “Domestic violence is a huge issue that we have to address directly and we cannot tolerate that in our society.

We have people in this society that are real victims. … Those kind of

images can illicit responses that are really emotional, and rightly so. It is an educational opportunity for the campus to think about domestic violence.”

Cevallos said, “It’s a learning opportunity for the campus to think about the importance of protecting freedom of expression and also talking about domestic violence and the implications that it has.”

In fact, three students, including Dansereau, held a Diversity Dialogue this Thursday to discuss domestic abuse at the Multicultural Center. It was attended by about 15 students and 15 faculty and staff members. Another discussion will be held next Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm in the Archives Room.

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Society, Technology & the Future

Ira Silver

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Sociology of Work

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November 14, 2014

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Campus Police questioning of Gatepost editors unacceptable The Gatepost Editorial

This past week, two Gatepost editors, the Editor-inChief and an Arts and Features Editor, were called into the Campus Police station to be questioned about their editorial choices concerning the news article and a personal opinion piece written about two students’ controversial Halloween costumes in the Nov. 7 edition.

Not only is this highly inappropriate, but it threatens these editors’ first amendment rights to report the facts and publicize their opinions.

Attorney Advocate from the Student Press Law Center Adam Goldstein said that unless the newspaper is being investigated for a criminal action, it is not appropriate for a police station to call editors in for questioning.

Asking about editorial choices certainly could be interpreted as an attempt to control or manipulate content. Asking why we did or did not include particular information in the news article, and how that might have affected the tone of the piece, along with interrogating the intent of an opinion piece, are highly inappropriate actions which trained law enforcement officers should know are unacceptable.

We expect that our Campus Police officers will do their jobs without hindering our job or encroaching on our constitutional rights.

This past week, some community members have criticized our choice to write a news article about the two students who wore the Halloween costumes. It is within their rights to voice those opinions and even write opinion pieces themselves if they disagree with the content that we publish. We welcome this, in fact.

The Gatepost, like any newspaper, should be held accountable by those in the community for our editorial choices and what we decide to publish. Our words and work have a direct effect on the community, and we don’t take that responsibility lightly.

In fact, that is exactly why we can’t shy away from the stories which might make people upset. It is our job to investigate stories that are impactful to the community and report them factually and ethically, which, once published, can often begin the process of resolution, even if the discussion we generate temporarily creates unrest within the community.

Public criticism of our choices, however, is not the same as school officials, who are trained and sworn officers of the law, calling student journalists down to the police station to question editorial decisions that are by no means within Campus Police’s authority to control.

President F. Javier Cevallos said, “It is certainly inappropriate for an officer to ask about the content of the newspaper.” He added, “Freedom of expression is one of the things that we cherish in this nation more than anything else.”

He speculated that this may have been a mistake made by an officer who didn’t know that this was not appropriate behavior.

We at The Gatepost appreciate Cevallos’ sentiments about protecting first amendment rights, not only for our publication, but for all students and community members. But we question the reason given for why these actions have taken place. These are basic rights that law enforcement officers should recognize and respect.

We call upon administrators and the community at large to remain vigilant in acknowledging when first amendment rights are violated, enforcing the laws that protect these rights and holding those who violate them accountable for their actions.

Op/Ed

College: the last safe haven

If you were to ask a professor, administrator or English purist to define college, you would likely receive several answers - an academic institution of higher learning, a time to grow and learn more about yourself and the world (or perhaps even just the place) a lot of people go after high school.

While I wouldn’t contradict any of those potential responses, my definition of college differs a bit. I think it is the last time anyone can make mistakes without suffering detrimental consequences.

I’m not talking about committing violent crimes against others - if you do that in college and get caught, say goodbye to college and hello to the nearest penitentiary.

But making mistakes in classes - that’s the fun part. I don’t celebrate failing an exam, but neither do I react negatively.

Flipping out over a failed exam would directly contradict the point of going to college - we all go to college to learn, and learning best occurs through error.

The terms “second chance” no longer applies after graduating college. Not paying or “forgetting” to pay your bills results in a heartwarming meeting with the IRS, an organization designed to comfort all of us in our times of financial need.

Beyond that, “forgetting” to pay your bills can lead to jail time, the loss of your residence or both - a bit of tough justice from Uncle Sam.

And simply messing up an assignment at work can easily get you fired - academic probation and reprimands might as well never have existed.

The next time you’re thinking college is a hassle and you ought to drop out, remember: mistakes in college equate to learning more, whereas mistakes post-graduation equate to potentially devastating consequences from which you may never recover.

It scares me that this is the last time we can screw up and still be accepted by those around us - if we do that after college, we’re going to be met with icy stares and fingers pointing to the nearest exit. And why. Because people have no sense of humor.

As the Joker said, “Why so serious?”

People sometimes say college is difficult - and so it is, academically - but here, we can make as many mistakes as we’d like (just about) and generally, no serious consequences arise.

In real life, no one has themselves a fine chuckle over our antics because they just have to go “by the book,” which generally leads to our humiliation and/or complete despair, followed by a crisis of the soul.

I am looking forward to that.

Mark Wadland Opinions Editor

Sex in advertising Plastered everywhere in the media, and especially in ads, are these greased up, chiseled models showing off pants and lingerie. But my question is, does that model come with the product?

It should go without saying that the answer is obviously no. So the question still remains, why do marketing companies continue to glorify these models on this “brand name” pedestal?

Personally, I’ve never seen a commercial and said to myself, “Wow, if I buy this product, I will have women crawling to my feet like the man in this commercial. If these women, who are completely paid to do so, crawl to this man over this product then I can get the same results.”

If life really worked that way, people who find themselves without a significant other would have indirectly bought one a long time ago through a pair of jeans. This would ultimately disprove any psychological or biological research anybody had done before on the study of attraction and the human race would die off due to ignorance via denim.

Car commercials that display the car doing barrel rolls and flips disclaim at the bottom of the advertisement something like “fantasy dramatization.” In commercials, for certain brand of alcohol in particular, when women are crawling all over a guy while he’s having a drink, there should be a disclaimer like, “Drinking this will not transform you into a suave, classy,guy no matter how much you drink.” Although by

the fifth drink ,you may think you’re the most incredible thing that’s ever graced this planet, the advertisement is still not proven.

I’m a pretty average looking guy - why can’t I be one of these glorified models? I’m six feet tall with a few goofy tattoos, and rumor has it the “lanky guy with glasses” look is the “in” thing right now, so I see no obstacles in my way. But there’s this unwritten media “stereotype” of a “perfect model,” regardless of male or female, that has been created.

Thank goodness we live in a society where, though we like to think otherwise, not everything we see in the media or on the Internet is true. Sorry if I just shattered anybody’s precious fourth wall with that ground-breaking statement, but just because it’s published doesn’t mean it’s necessarily accurate or even true at all. Does sex really sell? In some societies, this may be, but for the most part, sex in advertising has only made people self-conscious. Why don’t marketing companies show off what’s better about their product than others? A group of gorgeous women crawling over a guy for drinking the “latest and greatest” microbrew isn’t going to sell the beer, the beer itself is.

Ryan Normile Staff Writer

The Gatepost welcomes submissions from students, faculty and staff for the Op/Ed page.

Please send submissions under 300 words to gatepost@framingham.edu.

The Gatepost editors reserve the right accept or reject submissions, and to edit spelling and grammar as is deemed necessary.

Op/Ed submissions reflect the opinions of their authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of The Gatepost or its staff.

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Letter to the Editor To the FSU community, I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you my goal for our community when it comes to matters of diversity and inclusion. You may have already heard me discuss how it’s my hope to build our agenda for these issues around the statement, “At FSU, we respect every single person.”

It’s a simple statement, but it can have a profound effect on our community if we all strive to live up to it. If all of us commit to respecting each other, we will feel collectively empowered to intervene or speak up when we see people who are violating this core value. Whether it’s an incident of racism, sexism or sexual violence, we all can play a part in preventing these things from happening.

In many ways, FSU is already a tight-knit community. My observations and interactions with students, faculty and staff on campus have been extremely positive. But I believe we are capable of doing even more to respect and look out for each other.

I hope you will join me in this effort to foster a culture of respect for all at

FSU. I encourage you to get involved and take advantage of the resources we have on campus. Take part in one of our Diversity Dialogues, attend a meeting of the Committee on Diversity and Inclusion or take a training session offered through Campus Police or Residence Life. We want to hear from you.

As you may know, we recently began the process of hiring a Chief Diversity Officer for the University who will move us in the direction of producing measurable, data-driven outcomes when it comes to these issues. Everyone will have an opportunity to hear from the finalists before the position is filled.

I encourage you to attend these public forums, which will be scheduled at a later date.

If you have some thoughts about any of these issues that you would like to share with me, please feel free to e-mail me at jcevallos@framingham.edu.

F. Javier Cevallos President of FSU

Letter to the Editor There has been a lot of talk on the FSU campus recently about domestic violence, which, if you don’t know, is defined as a pattern of coercive behavior used by one partner in an intimate relationship to control the actions, thoughts, and beliefs of the other partner. The dynamic of power and control is gained through humiliation, intimidation, fear, intentional physical, verbal, emotional, economic and/or sexual abuse. Domestic/partner violence often starts with acts of jealousy, possessiveness and comments and attitudes that lower self-esteem. Abuse can and does escalate, and some victims are killed by their abusers.

Domestic/partner violence affects people of all ethnic backgrounds, socioeconomic levels, ages, religions, cultures, genders and sexual orientations. No one is immune. Many people have experienced domestic/partner violence but you may not know it because their scars may not be easily seen.

For instance, I grew up in a home where domestic violence regularly occurred. It was unpredictable and often very scary. No one in my family talked

about it. The police were called, but nothing helped. Often, I felt helpless and alone and feared for my safety and the safety of my family members. We never called it domestic violence, but that’s what it was. It wasn’t funny or fun. Like so many of us who experience adversity, it left scars that are not easily seen.

I am one of the lucky ones, though. I got out alive. I had resources and people available to me that helped me and encouraged me to thrive. Many people who experience domestic/partner violence are not so lucky. If you, or someone you love, is in a domestic/partner violence situation, help and resources are available. Please reach out to a friend, family member or professional. The FSU Counseling Center is here if you need us. 508-626-4640 Paul Welch Counseling Director

Letter to the Editor I am writing in response to how our campus community has responded to one student’s decision to exercise her “freedom of speech” and dress as a victim of domestic violence for Halloween. It saddens me that while the students who spoke against her felt confident to give their names to the Gatepost, the student who felt that the campus was reacting as a “lynch mob” decided to remain anonymous. What have we come to as a community when individuals feel the need to self-censor in order not to be perceived as politically incorrect?

Well, I am not going to self-censor and be afraid of the “thought police” on campus. I choose to speak out in defense of creative individual expression and against those who are throwing their proverbial stones while living in their proverbial glass houses.

First, I will speak directly to Sara Silvestro’s editorial and how she wants to protect victims of domestic violence from having images “imprinted in their minds” that are “insensitive and disturbing,” and that may cause a trigger releasing memories and dark fears. I am a “survivor” of domestic violence, and although I have to bear the burden of remembering what happened to me, I cannot let it be a reason for denying anyone the right to depict a representation of that memory. If we start down that road, we include the censorship of Stephen Colbert, John Stewart, and the films of Sasha Baron Cohen: “The Dictator” (2012), “Bruno” (2009) and “Borat” (2006). And that doesn’t even touch the tip of the artists’ iceberg.

Secondly, I speak to Jennifer Johnson’s editorial in which she says that there are certain situations that should not be relegated to humor for easing the feelings of pain and awkwardness. What is the criteria for deciding which human travesties can be depicted with humor and which cannot? Once we have established this criteria as a civil society, we are no longer a civil society.

Next, I speak to the context of Halloween and our affinity for embracing our dark sides. We all live the paradox of pursuing fruitful lives knowing that we will die some day. Halloween lets us express some of those disturbing

realities. We die. We kill each other. We maim each other. We torture each other. In our human condition, none of us is innocent. Our children play war games either with toy guns and action figures or with video games. We watch violent films. We are drawn to all of the nuances of human drama.

“The Sopranos,” “Mad Men,” “Dexter,” “The Killing,” “Breaking Bad,” and “Orange is the New Black” are only a few examples. Literature, of course, is another super storm of the human experience. This editorial would be too long if I even started down that path.

In recent news, celebrities have been scandalized and forced to make public apologies for being “Crazy Eyes” from “Orange is the New Black,” “Native Americans” or a member of the Ku Klux Klan. People have chosen to dress as ebola victims, ISIS militants and other terrorists. But the one that resonates the most for me is Heidi Klum, who dressed up as the goddess, Kali, for Halloween in 2008 and was forced to make an apology to the Hindu-American community for “posing as a sacred figure” for her “selfish agenda.” In 2001, as a response to my unfortunate experience of domestic violence in a marital context, I legally changed my last name to Kali, the Hindu goddess of chaos and destruction. This, for me, was empowering, as it helped me to believe that from the chaos and destruction of domestic violence, I would emerge anew. So, should I make a public apology to the Hindu-American community for using a “sacred figure” for my “selfish agenda?” You answer that question. I already have.

Our student’s decision (and a courageous commendable one) to be a domestic violence victim for Halloween pushes an envelope we dare not push.

The demons, goblins, ghouls, ghosts and zombies are perhaps euphemisms for what we fear the most - ourselves.

Audrey Kali Prof. of Comm. Arts

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Photos by Melina Bourdeau/The Gatepost

The annual Week of Kindess was hosted by SGA and included events such as Rachel’s Challenge and a table where students could write kind messages on quilt squares.

Rachel’s Challenge

Photos by Melina Bourdeau/The Gatepost

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Reyes began to speak with the power of her own voice, rather than using the microphone.

Reyes said, if nothing else, the students should take away the idea that, “The only thing that matters is your ability to believe in yourself, you’re ability to believe that those dreams that you have in your heart, those dreams that you have inside of you can, actually change this world - because they can.”

After introducing Scott’s third challenge, “choose positive influences,” Reyes shared some of Scott’s home videos and part of a letter written to her cousin Sarah. In the letter regarding peer pressure, Scott wrote, “Don’t let your character change color with your environment. Find out who you are and let it stay it’s true color.”

According to Reyes, Scott’s acts of kindness were performed without seeking attention, however people all around the world have brought their attention to Rachel’s life. With this, Reyes introduced the fourth challenge, to speak with kindness.

Prior to watching Scott’s televised funeral, a man from Ohio named Frank called Scott’s father, Darrell Scott, in

Denver concerning a dream that he had that depicted Scott’s eyes trickling tears that are watering something that was growing from the ground. A week later, her father picked up Scott’s backpack from the local sherriff’s department.

He discovered Scott’s last journal entry. Reyes said, on this page, there was a picture of an eye with thirteen tears, representing the twelve students and one teacher killed, falling before turning to blood drops as they reached the drawing of a rose. In a video shown during the presentation, one of Scott’s teachers, Mrs. Carruthers, recalls watching her create this drawing two hours before she was killed.

When Carruthers asked Scott about the drawing, she spoke some of her last words.

“Well Mrs. Carruthers, it’s not finished, but I was inspired to draw this,” Carruthers recalls Scott saying. “I’m going to have an impact on the world.”

In an interview following the presentation, Reyes recognized that, “Students here should take away the fact that their actions and words have power - power to change them, power to change those around them and power to start a change. [It is] a chain reaction that will influence people that they will never ever, ever, meet.”

Rachel’s Challenge was one of many events that were part of SGA’s annual Week of Kindness.

Sarah Cowdell, SGA’s social events coordinator, was in charge of organizing the event. Cowdell said she hoped that FSU students would “realize that everyone is going through their own hard times and that there are different battles being fought by everyone and that sometimes just a kind word can help anyone through their day.”

When asked about what was in store for future Weeks of Kindness, SGA President Kendall Valente said, “It doesn’t even matter what the events are - it matters that the community can come together around one common goal, and the fact that the goal is kindness and making people’s lives better, is incredible.”

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November 14, 2014

Annual children’s literature festival brings award-winning writers to FSU

Melina Bourdeau/The Gatepost

Melina Bourdeau/The Gatepost

Author and illustrator Steve Jenkins described the idea of machinery being approachable, such as his firetruck “having a face.”

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The festival, which has been held annually since 1986, was renamed this year in celebration of two sisters, Janina and Nancy Swiacki two education graduates of FSU and their many contributions to the event in recent years. The two sisters were presented with a plaque that will feature the names of the many authors and illustrators to be featured in years to come.

Jenkins began his presentation by talking about science and the difficulties he and many others find in it. Science, he said, is the key to understanding the world.

Jenkins has been writing children’s books ever since he married his wife, Robin Page, and they decided that they wanted to pursue a career together. However, it was when they had a son and he began asking questions that Jenkins became inspired to write about science in an attempt to help his son better understand the world.

“Scale has been a recurring theme in a lot of my books,” he said. “It’s one of the first ways that children begin to understand the world.”

Jenkins has written many books on the topic, including “Actual Size” and “Just a Second,” in his attempt to put complex concepts such as size and time in a way that children can relate to and understand.

“I’m writing books that I wanted to read when I was a kid,” said Jenkins. “I feel really lucky to do that.”

The presentation continued when Teague took to the stage to talk about his illustrative process, specifically in regards to one photo

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The Swiacki sisters, founders of the Children’s Literature Festival, were presented with the plaque that will hold the names of authors and illustrators to be a part of the event for years to come.

that is featured in his book “Firehouse,” which depicts a fire truck racing out of the station.

Teague said that he likes to begin each illustration with a set of fresh eyes. “[That’s] what a toddler is all about, just seeing with those fresh eyes and being excited about everything,” Teague said.

He begins all of his illustrative projects by doing extensive research to ensure that what he is drawing is realistic and credible.

For this particular project, he used Google to research a specific type of fire engine.

“I like machinery from the period of the ‘40s and ‘50s,” Teague said. “I like it for children’s books particularly, because the machinery had this sort of friendly, open expressions - it sort of has a look of innocence about it.”

Teague free-draws every draft of the illustrative process, from the first to the final. As he discusses the process, he showed examples of his work’s progression of the firetruck illustration.

Teague explained how books were always a huge part of his life, and some of his fondest childhood memories are of him going to the library and returning with a stack of picture books, and learning how to read.

“You can imagine how gratifying that is to me, to be on [the other] side of the equation, sort of providing that service that was provided to me as a little kid,” he said.

“To be sort of opening the door for little kids to what I consider just this fabulous world of literature.”

Both Teague and Jenkins commented on the increasing use of

technology and its impact on books.

Both were in agreement that while progress in technology is natural and necessary, there is still nothing better than picking up a book and reading it, especially for children.

“We are operating at this level of distracted attention, which I think the whole culture is operating on right now,” Teague said. “We’re all sort of at this high pitch now, and what a book does is the opposite.

A book isn’t a game, it’s a meditation.”

Jenkins has “mixed-feelings” about the use of e-books, but sees the good in it, especially for his fiction books. For example, in one

of his books, pressing the animal picture on the e-reader plays its sound and adds to the learning experience.

Bailey Gideon, a junior elementary education major, said, “I think it’s really great that the school runs a festival like this, especially for us teachers in training. It’s important for us to see the foundation of how the books we use in our classroom are made.”

She continued on to say, “I had never heard of Steve Jenkins, and after the festival, I was fascinated with what he was producing. …

I look forward to going to next year’s festival.”

Photo courtesy of Chris Farrell

First place winner, Brittany Booker, shows the crowd what it means to dance in “So you think you can dance?”

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Concert Review: The Milk Carton Kids & Sara Jarosz

By Corin Cook Staff Writer

“How you doing, Boston?”

This cliché concert opening has been used thousands, perhaps even millions of times before. But this was not the opening, and this was far from a typical show.

Joey Ryan of the Milk Carton Kids shouted this inquiry about halfway through the Wilbur Theatre show of The Milk Carton Kids & Sarah Jarosz: In Collaboration Tour to get a reaction as a means of poking fun at an audience he described as “easy” to entertain.

But the audience still had no control over their enthusiasm through the evening of an eclectic mix of harmonious music and humorous banter.

The tour, as Joey described, was “spawned of a mutual admiration between us and Sarah. … We found her first, then we finally met about a year and a half ago at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival.”

Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale of the Milk Carton Kids and Sarah Jarosz along with her backup band of Sampson Grisman (bass), Alex Hargreaves (fiddle) and Nathaniel Smith (cello), however, seemed like they had known each other for years in their seamless collaboration. Each personality on the stage had the type of infectious charisma that could in-

spire a positive attitude in anybody.

The six seemed to have genuine respect and admiration for one another. Joey modestly pointed out, “I never really get the opportunity to work with professional musicians.

They actually grew up playing music together, and you can tell - it’s actually disgusting how fucking good they are.”

The musicians all joked and laughed together as if they were a family just hanging out on the Wilbur stage overlaid by a Persian rug and other living room furnishings, such as a jukebox, coffee tables and lamps. The audience set up was nearly equally as homey, with small rows of chairs divided into different sections that a waitress tended to with cocktails.

Joey prefaced the show by saying, “This tour has given us the opportunity to play a lot of songs from different categories. We’ve prepared a very long program for you.” The audience cheered and Joey added, “I wasn’t saying it for applause, I was just trying to prepare you.”

The group certainly played a variety of song styles and origins, some by the Milk Carton Kids, some

by Sarah Jarosz, some new songs written in collaboration “which nobody’s ever heard before the last five nights,” and “some such as those last two written by people other than anybody on the stage this evening which we have received no permission to

perform, and still here we are using them for our benefit,” Joey joked.

The show was comprised of nearly as much of this witty and aimless banter as music, which is a renowned characteristic of The Milk Carton Kids. They (specifically Joey) are able to seamlessly ramble on for minutes on any topic imaginable with grace and articulation.

The shows become an arrangement of strong emotions as the audience transitions from heavy laughter to being mesmerized by serene and harmonious music in just seconds.

On this particular evening, the witty banter seemed to be less than usual, which left me slightly disappointed, and left Joey’s musical counterpart Kenneth highly surprised. “You’re feeling uninspired tonight, Joe?” he asked. “He’s never at a loss for words, I assure you.”

The music, however, was far from lacking. The covers were a strong part of the show. They played classic covers by Bob Dylan, The Everly Brothers, Woodie Guthrie, Radiohead, Skeeter Davis, Steve Earle and Dwight Yoakam. All were executed with mesmerizing vocal and instrumental production that made each cover unique and distinctive.

Another category of song is what Joey irritably described as overplayed hits. He said that they now “have the opportunity to do them in different keys, different ranges and breathe new life into things we’ve

been playing for a long time.” He described the most anticipated moment of the evening - the duo’s biggest hit, “Michigan,” as “a song now that Kenneth and I are both utterly sick and tired of playing in situations other than this.” He humorously, yet seriously, added, “The band just rehearsed it without us. I couldn’t even bear it.”

This rendition of “Michigan” left me unfulfilled because, although the addition of Sarah Jarosz on vocals added a beautiful new quality to the song, I would have liked to have heard the version by just the duo that I already considered perfect.

The assortment of fast songs, slow songs, old songs, new songs, originals and covers fueled the show with energy, and I would have been content with the show proceeding all evening.

Nobody else in the crowd seemed to have wanted the show to end either. When a fan shouted, “Play all night!” Joey rejected the request by condescendingly saying, “We know a very specific number of songs together.”

And when the specific number of songs (22) concluded after a quick two hours, and the spirited crowd exited from the theatre, I realized that this was the first show I had ever gone to in which I was so involved that I did not think to check my watch to worry over how late I would be out on a week night.

Danielle Vecchione/The Gatepost

Danielle Vecchione/The Gatepost

Danielle Vecchione/The Gatepost

Distinguished Faculty of the Year

Letters flooded the Office of Academic Affairs and Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship and Service (CELTSS).

The letters contained heartfelt praise for fellow faculty members, according to Linda Vaden-Goad, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs.

Three faculty members celebrated their work during the “Building Student Success - Distinguished Faculty Award Recognition” last Wednesday.

Unfortunately, one of the four recognized could not make the event.

These four women have worked hard to reach FSU’s goals, positively impact the lives of many and help to build academic excellence, said Vaden-Goad.

She told the audience, which consisted of students, faculty and staff, “Never forget that you will be the best stories of their [students] lives.”

Dr. Maria Alessandra Bollettino

Dr. Kelly Kolodny

Dr. Maria Alessandra Bollettino, professor of history, was awarded Distinguished Faculty of the Year For Excellence in Teaching.

Alessandra Bollettino joined FSU’s community in 2010 and teaches early American and Caribbean history. According to one of her letters of recognition, says she “Honors students by knowing they have something to tell her.”

Dr. Kelly Kolodny, an education professor, was awarded Distinguished Faculty of the Year For Excellence in Professional Service.

Kolodny joined the University in 2004. According to Vaden-Goad, Kolodny had much to learn in order to “get people to work together and collaborate to get to a common goal.”

Kolodny stated, “We have a strong and remarkable history in the field of teacher preparation.”

Dr. Ilene Foster

Dr. Aline Davis

Dr. Irene Foster, coordinator and advisor to both the maters of science concentration in merchandising and the graduate certificate in merchandising, was awarded Distinguished Faculty of the Year For Excellence in Scholarship.

Foster started at FSU in 1989, which according to her, is a long time and includes a long list of accomplishments. One of these accomplishments includes a methods book, which gives students the resources they need to decode the world around them.

“The background for most of what I have done throughout my career is really looking at doing research and educating myself to help my students in the whole idea of problem solving,” said Foster.

Dr. Aline Davis, chair of the biology department was awarded the Distinguished Faulty of the Year for Excellence in Advising/Mentoring.

Davis joined FSU in 2002. Davis is an Advisor to the Aspiring Health Professionals Club and a Pre-Health Advisor on campus.

“I love everything about my job,” said Davis. “I really do. I love the teaching I love the research. But I love seeing students succeed. I mean that is the part that absolutely lights my fire and makes me feel absolutely amazing.

“We celebrate what you can do,” she added.

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November 14, 2014

Campus Conversations H O W W O U L D YO U T H A N K A VETERAN? “Thank you is not enough.

Continue to love/support those who have served and still serve to this day.

By Jeff Poole

“Thank them for doing a job I would not be brave enough to do myself.”

- Nick Decourcey, junior

- Danielle Dinardo, sophomore

“They should get an extra week of paid vacation and a $50 gift card to Popeyes.”

“Tell them how great they are and how thankful I am for having someone like them around.”

- Tremain Bell, junior

- Reiniris Uribe, freshman

“Give them a hug and a firm handshake.”

- Bridget Chafe, sophomore

“Thank them for their services.

They are the reason why we have the ability to do what we do every day.”

- Daniel Gorman, sophomore

Edited by Timothy E. Parker November 14, 2014 JOIN UP By Christopher Kaye ACROSS 1 Home sweet home 6 Scales sign 11 Some radios 14 Hard hat’s fastener 15 Astrological ram 16 Bonanza find 17 The growing together of parts 19 “The ___ Squad” 20 “Don’t give up!”

21 Republicans, for short 22 Cranberry locale 23 Beyond the ordinary 27 Like some pitches 29 Chinese chairman 30 Straddling 32 Subatomic particle 33 Coal carrier 34 LosAngeles pro 36 Manila envelope feature 39 Indian dignitary 41 Noble gas 43 “___ have to do” 44 Full-grown human 46 Use steel wool, e.g.

48 Certain son of a son 49 “___ as good a time as any” 51 Icelandic epic 52 Lunch hour, for some 53 Lies 56 Short stretches of track 58 Cockpit abbr.

59 Genealogy word 60 Preacher’s subject 61 Caesar’s septet 62 Motley assortment 68 Altar avowal 69 Actor M. ___ Walsh 70 Jungle climber 71 Decimal-system unit 72 Twosomes 73 Scarecrow stuffing DOWN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Compass doodle Certain class, for short Eggs, in 2-Down Area by the Mississippi’s mouth Description of Rome Anita Brookner’s “Hotel du ___” Hot temper Cry in a crowded hall, sometimes Get back

Last issue’s solutions:

10 Free from germs 11 Type of lock 12 Bunch of baby birds 13 Marsh grass 18 Away with words?

23 Sunspot center 24 Water nymph, in mythology 25 State of being joined together 26 Ox harnesses 28 Arias, usually 31 Coppers in Coventry 35 Acre divisions 37 Armrest?

38 Carries on, as a trade 40 Medicinal plant 42 Belief that there’s nothing to hide?

45 Caused a stinging pain 47 Certain tires 50 Like a shower door, sometimes 53 Lifeboat lowerer 54 Leave out in pronunciation 55 Alabama march city 57 One in an igloo 63 Wielded the baton 64 The “I” in T.G.I.F. 65 Not close 66 Genetic info carrier 67 Deviate from a direct course

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MASCAC

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The football team celebrates after their 33-10 victory over Bridgewater State.

The win secured the team its third consecutive MASCAC championship.

By Mike Ferris

Assistant Sports Editor

For the first time since Homecoming Weekend, Framingham found itself trailing at halftime and playing from behind for much of the afternoon.

After the Rams won the toss and deferred, Bridgewater used a four-plus minute drive to capture an early lead, 3-0.

The Bears looked to have a game plan that the Rams might struggle with, run the ball down the defense’s throat.

The first drive consisted of eight runs to only pass and ended when Bears’ kicker, Colin Neri made his 20yard field goal attempt.

Framingham struggled to do anything offensively in the first half and when Bridgewater scored the first touchdown of the game with 47 seconds left in the second quarter, the Rams went to the break down 10-0.

Facing adversity, the Rams flipped the script in the second half.

On the first drive of the third quarter, running back Jalen Green exploded going for a 17-yard carry to start the drive and finishing it when he bulled across the goal line for the two-yard score.

After a failed extra point attempt, Framingham trailed 10-6, but with the high-powered offense it has displayed this year, was well within striking distance.

The remainder of the third quarter was played scoreless and for the first time since the Western Connecticut

game, the Rams entered the fourth quarter trailing.

On the first possession of the fourth, quarterback Matt Silva, who leads the MASCAC in touchdowns, decided it was time to extend his lead in the category when he found wide out Travis Hayes for a 31-yard touchdown.

The score marked Hayes’ sixth of year and gave Framingham its first lead of the game at 13-10, a lead the Rams wouldn’t surrender.

After forcing a punt on the next Bridgewater drive, cornerback Jaquan Harris fielded the kick and ran it back 54 yards to the Bears’ 20.

With excellent field position, the Rams needed just two plays, an Aaron Owens four-yard rush and 16-yard dash into the end zone for the second Framingham touchdown in less than two minutes.

Owens’ second rushing touchdown of the year extended the lead to 20-10 but the Rams weren’t done there.

After another strong stand from the defense, the Rams capitalized again, this time on the back of wide receiver Marcus Grant.

Grant caught a nine-yard touchdown pass from Silva with 7:56 left in the game, and the lead was stretched to 16, 26-10.

The defense, which leads the MASCAC in points allowed and yards allowed, held strong as Bridgewater

attempted to claw back into the game.

After getting the ball back, the offense would score one more time.

Green got the ball and went for a 58-yard touchdown run to give Framingham the 33-10 lead it would eventually win with.

The touchdown marks Green’s sixth rushing touchdown of the year. He is the team leader in that category.

Green ran for a team-high 171 yards on 23 attempts and now leads Framingham in rushing yards with 484.

Behind Green was Silva with 41 yards on five attempts, Owens with 29 on three attempts and Ricardo Calixte with four on two attempts.

Hayes led the receivers with 82 yards followed by Jones who had 44, Randall Kelleher who had 34 and Grant who had 30 rounding out the 30-yard receivers.

Silva remained hot going 18-30 for 217 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

Daquan Clemons came up with his first career pick for the Rams, who now sit fifth in the MASCAC with 11 team interceptions.

Framingham, who remains unbeaten in the MASCAC, is set to play Worcester State Saturday in its season finale. The Rams hope to get a win and with it a berth into the NCAA tournament.

Kickoff is set for noon.

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CHAMPS!

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The volleyball team captured the MASCAC Volleyball Tournament Championship

By Jennifer Johnson

Assistant Sports Editor

The Rams defeated Worcester State in the finals of the MASCAC Volleyball Tournament Championship to capture their second title in three years on Saturday Nov. 8 at home.

This boosted the Rams’ record to 23-11 on the season and earned them an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championship. On Monday it was announced that the Rams will face Stevens Institute of Technology on Friday Nov. 14 at 8 p.m in the Canavan arena on the SIT campus in Hoboken, New Jersey.

The top-seeded Rams opened competition on Saturday in a semifinals match against fourth seed Bridgewater State University. The Rams dropped the first set 25-23 in exciting fashion. Neither team dominated the set and there were extended volleys.

In the second set the Rams rallied to win 25-23 and went on to win the third and fourth sets to knock

Bridgewater out of the playoffs and move on to the finals.

Worcester proved to be the better team in the semifinal match versus Westfield State winning 3-1.

Sophomore duo Alycia Rackliffe and Julia Wan stood out for the Rams in the first match with 14 kills, five blocks and seven digs and 14 kills, 10 digs and two blocks respectively.

Junior Danielle Girard had a strong performance, notching a double-double with 12 kills and 14 digs.

The Rams kept a steady pace in the finals and defeated Worcester State with ease 25-7, 25-16 and 25-22.

Rackliffe racked up 12 kills, two aces and two blocks. Wan was right behind her with seven kills, and an impressive 15 digs and three assists.

Rackliffe walked off the court with the title of 2014 MASCAC Tournament MVP, leading the Rams with

3.34 kills per set with a .307 hitting percentage. Rackliffe’s performance earned her third MASCAC Volleyball Player of the Week title and her second ECAC Division III New England Volleyball Player of the Week title.

Framingham State’s last NCAA appearance was Nov. 9, 2012 when they traveled to Connecticut College and were defeated 3-0 in the opening round.

Stevens, the Rams’ opponent, has not been to the NCAA tournament since 2009. Although they are sitting pretty with an impressive 31-6 record overall, the Rams look to the electric combination of Rackliffe and Wan to propel them to the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Live stats will be available via the Stevens Athletics website. Support the Rams on their road to the championship.

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Rams hockey off to slow start

By Mike Ferris

Assistant Sports Editor

The Rams (0-2-1 overall, 0-1-1 conference) are still in search of their first win of the young season.

Following the season opening loss, Framingham took to the ice and opened up conference play Nov. 8, when it hosted UMass. Dartmouth.

The home opener, an overtime thriller, went back and forth most of the night before the final horn sounded without a winner.

It took a valiant effort from the Rams to collect the point as they fought and scratched back into the game late in the third period.

With two minutes left, the Rams found themselves down 5-3 and in desperate need of some offense.

The spark was provided by Brendan McCarron at the 18:12 mark.

McCarron’s goal was assisted by Vaughn Guetens and Dylan Cosford and gave his team a glimmer of hope with just over a minute remaining in regulation.

McCarron’s tally cut the lead to 5-4 and marked his second of the night.

With 10 seconds to play, UMass.

Dartmouth’s goaltender, JJ Solloway, faced a flurry of shots that he turned away.

With no goalie and an extra attacker on the ice for Framingham, Keith Barnaby picked up the puck in front and scored to tie the game at five.

Barnaby’s second of the year sent the game to overtime. Both teams had several chances throughout the extra session but both goaltenders held strong.

Along with McCarron’s two and Barnaby’s goal, Richard O’Connor and Ryan McDonald lit the lamp for the Rams.

O’Connor was assisted by Cam Co-

burn while McDonald scored his unassisted.

In the draw, Rams’ goaltender Alessio Muggli contributed 27 saves, playing all but 54 seconds.

On Veterans Day, Framingham was back on the road to play conference opponent Westfield State.

A tough start had the Rams playing from behind the entire night.

Framingham allowed three first period goals, including a power play goal following a Mark Essery tripping minor.

The second period didn’t start much better as Westfield’s Cody Campbell extended the Owl lead to 4-0.

Following the Campbell goal, Framingham would replace goaltender Robert Meadows with backup Matt Crescione.

Despite digging themselves a deep hole, the Rams began to dig out of it in the second period when O’Connor netted his second of the year cutting the lead to three.

Just minutes later, Westfield would extend the lead to 5-1 when P.J. McCadden scored what would ultimately prove to be the game-winner.

Framingham would score three more times including tallies from Cameron Hoffman, Dean Cavicchi and McDonald.

The Framingham goals all came on assists. O’Connor was assisted by Richard Hill, Hoffman by Cosford and Guetens, Cavicchi by Hill and Essery and Mcdonald from McCarron and Guetens.

Westfield also added one more when Crescione was beat early in the third period.

The final horn blew and Westfield walked off the ice with a 6-4 win.

McDonald netted his team-high

fourth goal of the year after earning MASCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week on Nov. 9.

His teammate, Barnaby, earned MASCAC Men’s Ice Hockey Rookie of the Week on the same day.

After three games, Mcdonald, Mc-

Carron and Guetens lead the team in points with six, four and four, respectively.

The Rams take the ice next on Nov. 15 when they travel to conference opponent Salem State for a matinee. The puck will drop at 2 p.m.

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Despite scoring 13 goals through the first three games, the Rams have yet get their first win.

Women’s soccer to host Wheaton College in ECAC Semifinals

By Lauren Campbell Sports Editor

Just six days after their 3-2 loss to the Westfield State Owls, the Framingham State Women’s Soccer team found themselves squaring off with their MASCAC opponent for a spot in the championship game.

Eight minutes into the frame, the Owls got on the board when Nicole Gray sent a corner kick from Amanda Grant past junior goalie, Sara Sullivan.

A minute later, Westfield found the back of the net again when Sarah Sypek hit a long strike for the 2-0 lead.

The Owls would put two more goals on the board before the first half concluded. The first came from Sypek for her second of the game and the second from Ashley Bovat, who scored when she redirected a long pass for the teams’ fourth goal.

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Junior goalkeeper Sara Sullivan made four saves in Framingham’s 2-1 overtime victory against Eastern Nazarene.

The Rams tried to end the shutout in the final minute of play when freshman forward Darby Andersson took a shot on net that was knocked away by Owls goalie Anne Stack. That led to a rebound shot, headed by junior midfielder Marissa Miele, but once again, Stack came up strong and didn’t let the shot get through.

Despite the loss, the Lady Rams still clinched the fourth seed in the ECAC Division III Women’s Soccer Championship. The team hosted fifth-seed Eastern Nazarene under the lights at Maple Street Field on Wednesday in the ECAC Quarterfinal.

The Rams offense sparked early with two quick scoring chances when senior forward Marisa Parent collected a pass with a clear path to the net, but her shot went wide. Sophomore back Angela Pallotta tried her luck when she grabbed a loose ball that deflected off a Lion defender. Pallotta blasted a shot towards the net, her shot going wide keeping the game knotted at zero.

The Lions came alive in the final 10 seconds of the first half, putting the game’s first goal on the board when Sul-

livan came off the line to knock a shot away that was grabbed by Katherine Lawrence, who shot the ball into the empty net.

Much like the first half, the Lady Rams had two prime scoring chances to start the second. Freshman forward Molly Kelley took a direct kick to the net, but her shot went high and wide. Parent had her second scoring chance of the game, but her shot went wide as well.

In the warning minutes of regulation, Parent sent a pass to senior forward Brini Varetimos, who headed the ball into the corner of the net to tie the game at one.

Time expired and the game went into a win-or-go-home overtime. It wasn’t until the final minute when senior forward Isabela DeSouza sent a long cross that found its way through the Lions’ defense to Varetimos who shot the ball inside the far post, sealing the ECAC victory for the Rams.

With the victory, Framingham advances to the ECAC semifinals, where they will take on the top-seeded Wheaton College. Kickoff is set for Friday, Nov. 14 at 7pm at Maple Street Field.

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Volleyball earns second MASCAC Championship title in three years, behind dynamic duo Alycia Rackliffe and Julia Wan. They will compete in the first round of the NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament game this evening at 8 p.m. in Hoboken, N.J.

Rams MASCAC Champions

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Football earns fourth consecutive MASCAC Championship title. Their last regular season game is on Saturday at Bowditch Field against Worcester State at 12 p.m. The Rams hope to clinch a bid in the NCAA Division III Football Tournament.