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Campus police officer dies at 60 ByJames M. Sheridan Jr. News Editor
Campus Police Sergeant William P. Kelley III died late last Sunday, Nov. 2 at the age of 60. FSU Police Chief Brad Medeiros said he believes “Sarge,” as he was known to co-workers and campus community members, died at home from natural causes. “He was a cop’s cop,” said Me-
deiros, “a true professional.” Before starting at FSU “around ’92 or so,” Medeiros said Kelley worked for the Conrail railroad police as well as the Sherborn PD. Medeiros said Kelley “wore many hats” in the department. He was the overnight shift supervisor, the officer designated to represent the department in district court and was also certified as a sexual assault investigator.
He added Kelley always had the community’s best interest in mind and was a valuable part of the department. “The tutelage and training he was able to give to the younger officers is something that will stay with them for the rest of their careers. “We are part of a small department so we are like family,” Medeiros said, “everybody in the department - Continued on page 4
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Students Karley Newton and Kaleigh Simonds enjoy the fall weather.
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Campus reacts to Baker’s election By Sara Silvestro Editorial Staff
Republican Charlie Baker was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election Wednesday morning, defeating Attorney General Martha Coakley. Baker received 48.46 percent of votes and Coakley received 46.58 percent. Many Framingham State University students were unfazed by the news. However results from an unscientific Gatepost survey of 400 students taken in October showed that students favored Coakley. Of the 60 percent of students surveyed who said they were planning to vote, 79 students, approximately 20 percent, said they would vote for Coakley while 54 students, approximately 13.5 percent, said they would vote for Baker. One hundred students, or 40 percent, said they were unsure whom they were going to vote for, while 10 students, 2.5 percent said “other.” Kate Turner, a senior psychology major, said, “I didn’t vote. I was very uninformed and didn’t feel right voting.” According to Christopher Latimer, chair of political science, there were several reasons for Baker winning the election, one of them being Baker’s “strong” connection with the people of Massachusetts. “Coakley’s ground game and getting people out to vote made the election much closer than people assumed,” said Latimer in an email. “It was not like either candidate was seen negatively by voters during the campaign. The stronger connection that Baker had with people and
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FSU Football remains FSU students react to Halloween costume undefeated intheMASCAC By Mike Ferris Mass. Maritime punter and Rams By Kaila Braley it has been circulating other sites Editorial Staff
Framingham State continued its impressive run Nov. 1, stretching the winning streak to six following a 45-0 shutout of Mass. Maritime. The defense recorded its second perfect of the year, while the offense tacked on 42 of its 45 points in the first half. Framingham won the toss and deferred to the second half. The defense came out on the first possession and held strong, forcing the Bucs into a punt situation. The ensuing snap was fumbled by
safety Tim Bryan made the tackle, resulting in a 25-yard loss and a turnover on downs. The special teams’ error set the Rams up with extremely desirable field position at the Bucs’ 13. The drive began with four straight runs - one from Jalen Green and three from Aaron Owens. Set up at the twoyard line, Silva dropped back and found Tevin Jones for the touchdown. The touchdown marks Jones’ conference-leading tenth score of the season. - Continued on page 13
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Some FSU students are upset about a photo that was posted on Instagram in which a female student, wearing a fake black eye, flinched as a male student raised his fist toward her. The photo was taken at a Halloween party off campus and posted on both students’ accounts, receiving at least 15 likes on one account and at least 25 on the other. Various comments were posted on each account. The photo was removed, but
such as Tumblr and Facebook. Students posted on social media to discuss the photo and costume. On Yik Yak, a student said, “To the girl who dressed up as a ‘battered housewife’ for Halloween, you clearly have never been abused but let me just tell you, it’s not a joke and you should probably learn some class #whore.” The Yak received 67 “up votes” in the first three hours it was online, and multiple comments. Another Yak said, “The fact that - Continued on page 3
Inside Crossing the finish line 13
Op/Ed: Cevallos 6
SILA: ‘breathing’ life into climate change controversy 10
Pulitzer Prize winning author visits campus 9