March 2, 2018 by The Gatepost

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Students in the Introduction to Wildlife Biology class learn how to properly climb a tree.

Food Recovery Network feeds Framingham families By Shanleigh Reardon Editorial Staff It’s 9 o’clock on a Saturday morning. Metal shutters are drawn across the entrances to the Dining Commons and very few students can be found in the McCarthy Center. At one table in the commuter caf, three students meet up and make their way through a heavy metal door into the kitchen and behind the scenes of the dining hall. These students belong to Framingham State’s

chapter of the Food Recovery Network (FRN). College students at the University of Maryland started the network in 2011 to reduce waste and fight hunger. According to its website, FRN is now a professional nonprofit and the “largest student movement against food waste and hunger in America.” Framingham State’s chapter began in 2015 and meets every Saturday at 9 a.m. to collect the frozen food set aside for them by Sodexo. Club President Danielle Allen said the club typically collects and delivers 120 - 140

pounds of food each week to local shelters. She said Sodexo freezes the trays to keep the food fresh and safe to eat. On Saturday, Feb. 24, Allen, along with sophomore Taylor Brogan and junior Robert Brown, unload two trays of food from Allen’s red Honda Civic coupe at the Sage House in Framingham. Across the front lawn of the large, green, multi-family home, a man calls out, “What have you got for us today?” Allen and Brown respond, telling him they

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Chlamydia rates rise on campus Health Center encourages STI testing By Nadira Wicaksana Asst. News Editor SGA has co-sponsored initiatives with the Health Center and Residence Life to respond to the increased rate of reported cases of chlamydia on campus during the spring 2018 semester. Of the 80 students who have visited the Health Center this semester for STI testing, 24 percent tested positive for chlamydia, ac-

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cording to Ilene Hofrenning, director of the Health Center. In the fall semester, there were 5,997 students enrolled at Framingham State. Six weeks into the spring 2018 semester, the number is already higher than previous semesters, said Hofrenning. In fall 2017, the rate was 16 percent of students tested. In spring 2017, the rate was 22 percent. In fall 2016, the rate was nine percent. Hofrenning said, “Chlamydia, I think, is the most common bacterial infection, especially

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among young people - and that’s certainly the most common infection that we see here.” Other reported cases of STIs on campus include “some herpes” and “occasionally gonorrhea,” according to Hofrenning. Hofrenning added a lack of regular condom usage or STI testing from the Health Center are the greatest contributors to the transmission of STIs.

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Sports

ROBERT DONOHUE pg. 2

DRY CAMPUS pg. 5

MAZGAL pg. 7

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL pg. 12

BIOTECHNOLOGY 4+1 PROGRAM pg. 3

THE HATEFUL EIGHT pg. 6

COLTON’S COUTURE pg. 8

WOMEN’S LACROSSE pg. 15

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Editor-in-Chief Cesareo Contreras Associate Editors Bailey Morrison Kayllan Olicio News Editors Jillian Poland Shanleigh Reardon Asst. News Editor Nadira Wicaksana Arts & Features Editor Andrew Willoughby Asst. Arts & Features Editors Zach Colten Cameron Grieves Tessa Jillson Allison Wharton Opinions Editor Lizzy Stocks Sports Editors Jose Carrasquillo Matt Ferris Asst. Sports Editors Liam Gambon Richard Tranfaglia Camille McKenzie Photos Editors Allie Gath Amanda Martin Asst. Photos Editors Corey McFeeley Staff Designer Cara McCarthy Staff Writers Brennan Atkins Noah Barnes Stephanie Bennett Mackenzie Berube Colton Madore Thomas Maye Nick Murphy Cordelia Stark Staff Photographers Oscairy Tavarez Michael Upton Staff Illustrator Raysam Donkoh-Halm Advisor Dr. Desmond McCarthy Assistant Advisor Elizabeth Banks Administrative Assistant Gwenyth Swain 100 State Street McCarthy Center Room 410 Framingham, MA 01701-9101 Phone: (508) 626-4605 Fax: (508) 626-4097 gatepost@framingham.edu

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Psychology professor and MSCA vice president By Jillian Poland News Editor What is your educational and professional background? I received my undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Florida. I have three years of post-doctoral training, which I completed at the University of Denver. Then, I’ve been a faculty member for, I don’t know? 23 years. I’m on my 21st year here and then I was on the faculty at the University of Hawaii for a year. And I was on the faculty of Franklin and Marshall College, which is in Pennsylvania, for a year. … There were three years between when I got my undergraduate degree and went back to graduate school. And one of those years, I had a part-time research position and a full-time dishwasher position. And then, I worked in customer service for Jordan Marsh, which is a now-defunct department store, and then I was the foreman of a landscaping company. What sparked your interest in psychology as a profession? I had an opportunity to work with a biologically based psychologist at the University of Massachusetts. … She basically recruited me from a class I was taking, and we got to a lab and did research in infant cognitive development for a few years, and then I went and got a Ph.D. in infant cognitive development. … The reason I liked it was it was really hard. If you’re dealing with post-infancy research participants, you can talk to them. You can try to get answers about what’s going on with them psychologically, verbally. With non-human animals, you’ve got all kinds of latitude with what you can do to try to extract information from the rat or the pigeon. But with human infants, you don’t have the verbal access and you also have extreme constraints on how you can interact with them in terms of, just, ethically and logistically. I thought it was

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really interesting because how do you unambiguously get the infant to reveal what they understand about the world around them? … Reading research in the field, I was just amazed at how clever people were at coming up with methodologies that would allow them to unambiguously get these answers about what infants understood about the world. … I enjoyed having to build my own equipment and having to solve a lot of engineering puzzles. It was a relatively technologically intense area in psychology in terms of we were using infrared video technology and frame-by-frame video analysis and measuring the baby’s electrical brain activity and their heart rate and their blood pressure. How did you get involved with the Massachusetts State College Association (MSCA)? A lot of it goes back to my religious experience as a kid and a lot of the ideas about how you’re supposed to treat people and ideas of being fair and not being happy with gross inequities in people’s stations in life. … My older sister actually got involved in some union movements and I was able to observe that and that was interesting. And it fits my general tendency to like to tell people to go to hell. … I took a course when I was an undergraduate in U.S. Labor History. It was just this whole realm of U.S. History that I had never been exposed to and just realizing the battles and sacrifices that people participated in and made to provide so many things that we take for granted - weekends off, overtime pay, safety in the workplace. … Then

when I started as a graduate student, I found out that the graduate school really misrepresented the financial package that they had offered me. The graduate assistants at the University of Florida had a union. I was really upset at the absolutely disingenuous way the university had treated me, so I immediately joined the union to try and prevent that kind of deceptive approach, to try to protect other people from that type of deception and to try and improve the pay for graduate assistants. … I ended up being a chief negotiator for the union and a grievance officer for the union. … And so, I did that for several years as a graduate student and we were able to really get some good victories and really improve the situation for graduate students. So, I had a good experience and then when I came to Framingham State, I joined the union. Then after several years, I had the opportunity to get a leadership position in the union, and I took advantage of that and I’ve been doing it ever since. What advice do you have for FSU students? Become politically involved. Framingham State is a public institution and your state representatives, your senators and the governor have tremendous influence over how much it’s going to cost to go to this school and the resources that are going to be available to students at this school. If students are overwhelmed by how big the problems seem to be in society, one way to manage that is to think about the relationship between the government and Framingham State and start doing some advocacy to improve, say, funding for the state universities so your tuition isn’t as high, so your fees aren’t as high and so there’s more infrastructure here so you have an excellent experience. And then what I really hope students take from that is the idea that you can impact government policy. You can take on power structures, and you can influence them.

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SGA adds new benevolence award By Mackenzie Berube Staff Writer SGA members discussed receiving parking tickets in the commuter lots during open forum on Feb. 27. Social Events Coordinator Hailey Small said she’d recently been “visited by the ‘Ticket Fairy’” an hour and a half after the resident student window for parking in commuter lots ended. Small said on weekends, resident students should be allowed to park in the commuter parking lots until the RamTram hours begin Monday morning. Senator Kirsten Hoey also brought up issues with parking. “If you get pulled off the parking waiting list, you’re still charged the full $300 for the semester. I feel like that’s a little bit ridiculous,” she said. Hoey suggested students be charged a lower rate based on how long they will be using the spot. Senator Curtis George questioned the fairness of hosting open forum for senators now that SGA has instituted Hooves, Horns and Headaches - an online forum where students can actively express campus concerns. “How long are we going to be doing open forum for just the senators? I understand people are really involved and want to make their voices heard and they should be heard here, but I feel like we should be using the technology that we’re given,” he said. Also at the meeting, Christian Fellowship requested $3,057.27 for its annual Praise Night. This funding will go toward refreshment tables, decorations, the Chris Allen Band

and promotional water bottles. The funding request was approved. Praise Night will be on April 4 at 7 p.m. in the Ecumenical Center. M.I.S.S. requested $270.15 to feed volunteers helping the during Sisters’ Day Out event. According to the funding request submitted by the club, the event is an “empowerment day” with Framingham High School students where graduating girls are given donated prom dresses, heels and jewelry. M.I.S.S. President Amari Veale said the club is still accepting dress donations for this event. Dresses can be dropped off at the Center for Inclusive Excellence in O’Connor Hall at any time. The funding request was approved. The event will be on March 31. Also during the meeting, SUAB members presented on what they learned from their trip to the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) conference in Boston. In December 2017, SUAB was allocated $7, 524.13 to take six SUAB members to the conference. SUAB Traditions and Awareness Coordinator Annie Nitzche said she is planning a commuter appreciation week or day for next year. “I’m super excited about that because we can bring different types of people, vendors and novelties to really approach and connect with the commuter population because that’s a dominant population on our campus, and we’re not reaching them as much as we want to.” She also added, “We aren’t giving out names now because we don’t

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want to spoil everything, but we have started working with people for Welcome Week next fall. All we can say is they’re awesome.” SGA also added a new Benevolence award for next year. Senators were given three options to vote on: Social Awareness, Ram Pride and one “along the lines of disability,” said Rosa. Senators chose the award regarding disability. This award will be given to someone who has “a handicap - students facing an impairment that may be a cognitive, developmental, intellectual or physical disability,” said Rosa. During his President’s Report, Rosa announced the charging lockers approved for the McCarthy Center last month will be placed in the student lounge, instead of outside the SGA office as originally planned. However, Rosa said installation is

currently at a standstill while they wait for facilities. The charging lockers are intended to give commuters a safe place to leave their phones or other devices to charge. Rosa also said Nikki Curley, SGA’s administrative assistant, will leave the University on March 16. Many senators expressed dismay at the news. In other news: • The U-Rock Award was passed from Senator Alex Backer to Bennett. • eBoard Member of the Month went to Small. • Senator of the Month went to Olivia Beverlie.

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Biotech program begins, offers opportunities for more than just scientists By Shanleigh Reardon News Editor Framingham State now offers a 4+1 program in biotechnology. Program graduates receive a bachelor’s and master’s degree and gain valuable industry experience over the course of five years at FSU, said Sunny Tam, director of FSU’s professional science master’s degree in biotechnology. Tam said this program is unique because it is “knowledge”focused and not research-focused like some comparable programs at larger universities. Although FSU doesn’t have the resources for extensive research programs, it has other strengths. Class formats are flexible and focus more on interpersonal skills and industry trends than labs. “If it’s snowing, we can just move the class online,” Tam said with a laugh. Due to FSU’s location in MetroWest, it has access to many major life science corporations, such as Sanofi in Framingham

and G.E. Life Science in Marlborough. Representatives from these companies serve as adjunct faculty members and on the program’s advisory board. This network helps build credibility for students who are applying for internships at one of these companies. “This program will be ideal to bring young talent to these corporations in a cost-effective way,” said Tam. Students in the 4+1 program take classes alongside traditional graduate students, which leads to valuable mentors or “role models” for younger students who begin taking graduate courses the summer before their senior year, said Tam. During students’ fifth year of the program, their classes are held at night. This allows them to work lower-level jobs or complete internships in their field of study, which can help students pay for the program while they’re still completing it. Yaser Najjar, dean of graduate studies, said, “The arrangement

allows students to save time and money and get a leg up on their peers enrolling in traditional graduate programs.” Tam said traditional graduate programs in this field can take two or three years to complete if students are taking three classes per semester, including the summer. This program allows students to take three graduate courses before they graduate with their bachelor’s degree. The credits from these courses transfer to their master’s degree, allowing them to receive a master’s degree in one year if they attend classes full time for the summer following their senior year, as well as the fall and spring semesters immediately after that and complete an internship, said Tam. “So, in a way, it’s like these students are getting two courses for the price of one,” he said. “Biotech is here to help us make better medicines, better medical devices, to - in a way lower health care costs, because now we have a lot of testing and

a lot of early preventions. So, it’s a win-win. It’s good for society. It’s good for the students and it’s an exciting area” to pursue at this time, said Tam. He added, “It doesn’t matter if you’re in science or not. You could be in management.” The program recently began a Master of Business Administration (MBA) track for students who want to pursue an MBA after completing their master’s in biotechnology. Students interested in this track can go on to work as business analysts or fundraisers for biotech companies. He added students majoring in computer science, art and communication arts all have the potential to use their knowledge in the biotech industry. “It’s not just medicine. It’s about the interactions between people and the instruments and information. All of that is part of biotech right now. To me, whatever background you have, you can find your place in biotech.” CONNECT WITH SHANLEIGH REARDON sreardon1@student.framingham.edu

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STIs Continued from pg. 1 She said it is important that sexually active students talk to all of their partners about their sexual histories. Hofrenning stressed it is also important to get tested for STIs because the symptoms of chlamydia are “invisible” - students will not know if they are infected because there are often no outward signs. “The scary thing about chlamydia - and gonorrhea and HIV, as well - is that the most common symptom is no symptom,” Hofrenning said. “So, most of the time, when people come in, they’re not coming in because they have a discharge, or pain with sex, or bleeding after sex or burning with urination. They come in just to be tested.” Hofrenning recommended all sexually active students get tested at least once a year - not only to check on personal health, but also to prevent the spread of STIs. Although chlamydia is easily treated, it can also spread quickly due to negligence, she said. She also encouraged the proper use of condoms when engaging in sexual activity to decrease the chance of spreading and contracting STIs. “When used appropriately, they are quite effective against things like chlamydia and gonorrhea,” Hofrenning said. She added because herpes lesions are located externally on the skin - as opposed to the internal location of the chlamydia and gonorrhea bacteria - sometimes ,condoms do not provide adequate protection because they do not cover all the affected areas. This makes it possible for herpes to spread even with the use of a condom. “Most students who come in here are certainly aware of condoms, know how to use condoms - but use condoms ‘sometimes’ or ‘most of the time.’ They don’t use them all the time. “I think sometimes, they make assumptions that might be incorrect. They might make assumptions about someone like, ‘I don’t think they have chlamydia.’ You cannot make that assumption,” said Hofrenning. “Someone could

have had sex with only one other person, but they still could have chlamydia.” Hofrenning said even couples who have been together exclusively for a long period of time should not make the assumption that they can stop using barrier contraception, adding they should both get tested first before stopping. She also said the improper usage of condoms can ultimately make them ineffective. Prolonged exposure to heat or cold - as well as storage in places that give way to friction - can impact the structural integrity of condoms. Hofrenning added they also have to be worn correctly for them to be most efficient, which includes using the correct size and making sure there is a pocket of air on top. “What we have tried to do is have a variety of condoms out there so people can choose,” she said, adding the condoms offered at the Health Center come in many varieties - such as latex-free and sensitive - and two different sizes - regular and large. Bridget Green, SGA secretary, and Kyle Rosa, SGA president, are respectively coordinating with Residence Life and the Health Center to increase STI awareness and distribute the recently ordered 2,000 customized Ramthemed condoms. Green said the issue was first brought to light by a concern submitted to SGA by a student. In an email, she said, “Our president, Kyle, had reached out to them to ask for further information about it and a co-sponsorship was created once SGA saw a need for more awareness on campus!” Green said a table is planned for 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 7 outside the McCarthy Center, where members of SGA and Health Center SEALS will have the Ram-themed condoms available for students. They will also distribute educational materials provided by the Health Center that address how to look for warning signs of STIs and encourage students to get tested. Hofrenning said she believes offering customized condoms will make it more likely that stu-

Courtesy of Bridget Green SGA recently purchased 2,000 customized condoms for students.

dents will use them. “It’s great that SGA is getting involved,” Hofrenning said. “They wanted to be part of the campaign to educate students to get tested and treated.” Hofrenning added the Health Center “gives bags of condoms to RAs so they will have condoms available to their residents.” Green said Residence Life has approved a bathroom flyer that will display specific statistics and promote greater understanding and awareness of STIs. She also said she has plans to work with area directors to set up tables in residence halls. “I believe that the University is doing a good job of providing the materials on sexual health, but I believe the students are unaware of where they are or how to get them. It is also something that many students don’t like to discuss amongst others that aren’t their significant other or their friends,” said Green. Hofrenning also talked about the discomfort that might arise among students when discussing sexual health and history. “I think sometimes, it’s uncomfortable, you know, with a new partner - talking about using condoms and being tested,” she said. Hofrenning said the Health Center is joining a campaign started by the American Sexual Health Association (ASHA) called

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“Yes Means Test.” According to one of the flyers provided by ASHA, one in two sexually active people contracts an STI by age 25. “If you’re going to be having sex with someone, you should both consider being tested to make sure that you don’t have an infection that you could pass to each other,” she said. Although the Health Center provides testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea and herpes, it cannot provide HIV testing. Instead, it arranges for a nonprofit organization called Justice Resource Institute to come to campus every April and provide free screenings for HIV and any STI the Health Center does not test for, such as syphilis. Hofrenning said the service which does not require insurance - is also useful for students who do not want to come to the Health Center to get tested, as labs will bill their insurance companies and could be seen by parents. She added, “What’s really important is the conversation about sexual activity - am I ready, are we both ready to have sex? If we are, how do we make sure that we’re safe?”

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#ArmMeWith Responding to President Donald Trump’s suggestion that teachers should be armed in the classroom, many educators have responded back - detailing what resources they believe they need to prevent future school shootings. Hint: few, if any, suggested arming themselves with guns as a solution to the mass shooting that occured on Feb. 14. Out of their collective frustration, teachers have created the #ArmMeWith hashtag, a trend involving teachers posting pictures and open letters to their social media accounts outlining the tools they need to be “armed with” for more success in their classrooms. Some teachers are calling for smaller classroom sizes and funding for more school supplies. Others are calling for changes in their curricula that focus on the well-being of each student rather than test scores. While legislation regarding guns in the classroom will not immediately affect college students, we at The Gatepost feel it’s important to champion the #ArmMeWith movement, as FSU is recognized as one of the best teaching schools in the nation. In fact, it was the first public normal school in the United States. While on Wednesday, Feb. 28, during a meeting with lawmakers, Trump called for stricter gun laws, he didn’t back down on his suggestion that teachers should be armed in the classroom. But during the town hall meeting in Florida hosted by CNN, even Florida Senator Marco Rubio even said he would be uncomfortable sending his children to a school where teachers were armed. When a suggestion like this seems asinine to someone who accepts hefty NRA contributions, that says something about the proposal. It’s understandable that parents, lawmakers and citizens are feeling anxious after the massacre on Feb. 14, but arming teachers with guns is not the solution. If security is the concern, there are many other ways schools can be made safer. For example, many schools have cameras facing the exterior of the school and doors leading outside that automatically lock after the bell rings for homeroom. This, paired with an intercom system that visitors have to speak into, makes it impossible for somone to enter the building without identifying themselves. We at The Gatepost are glad the Trump administration is taking the issue of gun control seriously, but the thought of arming teachers with weapons is something out of a dystopian novel. We should use this opportunity to re-evaluate the education system so that students who have mental health issues do not slip through the cracks of the educational and social service systems, as well as law enforcement as the shooter did. Schools should spend more time evaluating the mental and emotional health of their students. At the beginning of the school year, it would be wise to have a licensed therapist come to talk to students and evaluate the mental health of all students. Arming teachers with guns doesn’t create the safe learning environment students deserve. Schools aren’t a shooting range, we should focus on being proactive about student mental health rather than reactive in response to a tragedy.

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[Editor’s Note: Dry Campus is a bi-weekly satirical comic strip by Staff Illustrator Raysom Donkoh-Halm. Dry campus takes place on the most dry, depressing and draining campus in the world. We will follow Eric, Stuart and Sabina on their subpar misadventures.]

Campus Conversations How do you feel about arming teachers with guns? By Nadira Wicaksana and Amanda Martin

“It’s a stupid idea. It’s more of a “I think it’s a horrible idea. Teachers are there to educate us.” way to push blame onto teachers. A civilian is not equipped for that -Antonia Killiany, situation.” sophomore -Alex Hiller, senior

“If there’s a teacher that wants to “I don’t think that’s such a good idea. You have stressed and do the training, it’s not going to underpaid teachers.” negatively affect the school to have that extra security on them.” -Domini Batista, senior -Cam Bushey, freshman

“It’s not really solving anything. Unless there’s stricter guidelines, you’re just going to give more people power to abuse.” -Daniel Camilli, senior

“I’m against it. Putting them in that kind of situation is not going solve any issues. It’s just going to create more problems.” -Andy Segura, senior

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The hateful eight By Lizzy Stocks

Opinions Editor

While calls for gun reform sweep the nation, many are not aware of the several antitrans House and Senate bills that are either currently in committee or being introduced in eight different states across the country. That’s eight states too many. Iowa’s House File 2164 seeks to amend the state’s Civil Rights Act of 1965 and to allow schools to prevent transgender students from using “toilet facilities, locker rooms, and living facilities” that match their gender identity. Kentucky’s House Bill 326 would prohibit transgender students and school employees from using multiple-occupancy facilities that correspond to their gender identities. This bill would allow people to sue their school if they find they are using the same restroom as someone who is transgender. Reminder: these are bills targetting children and teens. Missouri’s House Bill 1755 would require all public, multiple-occupancy restrooms to be “gender-divided” and prohibit precincts from enacting ordinances and policies in opposition to this provision. While this bill is identical to two other house bills that failed to pass legislation in 2016 and 2017, it’s important to remember that the Republicans continuing to introduce this bill are not discouraged by its two-time defeat. New Hampshire’s House Bill 1532 would

prohibit physicians from providing genderreassignment surgeries to those under the age of 18, while House Bill 1560 would prohibit anyone receiving New Hampshire Medicaid from receiving hormone therapy and genderreassignment surgery. Both of New Hampshire’s house bills are incredibly dangerous, as they undermine the transgender community, specifically youths, who are seeking transition-related healthcare. Oklahoma’s Senate Bill 1223 is similar to Kentucky’s house bill as it would bar transgender students from using public school restrooms that match their gender identity. It, too, would allow students to sue their school for encountering a transgender person in their restroom. Tennessee’s House Bill 0888 would require public school and university students to use restrooms and locker rooms based on the student’s birth-assigned sex.

Last, but certainly not least, Washington’s House Bill 1011 seeks to amend the state’s Law Against Discrimination and allow public and private entities, such as businesses and schools, to ban transgender people from using restrooms that match their gender identity. Does this all seem grossly repetitive to you? That’s because it is. It’s extremely disappointing to know some state legislators care more about preventing students from using the bathroom than preventing school shootings. I don’t wish to take away from the crucial conversation concerning gun control sparked by students in Parkland, I just wish to draw necessary attention to the country’s discriminatory and anti-trans sentiments that are so prevalent amongst state legislators

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ARTS & FEATURES Inclusion: Art and Music Faculty Exhibition

The Feedback Group Project

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ince last year, art professor Tim McDonald and music professor Christian Gentry have been collaborating on an ongoing project called “The Feedback Group.” The concept of The Feedback Group is to combine the visual process of drawing on a canvas with the overlapping sounds it creates. “The Feedback Group is basically a move of sound that can go into infinity,” Gentry said. “What I wanted to do was see what could happen if I improvise - if we work as a duo, much like a jazz pianist and a bass player or a saxophone player.” On Feb. 27, McDonald and Gentry performed two 10-minute sets in the Mazmanian Art Gallery for the first time. McDonald used three charcoal pencils and drew a shoreline fire, while contact microphones, placed horizontally on the back of the canvas, captured the scratching sounds of the pencils. Gentry said he used a Mixer, a musical instrument digital interface (MIDI) controller and a Mac to capture the sound. The Mixer controls the data and maps out the software, so Gentry could select various components of the process. The MIDI controller picks up the sound from the microphones, boosts the signal of the recording and sends it back into the software, amplifying the “sculpted” sounds through the speakers. Junior Michael Brule said, “As he was drawing, it kind of sounded like

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a fire, like wood crackling, and the wilderness. At some points, I heard birds chirping and crickets.” Gentry said the sound changes based on what McDonald draws and where the microphones are placed. Gentry also loops the sound, taking previous versions and recording new sounds on top of the mix. “Every time we do this, it’s different because every time [McDonald] draws it, it’s different. … The software is my store, [McDonald] is my instrument and his store is the canvas. His instrument is his gestures that I’m trying to capture.” McDonald said his drawings of fire using charcoal, pastels and paper are “kind of a new direction” for him. His new series, titled “this burning world,” originates from a Buddhist phrase, the idea of a suffering world and the actual burning of the world. “It’s kind of a multi-layered thinking that’s going into this. … Fire started to become an overarching theme in my work. Even when it’s not present, it’s still there underneath,” he said. “We’re all sort of engaging with ideas. … Some things look like they’re abstract … but, it’s still generally standing for something else. Whether it comes from an emotional space, a psychological space, or a spiritual space.” He added the exhibition “Inclusion” was planned last year and the idea was to involve “everybody that teaches with us,” full-time and parttime faculty, to diversifying the ways of approaching and making art. “Everybody is different … and they can actually co-exist.” Also displayed in the art and mu-

sic faculty exhibition were the works of professors of art Brian Bishop, Barbara Milot and Catherine Carter. Other contributors included Dean of Arts and Humanities Marc Cote, assistant professors of art Paul Yalowitz, Ellie Karkow, Stephanie Grey and Keri Straka, and visiting lecturers Ruth Scotch, Carol O’Malia, John Thompson, Tyler Vance and Joe Acone. Yalowitz, who writes and illustrates children's books such as “The Admiral and the Penguin,” exhibited an image of three haggard old men, a dog and a robot from a story he is currently working on. The story is about a robot barber who is ridiculed by the new guy in town and slowly is ostracized by his fellow townsfolk. Eventually, disheartened, the robot decides to shut himself off. Yalowitz said he came up with the story observing his surroundings while living in Denver. “One day, I went for a drive and there was a landslide and it blocked the roads. So, I’m sitting there for like an hour and I just start thinking, ‘What if the landslide uncovered a mine and what if in the mine, there was a robot that worked the mine?’” Acone, who painted a portrait of James Baldwin from his 1965 debate with William F. Buckley, said the idea of “rendering a bunch of people that I respect” and creating a “large poster-size painting of them” is the start of a new series for him. Acone said he also made a portrait of Bernie Sanders. Additionally, he said the portrait of Baldwin is only one layer with no underdrawing - “just a blank canvas next to a screen projector,” and took

about eight hours to make. Straka represented the overlay of plate tectonics in terms of internal systems of the human body including organs, flesh and cell division with her pink-painted stoneware clay sculptures. “This is all brand new work. This is just from the two months of this year. … I did a whole series on the circulatory system and blood cells, and then this is new. So, it's still thinking about the human body and the intimacy of the human body, that interior world, but in a little bit of a different format,” she said. Junior Isaac Vu said, “It's a little gross, but I think that's what it’s supposed to portray. Pink reminds you of flesh and a bunch of bubblegum. … That’s the color of softness. Adding trypophobia aesthetics to it makes it seems like its clashing against each other, softness with a relatively gross and unappealing imagery. Even though it's very anti-aesthetic with the textures, the color makes it aesthetic again.” Straka described how stoneware has the ability to look like bone or flesh and has an incredible capacity for capturing texture. She considers texture in terms of memory. Stoneware used to be made of granite and over time transitioned to clay. When the material is fired in a kiln, the clay forms into a state of stone, she said. “I’m taking something that used to be stone and manipulating it in various different ways.” CONNECT WITH TESSA JILLSON

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Colton's Couture The truth about fast fashion By Colton Madore Staff Writer It’s Thursday night and you are ready for the week to be over - it’s been long and dreadful. You have an 8:30 class the next day, but you are itching for a night out with your friends. You decide to go out to an overrated house party or to the local bar to relieve some stress, despite knowing you will regret it the next morning. Most of us have been there. After your last class on Thursday, you quickly wonder what you will wear that night and mentally put together a stunning outfit in your head, only to realize you don’t own any of the pieces you wish to wear. Believe me, I’ve been there, and I know many of you have been there as well. As you come to the realization that you don’t have the perfect outfit, you rush to the mall with your friends where you enter stores such as Forever21, Charlotte Russe, American Eagle or even good old Aeropostale, may it soon rest in peace. These stores, as well as many others in the mall, are well known for being labeled as fast fashion retailers. Fast fashion is a term used by the fashion industry to express the current fashion trends that were previously on the catwalk and quickly made their way into stores. Fast fashion clothing collections are often based on the most recent trends presented at Fashion Week in spring and fall. The goal of fast fashion is to get trends designed and manufactured quickly, but most importantly - inexpensively. This allows consumers to buy the current trends at a low cost to wear garments once or twice and then discard them, either by choice or due to cheap quality. Fast fashion may be great, especially when it comes to Thursday nights when you are in need of a new outfit that will be sure to stand out, but in reality, it’s causing major problems for the environment and even young women. According to Forbes Magazine, fast fashion disempowers women. It traps a generation of young women into poverty. Seventy-five million people are making clothing with 80 percent of them being women who are 18 to 24 years old. It takes one garment worker 18 months to earn what a fashion brand CEO makes in half an hour. A majority of garment workers earn less than $3 per day and most of them are underage, working an average of 14 hours a day in sweatshop-like environments. To add to this, many of them experience sexual harassment, according to Forbes. As for the environment, over 12.8 million tons of clothing end up in landfills in the United States each year due to the fact that fast fashion clothing is made to be replaced quickly and cannot be donated, as the garments often fall apart. In landfills, clothing sits for 200 years, leaving toxic chemicals and dyes to contaminate the soil and groundwater, according to Forbes. Even though you think you need to have the perfect outfit for your “unforgettable” Thursday night, just think - you most likely have something in your closet you can wear. Don’t get me wrong - I’m always ready for a trip to the mall, but sometimes quality is much better than quantity. CONNECT WITH COLTON MADORE cmadore@student.framingham.edu

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Beauty by Bailey: Maybelline super stay matte ink By Bailey Morrison Associate Editor Choosing what type of makeup product is my favorite is like choosing a favorite child - no one really wants to admit it out loud, but deep down you know that you, in fact, do have a favorite. For me that would be lipstick. For years now, I’ve been identifying my coffee cup as the one with the most lipstick residue on it. Neck in neck with this love of makeup comes its strongest adversary - food, my other great love. And because many lipsticks fail The Taco Test, I often find myself reapplying after a meal. However, there have been a few lipsticks that have held on through the onslaught of grease, chicken and guacamole and I’ve found yet another - the Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink. Maybelline released the liquid lipstick in two shade ranges: the “nudes” and the “un-nudes.” Naturally, I needed to try both. I picked up three shades “visionary,” “lover” and “pioneer.” “Visionary” is a dark lavender color with grey undertones. As a fan of pairing clothes that are olive green with a purple-toned makeup look, this screamed from the display shelf, “Buy me!” Whether it actually screamed may be subjective. The purple bottle drew me in as soon as I saw it. The shade “pioneer” is a classic bright red, because no makeup lover’s stash of lipstick is complete without the perfect red lipstick. … Some of us just have roughly eight different perfect red lipsticks. The third shade I chose was “lover” - a nude, pink-toned lipstick which I find myself gravitating toward more and more when I choose to wear natural makeup. The pink hue adds a little pop to my face without being as dramatic as, say, purple. Now, the formula. Oh, the formula. I tend to be pretty forgiving when it comes to transfer and fading of lipstick given that in an average day, I drink four cups of coffee and consume enough food to feed a small army. However, I was shocked to find that after a full day of consuming carbs, my lipstick was perfect. Not just, “Oh, it looks OK I’m taking it off anyway.” But actually perfect. It hadn’t budged since I put it on in the morning. Of course,

this formula is on the dryer side, but not to the point where I can feel it setting down on my lips. The formula is somehow lightweight while still managing to stay firmly on the lips without movement or transfer. I will say the lipstick leaves my lips a little dry after wearing it, but that is to be expected with matte formulas. The best part about this lipstick? At the price of $8.99, I think it’s totally worth it.

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"When We First Met" is a big ol' stinker By Bailey Morrison Associate Editor While Netflix has spent the last two years releasing fan favorites, it was bound to hit a wall and release something that didn’t exactly hit the mark. “When We First Met,” released on Feb. 9, is unfortunately one of those products that flopped. As a die-hard fan of romantic comedies - think “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” “Love Actually” etc. - I have a pretty open mind when it comes to accepting plot inconsistencies and half-baked acting. However, this film surpasses even my willingness to accept the bare minimum from the actors and script. My main points of contention with this film are the dialogue and the overarching plot. While I accept expositional dialogue is a common form of storytelling, this film relies heavily on it and undercuts the entirety of the movie with its repetitive nature. The remaining dialogue among the characters feels incredibly stilted. It’s as if the director let the

actors read over the script once and said, “OK! Let’s get to shooting!” I understand that most romantic comedies inherently lack a unique script, but I expected more from Netflix given that it has released content such as “Stranger Things” and “Dear White People,” - both of which delve into romance in an authentic way. Without giving away too much about the plot, though the entire movie could be understood simply by watching the trailer, this movie inexplicably pairs time travel with the “Groundhog Day” premise to produce a movie that focuses on the main character, Noah (played by Adam Devine) going back in time, repeatedly, so he can change his behavior and “be the kind of man” his best friend Avery (played by Alexandra Daddario) will fall in love with. I had hoped as a society we had agreed “Groundhog Day” was not to be repeated again and again and again … but apparently not. The movie spends way too much time making these time jumps obvious, something that is incredibly clear for someone who is sitting

there watching the movie. A prime example of the forced time jump is at the beginning, when the audience is forced to endure almost two minutes of the “hit” song, “Sexy and I Know It,” by LMFAO - which ironically came out in 2011 - to signify that this portion of the film takes place in the past, as if the scrolling text that reads “October 31, 2014” didn’t make it clear enough. The plot itself is essentially every rom-com recycled into a singular plot. Down-on-his-luck Noah is in love with his oblivious best friend Avery and the plot is driven by Noah’s inability to accept that Avery isn’t in love with him and plans on marrying someone else. This film even employs the trope of a singular person of color with more than two lines as the suave ladies’ man and best friend of Noah - Max (played by Andrew Bachelor). And if the audience couldn’t rely on this trope enough, the movie capitalizes on inserting the quirky best friend of Avery, whose romantic life is in shambles, Carrie (played by Shelley Hennig).

Overall, this film reinforces the idea that women are simply objects to be “won over.” It lacks characters whom the audience can root for and essentially enforces the stereotype that men and women can’t be friends.

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Grade: D Might as well be titled “We Can’t Be Friends.” A movie that made me wish I could go back in time and never watch it.

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ALBUM REVIEW

MGMT rises from the ashes By Cordelia Stark Staff Writer After what seemed like a fouryear hiatus after the underwhelming self-titled album of 2013, MGMT is back with a vengeance. MGMT, or more commonly known as, “music you listen to while high on mushrooms,” became one of the most popular bands after their debut album, “Oracular Spectacular” came to earth and landed in 2006. By the summer of 2009, they were opening for living legend and acclaimed fan Paul McCartney. But by 2011, their new sound became old and somewhat unwanted. It felt forced to the dedicated cult following and no longer had the unique electronic pop that brought listeners back to the days of Pink Floyd - it was a total dud. Fast forward to 2015, the band anounced another album - some were excited, others found it uninspiring after the last. Yet on Oct. 17, 2017, the band’s first single from their new album by the same name was released and “Little Dark Age” changed the realm of music and brought us back to the band’s success of 2009.

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“Little Dark Age” is a breath of fresh air intertwined with modern electro and a throwback to the heavy synth-pop of the 1980s - a mix of two great genres weaved into one album MGMT desperately needed. It is somewhat comparable to their 2010 album, “Congratulations,” more mature than “Oracular Spectacular” but true to their more mellow selves. “Little Dark Age” screams Robert Smith, especially in the music video with lead singer Andrew Vanwyngarden rocking teased black hair, matching eyeliner and bold fuchsia lip while lurking about in the shadows of an old mansion. The heavy hit to the electro keyboard paired with Vanwyngarden’s eerie yet soothing vocals make for the perfect hit single to bring them back to the top and perhaps create a new genre altogether. “Me and Michael,” the fourth song on the album, breaks into something completely different rather than the gothic Tears For Fears aesthetic, the song jumps into something out of “The Breakfast Club” without the loved - but creepily corny - storyline. The guitar is softer but still lively enough

to keep you focused on the lyrics that become darker as the song continues. There are just enough ’80s vintage snares and choruses filled with synthesizer melodramatics for it to be loved and not thrown into the garbage as a one-hit wonder everyone (sorry A Flock of Seagulls) often fears of becoming. This is consciously acknowledged in “Hand It Over,” the final song on the album. The lyrics seem to make a statement of the difficulties in the business, or in fact, being a band that almost flunked out of Hollywood after just two albums. More than anything, this album reminds us who MGMT is, was and forever will be no matter their success in the charts. Rather than trying to fit in with a fad or forcing a placeholder album into our hands, we get a full view of what goes on in Goldwasser and Vanwyngarden’s minds through and through, and not to mention the whole ’80s thing (did I mention I love the ’80s?). They stay true to themselves and give off the “this is us, and we’re pretty stoked about it” vibe which travels through the minds, bodies and souls of their

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listeners more than most music. Although they’re no longer creating mind-blowing hits like “Electric Feel” or “Kids” that make us instantly get up and move even if we can’t dance, this is most certainly a start to something that will stick around long enough to be noticed, pinpointed and desired once again.

Grade: B+

Haunting lyrics mixed with unique and nostalgic sound make for a promising album. CONNECT WITH CORDELIA STARK cstark1@student.framingham.edu

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have braised beef and cornbread stuffing. “Mmm, just like Thanksgiving,” the man says to another. The two men start walking toward the front door of the home, stepping over children’s toys and bikes strewn throughout the yard. Inside, the students can’t take their eyes off of what Brogan called “the cutest baby ever,” as they place the trays in the industrial-size freezer in the home’s kitchen. They wave goodbye to the blue-eyed, red-cheeked baby and are thanked by the two men who have made their way into the home’s entryway as the students exited. James Martin, an employee at the Sage House, said, “We have 14 families here usually. All of those trays are not taken for granted. They’re definitely appreciated.” The Sage House is operated by the Southern Middlesex Opportunity Council and provides families with housing and addiction treatment services. Allen said, “Food safety is something we’re concerned with as a club.” Ralph Eddy, director of dining services, said dining services strives to reduce waste by ordering the precise amount of food they need each week. However, it’s difficult to predict exactly how much food will be consumed at each meal. “Our role as a Food Recovery Network-verified restaurant is to safely cool and package food items that have not yet been placed into service at the end of a meal,” said Eddy. Allen said it’s preferable when the donations consist of meat or hearty sides that people can fill up on. “In the past, there have been times when we only had soup - and it’s hard to eat that much soup,” said Allen. After figuring out how many trays Sodexo can offer the club for the week, club members call local shelters to find out which ones have freezer space for the trays.

Left to right: Robert Brown, Danielle Allen and Taylor Brogan.

Then, after weighing each tray, the students load them into an eBoard member’s car and head to the first shelter. “Usually, if there’s more than one eBoard member here, we’ll split it up so that we don’t have, like, four people walking into these people’s homes at 9 o’clock on a Saturday morning,” said Allen. Allen, a senior enrolled in the coordinated dietetics program, said this club is different than most because they don’t hold regular meetings or request funding from SGA. “I don’t want to waste people’s time,” she said. Allen understands how precious time is. Aside from classes and homework, she waitresses parttime and participates in clinical rotations 24 hours per week as a part of her degree program. “It’s a lot,” she said. Brogan said if the club had more members who attended regularly, holding meetings might be beneficial because more drop-off times could be coordinated throughout the week. “Then we could have more fresh produce and not just frozen stuff,” said Brogan. Karen McGrail, director of the John C. Stalker Institute of Food and Nutrition at FSU and the club’s adviser, said, “The students in the coordinated program in dietet-

Students carpool to local shelters to deliver meals to homeless families.

ics have a rigorous schedule with classes in combination with their internships. The flexibility of the Food Recovery Network allows them to be active with food distribution activities as their schedules allow.” She added the work this club does aligns with what food and nutrition majors learn in their Community Nutrition course, which covers food insecurity and requires students to volunteer at a local food pantry for three hours. Jerusha Nelson-Peterman, food and nutrition professor, said “The Community Nutrition classes have a grant that focuses on food systems and food sustainability each semester.” She added this March, the program will be hosting a “Sustainability Day” in the Dining Commons where students can learn more about food waste and sustainability efforts such as vegetarianism and recycling. Allen said she has always been bothered by the amount of food that goes to waste while there are people who are hungry in our community. “Dietitians are one of the few healthcare professionals who have the platform to talk about food waste and food insecurity,” she said. Brown is on a different track. He is currently focused on wellness

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and hopes to become a school nutritionist. “I have a passion for food service,” he said. The club primarily donates to homeless shelters in Framingham due to the high number of homeless people. The most recent data on homelessness was gathered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development on Jan. 25, 2017. On this date, volunteers and planning agencies counted the number of homeless individuals in shelters. This count found 17,565 homeless people in Massachusetts, 2,080 of whom were in Framingham. Kelly Turley, associate director of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, told The MetroWest Daily News in December 2017, “Their emphasis is on families and individuals already connected to shelters, and they don’t necessarily get to people who are sharing housing with family and friends or are in a hidden location. … This is just the tip of the iceberg in who is experiencing homelessness.” Allen said she worries about the club’s future. Many members are seniors and the club’s current eBoard consists of Allen’s friends and her boyfriend, who she recruited last year just to keep the club going. She said the club would benefit from more first-year and sophomore students joining. McGrail said, “Although they are small, they are mighty! … It would be great to see the efforts of the club continue to expand in membership size and reach of food distribution.” Allen said, “I would hate to see this club not be able to continue because there aren’t enough members or interest.” She added, “It is very rewarding to see how thankful the families are when we donate the food.”

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Risk and reward: Ethan Zuckerman discusses disobedience By Kayllan Olicio Associate Editor Approximately 50 students, faculty and staff were presented with the question, “Is this the moment for disobedience?” as they sat in the McCarthy Center Forum on Feb. 27. Director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT Ethan Zuckerman posed that question. Zuckerman’s talk “Rewarding Disobedience,” is part of the Arts & Ideas Spring 2018 series centered around the theme of “Duty and Disobedience.” Arts & Ideas Chair and English professor Lisa Eck said Zuckerman's talk acts “as an anchor or keynote speech about the theme of duty and disobedience and what perhaps is our duty to disobedience.” Zuckerman discussed the act of rewarding disobedience throughout history. He said rewarding those actions dates back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire with the Order of Maria Theresa. It was a military award given to someone who violated an order or who took actions into their own hands that turned out to have a major military impact. “The downside is, if you disobey within the military and you’re wrong, you get killed. So, why do

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you reward this? The answer is you reward this because all plans are fallible. You reward this because you don't want people to always blindly follow orders,” he said. The goal is to have people evaluate a situation and question it. “You want them to take that risk of breaking the rules, even in situations where it could be high stress,” Zuckerman said. Disobedience is “extremely” complicated he added. It’s possible to be successfully disobedient without doing anything. It's harder to be successfully disobedient by actually “mobilizing and going out in the streets.” On several occasions, disobedience fueled by action ends up being “enormously” unsuccessful even if it’s considered brave, Zuckerman said. He added a lot of what people know regarding civil disobedience comes from The Civil Rights Movement. Planned disobedience was a part of the movement, according to Zuckerman. He said Rosa Parks was “incredible, committed,” and a “career activist” who participated in a planned act of disobedience. Her actions were not exactly a spontaneous event. “The Birmingham bus boycott is an astounding example of prepa-

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ration. … This is the sort of thing that required thousands of hours… trying to figure out how they were going to disobey successfully,” Zuckerman said. Zuckerman and his colleagues at the Center for Civic Media created the disobedience award with the funding provided by Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn. The award is a $250,000 cash prize, which is given to a person or group who took part in responsible and ethical disobedience. He said they wanted to reward commitment. “We wanted to reward not someone who showed up once. … We wanted to find people who have been standing up or sitting down or taking a knee for

years - often without that recognition.” The 2017 winners were Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Professor Marc Edward, who put their professional careers on the line, according to Zuckerman, to expose the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Sophomore Molly Roach said, “It's nice to talk about disobedience in a way that has to do with specifically rewarding it, because I feel like we don't talk about it enough.” Zuckerman said, “It’s pretty easy to be brave once and stand up once. It’s harder to do it every day of your life.” CONNECT WITH KAYLLAN OLICIO kolicio@student.framingham.edu

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SPORTS Women’s basketball falls in MASCAC title game By Liam Gambon Asst. Sports Editor Fresh off a first-round bye the Framingham State Rams took on Bridgewater State in the MASCAC semi-finals on Feb. 22. The game was tight in the beginning, with the Rams up 19-10 after the first quarter, mainly due to Tiphani Harris’ eight points and seven rebounds, and Mary Kate O’Day’s six points. The game got closer by halftime as Bridgewater outscored Framingham 20-15 in the second quarter, making the score 34-30 Rams. Bridgewater shot 53.3 percent from the field, while Framingham shot 37.5 percent. Framingham stretched their lead in the third, outscoring Bridgewater 22-14, making the score 56-44 Rams. Raegan Mulherin led the way with seven points and five rebounds, while Emily Velozo came off the bench to score six points in five minutes. The Rams secured their trip to the MASCAC Championship with a 15-6 scoring advantage in the final quarter, making the final score 7150 Framingham. Julia Sanborn scored eight points in eight minutes to help seal the win. Mulherin led all scorers with 19 points in the game and came away with 10 rebounds. Harris scored 14 points and crashed the boards for a game-high 16 rebounds. Sanborn followed with 14 points of her own with eight rebounds. O’Day also scored 14 points, while pulling down six rebounds and dishing out four assists. Velozo provided support off the bench with 10 points of her own. Lauren Donahue provided a gamehigh six assists in the victory.

FRAMINGHAM STATE 71 BRIDGEWATER STATE 50 Framingham State took on Westfield State for the MASCAC Championship on Feb. 24. Westfield started out strong, ending the first quarter on top 26-19. Velozo and Mulherin both led the way for Framingham with five points

each. Framingham was outscored again in the second quarter 21-20. O’Day was able to put up nine points in nine minutes, and Velozo scored seven. After halftime, Westfield State stretched their lead to 70-52 with a 23-13 third quarter. O’Day led the way again for the Rams with seven points in the period. In the fourth quarter, Framingham outscored Westfield 23-20, but it was too little too late. Mulherin led the way with 12 points in 10 minutes. The final quarter performance was not nearly enough, as Framingham lost in the championship 90-75. O’Day led all scorers in the game with 20 points, Velozo dumped in 19 to go along with seven rebounds. Mulherin collected 19 points of her own and crashed the boards for nine rebounds. Harris grabbed a team high 10 rebounds in the game. The story of the game was the benches. Westfield State’s bench outscored Framingham’s 54-1. Despite coming up just short of a championship, the Rams have much to celebrate from this season. Sophomore O’Day earned MASCAC Player of the Year as she led the conference in points per game with 18.5. She also had the fourth-best 3-point field goal percentage as she shot 34.6 percent from deep. Head Coach Walter Paschal earned the Champion’s Choice Coach of the Year Award. Harris and Mulherin both were named to the All-MASCAC teams as well. Mulherin earned a spot on the First Team All-Conference after finishing the year scoring 16.1 points per game. Harris earned a spot on the Second Team All-Conference as she averaged a double-double, scoring 10.9 points and grabbing 10.2 rebounds per game. Framingham finished the season with a final record of 16-10.

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Ferr or Foul:

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College athletes should not be paid

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By Matt Ferris Sports Editor On Friday, Feb. 23, Yahoo Sports released documents of an FBI investigation of corruption in college basketball. The report showed that more than 20 of the best-known college basketball programs in the country are possibly guilty of violating NCAA rules. Schools such as Duke, Kentucky and North Carolina - all college basketball bluebloods - were cited in the reports as having players receive improper benefits during the recruiting process. Two of the largest scandals concerned the University of Arizona and North Carolina State University. According to the documents, former NC State and current Dallas Mavericks’ guard Dennis Smith Jr. received approximately $73,000 from NC State. The same documents implicate current Arizona Wildcat standout Deandre Ayton. It was reported that Ayton received $100,000 to ensure he would commit to play basketball at Arizona. Other big-name players referenced in the reports include Miles Bridges, Wendell Carter, Kevin Knox, Markelle Fultz, Kyle Kuzma, Josh Jackson and Bam Adebayo. Some allegations are less severe - involving only a dinner or groceries. Sure, these types of illegal gifts seem ridiculous, but the NCAA has to draw the line somewhere. Former UCLA star and current Lakers’ guard Lonzo Ball spoke on the matter, saying “Everybody’s getting paid anyway. You might as well just make it legal.” This controversy has sparked a big debate about whether college athletes should be paid. College athletes should not be paid money for playing sports. Many of college athletes receive scholarships to play sports at school. With scholarships, these athletes are going to school for free. They don’t need to pay for tuition, books, housing or meals plans. They are exiting college with absolutely no debt. If you offered the average student the opportunity to leave college debt free, every one of them would jump at that chance. Another big problem with paying players is the amount of money each player would receive. Would the college football star playing in front of millions of people every week make the same amount of money as the worst person on the rowing team? Either way you look at it, it’s unfair. If the football player gets paid more, then this is not fair to the rower and a number of other athletes who put in the same time commitment. However, if the football player gets paid the same as the rower, then it’s not fair to the football player, who makes a lot more money for the university, yet is not being compensated for that. Many people also say college athletes are being exploited by the university. However, this is simply not the case. Playing in college gives players exposure they wouldn’t otherwise get. Television deals help them market themselves. A perfect example of this is Stephen Curry, who is one of the most recognizable players in the NBA. Before he took off, however, he was ranked the 254th best player in his recruiting class. Curry eventually went to Davidson, a low end Division I school and led his team to March Madness, where he received a lot of exposure. Curry performed well in the tournament and was drafted 7th overall in the NBA Draft. Now, Curry is a two-time world champion and has an NBA MVP. On top of that, athletes aren’t forced to play for the NCAA. The NBA only requires a player be one year removed from high school to be eligible for the draft. Several highly touted players, such as Emmanuel Mudiay and Brandon Jennings, used their one year to go overseas and play for pay. Playing overseas didn’t hurt their NBA draft stock either, as both players were drafted in the top 10 during their respective years. If any rules need to be changed, it’s the aforementioned NBA rule, which requires players to be one year removed from high school. Just ask the best player in the NBA, LeBron James, who went right from high school to the NBA before the rule existed. If high school players are ready, they can make it in the NBA, and they can make that decision for themselves. CONNECT WITH MATT FERRIS mferris2@student.framingham.edu

1. Framingham State 2. Westfield State

3. Worcester State

4. Bridgewater State

5. Salem State

6. Fitchburg State

7. MCLA

Baseball 1. Westfield State 2. Salem State

3. Worcester State

4. Fitchburg State

5. Framingham State

6. Mass Maritime

7. MCLA

Women’s Lacrosse 1. Westfield State 2. Bridgewater State 3. Framingham State

4. Fitchburg State 5. Worcester State

6. Salem State

7. Mass Maritime

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All-Conference First Team Mary Kate O’Day (WBB) Raegan Mulherin (WBB)

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Women’s lacrosse starts season with offensive explosion By Matt Ferris Sports Editor

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Raegan Mulherin scored 19 points while collecting 10 rebounds in a win over Bridgewater State.

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Grace Gamache scored four goals and had four assists in Women’s lacrosse’s win over Regis.

Framingham opened its season on Feb. 28 by traveling to Regis College to take on the Pride in a nonconference match. The Rams got the scoring started early, putting up their first goal of the season a little over a minute and a half in. Audrey Duhaime ripped a shot past the Regis goalie to make it 1-0 Rams. Less than two minutes later, Framingham scored another. This time it was Alissa Marino who scored off of a feed from Grace Gamache, to make it 2-0. Regis cut the Rams’ lead in half in the seventh minute of the first half, making it 2-1, as Malorie Kiehl scored unassisted. But this was as close as the Pride would get to the lead for the rest of the game. Two minutes later, Gamache increased the lead back to two, scoring on a free position shot to give the Rams a 3-1 lead. Gamache added to the lead again just three minutes later, this time scoring off an assist from Hanna McMahon to make it 4-1. McMahon got involved in the goal scoring, receiving a pass from Gamache and ripping it past the Pride goalie to make it 5-1. The Rams added to the lead just a minute later, as Marino scored her second goal of the game again off a feed from Gamache, making it 6-1. McMahon added a second goal to her day off a feed from Morgan Begley to give the Rams a 7-1 lead with 12 minutes remaining in the first half. With just under 10 minutes remaining in the first half, Marino scored her third goal of the game to make it 8-1. The goal was assisted by Kimmy Foley. In a 40-second span, Framingham added three more goals to the lead to make 11-1. The first goal was scored by Duhaime for her second of the

day. Next was Marino for her fourth goal, again off a feed from Foley. Duhaime scored the third goal of the stretch off a free position for her third goal of the game. Framingham would score one more goal before halftime. The final goal of the first half was scored by Gamache off a feed from Britney Herskowitz to make it 12-1 heading into halftime. Framingham continued to dominate in the second half, scoring three more goals in the first six minutes of the half. McMahon, Gamache and Begley all got goals to make it 15-1. With just under 14 minutes left in play, Foley scored her first goal of the game off a free position shot to bump the lead to 16-1. With 10 minutes left in the game, Jennifer Buckley scored the final Framingham goal off an assist from Nicole Pacheco to make it 17-1. Regis would add one more goal, scoring with just over two minutes remaining to cut the Rams’ lead to 17-2, the eventual final. In the win, Framingham outshot Regis 34-12. Gamache led the Rams in the win, scoring four goals to go along with four assists. Marino also had four goals for the Rams. Duhaime and McMahon finished just behind them with three goals each, while Foley had one goal with two assists. Indigo Fox Tree-McGrath made eight saves on the 10 shots she faced for Framingham. The win moves the Rams to 1-0 on the season.

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Emily Velozo scored 19 points to go along with seven rebounds in the MASCAC Championship.

Grace Gamache

Alissa Marino

Grace Gamache Kimmy Foley

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Audrey Duhaime 3

Morgan Begley 1

Hanna McMahon 3

Hanna McMahon 1

Morgan Begley 1

Nicole Pacheco 1 Britney Herskowitz 1

Jennifer Buckley 1 Kimmy Foley 1

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Dueling Dinners

Five rams competed in a cooking competition held by Framingham State’s Dining Services on Wednesday Feb. 28. Rebecca Drown and Katherine Esielionis won the competition and took home $100 dining dollars. Amanda Martin/THE GATEPOST

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