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All University Meeting focuses on strategic plan

By Kayllan Olicio Assitant News Editor The focus of the fall All University Meeting on Oct. 17 was preparing for the University’s new strategic plan.

The current strategic plan will

expire in September of 2017.

A strategic plan is required by the Board of Higher Education and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. FSU conducts strategic planning on a five-year cycle, according to President F. Javier Cevallos.

He said strategic planning “sharpens the vision of the University for the next five years.”

The strategic planning steering committee is co-chaired by Rita Colucci, chief of staff and general counsel, and Judith Otto, associate professor in geography.

Otto said the meeting was a “kickoff event to begin to see input” for the new strategic plan.

The format of the All University Meeting deviated from past semesters. Round tables were set up instead of the traditional-style lecture format to promote

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Alexandra Gomes/THE GATEPOST Students enjoy an unseasonably sunny fall day in front of May Hall.

Textbook prices raise concerns

By Allison Wharton Staff Writer Many students are concerned about the price of textbooks at FSU. The Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) found 65 percent of students nationally chose not to buy a textbook because of its price. PIRG also discovered 90 percent of students only purchase textbooks because they fear being inadequately prepared for their courses.

According to a study conducted by the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), the price of college textbooks increases six percent annually.

The University bookstore is owned by Follett Higher Educa-

tion Group, which operates approximately 1,200 campus locations, according to FSU Store Manager Keith Jacques.

He said, “While the pricing of textbooks is primarily driven by publishers, the bookstore helps students save by offering a range of options including the largest inventory of used books in the industry and a growing rental program.”

The bookstore “uses current enrollment numbers as well as a series of algorithms that consider sales history” to calculate the number of books required, said Jacques.

“We guarantee the right books via a relationship with faculty, make it easy to return/exchange

The intersection of identities in “Being ñ”

By Julia Sarcinelli Associate Editor

A screening of the film “Being ñ” was hosted in the McCarthy Center Forum by Sean Huddleston, chief diversity and inclusion officer, Chon’tel Washington, director of the Center for Inclusive Excellence and sophomore Kevin Peña.

“It focuses on the importance on the intersection of identity.

So, while they certainly talk about Latino culture, anybody who finds themselves having to navigate two different cultures can really benefit from seeing this movie,” said Huddleston.

In the film, Denise Soler Cox See TEXTBOOK PRICES page 5

describes how at times she found herself not being “Latina enough” or “American enough.” Inspired to share her story, she became passionate about sharing her experiences with others and created the film “Being ñ” with Henry Ansbacher, a four-time Emmy Award winner and Academy Award nominee for producing films and T.V. series.

Soler Cox described eneyes as “a group of people 16 million strong and growing, found stuck between two worlds, because they were born in the U.S. from parents of a Latino country.”

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Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Gomes Associate Editors Brittany Cormier Julia Sarcinelli News Editors Jessica Duff Bailey Morrison Asst. News Editors Kayllan Olicio Emily Robinson Arts & Features Editors Cesareo Contreras Cass Doherty Asst. Arts & Features Editors Andrew Willoughby Marissa Rousseau Interim Asst. Arts & Features Editors Maria Hornbaker Sports Editors Matt Ferris Mike Ferris Asst. Sports Editors Jose Carrasquillo Amelia Foley Opinions Editor Phil McMullin Gatepost Columnist Michael B. Murphy Photos Editors Allie Gath Darian O’Donnell Asst. Photos Editors Erin Fitzmaurice Amanda Martin Design Editor Shayna Yacyshyn Staff Writers Jen Fortin Liam Gambon Paola Florencio William Mills-Curran Nick Murphy Jillian Poland Kate Shane Sarah Sousa Richard Tranfaglia Allison Wharton

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Douglas Leaffer

Professor of Physics and Earth Science

By William Mills-Curran Staff Writer

for job security reasons, or for advancement in careers.

What is your academic background?

I earned a B.S. in geological sciences from the University of Miami with a minor in math. I earned a master’s of science in civil engineering with a concentration in environmental engineering at Tufts University in Boston, and I am working on my doctorate in civil and environmental engineering currently about halfway done with the program.

What’s one class you’d recommend all Framingham State students take?

Other than mine? I think they should take Statistics … because it helps [students] to understand how data is presented and analyzed and we’re living in a world of “Big Data” these days, whereby many decisions relating to marketing of products, sales, records - for example, medical records, financial systems - they all tie back to statistics.

It’s a very useful course.

What is your professional background?

I worked for about a dozen years as an environmental engineering consultant for a number of firms in the water, wastewater and air pollution disciplines. Then I worked for about another dozen years for life science companies, including biotech and pharmaceutical on the supply chain manufacturing-engineering side.

How do you feel your professional background contributes to your classes?

I bring in experience from consulting as well as manufacturing. And engineering reaches across both those disciplines into my classrooms, lectures and presentations.

What was your favorite undergraduate experience?

Probably field trips to the Florida Keys in the late 1980s. … Snorkeling, sightseeing, the Everglades, coral reefs, diving.

Do you have any advice for Framingham State students?

I’d say these days it’s very important to consider graduate studies.

Mainly because the bachelor’s degree may not be exactly enough

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What is one thing students would be surprised to learn about you?

I’m a professional musician - saxophone player since 1981. … I freelance with a number of bands, I have recorded several CDs, and I continue to play with mostly jazz and rock bands today.

point where we can close the gap such that transferring becomes a 2 + 2 articulation program, meaning that students would spend two years at Framingham State. … And then two more years in an engineering degree-granting B.S. program. Currently it’s, 2 + 3. So that’s where I believe the program needs to grow. And we would need to add additional engineering courses in order to do that. … We are excited that the program has added its second engineering course in mechanics, which moves FSU closer toward the 2+2 articulation with partner universities granting the B.S. engineering degree.

Comparing it with your own experience, do you believe the Pre-Engineering Program sets students up for success?

It does, because the students who are very motivated and dedicated and have the right attitude and aptitude will succeed going forward when they transfer to engineering degree-granting programs, and at that point, they’ll have many options amongst ten majors - for example, chemical engineering, biological engineering, biomedical, civil, mechanical, electrical. So students who are highly motivated to get through the fundamentals here at FSU - calculus, physics and the first-level Intro to Engineering course - will succeed as they transfer.

Have you taught at other colleges or universities before?

I’ve taught at Merrimack College in North Andover in the civil engineering department. I’ve taught geotechnical engineering and environmental design.

You’re in charge of Framingham State’s budding Pre-Engineering Program. Where do you see that going in the future?

The program needs to grow to the

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All University Meeting focuses on strategic plan Continued from page 1 discussion among those attending.

Attendees were asked to participate in an activity. They were given seven minutes to discuss the “Four F’s,” which were, “Flaunt what are we good at, Fix what are we bad at, Fund where are we currently underinvesting and what new opportunities might need funding. And, figure out what’s the big picture.” said Otto.

The strategic plan is in the early stages of development according to Otto. She added, “The biggest challenge that we always face in strategic planning is getting the info, getting the people to weigh in on the issues that are important to them and to craft together a vision for the future.”

Jill Gardosik, internship coordinator for Career Services and Employer Relations said “It was nice to hear what other departments are doing on campus.”

She added faculty, staff and administrators “were all focused on a very particular topic which helped shape the conversation, and everyone was incredibly respectful of everyone else’s ideas and opinions.”

Sean Huddleston, chief office of diversity, inclusion and community engagement, said he hopes the University constructs the five year strategic plan with the five year strategic plan for Inclusive Excellence in mind.

Colucci discussed the importance of the whole University engaging in the strategic planning processes, and said everyone can bring their areas of expertise to the table. “We want to all be thinking more broadly,” she said.

She added inclusiveness is a vital part of the planning process, and “it’s our goal that the ideas will come up from the bottom and rise up.”

Those in attendance were asked to keep track of the topics that were being discussed at their tables on forms that were provided and to turn them in at the end of the meeting.

According to Cevallos, the summary of the discussion will be compiled by Otto and Colucci and will be made available to faculty, staff and students via Blackboard.

Dale Hamel, executive vice

Alexandra Gomes/THE GATEPOST Atendees of the All University Meeting broke off into small groups to discuss the strategic plan.

president, said one of the main topics discussed at his table was funding for new academic programs on campus.

He added, “Any consideration of new initiatives will need to consider funding - either from new sources of revenues or from reallocation of current funding.”

Student fees will be kept in mind throughout the development of the strategic plan, according to Cevallos. “The trustees really don’t want to raise fees in a way that would make education unaffordable. So, we cannot really count on unlimited resources.”

Hamel said the current costs for FSU students are “significantly below the state university segment average.”

He added, “One of the goals of the strategic plan will likely be continued focus on keeping FSU costs affordable to students.”

Huddleston said his group discussed the “sense of community” at FSU, and how its size fosters close relationships among faculty, staff and students.

They also agreed how FSU’s location in “a business corridor of major corporations” is beneficial and the University should embrace and capitalize on those benefits and align “our academic programs with workforce needs in our region.”

Melinda Stoops, dean of students, said one of the main topics discussed at her table was how to flaunt some the “really unique or niche kinds of majors,” adding FSU could also work on flaunting the University’s sense of community.

The participants at her table also discussed the new Hemenway

laboratories and how to showcase the new facilities, while keeping in mind how to fund other programs outside of STEM, such as the arts.

Cevallos said, “Having an official student representative on the advisory committee makes the

point very clear that we need to have student participation in the process.” Junior Jackson Stevens will be taking on that role.

The steering committee consists of 14 members. Co-chairs Colucci and Otto; Xavier Guadalupe-Diaz, sociology professor;

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Come hang out with Nutrition students and learn about food justice and sustainability. There will be games to play and foods to taste.

You can enter a raffle to win one of the eight raffle prizes.

When: October 25, 2016 Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm Where: McCarthy Center - Dining Commons Annex

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All University Sodexo addresses the cafeteria fly problem

By Alexandra Gomes Meeting Editor-in-Chief Continued from page 3

Stoops; Huddleston; Stevens; Margaret Carroll, dean of STEM; Deb McMakin, psychology professor; Julie Zoino-Jeannetti, education professor; Jon Huibredgtse, history professor; Jeremy Spencer, dean of enrollment management; Lucy Green administrative assistant of facilities; Steve Whittemore, alumni relations officer; and Trustee Kevin Foley.

The majority of the strategic plan will be formulated over the academic year and it will be presented to the Board of Trustees at the end of May. The plan will be revised according to the boards’ feedback. They will finalize and approve the plan by next September, according to Otto.

Cevallos said, “We all have a different interpretation of what a vision is. I have a vision for the University. You have a vision for the University. We have to have a combined collective vision and that is the strategic plan. It allows you to have that combined vision that we can all agree on and work together for.”

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Recently, there has been an increase in the number of flies in the McCarthy Dining Commons, according to Ralph Eddy, director of dining services.

He said this increase is due to a last year’s mild winter and the current drought conditions.

“The winter was not cold enough to kill off the population and the drought has forced wildlife, not just flies, out of their natural habitats in search of food sources and moisture,” he said.

The issue was exacerbated by the fact that not every entry to McCarthy has two sets of doors or air screens, which help keep pests out, said Eddy. When single doors are open for a long time, insects can “find their way inside.”

When asked if anyone has been hired to inspect the problem, and if so what the findings were, Eddy did not respond.

When asked what is being done to control the number of flies, Eddy said the University has an integrated pest management plan (IPM).

If IPM fails to “properly manage pests,” the IPM contractor “may utilize pesticides in a manner that minimizes risk to the public and

Parking lot security discussed at SGA

By Paola Florencio Staff Writer The Student Government Association approved a $3,000 request from the Christian Fellowship Club to host their “Break Every Chain” event at its meeting Oct. 18.

The event, which will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 16, will focus on combating sex trafficking. Some of the money will be used to hire a performer from God Is Bigger Ministries.

Senate Chair Jack Capello facili-

tated the meeting in the absence of President Ezequiel De Léon.

During open forum, Senator Fallon Soye addressed the inadequate video monitoring in the parking lots.

Soye alleged her friend’s car was stolen Sunday. She added someone smashed the back window before the car was stolen. The car was destroyed and the gas tank was left empty.

“I was just wondering what we can do to make sure that the cameras are monitored or maybe police do a sweep every hour or so just be-

Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST SGA discussed the inadaquate surveillance in the parking lots at their meeting on Oct. 18.

the environment.”

He added, “The onset of the colder weather will continue to reduce the incidents of these pests in homes and buildings.”

Sophomore Jack Nephew said, “The flies in the cafeteria are a

tation.

“However, in a clean, sanitary and well-maintained environment like the University, you are much more likely to get sick as a result of either your own or someone else’s poor hygiene,” he said.

“I eat a lot of fruit, and sometimes, I go over to get fruit and like 10 million flies come out. It turns me off, but where else am I going to get my fruit?”

- Shannon Fitzgerald, Sophomore

problem, and it’s surprising because they weren’t here last year.”

Mike Brule, a sophomore, said, “I think it’s disgusting and we should pay money to get them taken out.”

Eddy said flies have a “higher likelihood” of transmitting disease in developing countries that do not have controls for safety and sanicause a car was stolen on Framingham State property,” said Soye.

Karl Bryan, student trustee, said he would talk to FSUPD and Dale Hamel, executive vice president.

Advising and registration start next week on Monday and Senator Allison Carroll said she was concerned “about classes not being up on MyFramingham” in a timely fashion.

Soye addressed the concerns raised at last week’s open forum about the gym. The leg press machine has been broken for over a year and there are no dumbbells over 100 pounds.

In addition, Senator Kevin Peña said the gym is “dusty and dirty.”

The September Budget Report was finished and distributed.

Applications are now being accepted for the Alumni Association Scholarship. FSU Alumni Relations Officer Steven Whittemore said, “We are still hiring student workers and you do not need to have workstudy.”

The Hallows Eve event hosted by Brother 2 Brother (B2B) is sold out.

Senator Hailey Small awarded Senator Christine Macharia the U-ROCK award for the week for being a “stupidly involved freshman.”

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Sophomore Shannon Fitzgerald said, “I eat a lot of fruit, and sometimes, I go over to get fruit and like 10 million fruit flies come out. It turns me off, but where else am I going to get my fruit?”

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“I

was just wondering what we can do to make sure that the cameras are monitored or maybe police do a sweep every hour or so just because a car was stolen on Framingham State property.”

- Fallon Soye, SGA senator

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Textbook prices Continued from page 1 books, offer free in-store pickup and accept multiple payment types - including financial aid. … Most students pay with a credit or debit card,” he said.

Often, students seek lower prices by electing to rent or purchase their textbooks online.

Junior Annie MacLean said, “I can’t afford the bookstore prices anymore. … I use Amazon Rental.”

In 2012, Amazon founded Amazon Rental, which enables customers to rent textbooks for an allotted amount of time for a lower price than what bookstores offer.

Other book rental websites include Chegg and Slugbooks.

These online services are becoming a competitive option against the average bookstore for both purchasing and renting. A downside to renting from an online vendor is the time it takes for the book to arrive.

The University does have a price match program, and Jacques said it ensures “students are getting their materials at the lowest cost possible. We match prices from competitors like Chegg and Barnes & Noble.”

Another option the bookstore offers is a buyback policy which, according to Jacques, is “driven by demand. If a faculty member has ordered that book to be used next term, the bookstore then will offer up to 50 percent of the new textbook price.”

He added that the bookstore will offer 30 percent for books

feel buying the textbook was a waste of money.

Students find the most frustrating item to buy isn’t a physical text, but an access code. These codes allow students to sign into

“While the pricing of textbooks is primarily driven by publishers, the bookstore helps students save by offering a range of options including the largest inventory of used books in the industry and a growing rental program.”

- Keith Jacques, FSU bookstore manager a website, such as MyMathLab, to complete online assignments with an automatic grading system - essentially an online course. The access code can only be used for a limited period of time.

Freshman Cheryl Thomas’ access code for her Food Nutrition course was $60. “I need to put off buying it until I get the money, so I have been holding onto the free trial the site offers,” she said.

Senior Michelle Schoonover recalled some classmates sharing access codes to save money, but this proved ineffective because the automatic grading system only shows the results for one

“Faculty work hard to provide the highest quality of education. It is important to remember that what is most affordable, and what is the best quality, do not always agree.”

- Dr. Linda Vaden-Goad, vice president for academic affairs

that have not been requested in the hope of using those books at another Follett location.

Senior Gabrielle Rupert said the store offered her 25 cents for a $20 book. “It would be helpful if the bookstore would stay true to its [buyback] policy.”

Becca Souter, a senior, said she sold a book for $3 which made her

students’ stress, according to the GAO, is to “offer textbook pricing prior to registration.”

Sophomore Kat Seaver said, “Getting the book list prior to registration will help me save money

student. While multiple students can have access to the system, only one person is getting credited for the work.

Junior Pixie Smolowitz spent $192 on an access code. “You have to buy it new. There’s no way around it. If only we could buy them used.”

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as well as get the books through online rental.”

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books and other materials before students register for their courses.” However, the University’s start date for this is undetermined.

She said college textbooks have always been expensive, but the solutions to save money are changing. She promotes ebooks, as well as buying used books as often as possible.

Victoria Brown, a sophomore, said, “When I get a textbook, I don’t end up using it. ... I wish professors would be more honest about the value of their textbooks.”

Schoonover said, “I would show the teacher I had the textbook - then I would never use it. ... They don’t have us read the whole thing.”

Vaden-Goad said, “Faculty wor¬k hard to provide the highest quality of education. It is important to remember that what is most affordable, and what is the best quality, do not always agree.”

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Equestrian Club presents….

SUAB Presents

Halloweek Halloween BINGO

10/19, 8:00 PM Dining Commons Annex

Novelty: Decorate Your Own Pumpkin Bank 10/20, 11:00 AM - 2:30 pm MC forum

Fright Fest Bus Trip must have ticket (sold out) 10/21, 3:45 pm check-in mc lobby

MC Parking Spot Raffle win a week long spot behind mc 10/25, 12:30 pM - 4:00 pm MC lobby

movie night: the purge: election year 10/25, 7:30 pm DPAC

Psychic Medium: Nancy Garber doors open at 8:00 pm 10/27, 8:30 PM mc forum

MC Parking Spot Raffle win a week long spot behind mc 10/28, 11:00 aM - 2:30 pm MC lobby

Trail Ride at Bobby’s Ranch

Falling in love with pinterest: an afternoon of crafts & food

Saturday, November 5th from 10am-2pm

co-sponsored by craft club 10/29, 12:00 pM - 3:00 pm MC forum

Tickets On Sale Wednesday, October 19th in the Game Room @ 12 noon

Check in at 9:30 in McCarthy lobby!

Only $10! Includes transportation, lunch and ride

suab Halloween meeting 10/31, 7:15 pm MC alumni room

NO experience necessary- beginners welcome!

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Have questions or need accommodations?

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#RAMSABROAD Study Abroad Alumni Panel How did you make your dream of

STUDYING ABROAD a reality?

Center for Inclusive Excellence , Upper Mezzanine, Whittemore Library

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27 TH at 4:30 PM Questions?

Contact Jen Hyde @ jhyde@framingham.edu

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Petty Parking Protocals Finding a parking spot at Framingham State University has always been an arduous task.

Whether you are a commuter student circling the parking lot for a half hour before class starts, a professor who is late for class and can’t find a spot in any of the faculty lots or a resident student running out on a Tuesday evening for an errand who must walk 20 minutes back to your dorm from your parking spot, you probably have a grievance or two with the parking regulations.

The parking rules on campus are as confusing as they are unnecessary. There are many lots, such as Salem End and Maynard, which remain empty during the weeknights.

Despite this, the few who dare to park in these vacant lots are still ticketed.

Why? What is the point? According to the University Police’s website, “There is limited parking on campus; therefore, we must strictly enforce all the rules and regulations that are contained in the Parking Rules and Regulations booklet.”

Fair enough. However, one would believe FSUPD officers would lighten up at three in the morning and give the owner of the single car in Salem End a break. After all, there are many commuter students who stay on campus late to study, hang out with friends or participate in clubs.

Ticketing them for leaving their car sparked in a commuter lot a few hours late accomplishes nothing besides adding more stress to already broke college students.

Overnight guests who visit on the weekends have to park all the way down in the Maple lots could also make use of the empty Maynard and Salem End lots, which are closer to the residence halls and require less of a hike.

We at The Gatepost believe there are many paths FSU administrators and University Police could take to improve the parking situation on campus. The first would be to amend the parking regulations and take full advantage of the Maynard and Salem End lots.

If one has a commuter sticker on their car, one should not be punished for parking in a commuter lot simply because of the time.

Guests should be able to utilize the lots, as well as resident students and FSU staff when classes are not in session.

Overcrowding in the parking lots has also been a persistent issue. Last week, Dean of Students Melinda Stoops sent out a campus-wide email about the “high volume” of students parking on streets surrounding the campus. The fact that students have now been driven to parking on the streets due to the full commuter lots is unacceptable.

The best solution to this particular problem would be a parking garage. Some may say a parking garage would take time, money and space that FSU simply does not have.

However, if FSU built the garage during the summer on an existing parking lot, this would not be an issue.

And as for funding, well, let’s just say they sure do issue a lot of parking tickets.

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OP/ED Age of Paranoia After making it through the last of three painful debates, the American people deserve a pat on the back. With one of the longest election cycles in the world, many people are exhausted of the race and are glad that in just a few short weeks it will reach its conclusion.

Despite the relief, there is still a thick mist of tension lingering over the country, and it is a tension that surpasses concerns over just the two candidates.

The liberals are divided. Yes, Trump has united us against a common enemy, but for how long will we ignore the corruption uncovered within the DNC? The conservatives are divided, too, with top GOP leaders speaking out against Trump and arguing among themselves.

Beyond that, the American people are still fighting over whether saying “black lives matter” is obvious and righteous or blatantly racist. Violence is breaking out at a disturbing rate over these vital issues and it seems the end is nowhere in sight.

And of course, the climate is being destroyed at a remarkable speed, and we can’t agree on whether scientists are honest or controlled by the Chinese government.

These issues all concern trust and respect.

There is little trust between elected officials and the people, there is little trust between communities and police and there is little trust between citizens of different religions and ideologies. This paranoia has led the people of America into an era of disrespect and our country into an era of disrepair.

This is not without consequence. Two GOP headquarters were recently attacked. Police officers have been shot at random. The sign

marking the place where Emmitt Till’s body was found was shot to pieces. These are just a few examples of what happens when paranoia destroys mutual respect and peaceful tidings among citizens.

If this goes on much longer, I am afraid the country will dissolve and fracture past the point of salvation. It is up to the common citizen to set aside their fears and anger and return to an age of decorum. No matter how cringe-worthy their comments or viewpoints, we need to show respect and dignity to our opponents. Citizens need to respect the officers who are innocent of crime, and our legal system needs to respect our citizens by holding officers accountable for their actions.

Without a sense of honor and dignity, our viewpoints are worthless. We will find no rewards in this world simply for being “correct,” because if we do not find a way to work together, our differences will only lead to mayhem.

Everyone senses the direness of the problems at hand. You can hear the weight of them on the news each day and in the disenfranchised conversations among students on campus.

It is time to unite as a country. If not under a central ideology, at least under a mutual respect and a love for peace. It is time to stop placing the blame on your political opponents, and to begin to place the blame on anyone of any ideology who creates vitriol and division in the country we love.

Phil McMullin Opinions Editor

Campus Conversations How do you feel about factory farming?

By: Allison Wharton and Allie Gath

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“I think all animals should be free range. It is the humane thing to do.”

-Kelsey Morgan, senior

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“I feel it’s bad. It’s unjust, in my opinion.”

-Marquis Maldonado, freshman

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“ Why would someone be for that?”

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“I don’t want to know how they are treated.”

-Shera Casseus, sophomore

-Stephanie Rodriguez, sophomore

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“Personally, I think the process is cruel.”

-Trevor Robert, sophomore

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“I like to eat meat, if only we could do it in a humane way.” =-Tyler Johnson, freshman

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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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Clash

OCTOBER 21, 2016

A YES VOTE supports this proposal to prohibit the sale of eggs, veal or pork of a farm animal confined in spaces that prevent the animal from lying down, standing up, extending its limbs, or turning around.

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A NO VOTE opposes this proposal.

No on Question 3 Question 3 offers an idyllic and ethically pleasing option for Massachusetts residents looking to feel less guilty about their morning omelet. But while nearly everyone understands the humanitarian objectives of the proposed law, few are aware of the impact it will have on farmers and consumers in Massachusetts.

The first part of the law, which bans farms from holding certain animals in confined spaces would have little effect on Massachusetts farming practices. There is currently only one farm in Massachusetts that does not adhere to the proposed standards.

Some farmers are concerned that even the simple proposal of this law is undermining consumer confidence in local Massachusetts farms by implying the problem is more widespread than it truly is.

The second aspect of the law is more problematic. The law would ban the sale of any pork, veal or eggs from animals stored in confined conditions. This includes products produced outside of Massachusetts.

The first concern this raises is about regulation. How is the commonwealth supposed to inspect what is sold at all stores within state boundaries? Additionally, how will the state be able to confirm or deny that the food produced outside the state adheres to the confined space regulations?

The only answer: invest taxpayer dollars in an infrastructure that could carry out these tasks. This includes hiring people with indepth knowledge of agriculture.

It also involves travelling to other parts of the country and getting permission to inspect large factory farms to determine if they meet Massachusetts regulations.

There will be further consequences for the consumer when the prices of eggs, pork and veal begin to reflect the more expensive and less productive farming processes. The majority of eggs sold in Massachusetts stores are from out-of-state and produced in farms that do not meet the proposed regulations, according to WBUR. There are many who argue that these new practices will raise the cost of eggs by only a few pennies (one to five per shell by most estimates), but this is heavily dependent on market conditions.

If companies know they can charge more for their supposedly “cage-free” products, and if they know that Massachusetts customers will have to pay more due to their limited options, then companies will charge more. Unless companies can be counted on to create a competitive environment in which each is trying to make costs as low as possible, the consumer will be subject to their whims.

When California enacted a similar law in 2015, egg prices increased from 48 cents to $1.08 per dozen, according to an estimate from the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. California residents are now paying an average of 90 percent more for eggs than the rest of the nation.

This price increase may seem inconsequential to college students, who rarely have to buy eggs, but it can create a make or break situation for those in low-income brackets.

Eggs are a quick, nutritious and low-cost meal option.

For consumers who cannot afford a more high-quality protein, eggs are one of the only healthy, affordable options. Those reliant on SNAP or WIC benefits will not see an increase in their stipends if the price of eggs rise. This may drive these consumers to buy less healthy, but less expensive, items.

The accessibility of healthy options for low-income groups is dependent on keeping prices low. The passage of Question 3 would undermine this accessibility.

Additionally, Massachusetts consumers could expect to see the pork supply shrink. Most of the Massachusetts pork supply comes from large, out-of-state pig operations that do not adhere to the proposed confinement regulations. In fact, the majority of the pork produced in the entire country does not adhere to the proposed regulations. As with eggs, consumers could expect to see pork costs rise considerably, according to WBUR. While the compassion at the heart of Question 3 is commendable, the economic ramifications for Massachusetts consumers especially those in low income brackets - cannot be justified.

Jillian Poland Staff Writer

Yes on Question 3 Industrial Corporations have raised the number of animals per farm due to the rise in population, knocking out smaller local farms in the process. Corporations are not only hurting America’s independent farms, but animal welfare, the environment and human health as well.

Factory farming causes severe physical alterations to farm animals.

According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, (ASPCA) 99 percent of animals are raised in factory farms. In 1950, 5.6 million farms in America raised 100 million farm animals. In 2012, there were only 2.1 million farms in America raising 9.2 billion farm animals.

Chickens are housed in indoor sheds.

Overcrowded environments cause chickens to develop alterations to their legs, according to the ASPCA. Physical problems develop from genetic manipulation. Their suffering is often neglected, and if not, they are usually killed.

Sleep deprivation is common in factory-farm owned chickens, since industries keep the lights on all day and night to encourage eating. Chickens experience rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, like most mammals, and therefore are ‘light sensitive,’ according to the ASPCA. Pigs are kept in cages, such as gestation cages, restricting the movement or exercise of the animal, according to the ASPCA. If pigs are not forced into cages, they are moved to windowless sheds, restricting the animal from outdoor access, fresh air and sunlight. Floors are also slanted with cement to prevent pigs’ natural behaviors such as rooting.

Cattle contract diseases from unsanitary factory farm settings, according to the ASPCA. Beef cattle generally are housed outside in pastures. Although, most pastures contain only waste and mud - forcing the animal to stand all day in their own excrement.

Dairy cows are usually kept indoors and are on continuous heat cycles in order to keep milk flowing, according to the ASPCA. Heat cycles determine when

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a cow needs to be artificially inseminated, since cows, like humans, need to be pregnant in order to produce milk. Bovine growth hormone is used to boost high milk production at this time.

The average cow produces 100 pounds of milk per day. Excessive production is the leading cause of mastitis in cows, which is, in fact, very painful experience for the animal.

So, where does all the waste go?

Since factory farming facilities are large confinements, water, land and air in neighboring communities are polluted from the ammonia, waste, hydrogen sulfide and methane emissions, according to onegreenplanet. org. Waste deposits, over time, not only pollute groundwater but deplete it.

The ASPCA states 94 percent of Americans agree animals raised for food deserve to be free from abuse, and yet Americans continue to eat big labels that support factory farming.

To be fair, most packaged meats construe labels to persuade people into thinking they are making healthier choices.

“Free-range,” for instance, has no legal definition, and although the animals may not be in cages, they can be overcrowded and have a hard time moving around with no open space. Other examples include “hormone free” or “humanely raised” labels, both of which are stated without codified standards and therefore are meaningless.

This year Massachusetts is taking initiative. Question 3 on the ballot is an act to prevent cruelty to farm animals.

Vote yes on Question 3 in order to protect the welfare of animals.

Tessa Jillson Staff Writer

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How a Faustian bargain with Trump corrupted the GOP You’re fired, Donald.

After the calamitous events of the last few weekends - the lowest point of which was the unearthing of 11-year-old footage that showed the business magnate and then reality TV star bragging about habitually assaulting women - it has become abundantly clear Donald J. Trump’s presidential aspirations are effectively over.

It was, of course, not a matter of if, but when an October surprise such as the “Access Hollywood” tape would torpedo Trump.

Even before entering the world of politics, when he formally announced his candidacy on June 16, 2015, Trump exhibited an appalling inability to tame his tongue. But it has been this very character deficit of Trump’s - an unwillingness to censor even his most puerile and bigoted of thoughts - which has allowed him to soar upon a tidal wave of lunacy all the way to his presidential candidacy.

What absolute delicious irony it is, then, that Trump’s most effective political weapon - his loose lips - would be what delivered the fatal blow to his dream of being president.

So while the media and its parade of political pundits will undoubtedly perform a postmortem on Trump’s presidential campaign in the coming days and weeks, we as Americans, every last one of us, need to ask ourselves one very important question.

How did a man like Trump even come this close to claiming the most powerful office in the world?

If we are to be honest with ourselves, Trump’s ascension in the Republican Party should come as no surprise. Not in today’s United States, where a virulent strain of right-wing ideology has been growing. It’s been referred to as the alt-right - a popular umbrella term for the amorphous movement that feeds off the paranoia and disillusionment of those Americans who traffic in the dark underbelly of conservative ideology.

They are a very vocal minority of conservative Americans who fear the “other.” Their delusional xenophobia has led them to view Mexican and Muslim immigrants as modern day Visigoths who wish to storm our gates and mutilate the very fabric of our nation. They earnestly believe the feminist, racial justice and LGTBQ+

movements are affronts to American values.

To put it bluntly, they are propagators of hate and fear.

So it is of little surprise Trump would be the perfect Republican presidential candidate in today’s political climate. No other Republican politician was so willing, so proud, to become the public face, the personification if you will, of the Right’s most debased qualities.

With his ability to command the national stage, Trump legitimized the bigotry that runs deep within the alt-right movement. In turn, the alt-right’s fervent support of Trump propelled him all the way through state primaries and caucuses to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio this past summer.

But it wasn’t just the symbiotic relationship between Trump and the alt-right which brought upon this national nightmare.

Trump’s cult of personality has beguiled many well-intentioned mainstream Republican voters. Their growing leeriness of American politicians has led them to find comfort in an untested political outsider. He charms them with his “straight talk” and “take-no-prisoners” approach to politics. So badly do they want something new and different that they have chosen to look the other way while Trump makes pernicious promises to the alt-right. Their silence has been an acceptance of contract with Trump’s darker policies.

This has been Trump’s greatest political accomplishment - making the far-right fringe seem mainstream.

And no one is more culpable for the unholy matrimony of mainstream legitimate politics and political extremism than the Republican Party.

For many years now, the Republican leadership has given its tacit approval to the darkly paranoid and conspiratorial ruminations of its radical fringe. In the case of President Barack Obama, they allowed the Birther Movement, which was a racist attack aimed at discrediting the first African American president’s U.S. citizenship, to be perpetuated by conservative conspiracy theorists. During the 1990s, they stoked the flames of suspicion among many conservatives that both Bill and Hillary Clinton were involved in the murder of Deputy White House

Counsel Vince Foster - this despite all investigations concluding that his death was, in fact, a suicide.

After decades of enabling the toxic thinking of its fringe, the rise of Trump - or someone like him - was inevitable.

He is a monster of the GOP’s own creation.

And time after time since he threw his hat into the presidential race, the Republican leaders have shown an alarming timidity in taming Trump’s most odious behavior.

Because whether it was Trump’s heartless comments about Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the parents of an Army captain killed in Iraq, his distasteful pantomiming of a handicapped reporter, or any of his other countless crude and crass acts, top Republicans refused to rescind their support of him. Instead, they only offered the lamest of perfunctory disapprovals of Trump’s behavior.

They had hoped, of course, that they could appeal to Trump’s better angles, to muzzle his most malicious characteristics, molding him into something sort of redeemable.

But now, at the 11th hour, before American voters pull back the curtain to enter the voting booth, some Republicans have finally started to inspect the fine print of the Faustian bargain they made with Trump.

They discovered the devil is in the details.

So now Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and a depressingly short list of Republican politicians are desperately attempting to unshackle themselves from the bloated corpse that is Trump’s campaign.

It’s too little, too late, however.

Because as the GOP are starting to learn, as the saying goes, “When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn’t change. The devil changes you.”

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ARTS & FEATURES A CHILD IN PRISON Betts discusses a failed incarceration system

Erin Fitzmaurice/THE GATEPOST Reginald Dwayne Betts recited excerpts from his memoir and recounted stories of his incarceration Thursday evening in DPAC.

By Alexandra Gomes Editor-in-Chief At 14 years old, Reginald Dwayne Betts was an ordinary high school student who couldn’t fathom committing a crime.

At 16 years old, he carjacked a man and was charged for three different felonies as an adult.

“Two years will change your life,” he said. “In two years, crime went from unfathomable to regular. Not right, but regular.”

Dwayne Betts reflected on his time in prison and read excerpts from his novel “A Question of Freedom: A memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison” in DPAC on Thursday evening, after holding a poetry reading in DPAC. He said the “super-predator” and “menace to society” rhetoric is damaging, and that there needs to be a change in the way criminals are perceived.

“We’ve gotten rid of those words,” he said, “but we haven’t gotten rid of those policies that suggest that those things are true.”

“I committed a violent crime,” he said. “I stood in front of a judge at 16 years old facing a life sentence, and when I stood there in court, nobody in that courtroom would have imagined that I would graduate from college, that I would be

the commencement speaker when I graduated, or publish books. That I would go to the best law school in the world. Nobody in that courtroom believed that.”

He asked, “How do you create a world in which we believe more in the possibility of people who have committed crimes and made mistake, more than we believe in the need to doom them?”

According to Dwayne Betts, 70 percent of the U.S. prison population is charged with violent crimes.

For the mass incarceration issue to be addressed, violent offenders need to be addressed as well.

He said society needs to address how criminal culpability is perceived and what it means.

“It’s not a philosophical question. It feels like a philosophical question when you don’t know somebody who has been in prison for a long period time,” he said.

“But it can easily become one of the things that dominates your life.”

He said reducing the prison population starts with parole boards.

Many parole officers have “no real understanding” of crime, punishment and rehabilitative services offered in prison.

Additionally, there are many states that still don’t have parole programs entirely, according to Dwayne Betts.

“That’s one step … to safely release people from prison with the expectation that they will be successful,” he said.

Another issue that ties into mass incarceration is the prisons themselves, said Dwayne Betts. “What do we expect from prisons? What is the architecture of prisons? How does that influence what happens inside of prison?” he asked.

He said the most harrowing experience of prison is moving from one cell to another.

He recounted moving from solitary confinement to a new cell, and meeting his new cellmate. Coincidentally, it had been a man he had overhead earlier talking about how to create a knife out of the cover of an intercom.

While he was “lucky” and ended up getting along with his cellmate, he said that man went on to stab a guard. Had Dwayne Betts still been his cellmate, he would have been implicated for knowing he had a knife.

“And then, suddenly, I’m an accomplice in an attempted murder and I’m not standing in front of you anymore all because they put me in a cell with this person.”

He said society needs to consider how prisons are managed, and the kind of influence cellmates may have on one another.

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There were many other minors in “adult” prison with him during his time there, according to Dwayne Betts.

He has advocated for in a change in the policies that allow for minors to be incarcerated along side adults, and said,” I just don’t think you should be in prison at 16 with grown men.”

While some states have risen the age from 16 to 18, he said, “It is still a huge challenge” for the United States.

He added the main reason why this problem persists is because “we haven’t figured out how we approach guilt. We haven’t figured out how to address guilt.”

Since working as a lawyer, Dwayne Betts said he realized the system is “wretched” because “it makes you think winners or losers.”

He recalled his own sentencing, and said the judge deemed him “not a winner.”

He said he learned that “the system, in some ways, reinforces this notion that there are some people who are worth saving, worth giving a second-change, worth giving opportunities and there are other who are essentially disposable. And that is a dangerous system.”

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Critically acclaimed author shares poetry about social injustice

By Allie Gath Editorial Staff Reginald Dwayne Betts read poems from his two books “Shahid Reads his own Palm” and “Bastards of the Reagan Era” in a packed Ecumenical Center on Thursday afternoon.

Betts was introduced by Professor Daisy Ball, assistant professor of sociology and coordinator of criminology, and FSU student Chynere Scott-Dottin. Scott-Dottin opened the reading with her own poem, “Those Who Trespass Against Us,” which she said was inspired by Betts’ poetry.

Betts’ first poem, “For the city that nearly broke me,” discussed the history of police violence in the United States. Betts referenced a specific case of police violence, but changed the victim’s name.

Betts said, “No indictment follows Malik’s death/follows smoke running from a fired pistol.”

Malik is just a stand-in name for an actual person, but Betts was highlighting a case where the police officer shot a black man unjustly and did not go to prison.

After reading this poem, Betts wanted to ensure that the audience understood his reference when he said, “Someone is tossing a trash can through Sal’s win-

dow calling that revolution.”

Sal’s window is a reference to the movie “Do the Right Thing,” where a black man is killed in a chokehold by police and riots ensue, said Betts.

Betts went on to say chokeholds became an symptom of police brutality in the U.S. to the point that they were banned.

Betts read his poem, “The Invention of Crack,” which concerns about the crack epidemic and the war on drugs.

Betts quoted the President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, saying, “Drugs represent the new lynch mob that is more effectively killing our people than the old lynch mobs.”

Betts said crack has been lethal in the black community.

Betts added, “The Reagan era, the cocaine era,” a line from “The Invention of Crack,” which alludes to the fact that much of the black community blames the Reagan administration for the epidemic that is affecting their community.

The last poems Betts read were three from a collection related to the hip-hop group Public Enemy.

The poems focused on the discussion of his journey to “Red Onion,” the first supermax prison in Virginia. Betts spoke about how even the drivers taking them to “Red Onion” were black, and how

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a simple change in circumstance could have completely changed their lives.

Betts added, “But if they’d spent another hour on the block, if they’d never finished high

school, if they’d never left for basic training, maybe they end up here - shackled, cuffed.”

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Lydia Brown speaks on disability justice

By Emily Robinson Editorial Staff Lydia X. Z. Brown spoke in the McCarthy Center Forum Thursday, Oct. 13, as part of this semester’s Arts and Ideas series.

Brown’s talk, titled “Redesign and Rebuild it: Disability Justice, Radical Access, and the Academy,” was a part of the “Change the Conversation, Change the World” series.

Brown began with a trigger warning, saying that parts of the talk may be “very dark and potentially [cover] traumatizing topics, including discussions of violence.”

Brown stressed equality for diverse disabled people, but came to this point through detailing and exploring the ways in which people think of disability.

They focused on the ways able-bodied people see disabled people and then how they react to those expectations, saying that “the stories that we tell and the way in which we tell them tell us whose minds and whose bodies we believe are desirable.”

Brown spoke extensively on the topic of ableism and urged viewers to look inward before acting outward.

“If we want to partner with people with disabilities, or better yet, become their allies ... we definitely need to hear voices like Lydia Brown’s.”

-James Cressey, assistant professor of education

The event ended promptly, since Brown was headed to Boston to receive the Mary Lou Maloney award from the Disability Policy Consortium.

Brown said the award is “given to a person who advances the rights

of people with disabilities in Massachusetts through the legislative and regulatory process - in ‘normal people’ language, that means I am receiving this award because I spend a lot of time pissing people off on Beacon Hill.”

50 people gathered in the the Forum to hear Brown speak, including Natalie Chaprazian, a freshman and early education major.

Chaprazian said, “I feel like I’m still a little lost, just because it was a lot to take in in just an hour, but I feel like I know a lot more now than I did when I came in here. …

I actually have an anxiety disorder, so I take tests and stuff out of class, and I really wanted to hear what Lydia Brown was going to say because I have friends with disabilities as well.

“You never hear things like this anywhere. You never hear a speaker or a presenter like this even in high school. … You have your Best Buddies programs and things like that, but that’s as far as it gets for disabilities, and I wanted to get a better understanding of them.”

James Cressey, assistant profes-

sor of education, said, “if we want to partner with people with disabilities, or better yet, become their allies - if this is the work we want to do then we definitely need to hear voices like Lydia Brown’s.”

One Lesley University student, Janna Drolette, came from Boston to hear Brown’s talk, saying, “I came for my Characteristics of Children with Special Needs class.

We have field options to choose from and this is the one I wanted to come to. It sounded really interesting.”

Drolette added, “you have to change the way you think and the way you’ve been taught to think.”

Sophomore Aleksandra Gosz said, “Society has really messed up my views of people and how they should be and how they should fit in a certain box, and yet again, here Lydia is, completely out of that box society has created.”

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Inspect the Tech macOS Sierra Review

By Cesareo Contreras Arts & Features Editor So last month Apple released its latest macOS update, “macOS Sierra,” highlighting Siri as its most significant new feature.

Although this update is more evolutionary than revolutionary, it’s still a significant update for the folks over at Cupertino. Siri on the Mac has been a long time coming and Apple’s new storage control feature-set is a much needed and welcome addition.

I’ve used it for the last couple of months and have some thoughts.

“Hey, Siri” Introduced as the flagship feature of the iPhone 4s in 2011, Siri was supposed to be the on-the -go assistant for the masses. That didn’t really happen.

Siri has always been good for a few laughs, but it’s never been the productive workhorse Apple had promised it would be, because Apple’s speech processing software can’t keep up 100 percent of time.

It’s quite clear that Apple’s vision for Siri on the iPhone is a little murky.

But that’s on mobile. Siri on the Mac is supposed to be different.

Yes, Siri can perform many of the same tasks it can on iOS. Ideally, sending a text or email shouldn’t be a problem for the assistant. But on the Mac, Siri is less about being your silly robotic assistant and more about being a legitimate time-saving-tool.

Siri becomes somewhat of a hybrid of Finder, Spotlight and its own quirky self.

Instead of typing out that application or file your searching for, you just verbally ask Siri to look for the file or application by name, or to search through your most recent documents.

When it properly recognizes my speech, which it does I’d say about 60 percent of time, Siri is quick, often significantly cutting down the time I spend looking for files.

But here’s the rub, I have the same problem with Siri on Mac that I do with it on iOS. It doesn’t understand my commands as often as I think it should. Every vocal misstep makes me want to use the virtual assistant less and less.

On top of that, I often forget to even think about using Siri. I’ve

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become so accustomed to my regular computer workflow that I’ve had to make a concentrated effort to remember to actually use it. So when it can’t reliably do its job correctly, it’s a little hard to argue why someone should change up their workflow and make Siri an integral part of their Mac-owning experience.

I’m optimistic that one day Siri can actually be the time-saving tool many are yearning for, and its current iteration most certainly gives me hope that day will be soon. But right now, Siri still struggles to keep up.

“Optimized Storage”: iCloud and the never ending computer space war To combat the paltry amount of storage most solid-state hard drive equipped Mac laptops come with, Apple has introduced a host of new features to help Mac users free up some storage space.

It’s a feature-set Apple calls “Optimized Storage,” and it should have been introduced years ago.

Once enabled, “Optimized Storage” allows your Mac to work in the background and de-

lete excess and unnecessary files, like those old iTunes movie files you’ve already watched or old email attachments.

Chief among Apple’s new storage setting options is iCloud Drive’s ability to take saved files on your Mac’s Desktop and Documents folders and upload them to the cloud. Files that you don’t use regularly will be deleted from your computer and saved onto Apple’s servers. Once you need the file again, you’ll be able to re-download it to your hard drive.

It works seamlessly through Finder.

It’s a smart move on Apple’s part, as it will incentivize users to upgrade from the free 5 gigabyte iCloud plan to its paid subscription options that provides significantly more cloud storage.

Apple’s playground

iOS and Mac users now have a seamless “universal clipboard,” so they can paste from one device to another.

All these new features together help further solidify the case for why you should own other Apple products if you have a Mac and vise versa.

Sierra Succeeds Taken as a whole, macOS Sierra is a clever refinement of an already great operating system.

Although Apple advertised Siri as its most exciting new feature, it didn’t just implement the assistant into the os and call it quits.

It also introduced a number of new features that address some users’ biggest concern: storage space.

Sierra is great and if you haven’t already downloaded it, you really should. It’s free!j You may come for Siri, but you’ll most definitely want to stay for the useful new storage space features.

Many of the other new features, unsurprisingly, only work if you have other Apple products.

It’s the kind of ecosystem lockin Apple has been perfecting for CONNECT WITH CESAREO CONTRERAS years. ccontreras@student.framingham.edu Apple Watch users can now bypass the Mac login screen and jump straight into the desktop.

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“Being ñ”

A buddy for Bud

By Nick Murphy Staff Writer

Courtesy of Project Enye (ñ) Denise Soler Cox filmed the documentary “Being ñ” to discuss Latino Americans and the intersection of identities they experience.

Continued from page 1 Her brother and childhood friend spoke about how they “stuck out” in their largely-white neighborhood and felt ostracized.

Soler Cox also said she was bullied in middle school for being Latina and was consistently called racial slurs.

Once she graduated college, Soler Cox went to Miami, and said she found a lot of people had similar stories as she did. She added it was “refreshing to walk into a room where they didn’t know my past but they knew how to pronounce my last name.”

Soler Cox added, “The pain I had lived with defines first-generation American-born Latinos.”

While filming for the project, Soler Cox became emotional when describing how she felt growing up. She said her mother “had a hard time with the ñ project, but my struggle is not her fault. It took me a long time to figure out who I am.”

Along with other high-profile Latino American actors, poets, singers and activists, Soler Cox interviewed popular actor Luis Guzman who spoke about his own experiences as a Puerto Rican ñ.

Guzman said it is important to take the time to talk about the sort of experiences enyes have.

Many of the people interviewed for this

“The pain I had lived with defines first-generation American-born Latinos.”

-Denise Soler Cox, co-creater of “Project ñ.”

project said they felt self-conscious about not knowing Spanish completely or well enough, and they feel as if they failed to pass their language on to their kids.

After the film screening was over, students spoke in small groups about where they feel they belong and their responses to the film.

An audience member said she visited the Dominican Republic when she was 10 years old. “When I went back three years later, I didn’t know how to communicate and my behavior changed.”

Washington said that although she isn’t Latina, she identified with the struggles enyes spoke about in the film.

“I feel like I straddle myself in multiple worlds. … Sometimes I can be with family and feel isolated because I went to college.

I’m like the ‘white person,’” said Washington.

Freshman Julio Lanzo said he feels more connected to his Puerto Rican roots because of his family and friends, and bonding over things like food and culture.

Peña said when he visits the Dominican Republic, where his parents are from, people see him as “that ‘American kid’ and when I’m here I’m just a kid from the DR.” He added, “I just felt like I could really relate to the topic because I actually identify as an ñ. … I could tell you stories for days but you won’t necessarily believe me, but to have thousands of people saying the same thing, it’s hard to ignore it at that point. I feel like I just wanted to get it out there.”

Huddleston said in life and society, no matter whether you are Latina or Latino, everyone will face similar issues, and he encouraged students to take this time to explore who they are.

“I thought this was a good conversation because even though they were talking about the nexus between Latino and American, it applies to anybody that feels like they have to straddle the fence between two different identities,” he said.

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They say opposites attract, and that couldn’t be more true for sophomore Janella Tibbetts’ dogs, Bud and Sienna.

While both Bud and Sienna eventually found their way into Tibbetts’ home, their journeys to get there were quite different.

“Last year my neighbor came over with Bud, who was nine at the time, and he was telling my mom’s boyfriend that he could no longer take care of him. So, we decided to take him in. Later that night, my mom’s boyfriend surprised her with Bud, and he’s been with us ever since,” said Tibbetts.

In no time, the mellow mutt was acclimated to his new home and loving family. “He fit in right away, and all the kids in the family fell in love with him,” she said.

However, it wouldn’t be long before Bud had a buddy of his own.

“A few months ago, I went with a friend to pick out his puppy from his father’s friend, whose chihuahua had just given birth to a litter of two pups. While we were there, the owner asked if I wanted the other puppy. He said she would be impossible to resist. I said ‘OK, I’ll see what happens’ … and within five minutes I was in love,” said Tibbets.

For Tibbetts, both stories were serendipitous. “They came out of nowhere, but now they are my favorite things in the world.”

According to Tibbetts, Bud and Sienna hit it off right away. “They get along really well. They are different in a lot of ways, but they still enjoy each other’s company.”

At only three months old, Sienna looks up to Bud. Then again, the 4-pound pup doesn’t have much of a choice, considering Bud towers over her.

Despite being the bigger dog of the house, Bud is happy to let Sienna take charge. “Sienna leads and Bud follows,” Tibbetts said.

“Bud is very laid back and easygoing and enjoys lounging around the house, whereas Sienna is super sassy and loves to be up and about,” she said.

Yet in light of their size differences and varying personalities, the two are best friends. “Bud is always defending her and following her around the house,” said Tibbetts.

According to Tibbetts, the dynamic duo has plenty of adorable quirks to go along with their far-fetched friendship. “They like to swap food bowls, so on occasion we’ll see Bud eating out of Sienna’s food bowl while Sienna eats out of his. … it’s so cute,” she added.

When the pooch pals aren’t together, they still find ways to get into mischief on their own.

“Even though she’s potty-trained, Sienna occasionally pees inside the house. Sometimes we’ll have her out for three hours and she’ll do nothing, but the second we come inside, she goes. I remember this one time she looked my mom dead in the face and then peed on the floor. She’s pretty savage for a ’lil pup,” Tibbets added.

On the other hand, Bud isn’t shy when it comes to helping himself to other people’s food. “Bud loves chicken. One time my little brother John was walking around holding a chicken leg a little too close to the ground and Bud started eating it. We all heard John yell ‘Bud noooo’ and we started laughing,” said Tibbetts.

The carefree canine and the perky pup are certainly an unlikely duo, but Tibbetts couldn’t dream of a more perfect pair. “They’re unique together, and I love them both.”

Editor’s note: “The Pawgress Report” is a bi-weekly column featuring FSU students and their dogs.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Upright Citizens Brigade rides the ram

By Allison Wharton Staff Writer The Hilltop Players hosted the improvisational group, the Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) which performed on Oct. 18 in DPAC. The four men of UCB immediately engaged the audience by asking about interesting things to do in Framingham. The audience responded with visiting the campus’ new ram statue.

The group then asked the audience how their days/weeks were, and if there were something interesting they would like to share.

It was senior Anthony Gabrielle who caught the group’s attention by mentioning his family’s recent demolition of a cast iron bathtub.

The group immediately invited him to the stage and continued to discuss the incident as well as the members of his family, his past job at a clam farm, friends and classes.

UCB then began to act out skits of their interpretation of Gabrielle’s life. The group said their skits “have never been done before and never will be done again.”

Gabrielle said, “It was hysterical. … They really got [the impression of] my Uncle Bob in a speedo!”

UCB then attempted to incorporate a ram into a skit, but a troupe member said sheep instead, and it became a running joke throughout the show.

One troupe member rode another member pretending to be a sheep, which got laughs from not only the audience but from the troupe as well.

The second part of the show consisted of audience members reading their random text messages. Some included talk about drinking bleach, taking model-material photos and use of the word “lit.”

UCB then performed scenes based on these messages. They dramatically posed in front of Mount Rushmore, drank bleach in front of a television and created robot reality TV. “I always love improv groups.

Every show is based on the audience. It is always a different story,” said sophomore Olivia Chartrand.

“It is super impressive how they remember what the audience says and use it for the scene,” said sophomore Tim McDonnell.

Senior Ross Pare “was amazed at the multiple scenes they created with such small information.”

The group fed off of one anoth-

er’s energy and skits often turned with laughter. into something unplanned, such Olivia Milliken, a senior, as a small performance of Alad- “thought they were a lot of fun.” din’s “A Whole New World.”

President of Hilltop Players Sophomore Mike Terra was and senior Zachary Lambert said, “inspired by the Disney singing,” “They did a workshop with the based off his own interests. improv group. … They gave us tips Some sound issues arose about the art of improv.” throughout the show, causing Junior Kerri Budge said, “It is static, but the group managed to always cool having people from refer to the issue as God moving different places come and visit.” on the roof.

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Edited by Timothy Parker October 21, 2016 CHEW ON THE CLUE By Timothy E. Parker ACROSS 1 Place to store heirlooms 6 Rowing team, e.g.

10 “I know the way!”

14 Kitchen decentralizer?

15 Start to focus?

16 Like a noted ranger 17 Case for anAlaskan trooper?

20 Dutch ___ disease 21 Carve in stone 22 Carpenter’s plane 23 Contradict 25 Type of pilot 26 Bad aroma 28 Dry red wines 32 Indian princesses 34 Dress for 32-Across 35 Mud bath locale 38 Censor’s action on a weird radio call-in guest?

42 Certain female kin, informally 43 On the safe side, at sea 44 Continental monies 45 Neat 48 Nota ___ (Latin phrase) 49 CentralA/C outlet

51 “TheAge ofAnxiety” poet W.H. 53 Jeweled headpieces 55 Christiania, once 56 Old Pontiac muscle car 59 Certain officer asea?

62 Alternatives to lagers 63 Learning method using memorization 64 Lackluster finish 65 Foolhardy 66 Low poker pair 67 More mud bath locales?

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3 Certain brasses 4 Suffixes with “arm” or “road” 5 Angler’s basket 6 ATM button 7 Baseball legend Babe 8 Biblical ending?

9 Trials and tribulations 10 Duplicates 11 Emotional states 12 Start of something 13 Not even once, poetically 18 Narc chaser?

19 Trellis pattern

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31 “... ___ he drove out of sight” 33 Michigan State athlete 35 Tanzania wildlife reserve 36 LatinAmerican laborer 37 Anagram for “peas” 39 Up there in years 40 Society-page word 41 Bumpkin 45 Strong inflow 46 They come together in a wink 47 Time of “comfort and joy” 49 Kind of concerto 50 Facilitates 52 Guarantees the failure of 53 Alpine transport 54 Arrange in alphabetical order 55 “Beetle Bailey” dog 57 London gallery 58 Aces, sometimes 60 “___ what?”

61 Common house pet

OCTOBER 21, 2016

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SPORTS

FERR OR FOUL?

Four observations from the posteseaon

By Mike Ferris Sports Editor

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Rams blowout Salem State, hold off Emerson, improve to 7-8

1.) The Red Sox pitching staff is just not good enough. Forget going out and signing Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion or any hitter for that matter, the offense is good enough as is. Hanley Ramirez will DH, Travis Shaw will move to first and Yoan Moncada will likely play third. The staff just didn’t get it done and any money spent this offseason needs to be for pitching. David Price was a pretty hefty investment for a guy that didn’t even open the series against Cleveland and then get shelled when he did pitch. Boston needs to go after an arm and a big one at that.

Pomeranz was not the move that the organization needed to make to get over the hump.

2.) Clayton Kershaw is establishing himself as one of the best ever before our very eyes. Kershaw’s regular season was flawless per usual despite the injury that held him out for a couple months. He still went 12-4 with a 1.69 ERA and 0.72 WHIP. The knock on Kershaw has always been that when the playoffs role around he just isn’t the same guy and he quite frankly isn’t that good. In the NLDS, a series where the Dodgers needed to win three games to move on, Kershaw started two games, going 1-0, seeing his team win the other and came on to pick up a save in the third win, Game 5 in Washington, on just a day of rest. His first start in the NLCS was even better, shutting out the Cubs through seven innings and leading his team to a win at Wrigley.

3.) The Indians are the hottest team in baseball right now. They look almost like the Red Sox did in 2013. They certainly aren’t the best team by any stretch of the imagination, buy they’ve come together and are playing as one. Manager Terry Francona has his guys playing loose and playing fun. The team chemistry is on another level.

Every guy has each other’s back, they’re smiling and celebrating after every win and they’re 7-1 in the postseason this far. While they may not have the best all-around team, they do have the best bullpen. Andrew Miller has taken on a role where there are no limitations as to when he’ll come on and preserve a lead and Cody Allen has been lights out at the back end. Loose and together is a championship recipe, just ask Johnny Gomes and the 2013 Red Sox. 4.) Toronto has officially seen its window close.

The team will watch Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, R.A. Dickey, Brett Cecil and Marco Estrada enter the free-agent market this offseason.

Josh Donaldson is set to become a free agent in a couple of years. Signing one or two of them is not out of the question, but a small-market team like Toronto will have a tough time re-signing all of them. The prices that these players demand on top of the fact that the Blue Jays need more pitching will make this offseason a tough one for general manager Ross Atkins. The Blue Jays should surely fall off a little next year and given their loaded lineup this year, it seems the window for a championship may have been slammed shut by Cleveland last week.

Cass Doherty/ THE GATEPOST Rams midfielder Simon Appiah looks to shield an Emerson defender off in the Rams 1-0 win.

By Matt Ferris Sports Editor The Rams hosted Salem State in a MASCAC match on Oct. 15.

Framingham started the scoring early, scoring its first goal in the 14th minute of play. Gerardo Ramirez scored his first goal of the season to make it 1-0.

Ramirez received a pass from Ken Stahovish in the box and ripped a shot into the bottom corner of the net.

Framingham extended its lead in the 33rd minute. Jeffrey Braverman fired a shot on net that got saved. Simon Appiah gathered the rebound and sent a pass to Bryan Reis. Reis put a shot on net and converted his second goal of the season to make it 2-0.

In the 60th minute of action, Salem State was able to cut into the deficit with a goal of its own.

Kevin Gallo sent a cross into the box off of a free kick that got deflected by Mitch Tepe into the back of the net to make it 2-1.

Stahovish would add two insurance goals to the Rams lead in a five-minute span. The first would come in the 66th minute when he received a pass from Appiah and fired a shot into the net.

He would then score again in the 75th minute.

This time it was off a feed from Mitch Osgood to make it 4-1.

Framingham would add one more goal on the day. The final goal came in the 85th minute, when freshman Bryce Nardizzi ripped a shot into the net for his first goal of his college career to make it 5-1.

Josh Arno started in goal for the Rams and picked up the win with seven saves. Greg Enos made four stops for the Vikings.

The Rams outshot Salem State 20-17.

The win improves the Rams to 6-8 on the season and moves them to 3-2 in the conference.

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The Rams hosted Emerson College on Oct. 18 in a nonconference match.

Both teams were held scoreless in the first half of play. The Rams were able to register 10 shots in the half but were not able to convert on any of the chances.

The Rams came out of halftime firing. In the 46th minute, the Rams were able to rip a shot on goal but the Emerson goalkeeper was able to get a hand on it and deflect it off the crossbar.

Framingham finally broke through in the 68th minute of action. Stahovish lined up a corner kick and delivered a strike into the box. Braverman was waiting and put his head on the ball, redirecting it into the back of the net to give the Rams a 1-0 lead.

Emerson looked to get even on the scoreboard less than two minutes later. A free kick from just outside the box set the Lions up with a scoring chance. The shot was blocked by the wall set up

by Rams defenders before it reached the net ending the scoring threat.

In the 86th minute the Rams looked to add an insurance goal to the lead. Appiah received a pass and ripped a shot on net. The Lions goalie was able to get a hand on it after diving to make the save.

The Rams would go onto win 1-0 over Emerson.

Framingham outshot the Lions 24-14 in the win and won the corner kick battle 4-3.

Arno picked up his fifth win of the season for the Rams as he made four saves.

The win moves the Rams to 7-8 on the season.

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3-0 week for volleyball, now in control of MASCAC at 5-0

By Jen Fortin Staff Writer The Rams went 2-0 on Saturday against Emmanuel and Lasell, winning both matches 3-1.

After losing the first set against Emmanuel by two points, FSU fought back and won the next three sets 25-16, 25-17 and 25-16.

Alycia Rackliffe dominated with 27 kills and six blocks and was named MASCAC Volleyball Player of the Week, this being her sixth honor out of seven total weeks.

Julia Wan showed her strength with 11 kills, three service aces and seven blocks. Mackenzie Whalen provided 44 of the team total 51 assists and had two service aces.

Sarah Leonard totaled 21 digs against the Saints.

For Emmanuel, Cassie Chruscielski led the team with 10 kills and also eight errors. Setter Carly Church totaled 24 assists.

Marissa Catalado and Mary Shelow each had two service aces, while Cataldo also led with 18 digs.

In the first set, Framigham trailed 9-4 but eventually pulled ahead 15-10 from FSU kills and Emmanuel attack errors. The Saints came back and tied the set at 16. The teams tied again at 23 and Emmanuel got the last two set points from FSU service and attack errors.

The Rams went on to win the next three sets.

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In the second game of the day, the Rams lost the first set 25-22 and then won the next three with scores of 26-24, 25-22 and 25-14.

Rackliffe tied her previous game with 27 kills and also had two service aces and five blocks.

Leonard had 17 digs and two service aces.

Wan led again with the game-high of six blocks. Whalen also contributed 39 assists.

The Lasell Lasers’ Olivia Addington led with 14 kills. Setter Taylor Tezzi tied with FSU’s Whalen with 39 assists.

Lauren Piper secured four service aces against the Rams. Libero Caitlyn Garcia totaled 23 digs and 5-foot-5 Maeghan Calzetta-Partridge had five blocks.

Lasell led the first two sets with 32 combined kills compared to FSU’s 26. The last two sets were led by Framingham who totaled 21 while Lasell only had 13. Collectively, in all four sets, the Rams prevailed with 49 kills compared to their opponent’s total of 45.

The second set was a close match between the two teams, tying at 24 points. FSU gained the 25th point from a kill by Rackliffe and won the set after an attack error from Lasell.

The Rams come back from the weekend at a 15-9 record.

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Erin Fitzmaurice/ THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s Alycia Rackliffe goes up for a kill in a match played earlier in the year.

Rackliffe leads the MASCAC in kills with 374, over 100 more than second.

Wednesday’s game against Salem State was also senior night and the Rams celebrated one of the last regular season home games for No. 15 Alycia Rackliffe and No. 11 Julia Wan with a win.

The Rams went 3-0 against the Vikings, winning 25-11, 25-14 and 25-11.

Rackliffe had 12 kills while Thurber had seven. The two combined for only two errors. Whalen provided 24 of the 27 assists in the game.

The team totaled only one receiving error.

Framingham collectively had 11 service aces, four coming from Leonard and three from Whalen.

Victoria Anderson led with nine digs and Wan had two blocks.

For the Salem State Vikings, Emily Hennessy led with six kills. Morgan Adams and Mackenzie Salls combined for 18 assists. Salls also provided the only service ace.

The team totaled 23 digs, with players averaging three or four digs each.

The three sets proved to be repetitive, with Framingham State having a nine-point serving spree with a Salem timeout midway through.

In set one, Anderson’s nine consecutive serves increased the Rams to 14-5. FSU won the

set off of an attack error from Salem.

In the second set, Jocelyn Wilbur’s nine service points brought the Rams up 18-6, despite the second Salem State timeout in the middle of it. The set was won off of a kill by Deirdre Fay. The third and final set contained a spree from Whalen and Meehan of a total of nine points.

The Rams won the set with a kill by Wan. This win for the Rams brings them to a 16-9 overall record and they top the MASCAC at 5-0.

Salem State falls to 6-18 and 1-5 in the conference.

The Rams last home game is Saturday at 11:00 a.m. against 17-7 WPI and 16-9 Keene State.

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Women’s soccer get big conference win against Salem State

Nick Cunningham/ THE GATEPOST Framingham State’s Haley McKay (7) looks to gather the ball and attack the UMass Boston net in the Rams 1-0 loss to the Beacons last week.

By Liam Gambon Staff Writer On “Think Pink” day at Alumni Field the Salem State Vikings hosted the Framingham State Rams in a MASCAC matchup between two struggling teams. The Rams entered at 4-8 on the season, with the Vikings wallowing at 3-9-1.

The Rams led the shot chart in the first half just barely outshooting the Vikings 3-2.

Framingham missed a perfect scoring chance when Junior Haley McKay shot off a pass from Hannah Kane that was barely saved by a sliding Ceara Kelly. The Rams finished the game with a 9-5 shot advantage and a 5-2 shots on goal advantage. The one goal of the game came off the foot of the Rams Abby Smith to break the scoreless tie at the 74th minute to lead Framingham to a 1-0 victory.

Rams keeper Keyonzia Gagne-Lamoureux made two saves in the match while Backe stopped four of the five shots on her.

The Rams improve to 5-8 and 2-3 in the conference.

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The Rams hosted UMass Boston in a nonconference matchup at Maple Street Field. The Rams came into this matchup riding a two-game winning streak. Framingham heavily outshot the Beacons in the first half 11-1 but were unable to score on any of them. The one first half shot by the Beacons was as close to a goal as it can get as UMass had a shot directly in front of the net that was acrobatically saved on a dive by Rams keeper Gagne-Lamoureux.

Framingham’s Kaelen Larocque was ejected at the 56:55 mark after receiving her second yellow card of the game that came just after two minutes of the first. UMass Boston’s Julia Masionis scored on a rebound of her own shot on goal just six seconds after the Framingham foul to put the Beacons up 1-0 a score that would stick till the end giving UMass a 1-0 victory.

The Rams shot a whopping 28 shots in the game to the Beacons’ seven despite not scoring on a single one of them.

Gagne-Lamoureux finished with four saves on five shots, while UMass keeper Alyssa Fugiel made 10 saves to shutout Framingham.

The Rams Kayla Almstrom and Angela Pallotta matched for the team and game lead in shots with six and shots on goal with four.

The Rams are now 5-9 following this loss and will look to rebound when they travel to Mass. Maritime for a conference matchup.

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ASSISTS

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1. JANA PAECHT - 4 2. KAYLA ALMSTROM - 3 3. 7 TIED - 1

T1. KAYLA ALMSTROM - 3 T1. JILL SMITH - 3 3. 3 TIED - 1

1. KAYLA ALMSTROM - 9 2. JANA PAECHT - 8 3. JILL SMITH - 5

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

Field hockey struggles at Western Connecticut, loses OT thriller at Nichols

By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer

Framingham State lost its eighth straight game Oct. 15 against Western Connecticut State by a score of 5-0.

Western Connecticut’s Allie Noteware scored the first goal of the game, sending a redirected shot into the net at the 30:44 mark.

About three minutes later, Melissa Krim’s shot went off of a Rams defender and into the cage to give the Colonials a 2-0 lead.

Krim scored again to start the second half, getting the pass from Jacalyn Doerwald to extend the Colonials’ lead.

Shannon Lynch made it a four-goal game when she got away from the defense and blasted a shot short side of Rams goalkeeper Haley Duggan.

The final goal was scored at the 68:22 mark by Olympia Moulton for her third goal of the season.

The Colonials outshot the Rams 17-5 with a 10-5 advantage in shots on goal. Both goalkeepers made five saves on the day. Krim lead the Colonials with two goals in the win.

The Rams fall to 2-13 on the season and 1-9 in the conference.

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The Rams lost a thriller in overtime to Nichols College by a score of 4-3.

The Bison struck first just 52 seconds into the game when Erin Kelley set up Lauren Lemay for the goal.

The Rams answered at the 17:03 mark when Bailey Donelly picked up her own rebound and sent the ball to the back of the cage. Just 41 seconds later, Framingham State took the lead with Sydney Buono gathering the loose ball in front of the net and sending it home.

Nichols tied the game in the 50th minute with a strike from Leundra Marsh from the top of the arc. Nichols then regained the lead two minutes later when a corner shot on goal was deflected away by Duggan but right to Brianna Kiborn who scored the goal.

With just 90 seconds left in the game, Framingham State’s Jillian Kokernak tied it when she received a pass from Heather Burdett to send the game to overtime.

In overtime, it was Kelley scoring a one-timer off a penalty corner for Nichols giving them the win at the 74:53 mark.

The Bison outshot the Rams 21-12 with a 13-9 advantage in shots on goal.

Duggan made eight saves for the Rams and Brooke Misbach made five saves for the Bison. Kelly had seven shots on goal and the game-winner.

The Rams move to 2-14 on the season.

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MASCAC FOOTBALL - AROUND THE LEAGUE STANDINGS 1. BRIDGEWATER STATE (5-0) W VS. PLYMOUTH STATE 29-23 - 2OT T2. FRAMINGHAM STATE (3-1) OFF T2. MASS. MARITIME (3-1) W VS. WESTFIELD STATE 24-21 4. UMASS DARTMOUTH (3-2) W AT WORCESTER STATE 42-26 5. PLYMOUTH STATE (2-2) L AT BRIDGEWATER STATE 23-29 - 2OT T6. WESTFIELD STATE (1-3) L AT MASS. MARITIME 21-24 T6. WORCESTER STATE (1-3) L VS. UMASS DARTMOUTH 26-42 T8. FITCHBURG STATE (1-4) W VS, WESTERN CONNECTICUT 17-14 T8. WESTERN CONNECTICUT (1-4) L AT FITCHBURG STATE 14-17

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Keyonzia Gagne-Lamoureux (women’s soccer) made two saves en route to a shutout in the Rams 1-0 conference win against Salem State.

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Alycia Rackliffe (volleyball) had 27 kills, 18 digs and five block assists in the Rams’ 3-1 win at Emmanuel.

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Framingham State’s Men’s Soccer Team won 2 games this week, one against Salem State and one against UMass Boston, improving their record to 7-8.

Framingham State’s Women’s Soccer Team won one game against Salem State this week and lost one game against UMass Boston.

Their record is now 5-9.

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