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(Left to right) General Manager Matthew Gandolfo, 2008 olympic team alternate Danny O’Connor and FSU freshman Julia Fletcher advertise opportunities for student internships at Title Boxing Club, which opens in early November.
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FSU launches new dean structure
By Sara Silvestro Editorial Staff
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Field Hockey’s winning streak snapped by Westfield State Owls
FSU is introducing three new academic colleges, a structure in which three deans oversee six to seven academic departments each and report to Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Linda Vaden-Goad. The deans will support and manage department chairs, approve tenure, evaluate personnel, schedule courses, reappoint faculty and manage budgets, among other duties. The system is designed with the goals of improving re-
tention, graduation rates and student success, according to Vaden-Goad. A job search has been initiated to find permanent deans, but in the meantime, three interim deans were selected from an internal candidate search. Marc Cote is the interim dean of arts and humanities, Sue Dargan is the interim dean of social and behavioral sciences and Margaret Carroll is the interim dean of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. FSU is among the last Massachusetts - Continued on page 4
Four Plus One Master’s program to save time and money
By Scott Calzolaio Editorial Staff
FSU administrators and faculty are planning to develop accelerated graduate degree programs which will allow students to earn both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years. The programs, coordinated by the Office of Graduate Studies, will allow students to earn graduate credit while finishing their bachelor’s degrees. The program, according to Dean of Graduate Students, Yaser Najjar, is being looked into by the English, education, sociology and food science departments. He added the food science department plans to implement the program as early as fall 2015. The Four Plus One graduate bachelor’s/master’s program would allow students to complete up to four graduate courses as part of their bachelor degree program. “[They] will count towards the 32 undergraduate courses. At the same time, it will also be counted toward the ten graduate courses required for the master’s degree,” said Najjar. - Continued on page 3
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During their “Taste the Rainbow” event, The Suit Jacket Posse helped raise $150 for FSU’s Pride Alliance to attend the New England LGBT Conference in April. See article on page 9.
Freshmen common reading author discusses writing process By Cameron Grieves Staff Writer
Author Julie Otsuka, writer of the freshmen common read novel, “When the Emperor was Divine,” gave a lecture and presentation on campus last Thursday, filling DPAC to the point of standing room only. Otsuka came from the bustling streets of New York City. Her style of dress and manner of speaking reflect a life of café visits and train rides. The façade of a cool, collected city slicker dissipated when she began talking about her mother. “When the Emperor was Divine” is
a piece of historical fiction based off of stories and information about Japanese internment during World War II. Otsuka gathered the information from her mother and from family letters along with other sources. While categorized as historical fiction, the characters in the novel are meant to represent her family and everything they endured during that period of American history. Otsuka did not come to FSU to discuss the politics or ethics of the internment camps. However, she came to discuss her family and how she became a writer. “On some deep and unconscious
level, everything I have written has been to keep the memories of my mother and all Japanese Americans and of the camps alive,” Otsuka said. In many ways, her path to becoming a writer was one she undertook to better understand the stories of her family’s past. Although Otsuka wanted to become an artist, she abandoned art school and began to visit the neighborhood café, a practice she continues to this day, to read short stories religiously. She decided to attend a casual writing workshop without any serious intention of - Continued on page 11
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Editorial Board 2014-2015 Editor-in-Chief Kaila Braley
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Gatepost Interview By Hadley Cook Staff Writer
Can you describe your resume and educational background? I graduated from Philadelphia College of Art, which is now the University of the Arts, in 1987 with a B.F.A. in illustration, but I had started to take printmaking electives and kind of got captivated by that. I went on to graduate school at the University of Connecticut to get an M.F.A. in fine arts with a concentration in printmaking. Right out of graduate school, I got the teaching job here, so I’ve been here twenty years. I was hired to teach printmaking and foundation-level courses for the studio arts, and along the way, I created the illustration concentration. I was chairman of the arts and music department for seven years, and then I became a faculty level liaison to the vice president, a part-time position as we looked to create the dean position.
Marc Cote
Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Art meet those challenges with interesting solutions both in their own research and their teaching. What are some of the benefits of having this new Interim Dean structure? Well, the faculty now has a voice, and there is an understanding from being a faculty member that wasn’t there before. We know what it’s like to work with students and understand the best practices to reach out to students. Instead of having a broad generalist, students and faculty alike have someone
What has been your favorite part of this new role so far? Definitely seeing the accomplishments of the different departments and the individual faculty. Seeing how they operate and accept challenges and then
Well it’s a lot more than just a hobby, but I still do my art work! I read a lot but I’m a family man right now so a lot of my hobbies are kid-related - apple picking and playgrounds. [Cote has a 12-year-old son, a two-and-a-half yearold daughter and an eight month baby girl.] What would students be surprised to know about you? Hmm … Well I was a waiter for the first ten years that I worked here on the weekends. And I also lived in a warehouse for a little while in an art studio space when I first worked here. What was one of your favorite undergraduate experiences? I loved making art, and that was a huge part of my undergraduate studies, and in addition to that taking American drama courses with a professor who would make going to performances a bi-weekly part of the class. So in Philadelphia, we would go down to the local theaters as a class to performances [from] Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller.
What are some of the challenges you have faced so far in your new role as Interim Dean of Arts and Humanities? Time management! (He says with a laugh). We’re hiring administrative assistants soon, so that should help quite a bit. But I’ve been doing all of my scheduling myself and it’s a lot of meetings. So trying to find that balance between going to all of those meetings and then doing the work that comes out of them can be very challenging. But it’s working out well! It’s both a challenge and a unique experience for me to be working with the seven disciplines I am working with now. I am overseeing the art/music area, communication arts, English, fashion design and retailing, history and the world language departments as well as the liberal studies program.
Do you have any hobbies?
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who, for the most part, understands their discipline very well. Having a richer understanding of the disciplines will help with things like funding and budgeting as well as program planning. I think as we move forward we [the arts and humanities department] will begin to build our own identity as a college. I think there are already some natural affinities that the departments have. We’ve had some linked classes taught between programs in the past, a new theater concentration with costume designing and even sculpture perhaps allowing us to do some interesting things with set design somewhere down the road.
What class do you think students in the Arts and Humanities department should take before graduating? Ceramics. I think people even outside of the discipline who take it are really turned on to that tactile experience. A great teacher teaches it, and it’s a general education course, so many students can take it. What advice would you give the students at Framingham State University? Go see the visiting speakers! Try to make it a priority because the faculty are really bringing in people who are experts in their fields. There are too many events to go to all of them - I can’t go to all of them. But if you can do two a month, that’s great! Pay attention to the posters.
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Students would apply as juniors for this accelerated degree program, and would potentially be able to shave an entire year off their academic career, saving both time and money earning their master’s degrees. Applicants must obtain a number of letters of recommendation from faculty, as well as maintain a minimum GPA, varying by department. A statement of interest is also required for all applicants. “If you look at the whole picture, we are saving the student money,” said Najjar, “because during the senior year, those four graduate courses will be free as part of the tuition paid towards the undergraduate.” During the fifth year, classes will cost somewhere between $1,045 to $1,085 per course, he said. “When we multiply by six courses, we’re talking about no more than $6,500. You can’t beat that,” he said. “At a private university, you are looking at about $45,000 a year for two years. That’s almost $100,000 in total. ...We are not in the private sector. We do not compete to make money - we operate as a non-profit.” Sophomore English major Julia Sarcinelli said, “I would love to take
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this program. I think it’s really helpful to students, and it definitely helps save money. I really hope that it’s ready when I’m a junior.” Sophomore biology major Mark Essery said, “Especially if college costs keep going up, it’s a great program to utilize.” He added, “I would definitely be for that.” Having a graduate program could mean additional faculty, more advanced labs and new technology, depending on the department, Najjar said. The programs will be administered jointly by the graduate studies and the discipline departments. “So the department chairs, graduate coordinators and the academic deans will be involved in this program,” he said. These programs are being developed at different paces by different departments. They will be implemented as they are approved, a process which may take four to six months. Najjar hopes the English department will submit its proposal by spring or summer, he said. English professor Lisa Eck, who is helping to develop the department’s program, said, “It’s another year to go beyond senior seminar, and deepen skills.” She added, “It’s going to have a thesis, so there is an extended
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piece of work that shows they have the skill set of research and writing and synthesis and all the things that employers look for.” The education department faculty are currently in the process of creating multiple master’s programs, with the goal of making them all into Four Plus One programs. The two areas of education they hope to include are special education and English as a second language. Five-year programs are in development for these two areas in every age group - childhood education, elementary education and secondary education, a total of six new programs in development. “At this time, the education department is investigating several options for fifth-year master’s degree programs,” said Dr. Julie ZoinoJeannetti, the department’s chair. “This is an exciting opportunity to develop new programming.” Najjar said he would like to develop Framingham’s version of the Four Plus One program based on similar programs at Salem and Bridgewater State Universities. “We are encouraging other departments to think about it,” said Najjar. “My argument is that if the department would like to grow and gain a better reputation, then they have to think about graduate programs. ... At this University, we are trying to integrate the graduate and undergrad
together. We cannot continue to just be an undergrad institution.” He asked students to push their departments to expand and adapt a master’s program. “I need the support of the student body and for them to talk to their departments,” said Najjar. “Especially those departments that don’t have a graduate program. ... In education, the future is for new ideas and new innovations.” Victoria Sepavich senior criminology major said, “In the future I would like to see it in my major.” She added, “Criminology is really broad, and a lot of different career possibilities will really only hire you if you have a master’s. ... They will almost not hire you unless you have military experience or a master’s degree.” Junior English major Danielle Winters said, “That was something I looked for in a university when I was comparing schools. If I had the chance I would definitely apply.” Sophomore business major Ashley Belair said, “I think it would be a really good idea, but if you wanted to widen your networks, then I think getting your master’s degree from another school could be more helpful. But I can see it going either way. Getting your bachelor’s and your master’s degree at the same time is a great opportunity.”
SGA approves funds to host FSU’s Week of Kindness
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By Kylie Dembek Staff Writer
SGA allocated $5,376.71 towards FSU’s second annual Week of Kindness, which will take place from Nov. 10-14. Social Events Coordinator Sarah Cowdell said that the money would go toward T-shirts, desserts and decorations. The decorations will “clutter the campus with kindness,” said Cowdell. The Week of Kindness is described as “a weeklong initiative by SGA that hopes to spread kindness throughout the entire campus through multiple events,” according to SGA’s budget request form. SGA has recruited numerous sponsors for the Week of Kindness, including Dining Services and SUAB, among many others. Ski and Snowboard Club President Caitlin Murray requested $13,024 for a weekend trip to Sunday River, which will take place between Feb. 13-15. The allocated funds will be spent on
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Members of SGA hear requests for funding from four FSU clubs for events and travel expenses. lodge passes, lift tickets, ski or snowboard rental, roundtrip transportation and breakfast. A clinic will also be provided for new skiers or riders who are looking to gain experience. Everyone from beginners to experts are welcome to come, said Murray. This is Ski and Snowboard Club’s first overnight trip. Comic Book Club Vice President Matt Baran requested $1,660 to cover transportation and tickets to the Rhode Island Comic Con. The trip is “first come, first serve,” Baran said. The event will be take place on Nov. 1. Baran also offered Comic Book Club’s own funds to help with the trip. Equestrian Club President Rachel Holland requested $729 for a trip to West Springfield for the Equestrian Traveling Conference. “I think it would be a really great educational experience, especially because we’re a new club and I want to
be able to get into more of the education of horses,” said Holland. After several minutes of debate, however, SGA was unable to make a decision on whether or not to allocate the funds to the Equestrian Club because of a transportation issue, and therefore tabled the request. Christian Fellowship Treasurer Megan McGillvray requested $480 for fifty TShirts. “One of our missions is to grow in our religion and in our beliefs and one of the ways we do that is through fellowship activities.” She added, “A thing we find really important is volunteer work and community service, so that the community at FSU can see us giving back and being involved on campus.” The T-Shirts will be handed out and worn during volunteer events.
In other news: • SGA Vice President Dan Costello announced that he was approached by Timothy Owens from Financial Aid about starting a campaign called Men Against Violence Against Women. Owens is currently looking for students interested in joining the campaign. • Parliamentarian Nathan Stowes said Sodexo is doing a Thanksgivingthemed competition called Favorites from Home. Students will be able to submit their favorite homemade recipes to Sodexo, who will then cook their favorite dishes. The dinner will take place on Nov. 20 when students can vote on their favorite meal. The winner’s recipe will then become a Sodexo staple and be featured in future menus. Framingham State is the first school in the region to do this.
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small universities to institute this system, according to Vaden-Goad. FSU administrators have been discussing this option for years. Although this structure was not approved until this year, a similar system was established last year called Faculty Fellows. These three appointed faculty members, now the interim deans, held similar responsibilities under that system. President F. Javier Cevallos said, “Universities are large and complex organizations that need to always adapt and evolve to fulfill their missions. Our goal has to be focused on student achievement and academic excellence. As the university grew, the level of administrative complexity also grew, and it was very difficult for one person to be in charge of all the departments involved.” Prior to the dean structure, 50 people from 22 academic departments reported to Vaden-Goad, who said she believes the new system will help departments reach their full potential since more focused attention will be available for each discipline. “I’m only one person,” she said. Vaden-Goad said she will now have more time to make ideas and dreams realities. She said she looks forward to helping the school improve on grant proposals, civic education and service learning. Dargan, a professor of sociology, described Vaden-Goad as a “visionary” whose ideas can now be realized. Dargan added, “I think the most important thing is to support faculty. … They are the ones who are delivering academic experience to students.” Carroll, a professor of biology, said she believes her main function as interim dean will be to facilitate communication between faculty and administration and emphasized working together as a team. Specifically, she said her department and herself are working on retention in the sciences so that a higher percentage of students will be able complete the programs FSU offers. She added that she hopes the struc-
ture will make “students feel like a part of the department and a part of the community.” Cote, a professor of art, said he believes by focusing on individual areas with more “hands on deck,” the academic structure will improve for faculty and students overall. “We are a university that is growing,” said Cote. “It makes sense to give additional resources in a more targeted way.” Cevallos said there are two main advantages to the structure - managing departments more efficiently and encouraging “more collaboration across disciplines in each one of the colleges.” He added, “The Deans are the academic leaders of their areas, and working with the faculty, the colleges will develop new programs and initiatives that will emerge from shared interests.” Vaden-Goad said the dean structure is meant to ensure students are getting everything they need, such as the programs and resources to succeed
academically. The deans will work on raising money for student-led opportunities, scholarships to study abroad or attend conferences regardless of financial status. Students will then be able to think globally and locally, she added. Dargan said, “I think that Framingham State University is doing this the right way.” According to Dargan, Academic Affairs is highly centralized at FSU, and too many people were reporting to the academic vice president. Vaden-Goad asked for the support four years ago and didn’t get it, said Dargan. Cevallos approved the decision this summer when he became president. Two more colleges, education and business, are in the process of being established. There will be two new deans hired for each of these disciplines. Academic Affairs recently posted a position for an interim dean of education. VadenGoad anticipates the college of business opening in a few years. Student Government Association
Board of Trustees Joseph Burchill, Chair
President F. Javier Cevallos
Office of the President Katie Restuccia, Administrative Assistant
Academic Affairs Linda Vaden-Goad, Provost
President Kendall Valente, a senior sociology major, said she looks forward to the new dean structure helping new departments develop, which will lead to more student enrollment. “I hope that with the new dean structure, students will be able to have a more direct connection with their faculty and deans of their departments,” said Valente. “I also hope that this will bring more majors which can be more specific for students and help them to identify closer with their major.” Taylor Garnes, a junior psychology major, is familiar with a dean structure because of her brothers, one of whom attended Northeastern University and the other UMass Amherst - both of which have a dean structure. “I hope it will give students a person to talk to specifically with our area of concentration,” said Garnes. She added, “And I hope it will get students to stay in their classes.” Michael Jordan, a senior history major, said he believes that faculty are good about helping and talking to students, and he is happy with the classes he has taken. “I think it [the new dean structure] will increase the number of students, and I hope the deans will increase the number of classes the departments offer,” said Jordan. Skyler May, a sophomore math major, said he would enjoy classes with more hands-on activities. He said he hopes the deans will address faculty and have them “talking with us instead of talking at us.” Vice President of SGA Daniel Costello, a junior sociology major, has been familiar with the new dean structure since last semester. He believes that it will improve the relationships between faculty and administration, pushing FSU to become a better whole. “This is the next step to building up the university and improving academically,” said Costello. Vaden-Goad said, laughing, “It’s not going to be a secret, our success. Everyone should be able to see it and sense it.”
College of Arts and Humanities Marc Cote, Interim Dean
College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Susan Dargan, Interim Dean
College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Margaret Carroll, Interim Dean
Departments: Art & Music, Communication Arts, English, Fashion, History, World Languages, Liberal Studies
Departments: Business, Economics, Geography, Political Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology
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The Gatepost Editorial
New deans to improve academic experience
This year, President F. Javier Cevallos approved a new academic structure which will create three academic colleges, consisting of six or seven departments each and three new interim deans to direct them. The three new colleges break down into Arts and Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Academic colleges for both Business and Education are in the works for the future. Professors Marc Cote, Susan Dargan and Margaret Carroll are the interim deans of these colleges, respectively, while the school searches for permanent deans through an official job search. Administrative assistants for the deans will also be hired. Previously, all 22 academic departments reported to Vice President of Academic Affairs and Provost Linda VadenGoad, who will now instead receive reports from these deans. This new structure is meant to make day-to-day operations run more smoothly for administrators, encourage collaboration among departments and improve academic success for students, meaning increasing retention and graduation rates. We at The Gatepost are excited to see how this new structure will unfold and affect student life. While it seems clear to us that it will improve efficiency for administrators, which is certainly important, we hope that the improved organization and a more-hands-on-deck approach will trickle down to student life and create new and more wellrounded opportunities. We believe it will. Rather than department chair reporting to one person who, apart from having an overloaded desk, is more distant from the students, faculty and the disciplines - they will now report to college deans, who will have a better understanding of how to plan events and courses that students would be interested in and budget for the resources that faculty need. Likewise, these administrators will have more time to focus on really cultivating a cohesive and collaborative culture among the departments within the academic college, which will hopefully encourage students to dip their toes into subjects they may not have tried before, giving them a more robust and well-rounded learning experience. Sometimes, experiences like these can end up altering a student’s academic and professional course, inspiring a new passion for a subject the student didn’t realize he or she had. It can also simply increase the student’s skillset. We would like to see these deans push boundaries and create new programs that incorporate multiple departments, such as offering internships and networking opportunities through which students can see professionals in their fields using multiple disciplines in real-life settings. We are confident that students will not hesitate to engage with their already well-known and well-liked professors in these new roles. Because the interim deans are so close to the student body, we believe they will be able to develop the new system in a student-focused way that will continue effectively even after permanent deans have filled the roles. The Gatepost Editorial Board hopes that the increased resources and more focused attention given by these new deans will affect students’ academic lives in a practical and noticeable way - and we certainly see the potential for that with this new structure. This type of academic structure is not uncommon, especially at large universities. If FSU wants to keep growing as an institution, it’s important to put support systems like this in place in order to provide the necessary resources for student success and academic expansion. This new system marks a milestone in the recent evolution of our school from a college into a university. The campus continues to grow physically, but after all, students come here primarily to get an education. It’s only fitting that FSU focus on growing academically as well - and this new system seems like a sturdy foundation to build upon.
October 17, 2014
Op/Ed
Don’t ban electronic cigarettes
Electronic cigarettes, a tobacco-free product used as an alternative to traditional cigarettes, was included in the tobacco ban on campus implemented last year. These E-cigarettes, as some call them, emit much less of an odor than standard cigarettes. Additionally, the policy on campus dictates that tobacco is not permitted on campus - e-cigarettes do not contain tobacco. Why, then, did FSU ban them? In my mind, this only encourages more smoking. If you tell someone not to do something, the first thing they’re going to do is whatever they’re not allowed to do, just as is the case with illegal drugs. So it is with e-cigarettes. I understand e-cigarettes have negative health effects, perhaps as many as traditional cigarettes, but I feel the right to put whatever you want inside your own body - an unalienable right, in my mind - is being violated. How many policies regarding a person’s right to do with his or her body as he or she wishes will be initiated before society realizes how futile and un-productive they are? Whether or not people like them, e-cigarettes do not contain tobacco, and thus, they should not be banned on campus. I do not believe they’re harmless, but if they
help students relax after a class or a long day and they don’t affect the lives of other students, why should they be banned? The least FSU could do is allow designated smoking areas on campus for e-cigarette smokers, just as many companies around the U.S. do.
Mark Wadland Opinions Editor
One voice makes a difference With the recent sexual assault of a Framingham State Student, I have been thinking more and more about how I could get involved in trying to prevent these incidents from ever happening. I am just one person, and I was not sure what I would be able to achieve, but I wanted to try. So when I was told about the “Bringing in the Bystander” program, I wanted to get involved right away. This past Wednesday I had my chance to participate in this program, and words cannot truly describe how much of a privilege it was. Kim Dexter and Glenn Cochran have created an amazing presentation, which was not only thought provoking, but stimulating and informative. This sexual violence prevention program focuses on a bystander intervention approach. It makes you aware that everyone has a role to play in ending sexual violence. The program teaches
bystanders how they can safely and positively intervene in instances where sexual violence may be occurring or where there may be risk of it occurring. As a small community, sexual violence on campus affects us all. I encourage everyone to stand up and stop sexual violence. Seek out Resident Assistant, hall council members, clubs or even just email Kim Dexter or Glenn Cochran and see how you can attend the “Bringing in the Bystander” program. Let’s start now in preventing future incidents of sexual violence. It only takes one new voice, one spilled drink, one “I am going home. Come with me” to stop a crime from being committed. Danielle Vecchione Editorial Staff
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October 17, 2014
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Break or no break: That is the question
Yesterday, one of my professors debated out loud to the class over whether she should let us out early or give us a ten-minute break in the middle of class. I instantly raised my hand and politely demanded that we should be let out early of our two-hour class, and many of my peers agreed with me. This debate is a common problem sweeping the campus. Professors time and time again wonder if they should let their students out early or give them a break. The problem with this is that they never ask the students what they want. At first glance, a break seems like a good idea. You get to stretch your legs, check Twitter or complain to the person next to you how you don’t understand a word the professor is saying. However, when a break is compared to the possibility of getting out early, the latter always wins. The feeling you get when you get out early is a mixture of extreme excitement and absolute pleasure, similar to when you get to open a Christmas present early, or you get a good grade on a test you thought you failed. When you are on a break, you are still stuck in the classroom, but getting
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out early means an escape - freedom from the educational ball and chain that restrained you for hours on end. Leaving early means getting to breakfast before the omelet line closes or running to the library to print out that assignment before your next class. It gives you that extra time that we college students desperately need. At the beginning of each year, as the professors go over the syllabus and attempt to learn everyone’s names, I feel it should be mandatory for them to also address whether the class as a whole would like to have a break or to be let out early. Whether or not professors realize it or not, a ten minute break or getting out ten minutes early can make a huge difference in a students day, and sometimes we just need that extra time. Kylie Dembek Class of 2017
Tobacco ban: big mistake I think the tobacco ban on campus was a huge mistake. In my opinion, allowing tobacco on campus fostered community and formed friendships. I remember when tobacco was allowed on campus - there were various subcultures associated with the drug. There were the cigarette smokers who would gather by the cigarette receptacles where strangers would converse, rain or shine. Many friendships were probably started in this fashion. I know for a fact that at least one relationship started because of smoking cigarettes everyday between classes. Another subculture that existed on campus were the hookah smokers. Hookah is a social activity meant to be enjoyed with several people over an extended period of time. Hookah smokers would gather on the tables under the eaves of North Hall, and on the stoop at Larned Hall to enjoy the session.
I remember many a day or night sitting with friends on the lawns or tables of campus enjoying a good hookah smoking session. Tobacco is legal to people 18 and older, and there is no reason why they should be banned from choosing to partake in an activity they are legally allowed to do. Banning tobacco use on campus was a big mistake and has prevented the formation of a variety of communities. Tom Higgins Gatepost Staff
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Suit Jacket Posse’s “ Taste the Rainbow ”
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Top and bottom left: FSU’s Suit Jacket Posse performed their “Taste the Rainbow” show in the Forum on Tuesday. Bottom left: The FSU Pride Alliance co-sponsored the show to raise money for a trip to the New England LGBT Conference in April.
By Danielle Butler Staff Writer
Last Tuesday night, the Suit Jacket Posse, along with FSU’s Pride Alliance, hosted “Taste the Rainbow” in the McCarthy Center Forum to a full house. The show included humorous renditions of real-life situations and stretched the audience’s imaginations (as well as their diaphragms) as they laughed along. There were skits and jokes about a robot tripping off of Robitussin, Harry Potter, a knee-less man chasing the last grape on Earth and an oracle who explained to the audience what Heaven looks like. “Heaven is something and some-
thing,” said Tyler DeMoura and Kyle Collins, both seniors. The student comics had a great chemistry on stage. Collins, DeMoura, along with sophomore James Kuhtreiber and senior Andy Lincoln returned to the group, bringing back their individual comedic styles. Kuhtreiber delivered his well-timed jokes in sync with Collins’ expansive repertoire of characters and Lincoln’s leadership and originality, all under the direction of DeMoura. Another veteran from previous semesters, Cam Zamagni, a junior, brought his energy and movement back to the stage. The audience and cast members accepted his brand of humor, quite literally, with open arms.
Allie McGrail, a senior, along with fellow newcomer Jessa Pereira, a sophomore, flawlessly fit into the group dynamic. McGrail found herself “milking the cat for God’s sake,” she said, while Pereira was a backstabbing, chain-smoking aunt on the hunt to murder her nephew. “We have an interesting group this semester because the four guys and I have been in improv together for a while,” said DeMoura in reference to the latest lineup, “and the girls are new so we are getting a nice new mix to the group - certainly in a good way.” There were moments when the audience indicated the humor may have crossed boundaries for what was considered tasteful for the occasion. De-
spite some cringe-worthy moments, however, the mission of this night was to raise money to send members of the FSU Pride Alliance to the New England LGBT Conference in April. The mission was a success. The two groups worked together to raised $150 toward the trip. “I was so nervous at first,” said McGrail following her performance, “but once you get out there, James, Andy, Kyle, Jessa and Cam are amazing to play off of!” Mike Crompton, an alumni of FSU as well as The Suit Jacket Posse, said, “They kept the same feeling and tone of crude college humor.” Pereiera said, “I’m pumped. [We] got the first one over with, raised some money and it wasn’t half bad!”
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Jonathan Kozol discusses segregation in schools, recalls days of Civil Rights activism
By Kristen Pinto Assistant Arts & Features Editor
It has been half a century since The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed in the United States, criminalizing the discrimination of people based on race, color, religion, gender or national origin. Racial segregation in the public schools is still a prevalent issue - one that writer and educational activist Jonathan Kozol has dedicated the past 50 years of his life to chronicling. Kozol spoke to students, faculty and administrators in DPAC on Tuesday afternoon as part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, highlighting the segregation that still exists in U.S. public schools today. “Black and Hispanic children are more isolated intellectually today and segregated physically than at any time since 1968, the year when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was taken from us by assassination,” Kozol said. Kozol met King once, when he walked beside him as a bodyguard at a rally King was speaking at on the Boston Common many years ago. “Dr. King did not say, ‘I have a dream, that someday, in the cities in the north and south, we will have more efficient test-driven, anxietyridden, separate but equal schools,’” Kozol said. “Dr. King’s words were clean and pure - ‘I have a dream that someday, little black children’ - and I’m sure if he were alive today, he would add little brown children – ‘will sit together at the table of brotherhood.’” Educational rights were not always on the forefront of Kozol’s agenda. He went to Harvard University,
where he studied English literature. He then went to Oxford University on a Rhodes scholarship, and spent some time in Paris. He returned to the United States in 1964. “I intended to go back to university in order to pursue a Ph.D., and I hoped to become a professor,” Kozol said. “I thought that would be a nice life - I could wear a tweed jacket with little elbow patches.” However, in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, Kozol was inspired to being his teaching career immediately. With no formal training and no certification, he talked to a local priest and asked if he could be of use. The priest recommended he go into teaching, so he did. The next day, he walked into a public school in Boston and asked for a job and was given a position as a substitute. “The first time I ever taught in my life, they sent me into a kindergarten,” Kozol said. “I was absolutely terrified. I had no idea what to do with people that size. They’re like gerbils. They crawl all over you. But I survived, and I’ve been working with low-income children ever since.” Kozol’s current stance on educational equality remain the same, and at times he finds that the problems that students face in schools today are worse than they ever were. He said many states reports may call the schools diverse, but the meaning of diversity has shifted in recent years. “What I find when I get there is that diverse means both black and Hispanic and a few Asians kids,” Kozol explained. “Diverse doesn’t really mean diverse - it means segregated.” Kozol also spoke of the aggravation that standardized tests add to
an already corrupt system. While he believes that some testing is important, such as diagnostic tests that help teachers learn more about what their students know, he said standardized tests are “sucking all of the joy out of the childhood of children and driving out almost every bit of child-centered learning from the schools.” Teachers only have time include what the state, because of the pressure testing has on the whole school system. Rather than teaching about what the children are interested in and would like to know more about, teachers have to stick to the books and teach students skills such as writing a topic sentence. “I’ve written 12 books, and I swear I have never used a topic sentence in my life,” said Kozol. “No great novelist or great journalist would
ever use a topic sentence. … Imagine Hemingway starting out his book saying, ‘This is going to be the story of an elderly man and an unusually big fish.’” President F. Javier Cevallos spoke of the importance of bringing Kozol to campus on the 175th anniversary of FSU. “Horace Mann was a missionary, and his agenda was education for all,” Cevallos said. “[It] was an agenda of inclusive education regardless of race and regardless of gender.” These are the same ideals that Kozol still speaks to today. For 50 years, he has been writing books that outline the inequality that many low income and urban schools face, and offering solutions to help create a more inclusive public schooling system.
equality by asking the audience several questions about Barack Obama and his presidency. “If you were to think back to that night in 2008 when he won the election, what were people saying in the news about why was this so historic?“ he asked. For the most part, those that answered the questions agreed the election of Obama set a good example for African-American children. One audience member described this as a time where the electorate chose competence over skin color. Silver said that Obama winning the election proved that “we can be as good as we claimed to be.” Silver explained that since we live in an era with many successful member of minorities, such as Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, there is the perception that we live in an equal society. Jonathan Kozol, in his writings, acknowledges that there has been notable progress in racial integration in the American society but gives a powerful message that the public education system is one place where there is still racial segregation with little change, according to Silver. An excerpt from Kozol’s bookGatepost “The Jeff Poole/The
Shame of the Nation” was read. In it, Kozol reads letters from a third grade class from the Bronx, asking him for help in obtaining essential resources they lack for a proper educational environment. Silver then asked the audience about their own educational institutions, and whether they reflected that of the third grade class. Later, he asked the audience if they thought the neighborhoods where their schools were located played a major role in getting those resources. The audience gave a whole range of answers. Some said that their high school facilities were small and outdated, while others stated that theirs were adequate. Cassandra Bernabel, a junior from Dorchester, Massachusetts, said, “I was part of the METCO program, which basically takes kids from urban areas into suburban areas, so I went to school in Wakefield” in middle school. Compared to elementary school, where she said she “didn’t have a lot,” her middle school offered many programs and resources, such as “a field in the back, a huge gym … art, music, theater, drama” and more. Silver acknowledged their stories as being part of a bigger system. He
and the audience came to the conclusion that because schools in this country are funded through property taxes, the school systems often reflect the communities in which they of infectiousmusicuk.com reside - better Courtesy off communities where tax rates are higher have better public schools, and vice versa. “In this country, the system, the way it works, is that even though we talk about how public school is a place where people’s differences - the inequalities - should be minimized or erased, we find that schools often mirror what their communities have,” Silver said. When asked if he agrees with Kozol’s assessment that due to the way the public system is set up there is still racism in schools, Steven Lamisere, a freshman, said, “It kinda is set up as racism, but it’s almost as if it’s not intentionally. It’s just that, that’s the place where the families could go. They can’t go to the suburbs.” Martinez said, “I absolutely agreed that schools are still segregated. There’s a lot of research that suggests that as well. … There’s hard evidence, which is really disturbing and unfortunate.”
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Jonathan Kozol (right) discusses the changing meaning of the word diversity with students after presentation.
Ira Silver & Kathy Martinez host Diversity Dialog on Jonathan Kozol’s ideals for education
By Cesareo Contreras Staff Writer
A Diversity Dialogue discussing educator, writer and activist Jonathan Kozol and the inequalities he believes exist in US public education system was hosted last Monday by Ira Silver, a sociology professor along with Kathy Martinez, the director of the Multicultural Center. The dialogue served as a precursor to Kozol’s talk in this semester’s third installment of the President’s Distinguished Lecture Series, which occurred on Tuesday. “I invited Jonathan Kozol to come here for two reasons,” Silver said. “One, I think his ideas, which he has been writing for the last 30-50 years about education in America, about the inequalities in our schools, are really messages that are far-reaching for all our students. In particular, I’m teaching a course on social inequality and it meshes well with that course.” In their presentation, Silver and Martinez outlined Kozol’s main goal, to “create equal opportunities within the public schools for every child regardless of their racial origin and economic level.” Silver sparked the discussion about
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From NYC to FSU, Julie Otsuka reflects on her book taking a life of its own - Continued from page 1
making a career out of it. It was a personal, ca- was told from a young boy’s perspective, she began thartic experience. She wrote comedies and humor- to see images of her brother around the city. She ous sketches for her boyfriend, who was an ex-Zen joked about how it made her wonder whether evmonk. Needless to say, it was a challenge to make erybody of her ethnicity does indeed look alike as is the Western stereotype. She then went on to say him laugh. Over time, Otsuka felt a yearning to write about the that perhaps it is those you miss the most whom you war. She needed to understand where the repressed see in everyday life. Admittedly, Otsuka proclaimed toward the end of anger her family exhibited came from. Growing up, it was not something that was discussed in great her speech that she had not known how she was godetail. In fact, many aspects of her Japanese heri- ing to conclude her story. The final chapter of the tage were repressed by her parents, including the book is steeped in controversy. Many critics loved Japanese language. Any stories about camp life her the progression of the story but found the last pages mother told were only trifling and lighthearted an- to be jarringly out of place and full of anger. Howecdotes - anything negative being off limits. ever, she decided to stick to her original ending. “If something is not acknowledged, it’s as if it “Once [the novel is] sold, it becomes an object never happened at all,” she said while reminiscing in the outside world and takes on a life of its own,” about her mother. For a long time, there was a hesi- Otsuka said. After the book was published in 2002, tancy in the Japanese community to relate any sto- many Japanese Americans felt they could finally ries of injustice committed during internment. tell their stories without fear of shame. Work on the novel “When the Emperor was Divine” The author held a book signing at the bookstore began after letfollowing her preters written by sentation. her grandfaDevinne Sharp, If something is not acknowledged, ther surfaced. a freshman, said, it’s as if it never happened at all. He wrote all of “The event was them in English, very interesting, - Julie Otsuka and his writing and I learned a was very sophislot about how she ticated. In contrast, Otsuka never sat down at her desk wrote the book.” with the intention of writing about the camps. The Benjamin Montemurro, freshman, said, “It wasn’t novel developed organically, almost accidentally. bad. It was pretty god. She had an interesting backSitting in her neighborhood café, she began to see story. Kathleen Schipelliti, a freshman, said, “I particuimages of wartime, including a Japanese mother encountering evacuation notices on telephone poles larly enjoyed her presentation because she talked around town. about her writing for what it really is, and didn’t try When she was stuck at a particular chapter that to make up symbolism when asked about it.”
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Julie Otsuka described her yearning to write about war and her community’s hesitancy to speak of injustice.
By Jennifer Ostojski Staff Writer
Film Review: “The Judge”
Hank Palmer (Robert Downey Jr.) turned his back on his hometown in Indiana after graduating High School. He went to a Metallica concert and never came back. Now, he is a hot shot lawyer in Chicago, who, for the right price, can get you any verdict you want. He has a huge house, a cheating wife and an adorable little daughter. Tragedy strikes when his mother suddenly passes away. He has only kept in touch with her over the past two decades while despising his father Joseph (Robert Duvall), the town judge, and pretty much ignoring his two brothers. Her death forces him to return home. His family welcomes him back quite coldly. Wearing shorts at the North Pole would still feel warmer than his family’s embrace. His initial plan to jet in and out for the funeral is interrupted when, the night after the funeral, Joseph strikes a man on a bike with his car and kills him. He is charged with second degree murder, and Hank decides to stay to defend him despite butting heads with him every way he turns. Many strains come together in “The Judge.” There is the coming home aspect, which is always difficult. The world has not stopped spinning just because Hank has left the town, which is an overwhelming realization. Then there is messedup family dynamic of the Palmers. You have two sons, who stayed home close to their parents and couldn’t fulfill their potentials, and then you have the one rebellious and successful one, who tries to be the knight in shining armor when shit hits the fan. At the heart of the movie, however, is the relationship between Hank and Joseph - two strongheaded men who don’t want to forgive and forget. Too much disappointment and anger has built up between these two over the past twenty years. They
have said and done things to each other which are hard to take back. Family is supposed to be the one safe haven everyone has. And yet, it can also be the biggest cause of pain and frustration. Unmet expectations and wrong assumptions fuel the fire of disdain. Hank almost religiously soaks in those fumes, and he is throughout the movie on a crusade to right the wrongs of his childhood. But if the movie was just about a bad father messing up his son for good, then that would be a pretty one-sided movie. The murder case almost becomes a b-story in this movie. Finding evidence to free Joseph brings back to the surface a lot of old stories, which everybody tried to ignore for the longest time. It all leads up to a beautifully choreographed court room showdown, where the lines between the original case and the examination of their screwed up relation-
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ship are blurred. Robert Duvall marvelously portrays the hardlined, impatient father. He highlights both his flaws and his hidden softness in a touching way. Robert Downey Jr. proves once again that he doesn’t need an iron suit, Marvel checks or Dr. Watson by his side to show off his acting chops. It is refreshing to see him in a different role which doesn’t require him to be a smart-mouthed billionaire playboy. While the movie does seem sad and tragic for the most part, it has a surprising amount of humor in it, which, thankfully, relieves the pent-up tension every now and then without losing its focus on the accident. “The Judge” is in theaters right now. If you want to feel good about yourself and your own family drama, you should go and watch this family trying to sift through their hellish mess.
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Campus Conversations W h e n wa s t h e l a s t t i m e yo u d i d something for the first time? “I went to Taipe, Taiwan this summer.” - Pierre Gerard, junior
By Danielle Butler & Jeff Poole “I shot a .50 cal. ”
- Thomas Owusu, sophomore
“I went ziplining in Gunstock, NH.”
“I flew to Nashville on my own for a church assembly.”
- James Gagnon, junior
- Tacheigna Allen, sophomore
“I ate a mango and it was dope!”
“I got a job for the first time at Victoria’s Secret.”
- Erik Bowers, senior
- Marina Norton, sophomore
Edited by Timothy E. Parker October 17, 2014 STRAIGHTEN UP By Kenneth Holt ACROSS 1 Military academy frosh 5 Invalidate, as a marriage 10 Some conspiracy subjects 14 Surrounding glow 15 Brief stop 16 “Cheers” patron 17 It turns into a different story 20 Square one? 21 Abundle 22 Give permission to 23 Body-structure science 25 “The Open Window” writer 27 Spider’s creation 28 Highway-distance marker 32 Dead against 35 Aboring person might have one 36 Which person 37 Trying to get a better look? 41 Poetic homage 42 Butcher requests 43 Word processing command 44 Unequaled 46 Freddy Krueger’s street 48 Leadership, figuratively
49 Grad student’s payment 53 Fills completely 56 Physics Nobelist Niels 57 Tell a whopper 58 Interpret improperly 62 Language in Lahore 63 Musclebound guys 64 Sneaking suspicion 65 Tournament passes? 66 Make blank 67 Not as much DOWN 1 Carbo-loader’s fare 2 Gentleman burglarArsene 3 “All My Children” siren 4 “Happy Hour” site 5 Savoir-faire 6 Abominable, as weather 7 Pistachios, e.g. 8 Shuttle letters 9 Pacific ring 10 Detach, as a lapel mike 11 Yearling, once 12 Approximately 13 Eurasian diving duck 18 Lotion ingredient 19 Gardeners, often 24 Kind of bed
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Billboards, e.g. Away from the wind Subatomic particles John Irving’s “APrayer for ___ Meany” Aherring relative Commotion requiring action? On the peak of Art study “Shoe” setting Discriminatory practice against seniors Least healthy Holiday tune Camel attribute Monkey type Sweet-smelling gas Italian coin, once Endings with “three” and “four” Slur over a syllable Dressed to the ___ “Prima Ballerina” artist Edgar One-inch pencil, e.g. Bad way for plans to go It may be stemmed or turned Basilica area Common title starter That lady Shutout score, in soccer
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Football wins fourth straight behind Green, Jones By Mike Ferris
Assistant Sports Editor
Framingham continues to steamroll through the MASCAC, improving to 4-0 in the conference with its 28-7 romping of the then second place Westfield State Owls. A strong performance from quarterback Matt Silva was overshadowed by running back Jalen Green’s 148yard rushing game, and receiver Tevin Jones’ three touchdowns. Framingham started the game strong and ended it just as well, scoring a touchdown in each quarter and stretching its lead to 28-0 midway through the fourth quarter. The lone Westfield touchdown came in the fourth quarter with the game already out of reach, barring a miracle. The Rams struck first on their opening drive. Green’s kickoff return to start the game set his team up with great field position at its own 41-yard line. It only took a few plays for Framingham to get to the Westfield 28 when Silva found Jones on third down. Jones took the Silva pass to the end zone for six and following the missed Sean Wlasuk point after, the Rams were on top 6-0. The second quarter saw a touchdown similar to the first, Silva hooking up with Jones this time for a 13-yard score. After a 21-yard pass to Marcus Grant and a number of Green rushes, Framingham found itself in the red zone. On second and nine, Silva found Jones, and the scoring drive was capped when wide receiver Randall Kelleher caught the two-point conversion pass extending the Rams lead to 14-0. The third quarter Framingham touchdown came on the back of Green
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Junior wide receiver Tevin Jones has been named MASCAC Football Offensive Player of the Week.
when he went 91 yards, the longest play of the game, and the lead stretched to 21-0. This big play was responsible for more than half of Green’s rushing total for the game. Already well in control, the Rams continued to roll in the fourth quarter when Silva found Jones for his third and final touchdown catch of the af-
ternoon. The first drive of the quarter started at the Framingham 2-yard line and took only 4:16. After three Silva rushes and a couple Green attempts, the Rams were set up at its own 37. On third and six from the 37, Silva found Jones who went 63 yards for the catch-and-run touchdown. The score resulted in 28 unanswered points and a
shutout looming for the Ram defense. With 8:10 left on the game clock, Westfield finally got on the scoreboard when Owls quarterback Steve Guercio found Sam Laurin from two yards out for a touchdown. The score made it 28-7 but Framingham proceeded to take the air out of the ball on the next drive and run the clock demolishing any hope that Westfield had at getting back into the game. The win gives Framingham a full game lead on second place, which is occupied by Western Connecticut and Fitchburg State, both of whom the Rams have defeated this year. Despite a relatively split time of possession, Framingham outgained Westfield 378-194 in total yards. The Rams also won the turnover battle 2-0 with the help of a Lewis Bailey interception and a forced fumble by the defense. Silva went 12-25 for 215 yards and three touchdowns. For the first time this year he finished the game without throwing a pick. He now has 16 touchdowns on the year and has thrown for 1,402 yards. Green led the team in rushing yards with 148, followed by Silva who had nine, Hunter Beckmann who also had nine and Owens who had four. With 137 receiving yards, Jones was the team leader, but Grant also contributed 39 yards, while Kelleher had 22, Green had 13 and Hayes had four. Framingham is off this week and is in action next when they travel to take on Plymouth State. The Rams will look to start conference play 5-0 for the third consecutive year when they battle the Panthers.
MASCAC INDIVIDUAL LEADERS PASSING TOUCHDOWNS M. Silva FRAMINGHAM STATE G. Dellechiaie FITCHBURG STATE W. Arndt WESTERN CONN STATE D. Higgins BRIDGEWATER STATE J. Trudel MASS MARITIME C. Burnham UMASS DARTMOUTH K. Bumpus WORCESTER STATE M. Nicol WESTERN CONN STATE S. Guercio WESTFIELD STATE P. Viencek WORCESTER STATE
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RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS T. Jones FRAMINGHAM STATE C. Falaguerra WESTERN CONN STATE P. Sainte Juste FITCHBURG STATE A. Aborishabe UMASS DARTMOUTH M. Green BRIDGEWATER STATE D. Summiel FITCHBURG STATE D. Barry WORCESTER STATE T. Ekstrom FITCHBURG STATE D. Plaza WESTERN CONN STATE M. Grant FRAMINGHAM STATE
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Women’s soccer continues hot streak By Lauren Campbell SPORTS EDITOR
The women’s soccer team went on an offensive outburst on Saturday when the Lady Rams hosted its MASCAC opponent, the MCLA Trailblazers, improving their conference record to 3-1. Senior forward Isabela DeSouza said the team felt confident going into the game, and that confidence showed offensively. Freshman midfielder Molly Kelly got the Rams on the board first in the 21 minute when she netted a long shot into
the back of the net off a pass from junior forward Brini Varetimos. Despite having some other scoring opportunities before time expired in the first half, Framingham held on to their slim 1-0 lead at the break and didn’t allow the visiting Trailblazers to take a shot on net in the first. It only took about seven minutes before senior forward Marisa Parent gave the Rams an insurance goal after she beat MCLA’s goalie one-on-one, with
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Sophomore back Michaela Hyland (4) helped with FSU’s offensive explosion against MCLA with an assist in the Rams’ 5-0 shutout.
the assist coming from Varetimos. DeSouza only needed a minute and 12 seconds to increase Framingham’s lead by two more goals, scoring her team and conference-leading 14 and 15 goals of the season. The senior’s first goal came on a corner kick that was just inside the post before being deflected in by the MCLA goalie. Her second came after she took possession of the ball in the offensive end, made her way past the Trailblazers defenders and put the ball in the net for the 4-0 lead. The visitors tried to get on the board in the 61 minute with a long strike from 20 yards out, but the ball sailed to the right of the net, keeping the shutout alive for the Rams. Framingham scored their fifth and final goal in the 62 minute when sophomore back Angela Pallotta netted her first goal of the season with help from fellow sophomore back Michaela Hyland. Junior goalie Sara Sullivan only had to make one save to get her third shutout of the season. MCLA only took two shots the entire game and had one corner kick opposite of the Rams’ 12. “We played really well during the game,” DeSouza said. “I am glad we got the win.” On Thursday, the Lady Rams was on the road to take on Wentworth. Framingham outshot the Lions 17-13 but was
unable to get on the board and suffered a 4-0 defeat. The loss drops Framingham to 8-5 overall. Wentworth’s Tori Amshaw got the scoring started in the 19 minute when she redirected teammate Mary Annon’s corner kick inside the left post. Just under 25 minutes later, Kristen Carroll scored her first goal of the season. After Sullivan made the initial stop, the rebound dropped in front allowing Carroll to score on an open net giving the Lions a 2-0 lead. The score remained 2-0 going into the break and the second half would mirror the first. Just 12 minutes into the second, Amanda Weinberger tallied the third Wentworth goal off of an Amshaw pass. The Rams had numerous scoring chances but were unable to convert any of them as Wentworth’s goalkeeper, Nicole Leahey, made three saves. In the 66 minute, Olivia Moore received a pass from Weinberger and slid her shot past Sullivan for the Lions’ fourth and final goal. Sullivan made five saves on nine shots faced but her valiant effort was not enough. Framingham hosts MASCAC foe, Fitchburg State, Saturday at 11 a.m.
Cardeiro scores twice in two-game span Men’s Soccer slump continues
By Mike Ferris
Assistant Sports Editor
A 1-1 draw with MCLA and a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Keene State dropped the slumping Rams to 4-72 on the year. The team that started 2-1 overall and looked impressive in wins against Suffolk and Daniel Webster has since won only two of its previous 10. With a 2-2-1 conference record, Framingham sits tied for second place in the MASCAC with MCLA and Mass. Maritime. A trip to the Berkshires began the Rams’ week as they geared up for a conference bout with MCLA. The first half was highlighted by a goal from the Trailblazers’ Tyler Vona. The icebreaker came in the 33 minute when Chris Shea served up a cross that Vona headed past Rams’ goal keeper Jake Nichols. Down 1-0, Framingham went into the break trailing for the fifth time this season; they were previously 0-4 when going into the half
behind. The second half was an entirely different game from the first. Outshooting the Trailblazers 13-3, the Rams finally evened the game in the 84 minute. After MCLA surrendered a corner kick, Bryan DaSilva delivered a beautiful ball that Cory Cardeiro headed past goalie Matt Robinson. With only seven minutes to play in the half, neither team was able to deliver a game-winner in regulation resulting in overtime. MCLA applied the early pressure in the first overtime gaining a 3-1 advantage in shots, but Nichols held strong and kept the game even forcing a second overtime. Framingham’s DaSilva and MCLA’s Edward Boateng were both awarded red cards in the 100 minute. Fifteen minutes later, despite two Framingham shots, the final whistle blew and the game ended 1-1. The Rams outshot the Trailblaz-
ers 27-14, but both teams managed to put only five on net. On Wednesday, Framingham traveled to Keene State for a result that would prove not to be as favorable. The Rams struck first in the 20 minute when Cardeiro tallied his team-high fifth goal of the season. The unassisted goal was the only one of the first half which sent Framingham to the break with a 1-0 advantage. The wheels fell off for Coach Dean Nichols’ squad in the second half. Keene State scored twice in the 45-minute period to give the Owls a 2-1 edge. Keene’s Kaleb Lique-Naitove scored off a feed from Riley Steele just a minute and a half into the second and it wasn’t until almost 35 minutes later that Steele was rewarded for his assist and scored a goal of his own when he beat Nichols in the 81 minute. Steele’s goal would be the decid-
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Junior Corey Cardeiro has been an offensive force for the Rams.
er as the Owls clung to the 2-1 lead. Despite a score that looked relatively close, Keene dominated a majority of the stat totals. They outshot Framingham 23-5 and got 12 shots on goal to the Rams’ 4. Scheduled to travel to Fitchburg on Saturday for a MASCAC matchup, Framingham looks to turn things around and return to the early season form they showed at the beginning of September.
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spots for the Rams, leading the team with 11 kills and 15 digs respectively. Framingham State saw action at home versus Bridgewater State on Oct. 14 and walked away with a win improving their record to 17-8 and remaining undefeated in the MASCAC. The Rams’ last meeting with the Bears was in the MASCAC post-season tournament semifinals where the Rams advanced to the finals after defeating the Bears 3-0. This match went in similar fashion with Framingham defeating Bridgewater in three straight sets 25-22, 25-13 and 25-16. FSU came out strong in the first set establishing an early lead of 14-6. The Bears clawed their way back and eventually came within four, 22-18. Points were scored back and forth before the Rams would eventually win the first set 25-22. In the second set, the Rams pulled away 7-1 and held-off BSU, winning the set 25-13. The Bears had a spurt of success in the third and final match, where they took their first lead at 5-4. The match went point for point, and was even at 8-8 and then again at 14 all. The Rams shut the bears down and won the final set 25-16.
By Jennifer Johnson Assistant Sports Editor.
All three teams managed to go 1-1 at the tri-match between Framingham State, Keene State, and home team Western Connecticut State on Oct. 11. FSU took Keene 3-0, Keene took Western Conn. 3-2 and Western Conn. took FSU 3-0. Framingham had a fairly even first set of the day against Keene winning by a minimal three points, 25-22. That was the closest Keene would come to winning a set against FSU. The Rams came out strong in the second and third sets winning 25-18 and 25-13. Sophomore Alycia Rackliffe led the team in points, tallying 13, with 11 kills and seven digs. Rackliffe is currently leading the team in total points this season with 340.5 and a points per set average of 4.2. Senior Maribeth Martin was a force both offensively and defensively with 19 assists and also tacking on 10 digs. Junior Danielle Girard led the team in digs with 16. In their second match of the day, FSU dropped its game against Western Connecticut State, who bounced back from their 3-2 loss versus Keene, 25-20, 25-14 and 25-20. Rackliffe and Girard were bright
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Sophomore Alycia Rackliffe leads the team with 340.5 total points.
Women’s Cross Country finishes 23rd out of 44 teams By Jennifer Johnson Assistant Sports Editor.
Women’s cross country had another strong performance from freshman Haley Chamberlain, who finished 54th in a pool of 424 runners at the 2014 James Earley Invitational hosted by Westfield State on Saturday Oct. 11. Chamberlain finished with a time of 19:56.40 shaving off four seconds from her first place finish last weekend. Four Rams, Hannah Daly, Megan Peterson, Courtney Torress and Emily Mulloy, came in right behind Chamberlain in the 21 minute. Morgan Zabinski and Valerie Thibaud were next to finish for FSU with times of 22:54.72 and 23:06.54 for 236th place for 153rd place. Another crowd of Framingham runners, Hannah Rogers, Emma Hazen, Jillian Preman, Mikaela Ranahan and Jenna Anan, crossed the finish line between 23:32.29 and 23:47.27 in order. Kayleigh Laughlin, Rachel Holland and Philomena
Nessralla rounded out the comptition for the rams coming in at 24:26.78, 25:52.22 and 25:56.64, respectively. FSU finished 23rd out of a total of 44 teams improving from last year’s 27th-place finish. Men’s cross country finished 32nd at the invitational hosted by Westfield State and were led by sophomore duo Dan Stevens and Richard Wertz, completing the race at 29:34.79 and 29:41.47, respectively. Eric Kelley was next to cross the finish line at 37:05.47. Close behind him was Jay Ebersole coming in at 38:17.81. Thomas Rainsford broke the tape at 41:06.02, coming in 381st place, and Johnny Trocchi was the Rams’ final competitor to finish the race, with a time of 49:32.74. Men’s and Women’s cross country travel to Springfield on Oct. 18 to compete in the WNE Cross Country Invitational.
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Field Hockey’s three-game win streak snapped, fall to Westfield By Andrew Mades Staff Writer
The Rams’ Field Hockey team failed to continue their three game winning streak as they fell against Westfield State this past Saturday. The Owls got on top early with a goal by senior Kelly Kenney 4:37 into the game. They put three more shots on goal in the first half which Rosemary Talbot, a junior, kept out of the net. The Rams failed to put a shot on goal in the first half. The second half started inauspiciously for Framingham as the Owls added to their lead with a goal by Holly Brouillette at 7:40. Framingham did mount a bit of an offense after the goal, but were shut out by Westfield’s goalie Alanah Melanson. Westfield continued to put shots on goal throughout the game. Senior Emma Littlefield says that the team is moving past the loss by “improving what we need to. We have some hard conference games coming up these last few weeks.” Thursday’s game against Lasell was postponed due to rain. The Rams will be hosting Southern Maine on Saturday at 2 p.m.