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Voter turnout at 6.3 percent for SGA election By Kayllan Olicio Assistant News Editor FSU students cast their votes for SGA e-Board, senators, class officers and recipients of the Faculty,
Staff and Administrator of the Year awards on Tuesday, April 18. Four-hunded-and-one students voted and the results were counted the next day. This year, SGA changed its constitution to allow
graduate student to vote in its election. Current SGA President Ezequiel De Leon said the constitutional change was made “to better repre-
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Students question alcohol policies at Administrative Forum By Kayllan Olicio Assistant News Editor
Alexandra Gomes/THE GATEPOST Two students vote at the McCarthy Center voting tables in this year’s SGA elections.
Students expressed concerns regarding FSU’s alcohol policy during the Administrative Forum on Thursday, April 13. The forum allowed students to voice opinions and concerns to a panel of administrators. The panel consisted of President F. Javier Cevallos, Executive Vice President Dale Hamel, Dean of Students Melinda Stoops, Director of Residence Life Glenn Cochran, Chief of Staff and General Counsel Rita Colucci, Provost and Vice President Linda Vaden-Goad, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Development Lorretta Holloway, Director of Dining Services Ralph Eddy and Director of Community Standards Jay Hurtubise. Jack Capello, SGA senate chair, said he understands the reasons
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CDIO candidate speaks on campus By Bailey Morrison News Editor Taj Smith, a candidate for the position of chief diversity and inclusion officer (CDIO) spoke to the FSU community about his desire to come to FSU and his qualifications for the job on Wednesday, April 19. As part of the search for a new CDIO, FSU is hosting three open forums, at which students, faculty and staff can meet the candidates
and ask them questions. Smith currently works as the director for the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Xavier University. Smith was asked how he first became involved in inclusive excellence, and he said his journey began during his undergraduate studies at Rutgers. He added during high school, he “coasted” and when he got to college he had to adapt to a different culture. He began as an accounting ma-
jor, before he switched and received a degree in journalism and mass media. Smith served as the Editor-in-Chief of the black and Latino magazine at Rutgers. Smith received his master’s at Cornell in Africana Studies. He completed his doctorate in Social Justice Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, specifically focusing on working with college men of color. He co-created a theater program
called Phallacies, in which the group’s focus is to talk “critically about what it means to be a man. Value what is good, but be critical of our male privilege we might carry and to think about the ways we might contribute to homophobia or making homophobic remarks in our culture.” Smith’s resume, which has been made available to all students, said Phallacies is “a non-profit perform-
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INSIDE FSU commencement speakers selected p. 6
The Gatepost Editorial: FSU community should think green p.8
A Framingham State DACA student shares her story p.15
FSU lacrosse defeats Fitchburg State p. 21
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Opi ni on 8
Ar t s & Fea t ur es 10
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Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Gomes Associate Editors Cesareo Contreras Brittany Cormier Julia Sarcinelli News Editors Bailey Morrison Asst. News Editors Kayllan Olicio Jillian Poland Jesse Sannicandro Arts & Features Editors Andrew Willoughby Asst. Arts & Features Editors Tessa Jillson Allison Wharton Sports Editors Matt Ferris Mike Ferris Asst. Sports Editors Jose Carrasquillo Opinions Editor Phil McMullin Photos Editors Allie Gath Amanda Martin Darian O’Donnell Asst. Photos Editors Erin Fitzmaurice Design Editor Emily Robinson Shayna Yacyshyn Copy Editor William Mills-Curran Staff Writers Cass Doherty Molly Dubrowski Jen Fortin Liam Gambon Cameron Grieves Nick Murphy Lindsay Nixon Shanleigh Reardon Richard Tranfaglia Staff Photographer Nick Cunningham Advisor Dr. Desmond McCarthy Assistant Advisor Elizabeth Banks Administrative Assistant Debra Fowler Clare 100 State Street McCarthy Center Room 410 Framingham, MA 01701-9101 Phone: (508) 626-4605 Fax: (508) 626-4097 gatepost@framingham.edu fsugatepost.com @TheGatepost
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Gatepost Interview Sarah Mulhall Adelman History Professor By Molly Dubrowski Staff Writer
don’t have much free time. What is something your students would be surprised to know about you? My students would probably be surprised to find out I grew up in Southern California, because I don’t fit the stereotypes that are promoted on TV of Southern California. … But also, the area I grew up in was nothing like what you see on television. “Do you surf?” No, I grew up in an area of drive-by shooting, gangs. I didn’t grow up on the beach like that surfer girl. This would be something my students would be shocked about.
What is your educational background? I got a bachelor’s degree in history and minors in economics and gender diversities studies from Xavier University and a masters and Ph.D. in history from Johns Hopkins. Where did you work before FSU? Immediately before coming to Framingham State University, I worked at the University of Maryland. Before graduate school, I worked at the Center of Holocaust and Humanity Education, which is a small museum in Cincinnati, Ohio. It tells the story of the Holocaust from the local perspective … of Holocaust survivors who later moved to Cincinnati or people who lived in Cincinnati who had relatives who died in the Holocaust or lived in Cincinnati and served in the United States Army and witnessed some of the horrors of the concentrations camps when they liberated them. … That was my first job out of college. What do you enjoy about teaching? I enjoy watching students discover their own ability and their potential and what they are capable of accomplishing, particularly if there is a project or a paper that seems quite intimidating initially. Watching students work on it throughout an extended period of time in a semester and discovering at the end they have created something that they are proud of and they may have thought they were not capable of doing. It’s great to participate in that journey. At the end, everyone is so proud of what they accomplished over a semester. Why did you decide to go into education? I knew I wanted to pursue history and continue researching and uncovering stories of the past, and initially, I was much more interested in working in museums than in teaching. But then in graduate school, I served as a teaching assistant where I would teach small discussion sections that were attached to larger lecture classes. Much to my own surprise, I found out I loved
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teaching - which is good, but it was not something I planned out all along. It was something initially that terrified me, because I was super shy, so the idea of talking in front of a group of people was terrifying. But as you practice, just like with anything, and you get more comfortable and confident in what you are doing, I was able to discover the things I really enjoyed in teaching. What can you do post-graduation with a history degree? [When] people think about history degrees they think about teaching, museums. They think about the archives, and historical sites, all of them are definitely possibly. But one of the things with a history major is you learn the historical content, but you also really work on the skills of being a close critical reader - the research skill, the writing skills, communication skills and these are things you can apply to just about any job. … These are skills you can use in about any job or field. What do you do in your free time? I have little kids, and between them and work, I don’t have any free time. So, really, kids’ activities. If I am really lucky, I will squeeze in a novel every now and then. But other than that, I
Who is your greatest influence? There are a few women who really inspired me. My grandmother was someone who always, no matter what, believed in me. But as I got older, and I began to recognize both my grandmothers and everything they did and how hard it must have been raising their kids. … One had six kids and one had 10 kids with no car, and two stations on the television and very few of the conveniences we take for granted and how hard it must have been and admiring how much of a good job they did. … And admiring how they did it all, and how they did it all with such grace. What advice would you give to students? Study abroad. That one is an easy one. I spent a semester in Ireland when I was in college. It was one of the best decisions I ever made. I remember being very worried about going. It’s scary. You don’t know anybody. You don’t know anything going on, but you are taking this big leap of faith. And it was scary at times, but that is also the part that made it so rewarding. There is really no other time for most people in life than to spend four months living in another country, and immersing yourself in that culture, in that world. … When also in my life am I going to have the possibility to just travel around Europe. But everywhere you go, where you chose to go to study abroad there are a lot of other places to see.
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Continued from page 1 for FSU being a dry campus but said students told him when they turn 21, “They don’t feel it yet, because they are in an environment where they feel restricted.” Hurtubise said FSU’s dry campus policy aligns with the University’s focus on academics. “That’s why [drinking] is a privilege that can and will be denied. … I can say that in the fall, I will be rolling out a multiple-piece awareness campaign about our code of conduct that really gets students aware of what it is and why it’s there. Right now, we struggle with student awareness on what our policies are and that also connects to why we have these policies at all,” he said. Hurtubise added he believes FSU students value and support the University’s academic focus and it’s a primary reason they choose to attend. He said, “In terms of catering to students who are looking for more of the media-based party experience, I don’t think that is something the University needs to focus on.” Capello said, “There are people that are going out and doing this. So, how do we do it in a safe and friendly way? This is about creating a safe environment for these people.” Capello added the University’s Medical Amnesty Policy helps students make safe and responsible decisions. According to the Ram Student Handbook, the “Medical Amnesty Policy serves as a supplement to the University’s Alcohol and Drug
Policies and is designed to encourage help-seeking behavior for individuals requiring medical assistance. This policy provides amnesty from consequences through University Student Conduct and does not preclude hospitalization, protective custody, interim suspension or other actions deemed relevant for student safety.” SGA Secretary Bridget Green said, “No one knows about the Amnesty Policy, and I think that needs to be something widely broadcasted.” She added students refrain from helping someone because they are afraid of getting in trouble. According to Karl Bryan, student trustee, “During R.A. training, you are told not to tell residents specifically about the amnesty policy existing. To not spread it. To not make it that you can party and not get in trouble.” Stoops said every fall, she sends emails to students informing them of policies and the amnesty policy is described in the emails. She added, “I’m sorry people don’t read it, but it’s sent out.” Senator Hailey Small said the wording of the alcohol policy is problematic. She said, “One of the problems is the phrase, ‘Your body is a container,’ … which I know has made people kind of afraid to drink on campus. It makes people afraid to drink off campus and find their way back, because if they come back and they even appear a bit noticeably drunk and they are 21, they are at fault.” Hurtubise said, “Our policy actually defines public intoxication in the alcohol policy. The ‘Your
body is a container’ - I’m interested to know where that originated from.” Maddie Alper, SGA class and club treasurer, said the University provides a sexual assault awareness presentation during Orientation, but there isn’t anything about the alcohol policy and nothing is said about the Medical Amnesty Policy. She added, “No one knows that that’s a thing. I think that’s so unsafe. It’s put in for safety reasons. I’ve heard other R.A.s saying, ‘Don’t spread that around. That’s not something people need to know about.’ “So, I think there is some obvious miscommunication. … I think from day one at Orientation, they should be taught this. They are taught about sexual assault, which is great, but college is a place where they are going to be trying new things. … You’re not going to
know what to do when your friends are lying there. You don’t want to get in trouble and kicked off. You don’t want to risk your safety,” Alper said. Cochran said students drinking is an academic issue. “High levels of drinking can disrupt people who are not the ones drinking.” Senator Seth Signa said he thinks the most important aspect is the wording of the message that is being put out by the University. He added, “Everyone here knows that if you drink on campus, you are going to get in trouble. I do not think that needs to be re-iterated. … Everyone on campus knows this, but as we all said, no one on campus really knows about the Amnesty Policy. I understand why the school is a dry campus - I’m not here to say, ‘Change that.’” He added students are adults, and he feels they aren’t treated as such. Hurtubise said administrators don’t want to “micromanage” students. He added, “That’s not what we’re here for. … We are here to guide them, present a frame-work for them to be successful and support services so they can do great things.” Stoops said, “If you are over 21 and you go off campus and you have a drink or two or three and pace yourself and you’re not intoxicated, that’s fine. No one cares. We just want you to be safe, and we want you to respect other people.” Senator Molly Fennessey expressed concerns about the handicap accessibility in McCarthy Center. She said, “In the back, they have the ramp to get in, but there is nothing in the front. Obviously,
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“If you are over 21 and you go off campus and you have a drink or two or three and pace yourself and you’re not intoxicated, that’s fine. No one cares. We just want you to be safe, and we want you to respect other people.” -Melinda Stoops, dean of students
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Administrators Forum Continued from page 3 you aren’t going to go through the back when trying to get in the front because you have to swipe into the dining hall. It’s like, you can’t get into the main part of the building. It makes more sense to have the handicap accessibility in the front.” Green said there is a ramp in the back section of McCarthy, but there isn’t a button to open the door. She added a person may be able to get up the ramp but they won’t be able to open the door unless they have someone else with them to provide assistance. Several senators expressed concerns about the absence of a button to open the front doors of the McCarthy as well. Hamel said, “We recently renovated. We did it over a five-year period. For some reason, we didn’t get the push button in on the front. For some reason, that wasn’t a part
of that project. We will re-examine that.” Alper said the elevator in McCarthy has been breaking down more frequently. She said, “I’ve noticed in the past few weeks that it has been broken almost every day. So that’s obviously not handicap accessible.” She added, “Sometimes, it’s fixed really fast, but one day, it was out the whole day. So, I just think about my peers who can’t get to class in this building, and that’s obviously not their fault.” Bryan said, “In Larned Hall, the elevators are constantly broken. Last week, it was kind of a safety issue, also, because it was working but the doors were slammed shut. It was fixed for a day, then it was broken again.” He added, “I had a resident on my floor who was with crutches and couldn’t get to class very often because the elevator takes so long
to get to the sixth floor.” Hamel said, “The elevators should be a matter of just changing them out.” He added the University will have to look into why they are breaking often. Small expressed concern about the SILD office being understaffed. She said, “I think we can say service is valued on this campus at a surface level, where faculty, staff and students say they have an appreciation for it. And they express it though their words and their actions, but not necessarily on the fundamental level where there is enough staffing for the needs that we have. I know this has come up in the past, and people have addressed it, saying, ‘We are working on it,’ but being in the office that does quite a bit of service, I’ve seen very little being done to actually facilitate that.” She added, “I just think it’s kind of difficult for us to all say we val-
ue service at our University and how we want to see it continue and grow, when nothing is really being done on an institutional level to preserve that.” Stoops said she agreed with Small. “It’s a shame there is not more staff to do service. … SILD has fewer staff now than they did in the past, and the reality is with fewer staff, something has to take a hit. As you know, we have over 50 clubs.” She added the University doesn’t want to keep students from forming new clubs. She said, “FSU has several well-received leadership programs that focus on important skills that we don’t want to lose.”
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SGA addresses Sodexo’s “disrespect” By Jesse Sannicandro Assistant News Editor Students discussed concerns about Sodexo and the University’s public perception following Marathon Monday at the SGA meeting on Tuesday, April 18. During open forum, Senator Mike O’Brien said Sodexo workers at Sandella’s gave him “a lot of attitude” when he asked for a sugar packet for coffee, adding that it was “pretty brutal.” O’Brien said students spend a lot of money at Sodexo and that it essentially has a “monopoly” on campus. “The amount of money that we spend and the amount of customer service we receive is inadequate,” O’Brien said. Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST “Whoever’s on the committee to renegotiate the contract for Sodexo SGA Senators discussed the litter left by FSU students in the streets at should seriously consider what just Mile 6 on Marathon Monday. happened today, not only to me, of clubs that fund Sodexo, she “felt about the public perception of the but to students all across campus really disrespected by that.” University following Marathon who have to deal with this problem She added if “this is how they’re Monday. every single day,” he added. looking at us, this isn’t really who I He said since students left trash Senator Hailey Small also had want at my institution serving me behind after their celebrations, the complaints about Sodexo. then.” University’s image was negatively Small said there was a packet Senator Ben Carrington said he affected. Sodexo put out that “said some “strongly agreed” with the sentiHe suggested SGA play a bigger kind of disrespectful things about ments expressed. He added Sodexo part in the celebration next year the students here. does not listen to suggestions from and encouraged a volunteer clean“They compared our attention students, citing an online poll that up crew to create public goodwill. span to that of a goldfish - they said students don’t want bacon in “It would really highlight the said it was actually lower than that. desserts. character of our University,” ScanThey said that we can only com“I think that they act as if they lon said. municate with pictures and emot- … want our input, but [are] just not Senator Seth Signa agreed, addicons, and they said we don’t know really listening. … They lack com- ing, “Trash was all over the place.” how to look at resources and infor- munication,” he said. He suggested recycling bins be set mation critically,” she said. Also during open forum, Senator up along the route to minimize Small said as someone who is Adam Scanlon expressed concerns trash. paying for a meal plan and is part
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Student Trustee Karl Bryan said this would be unlikely, since it could be a security risk in the wake of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Signa understood this point, but reiterated, “It was a mess.” During his President’s Report, Ezequiel De Leon said during his meeting with Melinda Stoops, dean of students, they discussed how to approach Marathon Monday next year. Some ideas they discussed were opening the cafe before and after the event and a cleanup crew for afterwards. Every single member of SGA who does not have senior status was interested. Senator Steve DeMeo, once again, asked for a new basketball hoop behind North Hall. The Hilltop Players were approved to reallocate $2,234 to their Spring Headliner Show, “Beauty and the Beast,” for costumes. The Wildlife Club gave a presentation on its recent trip to the Northeast Conclave. SGA discussed upcoming changes to its Constitution and bylaws, which will be voted upon during it’s meeting on Tuesday, April 25. Senator Allie Carroll was awarded senator of the month, and Secretary Bridget Green was voted e-Board member of the month. Senator Carrington gave the U-Rock to Senator Matt Helwig for being an excellent new member of the senate. CONNECT WITH JESSE SANNICANDRO jsannicandro3@student.framingham.edu
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SGA e-Board 2017-2018 SGA President:
Kyle Rosa SGA Vice President:
Jack Capello
SGA Secretary:
Bridget Green SGA SATF Treasurer:
Sarah Horwitz SGA Class & Club Treasurer:
Molly Fennessey Social Events Coordinator:
Hailey Small
Student Trustee:
Karl Bryan
sent the whole campus.” He added, “Last year, the voter turnout was around 11.3 percent. This year with the grad students, its 6.3 percent. … So without the grad students, it was 9.3 percent.” According to De Leon, the average American Student Government Association turner turnout for SGA elections across the country is around 10 percent. He added, “We are right on par with other universities.” SGA President, Student Trustee and Class and Club Treasurer were all contested. Junior Kyle Rosa was elected SGA president for the 2017-18 academic year. Rosa was elected over Fallon Soye by 129 votes. De Leon said, “I think Kyle will do that very well. It’s a unique role and I don’t know what it was like until I got into it. Its sometimes very hard but you have to trust people.” Rosa said in an email, “It is thrilling to be elected SGA President. I am very involved with the organization and was elected because my passion showed. It is encouraging to know the student body feels that I am a good representative for FSU.” He added, “I plan to make big changes. We are going to work with the offices on campus to make a more student-friendly environment. There is going to be a push for more diverse programming and funding. Additionally, we are aiming to get more student’s voices heard to address the problems that matter most. Whether this be with more student involvement on campus governance committees, or having more open forums with the community, we plan on getting the underrepresented voice heard.” He hopes SGA can “move away from being known as the organization that strictly provides funds, to a group that incites change. We want to provide useful feedback and suggestions to help make every club and organization the best it can possibly be.” Junior Jack Capello was elected SGA vice president for the 2017-18 academic year. Capello said, “Being elected as vice-president was a humbling moment. I’m happy the student body feels I am a representative for FSU
and to help guide change on cam- next year. pus.” He added, “We hope to leave Faculty, Staff and Administraa lasting legacy, one of positive tor of the Year awards change, more diverse programing and one that has created a motivatAccording to SGA bylaws, the ed community here at FSU.” Cindy Santomassimo Faculty Karl Bryan was reelected as Stu- Member and Administrator of the dent Trustee for the 2017-18 aca- Year awards are given to faculty demic year. Bryan was elected over and administrators who were nomBen Carrington and Mike O’Brien inated and voted by students. The by 76 votes. recipients of the award will be inelBryan said in an email, “It feel igible to win again for two consechonored that the students choose utive years. to re-elect me to this position for Lorretta Holloway, vice presinext year. dent for enrollment and student He added, “I plan on focusing on development, won Administrator trying to revitalize service on this of the Year and sociology professor campus to maintain it to the levels Patricia Sánchez-Connally won the it has been at in the past. I also want Faculty Member of the Year Award. to continue on trying to lower the Sodexo employee Clara J. De fees the students pay to come here Moya Grullon received the Support to keep Framingham as affordable Staff Member of the Year Award. as it is advertised. I think that next Holloway said in an email she year we have a very strong e-Board was “very honored” to win adminand we are all extremely commit- istrator of the year. She thanked ted to bringing a much needed pos- fellow administrators and staff. itive change to campus in various She added, “The people who areas as we all have different areas know me, and know the job, know we want to focus on.” that I am not always giving out Junior Bridget Green was elect- good news. Thus, to me the award is ed SGA secretary, Junior Sarah an acknowledgment that students, Horwitz was elected SGA SATF hopefully, understand that I’m dotreasurer, Molly Fennessey was ing my best to make equitable deelected SGA class & club treasurer cisions for student success here –winning by 119 votes - and Hai- and in their futures. I also hope ley Small was elected SGA’s social this means that student groups will events coordinator. keep asking me to chaperone trips.” Senator class of 2018, Class of In an email, Sánchez-Connal2019 Vice President, Class of 2020 ly said she “was surprised” and Vice President and Class of 2020 thanked her students. Secretary were all won by write-ins. She added, “My students are a According to David Baldwin, as- huge motivation to me. My work sociate dean of students, write-in with them, whether it’s in the votes won with standard numbers classroom or as part of diversity of “five, six and maybe seven at the and inclusion initiatives, is super most.” rewarding to me. I appreciate the De Leon said, “In general, I’m effort you [students] all make to happy with the turnout. The con- speak up, educate and advocate for tested positions always make for what you believe in. I see you. I am good election turnouts.” blessed to be a small part of your Capello said, “Being elected as journey.” vice-president was a humbling moDe Leon said, “I’m very happy ment. I’m happy the student body when I think back at this year befeels I am a representative for FSU cause we really broke the norm. We and to help guide change on cam- didn’t just do things because that’s pus.” the way it’s been done before. We He added, “We hope to leave really tried to stop that type of a lasting legacy, one of positive mentality. That lead to really great, change, more diverse programing both external and internal, reflecand one that has created a motivat- tions. ed community here at FSU.” Bryan said in an email, “It feel honored that the students choose CONNECT WITH KAYLLAN OLCIO to re-elect me to this position for kolcio@student.framingham.edu
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FSU announces 2017 commencement speakers By Jillian Poland Assistant News Editor U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton will give the graduate commencement address at this year’s ceremony, according to Dan Magazu, director of communications. Habitat for Humanity International CEO Jonathan T.M. Reckford will provide the undergraduate commencement address, said Magazu. The graduation ceremonies will be held on Sunday, May 21 on the Framingham Town Green, according to a University press release. A University committee works together each year to select the commencement speakers. Linda Vaden-Goad, vice president of academic affairs, is chair of the committee, which is made up of SGA class officers, class advisors, faculty and staff. This year, a member of the graduate studies program joined the committee to aid in the selection of the graduate ceremony com-
mencement speaker, according to Vaden-Goad. Magazu, who is a member of the committee, said they started meeting early in the fall. The selection process is different each year, said Vaden-Goad. “What we did this year was ask, ‘What are the qualities you’re looking for? How do you want people to feel?’ And so, we did a lot of talking about different sorts of things we had done in the past … and then we get people to generate what they are hoping for,” she said. Students were looking for someone inspirational, light-hearted, future-oriented and who had faced adversity in their life, according to Vaden-Goad. Moulton, who graduated from Harvard University, served four tours in Iraq as a Marine Corps infantry officer, according to his website. He ran for Congress in 2014. “Our motto as a University is ‘Live to the Truth,’ and he is an individual who is very much like that. I think he kind of embodies our
motto in some very nice ways,” said Vaden-Goad. Reckford earned his MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business and has held executive and managerial positions at Marriot, Goldman Sachs, Best Buy and the Walt Disney Co., according to the Habitat for Humanity website. Habitat for Humanity is “a global nonprofit housing organization working in nearly 1,400 communities across the United States and in approximately 70 countries around the world,” according to their website. Magazu said the committee always tries to consider themes that are important to the campus when choosing a commencement speaker. “One of the things that always comes up is community service. We think it’s part of who we are as a University. It’s important to our students. … Certainly Mr. Reckford touches on the theme of community service perfectly,” said Magazu. The University does not pay
commencement speakers to address graduates, but instead sees it as an honor for the speakers. Speakers are often awarded honorary doctorates relating to their field of work or service, according to Vaden-Goad. “We’ve had people ask us for $40,000 or $50,000, but, you know, if we had that money we would give it to the students,” she said. It can be a challenge to book commencement speakers when people have busy schedules, so Vaden-Goad said she hopes to begin the selection process as soon as class officers are chosen this year to give speakers more time to arrange their schedules for next year. Vaden-Goad said, “I’m excited that we have two speakers who are important people both nationally and internationally. I think for us, as a University community, it’s going to be very exciting.”
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6 FSU students arrested at Marathon Monday Parties By Julia Sarcinelli Associate Editor On Monday, during the Boston Marathon, six FSU students were arrested for public drinking and disorderly conduct, according to a statement by the Framingham State University Police Department (FSUPD). Additionally, two students were taken into protective custody. Approximately 600 people were celebrating in the area of Waverly and Winthrop streets along the marathon route, according to the Framingham Police Department (FPD). Five people were arrested on Conant Road from 12:22 to 1:14 p.m. Two were arrested for disorderly conduct and three for public drinking, according to FPD Lieutenant Patricia Grigas. FSUPD said the students who were involved “may be subject to sanctions through the student conduct policy.” The FSUPD statement also said the students were arrested in the area of Winthrop and Waverly streets where many students were “leaving a considerable amount of trash and debris in the area.” On Monday night, the FPD posted on their Facebook page, “The men and women of the FPD were able to keep our part of the Marathon route relatively problem free, with exception to the enormously large FSU party with hundreds of
intoxicated students. Unfortunately, several arrests had to be made for drunken disorderly and public drinking. Quite a mess left behind.” The post included a photo of a large group of people standing outside of a house and another photo of a street with trash lining the sides of the road. The post was taken down by Tuesday. Amelia Foley, a senior, said she attended the party. She said, “People definitely shouldn’t litter … but the students [were] looking for trash barrels.” Over 60 people commented on the post. Framingham resident Amy Vitale tagged Framingham State University’s Facebook page in the comment section of the post and wrote she hopes “there will be discussions with your students on how they treated this town today.” Dan Magazu, director of communications for FSU, said in an email, Patriots’ Day and the Boston Marathon “is a very uplifting and special event for our region, so it’s disappointing that off-campus parties involving our students have become an annual event, distracting local law enforcement from their important work of maintaining the safety and security of the course for runners and attendees.” He added he believes “the large majority” of FSU students acted responsibly, but “unfortunately, these situations reflect poorly upon the entire University and di-
Courtesy of Alex Brown Approximately 600 people celebrated Marathon Monday at mile 6.
minish our standing in the local community.” FSUPD said in a statement they were contacted by FPD on Monday for assistance with several house parties at off-campus locations that involved FSU students. FSUPD helped with crowd control and keeping a clear route for the runners in Waverly and Winthrop streets, and several administrators were helping “to observe and assist with student behavior.” According to the statement, “Several spectators spilled onto the route, interfering with runners.” Amelia Cucinelli lives on Conant Road and said in a comment on the FPD Facebook post that the students tore holes in the fence
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lining the street and “didn’t care for anything they left behind or how they behaved toward the other marathon watchers.” Cucinelli added, “This year has by far been the most out of control they have ever gotten. In past years, I don’t believe many arrests were made - the students behaved well and didn’t harass the runners or the marathon watchers, which they did both of this year.” She wrote in her comment, “Patriots’ day is one of the best days of the year to be where I’m from. It’s a good time for all if we can respect it.” CONNECT WITH JULIA SARCINELLI jsarcinelli@student.framingham.edu
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CDIO Continued from page 1 ing arts organization that provides leadership development, health education and violence prevention, while encouraging young men to challenge hegemonic masculinity.” One student asked Smith how he would be involved with the various identity-based clubs on campus. He said he would make an effort to attend events that were important to the clubs, as well as partnering with them for programs and making himself available through office hours for students. Another student asked him what he would do in response to graffiti being found that depicted racist or anti-Semitic language and symbols. Smith said, “Unfortunately, that language has been around for a long time. … First, recognize that it is a historical issue that we have not properly recognized as the United States of America. … College is a diverse place where we bring together people with different experiences and we have to try to get them on the same page.” He added it is expected for the community to react to the situation and he would turn it in to a learning experience. “I would probably make sure we would have a forum of some sort to talk about how Allie Gath/THE GATEPOST people are impacted, and also, how Taj Smith spoke about his work on a theater group called Phallacies - a group focused on destroying hegemonic we move forward.” Smith discussed the importance stereotypes of men. of being proactive and teaching in- ‘That’s so gay,’ or, ‘Fag.’ time.” person in the community. coming first-year students the im“We have to be accountable He said his classroom experi“It’s not a magic trick. It’s just portance of inclusivity and accep- about inclusive excellence across ences led him to become involved having somebody around that tance of personal identity to avoid the board,” he added. in activism around campus, such looks like them,” he said. incidents like the graffiti. “When Smith said he went into college as being a voice for those who were Smith said he is focused on resome people hear ‘inclusive lan- without an exact plan of where he “marginalized in some kind of tention rates of students of color guage’ they say, ‘You’re trying to wanted to go with his career and way.” and first-generation students. He be PC.’ It’s not about being PC, it’s didn’t make that decision until he Smith said he is interested in said he reaches out to those stuabout understanding that people began taking African-American working at Framingham State be- dents to have lunch or coffee in orneed to be respected for how they history courses. cause of the small campus size, the der to access how they are thriving want to identify.” His first class in African Ameri- location and because the strate- at the university. Smith said, “We have to be con- can studies was with former Black gic diversity plan has a “fabulous “This gives us a better undersistent across identities. … In my Panther party member and Rutgers framework,” and he wants to make standing of why a student might experience, we react a certain way professor, Regina Jennings. He said, a “collective effort” around the leave. Even if their record says it’s to racial incidents, but we don’t “I took a class with her - did a ten- campus to continue the work the for financial reasons, it might be react the same way for other in- page paper. She read two pages of Center for Inclusive Excellence has because they don’t have a sense of cidences. So, if there’s ‘spic’ writ- it and gave me a C-minus. … What done. belonging,” he said. ten on there, or ‘nigger’ written she was trying to do was push me Smith said he has an interest in Smith added if he came to FSU on there, we’re going to react. But further, push me to excel. She saw pairing with organizations around he would need to see “what works are we going to react the same way something in me that was greater the Framingham community to here,” and then “make space” for if ‘bitch’ is written on there, or, than I could see in myself at the host events and bring lecturers to other programs to increase the rethe University as a way to diversify tention of students and bring more the speakers who come to FSU. programming to the University. One forum attendee asked Smith He addressed the importance of how successful he has been in his showing students a diverse faculty job at Xavier University and how he and staff as a way to promote an inwould bring that success to FSU. clusive environment at the UniverHe said Xavier University has sity. This includes faculty and staff a way to track the students who in larger initiatives campus-wide are attending events. He said his to promote diversity. co-worker, a member of the LGBT+ The next candidate, Mary Boncommunity, often sees the “most deroff, will be featured on April 25 diverse number of students” be- at 1:30 p.m. in the Forum. cause students feel more comfortable coming to a space where their identity is recognized by another CONNECT WITH BAILEY MORRISON
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FSU community should think green It’s no secret that in the past few months, the Trump administration has issued several executive orders designed to hamper the environmental initiatives of the previous administration. In January, Trump called for a temporary freeze of all contracts and grants being processed through the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and during his campaign, he promised to remove the United States from the Paris Agreement - a world-wide pact among countries designed to fight global climate change. In honor of Earth Day, we at The Gatepost would like to offer a few simple practices FSU students, faculty and administrators can adopt to contribute to global sustainability. Despite our current government’s attitude toward the environment, it’s important that members of the FSU community do their part to support green initiatives and be cognizant about implementing more eco-friendly practices in their day-to-day lives. While the University has worked to become more environmentally conscious by holding a climate teach-in and establishing a comprehensive Climate Action Plan, some of that work may be squandered if students and faculty don’t actively do their part by adhering to certain sustainability standards. Some of these standards are as simple as turning off a light switch. Students and faculty should always remember to turn off the lights in their dorms and offices before leaving. While trash isn’t seen in abundance around the campus’ general common areas, such as outside May Hall and the McCarthy Center, there is a fair amount of it behind many of the residence halls. Approximately 1,900 residents call FSU home. We urge them to dispose of their trash properly, and utilize the many of eco-friendly trash receptacles on campus. Additionally, students should pay attention to how much food they waste in the dining commons. Food waste doesn’t only negatively affect Earth’s climate, but it’s also harmful to global food security. It would do us all some good to reflect on some sage words from the founder of Earth Day, the late Wisconsin governor Gaylord Nelson. “The objective is an environment of decency, quality and mutual respect for all other human beings and all other living creatures.” It would be wise of the FSU community to take these words to heart.
Dry-Campus policy is an abuse of emergency care FSU is a dry campus like the United States was a dry country during prohibition. Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday, students can be found drinking on campus or stumbling back from bars and house parties. This shouldn’t surprise anybody. College students will drink. This is not only true at FSU, but at every college on planet Earth. It is not a new phenomenon, and to think a “dry-campus” policy would change an entire culture is asinine. That being said, if we are going to have a dry-campus policy, it is important to consider what punishment fits the crime of being young and drunk in college. The administration has determined that kicking students off campus for a week after their first offense is appropriate. While harming a student’s academic routine because they partied on a weekend seems counterproductive, it can be argued that students signed a contract acknowledging the ignorant, destructive rules of the University when they agreed to come here. It may be unjust, but it is the way this community functions. However, there is another punishment that accompanies drunkenness - only, it is disguised as a safety measure. If a student blows above a .08 on a breathalyzer test, they are forced to go to the hospital in an ambulance. There are two issues with this. First, the .08 blood/alcohol limit is designed for operating a vehicle. The fact that this standard is borrowed by Campus Police to judge whether a student has ingested a dangerous amount of alcohol when they are not driving is not only preposterous, but lazy. If the administration and Campus Police truly want-
ed to determine the safety of students, they would use a measure designed to do so. Second, and more importantly, sending students who are clearly not in danger to the hospital in an ambulance is a waste of time and resources. It is a waste of the ambulance driver’s time, as they could be bringing someone in an actual crisis to safety. It is also a waste of time for the doctors in the emergency room - which is often overcrowded - as they could be treating a patient in desperate need of care. Despite this, the administration continues to require Campus Police to carry out this ridiculous policy. For the aforementioned reasons, this is clearly not a matter of safety. It is a punishment meant to humiliate students and waste their time. The dry-campus policy is foolish, but it is one the students have agreed to obey. If they violate the policy, they must face the consequences - no matter how nonsensical those consequences may be. The problem is the hospital has not agreed to obey the student handbook. The citizens of Framingham who might need ambulances and emergency room care have not agreed to obey the student handbook. Yet, they suffer the consequences every time the University uses these precious medical resources to put students in time-out. If the University has any respect for the surrounding community, they will alter this policy.
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Campus Conversations Is FSU environmentally concious?
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“All the lights in West Hall are automaic”” -McKenzie Roy, sophomore
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“We do have recycling bins but I don’t see it actively being promoted around campus like other campuses” - Yaw Boateng, junior
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“I know there are no trays in the dining hall to stay green.” -Yael Rothman, freshman
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“I believe they make sure to be and to have an awareness to what is around them.” -Kenny Nutter-Truehart, junior
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“I feel like it is, but there is some improvement to be made.” -Robert Johnson, freshman
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By Cesareo Contreras Associate Editor Whenever sociology professor Patricia Sànchez-Connally sees pictures of undocumented children being put in detention centers, she can’t help but think of her own experience of coming to the United States as a child herself. At the age of 11, Sànchez-Connally left her home country of El Salvador with her mother and illegally traveled to the United States to live with relatives. She said, “That could’ve been me. That could have been my brother. That could have been a family member.” For Sànchez-Connally, who became a legal citizen seven years ago, immigration is a very personal topic. She is always striving to help those who are in her former situation. About two years ago, during one of her sociology classes, Sànchez-Connally decided to share an idea she had about volunteering near the Texas/Mexico border. “I actually had a fellowship four years ago and it was in Texas,” she said. “I talked to a lot of people who were doing work in Texas with unaccompanied children and undocumented migrants. So it became a possibility.” Junior Sasha Espinoza loved the idea and suggested the group head down to El Paso, Texas, as Espinoza
knew the area since she was going to see relatives there during spring break. What started out just as an idea became a reality, as more students decided they wanted to come along for the trip. After receiving a grant from FSU’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion, fundraising via social media, their GoFundMe page and through a number of other payment methods, five FSU students were able to accompany Sànchez-Connally to El Paso, Texas this past March during spring break. Four of the five students discussed what they learned during the trip in the Center for Inclusive Excellence last Friday morning. The students were Espinoza, junior Thaissa Campelo, junior Estefany Gonzalez and sophomore Kevin Peña. During the trip, the group went to the Border Patrol Museum and visited a number of organizations which provide housing and job support for marginalized low-income immigrants. While at the museum, the group met with two Border Patrol agents, who discussed the logistics of legally entering the United States. Gonzalez said the agents claimed 60 percent of people who cross the border are criminals, including rapists, pedophiles and murderers. However, according to a report
from The Migration Policy Institute, only 7.5 percent of undocumented Mexican immigrants have been convicted of a crime and less than 3 percent have been convicted of a felony. Additionally, the group learned that the chances of refugees seeking asylum from countries such as El Salvador, Guatemala or Mexico “are zero to none. “The way our immigration system is established, the countries that are very frequent to have immigrants coming in are automatically denied,” Gonzalez said. “So, if you are from another country in Europe and you seek asylum, your chances are pretty high.” Sophomore Kevin Peña noted if a Mexican person wants to come to the United States and doesn’t have family members already living in the country, they had to wait over a century to get in. Sànchez-Connally said that if a Mexican person wants to become a permanent citizen in a timely manner, they must not only have a relative living in the country, but that family member must have been in this country for 25-plus years, make more than 100,000 dollars, and have a clean record. If they don’t, they have to wait 115 years. “Let that sink in,” Sànchez-Connally said. Students also visited Mujer Obrera - a local organization aimed at
supporting low-income female garment workers who feel disenfranchised economically as a result of the North American Free Trade Agreement. While they were there, they heard women workers’ stories firsthand. Gonzalez said it was “eye-opening” seeing the real effect economic decisions have in affecting the lives of people who make up part of the El Paso community. She said a single phrase was constantly brought up during their visit - “It’s not immigration, it’s displacement.” Gonzalez said as a result of jobs being taken out of the country, many factory workers have been left jobless and currently live in unsafe environments. “They also mentioned how the high schools and middle schools are actually right by the border where all the trucks go by,” she said. “So all the children are smelling in gasses and such.” Sànchez-Connally said more conversation about immigration needs to occur, as it is a complex topic that is anything but “black or white.” She added, “The reality is, there are a lot of us out there, but we just don’t talk about it. There isn’t a support system strong enough for us to have these conversations.” CONNECT WITH CESAREO CONTRERAS ccontreras@student.framingham.edu
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Student writers recognized at Student Literary Awards Ceremony By Cass Doherty Staff Writer The English department’s 2017 Student Literary Awards Ceremony was held on Tuesday, April 18 in the Ecumenical Center. The department presented three awards - the Richard Chartier Award for best essay in American Literature, the Howard Hirt Literary Award for Fiction and Non-Fiction Prose and the Marjorie Sparrow Literary Award for Poetry. The winners were presented with their awards by professors Sam Witt and Patricia Horvath. Winners and runners up for the awards read from their work - each student submitted work to the contest and the winners were selected by a judge. Desmond McCarthy, chair of the English department, presented the Richard Chartier award to senior Robert Renaud for his essay, “Rebecca Harding Davis: Life in a Country Divided.” The award was judged by Dr. John Burt, an American Literature professor at Brandeis University. According to Burt, Renaud had a “nuanced sense of the politically complicated world in which Davis found herself. … I was very impressed with the author’s ability to put the novel also in the context of Davis’ family life, and with the thoroughness of the author’s study of the canon of criticism about this text.” The Howard Hirt award, pre-
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sented by Horvath, was judged by Boston University professor Michelle Hoover and was given to senior Ryan Toomey for his piece, “Diagnosed.” Hoover praised Toomey, saying his piece was an “honest, heart-rending, witty treatment of a family member’s response and responsibility for what will likely prove a close cousin’s fatal illness.” Hoover said Toomey’s dialogue was “spot-on and
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searing,” and that the story was about “duty, devotion and what family and friendship is supposed to mean.” Second place was given to sophomore Maddison Mayberry for her piece, “How Do You Know When Enough Is Enough,” and third was given to senior Cindy Nelson for her piece, “Heat.” Nelson said, “I was really honored. I’ve only recently started to write seriously, so this is very encouraging!” Senior Alexandra Gomes received an honorable mention for her piece “Purgatory Drive,” and senior Pixie Smolowitz also received an honorable mention for her piece, “It’s Okay.” Witt presented the Marjorie Sparrow award, which was judged by Albanian-American poet and author Ani Gjika. First place was given to Renaud for his piece, “Loop.” Gjika said of Renaud’s piece, “This is the poem we need, or rather the voice we are waiting to hear from at this time in American history.” Second place was given to senior Colin MacEacheron for his piece, “The Cuckold,” and third place was given to senior Luke Snyder for his piece, “I Never Confessed my Sins, Nor Am I a Saint.” MacEacheron said, “It felt good, initially, to get recognized.
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“I was really honored. I’ve only recently started to take writing seriously, so this is very encouraging.” -Cindy Nelson, senior
It was a weirdly personal poem, so it was kind of weird reading it in front of people. I wasn’t expecting to win and have to read this personal poem.” The two honorable mentions were given to senior Andrew Morin for his piece “A Sunny Today” and freshman Yael Rothman for her piece “Survivor.” [Editors note: Alexandra Gomes is a member of The Gatepost editorial staff and Desmond McCarthy is the advisor.] CONNECT WITH CASS DOHERTY
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“Journey to the fount of knowledge” Erika Schneider’s search for Vincent van Gogh
By Tessa Jillson Asst. Arts & Features Editor On a quest to understand artist Vincent van Gogh, Erika Schneider, professor of art history, embarked on a “secularized” pilgrimage to the Netherlands and France. Schneider focused on what she saw and what she learned in museums, landscapes and art to better her role in research and teaching. On April 13, Schneider spoke about her research to the FSU community in the annual Spring Lycuem Lecture, sponsored by The Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service (CELTSS). Assistant Director of CELTSS Jon Huibregtse said, “Erika’s scholarship has been supported by her numerous grants and awards through the years. Her engagement with both the scholarly community and the larger community in Framingham exemplifies the teacher-scholar model.” In the fall of 2015, Schneider received a Fulbright-Terra Foundation Award for History in American Art. Through her scholarship, she was able to teach at Radboud University in the Netherlands and explore obscure locations associated with Vincent van Gogh. “For an art historian, traveling to see famous artistic sites is a journey to the fount of knowledge,” Schneider said. From his birthplace in the Netherlands to his final resting place in France, Schneider made it a personal goal of hers to retrace Van Gogh’s life by visiting the places that inspired most of his work. She first observed museum practices. Her first stop was the KröllerMüller museum in Otterlo, Netherlands - the second-largest collection of Van Gogh’s art work. She compared the labels in Dutch museums as “more accessible and more friendly” than the labels in the MFA in Boston. In the Vincentre museum, in Van Gogh’s hometown of Nuenen, all labels were in Dutch. “In general, I find the larger European museums, particularly Paris and Amsterdam, very approachable as an English speaker. Some of the smaller museums, particularly in the Netherlands,
Darian O’Donnell/THE GATEPOST Erika Schneider discussed her pilgrimage to the Netherlands and France.
had only Dutch labeling,” she said. Her second goal was to see “van Gogh’s paintings in person, particularly those not available locally.” The van Gogh museum in Amsterdam has the largest collection of the artist’s work on display, including “The Potato Eaters,” a work van Gogh considered his “masterwork.” The painting is of a family cramped around a small table in a dark room, eating potatoes. Schneider said van Gogh wanted to depict hard labor. Ambitious, he studied peasants, drawing over 100 portraits of farm workers to emphasize the people in “The Potato Eaters.” Looking at the original painting, Schneider started seeing details she never saw before. “There are details that I suppose if I lightened it enough, I could see. But, seeing it in person, now it made more sense what he was trying to communicate. It wasn’t as dark as I thought it would be. So, I’m always sort of amazed by that - when you go to see works, how different they look,” she said. In 1886, van Gogh left the Netherlands for France. “The journey to France from the Netherlands made me aware of those sort of sharp contrasts of the land. … Also, how van Gogh continued to look to his birthplace in new settings. So, for example, he settled in Monmouth,
including “The Starry Night,” and “Irises.” While there, she observed the landscape. In van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” Schneider said, “You start to see the hills. You start to see what is there and what is not there, even though it’s been several decades and things have changed.” The hills may be similar, but the town and the church in “The Starry Night” aren’t there. She said the town and church are in the Netherlands and again, van Gogh is looking at his birthplace in a new setting. “That, for me, made more sense to see it. … I want students to also have that moment where they can say, ‘Oh, I didn’t notice that before. Now, I can see that,’” Schneider said. Her final stop was Auvers-surOise, France, where Van Gogh and his brother were buried. “I usually know better then to touch monuments and works of art, but I wanted the physicality of contact,” she said. Schneider thanked van Gogh for all the work “he had given the world,” emotionally taking a step back to idolize van Gogh and his brother. “Next to Vincent lies Theo, who died six months after his brother and was reunited with his widow in 1914. So, the bodies were brought together. My own brother had died just four months before my trip, so my thoughts collided on brothers, art and the brevity of life,” she said. Schneider said people would undertake pilgrimages to obtain a reward or blessing from a shrine, such as everlasting life, facing bandits and uncharted roads along the way. She said, “For some, a pilgrimage can be a catharsis and a respite from daily life, if only for the length of that journey. For me, seeing art in person has always been one of the highlights of my experience as an art historian. I enjoy it so much that I forget it’s my job. Although I don’t fear for my soul, like the medieval pilgrims did, I do think my secular pilgrimage makes me a better professor.”
France, where all the artists settled. But what does he paint? He paints windmills that he has seen in Nuenen,” she said. While in France, van Gogh started experimenting, inspired by the color theory movement and the scenes in Arles, France, such as the café. Thinking about where the artist painted, Schneider traveled to Langlois bridge where Van Gogh painted “Langlois Bridge at Arles.” “Able to go there, I could see how far that route was. … We drove, but it was a very rough road. Lots of potholes. Lots of complaining. It’s not that close and that’s helpful as a teacher to sort of talk about that experience of where he’s painting,” she said. Schneider also traveled to Arles Café, where Van Gogh painted “Café Terrace at Night.” She noticed the remains of a classical building from Roman times and wondered why van Gogh didn’t include the building in his painting, since people in van Gogh’s time went to Arles to see the ruins. “He’s more interested in the light. He’s interested in what the sky looks like in his imagination, combined with his reality,” she said. Schneider next went to SaintPaul Monastery in Saint-RémyCONNECT WITH TESSA JILLSON de-Provence, where van Gogh tjillson@student.framingham.edu spent the last years of his life. He would paint 143 paintings in his 57-week stay at this location,
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Students ham it up at Mr./Ms./Mx. FSU contest By Jillian Poland Associate Editor Framingham State students were the center of attention at SUAB’s Mr./Ms./Mx. FSU competition in DPAC on April 13. The annual Mr. FSU competition was extended this year to include both a Ms. and a non-gendered Mx. title, opening the stage to any FSU student who wished to compete. As a result of this change, there was no longer one winner, but instead a winner for each portion of the show - formal wear, talent and costume - and an overall winner. The competition was hosted by Mr. FSU 2016, Brian Leonard, and Miss FSU 2016, Kathleen Schipelliti. It was judged by Melinda Stoops, dean of students, David Baldwin, associate dean of students and Lorretta Holloway, vice president for enrollment and student development. The 10 contestants began the night with the formal wear competition, during which they answered questions from both the hosts and the judges. Questions ranged from which Crayola crayon colors should be retired to what contestants would bring to a deserted island. Junior Samantha Chandler, named the Best in Formal Wear and Q&A, sparkled with humor. When asked what kind of shoe she would be, Chandler replied, “I’d be a Louis Vuitton. I’m not sure why, but I’ve heard they’re very expensive and I would like to be valued like that one day.” When asked by the judges, junior Ross Grenier said they hoped to become Mr. FSU as a way to find validation for their gender identity. Grenier said, “While I am gender fluid and masculinity is part of my identity, it is not always prevalent. I want to prove not just to everyone, but mostly to myself that this is a part of who I am - that it is valid and it’s there and I can let it shine without being embarrassed or ashamed.” The contestants were really given time to shine in the talent portion of the competition. Three contestants offered soulful vocal performances, while two more played instruments. Senior JT Manozzi offered a highlight and contour makeup tutorial that had the audience in stitches. Junior Kyle Rosa looked into his crystal ball for an audience member’s fortune, coming to the conclusion that they were looking at the next Mr. FSU. Best in Talent winner Alejandra Torres read an original poem that focused on contemporary social issues. “Lift your finger off Snapchat,
Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST Top: Senior JT Manozzi teaches the crowd about the wonders of a good lipstick. Bottom: Junior Samantha Chandler took home the title of Best in Formal Wear and Q&A.
put your phone down and pay attention,” she began. “Pay attention to the wars being fought all over us, pay attention to the thousands of bodies left from the disastrous bombings that happened in Iraq and Syria this Thursday,” Torres continued, going on to call attention to a variety of sobering situations across the world. Torres said she was shocked to win the category. “I didn’t care if I won or not - I just wanted to take advantage of the platform I was given, and I wanted to spread a message. I wanted to say something that mattered. I was glad that my words were taken well,” she said. Junior Jack Capello closed the talent portion with a well-executed split and a pink glitter beard. The costume portion of the night was kicked off by junior Jake Nowlan, who danced on stage to Def Leppard’s “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” Nowlan was dressed like a dad in a pair of jean shorts, white sneakers and a stuffed, oversized T-shirt. TV characters were popular. Manozzi dressed as Chip Skylark, a character from “The Fairly OddParents.” Chandler was a convincing Daphne from “Scooby Doo” in a red wig, even going so far as to have a costumed monster kidnap her off stage. The real hit was Capello, who won Best in Costume. The audience was puzzled at first when his assistant brought out a box and covered it in a grey sheet, but when Capello came on stage wearing a pair of horns and posed atop the box to complete his costume as the ram statue in Crocker Grove, they broke
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into laughter. Capello said he knew he wanted to be the ram statue as soon as he learned of the costume element of the show. “My friends were skeptical about whether people would know what I was or not, and that got me a bit discouraged. The roaring applause when I went on stage really made the night something magical!” he said. While the judges tallied the votes, hosts Leonard and Schipelliti treated the crowd to a rousing, FSUthemed rendition of “My Heart Will Go On,” changing the famous lyrics to “the crown will go on.” Many in the crowd raised up their phone lights in support.
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When the judges came to their decision, Rosa was named Best Overall/Ram of the Year. Rosa said, “I was genuinely shocked when they crowned me and honored to be a part of this experience. I’m thankful for all the support from my friends and family.” He added, “I am so proud to be a part of this gender inclusive show and feel like it is great for campus to be progressive.” Chandler took her Best of Formal Wear award with a grain of salt. She said, “Winning best formal and Q&A made me feel better than everyone else except for Kyle Rosa.” CONNECT WITH JILLIAN POLAND jpoland@student.framingham.edu
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By Jillian Poland Editorial Staff Thirty of us piled onto the plane - everyone chatting and yelling in their matching sweatshirts - but other passengers only seemed to care about our pillows. “Why do you all have pillows?” an older, balding man asked. Then, a short woman with just the slightest Boston accent said, “There’s got to be a story behind all these pillows.” We shared a glance and laughed uncomfortably. Someone finally decided we had to explain and offered the rough equivalent of: “Oh, we don’t have any bedding where we’re going, so we had to bring our own.” This was, of course, followed by more questions and soon half the plane learned about the college students off to build houses for a week in New Orleans for their spring break. This year, FSU’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program volunteered with the United Saint’s Recovery Project (USRP) in Central City, New Orleans. ASB is a program that gives students the opportunity to do a service-based trip at a low cost instead of going on a vacation or just hanging around the house for the week. USRP was founded by Minnesota native Daryl Kiesow in September 2007. Kiesow went to New Orleans in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, seeing it as a chance to change up his life and truly make a difference. He volunteered with another organization for two years before starting his own. USRP is a volunteer-based pro-
gram that works to restore homes in New Orleans damaged by natural disasters. It runs out of a church, with two apartment buildings near by to house volunteers. During the typical work week, breakfast starts at 6 a.m. each day, before the sun has even risen. If you want coffee - which most everyone does - you wake up around 5:45, pull on whatever clothes you don’t mind ruining, and walk across the street to the church before the pot runs dry. All the volunteers sit around two long tables in a side room, eating cold bagels and cereal for breakfast, their brown bag lunches sitting beside them. At 7 a.m., Kiesow goes to the
white board at the front of the room and gets everyone’s attention. He asks each group to share about the previous day’s work before divvying up the schools for the new work day. Volunteers are mostly sent out in groups of six to 12, depending on the need. During the week we were there, volunteers worked roofing a house damaged in the recent tornadoes, restoring a home damaged during the floods in Baton Rouge this past summer and sorting Mardi Gras beads with the Arc of Greater New Orleans non-profit, among other projects. While all the volunteer groups were switched up and cycled through
Emily Robinson/THE GATEPOST FSU students spent some of the week constructing walls at a home damaged during Hurricane Katrina.
a number of job sites throughout the week, Framingham was able to have a presence at Caryl Eager’s house each day. Eager lost her home 12 years ago, during Hurricane Katrina. The storm itself didn’t wash the house away, but during the three months that the National Guard kept people from their homes, mold from the dampness snuck up the walls to the attic and made the house uninhabitable. Eager, who is in her 70s, hired multiple contractors to fix her home, eating up much of her relief money. Unfortunately, she was the victim of contractor fraud. They took her money, looked at the house, maybe started a wall here or there, then left. With her home in such a state, Eager has had to live with a woman from her church since the storm. The USRP rebuilding project at Eager’s house was led by a man named Brian McGinnis. He’d direct us toward a task - putting up a wall, using a power drill, sanding, mudding - and then leave us to it without much guidance. He seemed to believe we were all incredibly capable, though most of us had little-to-no experience when it came to building a house. On our first day at Eager’s house, only the back few rooms had been fully hung with drywall. Most of the rooms were just frames, allowing us to see clear across the house. More than half the walls needed to be measured out and put up, plaster needed to applied to the screw holes and the seams between boards and rough spots needed to be sand-
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FSU to NOLA Continued from page 13 ed before they could be painted over. Sophomore Shannon Fitzgerald, who worked at Eager’s house for three days, was tasked with building a closet, though she had never used a power drill until that week. “When I was building the closet, the screws were at weird angles, and I couldn’t get them all the way in, and I was yelling swears because I was so frustrated. After I was finished, I asked Destinee and she told me that Caryl was in the room the whole time I swearing. I felt so bad,” Fitzgerald said. Eager was around each day as we worked, talking with us and playfully bickering with McGinnis. During lunch on our first day, where she offered everyone snacks and sodas, she told us about the homeless people she has met around the city and how she hopes to open her home to at least some of them when it is complete. Junior Seth Signa, who worked at Eager’s house for two days, said,
“I went to New Orleans with few expectations and came home with a new family ” -Emily Robinson, junior
“This woman had lost just about everything - she has not been able to live in her home for 12 years. She has faced so much hardship, and here she is with nothing but smiles and laughter and good vibes. It was so inspiring.” Signa was amazed at how much work FSU students were able to accomplish. “I was lucky to go on the first work day, and when we walked into her house not much was done. … But in that short week, thanks to all of us just working together and really putting in 110 percent, we got most of the downstairs finished,” he said. “It didn’t totally hit me until the end, when we did a final walk through, and I was just in awe. I had to wipe a few tears away, to tell you the truth,” he added. Junior Emily Robinson, who helped to construct the walls in Caryl’s future kitchen, was amazed by the tangible difference we made. She said, “On our last day at Caryl’s, we walked from the very back of the house to the front and I couldn’t help but be blown away by everything we did. She had walls again, and we were able to do that for her.” The work put in by FSU volunteers actually speeded up the expected completion date for Eager’s house by weeks, even months, according to USRP staff. The pace of our work probably had more to do with the group’s collective humor and motivation than any excess of skill. Every day, Eager’s house was bursting with singing, laughter and music from the trip playlist. “I went to New Orleans with few expectations and came home with a new family,” said Robinson.
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“Working in Caryl’s house was unlike anything I have experienced before - everyone was so helpful,” she added. “That was just the group we were with, everyone was kind and selfless.” The trip wasn’t all work and no play, however. We were able to visit the French quarter, enjoy gumbo and even get beignets at the famous Café Du Monde. Each night, the group got together for a debriefing where anyone could share their thoughts on the day and voice questions. Afterwards, those who hadn’t passed out from exhaustion would stay up chatting and dancing. On the last day of our trip, as we were driving through New Orleans for the last time, Eager sent an
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email to senior Lauren LaFlemme, thanking everyone for our work and inviting us to stay with her in New Orleans. “I’ve grown so close to you all,” she wrote. “You’re all like the grandkids I never had. You are wonderful souls! You sacrificed so much to come down to help me - someone you didn’t even know! God blessed me when He sent you to me.” In another email following the trip, Eager continued to express her gratitude. “Not only did you wonderful volunteers help me with my house, but you helped heal my heart and my mind. Just having you guys working with me at my house made me feel that someone really cared, and that was the best help of all!” The trip gave sophomore Hailey Small a new perspective. She works in the McAuliffe Center for Integrated Science Learning on campus and shows hurricane videos as part of a mock space mission. Small said after working with Caryl, the videos have new meaning to her. “I knew someone whose house was hit by the waves in the video and saw the weather report I watched and knew it was coming for them,” she said. Signa hopes other Framingham State students will get involved in service opportunities like ASB. “There is no better feeling than being able to help another human being for no other reason other than that you can, and that it is the right thing to do.” [Editors note: Emily Robinson is a member of The Gatepost editorial staff.]
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Invisible Americans Imagine living in this country for as far back as you can remember. Your friends and family live here. You’ve gone to school and graduated here. You learned how to drive here. You opened a savings account here. You learned how to read and write here. You learned how to tie your shoes here. You experienced the tragedy of 9/11. You celebrated when Osama Bin Laden was killed. You witnessed Barack Obama become the first African-American president. You watched Boston police chase Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev across Watertown on live T.V. following the Boston Bombings. And yet, every two years you have to spend hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars to
renew a document that allows you the same luxuries your neighbors and peers are given as a birthright - the ability to work, drive and study in the United States.
undocumented immigrants and, at certain points during his campaign, to eliminate the DACA program entirely.
This is the life of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) receivers. Brought to this country as young children, DACA receivers are granted permission to stay in the country for two years at a time.
Currently, over 780,000 immigrants are protected under the DACA program in the United States. In Massachusetts alone there are 12,058 DACA recipients. At Framingham State, there are 31 DACA students currently enrolled.
Once the two years are up, immigrants must reapply. This process not only costs them the DACA and the lawyer’s fees - it costs them peace of mind as well.
This week, The Gatepost is publishing the first of three articles depicting the lives of MetroWest DACA recipients, and what the policy has, and has not, given to them.
And life has never been more uncertain for DACA recipients than now. President Donald Trump has promised mass deportations of
All names have been changed to protect the individuals featured.
A Framingham State DACA student shares her story By Alexandra Gomes Editor-in-Chief One early morning in seventh grade, Sarah woke up and started her morning routine. She got dressed for school. She sat down to eat her breakfast. Her father left for work. A few minutes later, he came running back in. His car had been broken into, and many valuables he had left inside had been stolen. So unsurprisingly, Sarah’s father called the police. But when a police officer showed up, he did not seem to be in a “protect and serve” mood - at least, not for Sarah’s family. The officer didn’t even glance at the car. Instead, he focused his attention on Sarah and her family. He took one look at them, according to Sarah, and decided the family was not worth his time. “No. You go back where you came from. I’m not going to help you guys,” said the Framingham police officer. “You don’t belong here.” Then, the officer got back into his cruiser and drove away. “That was the first time I had seen my dad cry. I won’t forget it. It really hit me - how my life was going to be,” she said. Sarah, a junior sociology major at Framingham State and a DACA recipient, has been dealing with the consequences of her family’s immigration status since she was five years old. After this particular incident, Sarah’s father decided to tell their story and reach out to the Brazilian community, hoping to address an issue many undocumented immigrants face. Sarah was inspired by her father’s courage, and his desire to inform the community by sharing
their story. “My dad told his story to bring awareness to other people,” she said. “And that stayed with me.” Today, Sarah still believes in the power of stories. Here is hers.
Immigration and assimilation When Sarah was just five years old, she boarded a plane with her mother and older sister in Brumado, Brazil. It was a hot day, about 85 degrees - the average weather in her hometown. When her plane touched down in Boston, Massachusetts, she saw snow for the first time. Her family had come to the United States with 6-month tourist visas, but intended to stay in the states permanently. “They wanted to give us the best education possible and the best future possible,” Sarah said of her parents. “They couldn’t provide us that in Brazil.” Her father was waiting for them, having already come up a few months earlier to start working and find a home for them. But the place he took his family to was far from homey, according to Sarah. A friend of her father’s was allowing Sarah and her family to live in his basement in Framingham until they could find a better home. “We all shared this one bed,” said Sarah. “I just remember being so cold. It was awful. It was like a dirty basement.” During the day, while Sarah’s mother and father worked three jobs each and her 12-year-old sister attended school, she stayed with the woman who owned the house.
You may be elligible for DACA if you 1. Were under the age of 31 as of June 15, 2012 2. Came to the United States before reaching your 16th birthday 3. Have continuously resided in the United States since June 15, 2007, up to the present time 4. Were physically present in the United States on June 15, 2012, and at the time of making your request for consideration of deferred action with USCIS 5. Had no lawful status on June 15, 2012 6. Are currently in school, have graduated or obtained a certificate of completion from high school, have obtained a general education development (GED) certificate, or are an honorably discharged veteran of the Coast Guard or Armed Forces of the United States 7. Have not been convicted of a felony, significant misdemeanor,or three or more other misdemeanors, and do not otherwise pose a threat to national security or public safety
The arrangement seemed like a good idea at first - the woman babysat multiple children each day already. However, for some reason, the woman refused to feed Sarah. “She would not feed me. I would literally be starving all day,” she said. “My parents had no idea because they would be working until late at night, and when my sister came home around three o’clock from school, then she would give me something to eat.” Sarah said she never found out why the woman refused to feed her. “Maybe she just didn’t care about me or my well-being, or didn’t think I was her responsibility,” she said. A year went by before Sarah’s parents finally noticed something was wrong. Despite having very little money, the family decided to move into a share-family home in downtown Framingham. Her family shared a kitchen and bathroom with several other families. “We lived with a bunch of strangers,” she said. “And at the
time, there was a lot of drugs.” Sarah started attending kindergarten at Woodrow Wilson, where she was placed with a Brazilian teacher who tried to teach her English. By the end of the year, Sarah knew basic words, such as “please,” “sorry” and “bye.” However, the language didn’t click for her until she started reading. Her mother started taking English classes at the Framingham Public Library, and while Sarah waited for her, she would pretend the library was a castle. As she explored her castle, the library workers would often say hi and give her pieces of candy, she said. She would also often pick up books and try to put words together. Her favorites, she said, were the Arthur series and “The Magic School Bus.” However, Sarah always had a preference for fantasy books, she said.
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DACA student Continued from page 15 “One of my biggest accomplishments was that by third or fourth grade, I was reading the Harry Potter books,” she said. “Reading was my escape,” she added. “I could go into a world and be anything.” Halfway through third grade, Sarah was transferred out of ESL courses and into regular classes, where she tried to befriend her classmates. “That was really hard. I don’t think people realize how hard it is to try to make friends when you don’t even know how to speak their language,” she said. In Brazil, Sarah said, play dates and sleepovers were uncommon, so her parents weren’t very helpful. Additionally, her neighborhood lacked children her own age. “So, I kind of just had my books and some of my friends from school and that was it,” she said. As Sarah moved on to elementary school, she began to struggle with assimilating into American society. “Brazilian culture is very different from American culture,” she said. “Not only the language, but just daily life - how people dress and how people eat.” Her parents were still working three jobs, and weren’t around much to help Sarah with her school work. Additionally, they still weren’t fluent in English. In the afternoons, her mother worked at a Friendly’s restaurant washing dishes. After school, Sarah would sit in a Friendly’s booth for hours, coloring and waiting for her mother to get off work. Her parents could not afford a babysitter, and her sister was often still at school by the time Sarah’s classes were over. However, in middle school, Sarah’s mother decided to become a babysitter, not only because the pay was better, but also because she felt she was missing out on Sarah’s childhood. Sarah’s father finally obtained a solid job as a carpenter. Sarah could now speak English fluently. The family had just moved, again, to a two-bedroom apartment, and Sarah and her sister had their own room for the first time. Life was getting a little bit easier, said Sarah. But she still didn’t know exactly where she fit in. All her friends at school were Brazilian, and she had a hard time relating to her American peers. “You don’t really know your place. You don’t know where you stand,” she said. “What am I? Am I Brazilian? Am I American? Am I Brazilian American?” Her peers at school were always quick to remind her of her differ-
ences. “I got bullied in elementary and middle school just for having an accent, for talking funny,” she said. “I didn’t wear the same type of clothes as everyone else. It was a reason to get picked on.” Additionally, Sarah and her family were all still undocumented immigrants, a fact that remained in the back of her head wherever she went, she said. “Every police car my mom would see, every time any sort of authority would come in, she would be really scared, and that fear - I had that fear. Even as a child, it wasn’t like I wasn’t aware that I was different. I could see it through my parents,” she said. As Sarah grew older, she became more aware of her family’s situation. “Why wasn’t my mom driving? Why did she only want my dad to drive? That was so difficult,” she said. When Sarah entered middle school, her sister enrolled at Framingham State University, and commuted every day. She was paying $20,000 a year. “When you’re an illegal immigrant here and you want to go to college, you have to pay twice as much for tuition,” said Sarah. “And you don’t get any financial aid.” Sarah’s sister saved up whatever money she could, and her parents helped as much as they could. However, the strain became too much. “For me, I was like, ‘What’s the point of me going to school, studying and working hard if I’m not going to be able to go to the college that I want and afford it?’” she said. Sarah said her sister applied to many schools, such as UMass and Northeastern. However, because of their cost, she decided to go to Framingham State instead. Sarah was still battling with her identity in high school, when her sister got married to an American man whom she had been dating since she was 14 years old. Two years later, her sister became a citizen, and was able to apply for green cards for her parents. The only undocumented immigrant left in the family was Sarah. In school, Sarah was constantly reminded of the differences between herself and her peers. She said as an immigrant, “You’re trapped in a box - there are so many boundaries and so many limits, and things you can’t do.” She added, “In high school, it becomes more apparent because people talk about all these things they’re doing. Traveling - all my friends would go on family vacations. They would be thinking about college. My parents never even talked to me about college.”
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While her friends were taking family vacations in Hawaii, Sarah wasn’t even allowed to go back to Brazil to visit her sick grandfather. “I didn’t even remember who my grandpa was. I didn’t remember any of my family in Brazil anymore,” she said. “He was sick, and he would call us crying and say he was going to die without seeing us.” Sarah became angrier and angrier, and started acting out. Her guidance counselor took notice, and recommended her to Framingham High School’s Maisy program. The program pairs students at Framingham High School with mentors from the surrounding communities who help them set goals and stay on track to graduate. “That changed my life,” said Sarah. Sarah was paired with Laurie, an older woman from Marlborough who had recently lost her 18-yearold daughter. “We kind of both needed each other to help heal and help learn. She was one of those people who accepted me despite my immigration background or my status here,” she said. “That was one of the first people that I was like, ‘OK, I can be accepted despite my status, despite what other people are saying about me on the news, despite everything that’s going on.’” Sarah also started working under-the-table at a local Brazilian restaurant in downtown Framingham. She hoped the job would alleviate some of her money-related stress. However, it only burdened
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her further. While on the job, another immigrant worker sexually harassed her all the time. One day, he attempted to sexually assault her when they were alone in the restaurant. Fortunately, a customer walked in at the right time, and her coworker had to walk back out to the front of the restaurant to help them. “I remember going home that night and crying and being really angry because I couldn’t even call the cops,” she said. Sarah feared calling the police because she was working under-the-table at the restaurant as an undocumented immigrant. She said, “What rights did I have?” She also refrained from telling her parents, fearing that her father would confront the man and get into trouble. And with her family’s money problems, she couldn’t just quit her job without a valid reason. “I still needed a job. Its not like there’s a million jobs under-the-table. I can’t tell my parents why I want to quit. I was too afraid to tell the school. There was this fear, because I’m doing something wrong, too. I’m not supposed to be working there. I was getting paid under-the-table,” she said. So, Sarah continued working at the restaurant alongside her attacker every day. That is, until DACA became available.
DACA’s impact In June 2012, Sarah applied for
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DACA student DACA the day U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services began accepting applications. She and her parents had saved up the money to pay for a lawyer, along with the $2,000 application fee. In November, she was instructed to have her biometrics, such as her fingerprints, taken in Boston. In February, she had her Social Security number. She was free to obtain a driver’s license and find a new job. “I just turned 17,” she said. “It was right near my birthday. It was like God’s birthday gift to me.” DACA also provided Sarah with a newfound sense of security in the country. “I didn’t have to lie to my friends or not talk about it,” she said. “There is a lot of fear that if you talk about it, someone is going to call Immigration on you and your family, especially when you’re so young and you don’t know how to handle these things.” Additionally, through DACA, Sarah was able to travel to Brazil this past December to visit her ill grandmother after her grandfather’s death. “I didn’t want to not be able to remember any of my grandparents. I didn’t know my family at all. I didn’t remember anyone,” she said. “My family was my mom, my dad and my sister and that’s it. That’s all I had.” So, Sarah wrote a letter to Immigration and applied for a travel grant. Seven months later, on a Tuesday afternoon, she received a letter granting her permission to leave the country. She left for Brazil the following Friday. However, while the letter granted Sarah permission to leave the country, it did not provide her a guaranteed re-entry. “I decided, to me, this is worth it. I have to take the risk. This is my only opportunity,” she said. According to Sarah, her lawyer told her she had a good chance of being let back into the country because she was a good student, and had a job and family here. However, the decision was ultimately up to the Immigration offi-
cer on duty. “Basically, if someone looks at my face, and they don’t like my face, they can say, ‘Sorry, you have to go back to Brazil and you have to stay there,’” she said. He warned her not to spend too much time there, and to take as many pictures with her family as possible, which could be used later on as evidence. It was only Sarah’s second time on a plane, and she was able to make the trip from Boston to Elos, which included five different connecting flights, by herself. “I was all by myself doing a 24hour plane ride. I had no idea what the airports were like in Brazil, or the airports here. I was terrified,” she said. The day of her flight, as Sarah prepared to leave the country, she recognized that it might be her last day in the United States. “What if they don’t let me back? What am I going to do?” she said. “My whole life is here.” Her family warned her of the violence in Brazil, and instructed her not to speak English or use her iPhone, keep her bags with her and not leave the airport. When she finally arrived in Brazil, and her father picked her up at the airport, Sarah said she couldn’t believe she was actually in the country. “America has been my home for so long. It was the most out-ofbody experience I ever had,” she said. Her father showed her the hospital where she was born and the first house in which they had lived. Sarah said when she met her family members, they couldn’t stop staring at each other. They also showed her pictures and videos of herself as a baby. “It was crazy meeting my family for the first time. It almost felt like I was adopted, and I was meeting my family for the first time,” she said. “It was unreal.” While in Brazil, Sarah visited both her mother’s side of the family in rural Elos and her father’s side in the beach town of Brumado. She also visited her grandfather’s grave in Brumado. “I broke down and I cried and I
How to file for DACA 1. Collect documents as evidence you meet the requirements 2. Complete USCIS Forms I-821D, I-765 and I-765WS 3. Mail in USCIS Forms + fees (total $465) 4. Visit local USCIS Application Support Center for a scheduled biometrics services appointment 5. Check your status online
cried and I cried. I know how much he would have wanted to see me, and how much I would have wanted to see him,” she said. “But, in some ways, it felt like this whole trip was his gift.” Sarah’s father accompanied her on the trip back to the states, but when the time came to face Immigration, she was on her own. She waited for an hour and a half in the Immigration line in the Atlanta airport, and missed her next flight to Boston. While waiting in line, Sarah saw many people being “taken away” by Immigration. A brother was separated from his siblings, and a mother was separated from her college-aged daughter. Sarah said her lawyer had warned her that it’s a bad sign if officers take an immigrant into an “interview” room instead of letting them through right away. “I saw other people being taken away and I cried for them,” she said. “I was like, ‘Don’t get emotional. Just be confident. Just be yourself. Don’t look scared because they’re going to think you did something wrong.’” But when the time came for Sarah to hand over her papers, she was still so nervous that she visibly shook. The officer asked her why she went to Brazil, and when she told him she went to see her grandmother, he asked her to wait in a separate room until her name was called. There were many other immigrants waiting in the room with Sarah, one of whom was an older Brazilian woman who couldn’t speak English. “I wanted to go over and help, but you just can’t intervene,” she said. The woman’s name was called, and she was taken into another room. “By the time I was called, I didn’t get to see what happened,” she said. “I felt so bad.” When Sarah’s name was finally called, she was met by another immigration officer who, again, asked why she had gone to Brazil. “She was actually very nice,” said Sarah. “And she let me in.” Immediately, Sarah started crying out of relief. “I felt so tense. The whole time I was in Brazil, I had this in the back of my mind,” she said. “After seeing Brazil, I was like, ‘I don’t think I could ever live here. … I want to come back and visit, but my home is in America.’” As Sarah waited in the security line, a security officer asked her to hand over her papers. “He was like, ‘Do you have an issue if I pat you down? What do you have in your bags?’ I was like, ‘Are you kidding me?’ I didn’t know what to say,” she said.
Sarah told the officer she had already been let through by immigration, and he gave her a “look of disgust,” according to Sarah. He let her go. After making it through security, Sarah found her father, who started crying when he caught sight of her. “It was very emotional,” she said. Thankfully, Sarah was allowed back into the country - just weeks before President Donald Trump was inaugurated. “I feel like I wouldn’t have taken this risk if he had been president when I went. I was really scared about coming back,” she said. “Now, it’s the question of what’s going to happen to me?” Sarah said she worries about Trump’s campaign promise to repeal DACA. “Here I’ve been working really hard at school - I pay $12,000 a year here by myself just to go to school here, and here’s this chance where someone might take all of that away. Where does that leave me? “It’s not like I want to get married at 21 years old and I don’t want to make my boyfriend do that. So what happens to me? And you’re also in the system through DACA, so they can find you,” she said. “But I have lots of hope. I hope people won’t allow him to take DACA away. I hope people will hear stories like mine, and I hope people are willing to talk more about immigration and understand that I was only five when I came here. I’m the one now who is stuck in the worst situation possible.” Sarah said one of the worst myths surrounding DACA is the idea that immigrants are “taking someone else’s place” in a job or college. “I don’t think some people even see us as deserving,” she said. Sarah added while DACA is “great,” it is unrealistic to expect recipients to be able to afford college without financial aid or other resources. “You expect us to do well and go out and get jobs when some jobs won’t even hire you because you don’t have a green card,” she said. “So we have all these expectations of us, yet we’re so limited in what we can do.” However, Sarah is still grateful for the opportunities DACA has afforded her. “At least I have some sort of protection. I don’t have to worry that I’m going to be, as of right now, deported. What if I didn’t have this? I wouldn’t be able to be at school. I wouldn’t be here, or be able to drive or get a job,” she said. “What would my life be like without this?”
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Molly’s Modern Fashion Internet Fashion By Molly Dubrowski Staff Writer Now we see fashion move faster than ever, from extravagant looks at fashion week to the constant rotating of Zara’s merchandise. And technology has kept up with the ever-growing fashion industry. There is a term in the industry called “fast fashion.” It refers to the quicker pace that clothes are turned over in a store. Back in the old days, before computers and the internet, department stores changed their layouts four times a year. There was the winter, spring, summer and fall fashions. With technology, the speed of fashion has increased to an amazing pace. Take, for example, a store like H&M. Their store layout and clothes change weekly. New styles and items are displayed every week. This keeps the store more current with “fast fashion” in hopes that customers will return again and again to see what’s new. We use our phones everywhere we go for much more than making phone calls to home. This has changed the fashion industry. Consumers now have access to the latest trends instantaneously. A style can go from the runway to your closet the next day. It is no longer just celebrities and actresses who have access to runway styles. You can look up the latest trends while sitting in class or while watching the latest Victoria Secret model strut her stuff down the runway. Your iPhone has also become your store. You no longer have to leave the comfort of your home or desk to do your shopping. Order an outfit and it comes right to your door. Not crazy about it? Just return it. Most companies offer free shipping and returns. Being a fashion major, there are a few sites that I find especially fashion forward. Popsugar, Pinterest and Vogue have great fashion styles to help you mix and match. Macy’s, Zara and Amazon have great online shopping experiences and constantly change their selection. With internet access everywhere, you are able to go live on Facebook so all your friends can see what you are wearing. For the typical college student, Snapchat has become a window into the fashion of celebrities. Now, celebrities are on Snapchat, showing what they are wearing while hiking in the mountains or just hanging by the pool with the husband. With the help of technology, tomorrow we can be wearing the same clothes that Jessica Biel is wearing today. From the old days of flipping pages through a catalog looking for spring clothes to watching fashion shows live on your iPhone, technology has improved and changed how we shop today. With the fast pace of life, technology helps keep the college student up-to-date on the latest trends to keep her looking her best.
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“New Kung-Fu Kenny! New Kung-Fu Kenny!” Jose Carrasquillo Editorial Staff Compton native Kendrick Lamar’s fourth studio album “DAMN.” dropped on Friday, April 14. In it, he ties together ideas from each of his previous albums. “NEW KUNG-FU KENNY! NEW KUNGFU KENNY!” echoes to open “ELEMENT.,” which Lamar raps over, flaunting how he will never let any of his enemies knock him out of his “element.” Lamar doesn’t fail to deliver after releasing the single “The Heart Part 4,” which foreshadowed “DAMN.” and all the cryptic tweets leading up to it. “Is it wickedness? Is it weakness? You decide. Are we gonna live or die?” Lamar sings, over beautifully meshed synths to deliver a soulful sound with a powerful message to open the album. Lamar introduced the two central themes that will battle throughout the album in his very first words. For every song that represents wickedness, there is one to represent his weakness to balance out the wickedness of the sin. Lamar’s inner turmoil comes alive in each song when he must decide to give into for his weakness like in “LUST.” or fight it and be cocky, feeling himself on songs like “HUMBLE.” or “ELEMENT.” Lamar is well-known for his hidden messages on his songs like, “Control,” sending diss shots to other rappers to establish that he’s the greatest. On “FEAR.,” midway through the song, Lamar features a 20-second spoken word verse that is echoed in the beginning of the album. The last song, “DUCKWORTH.” ends with a reversed clip of “DAMN’s” final line. “DAMN.” allows Lamar to tap into local California artists to help produce his album, such as The Alchemist, Ricci Riera, Anna Wise, BadBadNotGood and 9th Wonder. Incorporating these different sounds that have shaped the California music scene allows Lamar to still deliver a different sound from his previous album “To Pimp a Butterfly,” but is still a nod to his hometown. “DAMN.” is the opposite from his previous album, which focused on promoting the black artist, like Langston Hughes once did. His new project is more focused on preventing the internal vices from taking over. “DAMN.” is - in the simplest form Lamar rapping about his complexities, contradictions and beliefs, which reveal his true self as an artist. “To Pimp a Butterfly” was focused on how there needs to be a promotion of black artists and how to overcome and transcend the negativity of fame and fortune. “good kid M.A.A.D city” presented Lamar in his most vulnerable state, revealing the growing pains he had while being raised in Compton. Lamar delivers not only a sonically appealing album, but also a commercially and artistically appealing one.
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“DAMN.” is projected to garner 200 million streams, with 120 million from Apple Music and Spotify alone, according to HITS Daily Double.
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DACA student Continued from page 17
Life as a DACA college student
Sarah credits the college center at her high school for her decision to enroll in college. The center staff kept her on track with SATs and college applications. Additionally, Sarah received a lot of support from her boyfriend, who was in his first year at Tufts University. He helped her fill out the applications and write her essays, she said. During her first semester, Sarah commuted to Bridgewater State every day. However, her experience at the school was not what she expected. “I cried that whole semester. I had thought college was going to be this whole different thing. I was going to meet all new people, and I was going to love going to college. It was going to be amazing,” she said. But making friends proved harder than she had initially thought, and she was spending four hours a day driving to and from her classes. Every day, Sarah would wake up at 5 a.m., drive to her classes, sit
through lectures, and then drive to the Wellesley Country Club, where she would waitress until 10 p.m. Then, she would drive home, do homework and wake up at 5 a.m. again the next morning. “I wanted to do well, and I made it work,” she said. “But I just knew that Framingham State would be a better fit for me.” When she first enrolled at FSU, Sarah said she was an education and sociology major. However, after taking more classes and meeting some key professors - such as Ira Silver - she decided to drop education to focus more on sociology. According to Sarah, Silver encouraged her to take on a major that she loved, instead of a major that would earn her a well-paying job after college. She said immigrant parents often push their children to pursue more practical careers. “They just want you to have a better future, and have a safe job a job where you don’t have to worry about money,” she said. Silver showed her there were many opportunities within the field of sociology, said Sarah, and told her if she were passionate about it, she should go for it. She added, “He made me realize
that I’m really good at this, and I should pursue it if it’s something I really love.” “I’m one of those people who was never really great at something,” she said. “I feel like sociology is the only thing I’m really, really good at.” When she graduates, Sarah is interested in working with immigrants and refugees. “It’s something that’s really needed right now,” she said. She is also thinking about attending law school. “That’s something that I just decided - if I really want to help these people, really make a change, then law school would be a really great step toward this,” she said. Sarah continued working 50hour weeks while attending Framingham State to pay for her tuition until last year, when she found a nannying job that paid better. She was able to reduce her hours to 20 per week. Now, a typical schedule for Sarah includes back-to-back classes and 3-4 hours of nannying a day.
What now? Sarah said in six years, her parents will become citizens. However, because of the age limit, they
will not be able to apply for Sarah’s green card or citizenship. “I’m kind of stuck,” she said. “There isn’t much that I can do … unless I get married. But who wants to do that?” Her immigration status forces Sarah to be realistic about her dreams and plans for the future, she said. “Law school, graduate school, it’s all really expensive,” she said. “I’m not quite sure I’ll be able to afford it. Right now, I’m just focusing on getting good grades and hoping that something will open up.” She added, “If worse comes to worst, I’ll pay little by little.” However, no matter how many degrees Sarah obtains, she will never have the upper hand. While DACA gives her the right to work and study in this country temporarily, she could still be deported at any time. And for Sarah, Brazil is not her home, and it never was. “I feel like America is my home. This is where I grew up,” she said. “I’m more American than anything.”
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Rams drop below .500 after losing five of their last six By Mike Ferris Sports Editor
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Framingham State dropped both ends of a MASCAC doubleheader against conference-leader Westfield State. In the opener, the Rams pitching staff couldn’t control the hot bats of Westfield State, while the team struggled to get any offense of its own. The Owls scored three runs in both the first and second innings, one in the third, and two in both the fourth and sixth innings, en route to an 11-0 victory. All six runs in the first two innings came off of Al Wallach, who was chased after just 1.2 innings, surrendering eight hits and two walks. He was relieved by Josh Jezouit, who pitched 2.1 innings, allowing three runs, two earned, on six hits. Brian Quinn and Matt McIsaac both pitched an inning each. The Owls, on the other hand, watched as three pitchers combined for a three-hit shutout, combining for 10 strikeouts and five walks. John Gegetskas started the game for Westfield, pitching five innings, surrendering one hit and striking out nine. He improved to 3-0 on the year. Ryan Wardwell, Aaron Williams and Kyle Pileski had the three hits for the Rams.
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The second game was much like the first, as the Owls stayed hot, while the Rams offense continued to get shutdown. Kevin Connelly started for the Rams, going five innings, allowing six hits, five runs, three earned, while striking out seven. He suffered his first loss of the year. Michael Raymond relieved him, throwing the final inning for the Rams, allowing two runs of his own, on one hit, a walk and a strikeout. Matt Nunes went the distance for Westfield State, pitching seven innings, allowing four hits, one run, and collecting seven strikeouts of his own. Wardwell and Matt Brockett each had two hits for the Rams, combining for the only four hits on the Framingham side. Connelly and Nunes battled each other early, as it was a 2-1 game heading into the fifth. The bottom half of that inning was when Connelly really got into trouble. After striking out the first Westfield batter of the inning, he allowed back-to-back singles. With runners on first and second, Jared Ferrari fouled out for the second out of the inning, but Connelly wasn’t out of the woods yet. The next batter was Alex Benevides, whose 2-RBI single blew the game open. He would later score after Arismendy Larancuent reached on an error.
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By Jose Carrasquillo Asst. Sports Editor On Apr. 15, the Rams visited Fisher College in a battle of the bats, winning the game 9-7. After a 1-2-3 first inning for Framingham, Emmanuel Powers got the offense going with a leadoff triple, he eventually scored following an error by the second basemen. Fisher College responded right away in the bottom of the second inning, with an Angel Vargas single. After a Jaime Villafane groundout advancing Vargas to second, Joshua Casado singled and advanced Vargas to third. Hayden Alicea flew out to left field to score Vargas, tying the game at 1-1. Fisher College kept the bats going in the bottom of the third with a Sam Schroder walk. Following a Kyle Anulao fly out, Schroeder advanced to second on the passed ball. Reynaldo Moreta singled to advance Schroeder to third. Vargas laid a sacrifice bunt to score Schroeder and advance Moreta to second. Framingham responded in the top of the fourth inning, with back-to-back homers from Jordan Pallazola and Powers to take the lead 3-2. The Rams kept the hot bats going in the top of the fifth. Joe Ambrosino got the offense going drawing a walk to get on base. Following a Wardell single, him and Ambrosino advanced one base to second and third. Williams was hit by a pitch that led to a Powers grand slam, increasing the lead to 7-2. For Fisher College, they were unable to keep the offense rolling after facing such a deficit in the seventh inning when Powers scored Williams on an RBI double. Fisher college made one last push in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring four runs to make it a two-run game. They left the potential game-winning run at the plate as Villafane flew out to end the game. Powers led the way for the Rams with two homeruns, a triple and six RBIs.
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By Matt Ferris Sports Editor Framingham State took on Worcester State on Monday, Apr. 17, in a MASCAC doubleheader. The Lancers jumped out to an early 2-0 after half an inning. Adam Barry and Mike Ferrara each had RBI hits in the inning off of Rams starter Michael Andrews. The Rams tied things up at two in the bottom of the third. With Williams and Brockett on base, Pallazola ripped an RBI single scoring Williams
and advancing Brockett to third. With runners on the corners, Wardwell singled to centerfield, scoring the tying run. Worcester struck back in the next inning with two runs to go up 4-2. Both runs were unearned for the Lancers and the Rams made three errors in the inning. Framingham came right back in the next half inning to tie the game up at four. After a Pileski double and a Williams walk, Brockett singled to left field to plate both runs. The remaining three innings went scoreless to send the game to extra innings. In the top of the eighth, Worcester struck for four runs to grab a 9-4 lead over Framingham. Jake Ryan drove in the game-winning run with a two-RBI double down the right field line. The Rams couldn’t muster anything up in the bottom of the inning and lost the opening game of the double header 9-4. Andrews pitched 7.1 innings for the Rams and gave up four runs on six hits. He struck out two.
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In game two of the doubleheader, Worcester again jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, with two runs in the top of the first. Barry singled to center to drive in the game’s first run and Ryan later stole home on a wild pitch to give the Lancers a 2-0 lead. The Rams struck back in the bottom of the first to get one run back. Wardwell grounded out to first and Brockett scored on the play to make it 2-1. In the top of the third, the Lancers struck again with another run. Barry drove in another run with an RBI double to left center, scoring Ryan to make it 3-1. Worcester scored another run in the top of the fifth. When Ryan scored on an error by Powers to make it 4-1. In the bottom of the fifth, after Pileski reached on an error and Brockett reached on a walk, Wardwell singled to right field to plate both runners and cut the Lancers lead to 4-3. The Lancers got the two runs back in the top of the seventh, when Ryan scored on a Kevin Larkin single, followed by a Mike Powers sacrifice fly to make it 6-3. Framingham couldn’t generate any offense in the bottom of the seventh, losing the game 6-3. Kyle Hodgson pitched all seven innings for Framingham. He gave up six runs, three earned, on 15 hits and struck out six. He took the loss. The Rams drop to 13-15 overall and 3-5 in the conference after the doubleheader.
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BASEBALL By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer The Rams lost a tight game against Roger Williams by a score of 9-8. Jezouit pitched for the Rams, going four innings, giving up five hits and six runs. The Hawks scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning. Danny Roth scored first off Sean Gaffney’s single to left. Shane Nowak then
stole home off a wild pitch from Jezouit. The Rams scored their first run in the top of the fourth when Wardwell singled to right scoring Pallazola. In the bottom of the inning, the Hawks scored two more runs by McClellan and Brett. In the sixth inning, Chris Bosco stole home after he got on base by doubling to left. Bryan Terzian then singled to left to get on base and lat-
er scored the second run. Roth also scored on the play to go up 9-1. Down by eight going into the ninth inning, the Rams exploded for seven runs to make it a close game. Ambrosino first doubled to left to start the inning. Brockett then walked to put two men on base. Powers reached on an error by Nick Kennedy scoring Ambrosino. Brockett then scored off a double by Wardwell. Pileski then
grounded out scoring Powers. Kyle Dembrowski made it a tworun game off Williams reached on another error. Robert Higgins scored to bring the game to one on the next at-bat by Ambrosino. Brockett flied out to end the game.
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Gamache scores four goals en route to 7-5 win over Fitchburg State By Richard Tranfaglia Staff Writer Framingham State won its MASCAC matchup against Fitchburg State by a score of 7-5 on Friday, Apr. 14. Kimberly Foley struck first for the Rams to make it a 1-0 game. The Falcons countered with two consecutive goals by Andrea Comeau and Kayla Panek to take a 2-1 lead. About four minutes later, Grace Gamache tied the game at two, with Shae Riley assisting on the play. The rest of the first half was a defensive struggle, until Nicole Pacheco got one pass Falcons goalie Marguerite Belcher to go up 3-2, just 49 seconds before half. Coming out of the half, the Falcons’ Lia Crutchfield tied the game at three. Gamache had the next three goals in the game, giving her a hat trick on the day and four goals in total. Rebecca Fisher finally answered for the Falcons, to make it a 6-4 game. The teams split a pair of goals in the last five minutes to reach the final margin. Pacheco scored for the Rams and Tracy Long got the goal for the Falcons. Framingham outshot Fitchburg 24-14. Gamache led the Rams with 14 shots on net. Comeau led with three shots on goal for the Falcons. Indigo Fox Tree-McGrath made eight saves for the Rams and Belcher made 16 stops for the Falcons. The Rams improve to 7-5 on the season and 2-1 in the MASCAC.
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Tonelli achieved a hat trick at the 20:44 mark to make it a 4-1 game. She then scored another goal five minutes later, pushing the lead to four. Nimeskern also got a hat trick in the first half, after scoring consecutive goals to make it a 7-1 game. Hunter Zacharicz scored the eighth goal of the half for the Owls at the 3:10 mark. The Rams scored a pair of goals coming out of the half, one by Gamache and the other from Pacheco. Syd Lambert and Stephanie Godek answered by each scoring a goal of their own to push the lead to seven. Pacheco and Gamache cut the lead to five after each contributing a score again. Sam Donohoe and Lambert added to the Owls’s lead after each getting a tally.
Kristen Keenan got on the board for the Rams at the 10:37 mark. Donohoe reached the final margin for the Owls with her second goal of the day. Duhaime and Gamache each had a late goal to reach the final score. The Owls outshot the Rams 33-20. Tonelli led the Owls with eight shots on goal, while Gamache led the Rams with six shots. Tree-McGrath made 12 saves for the Rams in the loss and Maria Woodall made four saves for the Owls. The Rams move to 7-6 on the season and 2-2 in the MASCAC.
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The Rams dropped their game against Westfield State on Tuesday, Apr. 18, by a score of 13-8. The Owls dominated the first half, outscoring the Rams 8-1 and outshooting them 20-10. Alexa Tonelli had the first two goals of the game for the Owls. The Rams only goal of the half came at the 24:50 mark by Audrey Duhaime. Marissa Nimeskern responded a little over a minute later, extending the lead to two.
Allie Gath/ THE GATEPOST The Rams huddle up in a game played earlier this week against Westfield State. The Rams lost 138, despite a second half comeback.
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Matt Ferris’ NFL Mock Draft 1. CLEVELAND M. TRUBISKY (UNC) 2. SAN FRANCISCO M. GARRETT (TAMU) 3. CHICAGO M. LATTIMORE (OSU) 4. JACKSONVILLE J. ALLEN (BAMA) 5. TENNESSEE M. HOOKER (OSU) 6. NEW YORK (A) L. FOURNETTE (LSU) 7. LOS ANGELES (A) S. THOMAS (STAN) 8. CAROLINA C. MCCAFFREY (STAN)
9.CINCINNATI R. FOSTER (BAMA) 10. BUFFALO J. ADAMS (LSU) 11. NEW ORLEANS G. CONLEY (OSU) 12. CLEVELAND D. BARNETT (TENN) 13. ARIZONA O. HOWARD (BAMA) 14. PHILADELPHIA M. HUMPHREY (BAMA) 15. INDIANAPOLIS R. RAMCZYK (WISC) 16. BALTIMORE M. WILLIAMS (CLEM)
17. WASHINGTON D. COOK (FSU) 18. TENNESSEE J. ROSS (UW) 19. TAMPA BAY T. CHARLTON (MICH) 20. DENVER C. ROBINSON (BAMA) 21. DETROIT C. DAVIS (W MICH) 22. MIAMI T. WATT (WISC) 23. NEW YORK (N) G. BOLLES (UTAH) 24. OAKLAND H. REDDICK (TEMP)
25. HOUSTON D. WATSON (CLEM) 26. SEATTLE F. LAMP (WKU) 27. KANSAS CITY T. WHITE (LSU) 28. DALLAS A. JACKSON (USC) 29. GREEN BAY J. PEPPERS (MICH) 30. PITTSBURGH D. KIZER (ND) 31. ATLANTA T. TABOR (UF) 32. NEW ORLEANS C. BRANTLEY (UF)
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Framingham stays unbeaten in conference By Jose Carrasquillo Asst. Sports Editor On Friday, Apr. 14, the Rams faced Westfield in a doubleheader, where they won both games to extend their win streak to three. The offense came rare for both sides as there wasn’t a hit allowed until the bottom of the second inning. Framingham finally got the offense going in the top of the fourth inning with a Mycala Moody double to lead off. After an Anna Dziok pop out and a Kayla Finacchiaro strike out, Marissa Flynn knocked a double to left field scoring Moody. Megan Downing kept the hot bats going with a double, scoring Flynn to extend the lead to 2-0. Kylie Boyle singled and advanced Downing to third. Lauren Salisbury capped off the inning with a single to center field, scoring Downing and advancing Boyle to second, increasing the lead to 3-0. Kelsi Gunarathne continued dominating against the Owls, she didn’t allow a run until the bottom of the fifth. In the fifth inning after an Emma Dunbar fly out to short, Bri Tortora got on base with a walk. Liz Kelly knocked in a triple to score Tortora cutting the lead to 3-1. Julia Sullivan grounded out to short, but drove in Kelly to cut the lead to 3-2. Framingham scored one more run in the top of the seventh inning, following a Moody triple and a run on an error by the centerfielder.
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The second game of the doubleheader would prove to be more difficult for the Rams as they won the game with a score of 6-5. The Rams offense got started early with a Dayna Marchant single, followed by a Moody double. Dziok forced a walk loading the bases for Framingham. Finacchiaro grounded out to second, but advanced Moody to third and scored Marchant. Framingham couldn’t capitalize with runners in scoring position, as they popped up and grounded out to end the inning.
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The Owls responded right away after Kelly got on base due to an error by the shortstop. After a Sullivan ground out, Maddy Atkocaitis singled to centerfield scoring Kelly to tie the game 1-1. In the top of the third, Marchant singled to get on base, following a sacrifice bunt from Moody, Dziok singled to centerfield advancing Marchant to third. Finacchiaro reached base on a fielder’s choice, but drove in Marchant after Dziok was forced out at second base, extending the lead to 2-1. Westfield State responded right away in the bottom half of the inning. After Sullivan reached base on a fielder’s choice, Atokocaitis tripled and drove in a run to tie the game at 2-2. After Boyle reached base on a fielder’s choice, Downing stole third leading to a Salisbury sacrifice fly to advance the runners and scoring Downing. Following Desrocher’s ground out to advance Boyle to third, Marchant singled to center field scoring Boyle, extending the lead to 4-2. Jessica Pietersen pinched hit for Desrocher with two on base, she drove in Boyle and advance Salisbury to third base, to extend the lead to 5-2. The Rams scored one more run before the game was over and the Owls scored three runs in the last two innings. With the win, Framingham extended its win streak to four.
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In the second game of the doubleheader it would be more of the same from Framingham as good pitching would lead the team to an 8-2 win. In the bottom of the first inning, Moody and Flynn knocked in back-to-back singles to get the bats going early. Dziok singled, scoring both Moody and advancing Flynn, after beating the throw to first. Finacchiaro singled which scored Flynn and advanced Dziok to third base. Following a pitching change Downing doubled knocking in Dziok and advancing Finacchiaro to third. Worcester State couldn’t get the offense going until the top of the third, after a Kaiulani Ennis single. Following a Sydney Despres walk, the bases were loaded with two outs and Rachel Couto singled, advancing Despres and Ennis, while scoring Dakota Smith-Porter, cutting the lead to 3-1. In the bottom of the third, Downing walked with two out to set up Boyle for a two-run shot, extending the lead to 5-1. Following a Haley Scola walk and a Kaci Panarelli double that advanced Scola to third, Smith-Porter grounded out but drove in Scola and advanced Panarelli to third. The Rams kept the bats hot as they scored three runs to add to their lead in the final three innings. Flynn, Dziok, Finacchiaro, Downing and Boyle all brought in one run a piece, with Moody knocking in two runs to lead the way for Framingham. Pietersen went seven innings, allowing only five hits, and two earned runs, giving her a record of 9-4 on the season.
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